🔹 93rd ch-FRA 2018
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🔹 93rd ch-FRA TB 2018
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George Koltanowski giving a simultaneous blindfold exhibition in Edinburgh, 1937.

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Beverwijk, 24th Jan 1965. In final round of the Hoogovens tournament, Efim Geller (USSR) faces Antonio Medina Garcia (Spain). Looking on is Lajos Portisch (Hungary).

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"Everything in chess that has been forgotten is new"

🔸 Viktor Korchnoi

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The opening round of the great tournament at Semmering (Austria), 8th September 1937.

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In the foreground, Salo Flohr (Czechoslovakia) is in play against Paul Keres (Estonia). Behind, José Capablanca (Cuba) faces Reuben Fine (USA).

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✅ Sinquefield Cup 2018 - Round 7

⚪️🇳🇴 Magnus Carlsen
⚫️🇺🇸 Fabiano Caruana

Result : ½-½

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🔹 Carlsen, Magnus (2842) vs. Caruana, Fabiano (2822)-Sinquefield Cup
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🔹 Analysed by Chess.com

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🔸Saint Louis Blits 2018
🔸Round 12
⚪️So,Wesley (2780)
⚫️Anand,Viswanathan (2768)
🔸0-1

40. Be4??
A terrible blunder. 40. Qd7, with the idea of Re8, retains dynamic equality.
40... Rd8 41. Bxd3??
A)41. Qf5 Bxe4+ 42. Qxe4 Rxd2 -+
B)41. Rxd3 cxd3 42. Qf5 d2 43. Rd1 g6 44. Qf4 bxa3 45. bxa3 Qe6 -+
41... Rxd5 0-1

🔸Saint Louis Blits 2018
🔸Round 12
⚪️Karjakin,Sergey (2773)
⚫️Grischuk,Alexander (2766)
🔸0-1

12... e5!
Grischuk succeeds in exploiting the vulnerable position of White's bishop on d3.
13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Bxe5?
(14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Qxd3)
14... Nxe515. Nxe5 Nh5 16. Ndf3 Bxe5 17. Nxe5 Bxg2?!
17... Nf4 -+
18. Bxg6
(18. Kxg2 Qd5+ 19. Qf3 Qxe5)
18... Nf4 19. Bxf7+ Rxf7 20. Nxf7 Kxf7 21. Qxd8 Rxd8 -/+

🔸Saint Louis Blits 2018
🔸Round 13
⚪️Mamedyarov,Shakhriyar (2801)
⚫️Caruana,Fabiano (2822)
🔸1-0

42... Ke8??
The logical move is: 42... Nd5 = Transferring the knight to the center and clearing the e7-square for the king.
43. Nb5 1-0
if Qf4 44. Nd6+ Kf8 45. Nxc4 Qxc4 46. Qd8#

🔸Saint Louis Blits 2018
🔸Round 15
⚪️Mamedyarov,Shakhriyar (2801)
⚫️Karjakin,Sergey (2773)
🔸1-0

22. Nh6!!+
Mamedyarov 'solves' the position with a tactical shot!
22...gxh6??
A)22... Nxh6?? 23. gxh6 Bxf2 24. Rxg7+ Kh8 25. Rxf7+ e5 26.Rxc7 +-
B)22... Kh8! 23. Bxg7+ Kxg7 24. Nxf5+ exf5 25. Qxg3 +/-
23. gxh6 f6 24. Bxf5 exf5 25. Rxg3+ Kh8 26. Rg7 Qd6 27. Qxf5 Qh2+ 28. Kd1 Bf3+ 29. Kc1 1-0

⚪️#635 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Gulko,B
🔸Ivkov,B
🔸Polanica Zdroj, 1977

15.d5!
An excellent positional idea of Bobby Fischer's. The point is to restrict the movement of the a5-knight.
Instead, the natural 15.Bb2?! Nc6 16.d5 Nb4 gave Black a good position in J.R.Capablanca-E.Bogoljubow, London 1922.
15...Nd7 16.Nbd2 Bf6 17.Rb1 Bc3 18.h3 Bxf3 19.Qxf3 b4 Rf1!
Boris: I placed the rook here because White prepares an attack on the kingside (Gulko).
The quieter 20.Rd1 was played by Bronstein against Smyslov at the Petropolis Interzonal 1973.