Before castling, Garry Kasparov conducted a symphony 😂

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🔹 Champions Chess960 Showdown 2018 - Day 5
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🅾️ Today is birthday of Berge Østenstad!!
Norwegian chess grandmaster

🌺 🌹🌷🌸💐☘️🌹 Happy birthday Dear Berge 👏👏👏👏
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UNITY CHESS INFOGRAPHIC

⚛️ Chess History - Tournaments
💢 Moscow 1924

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⚛️ Chess History - Tournaments
💢 Moscow 1924
💢 23 Aug–15 Sep

🔰 USSR Championship (1924) - Moscow
CHAMPION: Efim Bogoljubov, 15/17 (+13−0=4)

▪️ The 3rd USSR Championship was held in Moscow from August 23-September 15, 1924, and featured the following cast of characters:
Efim Bogoljubov; Fedor Parfenovich Bohatirchuk; Fyodor Ivanovich Dus Chotimirsky; Sergey Nikolaevich von Freymann; Nikolay Dmitrievich Grigoriev; Alexander Ilyin-Zhenevsky; Grigory Levenfish; Vladimir Nenarokov; Abram Isaakovich Rabinovich; Ilya Leontievich Rabinovich; Peter Arsenievich Romanovsky; Solomon Konradovich Rozental; Alexey Sergeevich Selezniev; Alexander Sergeyevich Sergeiev; Andrey Alexandrovich Smorodsky; Veniamin Sozin; Boris Verlinsky; Yakov S Vilner.

▪️Romanovsky mounted a spirited defense of his 1923 title, scoring 7.5 points in his first eight games. Unfortunately for him, Bogoljubov won all eight. Romanovsky was able to kept it close until their round 13 showdown, when Bogoljubov won and coasted to the title with a 2.5 point margin.

🔹 The final standings and crosstable was as above👆
🔹 Download "Moscow 1924 Games Database" by PGN format👇

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▪️ Moscow 1924 Games Database
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Ivan Sokolov interview about Iranian young players in " FIDE World Junior Open Championships 2018 "
Read more👇
https://chessbase.in/news/Sokolov-on-Iran-chess
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The 1936 Nottingham Chess Congress participants (group photo)

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The 1936 Nottingham tournament (1) was held at University of Nottingham (2) from August 10 to August 28. It is regarded as one of the strongest tournaments of all time, with five past, present and future world champions participating. The tournament book (3) was written by Alekhine.


1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 Pts
1 Botvinnik * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 ½ 10
2 Capablanca ½ * ½ ½ 1 1 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 10
3 Euwe ½ ½ * ½ 1 0 ½ 0 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 9½
4 Fine ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 9½
5 Reshevsky ½ 0 0 ½ * 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 9½
6 Alekhine ½ 0 1 ½ 0 * 1 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 9
7 Flohr ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 * 1 1 1 ½ 0 0 1 1 8½
8 Lasker ½ ½ 1 0 0 ½ 0 * ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 8½
9 Vidmar 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ * 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 6
10 Bogoljubov 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 0 0 0 * ½ 1 1 1 1 5½
11 Tartakower 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ * 0 0 1 1 5½
12 Tylor 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 0 ½ 0 1 * ½ ½ ½ 4½
13 Alexander 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 ½ * ½ ½ 3½
14 Thomas 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ * ½ 3
15 Winter ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ * 2½

http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chess.pl?tid=79239

🔘 Nottingham (1936)
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A beautiful picture of a 16-year-old Jan Timman.
(Amsterdam February 1st, 1968)

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"The game of chess is the most fascinating and intellectual pastime which the wisdom of antiquity has bequeathed to us."

🔸 Howard Staunton

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The final standings at the World Juniors 2018:

1. Parham Maghsoodloo (IRI) 🥇 9.5/11

2. Abhimanyu Puranik (IND) 🥈 8.5/11

3. Sergei Lobanov (RUS) 🥉 8.5/11

Congratulations to the winners.

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Final rankings: http://chess-results.com/tnr371615.aspx?lan=1&art=1&rd=11&fed=IRI&turdet=YES&flag=30

Finals standings at the World Junior Girls 2018

1. Aleksandra Matlsevskaya (Rus) 🥇 8.5/11

2. Gulrukhbegim Tokhirjonova (Uzb) 🥈 8.5/11

3. Nino Khomeriki (Georgia) 🥉8.0/11

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Final rankings: http://chess-results.com/tnr371616.aspx?lan=1&art=1&rd=11&turdet=YES&flag=30