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

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

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🔸 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

🔹 57th World Juniors 2018 - Round 11
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🔹 36th World Junior Girls - Round 11
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🔸FIDE World Junior Championships U20 2018
🔸Round 6
⚪️Aravindh,Chithambaram VR (2578)
⚫️Karthik,Venkataraman (2519)
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28. Rd1?
White has definitely miscalculated.
He should have played 28.Be5, however, Black would still be better.

28... Nxc2 29. Nxd5? Rxe2! 30. Rxh7
30. Qxe2 Qxd5+ 31.Qf3 Qxf3+ 32. Rxf3 Rd8 -+
30... Nxd4!
A)30... Kxh7?? 31. Qh3+ Kg8 32. Qh8#)
B)30...Rxg2 31. Rh8# +-
C)30... Qxh7? 31. Nf6+ Kg7 32. Bxc5 Qxh2+ 33. Qxh2 Rxh2+ 34. Kxh2 Bxc5 35. Rd7+ Kf8 36. Nh7+ Kg8 37. Nf6+ Kf8 38. Nh7+ Ke8 39. Nf6+ = with perpetual check.
31. Rxf7 Kxf7 32. Qf1 Nce6 33. Qh3 Rcc2 -+

⚫️#4 (Strategy-Black to Move)
🔸Dobrovoljc,Vid (2316)
🔸Nikitenko,Mihail (2368)
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27... b4!
A powerful move that grabs more space on the queenside and in addition, clears the way for his rook to penetrate into White's position via the open c-file.
27... Bb4!? 28. Bxb4 Nxb4 29. Nf3 Red8! 30. Nxe5 Nc2 31.Rf1 (31. Re2! Nd4 -+) 31... Nd4 32. Nf3 Qxb3 -/+)
27... Rcd8 28. Qb1 (28.b4? a5 29. bxa5 b4 30. Bd2 Rxd3 31. a6 Ra8 -+) 28... a5 29. Re2 a4 30. bxa4 bxa4 -/+
28. Bd2 Nd4! 29. Be3
29. Rb1?? Rc2-+
29. Rc1? Qxb3-+
29... Rc2 30. Qa1
Other queen moves do not promise White anything, for example:
30.Qb1 Qxb3 31. Bxd4 Qxb1 32. Rxb1 exd4 33. Nf3 a5 34. Nxd4 Rc3 35. Ra1 Ra8 36.Ra4 Rxd3 37. Nc6 Ra3 38. Rxa3 (38. Ra1 Rxa4 39. Rxa4 b3 40. Ra1 a4 41. Nd4 b2 42. Rb1 a3-+) 38... bxa3 39. Ra1 Bb4 40. Ra2 Rc8 41. Ne5 Rc1+ 42.Kh2 Kg7 43.Kh3 Bd6 44. f4 Rc3+ 45. Kh2 f6 46. Nf3 Bxf4+-+
30... Nxb3 31. Qa4 Rc3 32.Nf3 Rec8 33. Qa2 a5 34. Qa4 Qe8 35.Qxe8
35. Qa2 a4
35... Rxe8 36.g5 hxg5 37. Nxg5 a4 38. Re2 a3 39. Rb1 Nd4 40. Bxd4 exd4 41. e5 Rec8 42. e6 fxe6 43.Nxe6 Rc1+ 44. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 45. Kh2 b3 46. Nxf8 Kxf8
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⚪️#4 (Endgame-White to Move)
🔸Mohammad,Nubairshah Shaikh (2443)
🔸Tarlabasi,Emirhan (2193)
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