🔸 Review the Shortest Game of Berlin1881 which has finished in only 12 moves!!
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☑️ Today is birthday of George Koltanowski !!
Belgian-born American chess master

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☑️ Today is birthday of George Koltanowski !!
Belgian-born American chess master

▪️ Born: September 17, 1903, Antwerp, Belgium
▪️ Died: February 5, 2000, San Francisco, California
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George Koltanowski (1903-2000) was an IM (1950) and Honorary GM (1988). He wrote over 19,000 chess columns for the San Francisco Chronicle over a period of 52 years. On Dec 4, 1960, he played 56 consecutive games blindfolded, with only ten seconds per move. He won 50 & drew 6.

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Andy Soltis v. Bobby Fischer, Manhattan Chess Club blitz, 1971.

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"The passed Pawn is a criminal, who should be kept under lock and key. Mild measures, such as police surveillance, are not sufficient."

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🔸FIDE World Junior Championships U20 2018
🔸Round 7
⚪️Karthikeyan,Murali (2605)
⚫️Puranik,Abhimanyu (2524)
🔸½-½

25...Nf6?
This move is wrong for tactical reasons. Black should have continued with 25...Nf7! 26. Qc4 Kh8.
26.Qc4! Be6
26...Kh8 27.Nxe5! The point of Black's 25th move. 27...Qxe5 28.Nxf6
A)28...Bxf6 29. Bxg4 +-
B)28...Be6 29.Nxd7 Bxd7 30.Rb1 +-
27.Nxe5 Nxd5 28.exd5 Rxd5 29.Qxf4 +-

🔸FIDE World Junior Championships U20 2018
🔸Round 1
⚪️Wadsworth,Matthew J (2351)
⚫️Maghsoodloo,Parham (2649)
🔸0-1

🔸FIDE World Junior Championships U20 2018
🔸Round 2
⚪️Maghsoodloo,Parham (2649)
⚫️Haldorsen,Benjamin (2461)
🔸1-0

🔸FIDE World Junior Championships U20 2018
🔸Round 3
⚪️Jarmula,Lukasz (2504)
⚫️Maghsoodloo,Parham (2649)
🔸0-1

🔸FIDE World Junior Championships U20 2018
🔸Round 4
⚪️Maghsoodloo,Parham (2649)
⚫️Hakobyan,Aram (2554)
🔸1-0

🔸FIDE World Junior Championships U20 2018
🔸Round 5
⚪️Harsha,Bharathakoti (2474)
⚫️Maghsoodloo,Parham (2649)
🔸0-1

🔸FIDE World Junior Championships U20 2018
🔸Round 6
⚪️Maghsoodloo,Parham (2649)
⚫️Firouzja,Alireza (2582)
🔸½-½

🔸FIDE World Junior Championships U20 2018
🔸Round 7
⚪️Maghsoodloo,Parham (2649)
⚫️Sindarov,Javokhir (2484)
🔸1-0

🔸FIDE World Junior Championships U20 2018
🔸Round 8
⚪️Karthik,Venkataraman (2519)
⚫️Maghsoodloo,Parham (2649)
🔸0-1

🔸FIDE World Junior Championships U20 2018
🔸Round 9
⚪️Maghsoodloo,Parham (2649)
⚫️Liang,Awonder (2575)
🔸1-0

🔸FIDE World Junior Championships U20 2018
🔸Round 10
⚪️Maghsoodloo,Parham (2649)
⚫️Vavulin,Maksim (2559)
🔸1-0

🔸FIDE World Junior Championships U20 2018
🔸Round 11
⚪️Esipenko,Andrey (2593)
⚫️Maghsoodloo,Parham (2649)
🔸1-0

⚫️#6 (Strategy-Black to Move)
🔸Petrosyan,Manuel (2581)
🔸Haldorsen,Benjamin (2461)
🔸57th World Juniors 2018 Manavgat TUR 2018