☑️ 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

21...Ng6? [An unforgivable mistake that leads to loss of material.]
[21...h4!? Black thanks to his better-coordinated pieces, decides to open up the h-file and put more pressure on enemy's camp. 22.gxh4 gxh4 23.Bh3 Re7! 24.Re2 (24.Bxc8?? Bxc8 25.Kf1 Bxe5 26.Nxe5 Qh5 27.f3 Rxe5 28.Ke2 Rg5 29.Rg1 Ng3+–+) 24...Rg7+ 25.Kh1 Re8 26.Rg1 Ree7³; 21...g4?! This move blocks the position and thus his attacking chances will be decreased. 22.Nh4 Ne6 23.Neg6 N6g5 24.Nf4 Re7]
22.Nxg5! Nxg5 23.Qxg6+ Qxg6 24.Nxg6 Kg7 25.Nf4 Bxf4 26.gxf4 Ne4 27.f3 Ng3 28.Kf2 h4 29.Ba3 c5 30.dxc5 bxc5 31.Bh3 Rc7 32.Bb2+ Kg8 33.Bf6 [and White has an easy task.]33...Rh7 34.Bxh4 Rxh4 35.Kxg3 Rh7 36.Bf5 Rg7+ 37.Kf2 Rc7 38.Rh1 Rg7 39.Rdg1 Ree7 40.Rxg7+ Kxg7 41.Bd3 Rf7 42.Rh7+ Kf8 43.Rxf7+ Kxf7 44.e4 1–0

⚫️#6 (Endgame-Black to Move)
🔸Milosevic,Milos (2292)
🔸Mohammad,Nubairshah Shaikh (2443)
🔸57th World Juniors 2018 Manavgat TUR 2018