Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 14
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B: 15.Bf4 β 4
πππππππ 50%
Vincent, Mahathi, Sanjana, Matthew
C: 15.Nd4 β 4
πππππππ 50%
@roshan_sethuraman, @RichardPeng, Michael, Zhenrui
A: 15.Bg5
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π₯ 8 people voted so far.
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B: 15.Bf4 β 4
πππππππ 50%
Vincent, Mahathi, Sanjana, Matthew
C: 15.Nd4 β 4
πππππππ 50%
@roshan_sethuraman, @RichardPeng, Michael, Zhenrui
A: 15.Bg5
β«οΈ 0%
π₯ 8 people voted so far.
Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 14
public poll
B: 54.d5 β 12
πππππππ 86%
@YaminiG, ., @roshan_sethuraman, Mahathi, Rahul, Michael, @life1222, Zhenrui, Alan, Sanjana, @chessnoob, Matthew
A: 54.Rxh2 β 1
π 7%
Vincent
C: 54.a3 β 1
π 7%
@RichardPeng
π₯ 14 people voted so far.
public poll
B: 54.d5 β 12
πππππππ 86%
@YaminiG, ., @roshan_sethuraman, Mahathi, Rahul, Michael, @life1222, Zhenrui, Alan, Sanjana, @chessnoob, Matthew
A: 54.Rxh2 β 1
π 7%
Vincent
C: 54.a3 β 1
π 7%
@RichardPeng
π₯ 14 people voted so far.
β΄οΈ Today is birthday of AndrΓ© ChΓ©ron
French chess Master
βͺοΈ Born: September 25, 1895, Colombes, France
βͺοΈ Died: September 12, 1980, Leysin, Switzerland
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French chess Master
βͺοΈ Born: September 25, 1895, Colombes, France
βͺοΈ Died: September 12, 1980, Leysin, Switzerland
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Waiting for Ray Robson to wrap this up, John Donaldson, USA team captain and renowned chess historian, is reading "Chasing Darkness," a crime novel by Robert Crais.
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The 15th FIDE Olympiad at Varna (Bulgaria) 1962 round 5. In the front row, the USA-Israel match is in progress, on top board Bobby Fischer can be seen in play v. Izak Aloni.
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"Chess is no whit inferior to the violin, and we have a large number of professional violinists."
πΈ Mikhail Botvinnik
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πΈ Mikhail Botvinnik
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The Polgar sisters (Susan, Sofia, and Judith Polgar) 29th Womenβs Chess Olympiad. Novi Sad, Yugoslavia 1990. For the second Olympiad in a row, the Hungarian team beat the Soviet Union.
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β΄οΈ Chess History - Tournaments
πΈ Munich 1942
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β΄οΈ Chess History - Tournaments
πΈ Munich 1942
#chess_history_tornaments
#Munich_1942
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β Chess History - Tournaments
π Munich 1942
π September 14-25
β»οΈ CHAMPION: Alexander Alekhine | 8.5/11 (+7 -1 =3)
π° European Individual Chess Championship 1942 was chess tournament purporting to be the first European Championship (Europameisterschaft). It was held in Munich, 14β25 September 1942, organised by Ehrhardt Post, the Chief Executive of Nazi Grossdeutscher Schachbund.
π° But given that players from Germany's enemies (Soviet Union, Great Britain and Poland) were unable to participate (because of World War II), and Jewish players barred (because of Nazi policy), this tournament was simply a manifestation of Nazi propaganda and has never received any form of official recognition as a championship.
π°Reuben Fine commented in Chess Marches On (1945), page 136:
"Alekhine has participated in a number of European shindigs, including one so-called 'European Championship' ....his competitors were at best second-rate second-raters."
π° This last opinion is curious as Alekhine (World Champion), Keres (pretendent for the title), Bogoljubow (former World Champion challenger), Stoltz (winner, ahead of Alekhine, at Munich 1941), and Junge (co-winner, with Alekhine, at Prague 1942) made Munich 1942 the world's strongest tournament in 1942. The next-strongest tournaments were Salzburg 1942, New York (US Championship) 1942, Mar del Plata 1942, Prague (Duras Memorial) 1942, and Moscow (Championship) 1942.
πΉ The final standings and crosstable was as aboveπ
πΉ Download "Munich 1942 Games Database" by PGN formatπ
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#Munich_1942
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β Chess History - Tournaments
π Munich 1942
π September 14-25
β»οΈ CHAMPION: Alexander Alekhine | 8.5/11 (+7 -1 =3)
π° European Individual Chess Championship 1942 was chess tournament purporting to be the first European Championship (Europameisterschaft). It was held in Munich, 14β25 September 1942, organised by Ehrhardt Post, the Chief Executive of Nazi Grossdeutscher Schachbund.
π° But given that players from Germany's enemies (Soviet Union, Great Britain and Poland) were unable to participate (because of World War II), and Jewish players barred (because of Nazi policy), this tournament was simply a manifestation of Nazi propaganda and has never received any form of official recognition as a championship.
π°Reuben Fine commented in Chess Marches On (1945), page 136:
"Alekhine has participated in a number of European shindigs, including one so-called 'European Championship' ....his competitors were at best second-rate second-raters."
π° This last opinion is curious as Alekhine (World Champion), Keres (pretendent for the title), Bogoljubow (former World Champion challenger), Stoltz (winner, ahead of Alekhine, at Munich 1941), and Junge (co-winner, with Alekhine, at Prague 1942) made Munich 1942 the world's strongest tournament in 1942. The next-strongest tournaments were Salzburg 1942, New York (US Championship) 1942, Mar del Plata 1942, Prague (Duras Memorial) 1942, and Moscow (Championship) 1942.
πΉ The final standings and crosstable was as aboveπ
πΉ Download "Munich 1942 Games Database" by PGN formatπ
#chess_history_tornaments
#Munich_1942
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β΄οΈ Our selected game from Munich 1942 chess tournament: π
βͺοΈ Alexander Alekhine vs Braslav Rabar
βͺοΈ Munich (1942), Munich GER, rd 10, Sep-24
βͺοΈ Catalan Opening: Open Defense (E02)
πΈ Review and download "Notes by Alekhine" PGN fileπ
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βͺοΈ Alexander Alekhine vs Braslav Rabar
βͺοΈ Munich (1942), Munich GER, rd 10, Sep-24
βͺοΈ Catalan Opening: Open Defense (E02)
πΈ Review and download "Notes by Alekhine" PGN fileπ
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