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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The Polgar sisters (Susan, Sofia, and Judith Polgar) 29th Women’s Chess Olympiad. Novi Sad, Yugoslavia 1990. For the second Olympiad in a row, the Hungarian team beat the Soviet Union.
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✴️ Chess History - Tournaments
🔸 Munich 1942
#chess_history_tornaments
#Munich_1942
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✅ Chess History - Tournaments
🍀 Munich 1942
🍀 September 14-25
♻️ CHAMPION: Alexander Alekhine | 8.5/11 (+7 -1 =3)
🔰 European Individual Chess Championship 1942 was chess tournament purporting to be the first European Championship (Europameisterschaft). It was held in Munich, 14–25 September 1942, organised by Ehrhardt Post, the Chief Executive of Nazi Grossdeutscher Schachbund.
🔰 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.
🔰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."
🔰 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.
🔹 The final standings and crosstable was as above👆
🔹 Download "Munich 1942 Games Database" by PGN format👇
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#Munich_1942
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✅ Chess History - Tournaments
🍀 Munich 1942
🍀 September 14-25
♻️ CHAMPION: Alexander Alekhine | 8.5/11 (+7 -1 =3)
🔰 European Individual Chess Championship 1942 was chess tournament purporting to be the first European Championship (Europameisterschaft). It was held in Munich, 14–25 September 1942, organised by Ehrhardt Post, the Chief Executive of Nazi Grossdeutscher Schachbund.
🔰 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.
🔰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."
🔰 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.
🔹 The final standings and crosstable was as above👆
🔹 Download "Munich 1942 Games Database" by PGN format👇
#chess_history_tornaments
#Munich_1942
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✴️ Our selected game from Munich 1942 chess tournament: 👇
▪️ Alexander Alekhine vs Braslav Rabar
▪️ Munich (1942), Munich GER, rd 10, Sep-24
▪️ Catalan Opening: Open Defense (E02)
🔸 Review and download "Notes by Alekhine" PGN file👇
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▪️ Alexander Alekhine vs Braslav Rabar
▪️ Munich (1942), Munich GER, rd 10, Sep-24
▪️ Catalan Opening: Open Defense (E02)
🔸 Review and download "Notes by Alekhine" PGN file👇
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🔸 Alexander Alekhine - Braslav Rabar, Munich 1942
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10...Bxc3!
A clever positional exchange to create weaknesses in the resulting opponent's pawn structure and also his light squares.
11.bxc3 Ba6! 12.Bg5 Nbd7 13.Bxa6 Rxa6 14.Qb3 Qa8 15.Rfc1 Rc8 16.Qb2 h6 17.Be3 Ra4 18.h3 Qa6 19.Rc2 Ne4 -/+
A clever positional exchange to create weaknesses in the resulting opponent's pawn structure and also his light squares.
11.bxc3 Ba6! 12.Bg5 Nbd7 13.Bxa6 Rxa6 14.Qb3 Qa8 15.Rfc1 Rc8 16.Qb2 h6 17.Be3 Ra4 18.h3 Qa6 19.Rc2 Ne4 -/+
80... Ke4?
Missing an opportuinty.
Black could have obtained a draw in this interesting ending:
80... f2!!
A surprising move! Black wants to cut off the enemy's king from the third rank and reach a theoretical draw position.
A) 81. Kxf2 Rb3! 82. Ke2 Kc4 83. Kd2 Rd3+ 84. Kc2 Rc3+ 85. Kd2 Rb3 86. Ke2 Kd4
A1) 87. Rf3 Rb2+ 88. Kd1 Kxc5 =
A2) 87. Kf2 Kc4 88.Kg2 Kd4 89. Rf3 Rb5 90. Rf5 Rb3 =
B) 81. Kg2 Kc4 82. Kg3 Kd4 =
81. Rf8 Kd5 82. Rc8 Rb3 83. Rc7 Ke4 84. b7 Rb2 85. c6 Rg2+ 86. Kh3 Rg8 87. Rf7 1-0
Missing an opportuinty.
Black could have obtained a draw in this interesting ending:
80... f2!!
A surprising move! Black wants to cut off the enemy's king from the third rank and reach a theoretical draw position.
A) 81. Kxf2 Rb3! 82. Ke2 Kc4 83. Kd2 Rd3+ 84. Kc2 Rc3+ 85. Kd2 Rb3 86. Ke2 Kd4
A1) 87. Rf3 Rb2+ 88. Kd1 Kxc5 =
A2) 87. Kf2 Kc4 88.Kg2 Kd4 89. Rf3 Rb5 90. Rf5 Rb3 =
B) 81. Kg2 Kc4 82. Kg3 Kd4 =
81. Rf8 Kd5 82. Rc8 Rb3 83. Rc7 Ke4 84. b7 Rb2 85. c6 Rg2+ 86. Kh3 Rg8 87. Rf7 1-0
30.Qf6??
A blunder by the Barbadian FM. He should have prevented his opponent from playing ...f5 with 30.g4!
30... Bg7! 31. Qb6 f5 32. Bf3 e4 33. Re3 exf3 34. Rxe8+ Qxe8 35. gxf3 Qd7 36. Qxc5 Bf8 0-1
A blunder by the Barbadian FM. He should have prevented his opponent from playing ...f5 with 30.g4!
30... Bg7! 31. Qb6 f5 32. Bf3 e4 33. Re3 exf3 34. Rxe8+ Qxe8 35. gxf3 Qd7 36. Qxc5 Bf8 0-1
27... Bxe3??
Gurbanov mistakenly complicates the position which will cost him the game.
27... Qxe8 28. Qxc5 Rxc5 29. Rxc5 Bxa2 =
28. Nf6+ Kh8 29.Rxc2!
The most black pieces are now exposed to the attack.
29...Qxd3 30. Ne1 Qd8 31. fxe3 Na5 32. Nf3 Nc4 33. Nd5 1-0
Gurbanov mistakenly complicates the position which will cost him the game.
27... Qxe8 28. Qxc5 Rxc5 29. Rxc5 Bxa2 =
28. Nf6+ Kh8 29.Rxc2!
The most black pieces are now exposed to the attack.
29...Qxd3 30. Ne1 Qd8 31. fxe3 Na5 32. Nf3 Nc4 33. Nd5 1-0