⚫️#24 (Endgame-Black to Move)
🔸Bouzidi,Ahmed (2246)
🔸Westerberg,Jonathan (2504)
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36...Rd8 [36...e5 37.Rd7+ Ke6 38.Kc5 Rb1 39.Rd8 Rc1+ 40.Kb6 Rb1+ 41.Kxa5 Rc1 42.Kb6 Rb1+ 43.Kc7 Ra1 44.Re8+ Kf5 45.Kd7 Rxa4 46.c7 Rc4 47.Kd6 Rxc7 48.Kxc7 f6 49.Re7 g5 50.hxg5 fxg5 51.Kd6 e4 52.Kd5 Kg4 53.Kxe4 Kxg3 54.Kf5 g4 55.Re3+ Kf2 (55...Kh4 56.Kf4 g3 57.Rb3 g2 58.Rg3 g1Q 59.Rxg1 Kh3 60.Rg3+ Kh4 61.Rg2 Kh3 62.Kf3 h4 63.Rg4 Kh2 64.Rxh4+) 56.Kf4 h4 57.Ra3 g3 58.Ra2+ Kf1 59.Kf3 Ke1 60.Kg2; 36...Rb2 37.Kc5 Rc2+ 38.Kb6 Rb2+ 39.Kxa5 Rc2 40.Kb6 Rb2+ 41.Ka6 Rc2 42.Rd7+ Ke8 43.Kb7 g6 44.a5 Rb2+ 45.Kc8 Ra2 46.c7 Rxa5 47.Rd8+ Ke7 48.Kb7 Rc5 49.Kb6 Rc4 50.c8Q Rxc8 51.Rxc8 Kf6 52.Rc4 Ke5 53.Kc6 f6 54.Ra4 g5 55.Ra5+ Kd4 56.hxg5 fxg5]

37.Rb1? [37.Rf1 Kd6 38.Rxf7 Kxc6 39.Rxg7 e5 40.Rg5 Rd4+ 41.Kc3 Kd5 42.Rxh5 Rxa4=]

37...Kd6 38.Rb7 Kxc6 39.Rxf7 Rd7 40.Rf4 Rb7 41.Kc3 Kd5 42.Rd4+ Ke5 43.Rc4 Rd7 44.Rc5+ Rd5 45.Kc4?? Rxc5+ 46.Kxc5 g6 47.Kb5 Kd5 48.Kxa5 Kc5 49.Ka6 e5 50.Kb7 e4 [50...e4 51.a5 e3 52.a6 e2 53.a7 e1Q 54.a8Q Qe7+ 55.Kc8 Qe8+ 56.Kb7 Qd7+ 57.Kb8 Kb6+–] 0–1

⚪️#25 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Navara David (2740)
🔸Johnson Joshua (2261)
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Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 25
public poll

A) Nd5 – 7
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 58%
Vincent, @Somebody_Sophia, @AryanLeekha, Atharva, Hansika, Zhenrui, Alan

C) Rb1 – 4
👍👍👍👍 33%
Jonas, @YaminiG, @RichardPeng, Michael

B) N×d4 – 1
👍 8%
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👥 12 people voted so far.

⚪️#25 (Endgame-White to Move)
🔸Kryvoruchko,Yuriy (2695)
🔸Abdusattorov,Nodirbek (2558)
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Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 25
public poll

B) Bd5 – 8
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 73%
España 🇪🇸, Jonas, @Somebody_Sophia, @AryanLeekha, Michael, Hansika, Zhenrui, Alan

A) e5 – 2
👍👍 18%
@YaminiG, @RichardPeng

C) Kf5 – 1
👍 9%
hassan

👥 11 people voted so far.

♦️ Today is birthday of Levon Aronian!!
Armanian chess grandmaster

❤️🌹💐☘️🌷🌺🌸❤️ Happy birthday Dear Levon !! 👏👏👏👏
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35th Chess Olympiad: Bled , Slovenia, 2002.

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The 35th Olympiad was held at Bled, Slovenia, a small republic that was part of Yugoslavia until 1991 and Bled is a little town a 20-minute drive from Italy and Austria, has a beautiful lake with the small island and the old church inside with the icy Alps in the background. Despite relatively small playing hall (compared to a record number of participating nations) the venue presented a fine location and was welcomed by most participants who opined that it was the best Olympiad in recent times.

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World Champion Max Euwe (right) and challenger, Alexander Alekhine (left), photographed at the time of their 1937 title match in the Netherlands.

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Soviet grandmaster and former World Champion Mikhail Botvinnik in play against Frans Kuijpers (Netherlands), in the final round of the small tournament held in Amsterdam, 16th Dec 1963.

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GM Gregory Kaidanov (USA) and GM Yasser Seirawan (USA) at the 2002 Bled, Slovenia, Chess Olympiad.

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UNITY CHESS INFOGRAPHIC

🛄 Chess History - Tournaments
🔹 Yerevan 1965

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🔷 Chess History - Tournaments
🔹 Yerevan 1965
🔹 Yerevan, Soviet Union (Armenia)
🔹 September 17 - October 6
🔹 CHAMPION: Viktor Korchnoi | 9.5/13 (+6 -0 =7) |


🔰 The USSR organized an international chess tournament in the city of Yerevan in 1965. Fourteen grandmasters and masters, including the world champion, were invited to compete in the round robin event. Eight participants represented the Soviet Union, including:
🔅 Tigran Petrosian
🔅 Yuri Averbakh
🔅 Viktor Korchnoi
🔅 Vladimir Liberzon
🔅 Eduard Mnatsakanian
🔅 Iivo Nei
🔅 Boris Shashin
🔅 Leonid Stein.
🔻 The remaining six seats went to non-Soviet players including:
🔅 Miroslav Filip from Czechoslovakia
🔅 Reinhart Fuchs from East Germany
🔅 Aleksander Matanovic from Yugoslavia
🔅 Lajos Portisch from Hungary
🔅 Lothar Schmid from West Germany
🔅 Gideon Stahlberg from Sweden.

🔰 Despite finishing undefeated with +4, Petrosian only managed shared second with Stein, while Korchnoi took clear first, a full point ahead, with +6 at the finish.

♦️ The final standings and crosstable was as above👆
♦️ Download " Yerevan 1965 Games Database" by PGN format👇

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🔸 Yerevan 1965 Games Database
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♦️ Review our selectem game from Yerevan 1965👇

▪️ Viktor Korchnoi vs Boris S Shashin
▪️ Yerevan (1965), Yerevan URS, rd 9, Sep-29
▪️ English Opening: King's English Variation. Keres Defense (A21)
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♦️ Download PGN file👇
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▪️ Viktor Korchnoi - Boris S Shashin, Yerevan 1965
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