Congratulations to Wesley So! Although Vidit Gujrathi made it competitive at the start of the bullet, he pulled away in the final minutes. 👏😀👏

So will now play the Polish surprise #speedchess star Jan-Krzysztof Duda in a semifinal match that is sure to be thrilling!

The last #speedchess quarterfinal match will be this Thursday between Hikaru Nakamura and MVL! ⚡️⚡️⚡️

The birthday boy is all smiles as he comes out ahead in a time scramble against Vidit Gujrathi!

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"Bananas finish!!!" cries Daniel Rensch as vidit takes his second win in a row in a chaotic time scramble! 🍌🍌🍌

WOW! Who is winning this one in #speedchess?!

Tons of tactics and counterblows hit the board in this scramble.

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⚪️#28 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Wojtaszek,Radoslaw (2727)
🔸Fernandes,Antonio (2389)
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18.c5!? [A very interesting move to prevent Black from releasing the bishop on b7 by the freeing move ...c5.]

[18.Bc3 c5 19.Ne5 Nxe5 (19...cxd4 20.Nxf7+ Kg8 21.Nxd8) 20.dxe5 Be7 21.f4 Rd7 22.Be2 g6 23.Rxd7 Qxd7 24.Rd1 Qe8 25.Qc1 Rd8 26.Kf2 Bh4+ 27.g3 Qc6 28.Rxd8+ Bxd8 29.Qd1 Qg2+ 30.Ke3 Qe4+ 31.Kd2 Qg2 32.Ke3=; 18.Ne5 Nxe5 19.dxe5 Be7 20.Qe2 c5 21.Bc3 g6 22.Qe3 Kg7 23.Be2 Rxd1 24.Rxd1 Rd8=]

18...bxc5 19.Ne5 [19.dxc5? Bxb2 20.Qxb2 Nxc5 with advantage for Black.]

19...Nxe5 [19...Kg8 20.Nxd7 Rxd7 21.dxc5 Bxb2 22.Qxb2 Rcd8 23.Be2 Qf4 24.Qc3 Rxd1 25.Rxd1 Rxd1+ 26.Bxd1 Qe4 27.h3 Qb1 28.Qc2 Qa1 29.Qd2 Ba6 30.f4„]

20.dxe5 Be7 21.Qc4 Bf8? [21...Rd5! 22.h4 (22.Be4 Rcd8 23.Bxd5 cxd5 24.Qg4 d4³) 22...h5 23.g4 Qd8 24.Qe4 Qg8!=]

22.h4! h5 23.g4 [23.g4 hxg4 24.Qxg4 Kg8 25.Qe4 g6 26.h5 Rd5 27.hxg6 Rcd8 28.Bc1 Ba6 29.Bc2 Rxd1 30.Rxd1 Rxd1+ 31.Bxd1 fxg6 32.Bg4! Qf7 33.Qxc6 Bb7 34.Qxe6±] 1–0

⚫️#28 (Endgame-Black to Move)
🔸Ho In Hei,Henry (1797)
🔸Garcia Cardenas,Pablo (2444)
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40...Ke5! [40...g5 41.Rxd4 Rxb2 42.Rd5 a4 43.Ra5 Rb3 44.Rxa4 Rxd3=; 40...Rxb2 41.Rxd4 g5 42.Rd5 a4 43.Ra5 Rb3=]

41.Re7+ [41.b4 a4! 42.Ra7 Kf4 43.Rxa4 Ke3 44.g3 Rf2+ 45.Kg1 Rb2 46.Ra6 Kxd3 47.Rxg6 Kd2 48.Rd6 d3 49.Kg2 (49.Kf1 Kc2 50.Rc6+ Kd1 51.a4 d2 52.Kf2 Rc2 53.Rd6 Kc1 54.Ke3 d1Q 55.Rxd1+ Kxd1 56.Kd3 Rg2 57.b5 Rxg3+ 58.Ke4 h4 59.b6 h3 60.b7 Rg8 61.a5 h2+–) 49...Kc1+ 50.Kh3 d2 51.Kh4 Rb3! 52.Rc6+ Kb2 53.Rd6 Kc2 54.Rc6+ (54.b5 Rd3; 54.Rxd2+ Kxd2+–) 54...Rc3 55.Rd6 Rd3]

41...Kf4 42.b4 [42.Re4+ Kg3 43.Rxd4 Rf2+ 44.Ke1 Rxg2 45.Rd6 g5 46.Rd5 Kf4 47.Rxa5 h4–+]

42...axb4 43.axb4 Rb2?! [43...Kg3! 44.Rg7 (44.Re2 Rc1+ 45.Re1 Rxe1+ 46.Kxe1 Kxg2 47.b5 h4 48.b6 h3 49.b7 h2 50.b8Q h1Q+ 51.Kd2 Qh6+ 52.Kc2 Qe3–+) 44...Rf2+ 45.Ke1 Rf6]

44.Re4+ Kg3 45.Rxd4 Rf2+ 46.Ke1 Rxg2 47.Re4 Rb2 48.Re3+ Kf4 49.Re4+ Kf3 50.Rc4 g5 51.Rc5 Kf4 52.Rc4+ Ke3 53.Re4+ Kf3 54.Re5 Kf4 55.Re4+ Kg3 56.d4 Rxb4 57.Ke2 h4 58.Re3+ Kf4 59.Rf3+ Ke4 60.Re3+ Kxd4 61.Re8 Rb3 62.Kf2 Kd5 63.Rg8 Rg3 64.Re8 Rg4 65.Kf3 Rf4+ 66.Kg2 Re4 67.Rg8 Rg4+ 68.Kf3 Rg3+ 69.Kf2 Ke5 70.Rf8 Rg4 71.Re8+ Kf6 72.Rf8+ Kg7 73.Rf3 Rf4 74.Rxf4 gxf4 75.Kf3 h3 0–1

⚪️#29 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Korobov,Anton (2685)
🔸Perez Ponsa,Federico (2548)
🔸World Chess Olympiad 2018 Batumi

Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 29
public poll

A) 20.Bd1 – 5
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 56%
@Defence1985, Gavin, @Somebody_Sophia, Srikar, Hansika

B) 20.Rfe1 – 2
👍👍👍 22%
Vincent, @RichardPeng

C) 20.Qg4 – 2
👍👍👍 22%
Kenneth, Venkat

👥 9 people voted so far.

⚪️#29 (Endgame-White to Move)
🔸Franco Ocampos,Zenon (2486)
🔸Anquandah,Francis Eric (1992)
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Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 29
public poll

A) 42.d5 – 10
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 91%
@Defence1985, @soheil_hooshdaran, Gavin, Jahanbakhsh, Venkat, @Somebody_Sophia, @RichardPeng, Srikar, @AryanLeekha, Hansika

C) 42.h4 – 1
👍 9%
Vincent

B) 42.Ke3
▫️ 0%

👥 11 people voted so far.

♦️ Today is birthday of Yuri Razuvaev!!
Russian chess grandmaster and Trainer

Born: 10 October 1945, Moscow, Russia
Died: 21 March 2012, Moscow, Russia
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🔵 Chess History - Tournaments
🔹 Tilburg Fontys 1997

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🔷 Chess History - Tournaments
🔹 Tilburg Fontys 1997
🔹 Netherlands
🔹 September 26 - October 10
🔹 CHAMPION: Peter Svidler| 8/11(+5 -0 =6) |

🔰The Tilburg chess tournament was a series of very strong chess tournaments held in Tilburg, Netherlands. It was established in 1977 and ran continuously through 1994 under the sponsorship of Interpolis, an insurance company. Fontys Hogescholen shortly revived the tournament series from 1996 to 1998, when the last edition was played. Since 1994 there is another annual chess tournament taking place in Tilburg, which has the name De Stukkenjagers, the field is generally much weaker than the traditional Tilburg tournament.

🔰 The 2nd Annual Fontys International Chess Tournament was a Category XVII event held in Tilburg, The Netherlands from September 26th to October 10th, 1997. 12 of the world's top players, including the World Champion, competed in a round robin format.
The participants were (in order of Elo):
🔅 Garry Kasparov (2820),
🔅 Vladimir Kramnik (2770),
🔅 Alexei Shirov (2700),
🔅 Michael Adams (2680),
🔅 Judit Polgar (2670),
🔅 Loek van Wely (2665),
🔅 Joel Lautier (2660),
🔅 Peter Svidler (2660),
🔅 Peter Leko (2635),
🔅 Jeroen Piket (2630),
🔅 Alexander Onischuk (2625),
🔅 Tal Shaked (2500).

The tournament was a major landmark for young grandmasters Kramnik and Svidler as they tied with Kasparov for first place with 8/11, a full point above the rest of the strong field.

♦️ The final standings and crosstable was as above👆
♦️ Download " Tilburg Fontys 1997 " Games database by PGN format👇

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