Some of the main games in round 4:
Xiong (2656) vs MVL (2780)
Gelfand (2701) vs Aronian (2780)
Adhiban (2668) vs Wesley So (2776)
Short (2652) vs Karjakin (2760)
Vidit-Praggnanandhaa!
https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/isle-of-man-2018/4/1/1
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Xiong (2656) vs MVL (2780)
Gelfand (2701) vs Aronian (2780)
Adhiban (2668) vs Wesley So (2776)
Short (2652) vs Karjakin (2760)
Vidit-Praggnanandhaa!
https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/isle-of-man-2018/4/1/1
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Xiong, Jeffery vs. Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | Chess.com Isle of Man International 2018
Replay the Chess.com Isle of Man International Round 4 game played on 23/10/2018 with computer analysis
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▪️ Evgeny Znosko Borovsky
▪️ Soviet chess Master
▪️ Teacher and Chess Author
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▪️ Evgeny Znosko Borovsky
▪️ Soviet chess Master
▪️ Teacher and Chess Author
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@unitychess
🔘 About Borovsky
🔹 Evgeny Znosko Borovsky
🔹 Soviet chess Master
🔹 Teacher and Chess Author
🔰 Evgeny Alexandrovich Znosko-Borovsky was a Russian chess master, music and drama critic, teacher and author. Born in Saint Petersburg, he settled in Paris in 1920, and lived there for the rest of his life.
▪️ Born: August 16, 1884, Pavlovsk, Saint Petersburg, Russia
▪️ Died: December 31, 1954, Paris, France
🔰 Znosko-Borovsky fought and was wounded in both the 1905 Russo-Japanese war and World War I. He also fought for the White forces during the Russian revolution and was evacuated to France.
As a player, Znosko-Borovsky fell short of the very highest level. He did have some notable results in international competition, including Paris 1930, where he finished first without loss, ahead of Savielly Tartakower, Andor Lilienthal and Jacques Mieses, and first prize in the premier tournament at Folkestone 1933. Success often came in individual encounters with his more distinguished peers; he won impressive games against José Raúl Capablanca, Akiba Rubinstein, Max Euwe and Efim Bogoljubov as well as a short match with Edgard Colle in 1922. He was also highly skilled at simultaneous exhibition play.
Borovsky was 3rd= in the All Russian Championship of 1908, 3rd at Nice 1930 and 1st at Paris 1930.
♦️ A memorable game by Borovsky 👇
🔸 Evgeny Aleksandrovich Znosko-Borovsky vs Akiba Rubinstein
🔸 Ostend-B (1907), Ostend BEL, rd 14, Jun-03
🔸 Four Knights Game: Ranken Variation (C48)
♦️ Review this game and download it's PGN file👇
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🔹 Evgeny Znosko Borovsky
🔹 Soviet chess Master
🔹 Teacher and Chess Author
🔰 Evgeny Alexandrovich Znosko-Borovsky was a Russian chess master, music and drama critic, teacher and author. Born in Saint Petersburg, he settled in Paris in 1920, and lived there for the rest of his life.
▪️ Born: August 16, 1884, Pavlovsk, Saint Petersburg, Russia
▪️ Died: December 31, 1954, Paris, France
🔰 Znosko-Borovsky fought and was wounded in both the 1905 Russo-Japanese war and World War I. He also fought for the White forces during the Russian revolution and was evacuated to France.
As a player, Znosko-Borovsky fell short of the very highest level. He did have some notable results in international competition, including Paris 1930, where he finished first without loss, ahead of Savielly Tartakower, Andor Lilienthal and Jacques Mieses, and first prize in the premier tournament at Folkestone 1933. Success often came in individual encounters with his more distinguished peers; he won impressive games against José Raúl Capablanca, Akiba Rubinstein, Max Euwe and Efim Bogoljubov as well as a short match with Edgard Colle in 1922. He was also highly skilled at simultaneous exhibition play.
Borovsky was 3rd= in the All Russian Championship of 1908, 3rd at Nice 1930 and 1st at Paris 1930.
♦️ A memorable game by Borovsky 👇
🔸 Evgeny Aleksandrovich Znosko-Borovsky vs Akiba Rubinstein
🔸 Ostend-B (1907), Ostend BEL, rd 14, Jun-03
🔸 Four Knights Game: Ranken Variation (C48)
♦️ Review this game and download it's PGN file👇
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@ZnoskoBorovsky-Rubinstein 1907.pgn
575 B
🔸 Evgeny Znosko-Borovsky - Akiba Rubinstein, Ostend-B (1907)
🔸 PGN format
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🔸 PGN format
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35.Qa7?! An unnecessary move. The white queen had an ideal position and the 7th rank could have been controled by the rook
[35.c5!‚ △Qb3 would be better. 35...Qe6 36.Ra7+– Black would really suffer from a lack of space. 36...Nf8 37.Qe2 △Qa6 37...Rd7 38.Ra8 g5 39.Qa6 Kf7 40.Rc8 Qg4 41.Qxc6 Ng6 42.Kh2+–]
35...Kf8 36.c5 Qb8 37.Qa6 Qc7 38.Ne1 b3 39.Nd3 Rb8 40.Ra3 Ke7 41.Qc4 Qb7 42.Ra5 g5 43.Qa4 Black resigned. A likely continuation could be:
43.Qa4 Kd8 44.Ra6 Qb5 45.Qxb5 Rxb5 46.Rxc6 Ra5 47.Kf3 Ra4 48.g4 Rc4 49.Ke3 Rc2 50.Re6 Nxc5 51.Nxc5 Rxc5 52.Rxf6+–1–0
[35.c5!‚ △Qb3 would be better. 35...Qe6 36.Ra7+– Black would really suffer from a lack of space. 36...Nf8 37.Qe2 △Qa6 37...Rd7 38.Ra8 g5 39.Qa6 Kf7 40.Rc8 Qg4 41.Qxc6 Ng6 42.Kh2+–]
35...Kf8 36.c5 Qb8 37.Qa6 Qc7 38.Ne1 b3 39.Nd3 Rb8 40.Ra3 Ke7 41.Qc4 Qb7 42.Ra5 g5 43.Qa4 Black resigned. A likely continuation could be:
43.Qa4 Kd8 44.Ra6 Qb5 45.Qxb5 Rxb5 46.Rxc6 Ra5 47.Kf3 Ra4 48.g4 Rc4 49.Ke3 Rc2 50.Re6 Nxc5 51.Nxc5 Rxc5 52.Rxf6+–1–0