🔴 Today is birthday of Viktor Láznička
♦️ Czech chess Grandmaster

👏👏👏👏👏 Happy birthday 🌺💐☘️💐🌸🌷

💟 Today is also birthday of:

💢 Ufran Sevdimaliyev,(1989), an Azerbaijani Grandmaster.
💢 Radoslav Simic (1948), a Serbian Grandmaster.
💢 Ashok Vadapetyan (1955), an Armenian International Arbiter who was the Chief Arbiter in few World Championships.
♦️ Anna Akhsharumova (1957), a US Woman Grandmaster born in Russia who won two Soviet Women’s Championships and one US Women’s Championship.
Akhsharumova is the wife of chess grandmaster Boris Gulko. Akhsharumova and her husband became famous in the late-1970s as Soviet Refuseniks. They were finally allowed to leave the Soviet Union and immigrate to the United States in 1986.

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FIDE Rating List - January 2019

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Tata Steel Chess Festival 2019

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Judit Polgar - Wijk aan Zee, 2003.

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Judit Polgar analyzing her win over Karpov in Wijk aan Zee in 2003 - Part1

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Judit Polgar analyzing her win over Karpov in Wijk aan Zee in 2003 Part2

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Judit Polgar second place behind Anand in Wijk aan Zee - 2003.

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🔸chess.com IoM Masters Douglas ENG 2018
🔸Round 6
⚪️Vidit,Santosh Gujrathi (2711)
⚫️Antipov,Mikhail Al (2593)
🔸0-1

34.Re3? [A wasting of time. White's rook should not have moved off the first rank.]

[34.Bg3! would be correct: 34...Kh7 35.Bf1 Ra2 36.Qd1 Qc3 37.Re3 Ra1 38.Rxc3 Rxd1 39.Re3!= △R×e6]

34...Ra1+! 35.Re1 [35.Kh2? Qb1 36.Nxd8 Nxd8 37.Kg3 Ne6 38.Re2 Bd3 39.Re3 Be4 40.f3 Ra2! 41.Qe1 Qb2–+]

35...Ra2! 36.Qe3? [36.Re3 Qb1+ 37.Qe1 Qb2 38.Kh2 Bc7 39.Nd6 Kh7-/+]

36...Qxb4 37.Bg3 Kh7 38.Nxd8 Nxd8 39.Qe7 Ra7 40.Qe8 Ne6–+

0–1

⚪️#119 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Sanikidze,Tornike (2497)
🔸Tran,Tuan Minh (2491)
🔸Olympiad 2018 Batumi

22.h4! [Since the black pieces are far from the kingside, White launches an attack against the opponent's king.]

[22.f4 Nxd4 23.Bxd4 Rxd4 24.Bxg6 Qd8 25.Bh5+ Qxg5 26.fxg5 Rxd1 27.Bxf7+ Kg7 28.Rxd1 Bd5=; 22.Qe3 Rac8 23.Bxg6 hxg6 24.Qxb3 Qc2 25.Qxc2 Rxc2 26.Bc1 Rc3 27.Bb2 Rc2=]

22...h5 [22...Nxd4?? 23.Bxd4 Rxd4 24.Bxg6 Qd8 25.Rxd4 Qxd4 26.Bc2+ Kf8 27.Rd1 Qc5 28.Rd7 Bc6 29.Rc7 Ke8 30.Qf6 Rb8 31.Be4 Bd7 (31...Bxe4 32.Qxf7+ Kd8 33.Qd7#) 32.Rxc5 bxc5 33.Qh8+ Ke7 34.Qxb8+–]

23.f4 Qc6 24.Rf2 Qe8 25.f5 exf5 26.Bxf5 Bd5 27.e6 Rd6 [27...Bxe6 28.d5 Bxf5 29.Qf6 Kf8 30.Rxf5 Qe3+ 31.Kh1 gxf5 32.d6+–]

28.Re1 Rad8 29.exf7+ Qxf7 30.Re7

1–0

⚪️ #119 (Endgame-‌White to Move)
🔸Kovalenko,Igor (2646)
🔸Godart,Francois (2431)
🔸World Chess Olympiad 2018 Batumi

31.Qc1 [31.Qxc3! dxc3 32.g5 hxg5 33.hxg5 fxg5 34.Rxg5 Rb2 35.R1g2²; 31.g5 Qxd2 32.Rxd2 hxg5 33.hxg5 fxg5 34.Rdg2 Rb6 35.Rxg5 Nf6 36.R1g2 Ne8 37.f6 Rfxf6 38.Rxe5 Rb1+ 39.Kh2 Nd6 40.Ra5]

31...Rc8? [31...Rb6 32.Rf1 Ra6=]

32.Rh2? [32.g5 fxg5 33.hxg5 hxg5 34.Bb2 Qc5 35.Qxg5+–]

32...Rc6 [32...Nc5 33.Bxc5 Qxc5 34.g5 Rcc7 35.gxh6=]

33.g5 hxg5 34.hxg5 fxg5 35.Qxg5 Qxa3 36.Qh4 [36.Qh4 Rf8 (36...Kf8 37.Qd8#) 37.Rxg7+ Kxg7 38.Qh7+ Kf6 39.Rh6+ Kg5 40.Qg7+ Kf4 41.Rh4+ Ke3 42.Qg5+ Ke2 43.Rh2+ Kf3 44.Qg2+ Kf4 45.Rh4+ Ke3 46.Rh3+ Kf4 47.Rf3#]

1–0

⚫️#120 (Strategy-Black to Move)
🔸Svetushkin,Dmitry (2580)
🔸Kosic,Dragan (2465)
🔸Olympiad 2018 Batumi