▪️ Akiba Rubinstein - Milan Vidmar, Berlin Four Masters 1918
▪️PGN format
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What a way to become a grandmaster! 🔥🤩🔥

Gukesh crashed through in his norm-winning game with 20.Ng7+! and 21.Rxe6+! to win in 26 moves against Dinesh Sharma!

🔸chess.com IoM Masters Douglas ENG 2018
🔸Round 7
⚪️Shirov,Alexei (2636)
⚫️Le,Quang Liem (2715)
🔸1-0

28.Be4? [Shirov missed a golden opportunity to seize a huge advantage.]

[28.h7! Qa5 (28...Rxh7? 29.Nxf6+ Bxf6 30.Rg8+ Ke7 31.Rxa8 Qd6 32.Ra7 Kf8 33.Bc2 Qc5 34.Qxc5+ Nxc5 35.Rd6 Bf3 36.Ng1 Rh1 37.Rxf6 Rxg1+ 38.Kb2+–) 29.a4 bxa3 30.Qh6! △Qg7 30...a2+ 31.Ka1 Bb4 32.Rc1 Nc5 33.Bc4 Ba3 34.Rgd1 Ne4 35.Qg7+–]

28...Nd6! 29.Ng3 [29.Bxc6+ Qxc6 30.Qd3 Kf8 31.Rc1 Qe4 32.Qxe4 Nxe4 33.Kb2=]

29...Nb5 30.Rc1 Nc3+ 31.Rxc3 bxc3 32.Rc1 Bxe4+ 33.Nxe4 Qa5 34.a4 Rb8?! [34...Qa6! 35.Qxc3 Rb8 36.Ka1 Rd8 37.Qc7 Rd7 38.Qb8+ Rd8 39.Qb5+ Qxb5 40.axb5 Rb8=]

35.Rxc3+/=

1–0

⚪️#121 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Debashis,D (2548)
🔸Trent,L (2391)
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Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 121
public poll

B) Nf1 – 10
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 91%
@mahyarebrahimi1983, @Hamid_mirzaee, future, Gavin, Vincent, @h_a_d_I_1169, @Somebody_Sophia, @RichardPeng, Atharva, @WataxPin

A) Ndb1 – 1
👍 9%
@shahrook

C) a5
▫️ 0%

👥 11 people voted so far.

⚫️ #121 (Endgame-‌Black to Move)
🔸Hoefelsauer,T (2380)
🔸Moksh,Amit Doshi (2224)
🔸chess.com IoM Masters Douglas ENG

Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 121
public poll

C) Re1 – 14
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 88%
@Hamed_jaafaari, @shahrook, future, @Ehsan_fischer, @MohamadAsp, Gavin, Angel, Babak, Vincent, @h_a_d_I_1169, @Somebody_Sophia, Atharva, @WataxPin, Daniel

A) Rb7 – 2
👍 13%
@mahyarebrahimi1983, @arash22_d

B) Rb4
▫️ 0%

👥 16 people voted so far.

🔵 Arizona State Grades Chess Tournament
Saturday, January 12th, 2019

♦️ Six State Champions and One Co-Champion! Unity Chess Students find the winning moves at the AZ State Grades Championships 2019!
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🔵 Arizona State Grades Chess Tournament
Saturday, January 12th, 2019
♦️ Great job by Unity Chess Club Students in " Arizona State Grades Chess Tournament, 2019 " !!
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🔴 Today is birthday of Victor Ciocâltea
♦️ Romanian chess Grandmaster

▪️ Born: January 16, 1932, Bucharest, Romania
▪️ Died: September 10, 1983, Manresa, Spain
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Rd 4 at Tata Steel: Giri beat Rapport and Vidit beat Van Foreest. All other games were drawn. Ian Nepomniachtchi is in 1st place with 3 out of 4. Rd 5: Van Foreest-Carlsen, Fedoseev-Vidit, Dhankland-Ding, Radjabov-Duda, Giri-Anand, Nepomniachtchi-Rapport, & Kramnik-Mamedyarov.

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🔹 Tata Steel Chess Masters | Round 4
🔹 PGN format

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🔹 Tata Steel Chess Challengers | Round 4
🔹 PGN format

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On top board, Boris Spassky faces Bent Larsen. Bobby Fischer looks on. On the bottom right of the photo, Svetozar Gligorić can be seen in play on board 5, v. Efim Geller (USSR).

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🔸 USSR vs Rest of the World 1970
🔸 PGN format

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“You have to have the fighting spirit. You have to force moves and take chances”

🔸 Bobby Fischer

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