Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 132
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A) Nb4 β 17
πππππππ 89%
@Hadihmz, @mahyarebrahimi1983, Ψ§Ω ΫΨ±, @fantastic45, Gavin, Jayden, @SteveWongso, Vishal, hasan, @Somebody_Sophia, @RichardPeng, @AryanLeekha, Michael, Hansika, Alan, Matthew, Kasyap
B) Rac8 β 2
π 11%
@Ismailaqa, Ezequiel
C) Rfc8
β«οΈ 0%
π₯ 19 people voted so far.
public poll
A) Nb4 β 17
πππππππ 89%
@Hadihmz, @mahyarebrahimi1983, Ψ§Ω ΫΨ±, @fantastic45, Gavin, Jayden, @SteveWongso, Vishal, hasan, @Somebody_Sophia, @RichardPeng, @AryanLeekha, Michael, Hansika, Alan, Matthew, Kasyap
B) Rac8 β 2
π 11%
@Ismailaqa, Ezequiel
C) Rfc8
β«οΈ 0%
π₯ 19 people voted so far.
Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 132
public poll
C) Bh3 β 11
πππππππ 79%
@Hadihmz, @Ismailaqa, Gavin, Jayden, @SteveWongso, @RichardPeng, @AryanLeekha, Michael, Hansika, Ezequiel, Kasyap
A) Bb2 β 2
π 14%
Vishal, Matthew
B) g4 β 1
π 7%
@Somebody_Sophia
π₯ 14 people voted so far.
public poll
C) Bh3 β 11
πππππππ 79%
@Hadihmz, @Ismailaqa, Gavin, Jayden, @SteveWongso, @RichardPeng, @AryanLeekha, Michael, Hansika, Ezequiel, Kasyap
A) Bb2 β 2
π 14%
Vishal, Matthew
B) g4 β 1
π 7%
@Somebody_Sophia
π₯ 14 people voted so far.
π΄ Today is birthday of Vasily Yemelin
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βοΈ Today is also birthday of Aleksandr Galkin, a Russian chess grandmaster who won the 1999 World Junior Chess Championship. In the September 2009 FIDE list, he has an Elo rating of 2608.
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βοΈ Today is also birthday of Aleksandr Galkin, a Russian chess grandmaster who won the 1999 World Junior Chess Championship. In the September 2009 FIDE list, he has an Elo rating of 2608.
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π΅ Chess History - Tournaments
πΉ Wijk aan Zee Hoogovens 1998
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#Hoogovens1998
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π΅ Chess History - Tournaments
πΉ Wijk aan Zee Hoogovens 1998
#chess_history_tornaments
#Hoogovens1998
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π΅ Chess History - Tournaments
πΉ Wijk aan Zee Hoogovens 1998
πΉJanuary 15th - February 1st
π° CHAMPION: Vladimir Kramnik | 8.5/13 (+6 -2 =5) |
π° SHARED WITH: Viswanathan Anand | 8.5/13 (+5 -1 =7) |
π The 60th Annual Hoogovens Chess Tournament was a Category XVII event held in Wijk aan Zee, The Netherlands from January 15th to February 1st 1998. 14 top grandmasters, including the reigning FIDE World Champion, competed in a round robin format in the prestigous A event.
βΌοΈ The participants were (in order of Elo):
βͺοΈ Vladimir Kramnik (2790)
βͺοΈVishwanathan Anand (2770)
βͺοΈ Veselin Topalov (2740)
βͺοΈ Anatoli Karpov (2735)
βͺοΈ Alexey Shirov (2710)
βͺοΈ Valery Salov (2680)
βͺοΈ Boris Gelfand (2675)
βͺοΈ Michael Adams (2670)
βͺοΈ Judit Polgar (2670)
βͺοΈ Jan Timman (2620)
βͺοΈ Loek Van Wely (2605)
βͺοΈ Friso Nijboer (2590)
βͺοΈ Jeroen Piket (2580)
βͺοΈ Paul Van der Sterren (2555)
The Tata Steel chess tournament was moved to the Dutch seaside town Wijk aan Zee in 1968. In this period, the tournament was popularly called both "Hoogovens" and "Wijk aan Zee".
β»οΈ Kramnik and Anand tied for first at the end of the tournament, each with 8.5/13, a full point over the rest of the field.
π SOURCE: WIKIPEDIA & CHESSGAMES.COM
πΉ The final standings and crosstable was as aboveπ
πΉ Download "Hoogovens 1998 Games Database " by PGN formatπ
πΉ Review our selected game from this tournamentπ
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πΉ Wijk aan Zee Hoogovens 1998
πΉJanuary 15th - February 1st
π° CHAMPION: Vladimir Kramnik | 8.5/13 (+6 -2 =5) |
π° SHARED WITH: Viswanathan Anand | 8.5/13 (+5 -1 =7) |
π The 60th Annual Hoogovens Chess Tournament was a Category XVII event held in Wijk aan Zee, The Netherlands from January 15th to February 1st 1998. 14 top grandmasters, including the reigning FIDE World Champion, competed in a round robin format in the prestigous A event.
βΌοΈ The participants were (in order of Elo):
βͺοΈ Vladimir Kramnik (2790)
βͺοΈVishwanathan Anand (2770)
βͺοΈ Veselin Topalov (2740)
βͺοΈ Anatoli Karpov (2735)
βͺοΈ Alexey Shirov (2710)
βͺοΈ Valery Salov (2680)
βͺοΈ Boris Gelfand (2675)
βͺοΈ Michael Adams (2670)
βͺοΈ Judit Polgar (2670)
βͺοΈ Jan Timman (2620)
βͺοΈ Loek Van Wely (2605)
βͺοΈ Friso Nijboer (2590)
βͺοΈ Jeroen Piket (2580)
βͺοΈ Paul Van der Sterren (2555)
The Tata Steel chess tournament was moved to the Dutch seaside town Wijk aan Zee in 1968. In this period, the tournament was popularly called both "Hoogovens" and "Wijk aan Zee".
β»οΈ Kramnik and Anand tied for first at the end of the tournament, each with 8.5/13, a full point over the rest of the field.
π SOURCE: WIKIPEDIA & CHESSGAMES.COM
πΉ The final standings and crosstable was as aboveπ
πΉ Download "Hoogovens 1998 Games Database " by PGN formatπ
πΉ Review our selected game from this tournamentπ
#chess_history_tornaments
#Hoogovens1998
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β¦οΈ Review our selected game from "Hoogovens 1998" chess tournamentπ
πΈ Vladimir Kramnik vs Paul van der Sterren
πΈ Hoogovens (1998), Wijk aan Zee NED, rd 12, Jan-30
πΈ Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch Defense. Exchange Variation (D41)
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πΈ Vladimir Kramnik vs Paul van der Sterren
πΈ Hoogovens (1998), Wijk aan Zee NED, rd 12, Jan-30
πΈ Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch Defense. Exchange Variation (D41)
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In New In Chess 2019 # 1 , Russian GM Daniel Dubov not only brilliantly annotates two of his games that made him World Rapid Champion , but also explains why Magnus Carlsen is such a great winner . In an exclusive interview Dubov ( 22 ) relates what he as a member of Carlsen " s team learned about the mix of talent , work and the will to win of the Norwegian . And what playing more than 100 training games with Carlsen did for his own play . On top of that , Carlsen " s regular second Peter Heine Nielsen explains how his boss won the World Blitz Championship .
15...Rac8?! [15...Nb4! In order to exchange White's most important minor piece that leads to equality. 16.a3 (16.Bb1? Ba6 17.Qd1 Bxf1Β΅) 16...Nxd3 17.Qxd3 a5 18.Qb3 Ba6 19.Rfe1 Rfb8 20.Rc3 Qd8 21.Rec1 Nh6 22.Rc6 Rc8=; 15...Rfc8 16.a3 Rc7 17.Nb3 Rac8 18.Rc3 Nb8 19.Rxc7 Rxc7 20.Re1 Rc8 21.Nbd2 a6 22.Nb1 g6 23.Nc3 b5 24.Qd2 Nc6 25.Na2 Qf8 26.Qf4 h5 27.Rc1 b4 28.axb4 Nxb4 29.Rxc8 Bxc8 30.Nxb4 Qxb4 31.Ng5 Nh6 32.Qc1! Bd7 33.Bxa6 Qa4 (33...Qxd4?? 34.Nf3 Qa4 35.Qxh6) 34.Bf1+/=]
16.a3! f6 17.exf6 [17.b4 f5 18.Nb3+/=]
17...Qxf6+/=
1β0
16.a3! f6 17.exf6 [17.b4 f5 18.Nb3+/=]
17...Qxf6+/=
1β0