Amsterdam, 4th September 1954. At the 11th FIDE Olympiad, L to R: Gereben, Lilienthal, Prins, Boleslavsky, Smyslov, ?, Keres, ?.

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"You must not let your opponent know how you feel."

🔸 Alexander Kotov

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The Hague, 4th March 1948. The 2nd-round of the Match-tournament for the World Championship. Mikhail Botvinnik (USSR) faces Max Euwe (Netherlands).

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Mikhail Botvinnik 🆚 Max Euwe

FIDE World Championship Tournament (1948), The Hague NED, rd 2, Mar-04

Semi-Slav Defense: Romih Variation (D46)

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Luděk Pachman: "Flowers good, contract better."

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Here are the final standings of the Champions Showdown:

🔹 Champions Showdown Blitz
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Armenia's 18-year-old Haik Martirosyan (2616) defeats the sole leader of the #AeroflotOpen, India's Krishnan Sasikiran (2678), in round 7 to catch up with him in the lead.

🔹 17th Aeroflot Open-A 2019, Moscow-R7
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Congratulations to four-time champion of the Americas, FIDE Vice President Julio Granda Zuniga on his birthday!🎂🎉🎈

The intense concentration of Sasikiran in an analysis session after a loss

Look at the focus in his eyes, look at the energy with which he is making his moves. One might imagine that he has won his game. However, the truth is he lost his round 7 encounter to Haik Martirosyan. But the result doesn't bog him down. He wants to learn from his game, from his loss and that's the reason why no one can stop him from improving!

Something for all of us to learn from Sasikiran.

🔸chess.com IoM Masters Douglas ENG 2018
🔸Round 4
⚪️Raja,Harshit (2420)
⚫️Mekhitarian,Krikor Sevag (2546
🔸0-1

34...Rd2! [Penetrating the opponent's camp with the threat.]

35.g3? [¹35.Bd3! Nxd3 36.cxd3 Ra8! 37.g3 Be8 38.Kg2 Rxd3=/+]

35...Nxe2 36.Nxe2 Ra8! [Instead of grabbing the c2–pawn, Black activates his kingside rook by using the a-file.]

[36...Rxc2 37.Nf4 Rd8 38.Kg2 Rdd2 39.Rf1-/+]

37.Rh4 Rxc2 38.Nc3 Be8! 39.Rhb4 c5 40.Rxb5+ Bxb5+

⚫️#150 (Strategy-Black to Move)
🔸Buhmann,R (2574)
🔸Sebastian,D (2442)
🔸Bundesliga 2019

37...Qh3+!? [37...d4!! Clearing the d5 pawn for the black bishop that would put White's king in danger. 38.cxd4 Rxf8 39.Kf2 Qh2+ 40.Ke1 Rd8°; 37...Rxf8!? 38.Rg1 d4 39.Qxd4 Bd5+ 40.Kf2 Qh2+ 41.Ke1±]

38.Kg1 d4 39.cxd4 Bd5 40.Kf2 Kxf8°

½–½