Mikhail Tal and Mikhail Botvinnik at the opening of the World Championship match 1960.

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Both Kaido Kulaots (2542) and Haik Martirosyan (2616) won their last games in the #AeroflotOpen to share the 1st place with 7/9 points.

GM Kulaots took the champion title due to better tie-breaks. Congratulations!

🔹 17th Aeroflot Open-A 2019, Moscow
🔹 PGN format

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🔸chess.com IoM Masters Douglas ENG 2018
🔸Round 5
⚪️Svane,Rasmus (2595)
⚫️Gelfand,Boris (2701)
🔸1-0

20.Bb6! [restricting the opponent's pieces and preventing ... Rd8.]

20...Qd6 [20...Qc8 21.Nc5 Bxc5 22.Bxc5 e5 23.Bxf8 Kxf8 24.Qd6+ Kg8 25.Bd5+–]

21.Qxd6! [White's domination of the d-file will be decisive.]

[21.Nc5!? Bc8 22.Qxd6 Bxd6 23.Rfd1 Be7 24.Nxb7 Bxb7 25.Bxc6 Bxc6 26.Rxc6±]

21...Bxd6 22.Rfd1 Ne7 23.Nc3! Nd5 24.Bxd5 exd5 25.Rxd5 Re6 26.Rcd1+– [White wins a piece.]

1–0

⚫️#152 (Strategy-Black to Move)
🔸Shankland,S (2725)
🔸Nakamura,H (2749)
🔸PRO League Group Stage 2019

31...Kd6!! [If White could manage to play f4, he would obtain a comfortable position, but since the e4–pawn is now under attack, Black tries to exploit the weak dark squares in White's camp by penetrating to the f4–square.]

[31...Rh8+? This check only helps White to activate his king. 32.Kg2; 31...f5? 32.exf5 exf5 33.Bxf5+–]

32.Kg2 Ke5 33.Kf2 Kf4 34.Nd3+ Nxd3+ 35.Bxd3 Rh8 36.Bf1 Rc8 37.Be2 Bc6 38.Rc1 Rh8 39.Bf1 Rh2+ 40.Bg2–+ f5 41.gxf5 exf5 42.Rf1 Rh8 43.Rd1 fxe4 44.fxe4 f5 45.exf5 Rh2 46.Rg1 Kxf5 47.Kf1 Rxg2 48.Rxg2 Bxg2+ 49.Kxg2 Ke4

0–1

⚪️#152 (Endgame-White to Move)
🔸Barbosa,Ev (2515)
🔸Pinto,C (2136)
🔸Natal BRA 2019

50.f5!! [50.Ke3! Kc7 51.f5 TR; 50.c4? f5 51.Bc2 Kd7²]

50...e5 51.Ke3 Kc7 52.Kd3 Kd6 53.Kc4 Kc7 54.Kd5 Kd7+– 55.a5 bxa5 56.Kxc5 b6+ 57.Kxb6 a4 58.Ka7 a3 59.Bd5 e4 60.b6 e3 61.b7 e2 62.b8Q e1Q 63.Be6+ Ke7 64.Qc7+ Ke8 65.Qd7+ Kf8 66.Qd8+

1–0

⚪️#153 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Vitiugov,N (2720)
🔸Saric,Iv (2690)
🔸Caleta ENG 2019