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⚫️#159 (Strategy-Black to Move)
πŸ”ΈDominguez Perez,L (2739)
πŸ”ΈTopalov,V (2740)
πŸ”ΈChampions Showdown Rapid Saint Louis USA 2019
31...Bd5 [31...Bxc4! Exchanging the white active knight would be the best way to increase Black's advantage. 32.bxc4 Re3 33.f4 Rge6Β΅ 34.Rd2 Rb6 35.Rb1 Rxb1 36.Kxb1 h5Β΅ the black rook would be far more active than its black counterpart.; 31...h5 32.Rde1 Rge6 33.Kd2=]

32.Rhe1 Rge6 33.Rxe6 Rxe6 34.f4 Bxc4 35.bxc4 Rh6 36.Rd2 Rb6 37.Re2 Rb4 38.Re7 h5 39.h3=

½–½
⚫️#159 (Endgame-Black to Move)
πŸ”ΈDominguez Perez,L (2739)
πŸ”ΈTopalov,V (2740)
πŸ”ΈChampions Showdown Rapid Saint Louis USA 2019
64...Rc1+! [64...Kc6 65.Rxa3 Rc1+ 66.Kb4 Rb1+ 67.Rb3 Rd1 68.d5+ Kd6 69.Ra3 Rb1+ 70.Kc3 Rc1+ 71.Kd3 Rd1+ 72.Kc2 Rh1 73.Ra6+ Kc5 74.Rc6+ Kb4 75.d6+–; 64...Rh1 65.Rxa3 Rh3+ 66.Kb4 Rh1 67.Rg3+–]

65.Kb4 Rd1 66.d5 Rb1+ 67.Kc3 Rc1+ 68.Kd3 Rd1+ 69.Kc2 Rh1 70.Rxa3 Kc5 71.Ra4 Rh3 72.Kb2 Rg3 73.Ra3 Rg2+ 74.Kb3 Rg3+ 75.Ka4 Rg8 76.Rc3 Rb8 77.Ka3 Rb7 78.Rc2 Rb8=

½–½
⚫️#160 (Strategy-Black to Move)
πŸ”ΈShankland,S (2731)
πŸ”ΈRapport,R (2735)
πŸ”ΈChampions Showdown Rapid Saint Louis USA 2019
Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 160
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C) BΓ—e3 – 13
πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘ 93%
Gavin, @steve12345678910, @RichardPeng, Sahil, Srikar, Atharva, @WataxPin, Keilor, Michael, Hansika, Pranav, Abhi, Kasyap

B) Qc6 – 1
πŸ‘ 7%
@Somebody_Sophia

A) b4
▫️ 0%

πŸ‘₯ 14 people voted so far.
⚫️#160 (Endgame-Black to Move)
πŸ”ΈShankland,S (2731)
πŸ”ΈRapport,R (2735)
πŸ”ΈChampions Showdown Rapid Saint Louis USA 2019
Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 160
public poll

A) Rb1 – 15
πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘ 68%
@Momoghadam, @batonik107, reza, @MohamadAsp, @Steve1234567890qwerty, @A_Somewhat_Cool_Guy, @Qwerty123Tseries, @WataxPin, Vedant, Michael, Hansika, Pranav, Daniel, Abhi, @Kingbosskasyap

B) a3 – 6
πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘ 27%
Gavin, @Squirtle1, @SophiaCat_does_Chess, Sahil, Srikar, @Ndtaker

C) Ra3 – 1
▫️ 5%
@Mey_ro

πŸ‘₯ 22 people voted so far.
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Our newest team chess match with Daniel Rensch and Hikaru Nakamura playing MVL and Kevin Bordi is sure to be a lot of fun! πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈπŸ’₯πŸ‡«πŸ‡·
Former World Champion Tigran Petrosian with the President of the USSR Chess Federation (and former cosmonaut) Vitaly Sevastianov, pictured at the FIDE chess Interzonal Tournament in Moscow, September 1982.

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β€œBlack is now in desperate need of a good idea. Or, to put it standard chess notation, +-”

πŸ”Έ Mark Dvoretsky

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Amsterdam, 22nd November 1950. In the 9th-round encounter in the international tournament that was held in the city's stock exchange, Gideon StΓ₯hlberg (Sweden) faces Alberic O'Kelly (Belgium).

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Footage can be licenced via AP Archive, The Best of Vintage Chess - a British Movietone compilation

πŸ”ΈChess Display in Czechoslovakia - 1935
πŸ”ΉEleven Year Old Girl Check Mates Every Chess Competitor - 1937
πŸ”ΈChess Master - 1956
πŸ”ΉChess Championships - 1964
πŸ”ΈBoy Wonder Challenges The Master - 1967
πŸ”ΉChess Congress - 1971

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Happy women's day to the great warriors of Indian chess!
Today at the #WTCC2019, we received the visit of Theodore J. Lyng, head of the US diplomatic mission in Kazakhstan.

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Theodore J. Wright, head of the US diplomatic mission in Kazakhstan: "I was a frustrated young chess player, and it has been sort of fulfilling a dream to visit this championship". #WTCC2019

πŸ“Έ: David Llada