Archive footage of the 49th USSR Championship (Minsk, 1979), featuring Tal, Kasparov, Geller (the winner of the event), Jussupow, Dolmatov, Kupreichik...

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#WTCC2019 Round6
Open:
Sweden🇸🇪 0,5-3,5 🇺🇸USA
Russia🇷🇺 2-2 🇦🇿Azerbaijan
India🇮🇳 3,5-0,5 🇰🇿Kazakhstan
Iran🇮🇷 1-3 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿England
Egypt🇪🇬 2-2 🇨🇳China
Women:
Egypt🇪🇬 0,5-3,5 🇬🇪Georgia
Kazakhstan🇰🇿 2,5-1,5 🇭🇺Hungary
Armenia🇦🇲 1,5-2,5 🇺🇦Ukraine
Russia🇷🇺 2,5-1,5 🇺🇸USA
India🇮🇳 1,5-2,5 🇨🇳China

Impressive performance by Iran's 15-year-old Alireza Firouzja (2657) at #WTCC2019 who wins his 4th game in a row.

🔸chess.com IoM Masters Douglas ENG 2018
🔸Round 7
⚪️Antipov,Mikhail Al (2593)
⚫️Giri,Anish (2780)
🔸0-1

21...exf4?! [Even though after this move Black is still better, he has a stronger option:]

[21...d5! This strong move is neglected by dutch super GM Anish Giri. 22.exd5 Nxd5 △N×f4 23.Nxd5 (23.Red3 Nxf4 24.Nxf4 exf4 25.b4 Nf8 26.Bb3 Rxd3 27.Rxd3 Qe7–+) 23...Qxc2 24.Ba1 exf4! 25.Rxe8+ Rxe8 26.Nexf4 Bxa1 27.Rxa1 Qxb3–+]

22.Qxf4 Ne5 23.Ng3? [White places the knight in a passive position. He should have tried to play for equality with the following continuation:]

[¹23.Nd4! Nh5 24.Qh4 Bf6 25.Qh3 Qc5 26.Nd5! Bxd5 27.exd5 Qxd5 28.Ree1³]

23...Nfg4 24.Re2 Bh6 25.Qf1 Ne3 26.Rxe3 Bxe3-/+

0–1

⚪️#163 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Mamedov,Rau (2703)
🔸Lomasov,Semyon (2559)
🔸Aeroflot Open A Moscow RUS 2019