Amsterdam, 21st May 1981. The 5th round of the IBM tournament (the last in the series) is in progress.
L to R: Tony Miles (with his back turned), Jan Timman, Lev Polugaevsky, Anatoly Karpov (in play v. Hans Ree.)

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🔸 Viktor Korchnoi

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Waiting room at the marriage registration office.
USSR, Tallinn, 1973

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🔸chess.com IoM Masters Douglas ENG 2018
🔸Round 7
⚪️Ganguly,Surya Shekhar (2622)
⚫️Harsha,Bharathakoti (2492)
🔸1-0

55.Rf4! [A dual-purpose move: Defending the f2–pawn and also creating the strong threat of 56.Qf6+.]

55...Rd1?? [A strange blunder. Black could have put up more resistance with the following continuation:]

[55...Qe5 56.Qa7 Qe6 57.a5 Rd7 58.Qc5 Rd6 59.Rb4 Rd1 60.Rd4 Rf1 61.Kg2 Rb1 62.Rb4 Ra1 63.Qd4+ Qf6 64.Qd5± White is a pawn up, but it is not easy to convert it into a full point.]

56.Qf6++–

1–0

⚫️#165 (Strategy-Black to Move)
🔸Harika,D (2471)
🔸Gordievsky,D (2603)
🔸Aeroflot Open A Moscow RUS 2019

18...Nc4?? [Gordievsky has neglected a tactical shot.]

[He should have completed his development: 18...Be6 19.Nc5 Bf8 20.Qd4 Bc8 21.exd5 Nxd5 22.Bh2 b6; 18...f5? 19.exd5 Nxd5 (19...Rxe1 20.Rxe1 Qxd5 21.Re8+ Kf7 22.Qe3 Bf6 23.Bh6+–) 20.Bg5 Qd7 21.Bc4±]

19.Bxc4 dxc4 20.Qxd8 Rxd8 21.Nxa5 Bf8 22.Nxc4+–

1–0

⚪️#165 (Endgame-White to Move)
🔸Alekseenko,K (2634)
🔸Narayanan,SL (2593)
🔸Aeroflot Open A Moscow RUS 2019

50.h4?? [50.Qf7! Nf6 51.Kg1! d3 52.Kf2 Nce4+ 53.Ke1 d2+ 54.Kd1=; 50.Qa7?? d3 51.Qa1 d2 52.Qd1 Kh6 53.Qe2 Ne6 54.Qg4 Nf4 55.h4 gxh4 56.Qxh4+ Nh5 57.g4 Nef6 58.g5+ Kg6–+]

50...gxh4 51.Qf7 Kh6 52.Kg1 d3 53.Qf8 d2 54.Qh8+ Kg6 55.Qe8+ Kg5 56.Qd8+ Kg4 57.Qc8+ Kf4

0–1

Congratulations to the winners of #WorldChessTeam Championships 2019!

Open
🥇Russia 🇷🇺 (16 out of 18)
🥈England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 (13)
🥉China 🇨🇳 (12)

Women
🥇China 🇨🇳 (18, perfect score!)
🥈Russia 🇷🇺 (14)
🥉Georgia 🇬🇪 (12)

A fantastic result for Alireza Firouzja.