Congratulations to the winners of #WorldChessTeam Championships 2019!

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

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

A fantastic result for Alireza Firouzja.

The final round of the Prague Masters is LIVE now, with Vitiugov leading Duda & Wojtaszek by half a point!

🔸chess.com IoM Masters Douglas ENG 2018
🔸Round 7
⚪️Fridman,Daniel (2600)
⚫️Darini,Pouria (2475)
🔸1-0

32.Ra3! [After this powerful move, White is completely winning. Black cannot parry the devastating threats like 33.g5 and 33.Qd3 simultaneously.]

32...g5 [32...Qd8 33.g5! c4 34.gxf6+ exf6 35.Ng4 Rxb3 36.Bc3+–; 32...Bb2? 33.Qxf7+ Kh8 34.Bxa5 Bxa3 35.Bc3++–]

33.Nf5+ [33.Qd3!? △Q×b5 33...Qa6 34.Nf5+ Kf8 35.Bxa5+–]

33...Kg8 34.Nxd6!+–

1–0

⚫️#166 (Strategy-Black to Move)
🔸Henderson de La Fuente,Lance (2484)
🔸Gavilan Diaz,M (2334)
🔸chess.com IoM Masters Douglas ENG 2018

Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 166
public poll

B) Nfg5 – 14
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 74%
عباس, @fantastic45, @Ehsan_fischer, Gavin, @steve12345678910, @Jarullah, @Sophia_On_The_Loose, @A_Wild_Richard, Sahil, Atharva, Michael, @MatinMagnoos, Hansika, Kasyap

C) Qf6 – 3
👍👍 16%
Nikhil, Srikar, Matthew

A) Rf8 – 2
👍 11%
Max, @MerissaWongso

👥 19 people voted so far.

⚪️#166 (Endgame-White to Move)
🔸Sadhwani,Raunak (2438)
🔸Bianco,V (2008)
🔸chess.com IoM Masters Douglas ENG 2018

Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 166
public poll

C) g×h6 – 19
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 83%
عباس, Max, Gavin, Exqct_, @raienr, @MerissaWongso, @Erfanmohammadi76, @Jarullah, Alexander, @Sophia_Giraffe, @A_Wild_Richard, Sahil, m, Michael, @Sharifian_2004, Hansika, Ali, Matthew, Kasyap

A) g6 – 3
👍 13%
Nikhil, @steve12345678910, ........

B) g×f6 – 1
▫️ 4%
Srikar

👥 23 people voted so far.

On the stage of the Minervapaviljoen, Amsterdam, 27th March 1956 - the opening round of the FIDE chess Candidates' Tournament.
Pairings: Filip-Spassky, Geller-Petrosian, Keres-Bronstein, Panno-Pilnik, Smyslov-Szabó.

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“Chess for me is not a game, but an art. Yes, and I take upon myself all those responsibilities which an art imposes on its adherents.”

🔸 Alexander Alekhine "Poetics". Book by Daniel James Brooks (Book 1, p. 72), 2013.

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The Estrada Theatre, Moscow, 13th June 1969. The 22nd game of the World Championship match between Tigran Petrosian (left) & Boris Spassky (both - USSR). Arbiter Alberic O'Kelly (Belgium) is seated at the table behind.

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