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Vitiugov victorious in Prague Masters

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🔸chess.com IoM Masters Douglas ENG 2018
🔸Round 8
⚪️Wojtaszek,Radoslaw (2727)
⚫️Adams,Michael (2712)
🔸1-0

16.Qb4! [A timely queen exchange that puts Black's game in danger.]

[16.Qb2?? Nd5! 17.Bxd5 Qxd5 18.e4 Qh5 19.e5 Bc6–+ △B×d6]

16...Qxb4 17.axb4‚ e5™ 18.Bxa8 [¹18.Bxe5! Nc6 19.Bxc6 Bxc6 20.Rc1 Bd5 21.Nf5 Bxb4 22.Rxa7!±]

18...exf4 19.Rxa5 Bxd6 20.Rxa7 Bxb4 21.Rd1±

1–0

Moscow, 25th February 1981. The 3rd round of the 'National Tournament of 4 Teams'. On board 3 of the match between the USSR 1st team & the USSR 'Youth' team, ex-World Champion Tigran Petrosian is in play v. Sergei Dolmatov.

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“To refer to the oft mooted question, "Which piece is stronger, the Bishop or the Knight?" it is clear that the value of the Bishop undergoes greater changes than that of the Knight."

🔸 Emanuel Lasker (1965). “Common Sense in Chess”

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The 13th World Chess Champion, Garry Kasparov, pictured at a training camp at Zagulba (Azerbaijan SSR), 10th October 1986.

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Short Vs. Kasparov - Speed Chess Challenge Final Game

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The 3rd FIDE World Cadets Rapid & Blitz Chess Championships 2019 will be held in Minsk, Belarus, from 15 August (arrival) to 19 August (departure) 2019. The venue is is the Minsk Sports Palace.

Regulations:

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🔸chess.com IoM Masters Douglas ENG 2018
🔸Round 8
⚪️Huschenbeth,Niclas (2589)
⚫️Jackson,James P (2371)
🔸1-0

41.Qe4+! [Huschenbeth finds the only winning move.]

41...g6 [41...Kg8?? 42.Re8+ Kf7 43.Qe6#+–]

42.Rd6! [△Rd7]

[42.Re7+? Qxe7™ 43.Qxe7+ Kg8 44.Qd6 Be2!=]

42...h5 43.Rd7+ Kh6 44.h4!+– [and there is no time for Black to use his strong passed pawns.]

[44.Qe8!? Qf4 45.Qh8+ Kg5 46.Qd8+ △h4 46...Qf6 47.f4+ Kf5 48.g4+ hxg4 49.hxg4+ Ke4 50.Qxf6 Kf3 51.f5+–]

1–0

⚫️#166 (Strategy-Black to Move)
🔸Henderson de La Fuente,Lance (2484)
🔸Gavilan Diaz,M (2334)
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17...Rf8!? [17...Nfg5! trying to take over the weak light squares around White's king. 18.Bf1 Nxf3+ 19.Nxf3 Qf6 20.h4 Bd7 21.bxc6 Bxc6 22.Bg2 Rf8µ; 17...Qf6! 18.bxc6 bxc6 19.Kg2 Bh6 20.Bc4 Bxd2 21.Nxd2=/+]

18.h4 g5-/+

0–1

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