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)
🔸chess.com IoM Masters Douglas ENG 2018

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

28.gxh6! [28.gxf6!? Rfxf6 29.Rxf6 gxf6 30.Rg1+ Kf7 31.Rg6 Rb5 32.Rxh6 f5 33.Rh7+ Kf6 34.Rd7 Kg5 35.exf5 Kxh5 36.f6 Kg6 37.f7 Kg7 38.Kc1 c3 39.bxc3 bxc3 40.Kd1 Rb4 41.Ke2 Rd4 42.Ke3±; 28.g6? c3 29.Rf3 Rc8 30.b3 Kf8 31.Rd3 Ke7 32.Rff3 Rf8 33.a3 a5=]

28...gxh6 29.Rg1+ Kh7 30.Rg6 c3 31.b3 Rb7 [31...Rg8 32.Rfg2 Rd8 (32...Rxg6 33.Rxg6 Rd6 34.a4 a5 35.Kc1+–) 33.Kc1 Rbd6 34.Rg7+ Kh8 35.R2g6 f5 36.Rxd6 Rxd6 37.Rg6 Rd7 38.Rxh6+ Kg7 39.Rg6+ Kf7 40.Kd1 fxe4 41.d6+–]

32.Rfxf6 Rxf6 33.Rxf6 Rg7 34.Rf1 Kg8 35.a3 a5 36.a4 Rg4 37.d6 Rg7 38.Kc1 Rf7 39.Rd1 Rd7 40.Rd5 Kf7 41.Rxa5 Rxd6 42.Rxe5 Rd2 43.Rb5 Re2 44.Kb1 Rxe4 45.a5 Re1+ 46.Ka2 Rc1 47.Rxb4 Rxc2+ 48.Kb1

1–0

⚪️#167 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Munguntuul,B (2422)
🔸Dushyant,Sharma (2289)
🔸chess.com IoM Masters Douglas ENG 2018

Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 167
public poll

C) Nh2 – 10
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 67%
@fantastic45, Max, @soheil_hooshdaran, Gavin, Nikhil, @Ali_arya1988, @Sophia_On_The_Loose, @A_Wild_Richard, Atharva, Hansika

B) a4 – 3
👍👍 20%
@Zamani9899, امیر, Ryan

A) Bb3 – 2
👍 13%
@mahyarebrahimi1983, Matthew

👥 15 people voted so far.

⚪️#167 (Endgame-White to Move)
🔸Erdogdu,M (2406)
🔸Soysal,Serkan (2415)
🔸ch-TUR 2018 Belek TUR 2018

Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 167
public poll

A) Ng2 – 17
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 89%
@mahyarebrahimi1983, @fantastic45, Max, @soheil_hooshdaran, Gavin, Nikhil, @Ali_arya1988, @Sophia_On_The_Loose, @A_Wild_Richard, Adhvaith, Srikar, Ryan, Atharva, Hansika, Ali, Abhi, Matthew

B) g5 – 2
👍 11%
Mohammad, @Zamani9899

C) Nf1
▫️ 0%

👥 19 people voted so far.

Moscow, 27th July 1988. In round 2 of the 55th USSR Championship final, World Champion Garry Kasparov is in play v. Vassily Ivanchuk, in what was to become a famous game.
Ivanchuk - who is 50 years old today, is standing 3rd from right.

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