Robert Byrne talking to Max Euwe in Reykjavik 1972.

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“My dad sacrificed many things in life for me. He abandoned a very promising and lucrative career of an army officer just so that he could continue helping me with my chess and accompanying me to tournaments.”

🔸 Alexandra Kosteniuk

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Paul Keres vs Vlastimil Hort, San Antonio 1972

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Paul Keres 🆚 Vlastimil Hort

San Antonio (1972), San Antonio, TX USA, rd 1, Nov-19
Queen's Indian Defense: Spassky System (E14) ·

1-0

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21st Dubai Open 2019- Round 2

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First-round video highlights of the Dubai Open Chess Tournament.

🔹 21st Dubai Open 2019- R2
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Gashimov Memorial: Carlsen Takes Sole Lead, Anand Scores 'Lucky' Win

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🔹 6th Vugar Gashimov Memorial 2019- R3
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🔸St Louis Winter A 2018
🔸Round 3
⚪️Theodorou,Nikolas (2539)
⚫️Perelshteyn,E (2493)
🔸1-0

27...Nd6?? [Perelshteyn has completely neglected the opponent's next move. He could have obtained a winning position by taking the bishop on f4.]

[27...exf4! 28.Bb1 △Qd3 28...Qc3! 29.Rb3 Qd4 30.Rd3 (30.Qc2? Rfe8 31.Qxh7+ Kf8–+) 30...Qa1 31.Ra2 Qe5 32.gxf4 Qxf4 33.Rg3+ Kh8 34.Qc2 Qh6 35.Qxc4 Rg8! 36.Qe4 Qxh5–+ △R×d5]

28.Bb1! Qc3 [28...Nxb7?? 29.Qc2+–]

29.Rb3 Qc4™ 30.Rxe5?! [White unnecessarily complicates the game.]

[¹30.Bxe5! Bxe5 31.Rxe5±]

30...Bxe5 31.Bxe5 Rfe8? [31...f5!= △Qg4]

32.Bf6!+–

⚪️#181 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Bodnaruk,A (2426)
🔸Vega Gutierrez,S (2389)
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21.Ng5! [A typical maneuver to transfer the knight to the c5–square, putting more pressure on Black's position.]

[21.Ra4 Re8 22.Rb4 Bc8 23.Qe5 Re6 24.Qf4 Rxe1+ 25.Nxe1 f6 26.Nd3±; 21.Nd2 Rd7 22.b3 Rc7 23.Qf4 Rd7 24.Nf3 Rb8 (24...Bxb3 25.Ne5 Rd6 26.Rab1 Bd5 27.c4 f6 28.Nxg6 hxg6 29.cxd5+–) 25.Ne5 Rd6 26.b4 Rc8 27.Re3 b6 28.h4 f6 29.Nd3±]

21...Re8 22.Ne4 Rdd8 23.Nc5 Bc8 24.Qg3 Rd6 25.Re3± [If Black is forced to push his e-pawn to e6, the bishop on c8 will get even worse.]

½–½

⚪️#181 (Endgame-White to Move)
🔸Javakhishvili,L (2477)
🔸Zhu,Jiner (2379)
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34.Bc2? [34.g4! Re8 (34...Rxf3 35.gxh5 Ne7 36.h6+–) 35.gxh5 Ne7 36.h6 Rh8 37.h7 f5 38.Rb1 Rxh7 39.Rb7 Rxh4 40.Ra7 Rh1 41.Rxa5 Ra1 42.Ra7 Ke6 43.a5 Ra2+ 44.Bc2 Ra3 45.Bd1 Kf6 46.Ra8 Kf7 47.a6 Ng6 48.Kc2 Ra1 49.Be2 Ra2+ 50.Kb3 Rxe2 51.a7 Re7 52.Rh8 Nxh8 53.a8Q Ng6 54.Qxc6+–; 34.Bxg6+ Kxg6 35.Rb1 Ra3 36.Rb6 Rxa4 37.Kc3 Ra3+ 38.Rb3 Ra2 39.Rb2 Ra4 40.Rb6=]

34...Ra3 35.Ke2 Ra2 36.Kd3 Rb2 37.Kc3=

0–1