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
34...Ra3 35.Ke2 Ra2 36.Kd3 Rb2 37.Kc3=
0–1
Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 182
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A) g3 – 6
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 55%
Max, Gavin, @A_Wild_Richard, Atharva, Erdal, Matthew
B) c×d4 – 4
👍👍👍👍👍 36%
@Sophia_Giraffe, Adhvaith, @Aryan13AKS, Hansika
C) b6 – 1
👍 9%
@ShaahinTheFirst
👥 11 people voted so far.
public poll
A) g3 – 6
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 55%
Max, Gavin, @A_Wild_Richard, Atharva, Erdal, Matthew
B) c×d4 – 4
👍👍👍👍👍 36%
@Sophia_Giraffe, Adhvaith, @Aryan13AKS, Hansika
C) b6 – 1
👍 9%
@ShaahinTheFirst
👥 11 people voted so far.
Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 182
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B) R×d2 – 9
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 60%
@Mohsenchess, Max, Gavin, @A_Wild_Richard, Adhvaith, Sahil, Srikar, Atharva, Matthew
A) Rc1 – 6
👍👍👍👍👍 40%
@ShaahinTheFirst, @raienr, Abedini, @Sophia_Giraffe, @Aryan13AKS, Hansika
C) Rc7
▫️ 0%
👥 15 people voted so far.
public poll
B) R×d2 – 9
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 60%
@Mohsenchess, Max, Gavin, @A_Wild_Richard, Adhvaith, Sahil, Srikar, Atharva, Matthew
A) Rc1 – 6
👍👍👍👍👍 40%
@ShaahinTheFirst, @raienr, Abedini, @Sophia_Giraffe, @Aryan13AKS, Hansika
C) Rc7
▫️ 0%
👥 15 people voted so far.
Mikhail Tal arrives to Riga crowned World Champion, after defeating Botvinnik (1960). From the train he was taken to a car, but the crowd then lifted the car in the air.
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“Whenever Black succeeds in assuming the initiative in maintaining it to a successful conclusion, the sporting spirit of the chess lover feels gratified, because it shows that the resources of the game are far from being exhausted.”
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15-year-old Alireza Firouzja wins our #bulletchess qualifier #1!
Andrew Tang, Jan-Krzysztof Duda, and Georg Meier nab spots 2-4 and guaranteed entry to our last-chance, round-robin qualifier on Friday!
Andrew Tang, Jan-Krzysztof Duda, and Georg Meier nab spots 2-4 and guaranteed entry to our last-chance, round-robin qualifier on Friday!
Results and crosstable ➡️
https://www.chess.com/tournament/live/bullet-chess-championship-qualifier-1-1053382
https://www.chess.com/tournament/live/bullet-chess-championship-qualifier-1-1053382
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Join the live chess tournament "Bullet Chess Championship Qualifier 1" with your friends and other players from around the world to prove who is the strongest chess player in the club. Do your best and go for first place!
Firouzja Qualifies for Bullet Chess Championship
https://www.chess.com/news/view/firouzja-qualifies-for-bullet-chess-championship
https://www.chess.com/news/view/firouzja-qualifies-for-bullet-chess-championship
A photograph on page 170 of the July-August 1963 Chess Life (from E. Winter's Chess: Jacqueline and Gregor Piatigorsky)
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"For the first lesson, I want you to play over every column of Modern Chess Openings, including the footnotes. And for the next lesson, I want you to do it again."
🔸 Bobby Fischer (advice to his biographer, Frank Brady, who had asked for chess lessons)
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🔸 Bobby Fischer (advice to his biographer, Frank Brady, who had asked for chess lessons)
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