Hilversum, 27th December 1959. Tigran Petrosian & Salo Flohr are pictured together with their wives. The Soviet grandmasters were in the Dutch town to give simultaneous displays.
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🔸 Leonid Shamkovich, Eric Schiller (1987) “Saving lost positions”
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Congratulations to Alireza Firouzja on winning the Fischer Random tournament at the Reykjavik Open! Alireza scored 8 out of 9! http://chess-results.com/tnr414354.aspx?lan=1&art=1&rd=9&flag=30 … #ReykjavikOpen
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Can Alireza Firouzja match Wei Yi and become a 2700 player before his 16th birthday? He's getting close in the Reykjavik Open!
https://chess24.com/en/read/news/15-year-old-firouzja-on-fire-in-reykjavik
https://chess24.com/en/read/news/15-year-old-firouzja-on-fire-in-reykjavik
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15-year-old Firouzja on fire in Reykjavik
Iranian rising star Alireza Firouzja is threatening to match
Wei Yi’s feat of crossing 2700 before his 16th birthday, after reaching 2683.6 with
4.5/5 in the first half of the GAMMA Reykjavik Open. He went into the rest day
in joint first place with Armenian…
Wei Yi’s feat of crossing 2700 before his 16th birthday, after reaching 2683.6 with
4.5/5 in the first half of the GAMMA Reykjavik Open. He went into the rest day
in joint first place with Armenian…
31.Nf1! [Improving the position of the knight. Andersen moves his knight to e3 from where it controls d5 and f5 squares.]
[31.Nc4?! Nxc4! 32.Bxc4 R4d7 33.Bd5 Kg7 34.Rc7 b6+/=]
31...Rd3 32.Ba2 Na4? [This move makes White's task much easier. It was necessary for the black knight to stay on the b6 in order to control the center.]
[¹32...R3d7 33.Ne3! Bd5 33...Ke8 34.Bd5 Bd6 35.b4 Nxd5 36.Nxd5±]
33.Bd5! Rd4 34.Ne3 Nb6 35.Rc7‚ Rd7 36.Rxd7 Nxd7 37.Rc8+! [Rc7]
[31.Nc4?! Nxc4! 32.Bxc4 R4d7 33.Bd5 Kg7 34.Rc7 b6+/=]
31...Rd3 32.Ba2 Na4? [This move makes White's task much easier. It was necessary for the black knight to stay on the b6 in order to control the center.]
[¹32...R3d7 33.Ne3! Bd5 33...Ke8 34.Bd5 Bd6 35.b4 Nxd5 36.Nxd5±]
33.Bd5! Rd4 34.Ne3 Nb6 35.Rc7‚ Rd7 36.Rxd7 Nxd7 37.Rc8+! [Rc7]
13...Rxf3! [A strong exchange sacrifice in order to destroy the black king's pawn cover.]
[13...Bg4 14.Ne5 Be6 15.dxc5 bxc5 16.Rac1 Rb8 17.b3 Nxe5 18.Rxe5 Bf7 19.Bf1 Nc6 20.Rxd5 Bxd5 21.Qxd5+ Qxd5 22.Nxd5 Rd6 23.Rxc5„; 13...Rb8 14.dxc5 bxc5 15.b3 Bg4 16.Ne5 Be6 17.Rad1 Qc7 18.Qg5 h6 19.Qg3 Nxe5 20.Qxe5 Qxe5 21.Rxe5 Nc6 22.Ree1 Rd8 23.f3 Kf8 24.Na4 c4 25.bxc4 dxc4 26.Be4²]
14.gxf3 Nxd4 15.Qf4 Ng6? [15...Bf5 16.Rxe7 Qxe7 17.Bxf5 Qf8 18.Bxh7+ (18.Nxd5?? Ne2+–+ (18...Nxf5?? 19.Qxf5! Qxf5 20.Ne7+ Kf8 21.Nxf5+–) ) 18...Kxh7 19.Qxf8 Rxf8 20.Nxd5 Rxf3 21.Rd1 Kg6 22.Re1 Rf6 23.Kg2 Rd6 24.Nc3 Rd7=/+]
16.Bxg6 hxg6 17.Rad1 Bb7=
0–1
[13...Bg4 14.Ne5 Be6 15.dxc5 bxc5 16.Rac1 Rb8 17.b3 Nxe5 18.Rxe5 Bf7 19.Bf1 Nc6 20.Rxd5 Bxd5 21.Qxd5+ Qxd5 22.Nxd5 Rd6 23.Rxc5„; 13...Rb8 14.dxc5 bxc5 15.b3 Bg4 16.Ne5 Be6 17.Rad1 Qc7 18.Qg5 h6 19.Qg3 Nxe5 20.Qxe5 Qxe5 21.Rxe5 Nc6 22.Ree1 Rd8 23.f3 Kf8 24.Na4 c4 25.bxc4 dxc4 26.Be4²]
14.gxf3 Nxd4 15.Qf4 Ng6? [15...Bf5 16.Rxe7 Qxe7 17.Bxf5 Qf8 18.Bxh7+ (18.Nxd5?? Ne2+–+ (18...Nxf5?? 19.Qxf5! Qxf5 20.Ne7+ Kf8 21.Nxf5+–) ) 18...Kxh7 19.Qxf8 Rxf8 20.Nxd5 Rxf3 21.Rd1 Kg6 22.Re1 Rf6 23.Kg2 Rd6 24.Nc3 Rd7=/+]
16.Bxg6 hxg6 17.Rad1 Bb7=
0–1
29.Rc1! [29.Qxf4 Qxf4 30.exf4 Rc7 31.f3 f5 32.g4 hxg4 33.hxg4 fxg4 34.fxe4 dxe4 35.Kh2 Rc2+ 36.Kg3 Rxb2 37.Re1=; 29.h4 Rc7 30.exf4 Rc4 31.f5 Rxd4 32.Qb8+ Kg7 33.Qxb7 Qxf5 34.Qxa7„]
29...fxe3 30.Qg3+ Kh7 31.fxe3 Qg6 32.Qf4 f6 33.Rf1 Kg7 34.b4 Rd7 35.h4 Rf7 36.Kh2 b6 37.Rc1 f5 38.Rc8 Kh7 39.Rd8 Rg7 40.g3 Qg4 41.Rxd5+–
1–0
29...fxe3 30.Qg3+ Kh7 31.fxe3 Qg6 32.Qf4 f6 33.Rf1 Kg7 34.b4 Rd7 35.h4 Rf7 36.Kh2 b6 37.Rc1 f5 38.Rc8 Kh7 39.Rd8 Rg7 40.g3 Qg4 41.Rxd5+–
1–0