GRENKE Chess Open 2019 | 1st Round Impressions

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Socko, Majdan and Kashlinskaya seem to be enjoying their time here :)

Tomorrow in an unfortunate coincidence the two ladies from Poland will play against each other.

#ewicc2019

Happy Birthday to former Women’s World Champion (1996–1999) Susan Polgar, who is a tireless chess promoter, teacher, coach and a role model. 🎂🎉🎈

🎂🎼 1785 young chess players singing "Happy birthday to you Susan Polgar"! The players of the French Youth Chess Championship are happy to welcome you Susan! 👏

The FIDE_chess President Arkady Dvorkovich sent a message to the participants and organizers of the French Youth Chess Championship, and to Susan Polgar. Thanks a lot for this support!

🔸Bundesliga 2018–19
🔸Round 2
⚪️Lipok,C (2287)
⚫️Banusz,T (2606)
🔸0-1

21...Bxd6! [The mighty d6–knight should be get rid of as soon as possible.]

[21...Kf8?? 22.Nxf7+–]

22.exd6 Rxd6! [This exchange sacrifice is the only way for Black to obtain counterplay. Nor are other moves any better:]

[22...Qd7? 23.Qxd4 0–0 24.Rbd1 Rc8 25.a4!±; 22...Qf6? 23.Bh2 Qg5 24.Qxd4±]

23.Bxd6 Qxd6 24.Bf3 Ng5‚ [24...0–0!? 25.Bxb7 e5° Nf6]

25.Rb3 Nc4 26.Bxb7 Qc5? [26...Ke7! Na5 27.Qe2 Na5 28.Qd2 Nxh3+ 29.Rxh3 Rxh3 30.gxh3 Nxb7=]

27.Bc6+±

⚪️#195 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Bocharov,D (2533)
🔸Sjugirov,S (2663)
🔸ch-RUS Rapid GP Final

21.Nb5! [Bocharov besides opening the long diagonal for the b2–bishop, intends to invade the center with his knights.]

[21.Rac1 Bc8 22.Rxd8 Rxd8 23.Rd1 Rxd1+ 24.Nxd1 Nb4 25.a3 Nc6=; 21.Rxd8 Rxd8 22.Rd1 Rxd1+ 23.Nxd1 Nd5 24.Nd2 Ndb4 25.a3 Nc2 26.Kf2 f5 27.Bxg7 Kxg7 28.gxf5 Bxf5 29.Ne3 Nxe3 30.Kxe3 h5 31.h4 gxh4 32.gxh4 Bg4 33.b4²]

21...Nd5 22.Kf2? [22.Nfd4 Nxd4 23.Nxd4 Bf7 24.Nf5 e6 25.Bxd5 exd5 26.Bd4 a6 27.Rac1±]

22...f5! 23.Bxg7 Kxg7 24.Nxg5 fxg4+ 25.Kg1 Bg8=

0–1

⚫️#195 (Endgame-Black to Move)
🔸Demidov,M (2520)
🔸Kryakvin,D (2588)
🔸ch-RUS Rapid GP Final 2018

64...Nd4? [64...Ne1! 65.Ne4 h6 66.h5 Nd3 67.Kg3 Ke7 68.Kh4 Kf7 69.Kg4 Ke7 70.Kf3 Nb4 71.Kg2 Nd5; 64...Ne5+! 65.Kf4 Nd3+ 66.Kg5 Ne5 67.Ne4 Nf3+ 68.Kg4 Ne1 69.h5 h6 70.Nc5 Nc2 71.Kf4 Nd4 72.Ke5 Nf3+ 73.Ke4 Ng1 74.Nd7 Ne2 75.Ne5+ Kf6 76.Ng4+ Kf7 77.Nxh6+ Kg7 78.Ng4 Ng3+ 79.Ke5 Nxh5 80.Ne3 Ng3 81.f6+ Kg6 82.Ng4 (82.Ke6 Ne4 83.f7 Ng5+) 82...Nh5 83.Ke6 Nxf6 84.Nxf6]

65.Ne4 Kg7 66.Kf4 h6?? [66...Nc6 67.h5 h6=]

67.Nf2 Nc6 68.Ng4 Nd4 69.Ke4 Nc6 70.Kd5 h5 71.f6+ Kf8 [71...Kg6 72.Ne5+ Kxf6 73.Nxc6 Kf5 74.Ne5 Kf4 75.Ke6+–]

72.Ne5 Nd8 73.Ke4 Nb7 74.Kf5 Nc5 75.Kg6 Kg8 76.Kxh5 Kh7 77.Kg5 Ne4+ 78.Kf5 Nc5 79.Nf7 Nb7 80.Ng5+ Kh6 81.Nf3 Nd8 82.Ne5 Kh5 83.Ng6 Kh6 84.Nf4 Nb7 85.Ke6 Nd8+ 86.Kd7 Nf7 87.Ke7 1–0

The #GRENKEChess Classic sees Magnus Carlsen play Fabiano Caruana for the first time since their match, but before that it's Keymer vs. Carlsen, a true baptism of fire for the 14-year-old!

https://chess24.com/en/read/news/keymer-vs-carlsen-in-grenke-classic-round-1

GRENKE Chess Open 2019 A-Open
Round 3

http://chess-results.com/tnr433333.aspx?lan=1&art=2&rd=3&fed=IRI

Alireza Firouzja Plays the Sicilian! | First Moves | GRENKE Chess Open 2019

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