40.Rd7? [40.Nc8+! Bxc8 (40...Kb8 41.Nd6+ Kc7 42.Nxb7 Rf4! 43.Rh8 Kxb7 44.Rxh5 Rxf3 45.a4+–) 41.Rxc8 Kb6 42.Rh8±; 40.Rf8? Rc4 41.Rh8 Rc7 42.Nf5 Bxf3 43.Nd4 Be4 44.Kc1 Rc5 45.Kd2 Bg6 46.c3 Rg5 47.Ke3 Rg4„]

40...Rf4 41.Nc8+ Kb8 42.Nd6 Bxf3 43.Rxf7

½–½

⚪️#202 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Kokarev,Dm (2598)
🔸Sjugirov,S (2663)
🔸ch-RUS Rapid GP Final 2018

Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 202
public poll

B) Nd5 – 15
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 100%
@niimaebrahimi, @mahyarebrahimi1983, عباس, Gavin, Nikhil, @YaminiG, @Sophia_Giraffe, @A_Wild_Richard, @AryanLeekha, Atharva, on the run faster then…, Ismail, @Miladdark79, Hansika, Pravin, Kasyap

A) a3
▫️ 0%

C) Na4
▫️ 0%

👥 15 people voted so far.

⚫️#202 (Endgame-Black to Move)
🔸Morozevich,A (2656)
🔸Iljiushenok,I (2533)
🔸ch-RUS Rapid GP Final 2018

Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 202
public poll

A) Qb5 – 9
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 82%
عباس, @Zamani9899, Nikhil, @Sophia_Giraffe, @A_Wild_Richard, @AryanLeekha, Ismail, Hansika, Kasyap

B) Rb5 – 2
👍👍 18%
Gavin, @YaminiG

C) Ra2
▫️ 0%

👥 11 people voted so far.

Sokolniki Park, Moscow, USSR, early 1980s. Future grandmasters Aleksei Dreev and Aleksei Vyzhmanavin play 'blitz' (5-minute chess), surrounded by spectators.

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"What the devil possessed me to reply 1. ... e5?? I completely forgot that Spassky, like Spielmann in the past, very much likes to play the King's Gambit."

🔸 David Bronstein

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Here we see Fischer and Ivkov playing a skittles game before the 1966 Piatigorsky cup.
Can you name rest of the players?

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The Incredible Meier! | Impressions Round 7 | GRENKE Chess Classic 2019

#GrenkeChess Classic chess tournament - Results and standings after round 8 - Maxime Vachier Lagrave will face Magnus Carlsen in the final round!

After today’s win Magnus Carlsen’s live rating is 2871.2, only 10.8 points below his highest rating ever, 2882.

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You've got to miss the times when Magnus Carlsen had to play highly entertaining play-off mini-matches to clinch a super tournament victory. Now he's winning big events with a round to spare.

Magnus Carlsen on His Game Against Peter Svidler | GRENKE Chess Classic 2019

Maxime Vachier-Lagrave on His Game Against Vincent Keymer

🔸12th Kings Rapid 2018
🔸Round 6
⚪️Parligras,M (2645)
⚫️Iordachescu,V (2597)
🔸0-1

28...Ng3?? [Iordachescu misses a forced mate and allows his opponent to escape from the danger.]

[28...Qxd4+! 29.Qxd4 Rc1+ 30.Kh2 g3+ 31.Kh3 Rh1#]

29.Bf2?? [Parligras returns the favor!]

[29.Bxf6 Rc1+ 30.Kh2 Nf1+ 31.Kh1 Bxf6 32.Qxf6 Qg5 33.Qxg5+ Kxg5 △k×h4 34.g3! Nxg3+ 35.Kg2 Kxh4 36.fxg4 Rc2+ 37.Kf3 Rc3+ 38.Kf4 Rc4+ 39.Kf3 Rc8 40.Rxh7=]

29...f5! [The monster bishop on h8 is coming into the action!]

30.fxg4+ fxg4 31.Qb1 Bd4! 32.Bxd4 Qxd4+ 33.Kh2 Qd6!–+ [33...Qf4!? 34.Qe1 Nf5+ 35.g3 Rc2+ 36.Kg1 Qd4+ 37.Kh1 Qd5+! △N×e7 38.Re4 Qxe4+ 39.Qxe4 Nxg3+–+]