In 1977, after competing in (and winning) the BBC TV series 'The Master Game', World Champion Anatoly Karpov gave a clock simul, sponsored by Lloyds Bank, against leading English Under-17s, including Nigel Short & Daniel King.

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🔸Baku Open 2018
🔸Round 3
⚪️Aleksandrov,A (2599)
⚫️Demianjuk,A (2332)
🔸1-0

34.axb5! [Aleksandrov opens the a-file for his own rook.]

[34.h3? b4! 35.Bb2 Re7 36.Re1 Nh8! △Ng6 37.Kc4 Ng6 38.h4 Re8 39.e5+ fxe5 40.fxe5+ Nxe5+ 41.Bxe5+ Rxe5 42.Rxe5 Kxe5 43.Kxc5 b3 44.d6 Ke6 45.Kc6 b2 46.d7 b1Q 47.d8Q=]

34...axb5 35.Ra1! [△Ra6]

35...c4+? [35...Kc7! would have been put up more stubborn resistance: 36.e5 c4+ 37.Ke4 b4 38.Bd4 c3 39.Kd3! Nh6! 40.Re1! Nf5 41.Bc5 c2! 42.Kxc2 Rb5 43.d6+ Kc6 44.Bg1 b3+ 45.Kb2 fxe5 46.fxe5 Kd7±]

36.Kd4 b4 37.Rb1! [Black's pawns on the queenside are falling.]

37...b3 [37...bxc3? 38.Rxb7! c2 39.Rxf7+– c1Q 40.e5+ fxe5+ 41.fxe5#]

38.Kxc4 Rc7+ 39.Kxb3+–

⚫️#211 (Strategy-Black to Move)
🔸Hillarp Persson,T (2546)
🔸Westerberg,J (2534)
🔸Bistro Stella Limhamn Malmo 2018

27...f5! [Black intends to activate his knights in order to put more pressure on the weak e3–pawn.]

[27...Rbd8 28.e4 dxe4 29.Ngxe4 Nd5 30.Qb3 Kf8 31.Rfe2 Nf4 32.Re3 Nxe4 33.Rxe4 b5 34.Kf1 Rxe4 35.Rxe4 Qd6 36.a4 b4 37.Ne2 Nxe2 38.Kxe2 Qd7 39.Kf2 Qd5 40.Qc2=; 27...Kh8 28.e4 dxe4 29.Ncxe4 Rbd8 30.Rd2 Nd5 31.Kf2 Nxe4+ 32.Rxe4 Rxe4 33.Nxe4 Re8 34.Nc3 Nxc3 35.bxc3 b5 36.Qd3 Qd6 37.Re2 Rxe2+ 38.Qxe2 g6 39.d5 cxd5 40.Qxb5 Qxa3 41.Qb8+ Kg7 42.Qc7+ Kh6 43.Qf4+ Kg7=]

28.gxf5?! [28.g5 Ng6 29.f4 Nh8 30.Nb1 g6 31.Nd2 Nhf7 32.Nf3 Rec8 33.Ne5 Qe6 34.Qa4„]

28...Nexf5 29.Nxf5 Nxf5=/+

1–0

⚪️#211 (Endgame-White to Move)
🔸Elmejbri,A (2091)
🔸Talbi,Chafik (2254)
🔸Emirates ch-Arab 2018

34.Rxd6? [34.Bc2! Rcb8 35.f5 b3 36.fxg6 hxg6 37.Bxg6 Rd8 (37...c2 38.Bh7+ Kh8 39.Bxc2 bxc2 40.Rxc2±) 38.Rc7 Rac8 39.Rc6 Kg7 40.Bc2 bxc2 41.Rxc2 Rb8 42.R6xc3=; 34.axb4!? axb4 35.Bc2 Rcb8 36.f5 b3 37.fxg6 bxc2 38.gxh7+ Kh8 39.Rxc2=]

34...b3 35.Rc6 [35.Bc2 a4! 36.Kh2 Rc4 37.Rd7]

35...Rxc6 36.dxc6 Rc8 37.Be4 a4 38.Rf1 c2 39.Bxc2 bxc2 40.Rc1 Rxc6 41.Kf2 Rc3 42.Ke2 h5 43.Kd2 Rxa3 44.Rxc2 Rb3 45.Ke2 a3 46.Rc7 a2 47.Ra7 Rb2+ 48.Kf3 Kf8 49.g3 Ke8 50.Ke3 Kd8 51.Kd3 Rg2 52.Ke4 Kc8 53.Kf3 Rb2 54.g4 h4 55.f5 h3 56.fxg6 h2

0–1

⚪️#212 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Hector,J (2501)
🔸Semcesen,D (2464)
🔸Bistro Stella Limhamn Malmo 2018

Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 212
public poll

C) Rd2 – 6
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 67%
@mahyarebrahimi1983, @reza13721397, Nikhil, Evan, PR, Kasyap

B) Bc3 – 3
👍👍👍👍 33%
@pouyax008, @Sophia_Giraffe, @A_Wild_Richard

A) Rg1
▫️ 0%

👥 9 people voted so far.

⚪️#212 (Endgame-White to Move)
🔸Al Mahmood,Salman (1639)
🔸El Jawich,A (2264)
🔸Emirates ch-Arab 2018

Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 212
public poll

A) Ra7 – 7
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 78%
@Sh39r, Nikhil, Evan, ▂▃▄▅▆▇█▓▒░Mahmoud░▒▓█▇▆▅▄▃▂, @Sophia_Giraffe, @A_Wild_Richard, Atharva

B) R×g7 – 2
👍👍 22%
@reza13721397, Kasyap

C) Kh2
▫️ 0%

👥 9 people voted so far.

Anatoly Karpov - 'Young Communard'. USSR, 1970s.

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"In Fischer's hands, a slight theoretical advantage is as good a being a Queen ahead"

🔸 Isaac Kashdan

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Via the AP Archive, the moments immediately following the end of the final (9th) game of the 1971 World Championship Candidates final between Bobby Fischer and Tigran Petrosian.
Teatro General San Martín, av. Corrientes, Buenos Aires, 26th October 1971.

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England's Gawain Jones (2702) takes clear first in the TePe Sigeman Chess Tournament with 5/7 points undefeated. Congratulations!