"Steinitz was the first to realize that chess, despite being a complicated game, obeys some common principles. Up to his time, people had just been playing chess, Steinitz began to study it,” Vladimir Kramnik in 2005.

📷 First world chess champion Wilhelm Steinitz in 1866.

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🔸UT Dallas Fall Open 2018
🔸Round 6
⚪️Li,Ruifeng (2560)
⚫️Berczes,D (2480)
🔸1-0

23.Bxd3! [Grabbing the rook on a8 would throw White to the wolves!]

[23.Qxa8?? dxc2 24.Kxc2 Ne3+! △Bf5 25.Rxe3 Bf5+! 26.Qe4 Bxe4+ 27.Rxe4 axb4-/+]

23...cxd3 24.Qxa8 Nd4? [Black cannot hope to generate any real threats against White's king.]

[would be correct: ¹24...axb4! 25.Qe4 Be6 26.Nc4! △Q×d3 26...Qa7!‚ 27.Qxd3 Qxa2 28.Re4+/=]

25.Qxa5! Bg4 26.f3 Bf5 27.Kb1 Nc2 28.Rg1+– [28.Qc5! Qd7 29.Re4! Bxe4 30.Nxe4+– △b5]

⚫️#216 (Strategy-Black to Move)
🔸Maletina,Tatiana (2270)
🔸Kokarev,Dm (2598)
🔸ch-RUS Rapid GP Final 2018

Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 216
public poll

A) Qd8 – 4
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 80%
Gavin, @Sophia_Giraffe, @A_Wild_Richard, Kasyap

B) Ne8 – 1
👍👍 20%
Masoud

C) f5
▫️ 0%

👥 5 people voted so far.

⚪️#216 (Endgame-White to Move)
🔸Kokarev,Dm (2598)
🔸Shuvalova,Polina (2441)
🔸ch-RUS Rapid GP Final 2018

Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 216
public poll

A) Kf3 – 7
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 70%
Masoud, Gavin, Tristan, @Sophia_Giraffe, Louis, @A_Wild_Richard, @Msf_22

B) Nc2 – 3
👍👍👍 30%
@Djawad21, Nikhil, Kasyap

C) Kd2
▫️ 0%

👥 10 people voted so far.

Tigran Petrosyan was an avid fan of football, and even during his World Championship matches, he found time to go to the match of his favorite Spartak club. Next to famous footballer Alexander Metreveli and commentator Kote Makharadze.

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"The player with advantage must attack"

🔸 Wilhelm Steinitz

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Larsen-Karpov, Amsterdam IBM 1980

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Ukraine's Anton Korobov takes 1.5 points lead in the IMSA World Masters Rapid after 5 consecutive wins. He'll take on Boris Gelfand in the upcoming 9th round.
Vietnam's Le Quang Liem is currently in second place with 5/8 points.

🔹 IMSA World Masters Rapid
🔹 PGN format

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A nice game by Gawain Jones in the IMSA World Masters Rapid tournament in Hengshui, China

https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/mind-games-2019-rapid/7/1/7

The players talk to Maurice about how they feel about playing in Africa.

Magnus: “I’m hoping that the people of Côte d’Ivoire will be inspired by the games and I will do my best to provide that.”

PS: watch both videos for the full interview

Sevian 🆚 Boros
CCSCSL Nov GM, 2014
Samuel Sevian, is the youngest ever Grandmaster that the United States (age 13 years 10 months and 27 days).

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⚫️#216 (Strategy-Black to Move)
🔸Maletina,Tatiana (2270)
🔸Kokarev,Dm (2598)
🔸ch-RUS Rapid GP Final 2018

17...f5! [Preventing the opponent from playing f5. Now White has a dilemma as to whether he should capture the black f-pawn en passant or not.]

[17...Ne8? 18.Nge4 h6 19.g4 f5 20.gxf5 gxf5 21.Ng3 dxe5 22.fxe5 Qxe5 23.Qf3 Rd8 24.Kh1 Qf6 25.Qg2 f4 (25...Qg6 26.Nce2 Be5 27.Bxh6+–) 26.Bxf4 Qh4 27.Nge2 Ndf6 28.a5 b5 29.Be3 Qg4 30.Bxc5±; 17...Qd8? 18.Nge4 Ne8 (18...dxe5 19.f5! gxf5 20.Rxf5+–) 19.e6 Ndf6 20.f5 fxe6 21.fxg6 hxg6 22.Ng5 Nc7 23.Nxe6+–]

18.Qf2 [18.exf6 Nxf6 19.f5 Rae8 20.Bf4 Qxe2 21.Ngxe2 Ncxd5 22.Bxd6 Rf7 23.fxg6 hxg6 24.Nxd5 Rxe2-/+]

18...b5=/+

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