18-year-old Parham Maghsoodloo 🇮🇷 won the 2019 #LeonMasters defeating Vassily Ivanchuk 3-1 in a rapid 4-game final.

Official website: (link: http://www.advancedchessleon.com//edicion.html) advancedchessleon.com//edicion.html

Meet 18 y/o Jeffery Xiong in the 2700 club! He was equal first with 7.5/9 at the World Open in Philadelphia that finished this Sunday

GM Le Quang Liem won 2019 World Open in Philadelphia after making a draw with Black in an Armageddon tiebreaker against Jeffery Xiong. Both scored 7/9.

⚪️#255 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Godena,M (2463)
🔸Barp,Alberto (2429)
🔸78th ch-ITA 2018

20.Nc1! [Improving the position of the knight in order to transfer it to the center.]

[20.Nd2 Qd7 21.Nf3 Ng7 22.Qd3 Ne6 23.Bg3 Re8 24.h4 c5 25.Be5 Bg7 26.Bxg7 Kxg7 27.Ne5 Qd8 28.g3 f6 29.Ng4 h5 30.Ne3 cxd4 31.cxd4 Qd7=; 20.Be5 h5 21.h3 Bxe5 22.Qxe5 Qd6 23.g4 hxg4 24.hxg4 Qxe5 25.Rxe5 Nd6 26.Nc1 Kf8=]

20...Qd7 21.Nd3 Ng7 22.Be5 Re8 23.Qf3=

½–½

⚪️#255 (Endgame-White to Move)
🔸Di Benedetto,Edoardo (2324)
🔸Seresin,Francesco (2258)
🔸78th ch-ITA U20 2018

37.fxe5! [37.f5 e4 38.Bxe4 Rf6 39.Qe7 h5 40.h4 Qb6 41.Rd2 gxf5 42.Bf3 Qb4 43.Rf2 Qc3 44.Qxc5 Bh6 45.Qd5 f4 46.Be4+ Kh8 47.Rf3 fxg3+ 48.Kh3 Rxf3 49.Bxf3 Kg7 50.Qxh5±; 37.Rf2 exf4 38.Rxf4 f5 39.h4 h5 40.Kg2 Ra6 41.Bd5 Qb6 42.Qc8 a4 43.Qe8 axb3 44.Rxf5 bxa2 45.Bg8+ Kh8 46.Be6+ Kh7 47.Rxh5+ gxh5 48.Bg8+ Kh8 49.Bd5+=]

37...Bxe5 38.Qxf7+? [38.Qxe5! Rxc6 39.Qe7 Kg8 40.Rf2 f5 41.Qd8+ Kg7 42.Qd7+ Kh8 43.Re2 Qb8 44.Qxc6+–]

38...Bg7 39.Qc7 Rb8 40.Bb5 [40.Be4+–]

40...Rf8 41.Qe7 Rf5 42.Qe2

½–½

🔸34th Voivoda Cup 2018
🔸Round 7
⚪️Wieczorek,O (2468)
⚫️Kriebel,T (2515)
🔸1-0

36.Qf3! [White intends to exchange queens in order to parry Black's attack.]

36...Qc2 37.Qc3! Qf2 [Rd2]

38.Rf3™ Qh4 39.Rh3 Qf2 40.Rf3 Qh4 41.Qe5! [The most centralized queen can dominate the other queen!]

[41.Qe3?! Rd3 42.Qf2 Qxf2! R×b3 43.Rxf2 Rxb3 44.Be5²]

41...Rd1 42.Rg3± [42.Bc3! Rxe1+ 43.Qxe1 Qg4 44.Qe2+– h3]

⚫️#256 (Strategy-Black to Move)
🔸Gasimov,Parviz (2303)
🔸Gareev,T (2584)
🔸Baku Open 2018

Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 256
public poll

A) Qf6 – 5
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 63%
اوین, @A_Somewhat_Cool_Guy, TheBestBoss@_Kasyap, @vahike, Arianna

C) Na7 – 2
👍👍👍 25%
@meti_niko, Jahanbakhsh

B) Bc8 – 1
👍 13%
@SophiaCat_does_Chess

👥 8 people voted so far.

⚫️#256 (Endgame-Black to Move)
🔸Gasanov,Zaur (2195)
🔸Aliyev,Ravan (2351)
🔸Baku Open 2018

Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 256
public poll

B) Ke6 – 7
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 64%
Majid, اوین, @SophiaCat_does_Chess, @A_Somewhat_Cool_Guy, Alan, TheBestBoss@_Kasyap, Arianna

A) Ra4 – 3
👍👍👍 27%
@soodeh728, Arian, @vahike

C) Ra1 – 1
👍 9%
@raienr

👥 11 people voted so far.

A book about the outstanding attack master Viktor Kupreychik is being prepared for publication. Did not have to miss! Played without any draws! 1976 USSR Championship. Last place, but ... +6; -11; = 0 !!

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