FIDE World Amateur Chess Championship 2019 finished in Manzanillo, #Mexico. 180+ players took part in 4 groups (open U2300, open U2000, open U1700, and women U1700).

Gutierrez Medina Elias Renzo from Peru won the main event with 7/9. Full

Full results: http://chess-results.com/tnr449794.aspx?lan=11&art=1&rd=9&turdet=YES&flag=30

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

19...Na7!? [Gareev starts exploiting the opponent's weaknesses by transferring the knight to the b5 square.]

[19...Bc8 20.f3 Qh4 21.fxe4 Bg4 22.Nf3 Rxf3 23.gxf3 Bxf3 24.Qxf3 Qxe1+ 25.Kg2 Rf8 26.Re2 Rxf3 27.Rxe1 Rxc3 28.exd5 Bf8 29.dxc6 Rxb3 30.Ba2 Rc3 31.Kg1 Rc2 32.Bb3=; 19...Qf6 20.Nc5 Bc8 21.f3 Na7 22.Rf1 Nb5„]

20.f3 [¹20.Nc5! Bc8 21.Re3 Nb5 22.Qe1 Qf6=]

20...Nb5 21.Bb2 Nc4-/+

½–½

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

51...Ke6! [51...Ra1 52.Nxc6 Rd1+ 53.Kc5 Bxc6 54.Rxc6+ Ke5 55.Rc7 Rd3 56.Kb4 Kf6 57.h4 h5 58.Rd7=; 51...Ra4 52.h4 Ke6 53.Kc5 h5 54.Nxc6 Bxc6 55.Rxc6+ Ke5 56.g3 Ra5+ 57.Kb4 Ra2 58.Rc7 Ke6 59.Rc6+ Kd7 60.Rf6 Ke7 61.Rf4 Ke6 62.Kc5 f6 63.g4=]

52.Nxc6 Kd6 53.Rxf7 Bxc6 54.Rf6+ Kc7 55.Rxg6 h5? [55...Ra4+ 56.Ke5 Rc4 57.Rxh6 Rxc3 58.h4 Re3+ 59.Kd4 Re1 60.h5 Rd1+ 61.Kc5 Rc1+ 62.Kd4 Rc4+ 63.Ke5 d4 64.Rh7+ Kb6 65.Rh8 d3 66.Rd8 Rc5+ 67.Kd4 Rc1 68.Rb8+ Kc7 69.Rb2 Rc2 70.Rb1 Rxg2µ]

56.Rg5?? [56.g4 hxg4 57.hxg4 Ra4+ 58.Ke5 Rc4 59.Rf6 Rxc3 60.g5=/+]

56...h4 57.Rg4 Kb6 58.Kd3 Bb5+ 59.Kc2 Bc4 60.Rxh4 Ra2+ 61.Kb1 Rxg2 62.Rf4 Kb5 63.Rf8 Rh2 64.Rh8 Ka4 65.Rb8 Rxh3 66.Kb2 Rxf3 67.Ra8+ Kb5 68.Rb8+ Kc6 69.Rh8 Rf2+ 70.Ka3 Ra2+ 71.Kb4 Rb2+ 72.Ka4 Rb3 73.Rh3 Kc5

0–1

🔸34th Voivoda Cup 2018
🔸Round 9
⚪️Gleizerov,E (2505)
⚫️Kriebel,T (2515)
🔸1-0

26.Be4! [The finishing move. White prevents Black from exchanging rooks on the e-file (after 27.exd6).]

[26.Qd2?! Bf8! 27.Rf1 gxf4! d×e5 28.Qxf4 dxe5 29.Qe3 f5! 30.Nxc5 fxg4 31.Nxd7 Qxe3 32.Bxe3 Rxd7 33.hxg4+/=]

26...Nf8 27.exd6! [B×c5]

27...Qxd6 28.Bxc5 Qf6 29.fxg5 hxg5 30.Bxe7+–

⚪️#257 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Guliev,Sarh (2354)
🔸Suleymanli,Aydin (2313)
🔸Baku Open 2018

Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 257
public poll

B) Qf3 – 6
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 55%
Nikhil, Majid, @abist10102008QwertyTseries, TheBestBoss@_Kasyap, @vahike, Arianna

C) Ra3 – 4
👍👍👍👍👍 36%
@mahyarebrahimi1983, @meti_niko, Babak, @raienr

A) f5 – 1
👍 9%
@SophiaCat_does_Chess

👥 11 people voted so far.

⚫️#257 (Endgame-Black to Move)
🔸Guseinov,G (2664)
🔸Asadli,Vugar (2471)
🔸Baku Open 2018

Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 257
public poll

A) Rc3+ – 7
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 70%
@soodeh728, Nikhil, Majid, @raienr, @Qwerty123Tseries, @vahike, Arianna

B) Ke6 – 2
👍👍 20%
اروین, Babak

C) Rc7 – 1
👍 10%
@SophiaCat_does_Chess

👥 10 people voted so far.

World Champion Anatoly Karpov giving a simultaneous display in the Yakut Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, 1976.

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"Help your pieces so they can help you."

🔸 Paul Morphy

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Petrosian vs Fischer 1959 Interzonal Tournament.
This game is included in my 60 memorable games.
It was sort of Kings Indian defense type game.
Petrosian had a winning position but it wasn't so easy to find a win in the end-game and the game ended in a draw.

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The gold-medal-winning US Team from the 1960 Student Olympiad in Leningrad.
L to R: Eliot Hearst, Raymond Weinstein, Jerry Spann, William Lombardy, Edmar Mednis & Charles Kalme.

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Before chess, there was a spectacular opening ceremony at FIDE World Chess Grand Prix in Riga.

Riga #GrandPrixFIDE Day 2 results:
Giri ½-½ Karjakin
Harikrishna ½-½ So
Duda ½-½ Svidler
Dubov 0-1 Mamedyarov
Grischuk ½-½ Vitiugov
Yu Yangyi ½-½ Aronian
Topalov ½-½ Nakamura
Navara ½-½ Vachier-Lagrave

Vachier_Lagrave & mamedyarov advanced to R2. 6 tiebreaks on July 14!