18.Rh2! [Iranian star finds the best plan to increase the pressure: doubling his rooks on the open d-file.]

[18.b4?! Nb7 19.Nxb7 Bxb7 20.Rh2 Kg7!= △h6]

18...Rad8? [¹18...Ra7 19.Rhd2 Nh5 20.Qxe7! Rxe7 21.b4 Na4 22.Ne2 a5 23.a3!±]

19.Rhd2! Rd7 20.b4! [Now Black can no longer avoid losing material.]

20...Ne6 [20...Na4 21.Nf5! △R×d7 21...gxf5 22.Rxd7 Bxd7 23.Rxd7! Qxd7 24.Qxf6+ Kg8 25.Nd5!‚ Rd8 26.Qh6 Kh8 27.Bd3! Nc3 28.Qf6+ Kg8 29.Ne7+ Kf8 30.Nxf5!+–]

21.Qxe5!+–

1–0

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C) Ba6 – 10
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A) c5 – 2
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B) Qd8
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B) R×b4 – 1
👍 10%
@MerissaWongso

A) Kf7
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Amsterdam, 30/03/1948.
The participants in the inaugural FIDE chess World Championship match-tournament (Smyslov, Reshevsky, Keres, Euwe, Botvinnik) are about to depart for Moscow for the conclusion of the event.

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"Success and satisfaction may be our goals, but they can also lead to bad habits that will impede greater success and satisfaction."

🔸 Garry Kasparov (2007). How Life Imitates Chess.

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Fischer, Bronstein and Olafsson from 1960 Mar Del Plata probably trying to figure out a chess puzzle.
Fischer shared first place with Spassky 13.5/15 with Bronstein and Olafsson in 3th and 4th place.

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Ex-World Champion Mikhail Tal gives a simultaneous display in Philharmonic Square, Riga. 1980s.

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Rare April 1948 footage of Paul Keres, Max Euwe, Mikhail Botvinnik, Samuel Reshevsky and Vasily Smyslov during the Moscow part of the 1948 World Chess Championship.

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Dominguez Wins Dortmund Ahead of Surging Nepomniachtchi

https://www.chess.com/news/view/leinier-dominguez-wins-2019-sparkassen-chess-meeting-dortmund

On the picture you can see the participants of the Grandmaster Tournament, who had a good start today. For rankings, livestream and more visit: