10th December 1950. Argentinian grandmaster Miguel Najdorf & his wife Adela are pictured at the closing banquet for the great international tournament at Amsterdam, where he took clear 1st place, scoring 15/19.
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Post-morten analysis to the final-round game Najdorf v. Van Scheltinga (Amsterdam, 1950). A 17-move draw was enough to ensure the Argentinian grandmaster clear 1st place, ahead of Reshevsky, Ståhlberg, etc.
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"An advantage could consist not only in a single important advantage but also in a multitude of insignificant advantages."
🔸 Emanuel Lasker (1926). “Lasker's Manual of Chess”
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🔸 Emanuel Lasker (1926). “Lasker's Manual of Chess”
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The Chess Club will be open today to kickoff #ChampionsShowdown #Chess9LX. Eight of the top chess players in the world including Kasparov will compete for over $200K in prizes. http://ow.ly/JSpr50vSYq6
#ChampionsShowdown #Chess9LX action begins at 12:50pm today! Tune into http://uschesschamps.com or watch live at the Saint Louis Chess Club.
16.Re1!? [16.Nd3! A standard maneuver to prevent Black from playing ...c5. 16...Rac8 17.Qa4 Bg7 18.Rac1 Qf6 19.Ne5 c5 20.Nd7 Qxd4 21.b4! (21.Qxd4 Bxd4 22.Nxf8 Kxf8„) 21...Qxb4 22.Qxb4 cxb4 23.Nxf8 Rxf8 24.Rfd1±; 16.Qa4 c5 17.Nd7 Rf4 18.dxc5 Rxa4 19.cxd6 exd6 20.Nf6+ Kf7 21.Nxd5 Bg7„]
16...Rac8 17.Qg4?!= [17.Qa4! c5 18.Qxa7 cxd4 19.Ng4 Bg5 20.Qxd4 Rc2 21.Re5 Bf6 22.Nxf6+ Rxf6 23.Rxd5 Qf4 24.Qxf4 Rxf4 25.f3 Rxb2 26.Re1 Rxa2 27.Rxe7 Rf7 28.Rd8+ Kg7 29.Rxf7+ Kxf7 30.Rd7+ Kg8+/=]
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16...Rac8 17.Qg4?!= [17.Qa4! c5 18.Qxa7 cxd4 19.Ng4 Bg5 20.Qxd4 Rc2 21.Re5 Bf6 22.Nxf6+ Rxf6 23.Rxd5 Qf4 24.Qxf4 Rxf4 25.f3 Rxb2 26.Re1 Rxa2 27.Rxe7 Rf7 28.Rd8+ Kg7 29.Rxf7+ Kxf7 30.Rd7+ Kg8+/=]
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