Magnus Carlsen now seems to be on a roll, but at the halfway stage of #IOMChess it's Fabiano Caruana and Wang Hao who are in the lead on 5/6!
https://chess24.com/en/read/news/grand-swiss-6-stars-flex-their-muscles
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Grand Swiss 6: Stars flex their muscles
Magnus Carlsen, Fabiano Caruana, Levon Aronian, Vishy Anand
and Hikaru Nakamura all picked up wins as the rating favourites were in good
form before the rest day of the FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss on the Isle of Man.
The co-leaders are now Caruana, who…
and Hikaru Nakamura all picked up wins as the rating favourites were in good
form before the rest day of the FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss on the Isle of Man.
The co-leaders are now Caruana, who…
Ladies Knight with IM Dorsa Derakhshani [PODCAST] - US Chess
In the October edition of Ladies Knight, Jennifer Shahade speaks to IM Dorsa Derakshani about her childhood in Iran, her TED talk and what surprised her most about living in the United States.
https://new.uschess.org/news/ladies-knight-im-dorsa-derakhshani-podcast/
In the October edition of Ladies Knight, Jennifer Shahade speaks to IM Dorsa Derakshani about her childhood in Iran, her TED talk and what surprised her most about living in the United States.
https://new.uschess.org/news/ladies-knight-im-dorsa-derakhshani-podcast/
US Chess
Ladies Knight with IM Dorsa Derakhshani [PODCAST] - US Chess
In the October edition of Ladies Knight, Jennifer Shahade speaks to IM Dorsa Derakshani about her childhood in Iran, her TED talk and what surprised her most about living in the United States.
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Best Checkmate Combinations Ever - 10
The closing stages of the game between Sergei Dolmatov & Artur Jussupow, from the televised rapid event that was held at the Moscow TV centre during 8th-10th May.
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Best Checkmate Combinations Ever - 11
18.Bf4! [Activating the bishop with attack Black's queen.]
18...Qa8 19.Qf3! [△Ne4]
19...Red8 [¹19...Bxg5 20.Bxg5 h6 21.Bc1 Rcd8 22.Bb2 Nh7 23.a4! Rd7 24.a5± △c5]
20.Ne4 Be7 21.c5! [Another instructive move. After this move, Black's queen and bishop will be out of action for a long time and Black will suffer from a lack of space. Another benefit of this move is to establish an outpost in the territory of the opponent on the d6.]
21...Ba6 22.Bd6 Qb7 23.Qc3! [△b4]
23...Qd7 24.b4 Ng6 25.h4!‚ Bxd6 26.Nxd6 Rb8 27.Qf3 Bb5 28.h5+–
18...Qa8 19.Qf3! [△Ne4]
19...Red8 [¹19...Bxg5 20.Bxg5 h6 21.Bc1 Rcd8 22.Bb2 Nh7 23.a4! Rd7 24.a5± △c5]
20.Ne4 Be7 21.c5! [Another instructive move. After this move, Black's queen and bishop will be out of action for a long time and Black will suffer from a lack of space. Another benefit of this move is to establish an outpost in the territory of the opponent on the d6.]
21...Ba6 22.Bd6 Qb7 23.Qc3! [△b4]
23...Qd7 24.b4 Ng6 25.h4!‚ Bxd6 26.Nxd6 Rb8 27.Qf3 Bb5 28.h5+–