Move of the day : Qxh6+!! (1-0)
Carl Schlechter - Philip Meitner, Berlin, 1899

🔸Bundesliga 2018–19
🔸Round 1
⚪️Warmerdam,Max (2422)
⚫️Bacrot,E (2677)
🔸0-1

20...Rxe1! [Although Black surrenders the open e-file, he gains time for furthering his own plans and seizing the initiative.]

21.Rxe1 cxd5!‚ [21...Rc8? 22.dxc6! Qd7 22...Qxc6 23.f3 d5 24.cxd5 Qxd5 25.Qxd5 Bxd5 26.b3² Rc1]

22.cxd5 Ba6!‚ [Deflecting the bishop on f1 away from the g2–pawn.]

23.Bg3™ [23.f3? Bxf1 24.Rxf1 Rc8! 25.Bg3 Rc2 26.Qe1 Rxb2!–+]

23...Bxf1 24.Rxf1 Nf5 25.Qe2 Rc8 [N×g3]

[25...Nxg3+!? 26.hxg3 Rc8 27.Kg1 d6 28.Qe7 Rc2 29.Qxa7 Rxb2³]

26.Qa6 Nxg3+ 27.hxg3 Rc7 28.Kg1 d6³ [28...Qf6!? 29.Qe2 Qf5³ d6]

Hamburg June 6th 1985 22-year-old Garry Kasparov playing a simul against the worlds 32 strongest chess engines.
He won all the games.

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“A real sacrifice involves a radical change in the character of a game which cannot be effected without foresight, fantasy, and the willingness to risk.”

🔸 Leonid Shamkovich

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This is a picture of the participants of Immopar rapid 1992 held in Paris. Can you recognize them?

This photo is from the video interaction between GM Judit Polgar and Vladimir Kramnik that took place at the Global Chess Festival 2019. Check out the video: https://youtu.be/WZAjTucPmuI

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Champions Talk: Judit Polgar with Vladimir Kramnik

Move of the day : 20... Qg1+!! (0-1)
Alexander Steinkuehler - Joseph Henry Blackburne, Manchester, 1863

Wijk aan Zee, 12th January 1988. The 4th-round encounter between Anatoly Karpov (USSR) and Paul van der Sterren (Netherlands).

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The #Superbet Rapid & Blitz, held in Bucharest 🇷🇴 from 6-10 November, features 7 of the 12 #GrandChessTour regulars, Caruana, Giri, Mamedyarov, Anand, Aronian, Karjakin and So, joined by event wild cards Artemiev, Le Quang Liem and Korobov.

Hamburg #GrandPrixFIDE line-up:
🇷🇺 Grischuk
🇷🇺 Nepomniachtchi
🇫🇷 Vachier-Lagrave
🇵🇱 Wojtaszek
🇺🇸 Nakamura
🇷🇺 Svidler
🇷🇺 Dubov
🇨🇳 Wei Yi
🇧🇬 Topalov
🇨🇳 Yu Yangyi
🇵🇱 Duda
🇦🇿 Radjabov
🇷🇺 Vitiugov
🇮🇳 Harikrishna
🇨🇿 Navara
🇷🇺 Jakovenko

Who's your favorite?

https://worldchess.com/news/guide-to-hamburg-grand-prix-2019

WORLD YOUTH UNDER-16 CHESS OLYMPIAD-2019
Round 8:

https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/world-youth-u16-olympiad-2019/8/1/1

🔸Bundesliga 2018–19
🔸Round 1
⚪️Spoelman,W (2573)
⚫️Keymer,Vincent
🔸1-0

22...Nc5?! [The black knight cannot do anything here. Black could have created a powerful outpost in the opponent's camp with the following continuation:]

[22...fxe3! 23.Qxe3 (23.fxe3? Nc3! Q×e3 24.Rxf8+ Rxf8 25.Qd2 Nxa2!–+) 23...d4! Nc3 24.Qd3 Nc3 25.Ng3 c5!-/+]

23.Rfd1 Rf5 24.b4 Ne4 25.Qd3 fxe3 26.fxe3? [White may have thought he could not take the pawn with his queen, but in fact, it was the correct way to obtain equality:]

[26.Qxe3 Rxf2 27.Qd4! Qxd4 28.Rxd4 Rb2 29.Rxd5 Rxb4 30.Ng3 c5 31.Nxe4 Rexe4 32.Rxg5+³]

26...Nf2?? [A blunder which at once changes the fate of the game.]

[26...c5! would be correct: 27.bxc5 bxc5µ]

27.Qxd5+! Qxd5 28.Rxd5 [Nf6]

28...Rxd5 29.Nf6+ Kf8 30.Nxd5 Ne4 31.Nxc7+–