Judit Polgar: Chess in education, chess and gender. I am very pleased to see both topics united in this conference, so I feel that I must be part of it.
https://londonchessconference.com/judit-polgar-joins-the-conference-team/
https://londonchessconference.com/judit-polgar-joins-the-conference-team/
Chess and Female Empowerment
Judit Polgar Joins the Conference Team
We are pleased and honoured to reveal that Judit Polgar is part of the London Chess Conference as its Honorary Director. She has been consulting us on various aspects of the conference, its program…
39...d4! [Black opens the long diagonal for his light-squared bishop and wins an exchange by force.]
[39...Ng4!? 40.Bxg4 d4+ 41.Rf3 dxc3 42.Nxc3 f5! 43.Bh3 Nc5 44.Kh2 Bxf3 45.Qxf3 Red8³]
40.Rxd4 [¹40.Nxd4 Ng4 41.Qe2 Nxe3 42.Qxe3 f6! 43.Bxa8 Qxa8+ 44.Kh2 fxe5 45.fxe5 Bb4=/+]
40...Ng4 41.Qe2 Nxe3 42.Rxd7™ Nf5! [N×g3]
43.Kh2 Bxf3 44.Qxf3 Red8! 45.Rxd8 Rxd8-/+ [Rd2]
[39...Ng4!? 40.Bxg4 d4+ 41.Rf3 dxc3 42.Nxc3 f5! 43.Bh3 Nc5 44.Kh2 Bxf3 45.Qxf3 Red8³]
40.Rxd4 [¹40.Nxd4 Ng4 41.Qe2 Nxe3 42.Qxe3 f6! 43.Bxa8 Qxa8+ 44.Kh2 fxe5 45.fxe5 Bb4=/+]
40...Ng4 41.Qe2 Nxe3 42.Rxd7™ Nf5! [N×g3]
43.Kh2 Bxf3 44.Qxf3 Red8! 45.Rxd8 Rxd8-/+ [Rd2]
Born on this day in 1933 in Belgrade - Borislav Ivkov.
World Junior Champion (1951), World Championship Candidate (1965), 3-time Yugoslav champion (1958, 1963, 1972). Pictured here at Hilversum, 12th June 1973.
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World Junior Champion (1951), World Championship Candidate (1965), 3-time Yugoslav champion (1958, 1963, 1972). Pictured here at Hilversum, 12th June 1973.
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Today is the 85th anniversary of the birth of the great Leonid Stein. This blog post features a translations of annotations (by Stein and Tal) to a spectacular game of his from the 31st USSR Championship.
https://dgriffinchess.wordpress.com/2019/06/14/stein-klovans-31st-ussr-ch-leningrad-1963-with-annotations-by-stein-and-tal/
https://dgriffinchess.wordpress.com/2019/06/14/stein-klovans-31st-ussr-ch-leningrad-1963-with-annotations-by-stein-and-tal/
Soviet Chess History
Stein-Klovāns, 31st USSR-ch (Leningrad, 1963), with annotations by Stein and Tal.
Glancing through an issue of the Soviet Latvian magazine Shakhmaty (Riga) for the first time recently, my eye was caught by a diagram of a familiar position. The same diagram appears in Taimanov an…
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A gripping 3-minute long narrative of the last round of the 27th Chess Olympiad in Dubai, with the Soviet Union, England and the United States fighting for the gold.
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Has there ever been a more spectacular resignation in chess than that of Włodzimierz Schmidt to Garry Kasparov in the last round of the 27th Chess Olympiad (Dubai, December 1, 1986)?😂
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Best Checkmate Combinations Ever - 16
Meet Abhimanyu Mishra, the youngest International Master in the world! This boy from New Jersey achieved the title at the age of 10 years 9 months and 3 days, eclipsing Praggnanandhaa's record of the youngest IM by 17 days.
https://chessbase.in/news/Abhimanyu-Mishra-becomes-the-youngest-IM-in-the-world
https://chessbase.in/news/Abhimanyu-Mishra-becomes-the-youngest-IM-in-the-world
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Abhimanyu Mishra breaks Praggnanandhaa's record, becomes the youngest IM in the world - ChessBase India
A lot of young talents like Praggnanandhaa, Sindarov,...
Hikaru Nakamura: "I think pretty much everyone’s not had the greatest of years, which has made it into something akin to the stock market: it’s not necessarily about what your rating is, it’s what have you done for me lately?"
https://chess24.com/en/read/news/nakamura-on-a-tough-year-fortnite-choker-more
https://chess24.com/en/read/news/nakamura-on-a-tough-year-fortnite-choker-more
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Nakamura on a tough year, Fortnite, Choker & more
Hikaru Nakamura is the reigning US Chess Champion and the
blitz world no. 1, but in an exclusive interview with Jan Gustafsson he talks
about “my worst year as a professional by far”. He explains what went wrong and
how he’s been combining streaming, playing…
blitz world no. 1, but in an exclusive interview with Jan Gustafsson he talks
about “my worst year as a professional by far”. He explains what went wrong and
how he’s been combining streaming, playing…
Carlsen, Caruana, Giri To Play 2020 Tata Steel Chess
The lineup of #TataSteelChess 2020 (Wijk aan Zee, January 10-26) is announced:
Carlsen 2870
Caruana 2822
Giri 2776
Nepomniachtchi 2773
So 2760
Anand 2757
Yu Yangyi 2753
Duda 2748
Artemiev 2731
Firouzja 2720
Xiong 2712
Dubov 2676
Kovalev 2674
Jorden van Foreest 2632
https://www.chess.com/news/view/2020-tata-steel-chess-tournament-participants
The lineup of #TataSteelChess 2020 (Wijk aan Zee, January 10-26) is announced:
Carlsen 2870
Caruana 2822
Giri 2776
Nepomniachtchi 2773
So 2760
Anand 2757
Yu Yangyi 2753
Duda 2748
Artemiev 2731
Firouzja 2720
Xiong 2712
Dubov 2676
Kovalev 2674
Jorden van Foreest 2632
https://www.chess.com/news/view/2020-tata-steel-chess-tournament-participants
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Carlsen, Caruana, Giri To Play 2020 Tata Steel Chess
The top two players in the world, Magnus Carlsen and Fabiano Caruana, will meet in January for the 2020 Tata Steel Chess Tournament. With Anish Giri and Ian Nepomniachtchi, the field of the masters has four players from the current world's top 10. For Carlsen…
Alexander Grischuk defeats Maxime Vachier-Lagrave in a masterfully played game, gradually converting a slight advantage into a full point, and becomes the first finalist of FIDE Grand Prix in Hamburg!
https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/hamburg-fide-gp-2019/3/1/2
https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/hamburg-fide-gp-2019/3/1/2
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Grischuk, Alexander vs. Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | Hamburg FIDE Grand Prix 2019
Replay the Hamburg FIDE Grand Prix Round 3 game played on 12/11/2019 with computer analysis