17...Nfd7! [A dual-purpose move: 1. Transferring the knight to the queenside in order to put more pressure there. 2. Clearing the path for the f7–pawn to attack the base of White's pawn chain on e4.]
18.b3 cxb3 19.Nxb3 Na4!‚ [19...Nxb3?! 20.Rxb3 △R×b5 20...Ra5 21.Bd2 Nc5 22.Rb1 Rfa8 23.c4 bxc4 24.Bxa5 Qxa5 25.Qf1!²]
20.Bd2 Ndb6 [△Nc4]
21.Bd3 Nc4 22.Bxc4 bxc4! [△f5]
23.Na1 f5! [The principle of two weaknesses!]
24.exf5 Nb6!–+ [24...Rxf5!? 25.Nc2 Bxd5 26.Nb4 Bb7 27.Ra1 Nc5 28.Rxa8+ Bxa8–+]
18.b3 cxb3 19.Nxb3 Na4!‚ [19...Nxb3?! 20.Rxb3 △R×b5 20...Ra5 21.Bd2 Nc5 22.Rb1 Rfa8 23.c4 bxc4 24.Bxa5 Qxa5 25.Qf1!²]
20.Bd2 Ndb6 [△Nc4]
21.Bd3 Nc4 22.Bxc4 bxc4! [△f5]
23.Na1 f5! [The principle of two weaknesses!]
24.exf5 Nb6!–+ [24...Rxf5!? 25.Nc2 Bxd5 26.Nb4 Bb7 27.Ra1 Nc5 28.Rxa8+ Bxa8–+]
Humpy Koneru keeps the lead in Monaco Women's Grand Prix after a draw against Anna Muzychuk in the eventful third round. Nana Dzagnidze and Harika Dronavalli follow with half-a-point less.
Our report: https://www.fide.com/news/247
Our report: https://www.fide.com/news/247
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FIDE Women’s Grand Prix reaches cruising speed
A decisive day's action in Monaco - Humpy Koneru, who won the 1st Women's Grand Prix in Skolkovo, is again the sole leader on 2.5/3!
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Paehtz, Elisabeth vs. Dzagnidze, Nana | Monaco FIDE Women's Grand Prix 2019
Replay the Monaco FIDE Women's Grand Prix Round 3 game played on 05/12/2019 with computer analysis
Valentina Gunina wins against her compatriot Alexandra Kosteniuk in the first decisive game of Round 3 at the #WomenGrandPrixFIDE in Monaco and escapes from the last position in the tournament table.
Valentina Gunina was not sure that her attack is correct but still decided to go for it in her usual style. She's got a cold at the beginning of the event, but now that she won she feels better! #WomanGrandPrixFIDE
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Interview with Gunina | 2019 FIDE Women's Grand Prix - Monaco | Round 3 |
Interview with Gunina | 2019 FIDE Women's Grand Prix - Monaco | Round 3 |
Fischer with Euwe announcing match with Spassky Jan. 31, 1972.
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"When a chess player looks at the board, he does not see a static mosaic, a 'still life', but a magnetic field of forces, charged with energy - as Faraday saw the stresses surrounding magnets and currents as curves in space...."
🔸 Arthur Koestler
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First World Chess Champion Wilhelm Steinitz' greatest game 🤩
After Steinitz' fourth rook sacrifice in a row, Von Bardeleben walked out without resigning. Can you see the checkmate Steinitz planned? 🤔
https://www.chess.com/blog/SamCopeland/1st-world-chess-champion-wilhelm-steinitz-immortal-game-every-move-explained
After Steinitz' fourth rook sacrifice in a row, Von Bardeleben walked out without resigning. Can you see the checkmate Steinitz planned? 🤔
https://www.chess.com/blog/SamCopeland/1st-world-chess-champion-wilhelm-steinitz-immortal-game-every-move-explained
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1st World Chess Champion Wilhelm Steinitz' Immortal Game: Every Move Explained
In my newest "Every Move Explained" video, I break down the first world chess champion, Wilhelm Steinitz, most famous game. Steinitz gets a bit of a bad rap. He never dazzled the world like Paul Morphy, and by the time Lasker came along, he proved to be significantly…
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Wilhelm Steinitz' Immortal Game
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What if Kramnik played 78... Nd2 instead of 78... Nh4 and held longer? 🙄 But alas, as said in Russian «История не имеет сослагательного наклонения».
Garry Kasparov vs Vladimir Kramnik
Intel Chess Grand Prix (blitz), Paris 1994
Garry Kasparov vs Vladimir Kramnik
Intel Chess Grand Prix (blitz), Paris 1994
Rausis Loses GM Title, Gets 6-Year Ban For Phone Cheating
Igors Rausis, the 58-year-old Latvian-Czech player who was caught with his phone during a game earlier this year, was stripped of his GM title and received a six-year ban. Report:
https://www.chess.com/news/view/rausis-loses-gm-title-gets-6-year-ban-for-phone-cheating
Igors Rausis, the 58-year-old Latvian-Czech player who was caught with his phone during a game earlier this year, was stripped of his GM title and received a six-year ban. Report:
https://www.chess.com/news/view/rausis-loses-gm-title-gets-6-year-ban-for-phone-cheating
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Rausis Loses GM Title, Gets 6-Year Ban For Phone Cheating
Igors Rausis, the 58-year-old Latvian-Czech player who was caught with his phone during a game at the Strasbourg Open earlier this year, was stripped of his GM title and received a six-year ban from the FIDE ethics commission. The news was published on the…