Interview with Pia Cramling | 2019 FIDE Women's Grand Prix - Monaco | Round 4 |
"For me, it's very important to be happy, to have energy, to relax between the games", strongest Swedish female player Pia Cramling talks about her way to be inspired with ideas in chess. She's also touching other interesting topics! #WomenGrandPrixFIDE

SEA Games: Eugene Torre wins first gold for chess team

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MVL escaped unscathed against Ding while Carlsen managed to defeat Aronian with the white pieces #GCTFinals

🔸TCh-SWE Elitserien 2018–19
🔸Round 2
⚪️Shirov,A (2639)
⚫️Brynell,S (2398)
🔸1-0

17.Nf5! [A well-calculated move by Shirov.]

17...Rf8 [17...exf5? 18.e6 Bd6 19.exd7+! △Q×d5 19...Qxd7 20.Qxd5 fxg4 21.Bxd6 Ne7 22.Qxc4+ Nc6 23.Qb3±]

18.Nxg7! [△N×e6]

[18.Nd6+!? Bxd6 19.exd6 △Qd4 19...Qc5 20.Be5 Nf6 21.Bf3‚]

18...Rxf4 19.Nxe6 Bxe6 20.Bxe6+ Kb8 21.Bxd5 b6™ 22.g3! [Clearing the g2–square for the white bishop in order to keep the bishop on the long diagonal.]

[22.Qa4? Ne7! △Bc5 23.Qxa3 Nxd5=/+]

22...Rf8 23.Qa4 Ne7 24.Bg2! Bc5 25.Qxa6+–

Grandmasters Jan Timman and John Nunn, pictured at Wijk aan Zee, 19th January 1982.

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The passion for playing chess is one of the most unaccountable in the world...

🔸 H.G. Wells

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Florencio Campomanes did play some chess before he became FIDE president in 1982, here against Mikhail Tal in the Leipzig Olympiad 1960, Philippines vs. the USSR. Photo source unknown.

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Mikhail Tal 🆚 Florencio Campomanes

Leipzig ol (Men) qual-B (1960), Leipzig GDR, rd 4, Oct-20
Caro-Kann Defense: Standard. Unorthodox Replies (B15)

1-0

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Judit Polgar in Mexico, 2012, during the UNAM Festival with Magnus Carlsen, Lazaro Bruzon and Manuel Leon Hoyos

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Judit Polgar Giving a Hard Time to Carlsen in Mexico

Move of the Day!

Indian prodigy Praggnanandhaa 🇮🇳 wins the london chess FIDE open with 7.5/9.
He wins it jointly with GM Anton Smirnov 🇦🇺

Pragg has now officially crossed 2600 as he gained an impressive 15 elo points to his existing 2586.

Grandmaster from Peru, GM Cordoba won vs World's top 10 player, GM Grishuck, from Russia, this beautiful ending game with King+Bishop+Knight vs King.

Monaco #WomenGrandPrixFIDE standings after 5 rounds:
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1. Koneru - 3,5 points
2-6. Kosteniuk, Cramling, Goryachkina, Harika, Dzagnidze - 3
7-9. Muzychuk M., Muzychuk A., Zhao Xue - 2,5
10. Lagno - 2
11-12. Gunina, Paehtz - 1.