GM Hovhannes Gabuzyan won the 2019 North American Open. David Hater has the report from Las Vegas!
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Gabuzyan Wins a Wintry North American Open - US Chess
The 28th annual North American Open was again held at Bally’s Casino Resort in Las Vegas from December 26 through 30th. The pre-tournament attendance predictions...
Congrats to Texas Tech University for their 6-0 win at the 2019 PanAms! Al Lawrence has the story from Charlotte.
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Texas Tech Shows Its Six-Pack at PanAms! - US Chess
Texas Tech chalked up the only 6-0 at the 66th consecutive Pan-American Collegiate Team Championships. This makes the second PanAms title collected by Texas Tech...
Firouzja vs Carlen: What happened and What could happen (+ Video)
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Firouzja vs Carlen: What happened and What could happen (+ Video)
Hi Caissa’s friends. In the last days of 2019 we had the World Blitz Championship where Magnus Carlsen got the first place and became Triple World Champion. In this competition, in round 19th, there was a controversial situation in the game between 16 years…
32.f6? [White should not be in a rush to advance his kingside pawns. The text move makes the e6–square weak. He could have obtained a huge advantage with the following continuation:]
[32.Qc4!‚ Rxg3 (32...Qd8 33.Bf4! △Q×a4 33...d3 34.Qxa4 Rb5 35.Kh1!+–) 33.hxg3 Qxe5 34.f6! △Qf7 34...gxf6 35.Qf7+ Bg7 36.Qd7!±]
32...Qe8 [¹32...Qe6! 33.Qc4 d3 34.Rd2 Qxc4 35.Rxc4 Ne6!µ]
33.Qc4 Ne6? [33...Qe6!³ △d3 would be correct.]
34.Qxa4 Re3 35.Qb5? [35.Rf3 Rxe4 36.Qb5! Qg6 37.Qxb7 Nxe5™ 38.fxg7 Bxg7 39.Rf6! Nd8™ 40.Rxg6 Nxb7 41.Rxg7+ Kxg7 42.Bxe5+ Rxe5 43.Rc7+ Kg6 44.Rxb7±]
35...d3!=
[32.Qc4!‚ Rxg3 (32...Qd8 33.Bf4! △Q×a4 33...d3 34.Qxa4 Rb5 35.Kh1!+–) 33.hxg3 Qxe5 34.f6! △Qf7 34...gxf6 35.Qf7+ Bg7 36.Qd7!±]
32...Qe8 [¹32...Qe6! 33.Qc4 d3 34.Rd2 Qxc4 35.Rxc4 Ne6!µ]
33.Qc4 Ne6? [33...Qe6!³ △d3 would be correct.]
34.Qxa4 Re3 35.Qb5? [35.Rf3 Rxe4 36.Qb5! Qg6 37.Qxb7 Nxe5™ 38.fxg7 Bxg7 39.Rf6! Nd8™ 40.Rxg6 Nxb7 41.Rxg7+ Kxg7 42.Bxe5+ Rxe5 43.Rc7+ Kg6 44.Rxb7±]
35...d3!=
Amsterdam, 27th June 1977. At the drawing of lots for the IBM tournament, ex-World Champion Max Euwe is pictured with his old friend and former rival, Sammy Reshevsky.
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“Your body has to be in top condition. Your chess deteriorates as your body does. You can’t separate body from mind.”
🔸 Bobby Fischer
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Hoogovens, Wijk aan Zee, 24th January 1977. The 9th-round game between Guðmundur Sigurjónsson (Iceland) & Genna Sosonko (Netherlands) is in progress.
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Wijk aan Zee, 27th January 1977. Co-winner of the Hoogovens tournament along with Efim Geller (USSR) - the Dutch grandmaster Genna Sosonko.
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Happy Birthday GM Luke McShane (07-I-1984) | British Chess News
https://britishchessnews.com/2020/01/07/happy-birthday-gm-luke-mcshane-07-i-1984/
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Happy Birthday GM Luke McShane (07-I-1984)
We send best wishes to GM Luke James McShane on his birthday, this day (January 7th) in 1984. Here is Luke's Wikipedia entry