Stefansson strikes again, he is on +3 before the rest day in Challengers group. "I am happy to be here, it's a fantastic tournament! My strategy is to take one game at a time and not complicate too much."
Bartel is on fire! Second win in a row, this time against the top seed Nijat Abasov #picf2020
38.Re7+! [A strong intermediate check. Taking the g7–pawn at once would have only led to a draw:]
[38.Rxg7? Ra2+! 39.Kh3 Ra1! △Kf3 40.Rg5 (40.Rb7 Rf1 41.Rb4+ Kxf5=) 40...Kf3 41.Kh2 Ra2+ 42.Kh3 Ra1=]
38...Kxf5 39.Rxg7 Kf6 40.Rg5! [△R×h5]
40...a5 41.Rxh5 a4 42.Ra5 Ra1 43.Kf3 a3 44.Ra6+ Kg7 45.Kg2! [After this move, Black is completely hopeless.]
[45.Kg4? a2! 46.h5 Kg8 47.Ra7 Kh8 48.Kg5 Rg1™ 49.Rxa2 Rxg3+=]
45...Ra2+ 46.Kh3 Ra1 47.h5 Kh7 48.g4 Kg7 [48...a2 49.Kh2! Kg7 50.g5 Kh7 51.Ra7+ Kg8 52.h6+–]
49.Kh4+– [△Kg5]
[38.Rxg7? Ra2+! 39.Kh3 Ra1! △Kf3 40.Rg5 (40.Rb7 Rf1 41.Rb4+ Kxf5=) 40...Kf3 41.Kh2 Ra2+ 42.Kh3 Ra1=]
38...Kxf5 39.Rxg7 Kf6 40.Rg5! [△R×h5]
40...a5 41.Rxh5 a4 42.Ra5 Ra1 43.Kf3 a3 44.Ra6+ Kg7 45.Kg2! [After this move, Black is completely hopeless.]
[45.Kg4? a2! 46.h5 Kg8 47.Ra7 Kh8 48.Kg5 Rg1™ 49.Rxa2 Rxg3+=]
45...Ra2+ 46.Kh3 Ra1 47.h5 Kh7 48.g4 Kg7 [48...a2 49.Kh2! Kg7 50.g5 Kh7 51.Ra7+ Kg8 52.h6+–]
49.Kh4+– [△Kg5]
Humpy Koneru Wins 2nd Cairns Cup
On Sunday GM Humpy Koneru won the #CairnsCup's hefty $45,000 first prize. After a quick draw with her compatriot GM Harika Dronavalli, she saw her main rival GM Alexandra Kosteniuk lose to GM Ju Wenjun. Report:
https://www.chess.com/news/view/2020-cairns-cup-round-9-koneru-wins
On Sunday GM Humpy Koneru won the #CairnsCup's hefty $45,000 first prize. After a quick draw with her compatriot GM Harika Dronavalli, she saw her main rival GM Alexandra Kosteniuk lose to GM Ju Wenjun. Report:
https://www.chess.com/news/view/2020-cairns-cup-round-9-koneru-wins
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Humpy Koneru Wins Cairns Cup
On Sunday GM Humpy Koneru won the Cairns Cup's hefty $45,000 first prize. After a quick draw with her compatriot GM Harika Dronavalli, she saw her main rival GM Alexandra Kosteniuk lose to GM Ju Wenjun. Koneru finished on six points, half a point more than…
Tilburg Interpolis, Round 4, 23rd September 1980. World Champion Anatoly Karpov chats with Genna Sosonko as his opponent, Jan Timman, ponders his 3rd move. Behind (left), Zoltán Ribli faces Bent Larsen.
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Mikhail Tal Refutes His Own Sacrifice - Tal vs. Olafsson, 1961
https://www.chess.com/blog/SamCopeland/mikhail-tal-refutes-his-own-sacrifice-tal-vs-olafsson-1961
https://www.chess.com/blog/SamCopeland/mikhail-tal-refutes-his-own-sacrifice-tal-vs-olafsson-1961
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Mikhail Tal Refutes His Own Sacrifice - Tal vs. Olafsson, 1961
Mikhail Tal's 1961 victory over Fridrik Olafsson looks like a simple (though pretty) smashing attack, but in fact, great complexity and beauty lurks in the variations. In his own analysis in "Life and Games of Mihkail Tal," he showed the best defense for…