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
Chess.com
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…
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Maghsoodloo Parham - Aronian Levon
World Blitz Championship 2018
World Blitz Championship 2018
26.e5! [A well-calculated move. Carlsen who only needs a draw to retain World Chess Championship title decides to force a simplified position.]
26...dxe5™ 27.Nxc5! [27.Rxd7 Nxd7 28.fxe5 Qxe5 29.Rf1=]
27...Rxd2™ 28.Rxd2 Rxd2 29.Qxd2 [△N×b7]
29...Ba8 30.fxe5! Qxe5 31.Nd7! Qb2 [31...Nxd7 32.Qxd7 Qb8™ 33.Bxc6 Qg3+ 34.Kf1 Bxc6 35.Qxc6 Qd3+ 36.Ke1 Qxc2=]
32.Qd6! [32.Nxf6+?! gxf6³ △Q×a2]
32...Nxd7 33.Qxd7 Qxc2 34.Qe8+ Kh7 35.Qxa8=
26...dxe5™ 27.Nxc5! [27.Rxd7 Nxd7 28.fxe5 Qxe5 29.Rf1=]
27...Rxd2™ 28.Rxd2 Rxd2 29.Qxd2 [△N×b7]
29...Ba8 30.fxe5! Qxe5 31.Nd7! Qb2 [31...Nxd7 32.Qxd7 Qb8™ 33.Bxc6 Qg3+ 34.Kf1 Bxc6 35.Qxc6 Qd3+ 36.Ke1 Qxc2=]
32.Qd6! [32.Nxf6+?! gxf6³ △Q×a2]
32...Nxd7 33.Qxd7 Qxc2 34.Qe8+ Kh7 35.Qxa8=
Carrisa Yip at the #CairnsCup closing ceremony: "I guess my highlight would be all the friends I made along the way, it really touched my heart!"💜
Check out the interview I conducted after she drew Mariya Muzychuk in the last round ➡️
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWHdz4Ji7S4
Check out the interview I conducted after she drew Mariya Muzychuk in the last round ➡️
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWHdz4Ji7S4
YouTube
She Stole Everyone's Hearts!❤️ | Interview with FM Carissa Yip | 2020 Cairns Cup | Day 9
The second annual Cairns Cup is one of the highest rated all-female tournament in chess history. Please enjoy the interview I conducted with the youngest American to get an IM title (Waiting for FIDE congress for title approval) young talent FM Carissa Yip.…
Grandmasters and upstarts are reinventing the game of chess online, becoming its most visible ambassadors – and arguably its first entertainers. https://nbcnews.to/37xtEUc
NBC News
Speed and trash talk: Inside the 'new chess culture' and its online revival
Grandmasters and upstarts are reinventing the game online, becoming its most visible ambassadors and arguably its first entertainers.
Alireza Firouzja almost won one of the games of his career in Round 4 of the Prague Masters and was then lost against leader Vidit in 12 moves in Round 5! It's not easy being a prodigy :)
https://chess24.com/en/read/news/prague-masters-4-5-vidit-punishes-firouzja
https://chess24.com/en/read/news/prague-masters-4-5-vidit-punishes-firouzja
chess24.com
Prague Masters 4-5: Vidit punishes Firouzja
India’s Vidit took a full point lead in the Prague Masters
and moved up to world no. 19 on the live rating list after punishing a risky
pawn grab by Alireza Firouzja. The 16-year-old Iranian found himself lost by
move 12, and that defeat came a day after…
and moved up to world no. 19 on the live rating list after punishing a risky
pawn grab by Alireza Firouzja. The 16-year-old Iranian found himself lost by
move 12, and that defeat came a day after…