Maxime Vachier-Lagrave is now set to start his 1st Candidates Tournament as the 5th seed, with White against Fabiano Caruana, after Teimour Radjabov withdrew! https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/fide-candidates-2020/1/1/1
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Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime vs. Caruana, Fabiano | FIDE Candidates Tournament 2020
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Radjabov says he asked for the Candidates to be postponed due to the uncertainty around the coronavirus, Wang Hao not going into quarantine & what would happen if a player or anyone else at the tournament fell ill:
https://www.azerisport.com/chess/20200306140945388.html
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Теймур РАДЖАБОВ: Я обратился в ФИДЕ с предложением перенести турнир, на что получил отказ
Азербайджанский шахматист Теймур Раджабов выступил с заявлением относительно информации, ранее распространенной ФИДЕ о том, то он снялся с турнира претендентов по личным причинам, передает azerisport.com.
Teimour Radjabov contradicts FIDE and says there were no "personal reasons" for his withdrawal. A statement will follow: https://instagram.com/p/B9Yuz2ZnT5t/?igshid=vjix6ttv3u48
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Dear compatriots, chess fans, the entire chess community, colleagues and friends. It is not correct, I have no personal reasons to withdraw from the tournament. I will come up very soon with the statement and with letters that were sent to FIDE and their…
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Radjabov has now replied again, this time to Sutovsky's statement, criticising the way FIDE handled the situation: https://instagram.com/p/B9ZEGtCHf2U/
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Regarding my withdrawal from the tournament : I have received a letter from FIDE stating that the tournament can’t be moved “legally and practically” , after describing the measures that FIDE take, I was given a deadline until 0.00 6th of march Moscow time…
World Cadet & Youth Rapid & Blitz Championships, World Amateur Chess Championship, European School Championships, originally scheduled for April are postponed to after June 15 due to #COVID19 global outbreak.
16.fxe4! [Exchanging the queens would have considerably reduced White's advantage:]
[16.Qxe4?! Nxe4 17.Bxe7 Nxf3! 18.Bxf8 Nxg1 19.Bb4 Nxf2 20.Rd7 a5!² △Ng×h3]
16...Nf3™ 17.Bxf6 Qxf6 18.Rg3 [By driving the black knight away from f3, White intends to launch a pawn storm on the center.]
[18.Rg4!? △Rf4 18...Ne5 19.Rg2± △f4]
18...Rad8 19.Rd5! [△Rf5]
[19.Be2?! Rxd1+ 20.Bxd1 Ne1! △Q×f2 21.e5 Qxf2! 22.Qxf2 Nd3+ 23.Kd2 Nxf2 24.Bc2 f5=]
19...Nh4 20.e5!± [20.f4!? Qe7 21.Rh5 Ng6 22.Bd3!±]
[16.Qxe4?! Nxe4 17.Bxe7 Nxf3! 18.Bxf8 Nxg1 19.Bb4 Nxf2 20.Rd7 a5!² △Ng×h3]
16...Nf3™ 17.Bxf6 Qxf6 18.Rg3 [By driving the black knight away from f3, White intends to launch a pawn storm on the center.]
[18.Rg4!? △Rf4 18...Ne5 19.Rg2± △f4]
18...Rad8 19.Rd5! [△Rf5]
[19.Be2?! Rxd1+ 20.Bxd1 Ne1! △Q×f2 21.e5 Qxf2! 22.Qxf2 Nd3+ 23.Kd2 Nxf2 24.Bc2 f5=]
19...Nh4 20.e5!± [20.f4!? Qe7 21.Rh5 Ng6 22.Bd3!±]
Ex-World Champion Boris Spassky, pictured at the Tilburg (Interpolis) event, 12th October 1983.
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"When I am White, I win because I am White. When I am Black, I win because I am Bogolyubov."
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Amsterdam, 23rd May 1981. In the 7th round of the final IBM tournament, which featured the winners of the previous events, Tony Miles faces Jan Timman; Anatoly Karpov & Ljubomir Ljubojević look on.
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Swedish grandmaster Ulf Andersson, pictured at the Tilburg (Interpolis) event, 20th October 1983.
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