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Kirill Alekseenko's huge endgame blunder in the #FIDECandidates: 89.h5! Nd5+ 90.Kd4 or 89.Nh1+! Kxh4 90.Kf4 would have drawn the game.
After scoring a second win in a row, Ian Nepomniachtchi is leading the #FIDECandidates Tournament by a full point! Round six also saw Anish Giri winning a marathon.
Full report, with analysis by Sam Shankland and Lawrence Trent.
https://t.co/fQuXyhxCxo?amp=1
Full report, with analysis by Sam Shankland and Lawrence Trent.
https://t.co/fQuXyhxCxo?amp=1
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Candidates Round 6: Nepomniachtchi wins again, widens the gap
Ian Nepomniachtchi goes into the second rest day of the Candidates Tournament leading by a full point after beating Ding Liren with White on Monday. The only other player with a plus score is Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, who held Wang Hao to a draw. Anish Giri…
In Russia, chances are high that the camera man is a chess lover too! 😀📱
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#FIDECandidates
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The participants at Karlsbad, 1911, a marathon 25-round all-play-all event that was won by Richard Teichmann (Photo via ChessPro.)
This was the tournament where Grigory Levenfish (seated at front, 2nd from left) gained the Master title.
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This was the tournament where Grigory Levenfish (seated at front, 2nd from left) gained the Master title.
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“Some people think that if their opponent plays a beautiful game, it’s OK to lose. I don’t. You have to be merciless”
🔸 Magnus Carlsen
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🔸 Magnus Carlsen
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From Pal Benko’s ‘My Life, Games & Compositions’ (Siles Press, 2003), a two-page spread featuring Dr. R. Cantwell’s photos of Bobby Fischer’s visit to the hospitalised Mikhail Tal, during the FIDE Candidates’ tournament at Curaçao, 1962.
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Daily #chesspuzzle
Havasi - Sacconi, Chess Olympiad, Folkestone 1933
https://chesspuzzle.net/Puzzle/112898
Havasi - Sacconi, Chess Olympiad, Folkestone 1933
https://chesspuzzle.net/Puzzle/112898
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Puzzle 112898: White to win
Click the diagram to solve this chess puzzle from the game Havasi, Kornel HUN - Sacconi, Antonio ITA, Folkestone 1933.
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Best Chess Tactics Ever! - 3
🎂#OnThisDay in 1921 the 7th World Chess Champion, Grandmaster Vassily Smyslov ♟ was born in Moscow. His games for the world title with Botvinnik belong to the chess hall of fame. Smyslov remained an active player late into his career - at the age of 62 he reached Candidates' Finals
Here are 45 mates and chess combinations from the games of World Champion, RUS GM Vasily Smyslov, (1921-2010) : http://wtharvey.com/smys.html + 100s of his games. Find the winning moves.
https://chesspuzzle.net/Player/Vasily_Smyslov
https://chesspuzzle.net/Player/Vasily_Smyslov
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Improve your chess by solving chess puzzles on ChessPuzzle.net. Free chess tactics training online.
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Instead gif of game: - Nh1 kept a draw... - Yes, I understand...
Olimpiu G. Urcan:
After a seven-hour game which you've lost, the most painful moment may very well be the next two seconds when your opponent quickly points out the obvious way you could have saved it. 😂
After a seven-hour game which you've lost, the most painful moment may very well be the next two seconds when your opponent quickly points out the obvious way you could have saved it. 😂