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Alexei Shirov sacrifices his queen TWICE for an AMAZING checkmate 😲

#ChessOlympiad

Replay this game: https://www.chess.com/live/game/5300992024
It's match on, with the scores level at 1:1 with up to 5 days of the Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour final to go! https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/kiva-finals-of-the-magnus-carlsen-chess-tour-2020/6/1/6
#c24live #ImpactChess
Day 2: Magnus fights back #c24live #impactchess
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Magnus Carlsen hit back to level the Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour final score against Hikaru Nakamura at 1:1, though only after another bruising battle!
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Via AP_Archive, footage of the FIDE_chess Candidates' Quarter-final between ex-World Champion Boris Spassky (USSR) and grandmaster Robert Byrne (USA), which was held in San Juan, Puerto Rico, in January 1974.
Spassky won the match 4½:1½ (+3, -0, =3).

🔗 Douglas Griffin (@dgriffinchess)
"...They spoke about Capablanca with awe. I have never seen people speak about any chess player like that, before or since."

🔸 Bobby Fischer
In 1927, Alekhine became the 4th chess world champion afyer defeating Capablanca in Buenos Aires. They played on this table, which can be seen at the Club Argentino de Ajedrez.

Photo: Germán García Adrasti

🔗 Diego Rasskin Gutman (@drasskin)
It's 2:1 to Hikaru Nakamura now - the Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour final could easily go the distance! https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/kiva-finals-of-the-magnus-carlsen-chess-tour-2020/7/1/6
#c24live #ImpactChess
Day3: Naka in the lead 2-1 #c24live #impactchess
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And Nakamura wins another set of #ImpactChess Final once more taking lead in the match against Carlsen.

He held a draw with black pieces in an extremely tense 2nd blitz game.