Impressive graphics of the Champ Chess Tour #OperaEuroRapid players' geography from the official broadcast on chess24com.
Black is in trouble. White wants to play Re8, but then Black still holds with f5. However, there is a way to elaborate on this idea, which Spassky did not find. He played 21.g4 and won anyway. But can you find the real killer move in this position?
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Best Checkmate Combinations Ever! - 74
Groningen, 13th August 1946. Osip Bernstein is pictured before the start of his 1st-round game v. ΔenΔk Kottnauer.
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Sister St Joseph with some of the members of the chess club from St David Lewis RC School in Bettws (Wales), circa 1985.
πΈ: Joan Russell
π David Llada β (@davidllada)
πΈ: Joan Russell
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Congrats to Levon Babujian (2440) on winning the 1st League of the 81st Armenian Championship. Alongside Tigran Harutyunian (2549) and Mamikon Gharibyan(2432), he qualified for the highest league and a chance to play on the Armenian team. #chessnews
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8.dxe4!?! πππ
One of the most creative chess players of all time, David Bronstein, sacs a piece for two pawns in the opening and walks his pawns all over a Norwegian champion: 21.e5!, 22.f4!, 25.g4!
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One of the most creative chess players of all time, David Bronstein, sacs a piece for two pawns in the opening and walks his pawns all over a Norwegian champion: 21.e5!, 22.f4!, 25.g4!
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How To Win A Chess Game With Just Pawns - Best Of The 50s - Bronstein vs. Rojahn, 1956
Puzzle of the Day!
Solve this puzzle on interactive board: chesspuzzle.net/Puzzle/24703
Solve this puzzle on interactive board: chesspuzzle.net/Puzzle/24703
Siegen (West Germany), 20th September 1970. The 19th FIDE_chess Olympiad. In round 6 of final group 'A', Boris Spassky faces Bobby Fischer on top board of the USSR v. USA match.
Boris Spassky - Bobby Fischer 1970
Boris Spassky - Bobby Fischer 1970
Carlsen leads after beating Nakamura in the last round of Day 2, but for now Hikaru is still in a qualifying place... just! Tomorrow will be a thriller, with no-one completely out of contention:
https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/meltwater-champions-chess-tour-opera-euro-rapid-2021-prelims/10/1/3
#ChessChamps #OperaEuroRapid
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A dramatic late twist saw Magnus Carlsen retain the sole lead going into the final day of the #OperaEuroRapid prelims, but the real fight will be to finish in the Top 8 to qualify for the quarterfinals!
Day 2 report: https://chess24.com/en/read/news/opera-euro-rapid-day-2-carlsen-shocks-nakamura
Day 2 report: https://chess24.com/en/read/news/opera-euro-rapid-day-2-carlsen-shocks-nakamura
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Opera Euro Rapid Day 2: Carlsen shocks Nakamura
Magnus Carlsen called Hikaru Nakamura βa bit naΓ―veβ to fall
for a knockout blow that left the World Chess Champion as the sole leader going
into the final day of the Opera Euro Rapid preliminary stage. Hikaru is on 50% and
in a fierce battle for one ofβ¦
for a knockout blow that left the World Chess Champion as the sole leader going
into the final day of the Opera Euro Rapid preliminary stage. Hikaru is on 50% and
in a fierce battle for one ofβ¦
Yuri Averbakh, the world's oldest grandmaster, turns 99 today!
Until recently, he was still visiting the central chess club in Moscow and took an active part in the work of Chess Federation of Russia chess museum.
#OnThisDay #99yearsyoung #chess
Until recently, he was still visiting the central chess club in Moscow and took an active part in the work of Chess Federation of Russia chess museum.
#OnThisDay #99yearsyoung #chess