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▪️ Jose Raul Capablanca vs Frank James Marshall
▪️ New York (1918), NY USA, rd 1, Oct-23
▪️ Spanish Game
▪️ Marshall Attack (C89)
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▪️ New York (1918), NY USA, rd 1, Oct-23
▪️ Spanish Game
▪️ Marshall Attack (C89)
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The USSR team that defeated the USA in the famous radio match of 1945.
" Lilienthal, Boleslavsky, Kotov, Makogonov, Smyslov, Bondarevsky, Botvinnik, Bronstein, Ragozin, Flohr ".
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" Lilienthal, Boleslavsky, Kotov, Makogonov, Smyslov, Bondarevsky, Botvinnik, Bronstein, Ragozin, Flohr ".
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Grandmaster Josif Dorfman faces former World Champion Mikhail Tal in the Moscow Open 'blitz' Championship, which was traditionally held in the city's Sokolniki Park. 1970s.
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Moscow, Oct 1962. Nona Gaprindashvili becomes Women's World Chess Champion after defeating Elizaveta Bykova by 9:2.
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Nona Gaprindashvili , pictured in 1975. Gaprindashvili was Women's World Champion from 1962-1978, and was the first woman to be awarde the Grandmaster title.
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🔸European Rapid Championship 2017
🔸Round 5
⚪️Inarkiev,Ernesto (2689)
⚫️Jaracz,Pawel (2465)
🔸1-0
🔸Round 5
⚪️Inarkiev,Ernesto (2689)
⚫️Jaracz,Pawel (2465)
🔸1-0
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🔸European Rapid Championship 2017
🔸Round 5
⚪️Fressinet,Laurent (2662)
⚫️Kourousis,Epaminondas (2393)
🔸1-0
🔸Round 5
⚪️Fressinet,Laurent (2662)
⚫️Kourousis,Epaminondas (2393)
🔸1-0
📘 18...Nd4!
A well-known sacrifice in the Maroczy Bind structure.
19.e×d4
(18.Qb1? N×c3 20.B×c3 Ne2 -+)
19...c×d4 -/+
A well-known sacrifice in the Maroczy Bind structure.
19.e×d4
(18.Qb1? N×c3 20.B×c3 Ne2 -+)
19...c×d4 -/+
📘 21.Ne7!
A clever move by Iran 2016 chess champion with two ideas:
1-Keeping the white queen under the pin position due to defending of b3-pawn.
2-With the idea of transferring the knight to d4-outpost.
A clever move by Iran 2016 chess champion with two ideas:
1-Keeping the white queen under the pin position due to defending of b3-pawn.
2-With the idea of transferring the knight to d4-outpost.
📘 22.Ba4!!
Mahdi Gholami, who at the beginning of the game, bravely sacrificed a knight in order to get a development advantage, now finishes the game with a beautiful combination.
23.Q×a4 R×c1+ 24.B×c1 R×e2!+ 25.Kf1 Qc8 26.Qd1 Rc2 0-1
Mahdi Gholami, who at the beginning of the game, bravely sacrificed a knight in order to get a development advantage, now finishes the game with a beautiful combination.
23.Q×a4 R×c1+ 24.B×c1 R×e2!+ 25.Kf1 Qc8 26.Qd1 Rc2 0-1
📘 15...Rxf4!!
Ivanchuk destroys white's kingside pawn structure by this exchange sacrifice.
15...h6? allows white to reach his knight to d6-outpost by a tactical trick: 16.Nc4! Qa6 (16...dxc4 17.Qxd7 17.Nd6.
15...Qb4 will be replied by 16.Nc2.
Ivanchuk destroys white's kingside pawn structure by this exchange sacrifice.
15...h6? allows white to reach his knight to d6-outpost by a tactical trick: 16.Nc4! Qa6 (16...dxc4 17.Qxd7 17.Nd6.
15...Qb4 will be replied by 16.Nc2.
📘 16.b3!!
A sacrifice exchange to weaken black's kingside. Dynamism is favored over safety on Planet Ivanchuk!
A sacrifice exchange to weaken black's kingside. Dynamism is favored over safety on Planet Ivanchuk!