Almira Skripchenko playing for Moldova in the 1992 Olympiad in Manila.

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🔸World Rapid Championship 2017
🔸Round 4
⚪️Anand,Viswanathan (2782)
⚫️Demchenko,Anton (2660)
🔸1-0

🔸World Rapid Championship 2017
🔸Round 4
⚪️Wang,Hao (2709)
⚫️Amin,Bassem (2689)
🔸1-0

⚪️#193 (Strategy-Black to Move)
🔸Capablanca,Jose Raul
🔸Lasker,Edward
🔸Lake Hopatcong 1926

📕 15.Bxe6!
Excellent strategic judgment. White voluntarily fixes Black's structure in order to achieve the e3-e4 pawn break. The black king isn`t safe anywhere.
15.a4!? is also interesting 15...0-0-0 16.Rb2 with the idea of doubling rooks on the b-file. However, the Capablanca's plan is more clear.
15.h3? What for? This move only weakens the white king's position.

⚫️#194 (Strategy-Black to Move)
🔸Marshall,Frank James
🔸Capablanca,Jose Raul
🔸Match Capablanca-Marshall 1909

📕 12...dxc4! may seem obvious to the modern reader, but in 1909 one was considered eccentric for abandoning the pawn center. Capa intuitively understood the hypermodern concept: A large pawn center may also turn into a liability in the future if chipped away on the wings.
12...b6? 13.cxd5! exd5 14.e4! White's advantage is obvious.
12...Nf6 13.cxd5 exd5 14.c4+/= White has somewhat a lead in development so opens the game.

⚪️#195 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Hellsten,J
🔸Olesen,M
🔸Malmo, 1997

📕Unity Chess Multiple Choice 195

B: b4 – 9
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 60%

C: f4 – 4
👍👍👍 27%

A: e4 – 2
👍👍 13%

👥 15 people voted so far.

⚪️#196 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Gligoric,S
🔸Unzicker,W
🔸European Team Championship 1973

📕Unity Chess Multiple Choice 196

C: f4 – 9
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 50%

A: b3 – 6
👍👍👍👍👍 33%

B: Rf2 – 3
👍👍 17%

👥 18 people voted so far.

Viktor Korchnoi in play v. Tony Miles in the 11th round at Wijk aan Zee, 2nd February 1978. Lajos Portisch looks on.

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World Champion Anatoly Karpov (USSR) v. Lubomir Kavalek (USA), in the 3rd round of the tournament at Waddinxveen (Netherlands), 16th June 1979.

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🔹 Viswanathan Anand
🔹 Indian chess Grandmaster
🔹 Winner of World Rapid Chess Championship 2017

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🔹 Viswanathan Anand
🔹 Indian chess Grandmaster
🔹 Winner of World Rapid Chess Championship 2017

🔸 Full name: Anand or Anand Vishwanathan[1]
🔸 Country: India
🔸 Born: 11 December 1969 (age 48) Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
🔸 Title: Grandmaster (1988)
🔸 World Champion: 2000–2002 (FIDE) 2007–2013
🔸 FIDE rating: 2782 (December 2017)
🔸 Peak rating: 2817 (March 2011)
🔸 Ranking No. 9 (October 2017)
🔸 Peak ranking No. 1 (April 2007)


💢 Viswanathan Anand is an Indian chess grandmaster and a former World Chess Champion, considered as one of the greatest chess players of all time. Anand became India's first grandmaster in 1988.
He ("Vishy" to his fans) was the 15th undisputed World Champion, reigning from 2007 until 2013. He was also FIDE World Champion from 2000-2002.
Anand won World Rapid Chess Championship 2017 two days ago in Riyadh and said: " it's an 'amazing feeling' to win title at 48! "

Our today's memorable game of Anand: 👇🏼👇🏼

Viswanathan Anand vs Alexander Grischuk
World Rapid Championship (2017), Riyadh KSA, rd 14, Dec-28
Spanish Game: Berlin Defense (C65)

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🔹 Viswanathan Anand vs Alexander Grischuk
🔹 World Rapid Championship (2017), Riyadh KSA, rd 14, Dec-28
🔹 Spanish Game: Berlin Defense (C65)

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