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Mikhail Tal in play v. Vlastimil Hort in the 2nd round at Wijk aan Zee, 11th Jan 1968.

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Larsen-Karpov, San Antonio 1972.

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Judit Polgar Playing Against a Chess Computer
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🅾️ Simen Agdestein
🅾️ Norwegian chess coach

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🅾️ Simen Agdestein
🅾️ Norwegian chess coach


♦️ Simen Agdestein is a Norwegian who has excelled in chess, chess coaching and football.
He is also an author of several books. Agdestein is a chess grandmaster.

♦️ Simen Agdestein was awarded the IM title in 1983 and the GM title in 1985. He has won seven Norwegian chess championships, including the Norwegian Championship (2005). He was one a nominees to the World Cup (2013), but was eliminated from the Cup when he lost to Etienne Bacrot in the first round.

♦️ He is also the former coach of Magnus Carlsen, and is the brother of Carlsen's present manager, Espen Agdestein. He has authored and co-authored several books on chess, including a biography of Carlsen.

▪️ Full name: Simen Agdestein
▪️ Country: Norway
▪️ Born: 15 May 1967 (age 51) Asker, Norway
▪️ Title : Grandmaster (1985)
▪️ FIDE rating: 2586 (January 2018)
▪️ Peak rating: 2637 (July 2014)

♦️ Three books of Simen Agdestein: 👇🏼👇🏼
1️⃣ How Magnus Carlsen Became the Youngest Chess Grandmaster in the World ... 2013
2️⃣ Wonderboy: How Magnus Carlsen Became the Youngest Chess ... 2004
3️⃣ Win with the Stonewall Dutch... 2009
Book by Ivar Bern and Simen Agdestein


♦️A memorable game by Simen Agdestein : 👇🏼👇🏼

🔸 Simen Agdestein vs Michael Adams
🔸 Oslo m (1994), Oslo NOR, rd 4
🔸 King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation. Larsen Defense (E62)

♦️ Review and download PGN file 👇🏼👇🏼

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🔸 Simen Agdestein vs Michael Adams
🔸 Oslo m (1994), Oslo NOR, rd 4
🔸 King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation. Larsen Defense (E62)

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Agdestein-Adams 1994.pgn
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🔸 Simen Agdestein - Michael Adams, Oslo m (1994)
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🔸World Blitz Championship 2017
🔸Round 8
⚪️Mamedyarov,Shakhriyar (2799)
⚫️Bocharov,Dmitry (2583)
🔸1-0
🔸World Blitz Championship 2017
🔸Round 7
⚪️Esipenko,Andrey (2564)
⚫️Ivanchuk,Vassily (2726)
🔸1-0
📘 39...Nd4??
The Black Knight is wrongly placed with the queen on the same file.
Ivanchuk could have played: 39...Qd7 (with the idea of Nd4 - e6 40.Re4! Qc6 41.f3 Nc5 =
40.Qd6! Q×b2 41.Re8+ 1-0
with a quick checkmate.
🔸World Blitz Championship 2017
🔸Round 7
⚪️Nepomniachtchi,Ian (2729)
⚫️Movsesian,Sergei (2647)
🔸1-0
📘 18...Bc5?
Armenian grandmaster Movsesian has missed his opportunity.
(18...g5! 19.B×g5 R×e5 -+
A)19.R×g5 B×c3+ -+
B)19.a×b4 Q×a1+ -+)
19.Qe2 =
🔸World Blitz Championship 2017
🔸Round 7
⚪️Zhigalko,Sergei (2641)
⚫️Anand,Viswanathan (2782)
🔸0-1
📘 68.Kh5??
Zhigalko's blunder in an equal position. He won the Belarusian Chess Championship in 2009, 2012 and 2013.
68...Rb4! Zugzwang
69.g6 h6! 0-1
🔸World Blitz Championship 2017
🔸Round 8
⚪️Mamedyarov,Shakhriyar (2799)
⚫️Bocharov,Dmitry (2583)
🔸1-0
📘 22...Nc5?
The White Queen suffers from lack of space and Bocharov could have exploited that with the following continuation:
22...R×d4! 23.B×d4
(23.N×d4 Rf6 -+)
23...e5 24.Bb2 Rf6 -+
23.Rcd1 =
⚪️#211 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Matulovic,M
🔸Marjanovic,S
🔸Yugoslav Championship 1979
📕 20.Na4!
This knight was not doing anything substantial on c3. Now it is heading for c5-d3-e5, and also eyes the b6-square. 20...Nxd4 is not possible because of 21.Nb6!+-.