The prizewinners at the international tournament at Tallinn, February 1975: Paul Keres (1st), Boris Spassky & Friðrik Ólafsson (2nd-3rd).
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Buenos Aires clarincom tournament, Oct-Nov 1980. Ólafsson, Najdorf, Karpov, Larsen, Browne, Balashov, Hort, Kavalek
Giardelli, Ljubojević, Quinteros, Andersson, Panno, Timman.
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Giardelli, Ljubojević, Quinteros, Andersson, Panno, Timman.
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The opening moves of Anatoly Karpov's famous victory over Boris Spassky at the Tilburg 'Interpolis' tournament, September 1980.
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Albéric O'Kelly de Galway, winner 1946 at Beverwijk in the first edition after World War II.
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🔸Tata Steel Masters 2018
🔸Round 2
⚪️Adhiban,Baskaran (2655)
⚫️Carlsen,Magnus (2834)
🔸0-1
🔸Round 2
⚪️Adhiban,Baskaran (2655)
⚫️Carlsen,Magnus (2834)
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🔸Tata Steel Masters 2018
🔸Round 2
⚪️Giri,Anish (2752)
⚫️Kramnik,Vladimir (2787)
🔸1-0
🔸Round 2
⚪️Giri,Anish (2752)
⚫️Kramnik,Vladimir (2787)
🔸1-0
🔹Tata Steel Masters Playing Schedule
🔹 Round 7 - Saturday the 20th:👇🏼👇🏼
🔸Carlsen, Magnus - Hou, Yifan
🔸Jones, Gawain C B - Svidler, Peter
🔸Anand, Viswanathan - Kramnik, Vladimir
🔸So, Wesley - Giri, Anish
🔸Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar - Wei, Yi
🔸Matlakov, Maxim - Adhiban, B.
🔸Karjakin, Sergey - Caruana, Fabiano
▪️ Live broadcasting : 👇🏼👇🏼
https://goo.gl/mKfScQ
🔹 Tata Steel Challengers Playing Schedule
🔹 Round 7 - Saturday the 20th
🔸Van Foreest, Jorden - Bok, Benjamin
🔸Tari, Aryan - Girya, Olga
🔸Krasenkow, Michal - Korobov, Anton
🔸Amin, Bassem - Xiong, Jeffery
🔸Harika, Dronavalli - Bluebaum, Matthias
🔸L'Ami, Erwin - Gordievsky, Dmitry
🔸Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi - Van Foreest, Lucas
▪️ Live broadcasting : 👇🏼👇🏼
https://goo.gl/Pz9oZp
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🔹 Round 7 - Saturday the 20th:👇🏼👇🏼
🔸Carlsen, Magnus - Hou, Yifan
🔸Jones, Gawain C B - Svidler, Peter
🔸Anand, Viswanathan - Kramnik, Vladimir
🔸So, Wesley - Giri, Anish
🔸Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar - Wei, Yi
🔸Matlakov, Maxim - Adhiban, B.
🔸Karjakin, Sergey - Caruana, Fabiano
▪️ Live broadcasting : 👇🏼👇🏼
https://goo.gl/mKfScQ
🔹 Tata Steel Challengers Playing Schedule
🔹 Round 7 - Saturday the 20th
🔸Van Foreest, Jorden - Bok, Benjamin
🔸Tari, Aryan - Girya, Olga
🔸Krasenkow, Michal - Korobov, Anton
🔸Amin, Bassem - Xiong, Jeffery
🔸Harika, Dronavalli - Bluebaum, Matthias
🔸L'Ami, Erwin - Gordievsky, Dmitry
🔸Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi - Van Foreest, Lucas
▪️ Live broadcasting : 👇🏼👇🏼
https://goo.gl/Pz9oZp
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▪️ Viktor Korchnoi
▪️ Soviet and Swiss chess grandmaster and writer
♦️ Viktor Korchnoi was a Soviet and Swiss chess grandmaster and writer.
He is considered one of the strongest players never to have become World Chess Champion.
🔸Full name: Viktor Lvovich Korchnoi
🔸Country: Soviet Union (until 1976)
🔸Switzerland (since 1994)
🔸Born: 23 March 1931 Leningrad, Soviet Union
🔸Died: 6 June 2016 (aged 85) Wohlen, Switzerland
🔸Title: Grandmaster (1956)
🔸Peak rating: 2695 (January 1979)
♦️ Viktor Lvovich Korchnoi was born in Leningrad, USSR. His father taught him chess when he was seven years old. He won the Soviet Championship four times: USSR Championship (1960), USSR Championship (1962), USSR Championship (1964/65) and USSR Championship (1970). He made eight appearances in the world championship candidates cycle. He reached the Spassky - Korchnoi Candidates Final (1968), but failed to beat Spassky. In the next cycle he won his quarterfinal Korchnoi - Geller Candidates Quarterfinal (1971), but lost his semifinal match to Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian. He made it to the Karpov - Korchnoi Candidates Final (1974), but lost.
♦️ A memorable game by Korchnoi 👇🏼👇🏼
▪️ Viktor Korchnoi vs Ljubomir Ljubojevic
▪️ London P&D (1980), London ENG, rd 1, Apr-??
▪️ Queen's Gambit Declined: Traditional Variation (D30)
♦️Review amd download PGN file👇🏼👇🏼
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▪️ Viktor Korchnoi
▪️ Soviet and Swiss chess grandmaster and writer
♦️ Viktor Korchnoi was a Soviet and Swiss chess grandmaster and writer.
He is considered one of the strongest players never to have become World Chess Champion.
🔸Full name: Viktor Lvovich Korchnoi
🔸Country: Soviet Union (until 1976)
🔸Switzerland (since 1994)
🔸Born: 23 March 1931 Leningrad, Soviet Union
🔸Died: 6 June 2016 (aged 85) Wohlen, Switzerland
🔸Title: Grandmaster (1956)
🔸Peak rating: 2695 (January 1979)
♦️ Viktor Lvovich Korchnoi was born in Leningrad, USSR. His father taught him chess when he was seven years old. He won the Soviet Championship four times: USSR Championship (1960), USSR Championship (1962), USSR Championship (1964/65) and USSR Championship (1970). He made eight appearances in the world championship candidates cycle. He reached the Spassky - Korchnoi Candidates Final (1968), but failed to beat Spassky. In the next cycle he won his quarterfinal Korchnoi - Geller Candidates Quarterfinal (1971), but lost his semifinal match to Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian. He made it to the Karpov - Korchnoi Candidates Final (1974), but lost.
♦️ A memorable game by Korchnoi 👇🏼👇🏼
▪️ Viktor Korchnoi vs Ljubomir Ljubojevic
▪️ London P&D (1980), London ENG, rd 1, Apr-??
▪️ Queen's Gambit Declined: Traditional Variation (D30)
♦️Review amd download PGN file👇🏼👇🏼
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🔹 Results of Tata Steel 2018 , Round seven👇🏼👇🏼
▪️ Masters Group:
🔸Carlsen, Magnus - Hou, Yifan 1-0
🔸Jones, Gawain C B - Svidler, Peter ½-½
🔸Anand, Viswanathan - Kramnik, Vladimir 0-1
🔸So, Wesley - Giri, Anish ½-½
🔸Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar - Wei, Yi 1-0
🔸Matlakov, Maxim - Adhiban, B. ½-½
🔸Karjakin, Sergey - Caruana, Fabiano 1-0
▪️ Challengers Group:
🔸Van Foreest, Jorden - Bok, Benjamin ½-½
🔸Tari, Aryan - Girya, Olga 1-0
🔸Krasenkow, Michal - Korobov, Anton ½-½
🔸Amin, Bassem - Xiong, Jeffery ½-½
🔸Harika, Dronavalli - Bluebaum, Matthias 0-1
🔸L'Ami, Erwin - Gordievsky, Dmitry ½-½
🔸Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi - Van Foreest, Lucas ½-½
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🔹 Results of Tata Steel 2018 , Round seven👇🏼👇🏼
▪️ Masters Group:
🔸Carlsen, Magnus - Hou, Yifan 1-0
🔸Jones, Gawain C B - Svidler, Peter ½-½
🔸Anand, Viswanathan - Kramnik, Vladimir 0-1
🔸So, Wesley - Giri, Anish ½-½
🔸Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar - Wei, Yi 1-0
🔸Matlakov, Maxim - Adhiban, B. ½-½
🔸Karjakin, Sergey - Caruana, Fabiano 1-0
▪️ Challengers Group:
🔸Van Foreest, Jorden - Bok, Benjamin ½-½
🔸Tari, Aryan - Girya, Olga 1-0
🔸Krasenkow, Michal - Korobov, Anton ½-½
🔸Amin, Bassem - Xiong, Jeffery ½-½
🔸Harika, Dronavalli - Bluebaum, Matthias 0-1
🔸L'Ami, Erwin - Gordievsky, Dmitry ½-½
🔸Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi - Van Foreest, Lucas ½-½
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📘 17.f4!
Keeping the knight on the central d4-square and preventing Black from playing his bishop to e6 after the e5 move.
17...Kf8 18.Kf2 Bg4 19.h3 Bd7 20.e4
Keeping the knight on the central d4-square and preventing Black from playing his bishop to e6 after the e5 move.
17...Kf8 18.Kf2 Bg4 19.h3 Bd7 20.e4
📘 16...N×g3!
Very accurate calculation and strong dynamic play by Matlakov.
17.h×g3 g4 18.Nh4 a×b5 19.a×b5 B×f2+ 20.K×f2 R×a1 21.Q×a1 N×c2 22.Qa4 Qf6+ 23.Kg1 Nd4 =
Very accurate calculation and strong dynamic play by Matlakov.
17.h×g3 g4 18.Nh4 a×b5 19.a×b5 B×f2+ 20.K×f2 R×a1 21.Q×a1 N×c2 22.Qa4 Qf6+ 23.Kg1 Nd4 =