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▪️ Alexander Morozevich
▪️ Russian Chess Grandmaster
♦️Alexander Morozevich is a Russian chess Grandmaster.
Morozevich is a two-time World Championship Candidate, two-time Russian Champion and has represented Russia in seven Olympiads, winning numerous team and board medals.
🔸 Full name: Alexander Sergeyevich Morozevich
🔸 Country: Russia
🔸 Born: July 18, 1977 (age 41) Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
🔸 Title: Grandmaster
🔸 FIDE rating: 2665 (January 2018)
🔸 Peak rating: 2788 (July 2008)
🔸 Peak ranking: No. 2 (July 2008)
♦️ Alexander Sergeyevich Morozevich was born on July 18, 1977 in Moscow.
He was a student of a known Moscow coach Yurkov, and is renowned and admired for his unorthodox openings and aggressive play. He gained his Grandmaster title in 1994.
♦️ A memorable game by Morozevich played in Biel 2017 👇🏼👇🏼
🔸 Alexander Morozevich vs Ruslan Ponomariov
🔸 Biel (2017), Biel SUI, rd 7, Jul-31
🔸 Semi-Slav Defense: Anti-Moscow Gambit (D44)
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▪️ Alexander Morozevich
▪️ Russian Chess Grandmaster
♦️Alexander Morozevich is a Russian chess Grandmaster.
Morozevich is a two-time World Championship Candidate, two-time Russian Champion and has represented Russia in seven Olympiads, winning numerous team and board medals.
🔸 Full name: Alexander Sergeyevich Morozevich
🔸 Country: Russia
🔸 Born: July 18, 1977 (age 41) Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
🔸 Title: Grandmaster
🔸 FIDE rating: 2665 (January 2018)
🔸 Peak rating: 2788 (July 2008)
🔸 Peak ranking: No. 2 (July 2008)
♦️ Alexander Sergeyevich Morozevich was born on July 18, 1977 in Moscow.
He was a student of a known Moscow coach Yurkov, and is renowned and admired for his unorthodox openings and aggressive play. He gained his Grandmaster title in 1994.
♦️ A memorable game by Morozevich played in Biel 2017 👇🏼👇🏼
🔸 Alexander Morozevich vs Ruslan Ponomariov
🔸 Biel (2017), Biel SUI, rd 7, Jul-31
🔸 Semi-Slav Defense: Anti-Moscow Gambit (D44)
♦️ Review and download PGN file👇🏼👇🏼
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🔸 Alexander Morozevich vs Ruslan Ponomariov
🔸 Biel (2017), Biel SUI, rd 7, Jul-31
🔸 Semi-Slav Defense: Anti-Moscow Gambit (D44)
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🔸 Biel (2017), Biel SUI, rd 7, Jul-31
🔸 Semi-Slav Defense: Anti-Moscow Gambit (D44)
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@unitychess Morozevich - Ponomariov Biel 2017.pgn
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🔸 Alexander Morozevich - Ruslan Ponomariov, Biel (2017)
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🔸 Analysed by Chessbase Live Server
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🔸 PGN format
🔸 Analysed by Chessbase Live Server
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At the opening ceremony of the Hoogovens tournament, Wijk aan Zee, Jan 1971 -ex-World Champion Tigran Petrosian, flanked by his wife, Rona Yakovlevna, and Dutch grandmaster Hein Donner.
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'Chess tournament in a boarding school' - a photo by the famous Soviet photographer E. A. Khaldei. Taken in Leningrad, 1954.
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World Champion Jose Raul Capablanca gives an autograph during the 1st Moscow International tournament, November-December 1925.
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💢 Alexandra Kosteniuk
💢 Russian chess Grandmaster
♦️ Alexandra Konstantinovna Kosteniuk is a Russian chess grandmaster and Women's World Chess Champion from 2008 to 2010.
🔸 Full name: Alexandra Konstantinovna Kosteniuk
🔸 Country: Russia
🔸 Born: 23 April 1984 (age 33) Perm, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
🔸 Title: Grandmaster (2004)
🔸 Women's World Champion: 2008–10
🔸 FIDE rating: 2561 (January 2018)
🔸 Peak rating: 2557 (April 2016
♦️ Alexandra Kosteniuk was born in Perm, Russia. She was taught the game at the age of five by her father, Konstantin Vladimirovich Kosteniuk. Her younger sister, Oksana Kosteniuk, is a WFM.
♦️ In September 2008, she scaled the summit of women’s chess when she became the 14th Women's World Chess Champion after winning the final of the Women's World Championship (2008) against Yifan Hou by 2.5 to 1.5. In December 2010, she conceded her crown when she bowed out in the third round to finalist Ruan Lufei. She again contested the championship at the FIDE Knock-out Women's World Championship (2012) but lost her second round match to compatriot WGM Natalia Pogonina after defeating US WGM Tatev Abrahamyan in the first round. She scored 6/8 at the World Team Chess Championship (Women) (2017) for Russia's top board to secure their team their winning finish
♦️ A memorable game by Kosteniuk from World Blitz Championship (2009), Moscow against GM Anand👇🏼👇🏼
▪️ Viswanathan Anand vs Alexandra Kosteniuk
▪️ World Blitz Championship (2009), Moscow RUS, rd 26, Nov-17
▪️ Queen's Gambit Declined: Vienna Variation (D39)
♦️ Review this game and download it's PGN file and analysed PDF file by Kosteniuk👇🏼👇🏼
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💢 Alexandra Kosteniuk
💢 Russian chess Grandmaster
♦️ Alexandra Konstantinovna Kosteniuk is a Russian chess grandmaster and Women's World Chess Champion from 2008 to 2010.
🔸 Full name: Alexandra Konstantinovna Kosteniuk
🔸 Country: Russia
🔸 Born: 23 April 1984 (age 33) Perm, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
🔸 Title: Grandmaster (2004)
🔸 Women's World Champion: 2008–10
🔸 FIDE rating: 2561 (January 2018)
🔸 Peak rating: 2557 (April 2016
♦️ Alexandra Kosteniuk was born in Perm, Russia. She was taught the game at the age of five by her father, Konstantin Vladimirovich Kosteniuk. Her younger sister, Oksana Kosteniuk, is a WFM.
♦️ In September 2008, she scaled the summit of women’s chess when she became the 14th Women's World Chess Champion after winning the final of the Women's World Championship (2008) against Yifan Hou by 2.5 to 1.5. In December 2010, she conceded her crown when she bowed out in the third round to finalist Ruan Lufei. She again contested the championship at the FIDE Knock-out Women's World Championship (2012) but lost her second round match to compatriot WGM Natalia Pogonina after defeating US WGM Tatev Abrahamyan in the first round. She scored 6/8 at the World Team Chess Championship (Women) (2017) for Russia's top board to secure their team their winning finish
♦️ A memorable game by Kosteniuk from World Blitz Championship (2009), Moscow against GM Anand👇🏼👇🏼
▪️ Viswanathan Anand vs Alexandra Kosteniuk
▪️ World Blitz Championship (2009), Moscow RUS, rd 26, Nov-17
▪️ Queen's Gambit Declined: Vienna Variation (D39)
♦️ Review this game and download it's PGN file and analysed PDF file by Kosteniuk👇🏼👇🏼
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▪️ Viswanathan Anand vs Alexandra Kosteniuk
▪️ World Blitz Championship (2009), Moscow RUS, rd 26, Nov-17
▪️ Queen's Gambit Declined: Vienna Variation (D39)
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▪️ World Blitz Championship (2009), Moscow RUS, rd 26, Nov-17
▪️ Queen's Gambit Declined: Vienna Variation (D39)
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Anand-Kosteniuk Moscow2009.pdf
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🔸 Viswanathan Anand - Alexandra Kosteniuk, Moscow 2009
🔸 Analysed game by Aleksandra Kosteniuk
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🔸 Prepare from UON chess magazine ( Jan-Aug 2010)
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🔸 Analysed game by Aleksandra Kosteniuk
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🔸 Prepare from UON chess magazine ( Jan-Aug 2010)
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📘 19...Rc7
(19...R×c2! An interesting exchange sacrifice in order to seize the initiative. 20.N×c2
(20.K×c2 Qg6 21.Ng2 Bc4 22.Qe1 f5 -+) 20...Bg4 21.Rd3 Nc6 =/+ Black has an active game.
20.Rd2 Rfc8 21.d×e5 d×e5 22.Rhd1 =
(19...R×c2! An interesting exchange sacrifice in order to seize the initiative. 20.N×c2
(20.K×c2 Qg6 21.Ng2 Bc4 22.Qe1 f5 -+) 20...Bg4 21.Rd3 Nc6 =/+ Black has an active game.
20.Rd2 Rfc8 21.d×e5 d×e5 22.Rhd1 =
📘 21...B×f4?
Black could have played 21...Ba8 to keep the position. Surrendering the vital d6-square will lead to the winning position for White.
22.Q×f4 B×c6 23.d×c6 Qc7 24.Rd6 Rcd8 25.Rcd1 +-
Black could have played 21...Ba8 to keep the position. Surrendering the vital d6-square will lead to the winning position for White.
22.Q×f4 B×c6 23.d×c6 Qc7 24.Rd6 Rcd8 25.Rcd1 +-
📘 7.Nd2
A typical maneuver in English, symmetrical variation. White intends to immediately transfer the knight to d5-outpost via f1-e3 square.
7...d6 8.Nf1 a6 9.Bg5 Rb8 10.a4 Be6 11.B×e7 N×e7 12.Ne3 h5
A typical maneuver in English, symmetrical variation. White intends to immediately transfer the knight to d5-outpost via f1-e3 square.
7...d6 8.Nf1 a6 9.Bg5 Rb8 10.a4 Be6 11.B×e7 N×e7 12.Ne3 h5
📘 19.B×h7+
Kramnik wins a pawn with the typical bishop sacrifice on h7.
19...K×h7 20.B×e5 B×e5 21.Qh5+ Kg8 22.R×e5 R×e5 23.Q×e5 +/-
Kramnik wins a pawn with the typical bishop sacrifice on h7.
19...K×h7 20.B×e5 B×e5 21.Qh5+ Kg8 22.R×e5 R×e5 23.Q×e5 +/-