Jacqueline Piatigorsky (1911-2012) represented the USA in the 1st Women's Chess Olympiad in Emmen in 1957. She was a Rothschild and sculptress specializing in birds. She was a top woman tennis player. She was the widow of famed cellist and chess patron Gregor Piatigorsky.

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Samuel Reshevsky, Jacqueline Piatigorsky, unknown, Jose Ferrer, Lina Grumette, and Bobby Fischer at the Outset of the 1961 Fischer—Reshevsky Match.

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🔸International Fajr Cup (IRI) 2018
🔸Round 2
⚪️Kuzubov Yuriy (2695)
⚫️Noroozi Omid (2351)
🔸1-0

🔸International Fajr Cup (IRI) 2018
🔸Round 2
⚪️Maghalashvili Davit (2506)
⚫️Gholami Orimi Mahdi (2271)
🔸1-0

🔸International Fajr Cup (IRI) 2018
🔸Round 3
⚪️Firouzja Alireza (2549)
⚫️Gholami Aryan(2489)
🔸1-0

📘 15.Qf3!
A strong move to prevent black from castling.
(15...0-0 16.b4 +-)
15..Qc6 16.Bd2 b6 17.e6!
Another powerful move by 15-year-old Iranian Grandmaster and 2016 Iran champion.
17...Kd8
(17...f×e6 18.R×e6! +-)
18.e×f7 +-

🔸International Fajr Cup (IRI) 2018
🔸Round 3
⚪️Ghaem Maghami Ehsan (2525)
⚫️Al-Ali Hussein Ali Hussein (2269)
🔸½-½

34.Bg5?
Ghaem Maghami has made a blunder. He could have kept his extra piece with 34.Rf5!
(34.Rf5! Rbd8 (34...Ng6 35.Qg2+-) 35.R×e5! R×e5 36.Ne7+ +-)
34...Ng6 35.Nf6+ Q×f6 36.Q×e8 R×e8 37.B×f6 R×e2 38.B×g7 K×g7 =

🔸International Fajr Cup (IRI) 2018
🔸Round 3
⚪️Khademalsharieh Sarasadat (2413)
⚫️Pourramezanali Amirreza (2525)
🔸0-1

📘 18. c×d5?? (18.Q×b2 +-)
Khademalsharieh has blundered in a winning position.
18...b1=Q! 0-1
if 19.R×b1 Bf5
Sarasadat won the Asian Under-12 Girls Championship in 2008, the World Under-12 Girls Championship in 2009, the Asian Under-16 Girls Blitz Championship in 2012, and the World U16 Girls Blitz Championship in 2013. In 2014, she finished runner-up in the World Junior Girls Championship.

🔸International Fajr Cup (IRI) 2018
🔸Round 3
⚪️Mirzoev Azer (2500)
⚫️Tabatabaei M.Amin (2577)
🔸0-1

📘 22...h5!
A pawn storm on the kingside to pressure the white King position which is supported by the black queen and bishop in the long-diagonal.
23.Ne1 g5 =

🔹 Mark Taimanov
🔹 Chess Grandmaster
🔹 Today is birthday of Taimanov!!

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🔹 Mark Taimanov
🔹 Chess Grandmaster

♦️ Mark Evgenievich Taimanov was one of the leading Soviet and Russian chess players, among the world's top 20 players from 1946 to 1971. Taimanov was also a prolific chess author.

🔸 Full name: Mark Evgenievich Taimanov
🔸 Country: Soviet Union Russia
🔸 Born: 7 February 1926 Kharkiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
🔸 Died: 28 November 2016 (aged 90) Saint Petersburg, Russia
🔸 Title: Grandmaster
🔸 Peak rating: 2600 (July 1971)

♦️ Taimanov was more successful in national tournaments: he played in 23 USSR Championships from 1948 to 1976, which is a record equaled only by Efim Geller. In the 1952 Soviet Championship, he tied for first with Mikhail Botvinnik, but lost to him in their playoff for the title*. However, he then won the title in 1956 after a play-off with Yuri Averbakh and Boris Spassky. Playing hors concours, he won the Latvian Championship in 1949, and the Leningrad Championship in 1948, 1950, 1951, 1961 (jointly) and 1973. In 1993 and 1994 he won the World Senior Championship. In 2008, he played in his last FIDE rated tournament.

♦️ A memorable game by Taimanov which chessgames.com site had selected " game of the day" in " Jan-18-2017 "👇🏼👇🏼

▪️ Mark Taimanov vs Milan Matulovic
▪️ Palma de Mallorca Interzonal (1970), Palma de Mallorca ESP, rd 23, Dec-12
▪️ Queen's Gambit Accepted: Janowski-Larsen Variation (D25)

♦️ Review and download PGN file👇🏼👇🏼


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▪️ Mark Taimanov vs Milan Matulovic
▪️ Palma de Mallorca Interzonal (1970), Palma de Mallorca ESP, rd 23, Dec-12
▪️ Queen's Gambit Accepted: Janowski-Larsen Variation (D25)

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