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βšͺ️#287 (Strategy-White to Move)
πŸ”ΈBotvinnik,Mikhail
πŸ”ΈPetrosian,Tigran
πŸ”ΈWorld Championship
πŸ“•Unity Chess Multiple Choice 287

B: Kf1 – 6
πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘ 50%

A: a3 – 5
πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘ 42%

C: o-o – 1
πŸ‘ 8%

πŸ‘₯ 12 people voted so far.
βšͺ️#289 (Strategy-White to Move)
πŸ”ΈGraf,Alexander (2605)
πŸ”ΈDizdarevic,Emir (2502)
πŸ”ΈSkopje op 2002
πŸ“•Unity Chess Multiple Choice 289

B: d5 – 11
πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘ 65%

A: Rd1 – 3
πŸ‘πŸ‘ 18%

C: 0-0-0 – 3
πŸ‘πŸ‘ 18%

πŸ‘₯ 17 people voted so far.
Wijk aan Zee, 1980. The decisive last-round game between Walter Browne & Viktor Korchnoi. Browne won this game, Yasser Seirawan looks on interestedly.

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The game was later annotated by Browne in volume 29 of Chess Informant.
Viktor Korchnoi in play v. Laszlo Szabo, 8th round, Amsterdam IBM tournament, 14th July 1976.

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Rare footage from the first Piatigorsky Cup, Los Angeles, July 1963, featuring Jacqueline Piatigorsky, Tigran Petrosian and Svetozar Gligorić.

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πŸ”ΈGibraltar Masters 2018
πŸ”ΈPlayoff - Rapid Rd3
βšͺ️Vachier Lagrave,Maxime (2793)
⚫️Nakamura,Hikaru (2781)
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πŸ”ΈKarun Cup 2018
πŸ”ΈRound 3
βšͺ️Darini Pouria (2492)
⚫️Toufighi Homayoon (2436)
πŸ”Έ1-0
πŸ”Έ Vlastimil Hort
πŸ”Έ German Chess Grandmaster

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πŸ”Έ Vlastimil Hort
πŸ”Έ German Chess Grandmaster

♦️ Vlastimil Hort is a Czechoslovak-born German chess Grandmaster. During the 1960s and 1970s he was one of the world's strongest players and reached the 1977–78 Candidates Tournament for the World Chess.

β–ͺ️ Full name: Vlastimil Hort
β–ͺ️ Country: Germany
β–ͺ️ Born: 12 January 1944 (age 74) Kladno, Czechoslovakia
β–ͺ️ Title: Grandmaster
β–ͺ️ FIDE rating: 2421 (February 2018)
β–ͺ️ Peak rating: 2620 (January 1977)

♦️ Vlastimil Hort was born in Kladno, Czechoslovakia. He became an IM in 1962 and a GM in 1965 and went on to win the Czechoslovak Championship six times. In 1977, he qualified for the Candidates but lost the Spassky - Hort Candidates Quarterfinal (1977). He is known for introducing the 'Hort system' of awarding prizes. He now lives in Germany and is still an active tournament player.

♦️ Hort is one of the writers of chess world and some of his books are:
πŸ’’ The Best Move
πŸ’’ The Modern Defence
πŸ’’ Alekhine's Defence
πŸ’’ Portoroz-Ljubljana Grandmaster Chess Tournament 1975

♦️ A memorable game of Vlastimil HortπŸ‘‡πŸΌπŸ‘‡πŸΌ
β–ͺ️ Lev Polugaevsky vs Vlastimil Hort
β–ͺ️Manila Interzonal (1976), Manila PHI, rd 7, Jun-22
β–ͺ️Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical Defense. Steinitz Development Variation (D26)

♦️ Review and download PGN fileπŸ‘‡πŸΌπŸ‘‡πŸΌ

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@unitychess Polugaevsky- Hort 1976.pgn
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β–ͺ️ Lev Polugaevsky - Vlastimil Hort, Manila Interzonal (1976)
β–ͺ️ PGN format

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πŸ”ΈKarun Cup 2018
πŸ”ΈRound 3
βšͺ️Mosadeghpour,Masoud (2518)
⚫️Lorparizangeneh,Shahin (2484)
πŸ”ΈΒ½-Β½
πŸ“˜ 6.Nh3
The move was for the first time played by Viacheslav Ragozin in 1935. Then among the top players, Boby Fischer employed it in 1960. Today, players such as Radjabov and Tiviakov are also fans of the line.
6...Nf6 7.Nf4 e5 8.dΓ—e5 Qa5+ 9.Bd2 QΓ—e5+ 10.Qe2 QΓ—e2 11.BΓ—e2 BΓ—c2 12.Rc1 White has compensation for the pawn.
πŸ”ΈKarun Cup 2018
πŸ”ΈRound 3
βšͺ️Mousavi,Seyed Khalil (2480)
⚫️Amonatov,Farrukh (2624)
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