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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🔸Gibraltar Masters 2018
🔸Playoff - Rapid Rd3
⚪️Vachier Lagrave,Maxime (2793)
⚫️Nakamura,Hikaru (2781)
🔸1-0
🔸Playoff - Rapid Rd3
⚪️Vachier Lagrave,Maxime (2793)
⚫️Nakamura,Hikaru (2781)
🔸1-0
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🔸Karun Cup 2018
🔸Round 3
⚪️Darini Pouria (2492)
⚫️Toufighi Homayoon (2436)
🔸1-0
🔸Round 3
⚪️Darini Pouria (2492)
⚫️Toufighi Homayoon (2436)
🔸1-0
🔸 Vlastimil Hort
🔸 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.
▪️ Full name: Vlastimil Hort
▪️ Country: Germany
▪️ Born: 12 January 1944 (age 74) Kladno, Czechoslovakia
▪️ Title: Grandmaster
▪️ FIDE rating: 2421 (February 2018)
▪️ 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:
💢 The Best Move
💢 The Modern Defence
💢 Alekhine's Defence
💢 Portoroz-Ljubljana Grandmaster Chess Tournament 1975
♦️ A memorable game of Vlastimil Hort👇🏼👇🏼
▪️ Lev Polugaevsky vs Vlastimil Hort
▪️Manila Interzonal (1976), Manila PHI, rd 7, Jun-22
▪️Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical Defense. Steinitz Development Variation (D26)
♦️ Review and download PGN file👇🏼👇🏼
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🔸 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.
▪️ Full name: Vlastimil Hort
▪️ Country: Germany
▪️ Born: 12 January 1944 (age 74) Kladno, Czechoslovakia
▪️ Title: Grandmaster
▪️ FIDE rating: 2421 (February 2018)
▪️ 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:
💢 The Best Move
💢 The Modern Defence
💢 Alekhine's Defence
💢 Portoroz-Ljubljana Grandmaster Chess Tournament 1975
♦️ A memorable game of Vlastimil Hort👇🏼👇🏼
▪️ Lev Polugaevsky vs Vlastimil Hort
▪️Manila Interzonal (1976), Manila PHI, rd 7, Jun-22
▪️Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical Defense. Steinitz Development Variation (D26)
♦️ Review and download PGN file👇🏼👇🏼
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📘 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.d×e5 Qa5+ 9.Bd2 Q×e5+ 10.Qe2 Q×e2 11.B×e2 B×c2 12.Rc1 White has compensation for the pawn.
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.d×e5 Qa5+ 9.Bd2 Q×e5+ 10.Qe2 Q×e2 11.B×e2 B×c2 12.Rc1 White has compensation for the pawn.
📘 40-year-old Tajikistan grandmaster exploits white's pieces poor placement.
23...Qc5! 24.Rc4 Nd3+! 25.c×d3 Q×h5 26.e5 Q×e5 0-1
23...Qc5! 24.Rc4 Nd3+! 25.c×d3 Q×h5 26.e5 Q×e5 0-1
📘 33.N×d5??
Russian grandmaster has made a blunder. He could have obtained counterplay with 33.Nc6.
33...Qd4+ 34.Kf1 Q×d5+ -+
Russian grandmaster has made a blunder. He could have obtained counterplay with 33.Nc6.
33...Qd4+ 34.Kf1 Q×d5+ -+
📕 11.Kf1!
Botvinnik demonstrated a high degree of chess understanding.
The king belongs on g2. Leaving the rook on h1 makes sense both aggressively and as a safety precaution.
Botvinnik demonstrated a high degree of chess understanding.
The king belongs on g2. Leaving the rook on h1 makes sense both aggressively and as a safety precaution.
📕 17.d5!
White has to act quickly in order to exploit the exposed position of the black king. It's nice that white's king-side expansion forced black's forces into bad positions which then enables a central breakthrough. Textbook stuff!
White has to act quickly in order to exploit the exposed position of the black king. It's nice that white's king-side expansion forced black's forces into bad positions which then enables a central breakthrough. Textbook stuff!