Opening ceremony, Wijk aan Zee, January 1984. L to R: Korchnoi, ? Ligterink, Andersson, Van der Wiel, Ree, Adorjan, Tukmakov, Miles, Van der Sterren, ?, Torre, Beliavsky.
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The young Vladimir Kramnik at a session of the Kasparov-Botvinnik Chess School, with Mikhail Botvinnik seated on the right. USSR, late 1980s.
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At the Moscow International tournament, April 1981 - the 12th-round ,Lajos Portisch (Hungary) & Ulf Andersson (Sweden); White won this encounter in 42 moves. Jan Timman looks on.
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On February 5, 1974, Boris Spassky gave a 41-board simultaneous exhibition at Chess City, 96th Street and Broadway, New York, before a crowd of more than 200 spectators. The Russian won 32 games, drew 8 and lost one.
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🔸Aeroflot Open Moscow 2018
🔸Round 3
⚪️Maghsoodloo,Parham (2594)
⚫️Sjugirov,Sanan (2652)
🔸1-0
🔸Round 3
⚪️Maghsoodloo,Parham (2594)
⚫️Sjugirov,Sanan (2652)
🔸1-0
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🔸Aeroflot Open Moscow 2018
🔸Round 3
⚪️Gholami,Aryan (2489)
⚫️Alekseenko,Kirill (2609)
🔸0-1
🔸Round 3
⚪️Gholami,Aryan (2489)
⚫️Alekseenko,Kirill (2609)
🔸0-1
💢 Pia Cramling
💢 Swedish Chess Grandmaster
♦️ Pia Ann Rosa-Della Cramling is a Swedish chess player. In 1992, she became the third female to earn the FIDE title of Grandmaster through conventional tournament play.
🔸 Full name : Pia Ann Rosa-Della Cramling
🔸 Country: Sweden
🔸 Born: 23 April 1963 (age 54) Stockholm, Sweden
🔸 Title: Grandmaster (1992)
🔸 FIDE rating: 2449 (February 2018)
🔸 Peak rating : 2550 (October 2008)
🔸 Peak ranking : No. 1 ranked woman (Jan 1984) No. 178 overall (Jul 1992)
♦️ Pia A. Cramling was born in Stockholm. She was awarded the WGM title in 1982, the IM title in 1983 and the GM title in 1992. She also won the Women's Chess Oscar in 1983. She is the younger sister of Dan Cramling and is married to Spanish GM Juan Manuel Bellon Lopez. She lived in Spain for a number of years, but recently moved back to Sweden. They have a daughter, Anna Cramling Bellon, who played for the Swedish women's chess team at the 42nd Chess Olympiad in Baku in 2016 on board 4.
Pia Cramling competed in the FIDE Knock-Out Women's World Championship (2012) and beat Shayesteh Ghader Pour in round 1 before losing to Irina Krush in the 2nd round tiebreaker.
♦️ A memorable game by Pia Cranling
🔹 Pia Cramling vs Viktor Korchnoi
🔹 Biel (1984), Biel SUI, rd 1, Jul-22
🔹Caro-Kann Defense: Accelerated Panov Attack. Modern Variation (B14)
♦️Review and download PGN file👇🏼👇🏼
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💢 Swedish Chess Grandmaster
♦️ Pia Ann Rosa-Della Cramling is a Swedish chess player. In 1992, she became the third female to earn the FIDE title of Grandmaster through conventional tournament play.
🔸 Full name : Pia Ann Rosa-Della Cramling
🔸 Country: Sweden
🔸 Born: 23 April 1963 (age 54) Stockholm, Sweden
🔸 Title: Grandmaster (1992)
🔸 FIDE rating: 2449 (February 2018)
🔸 Peak rating : 2550 (October 2008)
🔸 Peak ranking : No. 1 ranked woman (Jan 1984) No. 178 overall (Jul 1992)
♦️ Pia A. Cramling was born in Stockholm. She was awarded the WGM title in 1982, the IM title in 1983 and the GM title in 1992. She also won the Women's Chess Oscar in 1983. She is the younger sister of Dan Cramling and is married to Spanish GM Juan Manuel Bellon Lopez. She lived in Spain for a number of years, but recently moved back to Sweden. They have a daughter, Anna Cramling Bellon, who played for the Swedish women's chess team at the 42nd Chess Olympiad in Baku in 2016 on board 4.
Pia Cramling competed in the FIDE Knock-Out Women's World Championship (2012) and beat Shayesteh Ghader Pour in round 1 before losing to Irina Krush in the 2nd round tiebreaker.
♦️ A memorable game by Pia Cranling
🔹 Pia Cramling vs Viktor Korchnoi
🔹 Biel (1984), Biel SUI, rd 1, Jul-22
🔹Caro-Kann Defense: Accelerated Panov Attack. Modern Variation (B14)
♦️Review and download PGN file👇🏼👇🏼
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📘 42...Q×b4??
Black should have tried the pawn-down rook ending by trading the queens with 42...Qd4+.
43.Qd8+ Ka7 44.R×c7 Qb6+ 45.Kg2 Q×c7 46.Ra3+ Kb6 47.Qd5! 1-0
With the idea of Qa5+-Rc3+
Black should have tried the pawn-down rook ending by trading the queens with 42...Qd4+.
43.Qd8+ Ka7 44.R×c7 Qb6+ 45.Kg2 Q×c7 46.Ra3+ Kb6 47.Qd5! 1-0
With the idea of Qa5+-Rc3+
📘 33...R×g2??
Black could have saved the game here with 33...e5.
(33...e5 34.Qe7 R×g2+ 35.K×g2 Qc2+ 36.Kh3 Qd3+ 37.Kh4 Q×e4+ 38.Kh3 Qe3+ 39.Kh4 Qe4+ = Perpetual check)
34.K×g2 Q×b2+ 35.Rf2 Ne3+ 36.Kh3 1-0
Black could have saved the game here with 33...e5.
(33...e5 34.Qe7 R×g2+ 35.K×g2 Qc2+ 36.Kh3 Qd3+ 37.Kh4 Q×e4+ 38.Kh3 Qe3+ 39.Kh4 Qe4+ = Perpetual check)
34.K×g2 Q×b2+ 35.Rf2 Ne3+ 36.Kh3 1-0
📘 24...Nfe3?
A critical moment that Parham could have obtained a winning position by 24...Rd4.
(24...Rd4!
A)25.N×d4 Nc7 26.Qc3 N×d4 27.R×d4 Q×d4 28.Q×c7 Re8 -+
B)25.N×d8 R×d1 26.Q×d1 Nfe7 —->Q×d8 -+)
25.B×d5 N×d1 26.B×c4 N×b2 27.N×d8+ N×c4 28.Qe8+ Qf8 29.Qd7 +/-
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A critical moment that Parham could have obtained a winning position by 24...Rd4.
(24...Rd4!
A)25.N×d4 Nc7 26.Qc3 N×d4 27.R×d4 Q×d4 28.Q×c7 Re8 -+
B)25.N×d8 R×d1 26.Q×d1 Nfe7 —->Q×d8 -+)
25.B×d5 N×d1 26.B×c4 N×b2 27.N×d8+ N×c4 28.Qe8+ Qf8 29.Qd7 +/-
🔸Parham Maghsoodloo, Iran Chess Champion in 2017
🔸Igor Lysyj, Russia Chess Champion in 2014