Congrats to American Fabiano Caruana for winning the Candidates in Berlin and is now the challenger to Magnus Carlsen for the title of World Chess Champion.
Fabiano Caruana won the 2018 FIDE Candidates' Tournament in Berlin convincingly. He defeated Alexander Grischuk in the final round with the black pieces. Sergey Karjakin blundered but held the draw vs Ding Liren, and both Kramnik-Mamedyarov and Aronian-So were also drawn.
Caruana will face Magnus Carlsen for the world chess championship in London in November.
Caruana won about $118,000. Even if he loses to Carlsen, he will get $496,000 (40% of the world championship prize fund).
Caruana will face Magnus Carlsen for the world chess championship in London in November.
Caruana won about $118,000. Even if he loses to Carlsen, he will get $496,000 (40% of the world championship prize fund).
📕 22.Rcg1!
Tomashevsky is preparing a king-march to the queenside in order to keep his king safe before the final attack. This theme was first introduced by 9th world chess champion Tigran Petrosian. 22...Kg7 23.Kf1.
Tomashevsky is preparing a king-march to the queenside in order to keep his king safe before the final attack. This theme was first introduced by 9th world chess champion Tigran Petrosian. 22...Kg7 23.Kf1.
📕 18.Na1!
A typical maneuver in this line. The knight heads for c6 via c2-b4, if Black plays a5, it gets an outpost on b5.
A typical maneuver in this line. The knight heads for c6 via c2-b4, if Black plays a5, it gets an outpost on b5.
📕Unity Chess Multiple Choice 355
C: Nb6 – 8
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 73%
B: Bc8 – 2
👍👍 18%
A: a5 – 1
👍 9%
👥 11 people voted so far.
C: Nb6 – 8
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 73%
B: Bc8 – 2
👍👍 18%
A: a5 – 1
👍 9%
👥 11 people voted so far.
📕Unity Chess Multiple Choice 356
A: Bc4 – 9
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 60%
B: Rc7 – 5
👍👍👍👍 33%
C: Bd7 – 1
👍 7%
👥 15 people voted so far.
A: Bc4 – 9
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 60%
B: Rc7 – 5
👍👍👍👍 33%
C: Bd7 – 1
👍 7%
👥 15 people voted so far.
Lev Psakhis & Tamaz Giorgadze at the 48th USSR Championship, Vilnius, Dec 1980-Jan 1981. Psakhis shared the title with Beliavsky; the following year at Frunze he shared it with Kasparov. He didn't become a grandmaster until 1982(!).
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At the Tbilisi Masters' tournament, 1933. Viktor Goglidze (Tbilisi) faces Vladimir Alatortsev (Leningrad). Goglidze won this game in 45 moves.
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Grandmaster Bukhuti Gurgenidze in play v. Gregory Kaidanov at the Goglidze Memorial tournament, Tbilisi, Nov-Dec 1986.
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