After WWII, GM Reuben Fine (1914-1993) gave up professional chess to become a psychologist. In 1948 he earned his PhD from U of Southern California with his dissertation on the personality of the asthmatic child. He wrote 11 books on psychology and taught at 4 universities.
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Footage from the opening round of the 5th Capablanca Memorial, August 1967. Among others: Larsen, Polugaevsky, Smyslov and Gligorić.
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Since 1962, on the initiative of Commander Ernesto “Che” Guevara, an annual tribute to the legendary world champion José Raúl Capablanca is being held in Havana, Cuba.
This prestigious event is reaching its 52nd edition in 2017, being skipped only in 1966 on the occasion of the World Chess Olympiad in Cuba, in 1970, and in 1978 when Cuba hosted the World Festival of Youth and Students.
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This prestigious event is reaching its 52nd edition in 2017, being skipped only in 1966 on the occasion of the World Chess Olympiad in Cuba, in 1970, and in 1978 when Cuba hosted the World Festival of Youth and Students.
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🔹 Fabiano Caruana
🔹 American-Italian chess Grandmaster
♦️ Fabiano Luigi Caruana is an Italian-American chess grandmaster. A chess prodigy, he became a grandmaster at the age of 14 years, 11 months and 20 days—the youngest grandmaster in the history of both Italy and the United States at the time.
🔸 Full name: Fabiano Luigi Caruana
🔸 Country: United States
Italy (2005–2015)
🔸 Born: July 30, 1992 (age 25)
Miami, Florida, U.S.
🔸 Title: Grandmaster (2007)
🔸 FIDE rating: 2784 (March 2018)
🔸 Peak rating: 2844 (October 2014)
🔸 Ranking: No. 8 (March 2018)
🔸 Peak ranking No. 2 (October 2014)
♦️ Fabiano Luigi Caruana was born in Miami, Florida. He moved with his family to Brooklyn, New York, in 1996 and soon started playing chess. Under the tutelage of USCF National Master Bruce Pandolfini, he kicked off his tournament career at the Polgár Chess Centre in Queens. GM Miron N Sher started coaching Caruana when the latter was 8. Caruana made his first appearance in FIDE-rated tournaments in February 2002 when he was 9 years old, playing in the New York February Congress and soon thereafter in the Edward Lasker Tuesday Grand Prix. He then moved with his family to Madrid in 2004 to pursue a professional career under the guidance of coach IM Boris A Zlotnik. The Caruana family then moved to Budapest in 2007 where Fabiano would train with GM Alexander Chernin. He also trained with GM Pal Benko, when Benko was spending summers in New Jersey, and online with GM Gregory Kaidanov.
♦️ Two days ago Caruana won Fide Candidates 2018 Tournament in Berlin and we have sellected his last game in this tournament against Alexander Grischuk👇🏼
▪️ Alexander Grischuk vs Fabiano Caruana
▪️ World Championship Candidates (2018), rd 14, Mar-27
▪️ Russian Game: Modern Attack (C43)
♦️ Review and download full annotated by Dejan Bojkov PGN file👇🏼
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🔹 American-Italian chess Grandmaster
♦️ Fabiano Luigi Caruana is an Italian-American chess grandmaster. A chess prodigy, he became a grandmaster at the age of 14 years, 11 months and 20 days—the youngest grandmaster in the history of both Italy and the United States at the time.
🔸 Full name: Fabiano Luigi Caruana
🔸 Country: United States
Italy (2005–2015)
🔸 Born: July 30, 1992 (age 25)
Miami, Florida, U.S.
🔸 Title: Grandmaster (2007)
🔸 FIDE rating: 2784 (March 2018)
🔸 Peak rating: 2844 (October 2014)
🔸 Ranking: No. 8 (March 2018)
🔸 Peak ranking No. 2 (October 2014)
♦️ Fabiano Luigi Caruana was born in Miami, Florida. He moved with his family to Brooklyn, New York, in 1996 and soon started playing chess. Under the tutelage of USCF National Master Bruce Pandolfini, he kicked off his tournament career at the Polgár Chess Centre in Queens. GM Miron N Sher started coaching Caruana when the latter was 8. Caruana made his first appearance in FIDE-rated tournaments in February 2002 when he was 9 years old, playing in the New York February Congress and soon thereafter in the Edward Lasker Tuesday Grand Prix. He then moved with his family to Madrid in 2004 to pursue a professional career under the guidance of coach IM Boris A Zlotnik. The Caruana family then moved to Budapest in 2007 where Fabiano would train with GM Alexander Chernin. He also trained with GM Pal Benko, when Benko was spending summers in New Jersey, and online with GM Gregory Kaidanov.
♦️ Two days ago Caruana won Fide Candidates 2018 Tournament in Berlin and we have sellected his last game in this tournament against Alexander Grischuk👇🏼
▪️ Alexander Grischuk vs Fabiano Caruana
▪️ World Championship Candidates (2018), rd 14, Mar-27
▪️ Russian Game: Modern Attack (C43)
♦️ Review and download full annotated by Dejan Bojkov PGN file👇🏼
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Grischuk-Caruana, Candidates 2018 Berlin, R14.pgn
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🔹 Alexander Grischuk - Fabiano Caruana, World Championship Candidates (2018)
🔹 PGN format
🔹 Annotated by Dejan Bojkov
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🔹 PGN format
🔹 Annotated by Dejan Bojkov
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📘 31.h3
Kramnik could have obtained a clear advantage by 31.Bg5!
(31.Bg5 Nh5 32.N×c6 +/- ; 31.N×c6?? Bg4 -+)
31...B×f2! 32.Q×f2 B×h3+ 33.Kg1 Q×f2+ 34.K×f2 R×e5 35.B×e5 Ng4+ 36.Kg1 N×e5 37.Be2 Kg7 38.R×a7 Kf6 =
Kramnik could have obtained a clear advantage by 31.Bg5!
(31.Bg5 Nh5 32.N×c6 +/- ; 31.N×c6?? Bg4 -+)
31...B×f2! 32.Q×f2 B×h3+ 33.Kg1 Q×f2+ 34.K×f2 R×e5 35.B×e5 Ng4+ 36.Kg1 N×e5 37.Be2 Kg7 38.R×a7 Kf6 =
📘 Caruana defends actively against the threat of R2a6.
41...Bf4!+ 42.Ke2 Rd8! 43.Rc2
(43.R2a6 Rb2+ 44.Kf1 R×d7! 45.R×d7 c3 -+)
43...R×b4 44.Bc6 c3 -+
41...Bf4!+ 42.Ke2 Rd8! 43.Rc2
(43.R2a6 Rb2+ 44.Kf1 R×d7! 45.R×d7 c3 -+)
43...R×b4 44.Bc6 c3 -+
📘 The black king is so exposed. Arutinian decides to protect it by covering the 7th rank, but...
36...Ra7??
( a good defence is 36...Qd8!)
37.Nc6! N×c6 38.Qg6+ Rg7 39.Bc4+ 1-0
36...Ra7??
( a good defence is 36...Qd8!)
37.Nc6! N×c6 38.Qg6+ Rg7 39.Bc4+ 1-0
28.Bg4!
A hidden winning continuation.
28...Re8
(28...B×g4 29.Q×h6 f6 30.Rb7 +-)
29.Re1 Nd6 30.B×e6 R×e6 31.R×e6 f×e6 32.Bc5 +-
A hidden winning continuation.
28...Re8
(28...B×g4 29.Q×h6 f6 30.Rb7 +-)
29.Re1 Nd6 30.B×e6 R×e6 31.R×e6 f×e6 32.Bc5 +-
📕 10.Nc2!
With the inserted a4/a5 moves this maneuver favors White. He swaps off the active Bb6 and limits Black's counterplay. 10...Bxe3 11.Nxe3 d6 12.f4! +/-.
With the inserted a4/a5 moves this maneuver favors White. He swaps off the active Bb6 and limits Black's counterplay. 10...Bxe3 11.Nxe3 d6 12.f4! +/-.