At the London (Phillips & Drew) event, April 1982 - Viktor Korchnoi protests against the Soviet boycott that led to his exclusion from the event, and also calls for his son to be allowed to join him in the West.
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Lajos Portisch (1937- ) holds the record for most wins in the Chess Olympiads - 121. He played in 20 Chess Olympiads from 1956 to 2000.
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Samuel Reshevsky (born 26th November, 1911), pictured in play v. Béla Berger, at the FIDE Interzonal Tournament, Amsterdam, May 1964. The German master Klaus Darga looks on.
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Maxim Dugly, Miguel Najdorf and Sergei Dolmatov, following the games of the Kasparov - Karpov match in Seville, 1987.
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📘 8...Rb8!
An interesting idea by Meier to prepare his queenside bishop development.
9.Bg2 b5 10.0-0 0-0 11.Rd1 Bb7 12.Qe2 Nf6 13.c3 a6
An interesting idea by Meier to prepare his queenside bishop development.
9.Bg2 b5 10.0-0 0-0 11.Rd1 Bb7 12.Qe2 Nf6 13.c3 a6
📘 34...Rd2?
Number-four in Germany missed the opportunity to win.
(34...Rg6+ 35.Kh4 Rg2 36.Re3 f6!
A)37.e6?? Rg4+! 38.h×g4 Rh2#
B)37.e×f6 g×f6 38.Re8+ Kf7 39.Ra8 Ke6 -+)
35.f5 Rd3 36.Kf4 =
Number-four in Germany missed the opportunity to win.
(34...Rg6+ 35.Kh4 Rg2 36.Re3 f6!
A)37.e6?? Rg4+! 38.h×g4 Rh2#
B)37.e×f6 g×f6 38.Re8+ Kf7 39.Ra8 Ke6 -+)
35.f5 Rd3 36.Kf4 =
📘 Carlsen finds a subtle way to put his opponent in zugzwang.
39...h5! 40.Kh3 Bh6 41.Re1? R×d3 42.Q×h5 Re3 0-1
39...h5! 40.Kh3 Bh6 41.Re1? R×d3 42.Q×h5 Re3 0-1
📘 17.Nd2!
A clever idea from Carlsen with the aim of Nb3 and fixing the weak a6-pawn.
17...a5! 18.b×a5 R×a5 19.R×a5 N×a5 20.e×d5 Q×d5 21.Nde4
A clever idea from Carlsen with the aim of Nb3 and fixing the weak a6-pawn.
17...a5! 18.b×a5 R×a5 19.R×a5 N×a5 20.e×d5 Q×d5 21.Nde4
📕 24...Nc6!
After retreating his knight to c6, Capablanca intends to transfer it to e7. in this way, he avoids White's breakthrough f4-f5. 25.Red2 Rec8 With the white rook having left the e-file, Capablanca is no longer alarmed by the f4-f5 idea and so puts his rook on the more active c8-square. 26.Re2 Ne7! 27.Red2 Rc4.
After retreating his knight to c6, Capablanca intends to transfer it to e7. in this way, he avoids White's breakthrough f4-f5. 25.Red2 Rec8 With the white rook having left the e-file, Capablanca is no longer alarmed by the f4-f5 idea and so puts his rook on the more active c8-square. 26.Re2 Ne7! 27.Red2 Rc4.