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.
21.b4!
Kramnik has the initiative on both sides of the board. With his pieces on their optimum squares, it is now time to use the queenside pawns to create an inroad for the white rook along the c-file. 21...a6 22.a4 Kd8 23.Ng5 Be8 24.b5+/-
Kramnik has the initiative on both sides of the board. With his pieces on their optimum squares, it is now time to use the queenside pawns to create an inroad for the white rook along the c-file. 21...a6 22.a4 Kd8 23.Ng5 Be8 24.b5+/-