Efim Bogoljubow (1889-1952) won the USSR ch in 1924 & the German Open in 1924, thus became the only player to hold the USSR and German ch at the same time. He also won the USSR ch in 1925, then emigrated to Germany in 1926. After that, he was considered a traitor by the Soviets.
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Guillermo García Gonzáles v. Yuri Balashov, in round 4 of the FIDE Interzonal Tournament in Rio de Janeiro, September 1979. The game was drawn in 44 moves.
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At the drawing of lots ceremony for the FIDE Interzonal tournament, Moscow, September 1982 - Mikhail Tal, Kasparov , and Ulf Andersson.
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At the FIDE Interzonal in Moscow, 1982. Round 11, 21st September. Guillermo García Gonzáles faces ex-World Champion Mikhail Tal. The Cuban grandmaster started this event with 6½/8.
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Have a look at 17 year old GM Parham Maghsoodloo's performance in Sharjah Master 2018 👌 #SharjahMasters
Chess Prodigy GM Parham Maghsoodloo defeats Asia Champion S. P. Sethuraman. Perfect score by the Iranian young boy with full mark so far (6 out of 6) !
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📘 26.B×d5! B×h3?
(26...e×d5 27.Qh5+ Bg6 28.Q×d5+ +-)
27.Q×h3 e×d5 28.Q×h7+ Rg7 29.Qh5+ Rg6 30.Q×d5+ Kg7 1-0
Tournament top seed, Wang Hao is Chinese No.6 and the World No. 38.
(26...e×d5 27.Qh5+ Bg6 28.Q×d5+ +-)
27.Q×h3 e×d5 28.Q×h7+ Rg7 29.Qh5+ Rg6 30.Q×d5+ Kg7 1-0
Tournament top seed, Wang Hao is Chinese No.6 and the World No. 38.
📘 34.Q×d7! R×d7 35.B×b4! c×b4 36.Ra6 f5 37.Nb5 f×e4 38.d×e4 Rd8 39.Rc6 +/-
Parham's logical exchanges to reach a superior position of the good knight vs bad bishop type.
Parham's logical exchanges to reach a superior position of the good knight vs bad bishop type.
📘 12...N×f5?!
Black supposes that will regain his pawn sacrifice with ...Qg5 but...
13.N×g6 N×e3 14.f×e3 R×f1+ 15.Q×f1 Qg5 16.Qf5!
A strong intermediate move by Tabatabaei.
16...Bf6
(16...Q×e3+?? 17.Kh1 Qg5 18.Qe6+ Kh7 19.Ne7 +-)
17.Nh4 Q×f5 18.N×f5 +/-
Black supposes that will regain his pawn sacrifice with ...Qg5 but...
13.N×g6 N×e3 14.f×e3 R×f1+ 15.Q×f1 Qg5 16.Qf5!
A strong intermediate move by Tabatabaei.
16...Bf6
(16...Q×e3+?? 17.Kh1 Qg5 18.Qe6+ Kh7 19.Ne7 +-)
17.Nh4 Q×f5 18.N×f5 +/-
📘 Both players were in time trouble, but Iranian top player finished the game with two spectacular sacrifices.
41.g×f5 e×f5 42.B×f5! g×f5 43.R×g7! R×g7 44.d5! Ng5 45.f×g5 h×g5 46.Q×f5 Kg8 47.B×g7 R×g7 48.Nd4 Qe7 49.d6 +-
41.g×f5 e×f5 42.B×f5! g×f5 43.R×g7! R×g7 44.d5! Ng5 45.f×g5 h×g5 46.Q×f5 Kg8 47.B×g7 R×g7 48.Nd4 Qe7 49.d6 +-