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 +-
🔵 #about_Kasparov
🔹 Garry Kasparov
🔹 Russian-Soviet chess Grandmaster
♦️Garry Kimovich Kasparov is a Russian, and formerly Soviet, chess grandmaster, former world chess champion, writer, and political activist, who many consider to be the greatest chess player of all time.
📚 Full name: Garry Kimovich Kasparov
📚 Country: Soviet Union
Russia (since 1992) Croatia (since 2014)
📚 Born: 13 April 1963 (age 55)
Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, Soviet Union
(now Baku, Azerbaijan)
📚 Title: Grandmaster (1980)
📚 World Champion: 1985–1993 (undisputed) 1993–2000 (classical)
📚 FIDE rating: 2812 (April 2018)
📚 Peak rating: 2851 (July 1999, January 2000)
📚 Peak ranking: No. 1 (January 1984)
♦️ Kasparov is also a strong chess author!!
♦️ Some of his books:👇🏼
📔 Deep Thinking: Where Machine Intelligence Ends and Human Creativity Begins, May 2, 2017
by Garry Kasparov and Mig Greengard
📙 My Great Predecessors .... Popular Series By Garry Kasparov .... 5 books in this series
📙 Checkmate!: My First Chess Book (Everyman Chess)Oct 1, 2004
📙 How Life Imitates Chess: Making the Right Moves, from the Board to the Boardroom, Sep 25, 2007
📙 Garry Kasparov on Modern Chess .... Four Parts in four books
📙 Kasparov on the King's Indian ... By Garry Kasparov and Raymond D. Keene
📙 Garry Kasparov's Chess Puzzle Book (Everyman Chess Classics) Jul 1, 2016
♦️ A memorable game by Kasparov👇🏼
▪️ Garry Kasparov vs Alexander Nikolayevich Panchenko
▪️ 46th URS-ch selection (1978), Daugavpils LAT, rd 1, Jun-??
▪️ Sicilian Defense: Richter-Rauzer. Neo-Modern Variation (B67)
♦️ Review and download PGN file👇🏼
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🔹 Garry Kasparov
🔹 Russian-Soviet chess Grandmaster
♦️Garry Kimovich Kasparov is a Russian, and formerly Soviet, chess grandmaster, former world chess champion, writer, and political activist, who many consider to be the greatest chess player of all time.
📚 Full name: Garry Kimovich Kasparov
📚 Country: Soviet Union
Russia (since 1992) Croatia (since 2014)
📚 Born: 13 April 1963 (age 55)
Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, Soviet Union
(now Baku, Azerbaijan)
📚 Title: Grandmaster (1980)
📚 World Champion: 1985–1993 (undisputed) 1993–2000 (classical)
📚 FIDE rating: 2812 (April 2018)
📚 Peak rating: 2851 (July 1999, January 2000)
📚 Peak ranking: No. 1 (January 1984)
♦️ Kasparov is also a strong chess author!!
♦️ Some of his books:👇🏼
📔 Deep Thinking: Where Machine Intelligence Ends and Human Creativity Begins, May 2, 2017
by Garry Kasparov and Mig Greengard
📙 My Great Predecessors .... Popular Series By Garry Kasparov .... 5 books in this series
📙 Checkmate!: My First Chess Book (Everyman Chess)Oct 1, 2004
📙 How Life Imitates Chess: Making the Right Moves, from the Board to the Boardroom, Sep 25, 2007
📙 Garry Kasparov on Modern Chess .... Four Parts in four books
📙 Kasparov on the King's Indian ... By Garry Kasparov and Raymond D. Keene
📙 Garry Kasparov's Chess Puzzle Book (Everyman Chess Classics) Jul 1, 2016
♦️ A memorable game by Kasparov👇🏼
▪️ Garry Kasparov vs Alexander Nikolayevich Panchenko
▪️ 46th URS-ch selection (1978), Daugavpils LAT, rd 1, Jun-??
▪️ Sicilian Defense: Richter-Rauzer. Neo-Modern Variation (B67)
♦️ Review and download PGN file👇🏼
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