Unity Chess Multiple Choice 464
public poll
B: Qg3 – 10
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 59%
@mahyarebrahimi1983, Gavin, @Afshin3333, Nikhil, @SteveWongso, Vincent, Vishal, @Sophia_Peng, @RichardPeng, Atharva
C; Qd1 – 6
👍👍👍👍 35%
Kenneth, @mahmood_ag, Mieke, Bryson, Sanjana, Venkat
A: g3 – 1
👍 6%
Jonas
👥 17 people voted so far.
public poll
B: Qg3 – 10
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 59%
@mahyarebrahimi1983, Gavin, @Afshin3333, Nikhil, @SteveWongso, Vincent, Vishal, @Sophia_Peng, @RichardPeng, Atharva
C; Qd1 – 6
👍👍👍👍 35%
Kenneth, @mahmood_ag, Mieke, Bryson, Sanjana, Venkat
A: g3 – 1
👍 6%
Jonas
👥 17 people voted so far.
Round 1 at the 6th Altibox Norway tournament in Stavanger, Norway - #1 in the world Magnus Carlsen (2848) beat #2 in the world Caruana (2812) in 77 moves (Q+Ps vs Q+Ps endgame); all other games drawn. Average rating is 2791. This is the world's strongest 10-player chess event.
🔵 #about_Kramnik
🔹 Vladimir Kramnik
🔹 Russian chess Grandmaster
♦️ Vladimir Borisovich Kramnik is a Russian chess grandmaster. He was the Classical World Chess Champion from 2000 to 2006, and the undisputed World Chess Champion from 2006 to 2007.
🔘 Full name: Vladimir Borisovich Kramnik
🔘 Country: Russia
🔘 Born: 25 June 1975 (age 42)
Tuapse, Krasnodar Krai, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
🔘 Title: Grandmaster (1992)
🔘 World Champion: 2000–06 (Classical)
2006–07 (undisputed)
🔘 FIDE rating: 2792 (May 2018)
🔘 Peak rating: 2817 (October 2016)
🔘 Ranking: No. 3 (February 2018)
🔘 Peak ranking: No. 1 (January 1996)
♦️Former World Champion - and former top ranked player in the world - Vladimir Borisovich Kramnik was born in Tuapse, on the shores of the Black Sea, on June 25, 1975. As a child, Vladimir Kramnik studied in the chess school established by Mikhail Botvinnik. In 2000 he won the Classical World Championship from Garry Kasparov and then won the unified title when he defeated Veselin Topalov in 2006 to become the 14th undisputed World Champion. He relinquished the title in 2007 to his successor, the 15th undisputed (and now former) World Champion, Viswanathan Anand.
♦️ In 1991 Kramnik won the World Under 18 Championship in Guarapuava, Brazil. He was =1st in the 1990 RSFSR (Russian) Championship in Kuibyshev, Russia, but placed 2nd on tiebreak behind Andrei Kharlov. He was =3rd in the Russian Superfinals (2013) after a last round battle with Ian Nepomniachtchi for =1st and the possibility of the title for the first time. However, he lost the game and scored 5.5/9, placing =3rd.
♦️ Garry Kasparov described Kramnik's style as pragmatic and tenacious, in the latter similar to Anatoly Karpov. He is one of the toughest opponents to defeat, losing only one game in over one hundred games leading up to his match with Kasparov, including eighty consecutive games without loss. Kasparov did not defeat Kramnik during their 2000 World Championship match, partly due to Kramnik's use of the Berlin Defence of the Ruy Lopez. Kramnik is renowned for his endgame skills.
♦️ A memorable game by Kramnik👇🏼
▪️ Vassily Ivanchuk vs Vladimir Kramnik
▪️ Dos Hermanas (1996), Dos Hermanas ESP, rd 8, May-30
▪️ Sicilian Defense: Richter-Rauzer. Neo-Modern Variation Early deviations (B62)
♦️ Review and download PGN file
@unitychess
🔹 Vladimir Kramnik
🔹 Russian chess Grandmaster
♦️ Vladimir Borisovich Kramnik is a Russian chess grandmaster. He was the Classical World Chess Champion from 2000 to 2006, and the undisputed World Chess Champion from 2006 to 2007.
🔘 Full name: Vladimir Borisovich Kramnik
🔘 Country: Russia
🔘 Born: 25 June 1975 (age 42)
Tuapse, Krasnodar Krai, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
🔘 Title: Grandmaster (1992)
🔘 World Champion: 2000–06 (Classical)
2006–07 (undisputed)
🔘 FIDE rating: 2792 (May 2018)
🔘 Peak rating: 2817 (October 2016)
🔘 Ranking: No. 3 (February 2018)
🔘 Peak ranking: No. 1 (January 1996)
♦️Former World Champion - and former top ranked player in the world - Vladimir Borisovich Kramnik was born in Tuapse, on the shores of the Black Sea, on June 25, 1975. As a child, Vladimir Kramnik studied in the chess school established by Mikhail Botvinnik. In 2000 he won the Classical World Championship from Garry Kasparov and then won the unified title when he defeated Veselin Topalov in 2006 to become the 14th undisputed World Champion. He relinquished the title in 2007 to his successor, the 15th undisputed (and now former) World Champion, Viswanathan Anand.
♦️ In 1991 Kramnik won the World Under 18 Championship in Guarapuava, Brazil. He was =1st in the 1990 RSFSR (Russian) Championship in Kuibyshev, Russia, but placed 2nd on tiebreak behind Andrei Kharlov. He was =3rd in the Russian Superfinals (2013) after a last round battle with Ian Nepomniachtchi for =1st and the possibility of the title for the first time. However, he lost the game and scored 5.5/9, placing =3rd.
♦️ Garry Kasparov described Kramnik's style as pragmatic and tenacious, in the latter similar to Anatoly Karpov. He is one of the toughest opponents to defeat, losing only one game in over one hundred games leading up to his match with Kasparov, including eighty consecutive games without loss. Kasparov did not defeat Kramnik during their 2000 World Championship match, partly due to Kramnik's use of the Berlin Defence of the Ruy Lopez. Kramnik is renowned for his endgame skills.
♦️ A memorable game by Kramnik👇🏼
▪️ Vassily Ivanchuk vs Vladimir Kramnik
▪️ Dos Hermanas (1996), Dos Hermanas ESP, rd 8, May-30
▪️ Sicilian Defense: Richter-Rauzer. Neo-Modern Variation Early deviations (B62)
♦️ Review and download PGN file
@unitychess
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Houdini beats Komodo 12 with black pieces in #TCEC Season 12 - Premier Division.
https://bit.ly/2sof4eV
https://bit.ly/2sof4eV
All games in R2 of #NorwayChess finished in a draw within 2 hours and 40 minutes.