July 20th is International Chess Day. It was the day that FIDE was founded in 1924. The day was proposed by UNESCO & 1st celebrated in 1966. 178 countries recognize International Chess Day. Chess is the only sport which has a special worldwide celebration day dedicated to it.
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Head coach of the Russian national men's chess team, RCF President Andrey Filatov announced the team composition for the forthcoming World Chess Olympiad. Vladimir Kramnik, Sergey Karjakin, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Dmitry Jakovenko, and Nikita Vitiugov will play in Batumi, Georgia.
Head coach of the Russian national men's chess team Andrey Filatov:
- There is a great choice of strong players in Russia, and all of them are willing to defend their country's honor in the competitions of the highest level. The task of the coaching staff is to elect those ones who will be in the peak of the form before this important start and will be able to show one's best. As always, the Russian national team is aimed at the highest possible result.
Russian national women's chess team: Alexandra Kosteniuk, Valentina Gunina, Aleksandra Goryachkina, Natalija Pogonina, and Olga Girya.
Head coach of the women's team Sergei Rublevsky:
- We are planning to play with the same reliable and experienced team composition as we did two years ago in Baku. Our main rivals are also the same: China, Ukraine, and of course, Georgia - the team that will be especially dangerous being whole-heartedly supported by its fans at home. Well, we will fight!
The 43rd World Chess Olympiad will be held in Batumi, Georgia, from September 23rd till October 6th, 2018.
https://bit.ly/2uTIkvx
Head coach of the Russian national men's chess team Andrey Filatov:
- There is a great choice of strong players in Russia, and all of them are willing to defend their country's honor in the competitions of the highest level. The task of the coaching staff is to elect those ones who will be in the peak of the form before this important start and will be able to show one's best. As always, the Russian national team is aimed at the highest possible result.
Russian national women's chess team: Alexandra Kosteniuk, Valentina Gunina, Aleksandra Goryachkina, Natalija Pogonina, and Olga Girya.
Head coach of the women's team Sergei Rublevsky:
- We are planning to play with the same reliable and experienced team composition as we did two years ago in Baku. Our main rivals are also the same: China, Ukraine, and of course, Georgia - the team that will be especially dangerous being whole-heartedly supported by its fans at home. Well, we will fight!
The 43rd World Chess Olympiad will be held in Batumi, Georgia, from September 23rd till October 6th, 2018.
https://bit.ly/2uTIkvx
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The 43rd Chess Olympiad, Batumi 2018 Georgia
The Organizing Committee of the 2018 Chess Olympiad invites the most motivated, erudite and enthusiastic young
"Errors have nothing to do with luck; they are caused by time pressure, discomfort or unfamiliarity with a position, distractions, feelings of intimidation, nervous tension, over-ambition, excessive caution, and dozens of other psychological factors."
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A great 8th round for the reigning champion Liang Awonder (6/8) who beat one of the tournament leaders to take a full point lead over his nearest rival Advait Patel (5/8).
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A great 8th round for the reigning champion Liang Awonder (6/8) who beat one of the tournament leaders to take a full point lead over his nearest rival Advait Patel (5/8).
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The 51st Biel Chess Festival takes place Sun 22nd July (Round 1) to Wed 1st Aug 2018. World Champion Magnus Carlsen heads a strong field of Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Peter Svidler, David Navara and Nico Georgiadis. 6 players 10 rounds. Other events including a strong open are alongside.
https://www.bielchessfestival.ch/Homepage.html
https://www.bielchessfestival.ch/Homepage.html
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Biel International Chess Festival
The Biel International Chess Festival takes place annually since 1968 in the Congress Centre Biel/Bienne, Switzerland. In addition to the Grandmaster Tournament, eight open tournaments for elite and amateur players takes place.
🅾️ #about_Kosteniuk
💢 Alexandra Kosteniuk
💢 Russian chess Grandmaster
🔰 Alexandra Konstantinovna Kosteniuk is a Russian chess grandmaster and Women's World Chess Champion from 2008 to 2010.
🔘 Full name: Alexandra Konstantinovna Kosteniuk
🔘 Country: Russia
🔘 Born: 23 April 1984 (age 34)
Perm, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
🔘 Title: Grandmaster (2004)
🔘 Women's World Champion: 2008–10
🔘 FIDE rating: 2552 (July 2018)
🔘 Peak rating: 2557 (April 2016)
🔰Kosteniuk learned to play chess at the age of five after being taught by her father. In 1994, she won the girls under 10 division of the European Youth Chess Championship and in 1996 she won the girls under 12 title at both the European Youth Championships and World Youth Chess Championships. At twelve years old she also became the Russian women's champion in rapid chess.
🔰In 2001, at the age of 17, she reached the final of the World Women's Chess Championship and was defeated by Zhu Chen. Three years later, she became European women's champion by winning the tournament in Dresden, Germany. Thanks to this achievement, in November 2004, she was awarded the International Grandmaster title, becoming the tenth woman to receive the highest title of the World Chess Federation (FIDE). Before that, she had also obtained the titles of Woman Grandmaster in 1998 and International Master in 2000.
🔰 She won the Russian Women's Championship in 2005 and 2016. In August 2006, she became the first Chess960 women's world champion after beating Germany's top female player Elisabeth Pähtz by 5½–2½. She defended that title successfully in 2008 by beating Kateryna Lahno 2½–1½. However, her greatest success so far has been to win the Women's World Chess Championship 2008, beating in the final the young Chinese prodigy Hou Yifan, with a score of 2½–1½. Later in the same year, she won the women's individual blitz event of the 2008 World Mind Sports Games in Beijing.
♦️ A memorable game by Kosteniuk👇
💢 Alexandra Kosteniuk vs Antoaneta Stefanova
💢 North Urals Cup (2005), Krasnoturinsk RUS, rd 5, Jul-08
💢 Spanish Game: Morphy Defense (C78)
♦️ Review and download PGN file👇
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💢 Alexandra Kosteniuk
💢 Russian chess Grandmaster
🔰 Alexandra Konstantinovna Kosteniuk is a Russian chess grandmaster and Women's World Chess Champion from 2008 to 2010.
🔘 Full name: Alexandra Konstantinovna Kosteniuk
🔘 Country: Russia
🔘 Born: 23 April 1984 (age 34)
Perm, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
🔘 Title: Grandmaster (2004)
🔘 Women's World Champion: 2008–10
🔘 FIDE rating: 2552 (July 2018)
🔘 Peak rating: 2557 (April 2016)
🔰Kosteniuk learned to play chess at the age of five after being taught by her father. In 1994, she won the girls under 10 division of the European Youth Chess Championship and in 1996 she won the girls under 12 title at both the European Youth Championships and World Youth Chess Championships. At twelve years old she also became the Russian women's champion in rapid chess.
🔰In 2001, at the age of 17, she reached the final of the World Women's Chess Championship and was defeated by Zhu Chen. Three years later, she became European women's champion by winning the tournament in Dresden, Germany. Thanks to this achievement, in November 2004, she was awarded the International Grandmaster title, becoming the tenth woman to receive the highest title of the World Chess Federation (FIDE). Before that, she had also obtained the titles of Woman Grandmaster in 1998 and International Master in 2000.
🔰 She won the Russian Women's Championship in 2005 and 2016. In August 2006, she became the first Chess960 women's world champion after beating Germany's top female player Elisabeth Pähtz by 5½–2½. She defended that title successfully in 2008 by beating Kateryna Lahno 2½–1½. However, her greatest success so far has been to win the Women's World Chess Championship 2008, beating in the final the young Chinese prodigy Hou Yifan, with a score of 2½–1½. Later in the same year, she won the women's individual blitz event of the 2008 World Mind Sports Games in Beijing.
♦️ A memorable game by Kosteniuk👇
💢 Alexandra Kosteniuk vs Antoaneta Stefanova
💢 North Urals Cup (2005), Krasnoturinsk RUS, rd 5, Jul-08
💢 Spanish Game: Morphy Defense (C78)
♦️ Review and download PGN file👇
@unitychess