Unity Chess Multiple Choice 608
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C: f4 – 9
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 90%
@mahyarebrahimi1983, شیدا, @ALI_MRF2017, Evan, @RichardPeng, مجید, Zhenrui, Sanjana, Raymond
A: Rae1 – 1
👍 10%
@Sophia_Peng
B: c4
▫️ 0%
👥 10 people voted so far.
public poll
C: f4 – 9
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 90%
@mahyarebrahimi1983, شیدا, @ALI_MRF2017, Evan, @RichardPeng, مجید, Zhenrui, Sanjana, Raymond
A: Rae1 – 1
👍 10%
@Sophia_Peng
B: c4
▫️ 0%
👥 10 people voted so far.
GM Robert Hovhannisyan (2608) defeated leader Igor Kovalenko (2641) in Riga Technical Univercity Open 2018 Round 07. 4 players now share the lead.
http://chess-results.com/tnr327162.aspx?lan=30&art=2&rd=7&flag=30
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Mikhail Chigorin Memorial will be held from August 14-27 in #SaintPetersburg , Russia . Around 150 players are expected to take part in the main event. The top seeds are GM Gata Kamsky, GM David Paravyan , GM Vadim Zviaginzev etc…
http://www.chessdom.com/st-petersburg-summer-m-chigorin-memorial-2018/
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St. Louis Rapid & Blitz GCT begins today with Leinier Domínguez as a wild card. Domínguez is currently World's No3 in rapid chess after Carlsen and Wesley So. He was also the 2008 World Blitz Champion.
https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/grand-chess-tour-saint-louis-rapid-and-blitz-2018#live
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✴️ #about_Seirawan
🔸 Yasser Seirawan
🔸American chess grandmaster
🔘Country: United States
🔘Born: March 24, 1960 (age 58)
Damascus, Syria
🔘Title: Grandmaster (1980)
🔘FIDE rating: 2620 (August 2018)
🔘Peak rating: 2658 (November 2011)
🔰 Yasser Seirawan is an American chess grandmaster and four-time United States champion. He won the World Junior Chess Championship in 1979. Seirawan is also a published chess author and commentator.
🔰Seirawan began playing chess at 12; at 13 he became Washington junior champion. At 19 he won the World Junior Chess Championship. He also won a game against Viktor Korchnoi, who then invited Seirawan to Switzerland, where Korchnoi was training for his 1981 world title match against Anatoly Karpov.[3]
🔰Seirawan qualified for the 1985 and 1988-1990 Candidates Tournaments. In the 1985 tournament in Montpellier he scored 7/15 placing joint 10th,[4] and in the 1988-1990 tournament in St John, a knockout tournament, he was knocked out by Jon Speelman in the preliminary round.
🔰Seirawan won the 2011 and 2012 Dutch Open Blitz championship. He is widely known for his expert commentary in live broadcasts on the Internet during important events. He has been named by the chess historian Edward Winter as one of the top five Internet broadcasters.
♦️ A memorable game by Seirawan👇
▪️Yasser Seirawan vs Vassily Ivanchuk
▪️Groningen,FIDE WCH k.o NED (1997), Groningen NED, rd 2, Dec-11
▪️King's Indian Defense: Six Pawns Attack (E77)
♦️ Review and download PGN file👇
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🔸 Yasser Seirawan
🔸American chess grandmaster
🔘Country: United States
🔘Born: March 24, 1960 (age 58)
Damascus, Syria
🔘Title: Grandmaster (1980)
🔘FIDE rating: 2620 (August 2018)
🔘Peak rating: 2658 (November 2011)
🔰 Yasser Seirawan is an American chess grandmaster and four-time United States champion. He won the World Junior Chess Championship in 1979. Seirawan is also a published chess author and commentator.
🔰Seirawan began playing chess at 12; at 13 he became Washington junior champion. At 19 he won the World Junior Chess Championship. He also won a game against Viktor Korchnoi, who then invited Seirawan to Switzerland, where Korchnoi was training for his 1981 world title match against Anatoly Karpov.[3]
🔰Seirawan qualified for the 1985 and 1988-1990 Candidates Tournaments. In the 1985 tournament in Montpellier he scored 7/15 placing joint 10th,[4] and in the 1988-1990 tournament in St John, a knockout tournament, he was knocked out by Jon Speelman in the preliminary round.
🔰Seirawan won the 2011 and 2012 Dutch Open Blitz championship. He is widely known for his expert commentary in live broadcasts on the Internet during important events. He has been named by the chess historian Edward Winter as one of the top five Internet broadcasters.
♦️ A memorable game by Seirawan👇
▪️Yasser Seirawan vs Vassily Ivanchuk
▪️Groningen,FIDE WCH k.o NED (1997), Groningen NED, rd 2, Dec-11
▪️King's Indian Defense: Six Pawns Attack (E77)
♦️ Review and download PGN file👇
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13. Nxc6??
Vietnamese GM has miscalculated.
13.Qe2=
13... Qxc4! 14. Nxe7+ Kh8 15.Qxc4
15. Na3 Qxc2 16. Nxc2 Rfe8 17. Bd6 Ne4 18. Ba3 Bf6)
15... Bxc4 16. Nd6 Bxf1 17. Kxf1 Rae8 18. Nxe8 Rxe8 19.Bd6 Bf8 0-1
Vietnamese GM has miscalculated.
13.Qe2=
13... Qxc4! 14. Nxe7+ Kh8 15.Qxc4
15. Na3 Qxc2 16. Nxc2 Rfe8 17. Bd6 Ne4 18. Ba3 Bf6)
15... Bxc4 16. Nd6 Bxf1 17. Kxf1 Rae8 18. Nxe8 Rxe8 19.Bd6 Bf8 0-1
35... Nef5?
In this complicated position, Black could not find the only way to win the game.
35... Ne4! 36. Qxf7 Ng3+ 37. Kg1 Nxf1 38. Kxf1 Nf5 and now:
A) 39. Rxa6 Qxb2 -+
B) 39. Ra2 Qb3 -+
C) 39. g4 Qg3 -+
36. Rxf5 Nxf5 37. Qxf5 Qxb2 38.
Qf3 Qb1+ 39. Kh2 Qb8+ 40. Kh1 Qd6 =
In this complicated position, Black could not find the only way to win the game.
35... Ne4! 36. Qxf7 Ng3+ 37. Kg1 Nxf1 38. Kxf1 Nf5 and now:
A) 39. Rxa6 Qxb2 -+
B) 39. Ra2 Qb3 -+
C) 39. g4 Qg3 -+
36. Rxf5 Nxf5 37. Qxf5 Qxb2 38.
Qf3 Qb1+ 39. Kh2 Qb8+ 40. Kh1 Qd6 =