Mamedyarov beats Anand & Nakamura beats Dominguez to share 1st place after the rapid section of the St. Louis Rapid & Blitz!
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"It was just a blackout" says Caruana about his blunder vs. Dominguez. His tournament hasn't been glorious after the first day, but he's well-placed before the blitz:
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GM Saleh Salem beats the tournament's top seed Le Quang Liem to catch up with the two leaders, Daniil Dubov and Anton Korobov, who played a draw in the 7th round.
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🔹 Anatoly Karpov
🔹 Russian chess grandmaster and former World Champion
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🔹 Anatoly Karpov
🔹 Russian chess grandmaster and former World Champion
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✅ #about_Karpov
🔹 Anatoly Karpov
🔹 Russian chess grandmaster and former World Champion
🔰 Anatoly Yevgenyevich Karpov is a Russian chess grandmaster and former World Champion. He was the official world champion from 1975 to 1985 when he was defeated by Garry Kasparov.
🔘 Full name: Anatoly Yevgenyevich Karpov
🔘 Country: Soviet Union Russia
🔘 Born: May 23, 1951 (age 67)
Zlatoust, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
🔘 Title: Grandmaster (1970)
🔘 World Champion: 1975–1985 & 1993–1999 (FIDE)
🔘 FIDE rating: 2623 (July 2018)
🔘 Peak rating: 2780 (July 1994)
🔰 Karpov's "boa constrictor" playing style is solidly positional, taking no risks but reacting mercilessly to any tiny errors made by his opponents. As a result, he is often compared to his idol, the famous José Raúl Capablanca, the third World Champion. Karpov himself describes his style as follows:
Let us say the game may be continued in two ways: one of them is a beautiful tactical blow that gives rise to variations that don't yield to precise calculations; the other is clear positional pressure that leads to an endgame with microscopic chances of victory.... I would choose [the latter] without thinking twice. If the opponent offers keen play I don't object; but in such cases I get less satisfaction, even if I win, than from a game conducted according to all the rules of strategy with its ruthless logic.
♦️ A memorable game by Karpov from Moscow 1971 which named "That Really Hort!" in chessgames.com site!👇
🔸 Anatoly Karpov vs Vlastimil Hort
🔸Moscow (1971), Moscow URS, rd 11, Dec-08
🔸Sicilian Defense: Scheveningen Variation. Keres Attack (B81)
Review and download PGN file👇
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🔹 Anatoly Karpov
🔹 Russian chess grandmaster and former World Champion
🔰 Anatoly Yevgenyevich Karpov is a Russian chess grandmaster and former World Champion. He was the official world champion from 1975 to 1985 when he was defeated by Garry Kasparov.
🔘 Full name: Anatoly Yevgenyevich Karpov
🔘 Country: Soviet Union Russia
🔘 Born: May 23, 1951 (age 67)
Zlatoust, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
🔘 Title: Grandmaster (1970)
🔘 World Champion: 1975–1985 & 1993–1999 (FIDE)
🔘 FIDE rating: 2623 (July 2018)
🔘 Peak rating: 2780 (July 1994)
🔰 Karpov's "boa constrictor" playing style is solidly positional, taking no risks but reacting mercilessly to any tiny errors made by his opponents. As a result, he is often compared to his idol, the famous José Raúl Capablanca, the third World Champion. Karpov himself describes his style as follows:
Let us say the game may be continued in two ways: one of them is a beautiful tactical blow that gives rise to variations that don't yield to precise calculations; the other is clear positional pressure that leads to an endgame with microscopic chances of victory.... I would choose [the latter] without thinking twice. If the opponent offers keen play I don't object; but in such cases I get less satisfaction, even if I win, than from a game conducted according to all the rules of strategy with its ruthless logic.
♦️ A memorable game by Karpov from Moscow 1971 which named "That Really Hort!" in chessgames.com site!👇
🔸 Anatoly Karpov vs Vlastimil Hort
🔸Moscow (1971), Moscow URS, rd 11, Dec-08
🔸Sicilian Defense: Scheveningen Variation. Keres Attack (B81)
Review and download PGN file👇
@unitychess
22. Qe7??
A miscalculation.
22. Ne7!+ Kh8 23. Rd4
A)23...Rb8 24. Ng6+ hxg6 25. Qxf8+ Kh7 26. Qd6=
B)23... Be6 24. Bxa8 Rxa8 =
22... Qxe7
22... Bf5!!+ 23. gxf5 Qg3 24. Rd4 Qxg2 -+ Black is up a whole rook.
23.Nxe7+ Kh8 24. Rd2 Rb8 25. c5 Nxg4 26. c6 Nxe3 27. c7 Be6 28. cxb8=Q Rxb8 29.Be4 g6 30. Nc6 Nc4 31. Rd4 Rb6 0-1
A miscalculation.
22. Ne7!+ Kh8 23. Rd4
A)23...Rb8 24. Ng6+ hxg6 25. Qxf8+ Kh7 26. Qd6=
B)23... Be6 24. Bxa8 Rxa8 =
22... Qxe7
22... Bf5!!+ 23. gxf5 Qg3 24. Rd4 Qxg2 -+ Black is up a whole rook.
23.Nxe7+ Kh8 24. Rd2 Rb8 25. c5 Nxg4 26. c6 Nxe3 27. c7 Be6 28. cxb8=Q Rxb8 29.Be4 g6 30. Nc6 Nc4 31. Rd4 Rb6 0-1
32. Qd1??
The Indian GM did not find the only defence.
32. Be4! Qxe4 33. Rxb2! Rxb2 34. Qc8+ Kg7 35. Qc3+ e5 36. Qxb2 -/+
Black has an extra pawn, but winning this would be difficult.
32... Qxa2 33. Be4 a3 34. Qc2 Qb3 0-1
The Indian GM did not find the only defence.
32. Be4! Qxe4 33. Rxb2! Rxb2 34. Qc8+ Kg7 35. Qc3+ e5 36. Qxb2 -/+
Black has an extra pawn, but winning this would be difficult.
32... Qxa2 33. Be4 a3 34. Qc2 Qb3 0-1
40... Re8?
Black should have complicated the game with 40... Rc3! and now:
A) 41. Bxe6 41... Rg3+ 42. Kh1 Rh3+ 43. Kg1 Rg3+ 44. Kf1 fxe6 45. Rb7+ Kf8 46.Rc1 Bh3+ 47. Ke2 Bg4+ 48. Kf1 Bh3+ perpetual check.
B) 41. Re2 Nxg5 42. Bxe6 Nh3+ 43. Kh2 fxe6 44. a5 Nxf4 = with counterplay.
41. Rb7 Rc3 42. Rxf7+ Kh8 43. Bxe4 Bxe4 44.Nd5 Rg3+ 45. Kh2 Kg8 46. Kxg3 Kxf7 47. Nf6 1-0
Black should have complicated the game with 40... Rc3! and now:
A) 41. Bxe6 41... Rg3+ 42. Kh1 Rh3+ 43. Kg1 Rg3+ 44. Kf1 fxe6 45. Rb7+ Kf8 46.Rc1 Bh3+ 47. Ke2 Bg4+ 48. Kf1 Bh3+ perpetual check.
B) 41. Re2 Nxg5 42. Bxe6 Nh3+ 43. Kh2 fxe6 44. a5 Nxf4 = with counterplay.
41. Rb7 Rc3 42. Rxf7+ Kh8 43. Bxe4 Bxe4 44.Nd5 Rg3+ 45. Kh2 Kg8 46. Kxg3 Kxf7 47. Nf6 1-0
28... b6??
Giving victory to the opponent. Black could have played:
28... Bxh4 29. b4 Na4 30. Bd2 Rc7 31. Rc1 Kd8 32. Rxc7 Kxc7 33.Bc4 b5 34. axb6+ Kxb6 35. Bf7 Kc7 36. Bxg6 Nb6+/= A draw would be the most likely result.
29. axb6 Rb8 30. Be3 Rxb6 31.Rc1 1-0
Giving victory to the opponent. Black could have played:
28... Bxh4 29. b4 Na4 30. Bd2 Rc7 31. Rc1 Kd8 32. Rxc7 Kxc7 33.Bc4 b5 34. axb6+ Kxb6 35. Bf7 Kc7 36. Bxg6 Nb6+/= A draw would be the most likely result.
29. axb6 Rb8 30. Be3 Rxb6 31.Rc1 1-0