⚫️#619 (Strategy-Black to Move)
🔸Taimanov,M
🔸Gulko,B
🔸USSR Championship, Moscow, 1976

19...h6!
Before starting the minority attack on the queenside, Black neutralize the threat of h4-h5.
20.Re4?!
20.Qd3 was better though after 20...Qf5 Black has a good position.
20... b5! 21.Ree1
21.Qd3 is met by 21...Qf5 and his position is awkward because of the unfortunate position of the rook on e4.
21...Qf5 22.Qe2 Nf6 23.Nd2 Qc2!=/+

⚪️#620 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Gulko,B
🔸Ponomariov,R
🔸Pamplona, 1996

20.g4! fxg4 21.hxg4 Bg6 22.Qc3!
White found the weakness in Black's camp.
22...Rxd1
After 22...e4 White would play 23 Nh4 and Black cannot take because of mate on g7. His position would simply be losing.
23.Rxd1 Bb8 24.Qd2 Bc7 25.Qg5!+/-

⚫️#621 (Strategy-Black to Move)
🔸Suetin,A
🔸Gulko,B
🔸Moscow, 1972

Unity Chess Multiple Choice 621
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B: Rb4 – 5
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 63%
@payam6661, @Sophia_Peng, @AryanLeekha, Rachel, Zhenrui

A: Rh8 – 2
👍👍👍 25%
@RichardPeng, George

C: Bc8 – 1
👍 13%
@YaminiG

👥 8 people voted so far.

⚪️#622 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Gulko,B
🔸Panno,O
🔸Vina del Mar, 1988

Unity Chess Multiple Choice 622
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B: Bc1 – 4
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 50%
@payam6661, @Sophia_Peng, @AryanLeekha, Rachel

C: B×c4 – 4
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 50%
@YaminiG, @RichardPeng, George, Zhenrui

A: a4
▫️ 0%

👥 8 people voted so far.

Magnus Carlsen and Fabiano Caruana Sign Championship Match Contracts.

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Magnus Carlsen is back for Round 1 of the #SinquefieldCup that starts today, and there was some fighting talk on the eve of battle!

https://bit.ly/2OLQuyl

The Sinquefield Cup sees Magnus Carlsen and 9 more of the world's best players compete in the Saint Louis Chess Club from 18-27 August 2018. The event is the last leg of the 2018 Grand Chess Tour before the final in London, with Carlsen joining the tour regulars as a wild card. In addition to tour points the prize fund is $300,000, with $75,000 for 1st place.

Players receive 100 minutes for 40 moves then 60 minutes for the rest of the game, with a 30-second delay from move 1. A tie for first place will be decided in a 2-game rapid mini-match (10 min + 5 sec delay), only between the top two, and if necessary an Armageddon game (5 vs. 4) on 28 August at 13:00 local time. Official website:

♦️ Grand Chess Tour:
https://grandchesstour.org/2018-grand-chess-tour/2018-sinquefield-cup

♦️ chess24:
https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/grand-chess-tour-sinquefield-cup-2018#live

Winners of the 1964 Chess Olympiad at Tel Aviv. Left to right: Leonid Stein, Vassily Smyslov, Mikhail Botvinnik, Boris Spassky, Paul Keres and Tigran Petrosian.

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Sammy Reshevsky & Bobby Fischer, during their 1961 match (New York/Los Angeles). On the board is the final position from the 5th game, which features in 'My 60 Memorable Games.

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☑️ Fischer - Reshevsky (1961), Los Angeles, CA USA, rd 5,

⚪️🇺🇸 Samuel Reshevsky
⚫️🇺🇸 Robert James Fischer

Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch Defense. Main Line (D42)

Result : 0-1

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“We cannot resist the fascination of sacrifice since a passion for sacrifices is part of a Chessplayer’s nature”

🔸 Rudolf Spielmann

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Reykjavík World Cup, October 1988- 7th-round , GM Andrei Sokolov (then USSR, now France) and World Champion Garry Kasparov. Sokolov won this game in 44 moves.

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☑️ Reykjavik World Cup (1988)

⚪️ Andrei Sokolov
⚫️ Garry Kasparov

Sicilian Defense: Najdorf. Amsterdam Variation (B93)

Result : 1-0

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