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πŸ›„ Chess History - Tournaments
πŸ”Έ Bad Kissingen 1928

πŸ”Ή Twelve of the best masters around came to the Bavarian spa town of Bad Kissingen for an all-star tournament:

πŸ”»Efim Bogoljubov,
πŸ”» Jose Raul Capablanca,
πŸ”»Max Euwe
πŸ”»Frank James Marshall
πŸ”»Jacques Mieses
πŸ”»Aron Nimzowitsch
πŸ”»Richard Reti
πŸ”»Akiba Rubinstein
πŸ”»Rudolf Spielmann
πŸ”»Siegbert Tarrasch
πŸ”»Savielly Tartakower
πŸ”»Fred Dewhirst Yates

πŸ”Ή While this was an opportunity for Capablanca to regain some of his luster after the match with Alekhine, it was Bogoljubov who pulled another one of those commanding performances out of his hat to finish on top by a point. Such performances provided a good reason for Alekhine to pick him as a match opponent.

πŸ”Ή A big push in the middle of the tournament gave Bogoljubov a 1.5 point lead over Capablanca, whom Spielmann had defeated in round 6 for what would prove to be his only victory in the event. Capablanca got to within 1/2 point by defeating Bogoljubov in round 9, but no closer. The tournament also saw an excellent performance by Max Euwe, who stayed near the top before fading at the very end.

βœ”οΈ The final standings and crosstable was as aboveπŸ‘†
βœ”οΈ Download "Bad Kissingen Games Database" by PGN formatπŸ‘‡

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βœ”οΈ Bad Kissingen Games Database
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πŸ”ΈBad Kissingen

β–ͺ️Seated: Nimzowitsch, Capablanca, Tarrrasch and Marshall.
β–ͺ️Standing: Euwe, Yates, Tartakower, Spielmann, RΓ©ti, Mieses e Bogoljubow.

πŸ”ΈGermany, 1928
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The Russian Championship Superfinal starts tomorrow with a really strong field.

The average rating of the tournament is 2685 with Ian Nepomniachtchi (2768) as the top seed.

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πŸ”ΉEfim Bogoljubov
πŸ”ΉRussian German chess grandmaster

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πŸ›„ #about_Bogoljubo

πŸ”ΉEfim Bogoljubov
πŸ”ΉRussian German chess grandmaster

πŸ”°Efim Dmitriyevich Bogolyubov was a Russian-born German chess grandmaster who won numerous events and played two matches against Alexander Alekhine for the world championship

πŸ”˜Full name: Efim Dmitriyevich Bogolyubov
πŸ”˜Country: Russia Germany
πŸ”˜Born: April 14, 1889
πŸ”»Stanislavchyk, Tarashcha Uyezd, Kiev Governorate, Russian Empire (now Kiev Oblast, Ukraine)
πŸ”˜Died: June 18, 1952 (aged 63)
πŸ”»Triberg im Schwarzwald, West Germany
πŸ”˜Title: Grandmaster (1951)

πŸ”°Efim Dimitrievich Bogoljubov was born in Stanislavchyk, Kiev. After being a prisoner in Germany during the First World War he was 1st at Berlin 1919.
His first great international success came at Bad Pistyan (1922). After sharing 1st with Alexander Alekhine and Geza Maroczy at Karlsbad (1923), he won both the USSR Championship (1924) and the USSR Championship (1925). He then relocated to Germany. His greatest international victory came at Moscow (1925), where he finished 1.5 points ahead of a field that included Emanuel Lasker as well as Jose Raul Capablanca, the former and current World champions. At Bad Kissingen (1928), he again won first prize ahead of Capablanca, and in 1929 Alekhine - Bogoljubov World Championship Match (1929) and 1934 Alekhine - Bogoljubov World Championship Rematch (1934) he played two World Championship matches with Alekhine, losing both times.

πŸ”°After World War II he only played in a few tournaments. FIDE first awarded the International Grandmaster title in 1950, but denied the title to Bogoljubov because they claimed he had been an ardent supporter of Hitler. FIDE awarded him the title the following year.

πŸ’  A memorable game by Efim Bogoljubov from Bad Kissingen which he won this super tournamentπŸ‘‡
β–ͺ️Efim Bogoljubov vs Akiba Rubinstein
β–ͺ️Bad Kissingen (1928), Bad Kissingen GER, rd 7, Aug-18
β–ͺ️Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical Defense. Alekhine System Main Line (D29)

πŸ’  PGN format of this game is in:πŸ‘‡
"Bad Kissingen Games Database" πŸ‘‰|https://t.me/unitychess/11324 |
πŸ’  Review the gameπŸ‘‡
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Caruana Takes Sinquefield Lead, World #1 Ranking At Stake ...

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Rd 6 at Sinquefield Cup: Caruana beat Karjakin. Grischuk-Carlsen, Mamedyarov-Vachier_Lagrave, Nakamura-Aronian, and So-Anand all drew. Caruana leads with 4 out of 6. Aronian, Mamedyarov, Grischuk, and Carlsen all have 3.5 out of 6. Anand and MVL have 3 out of 6. so has 2.5/6.

Today Fabiano Caruana faces off against #WorldChampion Magnus Carlsen.

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Standings after Round 6

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βœ… Sinquefield Cup 2018 - Round 6

βšͺοΈπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Fabiano Caruana
βš«οΈπŸ‡·πŸ‡Ί Sergey Karjakin

Result : 1-0

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πŸ”Ή Caruana, Fabiano (2822) vs. Karjakin, Sergey (2773) -Sinquefield Cup 2018
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πŸ”Ή Analysed by Chess.com

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Player matchups round 7

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πŸ”Ή 6th Sinquefield Cup 2018 - Round 6
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♦️Today is Birthday of Arpad Elo
♦️ The Elo Rating System Creator
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πŸ”° The Elo rating system

πŸ”Ή Elo is best known for his system of rating chess players. The original chess rating system was developed in 1950 by Kenneth Harkness, the Business Manager of the United States Chess Federation. By 1960, using the data developed through the Harkness Rating System, Elo developed his own formula which had a sound statistical basis and constituted an improvement on the Harkness System. The new rating system was approved and passed at a meeting of the United States Chess Federation in St. Louis in 1960.

πŸ”ΉIn 1970, FIDE, the World Chess Federation, agreed to adopt the Elo Rating System. From then on until the mid-1980s, Elo himself made the rating calculations. At the time, the computational task was relatively easy because fewer than 2000 players were rated by FIDE.

πŸ”ΉFIDE reassigned the task of managing and computing the ratings to others, excluding Elo. FIDE also added new "Qualification for Rating" rules to its handbook awarding arbitrary ratings (typically in the 2200 range, which is the low end for a chess master) for players who scored at least 50 percent in the games played at selected events, such as named Chess Olympiads.[4][5] Elo and others[who?] objected to these new rules as arbitrary and politically driven.

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Bobby Fischer in the Marshall Club playing by telex in the Capablanca Memorial held in Havana in 1965.
Source: Chess Life, Sep 1965, page 191, taken from "Vindication for Bobby Fischer.

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