Moscow, 5th December 1976. In the 6th round of the 44th USSR Championship, World Champion Anatoly Karpov faces Belorussian master Viktor Kupreichik.
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☑️ USSR Championship (1976), Moscow
⚪️ Anatoly Karpov
⚫️ Viktor Kupreichik
Spanish Game: Bird Variation (C61)
Result : 1-0
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⚪️ Anatoly Karpov
⚫️ Viktor Kupreichik
Spanish Game: Bird Variation (C61)
Result : 1-0
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Leonid Stein (USSR 'A') in play v. Eduard Gufeld (USSR 'B') in the National Tournament of 3 Teams in Moscow, April 24th, 1973.
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This was Stein's last tournament - his sudden death at the age of 38 a few months later shocked the chess world.
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♦️ Today is birthday of Vasilios Kotronias
Greek chess grandmaster and chess author
🌺 🌹🌷🌸💐☘️🌹 Happy birthday Vasilios 👏👏👏👏
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Greek chess grandmaster and chess author
🌺 🌹🌷🌸💐☘️🌹 Happy birthday Vasilios 👏👏👏👏
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🔹 Vasilios Kotronias
🔹Greek chess grandmaster and chess author
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🔹 Vasilios Kotronias
🔹Greek chess grandmaster and chess author
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🛄 #about_Kotronias
🔹 Vasilios Kotronias
🔹Greek chess grandmaster and chess author
🔰 Vasilios Kotronias is a Greek chess grandmaster and chess author. He is ten-time Greek Chess Champion. Kotronias was awarded the titles of International Master in 1986 and Grandmaster in 1990.
🔘Country: Greece
🔻Cyprus (1998–2004)
🔘Born: 25 August 1964 (age 54)
🔻Athens, Greece
🔘Title: Grandmaster (1990)
🔘FIDE rating: 2505 (August 2018)
🔘Peak rating: 2628 (January 2008)
🔰 Vasilios Kotronias was born in Athens. Since then he has been one of Greece's leading representatives at Olympiads and other international events.
His tournament achievements include joint first places at Panormo 1998 and Gibraltar 2003. He has participated in three of FIDE's World Championship knockout tournaments, but has never made it further than the second round. Kotronias is an eight time Greek champion.
🔰Between 1998 and 2004, he represented Cyprus, but has since switched federations to become a Greek national player once again.
He was a candidate for the European Parliament with The River, in the elections of 25 May 2014.
♦️ A memorable game by Vasilios Kotronias👇
🔸Vasilios Kotronias vs Francisco Vallejo Pons
🔸10th European Individual Championship (2009), Budva MNE, rd 5, Mar-10
🔸Caro-Kann Defense: Classical Variation. Main lines (B18)
♦️Review and download PGN file👇
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🔹 Vasilios Kotronias
🔹Greek chess grandmaster and chess author
🔰 Vasilios Kotronias is a Greek chess grandmaster and chess author. He is ten-time Greek Chess Champion. Kotronias was awarded the titles of International Master in 1986 and Grandmaster in 1990.
🔘Country: Greece
🔻Cyprus (1998–2004)
🔘Born: 25 August 1964 (age 54)
🔻Athens, Greece
🔘Title: Grandmaster (1990)
🔘FIDE rating: 2505 (August 2018)
🔘Peak rating: 2628 (January 2008)
🔰 Vasilios Kotronias was born in Athens. Since then he has been one of Greece's leading representatives at Olympiads and other international events.
His tournament achievements include joint first places at Panormo 1998 and Gibraltar 2003. He has participated in three of FIDE's World Championship knockout tournaments, but has never made it further than the second round. Kotronias is an eight time Greek champion.
🔰Between 1998 and 2004, he represented Cyprus, but has since switched federations to become a Greek national player once again.
He was a candidate for the European Parliament with The River, in the elections of 25 May 2014.
♦️ A memorable game by Vasilios Kotronias👇
🔸Vasilios Kotronias vs Francisco Vallejo Pons
🔸10th European Individual Championship (2009), Budva MNE, rd 5, Mar-10
🔸Caro-Kann Defense: Classical Variation. Main lines (B18)
♦️Review and download PGN file👇
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807 B
🔹 Vasilios Kotronias - Francisco Vallejo Pons, 10th European Individual Championship (2009)
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37... e4??
Mamedyarov makes a huge blunder in a winning position.
37... Qg5 -+
38. Qxd3 1-0
Mamedyarov makes a huge blunder in a winning position.
37... Qg5 -+
38. Qxd3 1-0
61. Kf4??
Dominguez probably thought that grabbing the e6 pawn would be a mistake, but: 61. Rxe6! Bd7 62. Kg3 =
61... Kd6 62. Rg5 Rh4+ 63. Ke3 Rh3+ 64.Kd4 Rxa3 0-1
Dominguez probably thought that grabbing the e6 pawn would be a mistake, but: 61. Rxe6! Bd7 62. Kg3 =
61... Kd6 62. Rg5 Rh4+ 63. Ke3 Rh3+ 64.Kd4 Rxa3 0-1
30. Qe3??
Aronian's blunder.
30. Rg4 Rh1 -/+ would have put up more stubborn resistance.
30... Rxc4 0-1
Aronian's blunder.
30. Rg4 Rh1 -/+ would have put up more stubborn resistance.
30... Rxc4 0-1