❇️ Today is birthday of Bassem Amin!!
Egyptian chess grandmaster

🌺 🌹🌷🌸💐☘️🌹 Happy birthday Bassem 👏👏👏👏
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Zurab Azmaiparashvili, Mikhail Gurevich and Aleksandr Khalifman. USSR, late 1980s?

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Alexander Alekhine v. Karel Hromadka, 1st round, Prague, 5th December 1942.

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In the 1930s Frank Marshall captained the US team to four gold medals at four Chess Olympiads.

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❇️ Ivan Sokolov
Dutch chess grandmaster
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#about_Sokolov

❇️ Ivan Sokolov
Dutch chess grandmaster

🔰Ivan Sokolov is a Dutch chess grandmaster. Sokolov won the 1988 Yugoslav Championship and in 1995 and 1998 the Dutch Championship. Before earning the GM title, he became a FIDE Master in 1985 and an International Master in 1986.

🔘 Born: June 13, 1968
🔺Jajce, Bosnia and Herzegovina
🔘Title: Grandmaster
🔘FIDE rating: 2573
🔘Peak rating: 2706 (January 2004)

🔰Ivan Sokolov was born on the 13th of June 1968 in Bosnia (formerly Yugoslavia). Awarded the GM title in 1987 and Yugoslav Champion in 1988 he was 1st= at Portoroz 1987, 1st= in Belgrade and 1st= in Saltsjöbaden. He also played on the Yugoslav Olympiad team in 1988. He now represents the Netherlands in Olympiads and various other team championships.

♦️ A memorable game by Sokolov👇
🔹Ivan Sokolov vs Jan Timman
🔹Sigeman and Co (1997), Malmo SWE, rd 6, Jun-??
🔹Gruenfeld Defense: Exchange Variation (D85)

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▪️ Ivan Sokolov vs Jan Timman, Sigeman and Co (1997)
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🔸FIDE World Junior Championships U20 2018
🔸Round 1
⚪️Karthikeyan,Murali (2605)
⚫️Pigeat,Alexandre (2347)
🔸1-0

9... Bd6?
French Fide master should have played 9...Be7.
10. Ndf3 Qe4 11. Nxf7! Bxh2+ 12. Kxh2 Qxe2 13. Nd6+ Kd7 14. Bxe2 Kxd6 15. Bf4+ Ke7 16. Rad1 +/-
White is a pawn down, but his two-bishop advantage and better development offer him a sufficient compensation.

🔸FIDE World Junior Championships U20 2018
🔸Round 1
⚪️Ozen,Bahadir (2326)
⚫️Tabatabaei,M.amin (2576)
🔸0-1

22...Nbd7?
Tabatabaei missed an opportunity: 22...Bxg4! 23.Nxg4 Nh5+ 24.Kg2 Nf4+ 25.Kg1 Nxd3 -+
23.a4 b3 24.Ra1 Rb8 25.Ra3 Rb4 26.Nd2 Nb6 =

🔸FIDE World Junior Championships U20 2018
🔸Round 2
⚪️Maghsoodloo,Parham (2649)
⚫️Haldorsen,Benjamin (2461)
🔸1-0

25...Rf7 ?
25...Rad8!
Black should have found this tactical solution to take control over the d- file and seize some compensation for the pawn.
A)26.Rxd7 Rxd7 27.Kh3 h5 =
B)26.Bxd8 Ne3+ 27.Kf3 Nxd1 28.Bg5 Nxb2 =
26.Rd6 Ne5 27.Rxe6 Nc4 28.Nd6 Nxb2 29.Nxf7 Kxf7 30.Rae1 Bxc3 31.Re7+ Kf8 32.R1e2 Na4 33.Bf2 1-0

🔸FIDE World Junior Championships U20 2018
🔸Round 3
⚪️Jarmula,Lukasz (2504)
⚫️Maghsoodloo,Parham (2649)
🔸0-1

46.f3??
Polish International master who has so far failed to exploit his advantage, after this blunder will find himself in a losing position.
A) 46.exf4 !
A1) 46...Bxe6 47. Nxe6 gxf4 48. f3=
A2) 46...Ng4+?? 47. Kg3 +-
B) 46.Qe7?? Ng4+ 47.Kh3 Qh1+ 48.Kxg4 Qg2# 0-1
46...exf3 47.exf4 Bxe6 48.Nxe6 Qc2 49.f5+ Kh5 50.Ng7+ Kh4 51.Qd4+ Ng4+ 0-1

⚫️#661 (Strategy-Black to Move)
🔸Ree,H
🔸Portisch,L
🔸Wijk aan Zee, 1968

There has just been a queen exchange on d1 and one might get the impression that the game is entering peaceful waters. However, Portisch now initiates active measures in which his light-squared bishop will play a crucial role.
7...b6!
Considering that White is eager to play c2-c3 to secure his king on c2, Black hurries to put the bishop on the f1-a6 diagonal, where it will touch the key square on d3.
8.c3?!
After seeing the game, you will probably share my anxious feelings about this natural move!
8.h3 Ba6 9.Be3 0-0-0+ 10.Nbd2 Nf6 11.Kc1 intending b2-b3 and Kb2, with much safer play than in the game.
8...Ba6 9.Bf1
White tries to swap the dangerous enemy bishop.
9...0-0-0+ 10.Nbd2 Bb7!
Very strong. After having displaced its colleague, the bishop shifts to the long diagonal, where it will put pressure on the e4-pawn.
11.Kc2 Nf6 12.Bd3
An awkward square for the bishop;
12...h6 13.Re1 g5!
Black continues with active play. He now intends ... g5-g4 followed by ...Ne5.