🔹 Champions Chess960 Showdown 2018
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Stein vs Geller, Spassky vs Bronstein, Kortschnoi vs Kholomov, Moscow 1963.

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Baku, July 1980. Grandmaster and future World Champion Garry Kasparov, with his mother Klara.

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"I will not hide the fact that I love to hear the spectators react after a sacrifice of a piece or pawn. I don't think that there is anything bad in such a feeling; no artist or musician is indifferent to the reactions of the public

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The Iranian phenom GM Maghsoodloo Parham just won AGAIN to win 2018 World Junior Championship with 1 round to spare! His score so far is 9.5/10 and his current LIVE rating is 2690+!

Congratulations to 18-year-old Parham Maghsoodloo, the 2018 World Junior Champion and Iranian super talented player with a round to spare after scoring a stunning 2976 rating performance!

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⚪️#3 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Sindarov,Javokhir (2484)
🔸Christiansen,Johan-Sebastian (2525)
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19.Rxf6!!
A strong exchange sacrifice to destroy the opponent's king shelter. Then, White can quickly launch a mating attack against the Black's king by coordination between his queen and knights.
19. Nhf5 Rg8 20. Qh4 Nh7 21. Qe7 Rc8+/= The position is not hopeless for Black.
19. Bxe6 Qxe6 20.Nhf5 Rg8 21. Qh4 Bd8+/= White is better, However, realizing this advantage is not easy.
19...gxf6 20.Nhf5
What price can be put on this knight?
19...Rg8
20... Bxf5 21. Nxf5 Rg8 22. Qh4 Rg6 23. Nxh6 Qf8 24. Nf5+ Kg8 25. Qh5! Rg5 26. Bxf7+ Qxf7 27. Nh6+ Kh7 28. Qxf7+ Rg7 29. Qxf6 Bd8 30. Qe6 Rg6 31. Qd7+ Kxh6 32. Qxb7+-
21.Qh4 Rg6 22. Nxh6 Kg7 23.Nhf5+ Kg8 24.Rf1!
The rook joins the attack by heading for h3. By lifting the rook to the third rank, White is ready to increase the firepower along the h-file.
24...Bxc4 25.Nxc4 Qe6 26.Rf3 Rd8 27.Nce3
27. Rh3! Kf8 28.Rg3 Ke8 (28...Rxg3 29.hxg3 Ke8 30.Ng7+) 29.Rxg6 fxg6 30.Ng7+ Ke7 31.Nxe6
27...Bb6 28.Rh3 Kf8 29.Rg3 Kg8 30.Ng4! Rd6 31.Nxd6 Qxd6 32.Nh6+
32... Kf8 33.Nf5 Rxg3 (33... Qc5 34.Qh8+ Rg8 35.Rxg8#) 34.hxg3+-
1-0

⚪️#3 (Endgame-Black to Move)
🔸Priasmoro,Novendra (2498)
🔸Zhao,Chenxi (2275)
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44...Rc8!! [44...g5!? 45.fxg5+ Kxg5 46.Kf3=; 44...Nd8? 45.Bd4+ Kg6 46.Re5 Rf8 47.Bc5 Rg8 48.Re7+–]

45.Bc5? [45.Ra4 c5 46.Rxc4 Rc6 47.Ba5 b5–+; 45.Re5 Nxf4 46.Bd4 Ne6 47.Rd5+ Nxd4 48.Rxd4 b5=]

45...Rd8 46.Be3 Rd1 47.Kf3 Rf1+ 48.Ke2 Rb1 49.g4 Rxb2+ 50.Kf3 g6 51.Bf2 c5 52.gxf5 gxf5 53.h4 Rb3 54.Be1 Kg6 55.Ke3 Kh5 56.Kf3 Rb1 57.Bf2 Rb5 58.Rxb5 axb5 59.Kg3 b6 60.Kf3 Nc7 61.Bg3 Nd5 62.Be1 b4 63.axb4 cxb4 64.cxb4 b5 65.Bf2 Nxb4 66.Bc5 Nd5 0–1

⚫️#4 (Strategy-Black to Move)
🔸Dobrovoljc,Vid (2316)
🔸Nikitenko,Mihail (2368)
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Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 4
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C: b4 – 7
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 58%
@TakTakin, Gavin, @Afshin3333, @RebelJohnny, @SteveWongso, @Sophia_Peng, Yiyi

A: Bb4 – 5
👍👍👍👍👍 42%
Jayden, @mn_aut, @RichardPeng, Ashish, Zhenrui

B: Rcd8
▫️ 0%

👥 12 people voted so far.

⚪️#4 (Endgame-White to Move)
🔸Mohammad,Nubairshah Shaikh (2443)
🔸Tarlabasi,Emirhan (2193)
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Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 4
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C: Nc7 – 9
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 90%
@khodashenasmersad, Jonas, @SteveWongso, @mn_aut, @Sophia_Peng, @RichardPeng, Yiyi, @AryanLeekha, Zhenrui

A: Rc8 – 1
👍 10%
@DTchess

B: N×f6
▫️ 0%

👥 10 people voted so far.

World Juniors 2018 Round 10: Parham Maghsoodloo is the champion!
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