36.Kf3 [36.Rd7+! Kh6 37.Kf3 Rf8+ 38.Ke4 Rf2 39.Kd5 Rf3 (39...Rd2+ 40.Kc6 Rxc2 41.b3 Rh2 42.Kxc5 Rxh3 43.Kxb4 Rxg3 44.c5 Rg4+ 45.Kb5 h4 46.c6 Rg5+ 47.Kb4 Rg4+ 48.Kc5 Rg5+ 49.Kd6 Rg3 50.c7 Rd3+ 51.Kc6 Rc3+ 52.Kb7 h3 53.Rd8 Kh7 54.Rd3 Rxd3 (54...h2 55.Rxc3 h1Q+ 56.Rc6+–) 55.c8Q h2 56.Qc7++–) 40.Kxc5 Rxg3 41.Rd3 h4 42.Kxb4 Rxd3 43.cxd3 g5 44.c5 g4 45.hxg4 h3 46.c6 h2 47.c7 h1Q 48.c8Q Qb1 49.Qh8+ Kg5 50.Qh5+ Kf4 51.Qf5+ Kg3 52.Ka3; 36.Kf3 Rf8+ 37.Kg2 a5 (37...Re8 38.Rd7+ Kh6 39.Kf3 Rf8+ 40.Ke4± Rf2 41.Kd5 a5 42.Kxc5 Rxc2 43.b3 Rxa2 44.Kb5+–) 38.Rd5 Re8 39.Kf3 Rf8+ 40.Ke3 Re8+ 41.Kf2 Rc8 42.b3 Kf6 43.h4±; 36.Rd2 Re4 37.b3 Re3 38.Rd6 Rc3 39.Ra6 g5!]½–½

⚪️#11 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Lodici,Lorenzo (2458)
🔸Ozen,Bahadir (2326)
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Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 11
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A: 19.h4 – 13
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 81%
@TakTakin, @Asaman123, Jonas, Nikhil, Vincent, @Jam0007, @Sophia_Peng, @RichardPeng, Michael, Alan, Sanjana, @chessnoob, Matthew

B: 19.Bxg6 – 2
👍 13%
Jayden, Alexander

C: 19.Be1 – 1
👍 6%
Zhenrui

👥 16 people voted so far.

⚫️#11 (Endgame-Black to Move)
🔸Wong,Yinn Long (2261)
🔸Ozer,Omer Faruk (2388)
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Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 11
public poll

A: 81.Kf2 – 14
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 93%
Jonas, Nikhil, Jayden, Vincent, @M_kamali3010, @Jam0007, Alexander, @Sophia_Peng, @RichardPeng, Michael, Zhenrui, Sanjana, @chessnoob, Matthew

B: 81.Ke2 – 1
👍 7%
Alan

C: 81.Kg2
▫️ 0%

👥 15 people voted so far.

🅾️ Today is birthday of Pouya Idani !!
Iranian chess grandmaster

❤️🌹💐☘️🌷🌺🌸❤️ Happy birthday Dear Pouya!! 👏👏👏👏
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USA favourites as Olympiad set to begin in Batumi.

Susan Polgar:

I have personally played 56 games in Chess Olympiad, all on board 1, never lost a single game, never rested any round, won 10 medals (5 gold, 4 silver, 1 bronze). Always proud to represent my countries (Hungary/USA).

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Viktor Korchnoi(left) playing blitz with Walter Browne Lone Pine 1981. At his best, Browne could take anyone in blitz.

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GM Alexander Nikolayevich Panchenko (1953-2009) USSR awarded the GM title in 1980. He had good tournament wins at Sochi 1980 and Bayamo 1988. He was also Soviet U26 Champion in 1978.

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Leonid Yudasin vs Vladimir Kramnik, Wijk aan Zee, 1994
Black to move and win...

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17th Chess Olympiad, 1966 Havana, USSR Winners.

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#mamedyarov_chess_quotes_002

🔹 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov
🔹 Azerbaijani chess grandmaster
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#about_mamedyarov

🔹 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov
🔹 Azerbaijani chess grandmaster

🔰 Shakhriyar Hamid oglu Mamedyarov is an Azerbaijani chess grandmaster. He is ranked as No. 1 in Azerbaijan and No. 3 in the world as of September 2018. His personal best rating of 2820 makes him the sixth-highest-rated player of all times in chess history.

🔘Full name: Şəhriyar Həmid oğlu Məmmədyarov
🔘Country: Azerbaijan
🔘Born: 12 April 1985 (age 33)
🔺Sumgait, Azerbaijan SSR, Soviet Union
🔘Title: Grandmaster (2002)
🔘FIDE rating: 2820 (September 2018)
🔘Peak rating: 2820 (September 2018)
🔘Ranking: No. 3 (September 2018)
🔘Peak ranking: No. 2 (February 2018)
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🔰 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov's Medal record:👇
🔵 Representing Azerbaijan Men's Chess
🔹 European Championship
🔹 Bronze medal – third place 2007 Crete Team
🔹 Gold medal – first place 2009 Novi Sad Team
🔹 Silver medal – second place 2011 Porto Carras Team
🔹 Gold medal – first place 2013 Warsaw Team
🔹 Gold medal – first place 2017 Crete Tea

♦️ A memorable game by Mamedyarov👇👇
▪️ The game "Mamed Said Knock You Out" named in chessgames.com site is exactly a memorable and spectacular game by Mamedyarov which accompany with sacrificing a piece for space achieving and attack lines opening!!👇

🔸 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov vs Vassily Ivanchuk
🔸 Tal Memorial (2007), Moscow, rd 3, Nov-12
🔸 Semi-Slav Defense: General (D43)

♦️ Review and download PGN 👇
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🔹 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov - Vassily Ivanchuk, Moscow 2007
🔹 PGN format
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