✳️ #about_Dominguez
🔹 Leinier Domínguez!!
🔹 Cuban chess grandmaster
🔰 Leinier Domínguez Pérez is a Cuban chess grandmaster. He competed in the FIDE World Chess Championship in 2002 and 2004, and the FIDE World Cup in 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013 and 2015. Domínguez Pérez was world champion in blitz chess in 2008.
🔘 Full name: Leinier Domínguez Pérez
🔘 Country: Cuba
🔘 Born: September 23, 1983 (age 34)
🔺Havana, Cuba
🔘 Title: Grandmaster (2001)
🔘 FIDE rating: 2739 (September 2018)
🔘 Peak rating: 2768 (May 2014)
🔘 Ranking: No. 20 (October 2017)
🔘 Peak ranking: No. 10 (May 2014)
🔰Dominguez is Latin America’s top player and a 4-time Champion of Cuba, a country that has held chess players in high regard since Jose Raul Capablanca reigned supreme as World Champion in the interwar years of the 20th century. In 2008 he became World Blitz Champion, with Alexander Grischuk remarking that Dominguez moves faster in over-the-board chess than any player he’s ever seen.
🔰 In classical chess Dominguez’ career has perhaps been characterised more by consistency than spectacular results, although his victory in the 2006 Magistral Ciutat de Barcelona-Casino stands out – he finished on 8/9 a full 1.5 points ahead of Vassily Ivanchuk. He also tied for first in Biel 2008 ahead of Magnus Carlsen and Etienne Bacrot, while five years later in 2013 he hit the chess headlines again by taking clear first at the Thessaloniki Grand Prix and breaking into the World Top 15.
♦️ A memorable game by Dominguez which has won So Wesley in 21 moves in 2014👇
▪️ Leinier Dominguez Perez vs Wesley So
▪️ Tata Steel (2014), Wijk aan Zee NED, rd 8, Jan-21
▪️ Russian Game: Nimzowitsch Attack (C42)
♦️ Review and download PGN file👇
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🔹 Leinier Domínguez!!
🔹 Cuban chess grandmaster
🔰 Leinier Domínguez Pérez is a Cuban chess grandmaster. He competed in the FIDE World Chess Championship in 2002 and 2004, and the FIDE World Cup in 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013 and 2015. Domínguez Pérez was world champion in blitz chess in 2008.
🔘 Full name: Leinier Domínguez Pérez
🔘 Country: Cuba
🔘 Born: September 23, 1983 (age 34)
🔺Havana, Cuba
🔘 Title: Grandmaster (2001)
🔘 FIDE rating: 2739 (September 2018)
🔘 Peak rating: 2768 (May 2014)
🔘 Ranking: No. 20 (October 2017)
🔘 Peak ranking: No. 10 (May 2014)
🔰Dominguez is Latin America’s top player and a 4-time Champion of Cuba, a country that has held chess players in high regard since Jose Raul Capablanca reigned supreme as World Champion in the interwar years of the 20th century. In 2008 he became World Blitz Champion, with Alexander Grischuk remarking that Dominguez moves faster in over-the-board chess than any player he’s ever seen.
🔰 In classical chess Dominguez’ career has perhaps been characterised more by consistency than spectacular results, although his victory in the 2006 Magistral Ciutat de Barcelona-Casino stands out – he finished on 8/9 a full 1.5 points ahead of Vassily Ivanchuk. He also tied for first in Biel 2008 ahead of Magnus Carlsen and Etienne Bacrot, while five years later in 2013 he hit the chess headlines again by taking clear first at the Thessaloniki Grand Prix and breaking into the World Top 15.
♦️ A memorable game by Dominguez which has won So Wesley in 21 moves in 2014👇
▪️ Leinier Dominguez Perez vs Wesley So
▪️ Tata Steel (2014), Wijk aan Zee NED, rd 8, Jan-21
▪️ Russian Game: Nimzowitsch Attack (C42)
♦️ Review and download PGN file👇
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SusanPolgar:
So special to win 1988 Olympiad Gold at Thessaloniki with my sisters. I was 19, Sofia 14 & Judit 12. Practically no one, except our family, believed that we could end the Soviet Women Olympiad dominance of winning Gold in EVERY Olympiad they played in!
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So special to win 1988 Olympiad Gold at Thessaloniki with my sisters. I was 19, Sofia 14 & Judit 12. Practically no one, except our family, believed that we could end the Soviet Women Olympiad dominance of winning Gold in EVERY Olympiad they played in!
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56 teams from 55 different nations took part. In the event of a draw, the tie-break was decided first by using the Buchholz system, then by match points.
The Soviet Union had won 10 of the previous 11 Olympiads, but this time they were bested by a Hungarian teenage team featuring 19-year-old Mádl as well as all three Polgár sisters: Zsuzsa (also 19), Zsófia (14), and Judit (12). The biggest star of the women's event was 12-year-old prodigy Judit, who scored 12½ points in 13 games and won her board as well as the overall performance rating.
Performance rating: Hungary Judit Polgár 2694
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/28th_Chess_Olympiad
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The Soviet Union had won 10 of the previous 11 Olympiads, but this time they were bested by a Hungarian teenage team featuring 19-year-old Mádl as well as all three Polgár sisters: Zsuzsa (also 19), Zsófia (14), and Judit (12). The biggest star of the women's event was 12-year-old prodigy Judit, who scored 12½ points in 13 games and won her board as well as the overall performance rating.
Performance rating: Hungary Judit Polgár 2694
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/28th_Chess_Olympiad
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Wikipedia
28th Chess Olympiad
The 28th Chess Olympiad, organized by FIDE and comprising an open and a women's tournament, as well as several other events designed to promote the game of chess, took place between November 12 and November 30, 1988, in Thessaloniki, Greece.
Jose Capablanca y Granperra (1888-1942), Cuban chess champ, to play Lasker for the World's Chess Championship.
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7.Rg1!?
An interesting novelty by Tabatabaei with the idea of g4-g5.
7...Bb7 8.g4 Nbd7 9.g5 Ne4 10.h4 Nxc3 11.Bxc3 Nc5 12.cxd5 Bxd5 13.Ne5 Ne4 14.Bd3 Nxc3 15.dxc3 with slight advantage for White.
An interesting novelty by Tabatabaei with the idea of g4-g5.
7...Bb7 8.g4 Nbd7 9.g5 Ne4 10.h4 Nxc3 11.Bxc3 Nc5 12.cxd5 Bxd5 13.Ne5 Ne4 14.Bd3 Nxc3 15.dxc3 with slight advantage for White.
17.Bxh7!!
Mohammad Amin's novelty works well and leads to a miniature win.
17...f5
17...Kxh7 18.Nf6+! gxf6 19.Qh5+ Kg8 20.gxf6+ with a forced mate.
18.Nf6! Rxf6 19.Qh5 Be5 20.O-O-O Qd6 21.Bxf5+ Kg8 22.gxf6 Qa3+ 23.Kb1 Bxf6 24.Rxd5! exf5 25.Rd7
1-0
Mohammad Amin's novelty works well and leads to a miniature win.
17...f5
17...Kxh7 18.Nf6+! gxf6 19.Qh5+ Kg8 20.gxf6+ with a forced mate.
18.Nf6! Rxf6 19.Qh5 Be5 20.O-O-O Qd6 21.Bxf5+ Kg8 22.gxf6 Qa3+ 23.Kb1 Bxf6 24.Rxd5! exf5 25.Rd7
1-0
25...Qf6?
25...f4!
Bilel should have played 25...f4! to force the Bishop for the Knight Exchange.
26.Rxg8 Rxg8 27.Bxc5 Bxc5 28.Qd3+ Kh8 29.d6 Rd8 30.Ne4 +/-
26.Rxg8!
Argentinian GM exploits his opponent's mistake and obtains a winning position with a few forcing moves.
26...Rxg8 27.Rf1! Rf8
27...f4 28.Bxc5 Bxc5 29.Ne4 Qf8 30.Qe6 +-
28.b4! Na4 29.Ne4 fxe4
29...Qe7 30.Qxh6+ +-
30.Rxf6 Rxf6 31.c4 Bxb4 32.Qd7+ Kg8 33.Qe8+ Kg7 34.Qxe5 Bd6 35.Qh5 Bc5 36.Qg4+ Kf7 37.Qd7+ 1-0
25...f4!
Bilel should have played 25...f4! to force the Bishop for the Knight Exchange.
26.Rxg8 Rxg8 27.Bxc5 Bxc5 28.Qd3+ Kh8 29.d6 Rd8 30.Ne4 +/-
26.Rxg8!
Argentinian GM exploits his opponent's mistake and obtains a winning position with a few forcing moves.
26...Rxg8 27.Rf1! Rf8
27...f4 28.Bxc5 Bxc5 29.Ne4 Qf8 30.Qe6 +-
28.b4! Na4 29.Ne4 fxe4
29...Qe7 30.Qxh6+ +-
30.Rxf6 Rxf6 31.c4 Bxb4 32.Qd7+ Kg8 33.Qe8+ Kg7 34.Qxe5 Bd6 35.Qh5 Bc5 36.Qg4+ Kf7 37.Qd7+ 1-0
49...h5??
Parham made a blunder. The only way to put up more resistant would be:
49...Re4! 50.g3 Ne5 51.Nxe5 Qe1+ 52.Qxe1 Rxe1+ 53.Kg2 Rxe5 54.Rxd4 Rc5 +/-
White is a pawn up, but with Black's correct play, it would probably end in a draw.
50.Rd5 Kh6 51.Qd1 Kh7 52.Rc5 Qa3 53.Qxh5+ Kg8 54.Qd5 Kf7 55.Rc7+ Ne7 56.Nf4
1-0
Parham made a blunder. The only way to put up more resistant would be:
49...Re4! 50.g3 Ne5 51.Nxe5 Qe1+ 52.Qxe1 Rxe1+ 53.Kg2 Rxe5 54.Rxd4 Rc5 +/-
White is a pawn up, but with Black's correct play, it would probably end in a draw.
50.Rd5 Kh6 51.Qd1 Kh7 52.Rc5 Qa3 53.Qxh5+ Kg8 54.Qd5 Kf7 55.Rc7+ Ne7 56.Nf4
1-0
20... Bxh6!
Apparently, the exchange of the dark-squared bishop weakens the black king position, but in fact White will be unable to exploit that. On the
contrary, Black can mobilize his forces to attack on the enemy king.
20... f4
Probably isn't a bad move, but this will reduce the flexibility of Black's pawn-structure. Generally speaking, Such actions are very responsible and
should be considered in all aspects. 21. Bg5 Bf6 22. Bxf6 Nxf6 23. Kh1 Kh8 24.Qe1 Qh5 25. Rf2 Rg8=/+
20... Qg6 21. Bxg7 Qxg7 22. Bc2 Kh8 23. Rf2 Rg8 24.Kh1 f4=/+
21. Qxh6 Nf4 22.Rad1!
22. Bc2 Ne2+ 23. Kh1 Nd4 24. Bd3 Qd8=/+
22... Rg7 23. Rd2??
23. g3 Nxd3 24. Rxd3 f4 25. Nxb6 Bf5 26. Rd2 Qd8 27. Na4 fxg3 28. hxg3 Rxg3+ 29. Rg2 Rxg2+ 30. Kxg2 Rf6-/+
23... Qd8!
In order to trap the White queen.
24. Nxb6 Rg6
24... Qxb6-+
25. Qxg6+ hxg6 26. Na4 Qg5 27. Nc3 Nh3+
0-1
Apparently, the exchange of the dark-squared bishop weakens the black king position, but in fact White will be unable to exploit that. On the
contrary, Black can mobilize his forces to attack on the enemy king.
20... f4
Probably isn't a bad move, but this will reduce the flexibility of Black's pawn-structure. Generally speaking, Such actions are very responsible and
should be considered in all aspects. 21. Bg5 Bf6 22. Bxf6 Nxf6 23. Kh1 Kh8 24.Qe1 Qh5 25. Rf2 Rg8=/+
20... Qg6 21. Bxg7 Qxg7 22. Bc2 Kh8 23. Rf2 Rg8 24.Kh1 f4=/+
21. Qxh6 Nf4 22.Rad1!
22. Bc2 Ne2+ 23. Kh1 Nd4 24. Bd3 Qd8=/+
22... Rg7 23. Rd2??
23. g3 Nxd3 24. Rxd3 f4 25. Nxb6 Bf5 26. Rd2 Qd8 27. Na4 fxg3 28. hxg3 Rxg3+ 29. Rg2 Rxg2+ 30. Kxg2 Rf6-/+
23... Qd8!
In order to trap the White queen.
24. Nxb6 Rg6
24... Qxb6-+
25. Qxg6+ hxg6 26. Na4 Qg5 27. Nc3 Nh3+
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