🔸World Chess Olympiad Batumi 2018
🔸Round 3
⚪️Fedorov,Alexei (2568)
⚫️Firouzja,Alireza (2582)
🔸0-1

40... Be5 !
A superb and spectacular move by Iranian prodigy Alireza Firouzja. Now the threat is ...Rxg3.
40... Rxg3?? 41. Qxd4+ Qxd4 42. Bxd4+ R3g7 43. Rxd6 +-
41. Qe2
41. fxe5 Rxg3 42. Qxd4 Rxh3+! 43. Kg1 Nf3+! 44. Rxf3! Rxg2+ 45. Kxg2 Qxf3+ 46. Kg1 Rh1#
41... Bf6 42. Nh5 d3! 43. Qa2 Qe4 44. Ba5 Rxg2 45. Rxg2 Rxg2 46. Nxf6 Qf3 0-1

🔸World Chess Olympiad Batumi 2018
🔸Round 3
⚪️Sebenik,Matej (2570)
⚫️Naiditsch,Arkadij (2721)
🔸0-1

37. Qc4??
A fatal blunder.
35-year-old Slovenian GM overlooked an important intermediate move.
The correct is 37. Qd2! Qg1+ 38. Kf3 h4 39. e6 fxe6 40. Qd8 =
37... h4+! 38. Kh2
38. Kxh4 Qf2+ 39. Kg4 Qg2+ 40. Kh4 g5+ 41. fxg5+ Qxg5#
38... Qf2+ 39. Kh1 Qf3+ 1-0
if 40. Kg1 Qxe3+ 41. Kg2 Qg3+ 42. Kf1 Qxh3+
0-1

⚪️#16 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Aydincelebi,Kagan (2060)
🔸Noboa,Kevin (2256)
🔸57th World Juniors 2018

36.d5 [In the game, White played 36.d5 and achieved nothing.]

[The correct is 36.g4! hxg3 37.Qe5 g5 38.d5 Nd2 39.Kg2 Nf3 40.Qc7 Nd4 41.Kxg3 Kg6 42.Kg2 Re4 43.Qb6+ Kg7 44.d6; 36.g3!? Nxg3 37.d5 Rd4 38.Qxf7 Ne2+ 39.Kg2 Rxd5 40.Kf2 Re5 41.Qc4 Ng3 42.Qxh4+ Nh5²; 36.Qe5 Ng3! 37.Qb5 (37.Qxf4 Ne2+ 38.Kf2 Nxf4 39.Kf3 g5–+) 37...Rf1+ 38.Qxf1 Nxf1 39.Kxf1 Kg6 40.Kf2 Kf5 41.Ke3 g6 42.Kd3 Ke6 43.Ke4 f6 44.d5+ Kd6 45.Kd4 f5 46.Kc4 g5 47.Kd4 g4 48.hxg4 fxg4 49.Ke4 Kc5 50.Kf4 h3 51.gxh3 gxh3 52.Kg3 Kxd5 53.Kxh3]

36...Ng3 37.Qe1 Rd4 38.Qb1+ g6 39.Qb7 Rf4 40.Qb5 Rf5 41.Qc4 Rf4 42.Qb5 Nf5 43.d6 Rd4 44.d7 Ng7 45.Kf2 Ne6 46.Ke3 Rd6 47.Qa4 Kg7 48.Qb5 Kf6 49.Qb8 Rxd7 50.Qh8+ Kg5 51.Qe5+ Kh6 52.Qh8+ Kg5 53.Ke4 ½–½

⚫️#16 (Endgame-Black to Move)
🔸Nurkiewicz,Maciej (2370)
🔸Dragun,Kamil (2601)
🔸TCh-POL Ekstraliga 2018 Poland

49...Bxf5? [49...Kf3! 50.Nb6 Bxf5 51.Nd5 Bg6 52.Nf4 Bf7 53.Kd4 h4! (53...Kf2–+) 54.Kd3 hxg3 55.hxg3 Kxg3 56.Ke3 Kh2 57.Ke4 Be8 58.Kf5 Kg3 59.Nd3 (59.Ne2+ Kf2 60.Nc1 (60.Kxg4 Bd7+ 61.Kf4 Kxe2–+) 60...g3 61.Nd3+ Ke2 62.Nf4+ Kf3 63.Nd3 Bb5 64.Ne1+ Kf2 65.Kg4 Kxe1 66.Kxg3 Ke2 67.Kf4 Bd3) 59...Bb5 60.Nb4 Kf3 61.Kxf6 g3 62.Nc2 Kf2 63.Nd4 Bf1 64.Nf5 g2–+; 49...Bd7 50.Kd2 Bxf5 51.Nd6+ Ke5 52.Nb5 Bd7 53.Nc3 Kd4 54.Ne2+ Ke4 55.Nc3+ Ke5 (55...Kf3 56.Nd5 f5 (56...Bf5 57.Nxf6 Bg6 58.Nd5 Kf2 59.Nf4 Bf7 60.Nd3+ Kg2 61.Ke3 Kxh2 62.Ne5 h4 (62...Kxg3 63.Nxf7 h4 64.Nh6 h3 65.Nf5+ Kg2 66.Kf4=) 63.gxh4 g3 (63...Bh5) 64.Nf3+ Kg2 65.Ne1+ Kf1 66.Kf4 Kf2 67.Nd3+ Kg2 68.Ne1+=) 57.Nf6 Bb5 58.Nxh5 Kg2 59.Ke3 Kxh2 60.Kf4 Bd3 61.Nf6 Kh3 62.Nh5=) 56.Ke3 Be8 57.Ne2 Bf7 58.Nf4 Kf5 59.Ng2 Kg5 60.Kf2 Bb3 61.Ke3 Be6 62.Nf4 Bc4 63.Ng2 Bd5 64.Nf4 Ba2 65.Ne2 Bc4 66.Nd4 Bf7 67.Ne2 Bb3 68.Nd4=]

50.Nd6+ Ke5 51.Nc4+ Kd5 52.Ne3+ Ke4 53.Kd2 Be6 54.Ke2 f5 55.Ng2 Bf7 56.Kf2 Bc4 57.Nf4 h4 58.Ng2 h3 59.Nf4 Bf7 ½–½

⚫️#17 (Strategy-Black to Move)
🔸Rodrigue-Lemieux,Shawn (2250)
🔸Kwon,Sehyun (2129)
🔸57th World Juniors 2018

Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 17
public poll

A: 23... Ne6 – 5
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 56%
@YaminiG, @MerissaWongso, @Sophia_Peng, vivek, Rachel

C: 23...c5 – 4
👍👍👍👍👍👍 44%
Gavin, @RichardPeng, Michael, Alan

B: 23...Nf6
▫️ 0%

👥 9 people voted so far.

⚪️#17 (Endgame-White to Move)
🔸Melkumyan Hrant (2660)
🔸Nanjo Ryosuke (2324)
🔸World Chess Olympiad 2018 Batumi

Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 17
public poll

B: 52.Rd7 – 7
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 64%
@Anasiri6889, Khalouei, Gavin, @YaminiG, @Sophia_Peng, @Emc2_Em, Rachel

A: 52.a4 – 4
👍👍👍👍 36%
@MerissaWongso, @RichardPeng, Michael, Alan

C: 52.Re7
▫️ 0%

👥 11 people voted so far.

⚛️ Today is birthday of Aleksandra Goryachkina!!
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🛄 Chess History - Tournaments
🔹 Bled 1931

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🛄 Chess History - Tournaments
🔹 Bled 1931
🔹 August 23 - September 28
🔹 CHAMPION: Alexander Alekhine | 20.5/26 (+15 -0 =11)

🔰 Bled 1931 chess tournament was a major chess tournament proposed by Milan Vidmar and held in 1931 in Bled and Ljubljana, Slovenia, then part of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. His idea was well received in both Ljubljana (his birthplace) and the nearby health resort of Bled. An organizing committee was set up, and at the end of July 1931, following the 4th Chess Olympiad in Prague, this committee commissioned Hans Kmoch to conduct the negotiations with the competitors for a double round tournament to be held at Lake Bled.

🔰 José Raúl Capablanca could not be invited due to his disputes with world champion Alexander Alekhine. Noted master and writer Al Horowitz noted that Alekhine used his position as world champion to keep Capablanca out of the event. Akiba Rubinstein was invited, but was replaced by Stoltz because Rubinstein accepted the invitation too late.

🔰 Fourteen leading chess masters accepted their invitations. The players stayed at the Hotel Toplice and it was here that most of the tournament except Round 19 (held in Ljubljana) took place. Round one started in the large salon on August 23. Alekhine won decisively, not losing a single game and winning the tournament 5½ points ahead of Efim Bogoljubow. His gambit style was humiliating for the other players.

♦️ The final standings and crosstable was as above👆
♦️ Download "Bled 1931 Games Database" by PGN format👇

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🔵 Bled 1931 Games Database
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🔵 Our selected game from Bled 1931

A short and 19 moves game from Bled 1931 which in that, Alekhine has won Nimzowitsch by a brilliancy and sacrificing pawns in the opening game.
This game named "Excuse My French" in chessgames.com site!!👇
🔹 Alexander Alekhine vs Aron Nimzowitsch
🔹 Bled (1931), Bled YUG, rd 6, Aug-30
🔹 French Defense: Winawer Variation (C15)

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♦️ PGN format file in Bled 1931 Games Database👆
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