Havana, Cuba, 2008. Capablanca chess club.

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The Second Moscow International Tournament (1935), which was held at the Museum of Fine Arts on ul. Volkhonka. In the 2nd round (played 16th February), Grandmaster Rudolf Spielmann (Austria) faces Soviet master Vladimir Alatortsev.

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Back in the days when women were discouraged to play chess. The ones who defied the odds were looked down on. Some were banned from playing...
http://bit.ly/2KTQ1cA

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“I had a toothache during the first game. In the second game I had a headache. In the third game it was an attack of rheumatism. In the fourth game, I wasn’t feeling well. And in the fifth game? Well, must one have to win every game?”

🔸 Siegbert Tarrasch

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FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships to take place in St. Petersburg, Russia, 25-31 December 2018.

Rules for the FIDE Open

Rules for the FIDE womens

Total prize fund of World Rapid & Blitz: 700,000 USD. 1st prize: 60,000 USD.

Radzikowska Memorial

The Women's GM Krystyna Hołuj-Radzikowska Memorial is taking place in Wrocław, Poland from 4-11 December 2018.
Result R1:
https://goo.gl/3A6nhr

🔹 8th Holuj-Radzikowska-R1
🔹 PGN format

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#Aronian

🔹 Levon Aronian
🔹 Armenian chess grandmaster
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🔵 About Levon Aronain

🔹 Levon Aronian
🔹 Armenian chess grandmaster

🔰 Levon Grigori Aronian is an Armenian chess Grandmaster. On the March 2014 FIDE rating list, he was ranked number two in the world and had an Elo rating of 2830, making him the fourth highest rated player in history. Aronian won the FIDE World Cup in 2005 and 2017.

▪️ Full name: Levon Grigori Aronian
▪️ Born: 6 October 1982 (age 36)
🔺 Yerevan, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union
▪️ FIDE rating: 2765 (December 2018)
▪️ Peak rating: 2830 (March 2014)
▪️ Ranking: No. 11 (November 2018)
▪️ Peak ranking: No. 2 (January 2012)

🔰 Aronian was the winner of the Chess World Cup in 2005. He has also led the Armenian national team to three gold medals in Chess Olympiads (Turin 2006, Dresden 2008, Istanbul 2012) as well as to gold at the World Team Chess Championship in 2011. He won the FIDE Grand Prix 2008–2010. He was also World Rapid Chess Champion in 2009 and World Blitz Chess Champion in 2010. Aronian has been the leading Armenian chess player since the early 2000’s.

♦️ A memorable short game by Aronian against MVL which named "Easy-Peasy Levon in Tbilisi" in chessgames.com site : 👇
🔹 Levon Aronian vs Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
🔹 World Cup (2017) (rapid), Tbilisi GEO, rd 6, Sep-21
🔹 Indian Game: Anti-Grünfeld. Alekhine Variation (D70)

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🔹 Levon Aronian - Maxime Vachier-Lagrave,World Cup (2017)
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🔸chess.com IoM Masters Douglas ENG 2018
🔸Round 2
⚪️Dragnev,Valentin (2508)
⚫️Naiditsch,Arkadij (2721)
🔸0-1

19...Qxd3! [A correct decision. The endgame is much better for Black thanks to his bishop pair and better pawn structure.]

20.Rxd3 cxd4! [△Be8]

[20...Be8?! 21.d5 exd5 22.Nxd5 Bf8 23.Red2= White's pieces would be activated.]

21.Rxd4 Be8 22.Red2 Rxd4 23.Rxd4 b5 24.Kf1 Rc8 25.Nd1 [25.Ne4 Rc2 26.Rd2 Rxd2 27.Nxd2 b4 28.axb4 Bb5+ 29.Ke1 Bxb4=/+]

25...f6 [25...Bc5! 26.Rd3 f6 27.Nd7 Be7 28.b4 Bg6 29.Rd2 Rc1 30.Ke2 Ra1-/+]

26.Nd3 Bd8 27.Ne1 b4! [In order to activate the bishop pair.]

28.Rxb4 [28.axb4 Bb5+ 29.Kg1 Bb6 30.Rd2 Rc1 31.Nd3 Rb1 32.Kf1 a5 33.Ke2 axb4µ]

28...Ba5 29.Rd4 Bb5+ 30.Nd3 Bb6-/+ [30...Rc1! 31.Ke2 Rc2+ 32.Kf3 Rd2–+]