🔹 10th London Classic 2018-Final
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🔸chess.com IoM Masters Douglas ENG 2018
🔸Round 1
⚪️Sethuraman,S.P (2673)
⚫️Trent,Lawrence (2391)
🔸1-0

20.Nd5! [A Winning tactical blow by Sethuraman, based on Black's vulnerable rook on g2.]

20...Qb8 [20...exd5?? 21.Qh3+ Kb8 22.Qxg2 Bh6 23.exd5 Ne7 24.Qf2+–]

21.Qxf7 [Other winning options are:]

[¹21.e5+– Rf8 22.Nb6+ Kc7 23.exd6+ Kxb6 24.Qc5#; 21.Bf1!? Rg6 22.Bh3 Bf8 23.Qxg6 fxg6 24.Bxe6+ Rd7 25.Nb6+ Kc7 26.Nxd7 Qe8 27.e5 dxe5 28.Nbc5 Bxc5 29.Nxc5 Ba8 30.fxe5+–]

21...exd5 22.Bf1?! [22.exd5 Qc7 23.Qf5+ Kb8 24.Qh3+–]

22...Rxh2 23.Qxg7 Qc7 24.Qxc7+ Kxc7 25.exd5 Nb4 26.Nd4 Kb6 27.f5± 1–0

⚪️#94 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Wojtaszek,Radoslaw (2727)
🔸Bacrot,Etienne (2678)
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24.Nd2! [Intending either to exchange the opponent's mighty knight on e4 or transfer the knight to the c5–outpost via b3.]

[24.g4?! Bb7 25.a3 b4 26.a4 Qa5 27.b3 Qd8 28.Nd2 f5 29.gxf5 exf5 30.Nf3 Qb6 31.Nfe5=; 24.a3 Bb7 25.g4 Qa5 26.g5 b4 27.gxf6 gxf6 28.h5 Kh7 29.Nfh4 bxa3 30.bxa3 Rg8 31.Kh2 f5²]

24...f5 25.Nb3 Qd8 26.h5 Bb7 27.Ne5 Qe7 28.Be2 Rc8 29.g3 Qe8 30.Kg2 Nf6 31.Nd3 Rxc1 32.Qxc1 Kh7 [32...Nxh5 33.Na5 Ba8 34.Bxh5 Qxh5 35.Qc8+ Kh7 36.f3!! Qf7 37.Qxa8+–]

33.Qd1 Ne4 34.Ne5 Nf6 35.Nc5 [Now White has two glorious knights.]

35...Qc8 [35...Bc8 36.b4²]

36.b4 Bc6 37.g4 Be8 38.Bd3 Kh8 39.f3 a5 40.bxa5 Bxc5? [40...Kg8 41.Qc1 Nd7 42.gxf5 Nxc5 43.fxe6 Qxe6 44.dxc5 Bxe5 45.fxe5+–]

41.Qc2 Qa8 42.Qxc5 Qxa5 43.Qf8+ Kh7 [43...Ng8 44.Qxe8 Qxa2+ 45.Kf1 Qa1+ 46.Ke2 Qb2+ 47.Ke1 Qa1+ 48.Kd2 Qb2+ 49.Ke3 Qc1+ 50.Kf2 Qd2+ 51.Be2 fxg4 52.Qxe6 Nf6 53.Nf7+ Kh7 54.Qf5+ Kg8 55.Nxh6+ Kh8 56.Qe5 gxf3 57.Kxf3]

44.gxf5 Qd2+ 45.Kh3 Qe1 46.fxe6+ Ne4 47.Bxe4+ dxe4 48.Qxe8 1–0

⚪️#94 (Endgame-‌White to Move)
🔸Bogner,Sebastian (2619)
🔸Bacallao Alonso,Yusnel (2588)
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22.Rhb1! [22.Bd3 Nc5 23.Bc4 Rc6 24.Bd5 Rd6 25.Rhd1 Rc2 26.Bb3 Rxd1 27.Rxd1 Rxc3 28.Rd8+ Kg7 29.Ra8 Nxb3 30.axb3 Rxb3 31.Rxa7 Rc3 32.Ke1 Kf6 33.Kd2 Rc6 34.h4 Ke6 35.h5 f5 36.gxf5+ Kxf5=; 22.Rhd1 Nc5 23.Rd4 Nxe4+ (23...f5?? 24.Bd5) 24.Rxe4 Rxe4 25.fxe4 Rc2=]

22...Rbb6 23.Rb4 Nf6 24.Bd3 Nd5 25.Rc4 Rb2 26.h4 h6 27.a4 c6 28.g5 hxg5 29.hxg5 a5 30.Rh1 Kg7 31.Rhh4 Rb3 32.Rc5 Rxc3 33.Rxa5 Re5 34.Rc4 Ra3 35.Rxc6 Rxg5 36.Rcc5 1–0

⚪️#95 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Fridman,Daniel (2591)
🔸Hamitevici,Vladimir (2505)
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Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 95
public poll

A) Qb3 – 5
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 56%
Nikhil, @hoseini139562, Vincent, @MerissaWongso, Michael

B) d5 – 2
👍👍👍 22%
@Bluepawn, @WataxPin

C) e5 – 2
👍👍👍 22%
@mahyarebrahimi1983, Alan

👥 9 people voted so far.

⚫️#95 (Endgame-‌Black to Move)
🔸Studer,Noel (2484)
🔸Ortiz Suarez,Isan Reynaldo (2527)
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Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 95
public poll

C) Nd5 – 11
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 73%
@Alar17, @Mkhadema, @mahyarebrahimi1983, @MohamadAsp, Nikhil, @hoseini139562, @h_a_d_I_1169, محمد, @Bluepawn, Michael, @awshli_hastam

B) d5 – 4
👍👍👍 27%
Vincent, @MerissaWongso, @WataxPin, Alan

A) Nc6
▫️ 0%

👥 15 people voted so far.

🔴 Today is birthday of Sonja Graf!!
♦️ German chess master

▪️ Born: December 16, 1908, Munich, Germany
▪️ Died: March 6, 1965, New York City, NY
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Soviet champion Leonid Stein in play v. David Bronstein, in the 2nd round of the Amsterdam Interzonal, 21st May 1964. Efim Geller, who can be seen looking on, was a non-playing member of the Soviet delegation.

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"Good players develop a tactical instinct, a sense of what is possible or likely and what is not worth calculating."

🔸 Samuel Reshevsky

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The Danish grandmaster and former World Championship Candidate Bent Larsen, pictured at the Tilburg (Interpolis) tournament, 1st September 1978.

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🔵 Chess History - Tournaments
🔹 Palma de Mallorca 1966
🔹Hotel Jaime I, Palma, Spain

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🔵 Chess History - Tournaments
💢 Palma de Mallorca 1966
💢 Moscow 1951
💢 Hotel Jaime I, Palma, Spain

🔰 CHAMPION: Mikhail Tal, 12/15 (+9 -0 =6)

▪️ Palma de Mallorca is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of the Balearic Islands in Spain. There have been many chess tournaments played there and in 1966 a tournament known as the II Torneo Internacional de Palma de Mallorca was played.
▪️ This tournament was sponsored by Hotel Jaime I and the Palma tourist industry, the publishing corporation Asociación de la Prensa and the Spanish Chess Federation. The budget was larger than for the modest Palma de Mallorca (1965), and attracted several strong GMs, including ex-world champion Tal. Half of the players were on their way home after the Olympiad in Havana (Cuba) which had ended 20th November. Tournament Director was Jorge Puig Laborda, and main arbiter was Harry de Graaf.
The event got a thumbs-up, and was continued with Palma de Mallorca (1967).

▪️ First Beauty Prize went to Lehmann for " H Lehmann vs L Shamkovich, 1966 ".
Heinz Gerhard Lehmann, the chess player, was born in Konigsberg, West Germany on October 20, 1921 and died at the age of 73 on June 8, 1995. Lehmann played in the Zonal tournaments in 1954 and 1960 and in the German Championships he finished 2nd in 1953 and 3rd in 1957 and 1959. He represented West Germany in the Olympiads in 1958 and 1960. He finished first at Hoogovens-B in 1964. He was an honorary GM.

🌐 SOURCE: CHESSGAMES.COM & http://bit.ly/2Qzsp35


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