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พ๏ธ Today is birthday of Merab Gagunashvili
โฆ๏ธ Georgian chess Grandmaster
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๐ข Frank Anderson , Canadian International Master who twice won gold medals at the chess Olympiads, for the best scores on his board. He was a chess writer too and tied for the Canadian Chess Championship in 1953 and won this title outright in 1955.
Born: January 3, 1928, Canada
Died: September 18, 1980, San Diego, CA
๐ข Maria Kursova , an Armenian Woman Chess Grandmaster. She won the Under-10 Girls' World Championship in 1996 and the Under-16 Girls' European Championship in 2001.
Born: January 3, 1986, Severodvinsk, Russia
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โฆ๏ธ Georgian chess Grandmaster
๐๐๐๐๐ Happy birthday ๐บ๐ธโ๏ธ๐๐ท๐๐
๐ Today is also birthday of: ๐๐
๐ข Frank Anderson , Canadian International Master who twice won gold medals at the chess Olympiads, for the best scores on his board. He was a chess writer too and tied for the Canadian Chess Championship in 1953 and won this title outright in 1955.
Born: January 3, 1928, Canada
Died: September 18, 1980, San Diego, CA
๐ข Maria Kursova , an Armenian Woman Chess Grandmaster. She won the Under-10 Girls' World Championship in 1996 and the Under-16 Girls' European Championship in 2001.
Born: January 3, 1986, Severodvinsk, Russia
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"My chess method is without formulas, without orthodox thinking. I always explain that chess is an art and that there are no definite judgments."
๐ธ Lev Polugaevsky (1990) NIC
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๐ธ Lev Polugaevsky (1990) NIC
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Young ukrainian stars yuriy kuzubov sergey karjakin kateryna lahno anna and mariya muzychuk at a club.
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Mateusz Barte
Grandmaster (2004). In 2006, 2010, 2011 and 2012, he won the Polish championship. Placed 3rd in the 2nd Lublin Union Memorial Tournament held in Poland in May 2010* and won the Aeroflot Open (2012) with 6.5/9, on tiebreak (more games with Black) from co-leaders Anton Korobov and Pavel Eljanov. Played board 6 for the Czech team G-Team Novy Bor, helping it to win the European Club Cup (2013). =1st (3rd on tiebreak) at the Moscow Open - A in February 2014. In March 2015, Bartel placed =2nd (3rd on tiebreak) at the European Individual Championship (2015), thereby qualifying for the World Cup (2015), where he was paired with Gabriel Sargissian in the first round only to go down in a bitterly fought series of tiebreakers, finally conceding the match and further progress in the Cup when as White he drew the final Armageddon blitz game.
Grandmaster (2004). In 2006, 2010, 2011 and 2012, he won the Polish championship. Placed 3rd in the 2nd Lublin Union Memorial Tournament held in Poland in May 2010* and won the Aeroflot Open (2012) with 6.5/9, on tiebreak (more games with Black) from co-leaders Anton Korobov and Pavel Eljanov. Played board 6 for the Czech team G-Team Novy Bor, helping it to win the European Club Cup (2013). =1st (3rd on tiebreak) at the Moscow Open - A in February 2014. In March 2015, Bartel placed =2nd (3rd on tiebreak) at the European Individual Championship (2015), thereby qualifying for the World Cup (2015), where he was paired with Gabriel Sargissian in the first round only to go down in a bitterly fought series of tiebreakers, finally conceding the match and further progress in the Cup when as White he drew the final Armageddon blitz game.
๐ต About Simon Williams
๐น Simon Williams
๐น English chess grandmaster
๐ Simon Kim Williams is an English chess grandmaster and author. He learned to play chess at the age of 6 and received his first FIDE rating at the age of 12, when he weighed in at 2255. He played in numerous British, European and World Youth and Junior events between 1993 when he placed 16th in the European U14 Championship and 1998 and 1999 when he competed in the World Junior Championships as an International Master.
Simon has been a regular participant in many British events in the last two decades since 1993. He first played in the British Championship in 1993 when he was 13 years old and has competed in every British Championship since then (apart from 1996 and 2006). His best results have been:
โ๏ธ =2nd behind Jonathan Rowson in the Smith & Williamson British Championships (2004);
โ๏ธ =3rd in British Championship (2008) behind Keith Arkell and Stuart Conquest, and
โ๏ธ =2nd in British Championship (2009), half point behind David Howell alongside Mark Hebden.
He also played in the immensely powerful European Individual Championships in 2005, 2006 and 2007.
๐ Simon is the author of numerous chess books including:
Play The Classical Dutch;
Improve Your Attacking Chess;.
How To Crush Your Chess Opponents;
The New Sicilian Dragon
and ...
๐ He also produced a range of instructional DVDs for a wide range of players that want to improve their chess.
๐ SOURCE: WIKIPEDIA & CHESSGAMES.COM
โฆ๏ธ A memorable game by Simon Williams:
๐ธ Ivan Sokolov vs Simon Kim Williams
๐ธ XXII Reykjavik Open (2006), Reykjavik ISL, rd 2, Mar-07
๐ธ Dutch Defense: Classical. Huisl Variation (A96)
โฆ๏ธ Review and download PGN file๐
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๐น Simon Williams
๐น English chess grandmaster
๐ Simon Kim Williams is an English chess grandmaster and author. He learned to play chess at the age of 6 and received his first FIDE rating at the age of 12, when he weighed in at 2255. He played in numerous British, European and World Youth and Junior events between 1993 when he placed 16th in the European U14 Championship and 1998 and 1999 when he competed in the World Junior Championships as an International Master.
Simon has been a regular participant in many British events in the last two decades since 1993. He first played in the British Championship in 1993 when he was 13 years old and has competed in every British Championship since then (apart from 1996 and 2006). His best results have been:
โ๏ธ =2nd behind Jonathan Rowson in the Smith & Williamson British Championships (2004);
โ๏ธ =3rd in British Championship (2008) behind Keith Arkell and Stuart Conquest, and
โ๏ธ =2nd in British Championship (2009), half point behind David Howell alongside Mark Hebden.
He also played in the immensely powerful European Individual Championships in 2005, 2006 and 2007.
๐ Simon is the author of numerous chess books including:
Play The Classical Dutch;
Improve Your Attacking Chess;.
How To Crush Your Chess Opponents;
The New Sicilian Dragon
and ...
๐ He also produced a range of instructional DVDs for a wide range of players that want to improve their chess.
๐ SOURCE: WIKIPEDIA & CHESSGAMES.COM
โฆ๏ธ A memorable game by Simon Williams:
๐ธ Ivan Sokolov vs Simon Kim Williams
๐ธ XXII Reykjavik Open (2006), Reykjavik ISL, rd 2, Mar-07
๐ธ Dutch Defense: Classical. Huisl Variation (A96)
โฆ๏ธ Review and download PGN file๐
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@Sokolov-Williams 2006.pgn
724 B
๐ธ Ivan Sokolov - Simon Kim Williams, XXII Reykjavik Open (2006)
๐ธ PGN format
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๐ธchess.com IoM Masters Douglas ENG 2018
๐ธRound 4
โช๏ธRavi,Teja S (2357)
โซ๏ธAntipov,Mikhail Al (2593)
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๐ธRound 4
โช๏ธRavi,Teja S (2357)
โซ๏ธAntipov,Mikhail Al (2593)
๐ธ0-1
31...Nxe4! [A combination as a result of White's weak kingside]
32.Qe2? [32.Rxe4? Rf2 33.Qf1 Rcf8! 34.Bc3 Rxf1+ 35.Rxf1 Rxf1+ 36.Kxf1 Qd3+ 37.Re2 b6โ+; White could have put up more resistance by exchanging queens: ยน32.Qg4! Qxg4 33.hxg4 Rf4 34.Bb6 Rxg4 35.a5ยณ]
32...Ng5 33.Rc3 Nxh3+! 34.Kh1 Nf2+ 35.Kg1 Qh4
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32.Qe2? [32.Rxe4? Rf2 33.Qf1 Rcf8! 34.Bc3 Rxf1+ 35.Rxf1 Rxf1+ 36.Kxf1 Qd3+ 37.Re2 b6โ+; White could have put up more resistance by exchanging queens: ยน32.Qg4! Qxg4 33.hxg4 Rf4 34.Bb6 Rxg4 35.a5ยณ]
32...Ng5 33.Rc3 Nxh3+! 34.Kh1 Nf2+ 35.Kg1 Qh4
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