"My chess method is without formulas, without orthodox thinking. I always explain that chess is an art and that there are no definite judgments."
🔸 Lev Polugaevsky (1990) NIC
@UnityChess
🔸 Lev Polugaevsky (1990) NIC
@UnityChess
Young ukrainian stars yuriy kuzubov sergey karjakin kateryna lahno anna and mariya muzychuk at a club.
@UnityChess
@UnityChess
This media is not supported in your browser
VIEW IN TELEGRAM
Wesley So playing blitz in Johannesburg
Media is too big
VIEW IN TELEGRAM
Wesley So playing more blitz in Johannesburg
This media is not supported in your browser
VIEW IN TELEGRAM
Даниил Дубов подтягивается на одной руке
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.
🔵 About Simon Williams
🔹 Simon Williams
🔹 English chess grandmaster
📚 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:
❗️ =2nd behind Jonathan Rowson in the Smith & Williamson British Championships (2004);
❗️ =3rd in British Championship (2008) behind Keith Arkell and Stuart Conquest, and
❗️ =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.
📚 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 ...
📚 He also produced a range of instructional DVDs for a wide range of players that want to improve their chess.
🌐 SOURCE: WIKIPEDIA & CHESSGAMES.COM
♦️ A memorable game by Simon Williams:
🔸 Ivan Sokolov vs Simon Kim Williams
🔸 XXII Reykjavik Open (2006), Reykjavik ISL, rd 2, Mar-07
🔸 Dutch Defense: Classical. Huisl Variation (A96)
♦️ Review and download PGN file👇
. . . . . . . . . . . . .
@unitychess
🔹 Simon Williams
🔹 English chess grandmaster
📚 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:
❗️ =2nd behind Jonathan Rowson in the Smith & Williamson British Championships (2004);
❗️ =3rd in British Championship (2008) behind Keith Arkell and Stuart Conquest, and
❗️ =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.
📚 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 ...
📚 He also produced a range of instructional DVDs for a wide range of players that want to improve their chess.
🌐 SOURCE: WIKIPEDIA & CHESSGAMES.COM
♦️ A memorable game by Simon Williams:
🔸 Ivan Sokolov vs Simon Kim Williams
🔸 XXII Reykjavik Open (2006), Reykjavik ISL, rd 2, Mar-07
🔸 Dutch Defense: Classical. Huisl Variation (A96)
♦️ Review and download PGN file👇
. . . . . . . . . . . . .
@unitychess
@Sokolov-Williams 2006.pgn
724 B
🔸 Ivan Sokolov - Simon Kim Williams, XXII Reykjavik Open (2006)
🔸 PGN format
. . . . . . . . . . . . .
@unitychess
🔸 PGN format
. . . . . . . . . . . . .
@unitychess
🔸chess.com IoM Masters Douglas ENG 2018
🔸Round 4
⚪️Ravi,Teja S (2357)
⚫️Antipov,Mikhail Al (2593)
🔸0-1
🔸Round 4
⚪️Ravi,Teja S (2357)
⚫️Antipov,Mikhail Al (2593)
🔸0-1
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 b6–+; White could have put up more resistance by exchanging queens: ¹32.Qg4! Qxg4 33.hxg4 Rf4 34.Bb6 Rxg4 35.a5³]
32...Ng5 33.Rc3 Nxh3+! 34.Kh1 Nf2+ 35.Kg1 Qh4
0–1
32.Qe2? [32.Rxe4? Rf2 33.Qf1 Rcf8! 34.Bc3 Rxf1+ 35.Rxf1 Rxf1+ 36.Kxf1 Qd3+ 37.Re2 b6–+; White could have put up more resistance by exchanging queens: ¹32.Qg4! Qxg4 33.hxg4 Rf4 34.Bb6 Rxg4 35.a5³]
32...Ng5 33.Rc3 Nxh3+! 34.Kh1 Nf2+ 35.Kg1 Qh4
0–1
21.Rd1? [21.Nf6+! After exchanging the knights and moving the g5–pawn to the f6–square, there will be a lot of threats against Black's king. 21...Nxf6 22.gxf6 Nc8 23.h4! White intends to open a file in his attack against the enemy king. (23.Bxc8? Qxc8 24.Qxd6 Qg4+ 25.Kh1 Qf3+ 26.Kg1 Qg4+=) 23...Bc7 24.h5 (24.Qe3 Nd6 25.Qh6 Ne8 26.Bg5 Qb6) 24...Nd6 25.hxg6 fxg6 (25...hxg6 26.Bg5 Nxe4 (26...Qxe4 27.Qh3 Bb6 28.Rae1 Qd5 29.Qh6 Ne8 30.Re3 Qc4 31.Bd7 Ra8 32.Bxe8 Qg4+ 33.Rg3+–) 27.Bf3) 26.Be6+ Kh8 27.Bd5 Qc8 28.Qf3 Qd8 29.Bg5 Nf7 30.Bh4 Rb6 31.Ra8+–; 21.Nxe7+ Bxe7 22.Re1 Qc7 23.Qg3²]
21...Rd8? 22.Be3?! [22.Nf6+! Kh8 23.Qf3 Ng8 24.Nxe8 Rfxe8 25.Be3 Bf8 26.h4+–]
22...Nxd5 23.Qxd5 Qxd5 24.Rxd5 f5 25.Bd1 Nc7 26.Rxd6! Rxd6 27.Bxc5 Rd2 28.Bb3+ Kg7 29.Ra7 Rd7 30.Bxf8+ Kxf8 31.exf5 gxf5 32.h4 Ke7 33.h5 [33.c4+–]
33...Kd6 34.h6 Rd8 35.Kg2 e4 36.Kg3 Rf8 37.Kf4 Kc6 38.Ke5 Kb6 39.Ra1 Na6 40.g6 Nc5 41.Bf7 hxg6 42.h7 Nd7+ 43.Ke6 Rh8 44.Bg8 Nf8+ 45.Kf7 Nxh7 46.Kg7 Rxg8+ 47.Kxg8 Nf6+ 48.Kf7 Ng4 49.Kxg6 Nxf2 50.Kxf5 e3 51.Re1 Nd3 52.Re2 Kc5 53.Ke4 Nc1 54.Re1 Na2 55.Ra1 Nxc3+ 56.bxc3 Kc4 57.Kxe3 Kxc3 58.Rc1+ Kb2 59.Kd2 b4 60.Rc8 b3 61.Rb8
1–0
21...Rd8? 22.Be3?! [22.Nf6+! Kh8 23.Qf3 Ng8 24.Nxe8 Rfxe8 25.Be3 Bf8 26.h4+–]
22...Nxd5 23.Qxd5 Qxd5 24.Rxd5 f5 25.Bd1 Nc7 26.Rxd6! Rxd6 27.Bxc5 Rd2 28.Bb3+ Kg7 29.Ra7 Rd7 30.Bxf8+ Kxf8 31.exf5 gxf5 32.h4 Ke7 33.h5 [33.c4+–]
33...Kd6 34.h6 Rd8 35.Kg2 e4 36.Kg3 Rf8 37.Kf4 Kc6 38.Ke5 Kb6 39.Ra1 Na6 40.g6 Nc5 41.Bf7 hxg6 42.h7 Nd7+ 43.Ke6 Rh8 44.Bg8 Nf8+ 45.Kf7 Nxh7 46.Kg7 Rxg8+ 47.Kxg8 Nf6+ 48.Kf7 Ng4 49.Kxg6 Nxf2 50.Kxf5 e3 51.Re1 Nd3 52.Re2 Kc5 53.Ke4 Nc1 54.Re1 Na2 55.Ra1 Nxc3+ 56.bxc3 Kc4 57.Kxe3 Kxc3 58.Rc1+ Kb2 59.Kd2 b4 60.Rc8 b3 61.Rb8
1–0