"People who want to improve should take their defeats as lessons, and endeavor to learn what to avoid in the future. You must also have the courage of your convictions. If you think your move is good, make it."
๐ธ Jose Raul Capablanca
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๐ธ Jose Raul Capablanca
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Jack Wilson, the most obese man in the world plays a chess game against a skinny man, 1932.
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๐ด Today is birthday of Viktor Lรกzniฤka
โฆ๏ธ Czech chess Grandmaster
๐๐๐๐๐ Happy birthday ๐บ๐โ๏ธ๐๐ธ๐ท
๐ Today is also birthday of:
๐ข Ufran Sevdimaliyev,(1989), an Azerbaijani Grandmaster.
๐ข Radoslav Simic (1948), a Serbian Grandmaster.
๐ข Ashok Vadapetyan (1955), an Armenian International Arbiter who was the Chief Arbiter in few World Championships.
โฆ๏ธ Anna Akhsharumova (1957), a US Woman Grandmaster born in Russia who won two Soviet Womenโs Championships and one US Womenโs Championship.
Akhsharumova is the wife of chess grandmaster Boris Gulko. Akhsharumova and her husband became famous in the late-1970s as Soviet Refuseniks. They were finally allowed to leave the Soviet Union and immigrate to the United States in 1986.
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โฆ๏ธ Czech chess Grandmaster
๐๐๐๐๐ Happy birthday ๐บ๐โ๏ธ๐๐ธ๐ท
๐ Today is also birthday of:
๐ข Ufran Sevdimaliyev,(1989), an Azerbaijani Grandmaster.
๐ข Radoslav Simic (1948), a Serbian Grandmaster.
๐ข Ashok Vadapetyan (1955), an Armenian International Arbiter who was the Chief Arbiter in few World Championships.
โฆ๏ธ Anna Akhsharumova (1957), a US Woman Grandmaster born in Russia who won two Soviet Womenโs Championships and one US Womenโs Championship.
Akhsharumova is the wife of chess grandmaster Boris Gulko. Akhsharumova and her husband became famous in the late-1970s as Soviet Refuseniks. They were finally allowed to leave the Soviet Union and immigrate to the United States in 1986.
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FIDE Rating List - January 2019
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FIDE Rating List - January 2019
Nearly a year after the post FIDE Rating List - January 2018 , it's once again time to take a snapshot of the FIDE rating system. Following ...
๐ธchess.com IoM Masters Douglas ENG 2018
๐ธRound 6
โช๏ธVidit,Santosh Gujrathi (2711)
โซ๏ธAntipov,Mikhail Al (2593)
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๐ธRound 6
โช๏ธVidit,Santosh Gujrathi (2711)
โซ๏ธAntipov,Mikhail Al (2593)
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34.Re3? [A wasting of time. White's rook should not have moved off the first rank.]
[34.Bg3! would be correct: 34...Kh7 35.Bf1 Ra2 36.Qd1 Qc3 37.Re3 Ra1 38.Rxc3 Rxd1 39.Re3!= โณRรe6]
34...Ra1+! 35.Re1 [35.Kh2? Qb1 36.Nxd8 Nxd8 37.Kg3 Ne6 38.Re2 Bd3 39.Re3 Be4 40.f3 Ra2! 41.Qe1 Qb2โ+]
35...Ra2! 36.Qe3? [36.Re3 Qb1+ 37.Qe1 Qb2 38.Kh2 Bc7 39.Nd6 Kh7-/+]
36...Qxb4 37.Bg3 Kh7 38.Nxd8 Nxd8 39.Qe7 Ra7 40.Qe8 Ne6โ+
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[34.Bg3! would be correct: 34...Kh7 35.Bf1 Ra2 36.Qd1 Qc3 37.Re3 Ra1 38.Rxc3 Rxd1 39.Re3!= โณRรe6]
34...Ra1+! 35.Re1 [35.Kh2? Qb1 36.Nxd8 Nxd8 37.Kg3 Ne6 38.Re2 Bd3 39.Re3 Be4 40.f3 Ra2! 41.Qe1 Qb2โ+]
35...Ra2! 36.Qe3? [36.Re3 Qb1+ 37.Qe1 Qb2 38.Kh2 Bc7 39.Nd6 Kh7-/+]
36...Qxb4 37.Bg3 Kh7 38.Nxd8 Nxd8 39.Qe7 Ra7 40.Qe8 Ne6โ+
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