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Judit Polgar second place behind Anand in Wijk aan Zee - 2003.

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πŸ”Έchess.com IoM Masters Douglas ENG 2018
πŸ”ΈRound 6
βšͺ️Vidit,Santosh Gujrathi (2711)
⚫️Antipov,Mikhail Al (2593)
πŸ”Έ0-1
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!= β–³RΓ—e6]

34...Ra1+! 35.Re1 [35.Kh2? Qb1 36.Nxd8 Nxd8 37.Kg3 Ne6 38.Re2 Bd3 39.Re3 Be4 40.f3 Ra2! 41.Qe1 Qb2–+]

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 Ne6–+

0–1
βšͺ️#119 (Strategy-White to Move)
πŸ”ΈSanikidze,Tornike (2497)
πŸ”ΈTran,Tuan Minh (2491)
πŸ”ΈOlympiad 2018 Batumi
22.h4! [Since the black pieces are far from the kingside, White launches an attack against the opponent's king.]

[22.f4 Nxd4 23.Bxd4 Rxd4 24.Bxg6 Qd8 25.Bh5+ Qxg5 26.fxg5 Rxd1 27.Bxf7+ Kg7 28.Rxd1 Bd5=; 22.Qe3 Rac8 23.Bxg6 hxg6 24.Qxb3 Qc2 25.Qxc2 Rxc2 26.Bc1 Rc3 27.Bb2 Rc2=]

22...h5 [22...Nxd4?? 23.Bxd4 Rxd4 24.Bxg6 Qd8 25.Rxd4 Qxd4 26.Bc2+ Kf8 27.Rd1 Qc5 28.Rd7 Bc6 29.Rc7 Ke8 30.Qf6 Rb8 31.Be4 Bd7 (31...Bxe4 32.Qxf7+ Kd8 33.Qd7#) 32.Rxc5 bxc5 33.Qh8+ Ke7 34.Qxb8+–]

23.f4 Qc6 24.Rf2 Qe8 25.f5 exf5 26.Bxf5 Bd5 27.e6 Rd6 [27...Bxe6 28.d5 Bxf5 29.Qf6 Kf8 30.Rxf5 Qe3+ 31.Kh1 gxf5 32.d6+–]

28.Re1 Rad8 29.exf7+ Qxf7 30.Re7

1–0
βšͺ️ #119 (Endgame-β€ŒWhite to Move)
πŸ”ΈKovalenko,Igor (2646)
πŸ”ΈGodart,Francois (2431)
πŸ”ΈWorld Chess Olympiad 2018 Batumi
31.Qc1 [31.Qxc3! dxc3 32.g5 hxg5 33.hxg5 fxg5 34.Rxg5 Rb2 35.R1g2Β²; 31.g5 Qxd2 32.Rxd2 hxg5 33.hxg5 fxg5 34.Rdg2 Rb6 35.Rxg5 Nf6 36.R1g2 Ne8 37.f6 Rfxf6 38.Rxe5 Rb1+ 39.Kh2 Nd6 40.Ra5]

31...Rc8? [31...Rb6 32.Rf1 Ra6=]

32.Rh2? [32.g5 fxg5 33.hxg5 hxg5 34.Bb2 Qc5 35.Qxg5+–]

32...Rc6 [32...Nc5 33.Bxc5 Qxc5 34.g5 Rcc7 35.gxh6=]

33.g5 hxg5 34.hxg5 fxg5 35.Qxg5 Qxa3 36.Qh4 [36.Qh4 Rf8 (36...Kf8 37.Qd8#) 37.Rxg7+ Kxg7 38.Qh7+ Kf6 39.Rh6+ Kg5 40.Qg7+ Kf4 41.Rh4+ Ke3 42.Qg5+ Ke2 43.Rh2+ Kf3 44.Qg2+ Kf4 45.Rh4+ Ke3 46.Rh3+ Kf4 47.Rf3#]

1–0
⚫️#120 (Strategy-Black to Move)
πŸ”ΈSvetushkin,Dmitry (2580)
πŸ”ΈKosic,Dragan (2465)
πŸ”ΈOlympiad 2018 Batumi
Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 120
public poll

B) RΓ—c5 – 8
πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘ 47%
future, @MohamadAsp, Gavin, Jayden, @h_a_d_I_1169, @AryanLeekha, Atharva, @arash22_d

C) Bb3 – 7
πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘ 41%
@mahyarebrahimi1983, Nikhil, @Somebody_Sophia, M, @WataxPin, Michael, Daniel

A) BΓ—c5 – 2
πŸ‘πŸ‘ 12%
@Mey_ro, Saghana

πŸ‘₯ 17 people voted so far.
βšͺ️ #120 (Endgame-β€ŒWhite to Move)
πŸ”ΈAl-Ali,Hussein Ali Hussein (2273)
πŸ”ΈLam,Daniel King-wai (2145)
πŸ”ΈWorld Chess Olympiad 2018 Batumi
Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 120
public poll

A) h4 – 13
πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘ 57%
future, Gavin, Nikhil, Majid, Jayden, @Behpourm, Saghana, @RichardPeng, Atharva, @WataxPin, @arash22_d, Michael, Daniel

B) b4 – 9
πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘ 39%
@mahyarebrahimi1983, @MohamadAsp, kowsari, @h_a_d_I_1169, @Somebody_Sophia, M, @AryanLeekha, shayan, @Miladdark79

C) Bd3 – 1
πŸ‘ 4%
@shahriarmz88

πŸ‘₯ 23 people voted so far.
πŸ”΄ Today is birthday of Oleg Romanishin
♦️ Ukrainian chess Grandmaster

πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘ Happy birthday πŸŒΊπŸ’β˜˜οΈπŸ’πŸŒΈπŸŒ·

πŸ’Ÿ Today is also birthday of:

πŸ’’ Henri Rinck (1870 – 1952), French endgame composer, he was one of the founders the classics of the modern study composing.
πŸ’’ Walter Shawn Browne (1949 - 2015), who was an Australian-born American chess Grandmaster and won the U.S. Chess Championship six times.
πŸ’’ Nikolay Zubarev (1894 - 1951), a Soviet Master and an International Arbiter, he was one of the founders of Chess code of Soviet qualification system.
During World War I, he won ahead of Peter Yurdansky at Moscow 1915, and tied for 4-5th at Moscow 1916. After the war, he won twice Moscow City Chess Championship in 1927 and 1930.
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πŸ”Έchess.com IoM Masters Douglas ENG 2018
πŸ”ΈRound 6
βšͺ️Le,Quang Liem (2715)
⚫️Swapnil,S. Dhopade (2493)
πŸ”Έ1-0
50...Bf8? [A useless move. Black should immediately have launched his attack on the opponent's pawns.]

[50...Rd1! 51.Rc2 (51.Ke3 Rh1) 51...Rxd4 52.Rc8 g5 53.hxg6+ Kxg6 54.Re8 Kf7 55.Ra8 a5 56.Be8+β€š Kg7 57.Bd7 Rd3+ 58.Kg4 h5+ 59.Kxh5 Rh3+ 60.Kg4 Rh4+ 61.Kg3 Rh6+/=]

51.Rg6! Rh1 52.Bd7 Rf1+? [ΒΉ52...Rxh5 53.Rxe6Β±]

53.Ke3 Re1+ 54.Kd3 Rd1+ 55.Kc3 Rf1 56.Bxe6+ Ke8 57.f5+–

1–0
πŸ”΄ Today is birthday of Ehsan Ghaem-Maghami
♦️ Iranian chess Grandmaster
πŸ”Ί The first chess grandmaster of Iran

πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘ Happy birthday πŸŒΊπŸ’β˜˜οΈπŸ’πŸŒΈπŸŒ·
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The famous game Psakhis-Geller, Yerevan Zonal tournament 1982. Won by Black in only 24 moves.

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