🔴 Today is birthday of Ehsan Ghaem-Maghami
♦️ Iranian chess Grandmaster
🔺 The first chess grandmaster of Iran
👏👏👏👏👏 Happy birthday 🌺💐☘️💐🌸🌷
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♦️ Iranian chess Grandmaster
🔺 The first chess grandmaster of Iran
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The famous game Psakhis-Geller, Yerevan Zonal tournament 1982. Won by Black in only 24 moves.
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"Experience and the constant analysis of the most varied positions builds up a store of knowledge in a player's mind enabling him often at a glance to assess this or that position."
🔸 Alexander Kotov
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🔸 Alexander Kotov
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🔴 About Alisa Melekhina
♦️ Alisa Melekhina
♦️ American WIM
📚 Alisa Melekhina is one of the top female chess players in the United States, a classically trained ballerina, and an alumna of the University of Pennsylvania Law School.
WIM and FIDE master. Beginning to play chess at age 5, Alisa Melekhina has represented the US in eight consecutive World Youth Chess Championships, in three Pan-Americans, the World Juniors, and the World University Chess Championships, placing in the top 10 several times.
📚 Melekhina was the youngest player invited to the 2007 US Women's Chess Championship, finished tied for third in the 2009 Championships, and remains the youngest player once again in the 2011 US Women's Championships. Her biggest chess accomplishments are the gold medal at the 2009 Women's World Team Championships held in Ningbo, China, and an International Master norm earned in 2008. Alisa has also been active in ballet and dance since in the age of 6, but after earning her bachelor's degree in philosophy at 19, she focused on her legal studies at the University of Pennsylvania Law School, from which she graduated in 2014. She is now a litigation associate at Devoise & Plimpton in New York.
🌐 SOURCE: WIKIPEDIA & CHESSGAMES.COM
♦️ A memorable game by Melekhina 👇
🔸 Alisa Melekhina vs Elizabeth Vicary
🔸 US Women's Championship (2007), Stillwater USA, rd 8, Jul-19
🔸 Sicilian Defense: Closed. Botvinnik Defense I Edge Variation (B25)
♦️ Review and download PGN file👇
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♦️ Alisa Melekhina
♦️ American WIM
📚 Alisa Melekhina is one of the top female chess players in the United States, a classically trained ballerina, and an alumna of the University of Pennsylvania Law School.
WIM and FIDE master. Beginning to play chess at age 5, Alisa Melekhina has represented the US in eight consecutive World Youth Chess Championships, in three Pan-Americans, the World Juniors, and the World University Chess Championships, placing in the top 10 several times.
📚 Melekhina was the youngest player invited to the 2007 US Women's Chess Championship, finished tied for third in the 2009 Championships, and remains the youngest player once again in the 2011 US Women's Championships. Her biggest chess accomplishments are the gold medal at the 2009 Women's World Team Championships held in Ningbo, China, and an International Master norm earned in 2008. Alisa has also been active in ballet and dance since in the age of 6, but after earning her bachelor's degree in philosophy at 19, she focused on her legal studies at the University of Pennsylvania Law School, from which she graduated in 2014. She is now a litigation associate at Devoise & Plimpton in New York.
🌐 SOURCE: WIKIPEDIA & CHESSGAMES.COM
♦️ A memorable game by Melekhina 👇
🔸 Alisa Melekhina vs Elizabeth Vicary
🔸 US Women's Championship (2007), Stillwater USA, rd 8, Jul-19
🔸 Sicilian Defense: Closed. Botvinnik Defense I Edge Variation (B25)
♦️ Review and download PGN file👇
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33...g5?? [A miscalculation. Black has overestimated his attacking chance.]
[33...Qd8! 34.Qa3 Bf6 35.c4 e4 36.Rc1 Be5=]
34.g3! [There is no reason to think about it!]
34...Bxh3 35.gxh4 Rfc7 [△Qf3]
36.Kh2! [Sevian nullifies all of Black's attacking possibilities.]
36...Rxc3 37.Qb2 g4 38.Rg1 [38.Bd7! Qf3 39.Rg1 R8c7 40.Be6+– △Rg3]
38...Qf6 39.Rg3+– [Black has no compensation for the piece.]
1–0
[33...Qd8! 34.Qa3 Bf6 35.c4 e4 36.Rc1 Be5=]
34.g3! [There is no reason to think about it!]
34...Bxh3 35.gxh4 Rfc7 [△Qf3]
36.Kh2! [Sevian nullifies all of Black's attacking possibilities.]
36...Rxc3 37.Qb2 g4 38.Rg1 [38.Bd7! Qf3 39.Rg1 R8c7 40.Be6+– △Rg3]
38...Qf6 39.Rg3+– [Black has no compensation for the piece.]
1–0
29...Rxc5! [A strong positional exchange sacrifice in order to dominate the dark squares on the board. The bishop pair, the e4–passed pawn and his queenside pawn majority give him more than enough compensation.]
[29...Bxc5 30.bxc5 Qd7 31.Rc1 Bc4 32.Qh6 Rg8 33.Nxc4 bxc4 34.Rxc4 Rxc5 35.Rxe4 g5 36.Qh5 Rc2=; 29...Bb3 30.Rxd8 Rxd8 31.Bxf8 Rxf8 32.Rf4 Qa7 (32...Qd7?? 33.Qh6 Rg8 34.Qxh7+ Kxh7 35.Rh4#) 33.Rxe4 g5 34.Qxg5 Rg8 35.Qh6 Rg6 36.Qh4±; 29...Bc4]
30.bxc5 Bxc5 31.Qh6 Bf8 32.Qh3 Qc7 33.Qg3 Qc5 34.Qf4 Qb6 [34...Qxa3! 35.Ra1 Qc5 36.Rxa6 Bb7 37.Ra2 Rd3–+]
35.Kh1 a5 36.h4 b4 37.axb4 axb4 38.h5 gxh5 39.g4 h4 40.Rd2 Bc5?? [40...Bc6! 41.Rxd8 Qxd8 42.Rd1 Qb8 43.Kh2µ]
41.Nxd5 exd5 42.Qg5? [White returns the favor!]
[42.Rh2! Be3 43.Qf5 Rg8 44.Rxh4 Rg6 45.Ra1 Qd8 46.e6 Qxf6 47.Qxf6+ Rxf6 48.e7 Re6 49.Ra8+ Kg7 50.e8Q Rxe8 51.Rxe8+–]
42...Bf8 43.Rh2 Qa6 44.Qf5 Qd3 45.Rxh4 h6 46.Qf4 e3 47.Rh3 d4 48.g5 b3 49.Rg1 Qg6 50.Rh2 Rc8 51.e6 fxe6 52.gxh6 Qf5 53.h7 Rc1 54.Qg3 Qe4+ 55.Rhg2 Rxg1+ 56.Kxg1 Qb1+ 57.Kh2 Qxh7+ 58.Kg1 Qb1+ 59.Kh2 Qh7+ 60.Kg1 Qb1+ 61.Kh2 Qh7+ ½–½
[29...Bxc5 30.bxc5 Qd7 31.Rc1 Bc4 32.Qh6 Rg8 33.Nxc4 bxc4 34.Rxc4 Rxc5 35.Rxe4 g5 36.Qh5 Rc2=; 29...Bb3 30.Rxd8 Rxd8 31.Bxf8 Rxf8 32.Rf4 Qa7 (32...Qd7?? 33.Qh6 Rg8 34.Qxh7+ Kxh7 35.Rh4#) 33.Rxe4 g5 34.Qxg5 Rg8 35.Qh6 Rg6 36.Qh4±; 29...Bc4]
30.bxc5 Bxc5 31.Qh6 Bf8 32.Qh3 Qc7 33.Qg3 Qc5 34.Qf4 Qb6 [34...Qxa3! 35.Ra1 Qc5 36.Rxa6 Bb7 37.Ra2 Rd3–+]
35.Kh1 a5 36.h4 b4 37.axb4 axb4 38.h5 gxh5 39.g4 h4 40.Rd2 Bc5?? [40...Bc6! 41.Rxd8 Qxd8 42.Rd1 Qb8 43.Kh2µ]
41.Nxd5 exd5 42.Qg5? [White returns the favor!]
[42.Rh2! Be3 43.Qf5 Rg8 44.Rxh4 Rg6 45.Ra1 Qd8 46.e6 Qxf6 47.Qxf6+ Rxf6 48.e7 Re6 49.Ra8+ Kg7 50.e8Q Rxe8 51.Rxe8+–]
42...Bf8 43.Rh2 Qa6 44.Qf5 Qd3 45.Rxh4 h6 46.Qf4 e3 47.Rh3 d4 48.g5 b3 49.Rg1 Qg6 50.Rh2 Rc8 51.e6 fxe6 52.gxh6 Qf5 53.h7 Rc1 54.Qg3 Qe4+ 55.Rhg2 Rxg1+ 56.Kxg1 Qb1+ 57.Kh2 Qxh7+ 58.Kg1 Qb1+ 59.Kh2 Qh7+ 60.Kg1 Qb1+ 61.Kh2 Qh7+ ½–½
36.b4! [36.h4 b4 37.g5+ hxg5+ 38.hxg5+ Kg7 39.Ke5 Bf7 40.Kd4 bxa3 41.bxa3 Bg6 42.Ba4 Bf7 43.Kc5 Kg6 44.Kb5 Kxg5 45.Kxa5 c5 46.Bc2 Kf4 47.Kb5 c4 48.Kb4 Ke5 49.a4 Kd6 50.a5=; 36.Bd3 b4 37.h4 Bf7 38.Be4 c5 39.g5+ hxg5+ 40.hxg5+ Kg7 41.Ke5 c4 42.axb4 axb4 43.Kd4]
36...axb4 37.axb4 Ke6 38.Bd3 Bc6 39.h4 Be8 40.Ke4 Kd6 41.Kd4 c6 42.Be4 Bd7 43.g5 hxg5 44.hxg5 Be6 45.g6 [45.g6 Bg8 46.g7 Ke7 47.Bxc6 Kf6 48.Bd5 Bxd5 49.Kxd5 Kxg7 50.Kc6+–]
1–0
36...axb4 37.axb4 Ke6 38.Bd3 Bc6 39.h4 Be8 40.Ke4 Kd6 41.Kd4 c6 42.Be4 Bd7 43.g5 hxg5 44.hxg5 Be6 45.g6 [45.g6 Bg8 46.g7 Ke7 47.Bxc6 Kf6 48.Bd5 Bxd5 49.Kxd5 Kxg7 50.Kc6+–]
1–0