30.Rxg6!+– [A beautiful combination that finishes the game quickly.]
[30.Qb7!? Rb8 31.Qa7 Ra8 32.Qxd4 Qxd4 33.Bxd4 axb3 34.axb3 b4 35.Kb2+–]
30...hxg6 [30...Bxe5 31.fxe5 Qb4 32.Rgg1 bxc4 33.bxc4 a3 34.Ba1 Rb8 35.Kc2 Qa4+ 36.Kd2 Qb4+ 37.Ke2+–]
31.Nxg6+ Kh7 [31...Kg8 32.Rg1+–]
32.Qb7+! [32.Qb7+ Be7 (32...Kxg6 33.Rg1+ Kh5 34.Qh1+ Bh4 35.Rg5+ Kxh6 36.Qxh4#) 33.Qxe7+ Qxe7 34.Nxe7+–]
1–0
[30.Qb7!? Rb8 31.Qa7 Ra8 32.Qxd4 Qxd4 33.Bxd4 axb3 34.axb3 b4 35.Kb2+–]
30...hxg6 [30...Bxe5 31.fxe5 Qb4 32.Rgg1 bxc4 33.bxc4 a3 34.Ba1 Rb8 35.Kc2 Qa4+ 36.Kd2 Qb4+ 37.Ke2+–]
31.Nxg6+ Kh7 [31...Kg8 32.Rg1+–]
32.Qb7+! [32.Qb7+ Be7 (32...Kxg6 33.Rg1+ Kh5 34.Qh1+ Bh4 35.Rg5+ Kxh6 36.Qxh4#) 33.Qxe7+ Qxe7 34.Nxe7+–]
1–0
🔴 Today is birthday of Radosław Wojtaszek
♦️ Polish chess Grandmaster
👏👏👏👏👏 Happy birthday 🌺💐☘️💐🌸🌷
⚛️ Today is also birthday of:
💢 Ivan Sokolov, a Dutch chess grandmaster who won the 1988 Yugoslav Championship and in 1995 and 1998 the Dutch Championship. Before earning the GM title, he became a FIDE Master in 1985 and an International Master in 1986. In 1987 and 1993 he won the Vidmar Memorial.
💢 Enrico Paoli, an Italian International Master and honorific Grandmasrer who was Italian Champion in 1951, 1957 and 1968.
Paoli was also very keen on endgames and studies; his compositions are well known and he won 176 prizes (first, second or third) in contests organized all over the world.
In 1950 he played the international tournament in Venice where he won the brilliancy prize for a famous game he played against Soviet grandmaster Alexander Kotov.
▪️ Died: December 15, 2005, Italy
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♦️ Polish chess Grandmaster
👏👏👏👏👏 Happy birthday 🌺💐☘️💐🌸🌷
⚛️ Today is also birthday of:
💢 Ivan Sokolov, a Dutch chess grandmaster who won the 1988 Yugoslav Championship and in 1995 and 1998 the Dutch Championship. Before earning the GM title, he became a FIDE Master in 1985 and an International Master in 1986. In 1987 and 1993 he won the Vidmar Memorial.
💢 Enrico Paoli, an Italian International Master and honorific Grandmasrer who was Italian Champion in 1951, 1957 and 1968.
Paoli was also very keen on endgames and studies; his compositions are well known and he won 176 prizes (first, second or third) in contests organized all over the world.
In 1950 he played the international tournament in Venice where he won the brilliancy prize for a famous game he played against Soviet grandmaster Alexander Kotov.
▪️ Died: December 15, 2005, Italy
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Tbilisi, December 1978. The 46th USSR Championship final. In conversation, ex-World Champion Mikhail Tal and, at the chessboard, the 15-year-old debutant, and future World Champion Garry Kasparov.
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“The infallible criterion by which to distinguish the true from the would-be strategist is the degree of originality of his conceptions.”
🔸 Alexander Alekhine
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🔸 Alexander Alekhine
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Portorož, Yugoslavia, 27th August 1958. In the 13th round of the FIDE Interzonal tournament, Soviet GM Tigran Petrosian faces the 15-year-old US Champion Bobby Fischer. On the left, the Yugoslav GM Svetozar Gligorić looks on.
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Moscow, 28th March 1974. The 10-year-old Garry Kasparov is pictured on his way to defeating Soviet grandmaster Yuri Averbakh, in a simultaneous display with clocks given by the latter.
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After round 1 at Tata Steel in Wijk aan Zee, Anand beat Van Foreest and Nepomniachtchi beat Giri. All other games were drawn. The average rating for the event is 2753.
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🔸 Pal Benko
🔸 American-Hungarian chess grandmaster
🔸 Chess author
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🔸 Pal Benko
🔸 American-Hungarian chess grandmaster
🔸 Chess author
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✴️ About Pal Benko
🔸 Pal Benko
🔸 American-Hungarian chess grandmaster
🔸 Chess author
📚 Pal Benko is a Hungarian–American chess grandmaster, author, and composer of endgame studies and chess problems.
Benko finished in first place (or tied for first place) in eight U.S. Open Chess Championships, a record. His titles were: 1961, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1974, 1975. He won the 1964 Canadian Open Chess Championship. He represented Hungary at the 1957 Student Olympiad in Reykjavík on board one, scoring 7½/12, and Hungary was fourth as a team. He had earlier played for the national Hungarian team at the Moscow 1956 Olympiad, on board three, scoring 10/15, and helping Hungary to team bronze. He moved to the United States, but it was not until 1962 that he appeared on the U.S. team. He would wind up on six teams in a row.
🔹 Born: July 15, 1928 (age 90 years), Amiens, France
🔹 Peak rating: 2530 (July 1973)
🔹 Title: Grandmaster (1958)
🔹 FIDE rating: 2408
🔹 Books: The Benko gambit, Chess endgame lessons, Pal Benko's Endgame Laboratory
🔹 Nationality: Hungarian, American
🌐 SOURCE: WIKIPEDIA @ CHESSGAMES.COM
♦️ A memorable game by Benko👇
▪️ Pal Benko vs Robert James Fischer
▪️ Curacao Candidates (1962), Willemstad CUW, rd 1, May-02
▪️ Pirc Defense: General (B07)
♦️ Review and download PGN file👇
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🔸 Pal Benko
🔸 American-Hungarian chess grandmaster
🔸 Chess author
📚 Pal Benko is a Hungarian–American chess grandmaster, author, and composer of endgame studies and chess problems.
Benko finished in first place (or tied for first place) in eight U.S. Open Chess Championships, a record. His titles were: 1961, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1974, 1975. He won the 1964 Canadian Open Chess Championship. He represented Hungary at the 1957 Student Olympiad in Reykjavík on board one, scoring 7½/12, and Hungary was fourth as a team. He had earlier played for the national Hungarian team at the Moscow 1956 Olympiad, on board three, scoring 10/15, and helping Hungary to team bronze. He moved to the United States, but it was not until 1962 that he appeared on the U.S. team. He would wind up on six teams in a row.
🔹 Born: July 15, 1928 (age 90 years), Amiens, France
🔹 Peak rating: 2530 (July 1973)
🔹 Title: Grandmaster (1958)
🔹 FIDE rating: 2408
🔹 Books: The Benko gambit, Chess endgame lessons, Pal Benko's Endgame Laboratory
🔹 Nationality: Hungarian, American
🌐 SOURCE: WIKIPEDIA @ CHESSGAMES.COM
♦️ A memorable game by Benko👇
▪️ Pal Benko vs Robert James Fischer
▪️ Curacao Candidates (1962), Willemstad CUW, rd 1, May-02
▪️ Pirc Defense: General (B07)
♦️ Review and download PGN file👇
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