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Lan Nepomniachtchi wins a very nice game on the White side of the Berlin against none other than Vladimir Kramnik! Great use of the two bishops.
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๐ธchess.com IoM Masters Douglas ENG 2018
๐ธRound 7
โช๏ธGrischuk,Alexander (2769)
โซ๏ธJumabayev,Rinat (2605)
๐ธ1-0
๐ธRound 7
โช๏ธGrischuk,Alexander (2769)
โซ๏ธJumabayev,Rinat (2605)
๐ธ1-0
40.Bg5+! [After this check, Black has no way to save the game. All Whites pieces are ready to mount an invasion.]
40...Bxg5 [40...Kg7 41.Bxf6+โ Kxf6 42.Qa1+! Kf7 43.Ng5+ Kf8 44.Qf6+ Kg8 45.Re8#; 40...Kh5 41.Kg3! โณRh1 41...Nxe1 42.Qxe1+โ โณQh1]
41.fxg5+ [โณQc7]
41...Kh5 [41...Kg7 42.Qc7+ Qf7 43.Re7 Bd5 44.Rxf7+ Bxf7+โ]
42.Qc7! [With an unstoppable mate.]
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40...Bxg5 [40...Kg7 41.Bxf6+โ Kxf6 42.Qa1+! Kf7 43.Ng5+ Kf8 44.Qf6+ Kg8 45.Re8#; 40...Kh5 41.Kg3! โณRh1 41...Nxe1 42.Qxe1+โ โณQh1]
41.fxg5+ [โณQc7]
41...Kh5 [41...Kg7 42.Qc7+ Qf7 43.Re7 Bd5 44.Rxf7+ Bxf7+โ]
42.Qc7! [With an unstoppable mate.]
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๐ด Today is birthday of Jan Werle
โฆ๏ธ Dutch chess Grandmaster
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โฆ๏ธ Dutch chess Grandmaster
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Venice, 29th September 1950. In the 2nd round of the tournament Aleksandr Kotov faces fellow Soviet GM Vasily Smyslov; meanwhile Harry Golombek (England) faces Herman Steiner (USA).
Kotov took 1st place in the event, ahead of Smyslov.
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Kotov took 1st place in the event, ahead of Smyslov.
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Belgrade, Yugoslavia, March/April 1970. On board 2 of the 'Match of the Century' (Rest of the World v. USSR), Bobby Fischer faces Tigran Petrosian.
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Judit Polgar vs Sergey Karjakin
Hotel Bali Stars (2003) (rapid), Benidorm ESP, rd 10
Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation. English Attack (B90) ยท 1-0
https://goo.gl/HHPRvm
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Hotel Bali Stars (2003) (rapid), Benidorm ESP, rd 10
Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation. English Attack (B90) ยท 1-0
https://goo.gl/HHPRvm
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It took our amazing crew 8 days to change our venue from a normal venue to the Chess Walhalla. You can see it happening in 20 seconds.
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โด๏ธ About Milan Vidmar
๐ธ Milan Vidmar
๐ธ Slovene chess grandmaster
๐ธ Chess Writer
๐ Milan Vidmar was a Slovene electrical engineer, chess Grandmaster, chess theorist, chess arbiter, philosopher, and writer. He was among the top dozen chess players in the world from 1910 to 1930. He was a specialist in power transformers and transmission of electric current.
๐ Born: June 22, 1885, Ljubljana, Slovenia
๐ Died: October 9, 1962, Ljubljana, Slovenia
๐ Education: University of Vienna
๐ Books: GOLDENE SCHACHZEITEN E-BOOK.
๐ Vidmar was born in a middle-class family in Ljubljana, Austria-Hungary (now in Slovenia). He was also a top-class chess player, probably one of the best dozen players in the world from 1910 to 1930, all the while remaining an amateur. He was awarded the Grandmaster title in 1950.
Vidmar successes include high places at some of the top chess tournaments of his time, e.g. sixth at Carlsbad 1907, third at Prague 1908, first at Gothenburg 1909 (the 7th Nordic Chess Championship), second at San Sebastiรกn 1911 with Akiba Rubinstein behind Josรฉ Raรบl Capablanca, first at Budapest 1912, second at Mannheim 1914, first at Vienna and Berlin in 1918, second at Koลกice 1928, third at London 1922, shared first with Alexander Alekhine at Hastings 1925/26, third at Semmering 1926, fourth at New York 1927, fourth at London 1927, shared fifth at Carlsbad 1929, tied for 4โ7th at Bled 1931, tied for 3โ6th at Stuttgart 1939, second behind Max Euwe at Budapest 1940, first at Basel 1952.
๐ Vidmar represented Yugoslavia in the Chess Olympiads of Prague 1931 (board one, 8.5/16) and Stockholm 1935 (board one, 8.5/14).[2]
Vidmar became an arbiter, earning the title of International Arbiter from FIDE, and was chief referee for the 1948 World Chess Championship in The Hague/Moscow.
โฆ๏ธA memorable game by Vidmar๐
โช๏ธ Akiba Rubinstein vs Milan Vidmar
โช๏ธ Berlin Four Masters (1918), Berlin DEU, rd 3, Apr-22
โช๏ธ Budapest Defense: Rubinstein Variation (A52)
โฆ๏ธ Review and download PGN file๐
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๐ธ Milan Vidmar
๐ธ Slovene chess grandmaster
๐ธ Chess Writer
๐ Milan Vidmar was a Slovene electrical engineer, chess Grandmaster, chess theorist, chess arbiter, philosopher, and writer. He was among the top dozen chess players in the world from 1910 to 1930. He was a specialist in power transformers and transmission of electric current.
๐ Born: June 22, 1885, Ljubljana, Slovenia
๐ Died: October 9, 1962, Ljubljana, Slovenia
๐ Education: University of Vienna
๐ Books: GOLDENE SCHACHZEITEN E-BOOK.
๐ Vidmar was born in a middle-class family in Ljubljana, Austria-Hungary (now in Slovenia). He was also a top-class chess player, probably one of the best dozen players in the world from 1910 to 1930, all the while remaining an amateur. He was awarded the Grandmaster title in 1950.
Vidmar successes include high places at some of the top chess tournaments of his time, e.g. sixth at Carlsbad 1907, third at Prague 1908, first at Gothenburg 1909 (the 7th Nordic Chess Championship), second at San Sebastiรกn 1911 with Akiba Rubinstein behind Josรฉ Raรบl Capablanca, first at Budapest 1912, second at Mannheim 1914, first at Vienna and Berlin in 1918, second at Koลกice 1928, third at London 1922, shared first with Alexander Alekhine at Hastings 1925/26, third at Semmering 1926, fourth at New York 1927, fourth at London 1927, shared fifth at Carlsbad 1929, tied for 4โ7th at Bled 1931, tied for 3โ6th at Stuttgart 1939, second behind Max Euwe at Budapest 1940, first at Basel 1952.
๐ Vidmar represented Yugoslavia in the Chess Olympiads of Prague 1931 (board one, 8.5/16) and Stockholm 1935 (board one, 8.5/14).[2]
Vidmar became an arbiter, earning the title of International Arbiter from FIDE, and was chief referee for the 1948 World Chess Championship in The Hague/Moscow.
โฆ๏ธA memorable game by Vidmar๐
โช๏ธ Akiba Rubinstein vs Milan Vidmar
โช๏ธ Berlin Four Masters (1918), Berlin DEU, rd 3, Apr-22
โช๏ธ Budapest Defense: Rubinstein Variation (A52)
โฆ๏ธ Review and download PGN file๐
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