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) · 1-0
https://goo.gl/HHPRvm

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#Vidmar

✴️ Milan Vidmar
🔸 Slovene chess grandmaster
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✴️ About Milan Vidmar

🔸 Milan Vidmar
🔸 Slovene chess grandmaster
🔸 Chess Writer

📚 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.
🔘 Born: June 22, 1885, Ljubljana, Slovenia
🔘 Died: October 9, 1962, Ljubljana, Slovenia
🔘 Education: University of Vienna
🔘 Books: GOLDENE SCHACHZEITEN E-BOOK.

📚 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 Sebastián 1911 with Akiba Rubinstein behind José Raúl Capablanca, first at Budapest 1912, second at Mannheim 1914, first at Vienna and Berlin in 1918, second at Košice 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 4–7th at Bled 1931, tied for 3–6th at Stuttgart 1939, second behind Max Euwe at Budapest 1940, first at Basel 1952.

📚 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.

♦️A memorable game by Vidmar👇
▪️ Akiba Rubinstein vs Milan Vidmar
▪️ Berlin Four Masters (1918), Berlin DEU, rd 3, Apr-22
▪️ Budapest Defense: Rubinstein Variation (A52)

♦️ Review and download PGN file👇
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▪️ Akiba Rubinstein - Milan Vidmar, Berlin Four Masters 1918
▪️PGN format
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What a way to become a grandmaster! 🔥🤩🔥

Gukesh crashed through in his norm-winning game with 20.Ng7+! and 21.Rxe6+! to win in 26 moves against Dinesh Sharma!

🔸chess.com IoM Masters Douglas ENG 2018
🔸Round 7
⚪️Shirov,Alexei (2636)
⚫️Le,Quang Liem (2715)
🔸1-0

28.Be4? [Shirov missed a golden opportunity to seize a huge advantage.]

[28.h7! Qa5 (28...Rxh7? 29.Nxf6+ Bxf6 30.Rg8+ Ke7 31.Rxa8 Qd6 32.Ra7 Kf8 33.Bc2 Qc5 34.Qxc5+ Nxc5 35.Rd6 Bf3 36.Ng1 Rh1 37.Rxf6 Rxg1+ 38.Kb2+–) 29.a4 bxa3 30.Qh6! △Qg7 30...a2+ 31.Ka1 Bb4 32.Rc1 Nc5 33.Bc4 Ba3 34.Rgd1 Ne4 35.Qg7+–]

28...Nd6! 29.Ng3 [29.Bxc6+ Qxc6 30.Qd3 Kf8 31.Rc1 Qe4 32.Qxe4 Nxe4 33.Kb2=]

29...Nb5 30.Rc1 Nc3+ 31.Rxc3 bxc3 32.Rc1 Bxe4+ 33.Nxe4 Qa5 34.a4 Rb8?! [34...Qa6! 35.Qxc3 Rb8 36.Ka1 Rd8 37.Qc7 Rd7 38.Qb8+ Rd8 39.Qb5+ Qxb5 40.axb5 Rb8=]

35.Rxc3+/=

1–0

⚪️#121 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Debashis,D (2548)
🔸Trent,L (2391)
🔸chess.com IoM Masters Douglas ENG

Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 121
public poll

B) Nf1 – 10
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 91%
@mahyarebrahimi1983, @Hamid_mirzaee, future, Gavin, Vincent, @h_a_d_I_1169, @Somebody_Sophia, @RichardPeng, Atharva, @WataxPin

A) Ndb1 – 1
👍 9%
@shahrook

C) a5
▫️ 0%

👥 11 people voted so far.

⚫️ #121 (Endgame-‌Black to Move)
🔸Hoefelsauer,T (2380)
🔸Moksh,Amit Doshi (2224)
🔸chess.com IoM Masters Douglas ENG

Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 121
public poll

C) Re1 – 14
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 88%
@Hamed_jaafaari, @shahrook, future, @Ehsan_fischer, @MohamadAsp, Gavin, Angel, Babak, Vincent, @h_a_d_I_1169, @Somebody_Sophia, Atharva, @WataxPin, Daniel

A) Rb7 – 2
👍 13%
@mahyarebrahimi1983, @arash22_d

B) Rb4
▫️ 0%

👥 16 people voted so far.

🔵 Arizona State Grades Chess Tournament
Saturday, January 12th, 2019

♦️ Six State Champions and One Co-Champion! Unity Chess Students find the winning moves at the AZ State Grades Championships 2019!
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🔵 Arizona State Grades Chess Tournament
Saturday, January 12th, 2019
♦️ Great job by Unity Chess Club Students in " Arizona State Grades Chess Tournament, 2019 " !!
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