29.b4! [White takes advantage of an opportunity to remove the weakness of the b-pawn.]
29...Rad8? [29...axb3?? 30.Qxf7+ Kh8 31.Qxg7#; ¹29...Qd5 30.Nf3 △Re7 30...Re6 31.Rxe6 Qxe6 32.Qxc7 Bd5 33.Ne5±]
30.Qg4! [to provoke a weakness into his opponent's King.]
30...g6 31.Qh4 Kg7 32.Qe7 Qd5 33.Qxc7 [¹33.Rf3! Rf8 34.Qxc7+–]
33...Re8 34.Kh2 Rd7 35.Nxd7 Rxe1 36.Re3 Rf1 37.Re2 Qxd4 38.Rxa2 Rxf2 39.Rxf2 Qxf2 40.Qe5+
1–0
29...Rad8? [29...axb3?? 30.Qxf7+ Kh8 31.Qxg7#; ¹29...Qd5 30.Nf3 △Re7 30...Re6 31.Rxe6 Qxe6 32.Qxc7 Bd5 33.Ne5±]
30.Qg4! [to provoke a weakness into his opponent's King.]
30...g6 31.Qh4 Kg7 32.Qe7 Qd5 33.Qxc7 [¹33.Rf3! Rf8 34.Qxc7+–]
33...Re8 34.Kh2 Rd7 35.Nxd7 Rxe1 36.Re3 Rf1 37.Re2 Qxd4 38.Rxa2 Rxf2 39.Rxf2 Qxf2 40.Qe5+
1–0
18.Nc5 [18.Bg3! Socko gets rid of the opponent's bishop pair and makes it easier to attack the c6–pawn and exploit the outpost on c5. 18...Nxa4 19.Qxa4 Be6 20.Rc1 Bd5 21.Rc5 Re6 22.Nc4 Bxg3 23.fxg3 a5 24.Rxa5 Rxa5 25.Qxa5 Qxa5 26.Nxa5 Rf6 27.Rc1 Kf8 28.Nb7!²; 18.Rc1 Bf8! 19.Nc5 a5 20.Ncxe4 Qa7 21.Bg3 (21.Qxc6? Bb7 22.Qc2 b3 23.axb3 (23.Qd3 a4 24.Nc5 a3–+ 25.bxa3 Bxc5 26.Rxc5 Na4 27.Rcc1 Ba6–+) 23...a4!µ) 21...Ba6 22.Nc5 Bb5=]
18...Bf5 19.Bg3+/=
½–½
18...Bf5 19.Bg3+/=
½–½
41...Nc5 [41...Nxc1 42.Rxc1 Rf8 43.Nd3 Rf6µ; 41...Na1+ 42.Kb1 Rf8 43.Nd3 Nb3 44.Kc2 Nxc1 45.Rxc1 Rd8 (45...Ne3+ 46.Kd2 Nxg2 47.Rg1 Nf4 48.Nxf4+ Rxf4 49.Rxg7 Rxe4 50.a5 Rh4 51.a6 Rxh2+ 52.Kd3 Ra2 53.Rxa7=) 46.Re1 h5-/+]
42.a5 Nxa5 [42...bxa5 43.Re1 a4–+]
43.Ba3 Ncb7 44.Rd3 Nc4 45.Bc1 Nc5 46.Rg3 Rc7–+
0–1
42.a5 Nxa5 [42...bxa5 43.Re1 a4–+]
43.Ba3 Ncb7 44.Rd3 Nc4 45.Bc1 Nc5 46.Rg3 Rc7–+
0–1
8 GMs have 5/6 moving into the 7th Round at #GibChess!
Vladisiav v. Nakamura
Saric v. Navara
Grandelius v. Le Quang
Adhiban v. Yu Yangyi
Levon Aronian (also on 5/6) is taking an 0.5 point bye.
Vladisiav v. Nakamura
Saric v. Navara
Grandelius v. Le Quang
Adhiban v. Yu Yangyi
Levon Aronian (also on 5/6) is taking an 0.5 point bye.
Tallinn, 7th March 1975. In the 14th round of what was one of his final tournaments, Paul Keres is in play v. Boris Spassky. Friðrik Ólafsson looks on.
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♦️ Russian chess Grandmaster
▪️ Born: January 28, 1952
▪️ Died: November 30, 2003
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♦️ Russian chess Grandmaster
▪️ Born: January 28, 1952
▪️ Died: November 30, 2003
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🔵 Chess History - Tournaments
🔹 Corus 2001
🔹 63rd Wijk aan Zee Tournament
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#Corus2001
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🔵 Chess History - Tournaments
🔹 Corus 2001
🔹 63rd Wijk aan Zee Tournament
#chess_history_tornaments
#Corus2001
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🔵 Chess History - Tournaments
🔹 Corus 2001
🔹 January 12-28
🔹 63rd Wijk aan Zee Tournament
🔰 CHAMPION: Garry Kasparov | 9/13 (+5 -0 =9) |
📚 The Tata Steel Chess Tournament is an annual chess tournament held in January in Wijk aan Zee, the Netherlands. It was called the Hoogovens tournament from its creation in 1938 until the sponsor Koninklijke Hoogovens merged with British Steel to form the Corus Group in 1999, after which the tournament was called the Corus chess tournament. Corus Group became Tata Steel Europe in 2007. Despite the name changes, the series is numbered sequentially from its Hoogovens beginnings; the 2011 event was referred to as the 73rd Tata Steel Chess Tournament.
📚 The 2nd Annual Corus Chess Tournament was a category XIX event held in Wijk aan Zee, The Netherlands from January 12th to January 28th, 2001. 14 top grandmasters, including the world champion, competed in a round robin format in the prestigous A event.
◼️ The participants were (in order of ELO):
▪️ Garry Kasparov (2849)
▪️ Vishwanathan Anand (2790)
▪️ Vladimir Kramnik (2772)
▪️ Michael Adams (2746)
▪️ Peter Leko (2745)
▪️ Alexander Morozevich (2745)
▪️ Alexey Shirov (2718)
▪️ Veselin Topalov (2718),
▪️ Vassily Ivanchuk (2717)
▪️ Loek Van Wely (2700)
▪️ Jeroen Piket (2632)
▪️ Jan Timman (2629)
▪️ Sergei Tiviakov (2597)
▪️ Alexei Fedorov (2575)
♦️ Kasparov won his third straight Wijk aan Zee tournament undefeated with 9/13.
🔹 The final standings and crosstable was as above👆
🔹 Download "Corus 2001 Games Database " by PGN format👇
🔹 Review our selected game from this tournament👇
#chess_history_tornaments
#Corus2001
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🔹 Corus 2001
🔹 January 12-28
🔹 63rd Wijk aan Zee Tournament
🔰 CHAMPION: Garry Kasparov | 9/13 (+5 -0 =9) |
📚 The Tata Steel Chess Tournament is an annual chess tournament held in January in Wijk aan Zee, the Netherlands. It was called the Hoogovens tournament from its creation in 1938 until the sponsor Koninklijke Hoogovens merged with British Steel to form the Corus Group in 1999, after which the tournament was called the Corus chess tournament. Corus Group became Tata Steel Europe in 2007. Despite the name changes, the series is numbered sequentially from its Hoogovens beginnings; the 2011 event was referred to as the 73rd Tata Steel Chess Tournament.
📚 The 2nd Annual Corus Chess Tournament was a category XIX event held in Wijk aan Zee, The Netherlands from January 12th to January 28th, 2001. 14 top grandmasters, including the world champion, competed in a round robin format in the prestigous A event.
◼️ The participants were (in order of ELO):
▪️ Garry Kasparov (2849)
▪️ Vishwanathan Anand (2790)
▪️ Vladimir Kramnik (2772)
▪️ Michael Adams (2746)
▪️ Peter Leko (2745)
▪️ Alexander Morozevich (2745)
▪️ Alexey Shirov (2718)
▪️ Veselin Topalov (2718),
▪️ Vassily Ivanchuk (2717)
▪️ Loek Van Wely (2700)
▪️ Jeroen Piket (2632)
▪️ Jan Timman (2629)
▪️ Sergei Tiviakov (2597)
▪️ Alexei Fedorov (2575)
♦️ Kasparov won his third straight Wijk aan Zee tournament undefeated with 9/13.
🔹 The final standings and crosstable was as above👆
🔹 Download "Corus 2001 Games Database " by PGN format👇
🔹 Review our selected game from this tournament👇
#chess_history_tornaments
#Corus2001
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♦️ Review our selected game from Corus 2001 chess tournament👇
🔸 Garry Kasparov vs Veselin Topalov
🔸 Corus (2001), Wijk aan Zee , rd 7, Jan-21
🔸 Sicilian Defense: Scheveningen Variation. English Attack (B80)
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🔸 Garry Kasparov vs Veselin Topalov
🔸 Corus (2001), Wijk aan Zee , rd 7, Jan-21
🔸 Sicilian Defense: Scheveningen Variation. English Attack (B80)
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🔸chess.com IoM Masters Douglas ENG 2018
🔸Round 2
⚪️Dragnev,Valentin (2508)
⚫️Naiditsch,Arkadij (2721)
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🔸Round 2
⚪️Dragnev,Valentin (2508)
⚫️Naiditsch,Arkadij (2721)
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