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🔵 Chess History - Tournaments
🔹 Corus 2001
🔹 63rd Wijk aan Zee Tournament
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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👇
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#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)
🔸0-1
19...Qxd3! [A correct decision. The endgame is much better for Black thanks to his bishop pair and better pawn structure.]
20.Rxd3 cxd4! [△Be8]
[20...Be8?! 21.d5 exd5 22.Nxd5 Bf8 23.Red2= White's pieces would be activated.]
21.Rxd4 Be8 22.Red2 Rxd4 23.Rxd4 b5 24.Kf1 Rc8 25.Nd1 [25.Ne4 Rc2 26.Rd2 Rxd2 27.Nxd2 b4 28.axb4 Bb5+ 29.Ke1 Bxb4³]
25...f6 [25...Bc5! 26.Rd3 f6 27.Nd7 Be7 28.b4 Bg6 29.Rd2 Rc1 30.Ke2 Ra1-/+]
26.Nd3 Bd8 27.Ne1 b4! [In order to activate the bishop pair.]
28.Rxb4 [28.axb4 Bb5+ 29.Kg1 Bb6 30.Rd2 Rc1 31.Nd3 Rb1 32.Kf1 a5 33.Ke2 axb4-/+]
28...Ba5 29.Rd4 Bb5+ 30.Nd3 Bb6-/+ [30...Rc1! 31.Ke2 Rc2+ 32.Kf3 Rd2–+]
0–1
20.Rxd3 cxd4! [△Be8]
[20...Be8?! 21.d5 exd5 22.Nxd5 Bf8 23.Red2= White's pieces would be activated.]
21.Rxd4 Be8 22.Red2 Rxd4 23.Rxd4 b5 24.Kf1 Rc8 25.Nd1 [25.Ne4 Rc2 26.Rd2 Rxd2 27.Nxd2 b4 28.axb4 Bb5+ 29.Ke1 Bxb4³]
25...f6 [25...Bc5! 26.Rd3 f6 27.Nd7 Be7 28.b4 Bg6 29.Rd2 Rc1 30.Ke2 Ra1-/+]
26.Nd3 Bd8 27.Ne1 b4! [In order to activate the bishop pair.]
28.Rxb4 [28.axb4 Bb5+ 29.Kg1 Bb6 30.Rd2 Rc1 31.Nd3 Rb1 32.Kf1 a5 33.Ke2 axb4-/+]
28...Ba5 29.Rd4 Bb5+ 30.Nd3 Bb6-/+ [30...Rc1! 31.Ke2 Rc2+ 32.Kf3 Rd2–+]
0–1
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 h5µ]
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
🔴 Today is birthday of Raymond Keene
♦️ English chess Grandmaster
👏👏👏👏👏 Happy birthday 🌺💐☘️💐🌸🌷
⚛️ Today is also birthday of:
❗️ Maxim Dlugy, an American chess grandmaster who born in Moscow, USSR. He arrived with his family in the United States in 1977. Dlugy was awarded the International Master title in 1982 and won the World Junior Chess Championship in 1985.
❗️ Artur Kogan, a Ukrainian–born Israeli chess grandmaster who immigrated from Ukraine to Israel when he was two years old and spent more than 20 years in Israel. He currently resides in Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain.
❗️ Liang Chong, a Chinese chess Grandmaster who in 2004 became China's 16th Grandmaster.
◼️ Also today is the death day of Yousof Safvat, an Iranian chess master who was four times chess champion of Iran and represented his country in five Chess Olympiads.
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♦️ English chess Grandmaster
👏👏👏👏👏 Happy birthday 🌺💐☘️💐🌸🌷
⚛️ Today is also birthday of:
❗️ Maxim Dlugy, an American chess grandmaster who born in Moscow, USSR. He arrived with his family in the United States in 1977. Dlugy was awarded the International Master title in 1982 and won the World Junior Chess Championship in 1985.
❗️ Artur Kogan, a Ukrainian–born Israeli chess grandmaster who immigrated from Ukraine to Israel when he was two years old and spent more than 20 years in Israel. He currently resides in Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain.
❗️ Liang Chong, a Chinese chess Grandmaster who in 2004 became China's 16th Grandmaster.
◼️ Also today is the death day of Yousof Safvat, an Iranian chess master who was four times chess champion of Iran and represented his country in five Chess Olympiads.
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During the 1984/85 World Championship match in Moscow, Garry Kasparov is pictured with his team - left to right: Evgeny Vladimirov, Iosif Dorfman, Aleksandr Nikitin and Gennady Timoshchenko.
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"Do not always be thinking of attack! Moves that safeguard your position are often far more prudent."
🔸 Aron Nimzowitsch
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🔸 Aron Nimzowitsch
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At the opening of the international tournament at Tallinn, February 1975. In the centre - grandmaster Paul Keres; on the right, the chief arbiter of the event, Lembit Vahesaar.
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♟ UNITY OPEN GRAND PRIX TOURNAMENT
Saturday, February 16th, 2019
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Saturday, February 16th, 2019
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🔵 Online registration by Club Website:👇
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⚫️ Download Rules & Regulations: 👇
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