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πŸ”Έchess.com IoM Masters Douglas ENG 2018
πŸ”ΈRound 2
βšͺ️Tari,Aryan (2618)
⚫️Zumsande,Martin (2492)
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32.R7f6?! [This dubious move allows White to consolidate his position.]

[He should have eliminated one of the defenders of e4. 32.Rxe7! Rxe7 33.b4! White is not in a hurry and pushes his queenside majority first. 33...Re8 34.c4 Re5 35.c5 Re7 Black is in complete agony, with no useful moves. 36.Kg1 β–³Kf2 36...Rf7 (36...Kh8? 37.Kf2Β± β–³RΓ—e4) 37.Rxe4 Qxe3+ 38.Rxe3 Rf4 39.Rd3 Be8 40.Rd1 h6 41.b5! β–³c6 41...axb5 42.c6 Bxc6 43.a6 bxa6 44.Nxc6Β±]

32...Qg7?! [ΒΉ32...Qh5! 33.b4 Qe5 34.h4 Kg7 35.Kg1 Qxf6 36.Rxf6 Kxf6=]

33.b4 Kh8 34.Kg1 Qg8 35.Rf1 Kg7 36.Rd6 Rf7 37.Rf4 Ref8?? [37...Rxf4! 38.Qxf4 Bc8 39.Qf6+ Kh6 40.Nf5+ Bxf5 41.Qxf5 Qf8! 42.Qxf8+ Rxf8 43.Re6 Rf4Β²]

38.Rxe4 Bc8 39.Ne6+! Bxe6 40.Qd4+ Kh6 41.Rdxe6+–

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⚫️#132 (Strategy-Black to Move)
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Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 132
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A) Nb4 – 17
πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘ 89%
@Hadihmz, @mahyarebrahimi1983, Ψ§Ω…ΫŒΨ±, @fantastic45, Gavin, Jayden, @SteveWongso, Vishal, hasan, @Somebody_Sophia, @RichardPeng, @AryanLeekha, Michael, Hansika, Alan, Matthew, Kasyap

B) Rac8 – 2
πŸ‘ 11%
@Ismailaqa, Ezequiel

C) Rfc8
▫️ 0%

πŸ‘₯ 19 people voted so far.
βšͺ️ #132 (Endgame-β€ŒWhite to Move)
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πŸ”ΈCori T.,D (2406)
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Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 132
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C) Bh3 – 11
πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘ 79%
@Hadihmz, @Ismailaqa, Gavin, Jayden, @SteveWongso, @RichardPeng, @AryanLeekha, Michael, Hansika, Ezequiel, Kasyap

A) Bb2 – 2
πŸ‘ 14%
Vishal, Matthew

B) g4 – 1
πŸ‘ 7%
@Somebody_Sophia

πŸ‘₯ 14 people voted so far.
πŸ”΄ Today is birthday of Vasily Yemelin
♦️ Russian chess Grandmaster

πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘ Happy birthday πŸŒΊπŸ’β˜˜οΈπŸ’πŸŒΈπŸŒ·

βš›οΈ Today is also birthday of Aleksandr Galkin, a Russian chess grandmaster who won the 1999 World Junior Chess Championship. In the September 2009 FIDE list, he has an Elo rating of 2608.
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Riga-85. Zonal tournament for the championship of the world. Lev Psakhis, Mark Dvoretsky, Yuri Razuvaev, Sergey Smagin. First, great grandmasters, then great coaches.

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β€œUnder no circumstances should you play fast if you have a winning position. Forget the clock, use all your time and make good moves.”

πŸ”Έ Pal Benko

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Future world champions Boris Spassky and Tigran Petrosian, pictured in 1955.

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BEST END GAME EVER!!! Garry Kasparov vs Vladimir Kramnik 1994.

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πŸ”΅ Chess History - Tournaments
πŸ”Ή Wijk aan Zee Hoogovens 1998

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πŸ”΅ Chess History - Tournaments
πŸ”Ή Wijk aan Zee Hoogovens 1998
πŸ”ΉJanuary 15th - February 1st

πŸ”° CHAMPION: Vladimir Kramnik | 8.5/13 (+6 -2 =5) |
πŸ”° SHARED WITH: Viswanathan Anand | 8.5/13 (+5 -1 =7) |

πŸ“š The 60th Annual Hoogovens Chess Tournament was a Category XVII event held in Wijk aan Zee, The Netherlands from January 15th to February 1st 1998. 14 top grandmasters, including the reigning FIDE World Champion, competed in a round robin format in the prestigous A event.
◼️ The participants were (in order of Elo):
β–ͺ️ Vladimir Kramnik (2790)
β–ͺ️Vishwanathan Anand (2770)
β–ͺ️ Veselin Topalov (2740)
β–ͺ️ Anatoli Karpov (2735)
β–ͺ️ Alexey Shirov (2710)
β–ͺ️ Valery Salov (2680)
β–ͺ️ Boris Gelfand (2675)
β–ͺ️ Michael Adams (2670)
β–ͺ️ Judit Polgar (2670)
β–ͺ️ Jan Timman (2620)
β–ͺ️ Loek Van Wely (2605)
β–ͺ️ Friso Nijboer (2590)
β–ͺ️ Jeroen Piket (2580)
β–ͺ️ Paul Van der Sterren (2555)

The Tata Steel chess tournament was moved to the Dutch seaside town Wijk aan Zee in 1968. In this period, the tournament was popularly called both "Hoogovens" and "Wijk aan Zee".

♻️ Kramnik and Anand tied for first at the end of the tournament, each with 8.5/13, a full point over the rest of the field.
🌐 SOURCE: WIKIPEDIA & CHESSGAMES.COM

πŸ”Ή The final standings and crosstable was as aboveπŸ‘†
πŸ”Ή Download "Hoogovens 1998 Games Database " by PGN formatπŸ‘‡
πŸ”Ή Review our selected game from this tournamentπŸ‘‡

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♦️ Review our selected game from "Hoogovens 1998" chess tournamentπŸ‘‡
πŸ”Έ Vladimir Kramnik vs Paul van der Sterren
πŸ”Έ Hoogovens (1998), Wijk aan Zee NED, rd 12, Jan-30
πŸ”Έ Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch Defense. Exchange Variation (D41)
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πŸ”Ή Hoogovens 1998 Games Database
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In New In Chess 2019 # 1 , Russian GM Daniel Dubov not only brilliantly annotates two of his games that made him World Rapid Champion , but also explains why Magnus Carlsen is such a great winner . In an exclusive interview Dubov ( 22 ) relates what he as a member of Carlsen " s team learned about the mix of talent , work and the will to win of the Norwegian . And what playing more than 100 training games with Carlsen did for his own play . On top of that , Carlsen " s regular second Peter Heine Nielsen explains how his boss won the World Blitz Championship .