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βšͺ️#149 (Strategy-White to Move)
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Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 149
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⚫️#149 (Endgame-Black to Move)
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Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 149
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GM Krishnan Sasikiran (2678) wins his 5th game at #AeroflotOpen this time against GM Anton Korobov (2687) and takes a sole lead with a perfect score.
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At the first great tournament of the post-war years - Groningen, 1946.
There is little information in the archive re. this photo, but Najdorf, Guimard, Kotov, Boleslavsky, Botvinnik, Euwe, & Flohr are all present.

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βš›οΈ Chess History - Tournaments
♦️ Groningen 1946

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βš›οΈ Chess History - Tournaments
πŸ”Ή Groningen 1946

πŸ”° The tournament held at Groningen, Netherlands 13 Aug-7 Sept 1946, was a watershed in chess history. Not only was it the first major international tournament after World War II, it marked the first time the Soviet Union sent a team of players to a foreign event. Their results confirmed the growing recognition of the great strength of Soviet players: Smyslov finished third, Boleslavsky and Flohr tied for sixth; though Kotov finished out of the running, he defeated both of the top finishers.

πŸ”° These were Mikhail Botvinnik and Max Euwe, who were in a close race to the end. Botvinnik had a lead much of the way, but successive losses to Kotov and Yanofsky in rounds 14-15 let Euwe go ahead by a point. However, Euwe then drew three in a row while Botvinnik won three in a row to pull ahead by a half-point going into the last round.

πŸ”° And nerves took over. Botvinnik was outplayed by Najdorf, but Euwe blundered and lost a drawn position against Kotov leaving the final standings unchanged. For Botvinnik, it was his first outright victory outside the Soviet Union, on his road to the World Championship; for Euwe, it was his last great international success.

πŸ”° Groningen was the first tournament outside the Soviet Union to which the Soviets sent a team of masters to compete. The Soviet players were very successful, Botvinnik taking first, Vasily Smyslov third, and Isaac Boleslavsky and Salo Flohr tied for sixth and seventh, beginning an era of Soviet domination of international chess.

πŸ”° The tournament was a twenty-player round-robin. Although the field was strong, some top players were not present. From the United States Samuel Reshevsky and Reuben Fine were missing. From the Soviet Union Paul Keres was missing, as Soviet authorities would not let him play outside the country during this period.

πŸ”Ή The final standings and crosstable was as aboveπŸ‘†
πŸ”Ή Download "Groningen 1946 Games Database" by PGN formatπŸ‘‡


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"Chess books should be used as we use glasses: to assist the sight, although some players make use of them as if they thought they conferred sight"

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Caruana Wins Champions Showdown Match with One Day to Spare
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