a photo from Tbilisi, 1959 - the 26th USSR Championship final - pictured, the 8th and 9th World Chess Champions, Mikhail Tal (right) and Tigran Petrosian (left).
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🔸 Max Euwe
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This day in #chesshistory of 1985, the world chess champion Anatoli Karpov, visiting Barcelona, played seven simultaneous games with players from the Catalan Chess Federation.
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Drawing of lots for FIDE Women’s Candidates Tournament 2019
Nakhchivan Open 2019, group A, 30 April-10 May 2019, Nakhchivan
http://chess-results.com/tnr428862.aspx?lan=1&art=2&rd=2&fedb=IRI&turdet=YES
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Drawing of lots for FIDE Women’s Candidates Tournament 2019
#FIDEWomenCandidates will start on May, 31 in Kazan, Russia.
Round 1 pairings:
(1) Valentina Gunina 🇷🇺 - 🇷🇺 Kateryna Lagno (4)
(2) Alexandra Kosteniuk 🇷🇺 - 🇷🇺 Alexandra Goryachkina (3)
(5) Nana Dzagnidze 🇬🇪 - 🇨🇳 Tan Zhongyi (8)
(6) Maria Muzychuk 🇺🇦 - 🇺🇦 Anna Muzychuk (7)
Round 1 pairings:
(1) Valentina Gunina 🇷🇺 - 🇷🇺 Kateryna Lagno (4)
(2) Alexandra Kosteniuk 🇷🇺 - 🇷🇺 Alexandra Goryachkina (3)
(5) Nana Dzagnidze 🇬🇪 - 🇨🇳 Tan Zhongyi (8)
(6) Maria Muzychuk 🇺🇦 - 🇺🇦 Anna Muzychuk (7)
16.Qd1! [White moves the queen out the dangerous diagonal and is getting ready to use his central powerful pawns.]
16...Nd7 17.Qd4?! [¹17.d6! would be correct: 17...Rc8 18.dxe7 Qxe7 19.Rc1 Nb6 20.Kg1 Rxc1 21.Qxc1 Rc8 22.Qa1 Na4 23.Bd4! Qc7 24.h4±]
17...Rc8 18.g4!? [△h4]
18...Bg6 19.h4 h6 20.d6! Nxd6 21.exd6 Bf6 22.Qd2 Rc2 23.Bxf6 Nxf6 24.Qd4!± [△Rd1]
16...Nd7 17.Qd4?! [¹17.d6! would be correct: 17...Rc8 18.dxe7 Qxe7 19.Rc1 Nb6 20.Kg1 Rxc1 21.Qxc1 Rc8 22.Qa1 Na4 23.Bd4! Qc7 24.h4±]
17...Rc8 18.g4!? [△h4]
18...Bg6 19.h4 h6 20.d6! Nxd6 21.exd6 Bf6 22.Qd2 Rc2 23.Bxf6 Nxf6 24.Qd4!± [△Rd1]
Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 206
public poll
B) Kc3 – 9
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 82%
@PouyaMO1360, @Behrangm2003, Nikhil, Babak, @A_Wild_Richard, Srikar, @AryanLeekha, Kasyap, Winston
A) c×d5 – 1
👍 9%
@Sophia_Giraffe
C) Rd1 – 1
👍 9%
@mahyarebrahimi1983
👥 11 people voted so far.
public poll
B) Kc3 – 9
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 82%
@PouyaMO1360, @Behrangm2003, Nikhil, Babak, @A_Wild_Richard, Srikar, @AryanLeekha, Kasyap, Winston
A) c×d5 – 1
👍 9%
@Sophia_Giraffe
C) Rd1 – 1
👍 9%
@mahyarebrahimi1983
👥 11 people voted so far.
Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 206
public poll
B) R×a4 – 10
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 77%
@PouyaMO1360, @Behrangm2003, Nikhil, @Sophia_Giraffe, @A_Wild_Richard, Srikar, @AryanLeekha, @ali_king_chess, @Armin41, Kasyap
A) Kf6 – 3
👍👍 23%
@mahyarebrahimi1983, Masoud, @aliarianario136138
C) f6
▫️ 0%
👥 13 people voted so far.
public poll
B) R×a4 – 10
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 77%
@PouyaMO1360, @Behrangm2003, Nikhil, @Sophia_Giraffe, @A_Wild_Richard, Srikar, @AryanLeekha, @ali_king_chess, @Armin41, Kasyap
A) Kf6 – 3
👍👍 23%
@mahyarebrahimi1983, Masoud, @aliarianario136138
C) f6
▫️ 0%
👥 13 people voted so far.
Born 3rd May 1941 in Zugdidi (Georgian SSR) - Nona Gaprindashvili, Women's World Chess Champion from 1962-78 and the strongest woman player of her generation.
Shown here after winning the title by defeating Elizaveta Bykova in Moscow in 1962,
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Shown here after winning the title by defeating Elizaveta Bykova in Moscow in 1962,
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