Nona Gaprindashvili and Mikhail Tal, the stars of the 1963/64 Hastings tournaments.

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The TePe #SigemanChess, held from 3-9 May in Malmo 🇸🇪, features an exciting field of 6 strong and experienced GMs including Harikrishna (2730), G. Jones (2702), I. Saric (2694), Grandelius (2688), and 2 young chess stars Maghsoodloo (2671) and Nihal Sarin (2598).

🔸St Louis Inv GM 2018
🔸Round 7
⚪️Niemann,Hans (2439)
⚫️Ali Marandi,C (2552)
🔸1-0

37...Bd5? [A mistake. Black could probably have gotten a draw by trying to enter the opposite-colored bishop endgame:]

[37...Bc4! △B×e5 38.Bg3 (38.Ra8+ Rf8 39.Ra7 f4! 40.exf4 gxf4 41.Ng6 Rf6 42.Ne7+ Kh8 43.Nc8 Bf8=) 38...Bxe5 39.Ra8+ Rf8 40.Rxf8+ Kxf8 41.Bxe5 Kf7=; 37...Bxe5?? 38.Bxe5 Rg6 39.d5+–]

38.Ra5!‚ f4 [¹38...Bc4 39.a4 Bxe5 40.Bxe5 Rb6 41.axb5 Bxb5 42.Ra8+ Kf7 43.Ra7+ Ke8 44.d5 Bd7±]

39.Rxb5 Be6? [Once again Black misses a chance to put up more resistance:]

[¹39...Bxe5! 40.dxe5 Rc6 41.Bxf4 Bc4 42.Rb8+ Kf7 43.Bg3 Ra6±]

40.Rb6+–

⚪️#206 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Stankovic,Milo (2451)
🔸Mohamed,MA (2261)
🔸Orbis 2 GM 2018

16.Kc3!? [The white king tries to hide somewhere behind its own pawns.]

[16.Rd1 dxc4 17.Ke1 c3 18.Bc4 Re8 19.Ng5 b6 20.cxb6 Rb8 21.Bd3 h6 22.Ne4 Nxb6 23.Nxc3 Nd5 24.Nxd5 exd5=; 16.cxd5 exd5 17.Be2 f6 18.e6 d4 19.exd7 dxe3+ 20.Kxe3 Bxd7 21.Rac1 Na5 22.Rhd1=]

16...Ne7 17.Bf2?! [17.Rb1 Nf8 18.Bd3²]

17...Nf8 18.Rb1 Rd7=

0–1

⚫️#206 (Endgame-Black to Move)
🔸Masrahi,Abdulrahman A (1903)
🔸Mohamed,Faisal (2157)
🔸Emirates ch-Arab 2018

35...Kf6? [35...Rxa4! 36.fxe5 Rc4 37.Rd3 Rc5 38.Ke4 Rxb5 39.Rd7 Kf8 40.Ra7 h5–+; 35...f6!? 36.Rc3 Rxa4 37.fxe5 fxe5 38.Rc6 Rb4 39.Rxb6µ]

36.Rc3 Rxa4 37.Rc6+ Kf5 38.fxe5 Kxe5 39.Rxb6 Ra3+ 40.Kf2 Ke4 41.Rf6 Ra2+ 42.Kg1 Rb2 43.b6 h5 44.Rf4+ Ke3 45.Ra4 Rxb6 46.Rxa5 Kf3 47.Ra3+ Kg4 48.Ra4+ Kg5 49.h4+ Kf6 50.Kg2 Rb5 51.Rf4+ Rf5 52.Re4 g5 53.hxg5+ Kxg5 54.Ra4 Rb5 55.Ra7 f5 56.Ra4 Rb2+ 57.Kh3 Rf2 58.Rb4 Re2 59.Rb8 ½–½

⚪️#207 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Sredojevic,I (2271)
🔸Klasan,V (2364)
🔸Orbis 2 GM 2018

Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 207
public poll

B) Bf4 – 7
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 78%
@RahmaniArapardaz, Nikhil, @Steve1234567890qwerty, @AryanLeekha, Atharva, on the run faster then…, Alan, Kasyap

A) Nh2 – 2
👍👍 22%
@Sophia_Giraffe, امیر محمد

C) Be3
▫️ 0%

👥 9 people voted so far.

⚫️#207 (Endgame-Black to Move)
🔸Al Ghamdi,Ahmed M (2075)
🔸Zaibi,A (2400)
🔸Emirates ch-Arab 2018

Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 207
public poll

A) g5 – 9
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 75%
@PouyaMO1360, @RahmaniArapardaz, @Milaniaaa, Nikhil, @Steve1234567890qwerty, @Sophia_Giraffe, @AryanLeekha, Atharva, on the run faster then…, Alan

C) Nc8 – 3
👍👍 25%
@aadiib, @mahyarebrahimi1983, امیر محمد

B) Ng8
▫️ 0%

👥 12 people voted so far.

reports on Round 1:

https://www.chess.com/news/view/jones-leads-as-tepe-sigeman-co-chess-tournament-takes-off

Here Gawain Jones missed 24...Nh3+ 25.Bxh3 Qxh3 26.f3 with the beautiful point 26...Ng4! 27.Nxg4 Bxf3! and wins. However, in the games he looks completely winning anyway:

The Central New Jersey Home News New Brunswick, New Jersey Thursday, June 29, 1972

Pensive — Bobby Fischer's lips are sealed as he contemplates his opening move in one of his semi-final matches in Buenos Aires.
http://bit.ly/2Vfm4Mr
http://bit.ly/2VhhSvK

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