When utter brilliancy hits you, it feels like an uppercut: 29...e3!! 30.hxg5 Re8!

In one game he wins with the black pieces in the Sicilian because it's a Sveshnikov/2...Nc6 structure and in the next game he wins with the white pieces in the Sicilian because he's Carlsen.

🔹 Cote d'Ivoire Rapid 2019
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Vassily Ivanchuk (2677) takes a sole lead in #CapablancaMemorial as co-leader Sam Sevian (2655) loses his first game to GM Albornoz Cabrera (2578).

🔹 54th Capablanca Mem Elite
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Congrats to Timur Gareyev (2560) on winning the Nakhchivan Open with 7½/9 points undefeated.

🔹 Nakhchivan Open 2019
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A player can sometimes afford the luxury of an inaccurate move, or even a definite error, in the opening or middlegame without necessarily obtaining a lost position. In the endgame ... an error can be decisive, and we are rarely presented with a second chance.

🔸 Paul Keres

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Via the Associated Press Archive, footage of the 1st game of the most famous match of them all - Spassky v Fischer, Reykjavík 1972.

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Happy Birthday to Indian star GM Pentala Harikrishna 🎂🎉🎊

Former World Junior Champion and longtime India #2 Harikrishna turns 33 today!
"Hari" is a strategic genius and one of the best endgame players of the world today.

The official website for FIDE Women’s Candidates Tournament 2019 launched today: https://fwct2019.com/en/
The 8-player double round-robin tournament will take place on May 30 - June 18. The winner will qualify for the World Championship Match with Ju Wenjun.
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