All draws in round 1 of #FIDEWomenCandidates tournament, although Gunina - Lagno was a real thriller!

🇷🇺 Gunina 1/2 – 1/2 Lagno 🇷🇺
🇷🇺 Kosteniuk 1/2 – 1/2 Goryachkina 🇷🇺
🇬🇪 Dzagnidze 1/2 – 1/2 Tan Zhongyi 🇨🇳
🇺🇦 M. Muzychuk 1/2 – 1/2 A. Muzychuk 🇺🇦

2019 Women's Candidates Tournament. Round 1. Interview with Muzychuk sisters.

🔹 FIDE Women's Candidates
🔹 PGN format

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⚪️#227 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Tsydypov,Z (2530)
🔸Popov,Iv RUS (2590)
🔸Baku Open 2018

18.Rca1! [A typical move, in order to control the a-file and put more pressure on the opponent's weaknesses.]

[18.Ng5 a5 19.axb5 axb4 20.Rxa8 Rxa8 21.cxb4 (21.bxc6?? b3–+) 21...Ra2 22.Bf1 Nxe5 23.b6+ Kb7 24.f4 f6 25.fxe5 fxg5 26.b5±; 18.Bg5 Ng6 19.Rca1 Kb7 20.Nd4 Nxd4 21.cxd4 h6 22.Bd2 Ne7 23.Bc3 Nc6 24.f3 Bg6 25.Kf2 h5 26.Bd1 f6 27.axb5 axb5 28.Rxa8 Rxa8 29.Rxa8 Kxa8 30.f4=]

18...Kb7 19.Nd4 Nxd4 20.Bxd4 Nc6 21.g4 Be4 22.f3±

½–½

⚪️#227 (Endgame-White to Move)
🔸Sultan,I (2140)
🔸Ali,Abdulaziz (1967)
🔸Emirates ch-Arab 2018

57.Kc4! [57.Kd4 Rg2 58.Kd3 Rxg3 59.Rxg3+ Kxg3 60.Ke2 h4 61.Kf1 Kf3 62.Kg1 h3 63.Kh2 Ke4 64.Kxh3 Kd4 65.Kh4 Kc4=; 57.a4 Ra2 58.a5 Rxa5 59.Ke2 Ra2+ 60.Kf1 Kh3 61.Kg1 Rg2+ 62.Kh1 Rxg3 63.Rxg3+ Kxg3=]

57...Rb2 [57...Ra2 58.Kb3 Ra1 59.a4 Rb1+ 60.Ka3 Ra1+ 61.Kb4 Rb1+ 62.Rb3 Re1 63.a5 Re4+ 64.Kb5 Re5+ 65.Ka4 Re4+ 66.Rb4+–]

58.a4 Rb8 59.a5 Rc8+ 60.Kb5 Rb8+ 61.Kc5 Ra8 62.Kb6 Rb8+ 63.Ka7 Rf8 64.Rc3 Rf7+ 65.Kb6 Rf6+ 66.Kb5 Rf5+ 67.Kb6 Rf6+ 68.Kb7 Rf7+ 69.Rc7 Rf5 70.Rg7+ Kf3 71.a6 Rb5+ 72.Kc6 Rb2 73.a7 Ra2 74.Kb7 Rb2+ 75.Kc7 Ra2 76.Kb8 Rb2+ 77.Rb7 Rb3

1–0

🔸Bundesliga 2018–19
🔸Round 4
⚪️Lauber,A (2431)
⚫️Hou Yifan (2658)
🔸0-1

39...Nd2! [Hou Yifan, ex-women's world champion has set up a trap that his opponent falls into it.]

[39...Nxd4? 40.Rxd4 Rxd4 41.exd4±]

40.Rc7?? [40.Qxd2 Qxc4 41.Qa5! Rd5 42.Qb6 Qb5 43.Qe6!³; 40.b3!? Nxc4 41.bxc4 Qb7 42.Kg2³]

40...Qf1+!–+

⚪️#228 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Guseinov,G (2664)
🔸Bajarani,U (2433)
🔸Baku Open 2018

Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 228
public poll

C) Bd5 – 4
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 80%
@mahyarebrahimi1983, Nikhil, A, Kasyap

A) Ne1 – 1
👍👍 20%
@Sophia_Giraffe

B) Rd2
▫️ 0%

👥 5 people voted so far.

⚫️#228 (Endgame-Black to Move)
🔸Al Kalbani,Wadima (1621)
🔸Latreche,S (2046)
🔸Emirates ch-Arab 2018

Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 228
public poll

B) Rb4 – 7
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 70%
@mahyarebrahimi1983, @fantastic45, Nikhil, Hossein, A, Michael, @Kingbosskasy

C) Rc3 – 2
👍👍 20%
@SophiaCat_does_Chess, Arianna

A) Rb6 – 1
👍 10%
@A_Somewhat_Cool_Guy

👥 10 people voted so far.

Warsaw, 8th February 1935. Ex-World Champion José Raúl Capablanca is pictured giving a simultaneous display.
He may have been en route for the USSR; a week later, the 2nd Moscow International tournament began.

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"Every player struggles against an opponent and at the same time against himself"

🔸 Tigran Petrosian

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Here Spassky is Facing Larsen in the 1968 Malmö Candidates Semi Final match.
In the first three games Spassky crushed Larsen with 3-0 then Larsen fought back to 3-1 but in the end Spassky celebrated a victory
5.5/2.5 (+4 -1 =3).
Spassky advanced to Spassky-Korchnoi finals.

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