Magnus Carlsen is a Norwegian chess grandmaster and the current World Chess Champion. He is a two-time World Rapid Chess Champion and four-time World Blitz Chess Champion.
Carlsen became World Champion in 2013 by defeating Viswanathan Anand. In the following year, he retained his title against Anand, and won both the 2014 World Rapid Championship and World Blitz Championship, thus becoming the first player to simultaneously hold all three titles. He defended his main world title against Sergey Karjakin in 2016, and against Fabiano Caruana in 2018.

⚪️#229 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Gareev,T (2584)
🔸Babazada,Khazar (2269)
🔸Baku Open 2018

17.b4 [17.Ne2!? Trying to exchange the mighty knight on d4. In the event of 17...c5, the d5 square would be weak: 17...c5 18.Nc3! a5 19.Bg5 Qc7 20.b3 Nd7 21.h4²; 17.Qd2 Qa5 18.b3 Nd7 19.Rb2 Qb4=]

17...Nd7 [17...Re7! 18.Qd3 Reb7 19.a3=]

18.a3=

½–½

⚪️#229 (Endgame-White to Move)
🔸Besedes,Danilo (2300)
🔸Rakshitta,Ravi (2141)
🔸Orbis 2 IM 2018

43.d5+! [43.Kd2? Bf5 44.Kc3 Nd3 45.Bd8 Kd5 46.Ba5 Bg6 47.a4 bxa4 48.Bb4 Ne1 49.Bc5 a6 50.Kb4 Be8–+; 43.Bd8? Kd5 44.e6 Bg6 45.Kd2 Kxe6 46.Kc3 Nd3 47.Kb3 Kd5–+]

43...Kxd5 44.e6! Kxe6 45.Bxb2

½–½

🔸Bundesliga 2018–19
🔸Round 4
⚪️Kovalenko,I (2644)
⚫️Gurevich,Vl (2469)
🔸1-0

44.gxh5! [White has the bishop pair and so he should open up the game. On the other hand, after this move, the black king is somewhat exposed and can be attacked.]

44...Rxh5™ [44...gxh5? 45.Bh3! Nd8 46.Rg1+ Kf7 47.Reg2 Ne6 48.Bf5 Ke8 49.Rg6 Rf8 50.Bh6 Rh8 51.Rg8+ Rxg8 52.Rxg8+ Kf7 53.Rg1 Ke8 54.Kc4 Kf7 55.Rg2 Ke8 56.Bxe6 Rxe6 57.Rg8+ Ke7 58.Kd5!+–]

45.Rh1 Re8 46.Bf3! Rh7 47.Reh2! [△h5]

[47.Rg2!? △h5 47...Reh8 48.h5 g5 49.Bg4 Nf8 50.Kc4 Nh6 51.Be2±]

47...Reh8 48.Bf4!±

⚪️#230 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Aliyev,Ravan (2351)
🔸Sanikidze,T (2512)
🔸Baku Open 2018

Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 230
public poll

A) d5 – 10
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 91%
Gavin, Nikhil, @BehroudR, Majid, @Steve1234567890qwerty, @A_Somewhat_Cool_Guy, majeed, @Qwerty123Tseries, @Kingbosskasyap, DANIAL

C) Re1 – 1
👍 9%
@SophiaCat_does_Chess

B) Kb1
▫️ 0%

👥 11 people voted so far.

⚪️#230 (Endgame-White to Move)
🔸Westerberg,J (2534)
🔸Semcesen,D (2464)
🔸Bistro Stella 2018

Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 230
public poll

C) Rc2 – 9
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 82%
Gavin, Nikhil, Majid, @Steve1234567890qwerty, @SophiaCat_does_Chess, @jalilmoradi1995, @Qwerty123Tseries, @Kingbosskasyap, DANIAL

A) Q×c4 – 2
👍👍 18%
@A_Somewhat_Cool_Guy, majeed

B) Qd1
▫️ 0%

👥 11 people voted so far.

Young Viktor Korchnoi vs Somewhat young Mikhail Tal.
They played in 1968 candidates semi finals.
Korchnoi won with 5.5-4.5
(+2 -1 =7)

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The Polish on-line archive (http://audiovis.nac.gov.pl ) indicates that this game was played in Berlin, but from the position on the board and the tournament records, it seems to be Capablanca v. Spielmann from the New York tournament of 1927.

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FIDE Women's Candidates Tournament Round 4 results:

🇬🇪 Dzagnidze 1-0 Gunina 🇷🇺
🇷🇺 Kosteniuk 1/2-1/2 Tan Zhongyi 🇨🇳
🇺🇦 A. Muzychuk 1/2-1/2 Goryachkina 🇷🇺
🇺🇦 M. Muzychuk 0-1 Lagno 🇷🇺

http://fwct2019.com/en

FIDE Women's Candidates standings after 4 rounds:

1. 🇬🇪 Dzagnidze - 3,5
2. 🇷🇺 Goryachkina - 3
3. 🇨🇳 Tan Zhongyi - 2,5
4. 🇷🇺 Lagno - 2
5-6. 🇷🇺 Gunina, 🇷🇺 Kosteniuk - 1,5
7-8. 🇺🇦 A. Muzychuk, 🇺🇦 M. Muzychuk - 1