An hour’s history of two minds is well told in a game of chess.

🔸 Jose Raul Capablanca

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Nino Gurieli v. Marta Litinskaya-Shul. Date and place unknown; possibly the Women's Zonal Tournament in Frunze (Bishkek), 1978.

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Paul Keres and Tigran Petrosian in 1963 with the Piatigorskys.

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Move of the day :

22. Re8!! 1-0

Albert Whiting Fox - Albert Clerc, Paris 1901

And it’s a wrap! FIDE Women’s Candidates Tournament is officially closed in Kazan.

Congratulations to Aleksandra Goryachkina for her convincing victory!

⚪️#241 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Ahmadzada,Ahmad (2343)
🔸Guliev,L (2312)
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16...Bh6!? [16...d5! Black Should have reinforced the center and set up his pawn chain on the light squares. Then he could have prepared for launching a successful attack. 17.Rac1 Bg4 18.Rfe1 b6 19.Nf4 Bh6 20.Qb4 Rac8 21.Qa4 (21.Qd6 Qf5µ) 21...Kg7 22.Nce2

a) 22.Qxa7 Bxf4 23.exf4 Ra8 24.Qxb6 Rxa3–+;

b) 22.Nfe2 g5 23.Qxa7 (23.hxg5 Bxg5 24.Qb4 Bf3 25.Nf4 Bxf4 26.exf4 h4 27.Nd1 Bxg2 28.Kxg2 Qg4 29.Re3 Ne6–+) 23...Ra8 24.Qxb6 Rxa3–+;

22...Nxb5–+; 16...Ne6 17.Nd5 Nc7 18.Nxc7 Qxc7 19.Nf4 Qd7 20.Rac1 Rac8 21.Nd5=]

17.Qb4 Rad8 18.Qa4 Ncd5 19.Nxd5 Nxd5-/+

⚫️#241 (Endgame-Black to Move)
🔸Tikkanen,H (2519)
🔸Semcesen,D (2464)
🔸Bistro Stella 2018

45...fxg4! [45...f4 46.Bxg6+ Kxg6 47.exf4 Bxf4 48.Rd1 Kf6 49.Ng2 Bc7 50.Rd2 Rh3 51.Kf2 Bb6; 45...Kf6 46.gxf5 Bxf5 47.Bc2 Re8 48.Ng2 Bh3 49.Re1 Rh8 50.Bxa4 Bxg2 51.Kxg2 Rh2+ 52.Kf1 b5 53.Bd1 Rxb2 54.Re2 Rb1 55.Rd2 Ra1 56.Ke2 Ke6 57.Rc2 Kd7 58.e4 Rxa3-/+]

46.fxg4 Rh4 47.Bxg6+ Kxg6 48.Nf3 Rxg4+ 49.Kf2 Re4–+

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