25...Qf4! [Black correctly encourages his opponent to exchange queens which results in the placement of a mighty knight on f4.]

[25...Qxg4 26.Nxg4 Kg7 27.Rxe4 f5 28.Re3 fxg4 29.a4„; 25...Bf5 26.Qxg5 Nxg5 27.Nxf5 gxf5 28.Ne3 Ne4 29.Bd5 Rac8 30.Bb7 f4 31.Bxe4 fxe3 32.Rxe3 Bh6 33.Rd3 Kg7 34.Re1 Red8=]

26.Qxf4?? [26.a4 Rac8 27.Bd5 Qxg4 28.hxg4 Bxd5 29.Nxd5 Be7 30.axb5 axb5 31.Ra6 Kf8 32.Nfe3 Red8 33.Ra5 Rb8 34.Nxe7 Kxe7 35.Nd5+ Kf8³]

26...Nxf4 27.Ng4 Bxg2! 28.Nf6+ Kg7 29.Nxe8+ Rxe8 30.Ne3 Bf3 31.Kh2 d5 [31...d5 32.Bd1 Be4 33.f3 Bd3 34.Bb3 d4 35.Ng2 (35.cxd4 Bxb4–+) 35...Nxg2 36.Kxg2 dxc3 37.Re3 e4 38.Rae1 c2 39.Rc1 Bxb4 40.fxe4 Bxe4+ 41.Rxe4 Rxe4 42.Kf3 Re5 43.Rxc2 Bc5–+]

32.Bd1 Be4 33.f3 Bd3 34.Bb3 d4 35.Ng4 dxc3 36.Nxe5 Be2 37.Nc6 Bd6 38.Kg1 Nxh3+ 39.Kg2 Nf4+ 40.Kg1 Bc7

0–1

⚪️#261 (Endgame-White to Move)
🔸Garcia Palermo,C (2391)
🔸David,Alb (2555)
🔸78th ch-ITA 2018

66.Re1?? [66.Qxa7! Qxa7 67.Rb7 Qa8 68.Rxf7+ Kh8 69.Rxf6 Nf3+ 70.Kf2 Ne5 71.Be2 c4 72.Re6 Nd3+ 73.Bxd3 cxd3 74.Ne3 Kg7 75.Rg6+ Kf8 76.Rxh6 Kg7 77.Rd6 Kf8 78.Rxd3 Qxa6 79.Rd8+ Kf7 80.Rd7+ Kf6 81.Rc7„; 66.Kf2 g4 67.h4 Qe4 68.Qxa7 Qc2+ 69.Kg1 Qxc4 70.Qe7 (70.Qb7 Nf3+ 71.Kh1 Qe2 72.a7 Qf2–+) 70...Qxa6 71.Qxc5 Qd3 72.Rb2 Nf3+ 73.Kg2 Qe4 74.Qc3 Nxh4+ 75.Kg1 Nf3+ 76.Kh1 Nd4+ 77.Rg2 Nxf5 78.Kh2 Nd4 79.Rf2 Nf3+ 80.Kg2 Kg6=/+]

66...Nf3+

0–1

🔸World Youth U16 Olympiad 2018
🔸Round 5
⚪️Firouzja,Alireza (2607)
⚫️Ivic,Velimir (2497)
🔸1-0

18.Rh2! [Iranian star finds the best plan to increase the pressure: doubling his rooks on the open d-file.]

[18.b4?! Nb7 19.Nxb7 Bxb7 20.Rh2 Kg7!= △h6]

18...Rad8? [¹18...Ra7 19.Rhd2 Nh5 20.Qxe7! Rxe7 21.b4 Na4 22.Ne2 a5 23.a3!±]

19.Rhd2! Rd7 20.b4! [Now Black can no longer avoid losing material.]

20...Ne6 [20...Na4 21.Nf5! △R×d7 21...gxf5 22.Rxd7 Bxd7 23.Rxd7! Qxd7 24.Qxf6+ Kg8 25.Nd5!‚ Rd8 26.Qh6 Kh8 27.Bd3! Nc3 28.Qf6+ Kg8 29.Ne7+ Kf8 30.Nxf5!+–]

21.Qxe5!+–

1–0

⚫️#262 (Strategy-Black to Move)
🔸Moroni,L (2559)
🔸Garcia Palermo,C (2391)
🔸78th ch-ITA 2018

Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 262
public poll

C) Ba6 – 10
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 83%
@RahmaniArapardaz, @soheil_hooshdaran, Nikhil, @meti_niko, @Iolo5000, @MerissaWongso, @SophiaCat_does_Chess, @AryanLeekha, @Kasyapat1, Arianna

A) c5 – 2
👍 17%
@mahyarebrahimi1983, Majid

B) Qd8
▫️ 0%

👥 12 people voted so far.

⚫️#262 (Endgame-Black to Move)
🔸Brunello,M (2338)
🔸Gueci,Tea (2184)
🔸78th ch-ITA 2018

Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 262
public poll

C) f4 – 9
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 90%
@mahyarebrahimi1983, @RahmaniArapardaz, Nikhil, @meti_niko, Majid, @Steve1234567890qwerty, @SophiaCat_does_Chess, @AryanLeekha, @Kasyapat1

B) R×b4 – 1
👍 10%
@MerissaWongso

A) Kf7
▫️ 0%

👥 10 people voted so far.

Amsterdam, 30/03/1948.
The participants in the inaugural FIDE chess World Championship match-tournament (Smyslov, Reshevsky, Keres, Euwe, Botvinnik) are about to depart for Moscow for the conclusion of the event.

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"Success and satisfaction may be our goals, but they can also lead to bad habits that will impede greater success and satisfaction."

🔸 Garry Kasparov (2007). How Life Imitates Chess.

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Fischer, Bronstein and Olafsson from 1960 Mar Del Plata probably trying to figure out a chess puzzle.
Fischer shared first place with Spassky 13.5/15 with Bronstein and Olafsson in 3th and 4th place.

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Ex-World Champion Mikhail Tal gives a simultaneous display in Philharmonic Square, Riga. 1980s.

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Rare April 1948 footage of Paul Keres, Max Euwe, Mikhail Botvinnik, Samuel Reshevsky and Vasily Smyslov during the Moscow part of the 1948 World Chess Championship.

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Dominguez Wins Dortmund Ahead of Surging Nepomniachtchi

https://www.chess.com/news/view/leinier-dominguez-wins-2019-sparkassen-chess-meeting-dortmund