🔸World Youth U16 Olympiad 2018
🔸Round 7
⚪️Esipenko,Andrey (2609)
⚫️Erigaisi,Arjun (2531)
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28...Nb6! [Since the e6–knight is under attack, the exchange of the white bishop on c4 is forced.]

[28...Ra1?! 29.Nxf8! Nxf8 30.Be3 Rxd1+ 31.Qxd1 Ne6 32.f3³]

29.Nxf8 Nxc4! [29...Rxf8? 30.Be2!³ △Be3]

30.Ng6+ Kh7 31.Ne7 Qe6! [White tried hard not to play the opponent's willingness, but it did not work, and now the black knight is ready to penetrate the a3–outpost.]

[31...Qc5? 32.Nd5! △N×f6 32...Ra6 33.bxc4 Qxc4= △B×d5]

32.Nd5 Na3!-/+ [¹32...Na5!? △N×d5 33.h4 Nxd5! 34.exd5+ Qg6 35.Ne4 Kh8!–+ △Rd8]

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⚪️#265 (Strategy-ًWhite to Move)
🔸Stella,A (2497)
🔸Valsecchi,A (2497)
🔸78th ch-ITA 2018

Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 265
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B) B×f6 – 4
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@RahmaniArapardaz, Majid, ⛔⛔ MSJ ⛔⛔, @Kasyapat1

C) Qe2 – 4
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@soodeh728, @meti_niko, اوین, @SophiaCat_does_Chess

A) o-o
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⚫️#265 (Endgame-Black to Move)
🔸Carnicelli,V (2224)
🔸Zamengo,F (2363)
🔸78th ch-ITA 2018

Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 265
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A) a5 – 8
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@RahmaniArapardaz, Hamidreza, Majid, اوین, @SophiaCat_does_Chess, محمد, @Ashkanasadi98, @Kasyapat1

B) Rbb7
▫️ 0%

C) Kc6
▫️ 0%

👥 8 people voted so far.

Moscow, 25th April 1973. The 'National Tournament of 3' Teams, round 2. On board 3 of the match 'USSR I' v. 'USSR II', D. Bronstein faces M. Tal (centre). On the left, L. Stein looks on. Behind, S. Furman & V. Korchnoi are in play on board 4.

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Mikhail Tal 🆚 David Bronstein

9th Soviet Match-Tournament (1973), Moscow URS, rd 2, Apr-25
Pirc Defense: Byrne Variation (B07)

1-0

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“Naturally, the psychological susceptibility of a match participant is significantly higher than a participant in a tournament, since each game substantially changes the over-all position.”

🔸 Mikhail Tal

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Fischer vs Geller Curacao Candidates 1962.
Before this incounter Fischer had beaten Geller in the Bled 1961 tournament.
In this tournament Geller had a plus score against Fischer (+2 -1 =1) even playing with Black against the sozin attack.

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Robert James Fischer 🆚 Efim Geller

Curacao Candidates (1962), Willemstad CUW, rd 9, May-16
Sicilian Defense: Fischer-Sozin Attack. Leonhardt Variation (B88)

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Robert James Fischer 🆚 Efim Geller
Curacao Candidates (1962), Willemstad CUW, rd 23, Jun-16
Sicilian Defense: Fischer-Sozin Attack. Leonhardt Variation (B88)

1-0

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It's Nakamura-Caruana in Round 1 as the Paris #GrandChessTour kicks off tomorrow! Full pairings:

The 2019 U.S. Junior Champion GM Awonder Liang, Junior Girls Champion WIM Carissa Yip, and the Senior Champion GM Alex Shabalov.

Who do you think will win Paris Rapid and Blitz? If it’s someone else... #GrandChessTour
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Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 🇫🇷 – 17
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 59%

Hikaru Nakamura 🇺🇸 – 4
👍👍 14%

Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 🇦🇿 – 3
👍 10%

Daniil Dubov 🇷🇺 – 3
👍 10%

someone else – 2
👍 7%

👥 29 people voted so far.