Who do you think will win Paris Rapid and Blitz? If itβs someone else... #GrandChessTour
anonymous poll
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave π«π· β 17
πππππππ 59%
Hikaru Nakamura πΊπΈ β 4
ππ 14%
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov π¦πΏ β 3
π 10%
Daniil Dubov π·πΊ β 3
π 10%
someone else β 2
π 7%
π₯ 29 people voted so far.
anonymous poll
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave π«π· β 17
πππππππ 59%
Hikaru Nakamura πΊπΈ β 4
ππ 14%
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov π¦πΏ β 3
π 10%
Daniil Dubov π·πΊ β 3
π 10%
someone else β 2
π 7%
π₯ 29 people voted so far.
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Paris Rapid and Blitz opening ceremony with Shakhriyar Mamedyarov and Vachier_Lagrave
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β΄οΈ Today is birthday of Lyudmila Rudenko
πΈ Soviet ches Woman Grandmaster
πΈ Second women's world chess champion
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πΈ Soviet ches Woman Grandmaster
πΈ Second women's world chess champion
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β΄οΈ About Lyudmila Rudenko
πΈ Lyudmila Vladimirovna Rudenko was a Soviet chess player and the second women's world chess champion, from 1950 until 1953. She was awarded the FIDE titles of International Master and Woman International Master in 1950, and Woman Grandmaster in 1976
πΈ Soviet ches Woman Grandmaster
πΈ Second women's world chess champion
βͺοΈ Full name: Lyudmila Vladimirovna Rudenko
βͺοΈ Country: Soviet Union
βͺοΈ Born: 27 July 1904
Lubny, Poltava Governorate, Russian Empire (present-day Ukraine)
βͺοΈ Died: 4 March 1986 (aged 81)
Leningrad, Soviet Union
βͺοΈ Title: International Master (1950)
Woman Grandmaster (1976)
βͺοΈ Women's World Champion: 1950β53
πΈ Born in Lubny, in the Poltava region of what is now Ukraine, Rudenko was taught by her father how to play chess at age 10, although at first she was more serious about swimming. After grammar school, she moved to Odessa and took a degree in economics. Rudenko became the swimming champion of Odessa in the 400 m breaststroke. In 1925, she was swimming vice-champion of Ukraine (breaststroke). She started a career as an economic planner for the Soviet Union, and chess became a hobby.
πΈ Rudenko began playing tournament chess in 1925 after a move to Moscow. In 1928, she won the Moscow women's championship. She then moved to Leningrad, where she met and married scientist Lev Davidovich Goldstein; in 1931 they had a son. In Leningrad in 1929 she began training with chess master Peter Romanovsky. She won the Leningrad women's championship three times.
πΈ In World War II, Rudenko organized a train to evacuate children from the Siege of Leningrad. She described this as the most important accomplishment in her life.
πΈ Women's World Champion Vera Menchik died in 1944 during an air raid. After the war, in the winter of 1949β1950, the World Chess Federation FIDE held a tournament in Moscow to determine the new women's champion. Sixteen women from twelve countries competed, with the four Soviet players taking the top four spots.
By now aged around 40, Rudenko won (scoring nine wins, one loss, and five draws).
She held the Women's World Championship title until losing it to Elisaveta Bykova in 1953 in the next championship cycle. Her score was 6β8 (five wins, seven losses, and two draws).
Rudenko's post-war chess trainers were Alexander Tolush and Grigory Levenfish.
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πΈ Lyudmila Vladimirovna Rudenko was a Soviet chess player and the second women's world chess champion, from 1950 until 1953. She was awarded the FIDE titles of International Master and Woman International Master in 1950, and Woman Grandmaster in 1976
πΈ Soviet ches Woman Grandmaster
πΈ Second women's world chess champion
βͺοΈ Full name: Lyudmila Vladimirovna Rudenko
βͺοΈ Country: Soviet Union
βͺοΈ Born: 27 July 1904
Lubny, Poltava Governorate, Russian Empire (present-day Ukraine)
βͺοΈ Died: 4 March 1986 (aged 81)
Leningrad, Soviet Union
βͺοΈ Title: International Master (1950)
Woman Grandmaster (1976)
βͺοΈ Women's World Champion: 1950β53
πΈ Born in Lubny, in the Poltava region of what is now Ukraine, Rudenko was taught by her father how to play chess at age 10, although at first she was more serious about swimming. After grammar school, she moved to Odessa and took a degree in economics. Rudenko became the swimming champion of Odessa in the 400 m breaststroke. In 1925, she was swimming vice-champion of Ukraine (breaststroke). She started a career as an economic planner for the Soviet Union, and chess became a hobby.
πΈ Rudenko began playing tournament chess in 1925 after a move to Moscow. In 1928, she won the Moscow women's championship. She then moved to Leningrad, where she met and married scientist Lev Davidovich Goldstein; in 1931 they had a son. In Leningrad in 1929 she began training with chess master Peter Romanovsky. She won the Leningrad women's championship three times.
πΈ In World War II, Rudenko organized a train to evacuate children from the Siege of Leningrad. She described this as the most important accomplishment in her life.
πΈ Women's World Champion Vera Menchik died in 1944 during an air raid. After the war, in the winter of 1949β1950, the World Chess Federation FIDE held a tournament in Moscow to determine the new women's champion. Sixteen women from twelve countries competed, with the four Soviet players taking the top four spots.
By now aged around 40, Rudenko won (scoring nine wins, one loss, and five draws).
She held the Women's World Championship title until losing it to Elisaveta Bykova in 1953 in the next championship cycle. Her score was 6β8 (five wins, seven losses, and two draws).
Rudenko's post-war chess trainers were Alexander Tolush and Grigory Levenfish.
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When your car can do zero-to-sixty faster than you can make your next move, we call that a checkmate.
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17.Bxf6?! [White should have forced Black into a passive defence of the b-pawn: 17.Qe2! Qb3 (17...Qc4 18.Qxc4 bxc4 19.Ke2+β) 18.Nf5 0β0 19.Nd4 Qd5 20.Nxb5Β±; 17.0β0!? 0β0 18.h3 Rfc8 19.Rfd1 Rab8 20.Qe2 b4 21.axb4 axb4 22.Bd4 h6 23.Ra6 Rc6 24.Rxc6 Qxc6 25.Qd2 Qa6 26.Rc1Β±]
17...Nxf6 18.Qc5 Nd7 19.Qxb5 Rb8? [19...0β0 20.Rd1 Nf6 21.0β0Β±]
20.Qxa5 0β0 [20...Rxb2 21.Qa8+ Rb8 22.Qxe4+β]
21.0β0+β
Β½βΒ½
17...Nxf6 18.Qc5 Nd7 19.Qxb5 Rb8? [19...0β0 20.Rd1 Nf6 21.0β0Β±]
20.Qxa5 0β0 [20...Rxb2 21.Qa8+ Rb8 22.Qxe4+β]
21.0β0+β
Β½βΒ½
40...a5! [40...Rbb7!? 41.Rg8 Rg7 42.Ra8 Ra7 43.Rf8 Ke7 44.Rh8 Rd7 45.Rc8 Rg2+ 46.Ke3 h5 47.Kd3 a5 48.Rh8 Rg4 49.Ba4 Rc7 50.Ne5 fxe5 51.Rh7+ Kf8 52.Rxc7 Rxf4 53.Bd7 Rxd4+ 54.Ke2 Re4+ 55.Kf2 Ke7 56.Bc8+ Kf6 57.Rc6 Kg5 58.Rxe6 d4 59.Rd6 Rf4+Β΅; 40...Kc6 41.Rg8 a5 42.Ra8 Kb5 43.Bc2 Kb6 44.Rf8 Rb2 45.Rb8+ Rb7 46.Re8=]
41.Rg8 a4 42.Bc2 Rb2 43.Ne1 Rxa2 44.Rd8+ Ke7 45.Rh8 Rc4 46.Rxh7+ Kd6 47.Ra7 Rxd4+ 48.Ke3 Rc4 49.Bd3 d4+ 50.Kf3 Rc1
0β1
41.Rg8 a4 42.Bc2 Rb2 43.Ne1 Rxa2 44.Rd8+ Ke7 45.Rh8 Rc4 46.Rxh7+ Kd6 47.Ra7 Rxd4+ 48.Ke3 Rc4 49.Bd3 d4+ 50.Kf3 Rc1
0β1
21...f4! [Black initiates a huge attack on the kingside.]
22.Ne4 Rh6!β 23.Nf3 Rg6?! [23...Nf5! β³Qg7 would be better: 24.a3 bxa3 25.Rxa3 Qg7!β+ β³Rg6]
24.Nh4? [White should have taken advantage of the opponent's omission with following prophylactic move:]
[ΒΉ24.Kh1! Nf5 25.Nxc5! β³NΓe5 25...dxc5 26.Nxe5 Rg7 27.Qxf4 Nd4Β΅]
24...Re6?= [Black does not see the winning continuation and moves without purpose.]
[24...Rh6! would be strong: 25.Nf3 Nf5!β+]
22.Ne4 Rh6!β 23.Nf3 Rg6?! [23...Nf5! β³Qg7 would be better: 24.a3 bxa3 25.Rxa3 Qg7!β+ β³Rg6]
24.Nh4? [White should have taken advantage of the opponent's omission with following prophylactic move:]
[ΒΉ24.Kh1! Nf5 25.Nxc5! β³NΓe5 25...dxc5 26.Nxe5 Rg7 27.Qxf4 Nd4Β΅]
24...Re6?= [Black does not see the winning continuation and moves without purpose.]
[24...Rh6! would be strong: 25.Nf3 Nf5!β+]
Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 266
public poll
C) NΓb5 β 10
πππππππ 91%
@fantastic45, Nikhil, Majid, Ψ§ΩΫΩ, @SophiaCat_does_Chess, @Ashkanasadi98, Hansika, @Kasyapat1, Leo, Arianna
B) g3 β 1
π 9%
@meti_niko
A) Ne2
β«οΈ 0%
π₯ 11 people voted so far.
public poll
C) NΓb5 β 10
πππππππ 91%
@fantastic45, Nikhil, Majid, Ψ§ΩΫΩ, @SophiaCat_does_Chess, @Ashkanasadi98, Hansika, @Kasyapat1, Leo, Arianna
B) g3 β 1
π 9%
@meti_niko
A) Ne2
β«οΈ 0%
π₯ 11 people voted so far.