🔸World Youth U16 Olympiad 2018
🔸Round 8
⚪️Esipenko,Andrey (2609)
⚫️Can,Isik (2382)
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22...Rxd4! [Isik wants to trade off his own two rooks for the opponent's queen which in this position is in Black's favor.]

23.cxd4 Rc8 24.Nb3 [24.Qxc8+? Kxc8 △Q×a2 25.Kb1 Qd3+!–+ △Q×d4]

24...Rxc2+ 25.Kxc2 Ne7?!-/+ [It is a hasty move. Black could have moved his queen to the center and gained a decisive advantage:]

[25...Qe2+! 26.Rd2 Qe4+ 27.Kc1 b6!–+ △Ne7]

⚪️#268 (Strategy-ًWhite to Move)
🔸Valsecchi,A (2497)
🔸Sonis,Francesco (2499)
🔸78th ch-ITA 2018

Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 268
public poll

C) c6 – 7
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 88%
Nikhil, Majid, @A_Somewhat_Cool_Guy, Michael, Hansika, @Kingbosskasyap, Arianna

A) Qc4 – 1
👍 13%
اوین

B) h4
▫️ 0%

👥 8 people voted so far.

⚪️#268 (Endgame-White to Move)
🔸Barp,Alberto (2429
🔸Basso,Pier Luigi (2529)
🔸78th ch-ITA 2018

Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 268
public poll

A) R×c7 – 11
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 79%
Masoud, @Zamani9899, @hosssein_G, Nikhil, @meti_niko, Majid, اوین, Michael, Hansika, @Sad888, @Kingbosskasyap

C) Rd1 – 2
👍 14%
@A_Somewhat_Cool_Guy, Arianna

B) Rb1 – 1
👍 7%
@RahmaniArapardaz

👥 14 people voted so far.

Name as many players as you can.
These are the participants of the 1966 chess Olympiad.

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“Some consider that when I play I am excessively cautious, but it seems to me that the question may be a different one. I try to avoid chance. Those who rely on chance should play cards or roulette. Chess is something quite different.”

🔸 Tigran Petrosian

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The 14th Olympiad, Leipzig. Final Group 'A', Round 7, 3rd November 1960.
On Board 3 of the West Germany v. USSR match, Wolfram Bialas faces Viktor Korchnoi in the second session of play. The Soviet grandmaster won in 66 moves.

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Wolfram Bialas 🆚 Viktor Korchnoi

Leipzig ol (Men) fin-A (1960), Leipzig GDR, rd 7, Nov-03

Sicilian Defense: Fischer-Sozin Attack. Leonhardt Variation (B88) ·

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Not the greatest quality, but an important historical photo.
Leningrad, July-Aug 1946 - the USSR Junior Championship. The Azeri player, Azer Zeinali, faces the 15-year-old local, Viktor Korchnoi. Standing, right, is Nikolai Krogius.

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Biel tournament : Vidit is the winner. Shankland 2nd ( at left ) , Leko 3rd ( at right )

With the closing ceremony and the prizegiving the 52nd International Chess Festival of Biel ended yesterday. The winners of the three main tournaments are GM Santosh Vidit (India) in the Grand Master Tournament, GM M.aminTabatabaei (Iran) in the Master Tournament and Achim Schneuwly (Switzerland) in the Main Tournament. Thanks from our side for everyone who was part of it. We wish you all a wonderful Swiss National Day!

August 2019 FIDE rating list is out.

Magnus Carlsen is at his best 2882, matching his own record of May 2014. The world champion is 64 points ahead of #2 Fabiano Caruana (2818).

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