Nice, 1974. The 21st Olympiad. Final Group 'A', Rd. 9 (played 24th June). On Board 3 of the Hungary v. USSR match, Mikhail Tal is pictured in play v. István Csom.
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Mickey Adams won his first British Chess Championship title in 1989, at just seventeen years old. Today, 30 years later, he achieved his 7th title British Chess 2019.
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Congratulations to Surya Sekhar Ganguly on taking the $50,000 top prize after a nervy final round of the Hunan International Open!
He scored 7/9 half a point above Yu Yangyi and Bassem Amin and took home $50.000 first prize.
https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/belt-and-road-hunan-2019/9/1/1
He scored 7/9 half a point above Yu Yangyi and Bassem Amin and took home $50.000 first prize.
https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/belt-and-road-hunan-2019/9/1/1
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Ganguly, Surya Shekhar vs. Vallejo Pons, Francisco | Hunan International Open 2019
Replay the Hunan International Open Round 9 game played on 06/08/2019 with computer analysis
Ju Wenjun took the $10,000 women's prize after scoring 5.5/9 with 2 wins & 7 draws
http://chess-results.com/tnr459427.aspx?lan=11&art=4
http://chess-results.com/tnr459427.aspx?lan=11&art=4
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Congratulations to Ian Nepomniachtchi on winning the #LevitovChessWeek on the tiebreak of having won his individual encounter against Alexander Grischuk! All the games can be replayed now:
22.g5? [22.gxf5! Clearing the vital e4–square for the white knight. 22...Rxf5 23.Qh3 Qf8 24.Ne4„; 22.Rg1 Bxh4 23.gxf5 Qxf5 24.Qxf5 Rxf5 25.Kd2 e4 26.Ke2 h5 27.Rf1 Re5 28.Rf4 Bg5 29.Rxe4 Bf6 30.Rf4 Kf7 31.Ne4 Rxd5 32.b4 Ke6 33.Nxf6 gxf6µ]
22...Qc4=/+ [22...Bd8 23.Qh3 Ba5 24.Rf1 Bxc3 25.bxc3 b5-/+]
22...Qc4=/+ [22...Bd8 23.Qh3 Ba5 24.Rf1 Bxc3 25.bxc3 b5-/+]
26...Bxf3! [26...Na5 27.Re1 Bxf3 28.gxf3 Rxf3 29.Nxd5 exd5 30.e6 Rg3+ 31.Kh1 Rxh3+ 32.Kg2 Rff3 33.e7 Rfg3+ 34.Kf2 Rf3+ 35.Kg1 Rfg3+=; 26...Bg6 27.Rf1 Kh7 28.Rf2 h5 29.Nf1 h4 30.Bc1 R4f5 31.Kh2=]
27.gxf3 Rxf3 28.Re1 Rg3+ 29.Kh2 [29.Ng2 Rxc3–+]
29...Rff3 30.Nxd5 Rxh3+ 31.Kg2 Rhg3+ 32.Kh2 exd5 33.e6 Rh3+ 34.Kg2 Rhg3+ 35.Kh2 Rxc3 36.e7 Nxe7 37.Bxe7 Rge3 38.Rxe3 Rxe3 39.Bd6 Re2+ 40.Kg3 Rxc2 41.a5 b5 42.a6 c3 43.Bc5 Rb2 44.Bxa7 c2 45.Rc1 b4 46.Bc5 b3 47.a7 Ra2
0–1
27.gxf3 Rxf3 28.Re1 Rg3+ 29.Kh2 [29.Ng2 Rxc3–+]
29...Rff3 30.Nxd5 Rxh3+ 31.Kg2 Rhg3+ 32.Kh2 exd5 33.e6 Rh3+ 34.Kg2 Rhg3+ 35.Kh2 Rxc3 36.e7 Nxe7 37.Bxe7 Rge3 38.Rxe3 Rxe3 39.Bd6 Re2+ 40.Kg3 Rxc2 41.a5 b5 42.a6 c3 43.Bc5 Rb2 44.Bxa7 c2 45.Rc1 b4 46.Bc5 b3 47.a7 Ra2
0–1
17.Qa4! [Trying to gain the initiative. White prepares the queenside castling and pins the black knight on d7.]
[17.gxf5?! exf5! 18.Qg2 f4 19.Bd2 0–0–0 20.0–0–0²]
17...Qb4 18.dxe6! [18.Qxb4!? Bxb4 19.dxe6 Nf8 20.Bb5+ Nc6 21.0–0–0 fxg4 22.Rd4!±]
18...Qxa4 19.Nxa4 Bb4+ 20.Ke2 Nf6 21.gxf5!± [△Bg2]
[17.gxf5?! exf5! 18.Qg2 f4 19.Bd2 0–0–0 20.0–0–0²]
17...Qb4 18.dxe6! [18.Qxb4!? Bxb4 19.dxe6 Nf8 20.Bb5+ Nc6 21.0–0–0 fxg4 22.Rd4!±]
18...Qxa4 19.Nxa4 Bb4+ 20.Ke2 Nf6 21.gxf5!± [△Bg2]