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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

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πŸ”ΈTCh-BEL 2018–19
πŸ”ΈRound 5
βšͺ️Van den Doel,E (2604)
⚫️Admiraal,M (2491)
πŸ”Έ1-0
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 20.0–0–0Β²]

17...Qb4 18.dxe6! [18.Qxb4!? Bxb4 19.dxe6 Nf8 20.Bb5+ Nc6 21.0–0–0 fxg4 22.Rd4!Β±]

18...Qxa4 19.Nxa4 Bb4+ 20.Ke2 Nf6 21.gxf5!Β± [β–³Bg2]
βšͺ️#270 (Strategy-Ω‹White to Move)
πŸ”ΈSanteramo,Alessia (2064)
πŸ”ΈRaccanello,Marianna (2030)
πŸ”Έ78th ch-ITA Women 2018
Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 270
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C) f4 – 7
πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘ 58%
@mahyarebrahimi1983, @RahmaniArapardaz, Max, Majid, Louis, Hansika, @Kingbosskasyap

A) Na7 – 5
πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘ 42%
@Ako1983, @soheil_hooshdaran, @SophiaCat_does_Chess, Christian, Arianna

B) eΓ—d5
▫️ 0%

πŸ‘₯ 12 people voted so far.
βšͺ️#270 (Endgame-White to Move)
πŸ”ΈYao,Stefano (2360)
πŸ”ΈLoiacono,Antonio (2293)
πŸ”Έ78th ch-ITA Women 2018
Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 270
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B) RΓ—e5 – 8
πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘ 62%
@Ako1983, Hadi, @RahmaniArapardaz, Nikhil, Majid, @SophiaCat_does_Chess, Louis, @AnuragisGreat

C) Bf1 – 5
πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘ 38%
@mahyarebrahimi1983, Max, @soheil_hooshdaran, Hansika, @Kingbosskasyap

A) BΓ—b7
▫️ 0%

πŸ‘₯ 13 people voted so far.
Found this while browsing online recently. No date, place or credit stated.
The only one in the photo that I can identify with certainty is Semyon Furman (centre). From the look of him, this is perhaps the early 1950s. (It could perhaps be Vladimir Simagin on the right?!)

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Wijk aan Zee, 20th January 1975. In round 6 of the Hoogovens tournament, Luben Popov (Bulgaria) is in play v. Lajos Portisch (Hungary). Soviet grandmaster Semyon Furman can be seen standing on the left.

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Rare Footage of the moment when Kasparov won the title in 1985 against Karpov with a result of 13 to 11 and managed to hold the title for 15 years.

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17-year-old WGM Annie Wang πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ won Panamerican Junior U20 Championship in the open section competing with the boys.⚑️She gets a direct IM title and a GM norm.
The Baadur Jobava juggernaut rolls on!!

#adchessfestival
Peter Leko won the rapid part of the match vs Alexander Morozevich 5-1. Blitz tomorrow.

The match as a part of 26th Abu Dhabi Chess Festival where GM Baadur Jobava is unstoppable so far with 6/6!