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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 🇺🇸 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!!

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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!
⚪️#270 (Strategy-ًWhite to Move)
🔸Santeramo,Alessia (2064)
🔸Raccanello,Marianna (2030)
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23.f4 [White could have obtained a material advantage by choosing the following continuation: 23.exd5! Bxd5 24.Bb6 Rd7 25.f4 Bc7 26.Nxc7 Nxc7 27.Bc4 Bxc4 28.Qxc4+ Ne6 29.Re1 Re8 30.Bxa5±; 23.Na7 Kg7 24.Nxc6 bxc6 25.Rbc1 dxe4 26.Qxe4²]

23...Bb8? [23...Bd6! 24.Nxd6 (24.exd5 Bxb5 25.dxe6 Rac8 26.Qb2 Ba3 27.Rxd8+ Rxd8 28.Qc2 Qxe6³) 24...Rxd6 25.exd5 Bxd5 26.f5 Ng5 27.Bxg5 fxg5 28.Bc4 Bxc4 29.Qxc4+ Kg7=]

24.exd5 Bxd5 25.Bc4 Bxc4 26.Qxc4?+/= [26.bxc4 Bd6 27.Rxd6 Rxd6 28.Nxd6 Qxd6 29.Rxb7 Rc8 30.Bf2 Rc7 31.Rxc7 Qxc7 32.Qd3+–]

½–½
⚪️#270 (Endgame-White to Move)
🔸Yao,Stefano (2360)
🔸Loiacono,Antonio (2293)
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28.Bxb7?! [28.Rxe5! bxa6 29.Kf1 a5 30.Re4 Rc8 31.Rc4 Rc6 32.Ke2 Kf6 33.Kd3 Ke5 34.a3 Kd5 35.b4 e5 36.Rc2 Rc8 37.f3 a6 38.Rd2 Rb8 39.Kc3+ Kc6 40.Kc4 axb4 41.axb4 a5 42.bxa5 Rb5 43.Ra2 Rxc5+ 44.Kd3 Kb7 45.a6+ Ka7 46.Ke4±; 28.Bf1 Kf6 29.b4 a6 30.Rb1 Rd8 31.a4 Rc8 32.Rc1 Nc6 33.Rc4 Rc7²]

28...Nd3 29.c6 Nxe1 30.c7 Re8 31.c8Q Rxc8 32.Bxc8 Nd3=

½–½