After 132 moves Ghaem does it, forcing tiebreaks tomorrow against Yu Yangyi!
Most of the second round participants were determined at the FIDE World Cup in Khanty-Mansiysk. 23 matches will continue on tiebreaks tomorrow.
More about the results of day 2 at #FIDEWorldCup:
Most of the second round participants were determined at the FIDE World Cup in Khanty-Mansiysk. 23 matches will continue on tiebreaks tomorrow.
More about the results of day 2 at #FIDEWorldCup:
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Niclas Huschenbeth knocks out Arkadij Naiditsch.
Norwegian Johan-Sebastian Christiansen
sensationaly knocks out the Polish World #22 Wojtaszek in the #FIDEWorldCup by winning both games in R1. He had several chances to secure a draw in G2, but decided to go for a win - which paid off.
sensationaly knocks out the Polish World #22 Wojtaszek in the #FIDEWorldCup by winning both games in R1. He had several chances to secure a draw in G2, but decided to go for a win - which paid off.
Forwarded from never lose hope
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FIDE World Cup 2019. Interview with Johan-Sebastian Christiansen. | R1, G2 |
Some #FIDEWorldCup confirmed R2 pairings:
Ding-Movsesian
Christiansen-Alekseenko
So-Demchenko
Karjakin-Sevian
Giri-Najer
Mamedyarov-Kasimdzhanov
Svidler-Esipenko
Aronian-Magshoodloo
Cheparinov-Artemiev
Vitiugov-Huschenbeth
Vidit-Rakhmanov
Dubov-Firouzja
#FIDEWorldCup
Ding-Movsesian
Christiansen-Alekseenko
So-Demchenko
Karjakin-Sevian
Giri-Najer
Mamedyarov-Kasimdzhanov
Svidler-Esipenko
Aronian-Magshoodloo
Cheparinov-Artemiev
Vitiugov-Huschenbeth
Vidit-Rakhmanov
Dubov-Firouzja
#FIDEWorldCup
Wesley So, Leinier Dominguez , Jeffery Xiong, and Sam Sevian are through to the Second Round of the 2019 #FIDEWorldCup. Hikaru Nakamura and Sam Shankland have to navigate tomorrow's tiebreaks. Check out today's key games at Chess Life Online!
https://new.uschess.org/news/four-americans-advance-fide-world-cup/
https://new.uschess.org/news/four-americans-advance-fide-world-cup/
US Chess
Four Americans Advance in FIDE World Cup - US Chess
Four Americans are through to the second round of the 2019 FIDE World Cup, while two have work to do in Thursday’s rapid playoffs. After...
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Tigran Petrosian 🆚 Robert James Fischer
Herceg Novi blitz (1970) (blitz), Herceg Novi MNE, rd 6, Apr-08
King's Indian Defense: Six Pawns Attack (E77)
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Herceg Novi blitz (1970) (blitz), Herceg Novi MNE, rd 6, Apr-08
King's Indian Defense: Six Pawns Attack (E77)
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"The ability to create and to control the tension of battle is perhaps the principal attainment of the great player."
🔸 Savielly Tartakower
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🔸 Savielly Tartakower
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Hort stories: A lost letter from Bobby Fischer
https://en.chessbase.com/post/vlastimil-hort-remembering-bobby-fischer-i-a-lost-letter
https://en.chessbase.com/post/vlastimil-hort-remembering-bobby-fischer-i-a-lost-letter
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Hort stories: A lost letter from Bobby Fischer
Bobby Fischer is a legend, so much so that even people who knew him sometimes find it difficult to distinguish between fact and fiction when they hear stories about Fischer. Vlastimil Hort knew Fischer and played against him. Recently, Hort rediscovered a…
Chess, a great board game of the USSR: Lenin sets the trend as the game reaches space
https://www.sports.ru/tribuna/blogs/inenglish/2571313.html
https://www.sports.ru/tribuna/blogs/inenglish/2571313.html
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Chess, a great board game of the USSR: Lenin sets the trend as the game reaches space
Chess, a great board game of the USSR: Lenin sets the trend as the game reaches space - Sports.ru in English - Блоги - Sports.ru
Mikhail Botvinnik, pictured with his long-term associate and training partner, grandmaster Viacheslav Ragozin. Early 1950s.
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"How could two humans -- seated for hours, exerting themselves in no greater manner than intermittently extending their arms a foot at a time -- face physical demands?"
https://www.espn.com/espn/story/_/id/27593253/why-grandmasters-magnus-carlsen-fabiano-caruana-lose-weight-playing-chess
https://www.espn.com/espn/story/_/id/27593253/why-grandmasters-magnus-carlsen-fabiano-caruana-lose-weight-playing-chess
ESPN.com
The grandmaster diet: How to lose weight while barely moving
You wouldn't think that chess players, who sit for hours on end and extend their arms only from time to time, would struggle with weight loss. But they do. Inside the very real, very bizarre metabolic phenomenon gripping chess.