A 5-year-old girl is playing grown men in chess, blindfolded. And she's winning

🔸St Louis Winter A 2018
🔸Round 3
⚪️Ali Marandi,C (2552)
⚫️Benjamin,Joe (2526)
🔸1-0

12.Qa6! [White exploits unprotected Black's queen in order to seize the initiative.]

12...Qxa6? [¹12...Qd8! 13.Nxb4 Qb8! 14.Nd3 c5 △c4 15.b3 c4 16.Nb2 cxb3 17.axb3 Bb4 18.Bc4 0–0!² △Nc5]

13.Nc7+ Kd8 14.Nxe6+! [This move was calculated in advance. White gains the two-bishop advantage and damages Black's pawn structure.]

14...fxe6 15.Bxa6 Nc5 16.Bc4 a5 17.a3! Rb8 18.axb4 axb4 19.Nh3!± [19.b3!? h6 20.Nh3 Nfd7 21.Kf2 Kc7 22.Kg3 Be7 23.Nf2 Rhd8 24.g5! Nb6 25.Bxb4 Nxe4+ 26.Nxe4 Bxb4 27.Bxe6±]

Back in 1896, Wilhelm Steinitz lost in a simul game in Harleem against a certain Van Foreest.
A position from this game is included in the book "The Woodpecker Method".

"Chess is a sport. A violent sport."

🔸 Marcel Duchamp (2010). “Drawing on Art: Duchamp and Company”

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Amazing mate in 4 from the game Elina Danielian vs Anna Zatonskih, Duisburg, 1992.
White to move and mate in 4.

Footage of the 1960 Leipzig, Germany chess olympiad.

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Happy Birthday to Ruslan Ponomariov, former FIDE World Champion (2002–2004), charismatic grandmaster and a tireless chess streamer! 🎁

Chess Mates: Growing a Community of Girls who Play Chess (2019)

🔸St Louis Winter A 2018
🔸Round 3
⚪️Mikhalevski,V (2574)
⚫️Gareev,T (2584)
🔸1-0

28.exf5! [A correct decision. White tries to create a weakness in the opponent's camp.]

28...gxf5 [28...exf5 29.Ned5! Nfe6 30.Re2 Nd4 31.Re3± △Rde1; 28...Nxf5 29.Nxf5 gxf5 30.h5!±]

29.Qe2! [△h5]

29...Bd8 30.h5 Ba5 31.Rd3 Ree7 32.Na4 [¹32.Bg3!? △Be1 would be interesting: 32...Bxc3 33.Rxc3 a5 34.Rcd3 Kg8 35.R1d2 Ne8 36.a4!± the idea behind the move is blocking the queenside and then launching an attack on the center or kingside where White has a good spatial advantage.]

32...Kg8 33.Qg2 Qc8 34.Qf3!± [△Bg3]

Footage of the 1935 Alekhine vs Euwe WCC match.
In this match Alekhine really underestimated Euwe and after a long 30 game fight Euwe won with 15.5-14.5 and became the 5th world chess champion.

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"First restrain, next blockade, lastly destroy."

🔸 Aron Nimzowitsch

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The 5 magnificent
Vassily Smyslov, Max Euwe, Reuben Fine, Mikhail Botvinik and Mikhail Tal!

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