"I did not believe I was superior to him. Perhaps the chief reason for his defeat was the overestimation of his own powers arising out of his overwhelming victory in New York, 1927, and his underestimation of mine."
🔸 Alexander Alekhine
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Best Checkmate Combinations Ever - 11
18.Bf4! [Activating the bishop with attack Black's queen.]
18...Qa8 19.Qf3! [△Ne4]
19...Red8 [¹19...Bxg5 20.Bxg5 h6 21.Bc1 Rcd8 22.Bb2 Nh7 23.a4! Rd7 24.a5± △c5]
20.Ne4 Be7 21.c5! [Another instructive move. After this move, Black's queen and bishop will be out of action for a long time and Black will suffer from a lack of space. Another benefit of this move is to establish an outpost in the territory of the opponent on the d6.]
21...Ba6 22.Bd6 Qb7 23.Qc3! [△b4]
23...Qd7 24.b4 Ng6 25.h4!‚ Bxd6 26.Nxd6 Rb8 27.Qf3 Bb5 28.h5+–
18...Qa8 19.Qf3! [△Ne4]
19...Red8 [¹19...Bxg5 20.Bxg5 h6 21.Bc1 Rcd8 22.Bb2 Nh7 23.a4! Rd7 24.a5± △c5]
20.Ne4 Be7 21.c5! [Another instructive move. After this move, Black's queen and bishop will be out of action for a long time and Black will suffer from a lack of space. Another benefit of this move is to establish an outpost in the territory of the opponent on the d6.]
21...Ba6 22.Bd6 Qb7 23.Qc3! [△b4]
23...Qd7 24.b4 Ng6 25.h4!‚ Bxd6 26.Nxd6 Rb8 27.Qf3 Bb5 28.h5+–
Levon Aronian beats Wang Hao to join Fabiano Caruana in the #IOMChess lead! They'll play in tomorrow's Round 8
FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss: Aronian Joins Caruana In 1st Place
https://www.chess.com/news/view/2019-fide-chess-com-grand-swiss-round-7
https://www.chess.com/news/view/2019-fide-chess-com-grand-swiss-round-7
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FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss: Aronian Joins Caruana In Lead
As the only winner in round seven among the top 12 boards, Levon Aronian swapped places with Wang Hao to join Fabiano Caruana in the lead at the FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss in Isle of Man. There are four rounds to go. You can follow the games here as part…
Top pairings round 8:
Caruana-Aronian
Wang Hao-Carlsen
Anton-Grischuk
Maghsoodloo-Vitiugov
So-Alekseenko
Anand-Fedoseev
Shirov-Yu Yangyi
#iomchess
http://chess-results.com/tnr478041.aspx?lan=1&art=2&rd=8&flag=30
Caruana-Aronian
Wang Hao-Carlsen
Anton-Grischuk
Maghsoodloo-Vitiugov
So-Alekseenko
Anand-Fedoseev
Shirov-Yu Yangyi
#iomchess
http://chess-results.com/tnr478041.aspx?lan=1&art=2&rd=8&flag=30
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