Soviet grandmaster Lev Polugaevsky, pictured in play against Gyula Sax (Hungary), in the opening round of the AVRO tournament at Hilversum, 12th June 1973.

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A magnificent piece of footage from the end of the famous 1953 Candidates tournament, featuring David Bronstein, Paul Keres, Samuel Reshevsky, Mark Taimanov, Vassily Smyslov and others. bit.ly/2BtLF8l

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Halfway through the 23rd #HoogeveenChess tournament featuring two 6-game classical matches: Alireza Firouzja vs Jorge Cori, and Jan Timman vs Zhansaya Abdumalik.

Iran's young GM Firouzja leads the match 3-0, while Timman and Abdumalik are equal after 3 rounds.

🔸Bundesliga 2018–19
🔸Round 1
⚪️Fedoseev,Vl3 (2714)
⚫️Mons,L (2554)
🔸1-0

45.Rxa3! [A well-calculated move.]

[45.Qf3!? Re8 46.Nxf7! Kxf7 47.Qd5+ Kg6 48.Qxc5 Re4 49.Qxa3 Qxd4 50.Qa6+ Qf6 51.Qa8‚]

45...Rxa3 46.Qxa3 cxd4 47.Qc5! [This strong move wins a pawn by force.]

47...d3? [¹47...Qd8! 48.Nxf7 Kxf7 49.Qxf5+ Kg7 50.Kf1 Qb6 51.g3 Qb2 52.Kg2 Qc3 53.Qe5+ Kf7 54.c5±]

48.Nxd3 Qc3 49.Qxf5 Qxc4 50.Ne5 Qc1+ 51.Kh2+–

🔸Bundesliga 2018–19
🔸Round 1
⚪️Anton Guijarro,D (2649)
⚫️Nestorovic,N (2455)
🔸0-1

37...Ba8! [A correct decision. The Black's compensation for his material deficit lies in his attack against White's king. Thus, he decides to keep his bishop on the board.]

[37...Bc6?! 38.Bb5 Ba8 39.Bd7! Bf5 39...Bd8 40.Bf5 Rgh6 41.Bxg4²]

38.Kf1 [Ke2]

38...Bd8! [f5]

39.Ke2 f5!‚ 40.Nd2™ Ba5! [40...f4!? f×g3 41.Ne4™ fxg3 42.fxg3 Bxe4 43.dxe4 Nxg3+ 44.Kf2 Rh3!-/+]

41.Kd1 Rgh6 [¹41...f4! 42.gxf4 Nxf4–+ Rh2]

42.b4 Bxb4 43.Kc1 Nxg3! 44.fxg3 Rh1 45.Kb2 Bc3+! [45...Bxd2? 46.Re7+!‚ Kg6 47.Rxh1 Bxh1 48.Re6+ Kg5=/+]

46.Ka2 Bxa1–+