Ucranian Grandmasters' duel at #SunwaySitges round 7's first board finished in a draw, with Chuky trying hard to earn a full point... It couldn't have been better characterized!

Hou Yifan won the Belt and Road 2019 World Chess Women Summit that was held on December 19-20 in historical Xi'an. She scored 5/7 losing one game to Alexandra Kosteniuk, who finished second.

Results: https://t.co/6T1o9I8AFq
Photos: http://cca.imsa.cn/archives/75996

🔸78th ch-ITA 2018
🔸Round 3
⚪️Moroni,L (2559)
⚫️David,Alb (2555)
🔸0-1

30.Qg3? [This miscalculation costs White a pawn. White has the bishop pair and so he should try to open the game with the following continuation:]

[30.gxh5! Bxf5 31.Nf4 △h6 31...Be4 32.h6! g6?! (32...Nb4™ 33.Rc1 Bxg2! 34.Qxc7 Be4 35.Qxb6 axb6 36.hxg7=) 33.Qg3! Nd8 34.Bxe4 Rxe4 35.Rc1!‚ △N×g6]

30...hxg4! 31.Qxg4 Ne7 [△B×f5]

32.Re1 Bxf5 33.Qg3 Ne6-/+ [¹33...Qc6! △Be4 34.Ng5 f6 35.Re3 Qd7 36.Nh3 Be6-/+ △Nf5]

At the breakfast table, Wijk aan Zee, 24th Jan 1969 - L to R: Nona Gaprindashvili, Lajos Portisch, Victor Ciocâltea, Efim Geller & Paul Keres.

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Sometimes it happens that the computer's assessment is very abstract. It's correct, but it's not useful for a practical game. You have to prove the assessment with very strong moves and if you don't find all of these strong moves you may lose very quickly. For a computer this is not a problem, but for humans it is not so easy.

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The 19-year-old Ulf Andersson, pictured in play v. Viktor Korchnoi in the 2nd round at Wijk aan Zee, 13th January 1971.

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Boris Spassky's Magic Miniature: Every Move Explained For Chess Beginners

Move of the Day!!

Hoogovens, Wijk aan Zee, 28th Jan 1969. The 12th-round encounter between Hungarian grandmaster Lajos Portisch and ex-World Champion Mikhail Botvinnik (USSR).

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