29.Rd1! [An accurate move that allows White to penetrate into the opponent's camp via the seventh rank. The white two bishops are placed on strong squares and are ready to attack any side.]
[29.Rxc8+?! Nxc8 30.Bd4 Qd8 31.Bh7+ Kh8 32.Bc3 Be7 33.Qxd8+ Bxd8 34.Bd3²]
29...Bc7 [29...Rd8 30.Bd4!‚ Qe6 31.f5! Qxa2 32.Be5 Qa5 33.Bc3 △f6 33...Qc5 34.f6 gxf6 35.Bxf6 Qc8 36.Qf3!‚ △Bd5 36...Qe6 37.Bd5 Nxd5 38.Bxd8+–]
30.Qd7! g6 31.Bb7 Rf8 [31...Rd8 32.Qxd8+! Bxd8 33.Rxd8+ △Bd4 33...Kh7 34.Bd4+–]
[29.Rxc8+?! Nxc8 30.Bd4 Qd8 31.Bh7+ Kh8 32.Bc3 Be7 33.Qxd8+ Bxd8 34.Bd3²]
29...Bc7 [29...Rd8 30.Bd4!‚ Qe6 31.f5! Qxa2 32.Be5 Qa5 33.Bc3 △f6 33...Qc5 34.f6 gxf6 35.Bxf6 Qc8 36.Qf3!‚ △Bd5 36...Qe6 37.Bd5 Nxd5 38.Bxd8+–]
30.Qd7! g6 31.Bb7 Rf8 [31...Rd8 32.Qxd8+! Bxd8 33.Rxd8+ △Bd4 33...Kh7 34.Bd4+–]
From the same article, a photo of the competitors in the youth championship of the Cheliabinsk province, 1961. Timoshchenko is 5th from left in the back row. The small boy standing in the centre at the front is Anatoly Karpov.
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Amsterdam IBM, 14th July 1970. The opening-round clash between Efim Geller (USSR) & Vlastimil Hort (ČSSR). In the third photo, World Champion Boris Spassky (USSR) looks on.
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King Salman World Rapid & Blitz Championships will have live broadcast in 3 languages:
English with Peter Leko, Almira Skripchenko & Evgeny Miroshnichenko
Spanish with Leontxo Garcia & Miguel Illescas
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Tune in Dec 26 on https://www.youtube.com/fidechannel
English with Peter Leko, Almira Skripchenko & Evgeny Miroshnichenko
Spanish with Leontxo Garcia & Miguel Illescas
Russian with Sergey Shipov
Tune in Dec 26 on https://www.youtube.com/fidechannel
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Chess videos, interviews with the players, commented games.
Live broadcasts from FIDE tournaments, including World Championship cycle, world rapid and blitz championships, etc.
Chess videos, interviews with the players, commented games.
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The winners at #sunwaysitges!
He played the strongest chess over the past 10 days, and we guess everyone agrees that he deserved to take this 6th edition of Sunway Sitges International Chess Open Tournament. Well done Anton! We hope he and all players enjoyed #Sitges and the tournament as much as we did!
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Garry Kasparov and Laurent Fressinet : their worst blunder ! 31 years after, the theory of the Queen + Bishop vs. King ending hasn't changed...
The only requirement to play in Magnus Carlsen's soccer fantasy league is being a chess grandmaster. Then comes the hard part: beating Magnus, a full-time chess genius and part-time Fantasy Premier League whiz.
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Inside Magnus Carlsen’s Fantasy League of Geniuses
Reigning chess world champion Magnus Carlsen is in the Fantasy Premier League elite. His fellow grand masters can’t beat him there either.