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Magnus wrote a post on Instagram saying, "Been a great year on and off the board. On to the next one."

One of the pictures he shared in the post was this one with his girlfriend!

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🔸15th Vasylyshyn GM 2018
🔸Round 6
⚪️Mosesov,Danylo (2355)
⚫️Vovk,Y (2565)
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25...h5! [A multi-purpose move: 1. Covering the weakness on h6.2. Driving the white g4–knight away from the protection of the e3–square. 3. Gaining more space and restricting the opponent's queen.]

26.Nxf6 [26.Nf2 Be3! 27.Rb1 Rbd8‚ 28.Nh3 Nxc2–+]

26...Be7! 27.Nxh5+ gxh5 28.Qg3+ [28.Qxh5 Rh8 29.Qf3 Rh6!–+ △Rbh8]

28...Kh6!–+ [28...Kh8? 29.Qg6 Bg8 30.Qxh5+ Bh7 31.Bg4!= △Bf5]
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Magnus Carlsen arrives for the game and starts the clock. His opponent Maxim Matlakov makes the move 1.d4 and Magnus' thinking time begins. Usually in a 3-minute blitz game you want to make your moves as soon as possible. However, Magnus takes his time - he drinks his water, removes his suit and then after 20 seconds, which is quite a lot of time in a blitz game, his first move!

This just goes to show what confidence the World Champion has on his abilities!
The opening round of the 1969 IBM tournament (played 15th July).

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The king is a strong piece - use it !

🔸 Rueben Fine

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Tilburg, 19th September 1980. In the opening round of the Interpolis tournament, the encounter between Genna Sosonko (Netherlands) & World Champion Anatoly Karpov (USSR) is in progress.

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Excellent Dutch footage from the opening of the 1956 Candidates tournament in Amsterdam. Three future world champions among the ten participants (Smyslov, Petrosian, and Spassky). Or, in other words, a lot of "famous legends."

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Move of the Day!

Vera Menchick

Rd7!
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Game of the Day!

Walter Shawn Browne

Caro-Kann Defense / Bronstein-Larsen Variation

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