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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!
This just goes to show what confidence the World Champion has on his abilities!
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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Sarana - Mamedyarov, World Blitz Championship 2019
https://chesspuzzle.net/Puzzle/90481
Sarana - Mamedyarov, World Blitz Championship 2019
https://chesspuzzle.net/Puzzle/90481
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Puzzle 90481: White to win
Click the diagram to solve this chess puzzle from the game Sarana, Alexey - Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar, Moscow 2019.
"The experience of AI in the chess world should be instructive for defense strategists."
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War on the Rocks
What Chess Can Teach Us About the Future of AI and War - War on the Rocks
This article was submitted in response to the call for ideas issued by the co-chairs of the National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence, Eric
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International Arbiter Alberto Muñiz looks at what happened in Firouzja vs. Carlsen and what we all need to know about "losing on time"!
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What happened in Carlsen vs. Firouzja?
Magnus Carlsen’s triumph in the 2019 World Blitz
Championship owed a lot to his win against Alireza Firouzja with just three
rounds to go. 16-year-old Firouzja had been winning the game at various moments and would never
have lost the final position –…
Championship owed a lot to his win against Alireza Firouzja with just three
rounds to go. 16-year-old Firouzja had been winning the game at various moments and would never
have lost the final position –…
17.Bxf4! [White exchanges the opponent's active piece.]
17...Rxf4 18.Rfe1 [The following continuation would have been better:]
[¹18.Nfd2! Nf8 (18...c5! 19.Qxe6 cxd4 20.g3! △f4 20...Rf5 21.f4 Nc5 22.Nxc5 Bxc5 23.Qc4±) 19.Qe3!‚ g5 20.g3 Rf7 21.Nc4! △Ncd6 21...Ng6 22.Ncd6 Bxd6 23.Nxd6±]
18...Nf8 19.Qg3 Rf5 20.Rad1?! [White reduces his advantage with the dubious moves. This move was unnecessary and it would have been better to seize more space with:]
[¹20.h4! Qd5 21.Nc3 Qc4 22.Rad1+/=]
20...g5=
17...Rxf4 18.Rfe1 [The following continuation would have been better:]
[¹18.Nfd2! Nf8 (18...c5! 19.Qxe6 cxd4 20.g3! △f4 20...Rf5 21.f4 Nc5 22.Nxc5 Bxc5 23.Qc4±) 19.Qe3!‚ g5 20.g3 Rf7 21.Nc4! △Ncd6 21...Ng6 22.Ncd6 Bxd6 23.Nxd6±]
18...Nf8 19.Qg3 Rf5 20.Rad1?! [White reduces his advantage with the dubious moves. This move was unnecessary and it would have been better to seize more space with:]
[¹20.h4! Qd5 21.Nc3 Qc4 22.Rad1+/=]
20...g5=