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Markus Ragger saves the game against Sam Shankland to conclude the all-draws round 6 of Prague Chess
Masters.
Vidit Santosh Gujrathi continues to comfortably lead the tournament with 4½/6, a point above the field.
but in the Challengers top seed Nijat Abasov scored a nice win over high-flying Andrey Esipenko - 39.e6! was a nice final touch:
First victory for the young Dutchman Jorden Van Foreest in the #picf2020 Challengers after an interesting pawn sacrifice. "The tournament was not going so well for me as I made 5 draws so far, and I wanted to try to win!"
33 years ago, in Seville...
GM David Bronstein was born on February 19, 1924.

One of the strongest players of the mid-twentieth century, he narrowly missed becoming the world champion in 1951, drawing the match with Mikhail Botvinnik 12-12 (so the title stayed with the holder).

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"We cannot resist the fascination of sacrifice, since a passion for sacrifices is part of a Chessplayer's nature."

🔸 Rudolf Spielmann

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