Move of the Day!

Daily #chesspuzzle with Topalov

GM Kurnosov,I (2663) - GM Topalov, Veselin (2752)
World Rapid Final Astana KAZ (10), 2012.07.07

https://chesspuzzle.net/Puzzle/81462

And it's over! 12-year-old Bharath Subramaniyam leads the #AeroflotOpen with Rauf Mamedov after beating a 3rd strong grandmaster in 4 games:

https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/aeroflot-open-2020/4/1/3
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🔸ch-RUS Rapid 2018
🔸Round 2
⚪️Yudin,S (2507)
⚫️Maltsevskaya,Aleksandra (2243)
🔸1-0

16...Bxb3? [An incorrect exchange. In addition to opening the a-file for White's rook, it weakens the d5 square as well. Two following continuations would be correct:]

[16...a4! 17.Bxe6 (17.Bxa4 Qh4! 18.Be3 Bd7! 19.Qb3 Bxh3 20.gxh3 Qxh3 21.f4 Ng4 22.Nd1 Qh2+ 23.Kf1 Qh1+ 24.Ke2 Qg2+ 25.Kd3 d5! 26.exd5 Rfd8 27.Nc3 Rac8–+ △B×c3) 17...fxe6 18.Nxa4 d5! 19.Rd1 Qh4‚ 20.Be3 Qxe4³; 16...Bxh3!? △Nf3 17.gxh3 Nf3+ 18.Kf1 Qh4‚ 19.Re3 Qxh3+ 20.Ke2 Nd4+ 21.Ke1 Qh1+ 22.Qf1 Nf3+ 23.Ke2 Nd4+ 24.Ke1 Nf3+=]

17.axb3! Nc6 18.Rd1!‚ Nd4 19.Qd5 Rc8? [¹19...Nc2 20.Bg5! △Rac1 20...Nb4 21.Bxd8 Nxd5 22.Rxd5 Rfxd8 23.Rdxa5±]

20.Rxd4+–

David Llada
These are Luke McShane and Elisabeth Paehtz, portrayed by Eli’s father, Thomas (who is also a GM himself). Thank you to the official Bundesliga account, Schachbundesliga

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"It's important, according to me, to train in small doses so as to not lose the joy of playing chess..."

🔸 Viswanathan Anand

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Round 4, Hoogovens, Wijk aan Zee, 20th January 1976. Walter Browne (USA) is pictured in play v. Mark Dvoretsky (USSR) as Ljubomir Ljubojević (Yugoslavia) looks on.

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Move of the Day!

Daily #chesspuzzle from the #AeroflotOpen
Sindarov, Javokhir - Jumabayev, Rinat, Moscow 2020.

https://chesspuzzle.net/Puzzle/104631

Daily #chesspuzzle from the #AeroflotOpen
Yilmaz, Mustafa - Sindarov, Javokhir, Moscow 2020

https://chesspuzzle.net/Puzzle/105650

Best Checkmate Combinations Ever - 23

While some of his colleagues are playing the brutal Aeroflot Open 13-year old Gukesh has been climbing the rating list with back-to-back wins in some less formidable events. Still, scoring 7.5/9, as Gukesh did in Cannes, is never easy!

chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/cannes-open-2020/9/1/1
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