Daily #chesspuzzle from the #AeroflotOpen
Yilmaz, Mustafa - Sindarov, Javokhir, Moscow 2020
https://chesspuzzle.net/Puzzle/105650
Yilmaz, Mustafa - Sindarov, Javokhir, Moscow 2020
https://chesspuzzle.net/Puzzle/105650
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Puzzle 105650: White to win
Click the diagram to solve this chess puzzle from the game Yilmaz, Mustafa - Sindarov, Javokhir, Moscow 2020.
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Best Checkmate Combinations Ever - 23
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A nice win for Sanan Sjugirov in the #AeroflotOpen as he sacrifices his queen and concludes with a pretty tactic!
Puranik, Abhimanyu - Sjugirov, Sanan
0-1
Aeroflot Open 2020 round 05
Puranik, Abhimanyu - Sjugirov, Sanan
0-1
Aeroflot Open 2020 round 05
"I finally got my life back on track."
A very personal, honest and simply wonderful blog post by GM Sam Shankland, who describes an, in many ways, unfortunate year 2019, which is now clearly behind him:
https://chess.com/blog/Shankland/back-on-track-1
A very personal, honest and simply wonderful blog post by GM Sam Shankland, who describes an, in many ways, unfortunate year 2019, which is now clearly behind him:
https://chess.com/blog/Shankland/back-on-track-1
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Back On Track
I finally got my life back on track. One of my many shortcomings is being totally unable to fake a smile to show the world when I'm dying inside. Nobody likes a Debbie Downer, so I tasked my team to take over my facebook page and post my tournament results…
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Anyone can nominee a person for FIDE's "Fair Play Svetozar Gligoric Trophy", but should do it through their national federation. The deadline for the submission of nominations is extended until July 15, 2020. Details: https://fide.com/news/205
Judit Polgar: It was a great honor to receive my first gold medal First place medal at the Thessaloniki Olympiad in 1988 from the legendary Svetozar Gligoric who was a true gentleman and represented FairPlay competitor! Please share your story of FairPlay!
36.Rxd8+! [White wins an important tempo in order to attack the kingside with his pawns.]
[36.Rfd1?! Rg8 37.Kg2 a6 38.Be3 Nc4 39.Rc1 Nxe3+ 40.Rxe3²]
36...Bxd8 37.h4!‚ [Black's pawn chain being on the same color as his opponent bishop, has made them vulnerable. White intends to create two connected passed pawns on the kingside.]
37...Nd7 38.hxg5 Bxg5 39.Bxg5 hxg5 40.Kg2! [△Kf3]
[40.Nxg5? Rg7! 41.Ne6 Rxg4+ 42.Kf2 Nf6=]
40...b6 41.Kf3 Rg7 42.Rh1!+– [△Rh5]
[36.Rfd1?! Rg8 37.Kg2 a6 38.Be3 Nc4 39.Rc1 Nxe3+ 40.Rxe3²]
36...Bxd8 37.h4!‚ [Black's pawn chain being on the same color as his opponent bishop, has made them vulnerable. White intends to create two connected passed pawns on the kingside.]
37...Nd7 38.hxg5 Bxg5 39.Bxg5 hxg5 40.Kg2! [△Kf3]
[40.Nxg5? Rg7! 41.Ne6 Rxg4+ 42.Kf2 Nf6=]
40...b6 41.Kf3 Rg7 42.Rh1!+– [△Rh5]
Round 12, Beverwijk, 20th January 1965. Hungarian grandmaster Lajos Portisch is picture in play v. Efim Geller (USSR).
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"... In chess there is no luck and no excuses: everything is in your hands."
🔸 Vladimir Kramnik
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From the Amsterdam Interzonal, May 1964 - legendary American grandmaster Sammy Reshevsky, by the Dutch photographer J. de Nijs.
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Daily #chesspuzzle
Heinrich Wolf - Rudolf Spielmann, Mährisch-Ostrau 1923
https://chesspuzzle.net/Puzzle/72359
Heinrich Wolf - Rudolf Spielmann, Mährisch-Ostrau 1923
https://chesspuzzle.net/Puzzle/72359
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Puzzle 72359: White to win
Click the diagram to solve this chess puzzle from the game Wolf, Heinrich - Spielmann, Rudolf, Maehrisch Ostrau 1923.
Due to the recent developments in the coronavirus crisis and the increasing travel restrictions affecting Chinese citizens, Zhao Xue won't be able to play in the Women's Grand Prix tournament in Lausanne. She will be replaced by Zhansaya Abdumalik (KAZ, 2471). #WomenGrandPrixFIDE