14-year-old Aydin Suleymanli is leading in the main event of #AeroflotOpen in Moscow.
The Azerbaijani IM defeated GMs Indjic (2622), Durarbayli (2625), Smirin (2615), Maghsoodloo (2674) and made draws with Yilmaz (2607), Praggnanandhaa (2602), Kobalia (2609), Martirosyan (2630).
The Azerbaijani IM defeated GMs Indjic (2622), Durarbayli (2625), Smirin (2615), Maghsoodloo (2674) and made draws with Yilmaz (2607), Praggnanandhaa (2602), Kobalia (2609), Martirosyan (2630).
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Stunning scenes at the #AeroflotOpen as 14-year-old 🇦🇿 IM Suleymanli Aydin upsets 🇮🇷 GM Parham Maghsoodloo in a game that lasted only 27 moves!
With only one more round to go, the prodigy is in joint-lead alongside his vastly experienced compatriot 🇦🇿 Rauf Mamedov.
With only one more round to go, the prodigy is in joint-lead alongside his vastly experienced compatriot 🇦🇿 Rauf Mamedov.
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A beautiful win from IM Aditya Mittal in last year's #AeroflotOpen where he earned his final norm.
Aditya's blog ➡️ https://chess.com/blog/vinniethepooh/road-to-the-international-master-im-title
Video analysis ➡️ https://youtu.be/PuGhuugZxgQ
Aditya's blog ➡️ https://chess.com/blog/vinniethepooh/road-to-the-international-master-im-title
Video analysis ➡️ https://youtu.be/PuGhuugZxgQ
Photo throwback to ten years ago when 16-year-old Hou Yifan won the knockout in Turkey and became the youngest women's world champion ever. In the final, she defeated her compatriot Ruan Lufei.
Today Hou Yifan turns 26. 🎉
#HappyBirthday
Today Hou Yifan turns 26. 🎉
#HappyBirthday
Wijk aan Zee, 15th January 1982. In the opening round of the Hoogovens tournament, Larry Christiansen (USA) faces Jan Timman (Netherlands).
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"That's what Chess is all about. One day you give your opponent a lesson, the next day he gives you one."
🔸 Bobby Fischer
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#OnThisDay it's also the 110th birthday of the legendary Armenian chess studies and problems composer Genrikh Kasparyan (Feb. 27, 1910 - Dec. 27, 1995). On this occasion, here's one of his studies.
White to play and win. We'll tweet the solution in an hour from now!
White to play and win. We'll tweet the solution in an hour from now!
Also at the Yerevan Pioneers' Palace, the legendary endgame study composer Genrikh Kasparian. Pictured in 1973.
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Ghenrikh M. Kasparian - Domination in 2545 Endgame Studies.pdf
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Domination in 2,545 Endgame Studies
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#OnThisDay it's also the 110th birthday of the legendary Armenian chess studies and problems composer Genrikh Kasparyan (Feb. 27, 1910 - Dec. 27, 1995). On this occasion, here's one of his studies. White to play and win. We'll tweet the solution in an hour…
This famous study by Genrikh Kasparian is one of my all time favorites.
White is winning 7.
White is winning 7.
18.Nb5! [An active move that clears the path of the rook on c1 and prepares to penetrate into the opponent's camp.]
[18.b4? Nb3! △N×d4 19.Rb1 Nxd4 20.Nxd4 Qg6! 21.g3 Rac8 22.Qd3 Rfd8!=]
18...Rfd8 19.Bc3? [A hasty move that loses the initiative. White should have first penetrated into the opponent's seventh rank with his rook:]
[19.Rc7!‚ Bxf3 20.Qxf3! Qxf3 21.gxf3 Bf8 22.Nc3 Rac8 23.Rxc8 Rxc8 24.Nd5± △Bc3]
19...Nb3!‚ 20.Rxd8+ Rxd8 21.Rd1 Rxd1+ 22.Qxd1=
[18.b4? Nb3! △N×d4 19.Rb1 Nxd4 20.Nxd4 Qg6! 21.g3 Rac8 22.Qd3 Rfd8!=]
18...Rfd8 19.Bc3? [A hasty move that loses the initiative. White should have first penetrated into the opponent's seventh rank with his rook:]
[19.Rc7!‚ Bxf3 20.Qxf3! Qxf3 21.gxf3 Bf8 22.Nc3 Rac8 23.Rxc8 Rxc8 24.Nd5± △Bc3]
19...Nb3!‚ 20.Rxd8+ Rxd8 21.Rd1 Rxd1+ 22.Qxd1=
A rich chess life: Berlin Chess Cafés 1920–1933
https://en.chessbase.com/post/a-rich-chess-life-berlin-chess-cafs-1920-1933
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A rich chess life: Berlin Chess Cafés 1920–1933
Berlin has always had a vibrant chess history, but there was a particularly interesting period in the years following World War I that highlighted the richness of the city’s chess life. Alan McGowan, author of a widely acclaimed biography about the German…
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