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Round 11, Hoogovens, Wijk aan Zee, 23rd January 1968.
Mikhail Tal (USSR) faces Hans Ree (Netherlands). On the right, Hein Donner (Netherlands) is in play v. Nicolas Rossolimo (USA).
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Mikhail Tal (USSR) faces Hans Ree (Netherlands). On the right, Hein Donner (Netherlands) is in play v. Nicolas Rossolimo (USA).
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Start of the FIDE Women's Grand Prix in Lausanne
The third Grand Prix tournament for women starts today in Lausanne, Switzerland. The top seeds are World Champion Ju Wenjun and Aleksandra Goryachkina (pictured). Live games and commentary by Mikhail Gurevich and Keti Tsatsalashvili from 14:00 UTC (15:00…
First round of FIDE Women's Grand Prix leg was played in Lausanne. All games are drawn https://ruchess.ru/en/news/all/first_round_of_fide_women_s_grand_prix_leg_played_in_lausanne/
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First Round of FIDE Women's Grand Prix Leg Played in Lausanne
The first round of the the third leg of the FIDE Women's Grand Prix Series was played in Lausanne on March 2. The games Goryachkina - Kashlinskaya, Kosteniuk - Dzagnidze, Abdumalik - Ju Wenjun, Stefanova - Sebag, Harika - Cramling, and A. Muzychuk - M. Muzychuk…
#OnThisDay in 1874 Carl Schlechter was born. The Austro-Hungarian master was one of the strongest players in the early 20th century and is famous for drawing a World Championship match with Emanuel Lasker.
Can you see how he forced a quick checkmate in this game?
Can you see how he forced a quick checkmate in this game?
24...d3? [An inaccuracy. White had no serious threat that Black would have to rush. Black should have first played:]
[24...fxg6! 25.Qxg6+ Kd8! △d3 26.Qxe6 d3! △Qg1–e3 27.c3™ Qg1+ 28.Bf1 Nb6‚ 29.Qg8+ Ke7 △Bh3 30.Qb3 (30.Qh7 Qg3+! 31.Kd1 Ba3! △Bg4 32.Nxb6 (32.Rxa3 Nxa4 33.Kc1 Rb2 34.Rxa4 Rc2+ 35.Kb1 Rxd2–+) ) 30...Qg3+ 31.Kd1 Qf3+ 32.Ke1 Bh3!–+]
25.gxf7+! Kf8 26.c3! Qg1+ 27.Bf1 Qg3+ 28.Kd1 Nf6?! [This move just helps White to improve his queen position to defend his king.]
[¹28...Be7! would be correct: 29.Qh8+ Kxf7 30.Qh5+ g6 31.Qh7+ Ke8 32.Qh3 Qxh3 33.Bxh3 Kf7-/+]
29.Qh1=/+ [¹29.Qh3! Nxe4 30.Qxg3 Nxg3 31.cxb4! Nxf1 32.Nc5!= △N×d3]
[24...fxg6! 25.Qxg6+ Kd8! △d3 26.Qxe6 d3! △Qg1–e3 27.c3™ Qg1+ 28.Bf1 Nb6‚ 29.Qg8+ Ke7 △Bh3 30.Qb3 (30.Qh7 Qg3+! 31.Kd1 Ba3! △Bg4 32.Nxb6 (32.Rxa3 Nxa4 33.Kc1 Rb2 34.Rxa4 Rc2+ 35.Kb1 Rxd2–+) ) 30...Qg3+ 31.Kd1 Qf3+ 32.Ke1 Bh3!–+]
25.gxf7+! Kf8 26.c3! Qg1+ 27.Bf1 Qg3+ 28.Kd1 Nf6?! [This move just helps White to improve his queen position to defend his king.]
[¹28...Be7! would be correct: 29.Qh8+ Kxf7 30.Qh5+ g6 31.Qh7+ Ke8 32.Qh3 Qxh3 33.Bxh3 Kf7-/+]
29.Qh1=/+ [¹29.Qh3! Nxe4 30.Qxg3 Nxg3 31.cxb4! Nxf1 32.Nc5!= △N×d3]
Wijk aan Zee, 21st January 1979. Nona Gaprindashvili (USSR) is pictured in play v. Roman Dzindzichashvili (USA) in the 3rd round of the Hoogovens tournament.
The ex-Women's World Champion won this game in 40 moves.
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The ex-Women's World Champion won this game in 40 moves.
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