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Kirill Alekseenko's huge endgame blunder in the #FIDECandidates: 89.h5! Nd5+ 90.Kd4 or 89.Nh1+! Kxh4 90.Kf4 would have drawn the game.
After scoring a second win in a row, Ian Nepomniachtchi is leading the #FIDECandidates Tournament by a full point! Round six also saw Anish Giri winning a marathon.
Full report, with analysis by Sam Shankland and Lawrence Trent.
https://t.co/fQuXyhxCxo?amp=1
Full report, with analysis by Sam Shankland and Lawrence Trent.
https://t.co/fQuXyhxCxo?amp=1
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Candidates Round 6: Nepomniachtchi wins again, widens the gap
Ian Nepomniachtchi goes into the second rest day of the Candidates Tournament leading by a full point after beating Ding Liren with White on Monday. The only other player with a plus score is Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, who held Wang Hao to a draw. Anish Giri…
In Russia, chances are high that the camera man is a chess lover too! 😀📱
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The participants at Karlsbad, 1911, a marathon 25-round all-play-all event that was won by Richard Teichmann (Photo via ChessPro.)
This was the tournament where Grigory Levenfish (seated at front, 2nd from left) gained the Master title.
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This was the tournament where Grigory Levenfish (seated at front, 2nd from left) gained the Master title.
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“Some people think that if their opponent plays a beautiful game, it’s OK to lose. I don’t. You have to be merciless”
🔸 Magnus Carlsen
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🔸 Magnus Carlsen
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From Pal Benko’s ‘My Life, Games & Compositions’ (Siles Press, 2003), a two-page spread featuring Dr. R. Cantwell’s photos of Bobby Fischer’s visit to the hospitalised Mikhail Tal, during the FIDE Candidates’ tournament at Curaçao, 1962.
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Daily #chesspuzzle
Havasi - Sacconi, Chess Olympiad, Folkestone 1933
https://chesspuzzle.net/Puzzle/112898
Havasi - Sacconi, Chess Olympiad, Folkestone 1933
https://chesspuzzle.net/Puzzle/112898
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Puzzle 112898: White to win
Click the diagram to solve this chess puzzle from the game Havasi, Kornel HUN - Sacconi, Antonio ITA, Folkestone 1933.
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Best Chess Tactics Ever! - 3
🎂#OnThisDay in 1921 the 7th World Chess Champion, Grandmaster Vassily Smyslov ♟ was born in Moscow. His games for the world title with Botvinnik belong to the chess hall of fame. Smyslov remained an active player late into his career - at the age of 62 he reached Candidates' Finals
Here are 45 mates and chess combinations from the games of World Champion, RUS GM Vasily Smyslov, (1921-2010) : http://wtharvey.com/smys.html + 100s of his games. Find the winning moves.
https://chesspuzzle.net/Player/Vasily_Smyslov
https://chesspuzzle.net/Player/Vasily_Smyslov
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Improve your chess by solving chess puzzles on ChessPuzzle.net. Free chess tactics training online.