Throwback Thursday: 19-year-old Leko wins Dortmund
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Throwback Thursday: 19-year-old Leko wins Dortmund
Back in 1999, Peter Leko confirmed his status as a serious contender for the World Championship title by winning the 27th edition of the Sparkassen Chess Meeting in Dortmund, ahead of 'Mr. Dortmund' himself, Vladimir Kramnik. Leko was only 19, and three years…
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27...Rh7!!
A magnificent move from Vachier Lagrave who offers his rook for luft in his "favorite game." Who could imagine the rook would (much) later emerge to win the game.
A magnificent move from Vachier Lagrave who offers his rook for luft in his "favorite game." Who could imagine the rook would (much) later emerge to win the game.
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MVL's Zombie Rook Wins The Game - Top 10 of the 2000s - Morozevich vs. Vachier-Lagrave, 2009
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Magnus Carlsen Invitational line-up revealed
Magnus Carlsen will be joined by Fabiano Caruana, Ding
Liren, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Anish Giri, Hikaru Nakamura
and Alireza Firouzja when the Magnus Carlsen Invitational starts one week today
on Saturday April 18th. We’re all set…
Liren, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Anish Giri, Hikaru Nakamura
and Alireza Firouzja when the Magnus Carlsen Invitational starts one week today
on Saturday April 18th. We’re all set…
Dear chess friends,
We are going to combine the Open and U16 sections of Unity International Online tournaments from next week, and setting up a new tournament with more valuable prizes. Which time control would you prefer:
We are going to combine the Open and U16 sections of Unity International Online tournaments from next week, and setting up a new tournament with more valuable prizes. Which time control would you prefer:
Which time control would you prefer?
anonymous poll
3+0 – 53
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 62%
3+2 – 31
👍👍👍👍 36%
3+1 – 2
▫️ 2%
👥 86 people voted so far.
anonymous poll
3+0 – 53
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 62%
3+2 – 31
👍👍👍👍 36%
3+1 – 2
▫️ 2%
👥 86 people voted so far.
Unity Chess Club
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✅"Lasker stairs" it is!⠀
1. Kb8 threatens c8=Q, so 1... Rb2 2. Ka8 Rc2.
With checks like 3. Rh6+ White pushes the black king back 3... Ka5 4. Kb7 Rb2 5. Ka7 Rc2 6. Rh5 Ka4 7. Kb6 Rb2 8. Ka6 Rc2 9. Rh4 Ka3 10. Kb6 Rb2 11. Ka5 Rc2 12. Rh3 Ka2
And now it's time for action! 13.Rh2!
1. Kb8 threatens c8=Q, so 1... Rb2 2. Ka8 Rc2.
With checks like 3. Rh6+ White pushes the black king back 3... Ka5 4. Kb7 Rb2 5. Ka7 Rc2 6. Rh5 Ka4 7. Kb6 Rb2 8. Ka6 Rc2 9. Rh4 Ka3 10. Kb6 Rb2 11. Ka5 Rc2 12. Rh3 Ka2
And now it's time for action! 13.Rh2!
Forwarded from Sundays with Unity
⏳ Unity Weekly International (U16) April 12th, 2020
(The latest updated list of the players
آخرین لیست دریافتی از ثبت نام بازیکنان):
👤 IM Daneshvar, Bardiya
👤 FM Atakhan, Abtin
👤 Jahedi, Mani
👤 Ramezani, Mahan
👤 Mahdavi, Reza
👤 Wongso, Steve
👤 Yan, Daniel
👤 Khorshidi, Mohammad Javad
👤 Danduprolu, Ridhi
👤 Teimoori, Ali
👤 Puppalla, Pranay
👤 Safarnezhad, Armin
👤 Wongso, Merissa
👤 Ghambarpour, Mahan
👤 Sharifi, Pourya
👤 Soleimani, Diba
👤 Karimi, Soorena
👤 Khodajoo, Artin
👤 Mehrabu, Parham
👤 Hamed, Mohammad Mahdi
👤 Majidi, Mohammad Parsa
👤 Attar, Behrad
👤 Anikeenko, Ivan
👤 Sethuraman, Roshan
👤 Ahmadpour Hesam
👤 Mousavi Hirad
👤 Demia Aydin
👤 Baradaran Tamaddon Aryan
👤 Amjad Mohammad Reza
👤 Pranav Arun
👤 Merdad Amir
👤 Zachary Schlimgen
👤 Arun, Pranav
👤 Margale, Vedant
👤 Sriram, Kumar
👤 JavaherDashti, salar
👤 Khanlari, Aryan
👤 Shams, Matin
👤 Khorshidi, Mohammad Javad
👤 Ebadi, Seyed Ali
👤 Davari, sara
👤 Safdarian, Saman
👤 Khaledi, Omid
👤 Teimoori, Shahdad
👤 Vaselikhah, Parsa
👤 Zahmati, Sobhan
👤 Kakavand, Ramtin
👤 Monjezi, Reza
👤 Khoshkalsm, Mahan
👤 Tahmasbi, Hissein
👤 Habib, Radin
👤 Zomorrodisn, Eliya
👤 Chakka, Anjani
👤 Chakka, Parthiv
👤 Jafari, Parsa
👤 Droodgar, AmirHosein
👤 Salehzadeh, Amirhosein
👤 Shabanov, Bahodir
👤 Zhang, Michael
👤 Zhu, Alexander
Total: 60 players
(The latest updated list of the players
آخرین لیست دریافتی از ثبت نام بازیکنان):
👤 IM Daneshvar, Bardiya
👤 FM Atakhan, Abtin
👤 Jahedi, Mani
👤 Ramezani, Mahan
👤 Mahdavi, Reza
👤 Wongso, Steve
👤 Yan, Daniel
👤 Khorshidi, Mohammad Javad
👤 Danduprolu, Ridhi
👤 Teimoori, Ali
👤 Puppalla, Pranay
👤 Safarnezhad, Armin
👤 Wongso, Merissa
👤 Ghambarpour, Mahan
👤 Sharifi, Pourya
👤 Soleimani, Diba
👤 Karimi, Soorena
👤 Khodajoo, Artin
👤 Mehrabu, Parham
👤 Hamed, Mohammad Mahdi
👤 Majidi, Mohammad Parsa
👤 Attar, Behrad
👤 Anikeenko, Ivan
👤 Sethuraman, Roshan
👤 Ahmadpour Hesam
👤 Mousavi Hirad
👤 Demia Aydin
👤 Baradaran Tamaddon Aryan
👤 Amjad Mohammad Reza
👤 Pranav Arun
👤 Merdad Amir
👤 Zachary Schlimgen
👤 Arun, Pranav
👤 Margale, Vedant
👤 Sriram, Kumar
👤 JavaherDashti, salar
👤 Khanlari, Aryan
👤 Shams, Matin
👤 Khorshidi, Mohammad Javad
👤 Ebadi, Seyed Ali
👤 Davari, sara
👤 Safdarian, Saman
👤 Khaledi, Omid
👤 Teimoori, Shahdad
👤 Vaselikhah, Parsa
👤 Zahmati, Sobhan
👤 Kakavand, Ramtin
👤 Monjezi, Reza
👤 Khoshkalsm, Mahan
👤 Tahmasbi, Hissein
👤 Habib, Radin
👤 Zomorrodisn, Eliya
👤 Chakka, Anjani
👤 Chakka, Parthiv
👤 Jafari, Parsa
👤 Droodgar, AmirHosein
👤 Salehzadeh, Amirhosein
👤 Shabanov, Bahodir
👤 Zhang, Michael
👤 Zhu, Alexander
Total: 60 players