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The opening game of the epic Kasparov v Deep Blue match, May 1997. Or, in AlphaZero's vocabulary, Stone Age.

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Future grandmaster Vladimir Akopian (born 7th December, 1971) with his then-trainer, Soviet Master Oleg Dementiev. Akopian was born in Baku, but moved to Yerevan with his family in 1985

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The 1948 World Championship match-tournament (The Hague/Moscow); Mikhail Botvinnik (USSR) faces Sammy Reshevsky (USA) in the Hall of Columns in the House of Unions in the Soviet capital.

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botvinnik_reshevsky_1948.pgn
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๐Ÿ”ธMikhail Botvinnik -Sammy Reshevsky ,1948
๐Ÿ”ธ PGN format

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๐ŸŒธ Alexandra Kosteniuk
๐ŸŒธ Russian chess Grandmaster
๐ŸŒธ 12th Womenโ€™s World Chess Champion and Chess Queen of Russia

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๐ŸŒธ Alexandra Konstantinovna Kosteniuk Russian chess grandmaster and Women's World Chess Champion from 2008 to 2010.
๐Ÿ€ Born: April 23, 1984 (age 33), Perm, Russia
๐Ÿ€ Title: Grandmaster (2004)
๐Ÿ€ FIDE rating 2557 (December 2017)
๐Ÿ€ Peak rating 2557 (April 2016)
๐Ÿ€ Spouse: Pavel Tregubov (m. 2015)
๐Ÿ€ Books: Diary of a Chess Queen

๐ŸŒธ Kosteniuk became the inaugural Fischerandom (Chess960) Women's World Champion in 2006, and successfully defended her title in 2008 against Kateryna Lahno. There did not appear to be a Fischerandom world championship in 2010.

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๐ŸŒธ A memorable game from Kosteniuk
๐ŸŒธ Alexandra Kosteniuk won Magnus Calsen at World Blitz Championship - Moscow 2009
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๐ŸŒธ Magnus Carlsen -Alexandra Kosteniuk
๐ŸŒธ World Blitz Championship (2009), Moscow RUS, rd 4, Nov-16
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carlsen_kosteniuk_2009.pgn
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๐ŸŒธ Magnus Carlsen -Alexandra Kosteniuk
๐ŸŒธ World Blitz Championship (2009), Moscow RUS, rd 4, Nov-16
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๐Ÿ”ธ16th Iranian Super League 2017
๐Ÿ”ธRound 16
โšช๏ธHosseinzadeh,Nima (2318)
โšซ๏ธMosadeghpour,Masoud (2510)
๐Ÿ”ธ0-1
๐Ÿ“˜22.f4
Black could have played 22.a3! to deprive the opponent of any counter-play:
A)22...Rd4 23.Rdh1 With the idea of f4 +-
B)22...d4 23.Qf4 +-
C)22...Rb8 23.Rdh1 +-)
22...d4 23.Qg1? dร—c3 24.Qh2? Qa5 -+
๐Ÿ”ธ16th Iranian Super League 2017
๐Ÿ”ธRound 16
โšช๏ธHosseinzadeh,Nima (2318)
โšซ๏ธMosadeghpour,Masoud (2510)
๐Ÿ”ธ0-1
๐Ÿ“˜ 25...Re4?
Mosadeghpour could have finished the game by playing 25...Ra4! with a forced checkmate.
26.f5 Qb4 0-1
White lost on time in a better position, for example:
27.fร—g6 fร—g6 28.Bc1! With the idea of a3 โ€”>Rร—h4
๐Ÿ”ธRussian Championship Superfinal 2017
๐Ÿ”ธRound 3
โšช๏ธMatlakov,Maxim (2735)
โšซ๏ธInarkiev,Ernesto (2689)
๐Ÿ”ธยฝ-ยฝ
๐Ÿ“˜ 31...Nร—f2?
The only move was 31...Qc6!:
[31...Qc6! 32.Nร—e4
(Nร—f8? Ng5 -/+) Qร—e6=]
32.Rd2+- (Rร—d5! +-)
๐Ÿ”ธRussian Championship Superfinal 2017
๐Ÿ”ธRound 3
โšช๏ธVolkov,Sergey (2645)
โšซ๏ธSvidler,Peter (2765)
๐Ÿ”ธ0-1
๐Ÿ“˜ 23...e6!!
Svidler's creative move that reflects the ability of his calculation and tactics.
24.gร—f5 eร—d5 25.Ba6? c4 26.Qa4 Rb2 27.Nf3 Ree2 -+
๐Ÿ”ธRussian Championship Superfinal 2017
๐Ÿ”ธRound 4
โšช๏ธRiazantsev,Alexander (2650)
โšซ๏ธDubov,Daniil (2683)
๐Ÿ”ธยฝ-ยฝ
๐Ÿ“˜ 9...b5!?
An interesting and very rare move which introduced by Cuban grandmaster, Walter Arencibia in 1998.
The idea behind the move is controlling c4 square and preventing of Qa4 and Bc4. If:
10.Bร—b5 Qa5 Black has enough compensation.
10.Rc1 Ba6 11.Be2 b4
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๐Ÿ”ธRussian Championship Superfinal 2017
๐Ÿ”ธRound 5
โšช๏ธVolkov,Sergey (2645)
โšซ๏ธRiazantsev,Alexander (2650)
๐Ÿ”ธ0-1