Karsten Müller invited readers to analyse a fascinating rook endgame that occurred in a game between Vassily Smyslov and Pal Benkö. After taking more than one close look, Müller and Zoran Petronijevic are now closer to the truth!
https://en.chessbase.com/post/solution-of-the-endgame-riddle-smyslov-vs-benko
https://en.chessbase.com/post/solution-of-the-endgame-riddle-smyslov-vs-benko
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Solution of the Endgame Riddle Smyslov vs Benko
About a week ago, Karsten Müller invited readers to analyze a fascinating rook endgame that occurred in a game between Vassily Smyslov and Pal Benkö from 1975. Smyslov was an endgame specialist but he still failed to grasp the hidden depths of this tricky…
Match against Ehsan Ghaem Maghami, in #Tehran, on the 22nd February, 2003. I won by the score of +2,=4. Mahdi Abdulrahim (current Chairman of the #FIDE Rules Commission), from the UAE, stands observing.
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🔗 Nigel Short (@nigelshortchess)
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Vasily Ivanchuk
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Daily chess puzzle
Saric - Narciso, Linares 2015
https://chesspuzzle.net/Puzzle/198172
Karakehajov - Thesing, Bucharest 2006
https://chesspuzzle.net/Puzzle/191941
Saric - Narciso, Linares 2015
https://chesspuzzle.net/Puzzle/198172
Karakehajov - Thesing, Bucharest 2006
https://chesspuzzle.net/Puzzle/191941
chesspuzzle.net
Puzzle 198172: White to win
Click the diagram to solve this chess puzzle from the game Saric, Ivan - Narciso Dublan, Marc, Linares 2015.
Wesly So, is US Campion 2020
Congrats to GM Wesley So on winning his 2nd #USChessChamps title and the $40,000 top prize! He scored 9 points remaining undefeated in 11 rounds.
Congrats to GM Wesley So on winning his 2nd #USChessChamps title and the $40,000 top prize! He scored 9 points remaining undefeated in 11 rounds.
And that's a wrap for Championship October! Congrats again to all five winners of the 2020 U.S. Championships! #USChessChamps
U.S. Champion: GM Wesley So
U.S. Women's Champion: GM Irina Krush
U.S. Champion: GM Wesley So
U.S. Women's Champion: GM Irina Krush
U.S. Senior Champion: GM Joel Benjamin
U.S. Junior Champion: GM John Burke
U.S. Girls' Junior Champion: WGM Carissa Yip
U.S. Junior Champion: GM John Burke
U.S. Girls' Junior Champion: WGM Carissa Yip