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Solution explained by Daniel King
How could Nepo checkmate? Chess puzzle of the week - White to play and win shorts
How could Nepo checkmate? Chess puzzle of the week - White to play and win shorts
Mark your calendars for February 8-19, 2022! The Saint Louis will host the 3rd Cairns Cup, an elite level tournament for the top female players from around the world.
136 moves, almost 8 hours of play, and we have the first decisive game of the match.
Magnus Carlsen wins Game 6 and is now leading by one point 3½-2½.
#CarlsenNepo #FIDEmatch2021
Magnus Carlsen wins Game 6 and is now leading by one point 3½-2½.
#CarlsenNepo #FIDEmatch2021
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FIDE World Championship 2021 - Game 6
Magnus Carlsen (2855)(3½) vs Ian Nepomniachtchi (2782)(2½)
Queen's Pawn Opening: Pseudo-Catalan Variation
Magnus Carlsen (2855)(3½) vs Ian Nepomniachtchi (2782)(2½)
Queen's Pawn Opening: Pseudo-Catalan Variation
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🔗 MagnusBarstad (@MagnusBarstad):
THE CAMP.
➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖
🔗 Tarjei J. Svensen (@TarjeiJS):
"Are you tired?"
"No!"
"Would you go another hour?"
"Yes, as long as I win!"
#CarlsenNepo
THE CAMP.
➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖
🔗 Tarjei J. Svensen (@TarjeiJS):
"Are you tired?"
"No!"
"Would you go another hour?"
"Yes, as long as I win!"
#CarlsenNepo
In case anyone is still wondering, Carlsen demonstrated how the knight moves: It moves a lot. #CarlsenNepo
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Game 6
What an amazing fight it was!
7 hours and 40 minutes. Huhhh... It was the longest game of world championship match history with its 136 moves.😉
#FIDEMatch2021 #CarlsenNepo
🔗 Judit Polgar (@GMJuditPolgar)
What an amazing fight it was!
7 hours and 40 minutes. Huhhh... It was the longest game of world championship match history with its 136 moves.😉
#FIDEMatch2021 #CarlsenNepo
🔗 Judit Polgar (@GMJuditPolgar)
🔗 Garry Kasparov (@Kasparov63):
Incredible game. 7 hours, 45 minutes of peak concentration at the highest level of competition. Remember this when you hear chess isn't a sport, or that physical condition isn't so important. Or when they say classical chess is dead!
Incredible game. 7 hours, 45 minutes of peak concentration at the highest level of competition. Remember this when you hear chess isn't a sport, or that physical condition isn't so important. Or when they say classical chess is dead!
William Lombardy would have been 84 today. https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/oct/20/william-lombardy-exceptional-performance-often-overlooked
One of the leading American chess players between 1950s & 1960s William Lombardy would have turn 84 today.
The contemporary of Bobby Fischer, Lombardy is the only person to win World Junior Championship with perfect score.
#OnThisDay in chess
📷 New York Times
The contemporary of Bobby Fischer, Lombardy is the only person to win World Junior Championship with perfect score.
#OnThisDay in chess
📷 New York Times