Viktor Korchnoi, unsurpassed master of counter-attacking. He achieved four victories at Wijk aan Zee in a record time span of 19 years between 1968, his first participation, and 1987.
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🔹Tata Steel Masters 2018 ... After round 11
🔹Anish Giri, Magnus Carlsen and Shakhriyar Mamedyarov ... 7.5 / 11 ... (Leaders)
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🔹Anish Giri, Magnus Carlsen and Shakhriyar Mamedyarov ... 7.5 / 11 ... (Leaders)
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🔹Visvanatan Anand - Hou Yifan, Tata Steel Masters 2018 , round 11
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🔹Visvanatan Anand - Hou Yifan, Tata Steel Masters 2018 , round 11
🔹Analysis and comments by GM Daniel Fernandez
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🔹Sergey Karjakin - Vladimir Kramnik, Tata Steel Masters 2018 , round 11
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🔹Sergey Karjakin - Vladimir Kramnik, Tata Steel Masters 2018 , round 11
🔹Analysis and comments by GM Daniel Fernandez
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🔹 Tata Steel 2018 Games Database (Rounds 1-11)
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🔹Tata Steel Masters Playing Schedule
🔹 Round 12 - Saturday the 27th👇🏼👇🏼
🔸Hou, Yifan - Wei, Yi
🔸Giri, Anish - Adhiban, B.
🔸Kramnik, Vladimir - Caruana, Fabiano
🔸Svidler, Peter - Karjakin, Sergey
🔸Carlsen, Magnus - Matlakov, Maxim
🔸Jones, Gawain C B - Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar
🔸Anand, Viswanathan - So, Wesley
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🔹 Tata Steel Challengers Playing Schedule
🔹 Round 12 - Saturday the 27th👇🏼👇🏼
🔸Bok, Benjamin - Bluebaum, Matthias
🔸Xiong, Jeffery - Gordievsky, Dmitry
🔸Korobov, Anton - Van Foreest, Lucas
🔸Girya, Olga - Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi
🔸Van Foreest, Jorden - L'Ami, Erwin
🔸Tari, Aryan - Harika, Dronavalli
🔸Krasenkow, Michal - Amin, Bassem
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🔹Tata Steel Masters Playing Schedule
🔹 Round 12 - Saturday the 27th👇🏼👇🏼
🔸Hou, Yifan - Wei, Yi
🔸Giri, Anish - Adhiban, B.
🔸Kramnik, Vladimir - Caruana, Fabiano
🔸Svidler, Peter - Karjakin, Sergey
🔸Carlsen, Magnus - Matlakov, Maxim
🔸Jones, Gawain C B - Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar
🔸Anand, Viswanathan - So, Wesley
▪️ Live broadcasting : 👇🏼👇🏼
https://goo.gl/mKfScQ
.........................................................................................
🔹 Tata Steel Challengers Playing Schedule
🔹 Round 12 - Saturday the 27th👇🏼👇🏼
🔸Bok, Benjamin - Bluebaum, Matthias
🔸Xiong, Jeffery - Gordievsky, Dmitry
🔸Korobov, Anton - Van Foreest, Lucas
🔸Girya, Olga - Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi
🔸Van Foreest, Jorden - L'Ami, Erwin
🔸Tari, Aryan - Harika, Dronavalli
🔸Krasenkow, Michal - Amin, Bassem
▪️ Live broadcasting : 👇🏼👇🏼
https://goo.gl/Pz9oZp
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🔸Tata Steel Masters 2018
🔸Round 7
⚪️Mamedyarov,Shakhriyar (2804)
⚫️Wei,Yi (2743)
🔸1-0
🔸Round 7
⚪️Mamedyarov,Shakhriyar (2804)
⚫️Wei,Yi (2743)
🔸1-0
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🔸Tata Steel Masters 2018
🔸Round 7
⚪️Anand,Viswanathan (2767)
⚫️Kramnik,Vladimir (2787)
🔸0-1
🔸Round 7
⚪️Anand,Viswanathan (2767)
⚫️Kramnik,Vladimir (2787)
🔸0-1
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🔸 Viktor Korchnoi
🔸 Soviet-Swiss writer and chess grandmaster
♦️ Viktor Korchnoi was a Soviet and Swiss chess grandmaster and writer.
He is considered one of the strongest players never to have become World Chess Champion.
▪️Full name: Viktor Lvovich Korchnoi
▪️Country: Soviet Union (until 1976) Switzerland (since 1994)
▪️Born: 23 March 1931 Leningrad, Soviet Union
▪️Died: 6 June 2016 (aged 85) Wohlen, Switzerland
▪️Title: Grandmaster (1956)
▪️Peak rating: 2695 (January 1979)
♦️ Viktor Korchnoi was born in Leningrad, USSR. His father taught him chess when he was seven years old. He won the Soviet Championship four times: USSR Championship (1960), USSR Championship (1962), USSR Championship (1964/65) and USSR Championship (1970). He made eight appearances in the world championship candidates cycle. He reached the Spassky - Korchnoi Candidates Final (1968), but failed to beat Spassky. In the next cycle he won his quarterfinal Korchnoi - Geller Candidates Quarterfinal (1971), but lost his semifinal match to Tigran Petrosian. He made it to the Karpov - Korchnoi Candidates Final (1974), but lost.
♦️ A memorable game by Korchnoi which played in Gibraltar 2011 (Masters Group), 80 years old against Fabiano Caruana and beat him!! 👇🏼👇🏼
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🔸 Caruana, F. (2721) vs Korchnoi, V. (2544)
🔸 Gibraltar Masters | Caleta ENG | Round 2.3 | 26 Jan 2011 | ECO: C84 |
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🔸 Viktor Korchnoi
🔸 Soviet-Swiss writer and chess grandmaster
♦️ Viktor Korchnoi was a Soviet and Swiss chess grandmaster and writer.
He is considered one of the strongest players never to have become World Chess Champion.
▪️Full name: Viktor Lvovich Korchnoi
▪️Country: Soviet Union (until 1976) Switzerland (since 1994)
▪️Born: 23 March 1931 Leningrad, Soviet Union
▪️Died: 6 June 2016 (aged 85) Wohlen, Switzerland
▪️Title: Grandmaster (1956)
▪️Peak rating: 2695 (January 1979)
♦️ Viktor Korchnoi was born in Leningrad, USSR. His father taught him chess when he was seven years old. He won the Soviet Championship four times: USSR Championship (1960), USSR Championship (1962), USSR Championship (1964/65) and USSR Championship (1970). He made eight appearances in the world championship candidates cycle. He reached the Spassky - Korchnoi Candidates Final (1968), but failed to beat Spassky. In the next cycle he won his quarterfinal Korchnoi - Geller Candidates Quarterfinal (1971), but lost his semifinal match to Tigran Petrosian. He made it to the Karpov - Korchnoi Candidates Final (1974), but lost.
♦️ A memorable game by Korchnoi which played in Gibraltar 2011 (Masters Group), 80 years old against Fabiano Caruana and beat him!! 👇🏼👇🏼
💢 Gibraltar 2018 is playing now ....
🔸 Caruana, F. (2721) vs Korchnoi, V. (2544)
🔸 Gibraltar Masters | Caleta ENG | Round 2.3 | 26 Jan 2011 | ECO: C84 |
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🔸 Caruana, F. (2721) vs Korchnoi, V. (2544)
🔸 Gibraltar Masters | Caleta ENG | Round 2.3 | 26 Jan 2011 | ECO: C84 |
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🔸 Gibraltar Masters | Caleta ENG | Round 2.3 | 26 Jan 2011 | ECO: C84 |
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📘 24.d5!
An interesting positional pawn sacrifice.
24...N×d5 25.B×d5 B×d5 26.Qc3+ f6 27.N×d6 c×d6 28.Nd4 +-
The White knight has reached its dream square and dominates the board. The black pawns on a6 and d6 are weak and his king is also not completely safe.
An interesting positional pawn sacrifice.
24...N×d5 25.B×d5 B×d5 26.Qc3+ f6 27.N×d6 c×d6 28.Nd4 +-
The White knight has reached its dream square and dominates the board. The black pawns on a6 and d6 are weak and his king is also not completely safe.
📘 24...N×b2?
Yi Wei's miscalculation.
(Black could have resisted with 24...R×b2)
25.R×c8+ R×c8 26.a5 Nc4 27.Ra7 Bb4 28.a6 f5 29.Rb7! f×e4 30.Bg4 +-
Yi Wei's miscalculation.
(Black could have resisted with 24...R×b2)
25.R×c8+ R×c8 26.a5 Nc4 27.Ra7 Bb4 28.a6 f5 29.Rb7! f×e4 30.Bg4 +-