Mikhail Tal [in his autobiography]: "I am probably a little jealous if the spectators react noisily to a move made on a neighbouring board or by my opponent, and not by me."

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Hein Donner looks on during one of the stem games of the 'Hungarian Variation' of the Grünfeld Defence (4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3 dc4 6.Qc4 0-0 7.e4 a6) - Lajos Portisch v. András Adorján, 15th round, Amsterdam IBM tournament, 31st July 1971

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Alexander Shabalov (1967- ) was born in Latvia and studied under Tal. He has won the US championship 4 times. He has won the US Open 7 times. In 2015, he was inducted in the US Hall of Fame. On Dec 30, he won the 44th annual Eastern Open at Tysons Corner with a perfect 7-0.

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Anatoly Karpov and the notorious "Dr. [Vladimir] Zoukhar" during a rest day in Baguio, July 1978.

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At the 'Interpolis' tournament at Tilburg, Netherlands round 2, 2nd October 1981. Jan Timman is in conversation with Genna Sosonko, who is in play v. Kasparov- visible in the background.

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🔸GM Elshan Moradiabadi game analysis of the Tata Steel Masters 2018

🔸Tata Steel Masters
🔸Round 1
⚪️Anand,Viswanathan (2767)
⚫️Matlakov,Maxim (2718)
🔸1-0
🔍Annotator: [GM Elshan Moradiabadi ]

📗10...Ba7

(10...Bg4 11.h3 Bh5 12.Nbd2 has been played with no avail for black. White has slight advantage here.)

11.Nbd2 Na5 12.Bc2

📗13...b4! A forced reaction. 14.c×b4 Nc6 15.b5 Nb4 16.Nc4 Anand plays fast and he seems to be in control. Both sides have way too many weaknesses.

📗 27...Qg5? why to give up d6?
(27...Qe7 28.Ne3 Qg5)
28.N×d6 Be6 29.Nhf5 N×f5 30.e×f5 Bd5 31.Qe2 now e5 is vulnerable.

48... Rd4? [fatal mistake. but white is winning anyways.]

[48...Qe7 49.Kf3!

a) 49.Qc3 Rxe4;

b) 49.Ke2 Qc7 (49...Qa7 50.Kf3?! Qa2!) 50.Kf3 Qe7 51.Qc3 should also be winning for white.;

49...Qc7 50.g4 b5 (50...Kg8 51.g5 hxg5 52.Qd2 Qe7 53.Rd7; 50...Kh7 51.Rd7) 51.g5 hxg5 52.Qd2 Qe7 53.Rd6 Rd4
54.Rxd4 exd4 55.Qxd4+ with winning endgame for white.]

49.Rxd4 exd4 50.Qb5! [centralizing.]

50...Qd8 [50...Qg5 51.Qe5+ Qf6 52.Qxf6+ Kxf6 53.Ke2 Ke5 54.Kd3 h5 55.b4 b5 56.f6‡]

51.Qd5 Qf6 52.g4 Kg8 53.Kf3 [e5 and fall of d4 is unstoppable.] 1-0

🔍Annotator: [GM Elshan Moradiabadi ]

🔸 Savielly Tartakower
🔸 French-Polish Grandmaster and Journalist

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🔸 Savielly Tartakower
🔸 French-Polish Grandmaster and Journalist

♦️ Ksawery Tartakower was a leading Polish and French chess grandmaster. He was also a leading chess journalist and author of the 1920s and 1930s whose books remain popular even today. Tartakower is remembered for his sharp wit and aphorisms.

▪️ Full name: Ksawery Tartakower
▪️ Country: Poland
▪️ France:
▪️ Born: 22 February 1887 Rostov-on-Don, Russia
▪️ Died: 4 February 1956 (aged 68) Paris, France
▪️ Title: Grandmaster (1950)

♦️ After world war In France, Tartakower decided to become a professional chess player. He also started cooperating with various chess-related magazines, as well as writing several books and brochures related to chess. The most famous of these, Die Hypermoderne Schachpartie ("The Hypermodernist Chess Game") was published in 1924 and has been issued in almost a hundred editions since. Tartakower took part in many of the most important chess tournaments of the epoch. In 1927 and 1928 he won two tournaments in Hastings and shared first place with Aron Nimzowitsch in London. On the latter occasion, he defeated such notable players as Frank Marshall, Milan Vidmar, and Efim Bogoljubov. In 1930 he won the Liège tournament, beating Mir Sultan Khan by two points. Further down the list were, among others, Akiba Rubinstein, Nimzowitsch, and Marshall.

♦️ Tartakower won the Polish Chess Championship twice, at Warsaw 1935 and Jurata 1937, In the 1930s Tartakower represented Poland in six Chess Olympiads, and France in 1950, winning three individual medals (gold in 1931 and bronze in 1933 and 1935), as well as five team medals (gold in 1930, two silver in 1931 and 1939, and two bronze in 1935 and 1937).

♦️ A memorable game by Tartakower👇🏼👇🏼
🔸 Alexander Alekhine vs Savielly Tartakower
🔸 Olympiad (1933), Folkestone ENG, rd 2, Jun-13
🔸 Queen's Gambit Declined: Tartakower Defense. General (D58)
In this game you can learn about Rook and Pawn endgame!!

♦️ Review and download PGN file👇🏼👇🏼

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