π 20.Bf4+!
A nice way to increase White's advantage. The dark-squared bishop helps out his light-squared colleague. The black e-pawn is forced forward and a new diagonal opened for the hitherto blunted bishop on g2. The rest proceeds rather by clockwork.
A nice way to increase White's advantage. The dark-squared bishop helps out his light-squared colleague. The black e-pawn is forced forward and a new diagonal opened for the hitherto blunted bishop on g2. The rest proceeds rather by clockwork.
πUnity Chess Multiple Choice 327
B: Qe2 β 9
πππππππ 75%
C: Qe1 β 2
ππ 17%
A: Qc2 β 1
π 8%
π₯ 12 people voted so far.
B: Qe2 β 9
πππππππ 75%
C: Qe1 β 2
ππ 17%
A: Qc2 β 1
π 8%
π₯ 12 people voted so far.
πUnity Chess Multiple Choice 328
A: RΓb7 β 13
πππππππ 81%
B: g3 β 2
π 13%
C: Be2 β 1
π 6%
π₯ 16 people voted so far.
A: RΓb7 β 13
πππππππ 81%
B: g3 β 2
π 13%
C: Be2 β 1
π 6%
π₯ 16 people voted so far.
Round 3 of the Candidates in Berlin: Kramnik beat Aronian in 27 moves as Black; all other games drawn. Kramnik now leads with 2.5 out of 3 and Rd 4 is on March 14. Pairings are: Kramnik-Caruana, Karjakin-Aronian, Mamedyarov-So, and Grischuk-Ding Liren.
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At the USSR v. Yugoslavia match, Sochi, June 1968. On the 2nd junior board, 17-year-old Anatoly Karpov faces Branko VujakoviΔ. Mikhail Steinberg looks on.
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Czechoslovak grandmaster Vlastimil Hort, in play v. Yuri Balashov in the opening round at Wijk aan Zee, 15th January 1982.
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From the rich Hungarian chess film collection: RΓ©ti and Tartakower. http://bit.ly/2GfkwYa
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Quality Dutch footage from the opening of the 1956 Candidates tournament in Amsterdam. Three future world champions among the participants: Smyslov, Petrosian and Spassky.
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πΈ Alexandra Kosteniuk
πΈ Russian chess Grandmaster
β¦οΈ Alexandra Konstantinovna Kosteniuk is a Russian chess grandmaster and Women's World Chess Champion from 2008 to 2010.
βͺοΈ Full name: Alexandra Konstantinovna Kosteniuk
βͺοΈ Country: Russia
βͺοΈ Born: 23 April 1984
Perm, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
βͺοΈ Title: Grandmaster (2004)
βͺοΈ Women's World Champion: 2008β10
βͺοΈ FIDE rating: 2549 (March 2018)
βͺοΈ Peak rating: 2557 (April 2016)
β¦οΈAlexandra Kosteniuk was born in Perm, Russia. She was taught the game at the age of five by her father, Konstantin Vladimirovich Kosteniuk. Her younger sister, Oksana Kosteniuk, is a WFM.
In September 2008, she scaled the summit of womenβs chess when she became the 14th Women's World Chess Champion after winning the final of the Women's World Championship (2008) against Yifan Hou by 2.5 to 1.5. In December 2010, she conceded her crown when she bowed out in the third round to finalist Ruan Lufei. She again contested the championship at the FIDE Knock-out Women's World Championship (2012) but lost her second round match to compatriot WGM Natalia Pogonina after defeating US WGM Tatev Abrahamyan in the first round. She scored 6/8 at the World Team Chess Championship (Women) (2017) for Russia's top board to secure their team their winning finish(2).
β¦οΈA WGM since age 14, an IM at 16, and a GM at 20, Kosteniuk has featured prominently in various regional and world age title competitions, including winning the Girls U10 European Championship in Herculane in 1994, the Girls Under 12 European Championship in Rimavaska Sobota in 1996, and the Girls Under 12 World Championship in Minorca in 1996. In 2001, at the age of 17, she was runner up to Zhu Chen for the Womenβs World Championship. In 2000 and 2004, Kosteniuk was second in the Russian Womenβs Championships but went one better in 2005 when she won that Championship with a score of 9/11 and a 2691 performance rating.
β¦οΈKosteniuk became the inaugural Fischerandom (Chess960) Women's World Champion in 2006, and successfully defended her title in 2008 against Kateryna Lahno.
β¦οΈOne of the recent games of KosteniukππΌ
πΉ Alexandra Kosteniuk vs David Martinez Martin
πΉ Tradewise Gibraltar (2018), Catalan Bay GIB, rd 8, Jan-30
πΉSicilian Defense: Canal Attack (B51)
β¦οΈ Review and download PGN fileππΌ
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πΈ Russian chess Grandmaster
β¦οΈ Alexandra Konstantinovna Kosteniuk is a Russian chess grandmaster and Women's World Chess Champion from 2008 to 2010.
βͺοΈ Full name: Alexandra Konstantinovna Kosteniuk
βͺοΈ Country: Russia
βͺοΈ Born: 23 April 1984
Perm, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
βͺοΈ Title: Grandmaster (2004)
βͺοΈ Women's World Champion: 2008β10
βͺοΈ FIDE rating: 2549 (March 2018)
βͺοΈ Peak rating: 2557 (April 2016)
β¦οΈAlexandra Kosteniuk was born in Perm, Russia. She was taught the game at the age of five by her father, Konstantin Vladimirovich Kosteniuk. Her younger sister, Oksana Kosteniuk, is a WFM.
In September 2008, she scaled the summit of womenβs chess when she became the 14th Women's World Chess Champion after winning the final of the Women's World Championship (2008) against Yifan Hou by 2.5 to 1.5. In December 2010, she conceded her crown when she bowed out in the third round to finalist Ruan Lufei. She again contested the championship at the FIDE Knock-out Women's World Championship (2012) but lost her second round match to compatriot WGM Natalia Pogonina after defeating US WGM Tatev Abrahamyan in the first round. She scored 6/8 at the World Team Chess Championship (Women) (2017) for Russia's top board to secure their team their winning finish(2).
β¦οΈA WGM since age 14, an IM at 16, and a GM at 20, Kosteniuk has featured prominently in various regional and world age title competitions, including winning the Girls U10 European Championship in Herculane in 1994, the Girls Under 12 European Championship in Rimavaska Sobota in 1996, and the Girls Under 12 World Championship in Minorca in 1996. In 2001, at the age of 17, she was runner up to Zhu Chen for the Womenβs World Championship. In 2000 and 2004, Kosteniuk was second in the Russian Womenβs Championships but went one better in 2005 when she won that Championship with a score of 9/11 and a 2691 performance rating.
β¦οΈKosteniuk became the inaugural Fischerandom (Chess960) Women's World Champion in 2006, and successfully defended her title in 2008 against Kateryna Lahno.
β¦οΈOne of the recent games of KosteniukππΌ
πΉ Alexandra Kosteniuk vs David Martinez Martin
πΉ Tradewise Gibraltar (2018), Catalan Bay GIB, rd 8, Jan-30
πΉSicilian Defense: Canal Attack (B51)
β¦οΈ Review and download PGN fileππΌ
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