📕Unity Chess Multiple Choice 332
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B: Qd2 – 5
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 71%
A: Bd4 – 2
👍👍👍 29%
C: Bb2
▫️ 0%
👥 7 people voted so far.
anonymous poll
B: Qd2 – 5
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 71%
A: Bd4 – 2
👍👍👍 29%
C: Bb2
▫️ 0%
👥 7 people voted so far.
Rd 4 at the Candidates in Berlin: Fabiano Caruana beat Kramnik as Black in 66 moves and Aronian beat Karjakin as Black in 68 moves. Black has now won more games than White (4 wins for Black and 3 wins for White). Caruana (2784) leads with 3 out of 4 and now favorite to win.
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Mikhail Steinberg (b. 1952, Kharkov), who was the youngest ever Master of Sport in the USSR, aged 14. Pictured here on the way to becoming European Junior Champion at Groningen (1966/67). Sadly, Steinberg died in 1976, of leukemia.
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Hungarian grandmaster and former FIDE World Championship Candidate, Zoltán Ribli (b. 1951) - pictured at the Amsterdam IBM tournament in July 1974.
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Efim Geller v. Arshak Petrosian, in the 7th round of the 52nd USSR-ch final, Riga, January 1985.
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Jan Timman: "An interesting question is how many points the winner in Berlin will garner. Tal holds the absolute record as regards scores in Candidates tournaments. In 1959, he scored 20 out of 28 (16 wins and four losses)! Its equivalent in Berlin would be 10 out of 14."
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💢 Tania Sachdev
💢 Indian chess International Master
♦️ Tania Sachdev is an Indian chess player, who holds the FIDE titles of International Master and Woman Grandmaster. She is also a chess presenter and commentator.
🔸 Country: India
🔸 Born: 20 August 1986 Delhi, India
🔸 Title: International Master (2008)
Woman Grandmaster (2005)
🔸 FIDE rating: 2407 (March 2018)
🔸 Peak rating: 2443 (September 2013)
♦️Born in Delhi, Sachdev was introduced to the game by her mother, Anju, at the age of 6. Her parents provided her with professional training. She achieved her first international title when she was eight. She was coached by K.C. Joshi during her early years. As a child, Tania Sachdev won multiple events. Her career successes are under-12 Indian champion, Asian U14 girls' champion in 2000 and bronze medalist at the 1998 World U12 Girls Championship. In 2002, she won the Asian Junior Girls Championship in Marawila.
Tania Sachdev was Champion (w) of India in 2006 and 2007.
She has presented a Fritztrainer Strategy DVD for Chessbase and was a member of the official commentary team for the 2013 (Chennai) World Championship Match between Magnus Carlsen and Viswanathan Anand.
♦️ A memorable game by Sachdev👇🏼
▪️ White: Tania, Sachdev (2393)
▪️ Black: Pourkashiyan, Atousa (2322)
▪️ Event: Asia-ch (Women) 12th
▪️ Site: Teheran
▪️ Round: 7 / Date: 09/09/2007
▪️ ECO: D22 / Score: 1-0
♦️ Review and download PGN file👇🏼👇🏼
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💢 Indian chess International Master
♦️ Tania Sachdev is an Indian chess player, who holds the FIDE titles of International Master and Woman Grandmaster. She is also a chess presenter and commentator.
🔸 Country: India
🔸 Born: 20 August 1986 Delhi, India
🔸 Title: International Master (2008)
Woman Grandmaster (2005)
🔸 FIDE rating: 2407 (March 2018)
🔸 Peak rating: 2443 (September 2013)
♦️Born in Delhi, Sachdev was introduced to the game by her mother, Anju, at the age of 6. Her parents provided her with professional training. She achieved her first international title when she was eight. She was coached by K.C. Joshi during her early years. As a child, Tania Sachdev won multiple events. Her career successes are under-12 Indian champion, Asian U14 girls' champion in 2000 and bronze medalist at the 1998 World U12 Girls Championship. In 2002, she won the Asian Junior Girls Championship in Marawila.
Tania Sachdev was Champion (w) of India in 2006 and 2007.
She has presented a Fritztrainer Strategy DVD for Chessbase and was a member of the official commentary team for the 2013 (Chennai) World Championship Match between Magnus Carlsen and Viswanathan Anand.
♦️ A memorable game by Sachdev👇🏼
▪️ White: Tania, Sachdev (2393)
▪️ Black: Pourkashiyan, Atousa (2322)
▪️ Event: Asia-ch (Women) 12th
▪️ Site: Teheran
▪️ Round: 7 / Date: 09/09/2007
▪️ ECO: D22 / Score: 1-0
♦️ Review and download PGN file👇🏼👇🏼
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