After 8 rounds at Grenke Classic (all games drawn), Caruana has 5.5 out of 8 & in 1st place. Carlsen and Vitiugov both have 5. Aronian and Vachier-Lagrave (MVL) have 4.5. Last round pairings: Vitiuguov-Caruana, Anand-Carlsen, Hou Yifan-Naiditsch, MVL-Meier, & Aronian-Bluebaum.
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At the IBM tournament, Amsterdam, July 1977 - left to right: Eugenio Torre, Krunoslav Hulak, Vladimir Liberzon, Tony Miles and Hans Böhm.
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World Champion Anatoly Karpov (USSR) faces John Nunn (England) in the 10th round of the London (Phillips & Drew) tournament, April 1982.
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English grandmasters Tony Miles and Michael Stean, at the FIDE Zonal tournament in Amsterdam, Nov-Dec 1978.
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Judit Polgar vs Boris Spassky
"Practically from the moment of my birth... I became involved in an educational research project. Even before I came into the world, my parents had already decided: I would be a chess champion."
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"Practically from the moment of my birth... I became involved in an educational research project. Even before I came into the world, my parents had already decided: I would be a chess champion."
http://www.juditpolgar.com/bio
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Judit Polgar's CV with the own word of the international chess grandmaster, chess olympiad champion.
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It was tough being a diehard chess fan in the pre-Internet age. Fans during the Spassky v Fischer match in Reykjavik, July 1972.
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📘 54... a5?
Carlsen has missed a winning continuation:
54... Rh7!! 55. Rb8+ (55. Kxd3 Rd7+ 56. Ke4 a5 57. g5 a4 58. g6 a3 59. h6 Rd8 60. Rc7 (60. Rxd8 c1=Q) 60... a2) 55... Ka2 56. Rc8 a5 57. Ra8 Rc7 58. Rxa5+ Kb3 59. Ra1 Kb2 60. Rg1 Rc4 61. g5 (61. Kxd3 Rxg4) 61... Rg4
55.h6 Re2+ 56. Kxd3 Rh2 57. g5 Rh3+ 58. Kd2 Rh2+ 59. Kd3 1/2-1/2
Carlsen has missed a winning continuation:
54... Rh7!! 55. Rb8+ (55. Kxd3 Rd7+ 56. Ke4 a5 57. g5 a4 58. g6 a3 59. h6 Rd8 60. Rc7 (60. Rxd8 c1=Q) 60... a2) 55... Ka2 56. Rc8 a5 57. Ra8 Rc7 58. Rxa5+ Kb3 59. Ra1 Kb2 60. Rg1 Rc4 61. g5 (61. Kxd3 Rxg4) 61... Rg4
55.h6 Re2+ 56. Kxd3 Rh2 57. g5 Rh3+ 58. Kd2 Rh2+ 59. Kd3 1/2-1/2
📘 24... Ne4!!+
A Brilliant move by Russian super GM.
25. Kg1
25. Bxe4 Rc7
A)26. Qe3 Qf6+ -+
B)26. Qa8 Rc8 27. Qa6 Qd4+ -+
C)26.Qb6 Rc2+ -+
25... Ra3! 0-1
if 26.Qxa3, then Qd4+ 0-1
A Brilliant move by Russian super GM.
25. Kg1
25. Bxe4 Rc7
A)26. Qe3 Qf6+ -+
B)26. Qa8 Rc8 27. Qa6 Qd4+ -+
C)26.Qb6 Rc2+ -+
25... Ra3! 0-1
if 26.Qxa3, then Qd4+ 0-1
📘 35.h3!
Carlsen exploits opportunities well.
35...Nh6 36.f5! g×f5 37.Ng3 +/-
Carlsen exploits opportunities well.
35...Nh6 36.f5! g×f5 37.Ng3 +/-