Aleksei Suetin v. Mikhail Botvinnik, 20th USSR-ch, Moscow 1952, final round; by grinding out a win in 78 moves, Taimanov looks on.
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2018 US ch starts April 17 in St Louis. Players are: Caruana, So, Nakamura, Xiong, Liang, Onischuk, Akobian, Robson, Shankland, Zherebukh, Izoria, and Lenderman. For the women's ch there is Foisor, Krush, Zatonskih. Yu, Paikidze, Abrahamyan, Wang, Sharevich, Goletiani, & Gorti.
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šµ #About_Kashdan
šø Isaac Kashdan
šø American Chess Grandmaster and Writer
ā¦ļø Isaac Kashdan was an American chess grandmaster and chess writer. He was twice U.S. Open champion. He played five times for the United States in chess Olympiads, winning a total of nine medals, and his Olympiad record is the all-time best among American players.
āŖļø Born: November 19, 1905, New York City, NY
āŖļø Died: February 20, 1985, Los Angeles, CA
āŖļø Nationality: American
ā¦ļø Kashdan was often called 'der Kleine Capablanca' (German for "The little Capablanca") in Europe because of his ability to extract victories from seemingly even positions. Alexander Alekhine named him one of the most likely players to succeed him as World Champion.
ā¦ļø Kashdan was awarded the Grandmaster title in 1954, and the International Arbiter title in 1960. Kashdan captained the American Olympiad team for Leipzig 1960 to a silver medal finish.
ā¦ļø A memorable game by Kashden against Max Euwe, former chess world championšš¼
šø Isaac Kashdan vs Max Euwe
šø Hastings (1931/32), Hastings ENG, rd 6, Jan-02
šø Alekhine Defense: Exchange Variation (B03)
ā¦ļø Review and download PGN filešš¼
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šø Isaac Kashdan
šø American Chess Grandmaster and Writer
ā¦ļø Isaac Kashdan was an American chess grandmaster and chess writer. He was twice U.S. Open champion. He played five times for the United States in chess Olympiads, winning a total of nine medals, and his Olympiad record is the all-time best among American players.
āŖļø Born: November 19, 1905, New York City, NY
āŖļø Died: February 20, 1985, Los Angeles, CA
āŖļø Nationality: American
ā¦ļø Kashdan was often called 'der Kleine Capablanca' (German for "The little Capablanca") in Europe because of his ability to extract victories from seemingly even positions. Alexander Alekhine named him one of the most likely players to succeed him as World Champion.
ā¦ļø Kashdan was awarded the Grandmaster title in 1954, and the International Arbiter title in 1960. Kashdan captained the American Olympiad team for Leipzig 1960 to a silver medal finish.
ā¦ļø A memorable game by Kashden against Max Euwe, former chess world championšš¼
šø Isaac Kashdan vs Max Euwe
šø Hastings (1931/32), Hastings ENG, rd 6, Jan-02
šø Alekhine Defense: Exchange Variation (B03)
ā¦ļø Review and download PGN filešš¼
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First non-winning score for GM Parham Maghsoodloo in Sharjah Masters 2018, against Azerbaijan champion GM Safarli Eltaj , game ended in a draw. Points so far, 7.5 for GM Maghsoodloo, 6.5 for GM Eltaj , Wang Hoa also 6.5, with last round to go tomorrow
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š 58.aĆb6?
Artemiev should have closed the e-file to avoid his opponent's drawing chances.
(58.f5! gĆf5 59.a6 e4 60.Qb7 e3 61.Qd5! +-)
58...eĆf4 59.b7 d3 60.b8=Q Qe2+ 61.Kc1 Qe1+ 62.Kb2 QĆd2+ 63.Kb3 Qc2+ 64.Ka3 Qc3+ 65.Ka2 Ā½-Ā½
Artemiev should have closed the e-file to avoid his opponent's drawing chances.
(58.f5! gĆf5 59.a6 e4 60.Qb7 e3 61.Qd5! +-)
58...eĆf4 59.b7 d3 60.b8=Q Qe2+ 61.Kc1 Qe1+ 62.Kb2 QĆd2+ 63.Kb3 Qc2+ 64.Ka3 Qc3+ 65.Ka2 Ā½-Ā½