Viktor Arsentievich Goglidze (1905-1964), FIDE International Master (1950). A tournament was regularly held in his honour in Soviet Georgia.
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who won this event and then went on to defeat Beliavsky, Korchnoi & Smyslov in the Candidates' matches to gain the right to challenge Karpov for the world title.
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Victor Korchnoi talks about his personal relationship with Anatoly Karpov before the start of the world title match in Baguio, July 1978.
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🔹 Israel Albert Horowitz
🔹 American chess master
♦️ Israel Albert Horowitz was a Jewish-American International Master of chess. He is most remembered today for the books he wrote about chess.
▪️ Full name: Israel Albert Horowitz
▪️ Country: United States
▪️ Born: November 15, 1907
Brooklyn, New York
▪️ Died: January 18, 1973 (aged 65)
▪️ Title: International Master; chess author, columnist, magazine owner
♦️ Horowitz was a leading player in the U.S. during the 1930s and 1940s. He was U.S. Open Champion in 1936, 1938, and 1943. In 1941, he lost a match (+0−3=13) with Samuel Reshevsky for the U.S. Chess Championship. He played on the U.S. Team in four Chess Olympiads, in 1931, 1935, 1937, and 1950; the first three of which were won by the U.S. In a famous USA vs. USSR radio chess match 1945, Horowitz scored one of the only two wins for the U.S. by defeating GM Salo Flohr. He split his "mini-match" of two games against Flohr, and in the 1946 edition of the same event, split his mini-match against Isaac Boleslavsky.
♦️ A memorable game by Horowitz👇🏼
🔸 Israel Albert Horowitz vs Salomon Flohr
🔸 USSR - USA Radio Match (1945), Moscow RUS and New York USA, rd 2, Sep-03
🔸 Caro-Kann Defense: Bronstein-Larsen Variation (B16)
♦️ Review and download PGN file👇🏼
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🔹 Israel Albert Horowitz
🔹 American chess master
♦️ Israel Albert Horowitz was a Jewish-American International Master of chess. He is most remembered today for the books he wrote about chess.
▪️ Full name: Israel Albert Horowitz
▪️ Country: United States
▪️ Born: November 15, 1907
Brooklyn, New York
▪️ Died: January 18, 1973 (aged 65)
▪️ Title: International Master; chess author, columnist, magazine owner
♦️ Horowitz was a leading player in the U.S. during the 1930s and 1940s. He was U.S. Open Champion in 1936, 1938, and 1943. In 1941, he lost a match (+0−3=13) with Samuel Reshevsky for the U.S. Chess Championship. He played on the U.S. Team in four Chess Olympiads, in 1931, 1935, 1937, and 1950; the first three of which were won by the U.S. In a famous USA vs. USSR radio chess match 1945, Horowitz scored one of the only two wins for the U.S. by defeating GM Salo Flohr. He split his "mini-match" of two games against Flohr, and in the 1946 edition of the same event, split his mini-match against Isaac Boleslavsky.
♦️ A memorable game by Horowitz👇🏼
🔸 Israel Albert Horowitz vs Salomon Flohr
🔸 USSR - USA Radio Match (1945), Moscow RUS and New York USA, rd 2, Sep-03
🔸 Caro-Kann Defense: Bronstein-Larsen Variation (B16)
♦️ Review and download PGN file👇🏼
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📘 5.Qd2!?
A sideline compared to the standard 5.Bb5.
Carlsen intends to place his dark-bishop on the long diagonal and go to the queenside castle.
5...Nf6 6.b3 e6 7.Bb2 a6 8.0-0-0 b5 9.f3
A sideline compared to the standard 5.Bb5.
Carlsen intends to place his dark-bishop on the long diagonal and go to the queenside castle.
5...Nf6 6.b3 e6 7.Bb2 a6 8.0-0-0 b5 9.f3
📘 9...h5 10.Nh3!
Carlsen immediately exploits the black's last move that creates a weak square on g5.
19...Be7 11.Ng5 h4 12.f4
Carlsen immediately exploits the black's last move that creates a weak square on g5.
19...Be7 11.Ng5 h4 12.f4
📘 25...Rc5?
Wojtaszek should have played 25...e5 to prevent White's next move.
26.e5! d×e5 27.f×e5 Rh1?? 28.R×h1 B×h1 29.Rh2 R×e5 30.Rh8+ Ke7 31.Qa7+ 1-0
Wojtaszek should have played 25...e5 to prevent White's next move.
26.e5! d×e5 27.f×e5 Rh1?? 28.R×h1 B×h1 29.Rh2 R×e5 30.Rh8+ Ke7 31.Qa7+ 1-0
📘 23...Bc2??
Navara has made a strange blunder that is punished by White's next move.
24.b6 B×d1 25.b×c7 Kd7 26.B×d1 K×c7 27.Bd6+ Kd7 28.Rb1 1-0
Navara has made a strange blunder that is punished by White's next move.
24.b6 B×d1 25.b×c7 Kd7 26.B×d1 K×c7 27.Bd6+ Kd7 28.Rb1 1-0