S. Shankland beats X. Jeffery in the American Continenetal Championship Round 10 to catch up with leader D. Flores prior to the last round.

With Shankland and Flores having 8 points and eight players with 7.5, round 11 is gonna be exciting.

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🔹 13th American Continental 2018 -Round 10
🔹 PGN format

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Vera Menchik, World's first Women's Chess Champion next to Alexander Alekhine, the fourth World Chess Champion, London, 1932.

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"As a rule, pawn endings have a forced character, and they can be worked out conclusively."

Mark Dvoretsky (1991). “Secrets of Chess Training”

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Fidel Castro, Bobby Fischer, and President José L. Barreras of the Cuban Chess Federation, Havana Olympiad 1966.

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Notes on Lilienthal-Capablanca, Hastings 1934-35.
The Euwe celebration. Left to right: Hollander, Euwe, Kmoch, Lilienthal, and Capablanca.

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One of the most beautiful #checkmates in the history of chess with Adolph Anderssen sacrificing both of his rooks and his queen to mate his opponent.

Can you find how the game ended?

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🅾️ #Sachdev_chess_quotes_001

💢 Tania Sachdev
💢 Indian Chess International Master

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🅾️ #about_Sachdev

💢 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 (age 31)
Delhi, India
🔘 Title: International Master (2008)
Woman Grandmaster (2005)
🔘 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.
Sachdev completed her schooling at Modern School in Vasant Vihar in Delhi and did her graduation at Shri Venkateswara College.
She is sponsored by Red Bull. She married Delhi-based architect Viraj Kataria in November 2014. She is a trained Indian classical dancer. Her hobbies are shopping and reading.

♦️ A memorable game by Sachdev👇🏼
🔸 Bojana Bejatovic vs Tania Sachdev
🔸 Chess Olympiad (Women) (2016), Baku AZE, rd 1, Sep-02
🔸 Torre Attack: Classical Defense. Nimzowitsch Variation (A46)

♦️ Review and download PGN file👇🏼

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💢 Bojana Bejatovic - Tania Sachdev , Chess Olympiad - Women, 2016
💢 PGN format

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10 of the world's top 13 players will compete over 27 rounds in the Leuven #GrandChessTour that starts on Tuesday! Full details:
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🔴 The final round of the American Continental Championship is underway, with only 4 places in the next World Cup up for grabs!

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Congratulations to Sam Shankland on winning the American Continental Championship & a place in the 2019 World Cup after yet another perfect tournament!
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