Unity Chess Multiple Choice 503
public poll
B: Bf1 β 6
πππππππ 50%
Kavian, Gavin, Vincent, Mieke, @YaminiG, @RichardPeng
A: c3 β 5
ππππππ 42%
Jonas, Ramesh, @Sophia_Peng, @roshan_sethuraman, @AryanLeekha
C: b4 β 1
π 8%
Adhvaith
π₯ 12 people voted so far.
public poll
B: Bf1 β 6
πππππππ 50%
Kavian, Gavin, Vincent, Mieke, @YaminiG, @RichardPeng
A: c3 β 5
ππππππ 42%
Jonas, Ramesh, @Sophia_Peng, @roshan_sethuraman, @AryanLeekha
C: b4 β 1
π 8%
Adhvaith
π₯ 12 people voted so far.
Unity Chess Multiple Choice 504
public poll
C: Be5 β 9
πππππππ 56%
@payam6661, Jonas, Gavin, Ramesh, Vincent, @Sophia_Peng, @RichardPeng, Adhvaith, Aashish
B: a3 β 5
ππππ 31%
Ψ±ΨΆΨ§, Mieke, @YaminiG, Saghana, @roshan_sethuraman
A: c5 β 2
ππ 13%
@hosssein_G, @AryanLeekha
π₯ 16 people voted so far.
public poll
C: Be5 β 9
πππππππ 56%
@payam6661, Jonas, Gavin, Ramesh, Vincent, @Sophia_Peng, @RichardPeng, Adhvaith, Aashish
B: a3 β 5
ππππ 31%
Ψ±ΨΆΨ§, Mieke, @YaminiG, Saghana, @roshan_sethuraman
A: c5 β 2
ππ 13%
@hosssein_G, @AryanLeekha
π₯ 16 people voted so far.
π
ΎοΈ#Gaprindashvili_chess_quotes
π’ Nona Gaprindashvili
π’ Georgian chess player
π’ First female Grandmaster
π’ Sixth women's world chess champion
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π’ Nona Gaprindashvili
π’ Georgian chess player
π’ First female Grandmaster
π’ Sixth women's world chess champion
@unitychess
π
ΎοΈ#about_Gaprindashvili
π’ Nona Gaprindashvili
π’ Georgian chess player
π’ First female Grandmaster
π’ Sixth women's world chess champion
π° Nona Gaprindashvili is a Georgian chess player, the sixth women's world chess champion, and first female Grandmaster. Born in Zugdidi, Georgia, she is the strongest female player of her generation.
π Country: Soviet Union & Georgia
π Born: 3 May 1941 (age 77)
Zugdidi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union
π Title: Grandmaster (1978)
π Women's World Champion: 1962β78
π Peak rating: 2495 (July 1987)
π° In 1961, aged 20, Gaprindashvili won the fourth women's Candidates Tournament, setting up a title match against Russian world champion Elisabeth Bykova. She won the match easily, with a final score of 9-2 (+7β0=4), and went on to defend her title successfully four times: three times against Alla Kushnir (1965: 10β6; 1969: 12β7; 1972: 12β11) and once against fellow Georgian Nana Alexandria (1975: 9β4). She finally lost her crown in 1978 to another Georgian, 17-year-old Maia Chiburdanidze, by a score of 6Β½β8Β½ (+2β4=9).
π° Gaprindashvili played for the Soviet Union in the Chess Olympiads of 1963, 1966, 1969, 1972, 1974, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1990, and for Georgia in 1992.[1] She was one of the contributing players of the USSR team that dominated the women's Olympiads of the 1980s. She won as many as 25 medals, among which 11 team gold medals and 9 individual gold medals. At the Olympiad of Dubai 1986 she won all the ten games she played.
π° She was a five-times winner of the Women's Soviet Championship: in 1964, 1973, 1981, 1983, and 1985.
β¦οΈ A memorable game by Gaprindashvili which has won Croatian chess grandmaster, Juraj Nikolac in a tactical game!! π
πΈ Nona Gaprindashvili vs Juraj Nikolac
πΈ Hoogovens (1979), Wijk aan Zee NED, rd 1, Jan-19
πΈCaro-Kann Defense: Classical Variation. Main lines (B18)
β¦οΈ Review and download PGN fileπ
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π’ Nona Gaprindashvili
π’ Georgian chess player
π’ First female Grandmaster
π’ Sixth women's world chess champion
π° Nona Gaprindashvili is a Georgian chess player, the sixth women's world chess champion, and first female Grandmaster. Born in Zugdidi, Georgia, she is the strongest female player of her generation.
π Country: Soviet Union & Georgia
π Born: 3 May 1941 (age 77)
Zugdidi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union
π Title: Grandmaster (1978)
π Women's World Champion: 1962β78
π Peak rating: 2495 (July 1987)
π° In 1961, aged 20, Gaprindashvili won the fourth women's Candidates Tournament, setting up a title match against Russian world champion Elisabeth Bykova. She won the match easily, with a final score of 9-2 (+7β0=4), and went on to defend her title successfully four times: three times against Alla Kushnir (1965: 10β6; 1969: 12β7; 1972: 12β11) and once against fellow Georgian Nana Alexandria (1975: 9β4). She finally lost her crown in 1978 to another Georgian, 17-year-old Maia Chiburdanidze, by a score of 6Β½β8Β½ (+2β4=9).
π° Gaprindashvili played for the Soviet Union in the Chess Olympiads of 1963, 1966, 1969, 1972, 1974, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1990, and for Georgia in 1992.[1] She was one of the contributing players of the USSR team that dominated the women's Olympiads of the 1980s. She won as many as 25 medals, among which 11 team gold medals and 9 individual gold medals. At the Olympiad of Dubai 1986 she won all the ten games she played.
π° She was a five-times winner of the Women's Soviet Championship: in 1964, 1973, 1981, 1983, and 1985.
β¦οΈ A memorable game by Gaprindashvili which has won Croatian chess grandmaster, Juraj Nikolac in a tactical game!! π
πΈ Nona Gaprindashvili vs Juraj Nikolac
πΈ Hoogovens (1979), Wijk aan Zee NED, rd 1, Jan-19
πΈCaro-Kann Defense: Classical Variation. Main lines (B18)
β¦οΈ Review and download PGN fileπ
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π’ Alireza Firouzja
π’ Iranian Chess Grandmaster
β¦οΈ Today is his birthday πΉπΊβοΈπΈππΉπΉ
Happy birthday Alireza ππππ
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π’ Iranian Chess Grandmaster
β¦οΈ Today is his birthday πΉπΊβοΈπΈππΉπΉ
Happy birthday Alireza ππππ
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Only 2 days left for the next stop on the 2018 #GrandChessTour . Grischuk, Caruana, Nakamura, Aronian, MVL, Mamedyarov, Karjakin, Anand, Wesley So, and Kramnik to compete for a total prize fund of $150,000 at the #ParisGCT Tournament.
With two rounds to go, WGM Guliskhan Nakhbayeva (2323) solely leads the SBI LIFE AICF Women Grandmasters Tournament. Today she faces off against runner-up WGM Batkhuyag Munguntuul (2410) who's lagging behind only half a point.
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19.Bc4?? RΓd2!
Removing the defender!
20.KΓd2
20.BΓe6 Rcd8 21.Bb3 RΓb2 -+
BΓc4 21.Rhd1 Rc6 -+
Removing the defender!
20.KΓd2
20.BΓe6 Rcd8 21.Bb3 RΓb2 -+
BΓc4 21.Rhd1 Rc6 -+
43...BΓg5??
A miscalculation. Now, White can obtain a draw by using an intermediate move.
43....Bd4! was correct and after 44.Nf3 fΓe3 -+ Antipov would be helpless.
44.NΓf3 fΓe3 45.NΓg5 e2+ 46.Ke1 Rd4 47.Ne6! fΓe6 48.dΓe6 Kf6 49.KΓe2 =
A miscalculation. Now, White can obtain a draw by using an intermediate move.
43....Bd4! was correct and after 44.Nf3 fΓe3 -+ Antipov would be helpless.
44.NΓf3 fΓe3 45.NΓg5 e2+ 46.Ke1 Rd4 47.Ne6! fΓe6 48.dΓe6 Kf6 49.KΓe2 =
30. Rxd4?
White could have gained an advantage with the following continuation.
30. f4! Qxd5 31. Kf2 h6 32. Nf3 Rc7 33. Nxd4 exd4 34. Qxd4+ Qxd4+ 35. Rxd4 +/-
30... exd4 31. Qxd4+ Qf6 32. Ne6+ Kf7 33. Ng5+ Kg7 34. Ne6+ Kf7 35. Ng5+ 1/2-1/2
White could have gained an advantage with the following continuation.
30. f4! Qxd5 31. Kf2 h6 32. Nf3 Rc7 33. Nxd4 exd4 34. Qxd4+ Qxd4+ 35. Rxd4 +/-
30... exd4 31. Qxd4+ Qf6 32. Ne6+ Kf7 33. Ng5+ Kg7 34. Ne6+ Kf7 35. Ng5+ 1/2-1/2