⚪️#547 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Seirawan,Yasser
🔸Short,Nigel
🔸London, 1982

Unity Chess Multiple Choice 547
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C: Qc6 – 10
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 91%
Jonas, Gavin, @Afshin3333, Ramesh, Janne, Vincent, @Sophia_Peng, @RichardPeng, Vedant, Zhenrui

B: Nc3 – 1
👍 9%
Mieke

A: Rd2
▫️ 0%

👥 11 people voted so far.

⚪️#548 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Karpov,Anatoly
🔸Spassky,Boris
🔸Leningrad 1974

Unity Chess Multiple Choice 548
public poll

A: Nb1 – 10
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 83%
Jonas, Gavin, Ramesh, Janne, Vincent, Mieke, @RichardPeng, Ashutosh, Vedant, Zhenrui

B: Bc5 – 1
👍 8%
Michael

C: R×d8 – 1
👍 8%
@Sophia_Peng

👥 12 people voted so far.

GM Illia Nyzhnyk (1996- ) won the 2018 World Open, held in Philadelphia, scoring 7.5 out of 9. He won $20,500. He tied for 1st in 2014, 2015, and 2016. He recently graduated from Webster University with a B.S. in mathematics and computer science. His USCF rating is 2725.

The 18th International Najdorf Chess Festival takes place in the Warsaw Sports and Recreation Centre, Poland from 8-16 July. #chessnews

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Efim Geller, Nikolai Krogius & Boris Spassky, Reykjavík 1972.

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"Chess can never reach its height by following in the path of science ... Let us, therefore, make a new effort and with the help of our imagination turn the struggle of technique into a battle of ideas."

José Raúl Capablanca (1947). “Hundred Best Games of Chess”

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Polgar vs Kamsky, PCA Qualifier, Groningen 1993

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The "Closing Gambit" documentary about the Karpov v Korchnoi 1978 world title match... https://bit.ly/2NowO3u

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💠 #Aronian_chess_quotes_002

🔹 Levon Aronian
🔹 Armenian chess Grandmaster

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💠 #about_Aronian

🔹 Levon Aronian
🔹 Armenian chess Grandmaster

🔰 Levon Grigori Aronian is an Armenian chess Grandmaster. On the March 2014 FIDE rating list, he was ranked number two in the world and had an Elo rating of 2830, making him the fourth highest rated player in history.

🔘 Full name: Levon Grigori Aronian
🔘 Country: Armenia
Germany (October 2003−August 2004)
🔘 Born: 6 October 1982 (age 35)
Yerevan, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union
🔘 Title: Grandmaster (2000)
🔘 FIDE rating: 2767 (July 2018)
🔘 Peak rating: 2830 (March 2014)
🔘 Ranking: No. 12 (April 2018)
🔘 Peak ranking: No. 2 (January 2012)

🔰 Aronian has been the leading Armenian chess player since the early 2000s. His popularity in Armenia has led to him being called a celebrity,[6] and a hero. He was named the best sportsman of Armenia in 2005 and was awarded the title of Honoured Master of Sport of the Republic of Armenia in 2009. In 2012 he was awarded the Order of St. Mesrop Mashtots.
In 2016, CNN called Aronian the "David Beckham of chess".

🔰 Aronian in 2018:
🔹 In January 2018, Aronian won the 16th Annual Gibraltar Chess Festival on tiebreaks, beating runner-up Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 2.5 - 1.5, with an overall record of +5-0=5 (7.5/10).
🔹 From 31 March to 9 April 2018, Aronian competed in the 5th Grenke Chess Classic. He finished fifth with a score of 5/9 (+1–0=8).
🔹 From 28 May to 7 June, he competed in the sixth edition of Norway Chess, placing sixth with 4/8 (+1–1=6).

♦️ A memorable game by Aronian from 4th FIDE Grand Prix 2009 tournament👇
▪️ Levon Aronian vs Vassily Ivanchuk
▪️ 4th FIDE Grand Prix (2009), Nalchik RUS, rd 6, Apr-21
▪️ English Opening: Symmetrical. Anti-Benoni Variation (A31)

♦️ Review and download PGN file👇

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🔹 Levon Aronian - Vassily Ivanchuk, 4th FIDE Grand Prix (2009)
🔹 PGN format

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