🔵 Today is birthday of Miguel Illescas!!
🔹 Spanish chess grandmaster
🌺🌹💐☘️🌸🌷 Happy birthday 👏👏👏👏👏
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🔹 Spanish chess grandmaster
🌺🌹💐☘️🌸🌷 Happy birthday 👏👏👏👏👏
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✴️ An instructive minor piece endgame by Miguel Illescas !
🔸 Two bishops against a bishop and a knight
▪️ Miguel Illescas Cordoba vs Hikaru Nakamura
▪️ Pamplona International (2003), It, rd 6, Dec-27
▪️ Slav Defense: Quiet Variation (D11)
♦️ Download PGN file👇
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🔸 Two bishops against a bishop and a knight
▪️ Miguel Illescas Cordoba vs Hikaru Nakamura
▪️ Pamplona International (2003), It, rd 6, Dec-27
▪️ Slav Defense: Quiet Variation (D11)
♦️ Download PGN file👇
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#alekhine
♟ Alexander Alekhine
🔸 Russian - French chess Master
🔸 Fourth World Chess Champion
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♟ Alexander Alekhine
🔸 Russian - French chess Master
🔸 Fourth World Chess Champion
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✴️ About Alexander Alekhine
♟ Alexander Alekhine
🔸 Russian - French chess Master
🔸 Fourth World Chess Champion
🔰 Alexander Alekhine was born October 31, 1892 — at least according to the Gregorian calendar which is generally used today. But at the time when Alekhine was born, the Julian calendar was widely used in Russia and therefore the date given in Alekhine's birth certificate is October 19, 1892.
Chess historian Edward Winter did extensive research to establish the correct date of Alekhine's birth.
🔰 Alekhine's grave is in Paris, at the Cimetière de Montparnasse (section 8, close to the northern main way), where he is buried together with his third or, perhaps, fourth wife, Grace Wishaar (1876-1956). After his death in 1946 — which itself gave rise to a number of legends and conspiracy theories — the fourth World Champion was buried in Estorial. There were plans to transfer his mortal remains to France later, but these were only realised ten years later, after an initiative by FIDE.
🔰 On May 25, 1956, an imposing stone of red granite was erected on his grave, with a portrait of Alekhine in white Carrara marble. There is a chess board on the grave, also made from granite. In 1999 the tombstone broke after a storm, but a couple of years later the stone was restored thanks to the financial support of the Russian entrepreneur Andrey Filatov, who today is President of the Russian Chess Federation.
Read full info about Alekhine in CHESSBASE WEBSITE:👇
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♦️ A memorable game by Alekhine
▪️ Alexander Alekhine vs Georg Marco
▪️ Stockholm (1912), Stockholm SWE, rd 2, Jun-26
▪️ Philidor Defense: General (C41)
♦️ Review and download PGN file👇
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♟ Alexander Alekhine
🔸 Russian - French chess Master
🔸 Fourth World Chess Champion
🔰 Alexander Alekhine was born October 31, 1892 — at least according to the Gregorian calendar which is generally used today. But at the time when Alekhine was born, the Julian calendar was widely used in Russia and therefore the date given in Alekhine's birth certificate is October 19, 1892.
Chess historian Edward Winter did extensive research to establish the correct date of Alekhine's birth.
🔰 Alekhine's grave is in Paris, at the Cimetière de Montparnasse (section 8, close to the northern main way), where he is buried together with his third or, perhaps, fourth wife, Grace Wishaar (1876-1956). After his death in 1946 — which itself gave rise to a number of legends and conspiracy theories — the fourth World Champion was buried in Estorial. There were plans to transfer his mortal remains to France later, but these were only realised ten years later, after an initiative by FIDE.
🔰 On May 25, 1956, an imposing stone of red granite was erected on his grave, with a portrait of Alekhine in white Carrara marble. There is a chess board on the grave, also made from granite. In 1999 the tombstone broke after a storm, but a couple of years later the stone was restored thanks to the financial support of the Russian entrepreneur Andrey Filatov, who today is President of the Russian Chess Federation.
Read full info about Alekhine in CHESSBASE WEBSITE:👇
http://bit.ly/2KTpvAk
♦️ A memorable game by Alekhine
▪️ Alexander Alekhine vs Georg Marco
▪️ Stockholm (1912), Stockholm SWE, rd 2, Jun-26
▪️ Philidor Defense: General (C41)
♦️ Review and download PGN file👇
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Remembering Alexander Alekhine
Alexander Alekhine himself thought that he was born on November 1, 1892, but historians checked again and concluded that he was born on October 31. The confusion seems to be due to an error in the conversion of the Julian to the Gregorian calendar. All the…
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🔸 Alexander Alekhine vs Georg Marco
🔸 Stockholm (1912), Stockholm SWE, rd 2, Jun-26
🔸 Philidor Defense: General (C41)
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🔸 Stockholm (1912), Stockholm SWE, rd 2, Jun-26
🔸 Philidor Defense: General (C41)
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@Alekhine-Marco 1912.pgn
642 B
▪️ Alexander Alekhine - Georg Marco. Stockholm 1912
▪️ PGN format
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▪️ PGN format
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Soviet grandmaster Vitaly Valerevich Tseshkovsky (1944-2011). Winner of two USSR Championships - the 46th (Tbilisi, 1978) and the 53rd (Kiev, 1986). Pictured here in the 1970s.
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Congrats to GM Pavel Ponkratov (2682) on winning the Russian Rapid Grand Prix with 11½/15 points. #chessnews
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13.Bxf6! [An important decision. White decides to give up his strong dark-squared bishop in order to remove the only defender of Black's e4 pawn.]
[13.Nxe4?? Nxe4 14.Bxg7 Kxg7 15.Bxe4 Qe7!–+; 13.0–0?! Nbd7 14.Nd5 Nxd5 15.Bxg7 Nxe3! 16.fxe3 Kxg7 17.Nxe4 Ne5=]
13...Bxf6?! [¹13...Qxf6 14.Rc1 △Nd5 14...Bf5 15.Nd5 △g4 15...Qe6! 16.Nc7 Qd7 17.Nxa8 Bg4‚ 18.f3 exf3 19.Bxf3 Bh3 20.Ne4 Re8 21.Kf2 Nc6°]
14.Nxe4! [Offering an exchange sacrifice to weaken Black's king position.]
14...Bg4 [Accepting the exchange sacrifice would give White more than enough compensation: 14...Bxa1 15.Qxa1 △Nf6 15...f6 16.0–0 Nc6 17.Nxd3 Bf5 (17...Qxd3 18.Rd1 Qe2 19.Rd2 Qh5 20.Nxf6+ Rxf6 21.Qxf6+– △Bd5) 18.Nf4±]
15.f3 d2+ 16.Ke2 Be6 17.Nxf6+ Qxf6 18.Qxd2 Rd8 19.Nd5 Bxd5 20.cxd5 Nc6 21.Rac1 Ne7 22.f4+– [22.e4!? Qb6 23.Rhd1 Nc6 24.Kf1+–] 1–0
[13.Nxe4?? Nxe4 14.Bxg7 Kxg7 15.Bxe4 Qe7!–+; 13.0–0?! Nbd7 14.Nd5 Nxd5 15.Bxg7 Nxe3! 16.fxe3 Kxg7 17.Nxe4 Ne5=]
13...Bxf6?! [¹13...Qxf6 14.Rc1 △Nd5 14...Bf5 15.Nd5 △g4 15...Qe6! 16.Nc7 Qd7 17.Nxa8 Bg4‚ 18.f3 exf3 19.Bxf3 Bh3 20.Ne4 Re8 21.Kf2 Nc6°]
14.Nxe4! [Offering an exchange sacrifice to weaken Black's king position.]
14...Bg4 [Accepting the exchange sacrifice would give White more than enough compensation: 14...Bxa1 15.Qxa1 △Nf6 15...f6 16.0–0 Nc6 17.Nxd3 Bf5 (17...Qxd3 18.Rd1 Qe2 19.Rd2 Qh5 20.Nxf6+ Rxf6 21.Qxf6+– △Bd5) 18.Nf4±]
15.f3 d2+ 16.Ke2 Be6 17.Nxf6+ Qxf6 18.Qxd2 Rd8 19.Nd5 Bxd5 20.cxd5 Nc6 21.Rac1 Ne7 22.f4+– [22.e4!? Qb6 23.Rhd1 Nc6 24.Kf1+–] 1–0
15.Ne2! [Regrouping the knight to the f4 or d4 square in order to put more pressure on his opponent's weaknesses.]
[15.Nd4 Nxc3+ 16.Qxc3 Bd7 17.Qg3 Kh7 18.f4 Bc5 19.Be3 Rc8²; 15.Nxe4?! fxe4 16.Nd4 Bd7 17.h4 (17.f3 Bg5 18.Qb3 Bxc1 19.Rxc1 Qc7 20.fxe4 Qxe5 21.Nf3 Qxe4„) 17...Bc5 (17...Qc7 18.Qg3 Kh8=) 18.Qg3 Kh8 19.Be3=]
15...Qb6 [15...Bg5? 16.Nxg5 Qxg5 17.Nf4±]
16.Nfd4 Bd7 17.f3 f4 18.Qg1 Nc5 19.Nxf4 Rfc8 20.Nfe2 Be8 21.Qe1 Na4 22.Qg3 Bf7 23.f4 Kh7 24.Qb3 Qa6 25.g4 Rc4 26.h4 Rac8 27.h5 Rb4 28.Qd3+ Qxd3 29.Rxd3 Nc5 30.Rc3 Bg8 31.g5 Rf8 32.Rg1 Ne4 33.Rc7 Bd8 34.g6+ Kh8 35.Rc8 Be7 36.Rxf8 Bxf8 37.Be3 Bc5 38.Rd1 Rc4 39.b3 Rb4 40.c3 Rb6 41.Kc2 a5 42.Rg1 Ra6 43.Ng3 1–0
[15.Nd4 Nxc3+ 16.Qxc3 Bd7 17.Qg3 Kh7 18.f4 Bc5 19.Be3 Rc8²; 15.Nxe4?! fxe4 16.Nd4 Bd7 17.h4 (17.f3 Bg5 18.Qb3 Bxc1 19.Rxc1 Qc7 20.fxe4 Qxe5 21.Nf3 Qxe4„) 17...Bc5 (17...Qc7 18.Qg3 Kh8=) 18.Qg3 Kh8 19.Be3=]
15...Qb6 [15...Bg5? 16.Nxg5 Qxg5 17.Nf4±]
16.Nfd4 Bd7 17.f3 f4 18.Qg1 Nc5 19.Nxf4 Rfc8 20.Nfe2 Be8 21.Qe1 Na4 22.Qg3 Bf7 23.f4 Kh7 24.Qb3 Qa6 25.g4 Rc4 26.h4 Rac8 27.h5 Rb4 28.Qd3+ Qxd3 29.Rxd3 Nc5 30.Rc3 Bg8 31.g5 Rf8 32.Rg1 Ne4 33.Rc7 Bd8 34.g6+ Kh8 35.Rc8 Be7 36.Rxf8 Bxf8 37.Be3 Bc5 38.Rd1 Rc4 39.b3 Rb4 40.c3 Rb6 41.Kc2 a5 42.Rg1 Ra6 43.Ng3 1–0