Havana, Cuba, 2008. Capablanca chess club.

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The Second Moscow International Tournament (1935), which was held at the Museum of Fine Arts on ul. Volkhonka. In the 2nd round (played 16th February), Grandmaster Rudolf Spielmann (Austria) faces Soviet master Vladimir Alatortsev.

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Back in the days when women were discouraged to play chess. The ones who defied the odds were looked down on. Some were banned from playing...
http://bit.ly/2KTQ1cA

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“I had a toothache during the first game. In the second game I had a headache. In the third game it was an attack of rheumatism. In the fourth game, I wasn’t feeling well. And in the fifth game? Well, must one have to win every game?”

🔸 Siegbert Tarrasch

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FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships to take place in St. Petersburg, Russia, 25-31 December 2018.

Rules for the FIDE Open

Rules for the FIDE womens

Total prize fund of World Rapid & Blitz: 700,000 USD. 1st prize: 60,000 USD.

Radzikowska Memorial

The Women's GM Krystyna Hołuj-Radzikowska Memorial is taking place in Wrocław, Poland from 4-11 December 2018.
Result R1:
https://goo.gl/3A6nhr

🔹 8th Holuj-Radzikowska-R1
🔹 PGN format

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#Aronian

🔹 Levon Aronian
🔹 Armenian chess grandmaster
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🔵 About Levon Aronain

🔹 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. Aronian won the FIDE World Cup in 2005 and 2017.

▪️ Full name: Levon Grigori Aronian
▪️ Born: 6 October 1982 (age 36)
🔺 Yerevan, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union
▪️ FIDE rating: 2765 (December 2018)
▪️ Peak rating: 2830 (March 2014)
▪️ Ranking: No. 11 (November 2018)
▪️ Peak ranking: No. 2 (January 2012)

🔰 Aronian was the winner of the Chess World Cup in 2005. He has also led the Armenian national team to three gold medals in Chess Olympiads (Turin 2006, Dresden 2008, Istanbul 2012) as well as to gold at the World Team Chess Championship in 2011. He won the FIDE Grand Prix 2008–2010. He was also World Rapid Chess Champion in 2009 and World Blitz Chess Champion in 2010. Aronian has been the leading Armenian chess player since the early 2000’s.

♦️ A memorable short game by Aronian against MVL which named "Easy-Peasy Levon in Tbilisi" in chessgames.com site : 👇
🔹 Levon Aronian vs Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
🔹 World Cup (2017) (rapid), Tbilisi GEO, rd 6, Sep-21
🔹 Indian Game: Anti-Grünfeld. Alekhine Variation (D70)

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🔹 Levon Aronian - Maxime Vachier-Lagrave,World Cup (2017)
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🔸chess.com IoM Masters Douglas ENG 2018
🔸Round 2
⚪️Dragnev,Valentin (2508)
⚫️Naiditsch,Arkadij (2721)
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