Will Fabiano Caruana win today in the Semi-Finals of the #London_chess Classic and overtake Magnus Carlsen to become World No. 1 on the #FIDE_chess live ratings? Could this be the start of a new era in chess? Vote now!
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No, Magnus will stay top – 5
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 63%

Yes, Fabi can do it! – 3
👍👍👍👍 38%

👥 8 people voted so far.

Demis Hassabis, introduced by Malcolm Pein as "the hero with the zero," opens the 2018 edition of the London Chess Classic at the Google Headquarters in London.

🔵 UNITY OPEN GRAND PRIX TOURNAMENT
🔹 Saturday, December 8th, 2018
🔹 FINAL RESULTS

⚛️ FM Pedram Atoufi won the last Unity Chess Club's Open Grand Prix Tournament in 2018!!
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🏁✅ Celebrate Viswanathan Anand’s birthday by knowing his incredible achievements!

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It was a thriller, but Caruana-Nakamura has ended in a draw & Carlsen remains the world no. 1!

Results

🔹 10th London Classic 2018
🔹 PGN format

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🔸chess.com IoM Masters Douglas ENG 2018
🔸Round 1
⚪️Aronian,Levon (2780)
⚫️Kolosowski,Mateusz (2448)
🔸1-0

21...b5?? [Black has overlooked the opponent's next move. He should have developed his bishop in order to deal with the White's threat.]

[21...Bb7! 22.f3 a5 23.Bd4 Ba8 24.Nc2 Bc6 25.Na3 Nh5 26.Rc3 Bxd4+ 27.Qxd4 e5 28.Qe3 Ng7²]

22.e5! [△e×d6]

[22.c5!? e5 23.Ba5 △c6 23...Bf8 24.c6 Qa7 25.Bxd8 Rxd8 26.c7 Re8 27.Rc6+–]

22...b4 [Other moves didn't help too:]

[22...dxe5? 23.Qxd8 Rxd8 24.Rxd8+ Bf8 25.Bb4 △c×b5 25...Qc7 26.Rxf8+ Kg7 27.Rd1+–; 22...Nd7 23.exd6 Bxc3 24.Qxc3 bxc4 25.bxc4 △c5 25...Nc5 26.Ng4 e5 27.Nf6+ Kh8 28.Nxe8 Rxe8 29.Rb1+–]

23.Bxb4 dxe5 24.Qxd8 Qxb4 25.Qd2+– [25.Ng4!? Rxd8 26.Rxd8+ Bf8 27.Nxf6+ Kg7 28.Ne8+ Kh6 29.Rxc8 Qd2 30.Rf1+–] 1–0

⚪️#90 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Nanjo,Ryosuke (2324)
🔸Dragnev,Valentin (2508)
🔸Olympiad 2018 Batumi

36.Ra1! [Now that the black rook has placed in an unfavorable position, White chooses an effective file for his Rook.]

[36.Rc1 h6 37.Rc4 Kh8 38.Nh2 Bg5 39.Ng4 Bxe3 40.Nxe3 Nd4 41.Rc5 Rxc5 42.bxc5 Qc6 43.Qxc6 bxc6 44.Nc4 e4 45.Nd6²; 36.h6 Qc6 37.Qxc6 bxc6 38.Rc1 gxh6 39.Rxc6 Kf7 40.Rc4 h5 41.Ne1 Be7 42.Bd2 Kg6 43.Bc3 Bf6²]

36...Qe8 [36...Nc7 37.Bc5 h6 38.Ra7 b6 39.Be3+–]

37.Ra7 Qc8 [37...Qc8 38.h6 Nd4 39.hxg7 Kxg7 (39...Rxb4 40.Bh6! Bxg7 41.Ng5 Kf8 42.Qd5+–) 40.Nxd4 exd4 41.Bxd4 Bxd4 42.Qxd4+ Kg6 43.Qd3+ Qf5 44.Qxf5+ Kxf5 45.Ra5 Re5 46.g4+ Kf4 47.Rxe5 Kxe5 48.Kg3 Kf6 49.Kh4+–]

⚪️#90 (Endgame-‌White to Move)
🔸Pavlidis,Antonios (2552)
🔸Nedev,Trajko (2496)
🔸World Chess Olympiad 2018 Batumi

47.c5!? [47.Nc5+! Kd6 48.Na4 Ba5 (48...Bb8 49.Nb6 Kc5 50.Nxa8 Kxb4 51.Nb6 Ka5 52.Nd7 Ba7 53.Nxe5 Kxa6 54.Nd7 f4 55.c5 fxe3+ 56.Kxe3 Kb5 57.Kd4 Kc6 58.Ne5+ Kb5 59.Nd3+–) 49.Nd5 Bc6 50.a7 Bb7 51.e4 f4 (51...fxe4 52.Ke3 Kc6 53.Kxe4 Kd6 54.Kd3 Kc6 55.g3 Ba8 56.Ke4 Kd6 57.g4 Bd8 58.c5+ Ke6 59.Nac3 Be7 60.Kd3 Bxc5 61.Nc7+ Kd7 62.Nxa8 Bxa7 63.Ke4 Kc6 64.Nd5 Bd4 65.g5+–) ; 47.Nd5 Kc6 48.Nf6 Kb6 49.Nxh7 Kxa6 50.Nc5+ Ka5 51.Ne6 Bd6 52.Nhf8 Kb4 53.Nxg6 Kxc4 54.h4 Kd5 55.Ng7 Ke4 56.Ne8 Bc5 57.Nf6+ Kd3 58.Nxe5+ Kd2 59.Nh5 Bxe3+ 60.Kg3 Kc3 61.Nf4 Kd4 62.Nf7 Bd2 63.h5±]

47...Bb8 48.e4 fxe4 49.Ke3 Ba7 50.Nd5 Kc6 51.Nf6 Kb5 52.Nxe4 Kxa6 53.Nbd6 Ka5 54.Nc8 Bb8 55.g3 Kb4 56.Ncd6 Ba7 57.Nf7 Bxc5+ 58.Nxc5 Kxc5 59.Nxe5 Kd6 60.Nf7+ Ke7 61.Ng5 h6 62.Nh3 Kf6 63.Nf2 Kf5 64.Kd3 Bg2 65.Kd4 Bf3 ½–½

⚪️#91 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Munkhgal,Gombosuren (2452)
🔸Chipanga,Chiletso (2153)
🔸Olympiad 2018 Batumi