⚪️#91 (Endgame-‌White to Move)
🔸Amin,Bassem (2686)
🔸Flores,Diego (2621)
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36.Qe7?? [36.Kh2! a6 37.Qe4+ Qc6 38.Qh7+ Kb6 39.Qf7 Bd4 40.d7 Bf6 41.Qf8 a5 42.d8Q+ Bxd8 43.Qxd8+ Ka6 44.Bc7 b4 (44...a4 45.Qc8+ Qb7 46.Qe6+ Ka7 47.Bd6+–) 45.Bxa5 b3 46.Bb4 Kb5 (46...b2 47.Qd3+ Qb5 (47...Kb7 48.Qb3 Qc7+ 49.g3 Kc8 (49...Qc1 50.Bc3+ Kc6 51.Qxb2+–) ) 48.Qa3+ Kb6 49.Qxb2) 47.Ba3 Qc3 48.Qe8+ Ka5 49.Qe2 Qd4 50.Bb2 Qd5 51.Bc3+ Kb6 52.Qe7 Kb5 53.Be5 Kc4 54.Qc7+ Kb5 55.Qb8+ Kc4 56.Bg7+–; 36.Kh1 Qc6 37.Qe7+ Kc8 38.Qf8+ Kb7 39.Qf7+ Kc8 40.Qf5+ Kb7 41.Qf2 Ba3 42.Qf7+ Kc8 43.Qf5+ Kb7 44.Qd3 Qc1+ 45.Kh2 Bc5 46.Qxb5+ Bb6 47.Qd5+ Kc8 48.Qf5+ Kd8 49.Qf8+ Kd7 50.Qe7+ Kc6 51.Qe8+ Kb7 52.Qe4+ Kc8 53.Qe6+ Kb7 54.h4²]

36...Bd4+ 37.Kh2 Kc6 38.Qe4+ Kc5 39.Qg6 Kc6? [39...Be3 40.Qxh6 Bf4 41.Bxf4 gxf4 42.Qh5+µ (42.Qxf4?? Qxd6 43.g3 (43.Qxd6+ Kxd6 44.g3 b4–+) ) ]

40.Qe4+ Kc5 41.Qe7 Kc6 42.Qe4+ Kc5 ½–½

⚪️#92 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Makoto,Rodwell (2338)
🔸Dervishi,Erald (2567)
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Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 92
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B) Bh3 – 10
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 59%
@persepolis62, @MohamadAsp, Nikhil, Jayden, Vincent, @RichardPeng, @arash22_d, Vedant, Michael, Matthew

C) Qh6 – 7
👍👍👍👍👍 41%
@Alib5072, @aadiib, @mahyarebrahimi1983, @Sepehr2003, @hoseini139562, @Sophia_Peng, chess trainer

A) Qh4
▫️ 0%

👥 17 people voted so far.

⚪️#92 (Endgame-‌White to Move)
🔸Pavlidis,Antonios (2552)
🔸Nedev,Trajko (2496)
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Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 92
public poll

B) c4 – 11
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 55%
@ehsanmec, Nikhil, @hoseini139562, @rssh666, Jayden, Vincent, @mn_aut, hamid, @WataxPin, Michael, Matthew

A) Nb3 – 6
👍👍👍👍 30%
@Alib5072, @mahyarebrahimi1983, Seyed Hossein Ali, @Sophia_Peng, @RichardPeng, @arash22_d

C) Ne6 – 3
👍👍 15%
@persepolis62, @MohamadAsp, @Zamani9899

👥 20 people voted so far.

Amsterdam, 20th May 1981. At the opening ceremony for the last in the series of IBM tournaments, grandmaster Tony Miles chats with ex-World Champion, Max Euwe.

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Chess has been a large inspiration for artists! Here is one piece by Honore Daumier in 1863 called The Chess Players. What's your favorite chess-related art piece?

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The FIDE Interzonal, Amsterdam, 1964. Two photos (credit: F. N. Broers / ANEFO), from the 2nd-round encounter (played 21st May) between the U.S. grandmasters Pal Benko & Larry Evans. In the photo of Evans, Salo Flohr can be seen looking on.

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Magnus Carlsen 🆚 Sipke Ernst
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Caro-Kann Defense:

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🔴 Today is birthday of Valery Loginov!!
♦️ Russian chess grandmaster

👏👏👏👏👏 Happy birhday 🌺🌸☘️💐🌷💐💐

◼️ Today also died-day of Olga Rubtsova, Soviet Woman Grandmaster who became the fourth Women’s World Chess Champion. She got also the title of Woman Correspondence Grandmaster.
She won the Soviet Women's Championship four times, and was second in the Women's World Chess Championship 1949–50, a point behind Lyudmila Rudenko.
Born: August 20, 1909, Moscow, Russia
Died: December 13, 1994, Moscow, Russia
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🔵 Chess History - Tournaments
🔹 16th USSR Chess Championship
🔹 Moscow 1948

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☑️ Chess History - Tournaments
💢 16th USSR Chess Championship
💢 Moscow 1948
💢 November 10 – December 13

🔰 USSR Chess Championship (1948 ) - Moscow
CHAMPION: David Bronstein, 12/18 (+7 -1 =10)
SHARED WITH: Alexander Kotov 12/18 (+10 -4 =4)

✅ The 16th Chess Championship of the USSR was held in Moscow from November 10th to December 13th, 1948. Nineteen of the Soviet Union's top grandmasters were assembled to participate. Among them were the participants of the Saltsjöbaden Interzonal (1948), including the winner David Bronstein, as well as Alexander Kotov, Andor Lilienthal, Igor Bondarevsky, Salomon Flohr, Viacheslav Ragozin, and the previous year's champion, Paul Keres. Bronstein and Kotov shared first place, each with 12/18.
🌐 SOURCE: CHESSGAMES.COM

🔹 The final standings and crosstable was as above👆
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🔹 Review our selected game from Moscow 1948 tournament👇

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♦️ Review our selected game from "Moscow 1948" chess tournament👇
▪️David Bronstein vs Georgy Ilivitsky
▪️USSR Championship (1948), Moscow URS, rd 4, Nov-15
▪️ Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch Defense. Pillsbury Variation (D41)
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🔹 "Moscow 1948 Games Database"
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