🔸World Senior 50+ 2018
🔸Round 3
⚪️Mencinger,V (2358)
⚫️Sturua,Z (2529)
🔸0-1

62.cxb4?! [After this dubious move, White's position is totally paralyzed.]

[¹62.Ra1! would be correct in order to avoid an unnecessary weakness on b2. 62...bxc3 63.bxc3 Rb2 64.Nxc4 Rxe2+!? △Bb5 65.Kxe2 Bb5 66.Ke3 Bxc4 67.Ra7+ Kd8 68.Rg7 g5 69.Rg8+ Ke7 70.Rh8 Bf1 71.Rh7+ Kd8 72.g4 Bg2 73.Rxh6 Nxe4=]

62...Rxb4 63.Nc3 Bd7! 64.Ra8 Rxb2 65.g4? [Making the opponent's task even easier. The following continuation would have put up more stubborn resistance:]

[¹65.Ra7+! Kd8 66.Nxc4 Rc2 67.Ra3 Rxg2 68.Nxd6 Rg3+ 69.Ke2 Rxh3³]

65...Rc2! 66.Ncb1 c3 67.Nc4 Re2+!–+ [△c2]

The first Icelandic GM Fridrik Olafsson turns 85 today!

Six-time national champion and participant of 1959 Candidates Tournament, Olafsson is not only an outstanding player, but he also served as FIDE President from 1978 to 1982.

Our warmest wishes on this special day!

At the London (Phillips & Drew) event, April 1982 - Viktor Korchnoi protests against the Soviet boycott that led to his exclusion from the event, and also calls for his son to be allowed to join him in the West.

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Fabiano Caruana saved the (final) day to post one of the all-time great performances in Wijk aan Zee! Final report:

https://t.co/Vqfv9g9MRz?amp=1

All photo's by Tata Steel 2020 - Round 13

📸 Photographer Alina l'Ami

Fabiano Caruana receives his trophy, with Magnus Carlsen 2nd and Wesley So 3rd

16-year-old Alireza Firouzja had a tough second half of #TataSteelChess, but finishing on 50% in your first supertournament is not too shabby at all!