π 13.Nd3!
The congestion on the queenside makes Black's life difficult, while White has many different motifs to improve his position. 13...Qb6 14.Ne4+/-.
The congestion on the queenside makes Black's life difficult, while White has many different motifs to improve his position. 13...Qb6 14.Ne4+/-.
πUnity Chess Multiple Choice 361
A: Ne1 β 6
πππππππ 75%
B: BΓd3 β 1
π 13%
C: Qa4+ β 1
π 13%
π₯ 8 people voted so far.
A: Ne1 β 6
πππππππ 75%
B: BΓd3 β 1
π 13%
C: Qa4+ β 1
π 13%
π₯ 8 people voted so far.
πUnity Chess Multiple Choice 362
B: g4 β 8
πππππππ 80%
A: Kb1 β 1
π 10%
C: Ne5 β 1
π 10%
π₯ 10 people voted so far.
B: g4 β 8
πππππππ 80%
A: Kb1 β 1
π 10%
C: Ne5 β 1
π 10%
π₯ 10 people voted so far.
The 2018 GRENKE Chess Classic is a 10-player round-robin held in Germany from 31 March to 9 April. The first 3 rounds are in Karlsruhe alongside the GRENKE Chess Open, then after a rest day the last 6 rounds are in the Kulturhaus LA8 in Baden-Baden. The field features World Champion Magnus Carlsen and fellow Top 10 players Fabiano Caruana, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Vishy Anand and Levon Aronian, as well as women's no. 1 Hou Yifan. The time control is 100 minutes for 40 moves, then 50 minutes for 20 moves and then 15 minutes to the end of the game, with a 30-second increment from move 1. If players are tied for first place a rapid play-off will take place.
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26th Olympiad, Thessaloniki 1984. The 8th round match between the USSR and Sweden.
Beliavsky-Andersson Β½-Β½
Karlsson-Polugaevsky Β½-Β½
Tukmakov-Ornstein Β½-Β½
SchΓΌssler-A. Sokolov Β½-Β½
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Beliavsky-Andersson Β½-Β½
Karlsson-Polugaevsky Β½-Β½
Tukmakov-Ornstein Β½-Β½
SchΓΌssler-A. Sokolov Β½-Β½
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5-year old Samuel Reshevsky playing an unknown opponent. (Source: Das interessante Blatt, 13 September 1917)
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Sammy Reshevsky was probably one of the most talented chess kids in history. He learned to play chess at 4 and was soon acclaimed as a child prodigy. At age 8, he was beating many accomplished players with ease and giving simultaneous exhibitions.
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USA-USSR match, New York City, June 1954. Here, on board 6, the game Kotov v. R. Byrne is in play; it would eventually be drawn in 108 moves. David Bronstein looks on.
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