✴️ Grand Chess Tour 2018 , Your Next Move
Belgium , June12 - 16
Leuven City Hall
🔸The Your Next Move Grand Chess Tour is being held in the historic Town Hall of Leuven, Belgium from 12-16 June. The first stage of the 2018 Grand Chess Tour sees Caruana, Nakamura, So, MVL, Anand, Aronian, Grischuk, Mamedyarov, Karjakin and wild card Giri compete for a $150,000 prize fund. 9 rounds of rapid chess (25 minutes with a 10-second delay) are played on the first 3 days, with wins worth 2 points. 18 rounds of blitz (5 minutes with a 3-second delay) follow on the final 2 days, with wins worth 1 point. The event is sponsored by Your Next Move, a non-profit organisation promoting chess as an educational tool.
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Belgium , June12 - 16
Leuven City Hall
🔸The Your Next Move Grand Chess Tour is being held in the historic Town Hall of Leuven, Belgium from 12-16 June. The first stage of the 2018 Grand Chess Tour sees Caruana, Nakamura, So, MVL, Anand, Aronian, Grischuk, Mamedyarov, Karjakin and wild card Giri compete for a $150,000 prize fund. 9 rounds of rapid chess (25 minutes with a 10-second delay) are played on the first 3 days, with wins worth 2 points. 18 rounds of blitz (5 minutes with a 3-second delay) follow on the final 2 days, with wins worth 1 point. The event is sponsored by Your Next Move, a non-profit organisation promoting chess as an educational tool.
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❇️ #Fischer_chess_quotes_008
🔹 Bobby Fischer
🔹 American Chess Grandmaster
🔹 Eleventh World Chess Champion
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🔹 Bobby Fischer
🔹 American Chess Grandmaster
🔹 Eleventh World Chess Champion
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❇️ #about_Fischer
🔹 Bobby Fischer
🔹 American Chess Grandmaster
🔹 Eleventh World Chess Champion
♦️ Robert James Fischer was an American chess grandmaster and the eleventh World Chess Champion. Many consider him to be the greatest chess player of all time.
🔘 Full name: Robert James Fischer
🔘 Country: United States
Iceland (2005–2008)
🔘 Born: March 9, 1943
Chicago, Illinois, US
🔘 Died: January 17, 2008 (aged 64)
Reykjavík, Iceland
🔘 Title: Grandmaster (1958)
🔘 World Champion: 1972–1975
🔘 Peak rating: 2785 (July 1972 FIDE rating list)
♦️ In March 1949, 6-year-old Bobby and his sister Joan learned how to play chess using the instructions from a set bought at a candy store. When Joan lost interest in chess and Regina did not have time to play, it left Fischer to play many of his first games against himself. When the family vacationed at Patchogue, Long Island, New York, that summer, Bobby found a book of old chess games and studied it intensely.
♦️ In June 1956, Fischer began attending the Hawthorne Chess Club, based in master John "Jack" W. Collins' home. For years it was believed that Collins was Fischer's teacher and coach, even though Collins stated that he did not teach Fischer. It is now believed that Collins was Fischer's mentor, not his teacher or coach.
Fischer played thousands of blitz and offhand games with Collins and other strong players, studied the books in Collins' large chess library, and ate almost as many dinners at Collins' home as his own.
♦️ A memorable game by Fischer named "Gold Rush" in chessgames.com site! 👇🏼
🔸 Herbert Goldhamer vs Robert James Fischer
🔸 Eastern States Open (1956), Washington, Nov-??
🔸 Sicilian Defense: Najdorf. Opocensky Variation (B92)
♦️ Review and download PGN file👇
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🔹 Bobby Fischer
🔹 American Chess Grandmaster
🔹 Eleventh World Chess Champion
♦️ Robert James Fischer was an American chess grandmaster and the eleventh World Chess Champion. Many consider him to be the greatest chess player of all time.
🔘 Full name: Robert James Fischer
🔘 Country: United States
Iceland (2005–2008)
🔘 Born: March 9, 1943
Chicago, Illinois, US
🔘 Died: January 17, 2008 (aged 64)
Reykjavík, Iceland
🔘 Title: Grandmaster (1958)
🔘 World Champion: 1972–1975
🔘 Peak rating: 2785 (July 1972 FIDE rating list)
♦️ In March 1949, 6-year-old Bobby and his sister Joan learned how to play chess using the instructions from a set bought at a candy store. When Joan lost interest in chess and Regina did not have time to play, it left Fischer to play many of his first games against himself. When the family vacationed at Patchogue, Long Island, New York, that summer, Bobby found a book of old chess games and studied it intensely.
♦️ In June 1956, Fischer began attending the Hawthorne Chess Club, based in master John "Jack" W. Collins' home. For years it was believed that Collins was Fischer's teacher and coach, even though Collins stated that he did not teach Fischer. It is now believed that Collins was Fischer's mentor, not his teacher or coach.
Fischer played thousands of blitz and offhand games with Collins and other strong players, studied the books in Collins' large chess library, and ate almost as many dinners at Collins' home as his own.
♦️ A memorable game by Fischer named "Gold Rush" in chessgames.com site! 👇🏼
🔸 Herbert Goldhamer vs Robert James Fischer
🔸 Eastern States Open (1956), Washington, Nov-??
🔸 Sicilian Defense: Najdorf. Opocensky Variation (B92)
♦️ Review and download PGN file👇
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25...f5!?
With the idea of trapping the White queen with 26...Bb5.
26.Ng3??
26.Qa6
26...Bb5 27.Ne5 B×e5 28.Qa3 Rbc2 0-1
If 29.d×e5, then Qd2!
With the idea of trapping the White queen with 26...Bb5.
26.Ng3??
26.Qa6
26...Bb5 27.Ne5 B×e5 28.Qa3 Rbc2 0-1
If 29.d×e5, then Qd2!
23...R×c3!
A typical exchange sacrifice in the sicilian structure.
24.b×c3 N×e4 25.Nf5 Bf6 26.Ng3 N×g3+ 27.h×g3 R×c3 28.Rb1 R×e3 -+
A typical exchange sacrifice in the sicilian structure.
24.b×c3 N×e4 25.Nf5 Bf6 26.Ng3 N×g3+ 27.h×g3 R×c3 28.Rb1 R×e3 -+
28.B×f6+!
A clever exchange in order to transfer the knight to the d6-outpost.
28...e×f6
28...N×f6?? 29.N×g6! f×g6 30.R×e7+ +-
28...K×f6?? 29.Rf4+! +-
29.Nc4 Qc7 30.Nd6
A clever exchange in order to transfer the knight to the d6-outpost.
28...e×f6
28...N×f6?? 29.N×g6! f×g6 30.R×e7+ +-
28...K×f6?? 29.Rf4+! +-
29.Nc4 Qc7 30.Nd6
76... Kg7??
Black's last hope was to keep the f3-pawn on the board.
76... Ng5! 77. Rd2 Qe3 78. Kxb7 f2 79. Rd1 Ne6 80. c6 Qe2 81.c7 Nxc7 82. Qd4+ Kf5 83. Kxc7 f1=Q 84. Rxf1+ Qxf1=
77. Qxf3! Qxb2+ 78. Ka7 Qb5 79. Qg3+ Kf8 80. Qd6+ Ke8 81. Qb8+ Ke7 82. Qd6+ Ke8 83. Rd5 1-0
Black's last hope was to keep the f3-pawn on the board.
76... Ng5! 77. Rd2 Qe3 78. Kxb7 f2 79. Rd1 Ne6 80. c6 Qe2 81.c7 Nxc7 82. Qd4+ Kf5 83. Kxc7 f1=Q 84. Rxf1+ Qxf1=
77. Qxf3! Qxb2+ 78. Ka7 Qb5 79. Qg3+ Kf8 80. Qd6+ Ke8 81. Qb8+ Ke7 82. Qd6+ Ke8 83. Rd5 1-0
18...f5!
The critical position, which is important for evaluating the exchange sacrifice. Objectively the situation favors White, but to demonstrate this, very energetic play is required of him. On reaching this position in my preliminary calculations, I thought that it would not be easy for Smyslov to readjust from unhurried maneuvering to specific, calculating play. And that is what happened: the sharp change in the character of the play discomforted my illustrious opponent, and he catastrophically underestimated the potential strength of Black's threats (Kasparov).
19.Re1?! Qc8 20.Qc3? Rf6! 21.a3? Qe8!
It transpires that the awkward placing of the white rooks deprives their king of the last hope of escaping from the burning house, and the effectiveness of the Qc3 and Bb2 is equivalent to zero. The concerted actions of the black pieces make for a swift rout.
22.dxc5 Qh5!
with the obvious threat of ...Qxh2+-+.
The critical position, which is important for evaluating the exchange sacrifice. Objectively the situation favors White, but to demonstrate this, very energetic play is required of him. On reaching this position in my preliminary calculations, I thought that it would not be easy for Smyslov to readjust from unhurried maneuvering to specific, calculating play. And that is what happened: the sharp change in the character of the play discomforted my illustrious opponent, and he catastrophically underestimated the potential strength of Black's threats (Kasparov).
19.Re1?! Qc8 20.Qc3? Rf6! 21.a3? Qe8!
It transpires that the awkward placing of the white rooks deprives their king of the last hope of escaping from the burning house, and the effectiveness of the Qc3 and Bb2 is equivalent to zero. The concerted actions of the black pieces make for a swift rout.
22.dxc5 Qh5!
with the obvious threat of ...Qxh2+-+.