25...e5!
This stunningly simple move opens the game for Black's rooks and king to swarm all over key space in the kingside and center. White's rooks lack space and White's king is too far from the center and kingside to do much about it.
26.dxe5
Could it be that Schlechter had now intended to play 26.Rg5, but then saw Igor Zaitsev's (presumably also Rubinstein's) wonderful refutation? Zaitsev gives 26...Rf6! 27.Rxf6 Kxf6. Black also wins the king and pawn endgame, due to his powerful king and 3-2 kingside pawn majority, after 28.Rxe5 Rxe5 29.dxe5+ Kxe5, and if 30.Kc2 Ke4 31.c4 g5 32.Kc3 f5 33.b4 h4 34.a4 g4 35.a5 f4 -+.
26...Rxe5 27.Re3?! Rxe3 28.fxe3 Re6-/+.
This stunningly simple move opens the game for Black's rooks and king to swarm all over key space in the kingside and center. White's rooks lack space and White's king is too far from the center and kingside to do much about it.
26.dxe5
Could it be that Schlechter had now intended to play 26.Rg5, but then saw Igor Zaitsev's (presumably also Rubinstein's) wonderful refutation? Zaitsev gives 26...Rf6! 27.Rxf6 Kxf6. Black also wins the king and pawn endgame, due to his powerful king and 3-2 kingside pawn majority, after 28.Rxe5 Rxe5 29.dxe5+ Kxe5, and if 30.Kc2 Ke4 31.c4 g5 32.Kc3 f5 33.b4 h4 34.a4 g4 35.a5 f4 -+.
26...Rxe5 27.Re3?! Rxe3 28.fxe3 Re6-/+.
Unity Chess Multiple Choice 507
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A: Rc8 β 6
πππππππ 55%
Ramesh, @SteveWongso, Vincent, Bryson, @Hamidhamidian, @Sophia_Peng
B: Qc6 β 4
πππππ 36%
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C: RΓd8 β 1
π 9%
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A: Rc8 β 6
πππππππ 55%
Ramesh, @SteveWongso, Vincent, Bryson, @Hamidhamidian, @Sophia_Peng
B: Qc6 β 4
πππππ 36%
@Afshin3333, @ALACIQ, @Fibonaccimathematician, Srikar
C: RΓd8 β 1
π 9%
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Unity Chess Multiple Choice 508
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A: a5 β 4
πππππππ 44%
Ramesh, Bryson, Srikar, @AryanLeekha
B: c6 β 3
πππππ 33%
@SteveWongso, @Sophia_Peng, @Ostad112
C: h5 β 2
ππππ 22%
Vincent, @RichardPeng
π₯ 9 people voted so far.
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A: a5 β 4
πππππππ 44%
Ramesh, Bryson, Srikar, @AryanLeekha
B: c6 β 3
πππππ 33%
@SteveWongso, @Sophia_Peng, @Ostad112
C: h5 β 2
ππππ 22%
Vincent, @RichardPeng
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π Paris Grand Chess Tour 2018
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π Paris Grand Chess Tour 2018
June 20-24, 2018
π The Paris Grand Chess Tour is the 2nd of 5 stages of the 2018 Grand Chess Tour, in which 9 of the world's best players and wild cards will play for a total prize fund of $1.2 million.
π The Paris event takes place in the studios of the CANAL+ TV channel in Boulogne-Billancourt and features Caruana, Nakamura, So, MVL, Anand, Aronian, Grischuk, Mamedyarov, Karjakin and wild card Kramnik.
π The rapid event is a 10-player single round-robin and features 3 rounds each day on the first 3 days, with a time control of 25 minutes for all moves and a 10-second delay from move 1. The final 2 days are a blitz double round-robin, with 18 rounds of 5 minutes + 3-second delay blitz. Rapid games count double, with 2 points for a win and 1 for a draw.
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June 20-24, 2018
π The Paris Grand Chess Tour is the 2nd of 5 stages of the 2018 Grand Chess Tour, in which 9 of the world's best players and wild cards will play for a total prize fund of $1.2 million.
π The Paris event takes place in the studios of the CANAL+ TV channel in Boulogne-Billancourt and features Caruana, Nakamura, So, MVL, Anand, Aronian, Grischuk, Mamedyarov, Karjakin and wild card Kramnik.
π The rapid event is a 10-player single round-robin and features 3 rounds each day on the first 3 days, with a time control of 25 minutes for all moves and a 10-second delay from move 1. The final 2 days are a blitz double round-robin, with 18 rounds of 5 minutes + 3-second delay blitz. Rapid games count double, with 2 points for a win and 1 for a draw.
πΉ ROUNDS SCHEDULE:
βοΈ Round 1 Jun 20, 2018 12:00
βοΈ Round 2 Jun 20, 2018 13:30
βοΈ Round 3 Jun 20, 2018 15:00
βοΈ Round 4 Jun 21, 2018 12:00
βοΈ Round 5 Jun 21, 2018 13:30
βοΈ Round 6 Jun 21, 2018 15:00
βοΈ Round 7 Jun 22, 2018 12:00
βοΈ Round 8 Jun 22, 2018 13:30
βοΈ Round 9 Jun 22, 2018 15:00
βοΈ Round B1 Jun 23, 2018 12:00
βοΈ Round B2 Jun 23, 2018 12:30
βοΈ Round B3 Jun 23, 2018 13:00
βοΈ Round B4 Jun 23, 2018 13:30
βοΈ Round B5 Jun 23, 2018 14:00
βοΈ Round B6 Jun 23, 2018 14:30
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βοΈ Round B8 Jun 23, 2018 15:30
βοΈ Round B9 Jun 23, 2018 16:00
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πΈ Shakhriyar Mamedyarov
πΈ Azerbaijani chess Grandmaster
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πΈ Shakhriyar Mamedyarov
πΈ Azerbaijani chess Grandmaster
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π #about_Mamedyarov
πΈ Shakhriyar Mamedyarov
πΈ Azerbaijani chess Grandmaster
π° Shakhriyar Hamid oglu Mamedyarov is an Azerbaijani chess grandmaster. He is the No. 1 ranked Azerbaijani player and No. 3 ranked player in the world as of May 2018. Mamedyarov has competed in the Candidates Tournament in 2011, in 2014 and in 2018.
π Full name: ΕΙhriyar HΙmid oΔlu MΙmmΙdyarov
π Country: Azerbaijan
π Born: 12 April 1985 (age 33)
π Sumgait, Azerbaijan SSR, Soviet Union
π Title: Grandmaster (2002)
π FIDE rating: 2808 (June 2018)
π Peak rating: 2814 (February 2018)
π Ranking: No. 3 (May 2018)
π Peak ranking: No. 2 (February 2018)
π° Mamedyarov has competed in the Candidates Tournament in 2011 (eliminated in quarterfinals), in 2014 (becoming fourth) and in 2018 (becoming second). He is a two-time World Junior Champion and was World Rapid Champion in 2013.
π° A gold medalist at the 2012 Chess Olympiad on the third board, he is a three-time European Team Champion (2009, 2013, 2017). He is also a two-time winner of Tal Memorial (2010 and 2014) and Shamkir Chess (2016 and 2017) tournaments.
π° In 2011, Mamedyarov was the tournament organisers' nominee, qualifying him for the Candidates tournament for the World Chess Championship 2012, where he lost to Boris Gelfand in the first round.
In the 2014 cycle, he qualified for the Candidates tournament by coming second in the FIDE Grand Prix 2012β13. He finished fourth in the Candidates, with a score of 7/14.
He failed to qualify for the 2016 Candidates. He came sixth in the FIDE Grand Prix 2014β15, and was knocked out in the quarter finals of the Chess World Cup 2015 by eventual winner Sergey Karjakin.
In the 2018 cycle, he qualified for the Candidates Tournament 2018 by winning the FIDE Grand Prix 2017. He finished as a runner-up in Candidates one point behind Caruana, with a score of 8/14.
β¦οΈ A memorable game by Memedyarov against Kramnik names "When the Shak Bites" in chessgames.com site!π
πΈ Vladimir Kramnik vs Shakhriyar Mamedyarov
πΈ Amber Tournament (Rapid) (2008), Nice FRA, rd 3, Mar-17
πΈ Budapest Defense: General (A52)
β¦οΈ Review and download PGN fileπ
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πΈ Shakhriyar Mamedyarov
πΈ Azerbaijani chess Grandmaster
π° Shakhriyar Hamid oglu Mamedyarov is an Azerbaijani chess grandmaster. He is the No. 1 ranked Azerbaijani player and No. 3 ranked player in the world as of May 2018. Mamedyarov has competed in the Candidates Tournament in 2011, in 2014 and in 2018.
π Full name: ΕΙhriyar HΙmid oΔlu MΙmmΙdyarov
π Country: Azerbaijan
π Born: 12 April 1985 (age 33)
π Sumgait, Azerbaijan SSR, Soviet Union
π Title: Grandmaster (2002)
π FIDE rating: 2808 (June 2018)
π Peak rating: 2814 (February 2018)
π Ranking: No. 3 (May 2018)
π Peak ranking: No. 2 (February 2018)
π° Mamedyarov has competed in the Candidates Tournament in 2011 (eliminated in quarterfinals), in 2014 (becoming fourth) and in 2018 (becoming second). He is a two-time World Junior Champion and was World Rapid Champion in 2013.
π° A gold medalist at the 2012 Chess Olympiad on the third board, he is a three-time European Team Champion (2009, 2013, 2017). He is also a two-time winner of Tal Memorial (2010 and 2014) and Shamkir Chess (2016 and 2017) tournaments.
π° In 2011, Mamedyarov was the tournament organisers' nominee, qualifying him for the Candidates tournament for the World Chess Championship 2012, where he lost to Boris Gelfand in the first round.
In the 2014 cycle, he qualified for the Candidates tournament by coming second in the FIDE Grand Prix 2012β13. He finished fourth in the Candidates, with a score of 7/14.
He failed to qualify for the 2016 Candidates. He came sixth in the FIDE Grand Prix 2014β15, and was knocked out in the quarter finals of the Chess World Cup 2015 by eventual winner Sergey Karjakin.
In the 2018 cycle, he qualified for the Candidates Tournament 2018 by winning the FIDE Grand Prix 2017. He finished as a runner-up in Candidates one point behind Caruana, with a score of 8/14.
β¦οΈ A memorable game by Memedyarov against Kramnik names "When the Shak Bites" in chessgames.com site!π
πΈ Vladimir Kramnik vs Shakhriyar Mamedyarov
πΈ Amber Tournament (Rapid) (2008), Nice FRA, rd 3, Mar-17
πΈ Budapest Defense: General (A52)
β¦οΈ Review and download PGN fileπ
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34...Rf6??
Missing a golden opportunity.
35...QΓg2+! 35.QΓg2 RΓg2+ 36.KΓg2 fΓe3 -+ would leave White helpless.
35.Re4 Qg3+ 36.QΓg3 fΓg3+ 37.Kg1 RΓf1+ 38.BΓf1 BΓh3 =
Missing a golden opportunity.
35...QΓg2+! 35.QΓg2 RΓg2+ 36.KΓg2 fΓe3 -+ would leave White helpless.
35.Re4 Qg3+ 36.QΓg3 fΓg3+ 37.Kg1 RΓf1+ 38.BΓf1 BΓh3 =
34.b3?
Caruana could have won the game with 34.Qg5!!
34.Qg5!! RΓc4 35.Ne7+
A) 35...Kf8 36.Rf1+ Ke8 37.QΓg6+ Kd7 38.Nf5 +- with three threats:
1-QΓg7
2-Qf7--->QΓc4
3.QΓd6+--->Ne7+
B) 35...Kh8 36.QΓh4+ Bh6 37.QΓh6#
34...RΓc4 35.bΓc4 Qb3 36.Ne3 Rf8 37.Qe2 Rf4 =
Caruana could have won the game with 34.Qg5!!
34.Qg5!! RΓc4 35.Ne7+
A) 35...Kf8 36.Rf1+ Ke8 37.QΓg6+ Kd7 38.Nf5 +- with three threats:
1-QΓg7
2-Qf7--->QΓc4
3.QΓd6+--->Ne7+
B) 35...Kh8 36.QΓh4+ Bh6 37.QΓh6#
34...RΓc4 35.bΓc4 Qb3 36.Ne3 Rf8 37.Qe2 Rf4 =