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Team USA is off to a great start at the 2020 FIDE chess #OnlineOlympiad after winning Pool D and qualifying for the quarterfinals.
https://new.uschess.org/news/team-usa-wins-pool-d-fide-online-olympiad
https://new.uschess.org/news/team-usa-wins-pool-d-fide-online-olympiad
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Team USA Wins Pool D at FIDE Online Olympiad
Team USA advances to the Quarterfinals of the 2020 FIDE Online Olympiad after winning Pool D from August 21-23.
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Viswanathan Anand's Top 5 Moves Of All Time
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Champions Showdown: Chess9LX will kick off on September 11.
The start-studded field includes Magnus Carlsen, Garry Kasparov, Fabiano Caruana, Hikaru Nakamura, Vachier_Lagrave, Levon Aronian, Leinier Dominguez, Peter Svidler Wesley So and Alireza Firouzja 🔥 🔥 🔥
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The start-studded field includes Magnus Carlsen, Garry Kasparov, Fabiano Caruana, Hikaru Nakamura, Vachier_Lagrave, Levon Aronian, Leinier Dominguez, Peter Svidler Wesley So and Alireza Firouzja 🔥 🔥 🔥
🔗 Saint Louis Chess Club (@STLChessClub)
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GM Wolfgang Uhlmann, 1935-2020
Wolfgang Uhlmann, a former world-class grandmaster, the most successful player from East Germany, a theoretician, and a writer of several books, died on Monday from the consequences of a fall. He was 85 years old. Obituary:
https://www.chess.com/news/view/wolfgang-uhlmann-obituary
Wolfgang Uhlmann, a former world-class grandmaster, the most successful player from East Germany, a theoretician, and a writer of several books, died on Monday from the consequences of a fall. He was 85 years old. Obituary:
https://www.chess.com/news/view/wolfgang-uhlmann-obituary
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GM Wolfgang Uhlmann 1935-2020
Wolfgang Uhlmann, a former world-class grandmaster, the most successful player from East Germany, a chess theoretician, and a writer of several chess books, died on Monday from the consequences of a fall. He was 85 years old. "The game made up my life," said…
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Uhlmann vs Geller, 1970 IBM tournament in Amsterdam. Photo: Rob Mieremet, Dutch National Archives / Anefo.
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Here's another excellent find in the Swiss Federal Archives: a clip from the 18th Chess Olympiad in Lugano focused on the Soviets (Petrosian, Geller, Korchnoi, Smyslov, Polugaevsky, and Spassky). They won the event at ease, 8½ points ahead of Yugoslavia. https://www.bar.admin.ch
🔗 Olimpiu G. Urcan (@olimpiuurcan)
🔗 Olimpiu G. Urcan (@olimpiuurcan)
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Daniel King - Power Play 28 Tactic Toolbox King's Gambit
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Team USA wins the second match against Ukraine 4-2 and goes through to meet Russia in the semis.
1. Korobov 0-1 So
2. Shtembuliak 0-1 Shankland
3. Osmak ½-½ Zatonskih
4. Gaponenko 1-0 Abrahamyan
5. Shevchenko ½-½ Xiong
6. Shpanko 0-1 Wang
📷: Sam Shankland by D. Llada
1. Korobov 0-1 So
2. Shtembuliak 0-1 Shankland
3. Osmak ½-½ Zatonskih
4. Gaponenko 1-0 Abrahamyan
5. Shevchenko ½-½ Xiong
6. Shpanko 0-1 Wang
📷: Sam Shankland by D. Llada
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In a roller coaster Armageddon game, Monika Socko defeated Gunay Mammadzada with White and brought her team a victory over Azerbaijan. Poland goes through to meet India in the semifinals! #ChessOlympiad
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Semifinals of the Online #ChessOlympiad on August 29:
🇮🇳 India v Poland 🇵🇱 - 09:00 UTC (11:00 in Warsaw, 14:30 in New Delhi)
🇷🇺 Russia v USA 🇺🇸 - 16:00 UTC (12:00 in Washington, DC, 19:00 in Moscow)
Live on http://chess.com/tv and http://youtube.com/fidechannel
🇮🇳 India v Poland 🇵🇱 - 09:00 UTC (11:00 in Warsaw, 14:30 in New Delhi)
🇷🇺 Russia v USA 🇺🇸 - 16:00 UTC (12:00 in Washington, DC, 19:00 in Moscow)
Live on http://chess.com/tv and http://youtube.com/fidechannel