Monday, May 20, 2013

Grandmaster in trouble



    
Black to move

A position from the 2013 U.S. Championship in Saint Louis.
Grandmaster Yury Shulman is playing White against Jorge Sammour-Hasbun.

White is in big trouble, but Black went wrong with 19...0-0.
Shulman continued with 20.Ke2! and even won the game later.


Black has a much stronger move than 19...0-0. Can you find it?    

      

Sunday, May 19, 2013

Doubling the rooks falls for a nice trick



    
Grandmaster Alexander Shabalov is playing Black.
White has just played the wrong move Raf1.

How should Black continue the game?
      
  

Saturday, May 18, 2013

Wang Hao - Viswanathan Anand, Norway Chess 2013, Stavanger



      
           
           


    
    
     
Games 1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nc6 6.e3
Games 1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nc6 6.Nc2   
Games 1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nc6 6.Nb3 
    

Peter Svidler - Sergey Karjakin, Norway Chess 2013, Stavanger



    
     
               
     

      
      
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Monday, May 13, 2013

Sergey Karjakin - Magnus Carlsen, Norway Chess 2013, Stavanger





 

        
    

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Sunday, May 12, 2013

Alexander Stripunsky - Ray Robson, 2013 U.S. Championship, Saint Louis



      
White to move
   
     
Stripunsky played 30.Qh4 and later won the game,
but White has a much stronger continuation.
    
  
Solution 
      
   

Alexandra Kosteniuk - Ju Wenjun, Women's Grand Prix 2013, Geneva



    
White to move
   

Alexandra Kosteniuk - Anna Ushenina, Women's Grand Prix 2013, Geneva







      
     
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Saturday, May 11, 2013

Viswanathan Anand - Veselin Topalov, Norway Chess 2013, Stavanger



      
      
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I played my first chess game in December 1977 and was lucky to hold draw. I continued to play chess and joined a chess club in September 1978. I'm still enjoying playing chess. I like to do many other things than playing chess. Long walks, some jogging, cycling, reading books, listen to music, watch movies, writing and much more. Life is fun!