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Pia Cramling, the Grande Dame of Chess is celebrating her 60th Anniversary today. Heartfelt congratulations! Looking back and forward, our author, who was a spectator at the tournament where she made her final GM norm to obtain the Grandmaster title as fifth woman on earth, presents fantastic facts and funny figures from an unparalleled biography. | Photo: Carolina Byrmo via hemtrevligt.se ....
The Russian Superfinals are taking place on October 9-20. An open tournament and a women’s tournament are taking place concurrently. The open event, which includes Aleksandra Goryachkina (pictured), has Dmitry Andreikin, Nikita Vitiugov and Andrey Esipenko as the top seeds. Polina Shuvalova, Alina Kashlinskaya and Natalija Pogonina are the highest-rated players in the women’s section. | Photo: Eteri Kublashvili ....
The ChessBase Magazine offers a window to the world of professional chess and it also provides arsenal for the tournament player. This issue offers games from two major events, the Magnus Carlsen Invitational and the Opera Euro Rapid, 547 games, 3 opening videos, 12 opening surveys, demo, lectures and exercises for training. It also includes games annotated by Anish Giri, Wesley So and Jan-Krzysztof Duda to mention a few. Prof. Nagesh Havanur takes a look. ....
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With an interesting rook ending. Is it winning? 30.Rd2 31.a4 Ra2 32.Kg2 f5 33.Rc8 [33.c4!? with the idea 33.Rxa4 34.Kh3 Rxc4 35.f4+ Kxh5 36.Rxf5+ Kg6 37.Rxa5] 33.Rxa4 34.Rc5 Ra2 35.Kf3
36.Ke3 Kg5 37.f3 Kxh5 [37.Ra3 38.g4] 38.Kf4 [Threatening Kxf5 and mate after Kf6.] 38.Kg6 39.Rc6+ Kg7 40.Kxf5 [with a decisive advantage.] 40.Rf2 41.Rc7+ Kf8 42.f4 Rf3 43.g4 a4 44.c4 a3 45.Ra7 Rc3 46.Kf6 Ke8 47.c5 Rc4 48.f5 Rxg4 49.c6 Kd8 50.Rxa3 Kc7 51.Rh3 1-0 Sergey Karjakin and Vladislav Artemiev At the next board, Sergey Karjakin, also playing white, prevailed against Vladislav Artemiev.
37.Qe2 Nf5? [Better was 37.Qc5 38.Re6 Ng8 39.Rg6+ Kh8 and Black still holds.] ....