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Wednesday Quiz 19.7.17

By Yelena Dembo | July 19, 2017 - 06:43 |July 19, 2017 Exercises, Our Middlegame and Endgame Collection, Quiz

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White to move

Tuesday Quiz 18.7.17

By Yelena Dembo | July 18, 2017 - 06:19 |July 18, 2017 Exercises, Our Middlegame and Endgame Collection, Quiz

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Black to move

Dortmund 2017 2nd round

By Yelena Dembo | July 17, 2017 - 06:28 |July 17, 2017 Dortmund 2017

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Bluebaum and Wojtaszek lead with 1.5 points. Today is a rest day.

Results of the 2nd round

Blübaum – Fedoseev 1-0
Andreikin – Kramnik 1/2
Wojtaszek – Wang Yue 1-0
Nisipeanu – Vachier-Lagrave 1/2

Standings after 2 rounds

Bluebaum, Wojtaszek 1.5

Fedoseev, Vachier-Lagrave, Nisipeanu and Andreikin 1

Wang, Kramnik 0.5

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Monday Quiz 17.7.17

By Yelena Dembo | July 17, 2017 - 06:21 |July 17, 2017 Exercises, Our Middlegame and Endgame Collection, Quiz

Black to move

Dortmund 2017

By Yelena Dembo | July 16, 2017 - 06:47 |July 16, 2017 Dortmund 2017

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The first round was played yesterday. Fedoseev is leading after winning against Kramnik.

Results of the 1st round

Nisipeanu – Blübaum 1/2
Vachier-Lagrave – Wojtaszek 1/2
Wang Yue – Andreikin 1/2
Kramnik – Fedoseev 0-1

Some games of the round

   [Event "45th GM 2017"]   [Site "Dortmund GER"]   [Date "2017.07.15"]   [Round "1"]   [White "Kramnik, V."]   [Black "Fedoseev, Vl3"]   [Result "0-1"]   [ECO "B13"]   [WhiteElo "2812"]   [BlackElo "2726"]   [PlyCount "58"]   [EventDate "2017.07.15"]         e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Qc7 6. Na3 a6 7. Nc2 Nf6 8. h3     e6 9. Nf3 b5 10. O-O Bb7 11. Re1 Bd6 12. Bg5 Ne4 13. a4 bxa4 14. c4 Nxg5 15.   Nxg5 dxc4 16. Bxc4 Nd8 17. Ne3 Bf4 18. Qh5 Bxe3 19. Rxe3 Qxc4 20. Rxe6+ Kf8 21.   Re5 h6 22. Rae1 g6 23. Qh4 Kg7 24. Nxf7 Nxf7 25. Re6 g5 26. Qh5 Rhe8 27. Qg6+   Kf8 28. f3 Qxd4+ 29. Kh1 Rac8 0-1

   [Event "45th GM 2017"]   [Site "Dortmund GER"]   [Date "2017.07.15"]   [Round "1"]   [White "Vachier Lagrave, M."]   [Black "Wojtaszek, R."]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "C88"]   [WhiteElo "2791"]   [BlackElo "2736"]   [PlyCount "120"]   [EventDate "2017.07.15"]         e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4     b4 9. a5 d6 10. d3 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Nbd2 Rb8 13. c3 bxc3 14. bxc3 Rb5 15.   Nf1 Qd7 16. Bg5 Rxa5 17. Rxa5 Nxa5 18. d4 exd4 19. cxd4 h6 20. Bh4 Nc6 21. d5   Ne5 22. Nxe5 dxe5 23. dxe6 Qxe6 24. Qc2 Bb4 25. Rd1 Ba5 26. Ne3 Bb6 27. Nf5 Kh8     Bxf6 Qxf6 29. Qd2 a5 30. h4 h5 31. Qc1 Rd8 32. Rxd8+ Qxd8 33. Qa1 Qf6 34.     Qa4 Qe6 35. Ne3 Bxe3 36. fxe3 Qg6 37. Qb5 c6 38. Qxe5 a4 39. Qb8+ Kh7 40. Qb4   Qg3 41. Qxa4 Qe1+ 42. Kh2 Qxh4+ 43. Kg1 Qe1+ 44. Kh2 c5 45. e5 Qxe3 46. e6 Qxe6     Qc2+ Kh6 48. Qxc5 g5 49. g3 Qe2+ 50. Kg1 Kg6 51. Qd6+ Kf5 52. Qd7+ Qe6 53.     Qd1 Qe3+ 54. Kg2 Qe4+ 55. Kh2 h4 56. Qd7+ Kg6 57. gxh4 Qxh4+ 58. Kg2 g4 59.   Qe6+ Qf6 60. Qxg4+ Qg5 1/2-1/2

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