The concept of the Millionaire Chess festival has been as unique as it has been inspiring. Although there are unquestionably opens with even stronger lineups at the top, such as the Isle of Man running concurrently off the British Isles, this was never what really made it so special. Of course, it is thrilling to see a player such as Kramnik, Caruana, or Nakamura in a tournament you are playing in, but when it comes down to it, unless you are one of these elite players, you know who will be fighting for the top prizes, and that unless you get paired with them in the first or second rounds, you won’t be seeing them across the board from you.

This is where Millionaire Chess comes in. It still won’t promise you a one-on-one against these top players, but even the lowliest Under-1200 player could finish with a prize that exceeds theirs. This is no idle boast either. Sure, the first prize of the Open Section will win a cool $30 thousand, which no other player will beat, but even the first prize of the Under-1600 section will win over $10 thousand, which is higher than the 3rd prize in the Open Section. So yes, while the entry fee for all may be a hefty $549 (if registered by August), the payoff for all players promises to be proportionally attractive.

All players have been invited to have a ‘Red Carpet’ photo taken, much like the prize ceremonies we see on TV

The opportunity was taken up by many, who got a chance to have a top-notch portrait taken

As many opens in the United States, the schedule is both intense, and somewhat confusing compared to more common organizations in Europe and elsewhere. This does not mean it is disorganized, just that there are myriad options not usually seen. The basic five-day schedule is a fairly normal two rounds per day at 120 minutes for 40 moves plus a 30-minute sudden death. However, for players with less time, or wishing to save money on one day of hotel rates, there is also the four-day schedule. For these players, the first four rounds are packed into a single day playing four consecutive games of 45 minutes for each side. After that, they join the rest for the final rounds, all played at 40 moves in two hours as above, competing for the same prizes.

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With one round to go, only one player, Semen Lomasov from Russia, is guaranteed the first place – he cannot be surpassed in the Open 14 category. A draw tomorrow will make Haik Martirosyan the Open 16 champion. The champions of other categories will be determined tomorrow. The struggle in the Girls championships will be particularly sharp – sudden losses of the leaders in all age groups ruined many plans.

Let us begin with them. Alexandra Obolentseva played the first nine days of the Under 18 championship perfectly – aggressively as White, accurately as Black. However, in the penultimate round, when the goal was so close, she suddenly collapsed…

Normally Obolentseva senses dynamic opportunities of Black in the King’s Indian with her fingertips. Not today, though. The diagrammed position in the game against Uurtsaikh Uuriintuya from Mongolia (Black) is equal. The simplest way to prove it is 20…Bxc1 21.Qxc1 Kh8, and the attacks on opposite sides of the board must balance each other. However, the Mongolian wants more, and Alexandra accepts the challenge.

20…f4 21.Bd3?! (the bishop does not prevent e5-e4, and the g2-square becomes weak) 21…Qe7 22.Bc2?! (bringing the piece even further from the king) 22…Qg7 23.Nd2 Bd7! (aiming at the h3-pawn) 24.Qf3 Kh8 25.Bb2. Still not sensing any danger. White should have maintained the blockade by 25.Ne4 Bf5, and it is not easy to break through.

25…Be8! (hinting that a queen is a poor blocker) 26.Qe2? (more accurate is 26.Kh1, vacating the g1-square for a rook) 26…Rg8! 27.f3. If White is forced to play such move, she is definitely in trouble. On 27.Qf1 there is the elegant 27…Nxd5!, and 28.cxd5? fails to 28…Bb5!

27…Bd7?! (more accurate is 27…Nh5, combining the threats on g- and h-files) 28.Kh2? (the king is vulnerable here; after 28.Kh1 Nh5 29.Ne4 Bf5 30.Qd2 Qd7 31.Nf2 there is nothing forced for Black) 28…Qg3+ 29.Kh1 Rg5! 30.Rf1?! (better is 30.Qf1 and Re2) 30…Bxh3! A spectacular finale. White cannot survive under a coordinated attack of all Black’s pieces. Obolentseva resisted hopelessly until the 45th move, but the inevitable happened – her first loss in 10 games. She has 8 out of 10 now.

Her only rival Stavroula Tsolakidou won easily against Mahalakshmi, who got lost in a well-known variation of the French.

Black had no time to prepare a long castling and now gets punished for that. 13.d5! cxd5 (13…exd5? loses to 14.Nd4 Qd7 15.Bd3) 14.Bb5+ Nd7 15.Nd4 Kf8? Black has a difficult position after 15…a6 16.Bc6 Bxc6 17.Nxc6 Qc7 18.Nxe7 Kxe7 19.Rxd5, but at least it does not lose on the spot. The text leads to a quick finale.

16.Qh5! Rg7 (protecting on f7, but missing another hit) 17.Rxe6! Kg8 18.Rxe7 (all roads read to Rome by now) 18…Qxe7 19.Ngf5. Black resigns. The Greek moved on 8 out of 10.

The fate of the gold will be decided tomorrow. If Tsolakidou and Obolentseva tie for first, the Greek will likely become a champion, as she has a superior tie-break, and their individual game ended in a draw.
Shuvalova Polina (RUS)

Polina Shuvalova once again created problems for herself in the Girls 16 championship. Her opponent Mobina Alinasab got under time pressure and gave the Russian great winning chances. Alas, the Moscow champion did not use this opportunity. Actually, she even found the way to lose.

The knight transfer to f4 is called for. Black can also capture on a2, winning a pawn. Instead of that, Shuvalova blitzed out 31…Bxf5?! 32.exf5 Qd4 33.a3 Nbd5 34.Qd3 h5? This makes no sense. Black must trade queens are bring her king in the center with a clear advantage due to a better structure and piece activity.

35.Qxd4 exd4 36.Nc4 Nf4 37.Be4 b5 38.Nd2 Ned5? Preventing the bishop from going to b5. Fixating a weakness on h3 was necessary – 38…h4! And now White achieves a winning position, playing simple and natural moves. Black’s pawns on b5 and a6 are the deciding factor of the game.

39.gxh5! Kg7 40.Kg3 Nxh5+ 41.Kf3 Nhf4 42.Bxd5 Nxd5 43.Ke4! The tables have turned – the white king plays the key role, while the black king is a mere spectator. Shuvalova’s attempts to complicate things did not bring her anything.

Unfortunately for the hosts, Shuvalova’s rivals took the maximum out of her first loss – both Anna-Maja Kazarian and Hagawane Aakanksha won their games and surpassed the Russian. The Indian will also enjoy a tie-break advantage, as she defeated Kazarian in the round 5. Shuvalova can only hope for a miracle…

A complete shake up occurred in the Girls 14 championship. The Chinese Zhu Jiner, who started with 7.5 out of 8, began to crumble. Yesterday she lost to Olga Badelka from Belarus, and today suffered another defeat by Annie Wang from USA. The American slowly gathered small advantages and then suddenly threatened mate, for which there was no defense. Badelka also looked pale today, losing as White to Vantika Agrawal.

With one round to go, the Indian and the American have 8 out of 10. Wang is a bit closer to the gold thanks to a victory in their individual game, but who can really predict the events of the final round?

We will provide just two details about the Open championships. Maksim Vavulin, the leader of the Open 18 event, made another draw, and Manuel Petrosyan managed to catch him up. Now the only advantage of the Russian is his superior tie-break.

In the Open 16 category, Haik Martirosyan, as we already reported, only needs a draw to become a champion. The Russian Olexander Triapishko is just half a point behind, but the tie-break of the Armenian is much higher. As for the Open 14 category, the fate of the gold medals has already been decided.

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Carlos Oliveira Dias from Portugal is the chief arbiter at the FIDE World Youth U14, U16, U18 Championships 2016. Despite of the busy schedule and loads of work to be done during the rounds of the tournament he was kind enough to grant the official media team of the event an interview regarding the championships and his impressions about Khanty-Mansiysk. Enjoy!
The Chief Arbiter Carlos Dias (POR)

– Carlos, you are the chief arbiter at the FIDE World Youth U14, U16, U18 tournament. What are your overall impressions from the arbiter’s point of view?

– I am very happy about my team on these World Youth Championships. All arbiters are really good and professional. I am also satisfied with the work of the organizing committee. The playing hall is super. Till now everything is running smooth. No problems at all.

– Tell us about other arbiters of the tournament.

– Well, I am from Portugal, two arbiters are from the Great Britain. They are Lara Barnes and Alex McFarlane. We have two arbiters from Armenia, two from Belarus, one from Japan, one from Australia and the rest are from Russia. It’s quite good lot of arbiters. They are doing their job properly.

– What can you say about the quality of games during the tournament?

– We are having quite a good lot of participants here. Their level is very high and I hope in the end of the tournament we’ll have maybe three, four or five new titles. We’ll see.

– Is it more difficult to deal with children that with grown-up players?

– Actually, the difference between tournaments for children and for grown-ups is not so big. The rules are the same for everybody. But you have to be careful, because young players make some mistakes that grown-up people don’t make. But it’s more or less. Of course, we have some difference in their emotionality as well, as they are still children. But at this age it is not very big.

– Sometimes kids are very much interested in receiving some hints and advices from their coaches. What is done on this tournament to prevent them from doing this? What anti-cheating measures are used here?

– We are not taking a lot of measures about that, but we are careful about anti-cheating, of course. We are trying to avoid the contact between players and their coaches. And so far, so good. No problems. It is not like in the Olympiad. We have less rules of anti-cheating. But we are controlling the situation, of course. All electronic devices in the playing hall are prohibited. Once or twice we even went to the toilets just to check one or two players but it was ok, we didn’t find anything. In all big events like World Youth Championships and the Grand-prix we have a big gap between places for coaches and players. This is done to prevent hints from the audience. We are doing this to protect the players, nothing else.

– What is your opinion about the dress-code for players?

– I don’t think this is needed for players. At least not in this kind of events. For the players dress-code if needed only in Grand-prix, World Cups and World Championships. Besides, they are kids and almost all of the time they want to show their own clothes from their home countries. And this is ok. But as for arbiters, of course, we have our dress-code.

– Is it your first visit to Khanty-Mansiysk? What have you heard about this place before coming here and what are your impressions about the city?

– Yes, it is my first visit. Before going here I looked in the Internet trying to learn more about the city, but I was very surprised when I came here. I find this city very lovely. It is small like my city Leiria in Portugal with about 100 000 inhabitants. People of Khanty-Mansiysk are also very nice and friendly. I have visited the Ugra Chess Academy and I liked it. I didn’t see anything like this before. I enjoy this visit very much.

– What about the organization of this tournament?

– Super! Really super! Everything is prepared well – the playing hall, the accreditation desk, the personnel that is ready to help the delegations with any issue. Everything’s going really good till now and I hope till the end as well.

– How many year are you working as an arbiter?

– I’ve started my career as an arbiter 33 years ago. I am an international arbiter since 1997, almost 20 years now. I got my “A” category 5 years ago. I am also FIDE lecturer and I am a member of the Arbiters’ Commission of the International Federation of Chess.

– Your work involves a lot of travelling all over the world. Is it difficult to have such a lifestyle?

– Yes, I travel quite a lot. Sometimes it is difficult because I miss my family. But it’s ok. They are looking forward to seeing me back from Khanty-Mansiysk with presents from Russia. I got shoes for my wife, some toys for my kids and a lighter for my father. I hope they’ll like it.

– What will be your next tournament?

– My next tournament will be in Portugal in November and I hope to be in Qatar in the end of the year for World Rapid and Blitz Championships. We’ll see.

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Host of the event was the Liberty Science Center in New Jersey. The moderator of the event, an ardent fan of games and game shows.
Eleven opponents and only 30 minutes for all his games but Magnus Carlsen seemed confident Games. After the game the World Champion complimented his youngest opponent: “He plays much better than I did when I was eight years old.”

The event was shown live on the internet.

After all games had finished the World Champion revealed some of this thoughts about their game to his opponents.

No chessplayer likes to get mated…but maybe it’s easier to bear if you play against the World Champion.

Soeren Marx from Germany is an ardent Carlsen fan: he got interested in chess when reading an article about Carlsen in the German weekly “Der Spiegel”. Isaac Wiebe from Canada was the last to lose. But the result of the game was never really in doubt.

Magnus Carlsen enjoyed his victory

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In August 1986, a game of quick chess was played at the U.S. Open in Somerset, N.J. The board was vinyl, the pieces were plastic, and a Jerger wooden chess clock sat next to the board. While the set may have been common, the players were most certainly not.

Playing with the white pieces was GM Reuben Fine. GM Samuel Reshevsky played black. Both were legends, second only to Bobby Fischer in American chess history.

The timing for this specific game on this chess set was also notable: It was the first induction ceremony for the U.S. Chess Hall of Fame. It is only fitting that the Hall of Fame was opened by a game between two of its most illustrious inductees.

Not only was Reuben Fine one of the world’s best players for nearly 20 years, he was also a doctor of psychology who wrote several books on that subject as well as on chess. Sammy Reshevsky was a child prodigy who was a strong contender for the World Championship from the 1930s through the ‘60s.

Fine won the U.S. Open seven times to Reshevsky’s three (once tying with each other); but, Reshevsky had a tendency to beat Fine at the U.S. Championship, winning it eight times while Fine always seemed to come up just short. Stats like these make it clear the two had an excellent and well-matched rivalry, with Reshevsky coming out on top with four wins to Fine’s three and 12 games that were drawn.

Below are presented a few of their notable battles, including the game played at the opening of Hall of Fame. Fittingly, the 1986 U.S. Open was won by another American chess legend, GM Larry Christiansen.

The first career game between the two champions took place at the Western Open in 1933. Just the year previous, Fine won the U.S. Open ahead of Reshevsky. In this game, however, it was Sammy who got the better of the duel with a fine exchange sac.

Reshevsky, Samuel – Fine, Reuben

Detroit, 1933

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Bxd2+ 5.Qxd2 b6 6.g3 Bb7 7.Bg2 0–0 8.Nc3 Qe7 9.0–0 d6 10.Qc2 c5 11.dxc5 bxc5 12.Rad1 Nc6 13.e4 Rfd8 14.Rd2 Ng4 15.Rfd1 Nge5 16.Nxe5 Nd4 17.Ng6 hxg6 18.Qd3 e5 19.Rf1 Bc6 20.f4 Rab8 21.f5 Qg5 22.f6 Rb7 23.Rdf2 gxf6 24.b3 f5 25.exf5 Bxg2 26.Kxg2 gxf5 27.Rxf5 Nxf5 28.Rxf5 Qh6 29.Qe4 Re7 30.Qg4+ Kf8 31.Rh5 Qg7 32.Qh4 Ke8 33.Nd5 f5 34.Nxe7

1–0

The following game was a battle played out in their respective primes at the 1938 U.S. Championship. Reshevsky had the much better side of the draw, and later went on to win the event.

Fine, Reuben – Reshevsky, Samuel

1938 U.S. Championship, New York, 1938

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qb3 Nc6 5.Nf3 a5 6.a3 a4 7.Qc2 Bxc3+ 8.Qxc3 h6 9.d5 exd5 10.cxd5 Na5 11.d6 cxd6 12.Bf4 0–0 13.Rd1 Re8 14.e3 Ne4 15.Qc2 Nb3 16.Bc4 Qa5+ 17.Kf1 b6 18.Kg1 Ba6 19.Rd5 Nbc5 20.h3 Bxc4 21.Qxc4 b5 22.Qd4 Nb3 23.Qd3 Nbc5 24.Qe2 b4 25.axb4 Qxb4 26.Bxd6 Nxd6 27.Rxd6 Rab8 28.Rd2 Ne4 29.Rc2 Rec8 30.Kh2 Rxc2 31.Qxc2 d5

½–½

Here is a faster game they played on the set that now resides in the World Chess Hall of Fame. Both champions were in their 70s and hadn’t faced each other over the board in more than 30 years. Fine had excellent chances to convert a rook ending, but a few slips towards the end of the game allowed Reshevsky to escape with a draw.

(1) Fine,Reuben – Reshevsky,Samuel [E19]

Hall of Fame G/30, 1986

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.Nc3 Ne4 7.Qc2 Nxc3 8.Qxc3 0–0 9.0–0 c5 10.Rd1 Bf6 11.Qc2 Nc6 12.dxc5 bxc5 13.Be3 Qe7 14.Rd2 Rfd8 15.Rad1 d6 16.h3 h6 17.Bf4 e5 18.Be3 Nd4 19.Bxd4 exd4 20.Ne1 Bxg2 21.Nxg2 Bg5 22.Rd3 h5 23.h4 Bh6 24.e3 dxe3 25.Nxe3 Bxe3 26.Rxe3 Qd7 27.Qe2 Qf5 28.Qf3 Qxf3 29.Rxf3 Rd7 30.Rf5 Re8 31.Kf1 Rde7 32.Rxd6 Re1+ 33.Kg2 R1e2 34.Rd7 f6 35.Rxa7 Rxb2 36.a4 Re5 37.Rxe5 fxe5 38.Rc7 Rb4 39.a5 Rxc4 40.a6 Ra4 41.a7 Kh7 42.Kf3 Kg6 43.Rxc5

½–½

Overall, a rivalry such as this makes a seemingly ordinary set one that must go down in history. Not only does it represent the game of chess at the highest level, it stands for the intensity of the sport that has and will capture the hearts of fans for generations.

If you would like to view this historic chess set, it is on display for the month of September at the World Chess Hall of Fame. The World Chess Hall of Fame will be honoring its five year anniversary with a celebration on Sept. 29 from 6-8 p.m. where attendees will be able to see three brand new exhibits, as well as the aforementioned chess set.

For more information about the featured chess set or upcoming exhibitions, please visit http://www.worldchesshof.org/exhibitions/.

Article author GM Josh Friedel began playing chess at the age of three and entered his first tournament at just six years old. GM Friedel received the IM title at 18 and proceeded to earn the GM title at 22. He is a 3-time New Hampshire State Champion, as well as a 2-time California State Champion. GM Friedel has played in six U.S. Championships and won the U.S. Open Championship is 2013. The Saint Louis Chess Club welcomes GM Friedel as a regular grandmaster in residence.

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The Indian team in the open section on Tuesday handed over an handsome defeat to the host Azerbaijan in the fifth round of the World Chess Olympiad held at Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan.

The Indian team won 3-1 with World No 16 Grandmaster P. Harikrishna made a quick work to win against GM Mamedyarov in 34 moves on the top board.

While Indian GMs B. Adhiban and S.P. Sethuraman split points with their opponents, GM Vidit Santosh Gujrathi won against GM Naiditsch in just 37 moves.

Gujrathi has a perfect score of winning all the five games he had played till now. Interestingly this is his first Chess Olympiad.

On the other hand, the Indian womens drew their match against much lower-rated Vietnam 2-2.

On the top board World No.5 Indian GM Harika Dronavalli and on the fourth board WGM Soumya Swaminathan drew their games against their Vietnamese opponents.

But in the other two boards it was mixed results for India with International Master Tania Sachdev suffering her first defeat in the tournament.

After suffering a loss in the fourth round, Indian IM Padmini Rout bounced back defeating her Vietnamese opponent.

The biennial World Chess Olympiad is an 11-round Swiss open, with one rest day on September 7. The open section features 181 teams from 176 countries, with the 899 players.

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This year’s Olympiad will be held in Crystal Hall in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan (seating capacity: 25,000) and promises to be one of the finest in chess history. The budget is 13.3 million Euros and preparations reflect that commitment. ChessBase will be covering the event extensively. Here for starts is a preview of previous Chess Olympiads by someone who has attended them all since 1992. Enjoy a long interesting trip down memory lane.

The traditional chess Olympiad is beginning on the 1st of September and for chess players it is the true chess festival, an amalgamation of the top elite players battling for the medals alongside amateur teams from some of the smallest countries in the world. It is also the only major event where the number of female participants is close to their male counterparts. For two weeks everyone plays under one roof, making it a truly special tournament that is held every two years.

Looking ahead to the Baku Olympiad it is more newsworthy to note who is missing from the top teams participating. The real news was the choice of the Armenian Federation to not send a contingent to Baku due to the political climate between Azerbaijan and Armenia. It means that a team who in recent times was twice champions of the Olympiad will not participate.

Such stars of the chess world as Vishy Anand, Peter Svidler, Vassily Ivanchuk, Boris Gelfand are not representing their countries and with the absence of Armenia, it means Levon Aronian will not be present. Vishy Anand has often decided to give Olympiads a miss, with the randomness of the Swiss system, the zero tolerance rule often been quoted as factors.

The Russian federation had ten 2700+ players to choose from, so the absence of Svidler may not be felt. Ivanchuk, who has one of the best Olympiad records in history, is not representing Ukraine reportedly due to his new passion for draughts! A draughts tournament in Poland will be graced by the Ukranian but the chess world hopes that one of its modern day geniuses will soon be back pushing knights and bishops instead!

The absence of Boris Gelfand for Israel and for that matter Emil Sutovsky seems to be due to a dispute with their own chess federation. For lovers of chess it brings a touch of sadness to know these two great fighting, creative players will not be there in Baku representing their country.

The Russian team are the traditional favourites by rating but have not been successful in recent years, they could put together various strong teams and have gone for the lineup of Vladimir Kramnik, Sergey Karjakin, Alexander Grischuk, Evgeny Tomashevsky and Ian Nepomniachtchi. It seems incredible that the last time the Russian team was successful was in Bled, 2002. In that event the team comprised of Garry Kasparov, Alexander Grischuk, Alexander Khalifman, Alexander Morozevich, Peter Svidler and Sergey Rublevsky. In recent editions of the Olympiad teams with a great team chemistry have been successful, like Armenia and China, so it will be interesting to see whether the Russian team can live up to top billing.

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The U.S. Masters Chess Championship is underway in Greensboro this weekend.

84 highly ranked players from around the world gathered for the 9-round tournament that stretches over two days.

Organizers and players say the centuries old game is still releveant today.Despite the quiet in the tournament room, it’s filled with intense competition.

Instead of extreme physicality like the Olympics, it’s mostly mental.

Kassa Korley is a player who representing the U.S. and Denmark, and has been playing chesse since he was 5.

People say in different sports, boxing and basketball, styles make fights, and it’s the same thing in chess, where everyone has a unique style,” said Korley. “You’re sort of playing against that style as well as playing the game.”

The intense concentration is reflected in the faces squared off across the chess boards.

The 23-year-old Korley has been playing chess since he was 5.

“I always loved games and competition, and chess was a really good way, environment to foster that interest,’’ said Korley.

84 highly-ranked players from over a dozen countries from around the world are competing in the U.S. Master’s Championship.

“Everybody here has obtained at least a Master’s Title, and you have to be quite good to get to that level,” said Walter High, the tournament organizer.

The championships consist of 9 rounds, played out over 5 days.

“The games can go to 5 to 6 hours apiece, so you can’t play more than 2 games in a day, because it just gets too exhausting,” said High.

While chess dates back to the 5th century, fans think it still has relevance today, even in the age of video games.

“It develops critical thinking,” said High. “You have to learn to plan ahead, you have to think about everything you do, and there are consequences for everything you do.”

Some 250 other players are competing in the N.C. Open.

While there are young and old faces, fans say it’s a skill you can continue to improve over the course of a lifetime.

“It’s really interesting to see your progress, and see how you develop,’’ said Korley. “I think that’s why people stick with it, because they see themselves as being better and everyone has a dream of becoming something more than what they already are.”

The Tournament runs through Sunday afternoon at the Embassy Suites Hotel in Greensboro.

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The 40th World Chess Solving Championship took place during the first week in August in Belgrade (above a night view from the Sava river), the capital of Serbia. In my previous article I wrote about the location and its history, and how much media attention the event got. The main event was dominated by the Polish solving team of Aleksander Mista, Piotr Murdzia and Kacper Piorun, who took the title.

Overview of the solving hall in Belgrade

In my report I selected some of the simpler problems for solving, so this is a good opportunity for those new to solving to have a go. Today I will give you the solutions, with extensive explanations that will hopefully allow you to appreciate this field of chess endeavour – and help you become a better solver in the process.

• 1.Bc7! 1.Be5? Ne6 1.Bd6? Nd3 1…Na4 1…Ne6 2.Qf5# 1…Nd3 2.Qxd7# 1…Qxc7 2.Qf5# 1…f2 2.Qg2# 2.Qe4#
• 1.Rc4 Qxc4 1…Rb5 2.Qd7+ Kxc4 3.Qd4# 1…Rc5 2.Nc7+ Kc6 2…Kxc4 3.Qg4# 2…Rxc7 3.Qg8# 3.Qe6# 1…Qd7 2.Rd4+ Kxe6 3.Qxd7# 1…Qb4 2.Rxb4 1…g4 2.Nf4+ Kxe5 3.Qe6# 2.Qd7+ Ke4 3.Nxg5#
• 1.Bh3 g1Q 2.Nxg1 Ng5 3.Bg2 3.Bf5? Kd2 4.e4 Ke3 5.e5 Nf7! 5…Kf4? 6.e6 6.e6 Nd6+ 7.Kd7 Nxf5 3…Kd2 4.e4 Ke3 4…Kd3 5.e5 Kd4 5.e5 Kd4 5…Kf4 6.Nh3+ Nxh3 7.e6 Ng5 8.e7 Nf7 9.Kc7 6.Nf3+ Nxf3 7.e6 Nh4 8.Be4! 8.e7? Nf5 8…Kxe4 9.e7
• 1…Bd5 1…Qb5 2.Be5 Bc6 3.Bc7 Nd5 4.exd4# 1…Bc6 2.exf4 Kd5 3.f5 Nc5 4.Rxd4# 2.Rb4 Bc4 3.Rb6 Nd5 4.Bxd4#
• 1.Bg3 f6 1…– 2.Qxc3 d4 3.Qf3+ Kxe5 4.Bxf4# 1…Ra4 2.Qxc3 Rd4 2…d4 3.Qf3+ Kxe5 4.Bxf4# 3.Qe3+ fxe3 4.f3# 1…Kxe5 2.Bxf4+ Kxf4 3.Qe3+ Kg4 4.Qg3# 1…Bd7 2.f3+ Kxe5 3.Qb4 d4 3…fxg3 4.f4# 4.Qc5# 1…c2 2.Qxc2+ Kxe5 3.Bxf4+ Kxf4 3…Kd4 4.Nf5# 4.Qf5# 1…b4 2.f3+ Kxe5 3.Bf2 — 4.Bd4# 2.Qe3+ fxe3 3.f3+ Kd4 4.Ne6#
• 1.Nd7 Ba7 1…– 2.Nc4+ Kd4 3.Nd2+ Rxa4# 1…Ba2 2.Nxc2+ Kxc2 3.Qxb3+ Bxb3# 1…Rxg4 2.Nf5+ Rxg3 3.Qa6+ Rxa6# 1…d4 2.Bf5+ Re4 3.Qa6+ Rxa6# 2.Qc4+ dxc4 3.Nf5+

Dr John Nunn (born April 25, 1955) is one of the world’s best-known chess players and authors. He showed early promise in chess and in mathematics, entering Oxford University at the unusually early age of 15. in 1989 he ranked among the top ten in the world in chess and went on to become a successful chess author and publicist.

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The people in the province of Guadalajara live from agriculture and cultivate rye, potatoes and other vegetables. Hinojosa is one these small villages in the province. “Driving” through the village with the help of Google Streetview shows that Hinojosa probably does not suffer from overpopulation.

But the few inhabitants of Hinojosa seem to like chess. For the seond time this year they invited two juniors to play a game of chess, the moves of which were transmitted live by radio to… their field! Now tractors, harvesters and other agriculturual machines turned into chess pieces and replayed the game live on the field.

The starting position. The machines and their drivers are ready for battle.

It is easy to distinguish the rooks……but which piece is attacking here?

The two juniors make the machines move

Arturo Fernandez plays chess and he knows why.

The game was won by Arturo Fernandez. In an interview he explained his passion for chess: “Chess brought me a lot. Chess helps me thinking in school. Chess is good for everything in life.”

With the unique chess game between agricultural machines the people of Hinojosa wanted to make their village and the province of Guadalajara better known. They succeeded!

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