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Jan-01-22 Bibisara Assaubayeva    cro777: Only 17 and already a world champion! 17-year-old Bibisara Assaubayeva won the 2021 FIDE Women’s World Blitz Championship with a round to spare, after winning second place in the Women’s Rapid Championship. With impressive 13 wins, 2 draws, and 2 losses, she finished clear 1st, ...      Dec-17-21 Alireza Firouzja    cro777: Carlsen announces that his match against Nepomniachtchi likely was his last, unless Firouzja wins the Candidates! https://twitter.com/chess24com/stat...      Dec-16-21 Anish Giri    cro777: Carlsen announces that his match against Nepomniachtchi likely was his last, unless Firouzja wins the Candidates!      Dec-10-21 Ian Nepomniachtchi    cro777: Goodbye Dubai! In game 11, Nepo (with the white pieces) made another big blunder and lost his fourth game, setting the final score to 7.5-3.5 in favor of Carlsen. Nepomniachtchi – Carlsen. Position after 22...Rf4 [DIAGRAM] 23.g3?? <'Anoter horror blunder!' (Giri). 23.Rxd4 was ...      Dec-07-21 Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa    cro777: Symbolic gesture. Praggnanandhaa made the first ceremonial move in Game 9 of the world championship match in Dubai. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FGAlDEb...      Nov-27-21 Carlsen vs Nepomniachtchi, 2021    cro777: <zb2cr: Why Carlsen played 51. g4, instead of 51. hxg5?> The position after 51.hxg5 hxg5 is a theoretical draw. White would probably continue with 52.Re7 [DIAGRAM] Here, for example, Black can immediately simplify the position with 52...g5+ 53.fxg5 Kg6 [DIAGRAM]      Nov-27-21 Korneev vs I Nataf, 2006   cro777: A rare line (8...Na5) in the Ruy Lopez, Morphy Defense (the main moves are 8...Bb7 and 8...d6) The same line occurred in the first game of the World Championship match in Dubai Nepomniachtchi vs Carlsen, 2021 Position after 13...Bd6 [DIAGRAM] Black is threatening ...Qxe5. Instead      Nov-26-21 Nepomniachtchi vs Carlsen, 2021    cro777: The idea of Marshall Attack in Anti-Marshall – The engines like this line. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3 <Anti-Marshall> Na5 <The main moves are 8...Bb7 and 8...d6> [DIAGRAM] Black sacrifices a pawn early on for the ...      Nov-25-21 Firouzja vs Mamedyarov, 2021    cro777: <Olavi: There are other draws also.> The horizontally mirrored endgame is also draw: [DIAGRAM]      Nov-18-21 Peter Svidler    cro777: Training with Tani - Svidler gives a one-on-one coaching session to a young talent: https://youtu.be/pKiy1J1eO0Y?t=151 Tanitoluwa Adewumi, the Nigerian refugee kid, won the NY State chess championship while in a homeless shelter. Now, well housed, he just won the Fairfield County ...

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