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https://www.chess.com/news/view/fide-chess-online-nations-cup-day-4 8/PR6/6p1/1P5k/4R2p/r7/7r/3K4 w - - 0 59 [Event "FIDE Chess.com Online Nations Cup"][Site "Chess.com"][Date "2020.05.08"][Round "7.2"][White "Aronian, Levon"][Black "Wei, Yi"][Result "1/2-1/2"][SetUp "1"][FEN "8/PR6/6p1/1P5k/4R2p/r7/7r/3K4 w - - 0 59"][ECO "B31"][WhiteElo "2778"][BlackElo "2752"][Annotator "chessvibes"][PlyCount "6"][EventDate "2020.??.??"][WhiteTeam "Armenia"][BlackTeam "China"][WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"][BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]59. Rxh4+! Rxh4 60. Rh7+ Kg5 61. Rxh4 Rxa7 (61... Rxa7! {The game was agreed adraw after} 62. Rb4 Kf6) 1/2-1/

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Practical Checkmates and Chess Patterns Lessons. Share your own Checkmates, my friends! Below is me on left. [Event "Fast Chess Race. 2017.4 - Round 1"][Site "Chess.com"][Date "2017.02.08"][Round "?"][White "AWARDCHESS"][Black "happyyy"][Result "1-0"][ECO "A00"][WhiteElo "1627"][BlackElo "1317"][TimeControl "1 in 1 day"][Termination "AWARDCHESS won by resignation"][CurrentPosition "2k5/1p4Qp/B5b1/5p2/5P1b/4q2P/P5PK/2RR4 b - - 0 28"] 1.b4 d5 2.Bb2 Bf5 3.e3 e6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.b5 Bd6 6.c4 dxc4 7.Bxc4 O-O 8.Ke2 { (+0.06 → -1.39) Mistake. The best move was 8. O-O. } ( 8.O-O a6 9.Nc3 axb5 10.Nxb5 Nc6 11.Nxd6 Qxd6 12.d4 Rfd8 ) 8...c6 9.Nc3 cxb5 10.Nxb5 Be7 11.Rc1 Nc6 12.h3 a6 13.Nbd4 Nxd4+ 14.Nxd4 Bg6 15.f4 { (-0.76 → -2.10) Inaccuracy. A better move was 15. Kf1. } ( 15.Kf1 Ne4 16.g3 Qa5 17.Kg2 Qxd2 18.Qxd2 Nxd2 19.Be2 ) 15...Ne4 16.Kf3 { (-2.49 → -4.24) Inaccuracy. A better move was 16. d3. } ( 16.d3 Ng3+ 17.Kf2 Nxh1+ 18.Qxh1 Bf6 19.Qe1 Qd7 20.Qe2 Rfc8 ) 16...f5 { (-4.01 → +1.27) Blunder. The best move was 16... Bh4. } ( 16...Bh4 17.g3 Nxg3 18.Kg2 e5 19.Nf3 Nxh1 20.Kxh1 exf4 21.Nxh4 ) 17.Nxe6 Nxd2+ { (+0.74 → +1.87) Inaccuracy. A better move was 17... Qb6. } ( 17...Qb6 18.Nxf8+ Kxf8 19.d3 Qxb2 20.Rc2 Ng5+ 21.fxg5 Qb6 22.Kf2 ) 18.Kg3 Bh4+ 19.Kh2 Qe7 { (+2.88 → +6.93) Mistake. The best move was 19... Nxc4. } ( 19...Nxc4 20.Nxd8 Raxd8 21.Bd4 b5 22.Qe2 Bf6 23.Rhd1 Bxd4 24.Rxd4 ) 20.Qxd2 Kh8 21.Bxg7+ Kg8 22.Bxf8 Rxf8 23.Nxf8+ Kxf8 24.Qd5 Qxe3 { (+11.13 → +318.00) Mistake. The best move was 24... Kg7. } ( 24...Kg7 25.g4 Qf7 26.Qe5+ Qf6 27.Qc7+ Qe7 28.Bd5 Qxc7 29.Rxc7+ ) 25.Qg8+ Ke7 26.Qg7+ Kd8 27.Rhd1+ Kc8 28.Bxa6+ 1-0

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Indian men lose to Ukraine, slid to 9th in World Team Chess PTI | Jul 19, 2011, 09.30pm IST Article Comments Read more:World Team Chess Championship|Ukraine|Sergei Movsesian|Ningbo|Judit Polgar|Harikrishna|Alexander Moiseenko NINGBO: Indian men slid to the ninth position in the World Team Chess Championship after losing to Ukraine in the third round of the event. Grandmaster Alexander Moiseenko guided Ukraine to a 2.5-1.5 win over India after defeating G N Gopal on the fourth board. It turned out to be another average day for the Indians as they suffered their second consecutive defeat after bowing down to Azerbaijan in the previous round. In the top three boards, P Harikrishna, K Sasikiran and Parimarjan Negi held on to their fort against higher-rated opponents but Gopal went down in a long-drawn affair to give Ukraine the victory by a minimal margin. Holders Russia maintained their position at the top of the tables following a grueling 2-2 draw with Armenia. The Russians, thus, took their tally to five points out of a possible six and kept their full point lead over Armenia, Israel and Ukraine, who all have four points apiece. Four teams, Azerbaijan, United States, China and Hungary share the fifth spot with three points while India is now down to the ninth spot on just one point. Lowest ranked Egypt are last in the current standings after losing all the matches. On what turned out to be an exciting day, Hungary made merry against Azerbaijan winning 2.5-1.5 thanks to a fine victory by highest rated woman player Judit Polgar against Rauf Mamedov. Hosts China, however, went down fighting to Israel, which is without their top player Boris Gelfand. The decisive victory for Israel was achieved by youngster Tamir Nabaty who accounted for hugely talented Ding Liren. In the other match of the day, Egypt avoided a whitewash at the hands of United States when their top player Ahmed Adly split points against Gata Kamsky on the first board. Against Ukraine, the Indian think-tank rested Surya Shekhar Ganguly after two back-to-back losses and it proved to be a good idea till Gopal made the decisive error. On the top board P Harikrishna played out a very easy draw with Vassily Ivanchuk, the former World championship finalist. Krishnan Sasikiran also played it safe with black pieces against Sergei Movsesian and the game was drawn after a lot of pieces changed hands in the middle game. But India's ace in the tie was Parimarjan Negi as he held a terrific position for a long time against Zahar Efimenko and had an undisputed advantage. However, Efimenko came up with some sterling defence after giving up a piece for two pawns in the endgame and the game eventually ended in a draw. But in the decisive game, Gopal gave a pawn early in the opening against Moiseenko and that did not turn out well for the Indian. As the game progressed, Moiseenko traded queens in the middle game and fought for an advantage with his extra pawn. It eventually boiled down to a rook and pawns endgame, wherein Gopal retained some chances to hold but Moiseenko proved superior in calculations. It was all over for the Indian in 104 moves. With six rounds still to come in the world's premier team event, last edition's bronze medalist, Indian will have to go all out in the remaining matches. India's next match is against Israel. Complete results after round 3 (Team points in bracket): Armenia (4) drew with Russia (5) - Levon Aronian beat Sergey Karjakin; Alexander Grischuk drew with Sergei Movsesian; Vladimir Akopian drew with Ian Nepomniachtchi; Peter Svidler beat Gabriel Sargissian. Egypt (0) lost to USA (3) 0.5-3.5 - Ahmed Adly drew with Gata Kamsky; Alexander Onischuk beat Amin Bassem; El Gindy Essam lost to Yasser Seirawan; Robert Hess beat Samy Shoker. China (3) lost to Israel (4) 1.5-2.5 - Wang Hao drew with Emil Sutovsky; Michael Roiz drew with Wang Yue; Yu Yangyi drew with Ilya Smirin; Tamir Nabaty beat Ding Liren. India (1) lost to Ukraine (4) 1.5-2.5 - P Harikrishna drew with Vassily Ivanchuk; Pavel Eljanov drew with K Sasikiran; Parimarjan Negi drew with Zahar Efimenko; Alexander Moiseenko beat G N Gopal. Hungary (3) beat Azerbaijan (3) 2.5-1.5 - Peter Leko drew with Teimour Radjabov; Vugar Gashimov drew with Zoltan Almasi; Judit Polgar beat Rauf Mamedov; Shakhriyar Mamedyarov drew with Csaba Balogh.

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http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/04/01/natural-nuclear-blast-mars/ Was There a Natural Nuclear Blast on Mars? By John Brandon Published April 01, 2011 | FoxNews.com Print Email Share Comments (205) NASA/JPL NASA's 1997 Pathfinder mission to Mars returned this stunning image of the planet's rocky red landscape. Ever wonder why the red planet is red? About 180 million years ago, a planet-shattering yet naturally occurring nuclear reaction may have wiped out everything on Mars, sending a shockwave that turned the planet into dry sand. Even more incredible: A natural nuclear reaction could have occurred on our own planet -- and could happen again, said Dr. John Brandenburg, a senior propulsion scientist at Orbital Technologies Corp. "The Martian surface is covered with a thin layer of radioactive substances including uranium, thorium and radioactive potassium -- and this pattern radiates from a hot spot [on Mars],” Brandenburg told FoxNews.com. “A nuclear explosion could have sent debris all around the planet," he said. "Maps of gamma rays on Mars show a big red spot that seems like a radiating debris pattern ... on the opposite side of the planet there is another red spot." The European Space Agency's Mars Express satellite just buzzed past the barren Phobos, the largest of Mars's tiny moons. Here's what the cameras captured. Related LinksNASA Must Study Space Sex, Scientist SaysNASA's Orion Moon Craft Unveiled at New Spaceflight FacilityNASA Tests Mars Space Suit in AntarcticaAdvertising Could Pay for a Mission to Mars, Scientist SaysTo Boldly Go: What Made 400 People Volunteer for a One-Way Mission to Mars? A NASA spacecraft has been beaming to Earth incredibly detailed pictures of the surface of Mars. And the beautiful colors and rich textures of the red planet will shock you. According to Brandenburg, the natural explosion, the equivalent of 1 million one-megaton hydrogen bombs, occurred in the northern Mare Acidalium region of Mars where there is a heavy concentration of radioactivity. This explosion filled the Martian atmosphere with radio-isotopes as well, which are seen in recent gamma ray spectrometry data taken by NASA, he said. The radioactivity also explains why the planet looks red. Brandenburg said gamma ray spectrometry taken over the past few years shows spiking radiation from Xenon 129 -- an increase also seen on Earth after a nuclear reaction or a nuclear meltdown, including the one at Chernobyl in 1986 and the disaster in Japan earlier this month. Dr. David Beaty, Mars program science manager at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, told FoxNews.com that he finds the idea intriguing and fascinating. But to prove the science, the agency would need to plan a mission to explore Mare Acidalium on Mars. And there are more pressing issues, including missions to find extraterrestrial life. “You have to assess the importance of the question relative to the cost of answering the question,” he said. Still, Beaty expressed doubts, saying the geological conditions on this planet and Mars have existed for millennia -- what exists has existed for a long time, and there are few sudden changes. “Rocks are what they are. [A natural nuclear reaction] could happen in another billion years, but it is not something to make you want to go home to your family and move to the mountains right away,” he said. Dr. Lars Borg, a scientist at Lawrence Livermore National Lab, called Brandenburg’s conclusions unsurprising -- and part of known geological processes, not a nuclear reaction. "We've looked at Martian meteorites for 15 years, and looked in detail at the isotopic measurements .. and not a single person out of hundreds worrying about this have thought there could have been a nuclear explosion on Mars," he told FoxNews.com. Brandenburg -- who once worked at Livermore himself -- defended his research, arguing that defense experts he talked to off the record said they agreed there are signs of a nuclear reaction. Besides, there's a precedence for a natural nuclear reaction on our own planet, he noted. The Oklo, Gabon, region of Africa has uranium-coated sediments from a nuclear reaction that occurred 2 billion years ago. A massive nuclear explosion on Mars would have created huge craters on the surface, visible from orbiting telescopes like Hubble and from the Mars rovers. Brandenburg said such craters could have filled in with sand over the past 180 million years, leaving no visual cues to prove the theory. Another possibility is that the reaction occurred in mid-air and did not leave a crater -- which is exactly what happened at the Tunguska event in Russia in 1909, presumably by a large comet. Harrison Schmitt, a geological expert and the last man to step out of the Apollo spacecraft on the moon, told FoxNews.com that there is “general validity” to Brandenburg’s theory. He said the nuclear reaction may not have been caused by an explosion, however, and might have occurred over time. Edward D. McCullough, a science and space consultant, agreed that the Mare Acidalium region of Mars does show some strange colors and terrain formations that seem unexplainable. “There seems to be a reasonable closure between the number of fissions required to produce the Xenon 129 enhancement and the amount of energy required to toss material to that point on Mars,” he said. “This massive nuclear explosion on Mars seems to defy natural explanation,” said Brandenburg. Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/04/01/natural-nuclear-blast-mars/#ixzz1ILpSvY1y

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