Beat-the-Blunder Chess Puzzle: Georgiev Kiril (MKD) (2660) – Rogers Ian (AUS) (2595)

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Hello everyone,

It is time to set up a nice chess puzzle sent to us by Chess King. In this balanced position, White played the simple looking 25.Nxc5. But, it was a huge blunder and lost the game. The position is from Georgiev Kiril (MKD) (2660) – Rogers Ian (AUS) (2595). Can you say why 25.Nc5 is a blunder?

 

 Click on the diagram to see the solution.

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Kiril Georgiev Wins Karposh Chess Open 2012

Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2012

Hi everyone,

Kiril Georgiev has won the Karposh Chess Open 2012 in Skopje where the chess event was held from April 7-14. The nine-round Swiss open featured the prize fund of 17,500 euros. GM Kiril Georgiev took a clear first place with 7.5 points in the field that featured 31 Grandmasters and 22 International Masters.

 

Top seed Ferenc Berkes, three-times Bulgarian champion Boris Chatalbashev and reigning Turkish champion Dragan Solak shared the 2nd place with 7 points each. CM Cankut Emiroglu from Turkey finished as best place junior with 6 points. About 147 players from 16 federations took part in the tournament.

Final standings:
1. GM Georgiev Kiril BUL 2671 – 7.5
2. GM Berkes Ferenc HUN 2682 – 7
3. GM Chatalbashev Boris BUL 2570 – 7
4. GM Solak Dragan TUR 2602 – 7
5. GM Markus Robert SRB 2625 – 6.5
6. GM Delchev Aleksander BUL 2622 – 6.5
7. GM Nevednichy Vladislav ROU 2562 – 6.5
8. GM Palac Mladen CRO 2593 – 6.5
9. GM Hera Imre Jr HUN 2555 – 6.5
10. GM Djukic Nikola MNE 2513 – 6.5

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