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Binancelistednine new isolated margin pairs, including BCH/FDUSD, LTC/FDUSD, SUI/FDUSD, FIL/FDUSD, and more. It also introduced three new cross-margin pairs: CVP/USDT, FORTH/USDT, and PROM/USDT.

Binance Margin strives to enhance user trading experience by continuously reviewing and expanding the list of trading choices offered on the platform, allowing for greater diversification of user portfolios and flexibility with trading strategies, the company said.

Listing a cryptocurrency on a major exchange like Binance could increase its visibility and perceived legitimacy, driving up investor demand and positively impacting its value.

However, this is usually the case for when a cryptocurrency is first listed on Binance. In this particular case, those assets were already traded on the exchange, which merely added extended support against different stablecoins. This is perhaps why the listed assets have either shown little-to-no volatility or have slightly retraced in the past 24 hours. The slump coincides with the overall condition of the market, with many leading cryptocurrencies being in the red today (January 31).

Besides adding support to the aforementioned tokens, Binance has alsodecided to remove the following spot trading pairs: BSW/BNB, KAVA/ETH, SCRT/ETH, SNX/BNB, UFT/ETH, and WAN/ETH. The amendments will come into effect on February 2.

The firm did not provide an exact reason for its move, reminding it to conduct periodic reviews of all listed pairs and terminating some due to factors like poor liquidity and trading volume.

Previous similar Binance effortsincludethe delisting of COMBO/BNB, IOST/ETH, CRV/ETH, NEO/ETH, QUICK/TUSD, QKC/ETH, RUNE/EUR, and WOO/BNB.

Prior to that, itaddedFC Barcelona Fan Token (BAR), Manchester City Fan Token (CITY), Paris Saint-Germain Fan Token (PSG), and others as borrowable assets on its Isolated Margin program.

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There are three things you can watch forever: fire burning, water falling, and movies with Sir Anthony Hopkins. The psychological thriller "Fracture" was a big blockbuster in 2007. A very smart screenplay coupled with brilliant performances by Anthony Hopkins and Ryan Gosling makes it a must-watch movie. Here is one of my favorite moments:

I really like this quote:

"I found a flaw in every single one of themyou know, thin places in the shell; fine, hairline cracks. You look closely enough, you'll find that everything has a weak spot where it can break, sooner or later."

If you are wondering what this has to do with chess, pay attention to the most relevant part: everything has a weak spot where it can break, sooner or later... including your opponent's position! Therefore, your goal as a chess player is to find such cracks.

A natural question then would be how to find fractures in your opponent's position. This is what we are going to discuss in this article.

There is no need to discuss the obvious fact that solving Chess.com puzzles would improve your tactical skills. What should be discussed though is how to maximize the benefits from solving these puzzles. Let's take the following one as an example:

Hopefully, you have easily solved this puzzle. But after you finish it, don't rush for the next one; instead, try to figure out the mechanism of the combination that made it work.

It is easy to see that in the initial position, the two pawns guarding the king were protected only by the king himself. Meanwhile, each of them was attacked once by the rook on b7 and the queen on f5, and therefore we have the equilibrium where attack and defense are balanced.

But such a delicate balance can be easily broken, and so we have fine, hairline cracks as discussed above by Ted Crawford (played by Anthony Hopkins). Let's change the position a bit and the combination is not going to work anymore:

As you can see, the h7-pawn was protected twice and attacked only once, so it was not a potential crack anymore, and therefore White's combination failed. Therefore, our goal is to constantly look for the squares around the opponent's king that are attacked at least the same number of times as they are defended. While such squares don't guarantee a combination, they are the cracks that can potentially lead to serious fractures.

Here is a very recent example from a game between GMs Hans Niemann and Ivan Cheparinov:

You can read detailed annotations to the game, as well as the controversy around the tournament, in this article. Is it difficult for a young and upcoming 2600+ grandmaster to calculate such a sacrifice? I don't think so. Besides, many experienced players would make such a sacrifice based purely on intuition, because "it's just gotta work!" Also, don't forget that since Niemann modestly compared himself to GM Bobby Fischer, he had to know this iconic game of the American genius:

Some of our readers will probably ask how it is possible to talk about attacks and sacrifices in chess without mentioning games by "The Magician." Yes, you are absolutely correct, it is impossible. When GM Mikhail Tal played the following game he was just 14 years old. By the way, notice the same mechanics as in Niemann's game: the Qb6 and a knight going to e3 (in this game from the d5 square, in Niemann's game from the g4 square) cooperate very well after the sacrifice on f2:

Here is a little test for our readers. Play through the following famous game of the first world champion and find a moment where he could have played much stronger using cracks in Black's position:

I am sure that it was a piece of cake for you after you saw Tal's game above. So, this is how Steinitz could have decided the game as early as move 9!

I hope you got the main point of this article: everything has a weak spot where it can break, sooner or later. So, look for the cracks!

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It's a minor surprise that it doesn't happen more often, but GM Magnus Carlsen andGM Hikaru Nakamura were the winners ofTitled Tuesday on December 19. Carlsen scored 10/11 in the early event, beating Nakamura by half a point, and in the process extended his Chess.com blitz rating record to 3372 (before dropping six points with an 11th-round draw). Carlsen skipped the late event, which Nakamura won outright with 9.5 points.

The difference between first and second in the early tournament field of 567 ended up being Nakamura's draw in the fourth round. Carlsen and Nakamura drew each other in the eighth round, both made draws in the final round, and otherwise they won the rest of their games.

The Carlsen-Nakamura draw, a more back-and-forth game than you might expect (instead of mostly even all the way through), ended Carlsen's run but kept him in first place.

Carlsen maintained his lead in the following round by beating GM Nihal Sarin in just 25 moves after the Indian teenage sensation blundered a piece on move five. In the following round, Carlsen worked somewhat harder to defeat GM Shamsiddin Vokhidov.

In that same 10th round, second place was effectively decided, as Nakamura beat GM Vladislav Kovalev in a 31-move gradual rundown, putting a full point of separation between them.

GM Oleksandr Bortnyk had entered third place in the meantime, but he and Carlsen drew their last game in 14 moves, while Nakamura drew with Nihal and Kovalev defeated Vokhidov. As things shook out, the final result was Carlsen first, Nakamura second, Kovalev third and Bortnyk fourth.

December 19 Titled Tuesday | Early | Final Standings (Top 20)

(Full final standings here.)

Carlsen won $1,000, Nakamura $750, Kovalev $350, and Bortnyk $200. The $100 prizes went to IM Bojan Maksimovic in fifth place and IM Meri Arabidze as the highest-scoring woman at 7.5 points.

With 424 participants, the late tournament was also plenty busy, albeit minus Magnus. Hikaru filled that vacuum, although his path was not easy. But after starting on 4.5/6, Nakamura ripped off five straight wins to claim the tournament.

With Nakamura's early bumps, he did not reach first place until the tournament ended. In the meantime, Maksimovic had another strong tournament. As in the early tournament, the eventual second- and third-place finishers met in the 10th round, this time with Maksimovic defeating GM Hans Niemann.

But Nakamura, who was tied for 30th after six rounds, had worked his way into a tie for second and got his shot at Maksimovic.

It was Maksimovic who tried 1...a6, a move normally associated with Nakamura. It did not work out as the 21-year-old Bosnian would have liked, with an up-and-down game eventually favoring the American star.

Nakamura leapfrogged Maksimovic into first, while GM Velimir Ivic, who had been tied with Nakamura before the round, fell out of contention after losing to Niemann. Maksimovic retained second place on tiebreaks over Niemann and four other players on nine points.

December 19 Titled Tuesday | Late | Final Standings (Top 20)

(Full final standings here.)

Nakamura won the $1,000 first place prize, giving him $1,750 for his day's work. Maksimovic claimed $750 late, for an $850-day. Niemann won $350, GM Alexey Sarana in fourth place, and GM Matthias Bluebaum in fifth. GM Jiner Zhu won the $100 women's prize, scoring seven points.

Titled Tuesday is Chess.com's weekly tournament for titled players, with two tournaments held each Tuesday. The first tournament begins at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time/17:00 Central European/20:30 Indian Standard Time, and the second at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time/23:00 Central European/2:30 Indian Standard Time (next day).

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