14.b4
White is just playing for the b5 break.
14...g6 15.Rab1 Bf5 16.a4 Rhe8 17.b5 cxb5 18.axb5 Bxe4?
Giving up the bishop for knight on e4 just to win the b5-pawn was a bad, bad decision.
19.Bxe4 Nxb5? 20.Qb3 Bd6
Alternatively, 20...a6 21.c4 Nd6 22.Bd5 when Black is helpless against Nf4-d3-c5, pressuring b7 and a6.
21.Qc4+ Qc7 22.Bxb7+ Kxb7 23.Qxb5+ Kc8 24.Nd5
Black resigned as 24.Nd5 Qd7 25.Qa6 wins.
White is just playing for the b5 break.
14...g6 15.Rab1 Bf5 16.a4 Rhe8 17.b5 cxb5 18.axb5 Bxe4?
Giving up the bishop for knight on e4 just to win the b5-pawn was a bad, bad decision.
19.Bxe4 Nxb5? 20.Qb3 Bd6
Alternatively, 20...a6 21.c4 Nd6 22.Bd5 when Black is helpless against Nf4-d3-c5, pressuring b7 and a6.
21.Qc4+ Qc7 22.Bxb7+ Kxb7 23.Qxb5+ Kc8 24.Nd5
Black resigned as 24.Nd5 Qd7 25.Qa6 wins.
Unity Chess Multiple Choice 585
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B: o-o-o – 5
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Jonas, Ramesh, @Sophia_Peng, @RichardPeng, George
C: Qe2 – 3
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A: Nce2 – 1
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B: o-o-o – 5
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Jonas, Ramesh, @Sophia_Peng, @RichardPeng, George
C: Qe2 – 3
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Jayden, Rachel, Zhenrui
A: Nce2 – 1
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@SteveWongso
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Unity Chess Multiple Choice 586
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A: Rg1 – 7
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Jonas, Ramesh, Jayden, Evan, @Sophia_Peng, Rachel, George
C: a4 – 4
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@SteveWongso, Mohamad, Ahmad, Zhenrui
B: 0-0-0 – 1
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@RichardPeng
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A: Rg1 – 7
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Jonas, Ramesh, Jayden, Evan, @Sophia_Peng, Rachel, George
C: a4 – 4
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@SteveWongso, Mohamad, Ahmad, Zhenrui
B: 0-0-0 – 1
👍 8%
@RichardPeng
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☑️ #about_Bronstein
▪️ David Bronstein
▪️ Soviet Chess Grandmaster
▪️ Chess Author
🔰 David Bronstein, who died on Tuesday aged 82, was a leading Soviet chess grandmaster and writer; like Viktor Korchnoi, he was often described as the greatest player never to have won a world championship.
🔘 Full name: David Ionovich Bronstein
🔘 Country: Soviet Union
🔘 Born: February 19, 1924
Bila Tserkva, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
🔘 Died: December 5, 2006 (aged 82)
Minsk, Belarus
🔘 Title: Grandmaster (1950)
🔘 Peak rating: 2595 (May 1974)
🔰 Some great chess players take a scientific approach to the game, delving into the intricacies of each position in a search for mathematical precision; others see it as an intellectual sport, with each player straining to overcome the opponent by force of will; but, among all the top grandmasters of the second half of the 20th century, David Bronstein was perhaps the one true chess artist.
🔰 In the opinion of many, he was the finest player who never won the world championship (though he came very close when he tied a match 12-12 with Mikhail Botvinnik in 1951); in the opinion of others, he was quite simply the most creative player of all.
🔰 He also wrote a number of highly individualistic chess books, of which his Mezhdunarodny Turnir Grossmeisterov account of the 1953 candidates' tournament in Zurich (published in 1956 and translated into English as The Chess Struggle in Practice, 1978) stands out as maybe the finest tournament book ever.
♦️ A memorable game by Bronstein from URS Championship(1945) which named "Scotch on the Rocks" in chessgames.com site!! 👇
🔸 Igor Bondarevsky vs David Bronstein
🔸 Ch URS (1/2 final) (1945), Moscow URS, rd 5
🔸 Four Knights Game: Scotch Variation. Accepted (C47)
♦️ Review and download PGN file👇
@unitychess
▪️ David Bronstein
▪️ Soviet Chess Grandmaster
▪️ Chess Author
🔰 David Bronstein, who died on Tuesday aged 82, was a leading Soviet chess grandmaster and writer; like Viktor Korchnoi, he was often described as the greatest player never to have won a world championship.
🔘 Full name: David Ionovich Bronstein
🔘 Country: Soviet Union
🔘 Born: February 19, 1924
Bila Tserkva, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
🔘 Died: December 5, 2006 (aged 82)
Minsk, Belarus
🔘 Title: Grandmaster (1950)
🔘 Peak rating: 2595 (May 1974)
🔰 Some great chess players take a scientific approach to the game, delving into the intricacies of each position in a search for mathematical precision; others see it as an intellectual sport, with each player straining to overcome the opponent by force of will; but, among all the top grandmasters of the second half of the 20th century, David Bronstein was perhaps the one true chess artist.
🔰 In the opinion of many, he was the finest player who never won the world championship (though he came very close when he tied a match 12-12 with Mikhail Botvinnik in 1951); in the opinion of others, he was quite simply the most creative player of all.
🔰 He also wrote a number of highly individualistic chess books, of which his Mezhdunarodny Turnir Grossmeisterov account of the 1953 candidates' tournament in Zurich (published in 1956 and translated into English as The Chess Struggle in Practice, 1978) stands out as maybe the finest tournament book ever.
♦️ A memorable game by Bronstein from URS Championship(1945) which named "Scotch on the Rocks" in chessgames.com site!! 👇
🔸 Igor Bondarevsky vs David Bronstein
🔸 Ch URS (1/2 final) (1945), Moscow URS, rd 5
🔸 Four Knights Game: Scotch Variation. Accepted (C47)
♦️ Review and download PGN file👇
@unitychess
25.Qa8!
Parham keeps his opponent under constant pressure.
25...Nb6
25...g6 26.Ne1 +-)
26.Qa5 Bd6
26...Nd5 27.Q×c7 N×c7 28.Ne5
27.Ne5! B×e5 28.d×e5 Kf8 29.Ne4 +/-
Parham keeps his opponent under constant pressure.
25...Nb6
25...g6 26.Ne1 +-)
26.Qa5 Bd6
26...Nd5 27.Q×c7 N×c7 28.Ne5
27.Ne5! B×e5 28.d×e5 Kf8 29.Ne4 +/-
24... e4?
Black was worried about 25.Bh5, However, He did not find the best solution. Better is 24... Rd2! 25. Bh5 Qd5 (or 25...Kf8).
25. Qxe4 Qd5 26. Qg4 h5 27. Qg7 Nxg7 28. fxg7 Kd7 29. gxh8=Q 1-0
Black was worried about 25.Bh5, However, He did not find the best solution. Better is 24... Rd2! 25. Bh5 Qd5 (or 25...Kf8).
25. Qxe4 Qd5 26. Qg4 h5 27. Qg7 Nxg7 28. fxg7 Kd7 29. gxh8=Q 1-0
43. Rb4??
Lorparizangeneh could have obtained a draw with 43. Bg8!
43..a2 44. Rd4+ Kc5 45. Rd1 Nd5 46. Ra1 Nc3 47. Kg2 Kb4 48. Kg3 Ka3 49. Kg4 Kb2 50. Rxa2+ Nxa2 51. Kh5 Kc3 52. Kg6 Kd4 53. Kxf6 e5 54.Kg7 Rxh7+ 55. Bxh7=
43... Nd5 44. Ra4 Rxh7 45. Ra6+ Kc5 46. Bxe6 Nc7 47. Rxa3 Nxe6 -+
Lorparizangeneh could have obtained a draw with 43. Bg8!
43..a2 44. Rd4+ Kc5 45. Rd1 Nd5 46. Ra1 Nc3 47. Kg2 Kb4 48. Kg3 Ka3 49. Kg4 Kb2 50. Rxa2+ Nxa2 51. Kh5 Kc3 52. Kg6 Kd4 53. Kxf6 e5 54.Kg7 Rxh7+ 55. Bxh7=
43... Nd5 44. Ra4 Rxh7 45. Ra6+ Kc5 46. Bxe6 Nc7 47. Rxa3 Nxe6 -+