Unity Chess Multiple Choice 618
public poll
B: Rac8 β 5
πππππππ 56%
Jonas, @RichardPeng, Rachel, George, Zhenrui
A: Rab8 β 4
ππππππ 44%
Ψ΄ΫΨ―Ψ§, Vincent, @Sophia_Peng, @aref_sbk
C: Kg7
β«οΈ 0%
π₯ 9 people voted so far.
public poll
B: Rac8 β 5
πππππππ 56%
Jonas, @RichardPeng, Rachel, George, Zhenrui
A: Rab8 β 4
ππππππ 44%
Ψ΄ΫΨ―Ψ§, Vincent, @Sophia_Peng, @aref_sbk
C: Kg7
β«οΈ 0%
π₯ 9 people voted so far.
βοΈ #Chiburdanidze_chess_quotes_001
π’Maia Chiburdanidze
π’Georgian chess grandmaster
π’Seventh Women's World Chess Champion
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π’Maia Chiburdanidze
π’Georgian chess grandmaster
π’Seventh Women's World Chess Champion
@unitychess
βοΈ #about_Chiburdanidze
π’Maia Chiburdanidze
π’Georgian chess grandmaster
π’Seventh Women's World Chess Champion
π°Maia Chiburdanidze is a Georgian chess grandmaster, and the seventh Women's World Chess Champion, the youngest one until 2010, when this record was broken by Hou Yifan. She has won nine Chess Olympiads.
π»Full name: Maia Chiburdanidze
π»Country: Soviet Union Georgia
π»Born: 17 January 1961 (age 57)
Kutaisi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union
π»Title: Grandmaster (1984)
π»Women's World Champion: 1978β1991
π»FIDE rating: 2500 (August 2018) [inactive]
π»Peak rating: 2560 (January 1988)
π°Maia Chiburdanidze was born in Kutaisi, Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic, USSR and started playing chess around the age of eight. She became the USSR girls' champion in 1976 and a year later she won the women's title. In 1977 she was awarded the FIDE title of Woman Grandmaster.
She won outright on her debut at the BraΕov women's international tournament of 1974 when she was only 13 years old and went on to win another tournament in Tbilisi in 1975 before entering the women's world championship cycle of 1976/77.
Her style of play is solid, but aggressive and well grounded in classical principles; it was influenced by Eduard Gufeld, a top Soviet trainer, who was her coach early in her career.
β¦οΈ A memorable game by Chiburdanidze against Nigel Short which named "The Discovery Channel" in chessgames.com site π
πΈ Maia Chiburdanidze vs Nigel Short
πΈDortmund (1983), Dortmund FRG, rd 5
πΈCaro-Kann Defense: Bronstein-Larsen Variation (B16)
Review and download PGN fileπ
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π’Maia Chiburdanidze
π’Georgian chess grandmaster
π’Seventh Women's World Chess Champion
π°Maia Chiburdanidze is a Georgian chess grandmaster, and the seventh Women's World Chess Champion, the youngest one until 2010, when this record was broken by Hou Yifan. She has won nine Chess Olympiads.
π»Full name: Maia Chiburdanidze
π»Country: Soviet Union Georgia
π»Born: 17 January 1961 (age 57)
Kutaisi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union
π»Title: Grandmaster (1984)
π»Women's World Champion: 1978β1991
π»FIDE rating: 2500 (August 2018) [inactive]
π»Peak rating: 2560 (January 1988)
π°Maia Chiburdanidze was born in Kutaisi, Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic, USSR and started playing chess around the age of eight. She became the USSR girls' champion in 1976 and a year later she won the women's title. In 1977 she was awarded the FIDE title of Woman Grandmaster.
She won outright on her debut at the BraΕov women's international tournament of 1974 when she was only 13 years old and went on to win another tournament in Tbilisi in 1975 before entering the women's world championship cycle of 1976/77.
Her style of play is solid, but aggressive and well grounded in classical principles; it was influenced by Eduard Gufeld, a top Soviet trainer, who was her coach early in her career.
β¦οΈ A memorable game by Chiburdanidze against Nigel Short which named "The Discovery Channel" in chessgames.com site π
πΈ Maia Chiburdanidze vs Nigel Short
πΈDortmund (1983), Dortmund FRG, rd 5
πΈCaro-Kann Defense: Bronstein-Larsen Variation (B16)
Review and download PGN fileπ
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@Chiburdanidze-Short 1983.pgn
563 B
π’ Maia Chiburdanidze - Nigel Short, Dortmund (1983)
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To the victor, the spoils! Hikaru Nakamura wins his 2nd #GrandChessTour event in a row:
https://bit.ly/2wb5vC7
https://bit.ly/2wb5vC7
Hikaru Nakamura won the Rapids/Blitz Grand Chess Tour in St. Louis, scoring 22.5 points. Vachier-Lagrave took 2nd with 21.5, followed by Mamedyarov with 21. Caruana had 20, Aronian had 18, Karjakin had 17, Dominguez had 16, Grischuk had 15.5, So had 15, and Anand had 13.5.
26... Qf2??
14-year-old Indian FM made a strange blunder.
26... Bc8 27. Bd3 Qf2 28. Qh5 Bf5 =
27. Rxb7 Re8 28. Ka2 1-0
if 28...Re1 29. Qh5 Qxf1 30.Rb8+ Kg7 31. Qh6#
14-year-old Indian FM made a strange blunder.
26... Bc8 27. Bd3 Qf2 28. Qh5 Bf5 =
27. Rxb7 Re8 28. Ka2 1-0
if 28...Re1 29. Qh5 Qxf1 30.Rb8+ Kg7 31. Qh6#
26. c4!
Fedoseev tries to open up lines for his pieces by tactical means.
26...dxc4 27. d5! Bc5 28. Bxc5 Qxc5 29.Qe1 Kb8 30. Nxe6 Bxe6 31. dxe6 Rhe8 32. Rxg7 +-
Fedoseev tries to open up lines for his pieces by tactical means.
26...dxc4 27. d5! Bc5 28. Bxc5 Qxc5 29.Qe1 Kb8 30. Nxe6 Bxe6 31. dxe6 Rhe8 32. Rxg7 +-
40... Kh6??
Black should have prepared to execute a perpetual check with 40... Bd7!=
A) 41. Bc6 41... Bxg1 42. Bxd7 Qe2+ 43. Kxg1 Qe1+ 44. Kg2 Qe2+ 45. Kh3 Qf1+ 46.Kh2 Qf2+ =
B) 41. Qc7 Bxg1 42. Kxg1 Qd1+ 43. Kh2 Qe2+ 44.Bg2 Qe6 =
41. Qf7 Qd7 42. Qf6 Bxg1 43. Kxg1 Qh3 44. Qf8+ Kh5 45. Bf3+ Bg4 46.Qf4 1-0
Black should have prepared to execute a perpetual check with 40... Bd7!=
A) 41. Bc6 41... Bxg1 42. Bxd7 Qe2+ 43. Kxg1 Qe1+ 44. Kg2 Qe2+ 45. Kh3 Qf1+ 46.Kh2 Qf2+ =
B) 41. Qc7 Bxg1 42. Kxg1 Qd1+ 43. Kh2 Qe2+ 44.Bg2 Qe6 =
41. Qf7 Qd7 42. Qf6 Bxg1 43. Kxg1 Qh3 44. Qf8+ Kh5 45. Bf3+ Bg4 46.Qf4 1-0
28. Rc7!+
A miniature win against Egypt's number 2.
28...Kg8
(28... Qxc7 29. Qf8#)
29. Ne7+ 1-0
A miniature win against Egypt's number 2.
28...Kg8
(28... Qxc7 29. Qf8#)
29. Ne7+ 1-0
25...b5!
Black has an active position. How does he develop the initiative? White's pieces are well placed but Black can destroy the coordination of White's pieces with 25...b5!.
26.Rc6+ Kd5 27.Rc5+ Kd4!? 28.c3+?! Kxe4 29.Re1+ Kf4 30.Rexe5 Rxf2+-/+
Black has an active position. How does he develop the initiative? White's pieces are well placed but Black can destroy the coordination of White's pieces with 25...b5!.
26.Rc6+ Kd5 27.Rc5+ Kd4!? 28.c3+?! Kxe4 29.Re1+ Kf4 30.Rexe5 Rxf2+-/+