33... Ne3?
Black does not need to be in a hurry because his opponent has no counterplay. He should first have consolidated his position with Qc3, Bd4 and Kh8.
34.Rc1 Kh8 35. Kh1 Bxa3 36. Re1 Nc4??
The final blunder.
36... Bf8 =
37. Rd1 Na5 38. Qf7 1-0
Black does not need to be in a hurry because his opponent has no counterplay. He should first have consolidated his position with Qc3, Bd4 and Kh8.
34.Rc1 Kh8 35. Kh1 Bxa3 36. Re1 Nc4??
The final blunder.
36... Bf8 =
37. Rd1 Na5 38. Qf7 1-0
26... e5??
Georgian International master loses two pawns for nothing.
26... Nf6 is the logical continuation.
27. Nxe4 dxe4 28. fxe5 Qc4 29. Rxe4 Rb1 30. Ref4 +-
Georgian International master loses two pawns for nothing.
26... Nf6 is the logical continuation.
27. Nxe4 dxe4 28. fxe5 Qc4 29. Rxe4 Rb1 30. Ref4 +-
10... Qe7
Black's standard plan is: ...Nd7-f8, ...h7-h5-h4(-h3 if possible); alternatively ...Bc8-g4 with the pawn on h5; ...Nf8-h7-g5 etc. with a kingside attack. Meanwhile, White creates counterplay on the queenside and in the centre.
11. b4 Nf8 12. Bb2 h5 13. Rac1 Bf5 14. Nb3
A logical plan after ...Bc8-f5: d4-d5 and Nb3-d4. Actually, White's position turns out to be quite pleasant, which means that Black should look into this system more carefully.
14...N8h7 15. d5 Ng5 Nd4 Bg4 17. c5 dxc5 18. bxc5 Qxc5 19. Qb3 Qb6 20. Ncb5 Grischuk-Caruana ½-½ Paris Fide 2013
Black's standard plan is: ...Nd7-f8, ...h7-h5-h4(-h3 if possible); alternatively ...Bc8-g4 with the pawn on h5; ...Nf8-h7-g5 etc. with a kingside attack. Meanwhile, White creates counterplay on the queenside and in the centre.
11. b4 Nf8 12. Bb2 h5 13. Rac1 Bf5 14. Nb3
A logical plan after ...Bc8-f5: d4-d5 and Nb3-d4. Actually, White's position turns out to be quite pleasant, which means that Black should look into this system more carefully.
14...N8h7 15. d5 Ng5 Nd4 Bg4 17. c5 dxc5 18. bxc5 Qxc5 19. Qb3 Qb6 20. Ncb5 Grischuk-Caruana ½-½ Paris Fide 2013
85. Nxh5??
White must stop the king from penetrating:
85. Ke4! Kc5 86. Nd3+ Kc4 87. Nf4 Ra3 88.Ne2 =
85... Kd3 86.Nf4+ Kd2 87. h5 Rb4 0-1
White must stop the king from penetrating:
85. Ke4! Kc5 86. Nd3+ Kc4 87. Nf4 Ra3 88.Ne2 =
85... Kd3 86.Nf4+ Kd2 87. h5 Rb4 0-1
15...Nb8!
Heading to b4 via c6. The knight on d7 is clearly misplaced. With 15 h4 White intends to start an attack on the kingside, but the game shows that this plan was unworkable.
16.h5 h6 17.dxc5?!
White opens the long diagonal for his bishop with the hope of bringing his knight to f6 in an attack. The serious drawback to this plan is that the b3-pawn becomes weak.
17...bxc5 18.Nh2 Nc6 19.Ng4
In this position, White's plan is Nf1 and to bring his rook into play along the third rank, with the idea of swinging it over to the kingside to support a kingside attack. The correct move, therefore, is:
19...Rab8!=/+
Black activates his rook and prevents White from going about his plan because the b3-pawn would hang.
Heading to b4 via c6. The knight on d7 is clearly misplaced. With 15 h4 White intends to start an attack on the kingside, but the game shows that this plan was unworkable.
16.h5 h6 17.dxc5?!
White opens the long diagonal for his bishop with the hope of bringing his knight to f6 in an attack. The serious drawback to this plan is that the b3-pawn becomes weak.
17...bxc5 18.Nh2 Nc6 19.Ng4
In this position, White's plan is Nf1 and to bring his rook into play along the third rank, with the idea of swinging it over to the kingside to support a kingside attack. The correct move, therefore, is:
19...Rab8!=/+
Black activates his rook and prevents White from going about his plan because the b3-pawn would hang.
16...h5!
Preparing to bring the knight to the e5-square via g4.
Of course, 17.h3 doesn't prevent this maneuver as Black would just play Ng4! anyway.
17.Nc4 Ng4 18.a4 Rdf8 19.Qe2?! Nce5 20.a5 Nxc4! 21.Bxc4 Ne5=
Preparing to bring the knight to the e5-square via g4.
Of course, 17.h3 doesn't prevent this maneuver as Black would just play Ng4! anyway.
17.Nc4 Ng4 18.a4 Rdf8 19.Qe2?! Nce5 20.a5 Nxc4! 21.Bxc4 Ne5=
Unity Chess Multiple Choice 649
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B: Rgh8 – 1
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Unity Chess Multiple Choice 650
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B: Be7 – 3
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C: Bd8
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A: g6 – 6
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B: Be7 – 3
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C: Bd8
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