⚫️#661 (Strategy-Black to Move)
🔸Ree,H
🔸Portisch,L
🔸Wijk aan Zee, 1968

There has just been a queen exchange on d1 and one might get the impression that the game is entering peaceful waters. However, Portisch now initiates active measures in which his light-squared bishop will play a crucial role.
7...b6!
Considering that White is eager to play c2-c3 to secure his king on c2, Black hurries to put the bishop on the f1-a6 diagonal, where it will touch the key square on d3.
8.c3?!
After seeing the game, you will probably share my anxious feelings about this natural move!
8.h3 Ba6 9.Be3 0-0-0+ 10.Nbd2 Nf6 11.Kc1 intending b2-b3 and Kb2, with much safer play than in the game.
8...Ba6 9.Bf1
White tries to swap the dangerous enemy bishop.
9...0-0-0+ 10.Nbd2 Bb7!
Very strong. After having displaced its colleague, the bishop shifts to the long diagonal, where it will put pressure on the e4-pawn.
11.Kc2 Nf6 12.Bd3
An awkward square for the bishop;
12...h6 13.Re1 g5!
Black continues with active play. He now intends ... g5-g4 followed by ...Ne5.

⚪️#662 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Kramnik,V
🔸Gelfand,B
🔸Belgrade, 1997

White is a pawn down but his active pieces and the weak enemy pawns on c6 and e5 provide compensation. Can you spot Kramnik's strong bishop maneuver?
23.Qc1!
Preparing Bd1-b3 in order to seize the a2-g8 diagonal. This would transform the passive bishop on f3 into a terrific piece now that Black has no light-squared counterpart.
23...Qc4
Gelfand searches for relief in a queen exchange.
24.Bd1 Qxc1 25.Rxc1 Rfc8 26.Bb3++/-

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✴️ Emanuel Lasker
German Chess Master
World Chess Champion for 27 years

🔰Emanuel Lasker was a German chess player, mathematician, and philosopher who was World Chess Champion for 27 years. In his prime, Lasker was one of the most dominant champions, and he is still generally regarded as one of the strongest players ever.

▪️ Full name: Emanuel Lasker
▪️ Country: Germany
▪️ Born: December 24, 1868
🔺Berlinchen, Prussia (now Barlinek, Poland)
▪️ Died: January 11, 1941 (aged 72)
🔺New York City, United States
▪️ World Champion: 1894–1921

🔰 After a prolonged period of somewhat strained relations due to Tarrasch’s refusal of Lasker’s offer for a match, Lasker accepted Tarrasch’s challenge for the title, and the Lasker - Tarrasch World Championship Match (1908) was played in Düsseldorf and Munich, with Lasker winning with 8 wins 3 losses and five draws. In 1910, Lasker came close to losing his title when he was trailing by a full point at the tenth and last game of the Lasker - Schlechter World Championship Match (1910) (the match being played in Vienna and Berlin); Schlechter held the advantage and could have drawn the game with ease on several occasions, however, he pursued a win, ultimately blundering a Queen endgame to relinquish his match lead and allow Lasker to retain the title. Some months later, the Lasker - Janowski World Championship Match (1910) - played in Berlin - was Lasker’s final successful defense of his title, winning with 8 wins and 3 draws.

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