41. Kg3?
The Dutch IM has chosen a wrong square for his king. Now his opponent can rescue himself by a tactical solution.
41. Kf1! would still allow White to keep his advantage.
A) 41...Qxa3 42. d6 Kf8 43. Nf5 +-
B) 41...Nd1 42. Qe1 +-
C) 41... Nb1 42. Bd3 Nxa3 43. Nf5 +-
41... Qc5!
An unexpected reply. Now Black's threats are ...Qxc4 and ...Nde2.
42.Qg5!
Fortunately, White finds the best defence to save the game.
A) 42.Q×c3?? Ne2+! -+
B) 42.Bd3?? Nde2+ 43. Kf2 Nd1+ -+
C) 42.Qd3?? Nde2+ 43. Kg4 Qf2 -+
42...Qxc4 43.Qxe5 g6 44.Nxg6 fxg6 45.Qe8+ 1/2-1/2
The Dutch IM has chosen a wrong square for his king. Now his opponent can rescue himself by a tactical solution.
41. Kf1! would still allow White to keep his advantage.
A) 41...Qxa3 42. d6 Kf8 43. Nf5 +-
B) 41...Nd1 42. Qe1 +-
C) 41... Nb1 42. Bd3 Nxa3 43. Nf5 +-
41... Qc5!
An unexpected reply. Now Black's threats are ...Qxc4 and ...Nde2.
42.Qg5!
Fortunately, White finds the best defence to save the game.
A) 42.Q×c3?? Ne2+! -+
B) 42.Bd3?? Nde2+ 43. Kf2 Nd1+ -+
C) 42.Qd3?? Nde2+ 43. Kg4 Qf2 -+
42...Qxc4 43.Qxe5 g6 44.Nxg6 fxg6 45.Qe8+ 1/2-1/2
17.Bg5!
A logical developing move. It had been the over the board choice of a player who five years later was to become one of the greatest World Champions ever. In view of the pin, Black is best advised to refrain from releasing the tension in the centre. The position becomes very complicated, requiring deep calculation on every step. The fact is that the moves dxe5 and exd5 and their symmetrical corresponding moves need to be taken into account on every step.
17...b4!N
Finally removing this pawn from the attacked square and sacrificing it in order to spoil White's structure.
18.cxb4 h6 19.Bxf6 Qxf6 20.exd5 Bxd5 21.Be4 c6 22.Qd2
exd4 23.Bxd5 cxd5 24.Ne2 =
A logical developing move. It had been the over the board choice of a player who five years later was to become one of the greatest World Champions ever. In view of the pin, Black is best advised to refrain from releasing the tension in the centre. The position becomes very complicated, requiring deep calculation on every step. The fact is that the moves dxe5 and exd5 and their symmetrical corresponding moves need to be taken into account on every step.
17...b4!N
Finally removing this pawn from the attacked square and sacrificing it in order to spoil White's structure.
18.cxb4 h6 19.Bxf6 Qxf6 20.exd5 Bxd5 21.Be4 c6 22.Qd2
exd4 23.Bxd5 cxd5 24.Ne2 =
23...Ne7?
13-year-old Turkish FM should have controlled the b5-square with retreating the knight to c7.
24.Rxd7!
Puranik exploits the Black's last move and obtains a large advantage.
24...Rxd7 25.Qb5! Qxb5 26.axb5 f6
26...b6 27.b4 +-
27.gxf6 gxf6 28.Rxa5 Nf5 29.b6 Nd6 30.b3 1-0
13-year-old Turkish FM should have controlled the b5-square with retreating the knight to c7.
24.Rxd7!
Puranik exploits the Black's last move and obtains a large advantage.
24...Rxd7 25.Qb5! Qxb5 26.axb5 f6
26...b6 27.b4 +-
27.gxf6 gxf6 28.Rxa5 Nf5 29.b6 Nd6 30.b3 1-0
🔺In the game 15...fxe4?! was played and Black could not have realized his slight advantage.
The best continuation is 15...Bxc3! Now that the White's dark-squared is restricted, Black exchanges his bishop for the knight and wins the central e4-pawn. Then the knight on e4 can put pressure on the weaknesses in the enemy camp. 16.bxc3 Nxe4 17.Re3 (17.Bxe4 Rxe4 18.Rxe4 fxe4-/+) 17...b6 18.Qe1 Bb7-/+;
15...Nxe4?! 16.Nxe4 fxe4 17.Rxe4 Rxe4 18.Bxe4 Bf6=/+ Black is better but his task is not easy.
16.Nxe4 Nxe4
16...Bxh3 17.Nxc5 Bxg2 18.Ne6 Rxe6 19.Rxe6 Bc6 20.Kh2 Bf6 21.Ng2 Nh6 22.Bd2 Qd7 23.Qe2 (23.Rxf6 Ng4+ 24.Kg1 Nxf6) 23...Rf8 24.Rf1 Bxb2 25.g4 Be5-/+
17.Bxe4 Bxh3 18.Bxb7 Rb8 19.Bf3 c6 20.Kh2 Bd7 21.Rxe8+ Qxe8 22.b3 Qe6 23.Qf1 Bf6= ½-½
The best continuation is 15...Bxc3! Now that the White's dark-squared is restricted, Black exchanges his bishop for the knight and wins the central e4-pawn. Then the knight on e4 can put pressure on the weaknesses in the enemy camp. 16.bxc3 Nxe4 17.Re3 (17.Bxe4 Rxe4 18.Rxe4 fxe4-/+) 17...b6 18.Qe1 Bb7-/+;
15...Nxe4?! 16.Nxe4 fxe4 17.Rxe4 Rxe4 18.Bxe4 Bf6=/+ Black is better but his task is not easy.
16.Nxe4 Nxe4
16...Bxh3 17.Nxc5 Bxg2 18.Ne6 Rxe6 19.Rxe6 Bc6 20.Kh2 Bf6 21.Ng2 Nh6 22.Bd2 Qd7 23.Qe2 (23.Rxf6 Ng4+ 24.Kg1 Nxf6) 23...Rf8 24.Rf1 Bxb2 25.g4 Be5-/+
17.Bxe4 Bxh3 18.Bxb7 Rb8 19.Bf3 c6 20.Kh2 Bd7 21.Rxe8+ Qxe8 22.b3 Qe6 23.Qf1 Bf6= ½-½
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A: Ke4 – 12
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@EhsanKhoeini, Gavin, Nikhil, Evan, @Sophia_Peng, @roshan_sethuraman, @RichardPeng, Yiyi, Rachel, Zhenrui, Alan, Sanjana
C: Kg3 – 4
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M, Vincent, Samar, Diego
B: e4 – 3
👍👍 16%
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👥 19 people voted so far.
public poll
A: Ke4 – 12
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 63%
@EhsanKhoeini, Gavin, Nikhil, Evan, @Sophia_Peng, @roshan_sethuraman, @RichardPeng, Yiyi, Rachel, Zhenrui, Alan, Sanjana
C: Kg3 – 4
👍👍 21%
M, Vincent, Samar, Diego
B: e4 – 3
👍👍 16%
@Hesi2004, Atharva, @chessnoob
👥 19 people voted so far.
Garry Kasparov returned to play Veselin Topalov as the #Chess960 #ChampionsShowdown began in St. Louis! Big report:
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Champions Chess960 Showdown 2018
The Champions Chess960 Showdown takes place in St Louis 11th to 14th September. 4 days of rapid and blitz using different Chess960 start positions. At least to start Garry Kasparov's match against Veselin Topalov will likely garner most of the attention. But the other matches Nakamura-Svidler, So-Giri, Shankland-MVL and Aronian Dominguez should all have interest. Live coverage from 7pm BST each day.
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The Champions Chess960 Showdown takes place in St Louis 11th to 14th September. 4 days of rapid and blitz using different Chess960 start positions. At least to start Garry Kasparov's match against Veselin Topalov will likely garner most of the attention. But the other matches Nakamura-Svidler, So-Giri, Shankland-MVL and Aronian Dominguez should all have interest. Live coverage from 7pm BST each day.
Official Site: https://saintlouischessclub.org/
Wesley So and MVL take a 2-point lead over Anish Giri and Samuel Shankland respectively after the first day of the 2018 #ChampionsShowdown.
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✴️ Chess History - Tournaments
🔸 Portoroz 1958
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#Portoroz_1958
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✴️ Chess History - Tournaments
🔸 Portoroz 1958
#chess_history_tornaments
#Portoroz_1958
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@unitychess
✴️ Chess History - Tournaments
🔸 "Portoroz 1958
🔰 Portoroz was the fourth FIDE interzonal, and the first one played outside of Sweden.
This tournament was one of the most important and strongest tournaments in chess history, which is still being discussed today. This is the tournament where the 15-year-old Bobby Fischer earned the grandmaster title and first became a contender for the World Chess Championship. It is also the tournament where Mikhail Tal finally got his first chance to compete in a grandmaster tournament outside of the Soviet Union and where Tal started one of the longest non-losing streaks in chess history on his march to the World Chess Championship. It is also one of the turning points in chess history. All of the strongest players in the world competed, with the sole exceptions of World Chess Champion Botvinnik, recent World Champion Vasily Smyslov and top contender Paul Keres.
It was a 21-player round robin, with the top six players qualifying for the Bled-Zagreb-Belgrade Candidates (1959) tournament, with the provisio that no more than four players from any one country could advance.
▪️Chief arbiter: Harry Golombek,
▪️ Assisted by Vladimir Vukovic.
🔰 The tournament committee was composed of Gligoric, Averbakh, Neikirch, Rossetto and Ozren Nedeljkovic.
🔰 The prize money for 1st through 12th places was 300.000, 225.000, 200.000, 150.000, 120.000, 100.000, 80.000, 60.000, 50.000, 45.000, 40.000, and 30.000 "dinarer".
In addition, the remaining players received 2.000 dinarer for each point scored.
Several special prizes were also offered. The opening ceremony featured the debut of the FIDE Hymn, composed by Dal Verme.
🔰The tournament was won by Tal with 13.5/20 (+8 =11 -1), Gligoric was second with 13. Also qualifying were: Benko and Petrosian with 12.5, and Fischer and Olafsson with 12.
🔹 The final standings and crosstable was as above👆
🔹 Download "Portoroz 1958 Games Database" by PGN format👇
#chess_history_tornaments
#Portoroz_1958
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🔸 "Portoroz 1958
🔰 Portoroz was the fourth FIDE interzonal, and the first one played outside of Sweden.
This tournament was one of the most important and strongest tournaments in chess history, which is still being discussed today. This is the tournament where the 15-year-old Bobby Fischer earned the grandmaster title and first became a contender for the World Chess Championship. It is also the tournament where Mikhail Tal finally got his first chance to compete in a grandmaster tournament outside of the Soviet Union and where Tal started one of the longest non-losing streaks in chess history on his march to the World Chess Championship. It is also one of the turning points in chess history. All of the strongest players in the world competed, with the sole exceptions of World Chess Champion Botvinnik, recent World Champion Vasily Smyslov and top contender Paul Keres.
It was a 21-player round robin, with the top six players qualifying for the Bled-Zagreb-Belgrade Candidates (1959) tournament, with the provisio that no more than four players from any one country could advance.
▪️Chief arbiter: Harry Golombek,
▪️ Assisted by Vladimir Vukovic.
🔰 The tournament committee was composed of Gligoric, Averbakh, Neikirch, Rossetto and Ozren Nedeljkovic.
🔰 The prize money for 1st through 12th places was 300.000, 225.000, 200.000, 150.000, 120.000, 100.000, 80.000, 60.000, 50.000, 45.000, 40.000, and 30.000 "dinarer".
In addition, the remaining players received 2.000 dinarer for each point scored.
Several special prizes were also offered. The opening ceremony featured the debut of the FIDE Hymn, composed by Dal Verme.
🔰The tournament was won by Tal with 13.5/20 (+8 =11 -1), Gligoric was second with 13. Also qualifying were: Benko and Petrosian with 12.5, and Fischer and Olafsson with 12.
🔹 The final standings and crosstable was as above👆
🔹 Download "Portoroz 1958 Games Database" by PGN format👇
#chess_history_tornaments
#Portoroz_1958
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@unitychess
✴️ Our selected game from Portoroz Interzonal 1958 which Mikhail Tal has won by knight sacrificing!!👇
🔸 Mikhail Tal vs Geza Fuster
🔸 Portoroz Interzonal (1958), Portoroz SLO, rd 9, Aug-19
🔸 Caro-Kann Defense: Karpov Variation (B17)
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♦️ The pgn file of game in " Portoroz 1958 Games Database" 👆👆
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🔸 Mikhail Tal vs Geza Fuster
🔸 Portoroz Interzonal (1958), Portoroz SLO, rd 9, Aug-19
🔸 Caro-Kann Defense: Karpov Variation (B17)
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♦️ The pgn file of game in " Portoroz 1958 Games Database" 👆👆
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