Unity Chess Multiple Choice 1
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.
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.
Official Site: https://saintlouischessclub.org/
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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As long as it has a king, Garry Kasparov can play any game, of any nature, at any age.
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UNITY CHESS INFOGRAPHIC
✴️ Chess History - Tournaments
🔸 Portoroz 1958
#chess_history_tornaments
#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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@unitychess
🔸 "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)
♦️ Review this game
♦️ The pgn file of game in " Portoroz 1958 Games Database" 👆👆
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21.g4? g5!
A strong intermediate move by 16-year-old Russian GM.
22.gxf5 Bxf5!
That's the point of 21...g5!
23.Ne6
A)23.Ng2 Bxc2 24.Qxc2 Qxf3 -+
B)23.Bxf5 Qxf5 24.Ne6 Nxe6 25.Rxe6 Qxf3 26.Qxf3 Rxf3 27. Rxd6 Rxh3 -+
23...Bxc2 24.Qxc2 Nxe6?!
24...Qxf3! 25.Nxf8 Rxf8 26.Re3 Qxd5 -+
25.dxe6 Qxf3 -/+
A strong intermediate move by 16-year-old Russian GM.
22.gxf5 Bxf5!
That's the point of 21...g5!
23.Ne6
A)23.Ng2 Bxc2 24.Qxc2 Qxf3 -+
B)23.Bxf5 Qxf5 24.Ne6 Nxe6 25.Rxe6 Qxf3 26.Qxf3 Rxf3 27. Rxd6 Rxh3 -+
23...Bxc2 24.Qxc2 Nxe6?!
24...Qxf3! 25.Nxf8 Rxf8 26.Re3 Qxd5 -+
25.dxe6 Qxf3 -/+
69.Ke4?
[69.e4! Rb5 (69...Ra2 70.Rb6 Rc2 71.Rb5 Kg6 (71...Ke6 72.Rb7+–) 72.Rxe5 Kh5 73.Re7 g6 74.Ke3 Kxg5 75.Rf7+–) 70.g6+ Ke7 71.Kg4 Rb2 72.Rc7+ Kf8 73.f3 Rb6 74.Rf7+ Kg8 75.Kf5 Ra6 76.Kg5 Rb6 77.Re7+–; 69.Rc5!+–; 69.Kg3 g6 70.Rf6+ Kg7 71.Re6 Rb5 72.Kf3 e4+ 73.Kxe4 Rxg5 74.f4 Rb5 75.Rc6±]
69...Rxf2 70.g6+ Ke7 71.Kxe5 Rg2 72.e4 Rg5+ 73.Kf4 Ra5 74.Ke3 Ra4 75.Rb6 Rc4 76.Ra6 Rb4 77.Kd3 Rb1 78.Kd4 Rb4+ 79.Ke5 Rb5+ 80.Kf4 Rc5 81.e5 Rc1 82.Ra7+ Ke6 83.Rxg7 Rf1+ 84.Kg3 Rg1+ 85.Kf2 Rg5 86.Ra7 Rxg6 87.Ra6+ Kf5 88.Rxg6 Kxg6 89.Ke3 Kf5 90.Kd4 Ke6 91.Ke4 Ke7 ½–½
[69.e4! Rb5 (69...Ra2 70.Rb6 Rc2 71.Rb5 Kg6 (71...Ke6 72.Rb7+–) 72.Rxe5 Kh5 73.Re7 g6 74.Ke3 Kxg5 75.Rf7+–) 70.g6+ Ke7 71.Kg4 Rb2 72.Rc7+ Kf8 73.f3 Rb6 74.Rf7+ Kg8 75.Kf5 Ra6 76.Kg5 Rb6 77.Re7+–; 69.Rc5!+–; 69.Kg3 g6 70.Rf6+ Kg7 71.Re6 Rb5 72.Kf3 e4+ 73.Kxe4 Rxg5 74.f4 Rb5 75.Rc6±]
69...Rxf2 70.g6+ Ke7 71.Kxe5 Rg2 72.e4 Rg5+ 73.Kf4 Ra5 74.Ke3 Ra4 75.Rb6 Rc4 76.Ra6 Rb4 77.Kd3 Rb1 78.Kd4 Rb4+ 79.Ke5 Rb5+ 80.Kf4 Rc5 81.e5 Rc1 82.Ra7+ Ke6 83.Rxg7 Rf1+ 84.Kg3 Rg1+ 85.Kf2 Rg5 86.Ra7 Rxg6 87.Ra6+ Kf5 88.Rxg6 Kxg6 89.Ke3 Kf5 90.Kd4 Ke6 91.Ke4 Ke7 ½–½