Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 36
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A) 30.gxh6 β 5
πππππππ 38%
Jonas, @Afshin3333, @rssh666, ΩΫΨ±ΩΨ²Ω, @A_Wild_Richard
C) 30.f6+ β 5
πππππππ 38%
Vincent, Nagaprasad, Atharva, Michael, Alan
B)30.Rxh6 β 3
ππππ 23%
@Sophia_Giraffe, @Henrycaba, Mahathi
π₯ 13 people voted so far.
public poll
A) 30.gxh6 β 5
πππππππ 38%
Jonas, @Afshin3333, @rssh666, ΩΫΨ±ΩΨ²Ω, @A_Wild_Richard
C) 30.f6+ β 5
πππππππ 38%
Vincent, Nagaprasad, Atharva, Michael, Alan
B)30.Rxh6 β 3
ππππ 23%
@Sophia_Giraffe, @Henrycaba, Mahathi
π₯ 13 people voted so far.
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βΌοΈ Chess History - Tournaments
βͺοΈ Leningrad 1971
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βΌοΈ Chess History - Tournaments
βͺοΈ Leningrad 1971
#chess_history_tornaments
#Leningrad_1971
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π· Chess History - Tournaments
πΉ Leningrad 1971
πΉ USSR
πΉ September 15 - October 18
πΉ CHAMPION: Vladimir Andreyevich Savon |15/21(+9 -0 =12) |
π° The 39th Soviet Chess Championship was a category XI event held in the city of Leningrad from September 15 to October 18, 1971. Thirteen of the USSR's strongest masters and grandmasters qualified for the round robin tournament from the four Soviet semi-finals held earlier in the year.
πΉ The qualifiers were (with ELO):
π Anatoly Lein (2510),
π Vladimir Savon (2570)
π Leonid Shamkovich (2520)
πΊFrom Ivano-Frankovsk
π Nikolai Krogius (2575),
π Karen Grigorian (2430)
π Albert Kapengut (2450)
πΊ From Perm
π Anatoli Karpov (2540),
π Rafael Vaganian (2510),
π Roman Dzindzichashvili (2480)
π Vladimir Karasev
πΊ From Daugavpils;
π Yuri Nikolaevsky (2490),
π Igor Platonov (2470),
π Mark Tseitlin
πΊFrom Novosibirsk
πΉ Nine of the Soviet Union's very best players were also invited to complete the field, including (in order of ELO):
π Lev Polugaevsky (2640),
π Vasily Smyslov (2620),
π Mikhail Tal (2620),
π Efim Geller (2615),
π Leonid Stein (2605),
π Mark Taimanov (2600),
π David Bronstein (2590),
π Yuri Balashov (2570),
π Vladimir Tukmakov (2565).
π° This edition of the championship was witness to an enormous upset as International Master Vladimir Savon, who was not even among the top rated grandmasters present, won clear first in a field that included two former world champions and five former Soviet champions.
Savon went undefeated and earned his crown with an impressive score of 15/21.
β¦οΈ The final standings and crosstable was as aboveπ
β¦οΈ Download "Leningrad 1971" Games database by PGN formatπ
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#Leningrad_1971
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πΉ Leningrad 1971
πΉ USSR
πΉ September 15 - October 18
πΉ CHAMPION: Vladimir Andreyevich Savon |15/21(+9 -0 =12) |
π° The 39th Soviet Chess Championship was a category XI event held in the city of Leningrad from September 15 to October 18, 1971. Thirteen of the USSR's strongest masters and grandmasters qualified for the round robin tournament from the four Soviet semi-finals held earlier in the year.
πΉ The qualifiers were (with ELO):
π Anatoly Lein (2510),
π Vladimir Savon (2570)
π Leonid Shamkovich (2520)
πΊFrom Ivano-Frankovsk
π Nikolai Krogius (2575),
π Karen Grigorian (2430)
π Albert Kapengut (2450)
πΊ From Perm
π Anatoli Karpov (2540),
π Rafael Vaganian (2510),
π Roman Dzindzichashvili (2480)
π Vladimir Karasev
πΊ From Daugavpils;
π Yuri Nikolaevsky (2490),
π Igor Platonov (2470),
π Mark Tseitlin
πΊFrom Novosibirsk
πΉ Nine of the Soviet Union's very best players were also invited to complete the field, including (in order of ELO):
π Lev Polugaevsky (2640),
π Vasily Smyslov (2620),
π Mikhail Tal (2620),
π Efim Geller (2615),
π Leonid Stein (2605),
π Mark Taimanov (2600),
π David Bronstein (2590),
π Yuri Balashov (2570),
π Vladimir Tukmakov (2565).
π° This edition of the championship was witness to an enormous upset as International Master Vladimir Savon, who was not even among the top rated grandmasters present, won clear first in a field that included two former world champions and five former Soviet champions.
Savon went undefeated and earned his crown with an impressive score of 15/21.
β¦οΈ The final standings and crosstable was as aboveπ
β¦οΈ Download "Leningrad 1971" Games database by PGN formatπ
#chess_history_tornaments
#Leningrad_1971
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β¦οΈ Review a brilliant tactical chess game from Leningrad 1971 chess tournamentπ
βͺοΈ Vladimir Savon vs Lev Polugaevsky
βͺοΈ USSR Championship (1971), Leningrad URS, rd 3, Sep-17
βͺοΈ Sicilian Defense: Scheveningen. Classical Variation (B84)
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βͺοΈ Vladimir Savon vs Lev Polugaevsky
βͺοΈ USSR Championship (1971), Leningrad URS, rd 3, Sep-17
βͺοΈ Sicilian Defense: Scheveningen. Classical Variation (B84)
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At the Hoogovens tournament in Beverwijk, Jan 1965: L to R: Vladimir Bagirov, Yuri Balashov (then, at 15 years of age, the youngest Master of Sport in the Soviet Union) and Efim Geller.
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Karpov-Korchnoi: 40 years after: On October 17th, 1978, a battle of nerves, which lasted over four months and 32 games, ended in Baguio City. Details,..
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Amazing!! This Carlsen vs Svidler game as known as the most beautiful endgame ever.
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30...Qc3? [In the opposite-colored bishop position, Black probably thought that he will be able to hold the game by exchanging the queens. But it would have been better to keep the position.]
[30...Ra8+/= β³Qa7]
31.Qxc3! bxc3 32.Rc1 Rb8 33.Rxc3Β± Rb4 34.Rc7 [β³Be6]
34...Kf8 35.Rc8+ Ke7 36.Ra8 a4 37.Rxa4 Rxa4 38.bxa4 Ke8 39.a5 Bd8 40.a6 Bb6 41.f4! f6 42.f5 Kf7 43.fxg6+ Kxg6 44.Bf5+ Kg7 45.Kf3 h6 46.Kg4 Bc5 47.Bd7 Kg6 48.Be8+ Kg7 49.Kf5 Kf8 50.Bh5 Ke7 51.Be2 Kf7 52.a4 Bb6 53.a5 Bc5 54.Bh5+ Ke7 55.Kg6 Be3 56.Be2 [The moral of the game is 'not all opposite colored bishop endgames are drawn!'] 1β0
[30...Ra8+/= β³Qa7]
31.Qxc3! bxc3 32.Rc1 Rb8 33.Rxc3Β± Rb4 34.Rc7 [β³Be6]
34...Kf8 35.Rc8+ Ke7 36.Ra8 a4 37.Rxa4 Rxa4 38.bxa4 Ke8 39.a5 Bd8 40.a6 Bb6 41.f4! f6 42.f5 Kf7 43.fxg6+ Kxg6 44.Bf5+ Kg7 45.Kf3 h6 46.Kg4 Bc5 47.Bd7 Kg6 48.Be8+ Kg7 49.Kf5 Kf8 50.Bh5 Ke7 51.Be2 Kf7 52.a4 Bb6 53.a5 Bc5 54.Bh5+ Ke7 55.Kg6 Be3 56.Be2 [The moral of the game is 'not all opposite colored bishop endgames are drawn!'] 1β0
Magnus Carlsen played Caro-Kann defence against Peter Svidler. Carlsen has played his final rated game before WC match v Caruana. He is now only 2.4 points ahead of Caruana.