♦️ Review a brilliant tactical chess game from Leningrad 1971 chess tournament👇
▪️ Vladimir Savon vs Lev Polugaevsky
▪️ USSR Championship (1971), Leningrad URS, rd 3, Sep-17
▪️ Sicilian Defense: Scheveningen. Classical Variation (B84)
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▪️ Vladimir Savon vs Lev Polugaevsky
▪️ USSR Championship (1971), Leningrad URS, rd 3, Sep-17
▪️ 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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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+/= △Qa7]
31.Qxc3! bxc3 32.Rc1 Rb8 33.Rxc3± Rb4 34.Rc7 [△Be6]
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!'] 1–0
[30...Ra8+/= △Qa7]
31.Qxc3! bxc3 32.Rc1 Rb8 33.Rxc3± Rb4 34.Rc7 [△Be6]
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!'] 1–0
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.