58.Kf4! [58.Be1 d3 59.Kf4 Nd4 60.b4 axb4 (60...Nc2 61.bxa5 Nxe1 62.Ke3 Nc2+ 63.Kxd3 Nb4+ 64.Kc4 Nc6 65.Kb5+–) 61.Bxb4 Ke6 62.a5 Kd5 63.a6 Kc6 64.Kg5 Kb6 65.Kxg6 Kxa6 66.Kxh5 Kb5 67.Bd2 Nf3 68.Be3 Nh2 69.Kg5 Nf1 70.Kf4 Kb4 71.h5 Nxe3 72.Kxe3 Kc3 73.h6 d2 74.h7 d1Q 75.h8Q+ Kb3 76.Qg8++–; 58.g4 hxg4 59.Kxg4 d3 60.Kf4 Nd4 61.b4 axb4 62.Bxb4 Ke6 63.Ke4 Nf5 64.a5 Kd7 65.a6 Kc7 66.Ba5+ Kb8 67.Kxd3 Nxh4 68.Bd8 Nf5=]
58...Ke6 59.Kg5? [59.Ke4! Kd6 60.Bh6 Kc5 61.Bf8+ Kb6 62.Bd6 Nd8 63.Kxd4+–]
59...Kf7 60.Kf4 [60.Be1 d3 61.Kf4 Nd4 62.b4 axb4 63.Bxb4=]
60...Ke6 61.Ke4 Kd6 62.Bh6! Ke6 63.Bg7 d3 64.Bc3 Kd6 65.Kxd3 Kd5 66.Ke3 Kd6 67.Ke4 Ke6 68.Kf4 Ke7 69.Kg5 Kf7 70.Be1 Nd4 71.Bxa5 Nxb3 72.Bb6 Nd2 73.a5 1–0
58...Ke6 59.Kg5? [59.Ke4! Kd6 60.Bh6 Kc5 61.Bf8+ Kb6 62.Bd6 Nd8 63.Kxd4+–]
59...Kf7 60.Kf4 [60.Be1 d3 61.Kf4 Nd4 62.b4 axb4 63.Bxb4=]
60...Ke6 61.Ke4 Kd6 62.Bh6! Ke6 63.Bg7 d3 64.Bc3 Kd6 65.Kxd3 Kd5 66.Ke3 Kd6 67.Ke4 Ke6 68.Kf4 Ke7 69.Kg5 Kf7 70.Be1 Nd4 71.Bxa5 Nxb3 72.Bb6 Nd2 73.a5 1–0
Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 42
public poll
A) B×c3 – 3
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 43%
Jayden, Vincent, @RichardPeng
B) 15...Ne5 – 2
👍👍👍👍👍 29%
@mahyarebrahimi1983, @Gm2001
C) 15...Nf6 – 2
👍👍👍👍👍 29%
@YaminiG, Saghana
👥 7 people voted so far.
public poll
A) B×c3 – 3
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 43%
Jayden, Vincent, @RichardPeng
B) 15...Ne5 – 2
👍👍👍👍👍 29%
@mahyarebrahimi1983, @Gm2001
C) 15...Nf6 – 2
👍👍👍👍👍 29%
@YaminiG, Saghana
👥 7 people voted so far.
Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 42
public poll
C) 40.Ng5 – 5
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 100%
Jayden, Vincent, @YaminiG, Saghana, @RichardPeng
A) 40.Re5
▫️ 0%
B) 40.Re1
▫️ 0%
👥 5 people voted so far.
public poll
C) 40.Ng5 – 5
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 100%
Jayden, Vincent, @YaminiG, Saghana, @RichardPeng
A) 40.Re5
▫️ 0%
B) 40.Re1
▫️ 0%
👥 5 people voted so far.
♦️ Today is birthday of Ding Liren !!
Chinese chess grandmaster
❤️🌹💐☘️🌷🌺🌸❤️ Happy birthday !! 👏👏👏👏
. . . . . . . . . . . . .
@unitychess
Chinese chess grandmaster
❤️🌹💐☘️🌷🌺🌸❤️ Happy birthday !! 👏👏👏👏
. . . . . . . . . . . . .
@unitychess
Amsterdam, IBM tournament,15th July 1975, eventual runner-up Hans Böhm faces Sergey Makarychev (who today is a commentator on Russian TV, along with his wife Marina Makaryche)
@UnityChess
@UnityChess
Women's World Champion Nona Gaprindashvili looks on as her Georgian colleague Nana Alexandria considers her position. USSR, 1967.
@UnityChess
@UnityChess
UNITY CHESS INFOGRAPHIC
◼️ Chess History - Tournaments
▪️ Zurich 1953
#chess_history_tornaments
#Zurich_1953
. . . . . . . . . . . . .
@unitychess
◼️ Chess History - Tournaments
▪️ Zurich 1953
#chess_history_tornaments
#Zurich_1953
. . . . . . . . . . . . .
@unitychess
🔷 Chess History - Tournaments
🔹 Zurich 1953
🔹 Switzerland
🔹 August 30 - October 24
🔹 CHAMPION: Vasily Smyslov |18/28 (+9 -1 =18) |
🔰 Zurich 1953 was a chess tournament won by Vasily Smyslov. It was a Candidates Tournament for the 1954 World Chess Championship, which led to the match between Smyslov and Mikhail Botvinnik. The tournament is famous for the strength of the players, the high quality of the games, and books on the tournament by David Bronstein and Miguel Najdorf that are regarded as among the best tournament books ever written. As of 2017, Yuri Averbakh is the only player from this tournament who is still alive, and the oldest living chess grandmaster.
🔰 The Swiss Chess Federation spent 100,000 Swiss francs in order to stage the event, which was one of the reasons they insisted that host countries pay the travel expenses for their respective players. Prize money for first place was 5,000 Swiss francs. Alois Nagler was tournament director.
♦️ The final standings and crosstable was as above👆
♦️ Download "Zurich 1953" Games database by PGN format👇
#chess_history_tornaments
#Zurich_1953
. . . . . . . . . . . . .
@unitychess
🔹 Zurich 1953
🔹 Switzerland
🔹 August 30 - October 24
🔹 CHAMPION: Vasily Smyslov |18/28 (+9 -1 =18) |
🔰 Zurich 1953 was a chess tournament won by Vasily Smyslov. It was a Candidates Tournament for the 1954 World Chess Championship, which led to the match between Smyslov and Mikhail Botvinnik. The tournament is famous for the strength of the players, the high quality of the games, and books on the tournament by David Bronstein and Miguel Najdorf that are regarded as among the best tournament books ever written. As of 2017, Yuri Averbakh is the only player from this tournament who is still alive, and the oldest living chess grandmaster.
🔰 The Swiss Chess Federation spent 100,000 Swiss francs in order to stage the event, which was one of the reasons they insisted that host countries pay the travel expenses for their respective players. Prize money for first place was 5,000 Swiss francs. Alois Nagler was tournament director.
♦️ The final standings and crosstable was as above👆
♦️ Download "Zurich 1953" Games database by PGN format👇
#chess_history_tornaments
#Zurich_1953
. . . . . . . . . . . . .
@unitychess
28...g6? [Eljanov had probably thought that White cannot take the h6–pawn because of trapping the knight, but...]
[28...Qc6 29.Qf3 Kh7 30.h3 a5²]
29.Nxh6+! Kg7 30.Qf3!± [This strong reply was overlooked by Pavel.]
30...Bg5 31.Ng4 f5 32.Ne5‚ Qe4 33.Nd3 d4 34.c4! [White's Knight has blocked the d3–pawn and his queenside pawn majority is ready to be pushed.]
34...Rc8 35.c5 Re8 36.b4 Kf6 37.h4 Bh6 38.Re1 Qxf3+ 39.Kxf3 Rxe1 40.Nxe1 Ke5 41.Ke2 Kd5 42.Kd3 Bc1 43.Nc2 Bb2 44.f3 Bc1 45.g4 fxg4 46.fxg4 Bb2 47.h5 gxh5 48.gxh5 Bc1 49.Na1 Ke6 50.a4
1–0
[28...Qc6 29.Qf3 Kh7 30.h3 a5²]
29.Nxh6+! Kg7 30.Qf3!± [This strong reply was overlooked by Pavel.]
30...Bg5 31.Ng4 f5 32.Ne5‚ Qe4 33.Nd3 d4 34.c4! [White's Knight has blocked the d3–pawn and his queenside pawn majority is ready to be pushed.]
34...Rc8 35.c5 Re8 36.b4 Kf6 37.h4 Bh6 38.Re1 Qxf3+ 39.Kxf3 Rxe1 40.Nxe1 Ke5 41.Ke2 Kd5 42.Kd3 Bc1 43.Nc2 Bb2 44.f3 Bc1 45.g4 fxg4 46.fxg4 Bb2 47.h5 gxh5 48.gxh5 Bc1 49.Na1 Ke6 50.a4
1–0