42.Kc1?! [42.Rd7! Kg5 43.c4 Nd2 (43...Rd2+ 44.Kc1) 44.Ke1 Rh2 45.c5 Nb3 46.c6 Kf4 47.Rb7 Rh1+ 48.Ke2 Nd4+ 49.Nxd4 exd4 50.Rb4 Rh2+ 51.Kd1 Rh7 52.Rxd4 Rc7 53.Rc4 Ke5 54.Kd2+β; 42.d4 exd4 43.cxd4 Ng5 44.Nd6 Kg4 45.Rg6 Kh5 46.Rg8 Kg4 47.e5 Rf4 48.exf6 Rxd4+ 49.Ke2 Rxd6 50.f7 Re6+ 51.Kd3 Rd6+ 52.Kc4 Rf6 53.f8Q Rxf8 54.Rxf8 Ne6 55.Rf2 Nf4=]
42...Ne1 43.Rd7 Kg4 44.Rd6 [44.c4! Kf3 45.c5 Ke2 46.Kb1 Nxd3 47.c6 Rf1+ 48.Ka2 Nb4+ 49.Kb2 Nxc6 50.Ng3+ Kf2 51.Nxf1 Kxf1 52.Rd2Β² (52.Rd6 Nd4 53.Rxf6+ Ke2 54.Rh6 Kd3 55.Rh4 Ke3 56.Ka3 Kd3 57.Kb4 Nf3 58.Rg4 Nd2=) ]
44...Kf3 45.Nh6 Ke2 46.Ng4 [46.d4 Nd3+ 47.Kc2 Ke3+ 48.Kb3 Kxe4 49.Ng4 Rb2+ 50.Ka3 f5 51.Nf6+ (51.Nxe5 Nxe5 52.Kxb2?? (52.dxe5 Rb7) 52...Nc4+β+) 51...Kf3 52.dxe5 Nxe5 53.Kxb2 Nc4+ 54.Kc2 Nxd6=]
46...Rg2 47.Nxf6 Nxd3+ 48.Kc2 Ke3+ 49.Kb3 Nc5+ 50.Kc4 Nxe4 Β½βΒ½
42...Ne1 43.Rd7 Kg4 44.Rd6 [44.c4! Kf3 45.c5 Ke2 46.Kb1 Nxd3 47.c6 Rf1+ 48.Ka2 Nb4+ 49.Kb2 Nxc6 50.Ng3+ Kf2 51.Nxf1 Kxf1 52.Rd2Β² (52.Rd6 Nd4 53.Rxf6+ Ke2 54.Rh6 Kd3 55.Rh4 Ke3 56.Ka3 Kd3 57.Kb4 Nf3 58.Rg4 Nd2=) ]
44...Kf3 45.Nh6 Ke2 46.Ng4 [46.d4 Nd3+ 47.Kc2 Ke3+ 48.Kb3 Kxe4 49.Ng4 Rb2+ 50.Ka3 f5 51.Nf6+ (51.Nxe5 Nxe5 52.Kxb2?? (52.dxe5 Rb7) 52...Nc4+β+) 51...Kf3 52.dxe5 Nxe5 53.Kxb2 Nc4+ 54.Kc2 Nxd6=]
46...Rg2 47.Nxf6 Nxd3+ 48.Kc2 Ke3+ 49.Kb3 Nc5+ 50.Kc4 Nxe4 Β½βΒ½
Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 47
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B)9.e4 β 5
πππππππ 100%
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A)9.dxe5
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C)9.Nxe5
β«οΈ 0%
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B)9.e4 β 5
πππππππ 100%
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C)9.Nxe5
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Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 47
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A)34...Rc4 β 4
πππππππ 57%
@Anasiri6889, @YaminiG, Alexander, @Ndtaker
C) 34...d4 β 2
ππππ 29%
@Sophia_Giraffe, Mahathi
B)34...Kd6 β 1
ππ 14%
@A_Wild_Richard
π₯ 7 people voted so far.
public poll
A)34...Rc4 β 4
πππππππ 57%
@Anasiri6889, @YaminiG, Alexander, @Ndtaker
C) 34...d4 β 2
ππππ 29%
@Sophia_Giraffe, Mahathi
B)34...Kd6 β 1
ππ 14%
@A_Wild_Richard
π₯ 7 people voted so far.
Leningrad, 8th September 1986. The 14th match-game in the third World Championship match between Garry Kasparov (by now, champion) & Anatoly Karpov (challenger).
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Already a quarter of a century ago. Anatoly Karpov v. Vladimir Kramnik, 12th round, Linares, 12th March 1993. The game was drawn in 99 moves.
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β¦οΈ Today is birthday of Xu Yuhua !!
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Chinese chess grandmaster
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βΌοΈ Chess History - Tournaments
βͺοΈ 4th Candidates 1959
#4thCandidates_1959
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βΌοΈ Chess History - Tournaments
βͺοΈ 4th Candidates 1959
#4thCandidates_1959
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π· Chess History - Tournaments
πΉ 4th Candidates 1959 [ Bled, Zagreb, Belgrad ]
πΉ Yugoslavia
πΉ Septamber 7 - October 29
πΉ CHAMPION: Mikhail Tal |20/28 (+16 -4 =8) |
π° The 1959 Candidates Tournament was hosted by three cities in Yugoslavia. The first 14 rounds were played in Bled, rounds 15-21 in Zagreb, and rounds 22-28 in Belgrade. This event would select the next challenger to world champion Mikhail Botvinnik, who had just recaptured his title in the Botvinnik - Smyslov World Championship Rematch (1958).
Mikhail Tal, Svetozar GligoriΔ, Pal Benko, Tigran Petrosian, FriΓ°rik Γlafsson and Bobby Fischer qualified from the Portoroz Interzonal (1958).
Vasily Smyslov and Paul Keres were seeded directly into the candidates tournament on the strength of their 1-2 finish in the previous Amsterdam Candidates (1956).
π Arbitersπ
Harry Golombek was arbiter, and the seconds were Bent Larsen (Fischer), Yuri Averbakh, joined later by Alexander Koblents (Tal), Vladas Mikenas (Keres), Isaac Boleslavsky (Petrosian), Igor Bondarevsky (Smyslov) Aleksandar Matanovic (GligoriΔ), Klaus Viktor Darga and Ingi Randver Johannsson (Γlafsson), and Rudolf Maric (Benko)
π° The players would meet each other four times, twice in Bled and once in both Zagreb and Belgrade. In Bled, the players stayed at the Grand Hotel Toplice, the site of Alexander Alekhine's historic triumph in Bled (1931).
π° In contrast to the candidates tournaments in ZΓΌrich 1953 and in Amsterdam 1956 only eight players took part in the candidates tournament 1959. But they played a four game round-robin, 28 games altogether. Mihail Tal coped best with this challenge. He won the tournament with 20.0 /28, Keres finished second with 18Β½ / 28.
π° Tal won, becoming the challenger in the 1960 championship match.
β¦οΈ The final standings and crosstable was as aboveπ
β¦οΈ Download "4th Candidates 1959" Games database by PGN formatπ
#Candidates_1959
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πΉ 4th Candidates 1959 [ Bled, Zagreb, Belgrad ]
πΉ Yugoslavia
πΉ Septamber 7 - October 29
πΉ CHAMPION: Mikhail Tal |20/28 (+16 -4 =8) |
π° The 1959 Candidates Tournament was hosted by three cities in Yugoslavia. The first 14 rounds were played in Bled, rounds 15-21 in Zagreb, and rounds 22-28 in Belgrade. This event would select the next challenger to world champion Mikhail Botvinnik, who had just recaptured his title in the Botvinnik - Smyslov World Championship Rematch (1958).
Mikhail Tal, Svetozar GligoriΔ, Pal Benko, Tigran Petrosian, FriΓ°rik Γlafsson and Bobby Fischer qualified from the Portoroz Interzonal (1958).
Vasily Smyslov and Paul Keres were seeded directly into the candidates tournament on the strength of their 1-2 finish in the previous Amsterdam Candidates (1956).
π Arbitersπ
Harry Golombek was arbiter, and the seconds were Bent Larsen (Fischer), Yuri Averbakh, joined later by Alexander Koblents (Tal), Vladas Mikenas (Keres), Isaac Boleslavsky (Petrosian), Igor Bondarevsky (Smyslov) Aleksandar Matanovic (GligoriΔ), Klaus Viktor Darga and Ingi Randver Johannsson (Γlafsson), and Rudolf Maric (Benko)
π° The players would meet each other four times, twice in Bled and once in both Zagreb and Belgrade. In Bled, the players stayed at the Grand Hotel Toplice, the site of Alexander Alekhine's historic triumph in Bled (1931).
π° In contrast to the candidates tournaments in ZΓΌrich 1953 and in Amsterdam 1956 only eight players took part in the candidates tournament 1959. But they played a four game round-robin, 28 games altogether. Mihail Tal coped best with this challenge. He won the tournament with 20.0 /28, Keres finished second with 18Β½ / 28.
π° Tal won, becoming the challenger in the 1960 championship match.
β¦οΈ The final standings and crosstable was as aboveπ
β¦οΈ Download "4th Candidates 1959" Games database by PGN formatπ
#Candidates_1959
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