39...Rf6?! [39...f6! 40.Bg3 b5 41.Ne2 Bf7 42.Nf4 Rb1 43.Rc3 Rxb3 44.Rxc6 g5 45.Nh5 (45.Rc8+ Kg7 46.Nh5+ Bxh5 47.gxh5 Rxb4 48.Ra8 Ra4–+) 45...Bxh5 46.gxh5 Kf7 47.Rxa6 Rxb4–+; 39...b5 40.Bd4 f6 41.Bc5 Kg8 42.Ne4 Rd1 43.Ng3 Rd5 44.Rc3 Rd2 45.Nf5 Bf7 46.Ne7+ Kf8–+]
40.Bxf6 gxf6 41.Na4 Rxd6 42.Nc5 b6 43.Nxa6 Rd8 44.Rc3 Be4 45.Re3 f5 46.gxf5 Bxf5 47.Kg3 Be6 48.Nc7 Ke7 49.Nxe6 fxe6 50.Rc3 Rd4 51.Rxc6 ½–½
40.Bxf6 gxf6 41.Na4 Rxd6 42.Nc5 b6 43.Nxa6 Rd8 44.Rc3 Be4 45.Re3 f5 46.gxf5 Bxf5 47.Kg3 Be6 48.Nc7 Ke7 49.Nxe6 fxe6 50.Rc3 Rd4 51.Rxc6 ½–½
Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 61
public poll
B)17.Qd2 – 3
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 75%
Alexander, @RichardPeng, Zhenrui
A)17.Ng5 – 1
👍👍 25%
Vincent
C)17.Qf3
▫️ 0%
👥 4 people voted so far.
public poll
B)17.Qd2 – 3
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 75%
Alexander, @RichardPeng, Zhenrui
A)17.Ng5 – 1
👍👍 25%
Vincent
C)17.Qf3
▫️ 0%
👥 4 people voted so far.
Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 61
public poll
A)34.Bxf6 – 4
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 67%
Vincent, @A_Wild_Richard, Mahathi, @ZhenruiGu
C)34.Nd6 – 2
👍👍👍👍 33%
@Enterprise3, Alexander
B) 34.Nxf6
▫️ 0%
👥 6 people voted so far.
public poll
A)34.Bxf6 – 4
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 67%
Vincent, @A_Wild_Richard, Mahathi, @ZhenruiGu
C)34.Nd6 – 2
👍👍👍👍 33%
@Enterprise3, Alexander
B) 34.Nxf6
▫️ 0%
👥 6 people voted so far.
♦️ Today is birthday of Mikhail Chigorin!!
Russian chess Master
▪️ Born: November 12, 1850, Gatchina, Russia
▪️ Died: January 25, 1908, Lublin, Poland
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Russian chess Master
▪️ Born: November 12, 1850, Gatchina, Russia
▪️ Died: January 25, 1908, Lublin, Poland
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✅ About Jan Timman
🔵 Jan Timman
🔹 Dutch chess Grandmaster
🔰 Jan Timman is a Dutch chess Grandmaster who was one of the world's leading players from the late 1970s to the early 1990s. At the peak of his career he was considered to be the best non-Soviet player and was known as "The Best of the West".
He has won the Dutch Chess Championship nine times and has been a Candidate for the World Championship several times. He lost the title match of the 1993 FIDE World Championship against Anatoly Karpov.
🔰 Jan is the son of mathematics professor Rein Timman and his wife Anneke, who as a schoolgirl was a mathematics student of former world champion Max Euwe. Timman was an outstanding prospect in his early teens, and at Jerusalem 1967 played in the World Junior Championship, aged fifteen, finishing third.
He received the International Master title in 1971, and in 1974 attained Grandmaster status, making him the Netherlands' third after Max Euwe and Jan Hein Donner. In the same year he won the Dutch Championship for the first time.
🌐 Wikipedia
♦️ A memorable short game by Jan Timann which has won Polugaevsky in only 15 moves!!👇
▪️ Jan Timman vs Lev Polugaevsky
▪️ 2nd AVRO (1973), Hilversum NED, rd 5, Jun-17
▪️ Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation (B96)
♦️ Review and download PGN file👇
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@unitychess
🔵 Jan Timman
🔹 Dutch chess Grandmaster
🔰 Jan Timman is a Dutch chess Grandmaster who was one of the world's leading players from the late 1970s to the early 1990s. At the peak of his career he was considered to be the best non-Soviet player and was known as "The Best of the West".
He has won the Dutch Chess Championship nine times and has been a Candidate for the World Championship several times. He lost the title match of the 1993 FIDE World Championship against Anatoly Karpov.
🔰 Jan is the son of mathematics professor Rein Timman and his wife Anneke, who as a schoolgirl was a mathematics student of former world champion Max Euwe. Timman was an outstanding prospect in his early teens, and at Jerusalem 1967 played in the World Junior Championship, aged fifteen, finishing third.
He received the International Master title in 1971, and in 1974 attained Grandmaster status, making him the Netherlands' third after Max Euwe and Jan Hein Donner. In the same year he won the Dutch Championship for the first time.
🌐 Wikipedia
♦️ A memorable short game by Jan Timann which has won Polugaevsky in only 15 moves!!👇
▪️ Jan Timman vs Lev Polugaevsky
▪️ 2nd AVRO (1973), Hilversum NED, rd 5, Jun-17
▪️ Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation (B96)
♦️ Review and download PGN file👇
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@unitychess
Wikipedia
Jan Timman
Jan Timman (born 14 December 1951) is a Dutch chess grandmaster who was one of the world's leading chess players from the late 1970s to the early 1990s. At the peak of his career, he was considered to be the best non-Soviet player and was known as "The Best…
20...Qxe3! [A correct decision that increases the weakness of White's light squares and creates a weak pawn on the enemy camp.]
21.fxe3 Nd3 22.Rab1 Bh6! 23.Nc2 [White's pieces are passive and Black has the initiative.]
23...Bg5 [¹23...Nce5! 24.Rf6 Rhe8 25.Rb6 Kc7 26.Rf6 Bg5 27.Rff1 Kb6 28.Ba4 Rg8 29.Bxe5 Nxe5 30.Bb3 Kc5µ △Rdf8]
24.Bf4 Nxf4 25.exf4 Be7! [Now, Black intends to transfer the bishop to the a7–g1 diagonal.]
26.Ne3 Bc5 27.Rfe1 Ne7 28.Bd1 Rhf8 29.Nb3 [29.g3 Kc7 30.Kh2 Bxe3‚ 31.Rxe3 Nf5 32.Re1 e3µ △N×g3]
29...Bxe3+ 30.Rxe3 Rxf4µ 31.Nd4 Kd7 32.g3 Rf6 33.Bg4+ Kd6 34.Rd1 Nc6 35.Nc2 Ke5 36.Ree1 Bf7 37.Rf1 Rxf1+ 38.Rxf1 Be6 39.Bxe6 Kxe6 40.Rf4 Rg8 41.Kg2 Rg7?! [¹41...Rg5 42.a3 h5 43.a4 a5 44.Rh4 Kd6 45.Rf4 Kc5 46.b3 b5 47.axb5 Kxb5-/+]
42.Rh4 Rd7 43.Kf2 Ne5 44.Rh6+ Kf5 45.Rh5+ Kf6 46.Ne3 d4 -/+
21.fxe3 Nd3 22.Rab1 Bh6! 23.Nc2 [White's pieces are passive and Black has the initiative.]
23...Bg5 [¹23...Nce5! 24.Rf6 Rhe8 25.Rb6 Kc7 26.Rf6 Bg5 27.Rff1 Kb6 28.Ba4 Rg8 29.Bxe5 Nxe5 30.Bb3 Kc5µ △Rdf8]
24.Bf4 Nxf4 25.exf4 Be7! [Now, Black intends to transfer the bishop to the a7–g1 diagonal.]
26.Ne3 Bc5 27.Rfe1 Ne7 28.Bd1 Rhf8 29.Nb3 [29.g3 Kc7 30.Kh2 Bxe3‚ 31.Rxe3 Nf5 32.Re1 e3µ △N×g3]
29...Bxe3+ 30.Rxe3 Rxf4µ 31.Nd4 Kd7 32.g3 Rf6 33.Bg4+ Kd6 34.Rd1 Nc6 35.Nc2 Ke5 36.Ree1 Bf7 37.Rf1 Rxf1+ 38.Rxf1 Be6 39.Bxe6 Kxe6 40.Rf4 Rg8 41.Kg2 Rg7?! [¹41...Rg5 42.a3 h5 43.a4 a5 44.Rh4 Kd6 45.Rf4 Kc5 46.b3 b5 47.axb5 Kxb5-/+]
42.Rh4 Rd7 43.Kf2 Ne5 44.Rh6+ Kf5 45.Rh5+ Kf6 46.Ne3 d4 -/+