[Black has a difficult task to win the game. He should accurately mobilize his pieces to launch an attack against the enemy king or put more pressure on his pawns.]
40...Qc6! [40...Nc5 41.a5 Rb5 42.Qf3 Nd7 43.g4 Ne5 44.Qe4 Nc6 45.a6 bxa6 46.Qd3 Kg7³; 40...Rd6 41.Qf3 Nc5 42.g4 Qd8 43.Re3 a5 44.g5 Qd7 45.Kg3 Rd3 46.f6 Kg8 47.b4 axb4 48.cxb4 Rxe3 49.Qxe3 Ne6 50.Qe4 Qxa4 51.Qxb7 Qb3+ 52.Kg4 Qd1+ 53.Kh3 Qf1+ 54.Kg4 Qe2+ 55.Kg3 Qe5+=/+]
41.Kh2 Nf6 42.Qf4 Qd5 [42...Qd6 43.Qxd6+ Rxd6 44.Kh3 Rd3 45.Re5 a6 46.Re2 Rf3 47.Re5 Rf2 48.g4 Rf3+ 49.Kg2 Nxg4 50.Re4 Rf2+ 51.Kg3 Nf6 52.Rb4 Rxf5 53.Rxb7 Ra5-/+]
43.Rd2 Qe4 44.Qh6+? [44.Qxe4 Nxe4 45.Re2 Nd6 46.g4 Rb3 47.h5 Nc4³]
44...Ke7 45.Qh8 Ng4+ 46.Kh3 Rd6 47.f6+ Nxf6 0–1
40...Qc6! [40...Nc5 41.a5 Rb5 42.Qf3 Nd7 43.g4 Ne5 44.Qe4 Nc6 45.a6 bxa6 46.Qd3 Kg7³; 40...Rd6 41.Qf3 Nc5 42.g4 Qd8 43.Re3 a5 44.g5 Qd7 45.Kg3 Rd3 46.f6 Kg8 47.b4 axb4 48.cxb4 Rxe3 49.Qxe3 Ne6 50.Qe4 Qxa4 51.Qxb7 Qb3+ 52.Kg4 Qd1+ 53.Kh3 Qf1+ 54.Kg4 Qe2+ 55.Kg3 Qe5+=/+]
41.Kh2 Nf6 42.Qf4 Qd5 [42...Qd6 43.Qxd6+ Rxd6 44.Kh3 Rd3 45.Re5 a6 46.Re2 Rf3 47.Re5 Rf2 48.g4 Rf3+ 49.Kg2 Nxg4 50.Re4 Rf2+ 51.Kg3 Nf6 52.Rb4 Rxf5 53.Rxb7 Ra5-/+]
43.Rd2 Qe4 44.Qh6+? [44.Qxe4 Nxe4 45.Re2 Nd6 46.g4 Rb3 47.h5 Nc4³]
44...Ke7 45.Qh8 Ng4+ 46.Kh3 Rd6 47.f6+ Nxf6 0–1
33.Rf1!! [33.Re8+ Rxe8 34.Rxd2 Re7 35.c4 Kh7 36.c5 Kg6 37.Kg3 Rc7=; 33.Rxd2 Rxd2 34.b4 Ra2 35.Re7 Rxa3 36.Rxb7 Rxc3 37.Rxa7 Rb3 38.Rxf7 Rxb4=]
33...d1Q 34.Rxd1! Rxd1 35.Re7 b5 36.Rxa7 Rb1 37.b4 Rb3 38.Rxf7 Rxc3 39.Rf3 Rc2 40.h4 g6 41.Kg3 h5 42.Kh2 Kg7 43.Rd3 Rc4 44.Rd5 Rc3 45.Rxb5 Rxa3 46.Rc5 Rb3 47.b5 Kf6 48.Rg5 Rb4 49.g3 Rb2+ 50.Kg1 Re2 51.Kf1 Re4 52.Kf2 Kg7 53.Kf3 Re1 54.Kf4 Kf6 55.Rc5 Re2 56.Rc6+ Kg7 57.b6 Rb2 58.Ke5 Rb3 59.Kd6 Rxg3 60.b7 1–0
33...d1Q 34.Rxd1! Rxd1 35.Re7 b5 36.Rxa7 Rb1 37.b4 Rb3 38.Rxf7 Rxc3 39.Rf3 Rc2 40.h4 g6 41.Kg3 h5 42.Kh2 Kg7 43.Rd3 Rc4 44.Rd5 Rc3 45.Rxb5 Rxa3 46.Rc5 Rb3 47.b5 Kf6 48.Rg5 Rb4 49.g3 Rb2+ 50.Kg1 Re2 51.Kf1 Re4 52.Kf2 Kg7 53.Kf3 Re1 54.Kf4 Kf6 55.Rc5 Re2 56.Rc6+ Kg7 57.b6 Rb2 58.Ke5 Rb3 59.Kd6 Rxg3 60.b7 1–0
Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 98
public poll
C) Nd1 – 7
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 78%
@mahyarebrahimi1983, Nikhil, @hoseini139562, Evan, @h_a_d_I_1169, Javad, Arad
A) g4 – 1
👍 11%
@Sophia_Peng
B) a3 – 1
👍 11%
@RichardPeng
👥 9 people voted so far.
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C) Nd1 – 7
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 78%
@mahyarebrahimi1983, Nikhil, @hoseini139562, Evan, @h_a_d_I_1169, Javad, Arad
A) g4 – 1
👍 11%
@Sophia_Peng
B) a3 – 1
👍 11%
@RichardPeng
👥 9 people voted so far.
Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 98
public poll
B) Rf6 – 9
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 64%
Abbas, @M_L_110213, @mahyarebrahimi1983, @teIgeraam, @Zamani9899, Nikhil, @hoseini139562, @Sophia_Peng, @RichardPeng
A) Re3 – 5
👍👍👍👍 36%
@aminjabbari400, @Mkhadema, @abas2048, @h_a_d_I_1169, @WataxPin
C) Rf8
▫️ 0%
👥 14 people voted so far.
public poll
B) Rf6 – 9
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 64%
Abbas, @M_L_110213, @mahyarebrahimi1983, @teIgeraam, @Zamani9899, Nikhil, @hoseini139562, @Sophia_Peng, @RichardPeng
A) Re3 – 5
👍👍👍👍 36%
@aminjabbari400, @Mkhadema, @abas2048, @h_a_d_I_1169, @WataxPin
C) Rf8
▫️ 0%
👥 14 people voted so far.
🔴 Today is birthday of Vasja Pirc!!
♦️ Yugoslav Chess Grandmaster
▪️ Born: December 19, 1907, Idrija, Slovenia
▪️ Died: June 2, 1980, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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🛑 Today is also birthday of :
🔹 Robert Lee Hess (1991), an American Grandmaster who was US Junior Champion in 2006. In May 2012, his FIDE rating was 2635, fifth in the United States.
🔹 Max Blau (1918-1984), a Swiss International Master born in Germany who won four times Swiss Chess Championship (1953, 1955, 1956, and 1967).
🔹 Jusefs Petkevich (1940), a Latvian Grandmaster who became the Senior World Champion in 2002.
🔹 Andres Rodriguez (1973), the first Uruguayan Grandmaster and former champion. A coach who is living in Argentine.
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♦️ Yugoslav Chess Grandmaster
▪️ Born: December 19, 1907, Idrija, Slovenia
▪️ Died: June 2, 1980, Ljubljana, Slovenia
_______________________
🛑 Today is also birthday of :
🔹 Robert Lee Hess (1991), an American Grandmaster who was US Junior Champion in 2006. In May 2012, his FIDE rating was 2635, fifth in the United States.
🔹 Max Blau (1918-1984), a Swiss International Master born in Germany who won four times Swiss Chess Championship (1953, 1955, 1956, and 1967).
🔹 Jusefs Petkevich (1940), a Latvian Grandmaster who became the Senior World Champion in 2002.
🔹 Andres Rodriguez (1973), the first Uruguayan Grandmaster and former champion. A coach who is living in Argentine.
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Nigel Short:
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You won't become a great chess player, or a concert pianist, or anything else that is difficult, if you just dabble once a week, for an hour, on Saturday afternoon.
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UNITY CHESS INFOGRAPHIC
🔵 Chess History - Tournaments
🔹 Baku 1972
🔹 40th Soviet Chess Champion
#chess_history_tornaments
#Baku1972
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🔵 Chess History - Tournaments
🔹 Baku 1972
🔹 40th Soviet Chess Champion
#chess_history_tornaments
#Baku1972
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🔵 Chess History - Tournaments
🔸 Baku 1972
🔸 40th Soviet Chess Champion
🔰 CHAMPION: Mikhail Tal | 15/21 (+9 -0 =12) |
✅ The 40th Soviet Chess Championship was a category XI event played in the city of Baku from November 16th to December 19th, 1972. Nineteen of the USSR's best masters and grandmasters qualified for the round robin tournament, which also counted as a zonal event for the world championship cycle, from the four Soviet semi-finals held earlier in the year.
✅ The qualifiers were (with ELO at time of championship):
▪️ Semyon Furman (2520),
▪️ Evgeni Vasiukov (2575),
▪️ Mikhail Mukhin (2420),
▪️ Ratmir Kholmov (2550)
🔺 Qualified from Uzhgorod;
▪️ Nukhim Rashkovsky (2430),
▪️ Eduard Gufeld (2525),
▪️ Anatoly Lein (2530),
▪️ Yuri Razuvaev (2490),
▪️ Karen Grigorian (2470)
🔺 Qualified from Cheliabinsk;
▪️ Valery Zhidkov (2490),
▪️ Roman Dzindzichashvili (2500),
▪️ Leonid Shamkovich (2535),
▪️ Yuri Balashov (2560),
▪️ Vitaly Tseshkovsky
🔺 Qualified from Kaliningrad;
▪️ Lev Alburt (2450),
▪️ Gennadi Kuzmin (2520),
▪️ Valery Zilberstein (2445),
▪️ Albert Kapengut (2485),
▪️ Vladimir Tukmakov (2560)
🔺 Qualified from Odessa.
🔺 Tseshkovsky was unable to attend so he was replaced with Vladimir Bagirov (2515).
▪️ The field was completed by the attendance of David Bronstein (2585) and Mikhail Tal (2625), both previous Soviet champions, and by the attendance of last year's Soviet champion Vladimir Savon (2595).
✅ Although not as strong as some of the top championships in the past, Tal dominated with his usual flair, finishing undefeated and clear first with 15/21, two points ahead of sole second place, Tukmakov. This Soviet crown was Tal's fourth of an eventual six he would win in his longer career as one of the world's very best chess players.
✳️ Third and fourth place playoff (in 1973, Interzonal qualification):
=1 Kuzmin ½½ ½½ 2
=1 Savon ½½ 01 2
=1 Mukhin ½½ 10 ** 2
🌐 SOURCE: CHESSGAMES.COM
🔹 The final standings and crosstable was as above👆
🔹 Download " Baku 1972 Games Database" by PGN format👇
🔹 Review our selected game from Baku 1972 tournament👇
#chess_history_tornaments
#Baku1972
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🔸 Baku 1972
🔸 40th Soviet Chess Champion
🔰 CHAMPION: Mikhail Tal | 15/21 (+9 -0 =12) |
✅ The 40th Soviet Chess Championship was a category XI event played in the city of Baku from November 16th to December 19th, 1972. Nineteen of the USSR's best masters and grandmasters qualified for the round robin tournament, which also counted as a zonal event for the world championship cycle, from the four Soviet semi-finals held earlier in the year.
✅ The qualifiers were (with ELO at time of championship):
▪️ Semyon Furman (2520),
▪️ Evgeni Vasiukov (2575),
▪️ Mikhail Mukhin (2420),
▪️ Ratmir Kholmov (2550)
🔺 Qualified from Uzhgorod;
▪️ Nukhim Rashkovsky (2430),
▪️ Eduard Gufeld (2525),
▪️ Anatoly Lein (2530),
▪️ Yuri Razuvaev (2490),
▪️ Karen Grigorian (2470)
🔺 Qualified from Cheliabinsk;
▪️ Valery Zhidkov (2490),
▪️ Roman Dzindzichashvili (2500),
▪️ Leonid Shamkovich (2535),
▪️ Yuri Balashov (2560),
▪️ Vitaly Tseshkovsky
🔺 Qualified from Kaliningrad;
▪️ Lev Alburt (2450),
▪️ Gennadi Kuzmin (2520),
▪️ Valery Zilberstein (2445),
▪️ Albert Kapengut (2485),
▪️ Vladimir Tukmakov (2560)
🔺 Qualified from Odessa.
🔺 Tseshkovsky was unable to attend so he was replaced with Vladimir Bagirov (2515).
▪️ The field was completed by the attendance of David Bronstein (2585) and Mikhail Tal (2625), both previous Soviet champions, and by the attendance of last year's Soviet champion Vladimir Savon (2595).
✅ Although not as strong as some of the top championships in the past, Tal dominated with his usual flair, finishing undefeated and clear first with 15/21, two points ahead of sole second place, Tukmakov. This Soviet crown was Tal's fourth of an eventual six he would win in his longer career as one of the world's very best chess players.
✳️ Third and fourth place playoff (in 1973, Interzonal qualification):
=1 Kuzmin ½½ ½½ 2
=1 Savon ½½ 01 2
=1 Mukhin ½½ 10 ** 2
🌐 SOURCE: CHESSGAMES.COM
🔹 The final standings and crosstable was as above👆
🔹 Download " Baku 1972 Games Database" by PGN format👇
🔹 Review our selected game from Baku 1972 tournament👇
#chess_history_tornaments
#Baku1972
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@unitychess
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🔵 Review our selected game from Baku 1972 Chess Tournament👇
🔸 David Bronstein vs Mikhail Tal
🔸 USSR Championship (1972), Baku URS, rd 17, Dec-12
🔸 Nimzo-Larsen Attack: Classical Variation (A01)
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🔸 David Bronstein vs Mikhail Tal
🔸 USSR Championship (1972), Baku URS, rd 17, Dec-12
🔸 Nimzo-Larsen Attack: Classical Variation (A01)
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🔸chess.com IoM Masters Douglas ENG 2018
🔸Round 2
⚪️Wojtaszek,Radoslaw (2727)
⚫️Ladron De Guevara Pinto,Paolo (2427)
🔸1-0
🔸Round 2
⚪️Wojtaszek,Radoslaw (2727)
⚫️Ladron De Guevara Pinto,Paolo (2427)
🔸1-0
22.exd5! [A well-calculated move by Wojtaszek that brings him a material advantage.]
22...cxd5 [22...Bxd5? 23.Nxd5 cxd5 24.Qxd7 Rxd7 25.Rxe7! Rxe7 26.Bxd6 Re3 27.Bf1+–]
23.Qxd7 Rxd7 24.Bxg6! [Obviously, this move had already been considered by Radoslaw.]
24...Bf6 [24...Nf5 25.Nb5 b6 26.Bxf5 Bxf5+ 27.Ka1 Bg6 28.Nc7+ Kb7 29.Nxd5±]
25.Bc2±
22...cxd5 [22...Bxd5? 23.Nxd5 cxd5 24.Qxd7 Rxd7 25.Rxe7! Rxe7 26.Bxd6 Re3 27.Bf1+–]
23.Qxd7 Rxd7 24.Bxg6! [Obviously, this move had already been considered by Radoslaw.]
24...Bf6 [24...Nf5 25.Nb5 b6 26.Bxf5 Bxf5+ 27.Ka1 Bg6 28.Nc7+ Kb7 29.Nxd5±]
25.Bc2±