31...Ne2+! [31...Nxe4 32.Bxe4 gxh4 33.Bxb7 g5 34.d5 exd5 35.Bxd5 Kg7 36.a4 Be7 37.b5 Bd8 38.Bc6 f5 39.Bd7 Kf6 40.g3 hxg3 41.fxg3=; 31...Nb5 32.Bd3 Nxd4 33.hxg5=]
32.Kf1 Nxd4 33.Bd1 gxh4 34.Nd6 Kg8 35.Nxb7 Be7 [35...Bc7 36.Nc5 Kf8 37.a4 Ke7 38.b5 Kd6-/+]
36.Na5 g5?! [36...Bg5 37.Nc4 Bf4 38.a4 Kf8 39.b5 Ke7-/+]
37.Ba4 f5 38.Nc6! Nxc6 39.Bxc6 Kf7 40.Ke2 Kf6 41.f3 Ke5 42.Bd7 Bd6 43.Bc8 Bc7 44.Bd7 g4 45.fxg4 fxg4 46.Kd3 Bb6 47.a4 Bf2 48.Ke2 Bd4 49.Kd3 Bf2 50.Ke2 Bg1 51.Kd3 h3 52.gxh3 gxh3 53.Bc6 Kf4 [53...h2 54.b5 Bb6 55.Bb7 Kf5 56.Ke2 Kf4 57.Kd3 e5 58.Bd5 Kg4 59.Bc6 Ba5 60.Bb7 Kf4 61.Bd5 Kg3 62.Ke2 Bb4 63.Bc6]
54.a5 h2 55.b5 Bc5 56.Bh1 e5 57.Bd5 Kf5 58.Bc6 Ke6 59.Be4 Kd6 60.Kc4 Bf2 61.Bf3 Be1 62.a6 Bf2 63.Be4 Bb6 64.Bf3 Bd4 65.b6 Bxb6 66.Be4 Bf2 67.Bg2 Kc7 68.Kb5 Kd6 69.Kc4 Ke6 70.Be4 Bg1 71.Kd3 Kf6 72.Bh1 Kf5 73.Bd5 Bf2 74.Bh1 Bh4 75.Bd5 Bd8 76.Bh1 Ke6 77.Be4 Kd6 78.Kc4 Kc7 79.Kb5
½–½
32.Kf1 Nxd4 33.Bd1 gxh4 34.Nd6 Kg8 35.Nxb7 Be7 [35...Bc7 36.Nc5 Kf8 37.a4 Ke7 38.b5 Kd6-/+]
36.Na5 g5?! [36...Bg5 37.Nc4 Bf4 38.a4 Kf8 39.b5 Ke7-/+]
37.Ba4 f5 38.Nc6! Nxc6 39.Bxc6 Kf7 40.Ke2 Kf6 41.f3 Ke5 42.Bd7 Bd6 43.Bc8 Bc7 44.Bd7 g4 45.fxg4 fxg4 46.Kd3 Bb6 47.a4 Bf2 48.Ke2 Bd4 49.Kd3 Bf2 50.Ke2 Bg1 51.Kd3 h3 52.gxh3 gxh3 53.Bc6 Kf4 [53...h2 54.b5 Bb6 55.Bb7 Kf5 56.Ke2 Kf4 57.Kd3 e5 58.Bd5 Kg4 59.Bc6 Ba5 60.Bb7 Kf4 61.Bd5 Kg3 62.Ke2 Bb4 63.Bc6]
54.a5 h2 55.b5 Bc5 56.Bh1 e5 57.Bd5 Kf5 58.Bc6 Ke6 59.Be4 Kd6 60.Kc4 Bf2 61.Bf3 Be1 62.a6 Bf2 63.Be4 Bb6 64.Bf3 Bd4 65.b6 Bxb6 66.Be4 Bf2 67.Bg2 Kc7 68.Kb5 Kd6 69.Kc4 Ke6 70.Be4 Bg1 71.Kd3 Kf6 72.Bh1 Kf5 73.Bd5 Bf2 74.Bh1 Bh4 75.Bd5 Bd8 76.Bh1 Ke6 77.Be4 Kd6 78.Kc4 Kc7 79.Kb5
½–½
Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 108
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C) f4 – 9
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@M_L_110213, @mahyarebrahimi1983, future, Nikhil, Farshid, @Sophia_Peng, @RichardPeng, @AryanLeekha, Michael
A) b4 – 3
👍👍 23%
@Amir_sou, @WataxPin, Alan
B) Rad1 – 1
👍 8%
@h_a_d_I_1169
👥 13 people voted so far.
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C) f4 – 9
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 69%
@M_L_110213, @mahyarebrahimi1983, future, Nikhil, Farshid, @Sophia_Peng, @RichardPeng, @AryanLeekha, Michael
A) b4 – 3
👍👍 23%
@Amir_sou, @WataxPin, Alan
B) Rad1 – 1
👍 8%
@h_a_d_I_1169
👥 13 people voted so far.
Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 108
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A) Rc2 – 14
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 100%
@Amir_sou, مجتبی, @M_L_110213, @mahyarebrahimi1983, future, Nikhil, @h_a_d_I_1169, Farshid, @Sophia_Peng, @RichardPeng, @AryanLeekha, Michael, Alan, Matthew
B) f6
▫️ 0%
C) e6
▫️ 0%
👥 14 people voted so far.
public poll
A) Rc2 – 14
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 100%
@Amir_sou, مجتبی, @M_L_110213, @mahyarebrahimi1983, future, Nikhil, @h_a_d_I_1169, Farshid, @Sophia_Peng, @RichardPeng, @AryanLeekha, Michael, Alan, Matthew
B) f6
▫️ 0%
C) e6
▫️ 0%
👥 14 people voted so far.
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Our 4th best game of 2018 is an engine affair; Stockfish rocked Senpai's world with 15...Bg3!!!, one of the most brilliant moves of 2018! 🌠🤩🌠
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🔘 About Nigel Short
🔵 Nigel Short
🔹 English chess grandmaster
📚 Nigel David Short MBE is an English chess grandmaster, chess columnist, chess coach and chess commentator. Short earned the Grandmaster title at the age of 19, and was ranked third in the world by FIDE from January 1988 to July 1989.
Short was born in Leigh in Lancashire, the second son of Jean and David Short. A bona fide chess prodigy, Short defeated Viktor Korchnoi in a simul at the age of 10 and was the youngest ever qualifier for the British Championships at the age of 11. When he earned his International Master title at the age of 14, he was at that time the youngest ever to earn that title. When he won the Grandmaster title at the age of 19, he was the youngest GM in the world at the time. He subsequently rose to dominate English chess in the 80s and 90s following in the wake of Anthony Miles, culminating in a challenge for the World Championship in 1993.
Short was 1st in the World U16 Youth Championship held in Belfort in 1979.
He participated in four World Junior Championships from 1980 to 1983. He achieved his best result during his first attempt in which he placed second to Garry Kasparov in 1980 at Dortmund.
📚 Short has written chess columns and book reviews for the British newspapers The Sunday Times, The Daily Telegraph, the Daily Mail, The Spectator and The Guardian. He reported on the FIDE World Championship Tournament (2005) in San Luis, Argentina, for the ChessBase website. He began a new column "Short Stories" for New in Chess magazine in January 2011.
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♦️ A memorable game by Nigel Short👇
🔸 Nigel Short vs Ruslan Pogorelov
🔸 Gibraltar Masters (2004), Catalan Bay ENG, rd 4, Jan-30
🔸 Sicilian Defense: Paulsen. Bastrikov Variation English Attack (B48)
♦️ Review and download PGN file👇
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🔵 Nigel Short
🔹 English chess grandmaster
📚 Nigel David Short MBE is an English chess grandmaster, chess columnist, chess coach and chess commentator. Short earned the Grandmaster title at the age of 19, and was ranked third in the world by FIDE from January 1988 to July 1989.
Short was born in Leigh in Lancashire, the second son of Jean and David Short. A bona fide chess prodigy, Short defeated Viktor Korchnoi in a simul at the age of 10 and was the youngest ever qualifier for the British Championships at the age of 11. When he earned his International Master title at the age of 14, he was at that time the youngest ever to earn that title. When he won the Grandmaster title at the age of 19, he was the youngest GM in the world at the time. He subsequently rose to dominate English chess in the 80s and 90s following in the wake of Anthony Miles, culminating in a challenge for the World Championship in 1993.
Short was 1st in the World U16 Youth Championship held in Belfort in 1979.
He participated in four World Junior Championships from 1980 to 1983. He achieved his best result during his first attempt in which he placed second to Garry Kasparov in 1980 at Dortmund.
📚 Short has written chess columns and book reviews for the British newspapers The Sunday Times, The Daily Telegraph, the Daily Mail, The Spectator and The Guardian. He reported on the FIDE World Championship Tournament (2005) in San Luis, Argentina, for the ChessBase website. He began a new column "Short Stories" for New in Chess magazine in January 2011.
🌐 SOURCE: CHESSGAMES.COM & WIKIPEDIA
♦️ A memorable game by Nigel Short👇
🔸 Nigel Short vs Ruslan Pogorelov
🔸 Gibraltar Masters (2004), Catalan Bay ENG, rd 4, Jan-30
🔸 Sicilian Defense: Paulsen. Bastrikov Variation English Attack (B48)
♦️ Review and download PGN file👇
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@Short-Pogorelov 2004.pgn
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🔹 Nigel Short - Ruslan Pogorelov, Gibraltar Masters (2004)
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62.Bg8? [A carelessness. Meier shouldn't have allowed the black king to penetrate.]
[62.Bf3! Bxf3 (62...Bf7 63.Be2 Ke5 64.Bd3 Be6 65.Be2 Bf5 66.Bd1 Bg6 67.Be2=) 63.Kxf3 h5 64.a4 Ke5 65.Ke3 Kf5 66.Kf3 Ke5 67.Ke3=]
62...Bd1! [62...Be8!? 63.Kf3 Bc6+ 64.Kg3 Ke5 65.Kg4 Be8 66.Kf3 Kd4 67.Ke2 Bg6 68.Kd2 Bd3 69.Be6 Bxc4–+]
63.Bf7 Bb3 64.Kf3 Ba4 65.Bd5 Bd1+! [And White can no longer stop the black king from penetrating.]
66.Ke3 [66.Kg3 Ke5 67.Bg8 Kd4 68.Kf4 Be2 69.Kf5 Bxc4 70.Bxc4 Kxc4 71.Kg6 Kd3 72.Kxh6 c4 73.Kg6 c3 74.h5 c2 75.h6 c1Q 76.h7 Qc3–+]
66...Kg4 67.Ke4 Kxh4–+
0–1
[62.Bf3! Bxf3 (62...Bf7 63.Be2 Ke5 64.Bd3 Be6 65.Be2 Bf5 66.Bd1 Bg6 67.Be2=) 63.Kxf3 h5 64.a4 Ke5 65.Ke3 Kf5 66.Kf3 Ke5 67.Ke3=]
62...Bd1! [62...Be8!? 63.Kf3 Bc6+ 64.Kg3 Ke5 65.Kg4 Be8 66.Kf3 Kd4 67.Ke2 Bg6 68.Kd2 Bd3 69.Be6 Bxc4–+]
63.Bf7 Bb3 64.Kf3 Ba4 65.Bd5 Bd1+! [And White can no longer stop the black king from penetrating.]
66.Ke3 [66.Kg3 Ke5 67.Bg8 Kd4 68.Kf4 Be2 69.Kf5 Bxc4 70.Bxc4 Kxc4 71.Kg6 Kd3 72.Kxh6 c4 73.Kg6 c3 74.h5 c2 75.h6 c1Q 76.h7 Qc3–+]
66...Kg4 67.Ke4 Kxh4–+
0–1
17.f4! [White started rolling his pawn majority on the kingside while the opponent's queenside pawn majority is not actually doing anything.]
[A)17.Rad1 Be7 18.f4 f5 19.Qa4=/+
B)17.b4 Be7 18.f4 f6 19.Qg6+ Qf7 20.Qg4+/=]
17...f5 18.Qc2 Be7 19.Bc5 0–0 20.Bxe7 Qxe7 21.Rad1 Rad8 22.b3 Qe6 23.Qc4 Kf7 24.Kf2? [24.Qc2 g5 25.Rxd8 Rxd8 26.fxg5 Kg6 27.gxh6 Qxe5 28.h7 Qd4+ 29.Rf2 Qd1+ 30.Qxd1 Rxd1+ 31.Kg2 Rd8 32.h4±]
24...g5 [24...Qxc4 25.bxc4 Ke7²]
25.Ke3 Qxc4 26.bxc4 Ke6 27.c5? [27.h4!]
27...Rd5! 28.Rxd5 Kxd5 29.Rd1+ Kxc5 30.Rd6 g4 31.Rxh6 b5 32.h3 gxh3 33.Rxh3 b4 34.Rh2 Rg8 35.Kf3 a5 36.Rc2+ Kb5 37.e6 c5 38.Re2 a4 39.e7 Re8 40.g4 fxg4+ 41.Kxg4 Rg8+ 42.Kh5 Kc6 43.f5 Kd7 44.f6 Ke8 45.Rd2 Kf7 46.Rd8 Kxf6 47.Rxg8 Kxe7 48.Ra8 Kd6 49.Kg4 b3 50.axb3 axb3 51.Kf3
1–0
[A)17.Rad1 Be7 18.f4 f5 19.Qa4=/+
B)17.b4 Be7 18.f4 f6 19.Qg6+ Qf7 20.Qg4+/=]
17...f5 18.Qc2 Be7 19.Bc5 0–0 20.Bxe7 Qxe7 21.Rad1 Rad8 22.b3 Qe6 23.Qc4 Kf7 24.Kf2? [24.Qc2 g5 25.Rxd8 Rxd8 26.fxg5 Kg6 27.gxh6 Qxe5 28.h7 Qd4+ 29.Rf2 Qd1+ 30.Qxd1 Rxd1+ 31.Kg2 Rd8 32.h4±]
24...g5 [24...Qxc4 25.bxc4 Ke7²]
25.Ke3 Qxc4 26.bxc4 Ke6 27.c5? [27.h4!]
27...Rd5! 28.Rxd5 Kxd5 29.Rd1+ Kxc5 30.Rd6 g4 31.Rxh6 b5 32.h3 gxh3 33.Rxh3 b4 34.Rh2 Rg8 35.Kf3 a5 36.Rc2+ Kb5 37.e6 c5 38.Re2 a4 39.e7 Re8 40.g4 fxg4+ 41.Kxg4 Rg8+ 42.Kh5 Kc6 43.f5 Kd7 44.f6 Ke8 45.Rd2 Kf7 46.Rd8 Kxf6 47.Rxg8 Kxe7 48.Ra8 Kd6 49.Kg4 b3 50.axb3 axb3 51.Kf3
1–0