#Williams

🔵 Simon Williams
🔹 English chess grandmaster
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🔵 About Simon Williams

🔹 Simon Williams
🔹 English chess grandmaster

📚 Simon Kim Williams is an English chess grandmaster and author. He learned to play chess at the age of 6 and received his first FIDE rating at the age of 12, when he weighed in at 2255. He played in numerous British, European and World Youth and Junior events between 1993 when he placed 16th in the European U14 Championship and 1998 and 1999 when he competed in the World Junior Championships as an International Master.

Simon has been a regular participant in many British events in the last two decades since 1993. He first played in the British Championship in 1993 when he was 13 years old and has competed in every British Championship since then (apart from 1996 and 2006). His best results have been:
❗️ =2nd behind Jonathan Rowson in the Smith & Williamson British Championships (2004);
❗️ =3rd in British Championship (2008) behind Keith Arkell and Stuart Conquest, and
❗️ =2nd in British Championship (2009), half point behind David Howell alongside Mark Hebden.
He also played in the immensely powerful European Individual Championships in 2005, 2006 and 2007.

📚 Simon is the author of numerous chess books including:
Play The Classical Dutch;
Improve Your Attacking Chess;.
How To Crush Your Chess Opponents;
The New Sicilian Dragon
and ...

📚 He also produced a range of instructional DVDs for a wide range of players that want to improve their chess.

🌐 SOURCE: WIKIPEDIA & CHESSGAMES.COM

♦️ A memorable game by Simon Williams:
🔸 Ivan Sokolov vs Simon Kim Williams
🔸 XXII Reykjavik Open (2006), Reykjavik ISL, rd 2, Mar-07
🔸 Dutch Defense: Classical. Huisl Variation (A96)

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🔸 Ivan Sokolov - Simon Kim Williams, XXII Reykjavik Open (2006)
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🔸chess.com IoM Masters Douglas ENG 2018
🔸Round 4
⚪️Ravi,Teja S (2357)
⚫️Antipov,Mikhail Al (2593)
🔸0-1

31...Nxe4! [A combination as a result of White's weak kingside]

32.Qe2? [32.Rxe4? Rf2 33.Qf1 Rcf8! 34.Bc3 Rxf1+ 35.Rxf1 Rxf1+ 36.Kxf1 Qd3+ 37.Re2 b6–+; White could have put up more resistance by exchanging queens: ¹32.Qg4! Qxg4 33.hxg4 Rf4 34.Bb6 Rxg4 35.a5³]

32...Ng5 33.Rc3 Nxh3+! 34.Kh1 Nf2+ 35.Kg1 Qh4

0–1

⚪️#113 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Sousa,Andre Ventura (2365)
🔸Dukaczewski,Piotr (2259)
🔸Olympiad 2018 Batumi

21.Rd1? [21.Nf6+! After exchanging the knights and moving the g5–pawn to the f6–square, there will be a lot of threats against Black's king. 21...Nxf6 22.gxf6 Nc8 23.h4! White intends to open a file in his attack against the enemy king. (23.Bxc8? Qxc8 24.Qxd6 Qg4+ 25.Kh1 Qf3+ 26.Kg1 Qg4+=) 23...Bc7 24.h5 (24.Qe3 Nd6 25.Qh6 Ne8 26.Bg5 Qb6) 24...Nd6 25.hxg6 fxg6 (25...hxg6 26.Bg5 Nxe4 (26...Qxe4 27.Qh3 Bb6 28.Rae1 Qd5 29.Qh6 Ne8 30.Re3 Qc4 31.Bd7 Ra8 32.Bxe8 Qg4+ 33.Rg3+–) 27.Bf3) 26.Be6+ Kh8 27.Bd5 Qc8 28.Qf3 Qd8 29.Bg5 Nf7 30.Bh4 Rb6 31.Ra8+–; 21.Nxe7+ Bxe7 22.Re1 Qc7 23.Qg3²]

21...Rd8? 22.Be3?! [22.Nf6+! Kh8 23.Qf3 Ng8 24.Nxe8 Rfxe8 25.Be3 Bf8 26.h4+–]

22...Nxd5 23.Qxd5 Qxd5 24.Rxd5 f5 25.Bd1 Nc7 26.Rxd6! Rxd6 27.Bxc5 Rd2 28.Bb3+ Kg7 29.Ra7 Rd7 30.Bxf8+ Kxf8 31.exf5 gxf5 32.h4 Ke7 33.h5 [33.c4+–]

33...Kd6 34.h6 Rd8 35.Kg2 e4 36.Kg3 Rf8 37.Kf4 Kc6 38.Ke5 Kb6 39.Ra1 Na6 40.g6 Nc5 41.Bf7 hxg6 42.h7 Nd7+ 43.Ke6 Rh8 44.Bg8 Nf8+ 45.Kf7 Nxh7 46.Kg7 Rxg8+ 47.Kxg8 Nf6+ 48.Kf7 Ng4 49.Kxg6 Nxf2 50.Kxf5 e3 51.Re1 Nd3 52.Re2 Kc5 53.Ke4 Nc1 54.Re1 Na2 55.Ra1 Nxc3+ 56.bxc3 Kc4 57.Kxe3 Kxc3 58.Rc1+ Kb2 59.Kd2 b4 60.Rc8 b3 61.Rb8

1–0

⚪️#113 (Endgame-‌White to Move)
🔸Martins,David Pires Tavares (2402)
🔸Lee,Qing Aun (2297)
🔸World Chess Olympiad 2018 Batumi

29.Bc1? [29.Bc3! Bxe3+ 30.Kh1 Rd7 (30...Nd5?? 31.Nxc6+–) 31.Nxc6 Rxd1+ 32.Bxd1 Ne4 33.Be1 Na3 34.Ba4 Nf2+ 35.Bxf2 Bxf2 36.g4 g6 37.Kg2 Bb6 38.Kf3 Kg8 39.Bb3+ Kg7 40.h4 Nb5 41.Ke4 Na3 42.Nd4 Bxd4 43.Kxd4 Kf6 44.Ke4 h6 45.Kd5 h5 46.gxh5 gxh5 47.Kc6 Kf5 48.Bd1 Kf4 49.Kb7+–; 29.Kf2 Rxd4 30.exd4 Bxd2 31.Ke2 Bxb4 32.Rc1 Nb6 33.Rxc6 Ne8 34.Be4²]

29...Bxe3+ 30.Bxe3 Nxe3 31.Re1 Rxd4 32.Rxe3 Rxb4 33.Ra3 Rb7 34.Bxc6 Rc7 35.Bf3 g5 36.Kf2 Kg7 37.Ke3 h5 38.Ra6 g4 39.Ba8 Rf7 40.Kf4 Nh7+ 41.Ke5?! [41.Kg3! Re7 42.Kh4 Nf6 43.Bc6 Kg6 44.Bb5 Kf5 45.Bd3+ Ke5 46.Bg6 Rg7 47.Kg5 Nd5 48.Kxh5 Nf4+ 49.Kg5 Ne6+ (49...Nxg2 50.Kxg4±) 50.Kh6±]

41...Nf6 42.Re6 Nd7+ 43.Kd6 Nb6 44.Be4 Rf6 45.Rxf6 Kxf6 46.Bd5 g3 47.h3 Nxd5 48.Kxd5 Kf5 49.a4 Kf4 50.Kd4 a5 51.Kd3 h4 52.Kd4 Kf5 53.Ke3?? [53.Kd5 Kf4 54.Kd4=]

53...Ke5 54.Kf3 Kf5?? [54...Kd4 55.Ke2 (55.Kf4 Kd3 56.Kf3 Kd2 57.Kg4 Ke2 58.Kxh4 Kf2 59.Kg4 Kxg2 60.h4 Kf2 61.h5 g2–+) ]

55.Ke3

½–½

⚪️#114 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Mamedyarov,Shakhriyar (2820)
🔸Navara,David (2740)
🔸Olympiad 2018 Batumi

Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 114
public poll

C) d5 – 7
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 70%
@mahyarebrahimi1983, future, Nikhil, @BehroudR, @Sophia_Peng, @WataxPin, Michael

A) Nd2 – 3
👍👍👍 30%
Reza, @RichardPeng, Adith

B) Nh4
▫️ 0%

👥 10 people voted so far.

⚫️#114 (Endgame-‌Black to Move)
🔸Blomqvist,Erik (2499)
🔸Rodi,Luis Ernesto (2308)
🔸World Chess Olympiad 2018 Batumi

Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 114
public poll

A) Ba3 – 12
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 92%
Reza, @aadiib, farhad, future, @MohamadAsp, Nikhil, @BehroudR, @Sophia_Peng, @RichardPeng, @WataxPin, Adith, Michael

B) Bb4 – 1
👍 8%
@mahyarebrahimi1983

C) Bc5
▫️ 0%

👥 13 people voted so far.

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