37...Rg6! [A strong move. Xiong combines the pushing his pawns and the attacking enemy king.]
38.Re7 [38.Rc6 Rxc6 39.Qxc6 e2 40.Kf2 d2! 41.Kxe2 Qc2–+ △d1]
38...b4! [Jeffery drives the white knight to an awkward square.]
39.Nb1 e2 [39...Rg5! would be even stronger: 40.Rc7 e2 41.Rc1 Qf4 42.Qc6 e4 43.h4 exf3–+]
40.Qxe5+ Qxe5 41.Rxe5 Rc6 0–1
38.Re7 [38.Rc6 Rxc6 39.Qxc6 e2 40.Kf2 d2! 41.Kxe2 Qc2–+ △d1]
38...b4! [Jeffery drives the white knight to an awkward square.]
39.Nb1 e2 [39...Rg5! would be even stronger: 40.Rc7 e2 41.Rc1 Qf4 42.Qc6 e4 43.h4 exf3–+]
40.Qxe5+ Qxe5 41.Rxe5 Rc6 0–1
29.Nb3! [Aiming for the strong outpost on c5 to exert more pressure on the opponent's weak pawns.]
[29.Rc2 Ra8 30.Nb3 Ra3 31.Nc5 Ra8 32.Ra2 Rf8 33.h5; 29.exd5 exd5 30.Nb3 Na4=]
29...Nd7 30.Ra1 [30.d4! Qg6 31.Re1 Qxe4 32.Qxe4 dxe4 33.Rxe4 Nf6 34.Re1 e4 35.Nfd2±]
30...Nb6 31.Nc5?! [31.Rc1 Ra8 32.h5 Na4 33.Nh4±]
31...d4 32.cxd4 exd4 33.Rc1 e5 34.h5 Kh7 35.Nh4 Ra8 36.Qg4 Qg5? [36...Nxb4 37.Rb1 Nc2 38.Rb2 Ne1+ 39.Kf1 Na4 (39...Ra1 40.Qg6++–) 40.Ra2 (40.Nxa4 Nxd3 41.Rd2 bxa4 42.Rxd3±) 40...Qg5 41.Qf5+ Qxf5 42.exf5 Nxd3 43.Nxd3±]
37.Qxg5 hxg5 38.Ne6 gxh4 39.Rxc6 hxg3 40.fxg3 Rc8 41.Kf3 Na4 42.Kg4 Nb2 43.Nc5 Rf8 44.Rxc7 Rf6 45.Re7 Nd1 46.Ne6 Kh6 47.Nxg7 Ne3+ 48.Kh4 Ng2+ 49.Kh3 Ne3 50.Nf5+ Kxh5 51.Rh7+
1–0
[29.Rc2 Ra8 30.Nb3 Ra3 31.Nc5 Ra8 32.Ra2 Rf8 33.h5; 29.exd5 exd5 30.Nb3 Na4=]
29...Nd7 30.Ra1 [30.d4! Qg6 31.Re1 Qxe4 32.Qxe4 dxe4 33.Rxe4 Nf6 34.Re1 e4 35.Nfd2±]
30...Nb6 31.Nc5?! [31.Rc1 Ra8 32.h5 Na4 33.Nh4±]
31...d4 32.cxd4 exd4 33.Rc1 e5 34.h5 Kh7 35.Nh4 Ra8 36.Qg4 Qg5? [36...Nxb4 37.Rb1 Nc2 38.Rb2 Ne1+ 39.Kf1 Na4 (39...Ra1 40.Qg6++–) 40.Ra2 (40.Nxa4 Nxd3 41.Rd2 bxa4 42.Rxd3±) 40...Qg5 41.Qf5+ Qxf5 42.exf5 Nxd3 43.Nxd3±]
37.Qxg5 hxg5 38.Ne6 gxh4 39.Rxc6 hxg3 40.fxg3 Rc8 41.Kf3 Na4 42.Kg4 Nb2 43.Nc5 Rf8 44.Rxc7 Rf6 45.Re7 Nd1 46.Ne6 Kh6 47.Nxg7 Ne3+ 48.Kh4 Ng2+ 49.Kh3 Ne3 50.Nf5+ Kxh5 51.Rh7+
1–0
29...Rxd4?! [29...b4! 30.Rxc4 bxa3 31.bxa3 dxc4 32.Rf4 Kc5 33.a4 Rb3 34.Rh4 Rxc3 35.Rxh7 Ra3 36.Rc7+ Kd4 37.h4 Rxa4 38.h5 Rb4 39.h6 a4 40.Rd7+ Kc3 41.h7 Rb8 42.Ra7 Rh8 43.Kf3 Kb3 44.Kf4 a3 45.Rb7+ Kc3 46.Ra7 a2 47.Rxa2 Rxh7–+; 29...e5 30.Rd1 Ke6 31.Rfd3 Rd8 32.Kf1 h5 33.Ra1 Rd6 34.Ke2 h4 35.Kf1 Rg4 36.Ke2 Rd7 37.Rg1 Rdg7 38.Rgd1 Re4+ 39.Kf3 Rd7 40.Ra1 Rc4 41.Ke2 Rd8 42.Rd2 b4 43.cxb4 axb4 44.a4 hxg3 45.hxg3 Rd6³]
30.cxd4 b4 31.Rf4 a4 32.Rh4 Rb7 33.axb4 Kc6 34.Rh6 Re7 35.Rf6 Kb5 36.Rf8 Rb7 37.Re8 Rb6 38.Rh8 Rb7 39.Re8 Rb6 40.Rh8 Kxb4 41.Rxh7 Kb3 42.Ra7 Rb4 43.h4 [43.Ra6 Kxb2 44.Rxe6 a3 45.Re2+ Kb3 46.Re3+ Ka4 47.Re2 Rb2 48.Re8 Rb5 49.Re2 Kb3 50.Re3+ Kb4 51.Re2 Ra5–+]
43...Kxb2 44.h5 a3 45.h6 a2 46.f3 a1Q 47.Rxa1 Kxa1 48.g4 fxg4 49.fxg4 Rb8 50.Kf3 e5 51.g5 e4+ 52.Kf4 Rh8 53.Kf5 [53.Kg4 Kb2]
53...e3 54.g6 Rf8+
0–1
30.cxd4 b4 31.Rf4 a4 32.Rh4 Rb7 33.axb4 Kc6 34.Rh6 Re7 35.Rf6 Kb5 36.Rf8 Rb7 37.Re8 Rb6 38.Rh8 Rb7 39.Re8 Rb6 40.Rh8 Kxb4 41.Rxh7 Kb3 42.Ra7 Rb4 43.h4 [43.Ra6 Kxb2 44.Rxe6 a3 45.Re2+ Kb3 46.Re3+ Ka4 47.Re2 Rb2 48.Re8 Rb5 49.Re2 Kb3 50.Re3+ Kb4 51.Re2 Ra5–+]
43...Kxb2 44.h5 a3 45.h6 a2 46.f3 a1Q 47.Rxa1 Kxa1 48.g4 fxg4 49.fxg4 Rb8 50.Kf3 e5 51.g5 e4+ 52.Kf4 Rh8 53.Kf5 [53.Kg4 Kb2]
53...e3 54.g6 Rf8+
0–1
Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 116
public poll
C) B×d7 – 9
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@PouyaMO1360, @M_L_110213, @shahrook, future, Nikhil, @BehroudR, A, @Somebody_Sophia, Michael
B) Bc3 – 5
👍👍👍👍 28%
Seyed Hossein Ali, @h_a_d_I_1169, @RichardPeng, Atharva, @Miladdark79
A) 0-0-0 – 4
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👥 18 people voted so far.
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C) B×d7 – 9
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 50%
@PouyaMO1360, @M_L_110213, @shahrook, future, Nikhil, @BehroudR, A, @Somebody_Sophia, Michael
B) Bc3 – 5
👍👍👍👍 28%
Seyed Hossein Ali, @h_a_d_I_1169, @RichardPeng, Atharva, @Miladdark79
A) 0-0-0 – 4
👍👍👍 22%
@fardin71ir, Nagaprasad, @AryanLeekha, @WataxPin
👥 18 people voted so far.
Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 116
public poll
A) Nb5 – 18
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 100%
@Empyriumm, @M_L_110213, @shahrook, future, @Jsiavash, Seyed Hossein Ali, Nikhil, @BehroudR, @h_a_d_I_1169, Nagaprasad, @Somebody_Sophia, @RichardPeng, @AryanLeekha, Atharva, @WataxPin, @arash22_d, Adith, Michael
B) B×d4
▫️ 0%
C) b5
▫️ 0%
👥 18 people voted so far.
public poll
A) Nb5 – 18
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 100%
@Empyriumm, @M_L_110213, @shahrook, future, @Jsiavash, Seyed Hossein Ali, Nikhil, @BehroudR, @h_a_d_I_1169, Nagaprasad, @Somebody_Sophia, @RichardPeng, @AryanLeekha, Atharva, @WataxPin, @arash22_d, Adith, Michael
B) B×d4
▫️ 0%
C) b5
▫️ 0%
👥 18 people voted so far.
🔴 Today is birthday of Vladislav Kovalev
♦️ Belarusian chess Grandmaster
👏👏👏👏👏 Happy birthday 🌺🌸☘️💐🌷💐💐
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♦️ Belarusian chess Grandmaster
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World Champion Anatoly Karpov on his return to USSR after victory in match v. Viktor Korchnoi at Baguio City, 1978.
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Avant-Garde painter Marcel Duchamp playing chess with experimental composer John Cage, 1968.
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"A game of chess has three phases: the opening, where you hope you stand better; the middlegame, where you think you stand better; and the ending, where you know you stand to lose."
🔸 Savielly Tartakower
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🔵 About Samyel Reshevsky
🔹 Samuel Reshevsky
🔹 Polish-American chess grandmaster
📚 Samuel Herman Reshevsky was a Polish chess prodigy and later a leading American chess grandmaster. He was never a full-time chess professional.
He was the greatest American player in the long period between Pillsbury and Fischer.
Reshevsky was tremendously strong in matches, and the Soviets made sure he never got the chance to play Botvinnik in a match. He played eleven of the first twelve world champions, and drew a match against Fischer at the age of 49. His one weakness as a player was his time trouble. He used up so much of his time in the early stages of a game that he was often short of time at the end. This probably cost him the Candidates tournament in 1953.
📚 Reshevsky learned to play chess when he was about 4 years old. A child prodigy, he gave exhibitions at age 6 and achieved master strength by the time he was about 9. He was brought with his family to the United States in 1920; shortly thereafter his chess activity was restricted until he had completed his formal education. In 1933 he received a degree in accounting from the University of Chicago, and in 1935 he resumed serious international chess. His style of play was tenacious and resourceful, particularly on defense. He wrote two major books, Reshevsky on Chess (1948) and How Chess Games Are Won (1962).
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♦️ A memorable game by Samuel Reshevsky:👇
🔸 Emanuel Lasker vs Samuel Reshevsky
🔸 Nottingham (1936), Nottingham ENG, rd 11, Aug-22
🔸 Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical Defense (D26)
♦️ Review and downlowd PGN file👇
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🔹 Samuel Reshevsky
🔹 Polish-American chess grandmaster
📚 Samuel Herman Reshevsky was a Polish chess prodigy and later a leading American chess grandmaster. He was never a full-time chess professional.
He was the greatest American player in the long period between Pillsbury and Fischer.
Reshevsky was tremendously strong in matches, and the Soviets made sure he never got the chance to play Botvinnik in a match. He played eleven of the first twelve world champions, and drew a match against Fischer at the age of 49. His one weakness as a player was his time trouble. He used up so much of his time in the early stages of a game that he was often short of time at the end. This probably cost him the Candidates tournament in 1953.
📚 Reshevsky learned to play chess when he was about 4 years old. A child prodigy, he gave exhibitions at age 6 and achieved master strength by the time he was about 9. He was brought with his family to the United States in 1920; shortly thereafter his chess activity was restricted until he had completed his formal education. In 1933 he received a degree in accounting from the University of Chicago, and in 1935 he resumed serious international chess. His style of play was tenacious and resourceful, particularly on defense. He wrote two major books, Reshevsky on Chess (1948) and How Chess Games Are Won (1962).
🌐 WIKIPEDIA & BRITANNICA.COM
♦️ A memorable game by Samuel Reshevsky:👇
🔸 Emanuel Lasker vs Samuel Reshevsky
🔸 Nottingham (1936), Nottingham ENG, rd 11, Aug-22
🔸 Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical Defense (D26)
♦️ Review and downlowd PGN file👇
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