🔸chess.com IoM Masters Douglas ENG 2018
🔸Round 1
⚪️Sadhwani,Raunak (2438)
⚫️Anand,Viswanathan (2771)
🔸1-0

White has a huge advantage due to his active pieces and the exposed black king. However, he cannot find the right way to attack.]

28.Rb8? [The correct way would be 28.Rb7! △Qb5 28...Rc6 29.Na5 Rb6 30.Qa4+ Kd8 31.Nc6+ Rxc6 32.Qxc6 Qd7 33.Qa6+–]

28...Be3+ 29.Kh1 Rc6 30.Na5? [30.Nxe3 Qxe3 31.Qh4! Qe2 32.Rg1 Re7 33.Qxf6 Rb6 34.Rxb6 Nxb6 35.Bh4±]

30...Rb6 31.Rxb6 Nxb6 32.c4 Ke7 33.c5 Bxc5 34.Qh4 Qf7 35.Qh6 g5! [Intending to trade queens off the board.]

36.f4 Qg6!-/+ 37.fxg5 Qxh6 38.gxh6 Be3 39.Bh4 Kf7 40.Rf1 Nd7 41.Nc6 Bxh6 42.Be1 Ne5 43.Nd4 Nd3 44.Bc3 Be3 45.Nc2 Bf2 46.Rd1 Nc5 [△Ne4]

47.Nb4 Ne4 48.Nd3 Bb6 [48...c5!? △c4 49.Ra1 d5 50.Ra7+ Re7 51.Rxe7+ Kxe7 52.g3 d4 53.Kg2 dxc3 54.bxc3 Bxg3 55.hxg3 Kd6 56.c4 Nd2–+]

49.Be1 Ng5 50.h4 Ne4 51.g3 f5 52.Kg2 Nf6 53.Nf4 Re3 54.Bc3 Ne4 55.Rd3 c6 56.Rxe3 Bxe3 57.Nd3 Ke6 58.Kf3 Bh6 59.Be1 Nf6 60.b3 Ng4 61.Ke2 Ne5 62.Nf2 d5 63.Nd3 Nxd3 64.Kxd3 c5 65.Ke2 Bf8 66.Kf3 h5 67.Ke3 Bd6 68.Bf2 Be5 69.Kd3 Kd6 70.Be1 Kc6 71.Bf2 Kb5 72.Be1 c4+ 73.bxc4+ dxc4+ 74.Kc2 Kc5

0–1

⚫️#122 (Strategy-Black to Move)
🔸Caruana,F (2832)
🔸Carlsen,M (2835)
🔸WCh Rapid TB 2018 London ENG

25...e4! [Clearing the e5 square for the black knight in order to penetrate into the opponent's camp.]

[25...Rab8 26.0–0 e4 27.Bd4 Nxh4 28.gxh4 Qg4+ 29.Kh1 Qxh4+=; 25...Ba5+ 26.Kf1 Qf3 27.Kg1 e4 28.Qd4=]

26.c7? [26.Bd4 Ba5+ 27.Bc3 Bxc3+ (27...Ne5 28.Ne7+ Kf8 29.Nxf5 Nxc4 30.Bxa5 Rxa5 31.Rxc4 Rxf5 32.Ke2 Rb5=) 28.Rxc3 Ra5 29.Ne3 Qe5 30.0–0 Ne7 31.Qb4 Rb5=]

26...Bxc7! 27.Nxc7 Ne5! 28.Nd5 [28.Qd5 Rab8 29.0–0 Rxc7 30.Qxd6 Rxc1 31.Bxc1 Rc8 32.Kg2 Nd3 33.Be3 Rc2–+]

28...Kh7 [28...Kh7 29.Qe2 Nd3+ 30.Kf1 Nxc1 31.Ne7 Nxe2 32.Nxf5 Rc2–+]

0–1

⚪️ #122 (Endgame-‌White to Move)
🔸Sjugirov,S (2663)
🔸Sarana,A (2618)
🔸ch-RUS Rapid GP Final Khanty-Mansiysk RUS

30.Rh6? [30.Rh4!= Rc1 31.Ng3 Qg6 32.Nh5+ Kf8 33.Nxf4 exf4 34.Qxf4 Qc6+ 35.Qe4 Qxe4+ 36.Rxe4 d3 37.Rd4 Rc5 38.f4 Rc2+ 39.Kf3 d2 40.b4 Rxb2 41.Ke2=; 30.Rh5? d3 31.Nf6 e4 32.Rh7+ (32.Nxe4 d2 33.Ng3 Qe6 34.Rh6 Qe5 35.Rf6 d1Q 36.Qxd1= Qf5 (36...Rd2 37.Qxd2 Bxd2) 37.Nxf5+) 32...Qxh7 33.Qxf4 Qg6 34.Qe5 e3 35.Ng4+ Kf8 36.Nxe3 Qe6–+]

30...Rc6! 31.Rf6 Rxf6 32.gxf6+ Kg6 33.Kf1 [33.Nd6 Qe6 34.Nxb7 a5 35.Qe4+ (35.Nxa5 Qf5 36.Kf1 e4–+) 35...Kxf6]

33...Bg5 34.Qg2 d3 35.Nxg5 Qxg5 36.Qe4+ Qf5 37.Qxb7 Qh3+ 38.Ke1 Qg4 39.f3 Qf4 40.Qb6 Qc1+ 41.Kf2 d2

0–1

⚫️#123 (Strategy-Black to Move)
🔸Sjugirov,S (2663)
🔸Sarana,A (2618)
🔸ch-RUS Rapid GP Final Khanty-Mansiysk RUS

Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 123
public poll

B) Nfg5 – 7
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 100%
future, @MohamadAsp, Vincent, @Somebody_Sophia, @RichardPeng, @AryanLeekha, Daniel

A) Qf6
▫️ 0%

C) Rf8
▫️ 0%

👥 7 people voted so far.

⚫️ #123 (Endgame-‌Black to Move)
🔸Carlsen,M (2835)
🔸Caruana,F (2832)
🔸WCh Rapid TB 2018 London ENG

Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 123
public poll

B) Ra2 – 6
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 67%
@Shadowoffhollow, @MohamadAsp, @Somebody_Sophia, @RichardPeng, @AryanLeekha, Daniel

A) K×e4 – 2
👍👍 22%
future, Max

C) Kf6 – 1
👍 11%
Vincent

👥 9 people voted so far.

🔴 Today is birthday of Gennady Kuzmin
♦️ Soviet-Ukrainian chess Grandmaster

👏👏👏👏👏 Happy birthday 🌺💐☘️💐🌸🌷
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FIDE President Folke Rogard and Soviet grandmasters Aleksandr Kotov, Efim Geller and Tigran Petrosian enjoy some musical entertainment...
Photo possibly taken at Zürich, 1953

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“Its just you and your opponent at the board and you’re trying to prove something”

🔸 Bobby Fischer

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Paul Keres in play against Vladimir Simagin in the opening round of the tournament at Pärnu (Estonian SSR), 14th July 1947. Salo Flohr looks on.

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Vladimir Simagin vs Paul Keres
Parnu (1947), Parnu URS, rd 1, Jul-14
Queen's Indian Defense: Kasparov-Petrosian. Andersson Variation (E12) · 0-1

Heroes of the Past: GM Vladimir Simagin, Part 1

https://www.chess.com/blog/RoaringPawn/heroes-of-the-past-gm-vladimir-simagin-part-1

#Alekhine

🔹 Alexander Alekhine
🔹 Fourth World Chess Champion
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🔵 About Alexander Alekhine

🔹 Alexander Alekhine
🔹 Fourth World Chess Champion

📚 Alexander Alekhine was a Russian and French chess player and the fourth World Chess Champion. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest chess players of all time. By the age of 22, Alekhine was already among the strongest chess players in the world.
🔘 Born: October 31, 1892, Moscow, Russia
🔘 Died: March 24, 1946, Estoril, Portugal

📚 Alekhine was a precocious chess player, becoming a master at age 16 and a grandmaster at age 22. He was playing in a tournament in Mannheim, Germany, when World War I broke out; after being released from internment, he served in the Red Cross division of the Russian army.
After the Russian Revolution of 1917, Alekhine became a naturalized French citizen and studied law at the University of Paris. In 1927, after a contest lasting nearly three months, he won the world chess championship from José Raúl Capablanca of Cuba. Eight years later he lost the title to Max Euwe of the Netherlands, but he regained it from Euwe in 1937. Alekhine broke the world blindfold chess record in 1924, 1925, and 1933. He also wrote extensively on the game of chess. He is best known for his game collections My Best Games of Chess 1908–1923 (1927) and My Best Games of Chess 1924–1937 (1939), which are regarded as classics.

🌐 SOURCE: WIKIPEDIA & BRITANNICA.COM

♦️ A memorable game by Alekhine:
"Baked a Lasker" is name of this game in chessgames.com site!👇
▪️ Alexander Alekhine vs Emanuel Lasker
▪️ Zurich (1934), Zurich SUI, rd 12, Jul-25
▪️ Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense. Alekhine Variation (D67)

♦️ Review and download annotated PGN file👇
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