🔴 Today is birthday of Boris Spassky
♦️ Russian chess Grandmaster
♦️ The tenth World Chess Champion

👏👏👏👏👏 Happy birthday 🌺💐☘️💐🌸🌷

⚛️ Today is also birthday of:
❗️ Alexey Dreev, a Russian chess grandmaster who learned chess at the age of six and was World Under-16 Champion in 1983 and 1984. He captured the USSR Junior Championship in 1986 and achieved the grandmaster title in 1990. In 1995 he was clear first at both the Wijk aan Zee and the Biel tournaments.Dreev's peak rating was 2711 (July 2011).
❗️Dragan Barlov, a Serbian chess Grandmaster who was awarded the GM title in 1986. He was 2nd at Sochi 1985 and won the Yugoslav Championship in 1986. He is also a chess author.
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An early photo of the 14th World Chess Champion, Vladimir Kramnik.

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From 'Chess in the USSR' 1990/4. Sakaev-Kramnik, Simferopol 1990.

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"Apart from direct mistakes, there is nothing more ruinous than routine play, the aim of which is mechanical development."

🔸 Alexey Suetin

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Vladimir Kramnik faces Garry Kasparov in the Botvinnik Memorial match, which was held in the Hall of Columns of the House of Unions in central Moscow in early December 2001.

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#Borovsky

♻️ Eugene Znosko-Borovsky
♻️ Russian chess master
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✅ About Borovsky

♻️ Eugene Znosko-Borovsky
♻️ Russian chess master
♻️ Teacher and Chess Author

📚 Evgeny Alexandrovich Znosko-Borovsky was a Russian chess master, music and drama critic, teacher and author. Born in Saint Petersburg, he settled in Paris in 1920, and lived there for the rest of his life.

▪️ Born: August 16, 1884, Pavlovsk, Saint Petersburg, Russia
▪️ Died: December 31, 1954, Paris, France

📚 Borovsky born 1884 in Russia and after 1920 living in France, was both a player and author. He fought and was wounded in both the 1905 Russo-Japanese war and World War I. He also fought for the White forces during the Russian revolution and was evacuated to France. He was 3rd= in the All Russian Championship of 1908, 3rd at Nice 1930 and 1st at Paris 1930. He was a literary and music critic.

♦️ A memorable game by Borovsky 👇
🔸Eugene Znosko-Borovsky vs Arthur John Mackenzie
🔸 Weston (1924), Weston-super-Mare ENG, rd 7, Apr-24
🔸 Spanish Game: Closed Variations (C84)

♦️ Review this game and download PGN file👇
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🔸Eugene Znosko-Borovsky vs Arthur John Mackenzie
🔸 Weston (1924), Weston-super-Mare ENG, rd 7, Apr-24
🔸 Spanish Game: Closed Variations (C84)
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🔸Eugene Znosko-Borovsky - Arthur John Mackenzieو Weston (1924)
🔸 PGN format
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🔸chess.com IoM Masters Douglas ENG 2018
🔸Round 2
⚪️Meier,Georg (2639)
⚫️Anurag,Mhamal (2495)
🔸1-0

13.Bxf6! [An important decision. White decides to give up his strong dark-squared bishop in order to remove the only defender of Black's e4 pawn.]

[13.Nxe4?? Nxe4 14.Bxg7 Kxg7 15.Bxe4 Qe7!–+; 13.0–0?! Nbd7 14.Nd5 Nxd5 15.Bxg7 Nxe3! 16.fxe3 Kxg7 17.Nxe4 Ne5=]

13...Bxf6?! [¹13...Qxf6 14.Rc1 △Nd5 14...Bf5 15.Nd5 △g4 15...Qe6! 16.Nc7 Qd7 17.Nxa8 Bg4‚ 18.f3 exf3 19.Bxf3 Bh3 20.Ne4 Re8 21.Kf2 Nc6°]

14.Nxe4! [Offering an exchange sacrifice to weaken Black's king position.]

14...Bg4 [Accepting the exchange sacrifice would give White more than enough compensation: 14...Bxa1 15.Qxa1 △Nf6 15...f6 16.0–0 Nc6 17.Nxd3 Bf5 (17...Qxd3 18.Rd1 Qe2 19.Rd2 Qh5 20.Nxf6+ Rxf6 21.Qxf6+– △Bd5) 18.Nf4±]

15.f3 d2+ 16.Ke2 Be6 17.Nxf6+ Qxf6 18.Qxd2 Rd8 19.Nd5 Bxd5 20.cxd5 Nc6 21.Rac1 Ne7 22.f4+– [22.e4!? Qb6 23.Rhd1 Nc6 24.Kf1+–]

1–0

⚪️#131 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Lei Tingjie (2457)
🔸Gara,A (2370)
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23.Qb5! [This little maneuver leads to the loss of material for Black.]

[23.Qb3 Qe7 24.Bg5 f6 25.Bf4 Ne5 26.Qb5 Rc8 27.Re1 f5 28.Ng5 h6 29.Bxe5 Qxe5 30.Nf3 Qe8=; 23.Qa6 Rfb8 24.Bf4 f5 25.Nxc5 (25.Bxb8? Nxb8 26.Qb5 fxe4³) 25...bxc5 26.Bxb8 Rxb8 27.Rxb8+ Nxb8 28.Qb5 Qc8 29.Rb1 Nd7 30.Qb7 Qxb7+ 31.Rxb7 Ne5=]

23...Rbb8 [23...Rfb8 24.Bf4 Ne5 25.Qxd7 Rxd7 26.Nxc5+–]

24.Bf4 f5 [24...Ne5 25.Qxd7 Nxd7 26.Bxb8+–; 24...Be5?? 25.Bxe5 Nxe5 26.Nf6++–]

25.Nxc5 [25.Bxb8! fxe4 26.Bf4+–]

25...bxc5 26.Bxb8 Rxb8 27.Qxc5 Rxb1 28.Rxb1 Bf8 29.Qb5+–

1–0

⚪️ #131 (Endgame-‌White to Move)
🔸Mkrtchian,L (2396)
🔸Ushenina,A (2440)
🔸WCh Women 2018 Khanty-Mansiysk RUS

44.c5!? [44.Bh3! Nxh3 45.Kxh3 Rhf8 46.Kg3 b5 47.c5 dxc5 48.Rxd8 Rxd8 49.bxc5 Rd2 50.Rxe5 Rxa2 51.Re6+ Kg7 52.Rb6 Rc2 53.c6 b4 54.Rxa6 b3 55.Rb6 b2 56.Kf4 Rxc6 57.Rxb2 Rf6+ 58.Ke5 Ra6 59.Rh2 Ra8 60.Kd6 Ra6+ 61.Kd5; 44.Kg4!? Rhf8 45.c5 Ne6 46.Rh5+ Kg6 47.Rf5 Nd4 (47...dxc5 48.h5+ Kh7 49.Rxd8 Rxd8 50.Rf7+ Kh8 51.Bc4 Nd4 52.bxc5+–) 48.Rff2 Rg8 49.Kh3 Rg7 50.Rg2+ Kh6 51.Rxg7 Kxg7 52.Rb2 Rf8 53.Bc4 Rf3+ 54.Kg4 Rf4+ 55.Kh5 Kf6 (55...Nf3 56.Rg2+ Kf6 57.Rg6+ Ke7 58.Rg4 dxc5 59.bxc5+–) 56.Rg2 dxc5 57.bxc5 Rxe4 58.Rg6+ Ke7 59.Bd5 Re1 60.Rg7+ Kd8 61.Rxb7 Rc1 62.c6 a5 (62...Nxc6 63.Kg5+–) 63.Kg5 Nxc6 64.h5 Nb4 65.Bf7 Rh1 66.h6]

44...Ne6 45.Rf5 Rhg8+ 46.Kh2 Nd4 47.Rf6+ Rg6 48.Rdf2 dxc5 49.bxc5 Rc8 50.Rf7 Rxc5 51.Rxb7 Rc2 52.Rxc2 Nf3+ 53.Kh3 Ng1+ 54.Kh2 Nf3+ 55.Kh3 Ng1+

½–½

🔴 Today is birthday of Ju Wenjun
♦️ Chinese chess Grandmaster
♦️ Women's World Chess Champion

👏👏👏👏👏 Happy birthday 🌺💐☘️💐🌸🌷

⚛️ Today is also birthday of:
❗️ Sanan Sjugirov, a Russian chess grandmaster who was European champion and world champion in his age category and competed in the FIDE World Cup in 2009 and 2015.
❗️Valeriy Aveskulov, a Ukrainian chess grandmaster who was champion of this country in 2007. In 2006 he won the Femida Tournament in Kharkiv and in 2007 came first in the OCF North American FIDE Open in Stillwater. Also he won the Yugoslav Championship in 1986. He is a chess author too.
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