37...Qh3+!? [37...d4!! Clearing the d5 pawn for the black bishop that would put White's king in danger. 38.cxd4 Rxf8 39.Kf2 Qh2+ 40.Ke1 Rd8°; 37...Rxf8!? 38.Rg1 d4 39.Qxd4 Bd5+ 40.Kf2 Qh2+ 41.Ke1±]
38.Kg1 d4 39.cxd4 Bd5 40.Kf2 Kxf8°
½–½
38.Kg1 d4 39.cxd4 Bd5 40.Kf2 Kxf8°
½–½
56...Rb4!! [56...Rd3?? 57.Rxa2 Rd5 58.Bf2 Rxd6³; 56...Bc4?? 57.Rxa2 Rb5]
57.h5+ [57.Rxa2 Rc4+ 58.Kd2 Rxc5–+]
57...Kxh5 58.Kd2 Ba4 59.Ra5 Kg6–+
0–1
57.h5+ [57.Rxa2 Rc4+ 58.Kd2 Rxc5–+]
57...Kxh5 58.Kd2 Ba4 59.Ra5 Kg6–+
0–1
Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 151
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A) Qd1 – 10
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C) Nb5 – 2
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Ebi, @Somebody_Sophia
B) b3
▫️ 0%
👥 12 people voted so far.
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A) Qd1 – 10
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@mahyarebrahimi1983, Hossein, عباس, Gavin, @FrozenBlade, @RichardPeng, @AryanLeekha, Michael, Hansika, Abhi
C) Nb5 – 2
👍 17%
Ebi, @Somebody_Sophia
B) b3
▫️ 0%
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Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 151
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A) Be4 – 14
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C) Bc2 – 2
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B) b5
▫️ 0%
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A) Be4 – 14
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C) Bc2 – 2
👍 13%
@SophiaCat_does_Chess, Michael
B) b5
▫️ 0%
👥 16 people voted so far.
Schiphol Airport, 19th June 1961. Left to right: Vasily Smyslov, Max Euwe, ?, Reuben Fine, Mikhail Botvinnik.
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Here Mikhail Botvinnik and Bobby Fischer are facing each other in one of the most amazing and surprising chess Olympiad games.
The game ended in a draw.Fischer had a win,but unfortunately for him he missed that Botvinnik was in zugzwang and he traded in a drawn rook end-game.
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The game ended in a draw.Fischer had a win,but unfortunately for him he missed that Botvinnik was in zugzwang and he traded in a drawn rook end-game.
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Here Mikhail Botvinnik and Bobby Fischer are facing each other in one of the most amazing and surprising chess Olympiad games. The game ended in a draw.Fischer had a win,but unfortunately for him he missed that Botvinnik was in zugzwang and he traded in a…
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🔸chess.com IoM Masters Douglas ENG 2018
🔸Round 4
⚪️Kaidanov,Gregory (2544)
⚫️Eggleston,David J (2406)
🔸1-0
🔸Round 4
⚪️Kaidanov,Gregory (2544)
⚫️Eggleston,David J (2406)
🔸1-0
14.Nxe4! [A correct decision. Kaidanov opens up the b2–bishop eyes on the kingside and pulls the d5–pawn to a worse square.]
14...dxe4 15.Nd4 [△B×e4]
15...Bd5 [15...Nxd4 16.Bxd4 Qb4 17.Qb2 f6 18.Bxe4±]
16.Nf5! [White provokes kingside weaknesses and also clears the d-file for using his rook.]
16...f6 17.Rd1 Be6 [17...Rad8 18.Bxe4! thanks to the black weakened kingside, White grabs the e4–pawn. 18...Bxe4 19.Qc4+ Rf7 20.Qxe4+–]
18.Bxe4 Bc5 19.Bd5 Bf7 20.Qc4+–
14...dxe4 15.Nd4 [△B×e4]
15...Bd5 [15...Nxd4 16.Bxd4 Qb4 17.Qb2 f6 18.Bxe4±]
16.Nf5! [White provokes kingside weaknesses and also clears the d-file for using his rook.]
16...f6 17.Rd1 Be6 [17...Rad8 18.Bxe4! thanks to the black weakened kingside, White grabs the e4–pawn. 18...Bxe4 19.Qc4+ Rf7 20.Qxe4+–]
18.Bxe4 Bc5 19.Bd5 Bf7 20.Qc4+–
17.Nb5! [A standard maneuver by Moiseenko to transfer the knight to the vital e6–square via d4.]
[17.b3!? a6²; 17.Qd1? would be bad, on account of: 17...Bh6=]
17...Bxb5 18.cxb5 Ng4 19.Bxg4 fxg4 20.Qc2±
1–0
[17.b3!? a6²; 17.Qd1? would be bad, on account of: 17...Bh6=]
17...Bxb5 18.cxb5 Ng4 19.Bxg4 fxg4 20.Qc2±
1–0
61.Be4!! [61.b5?? Bf7 62.Be4 Be8 63.Bc6 Bf7 64.Bd7 Bg8 65.Be8 Bh7=; 61.Bc2!! Bf7 62.Ba4 Bg8 63.Be8 Bh7 64.b5+–]
61...Bf7 62.Bc6 Bg8 63.Be8 Bh7 64.b5‡+–
1–0
61...Bf7 62.Bc6 Bg8 63.Be8 Bh7 64.b5‡+–
1–0