Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 181
public poll
A) Nd2 β 7
πππππππ 64%
Gavin, Ω ΨΩ Ψ―, @Sophia_Giraffe, @A_Wild_Richard, Hansika, Matthew, Kasyap
B) Ra4 β 2
ππ 18%
Ryan, Aram
C) Ng5 β 2
ππ 18%
@RahmaniArapardaz, @Miladdark79
π₯ 11 people voted so far.
public poll
A) Nd2 β 7
πππππππ 64%
Gavin, Ω ΨΩ Ψ―, @Sophia_Giraffe, @A_Wild_Richard, Hansika, Matthew, Kasyap
B) Ra4 β 2
ππ 18%
Ryan, Aram
C) Ng5 β 2
ππ 18%
@RahmaniArapardaz, @Miladdark79
π₯ 11 people voted so far.
Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 181
public poll
B) g4 β 12
πππππππ 75%
@Mohsenchess, Masoud, @Djawad21, Max, Gavin, Ω ΨΩ Ψ―, @WataxPin, K, Hansika, Matthew, Kasyap, Aram
A) Bc2 β 2
π 13%
Javad, @A_Wild_Richard
C) BΓg6 β 2
π 13%
@Sophia_Giraffe, Uday
π₯ 16 people voted so far.
public poll
B) g4 β 12
πππππππ 75%
@Mohsenchess, Masoud, @Djawad21, Max, Gavin, Ω ΨΩ Ψ―, @WataxPin, K, Hansika, Matthew, Kasyap, Aram
A) Bc2 β 2
π 13%
Javad, @A_Wild_Richard
C) BΓg6 β 2
π 13%
@Sophia_Giraffe, Uday
π₯ 16 people voted so far.
βMy dad sacrificed many things in life for me. He abandoned a very promising and lucrative career of an army officer just so that he could continue helping me with my chess and accompanying me to tournaments.β
πΈ Alexandra Kosteniuk
@UnityChess
πΈ Alexandra Kosteniuk
@UnityChess
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Paul Keres π Vlastimil Hort
San Antonio (1972), San Antonio, TX USA, rd 1, Nov-19
Queen's Indian Defense: Spassky System (E14) Β·
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San Antonio (1972), San Antonio, TX USA, rd 1, Nov-19
Queen's Indian Defense: Spassky System (E14) Β·
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First-round video highlights of the Dubai Open Chess Tournament.
27...Nd6?? [Perelshteyn has completely neglected the opponent's next move. He could have obtained a winning position by taking the bishop on f4.]
[27...exf4! 28.Bb1 β³Qd3 28...Qc3! 29.Rb3 Qd4 30.Rd3 (30.Qc2? Rfe8 31.Qxh7+ Kf8β+) 30...Qa1 31.Ra2 Qe5 32.gxf4 Qxf4 33.Rg3+ Kh8 34.Qc2 Qh6 35.Qxc4 Rg8! 36.Qe4 Qxh5β+ β³RΓd5]
28.Bb1! Qc3 [28...Nxb7?? 29.Qc2+β]
29.Rb3 Qc4β’ 30.Rxe5?! [White unnecessarily complicates the game.]
[ΒΉ30.Bxe5! Bxe5 31.Rxe5Β±]
30...Bxe5 31.Bxe5 Rfe8? [31...f5!= β³Qg4]
32.Bf6!+β
[27...exf4! 28.Bb1 β³Qd3 28...Qc3! 29.Rb3 Qd4 30.Rd3 (30.Qc2? Rfe8 31.Qxh7+ Kf8β+) 30...Qa1 31.Ra2 Qe5 32.gxf4 Qxf4 33.Rg3+ Kh8 34.Qc2 Qh6 35.Qxc4 Rg8! 36.Qe4 Qxh5β+ β³RΓd5]
28.Bb1! Qc3 [28...Nxb7?? 29.Qc2+β]
29.Rb3 Qc4β’ 30.Rxe5?! [White unnecessarily complicates the game.]
[ΒΉ30.Bxe5! Bxe5 31.Rxe5Β±]
30...Bxe5 31.Bxe5 Rfe8? [31...f5!= β³Qg4]
32.Bf6!+β
21.Ng5! [A typical maneuver to transfer the knight to the c5βsquare, putting more pressure on Black's position.]
[21.Ra4 Re8 22.Rb4 Bc8 23.Qe5 Re6 24.Qf4 Rxe1+ 25.Nxe1 f6 26.Nd3Β±; 21.Nd2 Rd7 22.b3 Rc7 23.Qf4 Rd7 24.Nf3 Rb8 (24...Bxb3 25.Ne5 Rd6 26.Rab1 Bd5 27.c4 f6 28.Nxg6 hxg6 29.cxd5+β) 25.Ne5 Rd6 26.b4 Rc8 27.Re3 b6 28.h4 f6 29.Nd3Β±]
21...Re8 22.Ne4 Rdd8 23.Nc5 Bc8 24.Qg3 Rd6 25.Re3Β± [If Black is forced to push his e-pawn to e6, the bishop on c8 will get even worse.]
Β½βΒ½
[21.Ra4 Re8 22.Rb4 Bc8 23.Qe5 Re6 24.Qf4 Rxe1+ 25.Nxe1 f6 26.Nd3Β±; 21.Nd2 Rd7 22.b3 Rc7 23.Qf4 Rd7 24.Nf3 Rb8 (24...Bxb3 25.Ne5 Rd6 26.Rab1 Bd5 27.c4 f6 28.Nxg6 hxg6 29.cxd5+β) 25.Ne5 Rd6 26.b4 Rc8 27.Re3 b6 28.h4 f6 29.Nd3Β±]
21...Re8 22.Ne4 Rdd8 23.Nc5 Bc8 24.Qg3 Rd6 25.Re3Β± [If Black is forced to push his e-pawn to e6, the bishop on c8 will get even worse.]
Β½βΒ½