Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 192
public poll
A) Rb1 β 5
πππππππ 45%
Masoud, @RahmaniArapardaz, Salam, @Sophia_Giraffe, Srikar
C) BΓb4+ β 5
πππππππ 45%
@mahyarebrahimi1983, Nikhil, @BehroudR, @A_Wild_Richard, Majjeed
B) e5+ β 1
π 9%
Ψ§Ω ΫΨ± Ω ΨΩ Ψ―
π₯ 11 people voted so far.
public poll
A) Rb1 β 5
πππππππ 45%
Masoud, @RahmaniArapardaz, Salam, @Sophia_Giraffe, Srikar
C) BΓb4+ β 5
πππππππ 45%
@mahyarebrahimi1983, Nikhil, @BehroudR, @A_Wild_Richard, Majjeed
B) e5+ β 1
π 9%
Ψ§Ω ΫΨ± Ω ΨΩ Ψ―
π₯ 11 people voted so far.
βGood players develop a tactical instinct, a sense of what is possible or likely and what is not worth calculating.β
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πΈ Samuel Reshevsky
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At the 1979 Tilburg Interpolis super-tournament, round 9 (played 12th November) - Jan Timman (Netherlands) faces ex-World Champion Vasily Smyslov (USSR), while his compatriot Genna Sosonko looks on.
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β³On This Day in Historyβ¦
Mr. Charles Spencer Chaplinβ¦
He is one of the most prominent names in the history of the film industry, who won three Academy awards in a career spanning more than three-quarters of a century. He devoted two pages of his autobiography to playing chess, with particular focus on the time when he was one of twenty Hollywood film stars to play simultaneous chess against prodigy and future eight-time US Champion Sammy Reshevsky.
Charlie Chaplin was born in London, England, on April 16th, 1889.
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Mr. Charles Spencer Chaplinβ¦
He is one of the most prominent names in the history of the film industry, who won three Academy awards in a career spanning more than three-quarters of a century. He devoted two pages of his autobiography to playing chess, with particular focus on the time when he was one of twenty Hollywood film stars to play simultaneous chess against prodigy and future eight-time US Champion Sammy Reshevsky.
Charlie Chaplin was born in London, England, on April 16th, 1889.
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23.Bh6?? [Underestimating the opponent's threats. Although White is a piece up, he should have played for a draw with the following continuation:]
[23.Bxf8β’ Rxf8 24.Kh1 Nxf3 25.Qc4+ Kh8 26.Rg1 Nxg1 27.Rxg1 Rxf2 28.Qxe4 Qh3!β 29.Qe8+ Kg7 30.Qe7+ Kh6 31.Qg5+ Kg7 32.Qe7+=]
23...Nxf3+! 24.Kh1 Rf7 [ξQh3]
25.Qc4 Qh3β+ 26.Bf4 Nh4! 27.Qxe4 Rxf4 28.Qd5+ Kh8 [ξNf3]
[23.Bxf8β’ Rxf8 24.Kh1 Nxf3 25.Qc4+ Kh8 26.Rg1 Nxg1 27.Rxg1 Rxf2 28.Qxe4 Qh3!β 29.Qe8+ Kg7 30.Qe7+ Kh6 31.Qg5+ Kg7 32.Qe7+=]
23...Nxf3+! 24.Kh1 Rf7 [ξQh3]
25.Qc4 Qh3β+ 26.Bf4 Nh4! 27.Qxe4 Rxf4 28.Qd5+ Kh8 [ξNf3]
25.Nb5! [Trading off the black well-placed and annoying knight which results in weakening the opponent's pawns.]
[25.h4!? Qe6 26.Nb5 a4 27.Nxf3Β±; 25.Rdg1!? Bf6 26.Rg4 Be7 27.Nd5 Rg8 28.R1g3 a4 29.Nxf3Β±]
25...Nxb5 26.cxb5 Bh6 27.Nxf3+β
1β0
[25.h4!? Qe6 26.Nb5 a4 27.Nxf3Β±; 25.Rdg1!? Bf6 26.Rg4 Be7 27.Nd5 Rg8 28.R1g3 a4 29.Nxf3Β±]
25...Nxb5 26.cxb5 Bh6 27.Nxf3+β
1β0