53.Rc7?? [53.Rd7! Bxd6 54.exd6 Kf6 55.Ke3 h5 56.Ke4 g5 57.Rd8 Ke6 58.d7 Rc4+ 59.Ke3 Rc3+ 60.Kf2 g4 61.Rh8 Kxd7 62.Rxh5=; 53.Bxc5? Rxc5 54.Kf3 (54.e6 Re5+ 55.Kf3 Rxe6–+) 54...Kf8 55.Ra7 Rxe5 56.Ra4 Kg7 57.Kg2 h5–+]
53...Rxc7 54.Bxc7 h5 55.Kf3 Kf8 56.Bd8 Ke8 57.Bg5 Kd7 58.g4 hxg4+ 59.Kxg4 Ke6 60.Kf4 Kd5 61.Bf6 Ba3 62.Bg7 Bc1+ 63.Kg4 Ke4 64.Bh8 Bf4
0–1
53...Rxc7 54.Bxc7 h5 55.Kf3 Kf8 56.Bd8 Ke8 57.Bg5 Kd7 58.g4 hxg4+ 59.Kxg4 Ke6 60.Kf4 Kd5 61.Bf6 Ba3 62.Bg7 Bc1+ 63.Kg4 Ke4 64.Bh8 Bf4
0–1
29...Bc5! [Bringing bishop into the action by tactical means.]
30.Red3 Ba7! [Bacrot gets the advantage by combining attack with defence.]
31.Ra3 Bxe4 32.Ne3 Rxd4!‚ [32...f5!? △f4 33.Rxa4 f4 34.Rc4 Rxc4 35.Nxc4 Bxd4 36.Ra1 Bb7µ]
33.Rxd4 Bxd4 34.Rxa4 e5-/+
0–1
30.Red3 Ba7! [Bacrot gets the advantage by combining attack with defence.]
31.Ra3 Bxe4 32.Ne3 Rxd4!‚ [32...f5!? △f4 33.Rxa4 f4 34.Rc4 Rxc4 35.Nxc4 Bxd4 36.Ra1 Bb7µ]
33.Rxd4 Bxd4 34.Rxa4 e5-/+
0–1
Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 222
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C) f4 – 9
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@mahyarebrahimi1983, Gavin, @Sophia_Giraffe, @A_Wild_Richard, @AryanLeekha, Vedant, Michael, Kasyap, Arianna
B) Qb3 – 1
👍 10%
Nikhil
A) Bb5
▫️ 0%
👥 10 people voted so far.
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C) f4 – 9
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 90%
@mahyarebrahimi1983, Gavin, @Sophia_Giraffe, @A_Wild_Richard, @AryanLeekha, Vedant, Michael, Kasyap, Arianna
B) Qb3 – 1
👍 10%
Nikhil
A) Bb5
▫️ 0%
👥 10 people voted so far.
Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 222
public poll
B) Rd1 – 11
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 100%
@Milaniaaa, Gavin, Nikhil, @Sujas2, @Sophia_Giraffe, Srikar, @AryanLeekha, Vedant, Michael, Kasyap, Arianna
A) Rb1
▫️ 0%
C) Ke7
▫️ 0%
👥 11 people voted so far.
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B) Rd1 – 11
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 100%
@Milaniaaa, Gavin, Nikhil, @Sujas2, @Sophia_Giraffe, Srikar, @AryanLeekha, Vedant, Michael, Kasyap, Arianna
A) Rb1
▫️ 0%
C) Ke7
▫️ 0%
👥 11 people voted so far.
Happy Birthday to Anatoly Karpov, 12th world chess champion (1975–1985, 1993–1999).
One of the greatest players in history, he won over 160 tournaments during his outstanding career, and continues to popularize chess after his retirement from active play.
#HappyBirthday 🎂🎉🎈
One of the greatest players in history, he won over 160 tournaments during his outstanding career, and continues to popularize chess after his retirement from active play.
#HappyBirthday 🎂🎉🎈
"The year 1953. The Karpov family with friends in Zlatoust." Anatoly Evgenevich is the small child in the centre.
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Biggest chess achievements by Anatoly Karpov.
1.-World champion for 10 years.
2.-Played total of 7 WCC matches.
3.-Number two in world for 14 years.
4.-Winning the Linares supertournament in 1994 with performance rating of 2899.
5.-Second player in history to break 2700 rating.
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1.-World champion for 10 years.
2.-Played total of 7 WCC matches.
3.-Number two in world for 14 years.
4.-Winning the Linares supertournament in 1994 with performance rating of 2899.
5.-Second player in history to break 2700 rating.
@UnityChess
Moscow Grand Prix: Semi-final matches start drawn
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Moscow Grand Prix: Semi-final matches start drawn
The first of the two classical games in the semi-final ended drawn. More later... On Wednesday at the Moscow Grand Prix, Hikaru Nakamura of the United States, Ian Nepomniachtchi and Alexander Grischuk, both of Russia, advanced from the quarter-finals after…
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Nakamura 🇺🇸 - Grischuk 🇷🇺 also finished in a draw.
Second semifinal games tomorrow, May 24. Do you think we will know at least one finalist or both Grischuk-Nakamura and Wojtaszek-Nepomniachtchi will go to tiebreaks?
Second semifinal games tomorrow, May 24. Do you think we will know at least one finalist or both Grischuk-Nakamura and Wojtaszek-Nepomniachtchi will go to tiebreaks?
Semifinals of #GrandPrixFIDE organized by the World Chess are on in Moscow.
The first move in Nepomniachtchi - Wojtaszek was made by Igor Rybakov - entrepreneur and investor of PRYTEK (Global investment & tech transform platform).
This game ended in a draw.
The first move in Nepomniachtchi - Wojtaszek was made by Igor Rybakov - entrepreneur and investor of PRYTEK (Global investment & tech transform platform).
This game ended in a draw.