📘 Anand missed the win by playing 50.Kg3?. He could have won by playing 50.Kf4!
Can you spot the difference between these two moves?
A) 50.Kg3? Re2! (50...Kf5? 51.e6+-) 51.e6 (51.Kf4 h4! 52.e6 h3) 51...Kf6 52.Rf7+ Ke5!=
B) 50.Kf4! h4 51.e6 h3 52.e7 Re2 53.Kf3! (53.Kg3 h2!) Re1 or Re5 54.Kg3+-
It seems that 50.Kf4 was necessary to keep e5 out of black king's hands.
Can you spot the difference between these two moves?
A) 50.Kg3? Re2! (50...Kf5? 51.e6+-) 51.e6 (51.Kf4 h4! 52.e6 h3) 51...Kf6 52.Rf7+ Ke5!=
B) 50.Kf4! h4 51.e6 h3 52.e7 Re2 53.Kf3! (53.Kg3 h2!) Re1 or Re5 54.Kg3+-
It seems that 50.Kf4 was necessary to keep e5 out of black king's hands.
📕 #79
The only active plan for white is to play f4, and to play f4, the h4 pawn needs protection.
21.Ng2!
The only active plan for white is to play f4, and to play f4, the h4 pawn needs protection.
21.Ng2!
📕 #80
17...Rg8!
Kramnik played this mysterious strong move not just to protect g7, but to play g5 and activate his rook by a rook lift via g6.
17...Rg8!
Kramnik played this mysterious strong move not just to protect g7, but to play g5 and activate his rook by a rook lift via g6.
📕Unity Chess Multiple Choice 81
A: R×e6 – 8
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 89%
B: Nd4 – 1
👍 11%
C: Qd1
▫️ 0%
👥 9 people voted so far.
A: R×e6 – 8
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 89%
B: Nd4 – 1
👍 11%
C: Qd1
▫️ 0%
👥 9 people voted so far.
📕Unity Chess Multiple Choice 82
A: Re3 – 9
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 69%
C: e×d5 – 3
👍👍 23%
B: Ra2 – 1
👍 8%
👥 13 people voted so far.
A: Re3 – 9
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 69%
C: e×d5 – 3
👍👍 23%
B: Ra2 – 1
👍 8%
👥 13 people voted so far.
📕 #81
At a cost of a pawn white has great lead in development, while black suffers from discoordination of his pieces and his king safety issue.
19.Qd1!!+- threatening both 20.Bf5! and 20.Ng5!
Black has no acceptable solution to deal with the strong retreat of the queen to her original square!
At a cost of a pawn white has great lead in development, while black suffers from discoordination of his pieces and his king safety issue.
19.Qd1!!+- threatening both 20.Bf5! and 20.Ng5!
Black has no acceptable solution to deal with the strong retreat of the queen to her original square!
📕 #82
There is ultimate tension between rival central pawns! Both players prefer that their central pawns be taken by their opponent, so that they can occupy central squares with their pieces.
14.Re3 to indirectly increase pressure on e5. For instance:
14...exd4? 15.Nxd4 Bxf1 16.Nxc6 Qe8 17.exd6 Bxg2 18.Nxe7+ Kh8 19.Ng6++-
There is ultimate tension between rival central pawns! Both players prefer that their central pawns be taken by their opponent, so that they can occupy central squares with their pieces.
14.Re3 to indirectly increase pressure on e5. For instance:
14...exd4? 15.Nxd4 Bxf1 16.Nxc6 Qe8 17.exd6 Bxg2 18.Nxe7+ Kh8 19.Ng6++-