📕#84
According to Botvinnik, black is planning to take on f4 and after white plays gxf4 to cover e5, black can exhchange bishops by Bh3 to weaken e4; therefor, playing Nc8 is not just to defend c7 from the 7th rank, but to clear the e file to attack e4.
14... Nc8 15.c5 Bh3 16.b4 B×g2 17.K×g2 e×f4 18.g×f4
According to Botvinnik, black is planning to take on f4 and after white plays gxf4 to cover e5, black can exhchange bishops by Bh3 to weaken e4; therefor, playing Nc8 is not just to defend c7 from the 7th rank, but to clear the e file to attack e4.
14... Nc8 15.c5 Bh3 16.b4 B×g2 17.K×g2 e×f4 18.g×f4
🔺 #41👇👇
1.Kh2!! [1.Qxe4 Qxe3+ 2.Qxe3 fxe3=] 1...Qf5 [1...fxe3 2.Qxe4+-;
1...Qg5 2.Rg1! Rae8 3.Qd6 Qf6 4.Qc7+-;
1...Qh5 2.Rg1!+-] 2.Qe7 Rg8 3.Rxf4 Rac8 4.Rc7 Rcd8 [4...Rxc7 5.Qxc7 Qc8 6.b6+-] 5.Qxd8 Qxf4+ 6.exf4 Rxd8 7.b6+- 1-0
1.Kh2!! [1.Qxe4 Qxe3+ 2.Qxe3 fxe3=] 1...Qf5 [1...fxe3 2.Qxe4+-;
1...Qg5 2.Rg1! Rae8 3.Qd6 Qf6 4.Qc7+-;
1...Qh5 2.Rg1!+-] 2.Qe7 Rg8 3.Rxf4 Rac8 4.Rc7 Rcd8 [4...Rxc7 5.Qxc7 Qc8 6.b6+-] 5.Qxd8 Qxf4+ 6.exf4 Rxd8 7.b6+- 1-0
📕Unity Chess Multiple Choice 85
A: Be6 – 13
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 81%
B: Ne6 – 2
👍 13%
C: f5 – 1
👍 6%
👥 16 people voted so far.
A: Be6 – 13
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 81%
B: Ne6 – 2
👍 13%
C: f5 – 1
👍 6%
👥 16 people voted so far.
📕(Unity Chess Multiple Choice 86)
C: a3 – 14
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 67%
A: Na6 – 5
👍👍👍 24%
B: Qc7 – 2
👍 10%
👥 21 people voted so far.
C: a3 – 14
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 67%
A: Na6 – 5
👍👍👍 24%
B: Qc7 – 2
👍 10%
👥 21 people voted so far.
📘In an almost losing position Svidler eased white's task by playing 45...Rxa2? 46.c5! +-
He should have tried the tricky move 45...Nh7 and now if white tries 46.c5? black plays
46...Nf6 47.Re5+ Kd8 48.Kd3 Rxa2
so that the black king is not cut from the d file anymore.
He should have tried the tricky move 45...Nh7 and now if white tries 46.c5? black plays
46...Nf6 47.Re5+ Kd8 48.Kd3 Rxa2
so that the black king is not cut from the d file anymore.
📘 34...Bd4?
Nisipeanu made use of the Ukrainian IM's blunder.
35.Bd3! An important intermediate move
(If 35.Bg6 Ne5! and the c4 rook is defended)
35...Ra4 36.Bg6! +- Ne5 (Be5 37.f4+-) 37.Re4 N×g6 38.h×g6 1-0
Nisipeanu made use of the Ukrainian IM's blunder.
35.Bd3! An important intermediate move
(If 35.Bg6 Ne5! and the c4 rook is defended)
35...Ra4 36.Bg6! +- Ne5 (Be5 37.f4+-) 37.Re4 N×g6 38.h×g6 1-0
📘 26...Ra8?
Black should have played 26...Rf8. By precise calculation white got a winning position:
27.Nc7! Ra3 28.Qb2 Rf8 29.Rcd1! (with the idea of R×d8) Ra4
(29...Ne6 30.N×e6 f×e6 31.Rd7 +-)
30.Rd7 Qb4 (Qg5 31.h4+-) 31.Q×b4 R×b4 32.R×d8 +-
Black should have played 26...Rf8. By precise calculation white got a winning position:
27.Nc7! Ra3 28.Qb2 Rf8 29.Rcd1! (with the idea of R×d8) Ra4
(29...Ne6 30.N×e6 f×e6 31.Rd7 +-)
30.Rd7 Qb4 (Qg5 31.h4+-) 31.Q×b4 R×b4 32.R×d8 +-