Groningen, 1946. Salo Flohr, Mikhail Botvinnik, Aleksandr Kotov, Vasily Smyslov and Herman Steiner.
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José Raúl Capablanca v. Nikolai Riumin, from the 3rd round of the 3rd Moscow International tournament, 11th May 1936.
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🔸European Rapid Championship 2017
🔸Round 10
⚪️Tari,Aryan (2593)
⚫️Zhigalko,Sergei (2641)
🔸0-1
🔸Round 10
⚪️Tari,Aryan (2593)
⚫️Zhigalko,Sergei (2641)
🔸0-1
📘 11.Ng5!
Preventing Black from castling and also to prepare the maneuver Ne4-d6.
11...Nc6
(11...o-o 12.Qb1! +/-)
(11...h6 12.Ne4)
12.Qh5 Qe7 13.h4 Bb7 14.Rh3
Preventing Black from castling and also to prepare the maneuver Ne4-d6.
11...Nc6
(11...o-o 12.Qb1! +/-)
(11...h6 12.Ne4)
12.Qh5 Qe7 13.h4 Bb7 14.Rh3
📘 23.R×a6
An interesting exchange sacrifice by the 20 years old, Russian Grandmaster.
23...Ne4
(23...B×a6 24.Rf3)
24.Rf3 Qe8 25.Bf4 B×a6 26.Q×e4 +/-
An interesting exchange sacrifice by the 20 years old, Russian Grandmaster.
23...Ne4
(23...B×a6 24.Rf3)
24.Rf3 Qe8 25.Bf4 B×a6 26.Q×e4 +/-
📘 28.Bh2?
Yuffa missed his opportunity. He could have obtained a huge advantage by playing:
(28.B×h5! Qd7 29.Bg4 +-)
(28.B×h5! R×h5?? 29.Qa8+ Mate in 3 Moves)
Yuffa missed his opportunity. He could have obtained a huge advantage by playing:
(28.B×h5! Qd7 29.Bg4 +-)
(28.B×h5! R×h5?? 29.Qa8+ Mate in 3 Moves)
📘 27.R×g6+
Mamedyarov's finishing sacrifice
K×g6 28.Ne5+ 1-0
(if 28...Kf5 29.e4+ Kf4 30.Qf6#)
(if 28...kg7 or 28...Kh6 the black king will soon be checkmated)
Mamedyarov's finishing sacrifice
K×g6 28.Ne5+ 1-0
(if 28...Kf5 29.e4+ Kf4 30.Qf6#)
(if 28...kg7 or 28...Kh6 the black king will soon be checkmated)
📘 12...Qf5!!
Strangely enough, Black gets compensation with the following: 1. White's disfigured, doubled f-pawns and isolated h-pawn. 2. When White takes the exchange on f8, his bishop has trouble returning, since Be7 is met by ... f5-f6!, continuing to imprison it (a theme Short was, unfortunately, unable to evade anyway later in the game!) 3. White's rooks just don't work well in the resulting position. It seems Black stands equal at a minimum after the acceptance.
Strangely enough, Black gets compensation with the following: 1. White's disfigured, doubled f-pawns and isolated h-pawn. 2. When White takes the exchange on f8, his bishop has trouble returning, since Be7 is met by ... f5-f6!, continuing to imprison it (a theme Short was, unfortunately, unable to evade anyway later in the game!) 3. White's rooks just don't work well in the resulting position. It seems Black stands equal at a minimum after the acceptance.
📘 18...Nxe3!
This sacrifice is standard issue in ...e5xd4 King's Indian lines, but usually, this sac only occurs when queens remain on the board. In this case, not only have queens come off but Black is down a pawn as well as the exchange. As it turns out, the position is something of an anomaly and Kramnik's sac is absolutely sound. His ferocious piece activity, coupled with threats against a2, see to it that he is the only one with chances to win.
18...Nb4 19.Nxb4 Rxe3 20.Bc4=
18...Ne7? 19.Bc4+/-
This sacrifice is standard issue in ...e5xd4 King's Indian lines, but usually, this sac only occurs when queens remain on the board. In this case, not only have queens come off but Black is down a pawn as well as the exchange. As it turns out, the position is something of an anomaly and Kramnik's sac is absolutely sound. His ferocious piece activity, coupled with threats against a2, see to it that he is the only one with chances to win.
18...Nb4 19.Nxb4 Rxe3 20.Bc4=
18...Ne7? 19.Bc4+/-
📕Unity Chess Multiple Choice 183
C: Qe8 – 10
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 67%
A: a6 – 3
👍👍 20%
B: f5 – 2
👍 13%
👥 15 people voted so far.
C: Qe8 – 10
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 67%
A: a6 – 3
👍👍 20%
B: f5 – 2
👍 13%
👥 15 people voted so far.