📘 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.

⚫️#182 (Strategy-Black to Move)
🔸Gustafsson,Jan (2629)
🔸Kramnik,Vladimir (2799)
🔸Dortmund SuperGM 40th 2012

📘 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+/-

⚫️#183 (Strategy-Black to Move)
🔸Malakhov,Vladimir (2670)
🔸Carlsen,Magnus (2570)
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📕Unity Chess Multiple Choice 183

C: Qe8 – 10
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 67%

A: a6 – 3
👍👍 20%

B: f5 – 2
👍 13%

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⚪️#184 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Carlsen,Magnus (2690)
🔸Ivanchuk,Vassily (2750)
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📕Unity Chess Multiple Choice 184

C: f4 – 10
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 59%

B: h6 – 4
👍👍👍 24%

A: e5 – 3
👍👍 18%

👥 17 people voted so far.

The playing hall at the 12th Olympiad, Moscow, 1st September 1956. 1st round, preliminary groups. Among the pairings: Poland-Switzerland (bottom left); USSR-Sweden (top centre).

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Mikhail Botvinnik & Tigran Petrosian in play during their match for the World Championship, which took place from March-May 1963 at the Estrada Theatre in Moscow.

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World Championship 1963 - PGN
Petrosian - Botvinnik

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Salo Landau v. Paul Keres, in the 16th round of the tournament at Kemeri (Latvia), 7th July 1937.

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Botvnnik teaching young Kasparov.

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🔸Nutcracker Classical 2017 Moscow
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♦️ Emanuel Lasker
♦️ German chess player
♦️ Today is Lasker's birthday

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🔸 Emanuel Lasker
🔸 German chess player


▪️ Today is Lasker's birthday!!
▪️ Emanuel Lasker was a German chess player, mathematician, and philosopher who was World Chess Champion for 27 years.
▪️ In his prime, Lasker was one of the most dominant champions, and he is still generally regarded as one of the strongest players ever.

🔹 Full name: Emanuel Lasker
🔹 Country: Germany
🔹 Born: December 24, 1868 Berlinchen, Prussia (now Barlinek, Poland)
🔹 Died: January 11, 1941 (aged 72) New York City, United States
🔹 World Champion: 1894–1921

🔹 Review a memorable game by Emanuel Lasker and download it's PGN file 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼

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🔸 Emanuel Lasker vs Frank James Marshall
🔸 St Petersburg (1914), rd 10, May-22
🔸 Russian Game: Cozio (Lasker) Attack (C42)

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🔸 Emanuel Lasker vs Frank James Marshall
🔸 St Petersburg (1914), rd 10, May-22
🔸 PGN format

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