📕Unity Chess Multiple Choice 183

C: Qe8 – 10
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 67%

A: a6 – 3
👍👍 20%

B: f5 – 2
👍 13%

👥 15 people voted so far.

⚪️#184 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Carlsen,Magnus (2690)
🔸Ivanchuk,Vassily (2750)
🔸Morelia/Linares 2007

📕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
🔸Round 2
⚪️Esipenko,Andrey (2564)
⚫️Mamedyarov,Shakhriyar (2799)
🔸0-1

🔸Nutcracker Classical 2017 Moscow
🔸Round 3
⚪️Mamedyarov,Shakhriyar (2799)
⚫️Yuffa,Daniil (2522)
🔸1-0

♦️ 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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🔸Nutcracker Classical 2017 Moscow RUS
🔸Round 3
⚪️Rublevsky,Sergei (2683)
⚫️Esipenko,Andrey (2564)
🔸0-1

📘 14.Ne1!
With the idea of Bg4 that if Black retreats with Bh7, white will carry out a standard attack the Black e6-pawn chain base.
Nc2-Ne3-f4-f5👍
14...Be7 15.Bg4 B×g4 16.Q×g4 g6

🔸Nutcracker Classical 2017 Moscow RUS
🔸Round 3
⚪️Rublevsky,Sergei (2683)
⚫️Esipenko,Andrey (2564)
🔸0-1

📘 20...Kd7!
An interesting idea by 15-year-old Andrey Esipenko to initiate an attack on the kingside.
21.Rb1 Kc7 22.Qf4 Qg8 23.Qd2 Nc6 24.Qc2 g5

🔸Nutcracker Rapid 2017 Moscow
🔸Round 1
⚪️Gelfand,Boris (2697)
⚫️Artemiev,Vladislav (2691)
🔸0-1

📘 43.Rh1?? (Qh1=)
Boris Gelfand made a blunder which cost him the game.
43...Q×f4! 44.Qb7+ Kh6 45.Qe4 Qf1! 0-1