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๐Ÿ“˜ 23.f4?
(23.Bh3! A creative defence Rร—f2 24.Be6! =)
23...eร—f3 24.Kf2 Re8
Zoltan Almasy is 8-times Hungarian Champion.
๐Ÿ”ธWorld Rapid Championship 2017
๐Ÿ”ธRound 1
โšช๏ธWang,Hao (2709)
โšซ๏ธVallejo Pons,Francisco (2707)
๐Ÿ”ธ1-0
๐Ÿ“˜ 28...g5? (Kf7=)
Vallejo has neglected white's hidden trap.
29.Nd4!+ eร—d4 30.Qb3+ Bd5 31.eร—d5+ +-
๐Ÿ”ธWorld Rapid Championship 2017
๐Ÿ”ธRound 1
โšช๏ธMcShane,Luke J (2640)
โšซ๏ธKhenkin,Igor (2554)
๐Ÿ”ธ1-0
๐Ÿ“˜ 17.Bร—h7!!+
McShane shows his calculation ability and high-level intuition.
17...Kร—h7 18.Qd3+ Kg8 19.Nร—g4 Rร—e1+ 20.Rร—e1 Bร—f4
(20.Bร—g4 21.Qร—d5+)
21.Nf6!+ Kf7 22.Nร—d5 Bร—h2+ 23.Kh1 Qd6 24.Qf3+ Kg8 25.Re8+ Kh7 26.Qh5+ Qh6 27.Nf6+ gร—f6 28.Re7+ 1-0
McShane won the World Under-10 Championship in Duisburg at the age of eight.
โšซ๏ธ#187 (Strategy-Black to Move)
๐Ÿ”ธKaidanov,Gregory S (2475)
๐Ÿ”ธIvanchuk,Vassily (2480)
๐Ÿ”ธURS-ch 1987
๐Ÿ“˜ 14...Ke8!
The trouble with going the other way is that, while the king is itself safe on c7, the opposition with the bishop on f4 prevents Black from undertaking any active play. For instance, he can't play ...f7-f6 ever because White would take it with check - and he can't carry out Ivanchuk's plan in the game. In any case, there's no real need to connect the rooks since the h8-rook is already operating on the h-file.
It is interesting to know, this position repeated in the game S.Bethe- F, Hagenstein, in 1990.
โšซ๏ธ#188 (Strategy-Black to Move)
๐Ÿ”ธBrochet,Philippe (2379)
๐Ÿ”ธIvanchuk,Vassily (2754)
๐Ÿ”ธEU-Cup 26th 2010
๐Ÿ“˜ 26...Ra8!
The rook is moved to g- file to put pressure on the white g2-pawn. then black is going to transfer the bishop to c6 in order to attack the weak e4-pawn.
26...f5?! 27.exf5 Bxf5 28.Bxf5 Rxf5+ 29.Kg1, the game is nearly equal.
26...Rg8? does not contain any concrete plan.
โšซ๏ธ#189 (Strategy-Black to Move)
๐Ÿ”ธPetrosian,Tigran V
๐Ÿ”ธBotvinnik,Mikhail
๐Ÿ”ธWorld-ch24 1963
๐Ÿ“•Unity Chess Multiple Choice 189

A: Na6 โ€“ 7
๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘ 47%

B: b6 โ€“ 4
๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘ 27%

C: g6 โ€“ 4
๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘ 27%

๐Ÿ‘ฅ 15 people voted so far.
โšช๏ธ#190 (Strategy-White to Move)
๐Ÿ”ธBotvinnik,Mikhail
๐Ÿ”ธAlekhine,Alexander
๐Ÿ”ธAVRO Netherlands 1938
๐Ÿ“•Unity Chess Multiple Choice 190

A: h4 โ€“ 10
๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘ 67%

C: Nc2 โ€“ 4
๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘ 27%

B: Nd3 โ€“ 1
๐Ÿ‘ 7%

๐Ÿ‘ฅ 15 people voted so far.
At the drawing of lots for the 1956 FIDE Candidates' tourmament in Amsterdam: David Bronstein, Paul Keres, Efim Geller, Tigran Petrosian, Vassily Smyslov and Boris Spassky.

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The ceremonial first move in the game between Vassily Smyslov and Lรกszlรณ Szabรณ , in the opening round of the FIDE Candidates' tournament, Amsterdam, 27th March 1956. Max Euwe looks on

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Hungarian grandmaster Lรกszlรณ Szabรณ in play v. Boris Spassky (USSR), in the 6th round of the FIDE Candidates' tournament, Amsterdam, 5th April 1956.

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Efim Geller in play v. Tigran Petrosian in the opening round of the FIDE Candidates' tournament, Amsterdam, 27th March 1956.

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