Ex-World Champion Mikhail Tal in play at the Interzonal Tournament in his home city of Riga, September 1979. Tal won this event by 2½ clear points, ahead of Lev Polugaevsky in 2nd place.
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Efim Geller v. Wolfgang Uhlmann, in the 7th round of the Amsterdam IBM tournament, 21st Jul 1970. The East German grandmaster won this game in very fine style.
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📘 9...Rad8? (Bh7) 30.R×f6!
The black king has been targeted by the white pieces. Everything is ready for a combination!
30...Nd4 31.R×h6!+ g×h6 32.Q×d4+ R×d4 33.B×d4+ Qg7 34.B×g7+ +-
The black king has been targeted by the white pieces. Everything is ready for a combination!
30...Nd4 31.R×h6!+ g×h6 32.Q×d4+ R×d4 33.B×d4+ Qg7 34.B×g7+ +-
📘 26...Ke8!
A good idea from Mamedyarov, in order to transfer his king to the queenside and also defend c7-pawn to release the knight on c6.
27. Nf4 Rd6 28.g4 Kd7
A good idea from Mamedyarov, in order to transfer his king to the queenside and also defend c7-pawn to release the knight on c6.
27. Nf4 Rd6 28.g4 Kd7
📘 52.Re4?? (Kb1=)
Ukrainian Martyn Kravtsiv has made a blunder. Mamedyarov exploits that with the cooperation between rook+knight and pawn.
52...Na2+ 53.Kb1 Rb2+ 54.Ka1 Nc1 --->Nb3# 0-1
Ukrainian Martyn Kravtsiv has made a blunder. Mamedyarov exploits that with the cooperation between rook+knight and pawn.
52...Na2+ 53.Kb1 Rb2+ 54.Ka1 Nc1 --->Nb3# 0-1
📘 33.Rd1
Ding Liren has missed a typical checkmate in three moves. He is a three-time Chinese champion.
(33.Rh8+ K×h8 34.Qh6+ Kg8 35.Qg7# )
Ding Liren has missed a typical checkmate in three moves. He is a three-time Chinese champion.
(33.Rh8+ K×h8 34.Qh6+ Kg8 35.Qg7# )
📕 25.c5!!
An ugly-looking move, but Kramnik knows what he is doing. The opening of the d-file is a vital facet of his strategy. He is aware that Black is obliged to exchange on e5, so there won't be a weak white pawn on d4; and secondly, he has judged that the black knight will never get the chance to sit in majesty on the d5-square.
25.f4? bxc4 26.Nxc4 (26.bxc4? Bxe5 then Nxc4) Rhd8 and the d4-pawn would be weak.
25.Rh3 is also faced with the same idea.
An ugly-looking move, but Kramnik knows what he is doing. The opening of the d-file is a vital facet of his strategy. He is aware that Black is obliged to exchange on e5, so there won't be a weak white pawn on d4; and secondly, he has judged that the black knight will never get the chance to sit in majesty on the d5-square.
25.f4? bxc4 26.Nxc4 (26.bxc4? Bxe5 then Nxc4) Rhd8 and the d4-pawn would be weak.
25.Rh3 is also faced with the same idea.
📕 17.Qf1!
The white queen takes up the post that the rook has so kindly vacated. There is no player in the history of chess as adept at dominating his opponent from the back rank as Karpov. Let's pause a moment and take stock. White's pawn structure isn't perfect, but his pawns are harder to attack than Black's, whose a5- and c6-pawns are split, and e5-pawn unprotected. In contrast, White's isolated pawn on e4 is well defended. The fact that Black has played ...g7-g6 makes him more vulnerable on the f-file: if the pawn were back on g7, the black knight on f6 would be on a rock-solid platform, and there would also be no ideas of Bh6, driving the black rook from f8, followed by a direct attack with the white queen and rooks against f7. Thinking about squares, Black is somewhat fragile on the light squares due to the exchange of his light-squared bishop. In this regard, we see that the c4-square would make a very attractive post for the white queen, or possibly the white bishop. On c4 the queen would have an eye both on the f7-square and on the c6-pawn. To summarize, Karpov will be looking to build up pressure along the f-file as his main plan of campaign. As what might be described as a diversionary tactic, he will also try to interfere with the smooth operation of the black pieces by forcing them to defend pawns on the queenside.
The white queen takes up the post that the rook has so kindly vacated. There is no player in the history of chess as adept at dominating his opponent from the back rank as Karpov. Let's pause a moment and take stock. White's pawn structure isn't perfect, but his pawns are harder to attack than Black's, whose a5- and c6-pawns are split, and e5-pawn unprotected. In contrast, White's isolated pawn on e4 is well defended. The fact that Black has played ...g7-g6 makes him more vulnerable on the f-file: if the pawn were back on g7, the black knight on f6 would be on a rock-solid platform, and there would also be no ideas of Bh6, driving the black rook from f8, followed by a direct attack with the white queen and rooks against f7. Thinking about squares, Black is somewhat fragile on the light squares due to the exchange of his light-squared bishop. In this regard, we see that the c4-square would make a very attractive post for the white queen, or possibly the white bishop. On c4 the queen would have an eye both on the f7-square and on the c6-pawn. To summarize, Karpov will be looking to build up pressure along the f-file as his main plan of campaign. As what might be described as a diversionary tactic, he will also try to interfere with the smooth operation of the black pieces by forcing them to defend pawns on the queenside.