📘 24.d5!
An interesting positional pawn sacrifice.
24...N×d5 25.B×d5 B×d5 26.Qc3+ f6 27.N×d6 c×d6 28.Nd4 +-
The White knight has reached its dream square and dominates the board. The black pawns on a6 and d6 are weak and his king is also not completely safe.
An interesting positional pawn sacrifice.
24...N×d5 25.B×d5 B×d5 26.Qc3+ f6 27.N×d6 c×d6 28.Nd4 +-
The White knight has reached its dream square and dominates the board. The black pawns on a6 and d6 are weak and his king is also not completely safe.
📘 24...N×b2?
Yi Wei's miscalculation.
(Black could have resisted with 24...R×b2)
25.R×c8+ R×c8 26.a5 Nc4 27.Ra7 Bb4 28.a6 f5 29.Rb7! f×e4 30.Bg4 +-
Yi Wei's miscalculation.
(Black could have resisted with 24...R×b2)
25.R×c8+ R×c8 26.a5 Nc4 27.Ra7 Bb4 28.a6 f5 29.Rb7! f×e4 30.Bg4 +-
📘 17.g4?
World Champion Magnus Carlsen has blundered a piece. However, black must strive hard to win.
17...f4 18.h4 f×e3 19.Q×e3 h6 20.Qc5 Bb7 21.Ne4 Re6 -/+
World Champion Magnus Carlsen has blundered a piece. However, black must strive hard to win.
17...f4 18.h4 f×e3 19.Q×e3 h6 20.Qc5 Bb7 21.Ne4 Re6 -/+
📘 22...Qb6?
After this carelessness, the initiative passed from Black to White.
(22...g5 -/+ The logical move)
23.g5! h×g5 24.Qa3 Rb8 25.b3 Qd8 26.Q×a7 +/-
White has a good game even though he is down a piece.
After this carelessness, the initiative passed from Black to White.
(22...g5 -/+ The logical move)
23.g5! h×g5 24.Qa3 Rb8 25.b3 Qd8 26.Q×a7 +/-
White has a good game even though he is down a piece.
📕 An instructive game to show how powerful the concept of blockade is.
22...e4!
Anyway! The exchange, plus the outpost which will be created for black's knight by the change of structure is great value for a pawn.
22...e4!
Anyway! The exchange, plus the outpost which will be created for black's knight by the change of structure is great value for a pawn.
📕 25...Nb4!
On one level this is a ( far from obvious ) tactical solution based on the double attack ( a2 and d3 ) the plausibility of which is only truly revealed with black's elegant follow-up. However, the real point is positional - the creation of an invulnerable square, usefully referred to as an outpost. A word of warning - the practical utility of an outpost should not be taken for granted, but rather judged on its merits pretty much case by case. b4 is such a good square for black's knight following the following 'simplification' because it attacks a weakness ( and hence keeps the opponent passive ) and also threatens redeployment to the further 'useful' outpost on e3. It is also worth mentioning that if white had already found time for the move a3, he would in no way stand worse.
On one level this is a ( far from obvious ) tactical solution based on the double attack ( a2 and d3 ) the plausibility of which is only truly revealed with black's elegant follow-up. However, the real point is positional - the creation of an invulnerable square, usefully referred to as an outpost. A word of warning - the practical utility of an outpost should not be taken for granted, but rather judged on its merits pretty much case by case. b4 is such a good square for black's knight following the following 'simplification' because it attacks a weakness ( and hence keeps the opponent passive ) and also threatens redeployment to the further 'useful' outpost on e3. It is also worth mentioning that if white had already found time for the move a3, he would in no way stand worse.
📕Unity Chess Multiple Choice 247
B: Nf3 – 7
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 64%
C: a4 – 4
👍👍👍👍 36%
A: Bf4
▫️ 0%
👥 11 people voted so far.
B: Nf3 – 7
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 64%
C: a4 – 4
👍👍👍👍 36%
A: Bf4
▫️ 0%
👥 11 people voted so far.
📕Unity Chess Multiple Choice 248
C: Qd7 – 12
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 92%
B: Nd7 – 1
👍 8%
A: c6
▫️ 0%
👥 13 people voted so far.
C: Qd7 – 12
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 92%
B: Nd7 – 1
👍 8%
A: c6
▫️ 0%
👥 13 people voted so far.
In the press centre at the 1984 World Championship between Karpov and Kasparov, at the House of Unions in central Moscow - Aleksandr Nikitin (trainer of Kasparov) & Mikhail Tal.
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Two masters from the early-20th-century Russian Empire: Boris Maliutin (St. Petersburg) v. Gersz Rotlewi (Lodz). Valerian Chudovskiy looks on.
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Aleksandr Nikitin (born 27 Jan 1935). Soviet Master of Sport (1952), member of winning Soviet teams in World Student Team Championships of 1955-57-58. Trainer of Kasparov from 1976-1990
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