📕 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%
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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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🔹 Magnus Carlsen ground out a win in a Rook and Bishops of opposite colours endgame against Maxim Matlakov.
This game played in Sicilian Opening, Taimanov Variation!
Carlsen wasn't that happy out of the opening but had a long lasting small edge to play with, he also got a long way ahead on the clock and candidly admitted that with so little on the board he also needed time pressure. It's unclear quite when Matlakov was finally lost but Carlsen won in 62 moves.
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🔹 Magnus Carlsen ground out a win in a Rook and Bishops of opposite colours endgame against Maxim Matlakov.
This game played in Sicilian Opening, Taimanov Variation!
Carlsen wasn't that happy out of the opening but had a long lasting small edge to play with, he also got a long way ahead on the clock and candidly admitted that with so little on the board he also needed time pressure. It's unclear quite when Matlakov was finally lost but Carlsen won in 62 moves.
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🔹"Magnus Carlsen - Maxim Matlakov T Tata Steel Masters 2018< round 12"
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Carlsen-Matlakov , TataSteel2018 @unitychess R12.pgn
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🔹"Magnus Carlsen - Maxim Matlakov , Tata Steel Masters 2018< round 12"
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TataSteel 2018 @unitychess R1-12.pgn
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🔹Tata Steel 2018 ..... All Games Of Rounds 1-12
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🔸Tata Steel Masters 2018
🔸Round 8
⚪️Carlsen,Magnus (2834)
⚫️Jones,Gawain (2640)
🔸1-0
🔸Round 8
⚪️Carlsen,Magnus (2834)
⚫️Jones,Gawain (2640)
🔸1-0
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🔸Tata Steel Masters 2018
🔸Round 8
⚪️Giri,Anish (2752)
⚫️Mamedyarov,Shakhriyar (2804)
🔸1-0
🔸Round 8
⚪️Giri,Anish (2752)
⚫️Mamedyarov,Shakhriyar (2804)
🔸1-0