📘 6.Nh3
The move was for the first time played by Viacheslav Ragozin in 1935. Then among the top players, Boby Fischer employed it in 1960. Today, players such as Radjabov and Tiviakov are also fans of the line.
6...Nf6 7.Nf4 e5 8.d×e5 Qa5+ 9.Bd2 Q×e5+ 10.Qe2 Q×e2 11.B×e2 B×c2 12.Rc1 White has compensation for the pawn.
The move was for the first time played by Viacheslav Ragozin in 1935. Then among the top players, Boby Fischer employed it in 1960. Today, players such as Radjabov and Tiviakov are also fans of the line.
6...Nf6 7.Nf4 e5 8.d×e5 Qa5+ 9.Bd2 Q×e5+ 10.Qe2 Q×e2 11.B×e2 B×c2 12.Rc1 White has compensation for the pawn.
📘 40-year-old Tajikistan grandmaster exploits white's pieces poor placement.
23...Qc5! 24.Rc4 Nd3+! 25.c×d3 Q×h5 26.e5 Q×e5 0-1
23...Qc5! 24.Rc4 Nd3+! 25.c×d3 Q×h5 26.e5 Q×e5 0-1
📘 33.N×d5??
Russian grandmaster has made a blunder. He could have obtained counterplay with 33.Nc6.
33...Qd4+ 34.Kf1 Q×d5+ -+
Russian grandmaster has made a blunder. He could have obtained counterplay with 33.Nc6.
33...Qd4+ 34.Kf1 Q×d5+ -+
📕 11.Kf1!
Botvinnik demonstrated a high degree of chess understanding.
The king belongs on g2. Leaving the rook on h1 makes sense both aggressively and as a safety precaution.
Botvinnik demonstrated a high degree of chess understanding.
The king belongs on g2. Leaving the rook on h1 makes sense both aggressively and as a safety precaution.
📕 17.d5!
White has to act quickly in order to exploit the exposed position of the black king. It's nice that white's king-side expansion forced black's forces into bad positions which then enables a central breakthrough. Textbook stuff!
White has to act quickly in order to exploit the exposed position of the black king. It's nice that white's king-side expansion forced black's forces into bad positions which then enables a central breakthrough. Textbook stuff!
📕Unity Chess Multiple Choice 290
A: f6 – 10
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 71%
B: g5 – 3
👍👍 21%
C: b5 – 1
👍 7%
👥 14 people voted so far.
A: f6 – 10
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 71%
B: g5 – 3
👍👍 21%
C: b5 – 1
👍 7%
👥 14 people voted so far.
In 1965, as a student of Erasmus High (the same HS that Fischer attended), Walter Browne (1949-2015) won the Senior HS Ch of the NY Interscholastic League. In 1966, he won the US Jr Ch. He won the National Open 11 times and the American Open 8 times. He won the US Ch 6 times.
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The start of the 1974 Candidates semifinal match between Anatoly Karpov and Boris Spassky, Leningrad, April 1974.
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