20...g5?
26-year-old Russian grandmaster Nikita Matinian made a mistake which has been exploited by Shahin.
21.Rd6! R×d6 22.e×d6 Q×d6 23.f×g5 Bg7 24.Q×e6+ Q×e6 25.B×e6+ Kh8 26.Nh4 +-
26-year-old Russian grandmaster Nikita Matinian made a mistake which has been exploited by Shahin.
21.Rd6! R×d6 22.e×d6 Q×d6 23.f×g5 Bg7 24.Q×e6+ Q×e6 25.B×e6+ Kh8 26.Nh4 +-
📘 38.d6??
Mersad Khodashenas' blunder in an equal position (38.Rf7+ Kg4 39.K×g6 Re2 40.f5=).
He is a 20-year-old Iranian international master.
38...Rd2 39.Rf7+ Kg4 40.Rf6 h2 41.R×g6+ Kf3 42.f5 h1=Q 43.Kg7 Qa1+ 0-1
Mersad Khodashenas' blunder in an equal position (38.Rf7+ Kg4 39.K×g6 Re2 40.f5=).
He is a 20-year-old Iranian international master.
38...Rd2 39.Rf7+ Kg4 40.Rf6 h2 41.R×g6+ Kf3 42.f5 h1=Q 43.Kg7 Qa1+ 0-1
📕 20...g5!?
Simplified yes, but black can launch a 'majority attack' - advancing his king-side pawns to create space and expose weaknesses. Black is better precisely because it is much more problematic to launch the equivalent on the queenside. In fact, such endings arise with relative frequency in the Sicilian and are hence of considerable practical importance.
Simplified yes, but black can launch a 'majority attack' - advancing his king-side pawns to create space and expose weaknesses. Black is better precisely because it is much more problematic to launch the equivalent on the queenside. In fact, such endings arise with relative frequency in the Sicilian and are hence of considerable practical importance.
📕Unity Chess Multiple Choice 291
anonymous poll
B: c6 – 8
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 62%
C: B×c3 – 3
👍👍👍 23%
A: Re8 – 2
👍👍 15%
👥 13 people voted so far.
anonymous poll
B: c6 – 8
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 62%
C: B×c3 – 3
👍👍👍 23%
A: Re8 – 2
👍👍 15%
👥 13 people voted so far.
📕Unity Chess Multiple Choice 292
A: Rc4 – 9
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 64%
C: Rc7 – 3
👍👍 21%
B: f5 – 2
👍👍 14%
👥 14 people voted so far.
A: Rc4 – 9
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 64%
C: Rc7 – 3
👍👍 21%
B: f5 – 2
👍👍 14%
👥 14 people voted so far.
At the drawing of lots for the traditional Wijk aan Zee tournament, 14th January 1980. Jan Timman, Viktor Korchnoi & Hans Böhm.
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Amsterdam IBM tournament, July 1980. A handshake before play in the 9th-round encounter between Jan Timman and World Champion Anatoly Karpov.
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As the negotiations for a world title match with Bobby Fischer failed, in April 1975 Anatoly Karpov became the new world champion.
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The 64th match by telegraph between New South Wales and Victoria (Sydney/Melbourne, June 21, 1958). Among the players: Karlis Ozols, John Purdy, Gregory Koshnitsky and Cecil Purdy. The series started in 1870 and, by 1958, New South Wales had won 31 matches, lost 23 and drew 9.
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🔸Karun Cup 2018
🔸Round 4
⚪️Tahbaz,Arash (2456)
⚫️Mosadeghpour,Masoud (2518)
🔸1-0
🔸Round 4
⚪️Tahbaz,Arash (2456)
⚫️Mosadeghpour,Masoud (2518)
🔸1-0
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🔸Karun Cup 2018
🔸Round 4
⚪️Khodashenas,Mersad (2397)
⚫️Mousavi,Seyed Khalil (2480)
🔸0-1
🔸Round 4
⚪️Khodashenas,Mersad (2397)
⚫️Mousavi,Seyed Khalil (2480)
🔸0-1
▪️ Emanuel Lasker
▪️ German Chess Grandmaster
♦️ Emanuel Lasker was a German chess player, mathematician, and philosopher who was World Chess Champion for 27 years. In his prime, Lasker was one of the most dominant champions, and he is still generally regarded as one of the strongest players ever.
Full name: Emanuel Lasker
Country: Germany
Born: December 24, 1868 Berlinchen, Prussia (now Barlinek, Poland)
Died: January 11, 1941 (aged 72) New York City, United States
World Champion: 1894–1921
♦️Lasker's contemporaries used to say that he used a "psychological" approach to the game, and even that he sometimes deliberately played inferior moves to confuse opponents. Recent analysis, however, indicates that he was ahead of his time and used a more flexible approach than his contemporaries, which mystified many of them. Lasker knew contemporary analyses of openings well but disagreed with many of them. He published chess magazines and five chess books, but later players and commentators found it difficult to draw lessons from his methods.
♦️A memorable and informative game by Lasker in New York 1924 against Alexander Alekhine👇🏼👇🏼
🔸 Alexander Alekhine vs Emanuel Lasker
🔸 New York (1924), New York, NY USA, rd 3, Mar-18
🔸 Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange. Saemisch Variation (D35)
♦️Review and download annotated PGN file👇🏼👇🏼
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▪️ German Chess Grandmaster
♦️ Emanuel Lasker was a German chess player, mathematician, and philosopher who was World Chess Champion for 27 years. In his prime, Lasker was one of the most dominant champions, and he is still generally regarded as one of the strongest players ever.
Full name: Emanuel Lasker
Country: Germany
Born: December 24, 1868 Berlinchen, Prussia (now Barlinek, Poland)
Died: January 11, 1941 (aged 72) New York City, United States
World Champion: 1894–1921
♦️Lasker's contemporaries used to say that he used a "psychological" approach to the game, and even that he sometimes deliberately played inferior moves to confuse opponents. Recent analysis, however, indicates that he was ahead of his time and used a more flexible approach than his contemporaries, which mystified many of them. Lasker knew contemporary analyses of openings well but disagreed with many of them. He published chess magazines and five chess books, but later players and commentators found it difficult to draw lessons from his methods.
♦️A memorable and informative game by Lasker in New York 1924 against Alexander Alekhine👇🏼👇🏼
🔸 Alexander Alekhine vs Emanuel Lasker
🔸 New York (1924), New York, NY USA, rd 3, Mar-18
🔸 Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange. Saemisch Variation (D35)
♦️Review and download annotated PGN file👇🏼👇🏼
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