π Black needed to swap a pair of rooks to win the game.
34.Kg2?
(34.Rge6+ or h4)
34...Rg5+! 35.RΓg5 KΓd6 -+
34.Kg2?
(34.Rge6+ or h4)
34...Rg5+! 35.RΓg5 KΓd6 -+
π 18...BΓh3!!
An excellent sacrifice by 21-year-old German Rasmus Svane.
19.gΓh3 Qg5+ 20.Kh1 Rac8!
Black does not waste time. Now the ...Bh2+ is fatal.
21.Rdc1 Qh5 22.Qd1 QΓh3+ 23.Kg1 Re6 -+
An excellent sacrifice by 21-year-old German Rasmus Svane.
19.gΓh3 Qg5+ 20.Kh1 Rac8!
Black does not waste time. Now the ...Bh2+ is fatal.
21.Rdc1 Qh5 22.Qd1 QΓh3+ 23.Kg1 Re6 -+
17.Rb1
Fine prophylaxis. The immediate point is to reconfirm the role of b3 in supporting c4, but there is a deeper point about the unfortunate placement of Black's minor pieces on the b-file. 17...c6 18.c4 Qc7 19.Bd3+/-.
Fine prophylaxis. The immediate point is to reconfirm the role of b3 in supporting c4, but there is a deeper point about the unfortunate placement of Black's minor pieces on the b-file. 17...c6 18.c4 Qc7 19.Bd3+/-.
π 18...Ra7!
An excellent idea. If 18...Rfc8, White could triple on the c-file: 18...Rfc8? 19.Rc1 Rxc6 20.Qxc6 Qxc6 Nxc6+/-.
An excellent idea. If 18...Rfc8, White could triple on the c-file: 18...Rfc8? 19.Rc1 Rxc6 20.Qxc6 Qxc6 Nxc6+/-.
πUnity Chess Multiple Choice 295
C: Na5 β 6
πππππππ 50%
B: Bb3 β 4
πππππ 33%
A: BΓd3 β 2
ππ 17%
π₯ 12 people voted so far.
C: Na5 β 6
πππππππ 50%
B: Bb3 β 4
πππππ 33%
A: BΓd3 β 2
ππ 17%
π₯ 12 people voted so far.
πUnity Chess Multiple Choice 296
B: Qb4 β 6
πππππππ 46%
C: Qc2 β 5
ππππππ 38%
A: Qa4+ β 2
ππ 15%
π₯ 13 people voted so far.
B: Qb4 β 6
πππππππ 46%
C: Qc2 β 5
ππππππ 38%
A: Qa4+ β 2
ππ 15%
π₯ 13 people voted so far.
The final-round game HΓΌbner v. LjubojeviΔ, which the latter won to secure first place in the 1975 Amsterdam IBM event.
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Soviet grandmaster Lev Polugaevsky, pictured at the IBM tournament in Amsterdam, June 1972.
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A handshake before play in the 3rd-round encounter between Tony Miles (England) & Jan Timman (Netherlands), Amsterdam IBM, 30th June 1977. The game was drawn in 56 moves.
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While visiting Bath on a free day during the 5th European Chess Championship in July 1973, Boris Spassky was asked a few questions by a journalist. The 36-year-old former world champion offered thoughtful and candid answers.
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Bobby Fischer gives autographs when he became World Chess Champion. On the left, his Icelandic bodyguard, βSaemi Rockβ Palsson.
Reykjavik, 1972.
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