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, “Saemi Rock” Palsson.
Reykjavik, 1972.
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Reykjavik, 1972.
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🔸Aeroflot Open Moscow 2018
🔸Round 1
⚪️Dragnev,Valentin (2461)
⚫️Maghsoodloo,Parham (2594)
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🔸Round 1
⚪️Dragnev,Valentin (2461)
⚫️Maghsoodloo,Parham (2594)
🔸0-1
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🔸Aeroflot Open Moscow 2018
🔸Round 2
⚪️Pogonina,Natalija (2478)
⚫️Svane,Rasmus (2586)
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🔸Round 2
⚪️Pogonina,Natalija (2478)
⚫️Svane,Rasmus (2586)
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▪️ Hans Kmoch
▪️ American-Austrian-Dutch Chess Master
♦️ Johann "Hans" Joseph Kmoch was an Austrian-Dutch-American chess International Master, International Arbiter, and a chess journalist and author, for which he is best known.
🔸 Born: July 25, 1894, Vienna, Austria
🔸 Died: February 13, 1973, New York City, New York, United States
♦️ Kmoch was born in Austria in 1894. He moved to the Netherlands in the 1930s and then settled in the USA in 1947. He was awarded the IM title in 1950 and became an International Arbiter in 1951. As a player he was 1st at Debrecen 1925 and played on the Austrian Olympiad teams of 1927, 1930 and 1931. However, he is best known for his work as a writer and author. He wrote regularly for the US 'Chess Review' and edited the Carlsbad 1929 tournament book. His main works are 'Die Kunst der Verteidigung' (1929), 'Rubinstein's Chess Masterpieces' (1941) and 'Pawn Power in Chess' (1959).
He also served as the Secretary and manager of the Manhattan Chess Club in New York City from 1951 to 1973.
♦️A memorable game by Hans Kmoch👇🏼👇🏼
🔹 Hans Kmoch vs Akiba Rubinstein
🔹San Remo (1930), San Remo ITA, rd 6, Jan-23
🔹 Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense. Main Line (D63)
♦️Review and download PGN file👇🏼👇🏼
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▪️ American-Austrian-Dutch Chess Master
♦️ Johann "Hans" Joseph Kmoch was an Austrian-Dutch-American chess International Master, International Arbiter, and a chess journalist and author, for which he is best known.
🔸 Born: July 25, 1894, Vienna, Austria
🔸 Died: February 13, 1973, New York City, New York, United States
♦️ Kmoch was born in Austria in 1894. He moved to the Netherlands in the 1930s and then settled in the USA in 1947. He was awarded the IM title in 1950 and became an International Arbiter in 1951. As a player he was 1st at Debrecen 1925 and played on the Austrian Olympiad teams of 1927, 1930 and 1931. However, he is best known for his work as a writer and author. He wrote regularly for the US 'Chess Review' and edited the Carlsbad 1929 tournament book. His main works are 'Die Kunst der Verteidigung' (1929), 'Rubinstein's Chess Masterpieces' (1941) and 'Pawn Power in Chess' (1959).
He also served as the Secretary and manager of the Manhattan Chess Club in New York City from 1951 to 1973.
♦️A memorable game by Hans Kmoch👇🏼👇🏼
🔹 Hans Kmoch vs Akiba Rubinstein
🔹San Remo (1930), San Remo ITA, rd 6, Jan-23
🔹 Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense. Main Line (D63)
♦️Review and download PGN file👇🏼👇🏼
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📘 26.B×g7!
Grabbing a pawn!
26...K×g7 27.Qe5+ Qf6?
(27.Kh7 28.R×d6 Rf5 29.Qd4 Rg8 With the idea of Rg4, obtaining compensation for the pawn).
28.R×d6 +/-
Grabbing a pawn!
26...K×g7 27.Qe5+ Qf6?
(27.Kh7 28.R×d6 Rf5 29.Qd4 Rg8 With the idea of Rg4, obtaining compensation for the pawn).
28.R×d6 +/-
📘 14...Ne4?
A brave decision, although it turned out to be a mistake.
15.B×e7 Bb7 16.Bg2 Nec5 17.Nc6
(17.Qf2! B×g2 18.Q×g2 Qf4+ 19.Kb1 K×e7 20.Nf5+! Kf6 21.Rhf1 +- and Black is helpless.).
17...B×c6 18.Q×c6 K×e7 +-
A brave decision, although it turned out to be a mistake.
15.B×e7 Bb7 16.Bg2 Nec5 17.Nc6
(17.Qf2! B×g2 18.Q×g2 Qf4+ 19.Kb1 K×e7 20.Nf5+! Kf6 21.Rhf1 +- and Black is helpless.).
17...B×c6 18.Q×c6 K×e7 +-
📘 42...Ng6?
(42.h6 The solid and logical continuation 43.h×g5 h×g5 = now if 44.Ne3? then, 44...Kg6! with the idea of Rh7+)
43.h×g5 f×g5 44.Ne3 +-
(42.h6 The solid and logical continuation 43.h×g5 h×g5 = now if 44.Ne3? then, 44...Kg6! with the idea of Rh7+)
43.h×g5 f×g5 44.Ne3 +-
📘 19.Nd5+?
White has chosen a wrong move order. He could have won the game with 19.Rhe1! and then 20.Nd5+.
19.e×d5 20.Rhe1 Nd3+!
White had probably overlooked this move in his calculations.
21.Kd2 (21.c×d3 Rac8) 21...N×e1 22.R×e1 Rhc8 23.R×e5+ N×e5=
White has chosen a wrong move order. He could have won the game with 19.Rhe1! and then 20.Nd5+.
19.e×d5 20.Rhe1 Nd3+!
White had probably overlooked this move in his calculations.
21.Kd2 (21.c×d3 Rac8) 21...N×e1 22.R×e1 Rhc8 23.R×e5+ N×e5=
📕 19...Bb3!
Rather than a debate over the center squares d5 and f5 in which black would always struggle, he carves out his own territory, 20.Rdc1 c4!. If 19...Bxd3 20.Qxd3 Rfd8 21.Qe2 with the idea of Ne3-d5.
Rather than a debate over the center squares d5 and f5 in which black would always struggle, he carves out his own territory, 20.Rdc1 c4!. If 19...Bxd3 20.Qxd3 Rfd8 21.Qe2 with the idea of Ne3-d5.