📘 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.
📕 9.Qa4+!N
Interestingly, that this logical move is applied for the first time. 9...Qd7 10.Qc2! There is nothing difficult in the idea of the Black queen being misplaced on d7 - it is especially familiar from the related Queen's Indian Defence.
Interestingly, that this logical move is applied for the first time. 9...Qd7 10.Qc2! There is nothing difficult in the idea of the Black queen being misplaced on d7 - it is especially familiar from the related Queen's Indian Defence.
📕Unity Chess Multiple Choice 297
C: Rf1 – 7
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 78%
A: Rd1 – 1
👍 11%
B: Bf3 – 1
👍 11%
👥 9 people voted so far.
C: Rf1 – 7
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 78%
A: Rd1 – 1
👍 11%
B: Bf3 – 1
👍 11%
👥 9 people voted so far.
📕Unity Chess Multiple Choice 298
C: Na5 – 6
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 67%
B: e5 – 3
👍👍👍👍 33%
A: Rc8
▫️ 0%
👥 9 people voted so far.
C: Na5 – 6
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 67%
B: e5 – 3
👍👍👍👍 33%
A: Rc8
▫️ 0%
👥 9 people voted so far.
At the Hoogovens tournament in Beverwijk, Jan 1965: L to R: Vladimir Bagirov, Yuri Balashov (then, at 15 years of age, the youngest Master of Sport in the Soviet Union) and Efim Geller.
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The US (formerly Australian) grandmaster Walter Shawn Brown (1949-2015), pictured at Wijk aan Zee, January 1974.
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