π 24...Nfe3?
A critical moment that Parham could have obtained a winning position by 24...Rd4.
(24...Rd4!
A)25.NΓd4 Nc7 26.Qc3 NΓd4 27.RΓd4 QΓd4 28.QΓc7 Re8 -+
B)25.NΓd8 RΓd1 26.QΓd1 Nfe7 β->QΓd8 -+)
25.BΓd5 NΓd1 26.BΓc4 NΓb2 27.NΓd8+ NΓc4 28.Qe8+ Qf8 29.Qd7 +/-
πΈParham Maghsoodloo, Iran Chess Champion in 2017
πΈIgor Lysyj, Russia Chess Champion in 2014
A critical moment that Parham could have obtained a winning position by 24...Rd4.
(24...Rd4!
A)25.NΓd4 Nc7 26.Qc3 NΓd4 27.RΓd4 QΓd4 28.QΓc7 Re8 -+
B)25.NΓd8 RΓd1 26.QΓd1 Nfe7 β->QΓd8 -+)
25.BΓd5 NΓd1 26.BΓc4 NΓb2 27.NΓd8+ NΓc4 28.Qe8+ Qf8 29.Qd7 +/-
πΈParham Maghsoodloo, Iran Chess Champion in 2017
πΈIgor Lysyj, Russia Chess Champion in 2014
π 18.f5!
A dynamic play by Tabatabaei caused his opponent to make a mistake.
18...eΓf5? (18...Qb6) 19.NΓf5 Rac8 20.Qf3 Bf8 21.NΓh6! gΓh6 22.QΓf6 Bg7 23.BΓf7+ Kh8 24.Ng6+ Kh7 25.Nf8+ Kh8 26.Qg6 1-0
A dynamic play by Tabatabaei caused his opponent to make a mistake.
18...eΓf5? (18...Qb6) 19.NΓf5 Rac8 20.Qf3 Bf8 21.NΓh6! gΓh6 22.QΓf6 Bg7 23.BΓf7+ Kh8 24.Ng6+ Kh7 25.Nf8+ Kh8 26.Qg6 1-0
π 44.Rf3!
The correct idea. White intends to attack black f7-pawn with 45.Rc7 or 45.Rf4.
The correct idea. White intends to attack black f7-pawn with 45.Rc7 or 45.Rf4.
π 22...Bh6!
It's all about the c-file. Again in judging positions of material balance involving rooks, open files with entry squares are key.
It's all about the c-file. Again in judging positions of material balance involving rooks, open files with entry squares are key.
πUnity Chess Multiple Choice 303
C: Bd1 β 4
πππππππ 44%
B: d5 β 3
πππππ 33%
A: Qc2 β 2
ππππ 22%
π₯ 9 people voted so far.
C: Bd1 β 4
πππππππ 44%
B: d5 β 3
πππππ 33%
A: Qc2 β 2
ππππ 22%
π₯ 9 people voted so far.
πUnity Chess Multiple Choice 304
C: Nb1 β 4
πππππππ 40%
A: Rc1 β 3
πππππ 30%
B: g4 β 3
πππππ 30%
π₯ 10 people voted so far.
C: Nb1 β 4
πππππππ 40%
A: Rc1 β 3
πππππ 30%
B: g4 β 3
πππππ 30%
π₯ 10 people voted so far.
USSR v. Yugoslavia match, Tbilisi, Nov 1973. Among the more famous participants: Nona Gaprindashvili (centre right) and (to her left) Tigran Petrosian. On Petrosian's left is GligoriΔ.
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Grandmaster Fridrik Olafsson (Iceland) v. Ulf Andersson (Sweden), from the 11th round at Wijk aan Zee, January 1971. White eventually won this game in 104 moves.
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A clock simultaneous display with Soviet grandmasters Lev Psakhis and Garry Kasparov. USSR, mid-1980s.
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Paul Petrovich Keres (1916-1975) was born in Narva, Estonia, where he would reside his entire life. In 1938, he won the famous AVRO tournament in the Netherlands. He won the Soviet chess championship 3 times. He only lost 1 chess match in his life, to Boris Spassky in 1965.
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