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πŸ“•Unity Chess Multiple Choice 308

A: a4 – 6
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B: b3 – 4
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C: h3 – 1
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The participants in the 1958 championship of the RSFSR.

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Seated, 1st row: V. Korchnoi (Leningrad), R. Nezhmetdinov (Kazan), arbiters Magergut, Bogatin & Cherkes, S. Furman (Leningrad), E. Stoliar (Leningrad).

2nd row: L. Polugaevsky (Kuibyshev), I. Veltmander (Izhevsk), G. Bastrikov (Sverdlovsk), G. Borisenko (Leningrad), V. Zagorovsky (Voronezh), V. Sergievsky (Cheboksary), B. Vladimirov (Leningrad). V. Zhilin (Rostov-on-Don), I. Efimov (Saratov), L. Shamkovich (Rostov-on-Don).

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This was the tournament in the famous game Polugaevsky-Nezhmetdinov (24...Rf4!!, etc.) was played.

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Silver medal winners at the 24th Olympiad in Malta - Hungary. Left to right: JΓ³zsef PintΓ©r, IvΓ‘n FaragΓ³, IstvΓ‘n Csom, Gyula Sax, ZoltΓ‘n Ribli, Lajos Portisch.

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Mikhail Tal and Mikhail Botvinnik during the opening ceremony of their first world championship match, March 1960.

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β–ͺ️ Alexander Kotov
β–ͺ️ Soviet Chess Grandmaster and Author

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β–ͺ️ Alexander Kotov
β–ͺ️ Soviet Chess Grandmaster and Author

♦️ Alexander Alexandrovich Kotov was a Soviet chess grandmaster and author. He was a Soviet chess champion, a two-time world title Candidate, and a prolific writer on the subject of chess.

πŸ”Έ Full name: Alexander Alexandrovich Kotov
πŸ”Έ Country: Soviet Union
πŸ”Έ Born: 12 August 1913 Tula, Russian Empire
πŸ”Έ Died: 8 January 1981 (aged 67) Moscow, Soviet Union
πŸ”Έ Title: Grandmaster
πŸ”Έ Peak rating: 2510 (July 1971)

♦️ Alexander Kotov was born in Tula. He won the Moscow Championship in 1941 [rusbase-1] and was jointly with David Bronstein USSR Champion in 1948 [rusbase-2]. He achieved the GM title in 1950, having qualified for the Budapest Candidates (1950), in which he finished sixth. Kotov again qualified, in grand style with a victory in the Stockholm Interzonal (1952), where his 16.5/20 score was 3 points clear of second place. His Zurich Candidates (1953) appearance was not as successful: he only managed to finish eighth. Kotov won at Venice 1950, ahead of Vasily Smyslov.

♦️ Today, Kotov is probably best remembered as an author; his book Think Like A Grandmaster is one of the best-selling chess books of all time. He passed away in Moscow in 1981.

♦️A tactical and memorable game by Kotov against Bronstein in USSR CH 1944 which known "Take Your Kotov" in chessgames.com siteπŸ‘‡πŸΌπŸ‘‡πŸΌ
πŸ”Ή Alexander Kotov vs David Bronstein
πŸ”Ή USSR Championship (1944), Moscow URS, rd 16, Jun-14
πŸ”Ή King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation. Classical Fianchetto (E67)

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πŸ”Έ Alexander Kotov - David Bronstein, USSR ch 1944
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πŸ”ΈAeroflot Open Moscow 2018
πŸ”ΈRound 6
βšͺ️Maghsoodloo,Parham (2594)
⚫️Wen,Yang (2608)
πŸ”Έ1-0
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πŸ”ΈAeroflot Open Moscow 2018
πŸ”ΈRound 8
βšͺ️Gordievsky,Dmitry (2630)
⚫️Romanov,Evgeny (2621)
πŸ”Έ1-0
πŸ”ΈGM Elshan Moradiabadi game analysis of the Tata Steel Masters 2018
πŸ”ΈTata Steel Masters
πŸ”ΈRound 1
βšͺ️Kramnik,Vladimir (2787)
⚫️Wei,Yi (2743)
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πŸ”Annotator: [GM Elshan Moradiabadi ]
πŸ“—9.Nb5
Kramnik has beaten Topalov in this line before.
πŸ“—17.f4
typical. White intends to play e4 and e5 and gain space on the kingside.
17...Kf8 18.Kf2 Bg4 19.h3 Bd7 20.e4
πŸ“—28...Nd4?
[serious inaccuracy.]

[28...Bxg2 29.Rxc8 Kxc8 30.Kxg2 Nd4 31.Kf2 Ne6 is passive but holdable.]

29.Rc4! Ne6 30.f5 [now white has the initiative.]
πŸ“—41...a5?!
[41...Nb4 Wei Yi should try to get rid of the pawns as soon as possible. There are three of them left and giving up a piece for them is not a bad plan!]
42.Nc4+ Ke6 [42...Kd4]
43.Rh7
πŸ“—48.Ne3+?!

[48.Nd6+ Ke5 49.Rh8!! Rxh8 50.Nf7+ Kd5 51.Nxh8 c4+ 52.Kc3 Kc5 53.Ng6 and white is winning.]

48...Ke5 49.h5