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Leonid Stein (1934-1973) was a terrific attacking player. Here he is posing for the official photographers during the Hastings 1967/68 tournament.
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💢 Svetozar Gligorić
💢 Serbian and Yugoslav Chess Grandmaster
♦️ Svetozar Gligorić was a Serbian and Yugoslav chess grandmaster. He won the championship of Yugoslavia a record twelve times, and is considered the best player ever from Serbia. In 1958 he was declared the best athlete of Yugoslavia.
▪️ Full name: Svetozar Gligorić
▪️ Country: Yugoslavia
▪️ Born: 2 February 1923, Belgrade, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
▪️ Died: 14 August 2012 (aged 89) Belgrade, Serbia
▪️ Title: Grandmaster
▪️ Peak rating: 2600 (July 1971)
♦️ Generally considered to be the greatest Yugoslav and Serbian player ever, Svetozar Gligorić was born on February 2, 1923 in Belgrade in what was then the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. He passed away in his home city over 89 years later, completing a life in which he was widely regarded as a key figure in the development of chess in his native country.
💢 IM (1950); GM (1951)
♦️ Gligorić made far-ranging contributions to the theory and practice of the Nimzo-Indian Defense, the Ruy Lopez, and the King’s Indian Defense, some of which were named after him, including such critical and commonly played opening variations as :
🔹The Nimzo-Indian Gligorić System (E54): <1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3>
🔹The Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligorić Variation (C69): <1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. 0-0 f6 6. d4 Bg4>
🔹 The Ruy Lopez Closed Breyer, Gligorić Variation (C95): < 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d6 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 c5>
🔹 The King’s Indian (Gligorić Variation) (E92): < 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 0-0 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3>
♦️A memorable game by Gligoric against Tal known "I Play Against Pieces" in chessgames.com site👇🏼👇🏼
▪️ Mikhail Tal vs Svetozar Gligoric
▪️ Tal - Gligoric Candidates Quarterfinal (1968), Belgrade YUG, rd 1, Apr-22
▪️ Spanish Game: Closed Variations. Smyslov Defense (C93)
♦️ Review and download PGN file👇🏼👇🏼
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💢 Serbian and Yugoslav Chess Grandmaster
♦️ Svetozar Gligorić was a Serbian and Yugoslav chess grandmaster. He won the championship of Yugoslavia a record twelve times, and is considered the best player ever from Serbia. In 1958 he was declared the best athlete of Yugoslavia.
▪️ Full name: Svetozar Gligorić
▪️ Country: Yugoslavia
▪️ Born: 2 February 1923, Belgrade, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
▪️ Died: 14 August 2012 (aged 89) Belgrade, Serbia
▪️ Title: Grandmaster
▪️ Peak rating: 2600 (July 1971)
♦️ Generally considered to be the greatest Yugoslav and Serbian player ever, Svetozar Gligorić was born on February 2, 1923 in Belgrade in what was then the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. He passed away in his home city over 89 years later, completing a life in which he was widely regarded as a key figure in the development of chess in his native country.
💢 IM (1950); GM (1951)
♦️ Gligorić made far-ranging contributions to the theory and practice of the Nimzo-Indian Defense, the Ruy Lopez, and the King’s Indian Defense, some of which were named after him, including such critical and commonly played opening variations as :
🔹The Nimzo-Indian Gligorić System (E54): <1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3>
🔹The Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligorić Variation (C69): <1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. 0-0 f6 6. d4 Bg4>
🔹 The Ruy Lopez Closed Breyer, Gligorić Variation (C95): < 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d6 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 c5>
🔹 The King’s Indian (Gligorić Variation) (E92): < 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 0-0 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3>
♦️A memorable game by Gligoric against Tal known "I Play Against Pieces" in chessgames.com site👇🏼👇🏼
▪️ Mikhail Tal vs Svetozar Gligoric
▪️ Tal - Gligoric Candidates Quarterfinal (1968), Belgrade YUG, rd 1, Apr-22
▪️ Spanish Game: Closed Variations. Smyslov Defense (C93)
♦️ Review and download PGN file👇🏼👇🏼
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📘 33...f5??
Black has committed a serious blunder in time trouble.
(33...Re7 34.R×e7 Q×e7 And now, it is difficult for White to exploit his advantage.)
34.Qg7+ Kg5 35.Rf7 (h4+!) Qe5? 1-0
White can easily win the game with h4 and Qxh7.
Black has committed a serious blunder in time trouble.
(33...Re7 34.R×e7 Q×e7 And now, it is difficult for White to exploit his advantage.)
34.Qg7+ Kg5 35.Rf7 (h4+!) Qe5? 1-0
White can easily win the game with h4 and Qxh7.
📘 20...Q×b2?
A wrong decision. Black queen takes the poisoned pawn.
21.Ne2! d4 22.Reb1 Q×e2 23.Q×e2 d×e3 24.R×b7 e×f2+ 25.Kh2 +
A wrong decision. Black queen takes the poisoned pawn.
21.Ne2! d4 22.Reb1 Q×e2 23.Q×e2 d×e3 24.R×b7 e×f2+ 25.Kh2 +
📘 32.Kg4
32.R×d4! e×d4 33.Ng6 (with the idea of Nf4-d5) 33...d3 34.Ke3 a6 35.N×f8 K×f8 36.B×b6 +/-
White has a very easy game.
32...Be7 33.R×d4? e×d4 34.Bf4 d3 35.Nf5 Bf8 36.b3 b5! -/+
32.R×d4! e×d4 33.Ng6 (with the idea of Nf4-d5) 33...d3 34.Ke3 a6 35.N×f8 K×f8 36.B×b6 +/-
White has a very easy game.
32...Be7 33.R×d4? e×d4 34.Bf4 d3 35.Nf5 Bf8 36.b3 b5! -/+
📘 73...Kf6??
This move leads to a drawish wrong bishop endgame.
The correct continuation was (73...Be8! 74.Ke5 Bb5 75.Ke4 Bd7 76.Ke5 Kg6 77.Kd6 Be8 78.Ke5 Kf7 79.Kf4 Bd7 -+)
74.Kf4 K×e7 75.K×g4 Kd6 76.Kf4 Kc5 77.Ke3 Kc4 78.Kd2 Bg6 79.Kc1 =
This move leads to a drawish wrong bishop endgame.
The correct continuation was (73...Be8! 74.Ke5 Bb5 75.Ke4 Bd7 76.Ke5 Kg6 77.Kd6 Be8 78.Ke5 Kf7 79.Kf4 Bd7 -+)
74.Kf4 K×e7 75.K×g4 Kd6 76.Kf4 Kc5 77.Ke3 Kc4 78.Kd2 Bg6 79.Kc1 =
📕 12.Ne5! A brilliant pawn sacrifice. 12...Nxe5 13.dxe5 Bxe5 14.Bxe5 Qxe5 15.f4 Qc7 16.Nb6
White not only rid himself of his bad dark-squared Bishop but has somehow managed to saddle Black with his bad light-squared Bishop.
White not only rid himself of his bad dark-squared Bishop but has somehow managed to saddle Black with his bad light-squared Bishop.
📕 39...d5! 40.cxd5 c5!=
A simple blow - transforming both minor pieces and the direction of the initiative. An instructive classical example.
A simple blow - transforming both minor pieces and the direction of the initiative. An instructive classical example.