π 23.Bc1!
A winning bishop's retreat with the idea of Qe3.
23...Rf3 24.Qd2 Kh8 25.b3 Rbf8 26.Qh6+ Qh7 27.Rd7! 1-0
Now if 27...QΓd7, then 28.Bb2+ Rf6 29.Qf8+ Bg8 30.QΓg8#
A beautiful win by 28-year old Croatian GM Ivan Saric.
A winning bishop's retreat with the idea of Qe3.
23...Rf3 24.Qd2 Kh8 25.b3 Rbf8 26.Qh6+ Qh7 27.Rd7! 1-0
Now if 27...QΓd7, then 28.Bb2+ Rf6 29.Qf8+ Bg8 30.QΓg8#
A beautiful win by 28-year old Croatian GM Ivan Saric.
π 26.Qe2!
The correct decision. White is better also after 26.Qxf5 Rxf5, but t keeping the Q is even stronger. Black's K is potentially more vulnerable, than White's.
The correct decision. White is better also after 26.Qxf5 Rxf5, but t keeping the Q is even stronger. Black's K is potentially more vulnerable, than White's.
π 14.e4!
Kramnik shifts gear and starts concrete play in the center. The movie also releases the white's dark-squared bishop. 14...b4 15.Bf4 Qb6 16.Na4 Qa5 17.e5 Nd7 18.Be3+/=.
Kramnik shifts gear and starts concrete play in the center. The movie also releases the white's dark-squared bishop. 14...b4 15.Bf4 Qb6 16.Na4 Qa5 17.e5 Nd7 18.Be3+/=.
πUnity Chess Multiple Choice 353
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B: Rcg1 β 11
πππππππ 73%
C: f3 β 3
ππ 20%
A: Kf1 β 1
π 7%
π₯ 15 people voted so far.
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B: Rcg1 β 11
πππππππ 73%
C: f3 β 3
ππ 20%
A: Kf1 β 1
π 7%
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πUnity Chess Multiple Choice 354
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B: f4 β 6
πππππππ 55%
C: Na1 β 4
πππππ 36%
A: Qe1 β 1
π 9%
π₯ 11 people voted so far.
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B: f4 β 6
πππππππ 55%
C: Na1 β 4
πππππ 36%
A: Qe1 β 1
π 9%
π₯ 11 people voted so far.
Caruana Beats Aronian, Leads Before Candidates' Tournament Final Round.
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Candidates, Rd 13: Caruana beat Aronian (nice rook sacrifice) and Mamedyarov beat Grischuk. Caruana leads with 8/13, followed by Mamedyarov and Karjakin with 7.5. Final round 14 pairings for March 27: Grischuk-Caruana, Kramnik-Mamedyarov, Karjakin-Ding Liren, and Aronian-So.
Players & officials, Goglidze Memorial, Tbilisi, Aug 1983. (Source: http://dspace.nplg.gov.ge/handle/1234/143299 β¦.)
From the back:
Gufeld, ?, ?, ?
Gurgenidze, Henley, Murshed, Sturua, ?, ?.
G. Giorgaze, Oll, FoiΕor, Te. Giorgadze, ?, Ubilava.
Zaichik, Mnatsakanian, Adamski, Gavrikov, KΓ€rner.
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From the back:
Gufeld, ?, ?, ?
Gurgenidze, Henley, Murshed, Sturua, ?, ?.
G. Giorgaze, Oll, FoiΕor, Te. Giorgadze, ?, Ubilava.
Zaichik, Mnatsakanian, Adamski, Gavrikov, KΓ€rner.
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Another photo from the tournament: Davit Gurgenidze, Eduard Gufeld, Jesus Jesus Nogueiras, Ron Henley.
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Dubna, USSR, November 1983. Women's Candidates' Semi-final - the 1st match-game between Nana Alexandria and Irina Levitina.
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