🔹 Daniel J. King
🔹 Chess Grandmaster
♦️ Daniel John King is an English chess grandmaster, writer, coach, journalist and broadcaster.
🔸 Full name: Daniel John King
🔸 Country: England
🔸 Born: 28 August 1963 (age 54)
Beckenham, England
🔸 Title: Grandmaster (1989)
🔸 FIDE rating: 2466 (March 2018)
🔸 Peak rating: 2560 (July 1990)
♦️ When King was most active as a player of the game, he made solid progress, picking up the International Master title in 1982 and the Grandmaster title in 1989. King won minor tournaments around the world and recorded promising results at some of the more prestigious events, for example 4th= at Bern 1987, 4th= British Championship 1987, 1st= (with Boris Gelfand) at the Sydney Open 1988, 5th= London 1988, 2nd= Dortmund 1988 and 2nd (after Bent Larsen) London 1989. At the Geneva Young Masters in 1990, he shared first place with the Australian Ian Rogers. There then followed a parallel media career that spanned the presenter, commentator, reporter, analyst spectrum and this most likely impacted on his playing career, by limiting the opportunity for dedicated research and study. Nevertheless, as a professional player for more than 20 years, he has continued to play chess at a high level, including the top leagues of the Bundesliga and 4NCL. In 1996, he was the winner of the Bunratty Masters, an Irish tournament with an impressive list of previous winners, including John Nunn, Sergei Tiviakov and Peter Svidler.
♦️ A memorable game by King 👇🏼
▪️ Viswanathan Anand vs Daniel John King
▪️ 3rd Goodricke Open (1992), Calcutta, rd 5
▪️ Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation (B90)
♦️ Review and download PGN file👇🏼
@Unitychess
🔹 Chess Grandmaster
♦️ Daniel John King is an English chess grandmaster, writer, coach, journalist and broadcaster.
🔸 Full name: Daniel John King
🔸 Country: England
🔸 Born: 28 August 1963 (age 54)
Beckenham, England
🔸 Title: Grandmaster (1989)
🔸 FIDE rating: 2466 (March 2018)
🔸 Peak rating: 2560 (July 1990)
♦️ When King was most active as a player of the game, he made solid progress, picking up the International Master title in 1982 and the Grandmaster title in 1989. King won minor tournaments around the world and recorded promising results at some of the more prestigious events, for example 4th= at Bern 1987, 4th= British Championship 1987, 1st= (with Boris Gelfand) at the Sydney Open 1988, 5th= London 1988, 2nd= Dortmund 1988 and 2nd (after Bent Larsen) London 1989. At the Geneva Young Masters in 1990, he shared first place with the Australian Ian Rogers. There then followed a parallel media career that spanned the presenter, commentator, reporter, analyst spectrum and this most likely impacted on his playing career, by limiting the opportunity for dedicated research and study. Nevertheless, as a professional player for more than 20 years, he has continued to play chess at a high level, including the top leagues of the Bundesliga and 4NCL. In 1996, he was the winner of the Bunratty Masters, an Irish tournament with an impressive list of previous winners, including John Nunn, Sergei Tiviakov and Peter Svidler.
♦️ A memorable game by King 👇🏼
▪️ Viswanathan Anand vs Daniel John King
▪️ 3rd Goodricke Open (1992), Calcutta, rd 5
▪️ Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation (B90)
♦️ Review and download PGN file👇🏼
@Unitychess
📘 34...N×b5??
Grischuk made a blunder in a critical penultimate game.
35.e6!
Mamedyarov's intermediate move. (35.B×b5 c2 =).
35...Qa3
(35...f×e6 36.Q×e7+ Kh6 37.Qf8+ Kh7 38.Qf7+ Kh8 39.Qf6+ Kh7 40.Be4 +-)
36.Q×b5 c2 37.e×f7 Kg7 38.Be4 c1=Q 39.Qe8 1-0
Grischuk made a blunder in a critical penultimate game.
35.e6!
Mamedyarov's intermediate move. (35.B×b5 c2 =).
35...Qa3
(35...f×e6 36.Q×e7+ Kh6 37.Qf8+ Kh7 38.Qf7+ Kh8 39.Qf6+ Kh7 40.Be4 +-)
36.Q×b5 c2 37.e×f7 Kg7 38.Be4 c1=Q 39.Qe8 1-0
📘 19...f5!
A strong move with a pretty dangerous attack on the kingside.
20.e×f5 B×g2 21.K×g2 R×a3! 22.N×a3 Qa8+ 23.Qe4 Q×a3 24.f×e6 Nf6 25.Qe2 Qa8+ 26.f3 h5 -/+
A strong move with a pretty dangerous attack on the kingside.
20.e×f5 B×g2 21.K×g2 R×a3! 22.N×a3 Qa8+ 23.Qe4 Q×a3 24.f×e6 Nf6 25.Qe2 Qa8+ 26.f3 h5 -/+
📘 31...e4?
Aronian that had already sacrificed a piece now should have given up another piece!
(31...N×b4!! 32.c×b4 Rd4! and now, Black's active pieces and the opponent's vulnerable king give Black enough compensation.)
32.Rh1 Rd6 33.B×e4 Rg8+ 34.Kf1 +-
Aronian that had already sacrificed a piece now should have given up another piece!
(31...N×b4!! 32.c×b4 Rd4! and now, Black's active pieces and the opponent's vulnerable king give Black enough compensation.)
32.Rh1 Rd6 33.B×e4 Rg8+ 34.Kf1 +-
📘 22.Qf3!?
A deep and clever trap.
[22...Q×c4 23.R×d5!
A)23...e×d5?? 24.B×d5 +-
B)23...Q×a2 24.Rd8!+ B×d8 25.Qc3 f6 26.Qc5
C)23...f5 24.Rd1
C1)24...f×e4 25.Rd8+ B×d8 26.Qf8#
C2)24...Q×e4 25.Qc3 Bf8 26.B×f8 K×f8 27.Qf6 Kg8 28.Rd8#]
22...c6 23.Bd3 Nf6 =
A deep and clever trap.
[22...Q×c4 23.R×d5!
A)23...e×d5?? 24.B×d5 +-
B)23...Q×a2 24.Rd8!+ B×d8 25.Qc3 f6 26.Qc5
C)23...f5 24.Rd1
C1)24...f×e4 25.Rd8+ B×d8 26.Qf8#
C2)24...Q×e4 25.Qc3 Bf8 26.B×f8 K×f8 27.Qf6 Kg8 28.Rd8#]
22...c6 23.Bd3 Nf6 =
📕 19...Bc8!
Improving the bishop, which has little to do on b7 in a Benoni set-up. The text-move is more natural than 19...Bc3 20.Bd2 Bxd2 21.Qxd2 Nf6 22.f4+/=.
Improving the bishop, which has little to do on b7 in a Benoni set-up. The text-move is more natural than 19...Bc3 20.Bd2 Bxd2 21.Qxd2 Nf6 22.f4+/=.
📘 23.Bd7!
This powerful move greatly limits Black's forces - now he cannot activate either of his rooks. 23...Rfd8 (23...Bxa2 24.b3) 24.Rc7 a5 (24...Bxa2 25.g6! fxg6 26.e6!) 25.a4!+/-
This powerful move greatly limits Black's forces - now he cannot activate either of his rooks. 23...Rfd8 (23...Bxa2 24.b3) 24.Rc7 a5 (24...Bxa2 25.g6! fxg6 26.e6!) 25.a4!+/-
📕Unity Chess Multiple Choice 357
A: B×c6 – 5
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 50%
C: Nc2 – 4
👍👍👍👍👍👍 40%
B: N×c6 – 1
👍 10%
👥 10 people voted so far.
A: B×c6 – 5
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 50%
C: Nc2 – 4
👍👍👍👍👍👍 40%
B: N×c6 – 1
👍 10%
👥 10 people voted so far.