📘 21-year-old German Grandmaster Matthias Bluebaum has to find the only way to draw the game.
55.N×f5! K×f5 56.Kd5 Nf3 57.Kc6 b5 58.a×b5 Nd4+ 59.Kc5 N×b5 60.Kb6 ½-½
55.N×f5! K×f5 56.Kd5 Nf3 57.Kc6 b5 58.a×b5 Nd4+ 59.Kc5 N×b5 60.Kb6 ½-½
📕 27.Rh3!
Heading for f3 to tie down a black rook to the defence of f7. Many players forget that rooks can be developed vertically as well as horizontally. Keep a watch out for these possibilities. 27...Ne7 28.Rf3 Rf8 29.Rd6!.
Heading for f3 to tie down a black rook to the defence of f7. Many players forget that rooks can be developed vertically as well as horizontally. Keep a watch out for these possibilities. 27...Ne7 28.Rf3 Rf8 29.Rd6!.
📕 32...b4!!
An excellent pawn sacrifice to clear the way for the light-squared bishop to enter the fray. 33.axb4 Ba4 intending Bc2-e4. In the game, White made a mistake: 34.Ra1?(34.Rc1-/+) 34...Bc2 35.Bg3 Be4+ 36.Kf2 h5!-+.
An excellent pawn sacrifice to clear the way for the light-squared bishop to enter the fray. 33.axb4 Ba4 intending Bc2-e4. In the game, White made a mistake: 34.Ra1?(34.Rc1-/+) 34...Bc2 35.Bg3 Be4+ 36.Kf2 h5!-+.
Unity Chess Multiple Choice 367
B: c4 – 3
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 50%
C: Nf1 – 2
👍👍👍👍👍 33%
A: Nh2 – 1
👍👍 17%
👥 6 people voted so far.
B: c4 – 3
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 50%
C: Nf1 – 2
👍👍👍👍👍 33%
A: Nh2 – 1
👍👍 17%
👥 6 people voted so far.
Unity Chess Multiple Choice 368
B: Kh7 – 7
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 64%
C: a5 – 3
👍👍👍 27%
A: g5 – 1
👍 9%
👥 11 people voted so far.
B: Kh7 – 7
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 64%
C: a5 – 3
👍👍👍 27%
A: g5 – 1
👍 9%
👥 11 people voted so far.
another interesting photo. A small town in Kazakhstan Pavlodar in 1987. Semifinal of the USSR. But what does a boy in short pants (left) do in an adult male company?
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another interesting photo. A small town in Kazakhstan Pavlodar in 1987. Semifinal of the USSR. But what does a boy in short pants (left) do in an adult male company? @UnityChess
That 13-year-old boy you can see on the left wearing shorts and thick glasses had earned himself the right to play in the semifinals of the USSR championship, the youngest participant ever: GM Gata Kamsky
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In 1960 Bobby Fischer gave a simultaneous exhibition at Rikers Island prison. He defeated all 20 prisoners while 2,400 inmates watched the exhibition and the prison band played.
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A rare two-minute on-camera interview with Anatoly Karpov after being awarded the world title by FIDE in early April 1975.
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