📘 White intends to exchange Black's active queen with 20.Qb5, but Caruana ignores it with a counterattack.
19...g5! 20.Bd2 Qf5!
With the idea of Ne5-f3+!
21.f3 Qc5+ 22.Kh1 Bd5 -+
19...g5! 20.Bd2 Qf5!
With the idea of Ne5-f3+!
21.f3 Qc5+ 22.Kh1 Bd5 -+
📕 14.Nd2!
Spielmann, himself a master of attack, is aware that if he does nothing, 15 e4! will give the white pieces an irrepressible energy. Therefore he has to block the advance at all costs. The only way is by sticking his knight on e4, but unfortunately 14...Ne4 just loses a pawn to 15.Bxe4 dxe4 16.Qc4. So first of all, he needs to defend the c4-pawn a second time.
14...b5 15.Qa5 Ne4 16.Nxe4 dxe4 17.a4!+/-
Spielmann, himself a master of attack, is aware that if he does nothing, 15 e4! will give the white pieces an irrepressible energy. Therefore he has to block the advance at all costs. The only way is by sticking his knight on e4, but unfortunately 14...Ne4 just loses a pawn to 15.Bxe4 dxe4 16.Qc4. So first of all, he needs to defend the c4-pawn a second time.
14...b5 15.Qa5 Ne4 16.Nxe4 dxe4 17.a4!+/-
📕 11...Qd3!
The endgame favors black slightly due to the weak light squares in white's camp. After the game move, White must defend his d4-pawn, after which Capablanca gets to exchange queens after all.
The endgame favors black slightly due to the weak light squares in white's camp. After the game move, White must defend his d4-pawn, after which Capablanca gets to exchange queens after all.
Unity Chess Multiple Choice 373
B: Nc4 – 6
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 55%
A: a6 – 3
👍👍👍👍 27%
C: Nc6 – 2
👍👍 18%
👥 11 people voted so far.
B: Nc4 – 6
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 55%
A: a6 – 3
👍👍👍👍 27%
C: Nc6 – 2
👍👍 18%
👥 11 people voted so far.
Unity Chess Multiple Choice 374
C: Ke3 – 6
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 43%
A: Ne1 – 4
👍👍👍👍👍 29%
B: b4 – 4
👍👍👍👍👍 29%
👥 14 people voted so far.
C: Ke3 – 6
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 43%
A: Ne1 – 4
👍👍👍👍👍 29%
B: b4 – 4
👍👍👍👍👍 29%
👥 14 people voted so far.
✅ #Philidor_Quotes_001
▪️ François-André Danican Philidor
▪️ French Chess master and Composer
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▪️ François-André Danican Philidor
▪️ French Chess master and Composer
@unitychess
✅ #About_Philidor
▪️ François-André Danican Philidor
▪️ French Chess master and Composer
♦️ François-André Danican Philidor, often referred to as André Danican Philidor during his lifetime,
was a French composer and chess player. He contributed to the early development of the opera
comique.
🔸 Full name: François-André Danican Philidor
🔸 Country: France
🔸 Born: September 7, 1726
Dreux, France
🔸 Died: August 31, 1795 (aged 68)
London, England
♦️ Philidor was born on September 7th, 1726, in Dreux France. He was both a chess and musical prodigy--his first musical composition was played before King Louis XV when he was only 11 years old. He was taught chess by Kermur Sire De Legal, who initially gave him rook odds, until the young Philidor became too strong for his teacher.
In 1744 Philidor played two chess games blindfolded simultaneously in public in Paris, a feat never before known to have been accomplished. In 1749 his "Analysis of Chess" was published in London, the first chess book to explain the openings, the middlegame, and the general strategy of chess. The book claimed that Les pions sont l'ame du jeu, a phrase that became widely known as 'the pawns are the soul of chess', a maxim known to chessplayers ever since. His name is associated with the endgame commonly called the Philidor position, which is among the most important fundamental endgame positions. Philidor's name is also associated with a fundamental chess tactic commonly known as Philidor's Legacy, a smothered mating pattern involving a queen and knight. However this is only a traditional name, as the tactic first appeared in print by a book by Luis Ramirez de Lucena. Philidor passed away in London, England in 1795.
♦️ A memorable game by Philidor👇🏼
💢 Andrew Smith vs François André Philidor
💢 London (1790), London ENG, rd 6
💢 Bishop's Opening: Berlin Defense (C24)
♦️ Review and download PGN file👇🏼
@unitychess
▪️ François-André Danican Philidor
▪️ French Chess master and Composer
♦️ François-André Danican Philidor, often referred to as André Danican Philidor during his lifetime,
was a French composer and chess player. He contributed to the early development of the opera
comique.
🔸 Full name: François-André Danican Philidor
🔸 Country: France
🔸 Born: September 7, 1726
Dreux, France
🔸 Died: August 31, 1795 (aged 68)
London, England
♦️ Philidor was born on September 7th, 1726, in Dreux France. He was both a chess and musical prodigy--his first musical composition was played before King Louis XV when he was only 11 years old. He was taught chess by Kermur Sire De Legal, who initially gave him rook odds, until the young Philidor became too strong for his teacher.
In 1744 Philidor played two chess games blindfolded simultaneously in public in Paris, a feat never before known to have been accomplished. In 1749 his "Analysis of Chess" was published in London, the first chess book to explain the openings, the middlegame, and the general strategy of chess. The book claimed that Les pions sont l'ame du jeu, a phrase that became widely known as 'the pawns are the soul of chess', a maxim known to chessplayers ever since. His name is associated with the endgame commonly called the Philidor position, which is among the most important fundamental endgame positions. Philidor's name is also associated with a fundamental chess tactic commonly known as Philidor's Legacy, a smothered mating pattern involving a queen and knight. However this is only a traditional name, as the tactic first appeared in print by a book by Luis Ramirez de Lucena. Philidor passed away in London, England in 1795.
♦️ A memorable game by Philidor👇🏼
💢 Andrew Smith vs François André Philidor
💢 London (1790), London ENG, rd 6
💢 Bishop's Opening: Berlin Defense (C24)
♦️ Review and download PGN file👇🏼
@unitychess