20... Qf7?
20... f4!
The only continuation to hold the game.
A)21. Nf2 ... fxg3 22. Nxh3 Nxf3+ 23. Bxf3 Rxf3 24. Kg2 Rxe3 25. Rxe3 Qxe3 26. Qxe3 Rxe3 27. hxg3 Re2+ 28. Kf3 Rxb2 =
B)21. exf4 Nxf3+ -+
C)21. gxf4 Qh4 22. Nf2 Re6 -+
21. Nf2 Qh5 22. Qh4 Qxf3 23. Qxh3 Qxe3 24.Bh5 Nf3+ 25. Bxf3 Qxf3 26. Qg2 Qb3 27. Nh3 +-
20... f4!
The only continuation to hold the game.
A)21. Nf2 ... fxg3 22. Nxh3 Nxf3+ 23. Bxf3 Rxf3 24. Kg2 Rxe3 25. Rxe3 Qxe3 26. Qxe3 Rxe3 27. hxg3 Re2+ 28. Kf3 Rxb2 =
B)21. exf4 Nxf3+ -+
C)21. gxf4 Qh4 22. Nf2 Re6 -+
21. Nf2 Qh5 22. Qh4 Qxf3 23. Qxh3 Qxe3 24.Bh5 Nf3+ 25. Bxf3 Qxf3 26. Qg2 Qb3 27. Nh3 +-
π13.Qc1!
As well as preparing to monitor the dark squares on the kingside White also toys with the idea of c3-c4 in the event of Black castling queenside.
13...Rg8 14.Nb3 Bxd3?! 15.Bxd3 a5?! 16.f4! gxf3 17.Rxf3 b6 18.Bxg5 Qxg5 19.Qxg5 Rxg5 20.Rh3+/-.
As well as preparing to monitor the dark squares on the kingside White also toys with the idea of c3-c4 in the event of Black castling queenside.
13...Rg8 14.Nb3 Bxd3?! 15.Bxd3 a5?! 16.f4! gxf3 17.Rxf3 b6 18.Bxg5 Qxg5 19.Qxg5 Rxg5 20.Rh3+/-.
Unity Chess Multiple Choice 415
A: g4 β 3
πππππππ 50%
B: NΓc4 β 2
πππππ 33%
C: Bg3 β 1
ππ 17%
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A: g4 β 3
πππππππ 50%
B: NΓc4 β 2
πππππ 33%
C: Bg3 β 1
ππ 17%
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Unity Chess Multiple Choice 416
A: d5 β 5
πππππππ 56%
C: Nh2 β 4
ππππππ 44%
B: Ra1
β«οΈ 0%
π₯ 9 people voted so far.
A: d5 β 5
πππππππ 56%
C: Nh2 β 4
ππππππ 44%
B: Ra1
β«οΈ 0%
π₯ 9 people voted so far.
Soviet participants in the Candidates Tournament, Zurich, 1953.
From left to right: Tigran Petrosian, Alexander Kotov, Paul Keres, Yuri Averbakh and Efim Geller.
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From left to right: Tigran Petrosian, Alexander Kotov, Paul Keres, Yuri Averbakh and Efim Geller.
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The historic game at the 1980 European Team Championship where Tony Miles beat Karpov with 1...a6.
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Viktor Korchnoi, pictured in Westzaan (Zaanstad), The Netherlands, on 12th August 1976, shortly after his defection from the Soviet Union. The book on the table in the first photo is 'The Life and Games of Mikhail Tal'.
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βThe blunders are all there on the board, waiting to be made.β
πΉ Savielly Tartakower
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βͺοΈ Mikhail Tal
βͺοΈLatvian-Soviet chess Grandmaster
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βͺοΈ Mikhail Tal
βͺοΈLatvian-Soviet chess Grandmaster
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βͺοΈ Mikhail Tal
βͺοΈLatvian-Soviet chess Grandmaster
β¦οΈ Mikhail Nekhemyevich Tal was a Soviet Latvian chess Grandmaster and the eighth World Chess Champion. Widely regarded as a creative genius and one of the best attacking players of all time, Tal played in a daring, combinatorial style.
πΈ Full name: Latvian: Mihails TΔls
πΈ Country: Latvia
πΈ Born: 9 November 1936
Riga, Latvia
πΈ Died : 28 June 1992 (aged 55)
Moscow, Russia
πΈ Title: Grandmaster (1957)
πΈ World Champion: 1960β61
πΈ Peak rating: 2705 (January 1980)
β¦οΈTal first qualified for the USSR Chess Championship final in 1956, finishing joint fifth, and became the youngest player to win it the following year, at the age of 20. He had not played in enough international tournaments to qualify for the title of Grandmaster, but FIDE decided at its 1957 Congress to waive the normal restrictions and award him the title because of his achievement in winning the Soviet Championship. At that time, the Soviet Union was dominant in world chess, and Tal had beaten several of the world's top players to win the tournament.
Tal made three appearances for the USSR at Student Olympiads in 1956β58, winning three team gold medals and three board gold medals. He won nineteen games, drew eight, and lost none, for 85.2 percent.
He retained the Soviet Championship title in 1958 at Riga, and competed in the World Chess Championship for the first time. He won the 1958 Interzonal tournament at PortoroΕΎ, then helped the Soviet Union win its fourth consecutive Chess Olympiad at Munich.
β¦οΈ A memorable game by Tall which known "Crying Over Spilt Milko" in chessgames.com site ππΌ
πΉ Milko Bobotsov vs Mikhail Tal
πΉ WchT U26 fin-A 05th (1958), Varna BUL, rd 2, Jul-??
πΉ King's Indian Defense: Saemisch. Bobotsov-Korchnoi-Petrosian Variation (E81)
β¦οΈ Review and download PGN fileππΌ
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βͺοΈ Mikhail Tal
βͺοΈLatvian-Soviet chess Grandmaster
β¦οΈ Mikhail Nekhemyevich Tal was a Soviet Latvian chess Grandmaster and the eighth World Chess Champion. Widely regarded as a creative genius and one of the best attacking players of all time, Tal played in a daring, combinatorial style.
πΈ Full name: Latvian: Mihails TΔls
πΈ Country: Latvia
πΈ Born: 9 November 1936
Riga, Latvia
πΈ Died : 28 June 1992 (aged 55)
Moscow, Russia
πΈ Title: Grandmaster (1957)
πΈ World Champion: 1960β61
πΈ Peak rating: 2705 (January 1980)
β¦οΈTal first qualified for the USSR Chess Championship final in 1956, finishing joint fifth, and became the youngest player to win it the following year, at the age of 20. He had not played in enough international tournaments to qualify for the title of Grandmaster, but FIDE decided at its 1957 Congress to waive the normal restrictions and award him the title because of his achievement in winning the Soviet Championship. At that time, the Soviet Union was dominant in world chess, and Tal had beaten several of the world's top players to win the tournament.
Tal made three appearances for the USSR at Student Olympiads in 1956β58, winning three team gold medals and three board gold medals. He won nineteen games, drew eight, and lost none, for 85.2 percent.
He retained the Soviet Championship title in 1958 at Riga, and competed in the World Chess Championship for the first time. He won the 1958 Interzonal tournament at PortoroΕΎ, then helped the Soviet Union win its fourth consecutive Chess Olympiad at Munich.
β¦οΈ A memorable game by Tall which known "Crying Over Spilt Milko" in chessgames.com site ππΌ
πΉ Milko Bobotsov vs Mikhail Tal
πΉ WchT U26 fin-A 05th (1958), Varna BUL, rd 2, Jul-??
πΉ King's Indian Defense: Saemisch. Bobotsov-Korchnoi-Petrosian Variation (E81)
β¦οΈ Review and download PGN fileππΌ
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