Unity Chess Multiple Choice 439
C: b6 – 5
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 71%
A: a4 – 2
👍👍👍 29%
B: Bh4
▫️ 0%
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C: b6 – 5
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 71%
A: a4 – 2
👍👍👍 29%
B: Bh4
▫️ 0%
👥 7 people voted so far.
Unity Chess Multiple Choice 440
anonymous poll
A: g4 – 8
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 73%
C: Qc3 – 2
👍👍 18%
B: Kb1 – 1
👍 9%
👥 11 people voted so far.
anonymous poll
A: g4 – 8
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 73%
C: Qc3 – 2
👍👍 18%
B: Kb1 – 1
👍 9%
👥 11 people voted so far.
☑️ #about Gerzadowicz
🔘 Stephan Gerzadowicz
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♦️ Stephan spent his first 53 years in rural Massachusetts where he ran nine marathons, wrote five books, and became a Correspondence Chess Master. He played in five USCF Absolute Championships and one USCCC. He has ranked as high as #10 on the USCF Top 50 List. Stephan Gerzadowicz
He has been president of both the Massachusetts and the New England Chess Associations. While in Massachusetts he inspected snow storms and rain storms and otherwise emulated Henry David Thoreau.
♦️In 1998, Stephan relocated to Princeton, NJ. There he taught chess as part of the regular curriculum in a small elementary school, his students winning numerous New Jersey Scholastic Championships.
♦️"Mr. G" left Princeton after three schools years there. Since then he has lived and taught in New York, Florida, Tennessee and Texas. He has been a tournament director at The Denker Tournament of High School Champions, The U. S. Blind Championship, the Tennessee Open Championship, and the Final Four of College Chess.
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🔘 Stephan Gerzadowicz
🔘 Correspondence Chess Master
♦️ Stephan spent his first 53 years in rural Massachusetts where he ran nine marathons, wrote five books, and became a Correspondence Chess Master. He played in five USCF Absolute Championships and one USCCC. He has ranked as high as #10 on the USCF Top 50 List. Stephan Gerzadowicz
He has been president of both the Massachusetts and the New England Chess Associations. While in Massachusetts he inspected snow storms and rain storms and otherwise emulated Henry David Thoreau.
♦️In 1998, Stephan relocated to Princeton, NJ. There he taught chess as part of the regular curriculum in a small elementary school, his students winning numerous New Jersey Scholastic Championships.
♦️"Mr. G" left Princeton after three schools years there. Since then he has lived and taught in New York, Florida, Tennessee and Texas. He has been a tournament director at The Denker Tournament of High School Champions, The U. S. Blind Championship, the Tennessee Open Championship, and the Final Four of College Chess.
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JACKSON WHIPPS SHOWALTER
(born Feb-05-1859, died Feb-05-1935, 76 years old) United States of America
Jackson Whipps Showalter held the title Chess Champion of the United States on several occasions from the 1890s to 1909.
He played matches against Max Judd in 1890 (+3 -7) and 1891-2 (+7 -4 =3), Emanuel Lasker in 1892 (+2 -6 =2), Samuel Lipschutz in 1892 (+1 -7 =7), Jacob C Halpern in 1893-4 (+5 -3 =1), two against Albert Hodges (+7 -6 =4) and (-5 +3 =1), and Adolf Albin (+10 -7=8) in 1894. Following Hodges' retirement, he definitely established a claim to the title by defeating Lipschutz in 1895 (+7 -4 =3).
He defended this title by defeating Emil Kemeny (+7 -4 =4) and John Finan Barry (+7 -2 =4) in successive matches (1896), before losing twice to Harry Nelson Pillsbury in both the Pillsbury - Showalter (1897) (+8-10=3) and Pillsbury - Showalter (1898) (+2-7=3) matches.
Following Pillsbury's death in 1906, he was again considered US Champion until being defeated by Frank James Marshall (+2 -7 =3) in 1909.
He was a regular participant in major international events from 1893 to 1904, scoring wins over World Champions Wilhelm Steinitz and Emanuel Lasker among other notables.
Wikipedia article: Jackson Showalter
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(born Feb-05-1859, died Feb-05-1935, 76 years old) United States of America
Jackson Whipps Showalter held the title Chess Champion of the United States on several occasions from the 1890s to 1909.
He played matches against Max Judd in 1890 (+3 -7) and 1891-2 (+7 -4 =3), Emanuel Lasker in 1892 (+2 -6 =2), Samuel Lipschutz in 1892 (+1 -7 =7), Jacob C Halpern in 1893-4 (+5 -3 =1), two against Albert Hodges (+7 -6 =4) and (-5 +3 =1), and Adolf Albin (+10 -7=8) in 1894. Following Hodges' retirement, he definitely established a claim to the title by defeating Lipschutz in 1895 (+7 -4 =3).
He defended this title by defeating Emil Kemeny (+7 -4 =4) and John Finan Barry (+7 -2 =4) in successive matches (1896), before losing twice to Harry Nelson Pillsbury in both the Pillsbury - Showalter (1897) (+8-10=3) and Pillsbury - Showalter (1898) (+2-7=3) matches.
Following Pillsbury's death in 1906, he was again considered US Champion until being defeated by Frank James Marshall (+2 -7 =3) in 1909.
He was a regular participant in major international events from 1893 to 1904, scoring wins over World Champions Wilhelm Steinitz and Emanuel Lasker among other notables.
Wikipedia article: Jackson Showalter
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackson_Showalter
Wikipedia
Jackson Showalter
Jackson Whipps Showalter (February 5, 1859 in Minerva, Kentucky – February 5, 1935 in Lexington, Kentucky) was a five-time U.S. Chess Champion: 1890, 1892, 1892–1894, 1895-1896 and 1906–1909.
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Amos Burn vs Jackson Whipps Showalter
3rd Anglo-American Cable Match (1898), London ENG / New York USA, rd 1, Mar-18
Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense. Botvinnik Variation (D60) ·
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3rd Anglo-American Cable Match (1898), London ENG / New York USA, rd 1, Mar-18
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Nezhmetdinov (left) congratulates Tal for winning the 24th USSR Championship in Moscow, 1957.
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Vasily Smyslov facing Bobby Fischer at the Yugoslav International Chess Tournament, Belgrade, 1959. Fischer won the match.
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Robert Byrne, Pal Benko, William Addison, Samuel Reshevsky at the US Chess Championships, New York 1969.
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The 1938 Vienna championship began less than 2 months after the Anschluss and was promoted as a National Socialist event. Hans Müller (r.) won ahead of Ernst Grünfeld (l.)
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A fine William Hartston quote on chess: "A game to subdue the turbulent spirit, or to worry a tranquil mind." https://bit.ly/2Ib6yuw
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50.Bd4?
This mistake helps Shankland to release his bishop.
The correct move is 50.Rb7!! +- with the idea of trapping The Black's bishop by Kb5-Kc6-Bd4-Kd7.
50...Bc7 51.Kb5 Rc1 52.Rb7 b3 53.Ka6 Rc4 54.R×b3 R×a4 55.Kb5 Rb4+ 56.R×b4 a×b4 57.K×b4 Kf7 58.Kc5 Bg3 59.Kd5 ½-½
This mistake helps Shankland to release his bishop.
The correct move is 50.Rb7!! +- with the idea of trapping The Black's bishop by Kb5-Kc6-Bd4-Kd7.
50...Bc7 51.Kb5 Rc1 52.Rb7 b3 53.Ka6 Rc4 54.R×b3 R×a4 55.Kb5 Rb4+ 56.R×b4 a×b4 57.K×b4 Kf7 58.Kc5 Bg3 59.Kd5 ½-½
22...Qb7?
Bacallao takes a risky plan. It would have been better to play 22...Bd8 23.Nc4 Rb8.
23.Nc4 B×f3 24.g×f3 R×f3 25.Q×c5 Qe4 26.N×a5 Rf4 27.h3! Qf5 28.Rb4 Qg5+ 29.Kh2 Rf3 30.Rc3 R×c3 31.Q×c3 R×a5 32.b6 1-0
Bacallao takes a risky plan. It would have been better to play 22...Bd8 23.Nc4 Rb8.
23.Nc4 B×f3 24.g×f3 R×f3 25.Q×c5 Qe4 26.N×a5 Rf4 27.h3! Qf5 28.Rb4 Qg5+ 29.Kh2 Rf3 30.Rc3 R×c3 31.Q×c3 R×a5 32.b6 1-0