29.Bf3!
The plan is simple: 30 Bd1, 31 Bc2, 33 Nxf6 and 33 Qh7 mate.
29...b5 30.Bd1 bxc4 31.bxc4 Bh4 32.Bc2 f5
Black is compelled to construct a barrier against the white queen and bishop battery, but now a new weakness appears on the g6-square.
33.Rg6!
The threat of mate on h6 will eventually decide the game: Carlsen can only ward it off for a few moves.
33...Kh7 34.Rfg1+-
The plan is simple: 30 Bd1, 31 Bc2, 33 Nxf6 and 33 Qh7 mate.
29...b5 30.Bd1 bxc4 31.bxc4 Bh4 32.Bc2 f5
Black is compelled to construct a barrier against the white queen and bishop battery, but now a new weakness appears on the g6-square.
33.Rg6!
The threat of mate on h6 will eventually decide the game: Carlsen can only ward it off for a few moves.
33...Kh7 34.Rfg1+-
21.Bxf5!
Notice White is more than happy to exchange his bishop for the knight. In this type of fixed structure he would rather have knights that can benefit from the c5- and e5-squares, and be rid of an enemy horse that might one day get to e4.
21...exf5 22.Nb3 Nb4 23.Qb1 Qb5 24.Nc5! b6 25.a4 Qc6 26.Rg1! Bf6 27.Nxd7 Qxd7 28.Rg6+-
Notice White is more than happy to exchange his bishop for the knight. In this type of fixed structure he would rather have knights that can benefit from the c5- and e5-squares, and be rid of an enemy horse that might one day get to e4.
21...exf5 22.Nb3 Nb4 23.Qb1 Qb5 24.Nc5! b6 25.a4 Qc6 26.Rg1! Bf6 27.Nxd7 Qxd7 28.Rg6+-
Unity Chess Multiple Choice 461
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B: Ke3 – 13
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🔱, Jonas, Kenneth, @Afshin3333, Nikhil, @Steve1234567890qwerty, Vincent, Bryson, Sanjana, Nagaprasad, @Sophia_Giraffe, @A_Wild_Richard, Atharva
C: N×c6 – 1
👍 7%
Gavin
A: Ne2
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B: Ke3 – 13
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 93%
🔱, Jonas, Kenneth, @Afshin3333, Nikhil, @Steve1234567890qwerty, Vincent, Bryson, Sanjana, Nagaprasad, @Sophia_Giraffe, @A_Wild_Richard, Atharva
C: N×c6 – 1
👍 7%
Gavin
A: Ne2
▫️ 0%
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Unity Chess Multiple Choice 462
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A: Qh4 – 14
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@Ako1983, @Ehsan_fischer, Jonas, Gavin, @Afshin3333, Nikhil, @Steve1234567890qwerty, Vincent, Bryson, Sanjana, Nagaprasad, Venkat, @A_Wild_Richard, Atharva
B: f4 – 1
👍 6%
Kenneth
C: c4 – 1
👍 6%
@Sophia_Giraffe
👥 16 people voted so far.
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A: Qh4 – 14
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 88%
@Ako1983, @Ehsan_fischer, Jonas, Gavin, @Afshin3333, Nikhil, @Steve1234567890qwerty, Vincent, Bryson, Sanjana, Nagaprasad, Venkat, @A_Wild_Richard, Atharva
B: f4 – 1
👍 6%
Kenneth
C: c4 – 1
👍 6%
@Sophia_Giraffe
👥 16 people voted so far.
✴️ #Ivanchuk_chess_quotes_001
🔸 Vassily Ivanchuk
🔸 Ukrainian chess Grandmaster
🔸 Former World Rapid Chess Champion
@unitychess
🔸 Vassily Ivanchuk
🔸 Ukrainian chess Grandmaster
🔸 Former World Rapid Chess Champion
@unitychess
✴️ #about_Ivanchuk
🔸 Vassily Ivanchuk
🔸 Ukrainian chess Grandmaster
🔸 Former World Rapid Chess Champion
♦️ Vassily Mykhaylovych Ivanchuk, also transliterated as Vasyliy or Vasyl, is a Ukrainian chess grandmaster and a former World Rapid Chess Champion. A leading player since 1988, Ivanchuk was ranked No. 2 three times.
🔘 Full name: Vasyl Mykhaylovych Ivanchuk
🔘 Country: Soviet Union
Ukraine
🔘 Born: March 18, 1969 (age 49)
Kopychyntsi, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
🔘 Title: Grandmaster (1988)
🔘 FIDE rating: 2708 (May 2018)
(No. 32 in the FIDE World Rankings)
🔘 Peak rating: 2787 (October 2007)
🔘 Peak ranking: No. 2 (October 2007)
♦️Chess story of Ivanchuk:
IM (1987); GM (1988); European Junior Champion (1987); Candidate (1991 & 2013); vice-World Champion (FIDE) (2001-02); European Champion (2004).
♦️ Vassily Mykhaylovych Ivanchuk was born in Kopychyntsi in Ukraine and has been amongst the world elite players for the last two decades. He has long been a world title aspirant, having twice been a Candidate (in 1990 and 2013), and has won many major tournaments including the annual Linares (4 times) and the Tal Memorial (twice). During past eleven years from 2005 onwards, he has won the Capablanca memorial (a record for their tournament history) 7 times (out of 8 appearances) in which he has participated in it, including one tied share of 1st with Le Quang Liem (before tie-breaks were applied) in 2011.
♦️ Ivanchuk was married to IM and WGM Alisa Galliamova until their separation in 1996. He remarried in November 2006.
♦️ Ivanchuk was the European Junior Champion in 1987, the same year he received his IM title. His first major international result was in 1988 when he won the New York Open with 7.5/9. Also in 1988, he came equal first at the World Junior Chess Championship in Adelaide, although Joel Lautier won the title on tiebreak. 1988 also saw him win his GM title. He followed these early breakthroughs with numerous successes in a glittering career, including first place at Biel 1989, Yerevan 1989, Linares in 1989, 1991, 1995 and 2009 (shared with Alexander Grischuk), equal first (with Gata Kamsky) at the Tilburg super-tournament in 1990, then first in Munich 1994, Horgen 1995, Corus at Wijk aan Zee 1996, Belgrade 1997, Tallinn 2000, Montecatini Terme 2000 and Malmö 2003.
♦️A memorable game by Ivanchuk👇🏼
Ivanchuk won Linares 1991. In first round of this Super Tournament, he played against Garry Kasparov and in a "Brilliant Chess Game" he won this important game which chassgames.com site named it "Planet Ivanchuk Rising" !!
🔘 Vassily Ivanchuk vs Garry Kasparov
🔘 Linares 9th (1991), Linares ESP, rd 1, Feb-23
🔘 Sicilian Defense: Canal Attack (B51)
♦️ Review this informative game and download PGN file👇🏼
@unitychess
🔸 Vassily Ivanchuk
🔸 Ukrainian chess Grandmaster
🔸 Former World Rapid Chess Champion
♦️ Vassily Mykhaylovych Ivanchuk, also transliterated as Vasyliy or Vasyl, is a Ukrainian chess grandmaster and a former World Rapid Chess Champion. A leading player since 1988, Ivanchuk was ranked No. 2 three times.
🔘 Full name: Vasyl Mykhaylovych Ivanchuk
🔘 Country: Soviet Union
Ukraine
🔘 Born: March 18, 1969 (age 49)
Kopychyntsi, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
🔘 Title: Grandmaster (1988)
🔘 FIDE rating: 2708 (May 2018)
(No. 32 in the FIDE World Rankings)
🔘 Peak rating: 2787 (October 2007)
🔘 Peak ranking: No. 2 (October 2007)
♦️Chess story of Ivanchuk:
IM (1987); GM (1988); European Junior Champion (1987); Candidate (1991 & 2013); vice-World Champion (FIDE) (2001-02); European Champion (2004).
♦️ Vassily Mykhaylovych Ivanchuk was born in Kopychyntsi in Ukraine and has been amongst the world elite players for the last two decades. He has long been a world title aspirant, having twice been a Candidate (in 1990 and 2013), and has won many major tournaments including the annual Linares (4 times) and the Tal Memorial (twice). During past eleven years from 2005 onwards, he has won the Capablanca memorial (a record for their tournament history) 7 times (out of 8 appearances) in which he has participated in it, including one tied share of 1st with Le Quang Liem (before tie-breaks were applied) in 2011.
♦️ Ivanchuk was married to IM and WGM Alisa Galliamova until their separation in 1996. He remarried in November 2006.
♦️ Ivanchuk was the European Junior Champion in 1987, the same year he received his IM title. His first major international result was in 1988 when he won the New York Open with 7.5/9. Also in 1988, he came equal first at the World Junior Chess Championship in Adelaide, although Joel Lautier won the title on tiebreak. 1988 also saw him win his GM title. He followed these early breakthroughs with numerous successes in a glittering career, including first place at Biel 1989, Yerevan 1989, Linares in 1989, 1991, 1995 and 2009 (shared with Alexander Grischuk), equal first (with Gata Kamsky) at the Tilburg super-tournament in 1990, then first in Munich 1994, Horgen 1995, Corus at Wijk aan Zee 1996, Belgrade 1997, Tallinn 2000, Montecatini Terme 2000 and Malmö 2003.
♦️A memorable game by Ivanchuk👇🏼
Ivanchuk won Linares 1991. In first round of this Super Tournament, he played against Garry Kasparov and in a "Brilliant Chess Game" he won this important game which chassgames.com site named it "Planet Ivanchuk Rising" !!
🔘 Vassily Ivanchuk vs Garry Kasparov
🔘 Linares 9th (1991), Linares ESP, rd 1, Feb-23
🔘 Sicilian Defense: Canal Attack (B51)
♦️ Review this informative game and download PGN file👇🏼
@unitychess
Like in this year's #GRENKEChess , in #NorwayChess too, Carlsen will face his crown challenger in the very 1st round. Caruana has the motive now to fight for a win, as he lost to the #WorldChampion in the blitz game. #altiboxnorwaychess #chessnews