21.Ke3!
White's bishop has stayed at home, but not the king. His journey to the third rank gets him out of the way of the rook on h2 so that c2 is defended again – Black threatened 21...Nxd4 and then 22...Rxc2+. Observe the bizarre, yet appropriate arrangement of White's kingside pieces: the rook on h2, the king on e3, the bishop back on f1. There is an inner logic that governs a chess position. Most of the time this requires that the pieces go to conventional-looking squares, but sometimes you have to embrace oddity.
White's bishop has stayed at home, but not the king. His journey to the third rank gets him out of the way of the rook on h2 so that c2 is defended again – Black threatened 21...Nxd4 and then 22...Rxc2+. Observe the bizarre, yet appropriate arrangement of White's kingside pieces: the rook on h2, the king on e3, the bishop back on f1. There is an inner logic that governs a chess position. Most of the time this requires that the pieces go to conventional-looking squares, but sometimes you have to embrace oddity.
26.Qh4!
Smyslov showed his willingness to accept broken kingside pawns in order to render the d6-pawn indefensible. Reshevsky tried 26...Qd7, but the d6-pawn dropped all the same after 27.Qd8+ Qxd8 28.Bxd8 Nd7 29.Bc7 Nc5 30.Rxd6 and White went on to convert the extra pawn.
Smyslov showed his willingness to accept broken kingside pawns in order to render the d6-pawn indefensible. Reshevsky tried 26...Qd7, but the d6-pawn dropped all the same after 27.Qd8+ Qxd8 28.Bxd8 Nd7 29.Bc7 Nc5 30.Rxd6 and White went on to convert the extra pawn.
Unity Chess Multiple Choice 463
public poll
B: b4 – 11
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 58%
siruse, Kenneth, @Afshin3333, Nikhil, @SteveWongso, Vincent, Bryson, Vishal, mehdi, Saghana, @Sophia_Peng
A: Rd2 – 7
👍👍👍👍 37%
Jonas, Gavin, Mieke, Sanjana, Venkat, @RichardPeng, Atharva
C: c4 – 1
👍 5%
@mahyarebrahimi1983
👥 19 people voted so far.
public poll
B: b4 – 11
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 58%
siruse, Kenneth, @Afshin3333, Nikhil, @SteveWongso, Vincent, Bryson, Vishal, mehdi, Saghana, @Sophia_Peng
A: Rd2 – 7
👍👍👍👍 37%
Jonas, Gavin, Mieke, Sanjana, Venkat, @RichardPeng, Atharva
C: c4 – 1
👍 5%
@mahyarebrahimi1983
👥 19 people voted so far.
Unity Chess Multiple Choice 464
public poll
B: Qg3 – 10
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 59%
@mahyarebrahimi1983, Gavin, @Afshin3333, Nikhil, @SteveWongso, Vincent, Vishal, @Sophia_Peng, @RichardPeng, Atharva
C; Qd1 – 6
👍👍👍👍 35%
Kenneth, @mahmood_ag, Mieke, Bryson, Sanjana, Venkat
A: g3 – 1
👍 6%
Jonas
👥 17 people voted so far.
public poll
B: Qg3 – 10
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 59%
@mahyarebrahimi1983, Gavin, @Afshin3333, Nikhil, @SteveWongso, Vincent, Vishal, @Sophia_Peng, @RichardPeng, Atharva
C; Qd1 – 6
👍👍👍👍 35%
Kenneth, @mahmood_ag, Mieke, Bryson, Sanjana, Venkat
A: g3 – 1
👍 6%
Jonas
👥 17 people voted so far.
Round 1 at the 6th Altibox Norway tournament in Stavanger, Norway - #1 in the world Magnus Carlsen (2848) beat #2 in the world Caruana (2812) in 77 moves (Q+Ps vs Q+Ps endgame); all other games drawn. Average rating is 2791. This is the world's strongest 10-player chess event.
🔵 #about_Kramnik
🔹 Vladimir Kramnik
🔹 Russian chess Grandmaster
♦️ Vladimir Borisovich Kramnik is a Russian chess grandmaster. He was the Classical World Chess Champion from 2000 to 2006, and the undisputed World Chess Champion from 2006 to 2007.
🔘 Full name: Vladimir Borisovich Kramnik
🔘 Country: Russia
🔘 Born: 25 June 1975 (age 42)
Tuapse, Krasnodar Krai, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
🔘 Title: Grandmaster (1992)
🔘 World Champion: 2000–06 (Classical)
2006–07 (undisputed)
🔘 FIDE rating: 2792 (May 2018)
🔘 Peak rating: 2817 (October 2016)
🔘 Ranking: No. 3 (February 2018)
🔘 Peak ranking: No. 1 (January 1996)
♦️Former World Champion - and former top ranked player in the world - Vladimir Borisovich Kramnik was born in Tuapse, on the shores of the Black Sea, on June 25, 1975. As a child, Vladimir Kramnik studied in the chess school established by Mikhail Botvinnik. In 2000 he won the Classical World Championship from Garry Kasparov and then won the unified title when he defeated Veselin Topalov in 2006 to become the 14th undisputed World Champion. He relinquished the title in 2007 to his successor, the 15th undisputed (and now former) World Champion, Viswanathan Anand.
♦️ In 1991 Kramnik won the World Under 18 Championship in Guarapuava, Brazil. He was =1st in the 1990 RSFSR (Russian) Championship in Kuibyshev, Russia, but placed 2nd on tiebreak behind Andrei Kharlov. He was =3rd in the Russian Superfinals (2013) after a last round battle with Ian Nepomniachtchi for =1st and the possibility of the title for the first time. However, he lost the game and scored 5.5/9, placing =3rd.
♦️ Garry Kasparov described Kramnik's style as pragmatic and tenacious, in the latter similar to Anatoly Karpov. He is one of the toughest opponents to defeat, losing only one game in over one hundred games leading up to his match with Kasparov, including eighty consecutive games without loss. Kasparov did not defeat Kramnik during their 2000 World Championship match, partly due to Kramnik's use of the Berlin Defence of the Ruy Lopez. Kramnik is renowned for his endgame skills.
♦️ A memorable game by Kramnik👇🏼
▪️ Vassily Ivanchuk vs Vladimir Kramnik
▪️ Dos Hermanas (1996), Dos Hermanas ESP, rd 8, May-30
▪️ Sicilian Defense: Richter-Rauzer. Neo-Modern Variation Early deviations (B62)
♦️ Review and download PGN file
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🔹 Vladimir Kramnik
🔹 Russian chess Grandmaster
♦️ Vladimir Borisovich Kramnik is a Russian chess grandmaster. He was the Classical World Chess Champion from 2000 to 2006, and the undisputed World Chess Champion from 2006 to 2007.
🔘 Full name: Vladimir Borisovich Kramnik
🔘 Country: Russia
🔘 Born: 25 June 1975 (age 42)
Tuapse, Krasnodar Krai, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
🔘 Title: Grandmaster (1992)
🔘 World Champion: 2000–06 (Classical)
2006–07 (undisputed)
🔘 FIDE rating: 2792 (May 2018)
🔘 Peak rating: 2817 (October 2016)
🔘 Ranking: No. 3 (February 2018)
🔘 Peak ranking: No. 1 (January 1996)
♦️Former World Champion - and former top ranked player in the world - Vladimir Borisovich Kramnik was born in Tuapse, on the shores of the Black Sea, on June 25, 1975. As a child, Vladimir Kramnik studied in the chess school established by Mikhail Botvinnik. In 2000 he won the Classical World Championship from Garry Kasparov and then won the unified title when he defeated Veselin Topalov in 2006 to become the 14th undisputed World Champion. He relinquished the title in 2007 to his successor, the 15th undisputed (and now former) World Champion, Viswanathan Anand.
♦️ In 1991 Kramnik won the World Under 18 Championship in Guarapuava, Brazil. He was =1st in the 1990 RSFSR (Russian) Championship in Kuibyshev, Russia, but placed 2nd on tiebreak behind Andrei Kharlov. He was =3rd in the Russian Superfinals (2013) after a last round battle with Ian Nepomniachtchi for =1st and the possibility of the title for the first time. However, he lost the game and scored 5.5/9, placing =3rd.
♦️ Garry Kasparov described Kramnik's style as pragmatic and tenacious, in the latter similar to Anatoly Karpov. He is one of the toughest opponents to defeat, losing only one game in over one hundred games leading up to his match with Kasparov, including eighty consecutive games without loss. Kasparov did not defeat Kramnik during their 2000 World Championship match, partly due to Kramnik's use of the Berlin Defence of the Ruy Lopez. Kramnik is renowned for his endgame skills.
♦️ A memorable game by Kramnik👇🏼
▪️ Vassily Ivanchuk vs Vladimir Kramnik
▪️ Dos Hermanas (1996), Dos Hermanas ESP, rd 8, May-30
▪️ Sicilian Defense: Richter-Rauzer. Neo-Modern Variation Early deviations (B62)
♦️ Review and download PGN file
@unitychess
Dmitry Jakovenko beats Sutovsky today with black pieces to join Nepomniachtchi in the lead. #KarpovPoikovsky
The game of the day, Vidit Gujrathi vs Ian Nepomniachtchi ended in a draw.
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The game of the day, Vidit Gujrathi vs Ian Nepomniachtchi ended in a draw.
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Houdini beats Komodo 12 with black pieces in #TCEC Season 12 - Premier Division.
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