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⚪️#463 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Radjabov,T
🔸Shirov,A
🔸Linares, 2008
21.b4!
The Black rook is being trapped.
21...Rc8
to stop 22.Bc4
22.a4!
taking away the b5-square from the rook and so planning 23 Be4.
22...Rc3 23.Kb2! f5 24.gxf5 Rxd3 25.cxd3 Rxf5
the rook has escaped, but the damage is already done.
26.Rc1+-.
⚪️#464 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Ivanchuk,V
🔸Svidler,P
🔸Tal Memorial, Moscow, 2011
42.Qg3!
The damage done to White's kingside pawns is of no concern compared to the freedom of action White's pieces achieve on the queenside. The game continued:
42...Qxg3 43.fxg3 Be5 44.Rxc7 Bxc7
The position remains very hard to win, but at least White now has the initiative. Ivanchuk's persistence and technique finally brought home the point.
45.Kg1 Nc2 46.Bd2+/-.
⚪️#465 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Mamedyarov,S
🔸Sasikiran,K
🔸Khanty-Mansiysk Olympiad, 2010
Unity Chess Multiple Choice 465
public poll

A: f×e3 – 14
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 88%
Jonas, Kenneth, Gavin, @Afshin3333, Nikhil, Jayden, Vincent, Mieke, Bryson, Sanjana, @Omid_kh7225, Nagaprasad, @RichardPeng, Atharva

B: R×e3 – 2
👍 13%
Saghana, @Sophia_Peng

C: Q×e3
▫️ 0%

👥 16 people voted so far.
⚪️#466 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Wells,P
🔸Ward,C
🔸Southend, 2009
Unity Chess Multiple Choice 466
public poll

A: Re3 – 9
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 53%
siruse, Jonas, Gavin, @Afshin3333, Vincent, Bryson, Sanjana, Nagaprasad, Venkat

C: Nd1 – 6
👍👍👍👍👍 35%
Kenneth, Nikhil, Jayden, Saghana, @RichardPeng, Atharva

B: Qd4 – 2
👍👍 12%
@Sophia_Peng, Srikar

👥 17 people voted so far.
Komodo 12 with some serious problems in #TCEC Premier Division. It couldn't withstand neither #Houdini nor #Stockfish and lost to the both engines in two consecutive games.

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Longtou Open 2018 | Round 5 Standings
The 1st Longtou Cup "Belt and Road" Chess Open is a 9-round Swiss open taking place in Qinhuangdao, China from 26 May to 4 June.

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GM Pouya Idani, (4½) 2572
#Spassky_chess_quotes_002

▪️ Boris Spassky
▪️ Russian chess Grandmaster

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#about_Spassky

▪️ Boris Spassky
▪️ Russian chess Grandmaster

♦️Boris Vasilievich Spassky is a Russian chess grandmaster. He was the tenth World Chess Champion, holding the title from 1969 to 1972.

🔘 Full name: Boris Vasilievich Spassky
🔘 Country: Soviet Union France Russia
🔘 Born: January 30, 1937 (age 81)
Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
🔘 Title: Grandmaster (1955)
🔘 World Champion: 1969–1972
🔘 FIDE rating: 2548 (May 2018) [inactive]
🔘 Peak rating: 2690 (January 1971)

♦️ Spassky won the Soviet Chess Championship twice outright (1961, 1973), and twice lost in playoffs (1956, 1963), after tying for first place during the event proper. He was a World Chess Championship candidate on seven occasions (1956, 1965, 1968, 1974, 1977, 1980, and 1985). In addition to his candidates wins in 1965 and 1968, he reached the semi-final stage in 1974 and 1977.
Spassky emigrated to France in 1976, becoming a French citizen in 1978. He continued to compete in tournaments but was no longer a major contender for the world title. He lost an unofficial rematch against Fischer in 1992. In 2012 he left France and returned to Russia. He is the oldest living former world champion.

♦️ A memorable game by Spassky against Bobby Fischer in World Championship Match 1972 which known "Crime and Punishment" in chessgames.com site!! 👇🏼
🔹 Boris Spassky vs Robert James Fischer
🔹 Fischer - Spassky World Championship Match (1972), Reykjavik ISL, rd 11, Aug-06
🔹 Sicilian Defense: Najdorf. Poisoned Pawn Variation (B97)

♦️ Review and download PGN file👇🏼

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@Spassky-Fischer 1972 g11.pgn
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🔸 Boris Spassky - Robert James Fischer, World Championship Match (1972)-game11
🔸 PGN format

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