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Unity Chess Multiple Choice 470
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B: g4 – 12
πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘ 48%
Ata, @mahyarebrahimi1983, Gavin, @Afshin3333, Nikhil, @FrozenBlade, Vincent, Mieke, Sanjana, Nagaprasad, Drew, Atharva

A: f5 – 9
πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘ 36%
Esmaeil, @Hesamgrandterminator, Kenneth, Jayden, Bryson, Venkat, Saghana, @roshan_sethuraman, @RichardPeng

C: Qg3 – 4
πŸ‘πŸ‘ 16%
@Omid_s94, @SteveWongso, @Sophia_Peng, @SaraNepomniachtchi

πŸ‘₯ 25 people voted so far.
πŸ…ΎοΈ #Hou_Yifan_chess_quotes_005

πŸ’’ Hou Yifan
πŸ’’ Chinese chess Grandmaster
πŸ’’ 3-time Women's World Chess Champion

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πŸ…ΎοΈ #about_Hou_Yifan

πŸ’’ Hou Yifan
πŸ’’ Chinese chess Grandmaster
πŸ’’ 3-time Women's World Chess Champion

♦️ Hou Yifan is a Chinese chess grandmaster and three-time Women's World Chess Champion. A chess prodigy, she is the youngest female player ever to qualify for the title of grandmaster and the youngest ever to win the Women's World Chess Championship.

πŸ”˜ Country: China
πŸ”˜ Born: 27 February 1994
Xinghua, Jiangsu[2]
πŸ”˜ Title: Grandmaster (2008)
πŸ”˜ Women's World Champion:
πŸ”Ή2010–2012
πŸ”Ή2013–2015
πŸ”Ή2016–2017
πŸ”˜ FIDE rating: 2658 (May 2018)
πŸ”˜ Peak rating: 2686 (March 2015)

♦️ Hou has attempted to balance chess with life outside of it. She enrolled in Peking University in 2012, studying International Relations, against the wishes of her trainer. She took a full course load and participated in many extracurricular activities. She did well enough to be offered a Rhodes Scholarship, and will be studying for a MSc in Education at Oxford University in 2018.[15] Compared to the best professional male players who dedicate their lives to chess, Hou's split focus puts her at a disadvantage. These competitors give her credit for what she has achieved in spite of her lack of preparation, and for her life outside of chess. However, they recognize that while Hou can probably remain the best female player in the world without extra effort, she cannot compete with the best male players unless she dedicates herself to chess. Hou is aware of this as well, but nonetheless chooses to treat chess as a hobby, not a career.

♦️ A memorable game by Hou Yifan with a dynamic game against grandmaster Nigel Short πŸ‘‡πŸΌ
πŸ”Έ Yifan Hou vs Nigel Short
πŸ”Έ Short - Hou (2016), Hoogeveen NED, rd 6, Oct-22
πŸ”Έ Spanish Game: Morphy Defense. Chigorin Defense Panov System (C99)

♦️ Review and download PGN fileπŸ‘‡πŸΌ


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@Yifan Hou-Nigel Short 2016.pgn
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πŸ’’ Yifan Hou-Nigel Short, Hoogeveen 2016
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πŸ”ΈAltibox Norway Chess Blitz 2018
πŸ”ΈRound 8
βšͺ️Vachier-Lagrave,Maxime (2789)
⚫️Mamedyarov,Shakhriyar (2808)
πŸ”Έ0-1
23...Re8!
A prophylactic move to prevent White from playing f4-f5.
24.h4 Qb7?
(The correct move is 24...h6 )
25.f5 eΓ—f5 26.h5 RΓ—e5 27.Qg3 Ra2 28.Bf4
πŸ”ΈAltibox Norway Chess Blitz 2018
πŸ”ΈRound 8
βšͺ️Vachier-Lagrave,Maxime (2789)
⚫️Mamedyarov,Shakhriyar (2808)
πŸ”Έ0-1
38. Kf1??
Vachier's blunder. He could have obtained excellent drawing chances with the following continuation.
38. Qf2! Kf8 39. Kf1! Qf4 40. Bc6! Qxg5 41.Qh2 Kg8 42. Qb8+ Kh7 43. Qh2+ Qh5 44. Rd2
38... Qf4 0-1
πŸ”ΈAltibox Norway Chess Blitz 2018
πŸ”ΈRound 8
βšͺ️Ding,Liren (2791)
⚫️Karjakin,Sergey (2782)
πŸ”Έ1-0
19...Rb8?
Black needed to regroup his misplaced pieces.
19...Nb8 20.Rf2 Nc6 21.Raf1 Be6 =
20.Rf2 b5 21.aΓ—b6 +/-
πŸ”ΈAltibox Norway Chess Blitz 2018
πŸ”ΈRound 8
βšͺ️Ding,Liren (2791)
⚫️Karjakin,Sergey (2782)
πŸ”Έ1-0
22...Bb7??
22...NΓ—e5!
The only move to save the game.
23.QΓ—e5 QΓ—e5 24.NΓ—e5 BΓ—h3 =
23.Ra7 Kh8 24.e6 Nf6 25.Qe5 +-
⚫️#469 (Strategy-Black to Move)
πŸ”ΈYu,Pe
πŸ”ΈSchuyler,J
πŸ”ΈWashington, 1989
10...a5!
Of course. White can never capture this or push past, as his remaining pawn structure (not to mention the c5-square) would become hopelessly weak; so he is consigned to waiting for Black to find the best moment to open the a-file.
11.Rb2?! Ne5?! 12.Nxe5 dxe5 13.Bg5?! h6 14.Bxf6 Qxf6=/+.
βšͺ️#470 (Strategy-White to Move)
πŸ”ΈSherzer,A
πŸ”ΈOlafsson,H
πŸ”ΈPhiladelphia, 1991
13.Qg3!
What could be more natural than to bring the queen to the g-file where Black's king resides? In principle, White does not have much advantage, but Black now needs to be careful, and the cost of further inaccuracies is high.
13...Bf8 14.Rad1 Rac8 15.Nf3 Nb4?! 16.Bd4! +/-.
⚫️#471 (Strategy-Black to Move)
πŸ”ΈSarkisov,R
πŸ”ΈWeinstein,G
πŸ”ΈCity Spartakiad, Baku 1974