14.Rf3!
White plays to maintain a blockade on e5, making it difficult for Black to achieve the natural freeing moves ...f6/...f5. Without these moves or some other urgent defensive reinforcement, Black's king risks becoming cut off from his central and queenside forces. Meanwhile, White's rooks and knight can all make use of f3 as an effective staging post to attack on the kingside.
14...Qe7!? 15.Raf1 a5?! 16.Rg3 Bxe5? (16...g6 was correct) 17.fxe5+/-.
White plays to maintain a blockade on e5, making it difficult for Black to achieve the natural freeing moves ...f6/...f5. Without these moves or some other urgent defensive reinforcement, Black's king risks becoming cut off from his central and queenside forces. Meanwhile, White's rooks and knight can all make use of f3 as an effective staging post to attack on the kingside.
14...Qe7!? 15.Raf1 a5?! 16.Rg3 Bxe5? (16...g6 was correct) 17.fxe5+/-.
Unity Chess Multiple Choice 515
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B: Nc5 – 5
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 56%
Ramesh, Vincent, @SiNa9849, @AryanLeekha, @Tiong_Ji
A: Rac1 – 2
👍👍👍 22%
@Afshin3333, @RichardPeng
C: b4 – 2
👍👍👍 22%
Fatemeh, @Fighter27man27
👥 9 people voted so far.
public poll
B: Nc5 – 5
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 56%
Ramesh, Vincent, @SiNa9849, @AryanLeekha, @Tiong_Ji
A: Rac1 – 2
👍👍👍 22%
@Afshin3333, @RichardPeng
C: b4 – 2
👍👍👍 22%
Fatemeh, @Fighter27man27
👥 9 people voted so far.
Unity Chess Multiple Choice 516
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A: Nc5 – 6
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 75%
Fatemeh, Ramesh, @Fighter27man27, @SiNa9849, @AryanLeekha, @Tiong_Ji
B: Ne1 – 1
👍 13%
Vincent
C: c5 – 1
👍 13%
@RichardPeng
👥 8 people voted so far.
public poll
A: Nc5 – 6
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 75%
Fatemeh, Ramesh, @Fighter27man27, @SiNa9849, @AryanLeekha, @Tiong_Ji
B: Ne1 – 1
👍 13%
Vincent
C: c5 – 1
👍 13%
@RichardPeng
👥 8 people voted so far.
Congratulations to Praggnanandhaa on becoming the second youngest grandmaster in the history of chess!
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Congratulations to Praggnanandhaa on becoming the second youngest grandmaster in the history of chess! https://bit.ly/2Kd4Ky1
Youngest GM's in the World:
1. Sergey Karjakin (12y 7m 0d)
2. praggnanandhaa (12y 10m 13d)
3. Nodirbek Abdusattorov (13y 1m 11d)
4. Parimarjan Negi (13y 4m 22d)
5. Magnus Carlsen (13y 4m 27d)
1. Sergey Karjakin (12y 7m 0d)
2. praggnanandhaa (12y 10m 13d)
3. Nodirbek Abdusattorov (13y 1m 11d)
4. Parimarjan Negi (13y 4m 22d)
5. Magnus Carlsen (13y 4m 27d)
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The opening moves of the famous game John Nunn (England) v. John van der Wiel (Netherlands), Wijk aan Zee 1982.
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Two World Champions Mikhail Tal and Tigran Petrosian playing ping pong in Yugoslavia, 1959.
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Aleksei Suetin v. Mikhail Botvinnik, 20th USSR-ch, Moscow 1952. This game was played in the final round; by grinding out a win in 78 moves, ..
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