27.Nc5!
White can afford to allow his queenside pawns to be broken (and his c-pawns doubled), as long as his rooks still control the d-file and can penetrate on d6. White's pawn on c5 effectively fixes Black's pawn on c6 as a target. Moreover, White's pawn on c4, and his pincer-like, kingside pawns, effectively put a lock on Black's knight, ensuring that White's bishop is the more effective minor piece.
27...Rfe8!? 28.Kc2 bxc4 29.bxc4 Bxc5 30.dxc5 e5 31.Rd6!+/-
White rooks dominate the d-file. Black is seriously devoid of useful squares for his pieces, particularly his knight, and can no longer seriously hope to create any queenside diversion.
White can afford to allow his queenside pawns to be broken (and his c-pawns doubled), as long as his rooks still control the d-file and can penetrate on d6. White's pawn on c5 effectively fixes Black's pawn on c6 as a target. Moreover, White's pawn on c4, and his pincer-like, kingside pawns, effectively put a lock on Black's knight, ensuring that White's bishop is the more effective minor piece.
27...Rfe8!? 28.Kc2 bxc4 29.bxc4 Bxc5 30.dxc5 e5 31.Rd6!+/-
White rooks dominate the d-file. Black is seriously devoid of useful squares for his pieces, particularly his knight, and can no longer seriously hope to create any queenside diversion.
Unity Chess Multiple Choice 517
public poll
B: Rg3 – 2
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 67%
Ramesh, @RichardPeng
C: Nb3 – 1
👍👍👍👍 33%
@Afshin3333
A: a3
▫️ 0%
👥 3 people voted so far.
public poll
B: Rg3 – 2
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 67%
Ramesh, @RichardPeng
C: Nb3 – 1
👍👍👍👍 33%
@Afshin3333
A: a3
▫️ 0%
👥 3 people voted so far.
Unity Chess Multiple Choice 518
public poll
A: Kf2 – 2
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 33%
Ramesh, @RichardPeng
B: Ra5 – 2
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 33%
@AbZarafshan, @ALACIQ
C: Bc6 – 2
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 33%
Silvestre, @Afshin3333
👥 6 people voted so far.
public poll
A: Kf2 – 2
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 33%
Ramesh, @RichardPeng
B: Ra5 – 2
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 33%
@AbZarafshan, @ALACIQ
C: Bc6 – 2
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 33%
Silvestre, @Afshin3333
👥 6 people voted so far.
Nakamura won the Paris leg of the Grand Chess Tour. He scored 11 in Rapid and 12 in Blitz (only 1 loss) for a total of 23. The other scores were Karjakin (21.5), So (21), Aronian (20), MVL (19.5), Anand (17), Grischuk (16), Mamedyarov (15.5), Caruana (13.5), and Kramnik (13).
Five GMs share the 1st place in #TepliceOpen with 7/9 points. None of them has lost a single game in the tournament and yet Evgeny Romanov takes the 1st prize due to the best tiebreak. Congrats!
💢Vladimir Kramnik
💢 Russian chess Grandmaster
💢 Classical World Chess Champion from 2000 to 2006
♦️ Today is his birthday 🌹🌺☘️🌸💐🌹🌹
Happy birthday Vlad 👏👏👏👏
@unitychess
💢 Russian chess Grandmaster
💢 Classical World Chess Champion from 2000 to 2006
♦️ Today is his birthday 🌹🌺☘️🌸💐🌹🌹
Happy birthday Vlad 👏👏👏👏
@unitychess
🛄 #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 43)
Tuapse, Krasnodar Krai, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
🔘 Title: Grandmaster (1992)
🔘 World Champion: 2000–06 (Classical)
2006–07 (undisputed)
🔘 FIDE rating: 2792 (June 2018)
🔘 Peak rating: 2817 (October 2016)
🔘 Ranking: No. 3 (February 2018)
🔘 Peak ranking: No. 1 (January 1996)
🔰 In the mid- and late-90s, Kramnik, although considered one of the strongest players in the world, suffered several setbacks in his attempts to qualify for a World Championship match.
In 1993, Kramnik played in the very strong tournament in Linares. He finished fifth, beating the then world number three, Vassily Ivanchuk, along the way. He followed this up with a string of good results, but had to wait until 1995 for his first major tournament win at normal time controls, when he won the strong Dortmund tournament, finishing it unbeaten.
In 1994, he lost a quarterfinal candidates match for the PCA championship to Gata Kamsky 1½–4½, and later that year, lost a semifinal candidates match for the FIDE championship to Boris Gelfand with the score 3½–4½. In 1998, Kramnik faced Alexei Shirov in a Candidates match for the right to play Garry Kasparov for the Classical World Chess Championship, and lost 3½–5½. In 1999, Kramnik participated in the FIDE knockout championship in Las Vegas, and lost in the quarterfinals to Michael Adams 2–4.
♦️ A memorable game by Kramnik which have won Ivanchuk in a Brilliant chess game by Queen Sacrificing!!👇
🔸 Vassily Ivanchuk vs Vladimir Kramnik
🔸 Linares (1993), Linares ESP, rd 6, Mar-02
🔸 Sicilian Defense: Classical. Anti-Fischer-Sozin Variation (B57)
♦️ Review and download PGN file👇
@unitychess
🔹 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 43)
Tuapse, Krasnodar Krai, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
🔘 Title: Grandmaster (1992)
🔘 World Champion: 2000–06 (Classical)
2006–07 (undisputed)
🔘 FIDE rating: 2792 (June 2018)
🔘 Peak rating: 2817 (October 2016)
🔘 Ranking: No. 3 (February 2018)
🔘 Peak ranking: No. 1 (January 1996)
🔰 In the mid- and late-90s, Kramnik, although considered one of the strongest players in the world, suffered several setbacks in his attempts to qualify for a World Championship match.
In 1993, Kramnik played in the very strong tournament in Linares. He finished fifth, beating the then world number three, Vassily Ivanchuk, along the way. He followed this up with a string of good results, but had to wait until 1995 for his first major tournament win at normal time controls, when he won the strong Dortmund tournament, finishing it unbeaten.
In 1994, he lost a quarterfinal candidates match for the PCA championship to Gata Kamsky 1½–4½, and later that year, lost a semifinal candidates match for the FIDE championship to Boris Gelfand with the score 3½–4½. In 1998, Kramnik faced Alexei Shirov in a Candidates match for the right to play Garry Kasparov for the Classical World Chess Championship, and lost 3½–5½. In 1999, Kramnik participated in the FIDE knockout championship in Las Vegas, and lost in the quarterfinals to Michael Adams 2–4.
♦️ A memorable game by Kramnik which have won Ivanchuk in a Brilliant chess game by Queen Sacrificing!!👇
🔸 Vassily Ivanchuk vs Vladimir Kramnik
🔸 Linares (1993), Linares ESP, rd 6, Mar-02
🔸 Sicilian Defense: Classical. Anti-Fischer-Sozin Variation (B57)
♦️ Review and download PGN file👇
@unitychess