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♦️ Nisipenau-Duda, Dortmund2018 Round2
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Dortmund R2: Duda Jan-Krzysztof leads the Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Tournament after scoring a full point against Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter.
The legendary GM popularized the Benko Gambit, is the 1948 Hungarian champ, 8-time U.S. Open champ, and a chess author, and study composer.
In 1970, he gave his Interzonal spot to Fischer who used it to become world champion.
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In 1970, he gave his Interzonal spot to Fischer who used it to become world champion.
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In celebration of Pal Benko's 90th birthday, here is a pretty miniature by the grandmaster. 😍
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✅ #about_Benko
🔹 Pal Benko
🔹 Hungarian–American chess grandmaster and chess Composer
🔰 Pal Benko is a Hungarian–American chess grandmaster, author, and composer of endgame studies and chess problems.
🔘 Full name: Pál Benkő
🔘 Country: Hungary (until 1958) & United States (since 1958)
🔘 Born: July 15, 1928 (age 90)
🔘 Amiens, France
🔘 Title: Grandmaster (1958)
🔘 FIDE rating: 2408 (July 2018)
🔘 Peak rating: 2530 (July 1973)
🔰 Benko was born in Amiens, France, but was raised in Hungary. At the age of 12, Benko’s world was devastated by World War II. Life in Hungary during the war became filled with hardships and traumas. He dug ditches for the Hungarian army, was then captured by the Russian army, which forced him to be a laborer. He eventually escaped to his home, to find that his brother and father had been sent to Russia as slaves. During a chess tournament in East Berlin, Benko tried to defect to the American embassy in West Berlin, but was captured and sent to a concentration camp for a year and a half. He starved and saw others around him die. He became Hungarian champion by age 20. He emigrated to the United States in 1958 after defecting following the World Student Team Championship in Reykjavík, Iceland, in 1957. FIDE awarded him the Grandmaster title in 1958.
🔰 Benko's highest achievement was qualifying and competing in the Candidates Tournament—the tournament to decide the challenger for the World Championship—in 1959 and 1962. Both tournaments had eight of the world's top players. He finished eighth in 1959 and sixth in 1962.
🔰 Benko qualified for the 1970 Interzonal tournament, the leaders of which advance to the Candidates. However, he gave up his spot in the Interzonal to Bobby Fischer, who went on to win the World Championship in 1972.
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🔹 Pal Benko
🔹 Hungarian–American chess grandmaster and chess Composer
🔰 Pal Benko is a Hungarian–American chess grandmaster, author, and composer of endgame studies and chess problems.
🔘 Full name: Pál Benkő
🔘 Country: Hungary (until 1958) & United States (since 1958)
🔘 Born: July 15, 1928 (age 90)
🔘 Amiens, France
🔘 Title: Grandmaster (1958)
🔘 FIDE rating: 2408 (July 2018)
🔘 Peak rating: 2530 (July 1973)
🔰 Benko was born in Amiens, France, but was raised in Hungary. At the age of 12, Benko’s world was devastated by World War II. Life in Hungary during the war became filled with hardships and traumas. He dug ditches for the Hungarian army, was then captured by the Russian army, which forced him to be a laborer. He eventually escaped to his home, to find that his brother and father had been sent to Russia as slaves. During a chess tournament in East Berlin, Benko tried to defect to the American embassy in West Berlin, but was captured and sent to a concentration camp for a year and a half. He starved and saw others around him die. He became Hungarian champion by age 20. He emigrated to the United States in 1958 after defecting following the World Student Team Championship in Reykjavík, Iceland, in 1957. FIDE awarded him the Grandmaster title in 1958.
🔰 Benko's highest achievement was qualifying and competing in the Candidates Tournament—the tournament to decide the challenger for the World Championship—in 1959 and 1962. Both tournaments had eight of the world's top players. He finished eighth in 1959 and sixth in 1962.
🔰 Benko qualified for the 1970 Interzonal tournament, the leaders of which advance to the Candidates. However, he gave up his spot in the Interzonal to Bobby Fischer, who went on to win the World Championship in 1972.
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21.Kc3
A better try would be 21.b4 to continue with the plan of c5, trying to activate the g3-bishop.
21...a5 22.b3 Rfe8 23.Rd2 h5 =
A better try would be 21.b4 to continue with the plan of c5, trying to activate the g3-bishop.
21...a5 22.b3 Rfe8 23.Rd2 h5 =
12.Qc2?!
White should have prepared to launch the typical central blow with the following continuation:
12.Re1! Na5 13.f3 Re8 14.Nf2 Nc4 15.e4.
12...Na5 13.Ba3 Re8 14.Nb2 Ne4 15.Rad1 Qd7 =
White should have prepared to launch the typical central blow with the following continuation:
12.Re1! Na5 13.f3 Re8 14.Nf2 Nc4 15.e4.
12...Na5 13.Ba3 Re8 14.Nb2 Ne4 15.Rad1 Qd7 =
19. Qg3
19. Bxh6!
A)19...Bf8 20. Qg3 Rxe2 21. Rxe2 Kh7 22. Bd2 +/-
B)19... gxh6 20. Qxh6 Bf8 21. Qg5+ Kh8 22. Ng4 Rxe2 23. Rxe2+/-
Finding the precise moves is difficult for Black.
19... Bd6 20. Ng4 Kh8 21.Rxe8+ Rxe8 22. Rxe8+ Qxe8 23. Bxd6 cxd6 24. Qxd6 Qe1+ 25. Kh2 Qe6 26. Qf8+ Kh7 27.Ne3
White has a slight advantage.
19. Bxh6!
A)19...Bf8 20. Qg3 Rxe2 21. Rxe2 Kh7 22. Bd2 +/-
B)19... gxh6 20. Qxh6 Bf8 21. Qg5+ Kh8 22. Ng4 Rxe2 23. Rxe2+/-
Finding the precise moves is difficult for Black.
19... Bd6 20. Ng4 Kh8 21.Rxe8+ Rxe8 22. Rxe8+ Qxe8 23. Bxd6 cxd6 24. Qxd6 Qe1+ 25. Kh2 Qe6 26. Qf8+ Kh7 27.Ne3
White has a slight advantage.
59... Qd7+!
An instructive endgame.
If White traded queens off, the result would be a draw.
60. Qg4
(60. Qxd7+ Kxd7 61. Kg4 Ke6 62. Kf4 Kf6 63. g4 Ke6 64.Ke4 Kf6)
60... Kd8 1/2-1/2
An instructive endgame.
If White traded queens off, the result would be a draw.
60. Qg4
(60. Qxd7+ Kxd7 61. Kg4 Ke6 62. Kf4 Kf6 63. g4 Ke6 64.Ke4 Kf6)
60... Kd8 1/2-1/2