15. Bb5!?
Carlsen offered a bishop sacrifice on b5, which Black did not accept as it gave White a direct attack against the king still in the center.
15...O-O
In case of 15...axb5, White had a nice combination that finished in checkmate: 16.Ncxb5 Qa5 17.Nxe6 fxe6 18.Nxd6#. After this sacrifice was correctly rejected, Carlsen tried another one with his knight on f5, but once again Svidler kept his cool and returned the piece quickly to keep the balance. The excitement was over on move 26, when the players repeated the position three times. It was a short but flashy struggle.
16. Bxd7 Qxd7 17. Nf5?! gxf5 18. gxf5 Kh7 19. Rhg1 Bh8 20. Bg3 Rac8 21. Bf4 Qe7 22. fxe6 fxe6 23. Qg3 Rg8 24. Qf2 Rgf8 25. Qg3 Rg8 26. Qf2 Rgf8 1/2-1/2
Carlsen offered a bishop sacrifice on b5, which Black did not accept as it gave White a direct attack against the king still in the center.
15...O-O
In case of 15...axb5, White had a nice combination that finished in checkmate: 16.Ncxb5 Qa5 17.Nxe6 fxe6 18.Nxd6#. After this sacrifice was correctly rejected, Carlsen tried another one with his knight on f5, but once again Svidler kept his cool and returned the piece quickly to keep the balance. The excitement was over on move 26, when the players repeated the position three times. It was a short but flashy struggle.
16. Bxd7 Qxd7 17. Nf5?! gxf5 18. gxf5 Kh7 19. Rhg1 Bh8 20. Bg3 Rac8 21. Bf4 Qe7 22. fxe6 fxe6 23. Qg3 Rg8 24. Qf2 Rgf8 25. Qg3 Rg8 26. Qf2 Rgf8 1/2-1/2
12...Qc7
Not an obvious decision, but one I was quite proud about, especially as I made the choice fairly quickly. The aim is to play ...b6 and develop the light-squared bishop to b7 or a6 without leaving the queen cut off on a5. It was counterintuitive to allow White to liquidate her doubled c-pawns with c4-c5, but I felt that the remaining c3-pawn would prove to be just as tempting a target, especially as White is wasting time with her dark-squared bishop (Sadler).
13.c5 dxc5 14.Bxc5 b6 15.Be3
Solid, keeping the dark squares around the e4-pawn covered (and thus preventing ...Qf4).
15...Bb7.
Not an obvious decision, but one I was quite proud about, especially as I made the choice fairly quickly. The aim is to play ...b6 and develop the light-squared bishop to b7 or a6 without leaving the queen cut off on a5. It was counterintuitive to allow White to liquidate her doubled c-pawns with c4-c5, but I felt that the remaining c3-pawn would prove to be just as tempting a target, especially as White is wasting time with her dark-squared bishop (Sadler).
13.c5 dxc5 14.Bxc5 b6 15.Be3
Solid, keeping the dark squares around the e4-pawn covered (and thus preventing ...Qf4).
15...Bb7.
29.c5
The whole strength of the plan with ...e5 and ...f5 is that White's dark-squared bishop is short of squares and vulnerable to ...f4. If White plays c5, then her bishop gains squares, and all I might have to show for my plan is a draughty king:
29...bxc5 30.Nb3 c4 31.Nc5! Nxc5 32.Rxc4
The whole strength of the plan with ...e5 and ...f5 is that White's dark-squared bishop is short of squares and vulnerable to ...f4. If White plays c5, then her bishop gains squares, and all I might have to show for my plan is a draughty king:
29...bxc5 30.Nb3 c4 31.Nc5! Nxc5 32.Rxc4
Unity Chess Multiple Choice 575
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A: Ra2 – 2
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C: Bf1 – 2
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Unity Chess Multiple Choice 576
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B: g4 – 6
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A: Rdd7 – 3
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C: h5
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A: Rdd7 – 3
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🔹 Anatoly Karpov
🔹 Russian chess grandmaster and former World Champion
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🔹 Anatoly Karpov
🔹 Russian chess grandmaster and former World Champion
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✅ #about_Anatoly_Karpov
🔹 Anatoly Karpov
🔹 Russian chess grandmaster and former World Champion
🔰 Anatoly Yevgenyevich Karpov is a Russian chess grandmaster and former World Champion. He was the official world champion from 1975 to 1985 when he was defeated by Garry Kasparov.
🔘 Full name: Anatoly Yevgenyevich Karpov
🔘 Country: Soviet Union Russia
🔘 Born: May 23, 1951 (age 67)
Zlatoust, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
🔘 Title: Grandmaster (1970)
🔘 World Champion: 1975–1985 & 1993–1999 (FIDE)
🔘 FIDE rating: 2623 (July 2018)
🔘 Peak rating: 2780 (July 1994)
🔰 Anatoly Karpov is a Russian chess grandmaster who was the official world champion from 1975 to 1985 before being defeated by Garry Kasparov. He once again became the FIDE World Champion after Kasparov broke away from FIDE in 1993. Years later he resigned his title in protest against FIDE's new world championship rules. An exceptionally skilled player, he is counted amongst the greatest players of all time. Karpov began displaying his skills at the game at a young age—he started playing chess from the time he was four. Recognizing his talent, his parents arranged for his rigorous training in the game which ensured that he blossomed into a formidable player quite early on in life. Accepted into Mikhail Botvinnik's prestigious chess school, he went on to become the youngest Soviet National Master in history, at the age of 15. He developed his game quickly to become a grandmaster at the age of 19. He proceeded to win a series of international tournaments becoming the official world champion in 1975. He defeated Viktor Korchnoi, another Russian grandmaster, to retain his title in 1978 and 1981. His string of successes and reputation as the world champion not only earned him much international acclaim but also made him a millionaire. His reign as the world champion came to an end when he was defeated by Garry Kasparov in 1985.
♦️ A memorable game by Karpov from Amsterdam 1985👇
🔸 Anatoly Karpov vs John Nunn
🔸 Amsterdam OHRA (1985), Amsterdam NED, rd 1, Jul-15
🔸 Sicilian Defense: Najdorf. Opocensky Variation Traditional Line (B92)
Review and download PGN file👇
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🔹 Anatoly Karpov
🔹 Russian chess grandmaster and former World Champion
🔰 Anatoly Yevgenyevich Karpov is a Russian chess grandmaster and former World Champion. He was the official world champion from 1975 to 1985 when he was defeated by Garry Kasparov.
🔘 Full name: Anatoly Yevgenyevich Karpov
🔘 Country: Soviet Union Russia
🔘 Born: May 23, 1951 (age 67)
Zlatoust, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
🔘 Title: Grandmaster (1970)
🔘 World Champion: 1975–1985 & 1993–1999 (FIDE)
🔘 FIDE rating: 2623 (July 2018)
🔘 Peak rating: 2780 (July 1994)
🔰 Anatoly Karpov is a Russian chess grandmaster who was the official world champion from 1975 to 1985 before being defeated by Garry Kasparov. He once again became the FIDE World Champion after Kasparov broke away from FIDE in 1993. Years later he resigned his title in protest against FIDE's new world championship rules. An exceptionally skilled player, he is counted amongst the greatest players of all time. Karpov began displaying his skills at the game at a young age—he started playing chess from the time he was four. Recognizing his talent, his parents arranged for his rigorous training in the game which ensured that he blossomed into a formidable player quite early on in life. Accepted into Mikhail Botvinnik's prestigious chess school, he went on to become the youngest Soviet National Master in history, at the age of 15. He developed his game quickly to become a grandmaster at the age of 19. He proceeded to win a series of international tournaments becoming the official world champion in 1975. He defeated Viktor Korchnoi, another Russian grandmaster, to retain his title in 1978 and 1981. His string of successes and reputation as the world champion not only earned him much international acclaim but also made him a millionaire. His reign as the world champion came to an end when he was defeated by Garry Kasparov in 1985.
♦️ A memorable game by Karpov from Amsterdam 1985👇
🔸 Anatoly Karpov vs John Nunn
🔸 Amsterdam OHRA (1985), Amsterdam NED, rd 1, Jul-15
🔸 Sicilian Defense: Najdorf. Opocensky Variation Traditional Line (B92)
Review and download PGN file👇
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◼️ Chess History - Tournaments
▪️ Amsterdam 1985
▪️The 4th Chess Festival organized by the OHRA in Amsterdam, The Netherlands was held from July 15th to the 26th, 1985. Six grandmasters (including the disputed world champion) participated in the "Kroon" level event.
♦️ The players were (in order of ELO):👇
🔻 Anatoli Karpov (2720) from the Soviet Union
🔻 Jan Timman (2640) from The Netherlands
🔻 John Nunn (2600) from Great Britain
🔻 Anthony Miles (2540) from Great Britain
🔻 Jaime Sunye Neto (2480) from Brazil
🔻 Slobodon Martinovic (2460) from Yugoslavia
▪️The average of the combined ratings of the participants qualified the tournament as a category XIV event. Although Karpov was on hiatus from his aborted world championship match with Garry Kasparov, he won here in his usual form, nabbing four game victories and finishing undefeated with 7 points from ten rounds.
✔️ The final standings and crosstable was as above👆
Download "Amsterdam Games Database" by PGN format👇
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#chess_history_tornaments
#Amsterdam_1985
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◼️ Chess History - Tournaments
▪️ Amsterdam 1985
▪️The 4th Chess Festival organized by the OHRA in Amsterdam, The Netherlands was held from July 15th to the 26th, 1985. Six grandmasters (including the disputed world champion) participated in the "Kroon" level event.
♦️ The players were (in order of ELO):👇
🔻 Anatoli Karpov (2720) from the Soviet Union
🔻 Jan Timman (2640) from The Netherlands
🔻 John Nunn (2600) from Great Britain
🔻 Anthony Miles (2540) from Great Britain
🔻 Jaime Sunye Neto (2480) from Brazil
🔻 Slobodon Martinovic (2460) from Yugoslavia
▪️The average of the combined ratings of the participants qualified the tournament as a category XIV event. Although Karpov was on hiatus from his aborted world championship match with Garry Kasparov, he won here in his usual form, nabbing four game victories and finishing undefeated with 7 points from ten rounds.
✔️ The final standings and crosstable was as above👆
Download "Amsterdam Games Database" by PGN format👇
.............................................................................
#chess_history_tornaments
#Amsterdam_1985
@unitychess