☑️☑️☑️☑️
◼️ 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
◼️ 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
7.g4!?
An interesting move that for the first time, was played by Movsesian against Ponomariov in 2013.
White's idea is to threaten g4-g5 and also to fianchetto his light-squared bishop on g2.
7...h6 8.Bg2 Bg7 9.h3 Qe7 10.b3! c×d4 11.e×d4 N×e5?! 12.d×e5 Q×e5 13.Bb2+/-
An interesting move that for the first time, was played by Movsesian against Ponomariov in 2013.
White's idea is to threaten g4-g5 and also to fianchetto his light-squared bishop on g2.
7...h6 8.Bg2 Bg7 9.h3 Qe7 10.b3! c×d4 11.e×d4 N×e5?! 12.d×e5 Q×e5 13.Bb2+/-
12... e4!
This move has already been played three times.
13. Ne1 Nb6 14. Qb3 Bxd5 15. cxd5 Nd4 16. Qe3 Nc4 17. Qxe4 Re8 18. Rxd4?! Rxe4 19. Rxe4 Nd6 20. Re3 Bxb2 21. Rd1 a5 -/+
This move has already been played three times.
13. Ne1 Nb6 14. Qb3 Bxd5 15. cxd5 Nd4 16. Qe3 Nc4 17. Qxe4 Re8 18. Rxd4?! Rxe4 19. Rxe4 Nd6 20. Re3 Bxb2 21. Rd1 a5 -/+
32. exd6?
The only chance to draw the game lies in 32. Bxb5.
A) 32...Rxb7 33. Bc4 Qf5 34. exd6 =/+
B) 32... dxe5 33. Nc5 Qb6 34. Ba4 exf4 35. Nd7 Qa7 36. Nxb8 Qxb8 37. Rf3 -/+
32...Nc3 33. Rb2 g5 34.Be3 Nxa2 35. Rxa2 Qxa2 36. d7 Bf6 37. Ba7 Rf8 38. Re1 Qd2 39. Kf1 b3 0-1
The only chance to draw the game lies in 32. Bxb5.
A) 32...Rxb7 33. Bc4 Qf5 34. exd6 =/+
B) 32... dxe5 33. Nc5 Qb6 34. Ba4 exf4 35. Nd7 Qa7 36. Nxb8 Qxb8 37. Rf3 -/+
32...Nc3 33. Rb2 g5 34.Be3 Nxa2 35. Rxa2 Qxa2 36. d7 Bf6 37. Ba7 Rf8 38. Re1 Qd2 39. Kf1 b3 0-1
21... g5!
Black tries to bring his h8-rook into play via 7th rank.
22. Bg3 Rd8 23. Re7 h5 24. h4 gxh4 25. Bf4 Bf5 26. Rxa7 Rh7 27.Rc7 Bd7 28. Bc6 h3 -/+
Black tries to bring his h8-rook into play via 7th rank.
22. Bg3 Rd8 23. Re7 h5 24. h4 gxh4 25. Bf4 Bf5 26. Rxa7 Rh7 27.Rc7 Bd7 28. Bc6 h3 -/+
20... e5!
The only correct move with the idea of releasing his queenside bishop and preventing White from playing e5.
21. Nd3 Ne8 22. Nxe5 Be6 23. Rd2 Bxd6 24. Rcd1 Bc7 25. Nd7 Nd6 26. Nf6+ Kg7 27. Nd5 Bxd5 28. Rxd5 Nc4 29. Bc5 a6 =
The only correct move with the idea of releasing his queenside bishop and preventing White from playing e5.
21. Nd3 Ne8 22. Nxe5 Be6 23. Rd2 Bxd6 24. Rcd1 Bc7 25. Nd7 Nd6 26. Nf6+ Kg7 27. Nd5 Bxd5 28. Rxd5 Nc4 29. Bc5 a6 =
22.Qc1!
Aiming for Bg5, swapping off the dark-squared bishops. The point is that after ...Bb5, Black is holding wonderfully on the queenside, but this is not an area where he is going to be doing anything really active for now. He needs to expand on the kingside. After White's next move, that's much more difficult. If I'd just played 21...g5, then I would have stood very well indeed. I went into the tank again and actually played the next 9 or 10 moves extremely well and extremely quickly (Sadler).
22...Bd8 23.h4 Kg8 24.h5 h6 25.Bf3 Ra7 26.g4 Raf7 27.g5
Aiming for Bg5, swapping off the dark-squared bishops. The point is that after ...Bb5, Black is holding wonderfully on the queenside, but this is not an area where he is going to be doing anything really active for now. He needs to expand on the kingside. After White's next move, that's much more difficult. If I'd just played 21...g5, then I would have stood very well indeed. I went into the tank again and actually played the next 9 or 10 moves extremely well and extremely quickly (Sadler).
22...Bd8 23.h4 Kg8 24.h5 h6 25.Bf3 Ra7 26.g4 Raf7 27.g5
32.g4!!
Stunning tactics...and gaining space on the kingside as well of course!
32...Be6
32...g6 is a little better, but will shed a pawn on the sixth rank somewhere.
33.g5 hxg5 34.hxg5 Rf8 35.Re7 Re1
White wins too after both 35...Rd5 36.Re2 Bf7 37.Ba2, and 35...f4 36.Rd6.
36.Ba2+-.
Stunning tactics...and gaining space on the kingside as well of course!
32...Be6
32...g6 is a little better, but will shed a pawn on the sixth rank somewhere.
33.g5 hxg5 34.hxg5 Rf8 35.Re7 Re1
White wins too after both 35...Rd5 36.Re2 Bf7 37.Ba2, and 35...f4 36.Rd6.
36.Ba2+-.