โWhenever Black succeeds in assuming the initiative and maintaining it to a successful conclusion, the sporting spirit of the chess lover feels gratified, because it shows that the resources of the game are far from being exhausted.โ
๐ธ Savielly Tartakower
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๐ธ Savielly Tartakower
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Madras, 1987 Vishy Anand with former Women's World Championship contender, Nana Alexandria.
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๐#Averbakh_chess_quotes_002
๐นYuri Averbakh
๐นSoviet and Russian chess Grandmaster
๐นChess Author
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๐นYuri Averbakh
๐นSoviet and Russian chess Grandmaster
๐นChess Author
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๐#about_Averbakh
๐นYuri Averbakh
๐นSoviet and Russian chess Grandmaster
๐นChess Author
๐ฐ Yuri Lvovich Averbakh is a Soviet and Russian chess player and author. As of 2018, he is the oldest living chess grandmaster. He was born in Kaluga, Russia. He was chairman of the USSR Chess Federation from 1973 to 1978.
๐Full name: Yuri Lvovich Averbakh
๐Country: Russia
๐Born: February 8, 1922 (age 96)
๐Kaluga, Russian SFSR
๐Title: Grandmaster
๐FIDE rating: 2445 (August 2018)
๐Peak rating: 2550 (July 1971)
๐ฐAverbakh was born in Russia in 1922. As a boy he saw Emanuel Lasker play, and he went on to be an eyewitness to almost the entire rise and fall of the famed Soviet School of Chess. Although overshadowed by some of his better-known contemporaries he was a talented player who won the formidable USSR Championship in 1954 and tied for first place with Mark Taimanov and Boris Spassky two years later (Taimanov won the playoff). A noted chess journalist, author and arbiter, heโs now focussed on the history of chess and other board games, where the range of his erudition is dazzling.
๐ฐAverbakh is also a major endgame study theorist. He has published more than 100 studies, many of which have made notable contributions to endgame theory. In 1956 he was given by FIDE the title of International Judge of Chess Compositions and in 1969 he became an International Arbiter.
๐ฐAverbakh edited the Soviet chess periodicals Shakhmaty v SSSR and Shakhmatny Bulletin. From 1956 to 1962 he edited (with Vitaly Chekhover and others) a four-volume anthology on the endgame, Shakhmatnye okonchaniya (revised in 1980-84 and translated as Comprehensive Chess Endings, five volumes).
โฆ๏ธ A memorable game by Averbakh๐
๐ธPaul Keres vs Yuri Averbakh
๐ธZurich Candidates (1953), Zurich SUI, rd 2, Aug-31
๐ธNimzo-Indian Defense: Normal Variation. Bernstein Defense (E58)
โฆ๏ธReview and download PGN file๐
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๐นYuri Averbakh
๐นSoviet and Russian chess Grandmaster
๐นChess Author
๐ฐ Yuri Lvovich Averbakh is a Soviet and Russian chess player and author. As of 2018, he is the oldest living chess grandmaster. He was born in Kaluga, Russia. He was chairman of the USSR Chess Federation from 1973 to 1978.
๐Full name: Yuri Lvovich Averbakh
๐Country: Russia
๐Born: February 8, 1922 (age 96)
๐Kaluga, Russian SFSR
๐Title: Grandmaster
๐FIDE rating: 2445 (August 2018)
๐Peak rating: 2550 (July 1971)
๐ฐAverbakh was born in Russia in 1922. As a boy he saw Emanuel Lasker play, and he went on to be an eyewitness to almost the entire rise and fall of the famed Soviet School of Chess. Although overshadowed by some of his better-known contemporaries he was a talented player who won the formidable USSR Championship in 1954 and tied for first place with Mark Taimanov and Boris Spassky two years later (Taimanov won the playoff). A noted chess journalist, author and arbiter, heโs now focussed on the history of chess and other board games, where the range of his erudition is dazzling.
๐ฐAverbakh is also a major endgame study theorist. He has published more than 100 studies, many of which have made notable contributions to endgame theory. In 1956 he was given by FIDE the title of International Judge of Chess Compositions and in 1969 he became an International Arbiter.
๐ฐAverbakh edited the Soviet chess periodicals Shakhmaty v SSSR and Shakhmatny Bulletin. From 1956 to 1962 he edited (with Vitaly Chekhover and others) a four-volume anthology on the endgame, Shakhmatnye okonchaniya (revised in 1980-84 and translated as Comprehensive Chess Endings, five volumes).
โฆ๏ธ A memorable game by Averbakh๐
๐ธPaul Keres vs Yuri Averbakh
๐ธZurich Candidates (1953), Zurich SUI, rd 2, Aug-31
๐ธNimzo-Indian Defense: Normal Variation. Bernstein Defense (E58)
โฆ๏ธReview and download PGN file๐
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29. Bxe6+!
A stunning combination by Alireza Firouzja.
29...Nxe6 30. Rd7+ Kg8 31. Qxg6+! 1-0
A stunning combination by Alireza Firouzja.
29...Nxe6 30. Rd7+ Kg8 31. Qxg6+! 1-0
23. Nh2?
An illogical move that allows Black to open up the position even further for his bishops and get a huge attack.
(23. Nbd2 f5 24. e5=)
23... f5! 24. exf5 a4 25.Nc1 Ne7! 26. g4 gxf5 27. Re6 fxg4 28. Bxh6
Nf5 29. Bg5 Qa8 30. Qe2 g3 -+
An illogical move that allows Black to open up the position even further for his bishops and get a huge attack.
(23. Nbd2 f5 24. e5=)
23... f5! 24. exf5 a4 25.Nc1 Ne7! 26. g4 gxf5 27. Re6 fxg4 28. Bxh6
Nf5 29. Bg5 Qa8 30. Qe2 g3 -+
13... Qa5!
This active move has already been played by the former member of Iran's team IM Amir Mallahi.
14. Nxd4
14. a4 Ne4 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Nd2 17. Bc3 (17. Re1 Bb4) 17... Nxf3+ 18. exf3 Qd8 =
Sulava,N (2551)-Mallahi,A (2406) Bled 2002})
14... Qxa2 15. Bc3 Qa6 16. Nf5 Rad8
({Black should play} 16... Bd8 )
17. Nxe7+
(17. Qd2 {Threatens to win with Qg5.} h6 18. Qf4)
17... Rxe7 {The position is equal.} 18. Bxf6
gxf6 19. Bxd5 Qxe2 20. Qxe2 Rxe2 21. Bxc6 bxc6 22. Rxc6 1/2-1/2
This active move has already been played by the former member of Iran's team IM Amir Mallahi.
14. Nxd4
14. a4 Ne4 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Nd2 17. Bc3 (17. Re1 Bb4) 17... Nxf3+ 18. exf3 Qd8 =
Sulava,N (2551)-Mallahi,A (2406) Bled 2002})
14... Qxa2 15. Bc3 Qa6 16. Nf5 Rad8
({Black should play} 16... Bd8 )
17. Nxe7+
(17. Qd2 {Threatens to win with Qg5.} h6 18. Qf4)
17... Rxe7 {The position is equal.} 18. Bxf6
gxf6 19. Bxd5 Qxe2 20. Qxe2 Rxe2 21. Bxc6 bxc6 22. Rxc6 1/2-1/2
29. Qc4!
A clever play by Indian Grandmaster Krishnan Sasikiran.
29...Nxc5
(29... Nf8 30. Rc1 h6 31. Nf3)
30. Rc1! {Threatens to
win with Nxe6! Black is under strong pressure.} Rc7 31. Qh4 h6 32. Nxe6 Rd7
(32... g5 33. Qd4 Rd7 34. Qxc5 Qxe6)
(32... Nxe6 33. Rxc6)
33. Nd4 Qd5 34. Qh5 Rf7 35. g4 Rf6 36. Nxf5 +- {Intending Ne7+ and mate.}
Born in Madras, Sasikiran won the Indian Chess Championship for the first time in 1999 and won it again in 2002, 2003 and 2013. In 1999 he also won the Asian Junior Chess Championship in Vลฉng Tร u, Vietnam.
A clever play by Indian Grandmaster Krishnan Sasikiran.
29...Nxc5
(29... Nf8 30. Rc1 h6 31. Nf3)
30. Rc1! {Threatens to
win with Nxe6! Black is under strong pressure.} Rc7 31. Qh4 h6 32. Nxe6 Rd7
(32... g5 33. Qd4 Rd7 34. Qxc5 Qxe6)
(32... Nxe6 33. Rxc6)
33. Nd4 Qd5 34. Qh5 Rf7 35. g4 Rf6 36. Nxf5 +- {Intending Ne7+ and mate.}
Born in Madras, Sasikiran won the Indian Chess Championship for the first time in 1999 and won it again in 2002, 2003 and 2013. In 1999 he also won the Asian Junior Chess Championship in Vลฉng Tร u, Vietnam.
The English International Master concluded a very nice game after deciding that he could snatch the pawn on a2:
12...Qxa2! 13.Ra1 Qb2 14.Rb1 Qa3 15.Ra1 Qb4 16.Rb1?
The correct is 16.Nxc6 bxc6 17.Rb1=
16...Nxd4! 17.Rxb4 cxb4 18.Bxd4?! Bxd4 19.Qa4 a5-+
Black has a huge advantage.
12...Qxa2! 13.Ra1 Qb2 14.Rb1 Qa3 15.Ra1 Qb4 16.Rb1?
The correct is 16.Nxc6 bxc6 17.Rb1=
16...Nxd4! 17.Rxb4 cxb4 18.Bxd4?! Bxd4 19.Qa4 a5-+
Black has a huge advantage.