23. Nxc7?!
A carelessness in a worse position. better is 23. Rc5 =/+.
23... Bg4! 24. Rd3?! Rc8 25. f3 Bd7 26. Rdc3 Bxc3 27. Rxc3 b4 28. Rc5 a5 29. Kxg2 h5 -+

⚫️#599 (Strategy-Black to Move)
🔸Shirov,A
🔸Karpov,A
🔸Dos Hermanas, 1995

14...Bxh3!
It's worth noting that 14...Qxh4?! 15.Ng5 Qxh2 16.Rxh2 Nf6 17.Nxh7 is crushing for White, who is definitely threatening 15 g4.
15.Qxh3 Bxc3 16.bxc3 Nf6-/+ 17.c4?
Better is 17.Bg5.
17...Nb6 18.f4 Ned7 19.Bd3 Nc5 20.e5 Na4 21.Bb4 dxe5 22.c5 Qc7 23.Bc4 a5
and White resigned. --- The bishop pair is always a good thing, but the black king remained safe whilst its enemy number was exposed due to a wretched pawn structure.

⚫️#600 (Strategy-Black to Move)
🔸McDonald,N
🔸Gormally,D
🔸Oakham, 2000

I like the idea of invading White's light-squared holes on the queenside and the knight would be well placed on e6. White could have defended better but the rest of the game is instructive nonetheless. A smooth exchange sacrifice leads to a couple of wicked passed pawns:
18...Nb8! 19.Nb1 Nc6 20.Nc3?! Nxd4! 21.Be3 Rc4 22.Kh1 Bc5 23.Rc1 a5 24.b3 Rxc3! 25.Rxc3 Ne6 26.Bc1 d4-+

⚪️#601 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Ward,C
🔸Adams,M
🔸Hastings, 1995

Unity Chess Multiple Choice 601
public poll

B: e5 – 11
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 69%
Jonas, Gavin, Nikhil, Jayden, @SteveWongso, Vincent, مجید, Rachel, Zhenrui, Sanjana, Raymond

C: f×g6 – 3
👍👍 19%
@Sophia_Peng, @RichardPeng, George

A: Rh3 – 2
👍 13%
Mieke, @MerissaWongso

👥 16 people voted so far.

⚫️#602 (Strategy-Black to Move)
🔸Almasi,Z
🔸Morozevich,A
🔸British League, 2000

Unity Chess Multiple Choice 602
public poll

C: Rh8 – 13
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 72%
Jonas, شیدا, Gavin, Nikhil, Jayden, @SteveWongso, Vincent, @Sophia_Peng, @RichardPeng, Rachel, George, Sanjana, Raymond

B: Rd8 – 4
👍👍 22%
@Hesi2004, @MerissaWongso, مجید, Zhenrui

A: Rc7 – 1
👍 6%
Mieke

👥 18 people voted so far.

✴️ #Nimzowitsch_chess_quotes_005

🔸Aron Nimzowitsch
🔸Russian-born, Danish chess grandmaster

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✴️ #about_Nimzowitsch

🔸Aron Nimzowitsch
🔸Russian-born, Danish chess grandmaster

🔰 Aron Nimzowitsch was a Russian-born, Danish leading chess grandmaster and influential chess writer. He was the foremost figure amongst the hypermoderns.

🔻Full name: Aron Nimzowitsch
🔻Country: Russia & Latvia & Denmark
🔻Born: 7 November 1886
Riga, Russian Empire
🔻Died: 16 March 1935 (aged 48)
Copenhagen, Denmark
🔻Education: Humboldt University of Berlin

🔰 Chess Master. Born in Latvian, Russian, he was one of the leading chess masters of all time and a very influential chess writer. He was the founder the Hypermodernism School of Chess in Denmark, which emerged which emerged after World War I to challenge the chess ideologies of traditional central European masters. He was the Russian Champion in 1913, won a string of international events in the mid-1920s, World Championship in 1925, took first place at Copenhagen 1923, Dresden 1926, Karlsbad 1929 and Frankfurt 1930. He died of pneumonia at age 48 in Copenhagen, Denmark.

♦️ A memorable game by Aron Nimzowitsch👇
▪️ Carl Schlechter vs Aron Nimzowitsch
▪️Karlsbad (1907), rd 17, Sep-12
▪️Spanish Game: Morphy Defense. Tarrasch Variation (C77)

♦️ Review and download annotated PGN file👇
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▪️ Download analysed by Nimzowitsch PGN file👇👇
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▪️ Carl Schlechter - Aron Nimzowitsch, Karlsbad (1907)
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▪️ Notes by Nimzowitsch

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🔸Asian Nation Cup Open 2018
🔸Round 3
⚪️Zhou,Jianchao (2621)
⚫️Tabatabaei,M amin (2590)
🔸½-½

8... Nd4!?
Choosing an interesting line by Iranian young grandmaster.
9. Nxd4 exd4 10. Bxd4 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 Re8N?!
11... Qh4! would be correct.
A)12. Bxg7 12... Qxe4+ 13. Qe2 Qxe2+ 14. Bxe2 Kxg7 =
B)12. g4 Re8 13. Bg2 Bf5
B1)14. gxf5 Rxe4+ -+
B2)14. Qd3 Bxe4 15. Bxe4 Bxd4 16.Qxd4 f5 -/+
12. f3! f5 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Qd4+ Kg8 15. Bd3 fxe4 16. Bxe4

🔸Asian Nation Cup Open 2018
🔸Round 3
⚪️Zhou,Jianchao (2621)
⚫️Tabatabaei,M amin (2590)
🔸½-½

32... a5!
A very strong idea to achieve a draw. Tabatabaei shows his deep endgame understanding.
33. Ra1 h6 34. gxh6 Kg8 35. Rxa5 Kh7 36. Kg3 Kxh6 37. Kf4 Be6 38. h4 Bd5 39. Ra8 Bg2 40. Ke5 Kh5 41.Kf4 =