16.Bh3!
Very nice! White takes control of the h3-c8 diagonal and prepares to exchange bishops. It is generally one of the most important elements of positional chess to determine which pieces need to be exchanged and which need to stay on the board. In Tal's book about his world championship match with Botvinnik (1960), he tells a story about discussing the following position from the ninth game. Tal tried to prove his estimation of the position with wild variations when suddenly Botvinnik said, "First I thought the position was more pleasant for White but later I found the correct plan, it is necessary to exchange rooks and keep queens on the board." According to Tal, after some thought, he realized that Botvinnik's estimation was completely correct. This shows not only the importance of figuring out which pieces to keep and which pieces to exchange, but also that there are very different ways of thinking about chess positions.
16...Bc8 17.Bxc8 Raxc8 18.Bg5!?+/=
Very nice! White takes control of the h3-c8 diagonal and prepares to exchange bishops. It is generally one of the most important elements of positional chess to determine which pieces need to be exchanged and which need to stay on the board. In Tal's book about his world championship match with Botvinnik (1960), he tells a story about discussing the following position from the ninth game. Tal tried to prove his estimation of the position with wild variations when suddenly Botvinnik said, "First I thought the position was more pleasant for White but later I found the correct plan, it is necessary to exchange rooks and keep queens on the board." According to Tal, after some thought, he realized that Botvinnik's estimation was completely correct. This shows not only the importance of figuring out which pieces to keep and which pieces to exchange, but also that there are very different ways of thinking about chess positions.
16...Bc8 17.Bxc8 Raxc8 18.Bg5!?+/=
19.a4!
Now White's a-pawn is better than Black's b-pawn!
19...Be7
19...Ne7 20.Ba3 0-0 21.Ne4 Re8 22.Nd6+/-
20.Re1! f6 21.Nc4 Kf7 22.Ne4 Nh6 23.a5!+/-
Now White's a-pawn is better than Black's b-pawn!
19...Be7
19...Ne7 20.Ba3 0-0 21.Ne4 Re8 22.Nd6+/-
20.Re1! f6 21.Nc4 Kf7 22.Ne4 Nh6 23.a5!+/-
Unity Chess Multiple Choice 625
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A: Bc8 – 7
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@mahyarebrahimi1983, Vincent, @Sophia_Peng, @AryanLeekha, Atharva, Zhenrui, Sanjana
B: Qd7 – 2
👍👍 20%
@RichardPeng, K
C: h6 – 1
👍 10%
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A: Bc8 – 7
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 70%
@mahyarebrahimi1983, Vincent, @Sophia_Peng, @AryanLeekha, Atharva, Zhenrui, Sanjana
B: Qd7 – 2
👍👍 20%
@RichardPeng, K
C: h6 – 1
👍 10%
Rachel
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Unity Chess Multiple Choice 626
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A: Nec3 – 5
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@mahyarebrahimi1983, Vincent, Atharva, K, Sanjana
B: b4 – 4
👍👍👍👍👍👍 40%
@AryanLeekha, Rachel, @TweLz, Zhenrui
C: Qa4 – 1
👍 10%
@Sophia_Peng
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A: Nec3 – 5
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 50%
@mahyarebrahimi1983, Vincent, Atharva, K, Sanjana
B: b4 – 4
👍👍👍👍👍👍 40%
@AryanLeekha, Rachel, @TweLz, Zhenrui
C: Qa4 – 1
👍 10%
@Sophia_Peng
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Rd 2 (Aug 19) at Sinquefield Cup in St. Louis: Carlsen beat Karjakin after 88 moves and over 6 hours play. Caruana-Aronian drew in 38 moves. Grischuk-Mamedyarov drew in 24 moves. Anand-Vachier_Lagrave drew in 37 moves. So-Nakamura drew in 31 moves.
Morphy making a move against Louis Paulsen during the First American Chess Congress (New York, 1857).
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Santa Monica, California, 17th July 1966. In the opening round of the 2nd Piatigorsky Cup, which was held at the Miramar Hotel, Samuel Reshevsky faces Robert J. Fischer.
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One of Karpov's earliest published games - from 'Chess in the USSR' (No. 11, 1966) - the game I. Zaitsev v. Karpov, Tournament of Masters & Candidate Masters, Leningrad 1966.
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