Julian Hodgson, Nigel Short, Leonard Barden and Victor Korchnoi (London, 1976). The photograph comes from Barden's 1977 book "Chess. Master the moves."
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54... Qh6?
Aronian could have finished the game with 54... Kg8.
A) 55. Rd7 Rxf2+ -+
B) 55. Rf5 g4 56. Qh5 Rxf2+ -+
C) 55. Rf3 g4 -+
55.Qxh6+ Kxh6 56. Kg1 a4 57. Rc7 a3 58. Rxc6+ Kh5 59. Ra6 Bb2 60.c6 Ra1+ 61. Kg2 Rc1 1/2-1/2
Aronian could have finished the game with 54... Kg8.
A) 55. Rd7 Rxf2+ -+
B) 55. Rf5 g4 56. Qh5 Rxf2+ -+
C) 55. Rf3 g4 -+
55.Qxh6+ Kxh6 56. Kg1 a4 57. Rc7 a3 58. Rxc6+ Kh5 59. Ra6 Bb2 60.c6 Ra1+ 61. Kg2 Rc1 1/2-1/2
36. Qe4??
36. Nh5+ Kf8 37. Qd4 would have put up more stubborn resistance.
36... Ra4 37. Ne8+ Kf8 38. Qc6 Rc4 39.Qd6+ Kxe8 40. Ra1 Rc1+ 0-1
36. Nh5+ Kf8 37. Qd4 would have put up more stubborn resistance.
36... Ra4 37. Ne8+ Kf8 38. Qc6 Rc4 39.Qd6+ Kxe8 40. Ra1 Rc1+ 0-1
22.Nxd7+!!
Exchanging his nice knight for Petrosian's bad bishop, and received a technically winning position. After this exchange, Fischer takes control of the open c-file, and this consideration is more important than the superiority of the knight on c5 over the bishop on d7. In positions with a superior pawn structure, the exchange of pieces increases your advantage. The game ended quickly:
22...Rxd7 23.Rc1 Rd6 24.Rc7 Nd7 25.Re2 g6 26.Kf2 h5 27.f4 h4 28.Kf3 f5 29.Ke3 d4+ 30.Kd2 Nb6 31.Ree7 Nd5 32.Rf7+ Ke8 33.Rb7 Nxb4 34.Bc4
1-0
Exchanging his nice knight for Petrosian's bad bishop, and received a technically winning position. After this exchange, Fischer takes control of the open c-file, and this consideration is more important than the superiority of the knight on c5 over the bishop on d7. In positions with a superior pawn structure, the exchange of pieces increases your advantage. The game ended quickly:
22...Rxd7 23.Rc1 Rd6 24.Rc7 Nd7 25.Re2 g6 26.Kf2 h5 27.f4 h4 28.Kf3 f5 29.Ke3 d4+ 30.Kd2 Nb6 31.Ree7 Nd5 32.Rf7+ Ke8 33.Rb7 Nxb4 34.Bc4
1-0
27.Qd2!
Continuing to shake Black's position. The white queen repositions herself in an effort to take advantage of the dark square weaknesses created by the move 26...g6.
27...Kg7 28.Kg2! f6!
Black covers important dark squares.
29.Bxc6! Rxc6 30.Re2 Rcc8 31.Rce1 c4 32.h4+/-
Continuing to shake Black's position. The white queen repositions herself in an effort to take advantage of the dark square weaknesses created by the move 26...g6.
27...Kg7 28.Kg2! f6!
Black covers important dark squares.
29.Bxc6! Rxc6 30.Re2 Rcc8 31.Rce1 c4 32.h4+/-
Unity Chess Multiple Choice 629
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A: Bd2 – 6
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Jonas, Gavin, @AryanLeekha, Rachel, Zhenrui, Sanjana
B: Be3 – 3
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@Sophia_Peng, @RichardPeng, Raymond
C: Bg5 – 1
👍 10%
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A: Bd2 – 6
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Jonas, Gavin, @AryanLeekha, Rachel, Zhenrui, Sanjana
B: Be3 – 3
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@Sophia_Peng, @RichardPeng, Raymond
C: Bg5 – 1
👍 10%
@Afshin3333
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Unity Chess Multiple Choice 630
public poll
C: Ne4 – 9
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 75%
@Mehrdad0832, Jonas, Gavin, @Sophia_Peng, @AryanLeekha, Rachel, Zhenrui, Sanjana, @Raymond666
A: Nh4 – 2
👍👍 17%
@RichardPeng, Atharva
B: Qd2 – 1
👍 8%
@Afshin3333
👥 12 people voted so far.
public poll
C: Ne4 – 9
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 75%
@Mehrdad0832, Jonas, Gavin, @Sophia_Peng, @AryanLeekha, Rachel, Zhenrui, Sanjana, @Raymond666
A: Nh4 – 2
👍👍 17%
@RichardPeng, Atharva
B: Qd2 – 1
👍 8%
@Afshin3333
👥 12 people voted so far.
Rd 4 at Sinquefield Cup: all games drawn between Anand-Carlsen (54 moves in knight vs pawns ending), Mamedyarov-Aronian (24 move perpetual check), Caruana-Nakamura (49 moves), Grischuk-Vachier_Lagrave (25 move perpetual check), and So-Karjakin (48 move perpetual check).