soviet visuals Poster announcing 10-game chess match between the violinist David Oistrakh & the composer Sergey Prokofiev, November 1937.
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http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/extra/prokofiev.html
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https://en.chessbase.com/post/the-1937-prokofiev-oistrakh-match
http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/extra/prokofiev.html
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The 1937 Prokofiev-Oistrakh match
The year was 1937 and the match had been officially announced. Ten classical games were to be played at the Master of Art Club in Moscow, with grandmaster Vladimir Alatortsev and the famed theoretician Ilya Kan overseeing it. The players were the great composer…
Bobby Fischer, Mikhail Tal, Lev Polugaevsky and Boris Spassky in the 1966 Chess Olympiad in Havana.
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After winning the 1963 US Championship with an unprecedented (& unrepeated) perfect score of 11/11, Bobby Fischer is presented with a cake. On the 'board', the position after 19.Rf6! from his win v. Benko, which features in 'My 60 Memorable Games'.
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☑️ US Championship (1963/64), New York
⚪️🇺🇸 Robert James Fischer
⚫️🇭🇺 Pal Benko
Pirc Defense: Austrian Attack. Weiss Variation (B09)
Result : 1-0
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⚪️🇺🇸 Robert James Fischer
⚫️🇭🇺 Pal Benko
Pirc Defense: Austrian Attack. Weiss Variation (B09)
Result : 1-0
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Everything is ready for a decisive combination.
18... Bxe4! 19.Kb2
19. fxe4 Nxe4 20. Nxe4 Qa2+ 21. Kc1Qa1#
19... Bb7?
Grischuk couldn't find the correct continuation.
19... Nxc2 !
A)20. Nxc2 20... Nxb3 21. Kxb3 Rb8+ -+
B)20. fxe4 Qa3+ 21. Kxc2 Nxe4 -+
20.Ra1 Qc7 21. Rg1 Rfd8 -/+
18... Bxe4! 19.Kb2
19. fxe4 Nxe4 20. Nxe4 Qa2+ 21. Kc1Qa1#
19... Bb7?
Grischuk couldn't find the correct continuation.
19... Nxc2 !
A)20. Nxc2 20... Nxb3 21. Kxb3 Rb8+ -+
B)20. fxe4 Qa3+ 21. Kxc2 Nxe4 -+
20.Ra1 Qc7 21. Rg1 Rfd8 -/+
48. Rd8?
Grischuk missed a move that would have won him the game.
A )48. Kb2! Ne4 49. Ra6 g2 50. Rg6 +-
B) 48. Ra5? Ne4 49. Ra6 g5 50.hxg6+ Kg7 51. Ra7+ Kg8 52. Ra8+ Kg7 53. Ra7+ Kxg6 54. Ra8 =
C) 48. Rb8?? Nd5 49. Ka3 g2 50. Rb1 Nxe3 51. Rg1 Kh6 -+
48... Ne4?!
48... g2! 49. Rd1 Nd5 50. Kb2 Nxe3 51.
Rg1 g6 52. Kc3 Nd5+ =
49. Ka3??
After missing a great chance for a win, Grischuk even lost the game with his last blunder.
49.Kb2 +/-
Nc3 1-0
Grischuk missed a move that would have won him the game.
A )48. Kb2! Ne4 49. Ra6 g2 50. Rg6 +-
B) 48. Ra5? Ne4 49. Ra6 g5 50.hxg6+ Kg7 51. Ra7+ Kg8 52. Ra8+ Kg7 53. Ra7+ Kxg6 54. Ra8 =
C) 48. Rb8?? Nd5 49. Ka3 g2 50. Rb1 Nxe3 51. Rg1 Kh6 -+
48... Ne4?!
48... g2! 49. Rd1 Nd5 50. Kb2 Nxe3 51.
Rg1 g6 52. Kc3 Nd5+ =
49. Ka3??
After missing a great chance for a win, Grischuk even lost the game with his last blunder.
49.Kb2 +/-
Nc3 1-0
19... Rxf6??
19... gxf6
20. Nc7 Bb3 21. Nxa8
(21. Rb1 Rac8 =)
21... Bxd1
20. Nc7 Raf8 21. Nxe6 Rxe6 22. Bc4 Rfe8 23. Rd7 b5 24. cxb6 axb6 25. Rd6 1-0
19... gxf6
20. Nc7 Bb3 21. Nxa8
(21. Rb1 Rac8 =)
21... Bxd1
20. Nc7 Raf8 21. Nxe6 Rxe6 22. Bc4 Rfe8 23. Rd7 b5 24. cxb6 axb6 25. Rd6 1-0
25.Ne2!
Boris: My understanding of this position is that it is very important for White to restrict the movement of the knight on f6. If Black does not include his knight in the action, his initiative will be insufficient and White has to win because of his extra pawns. So White has to move his knight from d4 preventing ...Nf6-d5. After the text move (25 Ne2), the knight on f6 cannot join the other black pieces, the a2-square will be protected by the white knight from the active position on c3 and Black's position becomes bad.
25...Rb8 26.Nc3 Qb4 27.Rhe1 Rd6 28.Qc2?!
An inaccuracy which gives Black additional chances.
28.Qc1! was more precise.
28...Rdb6 29.Re2+/-
Boris: My understanding of this position is that it is very important for White to restrict the movement of the knight on f6. If Black does not include his knight in the action, his initiative will be insufficient and White has to win because of his extra pawns. So White has to move his knight from d4 preventing ...Nf6-d5. After the text move (25 Ne2), the knight on f6 cannot join the other black pieces, the a2-square will be protected by the white knight from the active position on c3 and Black's position becomes bad.
25...Rb8 26.Nc3 Qb4 27.Rhe1 Rd6 28.Qc2?!
An inaccuracy which gives Black additional chances.
28.Qc1! was more precise.
28...Rdb6 29.Re2+/-