Congrats to Fabiano Caruana on winning his match against Wesley So and earning the fourth ticket to #LondonChessClassic taking place on December 11-17, 2018.
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11th Olympiad, Amsterdam1954, round 9,West Germany v. USSR. Board 2, Vasily Smyslov faces Lothar Schmid; behind, on Board 1 Wolfgang Unzicker is considering his move v. Mikhail Botvinnik.
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Amsterdam,1954. Winners of the 11th Olympiad, the USSR team- left to right, Aleksandr Kotov, Efim Geller, Vasily Smyslov, David Bronstein, Paul Keres, Mikhail Botvinnik, Igor Bondarevsky.
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I can see the combinations as well as Alekhine, but I cannot get into the same positions.
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Fischer holds out his fists to let Larsen pick who has white for the first game of the candidates match, 1971.
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33.f3??
33. N6e4! Bxe4 34. f3 Bxf3 35. Nxf3 Qxh5 36.b4
Black is still better, but if it's a win, it's certainly not an easy one.
33...Qd4+ 34.Rf2 Ra8 35. Qc7 Ra1+ 36.Nf1 Rxf1!+ 0-1 if 37.Kxf1 Qd1#
33. N6e4! Bxe4 34. f3 Bxf3 35. Nxf3 Qxh5 36.b4
Black is still better, but if it's a win, it's certainly not an easy one.
33...Qd4+ 34.Rf2 Ra8 35. Qc7 Ra1+ 36.Nf1 Rxf1!+ 0-1 if 37.Kxf1 Qd1#
26.Nxf6!!
A decoying combination by the 43-year-old Hungarian GM.
26...Kxf6 27. Bd4+ Ke7 28. d6+ Qxd6 29. Re1+ Kd7 30. Qa4+ Kc7 31.Re7+ Kd8
31... Qxe7 32. Qc6+ +-
32. Bf6 Nc5 33.Rxf7+ 1-0
A decoying combination by the 43-year-old Hungarian GM.
26...Kxf6 27. Bd4+ Ke7 28. d6+ Qxd6 29. Re1+ Kd7 30. Qa4+ Kc7 31.Re7+ Kd8
31... Qxe7 32. Qc6+ +-
32. Bf6 Nc5 33.Rxf7+ 1-0
21. Rff3?
21. Bf4! with the idea of clearing the d2-square for the knight would be logical.
A) 21...e5 22. Bh6 Bg7 23.Nd2 +/-
B) 21...Qc6 22.Nd2 =
21... Bg7 22. Bxb4 Nf4 23. Rxg7+ Rxg7 24. Rxf4 Qxf4+ 25. Nd2 d5 -+
21. Bf4! with the idea of clearing the d2-square for the knight would be logical.
A) 21...e5 22. Bh6 Bg7 23.Nd2 +/-
B) 21...Qc6 22.Nd2 =
21... Bg7 22. Bxb4 Nf4 23. Rxg7+ Rxg7 24. Rxf4 Qxf4+ 25. Nd2 d5 -+
18...Nxe3!?
The Russian GM challenges his opponent with this interesting move.
19.Bxf7+!?
And in response, Masoud, with his sharp tactical style, sacrifices a piece.
19... Kxf7 20. Rxe3 Qb6 21. Qxh7 Be6 22. Rf3+ Ke8 23. Qg6+ Bf7 24. Qxg7 Rd8 25. Re1 Rd6 26. Rxe5 Rg6 27. Qh7 =
The Russian GM challenges his opponent with this interesting move.
19.Bxf7+!?
And in response, Masoud, with his sharp tactical style, sacrifices a piece.
19... Kxf7 20. Rxe3 Qb6 21. Qxh7 Be6 22. Rf3+ Ke8 23. Qg6+ Bf7 24. Qxg7 Rd8 25. Re1 Rd6 26. Rxe5 Rg6 27. Qh7 =
16.Qd4!
A crucial moment for the evaluation of this position. If Black succeeds in bringing his knight on a6 into play via c5 he will have a good game. As a result, White tries to stop it. It is an important aspect of modern chess strategy to isolate one of your opponent's pieces, which practically leaves them a piece down.
16...Bf5!
White has restricted Black's knight on a6 and Black, in return, restricts White's knight on e1.
17.Nf3 Rad8?! 18.Nd2! Qc5 19.Qf4! Bd3 20.Rfe1
A crucial moment for the evaluation of this position. If Black succeeds in bringing his knight on a6 into play via c5 he will have a good game. As a result, White tries to stop it. It is an important aspect of modern chess strategy to isolate one of your opponent's pieces, which practically leaves them a piece down.
16...Bf5!
White has restricted Black's knight on a6 and Black, in return, restricts White's knight on e1.
17.Nf3 Rad8?! 18.Nd2! Qc5 19.Qf4! Bd3 20.Rfe1