20... Bc4!
White is completely squeezed. Pouria is trying to block the position and prevent his opponent from playing c4. The move also clears the d3-square for his knights.
21.Rd1 Ng6 22. f3 exf3 23. Bxf3 Nge5 24. Bxd5 Bxd5 25. Rxd5 Nc4 26. Bb4 a5 27. e4 axb4 -+
White is completely squeezed. Pouria is trying to block the position and prevent his opponent from playing c4. The move also clears the d3-square for his knights.
21.Rd1 Ng6 22. f3 exf3 23. Bxf3 Nge5 24. Bxd5 Bxd5 25. Rxd5 Nc4 26. Bb4 a5 27. e4 axb4 -+
50.Be2??
White who had a better position in the middlegame, his advantage gradually dissipated and he eventually lost the game.
50...Ba4 51. Nc2
51. Rd2 Nd5+ 52. Kf2 e3+ -+
51... Rxd1 0-1
A)52.Bxd1 Bxc2 53. Bxc2 Rc8 54. Kd2 b3 55. Bd1 e3+ -+
B)52. Rxd1 52... Nd5+ -+
White who had a better position in the middlegame, his advantage gradually dissipated and he eventually lost the game.
50...Ba4 51. Nc2
51. Rd2 Nd5+ 52. Kf2 e3+ -+
51... Rxd1 0-1
A)52.Bxd1 Bxc2 53. Bxc2 Rc8 54. Kd2 b3 55. Bd1 e3+ -+
B)52. Rxd1 52... Nd5+ -+
22.Qe3!
Now Black hardly has a defense because of the weakness of his dark squares. The bishop on d5 cannot help Black's defense. Such a sudden metamorphosis is characteristic of opposite-colored bishop middlegames. With 22 Qe3 White takes the initiative, attacking e7 and creating the possibility of the queen coming to e5 when the dark squares around Black's king become fatally weak. The initiative in such opposite-colored bishop middlegames is often impossible to extinguish.
22...Qa3 23.Rb7 e6 24.Bh6 f6 25.Rg7+! Kh8 26.Qf4+-
Now Black hardly has a defense because of the weakness of his dark squares. The bishop on d5 cannot help Black's defense. Such a sudden metamorphosis is characteristic of opposite-colored bishop middlegames. With 22 Qe3 White takes the initiative, attacking e7 and creating the possibility of the queen coming to e5 when the dark squares around Black's king become fatally weak. The initiative in such opposite-colored bishop middlegames is often impossible to extinguish.
22...Qa3 23.Rb7 e6 24.Bh6 f6 25.Rg7+! Kh8 26.Qf4+-
14...b5! 15.Nd2?! Qe7 16.Rd1 0-0 17.Nf1 Nb6!
Black could cement his positional advantage by playing against White's bad bishop with 17...Ba5!? 18.Bd2 Bxc3 19.Bxc3 Nd5
Instead, he chose to play against White's king, which promised more.
18.Bd2 Nfd5 19.a4 f4!
Black could cement his positional advantage by playing against White's bad bishop with 17...Ba5!? 18.Bd2 Bxc3 19.Bxc3 Nd5
Instead, he chose to play against White's king, which promised more.
18.Bd2 Nfd5 19.a4 f4!
Unity Chess Multiple Choice 645
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B: Nf6 – 9
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Morteza, Gavin, Nikhil, @Sophia_Peng, @RichardPeng, @AryanLeekha, Zhenrui, Sanjana, @Raymond666
C: h5 – 2
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@Afshin3333, George
A: g5
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B: Nf6 – 9
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 82%
Morteza, Gavin, Nikhil, @Sophia_Peng, @RichardPeng, @AryanLeekha, Zhenrui, Sanjana, @Raymond666
C: h5 – 2
👍👍 18%
@Afshin3333, George
A: g5
▫️ 0%
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Unity Chess Multiple Choice 646
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A: Be3 – 6
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Gavin, Nikhil, @RichardPeng, @AryanLeekha, Sanjana, @Raymond666
B: Qd1 – 4
👍👍👍👍👍 40%
@Afshin3333, @Sophia_Peng, George, Zhenrui
C: Rac1
▫️ 0%
👥 10 people voted so far.
public poll
A: Be3 – 6
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 60%
Gavin, Nikhil, @RichardPeng, @AryanLeekha, Sanjana, @Raymond666
B: Qd1 – 4
👍👍👍👍👍 40%
@Afshin3333, @Sophia_Peng, George, Zhenrui
C: Rac1
▫️ 0%
👥 10 people voted so far.
◼️ #Philidor_chess_quotes
▪️Francois-Andre Danican Philidor
▪️ French Chess Master
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@unitychess
▪️Francois-Andre Danican Philidor
▪️ French Chess Master
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@unitychess
◼️ #about_Philidor
▪️Francois-Andre Danican Philidor
▪️ French Chess Master
🔰 François-André Danican Philidor, often referred to as André Danican Philidor during his lifetime, was a French composer and chess player. He contributed to the early development of the opéra comique.
🔘 Full name: François-André Danican Philidor
🔘Country: France
🔘Born: September 7, 1726
▫️Dreux, France
🔘Died: August 31, 1795 (aged 68)
▫️London, England
🔰Philidor started playing regularly around 1740 at the chess Mecca of France, the Café de la Régence. It was also there that he famously played with a friend from 'New England', Benjamin Franklin. The best player in France at the time, Legall de Kermeur, taught him. At first, Legall could give Philidor rook odds, a handicap in which the stronger player starts without one of his rooks, but in only three years, Philidor equaled and then surpassed him.
🔰Philidor visited England in 1747 and decisively beat the Syrian Phillip Stamma in a match +8−1=1, although Philidor let Stamma have the first move in every game and scored all draws as wins for Stamma.
♦️A memorable game by Philidor👇
▪️Sheldon vs François André Philidor
▪️London (1790), London ENG
▪️Bishop's Opening: General (C23)
♦️Review and download PGN file👇
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@unitychess
▪️Francois-Andre Danican Philidor
▪️ French Chess Master
🔰 François-André Danican Philidor, often referred to as André Danican Philidor during his lifetime, was a French composer and chess player. He contributed to the early development of the opéra comique.
🔘 Full name: François-André Danican Philidor
🔘Country: France
🔘Born: September 7, 1726
▫️Dreux, France
🔘Died: August 31, 1795 (aged 68)
▫️London, England
🔰Philidor started playing regularly around 1740 at the chess Mecca of France, the Café de la Régence. It was also there that he famously played with a friend from 'New England', Benjamin Franklin. The best player in France at the time, Legall de Kermeur, taught him. At first, Legall could give Philidor rook odds, a handicap in which the stronger player starts without one of his rooks, but in only three years, Philidor equaled and then surpassed him.
🔰Philidor visited England in 1747 and decisively beat the Syrian Phillip Stamma in a match +8−1=1, although Philidor let Stamma have the first move in every game and scored all draws as wins for Stamma.
♦️A memorable game by Philidor👇
▪️Sheldon vs François André Philidor
▪️London (1790), London ENG
▪️Bishop's Opening: General (C23)
♦️Review and download PGN file👇
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@unitychess