Unity Chess Multiple Choice 648
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C: e5 β 6
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A: Rhg8 β 3
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Morteza, @Sophia_Peng, @RichardPeng
B: h5
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C: e5 β 6
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@Afshin3333, Nikhil, @Khalil9084, Vincent, @AryanLeekha, Zhenrui
A: Rhg8 β 3
ππππ 33%
Morteza, @Sophia_Peng, @RichardPeng
B: h5
β«οΈ 0%
π₯ 9 people voted so far.
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β Chess History - Tournaments
βͺοΈ Hastings 1895
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β Chess History - Tournaments
βͺοΈ Hastings 1895
π°The chess club in the English town of Hastings was founded in 1882. In 1895 the club organized a tournament that was the strongest ever held up to that time. Taking place over the month of August all the leading players of the day participated.
π° The Hastings 1895 chess tournament was a round-robin tournament of chess conducted in Hastings, England from August 5 to September 2, 1895.
Hastings 1895 was arguably the strongest tournament in history at the time it occurred.[1][2] All of the top players of the generation competed. It was one of the first times such a "super-tournament" was conducted.
π° Harry Nelson Pillsbury won the tournament against a strong competitive group. Pillsbury, a young American unknown in Europe, was the surprise winner with 16Β½ out of 21 points β ahead of Mikhail Chigorin (16) and world champion Emanuel Lasker (15Β½). Following the success of the event, the Hastings tournament would become an annual feature.
π°The organizers and players produced a Book of the Tournament, in which the participants annotated their own games. Like the Tournament, the Book too became an annual feature and was of very high instructional value.
β¦οΈThe game Steinitz versus von Bardeleben in round 10 won the first brilliancy prize in this tournament!!
βοΈ The final standings and crosstable was as aboveπ
βοΈ Download "Hastings 1895 Games Database" by PGN formatπ
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β Chess History - Tournaments
βͺοΈ Hastings 1895
π°The chess club in the English town of Hastings was founded in 1882. In 1895 the club organized a tournament that was the strongest ever held up to that time. Taking place over the month of August all the leading players of the day participated.
π° The Hastings 1895 chess tournament was a round-robin tournament of chess conducted in Hastings, England from August 5 to September 2, 1895.
Hastings 1895 was arguably the strongest tournament in history at the time it occurred.[1][2] All of the top players of the generation competed. It was one of the first times such a "super-tournament" was conducted.
π° Harry Nelson Pillsbury won the tournament against a strong competitive group. Pillsbury, a young American unknown in Europe, was the surprise winner with 16Β½ out of 21 points β ahead of Mikhail Chigorin (16) and world champion Emanuel Lasker (15Β½). Following the success of the event, the Hastings tournament would become an annual feature.
π°The organizers and players produced a Book of the Tournament, in which the participants annotated their own games. Like the Tournament, the Book too became an annual feature and was of very high instructional value.
β¦οΈThe game Steinitz versus von Bardeleben in round 10 won the first brilliancy prize in this tournament!!
βοΈ The final standings and crosstable was as aboveπ
βοΈ Download "Hastings 1895 Games Database" by PGN formatπ
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#Hastings_1895
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βͺοΈWilhelm Steinitz vs Curt von Bardeleben
βͺοΈHastings (1895) Round 10
βͺοΈItalian Game (C54)
πΈ Position after 21 ... Ke8
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βͺοΈHastings (1895) Round 10
βͺοΈItalian Game (C54)
πΈ Position after 21 ... Ke8
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πΈHastings (1895) Round 10
πΈWilhelm Steinitz vs Curt von Bardeleben
π° This game won the first brilliancy prize in Hastings 1895 super tournament!!
In round ten, the position on the above arose after a Giuoco Piano: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d4 exd4 6.cxd4 Bb4+ 7.Nc3 d5 8.exd5 Nxd5 9.0-0 Be6 10.Bg5 Be7 11.Bxd5! Bxd5 12.Nxd5 Qxd5 13.Bxe7 Nxe7 14.Re1 f6 15.Qe2 Qd7 16.Rac1 c6?! 17.d5! cxd5 18.Nd4 Kf7 19.Ne6 Rhc8 20.Qg4 g6 21.Ng5+ Ke8.
π°At this point Steinitz played one of the most famous moves in history:
22.Rxe7+!!.
Black cannot capture the white rook (22...Qxe7 23.Rxc8+ Rxc8 24.Qxc8+ Qd8 25.Qxd8+, etc. and White wins with his extra piece, while 22...Kxe7 23.Re1+ Kd6 24.Qb4+ Rc5 25.Re6+! wins as well (the often mentioned 25.Ne6 doesn't amount to much for example 25....Rc8 26.Qf4+ Kc6 27.Qa4+ Kd6), however, White's replies are also limited because Black is threatening mate with Rxc1, as well as threatening to capture White's queen and knight. As a result, Steinitz's rook now "thumbs its nose" at the black king, so to speak: repeatedly checking right in front of the king, which cannot capture it, in order to prevent Rxc1.
β¦οΈThe game continued 22...Kf8 23.Rf7+ Kg8 24.Rg7+ Kh8 25.Rxh7+!!
And Black resigned π§π§
This crucial move eliminates the h-pawn and allows White to bring in his queen to attack without ever allowing Black to play Rxc1 and mate. Bowing to the inevitable (or perhaps frustrated that even with mate in one, he could not capitalize), von Bardeleben simply left the tournament hall, letting his time run out. Steinitz demonstrated for the spectators how the game might have continued:
25...Kg8 26.Rg7+ Kh8 27.Qh4+ Kxg7 28.Qh7+ Kf8 29.Qh8+ Ke7 30.Qg7+ Ke8 31.Qg8+ Ke7 32.Qf7+ Kd8 33.Qf8+ Qe8 34.Nf7+ Kd7 35.Qd6#
π° This excellent game named "The Battle of Hastings" in chessgames.com site!!
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πΈHastings (1895) Round 10
πΈWilhelm Steinitz vs Curt von Bardeleben
π° This game won the first brilliancy prize in Hastings 1895 super tournament!!
In round ten, the position on the above arose after a Giuoco Piano: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d4 exd4 6.cxd4 Bb4+ 7.Nc3 d5 8.exd5 Nxd5 9.0-0 Be6 10.Bg5 Be7 11.Bxd5! Bxd5 12.Nxd5 Qxd5 13.Bxe7 Nxe7 14.Re1 f6 15.Qe2 Qd7 16.Rac1 c6?! 17.d5! cxd5 18.Nd4 Kf7 19.Ne6 Rhc8 20.Qg4 g6 21.Ng5+ Ke8.
π°At this point Steinitz played one of the most famous moves in history:
22.Rxe7+!!.
Black cannot capture the white rook (22...Qxe7 23.Rxc8+ Rxc8 24.Qxc8+ Qd8 25.Qxd8+, etc. and White wins with his extra piece, while 22...Kxe7 23.Re1+ Kd6 24.Qb4+ Rc5 25.Re6+! wins as well (the often mentioned 25.Ne6 doesn't amount to much for example 25....Rc8 26.Qf4+ Kc6 27.Qa4+ Kd6), however, White's replies are also limited because Black is threatening mate with Rxc1, as well as threatening to capture White's queen and knight. As a result, Steinitz's rook now "thumbs its nose" at the black king, so to speak: repeatedly checking right in front of the king, which cannot capture it, in order to prevent Rxc1.
β¦οΈThe game continued 22...Kf8 23.Rf7+ Kg8 24.Rg7+ Kh8 25.Rxh7+!!
And Black resigned π§π§
This crucial move eliminates the h-pawn and allows White to bring in his queen to attack without ever allowing Black to play Rxc1 and mate. Bowing to the inevitable (or perhaps frustrated that even with mate in one, he could not capitalize), von Bardeleben simply left the tournament hall, letting his time run out. Steinitz demonstrated for the spectators how the game might have continued:
25...Kg8 26.Rg7+ Kh8 27.Qh4+ Kxg7 28.Qh7+ Kf8 29.Qh8+ Ke7 30.Qg7+ Ke8 31.Qg8+ Ke7 32.Qf7+ Kd8 33.Qf8+ Qe8 34.Nf7+ Kd7 35.Qd6#
π° This excellent game named "The Battle of Hastings" in chessgames.com site!!
β¦οΈ Review and download separate PGN fileπ
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