🔺In the game 15...fxe4?! was played and Black could not have realized his slight advantage.
The best continuation is 15...Bxc3! Now that the White's dark-squared is restricted, Black exchanges his bishop for the knight and wins the central e4-pawn. Then the knight on e4 can put pressure on the weaknesses in the enemy camp. 16.bxc3 Nxe4 17.Re3 (17.Bxe4 Rxe4 18.Rxe4 fxe4-/+) 17...b6 18.Qe1 Bb7-/+;
15...Nxe4?! 16.Nxe4 fxe4 17.Rxe4 Rxe4 18.Bxe4 Bf6=/+ Black is better but his task is not easy.
16.Nxe4 Nxe4
16...Bxh3 17.Nxc5 Bxg2 18.Ne6 Rxe6 19.Rxe6 Bc6 20.Kh2 Bf6 21.Ng2 Nh6 22.Bd2 Qd7 23.Qe2 (23.Rxf6 Ng4+ 24.Kg1 Nxf6) 23...Rf8 24.Rf1 Bxb2 25.g4 Be5-/+
17.Bxe4 Bxh3 18.Bxb7 Rb8 19.Bf3 c6 20.Kh2 Bd7 21.Rxe8+ Qxe8 22.b3 Qe6 23.Qf1 Bf6= ½-½
The best continuation is 15...Bxc3! Now that the White's dark-squared is restricted, Black exchanges his bishop for the knight and wins the central e4-pawn. Then the knight on e4 can put pressure on the weaknesses in the enemy camp. 16.bxc3 Nxe4 17.Re3 (17.Bxe4 Rxe4 18.Rxe4 fxe4-/+) 17...b6 18.Qe1 Bb7-/+;
15...Nxe4?! 16.Nxe4 fxe4 17.Rxe4 Rxe4 18.Bxe4 Bf6=/+ Black is better but his task is not easy.
16.Nxe4 Nxe4
16...Bxh3 17.Nxc5 Bxg2 18.Ne6 Rxe6 19.Rxe6 Bc6 20.Kh2 Bf6 21.Ng2 Nh6 22.Bd2 Qd7 23.Qe2 (23.Rxf6 Ng4+ 24.Kg1 Nxf6) 23...Rf8 24.Rf1 Bxb2 25.g4 Be5-/+
17.Bxe4 Bxh3 18.Bxb7 Rb8 19.Bf3 c6 20.Kh2 Bd7 21.Rxe8+ Qxe8 22.b3 Qe6 23.Qf1 Bf6= ½-½
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A: Ke4 – 12
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 63%
@EhsanKhoeini, Gavin, Nikhil, Evan, @Sophia_Peng, @roshan_sethuraman, @RichardPeng, Yiyi, Rachel, Zhenrui, Alan, Sanjana
C: Kg3 – 4
👍👍 21%
M, Vincent, Samar, Diego
B: e4 – 3
👍👍 16%
@Hesi2004, Atharva, @chessnoob
👥 19 people voted so far.
public poll
A: Ke4 – 12
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 63%
@EhsanKhoeini, Gavin, Nikhil, Evan, @Sophia_Peng, @roshan_sethuraman, @RichardPeng, Yiyi, Rachel, Zhenrui, Alan, Sanjana
C: Kg3 – 4
👍👍 21%
M, Vincent, Samar, Diego
B: e4 – 3
👍👍 16%
@Hesi2004, Atharva, @chessnoob
👥 19 people voted so far.
Garry Kasparov returned to play Veselin Topalov as the #Chess960 #ChampionsShowdown began in St. Louis! Big report:
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Champions Chess960 Showdown 2018
The Champions Chess960 Showdown takes place in St Louis 11th to 14th September. 4 days of rapid and blitz using different Chess960 start positions. At least to start Garry Kasparov's match against Veselin Topalov will likely garner most of the attention. But the other matches Nakamura-Svidler, So-Giri, Shankland-MVL and Aronian Dominguez should all have interest. Live coverage from 7pm BST each day.
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The Champions Chess960 Showdown takes place in St Louis 11th to 14th September. 4 days of rapid and blitz using different Chess960 start positions. At least to start Garry Kasparov's match against Veselin Topalov will likely garner most of the attention. But the other matches Nakamura-Svidler, So-Giri, Shankland-MVL and Aronian Dominguez should all have interest. Live coverage from 7pm BST each day.
Official Site: https://saintlouischessclub.org/
Wesley So and MVL take a 2-point lead over Anish Giri and Samuel Shankland respectively after the first day of the 2018 #ChampionsShowdown.
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✴️ Chess History - Tournaments
🔸 Portoroz 1958
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#Portoroz_1958
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✴️ Chess History - Tournaments
🔸 Portoroz 1958
#chess_history_tornaments
#Portoroz_1958
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@unitychess
✴️ Chess History - Tournaments
🔸 "Portoroz 1958
🔰 Portoroz was the fourth FIDE interzonal, and the first one played outside of Sweden.
This tournament was one of the most important and strongest tournaments in chess history, which is still being discussed today. This is the tournament where the 15-year-old Bobby Fischer earned the grandmaster title and first became a contender for the World Chess Championship. It is also the tournament where Mikhail Tal finally got his first chance to compete in a grandmaster tournament outside of the Soviet Union and where Tal started one of the longest non-losing streaks in chess history on his march to the World Chess Championship. It is also one of the turning points in chess history. All of the strongest players in the world competed, with the sole exceptions of World Chess Champion Botvinnik, recent World Champion Vasily Smyslov and top contender Paul Keres.
It was a 21-player round robin, with the top six players qualifying for the Bled-Zagreb-Belgrade Candidates (1959) tournament, with the provisio that no more than four players from any one country could advance.
▪️Chief arbiter: Harry Golombek,
▪️ Assisted by Vladimir Vukovic.
🔰 The tournament committee was composed of Gligoric, Averbakh, Neikirch, Rossetto and Ozren Nedeljkovic.
🔰 The prize money for 1st through 12th places was 300.000, 225.000, 200.000, 150.000, 120.000, 100.000, 80.000, 60.000, 50.000, 45.000, 40.000, and 30.000 "dinarer".
In addition, the remaining players received 2.000 dinarer for each point scored.
Several special prizes were also offered. The opening ceremony featured the debut of the FIDE Hymn, composed by Dal Verme.
🔰The tournament was won by Tal with 13.5/20 (+8 =11 -1), Gligoric was second with 13. Also qualifying were: Benko and Petrosian with 12.5, and Fischer and Olafsson with 12.
🔹 The final standings and crosstable was as above👆
🔹 Download "Portoroz 1958 Games Database" by PGN format👇
#chess_history_tornaments
#Portoroz_1958
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🔸 "Portoroz 1958
🔰 Portoroz was the fourth FIDE interzonal, and the first one played outside of Sweden.
This tournament was one of the most important and strongest tournaments in chess history, which is still being discussed today. This is the tournament where the 15-year-old Bobby Fischer earned the grandmaster title and first became a contender for the World Chess Championship. It is also the tournament where Mikhail Tal finally got his first chance to compete in a grandmaster tournament outside of the Soviet Union and where Tal started one of the longest non-losing streaks in chess history on his march to the World Chess Championship. It is also one of the turning points in chess history. All of the strongest players in the world competed, with the sole exceptions of World Chess Champion Botvinnik, recent World Champion Vasily Smyslov and top contender Paul Keres.
It was a 21-player round robin, with the top six players qualifying for the Bled-Zagreb-Belgrade Candidates (1959) tournament, with the provisio that no more than four players from any one country could advance.
▪️Chief arbiter: Harry Golombek,
▪️ Assisted by Vladimir Vukovic.
🔰 The tournament committee was composed of Gligoric, Averbakh, Neikirch, Rossetto and Ozren Nedeljkovic.
🔰 The prize money for 1st through 12th places was 300.000, 225.000, 200.000, 150.000, 120.000, 100.000, 80.000, 60.000, 50.000, 45.000, 40.000, and 30.000 "dinarer".
In addition, the remaining players received 2.000 dinarer for each point scored.
Several special prizes were also offered. The opening ceremony featured the debut of the FIDE Hymn, composed by Dal Verme.
🔰The tournament was won by Tal with 13.5/20 (+8 =11 -1), Gligoric was second with 13. Also qualifying were: Benko and Petrosian with 12.5, and Fischer and Olafsson with 12.
🔹 The final standings and crosstable was as above👆
🔹 Download "Portoroz 1958 Games Database" by PGN format👇
#chess_history_tornaments
#Portoroz_1958
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✴️ Our selected game from Portoroz Interzonal 1958 which Mikhail Tal has won by knight sacrificing!!👇
🔸 Mikhail Tal vs Geza Fuster
🔸 Portoroz Interzonal (1958), Portoroz SLO, rd 9, Aug-19
🔸 Caro-Kann Defense: Karpov Variation (B17)
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♦️ The pgn file of game in " Portoroz 1958 Games Database" 👆👆
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🔸 Mikhail Tal vs Geza Fuster
🔸 Portoroz Interzonal (1958), Portoroz SLO, rd 9, Aug-19
🔸 Caro-Kann Defense: Karpov Variation (B17)
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♦️ The pgn file of game in " Portoroz 1958 Games Database" 👆👆
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21.g4? g5!
A strong intermediate move by 16-year-old Russian GM.
22.gxf5 Bxf5!
That's the point of 21...g5!
23.Ne6
A)23.Ng2 Bxc2 24.Qxc2 Qxf3 -+
B)23.Bxf5 Qxf5 24.Ne6 Nxe6 25.Rxe6 Qxf3 26.Qxf3 Rxf3 27. Rxd6 Rxh3 -+
23...Bxc2 24.Qxc2 Nxe6?!
24...Qxf3! 25.Nxf8 Rxf8 26.Re3 Qxd5 -+
25.dxe6 Qxf3 -/+
A strong intermediate move by 16-year-old Russian GM.
22.gxf5 Bxf5!
That's the point of 21...g5!
23.Ne6
A)23.Ng2 Bxc2 24.Qxc2 Qxf3 -+
B)23.Bxf5 Qxf5 24.Ne6 Nxe6 25.Rxe6 Qxf3 26.Qxf3 Rxf3 27. Rxd6 Rxh3 -+
23...Bxc2 24.Qxc2 Nxe6?!
24...Qxf3! 25.Nxf8 Rxf8 26.Re3 Qxd5 -+
25.dxe6 Qxf3 -/+