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O.M.G!!! 😘
The players are so hyped-up on adrenaline, they can't keep track of the clock in this chaotic final #speedchess game!
What a stunner!
The players are so hyped-up on adrenaline, they can't keep track of the clock in this chaotic final #speedchess game!
What a stunner!
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Super-GM, 20-year-old chess deity, and "most hated man in Russia" according to Daniel Rensch will (like all of us) still always be mama's little boy. 😍
#speedchess
#speedchess
♦️ GilbertSunNews has report about Steve in November 2017
♦️ Read more about this report in GilbertSunNews’s website:👇
♻️ http://gilbertsunnews.com/gilbert-boy-is-king-of-chess/ ♻️
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♦️ Read more about this report in GilbertSunNews’s website:👇
♻️ http://gilbertsunnews.com/gilbert-boy-is-king-of-chess/ ♻️
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#Chigorin_chess_quotes_001
🔸 Mikhail Chigorin
🔸 Russian Chess Master
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🔸 Mikhail Chigorin
🔸 Russian Chess Master
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@unitychess
#about_Chigorin
🔸 Mikhail Chigorin
🔸 Russian Chess Master
🔰 Mikhail Ivanovich Chigorin was a leading Russian chess player. He played two World Championship matches against Wilhelm Steinitz, losing both times.
🔘 Full name: Mikhail Ivanovich Chigorin
🔘 Country: Russian Empire
🔘 Born: 12 November 1850
🔺 Gatchina, St. Petersburg Governorate, Russian Empire
🔘 Died: January 25, 1908 (aged 57)
🔺 Lublin, Lublin Governorate
🔺 Russian Empire (Congress Poland)
🔰 Chigorin was born in Gatchina but moved to nearby Saint Petersburg some time later. His father worked in the Okhtensk gunpowder works. Chigorin's parents died young and Chigorin entered the Gatchinsk Orphans' Institute at the age of 10. He became serious about chess uncommonly late in life; his school teacher taught him the moves at the age of 16, but he did not take to the game until around 1874, having first finished his studies before commencing a career as a government officer.
Once smitten with the game, he terminated his employment and started life as a chess professional. In 1876, he started a chess magazine, Chess Sheet, which he edited until 1881 (only 250 subscribers in all of Russia). He played a series of matches with established masters Emanuel Schiffers (1878–1880) and Semyon Alapin (1880) and notched up a large plus score against each. It was not long after that he was regarded as the best player in the city and possibly the whole of Russia.
His first international tournament was Berlin 1881, where he was equal third (+10−5=1) with Szymon Winawer, behind Johannes Zukertort and Joseph Henry Blackburne. This event included 17 master competitors.
♦️ A memorable game by Mikhail Chigorin against Steinitz in WCCH match 1892 which named "Much to his Chigorin" in chessgames.com site!👇🏼
▪️ Mikhail Chigorin vs Wilhelm Steinitz
▪️ Steinitz - Chigorin World Championship Rematch (1892), Havana CUB, rd 1, Jan-01
▪️ Italian Game: Evans Gambit. Slow Variation (C52)
♦️ Review and download PGN file👇🏼
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@unitychess
🔸 Mikhail Chigorin
🔸 Russian Chess Master
🔰 Mikhail Ivanovich Chigorin was a leading Russian chess player. He played two World Championship matches against Wilhelm Steinitz, losing both times.
🔘 Full name: Mikhail Ivanovich Chigorin
🔘 Country: Russian Empire
🔘 Born: 12 November 1850
🔺 Gatchina, St. Petersburg Governorate, Russian Empire
🔘 Died: January 25, 1908 (aged 57)
🔺 Lublin, Lublin Governorate
🔺 Russian Empire (Congress Poland)
🔰 Chigorin was born in Gatchina but moved to nearby Saint Petersburg some time later. His father worked in the Okhtensk gunpowder works. Chigorin's parents died young and Chigorin entered the Gatchinsk Orphans' Institute at the age of 10. He became serious about chess uncommonly late in life; his school teacher taught him the moves at the age of 16, but he did not take to the game until around 1874, having first finished his studies before commencing a career as a government officer.
Once smitten with the game, he terminated his employment and started life as a chess professional. In 1876, he started a chess magazine, Chess Sheet, which he edited until 1881 (only 250 subscribers in all of Russia). He played a series of matches with established masters Emanuel Schiffers (1878–1880) and Semyon Alapin (1880) and notched up a large plus score against each. It was not long after that he was regarded as the best player in the city and possibly the whole of Russia.
His first international tournament was Berlin 1881, where he was equal third (+10−5=1) with Szymon Winawer, behind Johannes Zukertort and Joseph Henry Blackburne. This event included 17 master competitors.
♦️ A memorable game by Mikhail Chigorin against Steinitz in WCCH match 1892 which named "Much to his Chigorin" in chessgames.com site!👇🏼
▪️ Mikhail Chigorin vs Wilhelm Steinitz
▪️ Steinitz - Chigorin World Championship Rematch (1892), Havana CUB, rd 1, Jan-01
▪️ Italian Game: Evans Gambit. Slow Variation (C52)
♦️ Review and download PGN file👇🏼
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14. Qd1!?
A very interesting maneuver to transfer the queen to the a1-square. Then the pressure along the a1–h8 diagonal can be put by the quick advance f2-f4.
14...b5 15. Qa1 Nb6 16. f4 Nfd7 17. Rf2 bxa4 18. bxa4 c5 19. fxe5 dxe5 20. d5 c4 21.Ref1
White has a slight advantage.
A very interesting maneuver to transfer the queen to the a1-square. Then the pressure along the a1–h8 diagonal can be put by the quick advance f2-f4.
14...b5 15. Qa1 Nb6 16. f4 Nfd7 17. Rf2 bxa4 18. bxa4 c5 19. fxe5 dxe5 20. d5 c4 21.Ref1
White has a slight advantage.
10.a5!?
A highly committal move. White wins space on the queenside and the tempi spent on advancing the a-pawn will be retrieved thanks to the relatively unsafe situation of the bishop. At the same time, Black is deprived of the freeing move ...Na5 forever. On the other hand, Black no longer has worries on the queenside and he can even hope that at some point the a5-pawn will become weak.
The accurate move is 10...Ba7!
11.Rxa5!
An exchange sacrifice to gain the initiative.
11...Bxa5 12.dxe5 Ng4?
12...N×e4 13.Qd5 +/-
13.Bg5 Qd7 14.e6 fxe6 15.Nd4 Ne5 16.Bxe6 Qxe6 17.Nxe6 Bxe6 18.Nd2 O-O 19.Be3 b4 20.Bd4 +-
A highly committal move. White wins space on the queenside and the tempi spent on advancing the a-pawn will be retrieved thanks to the relatively unsafe situation of the bishop. At the same time, Black is deprived of the freeing move ...Na5 forever. On the other hand, Black no longer has worries on the queenside and he can even hope that at some point the a5-pawn will become weak.
The accurate move is 10...Ba7!
11.Rxa5!
An exchange sacrifice to gain the initiative.
11...Bxa5 12.dxe5 Ng4?
12...N×e4 13.Qd5 +/-
13.Bg5 Qd7 14.e6 fxe6 15.Nd4 Ne5 16.Bxe6 Qxe6 17.Nxe6 Bxe6 18.Nd2 O-O 19.Be3 b4 20.Bd4 +-
20. Bh6?!
20. b4!
A multi-purpose move:
1- opening a file on the enemy king.
2- activating his rooks.
3- weakening the opponent's knight position.
A)20...Qf5 21. Qxf5+ Nxf5 22. Ne4 +/-
B)20... Nb3 21. Rc2 Na1 22. bxc5! Nxc2 23. c6 Qe7 24. Qf5+ Kb8 25. Qxc2 +-
C)20... Qc7 21. f4 Bd6 22. Be3 +-
D)20... Kb7 21. bxc5 bxc5 22. f4 Bc7 23. Be3 +/-
20... Nf5 21. Raa1 Nxh6 22.Qxh6 Qf5 23. Rac1 Kb8 =
20. b4!
A multi-purpose move:
1- opening a file on the enemy king.
2- activating his rooks.
3- weakening the opponent's knight position.
A)20...Qf5 21. Qxf5+ Nxf5 22. Ne4 +/-
B)20... Nb3 21. Rc2 Na1 22. bxc5! Nxc2 23. c6 Qe7 24. Qf5+ Kb8 25. Qxc2 +-
C)20... Qc7 21. f4 Bd6 22. Be3 +-
D)20... Kb7 21. bxc5 bxc5 22. f4 Bc7 23. Be3 +/-
20... Nf5 21. Raa1 Nxh6 22.Qxh6 Qf5 23. Rac1 Kb8 =
21.Qb4!
The German Fide Master does not allow the opponent to take a breath.
21...Rc7 22.Qd6! Rd7 23.Qb8+ Rd8 24.Qxb7 Rd7 25.Qc8+ Rd8 26.Qc6+ Rd7 27.Re1 h5 28.Bxa6 f6 29.Rxe4 +-
The German Fide Master does not allow the opponent to take a breath.
21...Rc7 22.Qd6! Rd7 23.Qb8+ Rd8 24.Qxb7 Rd7 25.Qc8+ Rd8 26.Qc6+ Rd7 27.Re1 h5 28.Bxa6 f6 29.Rxe4 +-
1.d4 f5 2. Bg5 h6 3. Bh4 g5 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bg3 d6 6. Nc3 e6 7. h4 Rg8 8. hxg5 hxg5 9. Qd2 Qe7 10. O-O-O Nc6 11. f3 Bd7 12. e4 f4 13. Bf2 a6 14. Kb1 e5 15.Nd5!
15. Nd5!
A good move to seize the initiative and prevent Black from completing his development. 15...Nxd5 16. exd5 Nd8 (16... Nxd4?? 17. Bxd4 exd4 18.Re1+-) 17. Qb4 Bc8 (17... Nf7 18. Qxb7) 18. Qa4+ Qd7 19. Qb3 Nf7 20. Bd3 Kd821. Ne2 a5 22. a4 Qe8 23. dxe5 Nxe5 24. Nd4+-
15. Bc4!?
would be just as good. White has a lead in development.
15... exd4 16. Bxd4 Rg6 17. Bxf6 $5 Qxf6 18.Nd5 Qd8 19. g3 $1 Ne5 20. Be2 Rh6 (20... fxg3?? 21. f4! gxf4 22. Qxf4 Nf7 23. Bh5) 21. Rxh6 Bxh6 22. gxf4 gxf4 23. Qb4 b5 24. Bf1 Rc8 25. Qd4 Qg5 26. Bh3 Bxh3 27. Nxh3+/-)
15. dxe5 Qxe5 16. Bc4 Rg6 17. Nge2+/=
White has completed his development and is getting ready to attack.
15... Nxd5 16. exd5 Nd8 17. Bd3 Nf7 18. Ne2 Bg7 19. Qa5 b6 20. Qc3 Kd8 21. Qb3 g4 22. dxe5 Bxe5 23. Nd4 g3 24. Bg1 Qf6 25. Ne6+ Bxe6 26. dxe6 Ng5 27. Qd5 Rb8 28. Bc4 Re8 29. Rh5 Re7 30. Bd4 Bxd4 31. Rxg5 Bxb2 32. Rg8+ Re8 33. Qc6! (33. Qc6 Qe7 34. Rxd6+ cxd6 35. Rxe8+ Qxe8 36. Qxd6+ Kc8 37. Bxa6+ Rb7 38. Kxb2+-
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15. Nd5!
A good move to seize the initiative and prevent Black from completing his development. 15...Nxd5 16. exd5 Nd8 (16... Nxd4?? 17. Bxd4 exd4 18.Re1+-) 17. Qb4 Bc8 (17... Nf7 18. Qxb7) 18. Qa4+ Qd7 19. Qb3 Nf7 20. Bd3 Kd821. Ne2 a5 22. a4 Qe8 23. dxe5 Nxe5 24. Nd4+-
15. Bc4!?
would be just as good. White has a lead in development.
15... exd4 16. Bxd4 Rg6 17. Bxf6 $5 Qxf6 18.Nd5 Qd8 19. g3 $1 Ne5 20. Be2 Rh6 (20... fxg3?? 21. f4! gxf4 22. Qxf4 Nf7 23. Bh5) 21. Rxh6 Bxh6 22. gxf4 gxf4 23. Qb4 b5 24. Bf1 Rc8 25. Qd4 Qg5 26. Bh3 Bxh3 27. Nxh3+/-)
15. dxe5 Qxe5 16. Bc4 Rg6 17. Nge2+/=
White has completed his development and is getting ready to attack.
15... Nxd5 16. exd5 Nd8 17. Bd3 Nf7 18. Ne2 Bg7 19. Qa5 b6 20. Qc3 Kd8 21. Qb3 g4 22. dxe5 Bxe5 23. Nd4 g3 24. Bg1 Qf6 25. Ne6+ Bxe6 26. dxe6 Ng5 27. Qd5 Rb8 28. Bc4 Re8 29. Rh5 Re7 30. Bd4 Bxd4 31. Rxg5 Bxb2 32. Rg8+ Re8 33. Qc6! (33. Qc6 Qe7 34. Rxd6+ cxd6 35. Rxe8+ Qxe8 36. Qxd6+ Kc8 37. Bxa6+ Rb7 38. Kxb2+-
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