Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 17
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B: 52.Rd7 – 7
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@Anasiri6889, Khalouei, Gavin, @YaminiG, @Sophia_Peng, @Emc2_Em, Rachel
A: 52.a4 – 4
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@MerissaWongso, @RichardPeng, Michael, Alan
C: 52.Re7
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👥 11 people voted so far.
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B: 52.Rd7 – 7
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@Anasiri6889, Khalouei, Gavin, @YaminiG, @Sophia_Peng, @Emc2_Em, Rachel
A: 52.a4 – 4
👍👍👍👍 36%
@MerissaWongso, @RichardPeng, Michael, Alan
C: 52.Re7
▫️ 0%
👥 11 people voted so far.
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🛄 Chess History - Tournaments
🔹 Bled 1931
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#Bled_1931
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🛄 Chess History - Tournaments
🔹 Bled 1931
#chess_history_tornaments
#Bled_1931
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🛄 Chess History - Tournaments
🔹 Bled 1931
🔹 August 23 - September 28
🔹 CHAMPION: Alexander Alekhine | 20.5/26 (+15 -0 =11)
🔰 Bled 1931 chess tournament was a major chess tournament proposed by Milan Vidmar and held in 1931 in Bled and Ljubljana, Slovenia, then part of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. His idea was well received in both Ljubljana (his birthplace) and the nearby health resort of Bled. An organizing committee was set up, and at the end of July 1931, following the 4th Chess Olympiad in Prague, this committee commissioned Hans Kmoch to conduct the negotiations with the competitors for a double round tournament to be held at Lake Bled.
🔰 José Raúl Capablanca could not be invited due to his disputes with world champion Alexander Alekhine. Noted master and writer Al Horowitz noted that Alekhine used his position as world champion to keep Capablanca out of the event. Akiba Rubinstein was invited, but was replaced by Stoltz because Rubinstein accepted the invitation too late.
🔰 Fourteen leading chess masters accepted their invitations. The players stayed at the Hotel Toplice and it was here that most of the tournament except Round 19 (held in Ljubljana) took place. Round one started in the large salon on August 23. Alekhine won decisively, not losing a single game and winning the tournament 5½ points ahead of Efim Bogoljubow. His gambit style was humiliating for the other players.
♦️ The final standings and crosstable was as above👆
♦️ Download "Bled 1931 Games Database" by PGN format👇
#chess_history_tornaments
#Bled_1931
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🛄 Chess History - Tournaments
🔹 Bled 1931
🔹 August 23 - September 28
🔹 CHAMPION: Alexander Alekhine | 20.5/26 (+15 -0 =11)
🔰 Bled 1931 chess tournament was a major chess tournament proposed by Milan Vidmar and held in 1931 in Bled and Ljubljana, Slovenia, then part of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. His idea was well received in both Ljubljana (his birthplace) and the nearby health resort of Bled. An organizing committee was set up, and at the end of July 1931, following the 4th Chess Olympiad in Prague, this committee commissioned Hans Kmoch to conduct the negotiations with the competitors for a double round tournament to be held at Lake Bled.
🔰 José Raúl Capablanca could not be invited due to his disputes with world champion Alexander Alekhine. Noted master and writer Al Horowitz noted that Alekhine used his position as world champion to keep Capablanca out of the event. Akiba Rubinstein was invited, but was replaced by Stoltz because Rubinstein accepted the invitation too late.
🔰 Fourteen leading chess masters accepted their invitations. The players stayed at the Hotel Toplice and it was here that most of the tournament except Round 19 (held in Ljubljana) took place. Round one started in the large salon on August 23. Alekhine won decisively, not losing a single game and winning the tournament 5½ points ahead of Efim Bogoljubow. His gambit style was humiliating for the other players.
♦️ The final standings and crosstable was as above👆
♦️ Download "Bled 1931 Games Database" by PGN format👇
#chess_history_tornaments
#Bled_1931
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🔵 Our selected game from Bled 1931
A short and 19 moves game from Bled 1931 which in that, Alekhine has won Nimzowitsch by a brilliancy and sacrificing pawns in the opening game.
This game named "Excuse My French" in chessgames.com site!!👇
🔹 Alexander Alekhine vs Aron Nimzowitsch
🔹 Bled (1931), Bled YUG, rd 6, Aug-30
🔹 French Defense: Winawer Variation (C15)
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A short and 19 moves game from Bled 1931 which in that, Alekhine has won Nimzowitsch by a brilliancy and sacrificing pawns in the opening game.
This game named "Excuse My French" in chessgames.com site!!👇
🔹 Alexander Alekhine vs Aron Nimzowitsch
🔹 Bled (1931), Bled YUG, rd 6, Aug-30
🔹 French Defense: Winawer Variation (C15)
♦️Review this game👇
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"It is a well known fact that almost all the outstanding chess-players have been first-class analysts."
🔸 Mikhail Botvinnik (1960). “Botvinnik: 100 Selected Games”
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🔸 Mikhail Botvinnik (1960). “Botvinnik: 100 Selected Games”
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20... gxf4??
A miscalculation by Anand that costs him the game.
20... Bxd4+ 21. Rxd4 Rad8 22. e5 Qc5 23. Rd1 Nh5 =
21. Bxe5! Qxe5 22. gxf4 Qc5+
22... Qc7 23. f5 Bh5 24. Qxh6 Qxh2+ 25. Kxh2 Ng4+ 26. Kg3 Nxh6 27. Rh1 +-
23. Kh1 Nxe4 24. Nxe4 Rxe4
24... Bxe4 25. Bxe4 Rxe4 26. Qg2+ +-
25. Rg3 Rd4 26. Qe3 1-0
If 26...Kh7 27.f5! B×f5 28.R×f5 Q×f5 29.Q×d4 +-
A miscalculation by Anand that costs him the game.
20... Bxd4+ 21. Rxd4 Rad8 22. e5 Qc5 23. Rd1 Nh5 =
21. Bxe5! Qxe5 22. gxf4 Qc5+
22... Qc7 23. f5 Bh5 24. Qxh6 Qxh2+ 25. Kxh2 Ng4+ 26. Kg3 Nxh6 27. Rh1 +-
23. Kh1 Nxe4 24. Nxe4 Rxe4
24... Bxe4 25. Bxe4 Rxe4 26. Qg2+ +-
25. Rg3 Rd4 26. Qe3 1-0
If 26...Kh7 27.f5! B×f5 28.R×f5 Q×f5 29.Q×d4 +-
37. Rc1??
27-year-old Croatian GM made a fatal blunder.
37. Re2!
A) 37...Rc6 38. Qh2 Rc2 39. Re1 Qg5 40. Qh3 Qf6 41. Re2 Qa6 42. b5 Qxa4 43. Rxc2 Qxc2 44. Kg1 =
B) 37... Qg3 38. Qe5! Qxe5 39. dxe5 Re6 40. Rc2 Re7 41.Rc8 = White has sufficient counter chances.
37... Qg3! 38. Qxg3+
38. Qc2 h3 39. gxh3 Qxe3 -+
38... hxg3 39. f3
39.Rc2 Kg6! 40. Kg1 Rxf2 41. Rxf2 gxf2+ 42. Kxf2 Kg5 43. Kg3 f5 44. b5 b6 45. Kf2 f4 -+
39... exf3 40. gxf3 Rxf3+ 41. Kg2 Rxe3 42. Rc7 Kg6 43. Rxb7 f5 44. Rxa7 f4 45. Kh3 Re2 46. Ra8 Kf7 47. Ra7+ Kf6 0-1
27-year-old Croatian GM made a fatal blunder.
37. Re2!
A) 37...Rc6 38. Qh2 Rc2 39. Re1 Qg5 40. Qh3 Qf6 41. Re2 Qa6 42. b5 Qxa4 43. Rxc2 Qxc2 44. Kg1 =
B) 37... Qg3 38. Qe5! Qxe5 39. dxe5 Re6 40. Rc2 Re7 41.Rc8 = White has sufficient counter chances.
37... Qg3! 38. Qxg3+
38. Qc2 h3 39. gxh3 Qxe3 -+
38... hxg3 39. f3
39.Rc2 Kg6! 40. Kg1 Rxf2 41. Rxf2 gxf2+ 42. Kxf2 Kg5 43. Kg3 f5 44. b5 b6 45. Kf2 f4 -+
39... exf3 40. gxf3 Rxf3+ 41. Kg2 Rxe3 42. Rc7 Kg6 43. Rxb7 f5 44. Rxa7 f4 45. Kh3 Re2 46. Ra8 Kf7 47. Ra7+ Kf6 0-1
30.Rxa6??
Eljanov did not manage to maintain equality in the endgame.
30.Rd1+!
A) 30...Bd4+ 31.Kf1 Kc6 32.Nc7 Bxc5 33.Nxa6 Rxb6 34.Nxc5 Kxc5 35.Rd7 and now:
A1) 35...Rb2 36.Rxe7 Rxh2 37.Kg1 Kd6 38.Rg7 Rh4 39.Kg2 Ke6 40.Kg3 Rh1 41.Kg2 Rh6 42.Ra7 =
A2) 35...Re6 36.Kf2=
B) 30...Kc6 31.Nc7 a5 32.Ne6 = with counterplay.
30...Bd4+ 31.Kg2 Bxc5 32.Ra7+ Kd6 33.Ra2 Be3 34.Rc2 Bxf4 35.h4 Be3 36.Rc8 Rb2+ 37.Kh1 Bxb6
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Eljanov did not manage to maintain equality in the endgame.
30.Rd1+!
A) 30...Bd4+ 31.Kf1 Kc6 32.Nc7 Bxc5 33.Nxa6 Rxb6 34.Nxc5 Kxc5 35.Rd7 and now:
A1) 35...Rb2 36.Rxe7 Rxh2 37.Kg1 Kd6 38.Rg7 Rh4 39.Kg2 Ke6 40.Kg3 Rh1 41.Kg2 Rh6 42.Ra7 =
A2) 35...Re6 36.Kf2=
B) 30...Kc6 31.Nc7 a5 32.Ne6 = with counterplay.
30...Bd4+ 31.Kg2 Bxc5 32.Ra7+ Kd6 33.Ra2 Be3 34.Rc2 Bxf4 35.h4 Be3 36.Rc8 Rb2+ 37.Kh1 Bxb6
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