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25.Rd6! [Occupying the outpost. Whether Black takes the rook or not, he will be unable to save the game. In fact, he intends to clear the e5–square for his knight and open the e-file.]
[25.Nh4 Kf8 26.Qh5 Qe8 27.Qf3 Rxd1 28.Rxd1 Rc8 29.Rd6 Nxc4 30.Rxe6 Qd7 31.Rxe7 Kxe7 32.Nxf5+ Kd8 33.e6 Qxe6 34.Nxg7 Qd6 35.Nf5²; 25.Nd2 Kg8 26.Nb3 Na4 27.Qc2 Qb6 28.f4±]
25...Rxd6 [25...Qc7? 26.Bxh6!! gxh6 27.Ng5+! hxg5 28.Qh5+ Kf8 29.Qh6+ Ke8 30.Qh8+ Kf7 31.Qf6+ Ke8 32.Rxe6 Rd3 (32...Nxc4 33.Qg6+ Kd7 34.Rxe7+ Kxe7 35.Qg7+ Ke6 36.Qxc7+–; 32...Ra7 33.Rxb6) 33.Rxb6 Kd7 34.Reb1 Rf8 35.Qe6+ (35.Qxf8?? Qxb6) 35...Ke8 36.Rd6 Rxc3 37.Qh6! Rxc4 38.Qh5+ Rf7 39.Rf6 Nc8 40.Qh8+ Ke7 41.Rxf7+ Kxf7 42.Qh7+ Ke6 43.Qxc7+–]
26.exd6 Qxd6 27.Bf4! [Black can no longer put up more resistance.]
27...Qxf4 [27...e5 28.Bxe5 Qe6 29.Qd3 Qxc4 30.Qd6 Qe6 31.Qxe6+ Kxe6 32.Bc7++–; 27...Qc6 28.Ne5++–]
28.Qxe6+ Kf8 29.Qxe7+ Kg8 30.Qe6+ [30.Qe6+ Kh7 31.Qxb6+–] 1–0
[25.Nh4 Kf8 26.Qh5 Qe8 27.Qf3 Rxd1 28.Rxd1 Rc8 29.Rd6 Nxc4 30.Rxe6 Qd7 31.Rxe7 Kxe7 32.Nxf5+ Kd8 33.e6 Qxe6 34.Nxg7 Qd6 35.Nf5²; 25.Nd2 Kg8 26.Nb3 Na4 27.Qc2 Qb6 28.f4±]
25...Rxd6 [25...Qc7? 26.Bxh6!! gxh6 27.Ng5+! hxg5 28.Qh5+ Kf8 29.Qh6+ Ke8 30.Qh8+ Kf7 31.Qf6+ Ke8 32.Rxe6 Rd3 (32...Nxc4 33.Qg6+ Kd7 34.Rxe7+ Kxe7 35.Qg7+ Ke6 36.Qxc7+–; 32...Ra7 33.Rxb6) 33.Rxb6 Kd7 34.Reb1 Rf8 35.Qe6+ (35.Qxf8?? Qxb6) 35...Ke8 36.Rd6 Rxc3 37.Qh6! Rxc4 38.Qh5+ Rf7 39.Rf6 Nc8 40.Qh8+ Ke7 41.Rxf7+ Kxf7 42.Qh7+ Ke6 43.Qxc7+–]
26.exd6 Qxd6 27.Bf4! [Black can no longer put up more resistance.]
27...Qxf4 [27...e5 28.Bxe5 Qe6 29.Qd3 Qxc4 30.Qd6 Qe6 31.Qxe6+ Kxe6 32.Bc7++–; 27...Qc6 28.Ne5++–]
28.Qxe6+ Kf8 29.Qxe7+ Kg8 30.Qe6+ [30.Qe6+ Kh7 31.Qxb6+–] 1–0
46.Rxd2?? [46.Rff5 Kg6 47.Rf6+ Kh7 48.Rfc6 c2 49.g6+ Kxh6 50.Rxc2 Rd7 51.Rxa6 Bc3 52.Kf3 Kg5 53.Rg2+ Kf5 54.Ra5+ Kf6 55.Ke4 Rd4+ 56.Ke3 Rd7 57.Rag5 Kg7 58.Rh5 Kf8 59.Rb5 Kg7 60.Ke4 Bd2 61.Rh5 Rd8 62.Rh7+ Kg8 63.Kf5 Rd5+ 64.Ke6 Rd4 65.Rb7 Bc3 66.g7; 46.Rf8! c2 47.Rxc2 Bxg5 48.Kf3 Bxh6 49.Rf6 Re3+ 50.Kg4 Bg7 51.Rc7 Rc3 52.Rb7 Rc4+ 53.Kf3 Rc3+ 54.Ke4 Ra3 55.Rff7 Rg3 56.Ra7 (56.Rxb4!? Rg4+ 57.Rf4 Rg5 58.Rb7 Rg6 59.Ra7+–) 56...Rg6 57.Rf2 Rg4+ 58.Kd3 Kh6 59.Rxa6+ Kh5 60.Rf7 Bc3 61.Kc2 Rg2+ 62.Kb3 Rd2 63.Ra5+ Kg6 64.Rf1 Rb2+ 65.Kc4 Rc2 66.Ra6+ Kg7 67.a4+–]
46...cxd2 47.Rd5 [47.Rd5 Re5 48.Rd7+ Kg6 49.Rd6+ Kxg5 50.h7 Re2+ 51.Kg3 Re3+ 52.Kg2 Re2+ 53.Kf3 Rh2 54.Rxd2 Rxh7 55.Rd5+ Kf6 56.Ke4 Ke6 57.Ra5=] ½–½
46...cxd2 47.Rd5 [47.Rd5 Re5 48.Rd7+ Kg6 49.Rd6+ Kxg5 50.h7 Re2+ 51.Kg3 Re3+ 52.Kg2 Re2+ 53.Kf3 Rh2 54.Rxd2 Rxh7 55.Rd5+ Kf6 56.Ke4 Ke6 57.Ra5=] ½–½
Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 32
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A) 22.Qe2 – 8
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 67%
@SteveWongso, @YaminiG, @Sophia_Peng, Srikar, @AryanLeekha, Zhenrui, Alan, Sanjana
C) 22.Qd7 – 4
👍👍👍👍 33%
@ErfanBz01, @MerissaWongso, @RichardPeng, Michael
B) 22.Qa4
▫️ 0%
👥 12 people voted so far.
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A) 22.Qe2 – 8
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 67%
@SteveWongso, @YaminiG, @Sophia_Peng, Srikar, @AryanLeekha, Zhenrui, Alan, Sanjana
C) 22.Qd7 – 4
👍👍👍👍 33%
@ErfanBz01, @MerissaWongso, @RichardPeng, Michael
B) 22.Qa4
▫️ 0%
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Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 32
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B) 34...Ra6 – 7
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 54%
@SteveWongso, @YaminiG, Saghana, @Sophia_Peng, @AryanLeekha, Zhenrui, Sanjana
C) 34...dxc4 – 5
👍👍👍👍👍 38%
@soheil_hooshdaran, @MerissaWongso, @RichardPeng, Michael, Alan
A) 34...Re6 – 1
👍 8%
Srikar
👥 13 people voted so far.
public poll
B) 34...Ra6 – 7
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 54%
@SteveWongso, @YaminiG, Saghana, @Sophia_Peng, @AryanLeekha, Zhenrui, Sanjana
C) 34...dxc4 – 5
👍👍👍👍👍 38%
@soheil_hooshdaran, @MerissaWongso, @RichardPeng, Michael, Alan
A) 34...Re6 – 1
👍 8%
Srikar
👥 13 people voted so far.
♦️ Today is birthday of Thal Abergel!!
French chess grandmaster
❤️🌹💐☘️🌷🌺🌸❤️ Happy birthday Dear Thal !! 👏👏👏👏
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French chess grandmaster
❤️🌹💐☘️🌷🌺🌸❤️ Happy birthday Dear Thal !! 👏👏👏👏
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Jacqueline Piatigorsky, Gisela Gresser, and Julian Gresser Analyzing a Chess Position while in Emmen, The Netherlands, during the 1957 Women’s Chess Olympiad.
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Boris Spassky (USSR), about to start play in the FIDE Interzonal Tournament, Amsterdam, May-June 1964.
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#Pandolfini
🔵 Bruce Pandolfini
🔹 American chess author, teacher, and coach
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🔵 Bruce Pandolfini
🔹 American chess author, teacher, and coach
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@unitychess
#Pandolfini
🔵 Bruce Pandolfini
🔹 American chess author, teacher, and coach
🔰 Bruce Pandolfini is an American chess author, teacher, and coach. A USCF national master, he is generally considered to be America’s most experienced chess teacher. As a coach and trainer, Pandolfini has possibly conducted more chess sessions than anyone in the world.
In his books and columns he has explained his methodology for individual instruction, indicating that it consists of four basic parts.
▪️ Regular review of the student’s games and play;
▪️ Constant practice and examination without moving the pieces;
▪️ Gradual mastery of endgame basics and fundamentals;
▪️ Step-by-step instilling of the analytic method.
The latter he achieves by relentlessly posing relevant questions, until the student absorbs the process of determining reasonable options and making logical choices.
By the summer of 2015 he had given an estimated 25,000 private and group lessons. Pandolfini's playing career ended in 1970 after a loss to Grandmaster Larry Evans at the National Open in Las Vegas in 1970. After his final tournament game, his official USCF rating was 2241.
♦️ A sample game which Bruce Pandolfini has described it in his famous book, " Russian Chess "👇
🔸 Sergey Dolmatov vs Ian Rogers
🔸 Tallinn (1985), 12
🔸 Scandinavian Defense: Lasker Variation (B01)
♦️ Read full anotated game in lesson 6 of "Russian Chess" book with subject: Open center, Queenside Castling and Space!!
♦️ Download by PDF and PGN format
♦️ Review this game👇
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🔵 Bruce Pandolfini
🔹 American chess author, teacher, and coach
🔰 Bruce Pandolfini is an American chess author, teacher, and coach. A USCF national master, he is generally considered to be America’s most experienced chess teacher. As a coach and trainer, Pandolfini has possibly conducted more chess sessions than anyone in the world.
In his books and columns he has explained his methodology for individual instruction, indicating that it consists of four basic parts.
▪️ Regular review of the student’s games and play;
▪️ Constant practice and examination without moving the pieces;
▪️ Gradual mastery of endgame basics and fundamentals;
▪️ Step-by-step instilling of the analytic method.
The latter he achieves by relentlessly posing relevant questions, until the student absorbs the process of determining reasonable options and making logical choices.
By the summer of 2015 he had given an estimated 25,000 private and group lessons. Pandolfini's playing career ended in 1970 after a loss to Grandmaster Larry Evans at the National Open in Las Vegas in 1970. After his final tournament game, his official USCF rating was 2241.
♦️ A sample game which Bruce Pandolfini has described it in his famous book, " Russian Chess "👇
🔸 Sergey Dolmatov vs Ian Rogers
🔸 Tallinn (1985), 12
🔸 Scandinavian Defense: Lasker Variation (B01)
♦️ Read full anotated game in lesson 6 of "Russian Chess" book with subject: Open center, Queenside Castling and Space!!
♦️ Download by PDF and PGN format
♦️ Review this game👇
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