Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 47
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A)34...Rc4 β 4
πππππππ 57%
@Anasiri6889, @YaminiG, Alexander, @Ndtaker
C) 34...d4 β 2
ππππ 29%
@Sophia_Giraffe, Mahathi
B)34...Kd6 β 1
ππ 14%
@A_Wild_Richard
π₯ 7 people voted so far.
public poll
A)34...Rc4 β 4
πππππππ 57%
@Anasiri6889, @YaminiG, Alexander, @Ndtaker
C) 34...d4 β 2
ππππ 29%
@Sophia_Giraffe, Mahathi
B)34...Kd6 β 1
ππ 14%
@A_Wild_Richard
π₯ 7 people voted so far.
Leningrad, 8th September 1986. The 14th match-game in the third World Championship match between Garry Kasparov (by now, champion) & Anatoly Karpov (challenger).
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Already a quarter of a century ago. Anatoly Karpov v. Vladimir Kramnik, 12th round, Linares, 12th March 1993. The game was drawn in 99 moves.
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Chinese chess grandmaster
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Chinese chess grandmaster
Former Women's World Champion
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βΌοΈ Chess History - Tournaments
βͺοΈ 4th Candidates 1959
#4thCandidates_1959
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βΌοΈ Chess History - Tournaments
βͺοΈ 4th Candidates 1959
#4thCandidates_1959
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π· Chess History - Tournaments
πΉ 4th Candidates 1959 [ Bled, Zagreb, Belgrad ]
πΉ Yugoslavia
πΉ Septamber 7 - October 29
πΉ CHAMPION: Mikhail Tal |20/28 (+16 -4 =8) |
π° The 1959 Candidates Tournament was hosted by three cities in Yugoslavia. The first 14 rounds were played in Bled, rounds 15-21 in Zagreb, and rounds 22-28 in Belgrade. This event would select the next challenger to world champion Mikhail Botvinnik, who had just recaptured his title in the Botvinnik - Smyslov World Championship Rematch (1958).
Mikhail Tal, Svetozar GligoriΔ, Pal Benko, Tigran Petrosian, FriΓ°rik Γlafsson and Bobby Fischer qualified from the Portoroz Interzonal (1958).
Vasily Smyslov and Paul Keres were seeded directly into the candidates tournament on the strength of their 1-2 finish in the previous Amsterdam Candidates (1956).
π Arbitersπ
Harry Golombek was arbiter, and the seconds were Bent Larsen (Fischer), Yuri Averbakh, joined later by Alexander Koblents (Tal), Vladas Mikenas (Keres), Isaac Boleslavsky (Petrosian), Igor Bondarevsky (Smyslov) Aleksandar Matanovic (GligoriΔ), Klaus Viktor Darga and Ingi Randver Johannsson (Γlafsson), and Rudolf Maric (Benko)
π° The players would meet each other four times, twice in Bled and once in both Zagreb and Belgrade. In Bled, the players stayed at the Grand Hotel Toplice, the site of Alexander Alekhine's historic triumph in Bled (1931).
π° In contrast to the candidates tournaments in ZΓΌrich 1953 and in Amsterdam 1956 only eight players took part in the candidates tournament 1959. But they played a four game round-robin, 28 games altogether. Mihail Tal coped best with this challenge. He won the tournament with 20.0 /28, Keres finished second with 18Β½ / 28.
π° Tal won, becoming the challenger in the 1960 championship match.
β¦οΈ The final standings and crosstable was as aboveπ
β¦οΈ Download "4th Candidates 1959" Games database by PGN formatπ
#Candidates_1959
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πΉ 4th Candidates 1959 [ Bled, Zagreb, Belgrad ]
πΉ Yugoslavia
πΉ Septamber 7 - October 29
πΉ CHAMPION: Mikhail Tal |20/28 (+16 -4 =8) |
π° The 1959 Candidates Tournament was hosted by three cities in Yugoslavia. The first 14 rounds were played in Bled, rounds 15-21 in Zagreb, and rounds 22-28 in Belgrade. This event would select the next challenger to world champion Mikhail Botvinnik, who had just recaptured his title in the Botvinnik - Smyslov World Championship Rematch (1958).
Mikhail Tal, Svetozar GligoriΔ, Pal Benko, Tigran Petrosian, FriΓ°rik Γlafsson and Bobby Fischer qualified from the Portoroz Interzonal (1958).
Vasily Smyslov and Paul Keres were seeded directly into the candidates tournament on the strength of their 1-2 finish in the previous Amsterdam Candidates (1956).
π Arbitersπ
Harry Golombek was arbiter, and the seconds were Bent Larsen (Fischer), Yuri Averbakh, joined later by Alexander Koblents (Tal), Vladas Mikenas (Keres), Isaac Boleslavsky (Petrosian), Igor Bondarevsky (Smyslov) Aleksandar Matanovic (GligoriΔ), Klaus Viktor Darga and Ingi Randver Johannsson (Γlafsson), and Rudolf Maric (Benko)
π° The players would meet each other four times, twice in Bled and once in both Zagreb and Belgrade. In Bled, the players stayed at the Grand Hotel Toplice, the site of Alexander Alekhine's historic triumph in Bled (1931).
π° In contrast to the candidates tournaments in ZΓΌrich 1953 and in Amsterdam 1956 only eight players took part in the candidates tournament 1959. But they played a four game round-robin, 28 games altogether. Mihail Tal coped best with this challenge. He won the tournament with 20.0 /28, Keres finished second with 18Β½ / 28.
π° Tal won, becoming the challenger in the 1960 championship match.
β¦οΈ The final standings and crosstable was as aboveπ
β¦οΈ Download "4th Candidates 1959" Games database by PGN formatπ
#Candidates_1959
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29.Qe8+? [An unnecessary check that leaves White's king alone.]
[29.Ka1 Rb6!β β³Qd4 30.Qa5 Qd4+ 31.c3 Qd6β 32.Rd1 (32.Qxa4? Ra6 33.Qb5 c4 34.Qb4 c5 35.Qb2 cxd3β+) 32...Bf8 33.Na2=/+]
29...Bf8β+ 30.c3 c4! [Black opens lines up to expose the enemy king even further.]
31.Kc2 [31.dxc4 Bxc4 32.Rd1 Rb6+ 33.Kc2 Bb3+ 34.Nxb3 axb3+ 35.Kb1 Qxa3 36.Rd2 Ra6β+]
31...cxd3+ 32.Kd2 Qxa3 33.Nxd3 Qa2+ 34.Ke1 Rd6 0β1
[29.Ka1 Rb6!β β³Qd4 30.Qa5 Qd4+ 31.c3 Qd6β 32.Rd1 (32.Qxa4? Ra6 33.Qb5 c4 34.Qb4 c5 35.Qb2 cxd3β+) 32...Bf8 33.Na2=/+]
29...Bf8β+ 30.c3 c4! [Black opens lines up to expose the enemy king even further.]
31.Kc2 [31.dxc4 Bxc4 32.Rd1 Rb6+ 33.Kc2 Bb3+ 34.Nxb3 axb3+ 35.Kb1 Qxa3 36.Rd2 Ra6β+]
31...cxd3+ 32.Kd2 Qxa3 33.Nxd3 Qa2+ 34.Ke1 Rd6 0β1