9.e4! [White tries to open up the center as soon as possible, to exploit Black's uncastled King and lack of development.]
[9.Nxe5 Nxe5 10.dxe5 Qxe5 11.Qd2 Qxb2 12.Nc3=; 9.dxe5 Nxe5 10.e4 Nxd3 11.cxd3 dxe4 12.dxe4 Nf6 13.Nc3 0–0=]
9...f5!? [Black tries to complicate the game.]
[9...dxe4 10.Bxe4 Ndf6 11.Re1± White has a dominant position.]
10.exd5 e4 11.dxc6 bxc6 12.Bc4 Kf8 [12...exf3?? 13.Re1]
13.Ne5 [13.Re1! Qb4 14.Qe2 Ngf6 (14...exf3 15.Qe8#) 15.Bb3 a5 (15...exf3 16.Qe6 Ne5 17.Qxe5 Ne4 18.Nc3+–) 16.Ng5 a4 17.c3 Qe7 18.Ne6+ Kf7 19.Bc4 Nd5 20.Nf4+–]
13...Nxe5 14.dxe5 Be6 [14...Qxe5 15.Qd8+ Qe8 16.Rd1 h5 17.Qd6+ Qe7 18.Qxc6+–]
15.Na3 Nh6 16.Qe2 Kf7 17.Qh5+ Kg8 18.Rfd1 Nf7 19.Qh4 g5 20.Qh5 Kg7 21.Rd2? [21.Rd6! Nxd6 22.exd6 Qf6 23.Bxe6 Qxe6 24.Qxg5+ Kf7 25.Rd1±]
21...Rhd8 22.Rad1 h6 23.Rxd8 Rxd8 24.Rxd8 Nxd8 25.Qd1 Qd7 26.Qxd7+ Bxd7 27.f3?! [27.Nb1]
27...exf3 28.gxf3 f4 29.Kf2 h5 30.gxf4 gxf4 31.c3 Kg6 32.Bd3+ Bf5 33.Bc4 Be6 34.Bd3+ Kg5 35.Bc4 Kf5 36.Bxe6+ Kxe6 37.Nc4 Nf7 38.a4 c5 39.b3 h4 40.b4 Kd5 41.e6 Kxe6 42.b5 Kd7 43.Kg2 Ng5 44.Ne5+ Kc7 45.a5 c4 46.Nxc4 h3+ 47.Kh2 Nxf3+ 48.Kxh3 Ng5+ 49.Kg4 Ne4 50.Kxf4 Nxc3 51.Na3 Kd6 52.a6 Kc5 ½–½
[9.Nxe5 Nxe5 10.dxe5 Qxe5 11.Qd2 Qxb2 12.Nc3=; 9.dxe5 Nxe5 10.e4 Nxd3 11.cxd3 dxe4 12.dxe4 Nf6 13.Nc3 0–0=]
9...f5!? [Black tries to complicate the game.]
[9...dxe4 10.Bxe4 Ndf6 11.Re1± White has a dominant position.]
10.exd5 e4 11.dxc6 bxc6 12.Bc4 Kf8 [12...exf3?? 13.Re1]
13.Ne5 [13.Re1! Qb4 14.Qe2 Ngf6 (14...exf3 15.Qe8#) 15.Bb3 a5 (15...exf3 16.Qe6 Ne5 17.Qxe5 Ne4 18.Nc3+–) 16.Ng5 a4 17.c3 Qe7 18.Ne6+ Kf7 19.Bc4 Nd5 20.Nf4+–]
13...Nxe5 14.dxe5 Be6 [14...Qxe5 15.Qd8+ Qe8 16.Rd1 h5 17.Qd6+ Qe7 18.Qxc6+–]
15.Na3 Nh6 16.Qe2 Kf7 17.Qh5+ Kg8 18.Rfd1 Nf7 19.Qh4 g5 20.Qh5 Kg7 21.Rd2? [21.Rd6! Nxd6 22.exd6 Qf6 23.Bxe6 Qxe6 24.Qxg5+ Kf7 25.Rd1±]
21...Rhd8 22.Rad1 h6 23.Rxd8 Rxd8 24.Rxd8 Nxd8 25.Qd1 Qd7 26.Qxd7+ Bxd7 27.f3?! [27.Nb1]
27...exf3 28.gxf3 f4 29.Kf2 h5 30.gxf4 gxf4 31.c3 Kg6 32.Bd3+ Bf5 33.Bc4 Be6 34.Bd3+ Kg5 35.Bc4 Kf5 36.Bxe6+ Kxe6 37.Nc4 Nf7 38.a4 c5 39.b3 h4 40.b4 Kd5 41.e6 Kxe6 42.b5 Kd7 43.Kg2 Ng5 44.Ne5+ Kc7 45.a5 c4 46.Nxc4 h3+ 47.Kh2 Nxf3+ 48.Kxh3 Ng5+ 49.Kg4 Ne4 50.Kxf4 Nxc3 51.Na3 Kd6 52.a6 Kc5 ½–½
34...Rc4! [34...Kd6 35.Rc6+ Kd7 36.Ra6 Kc7 37.g3 Rc4 38.Ra8 (38.Ra7+ Kb6 39.Rxf7 Rc7 40.Rf8 Kxb5–+) 38...Kb6 39.Rb8+ Kc5 40.Rb7 e5 41.Rxf7 e4 42.Rxg7 Rb4+ 43.Kc2 Rxb5 44.Rh7 Rb6 45.Ra7 Kd4 46.Ra5 Rf6 47.Kd1 e3 48.h4 Rb6 49.Kc2 Rc6+ 50.Kd1 Ke4 51.Ra3 d4µ; 34...d4?? 35.b6 Rf1 36.Kb2 Rf2+ 37.Kc1 Rf1+ 38.Kb2=]
35.Rxc4 dxc4+ 36.Kxc4 Kd6 37.g4 f5 38.gxf5 exf5 39.h4 g5 0–1
35.Rxc4 dxc4+ 36.Kxc4 Kd6 37.g4 f5 38.gxf5 exf5 39.h4 g5 0–1
Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 48
public poll
B)Bf6 – 6
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 75%
Vincent, @YaminiG, @WhiteTiger11, @A_Wild_Richard, Michael, @ZhenruiGu
A)Ra5 – 2
👍👍 25%
@Sophia_Giraffe, Mahathi
C)Qa5
▫️ 0%
👥 8 people voted so far.
public poll
B)Bf6 – 6
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 75%
Vincent, @YaminiG, @WhiteTiger11, @A_Wild_Richard, Michael, @ZhenruiGu
A)Ra5 – 2
👍👍 25%
@Sophia_Giraffe, Mahathi
C)Qa5
▫️ 0%
👥 8 people voted so far.
Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 48
public poll
A)56.Rc1 – 8
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 80%
@im_numero_uno, Vincent, @YaminiG, Parvin, @Sophia_Giraffe, Mahathi, Michael, @ZhenruiGu
B)56.Bxd3 – 2
👍👍 20%
@A_Wild_Richard, Matthew
C)56.Rb1
▫️ 0%
👥 10 people voted so far.
public poll
A)56.Rc1 – 8
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 80%
@im_numero_uno, Vincent, @YaminiG, Parvin, @Sophia_Giraffe, Mahathi, Michael, @ZhenruiGu
B)56.Bxd3 – 2
👍👍 20%
@A_Wild_Richard, Matthew
C)56.Rb1
▫️ 0%
👥 10 people voted so far.
a 50-board simultaneous display by Victor Korchnoi at the Minnesota Renaissance Festival on September 19, 1977. The tables were set up on straw bales...
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Overall Kasparov won four games and lost three—all seven combined match victories came with the white pieces. His fourth and final win in game 20 set him up with a two-point lead with four games to play. Not only was it critical for the match score, it was also beautiful and vintage Garry.
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World Chess Championships: Kasparov-Karpov, Capablanca-Lasker, Alekhine-Capablanca
Counting down the list of the most exciting world championships, Chess.com staff landed on a three-way tie for 10th place with 12 points. Capablanca-Lasker (1921) Alekhine-Capablanca (1927) Kasparov-Karpov (1990) Capablanca - Lasker (1921) In Capablanca-Lasker…
"None of the great players has been so incomprehensible to the majority of amateurs and even masters, as Emanuel Lasker."
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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.
Pandolfini hadn’t played in many tournaments, he reached chess master strength by his late teens. His long and prolific chess-teaching career, however, didn’t begin until immediately after Bobby Fischer won the World Chess Championship in 1972 from Boris Spassky in Reykjavik, Iceland, while Pandolfini was still working at the Strand Bookstore in Greenwich Village. During the match Pandolfini became an analyst for the PBS coverage. He served as an assistant to Shelby Lyman, the show’s insightful moderator, and at the time, America’s top chess teacher. It was Lyman who encouraged Pandolfini to pursue chess teaching as a career, and that’s what he soon did.
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♻️ 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.
Pandolfini hadn’t played in many tournaments, he reached chess master strength by his late teens. His long and prolific chess-teaching career, however, didn’t begin until immediately after Bobby Fischer won the World Chess Championship in 1972 from Boris Spassky in Reykjavik, Iceland, while Pandolfini was still working at the Strand Bookstore in Greenwich Village. During the match Pandolfini became an analyst for the PBS coverage. He served as an assistant to Shelby Lyman, the show’s insightful moderator, and at the time, America’s top chess teacher. It was Lyman who encouraged Pandolfini to pursue chess teaching as a career, and that’s what he soon did.
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19.a4!? [A strong positional play. White intends to block the queenside and launch his operations on the kingside and center.]
[19.e4?! a4 20.a3 b3=]
19...Nc7 20.e4 Na8 21.Qf4 [Naiditsch puts pressure on the Black's weaknesses and improves the position of his pieces.]
21...Ra6 22.g4 Ne8 23.Nge3 [△Nf5]
23...Nb6! [23...h6 24.Nf5 Nb6 25.Nxb6 Rxb6 26.b3 Nf6 27.Rae1²]
24.Nxb6 Qxb6 25.Nc4‚ Qd8 26.Rad1 Nf6 27.Qg3 Qb8 28.b3 Nd7 29.Rc1 Re8 30.g5 Ne5 31.Nb2 [△f4]
31...Ra7 32.f4 Nd7 33.Rfe1 Nb6 34.Qd3 Rae7 35.Re3 Qc8 36.Kh1 Rf8 37.Rg1 f5 38.gxf6 Rxf6 39.f5 Qe8 40.Reg3 Rff7 41.Qd2 c4? [41...Rxe4! 42.Qg2 Ree7 43.f6 Ra7 44.Nd3 c4! 45.bxc4 (45.Nf4 Qe5!–+ △Q×f6) 45...Nxc4 46.Re1 Qd8 47.fxg7 Rae7 48.Re6³]
42.Qd4 Rb7 43.Nxc4±
[19.e4?! a4 20.a3 b3=]
19...Nc7 20.e4 Na8 21.Qf4 [Naiditsch puts pressure on the Black's weaknesses and improves the position of his pieces.]
21...Ra6 22.g4 Ne8 23.Nge3 [△Nf5]
23...Nb6! [23...h6 24.Nf5 Nb6 25.Nxb6 Rxb6 26.b3 Nf6 27.Rae1²]
24.Nxb6 Qxb6 25.Nc4‚ Qd8 26.Rad1 Nf6 27.Qg3 Qb8 28.b3 Nd7 29.Rc1 Re8 30.g5 Ne5 31.Nb2 [△f4]
31...Ra7 32.f4 Nd7 33.Rfe1 Nb6 34.Qd3 Rae7 35.Re3 Qc8 36.Kh1 Rf8 37.Rg1 f5 38.gxf6 Rxf6 39.f5 Qe8 40.Reg3 Rff7 41.Qd2 c4? [41...Rxe4! 42.Qg2 Ree7 43.f6 Ra7 44.Nd3 c4! 45.bxc4 (45.Nf4 Qe5!–+ △Q×f6) 45...Nxc4 46.Re1 Qd8 47.fxg7 Rae7 48.Re6³]
42.Qd4 Rb7 43.Nxc4±