25...Ra5 [Black could have created some threats against the black king by putting his bishop on the long diagonal. However, the text move is also interesting.]
[25...Bf6! 26.Rhg1 Ra5 27.Qf3 Rc5 28.Qe2 Qa5 29.Rd2 d5-/+; 25...Qa5 26.Rh2 Bf6 27.Rg2 d5 28.Bd3 dxe4 29.Bxe4 e5 30.fxe5 (30.Bxa8?? exd4 31.Be4 dxe3–+) 30...axb3 31.cxb3 (31.exf6?? Qxa2+ 32.Kc1 Qa1+ 33.Kd2 Qc3+ 34.Kc1 Ra1#) 31...Qxe5 32.Bg1 (32.Bxa8 Bf5+ 33.Ka1 (33.Nxf5 Qa1#) 33...Ne6! 34.a4 Rxa8–+) 32...Bxh3 33.Bh2 Qc5 34.Bxa8 Rxa8 35.Rg3 Bd7 36.Qc4+ Qxc4 37.bxc4 Rc8–+]
26.f5?? [26.Bd2 Qb6 27.Be3 Qb7 28.f5-/+]
26...d5! 27.exd5 exd5 28.Bd3 Bf6 29.fxg6 Qc3 30.Rhf1 a3 0–1
[25...Bf6! 26.Rhg1 Ra5 27.Qf3 Rc5 28.Qe2 Qa5 29.Rd2 d5-/+; 25...Qa5 26.Rh2 Bf6 27.Rg2 d5 28.Bd3 dxe4 29.Bxe4 e5 30.fxe5 (30.Bxa8?? exd4 31.Be4 dxe3–+) 30...axb3 31.cxb3 (31.exf6?? Qxa2+ 32.Kc1 Qa1+ 33.Kd2 Qc3+ 34.Kc1 Ra1#) 31...Qxe5 32.Bg1 (32.Bxa8 Bf5+ 33.Ka1 (33.Nxf5 Qa1#) 33...Ne6! 34.a4 Rxa8–+) 32...Bxh3 33.Bh2 Qc5 34.Bxa8 Rxa8 35.Rg3 Bd7 36.Qc4+ Qxc4 37.bxc4 Rc8–+]
26.f5?? [26.Bd2 Qb6 27.Be3 Qb7 28.f5-/+]
26...d5! 27.exd5 exd5 28.Bd3 Bf6 29.fxg6 Qc3 30.Rhf1 a3 0–1
56.Bxd3+? [56.Rc1+! Kd5 57.Bxd3 exd3 58.Rc8 Ke4 59.Rh8 Kf3 (59...f4 60.Rxh5 fxg3 61.fxg3 Kf3 62.Rh7 Kxg3 63.h5 Be8 64.h6 Bg6 65.Rd7 b5 66.h7 Bxh7 67.Rxh7 Kg2 68.Kxd3 g3 69.Ke2 d3+ 70.Ke3! b4 71.Rd7 b3 72.Rxd3 b2 73.Rd1 Kh2 74.Rb1 g2 75.Kf2 Kh3 76.Rxb2 Kh2 77.Rb1 Kh3 78.Rg1+–) 60.Rxh5 Kxf2 (60...Bd7 61.Rh7 Be8 62.h5 Kxf2 63.h6 Kxg3 64.Rg7 f4 65.h7 f3 66.h8Q f2 67.Qf8 Bh5 68.Qf5 Kg2 69.Qxh5 f1Q 70.Rxg4++–) 61.Rg5 Kxg3 62.h5 Kf4 63.h6 Kxg5 64.h7 Bc6 65.Kxd3 Be4+ 66.Kxd4 g3 67.h8Q Kf4 68.Qb8+ Kf3 69.Qxb6 g2 70.Ke5 Kg3 71.Qg1 Kf3; 56.Rb1 b5 57.Ra1 Kb3 58.Bxd3 exd3 59.Rc1 b4 60.Kxd3 Kb2 61.Rc7 Bb3 62.Rh7 Kc1 63.Kxd4 Bc2 64.Rb7 b3 65.Kc3 Kd1 66.Rb4 Kc1 67.Rb7 Kd1=]
56...exd3 57.Re1 b5 58.Re8 b4 59.Rc8+ Kd5 60.Rb8 b3 61.Kxd3 Kc5 62.Kd2 Kc4 63.Rb7 Bb5 64.Rb8 d3 65.Kc1 Bc6 66.Kd2 Be4 67.Kc1 Kc3 68.Rc8+ Kd4 69.Kd2 Bd5 70.Re8 Kc4 71.Rb8 Kd4 72.Re8 Kc4 ½–½
56...exd3 57.Re1 b5 58.Re8 b4 59.Rc8+ Kd5 60.Rb8 b3 61.Kxd3 Kc5 62.Kd2 Kc4 63.Rb7 Bb5 64.Rb8 d3 65.Kc1 Bc6 66.Kd2 Be4 67.Kc1 Kc3 68.Rc8+ Kd4 69.Kd2 Bd5 70.Re8 Kc4 71.Rb8 Kd4 72.Re8 Kc4 ½–½
Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 49
public poll
B)17...Nxd5 – 7
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 78%
Meisam, Jonas, @ErfanBz01, @YaminiG, @A_Wild_Richard, Michael, Sanjana
A)17... a5 – 2
👍👍 22%
@Sophia_Giraffe, Mahathi
C)17...Bxd5
▫️ 0%
👥 9 people voted so far.
public poll
B)17...Nxd5 – 7
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 78%
Meisam, Jonas, @ErfanBz01, @YaminiG, @A_Wild_Richard, Michael, Sanjana
A)17... a5 – 2
👍👍 22%
@Sophia_Giraffe, Mahathi
C)17...Bxd5
▫️ 0%
👥 9 people voted so far.
Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 49
public poll
A)59...Kxh4 – 9
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 53%
Mehdi, Sara, Jonas, @ErfanBz01, @YaminiG, @A_Wild_Richard, @Miladdark79, Michael, Sanjana
B)59...Kf6 – 8
👍👍👍👍👍👍 47%
@Jasemsa, @mahyarebrahimi1983, Max, @BehroudR, @h_a_d_I_1169, @Sophia_Giraffe, Majjeed, Mahathi
C)59...kh5
▫️ 0%
👥 17 people voted so far.
public poll
A)59...Kxh4 – 9
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 53%
Mehdi, Sara, Jonas, @ErfanBz01, @YaminiG, @A_Wild_Richard, @Miladdark79, Michael, Sanjana
B)59...Kf6 – 8
👍👍👍👍👍👍 47%
@Jasemsa, @mahyarebrahimi1983, Max, @BehroudR, @h_a_d_I_1169, @Sophia_Giraffe, Majjeed, Mahathi
C)59...kh5
▫️ 0%
👥 17 people voted so far.
Hilversum (Netherlands), 21st June 1973. In the 8th round of the AVRO grandmaster tournament, Efim Geller (USSR) has the white pieces against László Szabó (Hungary).
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A nice mate in 5 from Evgenij Miroshnichenko vs Sandor Kustar, Budapest, 1997. White to move.
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"The ability to create and to control the tension of battle is perhaps the principal attainment of the great player."
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◼️ Today is birthday of Alexander Alekhine !!
Russian - French chess Master
Fourth World Chess Champion
Born: October 31, 1892, Moscow, Russia
Died: March 24, 1946, Estoril, Portugal
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Russian - French chess Master
Fourth World Chess Champion
Born: October 31, 1892, Moscow, Russia
Died: March 24, 1946, Estoril, Portugal
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#alekhine
♟ Alexander Alekhine
▪️ Russian - French chess Master
▪️ Fourth World Chess Champion
🔰 Alexander Alekhine was a Russian and French chess player and the fourth World Chess Champion. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest chess players of all time.
Alekhine was born in Moscow, on 31 October 1892 (October 19th on the Russian calendar). Circa 1898, he was taught the game of chess by his older brother, Alexei Alexandrovich Alekhine (1888-1939). His life and chess career were highly eventful and controversial, spiced with two World Wars, including internments by the Germans and the Soviet Cheka (by whom he was marked for execution as a spy) at either end of WWI; subjection to suasion by, and suspicions of collaboration with, the Nazis in WWII; the deaths of his brother, Alexei, in 1939 and his sister, Varvara, in 1944; four marriages; five world championship matches; alcoholism; poor health during WWII and conspicuously failed World Championship negotiations with Capablanca. His eventful life and career terminated in strange circumstances in Portugal just hours after the details of the Alekhine-Botvinnik World Championship match were finalised.
Despite – or perhaps because of this - Alekhine played some of the finest games the world has ever seen. His meticulous preparation, work ethic and dynamic style of play provided the founding inspiration for the Soviet School of Chess despite the fact that soon after he won the world title, his anti-Bolshevik commentaries marked him as an enemy of the Soviet Union until after his death.
🔰 Several openings and opening variations are named after Alekhine, including Alekhine's Defence. Alekhine is known for his fierce and imaginative attacking style, combined with great positional and endgame skill. He also composed some endgame studies. Alekhine wrote over twenty books on chess, mostly annotated editions of the games in a major match or tournament, plus collections of his best games between 1908 and 1937.
🔰 Alkhine's team play
Alekhine played first board for France in five Olympiads: Hamburg 1930 (+9-0=0 on their top board **), Prague 1931, Folkestone 1933, Warsaw 1935, and Buenos Aires 1939. He won the gold medal for first board in 1931 and 1933, and silver medals for first board in 1935 (Flohr winning gold) and 1939 (Capablanca winning gold). Although he didn’t win a medal in Hamburg because of insufficient games played, he won 9/9 and the brilliancy prize for the game Stahlberg vs Alekhine, 1930. His overall game score for the five Olympiads was +43 =27 -2.
♦️ A memorable and brilliancy prize game in Hamburg ol (Men) 1930 by Alekhine 👇👇
🔸 Gideon Stahlberg vs Alexander Alekhine
🔸 Hamburg ol (Men) (1930), Hamburg GER, rd 3, Jul-15
🔸 Nimzo-Indian Defense: Spielmann. Stahlberg Variation (E23)
♦️ Review and download PGN file👇
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♟ Alexander Alekhine
▪️ Russian - French chess Master
▪️ Fourth World Chess Champion
🔰 Alexander Alekhine was a Russian and French chess player and the fourth World Chess Champion. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest chess players of all time.
Alekhine was born in Moscow, on 31 October 1892 (October 19th on the Russian calendar). Circa 1898, he was taught the game of chess by his older brother, Alexei Alexandrovich Alekhine (1888-1939). His life and chess career were highly eventful and controversial, spiced with two World Wars, including internments by the Germans and the Soviet Cheka (by whom he was marked for execution as a spy) at either end of WWI; subjection to suasion by, and suspicions of collaboration with, the Nazis in WWII; the deaths of his brother, Alexei, in 1939 and his sister, Varvara, in 1944; four marriages; five world championship matches; alcoholism; poor health during WWII and conspicuously failed World Championship negotiations with Capablanca. His eventful life and career terminated in strange circumstances in Portugal just hours after the details of the Alekhine-Botvinnik World Championship match were finalised.
Despite – or perhaps because of this - Alekhine played some of the finest games the world has ever seen. His meticulous preparation, work ethic and dynamic style of play provided the founding inspiration for the Soviet School of Chess despite the fact that soon after he won the world title, his anti-Bolshevik commentaries marked him as an enemy of the Soviet Union until after his death.
🔰 Several openings and opening variations are named after Alekhine, including Alekhine's Defence. Alekhine is known for his fierce and imaginative attacking style, combined with great positional and endgame skill. He also composed some endgame studies. Alekhine wrote over twenty books on chess, mostly annotated editions of the games in a major match or tournament, plus collections of his best games between 1908 and 1937.
🔰 Alkhine's team play
Alekhine played first board for France in five Olympiads: Hamburg 1930 (+9-0=0 on their top board **), Prague 1931, Folkestone 1933, Warsaw 1935, and Buenos Aires 1939. He won the gold medal for first board in 1931 and 1933, and silver medals for first board in 1935 (Flohr winning gold) and 1939 (Capablanca winning gold). Although he didn’t win a medal in Hamburg because of insufficient games played, he won 9/9 and the brilliancy prize for the game Stahlberg vs Alekhine, 1930. His overall game score for the five Olympiads was +43 =27 -2.
♦️ A memorable and brilliancy prize game in Hamburg ol (Men) 1930 by Alekhine 👇👇
🔸 Gideon Stahlberg vs Alexander Alekhine
🔸 Hamburg ol (Men) (1930), Hamburg GER, rd 3, Jul-15
🔸 Nimzo-Indian Defense: Spielmann. Stahlberg Variation (E23)
♦️ Review and download PGN file👇
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