Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 49
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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.
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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
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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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@Stahlberg-Alekhine 1930.pgn
625 B
🔸 Gideon Stahlberg - Alexander Alekhine, Hamburg ol (Men) (1930)
🔸 PGN format
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14.h4! [White initiates a strong attack on the kingside.]
14...Bb7 [14...Bxh4?! 15.Qe2 △Qe4 15...f5 16.Bc4 Kh8 17.Bf4° Bf6 18.Bxe6 Re8 19.Qa2±; 14...h6? 15.Bb1! Bd6 16.Qd3 f5 17.d5!±]
15.Ng5! [With the aim of provoking weaknesses in the opponent's castled position.]
15...Bxg5! [Varga gives up the bishop pair in order to avoid weaknesses in front of his castled king.]
16.Bxg5 Qd5 17.Qg4‚ Kh8 18.Rab1 Na5 19.Be7?! [19.Re5! Qc6 20.d5 exd5 21.Be7 Rfe8? (21...Kg8 22.Bxf8±) 22.Qh5 g6 23.Qh6+– △Rh5]
19...Rfe8 20.Rb5 Qxg2+ 21.Qxg2 Bxg2 22.Bb4 Bc6 23.Bxa5 Bxb5 24.Bxb5 Rec8 25.Bb4² 1–0
14...Bb7 [14...Bxh4?! 15.Qe2 △Qe4 15...f5 16.Bc4 Kh8 17.Bf4° Bf6 18.Bxe6 Re8 19.Qa2±; 14...h6? 15.Bb1! Bd6 16.Qd3 f5 17.d5!±]
15.Ng5! [With the aim of provoking weaknesses in the opponent's castled position.]
15...Bxg5! [Varga gives up the bishop pair in order to avoid weaknesses in front of his castled king.]
16.Bxg5 Qd5 17.Qg4‚ Kh8 18.Rab1 Na5 19.Be7?! [19.Re5! Qc6 20.d5 exd5 21.Be7 Rfe8? (21...Kg8 22.Bxf8±) 22.Qh5 g6 23.Qh6+– △Rh5]
19...Rfe8 20.Rb5 Qxg2+ 21.Qxg2 Bxg2 22.Bb4 Bc6 23.Bxa5 Bxb5 24.Bxb5 Rec8 25.Bb4² 1–0