25.d5! [White pushes his pawn into the Black's camp and obtains a space advantage.]
[25.Red1 Bxc4 26.Nxc4 Kg6 27.d5 Qc7 28.Qa2 c5 29.b3 Nh6 30.Na3 Kg7 31.Nb5 Qe7 32.Re2 Ng6 33.Nd2 Nf4 34.Nc4 Red8 (34...Nxe2+ 35.Qxe2 Red8 36.Qxh5 b6 37.Rd3 Qf7 38.Qe2 Qe7 39.Rg3 Kh7 40.Ne3 Rd7 41.h4 Rg8 42.hxg5 Rxg5 43.Rh3+–) 35.Ree1 f5 36.Qb1²; 25.Kh2 Bxc4 26.Nxc4 d5 27.exd5 e4 28.g3 h4 29.Rde2 cxd5 30.Ne3 Qd7 31.Nd2 Rbd8 32.c4 Ne6 (32...dxc4 33.Ndxc4±) 33.Qc3 Nc7 34.Qxa5 Kg6 35.gxh4 dxc4 36.f3!²; 25.Kh1 Nd8 26.Red1±]
25...cxd5 26.Bxd5 Qc7 27.Red1 Kg6 28.Nh2 Rbd8 29.Nf1 Nh6 30.Ne3 Qc5 31.Nbc4 g4 32.Bxe6 Nxe6 33.Nxd6 g3 34.Nxe8 gxf2+ 35.Rxf2 Rxe8 36.Nd5 Rf8 37.Qxb7 Ng5 38.b4 axb4 39.cxb4 Qc4 40.Qe7 1–0
[25.Red1 Bxc4 26.Nxc4 Kg6 27.d5 Qc7 28.Qa2 c5 29.b3 Nh6 30.Na3 Kg7 31.Nb5 Qe7 32.Re2 Ng6 33.Nd2 Nf4 34.Nc4 Red8 (34...Nxe2+ 35.Qxe2 Red8 36.Qxh5 b6 37.Rd3 Qf7 38.Qe2 Qe7 39.Rg3 Kh7 40.Ne3 Rd7 41.h4 Rg8 42.hxg5 Rxg5 43.Rh3+–) 35.Ree1 f5 36.Qb1²; 25.Kh2 Bxc4 26.Nxc4 d5 27.exd5 e4 28.g3 h4 29.Rde2 cxd5 30.Ne3 Qd7 31.Nd2 Rbd8 32.c4 Ne6 (32...dxc4 33.Ndxc4±) 33.Qc3 Nc7 34.Qxa5 Kg6 35.gxh4 dxc4 36.f3!²; 25.Kh1 Nd8 26.Red1±]
25...cxd5 26.Bxd5 Qc7 27.Red1 Kg6 28.Nh2 Rbd8 29.Nf1 Nh6 30.Ne3 Qc5 31.Nbc4 g4 32.Bxe6 Nxe6 33.Nxd6 g3 34.Nxe8 gxf2+ 35.Rxf2 Rxe8 36.Nd5 Rf8 37.Qxb7 Ng5 38.b4 axb4 39.cxb4 Qc4 40.Qe7 1–0
29...f4!=/+ [29...fxe4 30.Re2 Rg7 31.Ref2 Rg8 32.Qd4 e3 33.Rf7 Rxg2+ 34.Kxg2 Qg5+ 35.Kh2 Qh6+ 36.Kg1 Qg5+=; 29...Qg5 30.Rf2 Be8 31.Re3 Qh6 32.Rxf5 Rh4 33.Bd3 Rh1+ 34.Kf2 Rxf5+ 35.exf5 Qf4+ 36.Rf3 Qd2+ 37.Be2 Qe1+ 38.Ke3 Qc1+ 39.Kd3 Qb1+ 40.Ke3=]
30.Rf2 Reg5 31.Qd4+ Kg8 32.Kf1 Rxg2! 33.Ke2 [33.Rxg2 Bh3 34.Ree2 f3–+]
33...R5g3 34.Ref1 Qg5 35.Kd2 Rf3 36.Kc1 Rgxf2 0–1
30.Rf2 Reg5 31.Qd4+ Kg8 32.Kf1 Rxg2! 33.Ke2 [33.Rxg2 Bh3 34.Ree2 f3–+]
33...R5g3 34.Ref1 Qg5 35.Kd2 Rf3 36.Kc1 Rgxf2 0–1
Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 70
public poll
A)Rd6 – 4
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 57%
Dariush, @h_a_d_I_1169, @WataxPin, Sanjana
C)Rab1 – 2
👍👍👍👍 29%
@SteveWongso, @RichardPeng
B)b6 – 1
👍👍 14%
@mahyarebrahimi1983
👥 7 people voted so far.
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A)Rd6 – 4
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 57%
Dariush, @h_a_d_I_1169, @WataxPin, Sanjana
C)Rab1 – 2
👍👍👍👍 29%
@SteveWongso, @RichardPeng
B)b6 – 1
👍👍 14%
@mahyarebrahimi1983
👥 7 people voted so far.
Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 70
public poll
C)Ra6 – 7
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 64%
Gavin, @YaminiG, Dariush, @h_a_d_I_1169, @WataxPin, Michael, Sanjana
A)Re7 – 2
👍👍 18%
@Jasemsa, @mahyarebrahimi1983
B)Rc7 – 2
👍👍 18%
@SteveWongso, @RichardPeng
👥 11 people voted so far.
public poll
C)Ra6 – 7
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 64%
Gavin, @YaminiG, Dariush, @h_a_d_I_1169, @WataxPin, Michael, Sanjana
A)Re7 – 2
👍👍 18%
@Jasemsa, @mahyarebrahimi1983
B)Rc7 – 2
👍👍 18%
@SteveWongso, @RichardPeng
👥 11 people voted so far.
🔴 Today is birthday of Salo Flohr!!
Czech chess grandmaster
Born: November 21, 1908, Horodenka, Ukraine
Died: July 18, 1983, Moscow, Russia
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Czech chess grandmaster
Born: November 21, 1908, Horodenka, Ukraine
Died: July 18, 1983, Moscow, Russia
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Women's World Championship Final (🔴LIVE ) 📺 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_F5w3PxC-A
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FIDE Women's World Championship 2018. FINAL. Game 3.
Commentators GM Alexander Morozevich and GM Alexandra Kosteniuk
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✴️ #Vladimir_Zak
🔸 Vladimir Zak
🔸 Soviet chess trainer and chess writer
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🔸 Vladimir Zak
🔸 Soviet chess trainer and chess writer
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✴️ About Vladimir Zak
🔸 Vladimir Zak
🔸 Soviet chess trainer and chess writer
📚 Vladimir Zak Grigorievich is a chess player, a chess teacher and a Soviet coach born February 11, 1913 in Berdichev , Ukraine, and died on November 25, 1994 in Pavlovsk (St. Petersburg) . Emeritus coach of the USSR, Zak was for more than thirty years in charge of the Pioneers' Palace of Leningrad from 1945. He was responsible for the development of world champion Boris Spassky , world championship finalists Viktor Kortchnoï and Gata Kamsky, grand masters Gennadi Sosonko ,Valeri Salov and Aleksandr Kochiev and the great female teacher and USSR champion Larissa Volpert .
❗️ [ Larisa Ilinichna Volpert was a Soviet chess Woman Grandmaster and Russian and Estonian philologist. She was a three time Soviet women's chess champion.]
📚 Vladimir Zak is a co-author with Viktor Korchnoi of a famous book on the king's gambit , translated into English in 1974.
♦️ A memorable game by Vladimir Zak👇
🔸 Vladimir Grigorievi Zak vs. Andor Lilienthal
🔸 URS-ch19 Semifinal, Baku 1951
🔸 ECO: E30
♦️ Review and download annotated PGN file👇
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🔸 Vladimir Zak
🔸 Soviet chess trainer and chess writer
📚 Vladimir Zak Grigorievich is a chess player, a chess teacher and a Soviet coach born February 11, 1913 in Berdichev , Ukraine, and died on November 25, 1994 in Pavlovsk (St. Petersburg) . Emeritus coach of the USSR, Zak was for more than thirty years in charge of the Pioneers' Palace of Leningrad from 1945. He was responsible for the development of world champion Boris Spassky , world championship finalists Viktor Kortchnoï and Gata Kamsky, grand masters Gennadi Sosonko ,Valeri Salov and Aleksandr Kochiev and the great female teacher and USSR champion Larissa Volpert .
❗️ [ Larisa Ilinichna Volpert was a Soviet chess Woman Grandmaster and Russian and Estonian philologist. She was a three time Soviet women's chess champion.]
📚 Vladimir Zak is a co-author with Viktor Korchnoi of a famous book on the king's gambit , translated into English in 1974.
♦️ A memorable game by Vladimir Zak👇
🔸 Vladimir Grigorievi Zak vs. Andor Lilienthal
🔸 URS-ch19 Semifinal, Baku 1951
🔸 ECO: E30
♦️ Review and download annotated PGN file👇
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@Zak-Lilienthal 1951.pgn
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🔸 Vladimir Grigorievi Zak - Andor Lilienthal,Baku 1951
🔸 Annotated PGN format
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🔸 Annotated PGN format
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