16.h5!? [A logical move. However, the simplification of the position would kill the opponent's counterplay:]
[16.Bxc5! dxc5 17.Qg5 h5 18.Qxd8 Rfxd8 19.Bb5 a3 20.b3+– Black has absolutely no play at all.; 16.Be2 Nxe3 17.Qxe3 f5 18.exf5 gxf5 19.Nh5 Qb6 20.Bb5 f4 (20...Kh8 21.Nxg7 Kxg7 22.Rg1+ Kh8 23.Qg5 Rf7 24.0–0–0 a3 25.b3 Qa5 26.Kc2 Rc8 27.Bc4 Nxb3 28.axb3 b5 29.Rg2 bxc4 30.b4 Qd8 (30...Qxb4 31.Rb1 Qa5 32.Rb7+–) ) 21.Qg1 Rf7 22.0–0–0 Kh8 23.a3±]
16...Qb6 [16...Nxe3 17.Qxe3 Bf6±]
17.h6 Bf6 18.Bg1 Bd8 19.Be2 Nf6 20.Rc1 a3 21.b4 Qxb4 22.Rb1 Qa5 23.Rb5 Qc7 24.Bxc5! dxc5 25.d6 Qc6 26.Bc4 Ba5? [26...Ne8 27.Bd5±]
27.Rxa5! Rxa5 28.0–0 b5 [28...Ne8 29.d7+–; 28...Nd7 29.Rxf7 Rxf7 30.Qf2+–; 28...Ng4 29.Rxf7 Rxf7 30.d7+–]
29.Rxf6 bxc4 30.Qg5 Re8 31.Nf5 [31.Nf5 Ra7 32.Ne7+ Raxe7 33.dxe7 Qb7 34.Nd5 Qb2 35.Rf2 f5 36.Kg2 Qd4 37.Qf6 Qxe4+ 38.Kh2+–] 1–0
[16.Bxc5! dxc5 17.Qg5 h5 18.Qxd8 Rfxd8 19.Bb5 a3 20.b3+– Black has absolutely no play at all.; 16.Be2 Nxe3 17.Qxe3 f5 18.exf5 gxf5 19.Nh5 Qb6 20.Bb5 f4 (20...Kh8 21.Nxg7 Kxg7 22.Rg1+ Kh8 23.Qg5 Rf7 24.0–0–0 a3 25.b3 Qa5 26.Kc2 Rc8 27.Bc4 Nxb3 28.axb3 b5 29.Rg2 bxc4 30.b4 Qd8 (30...Qxb4 31.Rb1 Qa5 32.Rb7+–) ) 21.Qg1 Rf7 22.0–0–0 Kh8 23.a3±]
16...Qb6 [16...Nxe3 17.Qxe3 Bf6±]
17.h6 Bf6 18.Bg1 Bd8 19.Be2 Nf6 20.Rc1 a3 21.b4 Qxb4 22.Rb1 Qa5 23.Rb5 Qc7 24.Bxc5! dxc5 25.d6 Qc6 26.Bc4 Ba5? [26...Ne8 27.Bd5±]
27.Rxa5! Rxa5 28.0–0 b5 [28...Ne8 29.d7+–; 28...Nd7 29.Rxf7 Rxf7 30.Qf2+–; 28...Ng4 29.Rxf7 Rxf7 30.d7+–]
29.Rxf6 bxc4 30.Qg5 Re8 31.Nf5 [31.Nf5 Ra7 32.Ne7+ Raxe7 33.dxe7 Qb7 34.Nd5 Qb2 35.Rf2 f5 36.Kg2 Qd4 37.Qf6 Qxe4+ 38.Kh2+–] 1–0
26.a4! [26.Bc1 Nb6 27.b3 Rc2 28.Rd3 Re7 29.Be3 Rc7 30.Bxb6 axb6 31.Rad1 Kg6 32.Rg3+ Kf7=; 26.g3 R2e4 27.Re1 Rxe1+ 28.Rxe1 Rd8 29.Ke2 Nb6 30.Rd1 Ke6 31.Bc1 Rxd1 32.Kxd1 Kd5 33.b3 Ke4 34.Ke2 a6 35.f3+ Kd5 36.Kd3 Nd7 37.Be3 Ne5+ 38.Ke2]
26...bxa4 27.Rxa4 a6 28.Rd4! R2e5 29.c4 Ne7 30.Rd7 b5 31.Bc3 Re6 [31...Rc5 32.cxb5 Rxb5 33.Ra7 Rb6 34.Re1 Kf8 35.Bd4 Rc6 36.b4±]
32.cxb5 axb5 33.Rb7 Kg6 34.Rdd7 h5 35.Bb4 Nc6 36.Rxg7+ Kf5 37.Rxb5+ Ke4 38.Bc3 Kd3 39.Rxh5 Ra8 40.Rd7+ Kc2 41.g3 Ne5 42.Rd2+ Kc1 43.Rf5 Nf7 44.Re2 Rxe2 45.Kxe2 Re8+ 46.Kf1 Nd6 47.Rxf6 Ne4 48.Rf5 1–0
26...bxa4 27.Rxa4 a6 28.Rd4! R2e5 29.c4 Ne7 30.Rd7 b5 31.Bc3 Re6 [31...Rc5 32.cxb5 Rxb5 33.Ra7 Rb6 34.Re1 Kf8 35.Bd4 Rc6 36.b4±]
32.cxb5 axb5 33.Rb7 Kg6 34.Rdd7 h5 35.Bb4 Nc6 36.Rxg7+ Kf5 37.Rxb5+ Ke4 38.Bc3 Kd3 39.Rxh5 Ra8 40.Rd7+ Kc2 41.g3 Ne5 42.Rd2+ Kc1 43.Rf5 Nf7 44.Re2 Rxe2 45.Kxe2 Re8+ 46.Kf1 Nd6 47.Rxf6 Ne4 48.Rf5 1–0
Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 78
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C)c6 – 7
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@shahrook, Nikhil, @ORA00060, Vincent, @Sophia_Peng, @WataxPin, Sanjana
B)c×d6 – 1
👍 13%
@RichardPeng
A)c×b6
▫️ 0%
👥 8 people voted so far.
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C)c6 – 7
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 88%
@shahrook, Nikhil, @ORA00060, Vincent, @Sophia_Peng, @WataxPin, Sanjana
B)c×d6 – 1
👍 13%
@RichardPeng
A)c×b6
▫️ 0%
👥 8 people voted so far.
Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 78
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A)Kf3 – 7
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 58%
@shahrook, Nikhil, Vincent, @h_a_d_I_1169, @RichardPeng, @KingBossKrish, Sanjana
C)d4 – 4
👍👍👍👍 33%
@ORA00060, @pouyax008, @Sophia_Peng, @WataxPin
B)Rg1 – 1
👍 8%
@Kasra_Germany
👥 12 people voted so far.
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A)Kf3 – 7
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 58%
@shahrook, Nikhil, Vincent, @h_a_d_I_1169, @RichardPeng, @KingBossKrish, Sanjana
C)d4 – 4
👍👍👍👍 33%
@ORA00060, @pouyax008, @Sophia_Peng, @WataxPin
B)Rg1 – 1
👍 8%
@Kasra_Germany
👥 12 people voted so far.
🔴 Today is birthday of Lev Psakhis!!
Israeli chess grandmaster
🌺🌹💐☘️🌸🌷 Happy birthday 👏👏👏👏👏
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Israeli chess grandmaster
🌺🌹💐☘️🌸🌷 Happy birthday 👏👏👏👏👏
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🔵 About Michael Stean
🔹 Michael Stean
🔹 English chess grandmaster
🔹 Chess author
🔰 Michael Francis Stean is an English chess grandmaster, an author of chess books and a tax accountant.
Stean was born on 4 September 1953 in London. He learned to play chess before the age of five, developing a promising talent that led to junior honours, including the London under-14 and British under-16 titles.
There was more progress in 1971, when he placed third at a junior event in Norwich (behind Sax and Tarjan, two other young players with bright futures). By 1973, he was able to top a tournament in Canterbury (ahead of Adorjan) and speculation began to grow that England had another potential runner in the race to become the country's first grandmaster. Fellow contenders were Ray Keene, whom Stean knew from Cambridge University and Tony Miles, who ultimately took the accolade. 1973 was also the year when Stean entered the (Teesside) World Junior Chess Championship and finished third behind Miles and tournament victor Alexander Beliavsky (ahead of Larry Christiansen). Curiously, both Stean and Miles defeated Beliavsky, but couldn't match his ruthlessness in dispatching inferior opposition.
Domestically, he was a joint winner of the British Chess Championship in 1974, but lost the play-off to George Botterill. In the first of his five Chess Olympiads at Nice in 1974, he won the prize for best game of the Olympiad, for his effort against Walter Browne. His next Olympiad was even more of a success; individual gold and team bronze medals at Haifa 1976. His performances in these events never resulted in a score of less than 50%.
🔘 Full name: Michael Francis Stean
🔘 Country: England
🔘 Born: 4 September 1953 (age 65)
🔺 London, England
🔘 Title: Grandmaster (1977)
🔘 FIDE rating: Not active
🔘 Peak rating: 2540 (January 1979)
♦️ A memorable game by Stean: 👇
🔸 Michael Francis Stean vs Gyula Sax
🔸 Las Palmas (1978), Las Palmas ESP, rd 10, May-??
🔸 Sicilian Defense: Lasker-Pelikan. Sveshnikov Variation (B33)
♦️ Review and download PGN file👇
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🔹 Michael Stean
🔹 English chess grandmaster
🔹 Chess author
🔰 Michael Francis Stean is an English chess grandmaster, an author of chess books and a tax accountant.
Stean was born on 4 September 1953 in London. He learned to play chess before the age of five, developing a promising talent that led to junior honours, including the London under-14 and British under-16 titles.
There was more progress in 1971, when he placed third at a junior event in Norwich (behind Sax and Tarjan, two other young players with bright futures). By 1973, he was able to top a tournament in Canterbury (ahead of Adorjan) and speculation began to grow that England had another potential runner in the race to become the country's first grandmaster. Fellow contenders were Ray Keene, whom Stean knew from Cambridge University and Tony Miles, who ultimately took the accolade. 1973 was also the year when Stean entered the (Teesside) World Junior Chess Championship and finished third behind Miles and tournament victor Alexander Beliavsky (ahead of Larry Christiansen). Curiously, both Stean and Miles defeated Beliavsky, but couldn't match his ruthlessness in dispatching inferior opposition.
Domestically, he was a joint winner of the British Chess Championship in 1974, but lost the play-off to George Botterill. In the first of his five Chess Olympiads at Nice in 1974, he won the prize for best game of the Olympiad, for his effort against Walter Browne. His next Olympiad was even more of a success; individual gold and team bronze medals at Haifa 1976. His performances in these events never resulted in a score of less than 50%.
🔘 Full name: Michael Francis Stean
🔘 Country: England
🔘 Born: 4 September 1953 (age 65)
🔺 London, England
🔘 Title: Grandmaster (1977)
🔘 FIDE rating: Not active
🔘 Peak rating: 2540 (January 1979)
♦️ A memorable game by Stean: 👇
🔸 Michael Francis Stean vs Gyula Sax
🔸 Las Palmas (1978), Las Palmas ESP, rd 10, May-??
🔸 Sicilian Defense: Lasker-Pelikan. Sveshnikov Variation (B33)
♦️ Review and download PGN file👇
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@Stean-Sax 1978.pgn
558 B
🔸 Michael Francis Stean - Gyula Sax, Las Palmas 1978
🔸 PGN format
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Lev Psakhis 1983, twice USSR Champion, he shared the title with Aleksandr Beliavsky 1980 and Garry Kasparov 1981, on both occasions defeating his co-winners in their individual encounters
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Lev Borisovich is 60 years old today. Congratulations!
http://bit.ly/2E6xCsL
Incidentally, you can read about his visit to Scotland in 1984 (part of a programme of events to mark the centenary of the Scottish Chess Association) here:
https://goo.gl/FSzwpo
http://bit.ly/2E6xCsL
Incidentally, you can read about his visit to Scotland in 1984 (part of a programme of events to mark the centenary of the Scottish Chess Association) here:
https://goo.gl/FSzwpo
Wikipedia
Lev Psakhis
chess player
Even the best grandmasters in the world have had to work hard to acquire the technique of rook endings."
🔸 Paul Keres
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Hans Richter vs Marcel Duchamp, Live Chess Match (the man in the tree is the French-American artist Marcel Duchamp), 1956
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