✴️ About Divinsky
🔸Nathan Divinsky
🔸Canadian Chess Master
🔸Chess writer
🔰 Nathan Joseph Harry Divinsky was a Canadian mathematician, university professor, chess master, chess writer, and chess official. Divinsky was also known for being the former husband of the 19th Prime Minister of Canada, Kim Campbell. Divinsky and Campbell were married from 1972 to 1983.
He was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, in 1925, and was a contemporary and friend of Canadian Grandmaster and lawyer Daniel Yanofsky.
Divinsky learned his early chess as a teenager at the Winnipeg Jewish Chess Club, along with Yanofsky. He tied for 3rd–4th places in the Closed Canadian Chess Championship, held at Saskatoon 1945, with 9.5/12, along with John Belson; the joint winners were Yanofsky and Frank Yerhoff at 10.5/12.
Divinsky served for 15 years, from 1959–1974, as editor of the magazine Canadian Chess Chat, and contributed occasionally to other Canadian chess magazines. He played an important role in chess organization in Canada from the 1950s.
🔰 Nathan Divinsky has written several books on chess. Chess historian Edward Winter in a 1992 review was very critical of Divinsky's The Batsford Chess Encyclopedia, calling it "A Catastrophic Encyclopedia". Winter in 2008 selected it as one of the five worst chess books in English from the past two decades. Winter's 1989 review of Divinsky and Raymond Keene's book Warriors of the Mind was also negative. In this book, the authors compared great chess champions throughout history using an advanced mathematical treatment; while necessarily imperfect due to generational evolution in chess, it was in fact the pioneering work in this field.
SOURCE: WIKIPEDIA
♦️ A memorable game by Divinsky👇
🔸 Nathan Joseph Divinsky vs Abraham Helman
🔸 CAN-ch (1945), Saskatoon CAN, rd 4, Jun-??
🔸 French Defense: Winawer. Positional Variation (C19)
♦️ Review and download PGN file👇
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🔸Nathan Divinsky
🔸Canadian Chess Master
🔸Chess writer
🔰 Nathan Joseph Harry Divinsky was a Canadian mathematician, university professor, chess master, chess writer, and chess official. Divinsky was also known for being the former husband of the 19th Prime Minister of Canada, Kim Campbell. Divinsky and Campbell were married from 1972 to 1983.
He was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, in 1925, and was a contemporary and friend of Canadian Grandmaster and lawyer Daniel Yanofsky.
Divinsky learned his early chess as a teenager at the Winnipeg Jewish Chess Club, along with Yanofsky. He tied for 3rd–4th places in the Closed Canadian Chess Championship, held at Saskatoon 1945, with 9.5/12, along with John Belson; the joint winners were Yanofsky and Frank Yerhoff at 10.5/12.
Divinsky served for 15 years, from 1959–1974, as editor of the magazine Canadian Chess Chat, and contributed occasionally to other Canadian chess magazines. He played an important role in chess organization in Canada from the 1950s.
🔰 Nathan Divinsky has written several books on chess. Chess historian Edward Winter in a 1992 review was very critical of Divinsky's The Batsford Chess Encyclopedia, calling it "A Catastrophic Encyclopedia". Winter in 2008 selected it as one of the five worst chess books in English from the past two decades. Winter's 1989 review of Divinsky and Raymond Keene's book Warriors of the Mind was also negative. In this book, the authors compared great chess champions throughout history using an advanced mathematical treatment; while necessarily imperfect due to generational evolution in chess, it was in fact the pioneering work in this field.
SOURCE: WIKIPEDIA
♦️ A memorable game by Divinsky👇
🔸 Nathan Joseph Divinsky vs Abraham Helman
🔸 CAN-ch (1945), Saskatoon CAN, rd 4, Jun-??
🔸 French Defense: Winawer. Positional Variation (C19)
♦️ Review and download PGN file👇
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@Divinsky-Helman 1945.pgn
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🔸 Nathan Joseph Divinsky - Abraham Helman, CAN-ch 1945
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32.R7f6?! [This dubious move allows White to consolidate his position.]
[He should have eliminated one of the defenders of e4. 32.Rxe7! Rxe7 33.b4! White is not in a hurry and pushes his queenside majority first. 33...Re8 34.c4 Re5 35.c5 Re7 Black is in complete agony, with no useful moves. 36.Kg1 △Kf2 36...Rf7 (36...Kh8? 37.Kf2± △R×e4) 37.Rxe4 Qxe3+ 38.Rxe3 Rf4 39.Rd3 Be8 40.Rd1 h6 41.b5! △c6 41...axb5 42.c6 Bxc6 43.a6 bxa6 44.Nxc6±]
32...Qg7?! [32...Qh5! 33.b4 Qe5 34.h4 Kg7 35.Kg1 Qxf6 36.Rxf6 Kxf6=]
33.b4 Kh8 34.Kg1 Qg8 35.Rf1 Kg7 36.Rd6 Rf7 37.Rf4 Ref8?? [37...Rxf4! 38.Qxf4 Bc8 39.Qf6+ Kh6 40.Nf5+ Bxf5 41.Qxf5 Qf8! 42.Qxf8+ Rxf8 43.Re6 Rf4+/=]
38.Rxe4 Bc8 39.Ne6+! Bxe6 40.Qd4+ Kh6 41.Rdxe6+– 1–0
[He should have eliminated one of the defenders of e4. 32.Rxe7! Rxe7 33.b4! White is not in a hurry and pushes his queenside majority first. 33...Re8 34.c4 Re5 35.c5 Re7 Black is in complete agony, with no useful moves. 36.Kg1 △Kf2 36...Rf7 (36...Kh8? 37.Kf2± △R×e4) 37.Rxe4 Qxe3+ 38.Rxe3 Rf4 39.Rd3 Be8 40.Rd1 h6 41.b5! △c6 41...axb5 42.c6 Bxc6 43.a6 bxa6 44.Nxc6±]
32...Qg7?! [32...Qh5! 33.b4 Qe5 34.h4 Kg7 35.Kg1 Qxf6 36.Rxf6 Kxf6=]
33.b4 Kh8 34.Kg1 Qg8 35.Rf1 Kg7 36.Rd6 Rf7 37.Rf4 Ref8?? [37...Rxf4! 38.Qxf4 Bc8 39.Qf6+ Kh6 40.Nf5+ Bxf5 41.Qxf5 Qf8! 42.Qxf8+ Rxf8 43.Re6 Rf4+/=]
38.Rxe4 Bc8 39.Ne6+! Bxe6 40.Qd4+ Kh6 41.Rdxe6+– 1–0
27...Ra6! [Black is using the open a-file to penetrate to the opponent's camp with his rook.]
[27...Qa8 28.Bb4 Qa6 29.Qxc4 Rb6 30.Rc5 Nxc5 31.Qxa6 Nxa6µ; 27...Na3 28.Qb3 Nc4]
28.Rb1 Ra2! 29.Qd1 Rxf2+ 30.Kg1 Nxe3 0–1
[27...Qa8 28.Bb4 Qa6 29.Qxc4 Rb6 30.Rc5 Nxc5 31.Qxa6 Nxa6µ; 27...Na3 28.Qb3 Nc4]
28.Rb1 Ra2! 29.Qd1 Rxf2+ 30.Kg1 Nxe3 0–1
63...g3? [63...Bg5! 64.Kf2 Bh4+ 65.Ke2 (65.Kg2 Kd3 66.Bd4 Kc2 67.b4 Kd3 68.Bc5 Be1 69.Bd4 Bxb4 70.Kg3 Be1+ 71.Kxg4 b4 72.Kf5 b3 73.Be5 Bc3–+) 65...g3 66.Kf1 Kf3 67.Kg1 Bg5 68.e4 Bf4 69.Kf1 Be5 70.Kg1 Kxe4 71.Kg2 Kd3 72.Kf3 Kc3 73.b4 Kc4 74.Kg2 Bb8 75.Kf3 Kd5 76.Bg1 Be5 77.Be3 Bd6 78.Bd2 Kc4 79.Be1 Kd3 80.Kg2 Bf4 81.Kf3 Be5 82.Kg2 Ke2 83.Bxg3 Bxg3 84.Kxg3 Kd3 85.Kf3 Kc3 86.Ke3 Kxb4 87.Kd3 Ka3 88.Kc2 b4 89.Kb1 Kb3–+; 63...Bg7? 64.Kf2 Be5 65.Be7 Kd3 66.Bg5 Bd6 67.Bf4 Bc5 68.Kg3 Bxe3 69.Bc7 Kc3 70.Kxg4 Kxb3 71.Kf3 Bc1 72.Ke2 Kc2 73.Bd6 Bg5 74.Bb4 Bf4 75.Ba5 Be5 76.Bb4 Bc3 77.Bd6 Bf6 78.Bb4 Bd4 79.Be7 Kc3 80.Bg5 Bc5 81.Bd2+ Kc2 82.Ba5 Bd4 83.Bb4]
64.Bd6 g2 65.Kf2 Bxe3+ 66.Kxg2 Bd2 67.Kf2 Kd3 68.Be7 Bc3 69.Bd6 Kc2 70.Ke2 Kxb3 71.Kd1 Bb2 72.Be7 Ba3 73.Bg5 Bb2 74.Be7 Ka2 75.Bb4 Ba3 76.Bd2 Kb2 77.Bc1+ Kb3 78.Bd2 Bb2 79.Be1 Bc3 80.Bh4 Ka2 81.Be7 ½–½
64.Bd6 g2 65.Kf2 Bxe3+ 66.Kxg2 Bd2 67.Kf2 Kd3 68.Be7 Bc3 69.Bd6 Kc2 70.Ke2 Kxb3 71.Kd1 Bb2 72.Be7 Ba3 73.Bg5 Bb2 74.Be7 Ka2 75.Bb4 Ba3 76.Bd2 Kb2 77.Bc1+ Kb3 78.Bd2 Bb2 79.Be1 Bc3 80.Bh4 Ka2 81.Be7 ½–½
Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 82
public poll
B)Nd4 – 7
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 88%
@Mohamadamin91, Nikhil, Vincent, @h_a_d_I_1169, @Sophia_Peng, Michael, Alan
A)Ne2 – 1
👍 13%
@RichardPeng
C)N×e4
▫️ 0%
👥 8 people voted so far.
public poll
B)Nd4 – 7
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 88%
@Mohamadamin91, Nikhil, Vincent, @h_a_d_I_1169, @Sophia_Peng, Michael, Alan
A)Ne2 – 1
👍 13%
@RichardPeng
C)N×e4
▫️ 0%
👥 8 people voted so far.
Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 82
public poll
C)Ra6 – 7
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 70%
@Mohamadamin91, Nikhil, Vincent, @Sophia_Peng, @RichardPeng, @WataxPin, Michael
B)Nd4 – 2
👍👍 20%
@Ehsan841985, @hosghi
A)Ne5 – 1
👍 10%
@h_a_d_I_1169
👥 10 people voted so far.
public poll
C)Ra6 – 7
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 70%
@Mohamadamin91, Nikhil, Vincent, @Sophia_Peng, @RichardPeng, @WataxPin, Michael
B)Nd4 – 2
👍👍 20%
@Ehsan841985, @hosghi
A)Ne5 – 1
👍 10%
@h_a_d_I_1169
👥 10 people voted so far.
Congratulations to Hikaru Nakamura who wins #speedchess 2018!
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Nakamura separated himself in bullet in a tight match that was tied 10-10 after the blitz.
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Nakamura separated himself in bullet in a tight match that was tied 10-10 after the blitz.