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โšช๏ธ#102 (Endgame-โ€ŒWhite to Move)
๐Ÿ”ธMakoto,Rodwell (2338)
๐Ÿ”ธTissir,Mohamed (2388)
๐Ÿ”ธWorld Chess Olympiad 2018 Batumi
Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 102
public poll

A) Qร—e4 โ€“ 9
๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘ 82%
future, Gavin, Nikhil, @hoseini139562, Ali rezazadeh70, @h_a_d_I_1169, @RichardPeng, @WataxPin, Michael

C) Rf5 โ€“ 2
๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘ 18%
@Sophia_Peng, Ali

B) fร—e4
โ–ซ๏ธ 0%

๐Ÿ‘ฅ 11 people voted so far.
English grandmaster John Nunn, photographed in play v. Vlastimil Hort in the 8th round of the OHRA tournament in Amsterdam, 8th August, 1988.

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๐Ÿ”ต Chess History - Tournaments
๐Ÿ”น Leningrad 1974
๐Ÿ”น
42nd Soviet Chess Champion

#chess_history_tornaments
#Leningrad1974
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๐Ÿ”ต Chess History - Tournaments
๐Ÿ”น Leningrad 1974
๐Ÿ”น 30 November - 23 December
๐Ÿ”น 42nd Soviet Chess Champion

๐Ÿ”ฐ CHAMPION: Alexander Beliavsky | 9.5/15 (+6 -2 =7) |
SHARED WITH: Mikhail Tal | 9.5/15 (+6 -2 =7) |
โ™ฆ๏ธ The 42nd Soviet Chess Championship was a category XII event played in Leningrad from November 30 to December 23, 1974. Sixteen of the Soviet Union's strongest grandmasters and masters competed.
The players including (in order of Elo):
โ–ช๏ธ Mikhail Tal (2635),
โ–ช๏ธ Lev Polugaevsky (2630),
โ–ช๏ธ Gennadi Kuzmin (2600),
โ–ช๏ธ Mark Taimanov (2580),
โ–ช๏ธ Vladimir Savon (2575),
โ–ช๏ธ Evgeni Vasiukov (2560),
โ–ช๏ธ Vitaly Tseshkovsky (2545),
โ–ช๏ธ Yuri Balashov (2540),
โ–ช๏ธ Rafael Vaganian (2540),
โ–ช๏ธ Karen Grigorian (2520),
โ–ช๏ธ Mark Dvoretsky (2495),
โ–ช๏ธ Oleg Romanishin (2470),
โ–ช๏ธ Alexander Beliavsky (2460),
โ–ช๏ธ Viktor Kupreichik (2460),
โ–ช๏ธ Boris Gulko (2435), and
โ–ช๏ธ Lev Alburt (2420).

The 21 year old Beliavsky won his first Soviet crown and Tal won his fifth as they tied for first place at 9.5/15, after Beliavsky defeated Tal in the penultimate round to draw level with him, with both drawing their last round games.
๐ŸŒ SOURCE: CHESSGAMES.COM

๐Ÿ”น The final standings and crosstable was as above๐Ÿ‘†
๐Ÿ”น Download "Leningrad 1974 Games Database" by PGN format๐Ÿ‘‡
๐Ÿ”น Review our selected game from Baku 1972 tournament๐Ÿ‘‡

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๐Ÿ”ต Review our selected game from "Leningrad 1974" chess tournament:
A short game in round 11 which has ended by 17 moves!! ๐Ÿ‘‡
๐Ÿ”ธ Alexander Beliavsky vs Gennadi Kuzmin
๐Ÿ”ธ USSR Championship (1974), Leningrad URS, rd 11, Dec-15
๐Ÿ”ธ Pirc Defense: 150 Attack (B07)
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๐Ÿ”ธchess.com IoM Masters Douglas ENG 2018
๐Ÿ”ธRound 3
โšช๏ธPrithu,Gupta (2458)
โšซ๏ธAdhiban,Baskaran (2668)
๐Ÿ”ธ0-1
22...Rxb6! [A correct decision that needs to the well-calculated variations.]

23.Rxb6 Bh6+ 24.Kd1 Bxc1 25.Rxb7 Ke8 26.Kxc1 [26.Rxd7 Kxd7 27.Bb5+ Kc7 28.Kxc1 Kb6 29.Kd2ยณ]

26...Rc8! [The point of Black's 22nd move.]

[26...Rxa4? 27.Bb3 Ra5 28.Kc2ยฑ]

27.Kb2 [27.Rb4 d5ยต]

27...Rxc4 28.Kb3 Rc1 29.Ra7 d5 [29...Rb1+! 30.Kc3 Rg1 31.g3 Rg2 32.a5 Rxh2 33.a3 Rh3โ€“+]

30.exd5 exd5 31.Ra8+ Bc8 32.Ra5 d4โ€“+ 0โ€“1
โšช๏ธ#102 (Strategy-White to Move)
๐Ÿ”ธPantsulaia,Levan (2589)
๐Ÿ”ธEl Debs,Felipe de Cresce (2542)
๐Ÿ”ธOlympiad 2018 Batumi
21.Rbc1 [21.d4! would be stronger. Attempting to open up the game in order to exploit White's advantage in space. 21...exd4 22.Nxd4 Nf6 23.Qc2 Rd7 24.Nf5ยฒ; 21.a4 c5 22.b5 (22.bxc5 Nxc5 23.Nxc5 b6 24.d4 exd4 25.Qxd4 Bxc5=) 22...Bd6 23.Nd2 Nf8 24.Nc4ยฒ]

21...b6 22.d4 Bb7 23.Red1 Qa8 24.f4 [24.f3; 24.a4 exd4 25.Nxd4 Ne5 26.Nf5 c5 27.f3 Qc8 28.bxc5 Nd7 29.a5ยฒ]

24...exf4 25.gxf4 c5 26.d5 Nf6 27.Nd2 Rcc8 28.bxc5 [28.b5 Rcd8 29.Qd3+/=]

28...Bxc5 29.Bxc5 Rxc5 30.Qd4 Nh5 31.Qf2 f5 32.Rxc5 bxc5 33.d6 fxe4 34.Nc4 Nf6 35.d7 Rd8 36.Ne5 Bd5 37.Qxc5 Qb7 38.Qe7 Qb6+ 39.Kh2 Rf8 40.Rc1 Qb8 41.Rc5 Ba2 42.Bxe4 Kh8 [42...Nxe4 43.Qxf8+ Qxf8 44.Rc8+โ€“]

43.Rb5 Qd8 44.Qxd8 Rxd8 45.Bf5

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โšช๏ธ#102 (Endgame-โ€ŒWhite to Move)
๐Ÿ”ธMakoto,Rodwell (2338)
๐Ÿ”ธTissir,Mohamed (2388)
๐Ÿ”ธWorld Chess Olympiad 2018 Batumi
53.Rf5?! [53.Qxe4! Rxa2+ 54.Kh3 Qxe4 55.Bxe4 Bd4 56.g5 Kg7 57.Kg3 hxg5 58.Rxg5+ Kf8 59.Bd5 Bg7 60.Rh7 Ra7 61.f4 Rh6 62.Rf5+ Ke8 63.Rxh6 Bxh6 64.Bc6+ Ke7 65.Rxc5 Kd6 66.Rh5 Bxf4+ 67.Kxf4 Kxc6 68.Rb5 Rf7+ 69.Ke5 Re7+ 70.Kf6 Re3 71.Rxb4+โ€“; 53.fxe4 Rg6 54.Rf1 Rxg4+ 55.Kh1 Rh4+ 56.Rxh4 Qxh4+ 57.Qh2 Qxh2+ 58.Kxh2 Rxa2+=]

53...exf3+ 54.Bxf3 Qd2 55.Qxd2 Bxd2 56.Rxc5 Rxa2 57.Rc8+ Kg7 58.Bd5 Bg5+? [58...Rf6!ยฒ]

59.Kf3 Rb2 60.Ke4 [60.Rg8+ Kf6 61.Ke4 Re2+ (61...Rxb3 62.Rf1++โ€“) ]

60...Rxb3 61.c5 Re3+ 62.Kd4 Rd7 63.c6 Rde7 64.Rg8+ Kh7 65.Rxg5

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