Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 104
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B) Bf6 – 6
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Nikhil, Jayden, @SteveWongso, Vincent, Ali, George

A) h4 – 4
👍👍👍👍👍 40%
future, @Sophia_Peng, @RichardPeng, @WataxPin

C) Rh8
▫️ 0%

👥 10 people voted so far.

✴️ Today is birthday of Leonid Kubbel!!
🔸 Russian chess composer

Born: December 25, 1891, Saint Petersburg, Russia
Died: April 18, 1942, Saint Petersburg, Russia

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♦️ White to move and win
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🔸 Leonid Kubbel
🔸 Schachmatny Listok 1922

▪️ This is one of Leonid Kubbel's many masterpieces. The Black a-pawn apparently cannot be stopped from promotion, after which the game would be lost for White; however, a subtle plan avoids defeat and ....

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♦️ White to move and win (Answer)
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🔸 Leonid Kubbel
🔸 Schachmatny Listok 1922
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8️⃣ on the list of the top 10 games of 2018 is this Najdorf attack from Vachier_Lagrave as Black against Peter Leko. 🙌

Despite being a rook down, Vachier-Lagrave pushes for and gets the win with 41...Bf6!! 👏

Nigel Short:
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Blindfold chess is not a wonder of nature, it is basically what you do when calculating variations.

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A photo of the Larsen-Korchnoi game in progress at the Hotel Jaime I, Palma de Mallorca, 1968.

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The positions before Korchnoi's 30...Bxf2+, and the devastating 35...Be4!.

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Results:
Palma de Mallorca (1968)

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#IrinaKrush

⚛️ Irina Krush
American Chess Grandmaster
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⚛️ Abour Irina Krush

💢 Irina Krush
💢 American Chess Grandmaster

🔰 Irina Krush is an American chess International Grandmaster who has won the U.S. Women's Chess Championship seven times.
Krush was born in Odessa, USSR (now Ukraine). She learned to play chess at age five, emigrating with her parents to Brooklyn that same year (1989). Krush attended Edward R. Murrow High School in Brooklyn.
At age 14 Krush won the 1998 U.S. Women's Chess Championship to become the youngest U.S. Women's Champion ever. She has won the U.S. Championship on six other occasions, in 2007, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015.

♦️ FIDE rating: 2436 (December 2018)
♦️ Peak rating: 2502 (October 2013)

🔰 Krush took part in the "Kasparov versus the World" chess competition in 1999. Garry Kasparov played the white pieces and the Internet public, via a Microsoft host website, voted on moves for the black pieces, guided by the recommendations of Krush and three of her contemporaries, Étienne Bacrot, Elisabeth Pähtz and Florin Felecan. On the tenth move, Krush suggested a novelty, for which the World Team voted. Kasparov said later that he lost control of the game at that point, and wasn't sure whether he was winning or losing.

🌐 SOURCE: WIKIPEDIA

♦️ A memorable game by Krush👇
▪️ Irina Krush vs Hikaru Nakamura
▪️ Mayor's Cup (2001), New York, NY USA, rd 5, Jun-22
▪️ King's Indian Defense: Orthodox Variation. Glek Defense (E94)

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💢 Irina Krush - Hikaru Nakamura, New York 2001
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Our countdown of the best games of 2018 continues on Christmas 🎄 with a spectacular game from Alphazero!

Deep MindAI's creation displays boundless creativity in this attack that overcomes Stockfish! 🤩