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World Champion Anatoly Karpov on his return to USSR after victory in match v. Viktor Korchnoi at Baguio City, 1978.
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Avant-Garde painter Marcel Duchamp playing chess with experimental composer John Cage, 1968.
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"A game of chess has three phases: the opening, where you hope you stand better; the middlegame, where you think you stand better; and the ending, where you know you stand to lose."
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🔵 About Samyel Reshevsky
🔹 Samuel Reshevsky
🔹 Polish-American chess grandmaster
📚 Samuel Herman Reshevsky was a Polish chess prodigy and later a leading American chess grandmaster. He was never a full-time chess professional.
He was the greatest American player in the long period between Pillsbury and Fischer.
Reshevsky was tremendously strong in matches, and the Soviets made sure he never got the chance to play Botvinnik in a match. He played eleven of the first twelve world champions, and drew a match against Fischer at the age of 49. His one weakness as a player was his time trouble. He used up so much of his time in the early stages of a game that he was often short of time at the end. This probably cost him the Candidates tournament in 1953.
📚 Reshevsky learned to play chess when he was about 4 years old. A child prodigy, he gave exhibitions at age 6 and achieved master strength by the time he was about 9. He was brought with his family to the United States in 1920; shortly thereafter his chess activity was restricted until he had completed his formal education. In 1933 he received a degree in accounting from the University of Chicago, and in 1935 he resumed serious international chess. His style of play was tenacious and resourceful, particularly on defense. He wrote two major books, Reshevsky on Chess (1948) and How Chess Games Are Won (1962).
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♦️ A memorable game by Samuel Reshevsky:👇
🔸 Emanuel Lasker vs Samuel Reshevsky
🔸 Nottingham (1936), Nottingham ENG, rd 11, Aug-22
🔸 Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical Defense (D26)
♦️ Review and downlowd PGN file👇
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🔹 Samuel Reshevsky
🔹 Polish-American chess grandmaster
📚 Samuel Herman Reshevsky was a Polish chess prodigy and later a leading American chess grandmaster. He was never a full-time chess professional.
He was the greatest American player in the long period between Pillsbury and Fischer.
Reshevsky was tremendously strong in matches, and the Soviets made sure he never got the chance to play Botvinnik in a match. He played eleven of the first twelve world champions, and drew a match against Fischer at the age of 49. His one weakness as a player was his time trouble. He used up so much of his time in the early stages of a game that he was often short of time at the end. This probably cost him the Candidates tournament in 1953.
📚 Reshevsky learned to play chess when he was about 4 years old. A child prodigy, he gave exhibitions at age 6 and achieved master strength by the time he was about 9. He was brought with his family to the United States in 1920; shortly thereafter his chess activity was restricted until he had completed his formal education. In 1933 he received a degree in accounting from the University of Chicago, and in 1935 he resumed serious international chess. His style of play was tenacious and resourceful, particularly on defense. He wrote two major books, Reshevsky on Chess (1948) and How Chess Games Are Won (1962).
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♦️ A memorable game by Samuel Reshevsky:👇
🔸 Emanuel Lasker vs Samuel Reshevsky
🔸 Nottingham (1936), Nottingham ENG, rd 11, Aug-22
🔸 Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical Defense (D26)
♦️ Review and downlowd PGN file👇
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@Lasker-Reshevsky 1936.pgn
530 B
🔸 Emanuel Lasker - Samuel Reshevsky, Nottingham 1936
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36.Bxc5! [This move requires precise calculation and nerves of steel!]
[36.Bxe4?! Bxe4 37.Bxc5 Ne6 38.Bb6 Rxd1 39.Rxd1 Bxg2 40.Nc4 Qf3 41.Qxf3 Bxf3 42.Rd2 Nxf4²]
36...Nxc5 37.Qxd4 [△Q×c5]
37...Nxd3 38.Qxd3! [△Q×f5]
[38.Rxd3? Bxg2 39.Qxd8 Rxd8 40.Rxd8+ Kh7 41.Rg1 Qe4 42.Nf7 Qxf4+ 43.Kxg2 Qe4+ 44.Kg3 Qe3+ 45.Kh2 Qf2+=]
38...Bxg2 39.Qxf5 Qb2 40.Nf7+ Kg8 41.Nxh6+! [41.Rxe8+!? Rxe8 42.Nxh6+ Kh8 43.Qb5 Qxb5 44.axb5 Re2 45.Nf7+ Kg8 46.Nd6 Rxa2 47.Kg3+–]
41...gxh6 [41...Kh8 42.Qb5! Qxb5 43.axb5 gxh6 44.Rxe8+ Rxe8 45.Kxg2+–]
42.Qg6+ [42.Rg1!? Rxd1 43.Rxg2+ Qxg2+ 44.Kxg2 Rd6 45.Qc5 Rf6 46.Qd5+ Kf8 47.a5+–]
1–0
[36.Bxe4?! Bxe4 37.Bxc5 Ne6 38.Bb6 Rxd1 39.Rxd1 Bxg2 40.Nc4 Qf3 41.Qxf3 Bxf3 42.Rd2 Nxf4²]
36...Nxc5 37.Qxd4 [△Q×c5]
37...Nxd3 38.Qxd3! [△Q×f5]
[38.Rxd3? Bxg2 39.Qxd8 Rxd8 40.Rxd8+ Kh7 41.Rg1 Qe4 42.Nf7 Qxf4+ 43.Kxg2 Qe4+ 44.Kg3 Qe3+ 45.Kh2 Qf2+=]
38...Bxg2 39.Qxf5 Qb2 40.Nf7+ Kg8 41.Nxh6+! [41.Rxe8+!? Rxe8 42.Nxh6+ Kh8 43.Qb5 Qxb5 44.axb5 Re2 45.Nf7+ Kg8 46.Nd6 Rxa2 47.Kg3+–]
41...gxh6 [41...Kh8 42.Qb5! Qxb5 43.axb5 gxh6 44.Rxe8+ Rxe8 45.Kxg2+–]
42.Qg6+ [42.Rg1!? Rxd1 43.Rxg2+ Qxg2+ 44.Kxg2 Rd6 45.Qc5 Rf6 46.Qd5+ Kf8 47.a5+–]
1–0
17.Bxd7?! [White should have kept his bishop pair:]
[17.0–0–0! Connecting the rooks and mobilizing his forces for the attack. 17...Nc5 18.Qc2 Qe8 19.f3 Qa4 20.Kb1 Qxc2+ 21.Kxc2 a5 22.Rdg1 b5 23.f5 b4 24.Rg2±; 17.Bc3 Nc5 18.Qc2 f5 19.Bxg7 Kxg7 20.b4 Ne4 21.Ke2 Qe7 22.Rag1 Rae8 23.Bg2 Nf6 24.Bf3 Qd7 25.Bh5 Qb5+ 26.Qd3 Nxh5 27.Rxh5 Rf6 28.a3 Rh8 29.Rxh8 Kxh8 30.Kd2 Qxd3+ 31.Kxd3 Kg7±]
17...Qxd7 18.Bc3 f6 19.0–0–0 Qf5 20.Qxb7 Rab8 21.Qxa6 Ra8 22.Qc4 Rfe8 23.a3 Re4 24.Rd4 Rxd4 25.Qxd4 Re8 26.f3 Qd7 27.Qd3 Qe7 28.e4 [28.Qxg6 Qxe3+ 29.Kb1 Rf8 30.Rg1 Rf7 31.Bxf6 Qxg1+ 32.Qxg1 Rxf6 33.Qg4+–]
28...Kf7 29.Rg1 Bh6 30.e5 Bxf4+ 31.Kb1 Rg8 32.e6++–
1–0
[17.0–0–0! Connecting the rooks and mobilizing his forces for the attack. 17...Nc5 18.Qc2 Qe8 19.f3 Qa4 20.Kb1 Qxc2+ 21.Kxc2 a5 22.Rdg1 b5 23.f5 b4 24.Rg2±; 17.Bc3 Nc5 18.Qc2 f5 19.Bxg7 Kxg7 20.b4 Ne4 21.Ke2 Qe7 22.Rag1 Rae8 23.Bg2 Nf6 24.Bf3 Qd7 25.Bh5 Qb5+ 26.Qd3 Nxh5 27.Rxh5 Rf6 28.a3 Rh8 29.Rxh8 Kxh8 30.Kd2 Qxd3+ 31.Kxd3 Kg7±]
17...Qxd7 18.Bc3 f6 19.0–0–0 Qf5 20.Qxb7 Rab8 21.Qxa6 Ra8 22.Qc4 Rfe8 23.a3 Re4 24.Rd4 Rxd4 25.Qxd4 Re8 26.f3 Qd7 27.Qd3 Qe7 28.e4 [28.Qxg6 Qxe3+ 29.Kb1 Rf8 30.Rg1 Rf7 31.Bxf6 Qxg1+ 32.Qxg1 Rxf6 33.Qg4+–]
28...Kf7 29.Rg1 Bh6 30.e5 Bxf4+ 31.Kb1 Rg8 32.e6++–
1–0
54.Nb5! [54.Bxd4 Kxd4 55.Nb5+ Ke3 56.Kc4 Kf2 57.Kd5 Nd8 58.Nd4 Kxg2 59.Kd6 Nf7+ 60.Ke6 Nd8+ 61.Kf6 h6 62.Ke7 Nb7 63.Kd7 Kxh3 64.Kc7 g4 65.fxg4 Kxg4 66.Kxb7 h5 67.b5 h4 68.b6 h3 69.Kc7 h2 70.b7 h1Q 71.b8Q Qd5=; 54.b5 Nc5+ 55.Kc2 Nd7 56.Nb1 Be5 57.Kd3 Nc5+ 58.Ke2 Bc7 59.Bf6±]
54...Bxc3 55.Nxc3+ Kd4 56.Ne4 Ke3 57.Kc4 h6 58.Kd5 Nd8 59.Kd6 Ke2 60.Kd7 Nf7 61.Ke7 Ne5 62.Kf6 Nd3 63.b5 Kf1 64.b6 Nb4 65.b7 Nc6 66.Nxg5 Kxg2 67.h4 Kg3 68.h5 Kg2 69.Nf7 Kxf3 70.Ne5+ Nxe5 71.Kxe5
1–0
54...Bxc3 55.Nxc3+ Kd4 56.Ne4 Ke3 57.Kc4 h6 58.Kd5 Nd8 59.Kd6 Ke2 60.Kd7 Nf7 61.Ke7 Ne5 62.Kf6 Nd3 63.b5 Kf1 64.b6 Nb4 65.b7 Nc6 66.Nxg5 Kxg2 67.h4 Kg3 68.h5 Kg2 69.Nf7 Kxf3 70.Ne5+ Nxe5 71.Kxe5
1–0