31.Qc1 [31.Qxc3! dxc3 32.g5 hxg5 33.hxg5 fxg5 34.Rxg5 Rb2 35.R1g2²; 31.g5 Qxd2 32.Rxd2 hxg5 33.hxg5 fxg5 34.Rdg2 Rb6 35.Rxg5 Nf6 36.R1g2 Ne8 37.f6 Rfxf6 38.Rxe5 Rb1+ 39.Kh2 Nd6 40.Ra5]
31...Rc8? [31...Rb6 32.Rf1 Ra6=]
32.Rh2? [32.g5 fxg5 33.hxg5 hxg5 34.Bb2 Qc5 35.Qxg5+–]
32...Rc6 [32...Nc5 33.Bxc5 Qxc5 34.g5 Rcc7 35.gxh6=]
33.g5 hxg5 34.hxg5 fxg5 35.Qxg5 Qxa3 36.Qh4 [36.Qh4 Rf8 (36...Kf8 37.Qd8#) 37.Rxg7+ Kxg7 38.Qh7+ Kf6 39.Rh6+ Kg5 40.Qg7+ Kf4 41.Rh4+ Ke3 42.Qg5+ Ke2 43.Rh2+ Kf3 44.Qg2+ Kf4 45.Rh4+ Ke3 46.Rh3+ Kf4 47.Rf3#]
1–0
31...Rc8? [31...Rb6 32.Rf1 Ra6=]
32.Rh2? [32.g5 fxg5 33.hxg5 hxg5 34.Bb2 Qc5 35.Qxg5+–]
32...Rc6 [32...Nc5 33.Bxc5 Qxc5 34.g5 Rcc7 35.gxh6=]
33.g5 hxg5 34.hxg5 fxg5 35.Qxg5 Qxa3 36.Qh4 [36.Qh4 Rf8 (36...Kf8 37.Qd8#) 37.Rxg7+ Kxg7 38.Qh7+ Kf6 39.Rh6+ Kg5 40.Qg7+ Kf4 41.Rh4+ Ke3 42.Qg5+ Ke2 43.Rh2+ Kf3 44.Qg2+ Kf4 45.Rh4+ Ke3 46.Rh3+ Kf4 47.Rf3#]
1–0
Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 120
public poll
B) R×c5 – 8
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 47%
future, @MohamadAsp, Gavin, Jayden, @h_a_d_I_1169, @AryanLeekha, Atharva, @arash22_d
C) Bb3 – 7
👍👍👍👍👍👍 41%
@mahyarebrahimi1983, Nikhil, @Somebody_Sophia, M, @WataxPin, Michael, Daniel
A) B×c5 – 2
👍👍 12%
@Mey_ro, Saghana
👥 17 people voted so far.
public poll
B) R×c5 – 8
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 47%
future, @MohamadAsp, Gavin, Jayden, @h_a_d_I_1169, @AryanLeekha, Atharva, @arash22_d
C) Bb3 – 7
👍👍👍👍👍👍 41%
@mahyarebrahimi1983, Nikhil, @Somebody_Sophia, M, @WataxPin, Michael, Daniel
A) B×c5 – 2
👍👍 12%
@Mey_ro, Saghana
👥 17 people voted so far.
Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 120
public poll
A) h4 – 13
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 57%
future, Gavin, Nikhil, Majid, Jayden, @Behpourm, Saghana, @RichardPeng, Atharva, @WataxPin, @arash22_d, Michael, Daniel
B) b4 – 9
👍👍👍👍👍 39%
@mahyarebrahimi1983, @MohamadAsp, kowsari, @h_a_d_I_1169, @Somebody_Sophia, M, @AryanLeekha, shayan, @Miladdark79
C) Bd3 – 1
👍 4%
@shahriarmz88
👥 23 people voted so far.
public poll
A) h4 – 13
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 57%
future, Gavin, Nikhil, Majid, Jayden, @Behpourm, Saghana, @RichardPeng, Atharva, @WataxPin, @arash22_d, Michael, Daniel
B) b4 – 9
👍👍👍👍👍 39%
@mahyarebrahimi1983, @MohamadAsp, kowsari, @h_a_d_I_1169, @Somebody_Sophia, M, @AryanLeekha, shayan, @Miladdark79
C) Bd3 – 1
👍 4%
@shahriarmz88
👥 23 people voted so far.
🔴 Today is birthday of Oleg Romanishin
♦️ Ukrainian chess Grandmaster
👏👏👏👏👏 Happy birthday 🌺💐☘️💐🌸🌷
💟 Today is also birthday of:
💢 Henri Rinck (1870 – 1952), French endgame composer, he was one of the founders the classics of the modern study composing.
💢 Walter Shawn Browne (1949 - 2015), who was an Australian-born American chess Grandmaster and won the U.S. Chess Championship six times.
💢 Nikolay Zubarev (1894 - 1951), a Soviet Master and an International Arbiter, he was one of the founders of Chess code of Soviet qualification system.
During World War I, he won ahead of Peter Yurdansky at Moscow 1915, and tied for 4-5th at Moscow 1916. After the war, he won twice Moscow City Chess Championship in 1927 and 1930.
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@unitychess
♦️ Ukrainian chess Grandmaster
👏👏👏👏👏 Happy birthday 🌺💐☘️💐🌸🌷
💟 Today is also birthday of:
💢 Henri Rinck (1870 – 1952), French endgame composer, he was one of the founders the classics of the modern study composing.
💢 Walter Shawn Browne (1949 - 2015), who was an Australian-born American chess Grandmaster and won the U.S. Chess Championship six times.
💢 Nikolay Zubarev (1894 - 1951), a Soviet Master and an International Arbiter, he was one of the founders of Chess code of Soviet qualification system.
During World War I, he won ahead of Peter Yurdansky at Moscow 1915, and tied for 4-5th at Moscow 1916. After the war, he won twice Moscow City Chess Championship in 1927 and 1930.
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@unitychess
🔸chess.com IoM Masters Douglas ENG 2018
🔸Round 6
⚪️Le,Quang Liem (2715)
⚫️Swapnil,S. Dhopade (2493)
🔸1-0
🔸Round 6
⚪️Le,Quang Liem (2715)
⚫️Swapnil,S. Dhopade (2493)
🔸1-0
50...Bf8? [A useless move. Black should immediately have launched his attack on the opponent's pawns.]
[50...Rd1! 51.Rc2 (51.Ke3 Rh1) 51...Rxd4 52.Rc8 g5 53.hxg6+ Kxg6 54.Re8 Kf7 55.Ra8 a5 56.Be8+‚ Kg7 57.Bd7 Rd3+ 58.Kg4 h5+ 59.Kxh5 Rh3+ 60.Kg4 Rh4+ 61.Kg3 Rh6+/=]
51.Rg6! Rh1 52.Bd7 Rf1+? [¹52...Rxh5 53.Rxe6±]
53.Ke3 Re1+ 54.Kd3 Rd1+ 55.Kc3 Rf1 56.Bxe6+ Ke8 57.f5+–
1–0
[50...Rd1! 51.Rc2 (51.Ke3 Rh1) 51...Rxd4 52.Rc8 g5 53.hxg6+ Kxg6 54.Re8 Kf7 55.Ra8 a5 56.Be8+‚ Kg7 57.Bd7 Rd3+ 58.Kg4 h5+ 59.Kxh5 Rh3+ 60.Kg4 Rh4+ 61.Kg3 Rh6+/=]
51.Rg6! Rh1 52.Bd7 Rf1+? [¹52...Rxh5 53.Rxe6±]
53.Ke3 Re1+ 54.Kd3 Rd1+ 55.Kc3 Rf1 56.Bxe6+ Ke8 57.f5+–
1–0
🔴 Today is birthday of Ehsan Ghaem-Maghami
♦️ Iranian chess Grandmaster
🔺 The first chess grandmaster of Iran
👏👏👏👏👏 Happy birthday 🌺💐☘️💐🌸🌷
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@unitychess
♦️ Iranian chess Grandmaster
🔺 The first chess grandmaster of Iran
👏👏👏👏👏 Happy birthday 🌺💐☘️💐🌸🌷
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@unitychess
The famous game Psakhis-Geller, Yerevan Zonal tournament 1982. Won by Black in only 24 moves.
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@UnityChess
"Experience and the constant analysis of the most varied positions builds up a store of knowledge in a player's mind enabling him often at a glance to assess this or that position."
🔸 Alexander Kotov
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🔸 Alexander Kotov
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🔴 About Alisa Melekhina
♦️ Alisa Melekhina
♦️ American WIM
📚 Alisa Melekhina is one of the top female chess players in the United States, a classically trained ballerina, and an alumna of the University of Pennsylvania Law School.
WIM and FIDE master. Beginning to play chess at age 5, Alisa Melekhina has represented the US in eight consecutive World Youth Chess Championships, in three Pan-Americans, the World Juniors, and the World University Chess Championships, placing in the top 10 several times.
📚 Melekhina was the youngest player invited to the 2007 US Women's Chess Championship, finished tied for third in the 2009 Championships, and remains the youngest player once again in the 2011 US Women's Championships. Her biggest chess accomplishments are the gold medal at the 2009 Women's World Team Championships held in Ningbo, China, and an International Master norm earned in 2008. Alisa has also been active in ballet and dance since in the age of 6, but after earning her bachelor's degree in philosophy at 19, she focused on her legal studies at the University of Pennsylvania Law School, from which she graduated in 2014. She is now a litigation associate at Devoise & Plimpton in New York.
🌐 SOURCE: WIKIPEDIA & CHESSGAMES.COM
♦️ A memorable game by Melekhina 👇
🔸 Alisa Melekhina vs Elizabeth Vicary
🔸 US Women's Championship (2007), Stillwater USA, rd 8, Jul-19
🔸 Sicilian Defense: Closed. Botvinnik Defense I Edge Variation (B25)
♦️ Review and download PGN file👇
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@unitychess
♦️ Alisa Melekhina
♦️ American WIM
📚 Alisa Melekhina is one of the top female chess players in the United States, a classically trained ballerina, and an alumna of the University of Pennsylvania Law School.
WIM and FIDE master. Beginning to play chess at age 5, Alisa Melekhina has represented the US in eight consecutive World Youth Chess Championships, in three Pan-Americans, the World Juniors, and the World University Chess Championships, placing in the top 10 several times.
📚 Melekhina was the youngest player invited to the 2007 US Women's Chess Championship, finished tied for third in the 2009 Championships, and remains the youngest player once again in the 2011 US Women's Championships. Her biggest chess accomplishments are the gold medal at the 2009 Women's World Team Championships held in Ningbo, China, and an International Master norm earned in 2008. Alisa has also been active in ballet and dance since in the age of 6, but after earning her bachelor's degree in philosophy at 19, she focused on her legal studies at the University of Pennsylvania Law School, from which she graduated in 2014. She is now a litigation associate at Devoise & Plimpton in New York.
🌐 SOURCE: WIKIPEDIA & CHESSGAMES.COM
♦️ A memorable game by Melekhina 👇
🔸 Alisa Melekhina vs Elizabeth Vicary
🔸 US Women's Championship (2007), Stillwater USA, rd 8, Jul-19
🔸 Sicilian Defense: Closed. Botvinnik Defense I Edge Variation (B25)
♦️ Review and download PGN file👇
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@unitychess