🔸chess.com IoM Masters Douglas ENG 2018
🔸Round 1
⚪️Vachier-Lagrave,Maxime (2780)
⚫️Lubbe,Nikolas (2447)
🔸1-0
🔸Round 1
⚪️Vachier-Lagrave,Maxime (2780)
⚫️Lubbe,Nikolas (2447)
🔸1-0
22.Nd4! [A very strong move. Vachier improves the position of the knight by tactical means.]
22...Rg8 [22...exd4? 23.Re6 Qc7 24.Rc1 Nbc6 25.Bxc6 Nxc6 26.Rcxc6 Qd7 27.Qb5 △R×b6 27...Bc7 28.Rxb6 Qxb5 29.Rxb5]
23.Be8 [23.f4!? Bc7 24.fxe5 fxe5 25.Nf3 Nxf5 26.Rac1 Nd4 27.Nxe5 Rf8 28.Bc3 Nxb5 29.Qxb5 h6 30.Rf1+–]
23...Nxf5? [A mistake that increases White's advantage.]
[23...Nxa6™ would allow Black to struggle on: 24.Nb5 Qb8™ 25.Bd7 Nc7 26.Nd6 Rf8 27.d4 a6 28.Qd1 Ne6 29.dxe5 fxe5 30.Ne8±]
24.Nxf5 Qe6 25.Bb5?! [25.Bh5! △Nd4 25...Qxf5 26.Bf7 Qxd3 27.Qa2 Bc7 28.Rec1 Rd8 29.Rxc7 Nxa6 30.Rcc1+–]
25...Qxf5 26.Rac1 g5 27.Qc2± Be7 28.d4? [Vachier should have kept his queen on the board to penetrate into the enemy position via the 7th rank.]
[28.Qc7 △Qb7 28...g4 29.h4 g3 30.fxg3 Qe6 31.Re3 Bd6 32.Qb7 Nxa6 33.Bxa6]
28...e4? [After this mistake, Black won't be able to rescue himself.]
[He could have put up more resistance with 28...Qxc2 29.Rxc2 Bd6 30.dxe5 Bxe5 31.g3 h5 32.Kg2±]
29.Qc7+– g4 30.h4 Qe6 31.g3
1–0
22...Rg8 [22...exd4? 23.Re6 Qc7 24.Rc1 Nbc6 25.Bxc6 Nxc6 26.Rcxc6 Qd7 27.Qb5 △R×b6 27...Bc7 28.Rxb6 Qxb5 29.Rxb5]
23.Be8 [23.f4!? Bc7 24.fxe5 fxe5 25.Nf3 Nxf5 26.Rac1 Nd4 27.Nxe5 Rf8 28.Bc3 Nxb5 29.Qxb5 h6 30.Rf1+–]
23...Nxf5? [A mistake that increases White's advantage.]
[23...Nxa6™ would allow Black to struggle on: 24.Nb5 Qb8™ 25.Bd7 Nc7 26.Nd6 Rf8 27.d4 a6 28.Qd1 Ne6 29.dxe5 fxe5 30.Ne8±]
24.Nxf5 Qe6 25.Bb5?! [25.Bh5! △Nd4 25...Qxf5 26.Bf7 Qxd3 27.Qa2 Bc7 28.Rec1 Rd8 29.Rxc7 Nxa6 30.Rcc1+–]
25...Qxf5 26.Rac1 g5 27.Qc2± Be7 28.d4? [Vachier should have kept his queen on the board to penetrate into the enemy position via the 7th rank.]
[28.Qc7 △Qb7 28...g4 29.h4 g3 30.fxg3 Qe6 31.Re3 Bd6 32.Qb7 Nxa6 33.Bxa6]
28...e4? [After this mistake, Black won't be able to rescue himself.]
[He could have put up more resistance with 28...Qxc2 29.Rxc2 Bd6 30.dxe5 Bxe5 31.g3 h5 32.Kg2±]
29.Qc7+– g4 30.h4 Qe6 31.g3
1–0
Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 122
public poll
C) e4 – 8
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 44%
future, @MohamadAsp, Gavin, Babak, ., @Somebody_Sophia, Ahmad, @Sharifian_2004
B) Rab8 – 7
👍👍👍👍👍👍 39%
Jonas, Saghana, @RichardPeng, @Ostad112, @WataxPin, Daniel, Kasyap
A) Ba5 – 3
👍👍👍 17%
Max, @h_a_d_I_1169, @K_mosaddegh83
👥 18 people voted so far.
public poll
C) e4 – 8
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 44%
future, @MohamadAsp, Gavin, Babak, ., @Somebody_Sophia, Ahmad, @Sharifian_2004
B) Rab8 – 7
👍👍👍👍👍👍 39%
Jonas, Saghana, @RichardPeng, @Ostad112, @WataxPin, Daniel, Kasyap
A) Ba5 – 3
👍👍👍 17%
Max, @h_a_d_I_1169, @K_mosaddegh83
👥 18 people voted so far.
Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 122
public poll
C) Rh5 – 10
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 59%
Jonas, Gavin, @Son_bahar75, @Somebody_Sophia, @RichardPeng, Ahmad, @Ostad112, @WataxPin, @Sharifian_2004, Daniel
A) Rh6 – 5
👍👍👍👍 29%
Max, @h_a_d_I_1169, Saghana, Srikar, Kasyap
B) Rh4 – 2
👍 12%
@MohamadAsp, @AryanLeekha
👥 17 people voted so far.
public poll
C) Rh5 – 10
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 59%
Jonas, Gavin, @Son_bahar75, @Somebody_Sophia, @RichardPeng, Ahmad, @Ostad112, @WataxPin, @Sharifian_2004, Daniel
A) Rh6 – 5
👍👍👍👍 29%
Max, @h_a_d_I_1169, Saghana, Srikar, Kasyap
B) Rh4 – 2
👍 12%
@MohamadAsp, @AryanLeekha
👥 17 people voted so far.
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🔵 About Capablanca
🔹 José Raúl Capablanca
🔹 Third World Chess Champion
📚 José Raúl Capablanca y Graupera was a Cuban chess player who was world chess champion from 1921 to 1927. A chess prodigy, he is considered by many as one of the greatest players of all time, widely renowned for his exceptional endgame skill and speed of play.
🔘 Born: 19 November 1888
🔺 Havana, Cuba
🔘 Died: 8 March 1942 (aged 53)
🔺 New York City, New York, U.S.
📚 Nicknamed “The Human Chess Machine,” José Raúl Capablanca was born in Havana, Cuba. A true prodigy, he learned chess at age four and defeated Cuban champion Juan Corzo at 13. While attending Columbia University, he joined the Manhattan Chess Club and soon became its strongest player. He had a particular talent for rapid chess, defeating World Champion Emanuel Lasker in 1906. He eventually withdrew from Columbia to focus on chess.
His skill in rapid chess lent itself to simultaneous exhibitions. On a nationwide tour of 27 cities in 1909, he achieved a winning score of 96.9% over 607 games.
In 1913, Capablanca’s chess skills got him a job as an informal ambassador with the Cuban Foreign Office, representing Cuba at international events. He held exhibitions in London, Paris, and Berlin before his ultimate destination of Saint Petersburg in 1914, where he played and narrowly lost to Lasker.
World War I halted international competition, but Capablanca continued to compete and dominate, losing only one game between 1914 and 1924. In 1921, Capablanca and Lasker competed in the 3rd World Chess Championship, where Lasker resigned after losing four straight games.
🌐 SOURCE: WIKIPEDIA & WORLDCHESSSHOF
♦️ "The Left-Right Hook" named in chessgames.com site, a memorable game by Capablanca👇
▪️ David Janowski vs Jose Raul Capablanca
▪️ Rice Memorial (1916), New York, NY USA, rd 3, Feb-08
▪️ Slav Defense: Three Knights Variation (D15)
♦️ Review and download PGN file👇
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🔹 José Raúl Capablanca
🔹 Third World Chess Champion
📚 José Raúl Capablanca y Graupera was a Cuban chess player who was world chess champion from 1921 to 1927. A chess prodigy, he is considered by many as one of the greatest players of all time, widely renowned for his exceptional endgame skill and speed of play.
🔘 Born: 19 November 1888
🔺 Havana, Cuba
🔘 Died: 8 March 1942 (aged 53)
🔺 New York City, New York, U.S.
📚 Nicknamed “The Human Chess Machine,” José Raúl Capablanca was born in Havana, Cuba. A true prodigy, he learned chess at age four and defeated Cuban champion Juan Corzo at 13. While attending Columbia University, he joined the Manhattan Chess Club and soon became its strongest player. He had a particular talent for rapid chess, defeating World Champion Emanuel Lasker in 1906. He eventually withdrew from Columbia to focus on chess.
His skill in rapid chess lent itself to simultaneous exhibitions. On a nationwide tour of 27 cities in 1909, he achieved a winning score of 96.9% over 607 games.
In 1913, Capablanca’s chess skills got him a job as an informal ambassador with the Cuban Foreign Office, representing Cuba at international events. He held exhibitions in London, Paris, and Berlin before his ultimate destination of Saint Petersburg in 1914, where he played and narrowly lost to Lasker.
World War I halted international competition, but Capablanca continued to compete and dominate, losing only one game between 1914 and 1924. In 1921, Capablanca and Lasker competed in the 3rd World Chess Championship, where Lasker resigned after losing four straight games.
🌐 SOURCE: WIKIPEDIA & WORLDCHESSSHOF
♦️ "The Left-Right Hook" named in chessgames.com site, a memorable game by Capablanca👇
▪️ David Janowski vs Jose Raul Capablanca
▪️ Rice Memorial (1916), New York, NY USA, rd 3, Feb-08
▪️ Slav Defense: Three Knights Variation (D15)
♦️ Review and download PGN file👇
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@Janowski-Capablanca 1916.pgn
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▪️ David Janowski - Jose Raul Capablanca, Rice Memorial 1916
▪️ PGN format
▪️ Notes by Marovic
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▪️ PGN format
▪️ Notes by Marovic
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