When asked how is that he picks better moves than his opponents.
"I think up my own moves, and I
make my opponent think up his”
🔸 Alexander Alekhine
@UnityChess
"I think up my own moves, and I
make my opponent think up his”
🔸 Alexander Alekhine
@UnityChess
Niksic Yugoslavia, 3rd September 1983. The 8th-round encounter between Garry Kasparov & Boris Spassky.
Kasparov won this tournament with 11/14, 2 points clear of Larsen in 2nd place. However, he lost this game to the ex-World Champion.
@UnityChess
Kasparov won this tournament with 11/14, 2 points clear of Larsen in 2nd place. However, he lost this game to the ex-World Champion.
@UnityChess
🔴 Today is birthday of Neil McDonald
♦️ English chess Grandmaster
👏👏👏👏👏 Happy birthday 🌺💐☘️💐🌸🌷
. . . . . . . . . . . . .
@unitychess
♦️ English chess Grandmaster
👏👏👏👏👏 Happy birthday 🌺💐☘️💐🌸🌷
. . . . . . . . . . . . .
@unitychess
UNITY CHESS INFOGRAPHIC
🔵 Chess History - Tournaments
🔹 Vilnius 1980/81
🔹 48th Hoogoventoernooi
#chess_history_tornaments
#Vilnius1980_81
. . . . . . . . . . . . .
@unitychess
🔵 Chess History - Tournaments
🔹 Vilnius 1980/81
🔹 48th Hoogoventoernooi
#chess_history_tornaments
#Vilnius1980_81
. . . . . . . . . . . . .
@unitychess
🔵 Chess History - Tournaments
🔹 Vilnius 1980/81
🔹 December 25th, 1980 - January 21st, 1981
🔹48th Soviet Chess Championship
🔰 CHAMPION: Lev Psakhis | 10.5/17 (+8 -4 =5) |
SHARED WITH : Alexander Beliavsky | 10.5/17 (+6 -2 =9) |
📚 The 48th Soviet Chess Championship was a category XII event held in the city of Vilnius from December 25th, 1980 to January 21st, 1981. Eighteen of the Soviet Union's best grandmasters and masters participated in the round robin tournament, including (in order of ELO):
▪️ Yuri Balashov (2600)
▪️ Vitaly Tseshkovsky (2595)
▪️ Alexander Beliavsky (2590)
▪️ Rafael Vaganian (2590)
▪️ Oleg Romanishin (2580)
▪️ Efim Geller (2565)
▪️ Evgeni Vasiukov (2545)
▪️ Tamas Georgadze (2540)
▪️ Valery Chekhov (2535)
▪️ Sergey Dolmatov (2535)
▪️ Viktor Kupreichik (2535)
▪️ Lev Psakhis (2535)
▪️ Gennadi Kuzmin (2530)
▪️ Nukhim Rashkovsky (2520)
▪️ Yuri Razuvaev (2515)
▪️ Sergey Makarichev (2495)
▪️ Artur Yusupov (2485)
▪️ Smbat Lputian (2445)
📚 Beliavsky and Psakhis finished shared first with 10.5/17 each. It was Beliavsky's second of an eventual four USSR championship victories, while it was the first of what would be two consecutive Soviet crowns for Psakhis.
🌐 SOURCE: CHESSGAMES.COM
🔹 The final standings and crosstable was as above👆
🔹 Download " Vilnius 1980-81 Games Database " by PGN format👇
🔹 Review our selected game from this tournament👇
#chess_history_tornaments
#Vilnius1980_1981
. . . . . . . . . . . . .
@unitychess
🔹 Vilnius 1980/81
🔹 December 25th, 1980 - January 21st, 1981
🔹48th Soviet Chess Championship
🔰 CHAMPION: Lev Psakhis | 10.5/17 (+8 -4 =5) |
SHARED WITH : Alexander Beliavsky | 10.5/17 (+6 -2 =9) |
📚 The 48th Soviet Chess Championship was a category XII event held in the city of Vilnius from December 25th, 1980 to January 21st, 1981. Eighteen of the Soviet Union's best grandmasters and masters participated in the round robin tournament, including (in order of ELO):
▪️ Yuri Balashov (2600)
▪️ Vitaly Tseshkovsky (2595)
▪️ Alexander Beliavsky (2590)
▪️ Rafael Vaganian (2590)
▪️ Oleg Romanishin (2580)
▪️ Efim Geller (2565)
▪️ Evgeni Vasiukov (2545)
▪️ Tamas Georgadze (2540)
▪️ Valery Chekhov (2535)
▪️ Sergey Dolmatov (2535)
▪️ Viktor Kupreichik (2535)
▪️ Lev Psakhis (2535)
▪️ Gennadi Kuzmin (2530)
▪️ Nukhim Rashkovsky (2520)
▪️ Yuri Razuvaev (2515)
▪️ Sergey Makarichev (2495)
▪️ Artur Yusupov (2485)
▪️ Smbat Lputian (2445)
📚 Beliavsky and Psakhis finished shared first with 10.5/17 each. It was Beliavsky's second of an eventual four USSR championship victories, while it was the first of what would be two consecutive Soviet crowns for Psakhis.
🌐 SOURCE: CHESSGAMES.COM
🔹 The final standings and crosstable was as above👆
🔹 Download " Vilnius 1980-81 Games Database " by PGN format👇
🔹 Review our selected game from this tournament👇
#chess_history_tornaments
#Vilnius1980_1981
. . . . . . . . . . . . .
@unitychess
This media is not supported in your browser
VIEW IN TELEGRAM
♦️ Review our selected game from "Vilnius 1980/81" Chess Tournament👇
🔸 Lev Psakhis vs Evgeni Vasiukov
🔸 Vilnius URS ch (1980), rd 17
🔸 Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation. Yugoslav Attack Modern Line (B76)
. . . . . . . . . . . . .
@unitychess
🔸 Lev Psakhis vs Evgeni Vasiukov
🔸 Vilnius URS ch (1980), rd 17
🔸 Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation. Yugoslav Attack Modern Line (B76)
. . . . . . . . . . . . .
@unitychess
30...g5! [A typical move. Black fixes White's doubled pawns and secures the f4 square for his knight.]
31.Kg2 Nf4+ 32.Kg3 Rb1 [△Rh1]
33.Kh2 [33.Rxf4? gxf4+ 34.Kxf4 Rh1 35.Bd3 Rxh3 36.Ke4 h5 37.Kf4 Rh4+ 38.Ke3 Rh1–+ △h4]
33...Kg7 34.h4 Rd1! [Leko shows his excellent technique for converting the advantage. White's rook is now tied up to the g2–pawn and doesn't have any future prospects.]
35.hxg5 hxg5 36.Bb5 Kg6 37.Ba6 Kh5 38.Bb5 Kh4 39.Ba6 Rd2 40.Kg1 Kh5 41.Bc4 Kg6 42.Ba6 Kg7 [Black does not find a path to penetrate into the white kingside and decides to transfer his king to the other side.]
43.Bb5 Kf8 44.Ba6 Ke7 45.Bb5 Kd8 46.Re1 [Finally, White gives up the d4–pawn and tries to activate his rook. Other continuations don't help:]
[46.Ba6 Kc7 47.Bb5 (47.Bf1 Kc6µ △Kd5) 47...Rb2! △Kc6 48.Be8 Kd8 49.Bxf7 (49.Bc6 Rb6 50.Ba4 Rb1+ 51.Kh2 Rf1 52.Kg3 Rg1+ 53.Kh2 Rg2+ 54.Kh1 Rxf2 55.Re3 Rd2 56.Re4 Rd3 57.Bb5 Rxf3–+) 49...Ke7 50.Bg8 Rb1+ 51.Kh2 Rb8 52.d5 Nxd5 53.Bxe6 Kxe6–+]
46...Rxd4 47.Ra1 Ng6 48.Ra8+ Kc7 49.Be8 Kb7 50.Bxf7 [50.Ra5 Rf4! 51.Rb5+ Ka6 52.Rb3 Nxe5µ]
50...Kxa8 51.Bxg6 Rf4 52.Kf1 Kb7 53.Ke2 Kc6 54.Be4+ Kc5–+
0–1
31.Kg2 Nf4+ 32.Kg3 Rb1 [△Rh1]
33.Kh2 [33.Rxf4? gxf4+ 34.Kxf4 Rh1 35.Bd3 Rxh3 36.Ke4 h5 37.Kf4 Rh4+ 38.Ke3 Rh1–+ △h4]
33...Kg7 34.h4 Rd1! [Leko shows his excellent technique for converting the advantage. White's rook is now tied up to the g2–pawn and doesn't have any future prospects.]
35.hxg5 hxg5 36.Bb5 Kg6 37.Ba6 Kh5 38.Bb5 Kh4 39.Ba6 Rd2 40.Kg1 Kh5 41.Bc4 Kg6 42.Ba6 Kg7 [Black does not find a path to penetrate into the white kingside and decides to transfer his king to the other side.]
43.Bb5 Kf8 44.Ba6 Ke7 45.Bb5 Kd8 46.Re1 [Finally, White gives up the d4–pawn and tries to activate his rook. Other continuations don't help:]
[46.Ba6 Kc7 47.Bb5 (47.Bf1 Kc6µ △Kd5) 47...Rb2! △Kc6 48.Be8 Kd8 49.Bxf7 (49.Bc6 Rb6 50.Ba4 Rb1+ 51.Kh2 Rf1 52.Kg3 Rg1+ 53.Kh2 Rg2+ 54.Kh1 Rxf2 55.Re3 Rd2 56.Re4 Rd3 57.Bb5 Rxf3–+) 49...Ke7 50.Bg8 Rb1+ 51.Kh2 Rb8 52.d5 Nxd5 53.Bxe6 Kxe6–+]
46...Rxd4 47.Ra1 Ng6 48.Ra8+ Kc7 49.Be8 Kb7 50.Bxf7 [50.Ra5 Rf4! 51.Rb5+ Ka6 52.Rb3 Nxe5µ]
50...Kxa8 51.Bxg6 Rf4 52.Kf1 Kb7 53.Ke2 Kc6 54.Be4+ Kc5–+
0–1
13...dxe4?! [Making a weakness on e6.]
[¹13...d4!? Black should have avoided creating structural weaknesses. 14.Nb5 0–0 15.e5 Nh5 16.Bxc6 bxc6 17.Nxd4 Bc5 18.c3 Qd5=; 13...Qb6+!? 14.Kh1 d4 15.Na4 Qc7 16.Qe2=]
14.Nxe4 Nxe4 15.Bxe4 Qxd1 16.Rxd1 Bc5+ 17.Kg2 Ke7 18.c3²
1–0
[¹13...d4!? Black should have avoided creating structural weaknesses. 14.Nb5 0–0 15.e5 Nh5 16.Bxc6 bxc6 17.Nxd4 Bc5 18.c3 Qd5=; 13...Qb6+!? 14.Kh1 d4 15.Na4 Qc7 16.Qe2=]
14.Nxe4 Nxe4 15.Bxe4 Qxd1 16.Rxd1 Bc5+ 17.Kg2 Ke7 18.c3²
1–0
27.Rc1!
[27.a3 Qc5 28.g3 Rc8 29.Qd7 Rc7 30.Qe8 f6 31.Kg2=]
[27.Rd2 b5 28.a3 b4 29.axb4 Rb7 30.Qd6 f6=]
27...Ng6 [27...Qc6 28.Ne2 Rd7 29.Rxc6 Rxd8 30.Rc7+/=]
28.Ne2 Qxe2 29.Qxc7 Qxe4 [29...Qxg4 30.Qc8 Qxe4 31.g3+/=]
30.Qc4 Qd4 31.Qxd4 exd4 32.Rc7 Ne5 33.Rxb7 d3 34.Kf1
1–0
[27.a3 Qc5 28.g3 Rc8 29.Qd7 Rc7 30.Qe8 f6 31.Kg2=]
[27.Rd2 b5 28.a3 b4 29.axb4 Rb7 30.Qd6 f6=]
27...Ng6 [27...Qc6 28.Ne2 Rd7 29.Rxc6 Rxd8 30.Rc7+/=]
28.Ne2 Qxe2 29.Qxc7 Qxe4 [29...Qxg4 30.Qc8 Qxe4 31.g3+/=]
30.Qc4 Qd4 31.Qxd4 exd4 32.Rc7 Ne5 33.Rxb7 d3 34.Kf1
1–0