19...Qxd3! [A correct decision. The endgame is much better for Black thanks to his bishop pair and better pawn structure.]
20.Rxd3 cxd4! [△Be8]
[20...Be8?! 21.d5 exd5 22.Nxd5 Bf8 23.Red2= White's pieces would be activated.]
21.Rxd4 Be8 22.Red2 Rxd4 23.Rxd4 b5 24.Kf1 Rc8 25.Nd1 [25.Ne4 Rc2 26.Rd2 Rxd2 27.Nxd2 b4 28.axb4 Bb5+ 29.Ke1 Bxb4³]
25...f6 [25...Bc5! 26.Rd3 f6 27.Nd7 Be7 28.b4 Bg6 29.Rd2 Rc1 30.Ke2 Ra1-/+]
26.Nd3 Bd8 27.Ne1 b4! [In order to activate the bishop pair.]
28.Rxb4 [28.axb4 Bb5+ 29.Kg1 Bb6 30.Rd2 Rc1 31.Nd3 Rb1 32.Kf1 a5 33.Ke2 axb4-/+]
28...Ba5 29.Rd4 Bb5+ 30.Nd3 Bb6-/+ [30...Rc1! 31.Ke2 Rc2+ 32.Kf3 Rd2–+]
0–1
20.Rxd3 cxd4! [△Be8]
[20...Be8?! 21.d5 exd5 22.Nxd5 Bf8 23.Red2= White's pieces would be activated.]
21.Rxd4 Be8 22.Red2 Rxd4 23.Rxd4 b5 24.Kf1 Rc8 25.Nd1 [25.Ne4 Rc2 26.Rd2 Rxd2 27.Nxd2 b4 28.axb4 Bb5+ 29.Ke1 Bxb4³]
25...f6 [25...Bc5! 26.Rd3 f6 27.Nd7 Be7 28.b4 Bg6 29.Rd2 Rc1 30.Ke2 Ra1-/+]
26.Nd3 Bd8 27.Ne1 b4! [In order to activate the bishop pair.]
28.Rxb4 [28.axb4 Bb5+ 29.Kg1 Bb6 30.Rd2 Rc1 31.Nd3 Rb1 32.Kf1 a5 33.Ke2 axb4-/+]
28...Ba5 29.Rd4 Bb5+ 30.Nd3 Bb6-/+ [30...Rc1! 31.Ke2 Rc2+ 32.Kf3 Rd2–+]
0–1
18.Nc5 [18.Bg3! Socko gets rid of the opponent's bishop pair and makes it easier to attack the c6–pawn and exploit the outpost on c5. 18...Nxa4 19.Qxa4 Be6 20.Rc1 Bd5 21.Rc5 Re6 22.Nc4 Bxg3 23.fxg3 a5 24.Rxa5 Rxa5 25.Qxa5 Qxa5 26.Nxa5 Rf6 27.Rc1 Kf8 28.Nb7!²; 18.Rc1 Bf8! 19.Nc5 a5 20.Ncxe4 Qa7 21.Bg3 (21.Qxc6? Bb7 22.Qc2 b3 23.axb3 (23.Qd3 a4 24.Nc5 a3–+ 25.bxa3 Bxc5 26.Rxc5 Na4 27.Rcc1 Ba6–+) 23...a4!µ) 21...Ba6 22.Nc5 Bb5=]
18...Bf5 19.Bg3+/=
½–½
18...Bf5 19.Bg3+/=
½–½
41...Nc5 [41...Nxc1 42.Rxc1 Rf8 43.Nd3 Rf6µ; 41...Na1+ 42.Kb1 Rf8 43.Nd3 Nb3 44.Kc2 Nxc1 45.Rxc1 Rd8 (45...Ne3+ 46.Kd2 Nxg2 47.Rg1 Nf4 48.Nxf4+ Rxf4 49.Rxg7 Rxe4 50.a5 Rh4 51.a6 Rxh2+ 52.Kd3 Ra2 53.Rxa7=) 46.Re1 h5µ]
42.a5 Nxa5 [42...bxa5 43.Re1 a4–+]
43.Ba3 Ncb7 44.Rd3 Nc4 45.Bc1 Nc5 46.Rg3 Rc7–+
0–1
42.a5 Nxa5 [42...bxa5 43.Re1 a4–+]
43.Ba3 Ncb7 44.Rd3 Nc4 45.Bc1 Nc5 46.Rg3 Rc7–+
0–1
🔴 Today is birthday of Raymond Keene
♦️ English chess Grandmaster
👏👏👏👏👏 Happy birthday 🌺💐☘️💐🌸🌷
⚛️ Today is also birthday of:
❗️ Maxim Dlugy, an American chess grandmaster who born in Moscow, USSR. He arrived with his family in the United States in 1977. Dlugy was awarded the International Master title in 1982 and won the World Junior Chess Championship in 1985.
❗️ Artur Kogan, a Ukrainian–born Israeli chess grandmaster who immigrated from Ukraine to Israel when he was two years old and spent more than 20 years in Israel. He currently resides in Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain.
❗️ Liang Chong, a Chinese chess Grandmaster who in 2004 became China's 16th Grandmaster.
◼️ Also today is the death day of Yousof Safvat, an Iranian chess master who was four times chess champion of Iran and represented his country in five Chess Olympiads.
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♦️ English chess Grandmaster
👏👏👏👏👏 Happy birthday 🌺💐☘️💐🌸🌷
⚛️ Today is also birthday of:
❗️ Maxim Dlugy, an American chess grandmaster who born in Moscow, USSR. He arrived with his family in the United States in 1977. Dlugy was awarded the International Master title in 1982 and won the World Junior Chess Championship in 1985.
❗️ Artur Kogan, a Ukrainian–born Israeli chess grandmaster who immigrated from Ukraine to Israel when he was two years old and spent more than 20 years in Israel. He currently resides in Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain.
❗️ Liang Chong, a Chinese chess Grandmaster who in 2004 became China's 16th Grandmaster.
◼️ Also today is the death day of Yousof Safvat, an Iranian chess master who was four times chess champion of Iran and represented his country in five Chess Olympiads.
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During the 1984/85 World Championship match in Moscow, Garry Kasparov is pictured with his team - left to right: Evgeny Vladimirov, Iosif Dorfman, Aleksandr Nikitin and Gennady Timoshchenko.
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"Do not always be thinking of attack! Moves that safeguard your position are often far more prudent."
🔸 Aron Nimzowitsch
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At the opening of the international tournament at Tallinn, February 1975. In the centre - grandmaster Paul Keres; on the right, the chief arbiter of the event, Lembit Vahesaar.
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♟ UNITY OPEN GRAND PRIX TOURNAMENT
Saturday, February 16th, 2019
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Saturday, February 16th, 2019
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✴️ About Michael Stean
🔸 Michael Stean
🔸 English chess grandmaster
📚 Michael Francis Stean is an English chess grandmaster, an author of chess books and a tax accountant. Stean was born on 4 September 1953 in London. He learned to play chess before the age of five, developing a promising talent that led to junior honours, including the London under-14 and British under-16 titles.
There was more progress in 1971, when he placed third at a junior event in Norwich (behind Sax and Tarjan, two other young players with bright futures). By 1973, he was able to top a tournament in Canterbury (ahead of Adorjan) and speculation began to grow that England had another potential runner in the race to become the country's first grandmaster. Fellow contenders were Ray Keene, whom Stean knew from Cambridge University and Tony Miles, who ultimately took the accolade. 1973 was also the year when Stean entered the (Teesside) World Junior Chess Championship and finished third behind Miles and tournament victor Alexander Beliavsky (ahead of Larry Christiansen). Curiously, both Stean and Miles defeated Beliavsky, but couldn't match his ruthlessness in dispatching inferior opposition.
Domestically, he was a joint winner of the British Chess Championship in 1974, but lost the play-off to George Botterill. In the first of his five Chess Olympiads at Nice in 1974, he won the prize for best game of the Olympiad, for his effort against Walter Browne. His next Olympiad was even more of a success; individual gold and team bronze medals at Haifa 1976. His performances in these events never resulted in a score of less than 50%.
International Master and International Grandmaster titles were awarded in 1975 and 1977 respectively.
While playing chess, Stean wrote two books - Sicilian Najdorf (Batsford, 1976) and Simple Chess (Faber, 1978). Both books were well received and the latter has become known as a chess classic, remaining in print many years later.
♦️ A memorable game by Stean👇
▪️ Michael Francis Stean vs Albin Planinc
▪️ Alekhine Memorial (1975), Moscow URS, rd 9, Oct-??
▪️Pirc Defense: Classical Variation. Quiet System Czech Defense (B08)
♦️ Review and download PGN file👇
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🔸 Michael Stean
🔸 English chess grandmaster
📚 Michael Francis Stean is an English chess grandmaster, an author of chess books and a tax accountant. Stean was born on 4 September 1953 in London. He learned to play chess before the age of five, developing a promising talent that led to junior honours, including the London under-14 and British under-16 titles.
There was more progress in 1971, when he placed third at a junior event in Norwich (behind Sax and Tarjan, two other young players with bright futures). By 1973, he was able to top a tournament in Canterbury (ahead of Adorjan) and speculation began to grow that England had another potential runner in the race to become the country's first grandmaster. Fellow contenders were Ray Keene, whom Stean knew from Cambridge University and Tony Miles, who ultimately took the accolade. 1973 was also the year when Stean entered the (Teesside) World Junior Chess Championship and finished third behind Miles and tournament victor Alexander Beliavsky (ahead of Larry Christiansen). Curiously, both Stean and Miles defeated Beliavsky, but couldn't match his ruthlessness in dispatching inferior opposition.
Domestically, he was a joint winner of the British Chess Championship in 1974, but lost the play-off to George Botterill. In the first of his five Chess Olympiads at Nice in 1974, he won the prize for best game of the Olympiad, for his effort against Walter Browne. His next Olympiad was even more of a success; individual gold and team bronze medals at Haifa 1976. His performances in these events never resulted in a score of less than 50%.
International Master and International Grandmaster titles were awarded in 1975 and 1977 respectively.
While playing chess, Stean wrote two books - Sicilian Najdorf (Batsford, 1976) and Simple Chess (Faber, 1978). Both books were well received and the latter has become known as a chess classic, remaining in print many years later.
♦️ A memorable game by Stean👇
▪️ Michael Francis Stean vs Albin Planinc
▪️ Alekhine Memorial (1975), Moscow URS, rd 9, Oct-??
▪️Pirc Defense: Classical Variation. Quiet System Czech Defense (B08)
♦️ Review and download PGN file👇
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Today, Vladimir Kramnik announces the end of his chess career. He has won virtually all top tournaments, including #TataSteelChess (1998). We would like to thank him for his many participations in our tournament and wish him all the best!
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Today, Vladimir Kramnik announces the end of his chess career. He has won virtually all top tournaments, including #TataSteelChess (1998). We would like to thank him for his many participations in our tournament and wish him all the best! Read: https://t.co/OKHwDYBjis