20.Nh2! [A beautiful maneuver to transfer the knight to the outpost on f6. 6]
[20.Qa5? Qe6=; 20.c3!? a5 21.Nh2 Ra6²]
20...Rac8 21.Ng4 Rc6 22.Rf3 Kh7 23.c3 Re6 24.Ref1 f6 25.Qc2+– h5 26.exf6 Bxf6 27.Ne5 Bxe5 28.Rxf8 Bxg3 29.R1f7+ Qxf7 30.Rxf7++–
1–0
[20.Qa5? Qe6=; 20.c3!? a5 21.Nh2 Ra6²]
20...Rac8 21.Ng4 Rc6 22.Rf3 Kh7 23.c3 Re6 24.Ref1 f6 25.Qc2+– h5 26.exf6 Bxf6 27.Ne5 Bxe5 28.Rxf8 Bxg3 29.R1f7+ Qxf7 30.Rxf7++–
1–0
53.Bxc5! [53.Bd2? Bb4 54.Be3 Bc5=; 53.g7!? Bxe3 54.fxe3 c1Q 55.g8Q Qc2+ 56.Ke1 Qc1+ 57.Kf2 Qd2+ 58.Ne2 Nd3+ 59.Kf3 Ne1+=]
53...c1Q 54.Bd4+ Kc2 55.Bxe5 Qd1+ 56.Ke3 Qe1+ 57.Kd4 Qxf2+ 58.Ke4 Qa7 59.g7 Qb7+ 60.Nd5 Qa8 61.Bf6 Kd2 62.g4 Qa4+ 63.Bd4 Qe8+ 64.Kf4 Ke1 65.Nf6+–
1–0
53...c1Q 54.Bd4+ Kc2 55.Bxe5 Qd1+ 56.Ke3 Qe1+ 57.Kd4 Qxf2+ 58.Ke4 Qa7 59.g7 Qb7+ 60.Nd5 Qa8 61.Bf6 Kd2 62.g4 Qa4+ 63.Bd4 Qe8+ 64.Kf4 Ke1 65.Nf6+–
1–0
Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 147
public poll
A) Qe2 – 9
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 53%
@shahriarmz88, @Steve1234567890qwerty, @YaminiG, @A_Somewhat_Cool_Guy, Srikar, @AryanLeekha, Abhi, Matthew, Mohan
C) 0-0 – 5
👍👍👍👍 29%
Gavin, Saghana, @SophiaCat_does_Chess, Michael, Hansika
B) d5 – 3
👍👍 18%
@batonik107, عباس, Amirmasoud
👥 17 people voted so far.
public poll
A) Qe2 – 9
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 53%
@shahriarmz88, @Steve1234567890qwerty, @YaminiG, @A_Somewhat_Cool_Guy, Srikar, @AryanLeekha, Abhi, Matthew, Mohan
C) 0-0 – 5
👍👍👍👍 29%
Gavin, Saghana, @SophiaCat_does_Chess, Michael, Hansika
B) d5 – 3
👍👍 18%
@batonik107, عباس, Amirmasoud
👥 17 people voted so far.
Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 147
public poll
A) R×g7 – 16
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 84%
@Salehdasin, @Hamed_jaafaari, عباس, Masoud, Gavin, @Steve1234567890qwerty, @YaminiG, Farshid, @SophiaCat_does_Chess, @A_Somewhat_Cool_Guy, Srikar, @AryanLeekha, Michael, Hansika, Abhi, Matthew
B) d4 – 2
👍 11%
@Portomogor, Saghana
C) Kf4 – 1
▫️ 5%
@batonik107
👥 19 people voted so far.
public poll
A) R×g7 – 16
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 84%
@Salehdasin, @Hamed_jaafaari, عباس, Masoud, Gavin, @Steve1234567890qwerty, @YaminiG, Farshid, @SophiaCat_does_Chess, @A_Somewhat_Cool_Guy, Srikar, @AryanLeekha, Michael, Hansika, Abhi, Matthew
B) d4 – 2
👍 11%
@Portomogor, Saghana
C) Kf4 – 1
▫️ 5%
@batonik107
👥 19 people voted so far.
Lucie Delarue-Mardrus (1874 – 1945) even participated in the 1927 French Women’s Championship.
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@UnityChess
I... have two vocations: chess and engineering. If I played chess only, I believe that my success wouldn't have been significantly greater. I can play chess well only when I have fully convalesced from chess and when the 'hunger for chess' once more awakens within me.
🔸 Mikhail Botvinnik
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🔸 Mikhail Botvinnik
@UnityChess
Pictured at the Amsterdam IBM tournament, 17th July 1973: the 22-year-old Swedish grandmaster, Ulf Andersson.
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Wijk aan Zee, 19th December 1971. In the 7th round, Levente Lengyel faces Svetozar Gligorić. Behind, Miguel Najdorf is in play v. Robert Hübner, in what was an important theoretical game in the Hübner Variation of the Nimzo-Indian Defence.
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Wijk aan Zee, 19th December 1971. In the 7th round, Levente Lengyel faces Svetozar Gligorić. Behind, Miguel Najdorf is in play v. Robert Hübner, in what was an important theoretical game in the Hübner Variation of the Nimzo-Indian Defence. @UnityChess
Lengyel vs Gligoric 1971.pgn
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