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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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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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
1.2 KB
🔸chess.com IoM Masters Douglas ENG 2018
🔸Round 4
⚪️Anand,Viswanathan (2771)
⚫️Shyam,Sundar M (2505)
🔸1-0
🔸Round 4
⚪️Anand,Viswanathan (2771)
⚫️Shyam,Sundar M (2505)
🔸1-0
20.b4! [An impressive move by ex-world champion Vishy Anand. The Black's knight is forced to runs away into a passive position.]
20...Nb7 [20...cxb3 21.axb3 Bd8 22.Bd2 Nb7 23.Rxa7+–]
21.a4! [A standard move in such positions.]
21...Bd8 [21...a6 22.Be3 Bd8 23.axb5 axb5 24.Ra7 R5f7 25.Rfa1 Qf5 26.f3+–]
22.Be3 Bb6 23.Bxb6 axb6 24.Qe3 bxa4 25.Qxb6 Rf4 26.f3!+– [White has a mighty knight on e4 and can look for an attack on the queenside.]
1–0
20...Nb7 [20...cxb3 21.axb3 Bd8 22.Bd2 Nb7 23.Rxa7+–]
21.a4! [A standard move in such positions.]
21...Bd8 [21...a6 22.Be3 Bd8 23.axb5 axb5 24.Ra7 R5f7 25.Rfa1 Qf5 26.f3+–]
22.Be3 Bb6 23.Bxb6 axb6 24.Qe3 bxa4 25.Qxb6 Rf4 26.f3!+– [White has a mighty knight on e4 and can look for an attack on the queenside.]
1–0