Here Mikhail Botvinnik and Bobby Fischer are facing each other in one of the most amazing and surprising chess Olympiad games.
The game ended in a draw.Fischer had a win,but unfortunately for him he missed that Botvinnik was in zugzwang and he traded in a drawn rook end-game.
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The game ended in a draw.Fischer had a win,but unfortunately for him he missed that Botvinnik was in zugzwang and he traded in a drawn rook end-game.
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Here Mikhail Botvinnik and Bobby Fischer are facing each other in one of the most amazing and surprising chess Olympiad games. The game ended in a draw.Fischer had a win,but unfortunately for him he missed that Botvinnik was in zugzwang and he traded in aβ¦
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πΈchess.com IoM Masters Douglas ENG 2018
πΈRound 4
βͺοΈKaidanov,Gregory (2544)
β«οΈEggleston,David J (2406)
πΈ1-0
πΈRound 4
βͺοΈKaidanov,Gregory (2544)
β«οΈEggleston,David J (2406)
πΈ1-0
14.Nxe4! [A correct decision. Kaidanov opens up the b2βbishop eyes on the kingside and pulls the d5βpawn to a worse square.]
14...dxe4 15.Nd4 [β³BΓe4]
15...Bd5 [15...Nxd4 16.Bxd4 Qb4 17.Qb2 f6 18.Bxe4Β±]
16.Nf5! [White provokes kingside weaknesses and also clears the d-file for using his rook.]
16...f6 17.Rd1 Be6 [17...Rad8 18.Bxe4! thanks to the black weakened kingside, White grabs the e4βpawn. 18...Bxe4 19.Qc4+ Rf7 20.Qxe4+β]
18.Bxe4 Bc5 19.Bd5 Bf7 20.Qc4+β
14...dxe4 15.Nd4 [β³BΓe4]
15...Bd5 [15...Nxd4 16.Bxd4 Qb4 17.Qb2 f6 18.Bxe4Β±]
16.Nf5! [White provokes kingside weaknesses and also clears the d-file for using his rook.]
16...f6 17.Rd1 Be6 [17...Rad8 18.Bxe4! thanks to the black weakened kingside, White grabs the e4βpawn. 18...Bxe4 19.Qc4+ Rf7 20.Qxe4+β]
18.Bxe4 Bc5 19.Bd5 Bf7 20.Qc4+β
17.Nb5! [A standard maneuver by Moiseenko to transfer the knight to the vital e6βsquare via d4.]
[17.b3!? a6Β²; 17.Qd1? would be bad, on account of: 17...Bh6=]
17...Bxb5 18.cxb5 Ng4 19.Bxg4 fxg4 20.Qc2Β±
1β0
[17.b3!? a6Β²; 17.Qd1? would be bad, on account of: 17...Bh6=]
17...Bxb5 18.cxb5 Ng4 19.Bxg4 fxg4 20.Qc2Β±
1β0
61.Be4!! [61.b5?? Bf7 62.Be4 Be8 63.Bc6 Bf7 64.Bd7 Bg8 65.Be8 Bh7=; 61.Bc2!! Bf7 62.Ba4 Bg8 63.Be8 Bh7 64.b5+β]
61...Bf7 62.Bc6 Bg8 63.Be8 Bh7 64.b5β‘+β
1β0
61...Bf7 62.Bc6 Bg8 63.Be8 Bh7 64.b5β‘+β
1β0
Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 152
public poll
A) Kd6 β 12
πππππππ 100%
@aadiib, ΨΉΨ¨Ψ§Ψ³, Masoud, Jonas, Ebi, Gavin, @Somebody_Sophia, @RichardPeng, @Lornyellor, Michael, Hansika, Daniel
B) Rh8
β«οΈ 0%
C) f5
β«οΈ 0%
π₯ 12 people voted so far.
public poll
A) Kd6 β 12
πππππππ 100%
@aadiib, ΨΉΨ¨Ψ§Ψ³, Masoud, Jonas, Ebi, Gavin, @Somebody_Sophia, @RichardPeng, @Lornyellor, Michael, Hansika, Daniel
B) Rh8
β«οΈ 0%
C) f5
β«οΈ 0%
π₯ 12 people voted so far.
Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 152
public poll
A) f5 β 13
πππππππ 81%
@AMIRKARAMPOUR, @mahyarebrahimi1983, ΨΉΨ¨Ψ§Ψ³, Jonas, @ariangholami2001, Ebi, Gavin, @RichardPeng, @Lornyellor, @arash22_d, Michael, Hansika, Daniel
C) c4 β 2
π 13%
reza, @Somebody_Sophia
B) Ke3 β 1
π 6%
@raienr
π₯ 16 people voted so far.
public poll
A) f5 β 13
πππππππ 81%
@AMIRKARAMPOUR, @mahyarebrahimi1983, ΨΉΨ¨Ψ§Ψ³, Jonas, @ariangholami2001, Ebi, Gavin, @RichardPeng, @Lornyellor, @arash22_d, Michael, Hansika, Daniel
C) c4 β 2
π 13%
reza, @Somebody_Sophia
B) Ke3 β 1
π 6%
@raienr
π₯ 16 people voted so far.
The #AeroflotOpen lead didn't change after the 8th round. GMs Kulaots (2542), Sasikiran (2678), and Martirosyan (2616) still share the 1st place with 6/8 points, and 6 players follow them close behind half a point.
Looking forward to an intriguing final round!
Looking forward to an intriguing final round!
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Harika is holding her own against very strong GMs all across the world at the Aeroflot Open 2019. She beat Gordievsky (2603) and drew against Martirosyan (2616), Srinath (2572), Lalith (2556), Esipenko (2603) and now Ghaem Maghami (2540).