1.Nd5+!! [1.h5? Kg5=; 1.Ne2?! Ke5 2.Nf4²]
1...Ke5?! [1...Kg6 2.Kf4 Be6 3.Ke5 Bd7 4.Nf4+ Kh6 5.Kf6±]
2.h5 Be8?! [2...Be6 3.Ne7 Kf6 4.h6 Bf7 5.Nxf5±]
3.h6 Bg6 4.Nf4 Bh7 5.Nh3 f4+ 6.exf4++–
1–0
1...Ke5?! [1...Kg6 2.Kf4 Be6 3.Ke5 Bd7 4.Nf4+ Kh6 5.Kf6±]
2.h5 Be8?! [2...Be6 3.Ne7 Kf6 4.h6 Bf7 5.Nxf5±]
3.h6 Bg6 4.Nf4 Bh7 5.Nh3 f4+ 6.exf4++–
1–0
Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 157
public poll
A) Nb1 – 10
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 71%
@Sina_Sinax, Jonas, Gavin, @A_Wild_Richard, Sahil, Jaikrishnan, Atharva, Michael, Hansika, Daniel
B) N×d5 – 2
👍 14%
Nikhil, @FrozenBlade
C) Ne4 – 2
👍 14%
@Somebody_Sophia, @Armin41
👥 14 people voted so far.
public poll
A) Nb1 – 10
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 71%
@Sina_Sinax, Jonas, Gavin, @A_Wild_Richard, Sahil, Jaikrishnan, Atharva, Michael, Hansika, Daniel
B) N×d5 – 2
👍 14%
Nikhil, @FrozenBlade
C) Ne4 – 2
👍 14%
@Somebody_Sophia, @Armin41
👥 14 people voted so far.
Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 157
public poll
A) g4 – 14
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 74%
@batonik107, @Shaysho, Jonas, Nikhil, Mieke, @SophiaCat_does_Chess, @A_Somewhat_Cool_Guy, Sahil, Jai, @marryjey, @Qwerty123Tseries, Michael, Hansika, Daniel
C) Be1 – 4
👍👍 21%
Hossein, Max, Gavin, @FrozenBlade
B) Ke2 – 1
👍 5%
@Armin41
👥 19 people voted so far.
public poll
A) g4 – 14
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 74%
@batonik107, @Shaysho, Jonas, Nikhil, Mieke, @SophiaCat_does_Chess, @A_Somewhat_Cool_Guy, Sahil, Jai, @marryjey, @Qwerty123Tseries, Michael, Hansika, Daniel
C) Be1 – 4
👍👍 21%
Hossein, Max, Gavin, @FrozenBlade
B) Ke2 – 1
👍 5%
@Armin41
👥 19 people voted so far.
Los Angeles, 2nd July 1963. The opening round of the 1st Piatigorsky Cup, which was held in the Embassy Room of the city's Ambassador Hotel.
The pairings were: Keres-Petrosian; Najdorf-Panno; Ólafsson-Gligorić & Reshevsky-Benko.
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The pairings were: Keres-Petrosian; Najdorf-Panno; Ólafsson-Gligorić & Reshevsky-Benko.
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“Don't be afraid of losing, be afraid of playing a game and not learning something.”
🔸 Dan Heisman
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🔸 Dan Heisman
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Amsterdam, 4th September 1954. The 11th Olympiad, Preliminary Group 'A', Round 1; the match USSR v. Finland.
Board 1: M. Botvinnik (URS) v. T. Salo (FIN)
Board 2: J. Vesterinen (FIN) v. V. Smyslov (URS)
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Board 1: M. Botvinnik (URS) v. T. Salo (FIN)
Board 2: J. Vesterinen (FIN) v. V. Smyslov (URS)
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3rd Sharjah Master (2019) will be from 21st of March to 31st of March, 2019
For more info. and registration
https://shjchessmasters.com/
For more info. and registration
https://shjchessmasters.com/
🔸chess.com IoM Masters Douglas ENG 2018
🔸Round 6
⚪️Tregubov,Pavel V (2588)
⚫️Artemiev,Vladislav (2706)
🔸0-1
🔸Round 6
⚪️Tregubov,Pavel V (2588)
⚫️Artemiev,Vladislav (2706)
🔸0-1
27...f5! [Artemiev opens up the diagonal of the g7–bishop and attacks the center.]
28.Bxc5? [¹28.Bg5 Qe8 29.Re1 fxe4 30.Nc3 Bf5 31.fxe4 Bd7-/+]
28...fxe4! [A strong intermediate move that brings a dangerous initiative for Black.]
[28...dxc5!? 29.d6 cxd6 30.Qxd6 Rf7 31.Qxg6 fxe4 32.fxe4 Ra6! 33.Qg3 Kh7-/+ △Rg6]
29.Be3? [29.fxe4? dxc5 30.d6 Qh4 31.dxc7 Qf2+ 32.Kh1 Bg4 33.Re1 Qh4+ 34.Kg1 Be5–+; ¹29.f4! dxc5 30.d6 cxd6 31.Qxd6 Qxd6 32.Rxd6 Bf5 33.Ng3 Bd4+ 34.Kh2 Rae8-/+]
29...exf3 30.Nf4 Rfe8?!-/+ [Black allows the opponent to put up more resistance.]
[The easiest way to achieve a win would be 30...fxg2 31.Nxg6 Qe4! 32.Nxf8 Rxf8–+ △Bh3]
0–1
28.Bxc5? [¹28.Bg5 Qe8 29.Re1 fxe4 30.Nc3 Bf5 31.fxe4 Bd7-/+]
28...fxe4! [A strong intermediate move that brings a dangerous initiative for Black.]
[28...dxc5!? 29.d6 cxd6 30.Qxd6 Rf7 31.Qxg6 fxe4 32.fxe4 Ra6! 33.Qg3 Kh7-/+ △Rg6]
29.Be3? [29.fxe4? dxc5 30.d6 Qh4 31.dxc7 Qf2+ 32.Kh1 Bg4 33.Re1 Qh4+ 34.Kg1 Be5–+; ¹29.f4! dxc5 30.d6 cxd6 31.Qxd6 Qxd6 32.Rxd6 Bf5 33.Ng3 Bd4+ 34.Kh2 Rae8-/+]
29...exf3 30.Nf4 Rfe8?!-/+ [Black allows the opponent to put up more resistance.]
[The easiest way to achieve a win would be 30...fxg2 31.Nxg6 Qe4! 32.Nxf8 Rxf8–+ △Bh3]
0–1