49.Bd6?! [49.Be5 Rxe6 (49...Rg6 50.Bd6 Nc8 51.e7+β; 49...Rxf5 50.gxf5 Nxf5 51.Kf3+β) 50.Bb8+ Kxb8 51.Rxe6 Nxf5 52.gxf5 Kc7 53.Kf3 Rh4 54.Re4 Kd6 55.Kg3 Rh1 56.Kg4 Rg1+ 57.Kh5 g4 58.Rxg4 Rf1 59.Kg6 Ke7 60.Rg3 Rf2 61.Re3+ Kf8 62.Rh3 Ke7 63.Rh7+ Kd6 64.Rb7 Ke5 65.Re7+ Kd4 (65...Kd6 66.Re3+β) 66.f6 Kxd3 67.Rb7+β; 49.Kd2 Rxf5 50.gxf5 Nxf5 51.Re5 Ng7 52.e7 Ne8 53.Ke3 Kb7 54.Re6 Rf7 55.Ke4+/=]
49...Nc8?? [49...Rxf5 50.gxf5 (50.Bxe7 Rh2+ 51.Ke1 Rh1+ 52.Ke2 Rh2+ 53.Ke1 (53.Ke3 Rh3+=) ) 50...Nxf5+/=]
50.e7 Nxd6 51.Nxd6 Rh2+ 52.Ke3 [52.Ke1! Rh1+ 53.Kd2 Rh2+ 54.Re2! Rxe2+ 55.Kxe2 Re6+ 56.Kd2 Rxe7 57.Nc8+ Kb7 58.Nxe7+β]
52...Rh3+ 53.Ke2 Rh2+ 54.Ke3 Rff2 55.e8Q Re2+ 56.Kf3 Rhf2+ 57.Kg3 Rg2+ 58.Kf3 Rgf2+ 59.Kg3 Rg2+
Β½βΒ½
49...Nc8?? [49...Rxf5 50.gxf5 (50.Bxe7 Rh2+ 51.Ke1 Rh1+ 52.Ke2 Rh2+ 53.Ke1 (53.Ke3 Rh3+=) ) 50...Nxf5+/=]
50.e7 Nxd6 51.Nxd6 Rh2+ 52.Ke3 [52.Ke1! Rh1+ 53.Kd2 Rh2+ 54.Re2! Rxe2+ 55.Kxe2 Re6+ 56.Kd2 Rxe7 57.Nc8+ Kb7 58.Nxe7+β]
52...Rh3+ 53.Ke2 Rh2+ 54.Ke3 Rff2 55.e8Q Re2+ 56.Kf3 Rhf2+ 57.Kg3 Rg2+ 58.Kf3 Rgf2+ 59.Kg3 Rg2+
Β½βΒ½
Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 173
public poll
A) Qb5 β 11
πππππππ 85%
ΨΉΨ¨Ψ§Ψ³, @Nader1346, Gavin, Nikhil, @steve12345678910, @Sophia_On_The_Loose, @A_Wild_Richard, Ψ³Ψ¬Ψ§Ψ―, Michael, Abhi, Pranav prasanth
C) Qa6 β 2
π 15%
@fantastic45, Srikar
B) Qb3
β«οΈ 0%
π₯ 13 people voted so far.
public poll
A) Qb5 β 11
πππππππ 85%
ΨΉΨ¨Ψ§Ψ³, @Nader1346, Gavin, Nikhil, @steve12345678910, @Sophia_On_The_Loose, @A_Wild_Richard, Ψ³Ψ¬Ψ§Ψ―, Michael, Abhi, Pranav prasanth
C) Qa6 β 2
π 15%
@fantastic45, Srikar
B) Qb3
β«οΈ 0%
π₯ 13 people voted so far.
Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 173
public poll
A) Kf4 β 15
πππππππ 68%
Ω Ψ¬ΨͺΨ¨Ϋ, γ·, ΨΉΨ¨Ψ§Ψ³, @flowchess, @fantastic45, @Pourya_egh, @Sunbehindthecloud, @Djawad21, Gavin, Nikhil, @A_Wild_Richard, Atharva, Michael, Abhi, Pranav prasanth
B) g5 β 7
πππ 32%
@mahyarebrahimi1983, @steve12345678910, Abedini, @Parsnet2017, @mmch2020, @Sophia_On_The_Loose, Srikar
C) Rd1
β«οΈ 0%
π₯ 22 people voted so far.
public poll
A) Kf4 β 15
πππππππ 68%
Ω Ψ¬ΨͺΨ¨Ϋ, γ·, ΨΉΨ¨Ψ§Ψ³, @flowchess, @fantastic45, @Pourya_egh, @Sunbehindthecloud, @Djawad21, Gavin, Nikhil, @A_Wild_Richard, Atharva, Michael, Abhi, Pranav prasanth
B) g5 β 7
πππ 32%
@mahyarebrahimi1983, @steve12345678910, Abedini, @Parsnet2017, @mmch2020, @Sophia_On_The_Loose, Srikar
C) Rd1
β«οΈ 0%
π₯ 22 people voted so far.
Rashid Nezhmetdinov (left) congratulates Mikhail Tal for winning the 24th USSR Championship in Moscow, 1957.
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βIt is hardly useful if you trustingly play through variation after variation from a book. It is a great deal more useful and more interesting if you take part actively in the analysis, find something yourself, and try to refute some of the author's conclusions.β
πΈ M. Dvoretsky
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BYRNE VS. FISCHER 1956. Can you describe Bobby Fischer in just one word? (Do not used "Genius").
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After 4 rounds in the US chess championship in St, Louis, Jeffery Xiong, Wesley So, Hikaru Nakamura, and Leinier Dominguez all lead with 2.5 out of 4. On the women's side, Jennifer Yu leads with 4 out of 4. Anna Zatonskih is in 2nd place with 3.5 out of 4.
https://new.uschess.org/news/wars-of-attrition/
https://new.uschess.org/news/wars-of-attrition/
US Chess
Wars of Attrition - US Chess
There was plenty of intrigue on and off the boards in the fourth round of the 2019 U.S. Championships. Plenty. The games were long. The...