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
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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...
28...Qb1! [A clever move in order to launch a dangerous attack against the White's king via the first rank.]
[28...Ra1?! 29.Qe4! Qxe4+ 30.Rxe4 c5 31.Rb7 b4 32.Rc4 Rd8 33.Rxc5 Rd2+ 34.Kf3 Rxb2=/+]
29.Qxb5 Ra1β 30.Rf1β’ [30.Kf3? h5!β+ β³Qh1]
30...Qe4+! [Centralizing the queen!]
[30...Qc2+!? 31.Kg1 c6 32.Qd3 Rxf1+ 33.Kxf1 Qxb2β+]
31.Kh2 c6! [Keeping the important c-pawn.]
32.Qe2 Rxf1 33.Qxf1 Qxe3β+
[28...Ra1?! 29.Qe4! Qxe4+ 30.Rxe4 c5 31.Rb7 b4 32.Rc4 Rd8 33.Rxc5 Rd2+ 34.Kf3 Rxb2=/+]
29.Qxb5 Ra1β 30.Rf1β’ [30.Kf3? h5!β+ β³Qh1]
30...Qe4+! [Centralizing the queen!]
[30...Qc2+!? 31.Kg1 c6 32.Qd3 Rxf1+ 33.Kxf1 Qxb2β+]
31.Kh2 c6! [Keeping the important c-pawn.]
32.Qe2 Rxf1 33.Qxf1 Qxe3β+
23.Qb5! [This small trick leads to a material advantage for White.]
[23.Qb3 Qe7 24.Bg5 f6 25.Bf4 Ne5 26.Qb5 Rc8 27.Re1 f5 28.Ng5 h6 29.Bxe5 Qxe5 30.Nf3 Qe8=; 23.Qa6 Rfb8 24.Bf4 f5 25.Nxc5 (25.Bxb8? Nxb8 26.Qb5 fxe4Β³) 25...bxc5 26.Bxb8 Rxb8 27.Rxb8+ Nxb8 28.Qb5 Qc8 29.Rb1 Nd7 30.Qb7 Qxb7+ 31.Rxb7 Ne5=]
23...Rbb8 [23...Rfb8 24.Bf4 Ne5 25.Qxd7 Rxd7 26.Nxc5+β]
24.Bf4 f5 [24...Ne5 25.Qxd7 Nxd7 26.Bxb8+β; 24...Be5?? 25.Bxe5 Nxe5 26.Nf6++β]
25.Nxc5 [25.Bxb8! fxe4 26.Bf4+β]
25...bxc5 26.Bxb8 Rxb8 27.Qxc5 Rxb1 28.Rxb1 Bf8 29.Qb5+β
1β0
[23.Qb3 Qe7 24.Bg5 f6 25.Bf4 Ne5 26.Qb5 Rc8 27.Re1 f5 28.Ng5 h6 29.Bxe5 Qxe5 30.Nf3 Qe8=; 23.Qa6 Rfb8 24.Bf4 f5 25.Nxc5 (25.Bxb8? Nxb8 26.Qb5 fxe4Β³) 25...bxc5 26.Bxb8 Rxb8 27.Rxb8+ Nxb8 28.Qb5 Qc8 29.Rb1 Nd7 30.Qb7 Qxb7+ 31.Rxb7 Ne5=]
23...Rbb8 [23...Rfb8 24.Bf4 Ne5 25.Qxd7 Rxd7 26.Nxc5+β]
24.Bf4 f5 [24...Ne5 25.Qxd7 Nxd7 26.Bxb8+β; 24...Be5?? 25.Bxe5 Nxe5 26.Nf6++β]
25.Nxc5 [25.Bxb8! fxe4 26.Bf4+β]
25...bxc5 26.Bxb8 Rxb8 27.Qxc5 Rxb1 28.Rxb1 Bf8 29.Qb5+β
1β0