26.bxc5! [Creating a protected passed pawn by force.]
26...Bxe1 [26...dxc5 27.Bxh4 Nxh4 28.Rf2 Qg7 29.d6 Kh8 30.Qd1! f3 31.g3 b5 32.Ne3 △Qc1 32...Rfd8 33.Kh1! Ng6 34.Nf5+–]
27.c6! [27.Rxe1? bxc5 28.Qd1 Rf6! 29.Rf2 Qg4=]
27...Qa7 28.Nxd6! [It is obvious that White's passed pawns are stronger than the opponent's extra piece.]
[28.Rxe1?? b5+!-/+]
28...b5+ 29.Kh1 Ba5 [29...Nh4 30.Rxe1! Nxf3 31.gxf3+–]
30.Nf5! [△d6]
30...Rxf5 31.exf5 Nh4 32.d6+! Qf7 33.c7 Rf8 34.Qxf7+ Kxf7 35.Rxb5+–
26...Bxe1 [26...dxc5 27.Bxh4 Nxh4 28.Rf2 Qg7 29.d6 Kh8 30.Qd1! f3 31.g3 b5 32.Ne3 △Qc1 32...Rfd8 33.Kh1! Ng6 34.Nf5+–]
27.c6! [27.Rxe1? bxc5 28.Qd1 Rf6! 29.Rf2 Qg4=]
27...Qa7 28.Nxd6! [It is obvious that White's passed pawns are stronger than the opponent's extra piece.]
[28.Rxe1?? b5+!-/+]
28...b5+ 29.Kh1 Ba5 [29...Nh4 30.Rxe1! Nxf3 31.gxf3+–]
30.Nf5! [△d6]
30...Rxf5 31.exf5 Nh4 32.d6+! Qf7 33.c7 Rf8 34.Qxf7+ Kxf7 35.Rxb5+–
Congratulations to legendary Vassily Ivanchuk (2677) on winning the strong #CapablancaMemorial with 7/10 points.
GMs Samuel Sevian (2655) and David Anton Guijarro (2669) shared the 2-3 places half a point behind the winner.
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The first world chess champion Wilhelm Steinitz was born on May 14, 1836.
Unbeaten in match play for 32 years from 1862 to 1894, the Austrian was also a writer and theoretician who prominently influenced the development of the game.
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Unbeaten in match play for 32 years from 1862 to 1894, the Austrian was also a writer and theoretician who prominently influenced the development of the game.
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"The first essential for an attack is - the will to attack!"
🔸 Savielly Tartakower (1952) 500 Master Games of Chess
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🔸 Savielly Tartakower (1952) 500 Master Games of Chess
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"Steinitz was the first to realize that chess, despite being a complicated game, obeys some common principles. Up to his time, people had just been playing chess, Steinitz began to study it,” Vladimir Kramnik in 2005.
📷 First world chess champion Wilhelm Steinitz in 1866.
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📷 First world chess champion Wilhelm Steinitz in 1866.
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23.Bxd3! [Grabbing the rook on a8 would throw White to the wolves!]
[23.Qxa8?? dxc2 24.Kxc2 Ne3+! △Bf5 25.Rxe3 Bf5+! 26.Qe4 Bxe4+ 27.Rxe4 axb4-/+]
23...cxd3 24.Qxa8 Nd4? [Black cannot hope to generate any real threats against White's king.]
[would be correct: ¹24...axb4! 25.Qe4 Be6 26.Nc4! △Q×d3 26...Qa7!‚ 27.Qxd3 Qxa2 28.Re4+/=]
25.Qxa5! Bg4 26.f3 Bf5 27.Kb1 Nc2 28.Rg1+– [28.Qc5! Qd7 29.Re4! Bxe4 30.Nxe4+– △b5]
[23.Qxa8?? dxc2 24.Kxc2 Ne3+! △Bf5 25.Rxe3 Bf5+! 26.Qe4 Bxe4+ 27.Rxe4 axb4-/+]
23...cxd3 24.Qxa8 Nd4? [Black cannot hope to generate any real threats against White's king.]
[would be correct: ¹24...axb4! 25.Qe4 Be6 26.Nc4! △Q×d3 26...Qa7!‚ 27.Qxd3 Qxa2 28.Re4+/=]
25.Qxa5! Bg4 26.f3 Bf5 27.Kb1 Nc2 28.Rg1+– [28.Qc5! Qd7 29.Re4! Bxe4 30.Nxe4+– △b5]
Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 216
public poll
A) Qd8 – 4
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 80%
Gavin, @Sophia_Giraffe, @A_Wild_Richard, Kasyap
B) Ne8 – 1
👍👍 20%
Masoud
C) f5
▫️ 0%
👥 5 people voted so far.
public poll
A) Qd8 – 4
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 80%
Gavin, @Sophia_Giraffe, @A_Wild_Richard, Kasyap
B) Ne8 – 1
👍👍 20%
Masoud
C) f5
▫️ 0%
👥 5 people voted so far.
Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 216
public poll
A) Kf3 – 7
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 70%
Masoud, Gavin, Tristan, @Sophia_Giraffe, Louis, @A_Wild_Richard, @Msf_22
B) Nc2 – 3
👍👍👍 30%
@Djawad21, Nikhil, Kasyap
C) Kd2
▫️ 0%
👥 10 people voted so far.
public poll
A) Kf3 – 7
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 70%
Masoud, Gavin, Tristan, @Sophia_Giraffe, Louis, @A_Wild_Richard, @Msf_22
B) Nc2 – 3
👍👍👍 30%
@Djawad21, Nikhil, Kasyap
C) Kd2
▫️ 0%
👥 10 people voted so far.
Tigran Petrosyan was an avid fan of football, and even during his World Championship matches, he found time to go to the match of his favorite Spartak club. Next to famous footballer Alexander Metreveli and commentator Kote Makharadze.
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