27.f4!? [27.Bd4! Kf8 28.a4 Ke7 29.Rc7+ Ke6 30.f4 Ra8 31.Kf2 Bf8 32.Ke3 Bb4 33.Ke2 h5 34.Kd3 Be7 35.h3 Bd8 (35...Bb4 36.Bc3 Be7 37.b4 Bf8 38.g4 hxg4 39.hxg4 Bg7 40.Kd4 Bf8 41.Rc6+ Kd7 42.Kxd5+–) 36.Rc6+ Kd7 37.Rd6+ Kc7 38.Rxd5+–; 27.Kf1 d4 28.f4 f6 29.e6 Bf8 30.Rc4 Bc5 (30...d3 31.Ke1 f5 32.Rc7±) 31.b4 Bd6 32.Bxd4±]
27...d4 28.Rd1? [28.Kf2±]
28...Bf8 [28...f6 29.Rxd4 Rxd4 30.Bxd4 fxe5 31.fxe5 Kf7 32.e6+ Kg8 33.Be3 Kf8=]
29.Kf1 Bc5 30.Ke2 Kf8 31.Kd3 Ke7 32.Kc4 d3 33.Rxd3 Rxd3 34.Kxd3 Bg1 35.Bd4! Bxh2 36.Bf2 h5 37.Ke4 Ke6 38.Kf3 h4 39.gxh4 Kf5 40.Be3 b5 41.b4 a6 42.a3 Ke6 43.Kg2
1–0
27...d4 28.Rd1? [28.Kf2±]
28...Bf8 [28...f6 29.Rxd4 Rxd4 30.Bxd4 fxe5 31.fxe5 Kf7 32.e6+ Kg8 33.Be3 Kf8=]
29.Kf1 Bc5 30.Ke2 Kf8 31.Kd3 Ke7 32.Kc4 d3 33.Rxd3 Rxd3 34.Kxd3 Bg1 35.Bd4! Bxh2 36.Bf2 h5 37.Ke4 Ke6 38.Kf3 h4 39.gxh4 Kf5 40.Be3 b5 41.b4 a6 42.a3 Ke6 43.Kg2
1–0
22.e6? [At this moment, this pawn sacrifice is a mistake and doesn't give White enough compensation.]
[22.Qd2! would be correct: 22...g5 23.e6! Qe2 23...fxe6 24.Qe2 Rf6 25.Ne5 Qd6 26.Ng4!°]
22...fxe6 23.Ne5 Qc7! [23...Qd8?! 24.Qxb7!= Nd7]
24.Rc1 Qd8! [24...Nc6? 25.Nxc6 bxc6 26.Rxe6+/=]
25.Qxb7 Bxd4! 26.Nd7? [¹26.Nf3 Rb8 27.Qxa6 Rb6!‚ 28.Qe2 Nf5µ Qf6]
26...Ra7!–+
[22.Qd2! would be correct: 22...g5 23.e6! Qe2 23...fxe6 24.Qe2 Rf6 25.Ne5 Qd6 26.Ng4!°]
22...fxe6 23.Ne5 Qc7! [23...Qd8?! 24.Qxb7!= Nd7]
24.Rc1 Qd8! [24...Nc6? 25.Nxc6 bxc6 26.Rxe6+/=]
25.Qxb7 Bxd4! 26.Nd7? [¹26.Nf3 Rb8 27.Qxa6 Rb6!‚ 28.Qe2 Nf5µ Qf6]
26...Ra7!–+
Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 239
public poll
B) e5 – 6
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 67%
nima, @fantastic45, S.f, Nikhil, اوین, @sacsacmate
A) a3 – 3
👍👍👍👍 33%
Alexander, @SophiaCat_does_Chess, Jai
C) Qd4
▫️ 0%
👥 9 people voted so far.
public poll
B) e5 – 6
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 67%
nima, @fantastic45, S.f, Nikhil, اوین, @sacsacmate
A) a3 – 3
👍👍👍👍 33%
Alexander, @SophiaCat_does_Chess, Jai
C) Qd4
▫️ 0%
👥 9 people voted so far.
Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 239
public poll
B) R×a4 – 5
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 50%
اوین, Playchess, @SophiaCat_does_Chess, Ali, Matthew
C) Ne2+ – 5
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 50%
@fantastic45, S.f, Nikhil, Alexander, Jai
A) Ne4
▫️ 0%
👥 10 people voted so far.
public poll
B) R×a4 – 5
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 50%
اوین, Playchess, @SophiaCat_does_Chess, Ali, Matthew
C) Ne2+ – 5
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 50%
@fantastic45, S.f, Nikhil, Alexander, Jai
A) Ne4
▫️ 0%
👥 10 people voted so far.
European Cup Final, Moscow 1986. After their 1st-round, 2nd-board clash, Mikhail Tal ('Trud') & Artur Jussupow ('TsSKA') analyse their game, which was won by Black in 40 moves. Aleksandr Beliavsky ('Trud') looks on.
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"To play with correctness and skill the ends of games, is an important but a very rare accomplishment, expect among the magnates of the game."
🔸 Howard Staunton, The Chess-Players' Handbook 1847
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Paul Keres has defeated every world champion from Capablanca to Fischer and finished second in the Candidates 5 times in row.
I think he is the strongest player that never became world champion as he had the right to challenge Alekhine.
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Paul Keres has defeated every world champion from Capablanca to Fischer and finished second in the Candidates 5 times in row.
I think he is the strongest player that never became world champion as he had the right to challenge Alekhine.
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Mikhail Botvinnik and his wife, Gayane Davidovna at their dacha, and by the nearby Moscow River. Nikolina Gora, Moscow Oblast. 1960s.
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Would you be able to recognize Sergey Karyakin in such a camouflage?
Russian grandmaster fooled Moscow chess fans by changing his appearance. They were amused and happy to learn who they played. One kid made a draw!
Russian grandmaster fooled Moscow chess fans by changing his appearance. They were amused and happy to learn who they played. One kid made a draw!
#FIDEWomenCandidates Round 13 results:
🇷🇺 Gunina 0-1 A. Muzychuk 🇺🇦
🇷🇺 Kosteniuk 1-0 M. Muzychuk 🇺🇦
🇷🇺 Goryachkina 1/2-1/2 Dzagnidze 🇬🇪
🇷🇺 Lagno 1/2-1/2 Tan Zhongyi 🇨🇳
Leaders before the last round: Goryachkina - 9,5; A. Muzychuk - 7,5; Lagno - 6,5.
🇷🇺 Gunina 0-1 A. Muzychuk 🇺🇦
🇷🇺 Kosteniuk 1-0 M. Muzychuk 🇺🇦
🇷🇺 Goryachkina 1/2-1/2 Dzagnidze 🇬🇪
🇷🇺 Lagno 1/2-1/2 Tan Zhongyi 🇨🇳
Leaders before the last round: Goryachkina - 9,5; A. Muzychuk - 7,5; Lagno - 6,5.
"It was not my best game, maybe I should not have celebrated yesterday,"- smiles Aleksandra Goryachkina after a draw with Nana Dzagnidze.
"People wrote to me, two rounds to go, don't get relaxed. But it's not easy to find motivation when the goal is reached"
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"People wrote to me, two rounds to go, don't get relaxed. But it's not easy to find motivation when the goal is reached"
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