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
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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
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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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17.e5?! [17.a3! A prophylactic move. After that, White would have enough time to attack Black's central pawns. 17...Nd7 18.Bxe7 Rxe7 19.Rd2 Ne5 20.Be2 h6 21.Rhd1 Red7 22.Qh3²; 17.Qd4 Qa7 18.Qxa7+ Kxa7 19.e5 Nd5 (19...Bxf3 20.exf6 Bxd1 (20...gxf6? 21.Be3+ Kb7 22.gxf3+–) 21.fxe7 Bxc2+ 22.Kxc2 Rd7 23.Rf1+–) 20.Bxe7 Rxe7 21.exd6 Rxd6 22.Nxd5 Bxd5 23.Rhe1 Red7 24.Bxd5 exd5 25.c3=]
17...dxe5 18.Bxc6 Qxc6 19.Qxe5+ Bd6 20.Qe3=
½–½
17...dxe5 18.Bxc6 Qxc6 19.Qxe5+ Bd6 20.Qe3=
½–½