45...fxg4! [45...f4 46.Bxg6+ Kxg6 47.exf4 Bxf4 48.Rd1 Kf6 49.Ng2 Bc7 50.Rd2 Rh3 51.Kf2 Bb6; 45...Kf6 46.gxf5 Bxf5 47.Bc2 Re8 48.Ng2 Bh3 49.Re1 Rh8 50.Bxa4 Bxg2 51.Kxg2 Rh2+ 52.Kf1 b5 53.Bd1 Rxb2 54.Re2 Rb1 55.Rd2 Ra1 56.Ke2 Ke6 57.Rc2 Kd7 58.e4 Rxa3-/+]
46.fxg4 Rh4 47.Bxg6+ Kxg6 48.Nf3 Rxg4+ 49.Kf2 Re4β+
0β1
46.fxg4 Rh4 47.Bxg6+ Kxg6 48.Nf3 Rxg4+ 49.Kf2 Re4β+
0β1
19.b3! [White wants to remove one critical defender of the d6βpawn.]
19...e5 20.Bg5 Na3 21.Kb2! [Chigaev calculates well and wins the d6βpawn by force.]
21...Nb5 [21...Qc5 22.Bxf6 gxf6]
22.Bxf6! [ξa4]
[22.a4!? Nd4 23.c3 Ne6 24.Bxf6! gxf6 25.Qxd6 Qxd6 26.Rxd6+β]
22...gxf6 23.a4 Nd4 24.c3β Ne6 25.Qxd6 Qxd6 26.Rxd6 Kf7 27.Bf5+β [ΒΉ27.Rf1! Rc8 28.a5 h5 29.Rf5 Kg6 30.Rf3 Kf7 31.Rfd3 Rb8 32.b4+β]
19...e5 20.Bg5 Na3 21.Kb2! [Chigaev calculates well and wins the d6βpawn by force.]
21...Nb5 [21...Qc5 22.Bxf6 gxf6]
22.Bxf6! [ξa4]
[22.a4!? Nd4 23.c3 Ne6 24.Bxf6! gxf6 25.Qxd6 Qxd6 26.Rxd6+β]
22...gxf6 23.a4 Nd4 24.c3β Ne6 25.Qxd6 Qxd6 26.Rxd6 Kf7 27.Bf5+β [ΒΉ27.Rf1! Rc8 28.a5 h5 29.Rf5 Kg6 30.Rf3 Kf7 31.Rfd3 Rb8 32.b4+β]
Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 242
public poll
C) Nc4 β 6
πππππππ 55%
@wwg2323, jamal, Masoud, Majid, Ψ§ΩΫΩ, Sahil
B) a5 β 5
ππππππ 45%
Nikhil, @Steve1234567890qwerty, Alexander, @Qwerty123Tseries, @Kingbosskasyap
A) h3
β«οΈ 0%
π₯ 11 people voted so far.
public poll
C) Nc4 β 6
πππππππ 55%
@wwg2323, jamal, Masoud, Majid, Ψ§ΩΫΩ, Sahil
B) a5 β 5
ππππππ 45%
Nikhil, @Steve1234567890qwerty, Alexander, @Qwerty123Tseries, @Kingbosskasyap
A) h3
β«οΈ 0%
π₯ 11 people voted so far.
Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 242
public poll
B) Rb6 β 15
πππππππ 88%
@wwg2323, jamal, Nikhil, @BehroudR, Majid, @Steve1234567890qwerty, @raienr, Ψ±Ψ§Ω ΨͺΫΩ, Sahil, Srikar, majeed, @Qwerty123Tseries, Pravin, @Kingbosskasyap, @Anandaraj
C) h4 β 2
π 12%
ΨΉΨ¨Ψ§Ψ³, @soheillgh1378
A) Rh7
β«οΈ 0%
π₯ 17 people voted so far.
public poll
B) Rb6 β 15
πππππππ 88%
@wwg2323, jamal, Nikhil, @BehroudR, Majid, @Steve1234567890qwerty, @raienr, Ψ±Ψ§Ω ΨͺΫΩ, Sahil, Srikar, majeed, @Qwerty123Tseries, Pravin, @Kingbosskasyap, @Anandaraj
C) h4 β 2
π 12%
ΨΉΨ¨Ψ§Ψ³, @soheillgh1378
A) Rh7
β«οΈ 0%
π₯ 17 people voted so far.
At the Interzonal tournament in PortoroΕΎ Yugoslavia, August-September 1958. Bobby Fischer, ?, PΓ‘l BenkΕ, FriΓ°rik Γlafsson.
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'Chess in Park, Children Gather Round'; one in a series of photos of Bobby Fischer by the celebrated Scottish photographer Harry, Buenos Aires, 1971.
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Bobby Fischer watching his friend playing in the Leipzig Olympiad 1960.
Can you guess the name of his friend?
Hint- He was also a Catholic priest and in 1960 he earned the title of a grandmaster.
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Can you guess the name of his friend?
Hint- He was also a Catholic priest and in 1960 he earned the title of a grandmaster.
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