66.Re1?? [66.Qxa7! Qxa7 67.Rb7 Qa8 68.Rxf7+ Kh8 69.Rxf6 Nf3+ 70.Kf2 Ne5 71.Be2 c4 72.Re6 Nd3+ 73.Bxd3 cxd3 74.Ne3 Kg7 75.Rg6+ Kf8 76.Rxh6 Kg7 77.Rd6 Kf8 78.Rxd3 Qxa6 79.Rd8+ Kf7 80.Rd7+ Kf6 81.Rc7„; 66.Kf2 g4 67.h4 Qe4 68.Qxa7 Qc2+ 69.Kg1 Qxc4 70.Qe7 (70.Qb7 Nf3+ 71.Kh1 Qe2 72.a7 Qf2–+) 70...Qxa6 71.Qxc5 Qd3 72.Rb2 Nf3+ 73.Kg2 Qe4 74.Qc3 Nxh4+ 75.Kg1 Nf3+ 76.Kh1 Nd4+ 77.Rg2 Nxf5 78.Kh2 Nd4 79.Rf2 Nf3+ 80.Kg2 Kg6=/+]
66...Nf3+
0–1
66...Nf3+
0–1
18.Rh2! [Iranian star finds the best plan to increase the pressure: doubling his rooks on the open d-file.]
[18.b4?! Nb7 19.Nxb7 Bxb7 20.Rh2 Kg7!= △h6]
18...Rad8? [¹18...Ra7 19.Rhd2 Nh5 20.Qxe7! Rxe7 21.b4 Na4 22.Ne2 a5 23.a3!±]
19.Rhd2! Rd7 20.b4! [Now Black can no longer avoid losing material.]
20...Ne6 [20...Na4 21.Nf5! △R×d7 21...gxf5 22.Rxd7 Bxd7 23.Rxd7! Qxd7 24.Qxf6+ Kg8 25.Nd5!‚ Rd8 26.Qh6 Kh8 27.Bd3! Nc3 28.Qf6+ Kg8 29.Ne7+ Kf8 30.Nxf5!+–]
21.Qxe5!+–
1–0
[18.b4?! Nb7 19.Nxb7 Bxb7 20.Rh2 Kg7!= △h6]
18...Rad8? [¹18...Ra7 19.Rhd2 Nh5 20.Qxe7! Rxe7 21.b4 Na4 22.Ne2 a5 23.a3!±]
19.Rhd2! Rd7 20.b4! [Now Black can no longer avoid losing material.]
20...Ne6 [20...Na4 21.Nf5! △R×d7 21...gxf5 22.Rxd7 Bxd7 23.Rxd7! Qxd7 24.Qxf6+ Kg8 25.Nd5!‚ Rd8 26.Qh6 Kh8 27.Bd3! Nc3 28.Qf6+ Kg8 29.Ne7+ Kf8 30.Nxf5!+–]
21.Qxe5!+–
1–0
Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 262
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C) Ba6 – 10
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 83%
@RahmaniArapardaz, @soheil_hooshdaran, Nikhil, @meti_niko, @Iolo5000, @MerissaWongso, @SophiaCat_does_Chess, @AryanLeekha, @Kasyapat1, Arianna
A) c5 – 2
👍 17%
@mahyarebrahimi1983, Majid
B) Qd8
▫️ 0%
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C) Ba6 – 10
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 83%
@RahmaniArapardaz, @soheil_hooshdaran, Nikhil, @meti_niko, @Iolo5000, @MerissaWongso, @SophiaCat_does_Chess, @AryanLeekha, @Kasyapat1, Arianna
A) c5 – 2
👍 17%
@mahyarebrahimi1983, Majid
B) Qd8
▫️ 0%
👥 12 people voted so far.
Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 262
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C) f4 – 9
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 90%
@mahyarebrahimi1983, @RahmaniArapardaz, Nikhil, @meti_niko, Majid, @Steve1234567890qwerty, @SophiaCat_does_Chess, @AryanLeekha, @Kasyapat1
B) R×b4 – 1
👍 10%
@MerissaWongso
A) Kf7
▫️ 0%
👥 10 people voted so far.
public poll
C) f4 – 9
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 90%
@mahyarebrahimi1983, @RahmaniArapardaz, Nikhil, @meti_niko, Majid, @Steve1234567890qwerty, @SophiaCat_does_Chess, @AryanLeekha, @Kasyapat1
B) R×b4 – 1
👍 10%
@MerissaWongso
A) Kf7
▫️ 0%
👥 10 people voted so far.
Amsterdam, 30/03/1948.
The participants in the inaugural FIDE chess World Championship match-tournament (Smyslov, Reshevsky, Keres, Euwe, Botvinnik) are about to depart for Moscow for the conclusion of the event.
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The participants in the inaugural FIDE chess World Championship match-tournament (Smyslov, Reshevsky, Keres, Euwe, Botvinnik) are about to depart for Moscow for the conclusion of the event.
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"Success and satisfaction may be our goals, but they can also lead to bad habits that will impede greater success and satisfaction."
🔸 Garry Kasparov (2007). How Life Imitates Chess.
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🔸 Garry Kasparov (2007). How Life Imitates Chess.
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Fischer, Bronstein and Olafsson from 1960 Mar Del Plata probably trying to figure out a chess puzzle.
Fischer shared first place with Spassky 13.5/15 with Bronstein and Olafsson in 3th and 4th place.
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Fischer shared first place with Spassky 13.5/15 with Bronstein and Olafsson in 3th and 4th place.
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Ex-World Champion Mikhail Tal gives a simultaneous display in Philharmonic Square, Riga. 1980s.
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Rare April 1948 footage of Paul Keres, Max Euwe, Mikhail Botvinnik, Samuel Reshevsky and Vasily Smyslov during the Moscow part of the 1948 World Chess Championship.
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Dominguez Wins Dortmund Ahead of Surging Nepomniachtchi
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Dominguez Wins Dortmund Ahead of Surging Nepomniachtchi
The new world number 10 Leinier Dominguez Perez managed to maintain his narrow lead to win clear first place in the 47th Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting with 4.5/7. Just a half-point behind Dominguez were four players, all on 4/7: Ian Nepomniachtchi, Teimour…