13.e5! [White drives away the black knight from protecting the vital d5–square.]
[13.b3? would be bad: 13...d6! 14.Bg5 e6 15.Ndb5 Qb8 16.Rad1 a6 17.Nxd6 Nxd6 18.Bxf6 Bxf6 19.e5 Be7 20.exd6 Bxd6=]
13...Qxc4 [Black prefers giving up a piece to playing passively, although that's not enough to save the game.]
[13...Ne8 14.Nd5‚ Qd8 15.Bg5! f6™ 16.exf6 exf6 17.Bf4! △Ne7 17...Kh8 18.Rad1 Ned6 19.b3 △Rfe1 19...Re8 20.Qb2!+– △Rfe1]
14.exf6 Bxf6 15.Qxc4!+– [△Ndb5]
[15.Ndb5?! Qxe2! 16.Nxe2 a6 17.Nbc3 e6± △b5]
[13.b3? would be bad: 13...d6! 14.Bg5 e6 15.Ndb5 Qb8 16.Rad1 a6 17.Nxd6 Nxd6 18.Bxf6 Bxf6 19.e5 Be7 20.exd6 Bxd6=]
13...Qxc4 [Black prefers giving up a piece to playing passively, although that's not enough to save the game.]
[13...Ne8 14.Nd5‚ Qd8 15.Bg5! f6™ 16.exf6 exf6 17.Bf4! △Ne7 17...Kh8 18.Rad1 Ned6 19.b3 △Rfe1 19...Re8 20.Qb2!+– △Rfe1]
14.exf6 Bxf6 15.Qxc4!+– [△Ndb5]
[15.Ndb5?! Qxe2! 16.Nxe2 a6 17.Nbc3 e6± △b5]
Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 263
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C) g4 – 8
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Nikhil, @meti_niko, M H, Majid, @Steve1234567890qwerty, @Qwerty123Tseries, @Kasyapat1, Arianna
B) B×e6 – 2
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A) h4
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C) g4 – 8
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Nikhil, @meti_niko, M H, Majid, @Steve1234567890qwerty, @Qwerty123Tseries, @Kasyapat1, Arianna
B) B×e6 – 2
👍👍 20%
@SophiaCat_does_Chess, @vahike
A) h4
▫️ 0%
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Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 263
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A) f5 – 12
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farhad, @mahyarebrahimi1983, @RahmaniArapardaz, Nikhil, M H, Majid, @Steve1234567890qwerty, @SophiaCat_does_Chess, @Qwerty123Tseries, @Kasyapat1, ♛♛ chess♛♛, Arianna
B) Re6 – 1
👍 7%
@meti_niko
C) Rc8 – 1
👍 7%
@vahike
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A) f5 – 12
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 86%
farhad, @mahyarebrahimi1983, @RahmaniArapardaz, Nikhil, M H, Majid, @Steve1234567890qwerty, @SophiaCat_does_Chess, @Qwerty123Tseries, @Kasyapat1, ♛♛ chess♛♛, Arianna
B) Re6 – 1
👍 7%
@meti_niko
C) Rc8 – 1
👍 7%
@vahike
👥 14 people voted so far.
October 1966. During the 17th Olympiad in Havana, Cuban premier Fidel Castro meets the World Champion, Tigran Petrosian, with other members of the Soviet team (Leonid Stein, Boris Spassky and Viktor Korchnoi) among those in the background.
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Fischer's encounter with Najdorf in the 1960 Leipzig Chess Olympiad.
The game lasted for 59 moves it was a Sicilian scheveningen,Keres attack game where Bobby sacrificed a Bishop for three pawns and the initiative but Najdorf defended successfully and the game ended in a draw.
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The game lasted for 59 moves it was a Sicilian scheveningen,Keres attack game where Bobby sacrificed a Bishop for three pawns and the initiative but Najdorf defended successfully and the game ended in a draw.
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Fischer's encounter with Najdorf in the 1960 Leipzig Chess Olympiad. The game lasted for 59 moves it was a Sicilian scheveningen,Keres attack game where Bobby sacrificed a Bishop for three pawns and the initiative but Najdorf defended successfully and the…
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Leningrad, 1946. A simultaneous display by Paul Keres.
Among the spectators (standing, 4th from the left) is Abram Model, leader of the Chess Circle at the Pioneers' Palace.
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Among the spectators (standing, 4th from the left) is Abram Model, leader of the Chess Circle at the Pioneers' Palace.
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Shakhriyar Mamedyarov wins the Armageddon game against a heroic Maxime Vachier-Lagrave in the final of the Riga Grand Prix.
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov stands as the winner of the FIDE Grand Prix in Riga. He beats Maxime Vachier-Lagrave in a nerve-wracking tie-break thanks to a win in the last Armageddon game. With this victory in the second leg of the Grand Prix Series, he earns 24,000 euros and shares the lead with Alexander Grischuk in the overall standings with 10 points.