23.f4 [White could have obtained a material advantage by choosing the following continuation: 23.exd5! Bxd5 24.Bb6 Rd7 25.f4 Bc7 26.Nxc7 Nxc7 27.Bc4 Bxc4 28.Qxc4+ Ne6 29.Re1 Re8 30.Bxa5±; 23.Na7 Kg7 24.Nxc6 bxc6 25.Rbc1 dxe4 26.Qxe4²]
23...Bb8? [23...Bd6! 24.Nxd6 (24.exd5 Bxb5 25.dxe6 Rac8 26.Qb2 Ba3 27.Rxd8+ Rxd8 28.Qc2 Qxe6³) 24...Rxd6 25.exd5 Bxd5 26.f5 Ng5 27.Bxg5 fxg5 28.Bc4 Bxc4 29.Qxc4+ Kg7=]
24.exd5 Bxd5 25.Bc4 Bxc4 26.Qxc4?+/= [26.bxc4 Bd6 27.Rxd6 Rxd6 28.Nxd6 Qxd6 29.Rxb7 Rc8 30.Bf2 Rc7 31.Rxc7 Qxc7 32.Qd3+–]
½–½
23...Bb8? [23...Bd6! 24.Nxd6 (24.exd5 Bxb5 25.dxe6 Rac8 26.Qb2 Ba3 27.Rxd8+ Rxd8 28.Qc2 Qxe6³) 24...Rxd6 25.exd5 Bxd5 26.f5 Ng5 27.Bxg5 fxg5 28.Bc4 Bxc4 29.Qxc4+ Kg7=]
24.exd5 Bxd5 25.Bc4 Bxc4 26.Qxc4?+/= [26.bxc4 Bd6 27.Rxd6 Rxd6 28.Nxd6 Qxd6 29.Rxb7 Rc8 30.Bf2 Rc7 31.Rxc7 Qxc7 32.Qd3+–]
½–½
28.Bxb7?! [28.Rxe5! bxa6 29.Kf1 a5 30.Re4 Rc8 31.Rc4 Rc6 32.Ke2 Kf6 33.Kd3 Ke5 34.a3 Kd5 35.b4 e5 36.Rc2 Rc8 37.f3 a6 38.Rd2 Rb8 39.Kc3+ Kc6 40.Kc4 axb4 41.axb4 a5 42.bxa5 Rb5 43.Ra2 Rxc5+ 44.Kd3 Kb7 45.a6+ Ka7 46.Ke4±; 28.Bf1 Kf6 29.b4 a6 30.Rb1 Rd8 31.a4 Rc8 32.Rc1 Nc6 33.Rc4 Rc7²]
28...Nd3 29.c6 Nxe1 30.c7 Re8 31.c8Q Rxc8 32.Bxc8 Nd3=
½–½
28...Nd3 29.c6 Nxe1 30.c7 Re8 31.c8Q Rxc8 32.Bxc8 Nd3=
½–½
28.Rc1! [Vitiugov realizes that which file is suitable for doubling the rooks.]
[28.Rc2!? △Rbc1 would be also strong: 28...Rc7 29.Rcc1! △a5 29...Rbc8 30.a5 e5 31.Nc6! Ne6 32.Ba6 Re8 33.Bd3!± △a6]
28...Nf4?? [This blunder costs Black a piece and the game.]
[28...Rc7 would have put up more stubborn resistance: 29.Rbb1 Rbc8 30.a5 Na6! 31.Rxc7 Ndxc7 32.Be2 Kf8!±]
29.Rbc2! Rd8 30.Nc6! [30.Rxc5!? Rxd4 31.Rc8+ Rd8 32.Rxd8+ Rxd8 33.a5+– △a6]
30...Ncd3 31.Nxd8 Nxc1 32.Nc6+–
[28.Rc2!? △Rbc1 would be also strong: 28...Rc7 29.Rcc1! △a5 29...Rbc8 30.a5 e5 31.Nc6! Ne6 32.Ba6 Re8 33.Bd3!± △a6]
28...Nf4?? [This blunder costs Black a piece and the game.]
[28...Rc7 would have put up more stubborn resistance: 29.Rbb1 Rbc8 30.a5 Na6! 31.Rxc7 Ndxc7 32.Be2 Kf8!±]
29.Rbc2! Rd8 30.Nc6! [30.Rxc5!? Rxd4 31.Rc8+ Rd8 32.Rxd8+ Rxd8 33.a5+– △a6]
30...Ncd3 31.Nxd8 Nxc1 32.Nc6+–
Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 271
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B) a5 – 3
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C) Qb6 – 2
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Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 271
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B) Ra1 – 7
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C) R×c7+ – 4
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A) Rc3
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C) R×c7+ – 4
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@mahyarebrahimi1983, @RahmaniArapardaz, @meti_niko, @Omid_kh7225
A) Rc3
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1980. Short - Kasparov. "Cola", the ashtrays and the youth world championship. Ahead is the future and it promises many amazing events ...
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“The reason I like the game chess is because each move has countless repercussions, but you're in charge of them. And it's your ability to see into the future and the effects of the decisions you've made that males you either a good or not a good chess player...”
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Viktor Korchnoi 🆚 Miguel Najdorf
Hoogovens (1978), Wijk aan Zee NED, rd 10, Jan-31
English Opening: Symmetrical Variation. General (A30) ·
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Alekhine: Chess "may be called the most tragic of all arts, because the chess artist, in a measure, is dependent on an element outside the scope of his power; that element is the hostile co-workers who through carelessness constantly threaten to wreck a flawless mental edifice."
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