1) Dubov-Duda, Hamburg #GrandPrixFIDE 2019 (analysis). Best move: 69.Rh2!!
2) Sasikiran-Rodshtein, #ECC2019. Best move: 46.Rh1!!
2) Sasikiran-Rodshtein, #ECC2019. Best move: 46.Rh1!!
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Best Checkmate Combinations Ever - 17
43...a4! [The only way to play for a win. Now White's king will be tied up by Black's passed a-pawn.]
[43...Ke6? 44.Kd4 Kxd6 45.Nc8+! Kc6 46.Na7+! Kb6 47.Nc8+ Kc6 48.Na7+ Kd6 49.Nc8+ Kd7 50.Kxc5 Kxc8 51.Kb5 Kd7 52.Kxa5 Kc6 53.Kb4 g6=]
44.Kd2?! [White could have put up more stubborn resistance with:]
[ยน44.Kd4 a3! 45.Kc3 Ke6 46.d7 Ke7โก 47.Kc2 h5! 48.Nd5+ Kxd7 49.gxh5 f5 50.Kb1 Kd6 51.Ka2 Ke5!ยต]
44...Ke6 45.d7 Ke7 46.Kc2 Kd8 47.Kb2 g6! [Preparing to create another passed pawn.]
48.Nd5 f5 49.gxf5 gxf5 50.Ka3 Kxd7! 51.Kb4 Kd6 52.Ne3 [52.h4 h5โก 53.Nf4 Ke5! 54.Nxh5 f4 55.Ka3 f3 56.Ng3 f2 57.h5 Kf4! 58.Nf1 Kg5 59.Ng3 Kg4 60.h6 Kxg3 61.h7 f1Q 62.h8Q Qxc4โ+]
52...f4 53.Nf5+ Ke5! 54.Nxh6 f3โ+
[43...Ke6? 44.Kd4 Kxd6 45.Nc8+! Kc6 46.Na7+! Kb6 47.Nc8+ Kc6 48.Na7+ Kd6 49.Nc8+ Kd7 50.Kxc5 Kxc8 51.Kb5 Kd7 52.Kxa5 Kc6 53.Kb4 g6=]
44.Kd2?! [White could have put up more stubborn resistance with:]
[ยน44.Kd4 a3! 45.Kc3 Ke6 46.d7 Ke7โก 47.Kc2 h5! 48.Nd5+ Kxd7 49.gxh5 f5 50.Kb1 Kd6 51.Ka2 Ke5!ยต]
44...Ke6 45.d7 Ke7 46.Kc2 Kd8 47.Kb2 g6! [Preparing to create another passed pawn.]
48.Nd5 f5 49.gxf5 gxf5 50.Ka3 Kxd7! 51.Kb4 Kd6 52.Ne3 [52.h4 h5โก 53.Nf4 Ke5! 54.Nxh5 f4 55.Ka3 f3 56.Ng3 f2 57.h5 Kf4! 58.Nf1 Kg5 59.Ng3 Kg4 60.h6 Kxg3 61.h7 f1Q 62.h8Q Qxc4โ+]
52...f4 53.Nf5+ Ke5! 54.Nxh6 f3โ+
Leningrad, 1st November 1956. In the Chigorin Chess Club (Bolshaya Konyushennaya ul., 25), the opening round of the 23rd USSR Championship final is in progress.
Among the pairings: Averbakh-Spassky, Antoshin-Tal, Lisitsyn-Taimanov...
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Among the pairings: Averbakh-Spassky, Antoshin-Tal, Lisitsyn-Taimanov...
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"If you are going to make your mark among masters, you have to work far harder and more intensively, or, to put it more exactly, the work is far more complex than that needed to gain the title of Master."
๐ธ Mikhail Botvinnik
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๐ธ Mikhail Botvinnik
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