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Grandmaster Boris Savchenko Played Kf8-e7 which is hit by the White Knight on c6. Nakamura claimed the illegal move and won that blitz match.
32.c4! [A well-time pawn sacrifice that helps White to keep his central pawns.]
[32.Bd8?! Nxd5 33.c4 Nb4 34.Bxb7 Qxb7 35.Nxd6 Qd7 36.Bb6 Na6! 37.Qa5 Qxd6 38.Qxa6 Ng7=]
32...Nxc4 33.Qe2! [△c4]
33...Nb6 34.c4 Nc8 35.Qa2! [△Qa5]
35...Nc7? [¹35...Qd7 would be more active and make White's task harder. 36.Kh2 Ne7 37.Qa5 Ng8 38.Qa1 Nc7 39.Na7!± △Nc6]
36.Qa5?!± [The following continuation that includes a nice bishop maneuver, would bring White closer to victory.]
[¹36.Nxc7!‚ Qxc7 37.Bf6! △Ba1 37...Ne7 38.Ba1 g5 39.Qd2 Ng6 40.fxg5 Qe7 41.Bf6+–]
[32.Bd8?! Nxd5 33.c4 Nb4 34.Bxb7 Qxb7 35.Nxd6 Qd7 36.Bb6 Na6! 37.Qa5 Qxd6 38.Qxa6 Ng7=]
32...Nxc4 33.Qe2! [△c4]
33...Nb6 34.c4 Nc8 35.Qa2! [△Qa5]
35...Nc7? [¹35...Qd7 would be more active and make White's task harder. 36.Kh2 Ne7 37.Qa5 Ng8 38.Qa1 Nc7 39.Na7!± △Nc6]
36.Qa5?!± [The following continuation that includes a nice bishop maneuver, would bring White closer to victory.]
[¹36.Nxc7!‚ Qxc7 37.Bf6! △Ba1 37...Ne7 38.Ba1 g5 39.Qd2 Ng6 40.fxg5 Qe7 41.Bf6+–]
Russian team equalizes the score in a friendly match against China. Home players won 6-4 in the second round
https://ruchess.ru/en/news/all/russian_team_equalizes_score_in_friendly_match_against_china/
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Russian Team Equalizes Score in Friendly Match against China
On November 27, the second round of the traditional Russia - China match was played in the Central Chess Club in Moscow. In the open section, the Russian team won 3.5-1.5. Sarana Alexey - Lu Shanglei 1-0, Chigaev Maksim - Bai Jinshi 0-1, Esipenko Andrey…
The life story of Vladimir Akopian (2/2)
https://en.chessbase.com/post/so-near-yet-so-far-the-life-story-of-vladimir-akopian-2-2
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The life story of Vladimir Akopian (2/2)
Vladimir Akopian had almost all the ingredients to become one of the best players in the world. He was fearless, he had phenomenal talent, he understood the game excellently. But he lacked one ingredient: the will to work hard. And that's what stopped him…
19th Century Chess : From Sarratt to Morphy
https://www.chess.com/article/view/19th-century-chess-from-sarratt-to-morphy
https://www.chess.com/article/view/19th-century-chess-from-sarratt-to-morphy
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19th Century Chess : From Sarratt to Morphy
This began many years ago as an experimental type of entry in the chess.com forums. Originally conceived to be an examination of the development of chess throughout the entire 19th century, since it never garnered the interest I had hope for, I abandoned…
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22.Ba4! [White intends to take advantage of his well-coordinated pieces to win material.]
22...Nc8 [22...Be5 23.Nd7 Rxd7 24.Bxd7 Qxd7 25.f4!‚ Qc7 26.fxe5 Nc4 27.Rd4±]
23.Nd7! [△Qc5]
23...Rfe8 24.Qc5! [White offers to exchange the queens in a position where the Black will not accept it because of material loss and so he has to move his queen to a worse position.]
[24.Nc5?! Bf8 25.Bxe8 Bxc5 26.Bxf7+ Kxf7 27.Qh4™ Rxd1+ (27...Rh8÷) ]
24...Qf4 [24...Qxc5 25.Nxc5 Rf8 26.Nxb7 Rd5 27.Rxd5 exd5 28.Rd1 Ne7 29.Nc5 Ra8 30.g4+–]
25.Rd3?!± [¹25.g3! △Qc7 would be better: 25...Qf3 26.Qc7 Na7 27.Nc5 Rc8 28.Qb6 Bf8 29.Nxb7 Re7 30.Nd6+–]
22...Nc8 [22...Be5 23.Nd7 Rxd7 24.Bxd7 Qxd7 25.f4!‚ Qc7 26.fxe5 Nc4 27.Rd4±]
23.Nd7! [△Qc5]
23...Rfe8 24.Qc5! [White offers to exchange the queens in a position where the Black will not accept it because of material loss and so he has to move his queen to a worse position.]
[24.Nc5?! Bf8 25.Bxe8 Bxc5 26.Bxf7+ Kxf7 27.Qh4™ Rxd1+ (27...Rh8÷) ]
24...Qf4 [24...Qxc5 25.Nxc5 Rf8 26.Nxb7 Rd5 27.Rxd5 exd5 28.Rd1 Ne7 29.Nc5 Ra8 30.g4+–]
25.Rd3?!± [¹25.g3! △Qc7 would be better: 25...Qf3 26.Qc7 Na7 27.Nc5 Rc8 28.Qb6 Bf8 29.Nxb7 Re7 30.Nd6+–]
Hastings 1977. Tigran Petrosyan and Roman Dzhindzhikhashvili. Both were born in Tbilisi. Both passionately loved to play blitz. Both loved to joke during the game. Young Jonathan Tisdall is surprised and admires the game of Masters!
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Amsterdam, 15th July 1969. In the opening round of the traditional IBM tournament, Borislav Ivkov (Yugoslavia) faces Robert Byrne (USA).
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Via AP Archive, footage of the international tournament at San Antonio, Texas, 1972. Featured, amongst others, are Petrosian & Portisch (who shared 1st-3rd place in the event with Karpov), Gligorić, Portisch, Larsen, Hort, Keres, Kaplan and Mecking.
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Little prodigy Grandmaster Praggnanandhaa, from India, in the 4 Knights chess opening against strong russian Grandmaster.
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A cold day for that boy in Reykjavík at the end of July 1972.