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Bishop's Opening - Calabrese(C23) Countergambit
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Levon Aronian on Nadal or Federer? "I go for Nadal, because Federer’s more talented but Nadal tries harder, pushes harder, and I’m more talented but some people push harder, so opposites attract!"
Don't miss this Q&A: https://t.co/vfXeoyvC61?amp=1
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Aronian: "I’m more talented, but some people push harder"
Levon Aronian was spending a lot of time in airports today and decided to answer questions from his followers on Instagram. “The Chess Prophet”, as he currently styles himself there, provided some predictably entertaining but also serious answers to questions…
Wijk aan Zee, 12th January 1984. At the opening ceremony for the Hoogovens tournament, L to R: Aleksandr Beliavsky (USSR), Genna Sosonko (Netherlands) & Vladimir Tukmakov (USSR).
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Fischer and Smyslov preparing for theyr game at the Monte Carlo tournament 1967.
The game ended in a draw but Fischer won the tournament with a dominating 7/9 score (+6 -1 =2).
It is important to note that in this tournament Fischer suffered his last loss against Geller.
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The game ended in a draw but Fischer won the tournament with a dominating 7/9 score (+6 -1 =2).
It is important to note that in this tournament Fischer suffered his last loss against Geller.
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Fischer and Smyslov preparing for theyr game at the Monte Carlo tournament 1967. The game ended in a draw but Fischer won the tournament with a dominating 7/9 score (+6 -1 =2). It is important to note that in this tournament Fischer suffered his last loss…
fischer_smyslov_1967.pgn
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12.c5! [White opens the f1–a6 diagonal for his light-squared bishop and tries to prevent Black from developing his pieces.]
12...Be6? [The following continuation would be better:]
[¹12...dxc5 13.Bc4! Be6™ (13...e6? 14.0–0 Ne7 15.Qf6 Rf8 16.Rcd1 Bd7 17.Rxd7 Kxd7 18.Rd1+ Ke8 19.Bg5 Qc7 20.Qxe7+ Qxe7 21.Bb5++–) 14.Bxe6 fxe6 15.e5! Qa6 16.Rd1±]
13.cxd6! [△Bd4]
13...0–0–0 14.Bd4 Nf6 15.Qf4?!± [White could have finished the game at once with:]
[15.e5! Nd7 16.dxe7 Rde8 17.Rb1! Bd5 18.Qh3‚ Rxe7 19.Bd3 Kb8 20.0–0+–]
1–0
12...Be6? [The following continuation would be better:]
[¹12...dxc5 13.Bc4! Be6™ (13...e6? 14.0–0 Ne7 15.Qf6 Rf8 16.Rcd1 Bd7 17.Rxd7 Kxd7 18.Rd1+ Ke8 19.Bg5 Qc7 20.Qxe7+ Qxe7 21.Bb5++–) 14.Bxe6 fxe6 15.e5! Qa6 16.Rd1±]
13.cxd6! [△Bd4]
13...0–0–0 14.Bd4 Nf6 15.Qf4?!± [White could have finished the game at once with:]
[15.e5! Nd7 16.dxe7 Rde8 17.Rb1! Bd5 18.Qh3‚ Rxe7 19.Bd3 Kb8 20.0–0+–]
1–0
22...Be4!
A tremendous move. The bishop shuts out the white queen's attack on e5 and clears the way for 23...Rb8, followed either by 24...Rb1 with a winning simplification, or 24...Rb2 with a lethal counterattack against g2.
23.Bg4 Rb8 24.Bd1
White's last hope is a bishop check on a4. Geller scotches this with a fine king maneuver.
24...Kd7!
It turns out that the safest place for the black king is on the third rank.
25.Rf7+ Ke6-+
After 25...Ke6 26.Rf1 Rb2 27.Bg4+ Kd5 the black king is delighted on d5, and the white king is in despair on h1.
A tremendous move. The bishop shuts out the white queen's attack on e5 and clears the way for 23...Rb8, followed either by 24...Rb1 with a winning simplification, or 24...Rb2 with a lethal counterattack against g2.
23.Bg4 Rb8 24.Bd1
White's last hope is a bishop check on a4. Geller scotches this with a fine king maneuver.
24...Kd7!
It turns out that the safest place for the black king is on the third rank.
25.Rf7+ Ke6-+
After 25...Ke6 26.Rf1 Rb2 27.Bg4+ Kd5 the black king is delighted on d5, and the white king is in despair on h1.
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Pal Benko
Semi-Slav Defense - Meran / Wade Variation
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Semi-Slav Defense - Meran / Wade Variation