π In this position, white can win the game with the following processes:
1-transferring the king to d2.
2-Ne2
3-Rf1
4-Moving the king to f2 to defend g2-pawn.
5-Now Rc1
6- Maneuvering Ng1-Nf3-Ne1 and c2-pawn will eventually fall.
1-transferring the king to d2.
2-Ne2
3-Rf1
4-Moving the king to f2 to defend g2-pawn.
5-Now Rc1
6- Maneuvering Ng1-Nf3-Ne1 and c2-pawn will eventually fall.
π 36.c4?
It turns out to be a blunder that costs a pawn.
36...Nd6 37.Rc7 dΓc4 38.BΓc4 Ra1+ 39.Kf2 Rc1 40.b6 NΓc4 41.b7 Rb1 42.RΓc4 RΓb7 -/+
It turns out to be a blunder that costs a pawn.
36...Nd6 37.Rc7 dΓc4 38.BΓc4 Ra1+ 39.Kf2 Rc1 40.b6 NΓc4 41.b7 Rb1 42.RΓc4 RΓb7 -/+
π 70.Rh4?!
Allowing black to play f5.
70.g4! was simpler and more logical which white draw should be secure: 70.g4 Ra6 71.Kg3 Kf7 72.Rh6! Ke6 73.g5 =
Allowing black to play f5.
70.g4! was simpler and more logical which white draw should be secure: 70.g4 Ra6 71.Kg3 Kf7 72.Rh6! Ke6 73.g5 =
π 12.Nb3!
White has more space so he keeps his knight on the board. Ivanchuk retreats his knight to b3 instead of f3 because the typical square for Black's dark-squared bishop is h6; with the knight on f3, the f4-pawn would then require guarding by the queen (of course White is not going to weaken the long light diagonal with g2-g3 just to guard the f-pawn).Ω Also In some lines, Black castles long and it won't hurt for White to station a piece on the queenside to facilitate matters there.
White has more space so he keeps his knight on the board. Ivanchuk retreats his knight to b3 instead of f3 because the typical square for Black's dark-squared bishop is h6; with the knight on f3, the f4-pawn would then require guarding by the queen (of course White is not going to weaken the long light diagonal with g2-g3 just to guard the f-pawn).Ω Also In some lines, Black castles long and it won't hurt for White to station a piece on the queenside to facilitate matters there.
16...Nb8!
Wonderful defensive resilience from Ivanchuk. Now, c4-c5 runs into ...Ba6 and Black also has the possibility of regrouping with ...Ba6, ...Nb7, .. .d7-d6 and ...Nd7, killing White's ambitions on the queenside.
16...h5 17.c5! White has the upper hand.
16...f3 17.Bh3 Nb8 18.Nd2 Ba6 19.Bg4 and after Re1-e3, the pawn on f3 will fall.
Wonderful defensive resilience from Ivanchuk. Now, c4-c5 runs into ...Ba6 and Black also has the possibility of regrouping with ...Ba6, ...Nb7, .. .d7-d6 and ...Nd7, killing White's ambitions on the queenside.
16...h5 17.c5! White has the upper hand.
16...f3 17.Bh3 Nb8 18.Nd2 Ba6 19.Bg4 and after Re1-e3, the pawn on f3 will fall.
πUnity Chess Multiple Choice 163'
A: g4 β 6
πππππππ 100%
B: NΓe4
β«οΈ 0%
C: h3
β«οΈ 0%
π₯ 6 people voted so far.
A: g4 β 6
πππππππ 100%
B: NΓe4
β«οΈ 0%
C: h3
β«οΈ 0%
π₯ 6 people voted so far.
πUnity Chess Multiple Choice 164
A: f4 β 8
πππππππ 89%
B: Ng4 β 1
π 11%
C: e4
β«οΈ 0%
π₯ 9 people voted so far.
A: f4 β 8
πππππππ 89%
B: Ng4 β 1
π 11%
C: e4
β«οΈ 0%
π₯ 9 people voted so far.
Moscow, July 4th 1955, during USSR-USA match. Sammy Reshevsky can be seen with Nikita KhruschΓ«v.
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Soviet GM Mark Taimanov & Vasily Smyslov in Trafalgar Square, London. Taimanov dated it uncertainly as 'late 1950s' but 1954, when both players were in London for GB v. USSR match
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