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
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B: NΓe4
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C: h3
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A: g4 β 6
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B: NΓe4
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C: h3
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πUnity Chess Multiple Choice 164
A: f4 β 8
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B: Ng4 β 1
π 11%
C: e4
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A: f4 β 8
πππππππ 89%
B: Ng4 β 1
π 11%
C: e4
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πΉ Mikhail Botvinnik
πΉ Russian-Soviet electrical engineer and grandmaster
βͺοΈ Full name Mikhail Moiseyevich Botvinnik
βͺοΈ Country Soviet Union
βͺοΈ Born August 17, 1911 Kuokkala, Grand Duchy of Finland, Russian Empire (now Repino, Russia)
βͺοΈ Died May 5, 1995 (aged 83) Moscow, Russia
βͺοΈ Title Grandmaster
βͺοΈ World Champion 1948β1957 ; 1958β1960 ; 1961β1963
βͺοΈ Peak rating 2660 (January 1971)
πΉ Mikhail Botvinnik is considered to be one of the greatest chess players in the world, and 3 time World Champion.
He was also a prominent chess coach, with students including Anatoly Karpov, Garry Kasparov and Vladimir Kramnik.
Download 10 of Botvinnik's best chess games with notes by Alekhine.ππΌππΌ
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πΉ Mikhail Botvinnik
πΉ Russian-Soviet electrical engineer and grandmaster
βͺοΈ Full name Mikhail Moiseyevich Botvinnik
βͺοΈ Country Soviet Union
βͺοΈ Born August 17, 1911 Kuokkala, Grand Duchy of Finland, Russian Empire (now Repino, Russia)
βͺοΈ Died May 5, 1995 (aged 83) Moscow, Russia
βͺοΈ Title Grandmaster
βͺοΈ World Champion 1948β1957 ; 1958β1960 ; 1961β1963
βͺοΈ Peak rating 2660 (January 1971)
πΉ Mikhail Botvinnik is considered to be one of the greatest chess players in the world, and 3 time World Champion.
He was also a prominent chess coach, with students including Anatoly Karpov, Garry Kasparov and Vladimir Kramnik.
Download 10 of Botvinnik's best chess games with notes by Alekhine.ππΌππΌ
Review one of them by GIF fileππΌππΌ
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