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.
📕Unity Chess Multiple Choice 163'
A: g4 – 6
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 100%
B: N×e4
▫️ 0%
C: h3
▫️ 0%
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A: g4 – 6
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 100%
B: N×e4
▫️ 0%
C: h3
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📕Unity Chess Multiple Choice 164
A: f4 – 8
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 89%
B: Ng4 – 1
👍 11%
C: e4
▫️ 0%
👥 9 people voted so far.
A: f4 – 8
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 89%
B: Ng4 – 1
👍 11%
C: e4
▫️ 0%
👥 9 people voted so far.
Moscow, July 4th 1955, during USSR-USA match. Sammy Reshevsky can be seen with Nikita Khruschëv.
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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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🔹 Mikhail Botvinnik
🔹 Russian-Soviet electrical engineer and grandmaster
▪️ Full name Mikhail Moiseyevich Botvinnik
▪️ Country Soviet Union
▪️ Born August 17, 1911 Kuokkala, Grand Duchy of Finland, Russian Empire (now Repino, Russia)
▪️ Died May 5, 1995 (aged 83) Moscow, Russia
▪️ Title Grandmaster
▪️ World Champion 1948–1957 ; 1958–1960 ; 1961–1963
▪️ Peak rating 2660 (January 1971)
🔹 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.👇🏼👇🏼
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🔹 Mikhail Botvinnik
🔹 Russian-Soviet electrical engineer and grandmaster
▪️ Full name Mikhail Moiseyevich Botvinnik
▪️ Country Soviet Union
▪️ Born August 17, 1911 Kuokkala, Grand Duchy of Finland, Russian Empire (now Repino, Russia)
▪️ Died May 5, 1995 (aged 83) Moscow, Russia
▪️ Title Grandmaster
▪️ World Champion 1948–1957 ; 1958–1960 ; 1961–1963
▪️ Peak rating 2660 (January 1971)
🔹 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.👇🏼👇🏼
Review one of them by GIF file👇🏼👇🏼
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📘12...d5!
The best way to defend a flank attack is counterattack in the center.
13.a5!
Naka sacrifices two pawns in order to gain the initiative.
13...N×c4 14.b3 Bb4+ 15.Kf2 N×a5 16.Bd2 c5 17.R×a5 B×a5 18.B×a5
The best way to defend a flank attack is counterattack in the center.
13.a5!
Naka sacrifices two pawns in order to gain the initiative.
13...N×c4 14.b3 Bb4+ 15.Kf2 N×a5 16.Bd2 c5 17.R×a5 B×a5 18.B×a5
📘 15.g4!!
White finds a quick way to blast open the center. With the center open, White's bishop, coupled with the rook's pressure down the a-file, puts an enormous strain on Black's now shaky queenside.
15.Nxe4 Bxe4 Black's position is fine at this point.
15.h3 would allow Black to activate his knight on a6: 15...Nb4 16.g4 Bd7 17.Nxe4 dxe4 18.Nd2 f5 19.Nc4 Nd5.
White finds a quick way to blast open the center. With the center open, White's bishop, coupled with the rook's pressure down the a-file, puts an enormous strain on Black's now shaky queenside.
15.Nxe4 Bxe4 Black's position is fine at this point.
15.h3 would allow Black to activate his knight on a6: 15...Nb4 16.g4 Bd7 17.Nxe4 dxe4 18.Nd2 f5 19.Nc4 Nd5.