📘 22.B×f6!+
Amin Bassem with using a tactical game brings the Black king to e2 and checkmates him.
22...K×f6 23.Qh4+ Kf5 24.g4+ Ke5 25.Rhe1 Kf4 26.Rd4+ K×f3 27.Qh3+ Kf2 28.Rf1# 1-0
Amin Bassem with using a tactical game brings the Black king to e2 and checkmates him.
22...K×f6 23.Qh4+ Kf5 24.g4+ Ke5 25.Rhe1 Kf4 26.Rd4+ K×f3 27.Qh3+ Kf2 28.Rf1# 1-0
📘 20...Kd8?? (Rf7=)
Dmitry's blunder. He puts his king on the same file as an enemy rook and also with his own queen on a5-d8 diagonal. everything is ready for a combination.
21.f5?
He could have won with 21.N×e6!+ d×e6 22.Bb6 +-
Dmitry's blunder. He puts his king on the same file as an enemy rook and also with his own queen on a5-d8 diagonal. everything is ready for a combination.
21.f5?
He could have won with 21.N×e6!+ d×e6 22.Bb6 +-
📘 37.Nd3? (37.Kg2) 0-1
Ivanchuk resigned without waiting for the decisive 37...Kf3, with a forcing mate.
Ivanchuk resigned without waiting for the decisive 37...Kf3, with a forcing mate.
📘 18.B×a6? 18.B×f3?
The world champion was very lucky. Akobian could have instantly punished him: 18...R×a6! 19.Q×a6 Bc4 -+.
19.g×f3 Nf6 20.Bb5 +/-
The world champion was very lucky. Akobian could have instantly punished him: 18...R×a6! 19.Q×a6 Bc4 -+.
19.g×f3 Nf6 20.Bb5 +/-
📕 22.g4!
A very strong move to restrict Black bishop. A pawn move of this type doesn't dazzle us like a storming piece sacrifice or an 'acrobatic' piece maneuver.On the other hand, it plays a vital role in the defeat of the strongest ever Grandmaster of the former East Germany. You should try to find these quiet, unobtrusive pawn moves in your own games as they are the hallmark of positional understanding.
A very strong move to restrict Black bishop. A pawn move of this type doesn't dazzle us like a storming piece sacrifice or an 'acrobatic' piece maneuver.On the other hand, it plays a vital role in the defeat of the strongest ever Grandmaster of the former East Germany. You should try to find these quiet, unobtrusive pawn moves in your own games as they are the hallmark of positional understanding.
📕 17.Bxd7!
Kramnik loves the bishop pair, but he is astute enough to know when it should be renounced in favor of a more definite positional edge. 17...Rxd7 18.Nd5! Nxd5 19.cxd5 Structurally speaking, it is the black pawns which are the more compact mass, being divided into only two clusters or 'islands', In contrast, the white pawns are split into three islands, including an isolated pawn on d5 and doubled pawns on the f-file. But when we forget about structure and think about dynamics, we see that the 'scruffy' white pawn on d5 is working hard for the white pieces in providing an outpost for the rook on c6. Meanwhile, the 'neat and tidy' black pawns aren't doing any work; on the contrary, the pawn on e7 is a target.
Kramnik loves the bishop pair, but he is astute enough to know when it should be renounced in favor of a more definite positional edge. 17...Rxd7 18.Nd5! Nxd5 19.cxd5 Structurally speaking, it is the black pawns which are the more compact mass, being divided into only two clusters or 'islands', In contrast, the white pawns are split into three islands, including an isolated pawn on d5 and doubled pawns on the f-file. But when we forget about structure and think about dynamics, we see that the 'scruffy' white pawn on d5 is working hard for the white pieces in providing an outpost for the rook on c6. Meanwhile, the 'neat and tidy' black pawns aren't doing any work; on the contrary, the pawn on e7 is a target.
📕Unity Chess Multiple Choice 207
B: Ne1 – 6
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 75%
A: Ne3 – 1
👍 13%
C: g3 – 1
👍 13%
👥 8 people voted so far.
B: Ne1 – 6
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 75%
A: Ne3 – 1
👍 13%
C: g3 – 1
👍 13%
👥 8 people voted so far.
📕Unity Chess Multiple Choice 208
B: Kf2 – 13
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 87%
A: a5 – 2
👍 13%
C: Nc4
▫️ 0%
👥 15 people voted so far.
B: Kf2 – 13
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 87%
A: a5 – 2
👍 13%
C: Nc4
▫️ 0%
👥 15 people voted so far.
The participants in the 1978 USSR Young Masters' Championship, which took place in Vilnius 40 years ago this month.
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