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⚪️#227 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Gligoric
🔸Portisch
🔸Pula, 1971

📕 1.Ra3!
White is ready for the Greek gift sacrifice! The threat is 2.Nxd5 Nxd5 3.Bxh7+ K.h7 4.Rh3+ Kg8 5.Qh5+-. Exchanging pieces like 1.Nxd5 or 1.Nxd7 are incorrect due to isolated d4-pawn.

⚫️#228 (Strategy-Black to Move)
🔸Quinteros
🔸Alburt
🔸New York, 1983

📕 1...Qa3!
Black's pieces are more active than White's. Weak white pawns on the queenside can be objects of Black's attack. Note the passive position of White's queen on f1, which brings disharmony into the position.
1...d4? 2.Nxd4 Black simply loses a pawn without any compensation.
1...a5?! This move permanently weakens the b5-square.

⚪️#229 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Botvinnik
🔸Alekhine
🔸The Netherlands, 1938

📕Unity Chess Multiple Choice 229

B: N×d5 – 10
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 77%

C: Ne5 – 3
👍👍 23%

A: a4
▫️ 0%

👥 13 people voted so far.

⚪️#230 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Huebner
🔸Ivkov
🔸Germany, 1975

📕Unity Chess Multiple Choice 230

A: Qg5 – 10
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 67%

C: N×d4 – 5
👍👍👍👍 33%

B: Rc4
▫️ 0%

👥 15 people voted so far.

European Junior Championship, Groningen, 27th December 1967. The eventual winner, Anatoly Karpov (USSR) faces Heinz Schaufelberger (Switzerland). Max Euwe makes the ceremonial first move.

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Boris Spassky vs Miguel Najdorf ,Buenos Aires 1979.

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Savielly Tartakower interviewing Paul Keres after winning the AVRO tournament 1938. Tartakower won in 1949 at Beverwijk, Paul Keres (shared with Iivo Nei) in 1964 also at Beverwijk.

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Iivo Nei, winner at the Hoogovens tournament, Beverwijk, 1964.

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🔸3rd IIFL Wealth Mumbai 2018
🔸Round 7
⚪️Maghsoodloo,Parham (2570)
⚫️Deepan Chakkravarthy J (2473)
🔸1-0

🔸Andranik Margaryan Memorial 2018
🔸Round 5
⚪️Minasian,Artashes (2484)
⚫️Maghsoodloo,Parham (2572)
🔸0-1

💢 Alexander Khalifman
💢 Russian chess grandmaster

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