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▪️ Viktor Korchnoi
▪️ Soviet and Swiss chess grandmaster and writer
♦️ Viktor Korchnoi was a Soviet and Swiss chess grandmaster and writer.
He is considered one of the strongest players never to have become World Chess Champion.
🔸Full name: Viktor Lvovich Korchnoi
🔸Country: Soviet Union (until 1976)
🔸Switzerland (since 1994)
🔸Born: 23 March 1931 Leningrad, Soviet Union
🔸Died: 6 June 2016 (aged 85) Wohlen, Switzerland
🔸Title: Grandmaster (1956)
🔸Peak rating: 2695 (January 1979)
♦️ Viktor Lvovich Korchnoi was born in Leningrad, USSR. His father taught him chess when he was seven years old. He won the Soviet Championship four times: USSR Championship (1960), USSR Championship (1962), USSR Championship (1964/65) and USSR Championship (1970). He made eight appearances in the world championship candidates cycle. He reached the Spassky - Korchnoi Candidates Final (1968), but failed to beat Spassky. In the next cycle he won his quarterfinal Korchnoi - Geller Candidates Quarterfinal (1971), but lost his semifinal match to Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian. He made it to the Karpov - Korchnoi Candidates Final (1974), but lost.
♦️ A memorable game by Korchnoi 👇🏼👇🏼
▪️ Viktor Korchnoi vs Ljubomir Ljubojevic
▪️ London P&D (1980), London ENG, rd 1, Apr-??
▪️ Queen's Gambit Declined: Traditional Variation (D30)
♦️Review amd download PGN file👇🏼👇🏼
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▪️ Viktor Korchnoi
▪️ Soviet and Swiss chess grandmaster and writer
♦️ Viktor Korchnoi was a Soviet and Swiss chess grandmaster and writer.
He is considered one of the strongest players never to have become World Chess Champion.
🔸Full name: Viktor Lvovich Korchnoi
🔸Country: Soviet Union (until 1976)
🔸Switzerland (since 1994)
🔸Born: 23 March 1931 Leningrad, Soviet Union
🔸Died: 6 June 2016 (aged 85) Wohlen, Switzerland
🔸Title: Grandmaster (1956)
🔸Peak rating: 2695 (January 1979)
♦️ Viktor Lvovich Korchnoi was born in Leningrad, USSR. His father taught him chess when he was seven years old. He won the Soviet Championship four times: USSR Championship (1960), USSR Championship (1962), USSR Championship (1964/65) and USSR Championship (1970). He made eight appearances in the world championship candidates cycle. He reached the Spassky - Korchnoi Candidates Final (1968), but failed to beat Spassky. In the next cycle he won his quarterfinal Korchnoi - Geller Candidates Quarterfinal (1971), but lost his semifinal match to Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian. He made it to the Karpov - Korchnoi Candidates Final (1974), but lost.
♦️ A memorable game by Korchnoi 👇🏼👇🏼
▪️ Viktor Korchnoi vs Ljubomir Ljubojevic
▪️ London P&D (1980), London ENG, rd 1, Apr-??
▪️ Queen's Gambit Declined: Traditional Variation (D30)
♦️Review amd download PGN file👇🏼👇🏼
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🔹 Results of Tata Steel 2018 , Round seven👇🏼👇🏼
▪️ Masters Group:
🔸Carlsen, Magnus - Hou, Yifan 1-0
🔸Jones, Gawain C B - Svidler, Peter ½-½
🔸Anand, Viswanathan - Kramnik, Vladimir 0-1
🔸So, Wesley - Giri, Anish ½-½
🔸Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar - Wei, Yi 1-0
🔸Matlakov, Maxim - Adhiban, B. ½-½
🔸Karjakin, Sergey - Caruana, Fabiano 1-0
▪️ Challengers Group:
🔸Van Foreest, Jorden - Bok, Benjamin ½-½
🔸Tari, Aryan - Girya, Olga 1-0
🔸Krasenkow, Michal - Korobov, Anton ½-½
🔸Amin, Bassem - Xiong, Jeffery ½-½
🔸Harika, Dronavalli - Bluebaum, Matthias 0-1
🔸L'Ami, Erwin - Gordievsky, Dmitry ½-½
🔸Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi - Van Foreest, Lucas ½-½
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🔹 Results of Tata Steel 2018 , Round seven👇🏼👇🏼
▪️ Masters Group:
🔸Carlsen, Magnus - Hou, Yifan 1-0
🔸Jones, Gawain C B - Svidler, Peter ½-½
🔸Anand, Viswanathan - Kramnik, Vladimir 0-1
🔸So, Wesley - Giri, Anish ½-½
🔸Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar - Wei, Yi 1-0
🔸Matlakov, Maxim - Adhiban, B. ½-½
🔸Karjakin, Sergey - Caruana, Fabiano 1-0
▪️ Challengers Group:
🔸Van Foreest, Jorden - Bok, Benjamin ½-½
🔸Tari, Aryan - Girya, Olga 1-0
🔸Krasenkow, Michal - Korobov, Anton ½-½
🔸Amin, Bassem - Xiong, Jeffery ½-½
🔸Harika, Dronavalli - Bluebaum, Matthias 0-1
🔸L'Ami, Erwin - Gordievsky, Dmitry ½-½
🔸Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi - Van Foreest, Lucas ½-½
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📘 17.f4!
Keeping the knight on the central d4-square and preventing Black from playing his bishop to e6 after the e5 move.
17...Kf8 18.Kf2 Bg4 19.h3 Bd7 20.e4
Keeping the knight on the central d4-square and preventing Black from playing his bishop to e6 after the e5 move.
17...Kf8 18.Kf2 Bg4 19.h3 Bd7 20.e4
📘 16...N×g3!
Very accurate calculation and strong dynamic play by Matlakov.
17.h×g3 g4 18.Nh4 a×b5 19.a×b5 B×f2+ 20.K×f2 R×a1 21.Q×a1 N×c2 22.Qa4 Qf6+ 23.Kg1 Nd4 =
Very accurate calculation and strong dynamic play by Matlakov.
17.h×g3 g4 18.Nh4 a×b5 19.a×b5 B×f2+ 20.K×f2 R×a1 21.Q×a1 N×c2 22.Qa4 Qf6+ 23.Kg1 Nd4 =
📘 White has the idea of Kf1 and bring the king closer to stop black connected passed pawns.
Carlsen prevents this plan beautifully.
32...Be6! 33.Kf1 Rc8! 34.R×c8 B×c8 35.Ke2 Ba6+ 36.Kf3 d3 0-1
Carlsen prevents this plan beautifully.
32...Be6! 33.Kf1 Rc8! 34.R×c8 B×c8 35.Ke2 Ba6+ 36.Kf3 d3 0-1
📘 28...Nd7?
Kramnik has made a blunder in a difficult position.
(28...Ra3 29.Rb1 Kg6 30.Rb7 Qe8 31.Q×e8 N×e8 32.N×e6+/- )
29.B×e7 N×b8 30.Bb4! probably he missed this move in his calculations.
Kramnik has made a blunder in a difficult position.
(28...Ra3 29.Rb1 Kg6 30.Rb7 Qe8 31.Q×e8 N×e8 32.N×e6+/- )
29.B×e7 N×b8 30.Bb4! probably he missed this move in his calculations.
📕 1...Qd5!
White has a weak isolated d4 pawn. The d5 square is an excellent blockade position for any black piece. White's bishop has no good squares and his own pawns hinder his movement. It should be noted that Black has to exchange queens to prevent a possible attack on his king.
White has a weak isolated d4 pawn. The d5 square is an excellent blockade position for any black piece. White's bishop has no good squares and his own pawns hinder his movement. It should be noted that Black has to exchange queens to prevent a possible attack on his king.
📕 11...Rb6!
With the idea of 12...Qd7 and then 13...Rd6 putting more pressure on the isolated d4-pawn.
With the idea of 12...Qd7 and then 13...Rd6 putting more pressure on the isolated d4-pawn.
📕Unity Chess Multiple Choice 233
C: Bg3 – 13
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 57%
A: Re1 – 6
👍👍👍 26%
B: c3 – 4
👍👍 17%
👥 23 people voted so far.
C: Bg3 – 13
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 57%
A: Re1 – 6
👍👍👍 26%
B: c3 – 4
👍👍 17%
👥 23 people voted so far.