📘 Svidler has built a fortress. He can easily keep the position with waiting moves like Kg7-f8-g8 or Rf6. Trading the rooks also lead to a draw.
📘 35.Nf6!
Gawain Jones calculates 8 moves deep combination.
35...B×f6 36.Q×e8+ Kh7 37.Q×f7 h×g3+ 38.f×g3 Qb8 39.Q×f6 Q×a7+ 40.Qh4+ Kg8 41.Qd8 Kf7 42.Q×d3 +-
Gawain Jones calculates 8 moves deep combination.
35...B×f6 36.Q×e8+ Kh7 37.Q×f7 h×g3+ 38.f×g3 Qb8 39.Q×f6 Q×a7+ 40.Qh4+ Kg8 41.Qd8 Kf7 42.Q×d3 +-
📘 31.Kg1!
Anand calmly secures his king before any operation.
31...Ra4 32.h3 +/-
Anand calmly secures his king before any operation.
31...Ra4 32.h3 +/-
📕 1.Bg3!
Black has an isolated d-Pawn thus White should exchange minor pieces. The exchange of the dark-squared bishops removes the defender of the weakened squares c5 and e5.
Black has an isolated d-Pawn thus White should exchange minor pieces. The exchange of the dark-squared bishops removes the defender of the weakened squares c5 and e5.
📕 1...f5!
This is a concrete approach to the position. Though Black has a weak pawn on e6, he gives White minimal activity possibilities and exploits the wrong arrangement of white pieces in the c2-c4-d4-d2 rectangle.
This is a concrete approach to the position. Though Black has a weak pawn on e6, he gives White minimal activity possibilities and exploits the wrong arrangement of white pieces in the c2-c4-d4-d2 rectangle.
📕Unity Chess Multiple Choice 235
A: b4 – 14
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 93%
B: Nf5 – 1
👍 7%
C: Nc6
▫️ 0%
👥 15 people voted so far.
A: b4 – 14
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 93%
B: Nf5 – 1
👍 7%
C: Nc6
▫️ 0%
👥 15 people voted so far.
📕Unity Chess Multiple Choice 236
B: g4 – 11
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 69%
A: Bd4 – 3
👍👍 19%
C: a3 – 2
👍 13%
👥 16 people voted so far.
B: g4 – 11
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 69%
A: Bd4 – 3
👍👍 19%
C: a3 – 2
👍 13%
👥 16 people voted so far.
At the end of play in the 26th USSR-ch, Tbilisi, 10th February 1959. Mark Taimanov, Mikhail Tal, Tigran Petrosian & Viktor Korchnoi.
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For his shared 1st-2nd place (along with Petrosian) in the 1st Piatigorsky Cup (Los Angeles, 1963) Paul Keres won a Rambler Classic automobile.
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World Champion Tigran Petrosian, pictured in Los Angeles, USA, during the 1st Piatigorsky Cup, July 1963.
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