📘 There are three reasons why Black's position is undesirable:
1- His knight on h5 is badly placed.
2- Black pieces have no coordination.
3- the weakness of isolated d5-Pawn.
22.Rb1
Svidler Could have won an exchange: 22.Nc8! Re6 23.Ng5 Re8 24.Nb6 +-
22...b5 23.Ne5 =/+
1- His knight on h5 is badly placed.
2- Black pieces have no coordination.
3- the weakness of isolated d5-Pawn.
22.Rb1
Svidler Could have won an exchange: 22.Nc8! Re6 23.Ng5 Re8 24.Nb6 +-
22...b5 23.Ne5 =/+
📘 38...d3?
Hou Yifan has made another blunder. She committed many mistakes in this tournament.
(38...N×h3+ 39.Kg2 R×e5 40.R×f7+ Kh6 41.K×h3 d3 42.Rf2 Re3+ 43.Kg2 Kg5 =)
39.R×f7+ Kh6 40.R×f4 d2 41.Rd4 1-0
Hou Yifan has made another blunder. She committed many mistakes in this tournament.
(38...N×h3+ 39.Kg2 R×e5 40.R×f7+ Kh6 41.K×h3 d3 42.Rf2 Re3+ 43.Kg2 Kg5 =)
39.R×f7+ Kh6 40.R×f4 d2 41.Rd4 1-0
📘 26.R×f7!+
A beautiful drawing combinations!
26...N×f7 27.Qe8+ K×g7 28.Q×f7+ Kh6 29.Qf4+ Kg6 30.Qf7+ Kh6 31.Qf4+ =
The two players have faced each other 39 times. Overall, Carlsen won 11 games to Svidler's 7.
A beautiful drawing combinations!
26...N×f7 27.Qe8+ K×g7 28.Q×f7+ Kh6 29.Qf4+ Kg6 30.Qf7+ Kh6 31.Qf4+ =
The two players have faced each other 39 times. Overall, Carlsen won 11 games to Svidler's 7.
📕 1.Qd4!
The queen is usually a bad blocker, but here it keeps a strong centralized position and Black's pieces cannot disturb it. It is a direct effect of the exchange of dark-squared bishops.
The queen is usually a bad blocker, but here it keeps a strong centralized position and Black's pieces cannot disturb it. It is a direct effect of the exchange of dark-squared bishops.
📕 1...d4!
Here the influence of the d2-rook does not really discourage Black from advancing in the center. He is ready for it! All Black's pieces have been brought into play. Black realizes the breakthrough d5-d4, which increases the activity of his pieces. White's king can be the subject of attack.
Here the influence of the d2-rook does not really discourage Black from advancing in the center. He is ready for it! All Black's pieces have been brought into play. Black realizes the breakthrough d5-d4, which increases the activity of his pieces. White's king can be the subject of attack.
📕Unity Chess Multiple Choice 241
A: Ne7 – 8
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 57%
B: d4 – 4
👍👍👍👍 29%
C: Be6 – 2
👍👍 14%
👥 14 people voted so far.
A: Ne7 – 8
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 57%
B: d4 – 4
👍👍👍👍 29%
C: Be6 – 2
👍👍 14%
👥 14 people voted so far.
📕Unity Chess Multiple Choice 242
A: Qg3 – 10
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 63%
B: Re5 – 5
👍👍👍👍 31%
C: Re3 – 1
👍 6%
👥 16 people voted so far.
A: Qg3 – 10
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 63%
B: Re5 – 5
👍👍👍👍 31%
C: Re3 – 1
👍 6%
👥 16 people voted so far.
Excursion during Buenos Aires (Clarin) tournament, 1980. Mr & Mrs Timman, Olafsson, Balashov, Karpov
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Buenos Aires (Clarín), October 1980. Miguel Quinteros and Friðrik Ólafsson in post-game analysis. Ulf Andersson and Vlastimil Hort look on.
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Lajos Portisch won four times, at Beverwijk in 1965 (together with Geller), and was clear first at Wiik aan Zee in 1972, 1975 and 1978.
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