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▪️ Lajos Portisch
▪️ Hungarian chess grandmaster
♦️Lajos Portisch is a Hungarian chess Grandmaster, whose positional style earned him the nickname, the "Hungarian Botvinnik".
🔸Full name: Lajos Portisch
🔸Country: Hungary
🔸Born: 4 April 1937 (age 81) Zalaegerszeg, Hungary
🔸Title: Grandmaster (1961)
🔸FIDE rating: 2467 (January 2018)
🔸Peak rating: 2655 (January 1980)
♦️ Portisch won the Hungarian Championship for the first time in 1958, and in 1961 he became a grandmaster. In 1960, he qualified from the Madrid Zonal for the Stockholm Interzonal (1962), where he came equal 9th. In 1963, he won the Halle Zonal ahead of Borislav Ivkov and Bent Larsen and advanced to the Amsterdam Interzonal (1964) where he came 8th. Over the course of his career he qualified for the Candidates eight times and played for his country in nineteen consecutive Olympiads (1956-1996). He had another fine tournament finish with an equal 2nd with Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian after Anatoly Karpov at Milan (1975). At the Biel Interzonal (1976), he qualified again with an equal 2nd after Bent Larsen, and went on to win the Portisch - Larsen Candidates Quarterfinal (1977) match, but then lost the Spassky - Portisch Candidates Semifinal (1977) match. He led the Hungarian team to an unprecedented 1st place finish ahead of the Soviets at the Buenos Aires Olympiad 1978.
He still lives in Hungary, and is still active in local tournaments.
♦️A memorable game by Portisch against Tigran Petrosian in Moscow 1967 which sacrificed a pawn in opening and won in 24 moves!! This game known "Mad TV" game in Chessgames.com site👇🏼👇🏼
▪️ Lajos Portisch vs Tigran Petrosian
▪️ Moscow (1967), Moscow URS, rd 5, May-26
▪️Slav Defense: Exchange Variation (D10)
♦️ Review and download it's PGN file👇🏼👇🏼
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▪️ Lajos Portisch
▪️ Hungarian chess grandmaster
♦️Lajos Portisch is a Hungarian chess Grandmaster, whose positional style earned him the nickname, the "Hungarian Botvinnik".
🔸Full name: Lajos Portisch
🔸Country: Hungary
🔸Born: 4 April 1937 (age 81) Zalaegerszeg, Hungary
🔸Title: Grandmaster (1961)
🔸FIDE rating: 2467 (January 2018)
🔸Peak rating: 2655 (January 1980)
♦️ Portisch won the Hungarian Championship for the first time in 1958, and in 1961 he became a grandmaster. In 1960, he qualified from the Madrid Zonal for the Stockholm Interzonal (1962), where he came equal 9th. In 1963, he won the Halle Zonal ahead of Borislav Ivkov and Bent Larsen and advanced to the Amsterdam Interzonal (1964) where he came 8th. Over the course of his career he qualified for the Candidates eight times and played for his country in nineteen consecutive Olympiads (1956-1996). He had another fine tournament finish with an equal 2nd with Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian after Anatoly Karpov at Milan (1975). At the Biel Interzonal (1976), he qualified again with an equal 2nd after Bent Larsen, and went on to win the Portisch - Larsen Candidates Quarterfinal (1977) match, but then lost the Spassky - Portisch Candidates Semifinal (1977) match. He led the Hungarian team to an unprecedented 1st place finish ahead of the Soviets at the Buenos Aires Olympiad 1978.
He still lives in Hungary, and is still active in local tournaments.
♦️A memorable game by Portisch against Tigran Petrosian in Moscow 1967 which sacrificed a pawn in opening and won in 24 moves!! This game known "Mad TV" game in Chessgames.com site👇🏼👇🏼
▪️ Lajos Portisch vs Tigran Petrosian
▪️ Moscow (1967), Moscow URS, rd 5, May-26
▪️Slav Defense: Exchange Variation (D10)
♦️ Review and download it's PGN file👇🏼👇🏼
@unitychess
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▪️ Lajos Portisch vs Tigran Petrosian
▪️ Moscow (1967), rd 5, May-26
▪️Slav Defense: Exchange Variation (D10)
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▪️ Moscow (1967), rd 5, May-26
▪️Slav Defense: Exchange Variation (D10)
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📘 10.g4!
Although White's king is still in the center, he initiates a flank attack on the kingside.
10...h6
(10...N×g4? 11.Qe4+/-)
11.Rg1 b5 12.Be2 Bb7 13.g5 +/= White has an active play
Although White's king is still in the center, he initiates a flank attack on the kingside.
10...h6
(10...N×g4? 11.Qe4+/-)
11.Rg1 b5 12.Be2 Bb7 13.g5 +/= White has an active play
📘 28...R×f1!+
Wesley So displays his strong calculation skills.
29.K×f1 Qh1+ 30.Ke2 Qh5+ 31.Q×h5 N×d4+ 32.e×d4 g×h5 33.b4 Rb8 -/+
Wesley So displays his strong calculation skills.
29.K×f1 Qh1+ 30.Ke2 Qh5+ 31.Q×h5 N×d4+ 32.e×d4 g×h5 33.b4 Rb8 -/+
📘 64.Ke1?
Adhiban has missed his only chance to obtain counterplay.
(64.f6+ g6 65.Ke1 White always has a chance to attack the f7. it is still difficult for Black to make progress.)
64...Qf2+ 65.Kd1 f6 -+
Adhiban has missed his only chance to obtain counterplay.
(64.f6+ g6 65.Ke1 White always has a chance to attack the f7. it is still difficult for Black to make progress.)
64...Qf2+ 65.Kd1 f6 -+
📘 10.Qg4!
A multi-purpose move:
1- To prevent the development of the black king's bishop.
2- With the idea of Qg3, offering to exchange queens.
3- After the exchange on g3, the h-file will be opened for white. If black refuses to trade, he will lose a tempo. it means he shifts his queen to a less useful square.
A multi-purpose move:
1- To prevent the development of the black king's bishop.
2- With the idea of Qg3, offering to exchange queens.
3- After the exchange on g3, the h-file will be opened for white. If black refuses to trade, he will lose a tempo. it means he shifts his queen to a less useful square.
📕 1.Bxd5!
Black's pieces have no proper coordination at the moment and White exploits it.
1.Rfe1 or 1.h4 allow Black to obtain counterplay: 1...Nxc3 2.bxc3 Qb2.
Black's pieces have no proper coordination at the moment and White exploits it.
1.Rfe1 or 1.h4 allow Black to obtain counterplay: 1...Nxc3 2.bxc3 Qb2.
📕 1.Be4!
Black has only to play Bc8-d7-c6 to get into good position. The queen is misplaced on b6, where it doesn't cooperate with minor pieces, and the dark squares on the kingside are weakened. White uses his advantage in development to seize the initiative. White wants to exchange Black's pride - his knight at d5, and then the weakness of the dark squares around the king will be more perceptible.
Black has only to play Bc8-d7-c6 to get into good position. The queen is misplaced on b6, where it doesn't cooperate with minor pieces, and the dark squares on the kingside are weakened. White uses his advantage in development to seize the initiative. White wants to exchange Black's pride - his knight at d5, and then the weakness of the dark squares around the king will be more perceptible.
📕Unity Chess Multiple Choice 245
A: Bg7 – 7
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 58%
C: e4 – 4
👍👍👍👍 33%
B: Re8 – 1
👍 8%
👥 12 people voted so far.
A: Bg7 – 7
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 58%
C: e4 – 4
👍👍👍👍 33%
B: Re8 – 1
👍 8%
👥 12 people voted so far.