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🔸 Viktor Korchnoi
🔸 Soviet-Swiss writer and chess grandmaster
♦️ 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 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 Petrosian. He made it to the Karpov - Korchnoi Candidates Final (1974), but lost.
♦️ A memorable game by Korchnoi which played in Gibraltar 2011 (Masters Group), 80 years old against Fabiano Caruana and beat him!! 👇🏼👇🏼
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🔸 Caruana, F. (2721) vs Korchnoi, V. (2544)
🔸 Gibraltar Masters | Caleta ENG | Round 2.3 | 26 Jan 2011 | ECO: C84 |
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🔸 Viktor Korchnoi
🔸 Soviet-Swiss writer and chess grandmaster
♦️ 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 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 Petrosian. He made it to the Karpov - Korchnoi Candidates Final (1974), but lost.
♦️ A memorable game by Korchnoi which played in Gibraltar 2011 (Masters Group), 80 years old against Fabiano Caruana and beat him!! 👇🏼👇🏼
💢 Gibraltar 2018 is playing now ....
🔸 Caruana, F. (2721) vs Korchnoi, V. (2544)
🔸 Gibraltar Masters | Caleta ENG | Round 2.3 | 26 Jan 2011 | ECO: C84 |
♦️ Review this game and download PGN file 👇🏼👇🏼
@unitychess
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🔸 Caruana, F. (2721) vs Korchnoi, V. (2544)
🔸 Gibraltar Masters | Caleta ENG | Round 2.3 | 26 Jan 2011 | ECO: C84 |
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🔸 Gibraltar Masters | Caleta ENG | Round 2.3 | 26 Jan 2011 | ECO: C84 |
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📘 24.d5!
An interesting positional pawn sacrifice.
24...N×d5 25.B×d5 B×d5 26.Qc3+ f6 27.N×d6 c×d6 28.Nd4 +-
The White knight has reached its dream square and dominates the board. The black pawns on a6 and d6 are weak and his king is also not completely safe.
An interesting positional pawn sacrifice.
24...N×d5 25.B×d5 B×d5 26.Qc3+ f6 27.N×d6 c×d6 28.Nd4 +-
The White knight has reached its dream square and dominates the board. The black pawns on a6 and d6 are weak and his king is also not completely safe.
📘 24...N×b2?
Yi Wei's miscalculation.
(Black could have resisted with 24...R×b2)
25.R×c8+ R×c8 26.a5 Nc4 27.Ra7 Bb4 28.a6 f5 29.Rb7! f×e4 30.Bg4 +-
Yi Wei's miscalculation.
(Black could have resisted with 24...R×b2)
25.R×c8+ R×c8 26.a5 Nc4 27.Ra7 Bb4 28.a6 f5 29.Rb7! f×e4 30.Bg4 +-
📘 17.g4?
World Champion Magnus Carlsen has blundered a piece. However, black must strive hard to win.
17...f4 18.h4 f×e3 19.Q×e3 h6 20.Qc5 Bb7 21.Ne4 Re6 -/+
World Champion Magnus Carlsen has blundered a piece. However, black must strive hard to win.
17...f4 18.h4 f×e3 19.Q×e3 h6 20.Qc5 Bb7 21.Ne4 Re6 -/+
📘 22...Qb6?
After this carelessness, the initiative passed from Black to White.
(22...g5 -/+ The logical move)
23.g5! h×g5 24.Qa3 Rb8 25.b3 Qd8 26.Q×a7 +/-
White has a good game even though he is down a piece.
After this carelessness, the initiative passed from Black to White.
(22...g5 -/+ The logical move)
23.g5! h×g5 24.Qa3 Rb8 25.b3 Qd8 26.Q×a7 +/-
White has a good game even though he is down a piece.
📕 An instructive game to show how powerful the concept of blockade is.
22...e4!
Anyway! The exchange, plus the outpost which will be created for black's knight by the change of structure is great value for a pawn.
22...e4!
Anyway! The exchange, plus the outpost which will be created for black's knight by the change of structure is great value for a pawn.
📕 25...Nb4!
On one level this is a ( far from obvious ) tactical solution based on the double attack ( a2 and d3 ) the plausibility of which is only truly revealed with black's elegant follow-up. However, the real point is positional - the creation of an invulnerable square, usefully referred to as an outpost. A word of warning - the practical utility of an outpost should not be taken for granted, but rather judged on its merits pretty much case by case. b4 is such a good square for black's knight following the following 'simplification' because it attacks a weakness ( and hence keeps the opponent passive ) and also threatens redeployment to the further 'useful' outpost on e3. It is also worth mentioning that if white had already found time for the move a3, he would in no way stand worse.
On one level this is a ( far from obvious ) tactical solution based on the double attack ( a2 and d3 ) the plausibility of which is only truly revealed with black's elegant follow-up. However, the real point is positional - the creation of an invulnerable square, usefully referred to as an outpost. A word of warning - the practical utility of an outpost should not be taken for granted, but rather judged on its merits pretty much case by case. b4 is such a good square for black's knight following the following 'simplification' because it attacks a weakness ( and hence keeps the opponent passive ) and also threatens redeployment to the further 'useful' outpost on e3. It is also worth mentioning that if white had already found time for the move a3, he would in no way stand worse.
📕Unity Chess Multiple Choice 247
B: Nf3 – 7
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 64%
C: a4 – 4
👍👍👍👍 36%
A: Bf4
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👥 11 people voted so far.
B: Nf3 – 7
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 64%
C: a4 – 4
👍👍👍👍 36%
A: Bf4
▫️ 0%
👥 11 people voted so far.