📘 39...a2?
Nakamura's blunder in a winning position.
39...c4! (with the idea of ... c3) 40.Kc1 Kc5 41.Ne4+ Kb4 42.g4 f5 43.g×f5 Re8 43.f3 a2 44.Kb2 R×e4! -+
40.Kc1+ Kc3 41.Nd5+ Kc4 42.Kb2 Re8 43.Ne3+ +-
Nakamura's blunder in a winning position.
39...c4! (with the idea of ... c3) 40.Kc1 Kc5 41.Ne4+ Kb4 42.g4 f5 43.g×f5 Re8 43.f3 a2 44.Kb2 R×e4! -+
40.Kc1+ Kc3 41.Nd5+ Kc4 42.Kb2 Re8 43.Ne3+ +-
📘 39.Rd1! Qf4
(39...Qe7 40.R×d7! Q×d7 41.Q×a3 +-)
40.Rf1?
Vachier just needed a draw to advance to the final, so Nakamura had to take the risk. However, Naka could have won the game:
(40.R×d7 g×f5 41.g3 +-)
or
(40.Qh6+ 41.Kg3 Qg5 + 42.Kf2 +-)
(39...Qe7 40.R×d7! Q×d7 41.Q×a3 +-)
40.Rf1?
Vachier just needed a draw to advance to the final, so Nakamura had to take the risk. However, Naka could have won the game:
(40.R×d7 g×f5 41.g3 +-)
or
(40.Qh6+ 41.Kg3 Qg5 + 42.Kf2 +-)
📘 64...h4!
Vachier found the way to safety.
65.g4
(65.g×h4 Bd5! =)
65...h3 ½-½
Vachier With this draw advanced to the final, but Aronian Won Gibraltar Chess in Playoff anyway.
Vachier found the way to safety.
65.g4
(65.g×h4 Bd5! =)
65...h3 ½-½
Vachier With this draw advanced to the final, but Aronian Won Gibraltar Chess in Playoff anyway.
📘 15.B×c7+!
Pouria Darini finishes the game off with a beautiful combination.
15...K×c7 16.Nf4! Qf5 17.R×e7+ Kd6 18.R×a7 R×a7 19.R×b6+ Nc6 20.R×c6 Kd7 21.Qb5 1-0
Pouria Darini finishes the game off with a beautiful combination.
15...K×c7 16.Nf4! Qf5 17.R×e7+ Kd6 18.R×a7 R×a7 19.R×b6+ Nc6 20.R×c6 Kd7 21.Qb5 1-0
📕 8...g5!
This is the most ambitious way to play with Black. The theory considers it to give Black enough chances. Black exerts pressure on the White's central pawn on e5 by a flank attack!.
This is the most ambitious way to play with Black. The theory considers it to give Black enough chances. Black exerts pressure on the White's central pawn on e5 by a flank attack!.
📕Unity Chess Multiple Choice 287
B: Kf1 – 6
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 50%
A: a3 – 5
👍👍👍👍👍👍 42%
C: o-o – 1
👍 8%
👥 12 people voted so far.
B: Kf1 – 6
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 50%
A: a3 – 5
👍👍👍👍👍👍 42%
C: o-o – 1
👍 8%
👥 12 people voted so far.
📕Unity Chess Multiple Choice 289
B: d5 – 11
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 65%
A: Rd1 – 3
👍👍 18%
C: 0-0-0 – 3
👍👍 18%
👥 17 people voted so far.
B: d5 – 11
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 65%
A: Rd1 – 3
👍👍 18%
C: 0-0-0 – 3
👍👍 18%
👥 17 people voted so far.
Wijk aan Zee, 1980. The decisive last-round game between Walter Browne & Viktor Korchnoi. Browne won this game, Yasser Seirawan looks on interestedly.
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Viktor Korchnoi in play v. Laszlo Szabo, 8th round, Amsterdam IBM tournament, 14th July 1976.
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