📘 18...Bb7
White could have won a pawn with18...B×d4!19.B×d4 B×d3 =/+ (if 20.Q×d3??, then Re1+! -+)
19.b4 a5 20.N×d5! c×d5 21.b×a5 c5 22.c×b6 c4 23.Nf4+/=
White could have won a pawn with18...B×d4!19.B×d4 B×d3 =/+ (if 20.Q×d3??, then Re1+! -+)
19.b4 a5 20.N×d5! c×d5 21.b×a5 c5 22.c×b6 c4 23.Nf4+/=
📘 Four instructive moments of the 12-time Iranian national champion.
(Diagram 1) 11.Qd3! intending Be3 and Rd1.
(Diagram 2) 22.a4! Keeping the knight on c4 and gaining space on the queenside.
(Diagram 3) 30.Kg2! Ke8 31.b3! White reinforces his position before the final operation.
(Diagram 4) 38.B×a6! A timely tactical blow. 38...Qg6 (38...b×a6 39.Qc6+--->Qc7--->Q×d6 +-) 39.Bb5+ Kd8 40.Qb6+ +-
(Diagram 1) 11.Qd3! intending Be3 and Rd1.
(Diagram 2) 22.a4! Keeping the knight on c4 and gaining space on the queenside.
(Diagram 3) 30.Kg2! Ke8 31.b3! White reinforces his position before the final operation.
(Diagram 4) 38.B×a6! A timely tactical blow. 38...Qg6 (38...b×a6 39.Qc6+--->Qc7--->Q×d6 +-) 39.Bb5+ Kd8 40.Qb6+ +-
📘 11.Rc1 d6 12.Nb1!
An interesting regrouping in order to transfer the knight to c3 via b1-square.
12...Nbd7 13.Nc3
An interesting regrouping in order to transfer the knight to c3 via b1-square.
12...Nbd7 13.Nc3
📘 18.Ng5!
Another attractive idea by Great Kramnik! The knight will go to f4 via h3.
18...Rc5 19.Nh3 b5 20.Nf4
Another attractive idea by Great Kramnik! The knight will go to f4 via h3.
18...Rc5 19.Nh3 b5 20.Nf4
In analysis: Soviet grandmasters Evgeny Vasiukov (left) and Josif Dorfman (right). Looking on is the Spanish master Román Torán Albero.
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Leonid Stein (1934-1973) was a terrific attacking player. Here he is posing for the official photographers during the Hastings 1967/68 tournament.
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💢 Svetozar Gligorić
💢 Serbian and Yugoslav Chess Grandmaster
♦️ Svetozar Gligorić was a Serbian and Yugoslav chess grandmaster. He won the championship of Yugoslavia a record twelve times, and is considered the best player ever from Serbia. In 1958 he was declared the best athlete of Yugoslavia.
▪️ Full name: Svetozar Gligorić
▪️ Country: Yugoslavia
▪️ Born: 2 February 1923, Belgrade, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
▪️ Died: 14 August 2012 (aged 89) Belgrade, Serbia
▪️ Title: Grandmaster
▪️ Peak rating: 2600 (July 1971)
♦️ Generally considered to be the greatest Yugoslav and Serbian player ever, Svetozar Gligorić was born on February 2, 1923 in Belgrade in what was then the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. He passed away in his home city over 89 years later, completing a life in which he was widely regarded as a key figure in the development of chess in his native country.
💢 IM (1950); GM (1951)
♦️ Gligorić made far-ranging contributions to the theory and practice of the Nimzo-Indian Defense, the Ruy Lopez, and the King’s Indian Defense, some of which were named after him, including such critical and commonly played opening variations as :
🔹The Nimzo-Indian Gligorić System (E54): <1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3>
🔹The Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligorić Variation (C69): <1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. 0-0 f6 6. d4 Bg4>
🔹 The Ruy Lopez Closed Breyer, Gligorić Variation (C95): < 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d6 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 c5>
🔹 The King’s Indian (Gligorić Variation) (E92): < 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 0-0 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3>
♦️A memorable game by Gligoric against Tal known "I Play Against Pieces" in chessgames.com site👇🏼👇🏼
▪️ Mikhail Tal vs Svetozar Gligoric
▪️ Tal - Gligoric Candidates Quarterfinal (1968), Belgrade YUG, rd 1, Apr-22
▪️ Spanish Game: Closed Variations. Smyslov Defense (C93)
♦️ Review and download PGN file👇🏼👇🏼
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💢 Serbian and Yugoslav Chess Grandmaster
♦️ Svetozar Gligorić was a Serbian and Yugoslav chess grandmaster. He won the championship of Yugoslavia a record twelve times, and is considered the best player ever from Serbia. In 1958 he was declared the best athlete of Yugoslavia.
▪️ Full name: Svetozar Gligorić
▪️ Country: Yugoslavia
▪️ Born: 2 February 1923, Belgrade, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
▪️ Died: 14 August 2012 (aged 89) Belgrade, Serbia
▪️ Title: Grandmaster
▪️ Peak rating: 2600 (July 1971)
♦️ Generally considered to be the greatest Yugoslav and Serbian player ever, Svetozar Gligorić was born on February 2, 1923 in Belgrade in what was then the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. He passed away in his home city over 89 years later, completing a life in which he was widely regarded as a key figure in the development of chess in his native country.
💢 IM (1950); GM (1951)
♦️ Gligorić made far-ranging contributions to the theory and practice of the Nimzo-Indian Defense, the Ruy Lopez, and the King’s Indian Defense, some of which were named after him, including such critical and commonly played opening variations as :
🔹The Nimzo-Indian Gligorić System (E54): <1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3>
🔹The Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligorić Variation (C69): <1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. 0-0 f6 6. d4 Bg4>
🔹 The Ruy Lopez Closed Breyer, Gligorić Variation (C95): < 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d6 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 c5>
🔹 The King’s Indian (Gligorić Variation) (E92): < 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 0-0 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3>
♦️A memorable game by Gligoric against Tal known "I Play Against Pieces" in chessgames.com site👇🏼👇🏼
▪️ Mikhail Tal vs Svetozar Gligoric
▪️ Tal - Gligoric Candidates Quarterfinal (1968), Belgrade YUG, rd 1, Apr-22
▪️ Spanish Game: Closed Variations. Smyslov Defense (C93)
♦️ Review and download PGN file👇🏼👇🏼
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