📘 10.g3
A novelty by Mamedyarov instead of the usual 10.e3.
10...Nd7 11.Bh3 b6 12.c×d5 c×d5 13.Qc6 Rb8 14.0-0 Rd8 15.Rfc1 Ba6 16.Bf1 =
A novelty by Mamedyarov instead of the usual 10.e3.
10...Nd7 11.Bh3 b6 12.c×d5 c×d5 13.Qc6 Rb8 14.0-0 Rd8 15.Rfc1 Ba6 16.Bf1 =
📘 87...Kf4??
After a long resistance, Black blundered in a drawish endgame.
88.Rc5 1-0
(88...Ke4 89.R×g5 +-)
(88...Be7 89.Rc4+ Ke5 90.R×h6 +-)
The correct continuation was:
87...Kg2 Any square except f4.
88.Rc5 Bf4!
(88...Be3?? 89.Rc2+ Kf1 90.Rc6--->R×h6 +-)
89.Rc6 Kg3 =
After a long resistance, Black blundered in a drawish endgame.
88.Rc5 1-0
(88...Ke4 89.R×g5 +-)
(88...Be7 89.Rc4+ Ke5 90.R×h6 +-)
The correct continuation was:
87...Kg2 Any square except f4.
88.Rc5 Bf4!
(88...Be3?? 89.Rc2+ Kf1 90.Rc6--->R×h6 +-)
89.Rc6 Kg3 =
📘 61...Nc4??
Black's blunder. but nevertheless, White's position was still winning.
62.Rg4+ K×h5 63.Bg6# 1-0
Black's blunder. but nevertheless, White's position was still winning.
62.Rg4+ K×h5 63.Bg6# 1-0
📕 17...d5!
Black is sacrificing a pawn, but he will get a control over the dark squares: 18.exd5 Nxd4 19.Qxd4 Bc5. It looks like a serious improvement in comparison to the previous games, where black haven't equalized: 17...a5 1-0 Grischuk, A-Tkachiev, France 2003, and 17...Nxd4 ½-½ Ivanchuk-Romanishin, UKR 2004.
Black is sacrificing a pawn, but he will get a control over the dark squares: 18.exd5 Nxd4 19.Qxd4 Bc5. It looks like a serious improvement in comparison to the previous games, where black haven't equalized: 17...a5 1-0 Grischuk, A-Tkachiev, France 2003, and 17...Nxd4 ½-½ Ivanchuk-Romanishin, UKR 2004.
📕 20.Bf4+!
A nice way to increase White's advantage. The dark-squared bishop helps out his light-squared colleague. The black e-pawn is forced forward and a new diagonal opened for the hitherto blunted bishop on g2. The rest proceeds rather by clockwork.
A nice way to increase White's advantage. The dark-squared bishop helps out his light-squared colleague. The black e-pawn is forced forward and a new diagonal opened for the hitherto blunted bishop on g2. The rest proceeds rather by clockwork.
📕Unity Chess Multiple Choice 327
B: Qe2 – 9
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 75%
C: Qe1 – 2
👍👍 17%
A: Qc2 – 1
👍 8%
👥 12 people voted so far.
B: Qe2 – 9
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 75%
C: Qe1 – 2
👍👍 17%
A: Qc2 – 1
👍 8%
👥 12 people voted so far.
📕Unity Chess Multiple Choice 328
A: R×b7 – 13
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 81%
B: g3 – 2
👍 13%
C: Be2 – 1
👍 6%
👥 16 people voted so far.
A: R×b7 – 13
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 81%
B: g3 – 2
👍 13%
C: Be2 – 1
👍 6%
👥 16 people voted so far.
Round 3 of the Candidates in Berlin: Kramnik beat Aronian in 27 moves as Black; all other games drawn. Kramnik now leads with 2.5 out of 3 and Rd 4 is on March 14. Pairings are: Kramnik-Caruana, Karjakin-Aronian, Mamedyarov-So, and Grischuk-Ding Liren.
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At the USSR v. Yugoslavia match, Sochi, June 1968. On the 2nd junior board, 17-year-old Anatoly Karpov faces Branko Vujaković. Mikhail Steinberg looks on.
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