π 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 Β½-Β½ 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 Β½-Β½ Ivanchuk-Romanishin, UKR 2004.
π 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.
πUnity Chess Multiple Choice 327
B: Qe2 β 9
πππππππ 75%
C: Qe1 β 2
ππ 17%
A: Qc2 β 1
π 8%
π₯ 12 people voted so far.
B: Qe2 β 9
πππππππ 75%
C: Qe1 β 2
ππ 17%
A: Qc2 β 1
π 8%
π₯ 12 people voted so far.
πUnity Chess Multiple Choice 328
A: RΓb7 β 13
πππππππ 81%
B: g3 β 2
π 13%
C: Be2 β 1
π 6%
π₯ 16 people voted so far.
A: RΓb7 β 13
πππππππ 81%
B: g3 β 2
π 13%
C: Be2 β 1
π 6%
π₯ 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 VujakoviΔ. Mikhail Steinberg looks on.
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Czechoslovak grandmaster Vlastimil Hort, in play v. Yuri Balashov in the opening round at Wijk aan Zee, 15th January 1982.
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From the rich Hungarian chess film collection: RΓ©ti and Tartakower. http://bit.ly/2GfkwYa
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Quality Dutch footage from the opening of the 1956 Candidates tournament in Amsterdam. Three future world champions among the participants: Smyslov, Petrosian and Spassky.
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