📘 36.N×g5!
Parham's finishing sacrifice. Maghsoodloo won Iranian chess championship in 2017 with 9/11.
36...Nd6
(36...h×g5 37.Be4)
37.Bd5 Rf6 38.Ne4+ Kh7 39.Q×f5+ R×f5 40.N×d6 B×d6 41.Be4 +-
Parham's finishing sacrifice. Maghsoodloo won Iranian chess championship in 2017 with 9/11.
36...Nd6
(36...h×g5 37.Be4)
37.Bd5 Rf6 38.Ne4+ Kh7 39.Q×f5+ R×f5 40.N×d6 B×d6 41.Be4 +-
📘 32.Bc4+?
Aronian, who had already sacrificed a whole rook, failed to find a correct move in the critical moment.
(32.Qh4!
A)32...a5? 33.Bc4+ Kh7 34.Rg3 +-
B)32...e4 33.h7+ K×g7 34.Rg3+ Kh8 35.Rg8+! R×g8 36.h×g8=Q K×g8 37.Bc4+ Kg7 38.Qg5+ Kh7 39.Qg8+ Kh6 40.Qg5+ = perpetual check.
32.Kh7 33.Qh4 e4 34.Rg3 B×f4 35.g8=Q R×g8 36.B×g8+ Kh8 37.Rg7 Qf8 0-1
Aronian, who had already sacrificed a whole rook, failed to find a correct move in the critical moment.
(32.Qh4!
A)32...a5? 33.Bc4+ Kh7 34.Rg3 +-
B)32...e4 33.h7+ K×g7 34.Rg3+ Kh8 35.Rg8+! R×g8 36.h×g8=Q K×g8 37.Bc4+ Kg7 38.Qg5+ Kh7 39.Qg8+ Kh6 40.Qg5+ = perpetual check.
32.Kh7 33.Qh4 e4 34.Rg3 B×f4 35.g8=Q R×g8 36.B×g8+ Kh8 37.Rg7 Qf8 0-1
📕 20.Bb5!
In essence, this is about overworking the rook or at least exploiting its inability to undertake two important tasks simultaneously. The rook needs to stay in touch with the e-pawn and be ready to back up Black's queen too, but the attack on the d7 square renders this impossible. 20...Re7 21.Qa3! Qxa3 22.bxa3+- with the idea of d6.
In essence, this is about overworking the rook or at least exploiting its inability to undertake two important tasks simultaneously. The rook needs to stay in touch with the e-pawn and be ready to back up Black's queen too, but the attack on the d7 square renders this impossible. 20...Re7 21.Qa3! Qxa3 22.bxa3+- with the idea of d6.
📕 35.Bxd6!
So delightfully simple. Making way for an invasion on b6 which in conjunction with the a-file will make Black's position creak at the seams. 35...Bxd6 36.axb5 axb5 37.Be4!+- intending Qb6.
So delightfully simple. Making way for an invasion on b6 which in conjunction with the a-file will make Black's position creak at the seams. 35...Bxd6 36.axb5 axb5 37.Be4!+- intending Qb6.
📕Unity Chess Multiple Choice 341
A: d6 – 6
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 86%
B: Ba3 – 1
👍 14%
C: Bf5
▫️ 0%
👥 7 people voted so far.
A: d6 – 6
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 86%
B: Ba3 – 1
👍 14%
C: Bf5
▫️ 0%
👥 7 people voted so far.
📕Unity Chess Multiple Choice 342
A: B×c6 – 7
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 78%
B: Ba4 – 2
👍👍 22%
C: Bc4
▫️ 0%
👥 9 people voted so far.
A: B×c6 – 7
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 78%
B: Ba4 – 2
👍👍 22%
C: Bc4
▫️ 0%
👥 9 people voted so far.
After 8 rds at the Candidates, it is Caruana ahead with 5.5 out of 8.
In Rd 8, Grischuk beat Kramnik, Mamedyarev is in 2nd with 5
In Rd 8, Grischuk beat Kramnik, Mamedyarev is in 2nd with 5
Re. So vs Caruana; this position is from Emanuel Lasker v. Edward Lasker, New York 1924. The game was drawn.
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