π 21.Bd2!
A tactical solution to develop the queenside bishop. 21...Ba4 (21....Bxd6 22.exd6 Qd7 (22...Qxd6 23.Bxb4!) 23.Rac1 Rad8 24.Qe5+/-) 22.b3 Bd7 23.Bb7! Rab8 24.Bxd5 exd5 25.Qf3!+/-.
A tactical solution to develop the queenside bishop. 21...Ba4 (21....Bxd6 22.exd6 Qd7 (22...Qxd6 23.Bxb4!) 23.Rac1 Rad8 24.Qe5+/-) 22.b3 Bd7 23.Bb7! Rab8 24.Bxd5 exd5 25.Qf3!+/-.
π10...Bxf3!
A clever decision. Black exchanges his light-squared bishop and then puts the own central pawns on the light squares. If white recaptures with the knight, 11...Qa5+ will come. 11.gxf3 dxc4! 12.Bxc4 d5=/+.
A clever decision. Black exchanges his light-squared bishop and then puts the own central pawns on the light squares. If white recaptures with the knight, 11...Qa5+ will come. 11.gxf3 dxc4! 12.Bxc4 d5=/+.
πUnity Chess Multiple Choice 349
A: Be3 β 8
πππππππ 80%
B: NΓa8 β 2
ππ 20%
C: BΓe4
β«οΈ 0%
π₯ 10 people voted so far.
A: Be3 β 8
πππππππ 80%
B: NΓa8 β 2
ππ 20%
C: BΓe4
β«οΈ 0%
π₯ 10 people voted so far.
πUnity Chess Multiple Choice 350
C: a5 β 5
πππππππ 42%
B: f4 β 4
ππππππ 33%
A: h4 β 3
ππππ 25%
π₯ 12 people voted so far.
C: a5 β 5
πππππππ 42%
B: f4 β 4
ππππππ 33%
A: h4 β 3
ππππ 25%
π₯ 12 people voted so far.
International women's tournament at Tbilisi, April 1984. Front row, left to right: Pia Cramling, Marta Litinskaya, Elena Akhmylovskaya, Maia Chiburdanidze, Nona Gaprindashvili, Nino Gurieli... 3rd from right, back row - Nana Alexandria.
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Candidates, Rd 12: Karjakin (4 wins, 2 loses, 6 draws) beat Caruana (3 wins, 1 loss, 8 draws) & both are now tied for 1st with 7/12. Ding Liren beat Mamedyarov, his first win, with 11 draws. Those two, plus Grischuk are tied for 3rd. Rd 13: So-Karjakin and Caruana-Aronian.
At the opening ceremony of the Women's Candidates' Semi-final, Vilnius 1980. Marta Litinskaya, Vladas MikΔnas and Nana Alexandria.
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When V. Korchnoi defected in 1976, 31 USSR GMs signed a letter denouncing him. It included Tal, Petrosian, & Smyslov. It was not signed by Botvinnik, Karpov, or Spassky. Fischer sent a letter of congratulations to Korchnoi. The USSR stripped him of all his titles and honors.
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