📕24.Bf1!
Ruthless positional play: the bishop makes it known it is heading for h3 in order to control c8, which is enough to persuade the black rook to give up the fight for the c-file.
Ruthless positional play: the bishop makes it known it is heading for h3 in order to control c8, which is enough to persuade the black rook to give up the fight for the c-file.
📕 28.a4!
Kramnik utilizes his pawns to ensure that the black pawns remain fixed on a7 and b6. If Black now plays passively, White can take command of the c-file with 29 Rc1, with ideas of 30 Nd6 or 30 Nc7 etc.
Kramnik utilizes his pawns to ensure that the black pawns remain fixed on a7 and b6. If Black now plays passively, White can take command of the c-file with 29 Rc1, with ideas of 30 Nd6 or 30 Nc7 etc.
Unity Chess Multiple Choice 381
C: Bh4 – 6
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 75%
A: e4 – 1
👍 13%
B: 0-0 – 1
👍 13%
👥 8 people voted so far.
C: Bh4 – 6
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 75%
A: e4 – 1
👍 13%
B: 0-0 – 1
👍 13%
👥 8 people voted so far.
Unity Chess Multiple Choice 382
C: Nd3 – 6
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 50%
A: Nb1 – 3
👍👍👍👍 25%
B: b4 – 3
👍👍👍👍 25%
👥 12 people voted so far.
C: Nd3 – 6
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 50%
A: Nb1 – 3
👍👍👍👍 25%
B: b4 – 3
👍👍👍👍 25%
👥 12 people voted so far.
In the press centre at the FIDE Interzonal Tournament, Moscow, September 1982. Seated, left to right - Vasily Smyslov, Miguel Najdorf, Mikhail Botvinnik, Yakov Rokhlin.
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USSR-ch, Moscow, Dec 1952. It looks like this is his fateful final-round encounter v. Geller; he lost this game, allowing Botvinnik to catch him in the lead, by defeating Suetin.
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Aleksei Suetin v. Mikhail Botvinnik, 20th USSR-ch, Moscow 1952, final round; by grinding out a win in 78 moves, Taimanov looks on.
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2018 US ch starts April 17 in St Louis. Players are: Caruana, So, Nakamura, Xiong, Liang, Onischuk, Akobian, Robson, Shankland, Zherebukh, Izoria, and Lenderman. For the women's ch there is Foisor, Krush, Zatonskih. Yu, Paikidze, Abrahamyan, Wang, Sharevich, Goletiani, & Gorti.
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