📘 An active play by Mamedov, three-time champion of Azerbaijan in 2006, 2008 and 2015.
19.e×d3 Bg4! 20.Qc4
20.Nd2 Nd4 -+
20...B×f3 21.B×f3 Ne5 22.Q×a2 N×f3+ 23.Kg2 Nd4 24.b4 Qf3+ 25.Kg1 Q×d3 =/+
19.e×d3 Bg4! 20.Qc4
20.Nd2 Nd4 -+
20...B×f3 21.B×f3 Ne5 22.Q×a2 N×f3+ 23.Kg2 Nd4 24.b4 Qf3+ 25.Kg1 Q×d3 =/+
📕 18.Qc1!
Simply defending b2, but it is defence with considerable poison in it, as after 18...axb2 19 Qxb2 Black's initiative is ebbing and he has problems with the hanging knight and the weak b5-pawn. Like so many opponents who fell under Karpov's spell, Savon has been provoked into an attack which his position doesn't have enough resources to maintain.
18...Ra6 19.bxa3 Rc6 20.Qb2 Nc2 21.Rc1! Nxe3 22.Rxc6 Nxf2 23.Nf1!+-.
Simply defending b2, but it is defence with considerable poison in it, as after 18...axb2 19 Qxb2 Black's initiative is ebbing and he has problems with the hanging knight and the weak b5-pawn. Like so many opponents who fell under Karpov's spell, Savon has been provoked into an attack which his position doesn't have enough resources to maintain.
18...Ra6 19.bxa3 Rc6 20.Qb2 Nc2 21.Rc1! Nxe3 22.Rxc6 Nxf2 23.Nf1!+-.
17.Ne4!
White keeps the knight on the board and brings more pieces to attack the opponent's king.
17...b6 18.h5 c5 19.h6 Ng6?! 20.Rh1 cxd4 21.hxg7+/-.
White keeps the knight on the board and brings more pieces to attack the opponent's king.
17...b6 18.h5 c5 19.h6 Ng6?! 20.Rh1 cxd4 21.hxg7+/-.
Unity Chess Multiple Choice 397
anonymous poll
C: N×e7 – 5
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 71%
A: Rd3 – 1
👍 14%
B: Rhe1 – 1
👍 14%
👥 7 people voted so far.
anonymous poll
C: N×e7 – 5
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 71%
A: Rd3 – 1
👍 14%
B: Rhe1 – 1
👍 14%
👥 7 people voted so far.
Unity Chess Multiple Choice 398
anonymous poll
C: Rfd1 – 7
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 78%
A: Nf4 – 2
👍👍 22%
B: Ne5
▫️ 0%
👥 9 people voted so far.
anonymous poll
C: Rfd1 – 7
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 78%
A: Nf4 – 2
👍👍 22%
B: Ne5
▫️ 0%
👥 9 people voted so far.
Gashimov rd 6: Giri beat Navara. All others drawn. Topalov leads with 4/6. US ch, rd 6: Caruana beat Akobian, Izoria beat Nakamura, & Lenderman beat Onishchuk. Shankland leads with 4.5 out of 6. US women's ch, rd 6: Wang beat Sharevich, Yu beat Feng, & Gorti beat Goletiani.
How journalists used to work in those far-off analogue days. TASS correspondent Vasily Kanashenok (left) and Soviet master Vladimir Lepeshkin, at the FIDE Interzonal, Moscow, April 1982.
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World Champion Anatoly Karpov (USSR), pictured in play v. Jonathan Speelman (England) in the 3rd round of the London (Phillips & Drew) tournament, 17th April 1982.
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