White has a clear static advantage. His isolated e5-pawn is a strength rather than a weakness as it controls key squares in the heart of Black's camp, denying access to the defender's pieces. Additionally White has more territory under his control as well as the advantage of the two bishops. Therefore the plan should be to prevent counterplay, improve the position to its maximum and then the winning combination should come about by itself. So the first part of the plan is to prevent counterplay. The only way for Black to gain any is to eliminate the bishop on d4, hence White's next.
19.b4! (19.Qe3? Rxd4! 20.cxd4 Qxc2-+) 19...Ng7 20.g4!+/-
Not to be allowed is ...Ng7-f5xd4 etc. Now Black's counterplay has been nipped in the bud, leading us to the improvement phase.

⚪️#421 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Timman,J
🔸Portisch,L
🔸Antwerp 1989

Unity Chess Multiple Choice 421

B: Ba2 – 5
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 63%

C: a4 – 2
👍👍👍 25%

A: Rf1 – 1
👍 13%

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⚪️#422 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Portisch,L
🔸Timman,J
🔸Antwerp 1989

Unity Chess Multiple Choice 422

B: Qc4 – 5
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 71%

C: d6 – 2
👍👍👍 29%

A: a4
▫️ 0%

👥 7 people voted so far.

Carl Schlechter playing blindfolded in Vienna, December 1898. On the right, Georg Marco is writing notes on his pad.

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Botvinnik and Flohr at the 1935 Moscow international tournament. They shared 1st place ahead of Lasker and Capablanca. Ragozin is spectating.

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Two World Champions - Max Euwe and Anatoly Karpov, at the final Amsterdam IBM tournament, 20th May 1981.

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At the 1983 Tilburg (Interpolis) tournament. Round 7, 20th October. Anatoly Karpov (USSR) faces John van der Wiel (Netherlands).

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Endgame wizardry from the 12th World Champion: the final stages of the game Karpov-Kramnik (Vienna, 1996), as described by the Karpov, in conversation with Ron Henley.

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Max Euwe making the honorary first move at the women's Amsterdam chess championship 1937. The player with the white pieces is Euwe's mother, Elizabeth.

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The 1st match game between Max Euwe and Efim Bogoljubow, Amsterdam 4 April 1928. Euwe has just played 14...b7-b5. The game ended in a draw.

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But how difficult it can be to gain the desired full point against an opponent of inferior strength, when this is demanded by the tournament position!

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▪️ Irving Chernev
▪️ Russian-American chess Master and Author

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▪️ Irving Chernev
▪️ Russian-American chess Master and Author

♦️ Irving Chernev was a chess player and prolific Russian-American chess author. He was born in Pryluky in the Russian Empire and emigrated to the United States in 1920. Chernev was a national master strength player, and was obsessed with chess.

🔸 Born: January 29, 1900
Pryluky, Russian Empire
🔸 Died: September 29, 1981
San Francisco, United States
🔸 Occupation: chess author

♦️ Several books from Irving Chernev:👇🏼
▪️ Chess Strategy and Tactics (with Fred Reinfeld); Black Knight 1933
▪️ Curious Chess Facts; Black Knight 1937
▪️ Chessboard Magic!; Chess Review 1943
▪️ An Invitation to Chess (with Kenneth Harkness); Simon & Schuster 1945
▪️ Winning Chess Traps; Chess Review 1946
▪️ The Russians Play Chess; McKay 1947
▪️ The Bright Side of Chess; McKay 1948
▪️ Winning Chess (with Fred Reinfeld); Simon & Schuster 1948
▪️ The Fireside Book of Chess (with Fred Reinfeld); Simon & Schuster 1949
▪️ 1000 Best Short Games of Chess; Simon & Schuster 1955
▪️ Logical Chess: Move by Move; Simon & Schuster 1957
▪️ Combinations: The Heart of Chess; Crowell 1960
▪️ Practical Chess Endings; Simon & Schuster 1961
▪️ The Chess Companion; Simon & Schuster 1968
▪️ Wonders and Curiosities of Chess; Dover 1974
▪️ Capablanca's Best Chess Endings; Oxford 1978
▪️ 200 Brilliant Endgames; Simon & Schuster 1989

♦️ A memorable game by Chernev👇🏼
🔸 Irving Chernev vs David Gladstone
🔸 USA-ch (1944), New York, NY USA, rd 13, May-01
🔸 Zukertort Opening: Dutch Variation (A04)

♦️ Review and download PGN file👇🏼

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