White has no weaknesses. Black has two – c5 and c6. White's e2-bishop and knight should be working in that direction, so some reorganization is necessary.
19.Nd2!
The knight is going to c5 via e4 and the bishop is coming to f3.
19...a4 20.Bf3 Ra6 21.Ne4 Be7 22.a3! Preparing Bb4. 22...Ra7?! 23.Bb4! White is close to winning.

⚪️#424 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Karpov,A
🔸Hjartarson,J
🔸Seattle 1989

19.Nxd4!
The point. Black has no alternative but to part with two pawns for the exchange, after which White's domination of the light squares gives him a clear advantage. Please note the enormous advantage the opposite-colored bishops are to White in this position. (19.Rcc1 c5! would not be better for White)
19...Bxc6 20.Nxc6 Rce8 Probably the only move. 21.Rc1 f5 22.Nd2 Nf6 23.Nxa7 +/-.

⚫️#425 (Strategy-Black to Move)
🔸Hjartarson,J
🔸Karpov,A
🔸Seattle 1989

Unity Chess Multiple Choice 425

A: Bg7 – 4
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 50%

B: B×f3 – 2
👍👍👍👍 25%

C: Rc5 – 2
👍👍👍👍 25%

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⚫️#426 (Strategy-Black to Move)
🔸Gelfand,B
🔸Karpov,A
🔸Reggio Emilia, 1992

Unity Chess Multiple Choice 426

C: Ba6 – 5
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 63%

A: Rec8 – 2
👍👍👍 25%

B: d4 – 1
👍 13%

👥 8 people voted so far.

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At the 1982 FIDE Interzonal Tournament in Moscow. In the 2nd round, played on the 8th September, Yaakov Murey (Israel) faces Efim Geller (USSR). The game ended in a draw in 29 moves.

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"Mrs. F. Murza, a beautiful Parsee, whose husband is a student in London."
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▪️ Savielly Tartakower
▪️ Polish and French chess Grandmaster and Journalist

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▪️ Savielly Tartakower
▪️ Polish and French chess Grandmaster and Journalist

♦️ Ksawery Tartakower was a leading Polish and French chess grandmaster. He was also a leading chess journalist and author of the 1920s and 1930s whose books remain popular even today. Tartakower is remembered for his sharp wit and aphorisms.

Full name : Ksawery Tartakower
Country: Poland & France
Born: 22 February 1887
Rostov-on-Don, Russia
Died: 4 February 1956 (aged 68)
Paris, France
Title : Grandmaster (1950)

♦️Tartakower is regarded as one of the most notable chess personalities of his time. Harry Golombek translated Tartakower's book of his best games, and in the foreword wrote:
🔹 Dr. Tartakower is far and away the most cultured and the wittiest of all the chess masters I have ever met. His extremely well stored mind and ever-flowing native wit make conversation with him a perpetual delight. So much so that I count it as one of the brightest attractions an international tournament can hold out for me that Dr. Tartakower should also be one of the participants. His talk and thought are rather like a modernized blend of Baruch Spinoza and Voltaire; and with it all a dash of paradoxical originality that is essential Tartakower.

♦️ A memorable game by Tartakower:
▪️ Savielly Tartakower vs Milan Vidmar
▪️ 1st Trebitsch Memorial (1907), Vienna AUH, rd 1, Jan-10
▪️ French Defense: McCutcheon. Chigorin Variation (C12)

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