12.Rc1!
Exploiting the absence of the knight from c3.
However, 12.Nc3!? is also not bad.
After 12.Qxb6 axb6 Black's activity would compensate for the spoiling of his pawn structure: 13.Rc1 (13.Nc3 Be6 and ...Rgc8) 13...Nb4 14.Nc3 Bf5 with equality. But now he is forced to exchange queens on b3, which activates the rook on a1.
12...Qxb3 13.axb3+/=.
Exploiting the absence of the knight from c3.
However, 12.Nc3!? is also not bad.
After 12.Qxb6 axb6 Black's activity would compensate for the spoiling of his pawn structure: 13.Rc1 (13.Nc3 Be6 and ...Rgc8) 13...Nb4 14.Nc3 Bf5 with equality. But now he is forced to exchange queens on b3, which activates the rook on a1.
12...Qxb3 13.axb3+/=.
16.b4!
An original decision, called by Petrosian 'an oasis, unexpectedly found in a barren desert'. In itself, this move is not so strong, but its psychological effect was enormous: Korchnoi became nervous β instead of the expected draw offer the opponent set him a new problem!
Black is satisfied with 16.Bxb7?! Rb8 17.Ba6 (17.Rac1? Rxb7 18.Rxc5 Nd7 19.Bg5 h6 and wins) 17...Rb6 18.Rac1 Nd7 19.Nc7 Rxb2. Or 16.Rac1 Bb6!? (16...Nd5 will also do) 17.Bxb7 Rxc1 18.Rxc1 Ng4 19.e3 Nxe3!. But the tempo available to White can be used more effectively.
16...Bxb4
16...Bb6? 17.a4! a6 18.a5 Bc7 19.Bxb7! axb5 20.Rac1, and for the passed a-pawn Black has to give up a piece.
17.Nxa7.
An original decision, called by Petrosian 'an oasis, unexpectedly found in a barren desert'. In itself, this move is not so strong, but its psychological effect was enormous: Korchnoi became nervous β instead of the expected draw offer the opponent set him a new problem!
Black is satisfied with 16.Bxb7?! Rb8 17.Ba6 (17.Rac1? Rxb7 18.Rxc5 Nd7 19.Bg5 h6 and wins) 17...Rb6 18.Rac1 Nd7 19.Nc7 Rxb2. Or 16.Rac1 Bb6!? (16...Nd5 will also do) 17.Bxb7 Rxc1 18.Rxc1 Ng4 19.e3 Nxe3!. But the tempo available to White can be used more effectively.
16...Bxb4
16...Bb6? 17.a4! a6 18.a5 Bc7 19.Bxb7! axb5 20.Rac1, and for the passed a-pawn Black has to give up a piece.
17.Nxa7.
Unity Chess Multiple Choice 503
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B: Bf1 β 6
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Kavian, Gavin, Vincent, Mieke, @YaminiG, @RichardPeng
A: c3 β 5
ππππππ 42%
Jonas, Ramesh, @Sophia_Peng, @roshan_sethuraman, @AryanLeekha
C: b4 β 1
π 8%
Adhvaith
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B: Bf1 β 6
πππππππ 50%
Kavian, Gavin, Vincent, Mieke, @YaminiG, @RichardPeng
A: c3 β 5
ππππππ 42%
Jonas, Ramesh, @Sophia_Peng, @roshan_sethuraman, @AryanLeekha
C: b4 β 1
π 8%
Adhvaith
π₯ 12 people voted so far.
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C: Be5 β 9
πππππππ 56%
@payam6661, Jonas, Gavin, Ramesh, Vincent, @Sophia_Peng, @RichardPeng, Adhvaith, Aashish
B: a3 β 5
ππππ 31%
Ψ±ΨΆΨ§, Mieke, @YaminiG, Saghana, @roshan_sethuraman
A: c5 β 2
ππ 13%
@hosssein_G, @AryanLeekha
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C: Be5 β 9
πππππππ 56%
@payam6661, Jonas, Gavin, Ramesh, Vincent, @Sophia_Peng, @RichardPeng, Adhvaith, Aashish
B: a3 β 5
ππππ 31%
Ψ±ΨΆΨ§, Mieke, @YaminiG, Saghana, @roshan_sethuraman
A: c5 β 2
ππ 13%
@hosssein_G, @AryanLeekha
π₯ 16 people voted so far.
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π’ Nona Gaprindashvili
π’ Georgian chess player
π’ First female Grandmaster
π’ Sixth women's world chess champion
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π’ Nona Gaprindashvili
π’ Georgian chess player
π’ First female Grandmaster
π’ Sixth women's world chess champion
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π
ΎοΈ#about_Gaprindashvili
π’ Nona Gaprindashvili
π’ Georgian chess player
π’ First female Grandmaster
π’ Sixth women's world chess champion
π° Nona Gaprindashvili is a Georgian chess player, the sixth women's world chess champion, and first female Grandmaster. Born in Zugdidi, Georgia, she is the strongest female player of her generation.
π Country: Soviet Union & Georgia
π Born: 3 May 1941 (age 77)
Zugdidi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union
π Title: Grandmaster (1978)
π Women's World Champion: 1962β78
π Peak rating: 2495 (July 1987)
π° In 1961, aged 20, Gaprindashvili won the fourth women's Candidates Tournament, setting up a title match against Russian world champion Elisabeth Bykova. She won the match easily, with a final score of 9-2 (+7β0=4), and went on to defend her title successfully four times: three times against Alla Kushnir (1965: 10β6; 1969: 12β7; 1972: 12β11) and once against fellow Georgian Nana Alexandria (1975: 9β4). She finally lost her crown in 1978 to another Georgian, 17-year-old Maia Chiburdanidze, by a score of 6Β½β8Β½ (+2β4=9).
π° Gaprindashvili played for the Soviet Union in the Chess Olympiads of 1963, 1966, 1969, 1972, 1974, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1990, and for Georgia in 1992.[1] She was one of the contributing players of the USSR team that dominated the women's Olympiads of the 1980s. She won as many as 25 medals, among which 11 team gold medals and 9 individual gold medals. At the Olympiad of Dubai 1986 she won all the ten games she played.
π° She was a five-times winner of the Women's Soviet Championship: in 1964, 1973, 1981, 1983, and 1985.
β¦οΈ A memorable game by Gaprindashvili which has won Croatian chess grandmaster, Juraj Nikolac in a tactical game!! π
πΈ Nona Gaprindashvili vs Juraj Nikolac
πΈ Hoogovens (1979), Wijk aan Zee NED, rd 1, Jan-19
πΈCaro-Kann Defense: Classical Variation. Main lines (B18)
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π’ Nona Gaprindashvili
π’ Georgian chess player
π’ First female Grandmaster
π’ Sixth women's world chess champion
π° Nona Gaprindashvili is a Georgian chess player, the sixth women's world chess champion, and first female Grandmaster. Born in Zugdidi, Georgia, she is the strongest female player of her generation.
π Country: Soviet Union & Georgia
π Born: 3 May 1941 (age 77)
Zugdidi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union
π Title: Grandmaster (1978)
π Women's World Champion: 1962β78
π Peak rating: 2495 (July 1987)
π° In 1961, aged 20, Gaprindashvili won the fourth women's Candidates Tournament, setting up a title match against Russian world champion Elisabeth Bykova. She won the match easily, with a final score of 9-2 (+7β0=4), and went on to defend her title successfully four times: three times against Alla Kushnir (1965: 10β6; 1969: 12β7; 1972: 12β11) and once against fellow Georgian Nana Alexandria (1975: 9β4). She finally lost her crown in 1978 to another Georgian, 17-year-old Maia Chiburdanidze, by a score of 6Β½β8Β½ (+2β4=9).
π° Gaprindashvili played for the Soviet Union in the Chess Olympiads of 1963, 1966, 1969, 1972, 1974, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1990, and for Georgia in 1992.[1] She was one of the contributing players of the USSR team that dominated the women's Olympiads of the 1980s. She won as many as 25 medals, among which 11 team gold medals and 9 individual gold medals. At the Olympiad of Dubai 1986 she won all the ten games she played.
π° She was a five-times winner of the Women's Soviet Championship: in 1964, 1973, 1981, 1983, and 1985.
β¦οΈ A memorable game by Gaprindashvili which has won Croatian chess grandmaster, Juraj Nikolac in a tactical game!! π
πΈ Nona Gaprindashvili vs Juraj Nikolac
πΈ Hoogovens (1979), Wijk aan Zee NED, rd 1, Jan-19
πΈCaro-Kann Defense: Classical Variation. Main lines (B18)
β¦οΈ Review and download PGN fileπ
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π’ Alireza Firouzja
π’ Iranian Chess Grandmaster
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Happy birthday Alireza ππππ
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π’ Iranian Chess Grandmaster
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Happy birthday Alireza ππππ
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