Unity Chess Multiple Choice 527
public poll
A: Be4 – 8
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 80%
@Ako1983, Jonas, Kenneth, Ramesh, Jahanbakhsh, فیروزه, @RichardPeng, @AryanLeekha
B: c3 – 1
👍 10%
Jayden
C: h6 – 1
👍 10%
Gavin
👥 10 people voted so far.
public poll
A: Be4 – 8
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 80%
@Ako1983, Jonas, Kenneth, Ramesh, Jahanbakhsh, فیروزه, @RichardPeng, @AryanLeekha
B: c3 – 1
👍 10%
Jayden
C: h6 – 1
👍 10%
Gavin
👥 10 people voted so far.
Unity Chess Multiple Choice 528
public poll
B: Qd3 – 6
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 46%
@Shadowoffhollow, Jonas, Ramesh, Jayden, @Hamidhamidian, Atharva
C: e5 – 4
👍👍👍👍👍 31%
@Ako1983, @hosssein_G, Jahanbakhsh, @AryanLeekha
A: Bf6 – 3
👍👍👍👍 23%
Gavin, @RichardPeng, @esauwoira13
👥 13 people voted so far.
public poll
B: Qd3 – 6
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 46%
@Shadowoffhollow, Jonas, Ramesh, Jayden, @Hamidhamidian, Atharva
C: e5 – 4
👍👍👍👍👍 31%
@Ako1983, @hosssein_G, Jahanbakhsh, @AryanLeekha
A: Bf6 – 3
👍👍👍👍 23%
Gavin, @RichardPeng, @esauwoira13
👥 13 people voted so far.
Fischer vs Larsen, the front cover of the September 1971 Chess Life & Review. Taken from E. Winter's "Chess Seconds"
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✴️ #about_Sveshnikov
🔸 Evgeny Sveshnikov
🔸 Russian chess grandmaster and Author
🔰 Evgeny Ellinovich Sveshnikov is a Russian grandmaster of chess and a chess author.
Full name: Evgeny Ellinovich Sveshnikov
Country: Soviet Union Russia
Latvia (2002–2015)
Born: 11 February 1950 (age 68)
Cheliabinsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Title: Grandmaster (1977)
FIDE rating: 2464 (June 2018)
Peak rating: 2610 (January 1994)
🔰 Sveshnikov played in his first USSR Chess Championship when he was 17 years old. He was awarded by FIDE the titles International Master in 1975 and Grandmaster in 1977.
🔰 In earliest international competition he was a joint winner at Decin 1974, shared first place (with Lev Polugaevsky) at Sochi 1976 and won category 8 tournaments at Le Havre 1977 and Cienfuegos 1979. At Novi Sad in 1979, he shared second prize with Efim Geller behind Florin Gheorghiu. At Wijk aan Zee in 1981, he shared 3rd place and in 1983, was joint champion of Moscow. Sveshnikov won the Latvian Chess Championship in 2003 and 2010.
♦️ A memorable game by Sveshnikov👇
🔸 Evgeni Ellinovich Sveshnikov vs Vsevolod Dzjuba
🔸 Olaine Open Rapid (2017), Olaine LAT, rd 5, Nov-26
🔸Sicilian Defense: 2.b3 Variation (B20)
♦️ Review and download PGN file👇
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🔸 Evgeny Sveshnikov
🔸 Russian chess grandmaster and Author
🔰 Evgeny Ellinovich Sveshnikov is a Russian grandmaster of chess and a chess author.
Full name: Evgeny Ellinovich Sveshnikov
Country: Soviet Union Russia
Latvia (2002–2015)
Born: 11 February 1950 (age 68)
Cheliabinsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Title: Grandmaster (1977)
FIDE rating: 2464 (June 2018)
Peak rating: 2610 (January 1994)
🔰 Sveshnikov played in his first USSR Chess Championship when he was 17 years old. He was awarded by FIDE the titles International Master in 1975 and Grandmaster in 1977.
🔰 In earliest international competition he was a joint winner at Decin 1974, shared first place (with Lev Polugaevsky) at Sochi 1976 and won category 8 tournaments at Le Havre 1977 and Cienfuegos 1979. At Novi Sad in 1979, he shared second prize with Efim Geller behind Florin Gheorghiu. At Wijk aan Zee in 1981, he shared 3rd place and in 1983, was joint champion of Moscow. Sveshnikov won the Latvian Chess Championship in 2003 and 2010.
♦️ A memorable game by Sveshnikov👇
🔸 Evgeni Ellinovich Sveshnikov vs Vsevolod Dzjuba
🔸 Olaine Open Rapid (2017), Olaine LAT, rd 5, Nov-26
🔸Sicilian Defense: 2.b3 Variation (B20)
♦️ Review and download PGN file👇
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25.h4!
White has a bishop pair in an open position. With this move, he starts pushing his kingside majority and gains space on the kingside where he plans to attack.
25...h6 26.Qb8 Kh7 27.Qf4 Nd6 28.g4 +/=
White has a bishop pair in an open position. With this move, he starts pushing his kingside majority and gains space on the kingside where he plans to attack.
25...h6 26.Qb8 Kh7 27.Qf4 Nd6 28.g4 +/=
50...c3??
Karjakin has just got rid of a difficult position, ruins everything with this blunder.
50...Bc6 or Ke8 =
51.d7 1-0
If 51...Ke7, then 52.f6+.
Karjakin has just got rid of a difficult position, ruins everything with this blunder.
50...Bc6 or Ke8 =
51.d7 1-0
If 51...Ke7, then 52.f6+.
71.Qb6??
Fabiano Caruana blundered in a drawn ending.
71.Qf7
A)71...g5+ 72.Kg4 R×g3+ 73.Kf5 g×f4 74.Q×f6+ Kh7 75.Qf7+ =
B)71...R×g3 72.Qf8+ Kh7 73.Qf7+ = White draws by perpetual check.
71...R×g3 0-1
72.Q×f6 followed by 72...Rh3+ 73.Kg4 Rdg3#
Fabiano Caruana blundered in a drawn ending.
71.Qf7
A)71...g5+ 72.Kg4 R×g3+ 73.Kf5 g×f4 74.Q×f6+ Kh7 75.Qf7+ =
B)71...R×g3 72.Qf8+ Kh7 73.Qf7+ = White draws by perpetual check.
71...R×g3 0-1
72.Q×f6 followed by 72...Rh3+ 73.Kg4 Rdg3#
35...Nd8??
A blunder. the correct defence is 35...Kg8 36.Qh6 Qd6 37.Bc3 Kf7+/-
36.Qh6+ 1-0
If 36...Kg8, then 37.Q×g6+ Kh8 38.Bc3#
A blunder. the correct defence is 35...Kg8 36.Qh6 Qd6 37.Bc3 Kf7+/-
36.Qh6+ 1-0
If 36...Kg8, then 37.Q×g6+ Kh8 38.Bc3#