34.K×e2??
A blunder. White should have tried to keep the queens on the board with 34.b3! Nb2 35.K×e2 Qh6 36.Qe5=
34...Qh6 35.Q×h6 K×h6 36.b3 Nd6 37.Kd3 Kg5 -+
A blunder. White should have tried to keep the queens on the board with 34.b3! Nb2 35.K×e2 Qh6 36.Qe5=
34...Qh6 35.Q×h6 K×h6 36.b3 Nd6 37.Kd3 Kg5 -+
40...Nd4?
Anand only had to play 40...e3! and Vachier would have had to throw in the towel.
40...e3+
A) 41.Ke2 Nc1+ 42.Rd×c1 d×c1=Q 43.R×c1 Rd2+ 44.K×e3 R×a2 -+
B) 41.Kf1 Re6 -+
41.Rc8+ Kh7 42.Re8
White has some drawing chances.
Anand only had to play 40...e3! and Vachier would have had to throw in the towel.
40...e3+
A) 41.Ke2 Nc1+ 42.Rd×c1 d×c1=Q 43.R×c1 Rd2+ 44.K×e3 R×a2 -+
B) 41.Kf1 Re6 -+
41.Rc8+ Kh7 42.Re8
White has some drawing chances.
25...Rb6!
White is given a frightful choice: either he must concede control of the b-file or else exchange on b6, when Black is given a lever with which to prise open the white center pawn structure.
26.Rxb6 axb6 27.Qb3
The exchange of queens doesn't help much, but if Harrwitz had just waited he could be assailed with ...Ra8 and ...b6-b5, when the a3-pawn would be a target for the black queen.
27...Qxb3 28.Nxb3 b5 29.cxb5 Bxb5-/+
White is given a frightful choice: either he must concede control of the b-file or else exchange on b6, when Black is given a lever with which to prise open the white center pawn structure.
26.Rxb6 axb6 27.Qb3
The exchange of queens doesn't help much, but if Harrwitz had just waited he could be assailed with ...Ra8 and ...b6-b5, when the a3-pawn would be a target for the black queen.
27...Qxb3 28.Nxb3 b5 29.cxb5 Bxb5-/+
15...Qa5!
This activity is all very well, but has the d6-pawn been abandoned to its fate?
No, because 16.Rxd6 is met by a 'global' combination that harasses the white pieces on the queenside, center, and kingside: 16...Ne5! 17.b3 (to defend c4) 17...axb3 18.axb3 Bxh3! 19.Bxh3 Nf3+ 20.Kf1 Nxe1 21.Kxe1 Nxe4 22.Rd3 Nxc3! 23.Nxc3 Qa1+ 24.Nd1 Ra2 with a huge initiative to Black.
16.Bf1
A poor square for the bishop. Actually, having gone this far, Reshevsky should probably have tried 16.Rxd6 anyway but, after 16...Ne5 , returned the pawn with 17.Rdd1! Nxc4 18.Bd4!, as played by Smyslov. White can't rejoice at having exchanged his c-pawn for the d6-pawn, but at least he gets rid of Black's strong dark-squared bishop.
16...Ne5 17.Nd4
The fact that the knight returns to d4 shows that the plan to attack d6 has ended in fiasco.
17...a3
Here it paralyses Reshevsky's queenside, making b4 an excellent outpost for a black knight, and casts a blight over his endgame chances.
18.f4 Ned7 19.b3 Na6!
The black knights take the b4- and c5-squares.
This activity is all very well, but has the d6-pawn been abandoned to its fate?
No, because 16.Rxd6 is met by a 'global' combination that harasses the white pieces on the queenside, center, and kingside: 16...Ne5! 17.b3 (to defend c4) 17...axb3 18.axb3 Bxh3! 19.Bxh3 Nf3+ 20.Kf1 Nxe1 21.Kxe1 Nxe4 22.Rd3 Nxc3! 23.Nxc3 Qa1+ 24.Nd1 Ra2 with a huge initiative to Black.
16.Bf1
A poor square for the bishop. Actually, having gone this far, Reshevsky should probably have tried 16.Rxd6 anyway but, after 16...Ne5 , returned the pawn with 17.Rdd1! Nxc4 18.Bd4!, as played by Smyslov. White can't rejoice at having exchanged his c-pawn for the d6-pawn, but at least he gets rid of Black's strong dark-squared bishop.
16...Ne5 17.Nd4
The fact that the knight returns to d4 shows that the plan to attack d6 has ended in fiasco.
17...a3
Here it paralyses Reshevsky's queenside, making b4 an excellent outpost for a black knight, and casts a blight over his endgame chances.
18.f4 Ned7 19.b3 Na6!
The black knights take the b4- and c5-squares.
Unity Chess Multiple Choice 531
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C: Kh1 – 10
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A: Re2 – 1
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B: Qe7 – 1
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C: Kh1 – 10
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A: Re2 – 1
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B: Qe7 – 1
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Michael
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Unity Chess Multiple Choice 532
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B: Qd2 – 7
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C: Ne2 – 5
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Jahanbakhsh, Vincent, @Sophia_Peng, Srikar, Atharva
A: h4 – 3
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B: Qd2 – 7
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C: Ne2 – 5
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Jahanbakhsh, Vincent, @Sophia_Peng, Srikar, Atharva
A: h4 – 3
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♦️ Today is birthday of Shadi Paridar
♦️ The first Woman Grandmaster of Iran
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Happy birthday Shadi 👏👏👏👏👏
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♦️ The first Woman Grandmaster of Iran
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Happy birthday Shadi 👏👏👏👏👏
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💟 Shadi Paridar
Iranian chess Woman Grandmaster
💢 Born: 2 July 1986 (age 32)
💢 Title Woman Grandmaster (2004)
♦️ Shadi Paridar is an Iranian chess player holding the title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM). She won the Asian Under-16 Girls' Championship in 2002 in Tehran. Shadi Paridar played for Iran in the Women's Chess Olympiads of 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008 and 2010, and in the Women's Asian Team Chess Championships of 1995, 2003, 2005, 2008 and 2009.
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Iranian chess Woman Grandmaster
💢 Born: 2 July 1986 (age 32)
💢 Title Woman Grandmaster (2004)
♦️ Shadi Paridar is an Iranian chess player holding the title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM). She won the Asian Under-16 Girls' Championship in 2002 in Tehran. Shadi Paridar played for Iran in the Women's Chess Olympiads of 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008 and 2010, and in the Women's Asian Team Chess Championships of 1995, 2003, 2005, 2008 and 2009.
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✴️ #about_Fischer
🔸Bobby Fischer
🔸 American Chess Grandmaster
🔰 Robert James Fischer was an American chess grandmaster and the eleventh World Chess Champion. Many consider him to be the greatest chess player of all time.
🔘 Full name: Robert James Fischer
🔘 Country: United States
Iceland (2005–2008)
🔘 Born: March 9, 1943
Chicago, Illinois, US
🔘 Died: January 17, 2008 (aged 64)
Reykjavík, Iceland
🔘 Title: Grandmaster (1958)
🔘 World Champion: 1972–1975
🔘 Peak rating: 2785 (July 1972 FIDE rating list)
🔰 Fischer won the World Chess Championship in 1972, defeating Boris Spassky of the USSR, in a match held in Reykjavík, Iceland. Publicized as a Cold War confrontation between the US and USSR, it attracted more worldwide interest than any chess championship before or since. In 1975, Fischer refused to defend his title when an agreement could not be reached with FIDE, chess's international governing body, over one of the conditions for the match. Under FIDE rules, this resulted in Soviet GM Anatoly Karpov, who had won the qualifying Candidates' cycle, being named the new world champion by default.
After forfeiting his title as World Champion, Fischer became reclusive and sometimes erratic, disappearing from both competitive chess and the public eye. In 1992, he reemerged to win an unofficial rematch against Spassky. It was held in Yugoslavia, which was under a United Nations embargo at the time. His participation led to a conflict with the US government, which warned Fischer that his participation in the match would violate an executive order imposing US sanctions on Yugoslavia, and ultimately issued a warrant for his arrest. After that, he lived his life as an émigré. In 2004, he was arrested in Japan and held for several months for using a passport that had been revoked by the US government. Eventually, he was granted an Icelandic passport and citizenship by a special act of the Icelandic Althing, allowing him to live in Iceland until his death in 2008.
♦️ A memorable game by Fischer which has won Paul Benko in 21 moves.
Also this game has named "Rook, Line and Sinker" in chessgames.com site!!
A famous game for all chess coaches! 👇
🔸 Robert James Fischer vs Pal Benko
🔸 US Championship (1963/64), New York, NY USA, rd 10, Dec-30
🔸 Pirc Defense: Austrian Attack. Weiss Variation (B09)
♦️ Review and download PGN file👇
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🔸Bobby Fischer
🔸 American Chess Grandmaster
🔰 Robert James Fischer was an American chess grandmaster and the eleventh World Chess Champion. Many consider him to be the greatest chess player of all time.
🔘 Full name: Robert James Fischer
🔘 Country: United States
Iceland (2005–2008)
🔘 Born: March 9, 1943
Chicago, Illinois, US
🔘 Died: January 17, 2008 (aged 64)
Reykjavík, Iceland
🔘 Title: Grandmaster (1958)
🔘 World Champion: 1972–1975
🔘 Peak rating: 2785 (July 1972 FIDE rating list)
🔰 Fischer won the World Chess Championship in 1972, defeating Boris Spassky of the USSR, in a match held in Reykjavík, Iceland. Publicized as a Cold War confrontation between the US and USSR, it attracted more worldwide interest than any chess championship before or since. In 1975, Fischer refused to defend his title when an agreement could not be reached with FIDE, chess's international governing body, over one of the conditions for the match. Under FIDE rules, this resulted in Soviet GM Anatoly Karpov, who had won the qualifying Candidates' cycle, being named the new world champion by default.
After forfeiting his title as World Champion, Fischer became reclusive and sometimes erratic, disappearing from both competitive chess and the public eye. In 1992, he reemerged to win an unofficial rematch against Spassky. It was held in Yugoslavia, which was under a United Nations embargo at the time. His participation led to a conflict with the US government, which warned Fischer that his participation in the match would violate an executive order imposing US sanctions on Yugoslavia, and ultimately issued a warrant for his arrest. After that, he lived his life as an émigré. In 2004, he was arrested in Japan and held for several months for using a passport that had been revoked by the US government. Eventually, he was granted an Icelandic passport and citizenship by a special act of the Icelandic Althing, allowing him to live in Iceland until his death in 2008.
♦️ A memorable game by Fischer which has won Paul Benko in 21 moves.
Also this game has named "Rook, Line and Sinker" in chessgames.com site!!
A famous game for all chess coaches! 👇
🔸 Robert James Fischer vs Pal Benko
🔸 US Championship (1963/64), New York, NY USA, rd 10, Dec-30
🔸 Pirc Defense: Austrian Attack. Weiss Variation (B09)
♦️ Review and download PGN file👇
@unitychess