26...Rxb2! [26...Rd8!? 27.g3 (27.Nf6+ Kf7 28.Rxd8 Rc1+) 27...Rxb2 28.Nf6+ Kf7 29.Rxd8 Kxf6 30.Rb8 Ke5 31.a4 a5 32.Kg2 Kd6 33.Rd8+ Kc5 34.Rc8+ Kd5 35.Rd8+=; 26...Re8?? 27.b3 Rcc8 28.b7 Rcd8 29.f4 Kg7 30.Rd6 h6 31.Kf2 g5 32.Kf3 a5 33.Ke3 gxf4+ 34.Kxf4 h5 35.g3 h4 36.gxh4 Rh8 37.h5 Rxh5 38.b8Q Rxb8 39.Nxb8 Rxh2+–]
27.Nxf8 Kxf8 28.g3 Ke7 29.Rc1 Rxb6 30.Rc7+ Kf6 31.Ra7 h6 32.h4 g5 33.hxg5+ hxg5 34.a4 g4 35.a5 Rc6 36.Kf1 Ke5 37.Ke2 Ke4 38.Rb7 e5 39.Rb2 Rc5 40.Ra2 Kd4 41.f3 gxf3+ 42.Kxf3 Rc3+ 43.Kf2 e4 44.Rd2+ Rd3 45.Ra2 Rf3+ 46.Kg2 Rb3 47.Rd2+ Rd3 48.Rf2 Ke5 49.Ra2 Rd5 50.Ra4 Rd2+ 51.Kf1 Rd4 52.Ra2 e3 53.Rc2 Ke4 54.Ke1 Rd5 55.Ke2 Rd2+ 0–1
27.Nxf8 Kxf8 28.g3 Ke7 29.Rc1 Rxb6 30.Rc7+ Kf6 31.Ra7 h6 32.h4 g5 33.hxg5+ hxg5 34.a4 g4 35.a5 Rc6 36.Kf1 Ke5 37.Ke2 Ke4 38.Rb7 e5 39.Rb2 Rc5 40.Ra2 Kd4 41.f3 gxf3+ 42.Kxf3 Rc3+ 43.Kf2 e4 44.Rd2+ Rd3 45.Ra2 Rf3+ 46.Kg2 Rb3 47.Rd2+ Rd3 48.Rf2 Ke5 49.Ra2 Rd5 50.Ra4 Rd2+ 51.Kf1 Rd4 52.Ra2 e3 53.Rc2 Ke4 54.Ke1 Rd5 55.Ke2 Rd2+ 0–1
Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 85
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B) Nb6 – 6
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 60%
@M_L_110213, farhad, Nikhil, Jayden, @YaminiG, @Sophia_Peng
A) Nxf6 – 3
👍👍👍👍 30%
@fantastic45, @Zamani9899, Pranav Eswar
C) a5 – 1
👍 10%
@SteveWongso
👥 10 people voted so far.
public poll
B) Nb6 – 6
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 60%
@M_L_110213, farhad, Nikhil, Jayden, @YaminiG, @Sophia_Peng
A) Nxf6 – 3
👍👍👍👍 30%
@fantastic45, @Zamani9899, Pranav Eswar
C) a5 – 1
👍 10%
@SteveWongso
👥 10 people voted so far.
🔴 Today is birthday of Rodrigo Vásquez Schroder!!
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♦️ Chilean chess grandmaster
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At the Max Euwe Jubilee tournament, Amsterdam, 13th May 1976. L to R: (Walter Browne, ?, Max Euwe, Anatoly Karpov, Friðrik Ólafsson, Jan Timman, ?.
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Jan Timman in play v. Friðrik Ólafsson in the opening round of the Max Euwe Jubilee tournament, Amsterdam, 14th May 1976.
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The 2nd round of the Max Euwe Jubilee tournament, Amsterdam, 15th May 1976. Icelandic grandmaster Friðrik Ólafsson faces World Champion Anatoly Karpov (USSR).
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World Chess Champion Anatoly Karpov (USSR) in play in an international tournament at Amsterdam, 18th May 1976.
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🔵 About Napier
🔹 William Ewart Napier
🔹 American chess Master
📚 William Ewart Napier was an American chess master of English birth.
William Ewart Napier was born in Camberwell London, England. He was British champion in 1904 (after a play-off) but is probably best remembered for a game he lost to Emanuel Lasker.
His parents emigrated to the United States when he was five years old. From 1895 he lived in Brooklyn and came into contact with some of the best chess players of the country. He had his first successes with simultaneous games, among other things winning in December 1894 versus the acting United States Chess Champion Jackson Whipps Showalter. At the beginning of 1896 he, despite his young age, became a member of the Brooklyn Chess Club and won the club championship later that year, at the age of 15. In the same year he defeated the later grandmaster Frank James Marshall in a match, winning 7:1 with 3 draws.
📚 Napier gained American citizenship in 1908 and began a career at an insurance company, becoming vice president of the Scranton Insurance Company. He married Florence Gillespie (Pillsbury's niece), with whom he later had two daughters. Although he still participated in chess, he played no more important tournaments. When he died at the age of 71, his chess career was nearly forgotten.
His best historical Elo number was 2662. He was, at the time, 11th place in the world.
♦️ A memorable game by Napier, named "There's a Nap for That" inchessgames.com site👇
🔘 William Ewart Napier vs Mikhail Chigorin
🔘 Monte Carlo (1902), Monte Carlo MNC, rd 20, Mar-10
🔘 Italian Game: Evans Gambit. Main Line (C51)
♦️ Review and download PGN file👇
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🔹 William Ewart Napier
🔹 American chess Master
📚 William Ewart Napier was an American chess master of English birth.
William Ewart Napier was born in Camberwell London, England. He was British champion in 1904 (after a play-off) but is probably best remembered for a game he lost to Emanuel Lasker.
His parents emigrated to the United States when he was five years old. From 1895 he lived in Brooklyn and came into contact with some of the best chess players of the country. He had his first successes with simultaneous games, among other things winning in December 1894 versus the acting United States Chess Champion Jackson Whipps Showalter. At the beginning of 1896 he, despite his young age, became a member of the Brooklyn Chess Club and won the club championship later that year, at the age of 15. In the same year he defeated the later grandmaster Frank James Marshall in a match, winning 7:1 with 3 draws.
📚 Napier gained American citizenship in 1908 and began a career at an insurance company, becoming vice president of the Scranton Insurance Company. He married Florence Gillespie (Pillsbury's niece), with whom he later had two daughters. Although he still participated in chess, he played no more important tournaments. When he died at the age of 71, his chess career was nearly forgotten.
His best historical Elo number was 2662. He was, at the time, 11th place in the world.
♦️ A memorable game by Napier, named "There's a Nap for That" inchessgames.com site👇
🔘 William Ewart Napier vs Mikhail Chigorin
🔘 Monte Carlo (1902), Monte Carlo MNC, rd 20, Mar-10
🔘 Italian Game: Evans Gambit. Main Line (C51)
♦️ Review and download PGN file👇
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