📘 Oblivious to white's threat, Korneev played:
24...h6?? 25.Ra7! Qf8 26.Rf7+-
His position would have been quite playable if he had played 24...g6.
24...h6?? 25.Ra7! Qf8 26.Rf7+-
His position would have been quite playable if he had played 24...g6.
📘 6...Be6
Not a popular move. Korchnoi played it for the first time and strong GMs like Calrsen, Grischuk and Nepo played it occasionally.
7.c5
With the idea of gaining space in the queenside and making the bishop on e6 become useless.
One of the interesting ideas for black at this moment is sending the bishop back to c8 and then c6, Nfd7 and finally playing e5!
Not a popular move. Korchnoi played it for the first time and strong GMs like Calrsen, Grischuk and Nepo played it occasionally.
7.c5
With the idea of gaining space in the queenside and making the bishop on e6 become useless.
One of the interesting ideas for black at this moment is sending the bishop back to c8 and then c6, Nfd7 and finally playing e5!
📘 23...f6 is slowly preparing for e5; however, black could take the initiative by playing the sharp 23...e5! 24.f.e5 (24.d.e5 f6) 24...f6
📘 Black missed the opportunity for counterplay by playing
30...h5?
And now white can deprive black of any counterplay by 31.h4! Planning Ne2-g1-f3-e5
Black should have played 30...Bf6 planning g5.
30...h5?
And now white can deprive black of any counterplay by 31.h4! Planning Ne2-g1-f3-e5
Black should have played 30...Bf6 planning g5.
📘 15.f4!
With the idea of pawn storm in the kingside by playing g4-g5. That was the correct plan for White.
With the idea of pawn storm in the kingside by playing g4-g5. That was the correct plan for White.
📕 #49
1.Ne2! Planning Nc1 to protect b3 and d3 outposts, and to play b4 in some cases is an interesting choice. The alternative 1.Qd1 with the idea of tripling on the a file by R1a2 and Qa1 deserves attention.
1.Ne2! Planning Nc1 to protect b3 and d3 outposts, and to play b4 in some cases is an interesting choice. The alternative 1.Qd1 with the idea of tripling on the a file by R1a2 and Qa1 deserves attention.
📕 #50
1.Nd1!!+/-
Anand: " This move really kills black. It stops Ng5 and strikes at b5"
We can complete Anand's note by adding that Nd1 makes e5 more feasible by opening the rook. Note that Anand prefers Nd1 to Nc2 as he believes that his knight on c3 will be more effective than Nb4, which has actually immobilized black's own pawn majority on the queenside.
1.Nd1!!+/-
Anand: " This move really kills black. It stops Ng5 and strikes at b5"
We can complete Anand's note by adding that Nd1 makes e5 more feasible by opening the rook. Note that Anand prefers Nd1 to Nc2 as he believes that his knight on c3 will be more effective than Nb4, which has actually immobilized black's own pawn majority on the queenside.
🔺 #170👇👇
1.Qc4+! Rf7 2.g4!! Qg6 [2...Qxg4+ 3.Rg3+-] 3.Bxe5+- 1-0
1.Qc4+! Rf7 2.g4!! Qg6 [2...Qxg4+ 3.Rg3+-] 3.Bxe5+- 1-0
📕Unity Chess Multiple Choice 51
B: Ra3 – 22
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 96%
A: Rd1 – 1
▫️ 4%
C: Qf2
▫️ 0%
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B: Ra3 – 22
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 96%
A: Rd1 – 1
▫️ 4%
C: Qf2
▫️ 0%
👥 23 people voted so far.