📘 53.Rb5!
Great performance by Kramnik in this endgame! He managed to find the correct plan in his mind. Here are the steps:
1. With Rb5, he protected his own pawn on b2 and fixed his opponent's pawn structure in the queenside.
2. Now Black has to move his rook away from the f file and allow white king to enter rhe game, because he is in zugzwang.
Here is White's winning plan: putting the kingside pawns on g3 and h4 and moving his rook to b3 to support them and finally entering to his opponent's queenside with his king.
Great performance by Kramnik in this endgame! He managed to find the correct plan in his mind. Here are the steps:
1. With Rb5, he protected his own pawn on b2 and fixed his opponent's pawn structure in the queenside.
2. Now Black has to move his rook away from the f file and allow white king to enter rhe game, because he is in zugzwang.
Here is White's winning plan: putting the kingside pawns on g3 and h4 and moving his rook to b3 to support them and finally entering to his opponent's queenside with his king.
📘60.Ke3!
Kramnik improved his position nicely and now it is impossible for his opponent to stop him from entering to the queenside.
60...Rd1 61.Rd3 Rb1 62.b3! Ra1 63.a4 Re1+ 64.Kd4! +- king penetrates and the game is over.
Kramnik improved his position nicely and now it is impossible for his opponent to stop him from entering to the queenside.
60...Rd1 61.Rd3 Rb1 62.b3! Ra1 63.a4 Re1+ 64.Kd4! +- king penetrates and the game is over.
📘 5.a6
Chebanenko or Moldavian variation. Indian legend Sultan Khan played it for the first time in 1929. Sergey Volkov has 238 games in this line and Sergei Movsesian 126 games, Gata Kamsky 102 games. Also it is Super Grandmaster Malakhov favorite line.
Chebanenko or Moldavian variation. Indian legend Sultan Khan played it for the first time in 1929. Sergey Volkov has 238 games in this line and Sergei Movsesian 126 games, Gata Kamsky 102 games. Also it is Super Grandmaster Malakhov favorite line.
📘 Favorite line of many Super GMs! Kasparov played it 3 times and won all of them. Carlsen 3 times, 2 wins and one draw. Grischuk himself played it 6 times, 2 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses. This move is played to grab more space on the queenside and is aiming at the b6 square which has been weakened by black's last move.
📘 6...Ra7
This is the main reason behind a6. The rook, which is defending the b7 pawn, is out of the game temporarily, but now the Black's queen is free to move.
This is the main reason behind a6. The rook, which is defending the b7 pawn, is out of the game temporarily, but now the Black's queen is free to move.
📕 #63
White increased his control over the e5 square and secured d4 for his knight by playing 11.f4!, which prevents 11...e5.
White increased his control over the e5 square and secured d4 for his knight by playing 11.f4!, which prevents 11...e5.
📕 #64
Considering that black has exchanged his dark square bishop with white's knight, Botvinnik decides to invest in his bishop on b2.
14.e4!
Now in the absence of its counterpart the active bishop on b2 has become the major problem of black. Black also has to deal with the weakness of d6.
Instead, if white played 14.ed4? black could block the golden bishop on b2 by 14...d5!
Considering that black has exchanged his dark square bishop with white's knight, Botvinnik decides to invest in his bishop on b2.
14.e4!
Now in the absence of its counterpart the active bishop on b2 has become the major problem of black. Black also has to deal with the weakness of d6.
Instead, if white played 14.ed4? black could block the golden bishop on b2 by 14...d5!
🔺 #31👇👇
1...Bxe4! 2.Rce3 c3!! 3.Rxe4 [3.Bxe4 Rxe4! 4.Rxe4 Rxe4 5.Rxe4 cxb2-+] 3...Rxe4 4.Rxe4 [4.Bxe4 Rxe4 5.Rxe4 cxb2] 4...cxb2-+ 0-1
1...Bxe4! 2.Rce3 c3!! 3.Rxe4 [3.Bxe4 Rxe4! 4.Rxe4 Rxe4 5.Rxe4 cxb2-+] 3...Rxe4 4.Rxe4 [4.Bxe4 Rxe4 5.Rxe4 cxb2] 4...cxb2-+ 0-1
📕Unity Chess Multiple Choice 65
A: Bf3 – 19
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 76%
C: d.c6 – 4
👍 16%
B: Re1 – 2
👍 8%
👥 25 people voted so far.
A: Bf3 – 19
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 76%
C: d.c6 – 4
👍 16%
B: Re1 – 2
👍 8%
👥 25 people voted so far.