šUnity Chess Multiple Choice 82
A: Re3 ā 9
ššššššš 69%
C: eĆd5 ā 3
šš 23%
B: Ra2 ā 1
š 8%
š„ 13 people voted so far.
A: Re3 ā 9
ššššššš 69%
C: eĆd5 ā 3
šš 23%
B: Ra2 ā 1
š 8%
š„ 13 people voted so far.
š #81
At a cost of a pawn white has great lead in development, while black suffers from discoordination of his pieces and his king safety issue.
19.Qd1!!+- threatening both 20.Bf5! and 20.Ng5!
Black has no acceptable solution to deal with the strong retreat of the queen to her original square!
At a cost of a pawn white has great lead in development, while black suffers from discoordination of his pieces and his king safety issue.
19.Qd1!!+- threatening both 20.Bf5! and 20.Ng5!
Black has no acceptable solution to deal with the strong retreat of the queen to her original square!
š #82
There is ultimate tension between rival central pawns! Both players prefer that their central pawns be taken by their opponent, so that they can occupy central squares with their pieces.
14.Re3 to indirectly increase pressure on e5. For instance:
14...exd4? 15.Nxd4 Bxf1 16.Nxc6 Qe8 17.exd6 Bxg2 18.Nxe7+ Kh8 19.Ng6++-
There is ultimate tension between rival central pawns! Both players prefer that their central pawns be taken by their opponent, so that they can occupy central squares with their pieces.
14.Re3 to indirectly increase pressure on e5. For instance:
14...exd4? 15.Nxd4 Bxf1 16.Nxc6 Qe8 17.exd6 Bxg2 18.Nxe7+ Kh8 19.Ng6++-
šUnity Chess Multiple Choice 83
A: Ra8 ā 11
ššššššš 92%
B: h4 ā 1
š 8%
C: Rh7
ā«ļø 0%
š„ 12 people voted so far.
A: Ra8 ā 11
ššššššš 92%
B: h4 ā 1
š 8%
C: Rh7
ā«ļø 0%
š„ 12 people voted so far.
šUnity Chess Multiple Choice 84
B: Nc8 ā 14
ššššššš 78%
A: B.d5 ā 2
š 11%
C: b6 ā 2
š 11%
š„ 18 people voted so far.
B: Nc8 ā 14
ššššššš 78%
A: B.d5 ā 2
š 11%
C: b6 ā 2
š 11%
š„ 18 people voted so far.
š #83
32...Ra8!
Black is going to start his decisive attack by playing Ra2 and Qa7. Black's attack is promising as he has great control over central squares, and active bishops that are aiming at white's king.
33.Nd2 d5 34.Rd1 Ra2 35.g5 Bg7 36.Rh2 Qa7 0-1
32...Ra8!
Black is going to start his decisive attack by playing Ra2 and Qa7. Black's attack is promising as he has great control over central squares, and active bishops that are aiming at white's king.
33.Nd2 d5 34.Rd1 Ra2 35.g5 Bg7 36.Rh2 Qa7 0-1
š#84
According to Botvinnik, black is planning to take on f4 and after white plays gxf4 to cover e5, black can exhchange bishops by Bh3 to weaken e4; therefor, playing Nc8 is not just to defend c7 from the 7th rank, but to clear the e file to attack e4.
14... Nc8 15.c5 Bh3 16.b4 BĆg2 17.KĆg2 eĆf4 18.gĆf4
According to Botvinnik, black is planning to take on f4 and after white plays gxf4 to cover e5, black can exhchange bishops by Bh3 to weaken e4; therefor, playing Nc8 is not just to defend c7 from the 7th rank, but to clear the e file to attack e4.
14... Nc8 15.c5 Bh3 16.b4 BĆg2 17.KĆg2 eĆf4 18.gĆf4