📕Unity Chess Multiple Choice 154
anonymous poll
A: Bd4 – 9
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 60%
C: h4 – 6
👍👍👍👍👍 40%
B: B×c5
▫️ 0%
👥 15 people voted so far.
anonymous poll
A: Bd4 – 9
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 60%
C: h4 – 6
👍👍👍👍👍 40%
B: B×c5
▫️ 0%
👥 15 people voted so far.
Soviet grandmasters Viktor Korchnoi, Tigran Petrosian and Yuri Averbakh in a training session. Early 1970.
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The opening game of the epic Kasparov v Deep Blue match, May 1997. Or, in AlphaZero's vocabulary, Stone Age.
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Future grandmaster Vladimir Akopian (born 7th December, 1971) with his then-trainer, Soviet Master Oleg Dementiev. Akopian was born in Baku, but moved to Yerevan with his family in 1985
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The 1948 World Championship match-tournament (The Hague/Moscow); Mikhail Botvinnik (USSR) faces Sammy Reshevsky (USA) in the Hall of Columns in the House of Unions in the Soviet capital.
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🌸 Alexandra Kosteniuk
🌸 Russian chess Grandmaster
🌸 12th Women’s World Chess Champion and Chess Queen of Russia
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🌸 Russian chess Grandmaster
🌸 12th Women’s World Chess Champion and Chess Queen of Russia
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🌸 Alexandra Konstantinovna Kosteniuk Russian chess grandmaster and Women's World Chess Champion from 2008 to 2010.
🍀 Born: April 23, 1984 (age 33), Perm, Russia
🍀 Title: Grandmaster (2004)
🍀 FIDE rating 2557 (December 2017)
🍀 Peak rating 2557 (April 2016)
🍀 Spouse: Pavel Tregubov (m. 2015)
🍀 Books: Diary of a Chess Queen
🌸 Kosteniuk became the inaugural Fischerandom (Chess960) Women's World Champion in 2006, and successfully defended her title in 2008 against Kateryna Lahno. There did not appear to be a Fischerandom world championship in 2010.
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🌸 Alexandra Konstantinovna Kosteniuk Russian chess grandmaster and Women's World Chess Champion from 2008 to 2010.
🍀 Born: April 23, 1984 (age 33), Perm, Russia
🍀 Title: Grandmaster (2004)
🍀 FIDE rating 2557 (December 2017)
🍀 Peak rating 2557 (April 2016)
🍀 Spouse: Pavel Tregubov (m. 2015)
🍀 Books: Diary of a Chess Queen
🌸 Kosteniuk became the inaugural Fischerandom (Chess960) Women's World Champion in 2006, and successfully defended her title in 2008 against Kateryna Lahno. There did not appear to be a Fischerandom world championship in 2010.
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🌸 A memorable game from Kosteniuk
🌸 Alexandra Kosteniuk won Magnus Calsen at World Blitz Championship - Moscow 2009
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🌸 Alexandra Kosteniuk won Magnus Calsen at World Blitz Championship - Moscow 2009
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🌸 Magnus Carlsen -Alexandra Kosteniuk
🌸 World Blitz Championship (2009), Moscow RUS, rd 4, Nov-16
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🌸 World Blitz Championship (2009), Moscow RUS, rd 4, Nov-16
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🌸 Magnus Carlsen -Alexandra Kosteniuk
🌸 World Blitz Championship (2009), Moscow RUS, rd 4, Nov-16
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🌸 World Blitz Championship (2009), Moscow RUS, rd 4, Nov-16
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📘22.f4
Black could have played 22.a3! to deprive the opponent of any counter-play:
A)22...Rd4 23.Rdh1 With the idea of f4 +-
B)22...d4 23.Qf4 +-
C)22...Rb8 23.Rdh1 +-)
22...d4 23.Qg1? d×c3 24.Qh2? Qa5 -+
Black could have played 22.a3! to deprive the opponent of any counter-play:
A)22...Rd4 23.Rdh1 With the idea of f4 +-
B)22...d4 23.Qf4 +-
C)22...Rb8 23.Rdh1 +-)
22...d4 23.Qg1? d×c3 24.Qh2? Qa5 -+
📘 25...Re4?
Mosadeghpour could have finished the game by playing 25...Ra4! with a forced checkmate.
26.f5 Qb4 0-1
White lost on time in a better position, for example:
27.f×g6 f×g6 28.Bc1! With the idea of a3 —>R×h4
Mosadeghpour could have finished the game by playing 25...Ra4! with a forced checkmate.
26.f5 Qb4 0-1
White lost on time in a better position, for example:
27.f×g6 f×g6 28.Bc1! With the idea of a3 —>R×h4
📘 31...N×f2?
The only move was 31...Qc6!:
[31...Qc6! 32.N×e4
(N×f8? Ng5 -/+) Q×e6=]
32.Rd2+- (R×d5! +-)
The only move was 31...Qc6!:
[31...Qc6! 32.N×e4
(N×f8? Ng5 -/+) Q×e6=]
32.Rd2+- (R×d5! +-)
📘 23...e6!!
Svidler's creative move that reflects the ability of his calculation and tactics.
24.g×f5 e×d5 25.Ba6? c4 26.Qa4 Rb2 27.Nf3 Ree2 -+
Svidler's creative move that reflects the ability of his calculation and tactics.
24.g×f5 e×d5 25.Ba6? c4 26.Qa4 Rb2 27.Nf3 Ree2 -+