🔺Hou Yifan could have played for a win with 20.Bxh6, but she played 20.Qxh4 and they agreed to draw🔺
🔺 An interesting plan to put pressure on the b pawns. Carlsen successfully employed this plan against Nakamura in Paris blitz.🔺
🔺1...R3f4?
It was logical to exchange rooks by Rd3 to prevent a serious attack on black's king by white's active pieces.
2.Re8! g5 3.Be5! +-🔺
It was logical to exchange rooks by Rd3 to prevent a serious attack on black's king by white's active pieces.
2.Re8! g5 3.Be5! +-🔺
🔺an interesting sacrifice by Anand. however engines give an slight advantage for black but he must play precisely.
Nc5!? d.c5 2.d6+ Kf6 3.Bf3 Kf5 🔺
Nc5!? d.c5 2.d6+ Kf6 3.Bf3 Kf5 🔺
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⚫️#5 (Strategy - Black To Move)
🔹1...a5! Spassky has just played a2-a4. Fischer immediately stops a4-a5 , permanently weakening the pawn on b6. But since it is his only weakness, which can easily be defended, Black can now act freely on the kingside. Spassky lost seemingly without a fight.🔹
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⚫️#6 (Strategy - Black To Move)
🔹Here is a lesser known game of one of my
favourite players from the past, Leonid Stein, who in this position also ignored
White's threat of capturing on f8. A better known game of his on the same theme is
Khasin-Stein, Tallinn 1965 . 1...Nd7! [In all probability Stahlberg had been calculating 1...Qxd1+ 2.Rxd1 Re8 3.0-0 which would leave White with the better position.] 2.Bxf8 Qh4+ 3.Kd2 [Stahlberg chooses to transfer his king to
the queenside at the risk of leaving it exposed for quite some time. The alternative
was 3.Kf1 shutting out the Rh1 for the time being. Even so, after 3...Bxf8 4.Qe1 Qd8!? Black has good compensation due to his excellent control of the dark squares.] 3...Bxf8.🔹
favourite players from the past, Leonid Stein, who in this position also ignored
White's threat of capturing on f8. A better known game of his on the same theme is
Khasin-Stein, Tallinn 1965 . 1...Nd7! [In all probability Stahlberg had been calculating 1...Qxd1+ 2.Rxd1 Re8 3.0-0 which would leave White with the better position.] 2.Bxf8 Qh4+ 3.Kd2 [Stahlberg chooses to transfer his king to
the queenside at the risk of leaving it exposed for quite some time. The alternative
was 3.Kf1 shutting out the Rh1 for the time being. Even so, after 3...Bxf8 4.Qe1 Qd8!? Black has good compensation due to his excellent control of the dark squares.] 3...Bxf8.🔹
Unity Chess Multiple Choice 7
anonymous poll
A: b4 – 16
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 50%
C: Kg1 – 10
👍👍👍👍 31%
B: h4 – 6
👍👍👍 19%
👥 32 people voted so far.
anonymous poll
A: b4 – 16
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 50%
C: Kg1 – 10
👍👍👍👍 31%
B: h4 – 6
👍👍👍 19%
👥 32 people voted so far.
Unity Chess Multiple Choice 8
anonymous poll
C: Bd2 – 24
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 67%
A: B.f6 – 8
👍👍 22%
B: Bh4 – 4
👍 11%
👥 36 people voted so far.
anonymous poll
C: Bd2 – 24
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 67%
A: B.f6 – 8
👍👍 22%
B: Bh4 – 4
👍 11%
👥 36 people voted so far.