📘17.Ne2!
White intends to transfer the knight to f4 in order to put more pressure on the isolated d5-pawn. One should not casually invite a rook to invade on the 7th rank. So it is here that the 'sacrifice medal' belongs. The point of decision is not 19.Qxf6, but has to be made before.
17.Rd2 is also logical.
17.b4? weakens c4-square;17...Rc4-/+.
White intends to transfer the knight to f4 in order to put more pressure on the isolated d5-pawn. One should not casually invite a rook to invade on the 7th rank. So it is here that the 'sacrifice medal' belongs. The point of decision is not 19.Qxf6, but has to be made before.
17.Rd2 is also logical.
17.b4? weakens c4-square;17...Rc4-/+.
📘22...Nc4!
The move is rich in strategical significance: of course, on the one hand, the exchange of white's light-squared bishop is highly desirable - after all, it creates a hole on d3 which is critical to black's entire idea. However, be in no doubt, if black cannot hold his the c4 pawn which will result from the exchange then the move is a bad one. Moreover, any aspiration to create counterplay on the light squares requires at the very least that the move ...c5 can be executed.
The move is rich in strategical significance: of course, on the one hand, the exchange of white's light-squared bishop is highly desirable - after all, it creates a hole on d3 which is critical to black's entire idea. However, be in no doubt, if black cannot hold his the c4 pawn which will result from the exchange then the move is a bad one. Moreover, any aspiration to create counterplay on the light squares requires at the very least that the move ...c5 can be executed.
📕Unity Chess Multiple Choice 251
C: Be5 – 8
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 80%
B: Qd7 – 2
👍👍 20%
A: Qc7
▫️ 0%
👥 10 people voted so far.
C: Be5 – 8
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 80%
B: Qd7 – 2
👍👍 20%
A: Qc7
▫️ 0%
👥 10 people voted so far.
📕Unity Chess Multiple Choice 252
A: c5 – 10
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 91%
C: Nb6 – 1
👍 9%
B: Rb7
▫️ 0%
👥 11 people voted so far.
A: c5 – 10
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 91%
C: Nb6 – 1
👍 9%
B: Rb7
▫️ 0%
👥 11 people voted so far.
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▪️ Alexander Morozevich
▪️ Russian Chess Grandmaster
♦️Alexander Morozevich is a Russian chess Grandmaster.
Morozevich is a two-time World Championship Candidate, two-time Russian Champion and has represented Russia in seven Olympiads, winning numerous team and board medals.
🔸 Full name: Alexander Sergeyevich Morozevich
🔸 Country: Russia
🔸 Born: July 18, 1977 (age 41) Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
🔸 Title: Grandmaster
🔸 FIDE rating: 2665 (January 2018)
🔸 Peak rating: 2788 (July 2008)
🔸 Peak ranking: No. 2 (July 2008)
♦️ Alexander Sergeyevich Morozevich was born on July 18, 1977 in Moscow.
He was a student of a known Moscow coach Yurkov, and is renowned and admired for his unorthodox openings and aggressive play. He gained his Grandmaster title in 1994.
♦️ A memorable game by Morozevich played in Biel 2017 👇🏼👇🏼
🔸 Alexander Morozevich vs Ruslan Ponomariov
🔸 Biel (2017), Biel SUI, rd 7, Jul-31
🔸 Semi-Slav Defense: Anti-Moscow Gambit (D44)
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▪️ Alexander Morozevich
▪️ Russian Chess Grandmaster
♦️Alexander Morozevich is a Russian chess Grandmaster.
Morozevich is a two-time World Championship Candidate, two-time Russian Champion and has represented Russia in seven Olympiads, winning numerous team and board medals.
🔸 Full name: Alexander Sergeyevich Morozevich
🔸 Country: Russia
🔸 Born: July 18, 1977 (age 41) Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
🔸 Title: Grandmaster
🔸 FIDE rating: 2665 (January 2018)
🔸 Peak rating: 2788 (July 2008)
🔸 Peak ranking: No. 2 (July 2008)
♦️ Alexander Sergeyevich Morozevich was born on July 18, 1977 in Moscow.
He was a student of a known Moscow coach Yurkov, and is renowned and admired for his unorthodox openings and aggressive play. He gained his Grandmaster title in 1994.
♦️ A memorable game by Morozevich played in Biel 2017 👇🏼👇🏼
🔸 Alexander Morozevich vs Ruslan Ponomariov
🔸 Biel (2017), Biel SUI, rd 7, Jul-31
🔸 Semi-Slav Defense: Anti-Moscow Gambit (D44)
♦️ Review and download PGN file👇🏼👇🏼
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🔸 Biel (2017), Biel SUI, rd 7, Jul-31
🔸 Semi-Slav Defense: Anti-Moscow Gambit (D44)
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🔸 Biel (2017), Biel SUI, rd 7, Jul-31
🔸 Semi-Slav Defense: Anti-Moscow Gambit (D44)
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💢 Alexandra Kosteniuk
💢 Russian chess Grandmaster
♦️ Alexandra Konstantinovna Kosteniuk is a Russian chess grandmaster and Women's World Chess Champion from 2008 to 2010.
🔸 Full name: Alexandra Konstantinovna Kosteniuk
🔸 Country: Russia
🔸 Born: 23 April 1984 (age 33) Perm, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
🔸 Title: Grandmaster (2004)
🔸 Women's World Champion: 2008–10
🔸 FIDE rating: 2561 (January 2018)
🔸 Peak rating: 2557 (April 2016
♦️ Alexandra Kosteniuk was born in Perm, Russia. She was taught the game at the age of five by her father, Konstantin Vladimirovich Kosteniuk. Her younger sister, Oksana Kosteniuk, is a WFM.
♦️ In September 2008, she scaled the summit of women’s chess when she became the 14th Women's World Chess Champion after winning the final of the Women's World Championship (2008) against Yifan Hou by 2.5 to 1.5. In December 2010, she conceded her crown when she bowed out in the third round to finalist Ruan Lufei. She again contested the championship at the FIDE Knock-out Women's World Championship (2012) but lost her second round match to compatriot WGM Natalia Pogonina after defeating US WGM Tatev Abrahamyan in the first round. She scored 6/8 at the World Team Chess Championship (Women) (2017) for Russia's top board to secure their team their winning finish
♦️ A memorable game by Kosteniuk from World Blitz Championship (2009), Moscow against GM Anand👇🏼👇🏼
▪️ Viswanathan Anand vs Alexandra Kosteniuk
▪️ World Blitz Championship (2009), Moscow RUS, rd 26, Nov-17
▪️ Queen's Gambit Declined: Vienna Variation (D39)
♦️ Review this game and download it's PGN file and analysed PDF file by Kosteniuk👇🏼👇🏼
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💢 Alexandra Kosteniuk
💢 Russian chess Grandmaster
♦️ Alexandra Konstantinovna Kosteniuk is a Russian chess grandmaster and Women's World Chess Champion from 2008 to 2010.
🔸 Full name: Alexandra Konstantinovna Kosteniuk
🔸 Country: Russia
🔸 Born: 23 April 1984 (age 33) Perm, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
🔸 Title: Grandmaster (2004)
🔸 Women's World Champion: 2008–10
🔸 FIDE rating: 2561 (January 2018)
🔸 Peak rating: 2557 (April 2016
♦️ Alexandra Kosteniuk was born in Perm, Russia. She was taught the game at the age of five by her father, Konstantin Vladimirovich Kosteniuk. Her younger sister, Oksana Kosteniuk, is a WFM.
♦️ In September 2008, she scaled the summit of women’s chess when she became the 14th Women's World Chess Champion after winning the final of the Women's World Championship (2008) against Yifan Hou by 2.5 to 1.5. In December 2010, she conceded her crown when she bowed out in the third round to finalist Ruan Lufei. She again contested the championship at the FIDE Knock-out Women's World Championship (2012) but lost her second round match to compatriot WGM Natalia Pogonina after defeating US WGM Tatev Abrahamyan in the first round. She scored 6/8 at the World Team Chess Championship (Women) (2017) for Russia's top board to secure their team their winning finish
♦️ A memorable game by Kosteniuk from World Blitz Championship (2009), Moscow against GM Anand👇🏼👇🏼
▪️ Viswanathan Anand vs Alexandra Kosteniuk
▪️ World Blitz Championship (2009), Moscow RUS, rd 26, Nov-17
▪️ Queen's Gambit Declined: Vienna Variation (D39)
♦️ Review this game and download it's PGN file and analysed PDF file by Kosteniuk👇🏼👇🏼
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▪️ Viswanathan Anand vs Alexandra Kosteniuk
▪️ World Blitz Championship (2009), Moscow RUS, rd 26, Nov-17
▪️ Queen's Gambit Declined: Vienna Variation (D39)
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▪️ World Blitz Championship (2009), Moscow RUS, rd 26, Nov-17
▪️ Queen's Gambit Declined: Vienna Variation (D39)
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