📘 30...Re8? (30...Kh8)
A strange blunder and neglect of white's threat on h6.
31.Q×h6 Rbd8 32.Rce1 Re7 33.Re3 1-0
A strange blunder and neglect of white's threat on h6.
31.Q×h6 Rbd8 32.Rce1 Re7 33.Re3 1-0
📘 1.d4 f5 2.Qd3?!
A sideline that introduced by Hans Kmoch against Alekhine in 1926.
(1.d4 f5 2.Qd3 d5 3.Bf4 e6 0-1)
Two more interesting games:
(1.d4 f5 2.Qd3 e6 3.g4 f×g4 4.h3 g3 5.f×g3 d5 6.Bf4 ½-½ Viktor Kortschnoj-Andri Volokitin 2009).
(1.d4 f5 2.Qd3 e6 3.g4 d5 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Ne5 N×g4 6.N×g4 f×g4 7.h3 0-1 Amin Tabatabaei (2507)-Sp Sethuraman 2017)
2...Nc6 3.Nf3 e6 4.e4 Nb4 5.Qe2 f×e4 6.Q×e4 Nf6 7.Qe2
A sideline that introduced by Hans Kmoch against Alekhine in 1926.
(1.d4 f5 2.Qd3 d5 3.Bf4 e6 0-1)
Two more interesting games:
(1.d4 f5 2.Qd3 e6 3.g4 f×g4 4.h3 g3 5.f×g3 d5 6.Bf4 ½-½ Viktor Kortschnoj-Andri Volokitin 2009).
(1.d4 f5 2.Qd3 e6 3.g4 d5 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Ne5 N×g4 6.N×g4 f×g4 7.h3 0-1 Amin Tabatabaei (2507)-Sp Sethuraman 2017)
2...Nc6 3.Nf3 e6 4.e4 Nb4 5.Qe2 f×e4 6.Q×e4 Nf6 7.Qe2
📘 27...Nf4??
Nigel Short's blunder in a worse position.
28.Rb8+ 1-0
If 28...R×b8 29.Q×b8+ Kh7 30.Q×f4
Valentina Gunina has won twice the Women's European Individual Chess Championship (2012, 2014) and three times the Russian Women's Championship (2011, 2013, 2014).
Nigel Short's blunder in a worse position.
28.Rb8+ 1-0
If 28...R×b8 29.Q×b8+ Kh7 30.Q×f4
Valentina Gunina has won twice the Women's European Individual Chess Championship (2012, 2014) and three times the Russian Women's Championship (2011, 2013, 2014).
📕 29.Ra4!
A creative move. White is intending to fight for the center by playing d4. Otherwise, Black can gradually put more pressure on the white's d-pawn.
A creative move. White is intending to fight for the center by playing d4. Otherwise, Black can gradually put more pressure on the white's d-pawn.
📕 18.g4!
Creates a surprising impression. Black's knight will pour into good squares, but the question remains - What will they achieve there? In a sense part of it is about timing and forcing the issue. Rather than maneuver and open a file at leisure, black is obliged to do it NOW, and although the f-file and the squares f4 and h4 look scary, the h-file counts too, as might the f5 square, a less visually 'in your face' outpost, but an outpost just the same. In the game, white holds the king-side and wins on the queenside. I feel that black needed at least to put a higher premium on disruption.
Creates a surprising impression. Black's knight will pour into good squares, but the question remains - What will they achieve there? In a sense part of it is about timing and forcing the issue. Rather than maneuver and open a file at leisure, black is obliged to do it NOW, and although the f-file and the squares f4 and h4 look scary, the h-file counts too, as might the f5 square, a less visually 'in your face' outpost, but an outpost just the same. In the game, white holds the king-side and wins on the queenside. I feel that black needed at least to put a higher premium on disruption.
📕Unity Chess Multiple Choice 285
A: Be3 – 6
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 50%
B: g4 – 5
👍👍👍👍👍👍 42%
C: Qd3 – 1
👍 8%
👥 12 people voted so far.
A: Be3 – 6
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 50%
B: g4 – 5
👍👍👍👍👍👍 42%
C: Qd3 – 1
👍 8%
👥 12 people voted so far.
📕Unity Chess Multiple Choice 286
C: g4 – 12
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 63%
B: Qf3 – 6
👍👍👍👍 32%
A: g3 – 1
👍 5%
👥 19 people voted so far.
C: g4 – 12
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 63%
B: Qf3 – 6
👍👍👍👍 32%
A: g3 – 1
👍 5%
👥 19 people voted so far.
In 1894, world champion (1894-1921) Emanuel Lasker (1867-1941) had gastric fever and a broken blood vessel while in England and almost died. His medical doctor older brother, Dr. Berthold Lasker (1860-1928), also a chess master, traveled from Berlin to England and saved his life.
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Vladimir Tukmakov, in play v. William Lombardy, Amsterdam IBM Tournament, Rd. 9, 26th July 1974.
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