📘 29.Nf4
Liren could have forced his opponent to resign with 29.Nd8!
29...R×d8
(29...B×d8 30.Qe8+ +-; 29...Qe7 30.Q×h5 +-)
30.R×d5 Q×d5 31.Qe8+ +-
29...Nc1 30.Q×h5 Nd3 31.N×d5 Nf7 32.Qe2 Nfe5 33.Be4 +-
Now White has a hard time to exploit his advantage.
Liren could have forced his opponent to resign with 29.Nd8!
29...R×d8
(29...B×d8 30.Qe8+ +-; 29...Qe7 30.Q×h5 +-)
30.R×d5 Q×d5 31.Qe8+ +-
29...Nc1 30.Q×h5 Nd3 31.N×d5 Nf7 32.Qe2 Nfe5 33.Be4 +-
Now White has a hard time to exploit his advantage.
📘 32.Qe2
Ding Liren has missed another chance to win the game.
(32.N×f6+ g×f6 33.B×f7+ Q×f7 34.Qg4+ Kh7 35.Qf5+ Kg7 36.Re4 +-)
32...Nfe5 33.Be4 Rh4 34.f4 R×f4 35.N×f4 N×f4 36.Bh7+ Kh8 +/-
Ding Liren has missed another chance to win the game.
(32.N×f6+ g×f6 33.B×f7+ Q×f7 34.Qg4+ Kh7 35.Qf5+ Kg7 36.Re4 +-)
32...Nfe5 33.Be4 Rh4 34.f4 R×f4 35.N×f4 N×f4 36.Bh7+ Kh8 +/-
📕 21.Bd2!
A tactical solution to develop the queenside bishop. 21...Ba4 (21....Bxd6 22.exd6 Qd7 (22...Qxd6 23.Bxb4!) 23.Rac1 Rad8 24.Qe5+/-) 22.b3 Bd7 23.Bb7! Rab8 24.Bxd5 exd5 25.Qf3!+/-.
A tactical solution to develop the queenside bishop. 21...Ba4 (21....Bxd6 22.exd6 Qd7 (22...Qxd6 23.Bxb4!) 23.Rac1 Rad8 24.Qe5+/-) 22.b3 Bd7 23.Bb7! Rab8 24.Bxd5 exd5 25.Qf3!+/-.
📕10...Bxf3!
A clever decision. Black exchanges his light-squared bishop and then puts the own central pawns on the light squares. If white recaptures with the knight, 11...Qa5+ will come. 11.gxf3 dxc4! 12.Bxc4 d5=/+.
A clever decision. Black exchanges his light-squared bishop and then puts the own central pawns on the light squares. If white recaptures with the knight, 11...Qa5+ will come. 11.gxf3 dxc4! 12.Bxc4 d5=/+.
📕Unity Chess Multiple Choice 349
A: Be3 – 8
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 80%
B: N×a8 – 2
👍👍 20%
C: B×e4
▫️ 0%
👥 10 people voted so far.
A: Be3 – 8
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 80%
B: N×a8 – 2
👍👍 20%
C: B×e4
▫️ 0%
👥 10 people voted so far.
📕Unity Chess Multiple Choice 350
C: a5 – 5
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 42%
B: f4 – 4
👍👍👍👍👍👍 33%
A: h4 – 3
👍👍👍👍 25%
👥 12 people voted so far.
C: a5 – 5
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 42%
B: f4 – 4
👍👍👍👍👍👍 33%
A: h4 – 3
👍👍👍👍 25%
👥 12 people voted so far.
International women's tournament at Tbilisi, April 1984. Front row, left to right: Pia Cramling, Marta Litinskaya, Elena Akhmylovskaya, Maia Chiburdanidze, Nona Gaprindashvili, Nino Gurieli... 3rd from right, back row - Nana Alexandria.
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Candidates, Rd 12: Karjakin (4 wins, 2 loses, 6 draws) beat Caruana (3 wins, 1 loss, 8 draws) & both are now tied for 1st with 7/12. Ding Liren beat Mamedyarov, his first win, with 11 draws. Those two, plus Grischuk are tied for 3rd. Rd 13: So-Karjakin and Caruana-Aronian.