📘 29.R×f7+!!
An excellent sacrifice by 28-year old Ukrainian GM Kravtsiv.
29...K×f7 30.B×e6+ Ke7
(30...K×e6 31.Q×e4+ With checkmate in a few moves)
31.Rc7+ Ke8 32.Q×e4 Qh2+ 33.Kf1 Q×c7 34.Q×g6+ Ke7 35.Qg7+ 1-0
(if 35...Kd6, then 36.Qe5+ Kc6 37.Qc5+ Kb7 38.Na5 +-)
An excellent sacrifice by 28-year old Ukrainian GM Kravtsiv.
29...K×f7 30.B×e6+ Ke7
(30...K×e6 31.Q×e4+ With checkmate in a few moves)
31.Rc7+ Ke8 32.Q×e4 Qh2+ 33.Kf1 Q×c7 34.Q×g6+ Ke7 35.Qg7+ 1-0
(if 35...Kd6, then 36.Qe5+ Kc6 37.Qc5+ Kb7 38.Na5 +-)
📘 23...Nd8!
Aronian has prepared to swap the bishops with ...Bc6. If White prevents it with Nb4, he can also consider ...c5-counterblow.
24.Nb4 Ra5!=.
Aronian has prepared to swap the bishops with ...Bc6. If White prevents it with Nb4, he can also consider ...c5-counterblow.
24.Nb4 Ra5!=.
📘 13.Nd3!
The congestion on the queenside makes Black's life difficult, while White has many different motifs to improve his position. 13...Qb6 14.Ne4+/-.
The congestion on the queenside makes Black's life difficult, while White has many different motifs to improve his position. 13...Qb6 14.Ne4+/-.
📕Unity Chess Multiple Choice 361
A: Ne1 – 6
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 75%
B: B×d3 – 1
👍 13%
C: Qa4+ – 1
👍 13%
👥 8 people voted so far.
A: Ne1 – 6
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 75%
B: B×d3 – 1
👍 13%
C: Qa4+ – 1
👍 13%
👥 8 people voted so far.
📕Unity Chess Multiple Choice 362
B: g4 – 8
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 80%
A: Kb1 – 1
👍 10%
C: Ne5 – 1
👍 10%
👥 10 people voted so far.
B: g4 – 8
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 80%
A: Kb1 – 1
👍 10%
C: Ne5 – 1
👍 10%
👥 10 people voted so far.
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Beliavsky-Andersson ½-½
Karlsson-Polugaevsky ½-½
Tukmakov-Ornstein ½-½
Schüssler-A. Sokolov ½-½
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Karlsson-Polugaevsky ½-½
Tukmakov-Ornstein ½-½
Schüssler-A. Sokolov ½-½
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5-year old Samuel Reshevsky playing an unknown opponent. (Source: Das interessante Blatt, 13 September 1917)
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