Bent Larsen and Bobby Fischer enjoying themselves during the 1966 Piatigorsky Cup in Santa Monica, in the garden of the patrons Jacqueline and Gregory Piatigorsky.
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While all the decisive results were pouring in, Caruana swiftly outplayed Xiong and is not in complete control. A victory will almost certainly propel him into a shared lead.
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Round 3 in US ch: Caruana beat Xiong, Zherebukh beat Robson, Shankland beat Izoria. All other games drawn. Caruana, So, and Akobian all lead with 2.5 out of 3. Rd 4 pairings: Robson-Shankland, Caruna-Izoria, Akobian-Xiong, So-Lenderman, Nakamura-Liang, and Zherebukh-Oniscuk.
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📘 White has the two-bishop advantage and more space. He also controls the open a-file, so he can convert his positional advantages to the material advantage.
29.Bf5
Intending 30.Bc2, restricting the black knight.
29...g6 30.Bc2 Kg7 31.Re1 Bb8 32.h4! f6 33.g4 Kf7 34.g5 f5 35.Kg2 +-
29.Bf5
Intending 30.Bc2, restricting the black knight.
29...g6 30.Bc2 Kg7 31.Re1 Bb8 32.h4! f6 33.g4 Kf7 34.g5 f5 35.Kg2 +-
📘 Black has two problems in the position:
1-Having a bad Bishop.
2. Limited in space.
Gavin Jones decides to solve the first one.
20...Nh7! 21.Kh2 Bf6 22.Rac1 Bg5
1-Having a bad Bishop.
2. Limited in space.
Gavin Jones decides to solve the first one.
20...Nh7! 21.Kh2 Bf6 22.Rac1 Bg5
📘 8...d6!?
This sacrifice line in the Symmetrical English variation has been employed by Kovalev in a few games.
9.N×c6 b×c6 10.B×c6 Rb8 11.Bg2 Qa5 12.Qd2 Be6 13.b3 R×b3 14.a×b3 Q×a1 15.Nb5 a6 16.Na7 Bd7
This sacrifice line in the Symmetrical English variation has been employed by Kovalev in a few games.
9.N×c6 b×c6 10.B×c6 Rb8 11.Bg2 Qa5 12.Qd2 Be6 13.b3 R×b3 14.a×b3 Q×a1 15.Nb5 a6 16.Na7 Bd7