37.Ra7 Kg7?
American Fide Master Dmitriy Volkov committed a meaningless move and put his king on a dangerous square.
He should have defended the e3 pawn with 37...Be3! and after 38.Bd5 Ng5, the f7-pawn would also be defended.
38.a4 b4 39.Bd5 Kg6? 40.a5 Rbb8 41.R×a6 Be3 42.Rd6 Kg5 43.a6 Nf4 44.a7 +-
American Fide Master Dmitriy Volkov committed a meaningless move and put his king on a dangerous square.
He should have defended the e3 pawn with 37...Be3! and after 38.Bd5 Ng5, the f7-pawn would also be defended.
38.a4 b4 39.Bd5 Kg6? 40.a5 Rbb8 41.R×a6 Be3 42.Rd6 Kg5 43.a6 Nf4 44.a7 +-
17... c6?
A wrong decision that activates opponent's pieces.
The correct is 17... Qf7+ 18. Kg1 Qf8! with the idea of ...Bh6, trading his bad bishop for White's good one.
18. dxc6 Bxc6 19. Kg1 Nc7 20. Be3 N7e6 21. b4 axb4 22. axb4 Na6 23. Nd5 Nac7 24. Nbxc7 Rxa1 25. Qxa1 Nxc7 26. Bxb6 Nxd5 27. exd5 Ba4 28. b5 1-0
A wrong decision that activates opponent's pieces.
The correct is 17... Qf7+ 18. Kg1 Qf8! with the idea of ...Bh6, trading his bad bishop for White's good one.
18. dxc6 Bxc6 19. Kg1 Nc7 20. Be3 N7e6 21. b4 axb4 22. axb4 Na6 23. Nd5 Nac7 24. Nbxc7 Rxa1 25. Qxa1 Nxc7 26. Bxb6 Nxd5 27. exd5 Ba4 28. b5 1-0
19.c5!
A slower move would have been answered by 19...Bc5 and 20... 0-0.
19...Nxc5
By sacrificing a pawn White frees his bishop and succeeds in disrupting his opponent's build-up, as 19...Bxc5? 20.Bb5+ Kf8 21.Nb3! would embarrass the black knight and bishop on c5.
20.Bb5+ Nd7 21.Qc3! Preventing 21...Bc5.
A slower move would have been answered by 19...Bc5 and 20... 0-0.
19...Nxc5
By sacrificing a pawn White frees his bishop and succeeds in disrupting his opponent's build-up, as 19...Bxc5? 20.Bb5+ Kf8 21.Nb3! would embarrass the black knight and bishop on c5.
20.Bb5+ Nd7 21.Qc3! Preventing 21...Bc5.
32...h5!
If the white queen were still sitting on e3, this pawn advance could be countered by an invasion with Qh6+. Instead, her self-inflicted exile means that the flimsy white pawn cover on the g-file collapses as soon as the first blow is struck.
33.gxh5 gxh5 34.Nf5
The knight jumps before it is pinned with 34...Rg8, when 35...h4 would be on the cards.
34...Bxf5 35.exf5 Rg8+ 36.Bg2 Qg7
The black queen takes advantage of her unchallenged dominance of the g-file to compel White to shut in his bishop and further weaken his dark squares.
If the white queen were still sitting on e3, this pawn advance could be countered by an invasion with Qh6+. Instead, her self-inflicted exile means that the flimsy white pawn cover on the g-file collapses as soon as the first blow is struck.
33.gxh5 gxh5 34.Nf5
The knight jumps before it is pinned with 34...Rg8, when 35...h4 would be on the cards.
34...Bxf5 35.exf5 Rg8+ 36.Bg2 Qg7
The black queen takes advantage of her unchallenged dominance of the g-file to compel White to shut in his bishop and further weaken his dark squares.
Unity Chess Multiple Choice 537
public poll
A: Bc8 – 5
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 45%
Jonas, Ramesh, Vincent, Mieke, @MerissaWongso
B: g5 – 4
👍👍👍👍👍👍 36%
علی, Gavin, @Afshin3333, Michael
C: f5 – 2
👍👍👍 18%
Jahanbakhsh, @RichardPeng
👥 11 people voted so far.
public poll
A: Bc8 – 5
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 45%
Jonas, Ramesh, Vincent, Mieke, @MerissaWongso
B: g5 – 4
👍👍👍👍👍👍 36%
علی, Gavin, @Afshin3333, Michael
C: f5 – 2
👍👍👍 18%
Jahanbakhsh, @RichardPeng
👥 11 people voted so far.
Unity Chess Multiple Choice 538.
public poll
A: Qd3 – 11
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 85%
علی, Jonas, Gavin, @Afshin3333, Ramesh, Jahanbakhsh, Vincent, Nagaprasad, @A_Somewhat_Cool_Guy, Michael, @Amjedchess
B: Bd6 – 1
👍 8%
@MerissaWongso
C: Rb8 – 1
👍 8%
Mieke
👥 13 people voted so far.
public poll
A: Qd3 – 11
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 85%
علی, Jonas, Gavin, @Afshin3333, Ramesh, Jahanbakhsh, Vincent, Nagaprasad, @A_Somewhat_Cool_Guy, Michael, @Amjedchess
B: Bd6 – 1
👍 8%
@MerissaWongso
C: Rb8 – 1
👍 8%
Mieke
👥 13 people voted so far.
💠 #about_Alekhine
🔘 Alexander Alekhine
🔘 Russian and French chess grandmaster
🔘 Fourth World Chess Champion
🔰 Alexander Alekhine was a Russian and French chess player and the fourth World Chess Champion. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest chess players of all time.
▪️ Full name: Alexander Alexandrovich Alekhine
▪️ Country: Russian Empire & Soviet Union & France
▪️ Born: October 31, 1892
Moscow, Russian Empire
▪️ Died: March 24, 1946 (aged 53)
Estoril, Portugal
▪️ World Champion: 1927–1935 & 1937–1946
🔰 In 1927, Alekhine's challenge to Capablanca was backed by a group of Argentine businessmen and the president of Argentina, who guaranteed the funds, and organized by the Club Argentino de Ajedrez (Argentine Chess Club) in Buenos Aires. In the World Chess Championship match played from September to November 1927 at Buenos Aires, Alekhine won the title, scoring +6−3=25. This was the longest formal World Championship match until the contest in 1984 between Anatoly Karpov and Garry Kasparov. Alekhine's victory surprised almost the entire chess world, since he had never previously won a single game from Capablanca. After Capablanca's death Alekhine expressed surprise at his own victory, since in 1927 he did not think he was superior to Capablanca, and he suggested that Capablanca had been overconfident. Capablanca entered the match with no technical or physical preparation, while Alekhine got himself into good physical condition and had thoroughly studied Capablanca's play. According to Kasparov, Alekhine's research uncovered many small inaccuracies, which occurred because Capablanca was unwilling to concentrate intensely. Vladimir Kramnik has commented that this was the first contest in which Capablanca had no easy wins.
♦️ A memorable game by Alekhine
Long but informative game!!👇
🔸 Jose Raul Capablanca vs Alexander Alekhine
🔸 Capablanca - Alekhine World Championship Match (1927), Buenos Aires ARG, rd 11, Oct-07
🔸 Queen's Gambit Declined: Cambridge Springs Variation (D52)
♦️ Review and download PGN file👇
@unitychess
🔘 Alexander Alekhine
🔘 Russian and French chess grandmaster
🔘 Fourth World Chess Champion
🔰 Alexander Alekhine was a Russian and French chess player and the fourth World Chess Champion. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest chess players of all time.
▪️ Full name: Alexander Alexandrovich Alekhine
▪️ Country: Russian Empire & Soviet Union & France
▪️ Born: October 31, 1892
Moscow, Russian Empire
▪️ Died: March 24, 1946 (aged 53)
Estoril, Portugal
▪️ World Champion: 1927–1935 & 1937–1946
🔰 In 1927, Alekhine's challenge to Capablanca was backed by a group of Argentine businessmen and the president of Argentina, who guaranteed the funds, and organized by the Club Argentino de Ajedrez (Argentine Chess Club) in Buenos Aires. In the World Chess Championship match played from September to November 1927 at Buenos Aires, Alekhine won the title, scoring +6−3=25. This was the longest formal World Championship match until the contest in 1984 between Anatoly Karpov and Garry Kasparov. Alekhine's victory surprised almost the entire chess world, since he had never previously won a single game from Capablanca. After Capablanca's death Alekhine expressed surprise at his own victory, since in 1927 he did not think he was superior to Capablanca, and he suggested that Capablanca had been overconfident. Capablanca entered the match with no technical or physical preparation, while Alekhine got himself into good physical condition and had thoroughly studied Capablanca's play. According to Kasparov, Alekhine's research uncovered many small inaccuracies, which occurred because Capablanca was unwilling to concentrate intensely. Vladimir Kramnik has commented that this was the first contest in which Capablanca had no easy wins.
♦️ A memorable game by Alekhine
Long but informative game!!👇
🔸 Jose Raul Capablanca vs Alexander Alekhine
🔸 Capablanca - Alekhine World Championship Match (1927), Buenos Aires ARG, rd 11, Oct-07
🔸 Queen's Gambit Declined: Cambridge Springs Variation (D52)
♦️ Review and download PGN file👇
@unitychess