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In the current column on ChessPublishing.com the author draws your attention to two theoretical battles in the recent World Championship Match-Ed.
The game of chess is incredibly complex and complicated. There were many champions, many tournaments and matches, many lost and won games. Here we present you the list of the top 25 world records in the history of the royal game.
You will learn things like who is the best chess match player, how many moves was the longest game, what was the largest chess tournament, etc.
In the following position White had just played 28.Nf1?
(no prizes for guessing the names of players!)
and resigned immediately after 28…Qe1!
But what about 28…Qd1? Doesn’t that win for Black as well?
Our readers easily remembered this position from Game 9
of the recently concluded World Championship Match 2013.
But some wrongly assumed, all roads lead to Rome
and 28… Qd1 also wins, and in the same way.
No, it doesn’t.
28.Nf1 Qd1? was the sequence Anand calculated after he rejected 28.Bf1 that did not give him any chances of victory.
(“As soon as I made the knight move I saw what I had done”- Anand. Carlsen played 28…Qe1! and Vishy resigned on the spot.)
29.Rh4 Qh5 30.Rxh5 gxh5 31.Ne3!
Threatening Nxd5 and Ne7+.
31…Be6 32.Bxd5 Bxd5
(If 32…Qd7 33.Be4!+-)
33.Nf5!+-
An imaginative idea worthy of a better fate
In his reviews of the first two volumes (Botvinnik Review I and Botvinnik Review II) of the trilogy chessbibliophile examined Botvinnik’s road to world championship and the immediate aftermath.
Here he deals with the final phase of his career and don’t miss the videos (1,2,3,4). -Ed.
World Chess Championship is over. For some it was a great excitement, for some it was a big disappointment. Nevertheless, it is a tremendous step forward for the world of chess in general.
Norwegian prodigy, Magnus Carlsen, was able to win the Match with a very impressive 6.5 – 3.5 score.
We prepared a big pictorial report which covers most of the most important points (in our opinion) of this historic Match.
Mr. L.P.Khadilkar (1939-) is a senior arbiter who has conducted several tournaments in India and a keen observer of the game. Age has not withered his spirit or dimmed his zest for life.
He happens to be the grand nephew of late Vinayakrao Khadilkar who crossed swords with the likes of Mir Sultan Khan. No wonder, the passion for the game runs in his genes.
Here is his account of the early days of the Match, all told in pictures-Ed.
Endgame is the final phase where many chess games are decided. The majority of players focus primarily on opening preparation and attack training, disregarding the endings.
They feel that studying endgame principles is boring since there is no place for brilliant sacrifices and complex mating attacks.
Endgames may look simple in the eyes of an amateur player.
Only strong players understand that nothing separates a beginner from an experienced player more than a good endgame technique. Rook endgames are the most common of all, so we will focus on them. Here is a list of 10 rook endings that every competitive player must know how to play.
You already know what are the 20 websites that will make you a better chess player.
Now it’s time to switch our attention to social media. Today we will talk about chess on Facebook. Needless to say, good resources are necessary for becoming a better chess player. There are infinite number of chess pages you can “Like” on Facebook.
Here I present a list of 12 great chess pages from which you will definitely learn something:
About 8.6% of the world’s population or roughly 700 million people play chess.
Majority of these players will never reach even 1000 rating level which is considered to be a beginner’s strength.
Why is that the case? How to change it?Most people are not good at chess because they:
