Black has sufficient resources to defend his isolated d5-pawn.
12...a6! 13.Be2 Qc7! 14.h3 Rfe8 15.Re1
13.Be2 Qc7! 14.h3 Rfe8 15.Re1
15.Bf3 Ne5! 16.B×d5 Bb5 17.Re1 Nd3
A)18.R×e8 R×e8 19.Be3 R×e3 20.f×e3 Bh2+ 21.Kf1 N×b2 -+
B)18.Re3 Bh2+ 19.Kh1 N×f2#
15...Re5 16.Be3 Rae8 17.Bf3 g6

🔸Dortmund Sparkassen Chess-Meeting 2018
🔸Round 3
⚪️Giri,A (2782)
⚫️Kovalev,Vl (2655)
🔸0-1

35... d4!
A strong move by the winner of the 2018 Aeroflot Open. He opens his light-squared bishop to create threats on the kingside.
36.Qd2
A) 36. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 37. Qxd4 Qe1+ 38. Kh2 Qe2
B) 36. cxd4 Qe3+ 37. Kh2 Bd5 38. Qf1 Bh4
36...dxc3 37. bxc3 Qe6 38. Bd4 Bxd4+ 39. cxd4 Qa2 40. Qc3 Qd5 -/+

🔸Dortmund Sparkassen Chess-Meeting 2018
🔸Round 3
⚪️Giri,A (2782)
⚫️Kovalev,Vl (2655)
🔸0-1

60... Ke7!
Belarus GM, before pushing his g-pawn, transfers his king to the queenside where the king will be covered by his own bishop and pawns.
61. Bd1 Qe4 62. Qd2 Kd6 63. Bc2 Qf4 64. Qd3 Kc7 65. Qh7+ Kb8 66. Qd3 g4 67. hxg4 Qxg4 68. Qg6 Qxd4+ 69. Kh1 Bb7 70. Qe8+ Ka7 71. Bf5 Qd1+ 72. Kh2 Qd6+ 73. Kh1 Qg3 0-1

🔸Dortmund Sparkassen Chess-Meeting 2018
🔸Round 3
⚪️Nepomniachtchi,I (2757)
⚫️Nisipeanu,LD (2672)
🔸1-0

28. Kb2!
Nepomniachtchi moves his king to the c3-square to prevent Black from cutting it off.
28...Rxb7+ 29. Kc3 Rb5 30. Ra1 Kb7 31. Ra2 Ne7 32. Rfa1 Ra8 33. Nb1 Kb8 34. Ra6 Kb7 35. R6a4 Kb8 36. Na3 Rb7 37. Ra6 Kc7 38. Nc2 Kd7 39. Nb4 f6 40.f3 f5 41. Nd3 Ke6 42.Ne5 +-

After Kramnik beat the leader today we have a 4-way tie for 1st going into the final Dortmund rest day. In the remaining game Giri looks set to inflict a 3rd loss in a row on Nisipeanu!

🔹 46th Dortmund Sparkassen Chess-Meeting 2018- Round 4
🔹 PGN format

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⚫️#563 (Strategy-Black to Move)
🔸San Segundo Carrillo
🔸Sadler,M
🔸1997

16...b5!
This takes c4 away from the white knight. Moreover, a2-a4 isn't dangerous anymore.
17.e4 Nf8!
Heading for g6, tickling the f4-square.
18.N4f3 Qc7 19.a3 Rd8 20.b4 Ng6!

⚫️#564 (Strategy-Black to Move)
🔸Taimanov,M
🔸Yusupov,A
🔸USSR, 1982

18...Kh8!
In this typical Hedgehog position, Yusupov borrows Fischer's plan.
19.Rc2 Rg8! 20.Rcd2 g5! 21.Bd4 Rg6 22.Nc1 Rcg8 23.Nd3 Qf8 24.Re1 g4!-/+
Black has a big initiative.

⚫️#565 (Strategy-Black to Move)
🔸Korchnoi,V
🔸Yusupov,A
🔸Montpellier Candidates, 1985

Unity Chess Multiple Choice 565
public poll

B: g5 – 7
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 88%
Jonas, Nikhil, Ramesh, Vincent, @Sophia_Peng, @RichardPeng, Zhenrui

A: b6 – 1
👍 13%
@Hamed_85

C: Rf6
▫️ 0%

👥 8 people voted so far.

⚫️#566 (Strategy-Black to Move)
🔸Gheorghiu,F
🔸Yusupov,A
🔸World Team Championship, Lucerne, 1985

Unity Chess Multiple Choice 566
public poll

A: B×e5 – 5
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 63%
Jonas, Nikhil, Ramesh, @RichardPeng, Zhenrui

B: g4 – 3
👍👍👍👍 38%
milad, Vincent, @Sophia_Peng

C: Qc7
▫️ 0%

👥 8 people voted so far.

💠 #Romanishin_chess_quotes_001

🔹 Oleg Romanishin
🔹 Ukrainian Chess Grandmaster

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💠 #about_Romanishin

🔹 Oleg Romanishin
🔹 Ukrainian Chess Grandmaster

🔰 Oleg Mikhailovich Romanishin is a Ukrainian chess grandmaster and former European junior champion.

🔘 Full name: Oleg Mikhailovich Romanishin
🔘 Country: Ukraine
🔘 Born: 10 January 1952 (age 66)
Lviv, Ukrainian SSR, USSR (now Ukraine)
🔘 Title: Grandmaster (1976)
🔘 FIDE rating: 2440 (July 2018)
🔘 Peak rating: 2615 (July 1993)

🔰Oleg Mikhailovich Romanishin was born in Lvov, then in the USSR. Awarded the IM title in 1973 and the GM title in 1976, he was European Junior Champion in 1972-73. A pupil of Viktor Emmauelovich Kart (born 1929), he has achieved fine tournament results such as =1st at the October Revolution 60th Anniversary (1977), 2nd at Tilburg 1979, =3rd at Sochi 1982, 1st at Moscow 1985, and =1st at Reggio Emilia 1985-86, but has never qualified as a FIDE Candidate.
He is reputed to have said that "Draws make me angry" and remains a strong GM with an aggressive style just a level below the top rank. He is also a leading chess opening theorist.

🔰Many honours and awards were bestowed on Romanishin as a young man. After winning the European Junior Championship in 1973, he became an International Master the same year. In 1974, Romanishin was a member of the victorious USSR team at the World Student Team Championship held in Teesside, England, where he scored the best result for board 4 (8/9).

🔰The following year, he had a terrific result at the USSR Championship, sharing second place with Boris Gulko, Mikhail Tal and Rafael Vaganian, after Tigran Petrosian. In 1976, his Grandmaster title was ratified.

♦️ A memorable game by Romanishin which has won Ivanchuk in 19 moves!!👇
▪️ Oleg Romanishin vs Vassily Ivanchuk
▪️ URS-ch FL54 (1986), Irkutsk URS
▪️ French Defense: Advance. Euwe Variation (C02)

♦️ Review and download PGN file👇

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