Mamedyarov-Carlsen game might decide the tournament. Standings after round 8: Mamedyarov 6 Carlsen 5 Svidler 4.5 Vachier-Lagrave 4 Navara 3.5 Georgiadis 1

🔹 51st Biel GM 2018- Round 8
🔹 PGN format

@UnityChess

🔸Asian Nations Cup Rapid 2018
🔸Round 4
⚪️Maghsoodloo,Parham (2393)
⚫️Lu,Shanglei (2663)
🔸1-0

25.Qa8!
Parham keeps his opponent under constant pressure.
25...Nb6
25...g6 26.Ne1 +-)
26.Qa5 Bd6
26...Nd5 27.Q×c7 N×c7 28.Ne5
27.Ne5! B×e5 28.d×e5 Kf8 29.Ne4 +/-

🔸Asian Nations Cup Rapid 2018
🔸Round 4
⚪️Firouzja,Alireza (2367)
⚫️Zhou,Jianchao (2584)
🔸1-0

24... e4?
Black was worried about 25.Bh5, However, He did not find the best solution. Better is 24... Rd2! 25. Bh5 Qd5 (or 25...Kf8).
25. Qxe4 Qd5 26. Qg4 h5 27. Qg7 Nxg7 28. fxg7 Kd7 29. gxh8=Q 1-0

🔸Asian Nations Cup Rapid 2018
🔸Round 5
⚪️Lorparizangeneh,Shahin (2288)
⚫️Tabatabaei,M.Amin (2306)
🔸0-1

43. Rb4??
Lorparizangeneh could have obtained a draw with 43. Bg8!
43..a2 44. Rd4+ Kc5 45. Rd1 Nd5 46. Ra1 Nc3 47. Kg2 Kb4 48. Kg3 Ka3 49. Kg4 Kb2 50. Rxa2+ Nxa2 51. Kh5 Kc3 52. Kg6 Kd4 53. Kxf6 e5 54.Kg7 Rxh7+ 55. Bxh7=
43... Nd5 44. Ra4 Rxh7 45. Ra6+ Kc5 46. Bxe6 Nc7 47. Rxa3 Nxe6 -+

🔸Asian Nations Cup Rapid 2018
🔸Round 6
⚪️Darini,Pouria (2568)
⚫️Mohammad,Minhaz Uddin (2380)
🔸1-0

41... b6??
Not only missing an opportunity to gain a winning advantage but also falling into a losing position.
41... g5 ! -+
A) 42. hxg5 h4 43. Ke3 Kf7 44. Kf2 Kg6 45. Kg2 Kxg5 46. Kh3 b6 47. Kg2 e4 48. fxe4 Kxg4 -+
B) 42. gxh5 gxh4 43. h6 Kf7 -+
42. gxh5 gxh5 43. f4 exf4 44. Kxf4 Kf6 45. Ke4 Ke6 46. Kf4 Kf6 47. Ke4 Ke6 48. Kd4 Kf5 49. Kxc4 Kg4 50. Kb5 Kxh4 51. Kxb6 Kg3 52. c4 h4 53. c5 h3 54. c6 h2 55. c7 h1=Q 56. c8=Q +-

⚪️#585 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Liew,J
🔸Barcenilla,R
🔸Asia Zonal, Shah Alam, 1990

11.Nce2
In this structure, White's plan is to advance the pawn to c4. Depending on the situation, he may exchange on d5 and, after some exchanges, saddle Black with an isolated d-pawn. Alternatively, he can continue to push the pawn to c5 followed by a general pawn advance on the queenside as occurs in the game.
11...Bh6 12.0-0 Qe7 13.Qg3 Nd7 14.Nxe6 Qxe6 15.Rfc1 Nf6 16.c4 0-0 17.Nf4

⚪️#586 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Jobava,B
🔸Mamedyarov,S
🔸World Rapid Championship, Dubai, 2014

14.a4
QUESTION: Where is White planning to castle after this move? Surely the kingside is out of the question with all those advanced kingside pawns? ANSWER: White definitely wants to castle on the queenside as long as he is safe there. At the moment he does not have enough going on the kingside and a premature queenside castling might be detrimental to his king's health. Thus 14 a4 secures the knight on b5 and is actually a waiting move as well. White may want to forgo castling and put his king on d2 or f2 instead. Note especially that Black has no great move for the moment and he cannot eject the b5-knight.
14...Bf6 15.Bd6 Re8 16.f4 Nb6? 17.g5!+/-
Jobava does not need any further invitation to start opening the kingside with some sacrifices.

⚪️#587 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Rapport,R
🔸Nikolic,P
🔸Serbian Team Championship, 2014

Unity Chess Multiple Choice 587
public poll

B: Na2 – 9
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 75%
Jonas, Ramesh, Jayden, @SteveWongso, @Sophia_Peng, @RichardPeng, Atharva, Rachel, George

C: N×d5 – 2
👍👍 17%
Adhvaith, Jamal

A: b4 – 1
👍 8%
Zhenrui

👥 12 people voted so far.

⚪️#588 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Ward,C
🔸Gibbs,G
🔸Port of Spain, 1999

Unity Chess Multiple Choice 588
public poll

A: g4 – 12
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 92%
Jonas, Ramesh, Jayden, @Sophia_Peng, @RichardPeng, Adhvaith, @a_m_norouzy, Atharva, Jamal, Rachel, George, Zhenrui

B: b4 – 1
👍 8%
@SteveWongso

C: Kb1
▫️ 0%

👥 13 people voted so far.