🔹 51st Biel GM 2018- Round 10
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🔸Asian Nations Cup Rapid 2018
🔸Round 6
⚪️Hossain,Enamul (2491)
⚫️Ghaem Maghami,Ehsan (2524)
🔸0-1

34... Qd7
34... Qd1!+ 35. Kh2 Be7!
With the idea of ...g6 and ...Bd6.
A) 36. c4 36... g6 37.Qxg6 Bd6+ 38. g3 Qxf3 -+
B) 36. Kg3 Qd6+ -+
35. Qg6?
White could have put up more stubborn with 35.g4.
35...Qd1+ 36. Kh2 Qe2 37. Qf7 Qxb2 38. Qxe6 Qxa3 39. Ne5 Qe7 40. Qd5+ Kc7 41. f4 g5 42. Nc4 Qd7 43. Qa5+ 0-1

🔸Asian Nations Cup Rapid 2018
🔸Round 6
⚪️Maghsoodloo,Parham (2393)
⚫️Yakubboev,Nodirbek (2272)
🔸1-0

15. b4!
Parham aims to increase the pressure on the opponent's camp with this pawn sacrifice.
15...axb4 16. axb4 Ncxb4 17. Ba3 Bf5 18.Qb3 Bxe4 19. dxe4 Nc5 20. Qxb4 Nd3 21. Qb3 Nxe1 22. Rxe1 1-0

🔸Asian Nations Cup Rapid 2018
🔸Round 7
⚪️Mosadeghpour,Masoud (2375)
⚫️Makhnev,Denis (2449)
🔸½-½

44... b3?
Missing a golden opportunity to win the game.
(44... Rxd6!45. Qxd8 45... Rdxd8 -+)
45. Rc7 Qb8 46. Rb1 b2 47. Qc3 Rb3 48. Qc2 Qb6+ 49. Kh1 Ra3 50. Rc8 =

🔸Asian Nations Cup Rapid 2018
🔸Round 7
⚪️Mosadeghpour,Masoud (2375)
⚫️Makhnev,Denis (2449)
🔸½-½

54. Rxf8+??
White returns the favor by missing the powerful 54. Re8!
(54. Re8! Qc7 55. d8=Q Qc1+ 56. Qd1 Qxd1+ 57. Qxd1 Rxe8 58. Qb3 +-)
54... Kxf8 55. Qxb2 Qxb2 56. d8=Q+ Kg7 57. Qf6+ Kg8 58. Qd8+ Kg7 59. Qf6+ Kg8 60. Qd8+ Kg7 61. Qf6+ 1/2-1/2

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

17.Na2!
QUESTION: What is the logic behind this knight retreat? ANSWER: By moving the knight to a2, White has three objectives. The first is to prevent any possible rook sacrifices on the c3-knight. Secondly, White clears the third rank for defensive purposes by the queen and later a rook on h3. Thirdly, the move also discourages Black from advancing 17...b4 as after 18 axb4 Nxb4 19 Nxb4 Bxb4 the exchange of knights nips any possible black attack in the bud.
17...Qb6 18.Qd3 Kd8 19.Rh3+/-
The rook lift tells Black's king that even on the queenside, he will not be safe as the rook can now swing to b3 or c3.

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

The knight on h5 proves to be a big stumbling block as far as a kingside attack is concerned. 15 g4 would allow the knight to plonk itself on f4 as White is rarely advised to swap off his good bishop for it even if it means winning a pawn. Indeed the pawn in question here would be Black's e-pawn whose presence is currently hindering the King's Indian bishop. Trading off his good bishop for this piece with a Bh6 makes little sense for White anyhow as Black could defend any unlikely attack along the 2nd rank by advancing his f-pawn and using his queen. --- Andy offers the best plan. It isn't so risky advancing the pawns around the white king as Black has no way of exploiting this. His pieces are unable to enter the white position on the kingside and the following encounter demonstrates how White is able to utilize his space advantage:
15.b4!? a5 16.cxd6 cxd6 17.b5 Rfc8 18.Kb2 Qe8 19.a4 b6 20.Rc1 Qe7 21.Nb1 f5 22.Rc6!

⚪️#589 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Fischer,R
🔸Spassky,B
🔸Belgrade (9th matchgame), 1992

Unity Chess Multiple Choice 589
public poll

A: a5 – 10
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 83%
@mahyarebrahimi1983, Jonas, Ramesh, Jayden, @SteveWongso, @RichardPeng, Rachel, George, Zhenrui, Matthew

B: Nc1 – 2
👍 17%
@Hh758, @Sophia_Peng

C: Rd2
▫️ 0%

👥 12 people voted so far.

⚫️#590 (Strategy-Black to Move)
🔸Karpov,A
🔸Kasparov,G
🔸Linares, 1993

Unity Chess Multiple Choice 590
public poll

A: b5 – 9
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 82%
Jonas, Ramesh, Jayden, @SteveWongso, @Sophia_Peng, @RichardPeng, Rachel, Zhenrui, Matthew

B: Ne8 – 1
👍 9%
@mahyarebrahimi1983

C: Nfd7 – 1
👍 9%
George

👥 11 people voted so far.

Dutch grandmasters Jan Timman and Genna Sosonko, in conversation at the Hoogovens tournament, Wijk aan Zee, 27th January 1981.

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Bobby Fischer watches his American team mate William Lombardy play against Corvin Radovici at the Leipzig Olympiad in 1960.

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