9th Danzhou Super GM Tournament Round 6: J-K. Duda manages to beat leader Bu Xiangzhi and gets to share the second place with him, while Yu Yangyi defeats Fedoseev to take the sole lead prior to the last round.

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🔹 9th Hainan Danzhou GM- Round 6
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⚪️#589 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Fischer,R
🔸Spassky,B
🔸Belgrade (9th matchgame), 1992

The Spanish (Ruy Lopez) Exchange Variation does have a reputation of being rather dull, but this encounter livened up quickly thanks to the recommendation of Bob (and obviously the ex-World Champion!). Black will complete his development and if things open up his bishop pair will definitely have a positive influence. The continuation was:
14.a5 Kb7 15.e5 Be7 16.Rxd8 Bxd8 17.Ne4 Kc6 18.axb6 cxb6 19.Nbxc5 Bc8 20.Nxa6 fxe5 21.Nb4+
and Black resigned.

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

11...b5!
An interesting moment.
12.cxb5
According to Anand, from this point, Karpov does everything wrong. he incorrectly opens the a-file for the rook on a8.
12...axb5 13.Qxd6 Nfd7!
Unexpectedly Black has achieved excellent prospects.
14.f4?
A fatal mistake: White incautiously exposes his king, which is caught in the center.
14...b4! 15.Nf1 Ng4 16.Bd4 Bxd4 17.Qxd4 Rxa2 18.h3 c5 19.Qg1
White soon found himself with all of his pieces on the back rank.
19...Ngf6 20.e5 Ne4-+

⚪️#591 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Gormally,D
🔸Krush,I
🔸Oakham, 2000

Unity Chess Multiple Choice 591
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B: Be2 – 8
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 57%
@Toukennn, Jonas, Nikhil, Ramesh, @Sophia_Peng, @RichardPeng, Rachel, Zhenrui

A: Qg4 – 6
👍👍👍👍👍 43%
@SteveWongso, Vincent, @MerissaWongso, مجید, @Rouzbeh009, George

C: Qc2
▫️ 0%

👥 14 people voted so far.

⚫️#592 (Strategy-Black to Move)
🔸Ljubojevic,L
🔸Kramnik,V
🔸Monaco (blindfold rapid), 2000

Unity Chess Multiple Choice 592
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B: Rfb8 – 11
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 79%
Jonas, Nikhil, Ramesh, @SteveWongso, @MerissaWongso, @Sophia_Peng, @RichardPeng, Rachel, @Rouzbeh009, George, Zhenrui

A: Nh7 – 3
👍👍 21%
@Toukennn, Vincent, مجید

C: Nd7
▫️ 0%

👥 14 people voted so far.

Congratulations to Yu Yangyi on winning the Danzhou tournament by a full point after his rivals Duda & Bu Xiangzhi overpressed and lost in the last round!
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Games and standings/9th Danzhou Super GM/ Round 7

🔹 9th Hainan Danzhou GM- Round 7
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Hein Donner v. Bent Larsen, from the Hoogovens tournament at Beverwijk, 17th January 1961.

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In a rook and pawn ending, the rook must be used aggressively. It must either attack enemy pawns, or give active support to the advance of one of its own pawns to the queening square.

🔸 Siegbert Tarrasch

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Amsterdam, 1965. In the 4th round of the IBM tournament (23rd July), the Yugoslav GM Bruno Parma faces the Dutch IM Kick Langeweg.

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