18...Nxe3!?
The Russian GM challenges his opponent with this interesting move.
19.Bxf7+!?
And in response, Masoud, with his sharp tactical style, sacrifices a piece.
19... Kxf7 20. Rxe3 Qb6 21. Qxh7 Be6 22. Rf3+ Ke8 23. Qg6+ Bf7 24. Qxg7 Rd8 25. Re1 Rd6 26. Rxe5 Rg6 27. Qh7 =

⚪️#641 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Gulko,B
🔸Alburt,L
🔸USSR Championship, Yerevan, 1975

16.Qd4!
A crucial moment for the evaluation of this position. If Black succeeds in bringing his knight on a6 into play via c5 he will have a good game. As a result, White tries to stop it. It is an important aspect of modern chess strategy to isolate one of your opponent's pieces, which practically leaves them a piece down.
16...Bf5!
White has restricted Black's knight on a6 and Black, in return, restricts White's knight on e1.
17.Nf3 Rad8?! 18.Nd2! Qc5 19.Qf4! Bd3 20.Rfe1

⚫️#642 (Strategy-Black to Move)
🔸Shirov,A
🔸Gulko,B
🔸Groningen, 1993

13...Qg8!
This unusual move was the reason I tried this variation, to attack the c2-pawn with my queen on h7 and my bishop on a4 (Gulko).
14.Bf4!?
Stronger than 14.Bh3 Qh7 15.Ra2 and it will be difficult for White to return the a2-rook to the game. Shirov plans to protect the c2-pawn with the rook on c1 and then bring his knight to e3, thereby releasing his rook for active duty.
14...Qh7 15.Rc1 Kc7 16.Bg2 Nd7=

⚪️#643 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Gulko,B
🔸Shabalov,A
🔸Curacao, 2003

Unity Chess Multiple Choice 643
public poll

A: Qe3 – 7
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 58%
@Afshin3333, Nikhil, @Sophia_Peng, George, Zhenrui, Sanjana, @Raymond666

C: h4 – 3
👍👍👍 25%
@Shadowoffhollow, @hoseini139562, Vincent

B: Rb7 – 2
👍👍 17%
@RichardPeng, @AryanLeekha

👥 12 people voted so far.

⚫️#644 (Strategy-Black to Move)
🔸Gulko,B
🔸Shabalov,A
🔸Curacao, 2003

Unity Chess Multiple Choice 644
public poll

A: b5 – 10
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 77%
Morteza, @Afshin3333, @hoseini139562, Vincent, @Sophia_Peng, Guillermo, Zhenrui, Sanjana, @chessnoob, Matthew

B: Nb6 – 3
👍👍 23%
@RichardPeng, @AryanLeekha, George

C: Qe7
▫️ 0%

👥 13 people voted so far.

♦️ Today is birthday of Anna Ushenina
Ukrainian chess grandmaster

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The Owner of Unity Chess Club

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🔴 #about_Anna_Ushenina

💢 Anna Ushenina
💢 Ukrainian chess grandmaster

🔰 Anna Yuriyivna Ushenina is a Ukrainian chess grandmaster who was Women's World Chess Champion from November 2012 to September 2013.

🔘Full name: Anna Yuriyivna Ushenina
🔘Country: Ukraine
🔘Born: 30 August 1985 (age 33)
🔻Kharkiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
🔘Title: Grandmaster
🔘Women's World Champion: 2012–2013
🔘FIDE rating: 2455 (August 2018)
🔘Peak rating: 2502 (July 2007)

🔰 Ushenina lives in Kharkiv, where she was born. She is of Jewish ethnicity. Determined that the young Ushenina should develop intellectual and creative talents, her mother introduced her to chess at the age of seven, along with painting and music. She became the Ukrainian Girls' (under 20) champion at just 15 years. Many of her chess skills have been self-taught, although in 2000–2002, she studied chess in the Kharkiv sports school of Olympic reserve. During this period, her coach was International Master Artiom Tsepotan. Afterwards she received more coaching at a specialist facility in Kramatorsk.
🔰Tournament successes at Kiev in 2001 and Odessa in 2003, earned her the title Woman Grandmaster (WGM), awarded in 2003. Her performance at the 2006 Women's Chess Olympiad and subsequent results in Pardubice and Abu Dhabi in the same year then qualified her for the International Master (IM) title, awarded in January 2007.
🔰In 2016, she won the European Women's Championship in Mamaia, edging out on tie-break score Sabrina Vega, having both players scored 8.5/11 points.

♦️A memorable game by Anna Ushenina👇
🔸Anna Ushenina vs Peter Svidler
🔸World Cup (2013), Tromso NOR, rd 2, Aug-12
🔸Gruenfeld Defense: Exchange. Modern Exchange Variation (D85)

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🔸Anna Ushenina - Peter Svidler, World Cup (2013)
🔸PGN format
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🔰 Today is birthday of Sabina-Francesca Foisor
Romanian - American Woman Chess Grandmaster

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🔸Aftab Cup Open 2018
🔸Round 1
⚪️Maghsoodloo,Parham (2636)
⚫️Rostami,Rouzbeh (2150)
🔸1-0

18.Qa2!
Parham takes advantage of the pin on the d5-pawn and vulnerable situation of the bishop on f5.
18...e6 19. e4! dxe4 20. Nc4 Qd8 21. Nd6 Kh8 22. Nxb7 Qe7 23. Nc5 +-