🔸FIDE World Junior Championships U20 2018
🔸Round 8
⚪️Vavulin,Maksim (2559)
⚫️Batsuren,Dambasuren (2446)
🔸1-0

27... Kf8?
27... Rae8!
A prophylactic move, intending ...Kf8.
28. h5 Rh8 29. Kg1 Bxe4 30. hxg6 fxg6 31. Nh3 +/-
White has a better position, but it is still a long fight.
28.Ne6+ Ke8 29. Nxc7+ Kd7 30. Nxa8 Bxa8 31. Rd1 Bxe4 32. h5 +-

🔸FIDE World Junior Championships U20 2018
🔸Round 7
⚪️Schekachikhin,Maksim (2356)
⚫️Sargsyan,Shant (2477)
🔸1-0

40... Nc5??
A fatal blunder.
Black now has an overloaded rook, which must defend the knight and the vital h6-square as well.
40... Rh3 41. Bxb3 Rxe3 42. Bxc4 Bd6
Black is a pawn up, but due to the opposite-colored bishops, a draw is the most likely result.
41. Bd1! Nd3
41... Rh4 42. Bxc5+ +-
41... Rd5 42. Bh6+ +-
42. Bxh5 Nxf2+ 43. Kg2 1-0

⚪️#7 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Aravindh,Chithambaram VR (2578)
🔸Escalante Ramirez,Brian Sebasti (2436)
🔸FIDE World Junior and Girls Under 20 Ch 2018

22. Qa2?!
22. Nb1!
A powerful regrouping to transfer the knight to c3-square. 22...Bf8 23. Kh2 Bc5 24. Rf3 Nc8 25. Nc3 Nd6 26. h4! With the idea of activating the light-squared bishop on the strong h3-c8 diagonal.
22. h4 Nc5 23. Bc1 Ncxa4 24. h5 gxh5 25. Nf3+/= Intending Nh4-f5.
22. Bc1 Nc5 23. h4 Rab8 24. h5 gxh5 25. Kh2+/=
22... Bh6 23. Kh2 Bxd2 24. d6 Qc6 25. Rxd2 Nxa4 26. Ba1 Nab6 27. Bb2 Kg7 28. Rf3 Re6 29. Ba3 Nc5 30. Rd5 Nxe4 31. Rd1 Rd832. Re1 Nxd6 33. Rxf6 Qe8 34. Rxe6 Qxe6 35. Bb2 Nf7 36. Qxa5 Re8 37. Rf1 Re7 38. Ba3 Rd7 39. h4 Rd8 40. Bc5 Nd7 41. Bh3 Qd5 42. Bb4 Qxa5 43. Bxa5 Ra8 44.Bb4 Nf6 45. Be6 Nh6 46. Kh3 Re8 47. Bxc4 Nhg4 48. Bb5 Ra8 49. Re1 h5 50. Re2 Ra1 51. Bc5 Rh1+ 52. Kg2 Rh2+ 53. Kf1 Rxe2 54. Bxe2 Ne4 55. Bxg4 hxg4 56. Bf2 Kf6 57. Ke2 Ke6 58. c4 Kd6 59. Be1 Kc5 60. Kd3 Nf6 61. Bd2 Nh5 62. Be3+ Kd6 63. Bf2 Nf6 64. Be1 Kc5 65. Bf2+ Kd6 66. Ke2 Ne4 67. Ke3 Nf6 68. Kd3 Nh5 69. Be1 Nf6 70. Bb4+ Ke6 71. Ba5 Nh5 72. Be1 Kd6 73. Kc3 Kc5 74. Bf2+ Kc6 75. Kd3 Kd6 76. Ke3 Nf6 77. Be1 Nh5 78. Bb4+ Ke6 79. Ke4 1/2-1/2

⚪️#7 (Endgame-White to Move)
🔸Haria,Ravi (2442)
🔸Schitco,Ivan (2358)
🔸FIDE World Junior and Girls Under 20 Ch 2018

51.Rc2 [A move without any serious threat.]
[51.Re1! A correct move to get the advantage. White intends to transfer his king to the queenside. 51...Rcd7 (51...f6 52.Re6+ Rxe6 53.Rxe6+ Kd7 54.Rxf6+–) 52.Kc3! Rc7 53.Kb4 g5 (53...Rxe5 54.fxe5+; 53...Rcd7 54.Kb5 Rc7 55.Rxe7 Rxe7 56.Rxe7 Kxe7 57.Kc6+–; 53...Red7?? 54.Re6+ fxe6 55.Rxe6#) 54.Rd1! gxf4 55.gxf4 Rc8 (55...Rxe5 56.fxe5+ Kxe5 57.d6 Rd7 58.c5 bxc5+ 59.Kxc5 Rd8 60.d7 Kf4 61.Kc6 Kxf3 62.Kc7 Rg8 63.d8Q Rxd8 64.Rxd8 h4 65.Kb7 h3 66.Kxa7 h2 67.Rh8 Kg2 68.Kb6 h1Q 69.Rxh1 Kxh1 70.a7) 56.Rxf5 Rec7 57.Rc1 Rh8 58.Re1 Rd7 (58...Rhc8 59.Rf6+ Kd7 60.Rxf7+ Kd8 61.Rf8+ Kd7 62.Rxc8 Rxc8 63.Rg1+–) 59.Rf6+ Kc7 60.c5 bxc5+ (60...Rxd5 61.Rxf7+ Rd7 62.cxb6+ axb6 63.Rc1+ Kd6 (63...Kd8 64.a7+–) 64.Rd1++–) 61.Kxc5 Kd8 62.Rb1 Ke7 63.Rc6 h4 64.d6+ Kf6 65.Rc7 Rdd8 66.Rxa7+–; 51.R2e3 Rcd7 52.Re1 Rc7 53.R1e2 Rcd7 54.R2e3 Rc7 55.Re1 Rcd7 56.Kc3 Rc7 57.Kb4±]
51...Rc5 52.Rxe7 Kxe7 53.Re2+ Kd7 54.Ke5 Ke7 55.Kd4+ Kd7 56.Ke5 Ke7 57.Kd4+ ½–½

⚪️#8 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Narayanan,S.L (2573)
🔸Philippe,Guillaume (2358)
🔸57th World Juniors 2018 Manavgat TUR 2018

Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 8
public poll

B: Bc4 – 6
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 60%
@aminjabbari400, @SteveWongso, @Sophia_Peng, @AryanLeekha, Atharva, Zhenrui

A: Nd5 – 3
👍👍👍👍 30%
Nikhil, @RichardPeng, Alan

C: dxe5 – 1
👍 10%
Dariush

👥 10 people voted so far.

⚪️#8 (Endgame-White to Move)
🔸Murzin,Volodar (2349)
🔸Priasmoro,Novendra (2498)
🔸FIDE World Junior and Girls Under 20 Ch

Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 8
public poll

A: Bd3 – 11
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 73%
@aminjabbari400, Nikhil, @SteveWongso, Dariush, Esfandiar, @RichardPeng, @kaudk, @EhsAn_0123, Michael, Zhenrui, Alan

C: Kc1 – 4
👍👍👍 27%
España 🇪🇸, Morteza, Kenneth, @Sophia_Peng

B: Rc6
▫️ 0%

👥 15 people voted so far.

Congratulations to Jan-Krzysztof Duda 🇵🇱!!! 🎊😃🎊

He came back from a three-point deficit to score another amazing upset and advance to the #speedchess semifinals!

Matchups and pairings

Grischuk wins game two as Black with some nice positional and tactical play.
Duda is now down 0-2 and struggling to find his footing against the #speedchess master Grischuk!

Even super-GMs blunder their queens! 😲

Even Duda has to laugh at this #speedchess error!

Two excellent wins in a row for Duda close the match to one point! Here he played a fine attack and ensuing endgame as Black. 💪

Grischuk leads 4-3 in #speedchess.

4-4! Duda comes back from being three games down and can't help but grin as he scores another #speedchess win! 😁

Grischuk wins the final 5|1 game with a nice attack as White and takes the lead again: 5-4!