🔸World Chess Olympiad Batumi 2018
🔸Round 4
⚪️Tomczak,Jacek (2614)
⚫️Kramnik,Vladimir (2779)
🔸1-0

26... Rd5??
Kramnik's strange blunder. He should have prevented the white queen from penetrating to the h-file via the fourth rank.
26... Rd4! 27. Qf3 Rg6
A)28. Bf6 Qd2! The only way for black to get drawing chances.
A1) 29.Qxc6 Rd8 30. Kh1 Qe2 = with sufficient counter chances.
A2) 29. Qh5?? Rxg3+ 30. fxg3 Rc4+ and mate in 3 moves.
B) 28. Qh5 Rxg7=
27. Qb4 c5 28. Qh4 h6 29. Bxh6 Qb3 30. Bd2 Kxg7 31. Qh8+ Kg6 32. Qh7# 1-0

⚫️#17 (Strategy-Black to Move)
🔸Rodrigue-Lemieux,Shawn (2250)
🔸Kwon,Sehyun (2129)
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23...Bf6? [23...Ne6!! White missed this brilliant and of course hidden resource. 24.gxh5 Bxh5 25.Bb1 Nc5 26.Nf5 Ne4! 27.Nxh4 (27.Bxe4 dxe4 28.Nxh4 exf3–+) 27...Bxf3 (27...Nxd2? 28.Qxd2 Bxf3 29.Nxf3+–) 28.Nxf3 Qh5! 29.Qe2 (29.Bc2?? Qg4+ 30.Kf1 Rf8–+) 29...Nxd2 30.Qxd2 Qxf3µ White's exposed king gives black a large advantage, especially when the rook joins the attack.; 23...Nf6 24.Rh3 c5 25.Ne2 Nxg4 26.Rxh4²; 23...c5 24.gxh5 Bxh5 25.Qf1 Bxf3 26.Nxf3 Bf6 27.Bxd5 Nc6=]

24.Re3! Qf7 25.gxh5 Bxh5 26.Qf1 c5 27.Nf5 Nc6 28.Rh3? [28.Nd6 Qd7 29.Qh3 Bg4 30.Qg2 Qxd6 31.Qxg4±]

28...Bg4 29.Nd6 Qe6? [29...Qe7 30.Rg3 Rf8!! 31.Rxg4 (31.Qd3 Ne5 32.Qxd5 Bh4µ) 31...Bd4+ 32.cxd4 Rxf1+ 33.Kxf1 Qxd6µ]

30.Rg3 Rf8 31.Qg2 Be5 32.Rxg4 Qxd6 33.Qxd5 Qf6 34.Qg2 Nd4 35.Bd5 Nf5 36.Nc4 Bc7 37.Qf3 Qd8 38.Qe4 Re8 39.Qxf5 1–0

⚪️#17 (Endgame-White to Move)
🔸Melkumyan Hrant (2660)
🔸Nanjo Ryosuke (2324)
🔸World Chess Olympiad 2018 Batumi

52.a4 [52.Rd7! Ke4 53.Re7+ Kd5 54.Ne3+ Bxe3 55.Rxe3 Rxb2 56.Ra3 Ke4 (56...Rb6 57.Kg2 Ke4 58.Ra4+ Kf5 59.Kf3±) 57.Rxa6 Rb1+ 58.Kg2 Rb2+ 59.Kg1 Rb1+ 60.Kf2 Rb2+ 61.Ke1 Rb1+ 62.Kd2 Rh1 63.Ra4+ Kf3 64.Ra3+ Ke4 65.h4±; 52.Re7 Rxb2 53.Nh6+ Kf6 54.Re4 Rd2 55.a3 a5 56.a4 Bc3 57.Ng8+ Kf5 58.Re3 Bd4 59.Ne7+ Kf6 60.Nd5+ Kg6 61.Rf3 Rd1+ 62.Kg2 Rg1+ 63.Kh2=]

52...Bxb2? [52...Rd1+! 53.Kg2 Rd2+ 54.Kf1 Ke4 55.Rf7 Rxb2=]

53.Ne3+ Ke4 54.Nc4 Rd1+ 55.Kg2 Bd4 56.Re7+ Kd3 57.Ne5+ Ke4 58.Nf3+ Kf5 59.Rd7 [59.Rd7 Ke4 60.Rxd4+ Rxd4 61.Nxd4 Kxd4 62.Kf3+–] 1–0

⚪️#18 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Ozen,Bahadir (2326)
🔸Macovei,Andrei (2385)
🔸57th World Juniors 2018

Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 18
public poll

B) R×d6 – 7
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Vincent, @YaminiG, @Sophia_Peng, @RichardPeng, @AryanLeekha, Michael, Zhenrui

A) B×c5
▫️ 0%

C) R×c8
▫️ 0%

👥 7 people voted so far.

⚪️#18 (Endgame-White to Move)
🔸Gruenfeld Yehuda (2418)
🔸Jobava Baadur (2634)
🔸World Chess Olympiad 2018 Batumi

Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 18
public poll

C)37.Ra8 – 7
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Jayden, Vincent, @YaminiG, @Sophia_Peng, @AryanLeekha, Michael, Zhenrui

A)37.Rxd7 – 1
👍 13%
@RichardPeng

B)37. Bxd7
▫️ 0%

👥 8 people voted so far.

Chess Olympiad: Czech Beats China, Poland Rolls On In Round 5.
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Rd 5 at Batumi: USA-Israel, 2-2 (Caruana wins, Shankland loses); Azerbaijan-Armenia, 2.5-1.5; Poland-France, 3-1; Czech Republic-China, 3-1; Ukraine-Spain, 2.5-1.5; Germany-Moldova, 2.5-1.5. England-Italy, 3-1. Rd 6 on Sunday. Pairings: USA vs Bosnia, Russia-India, & China-Iran. #chessnews

🔹 43rd Olympiad 2018 - Round 5
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🔹 Olympiad Women 2018 - Round 5
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♦️ Nona Gaprindashvili
♦️ Sixth women's world chess champion
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🅾️#about_Gaprindashvili

💢 Nona Gaprindashvili
💢 Georgian chess player
💢 First female Grandmaster
💢 Sixth women's world chess champion

🔰 Nona Gaprindashvili is a Georgian chess player, the sixth women's world chess champion, and first female Grandmaster. Born in Zugdidi, Georgia, she is the strongest female player of her generation.

🔘 Country: Soviet Union & Georgia
🔘 Born: 3 May 1941 (age 77)
Zugdidi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union
🔘 Title: Grandmaster (1978)
🔘 Women's World Champion: 1962–78
🔘 Peak rating: 2495 (July 1987)

🔰 Nona Gaprindashvili began playing chess at the age of five. Seven years later, she moved to Tblisi, where she trained with Georgian grandmasters. Her shrewd, aggressive play won her great success early in her career. In 1961, she won the Women’s Candidates Tournament. The following year, she challenged Elizaveta Bykova in the Women’s World Championship and won. Her victory in this tournament brought her fame and made her a symbol of regional pride in Georgia. Nona Gaprindashvili went on to win the Women’s World Championship four more times. Three of these matches were against Alla Kushnir, while the last was against Nana Alexandria, a fellow Georgian. In 1978, Nona lost her title to another Georgian player, Maya Chiburdanidze.
🔰 She was a five-times winner of the Women's Soviet Championship: in 1964, 1973, 1981, 1983, and 1985.

♦️ A memorable game by Gaprindashvili 👇
🔸 Nana Ioseliani vs Nona Gaprindashvili
🔸 Ch World Candidate match (1980), Tbilisi (Georgia), rd 7
🔸 Spanish Game: Closed. Pilnik Variation (C90)

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♦️ Nana Ioseliani vs Nona Gaprindashvili, Tbilisi 1980
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