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▪️ Viktor Korchnoi vs Boris S Shashin
▪️ Yerevan (1965), Yerevan URS, rd 9, Sep-29
▪️ English Opening: King's English Variation. Keres Defense (A21)
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▪️ Viktor Korchnoi - Boris S Shashin, Yerevan 1965
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🔸World Chess Olympiad Batumi 2018
🔸Round 11
⚪️Nepomniachtchi,Ian (2768)
⚫️Bacrot,Etienne (2678)
🔸1-0

9.Qb1!
A multi-purpose move:
1- intending 10.Ng5 and if 10...g6, then 11.Nxh7!
2- provoking the weakening move h7-h6 and following that, pushing the g-pawn in order to g5 to open up the king's side.
3- protecting the Bd3 move, If need be.
9...h6 10.g4!
A scary kingside pawn storm.
10...Bb7 11.Rh3 Nd7 12.g5 h5 13.Bd3 Nb4 14.Bh7+ Kh8 15.Be4 Nd5 16.Ne2 f5 17.gxf6 N7xf6 18.Ng5 Nxe4 19.Qxe4 Bxg5 20.hxg5 Nf4 21.Qxb7 Nd3+ 22.Kf1 Nxb2 23.Rxh5+ Kg8 24.g6 1-0

🔸World Chess Olympiad Batumi 2018
🔸Round 11
⚪️Adams,Michael (2712)
⚫️Jumabayev,Rinat (2605)
🔸1-0

25... Bxc8?
Black should have continued with 25...Qxc8. Now, White grabs a pawn by a simple tactic.
26.Ndxe4! Nxe4 27.Qxd8 Rxd8 28.Nxe4 Bb7 29.Bb6 Rc8 30.a5 +-

🔸World Chess Olympiad Batumi 2018
🔸Round 11
⚪️Naiditsch,Arkadij (2721)
⚫️Roganovic,Milos (2527)
🔸1-0

57...Rh6??
This ending would have been a draw if the Serbian GM had found the correct solution.
57...Rg3+!
A) 58.Kc2 Rg2+ 59.Kd3 Rg3+ 60.Ke2 Ra3
A1) 61.Kf2 Ra5 =
A2) 61.Rxh2 Ra5 62.Rh1 Rxb5 63.Ra1 Rb8 =
B) 58. Kb4?? Rg4+ -+
58.Rxh2! Rxh2 59.a7 Rh8 60.b6 Rh6 61.a8=Q Rxb6+ 62.Kc4 Re6 63.Kd5 Re4 64.Qa6 Re7 65.Qc8 Kg6 66.Qg8+ Rg7 67.Qe6+ Kh5 68.Ke5 Rg2 69.Qe8+ 1-0

🔸World Chess Olympiad Batumi 2018
🔸Round 11
⚪️Firouzja,Alireza (2582)
⚫️Quparadze,Giga (2495)
🔸1-0

All things are ready for a decisive combination.
21.Rxh7+! Kxh7 22.Rh1+ Kg7 23.Qh4 Rf7 24.Qh8+ Kf8 25.Bxf7 Qxf7 26.Rh7 Qe6 27.Qg7+ Ke8 28.Nd6+ Qxd6 29.Qf7+ 1-0

⚪️#25 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Navara David (2740)
🔸Johnson Joshua (2261)
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13.Nxd4!! [White initiates a superb combination in order to exchange the enemy dark-squared bishop and weaken Black's king position. Also add to this, a weak black backward pawn on d6.]

[13.Rb1 Nxe2+ 14.Qxe2 Be6 15.Be3 f5 16.Bc1 h6 17.Ba3±; 13.Nd5 Nc2 14.Qb6 Nf6 15.Bg5 Nxd5 16.Qxd8 Rxd8 17.cxd5 f6 18.Rac1 fxg5 19.Rxc2 Bf6±]

13...exd4 14.Rxd4 Bxd4 [14...Qb6 15.Rd3+–]

15.Qxd4 Nc7 16.Bb2 [16.Bh6 Ne6 17.Qe3 Re8 18.Rd1+–]

16...Ne6 17.Qd2 f6 18.Nd5 [18.Rd1 Rf7 19.Ba3+–]

18...Nc7 19.Nb6 Rb8 20.Rd1 Be6 21.Qf4 Ne8 22.c5 [22.Qe3! Qc7 23.f4+–]

22...Qc7 23.Bg4 Bxg4 24.hxg4 Rf7 [24...Qxc5 25.Nd7+–]

25.Nd5 Qxc5 26.Qd2 Rd8 [26...b5²]

27.Rc1 Qa7 28.Bd4 Qb8 29.Rc3 [29.g5! fxg5 30.Qxg5+–]

29...Rdd7 [29...Rc8 30.Ba7 Qa8 31.Nb6 Qxa7 32.Nxc8±]

30.Qc1 Nc7 31.Nxf6+ [31.Bb6! Nxd5 32.Rc8+ Rf8 33.Rxb8 Nxb6 34.Rxf8+ Kxf8 35.Qe3+–]

31...Rxf6 32.Bxf6 Rf7 33.e5 d5 34.e6 Rxf6 35.Rxc7 Rf8 36.Qc5 Re8 37.Qd6 d4 38.Qd7 1–0

⚪️#25 (Endgame-White to Move)
🔸Kryvoruchko,Yuriy (2695)
🔸Abdusattorov,Nodirbek (2558)
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68.e5?? [68.Bd5!! Nd7+ 69.Kg5 Ke5 70.Kxh4 Kf6 71.Kh5 Ne5 72.g4 Kg7 73.Kg5 Ng6 74.Bb3 Ne5 75.Kf5 Nf3 76.Kf4 Nd4 77.Bc4 Nc6 78.e5 Ne7 79.Kg5 Ng6 80.Kf5 Nh8 81.Bd5 Ng6 82.Ke6 Nh8 83.Kd6 Kf8 84.g5 Ng6 85.e6 Ke8 86.Be4 Ne7 87.Ke5 Kd8 88.g6 Ng8 89.g7 Ne7 90.Bh7 Kc7 91.g8Q Nxg8 92.Bxg8+–; 68.Kf5 Ke3 69.Ke5 Na4 70.Bd5 Nc3 71.Bb7 Kf2 72.Kf4 Kxg2 73.e5+ Kf2 74.e6 Nb5 75.e7 Nc7 76.Kg4 Ke3 77.Kxh4 Kf4=]

68...Ke4 69.Bf5+ Kf4 70.Bh3 Nd5+ 71.Ke6 Ne3 72.Kf6 Nd5+ 73.Kg6 Kxe5 74.Kg5 Nf4 75.Kxh4 Nxg2+ 76.Bxg2 ½–½

⚪️#26 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Cori,Jorge (2664)
🔸Wei,Yi (2742)
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Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 26
public poll

A)32.Bd6 – 13
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 93%
Gavin, @SteveWongso, Vincent, @YaminiG, @Somebody_Sophia, @RichardPeng, @AryanLeekha, مجید, Rachel, Michael, Hansika, George, Zhenrui

C) 32.gxf5 – 1
👍 7%
@MerissaWongso

B) 32.Bg3
▫️ 0%

👥 14 people voted so far.

⚪️#26 (Endgame-White to Move)
🔸Robson,Ray (2682)
🔸Kacharava,Nikolozi (2373)
🔸World Chess Olympiad 2018 Batumi