🔴 #19

2010

Eljanov - A.Delchev

🔺 #19👇👇

1.Bg5!! Rxg5 [1...Qxg5 2.Rxg5 Rxg5 3.Nh6+-] 2.Rxh7+ Kxh7 3.Qh4+ Kg6 4.Qh6# 1-0

⚪️ #41 (Strategy - White To Move)

📕Unity Chess Multiple Choice 41

B: Rc6 – 15
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 63%

C: Bd1 – 7
👍👍👍 29%

A: g3 – 2
👍 8%

👥 24 people voted so far.

⚪️ #42 (Strategy - White To Move)

📕Unity Chess Multiple Choice 42

A: Bd2 – 17
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 81%

B: Ne1 – 4
👍👍 19%

C: Qc3
▫️ 0%

👥 21 people voted so far.

🔹🔺 The interesting and tactical moments
of the Isle of Man International 2017 (Douglas ENG) Round 9 🔹🔺

🔸IOM Open Masters 2017
🔸Round 9
⚪️ Magnus Carlsen 2827
⚫️ Hikaru Nakamura 2781
🔺½-½

📘 18...Nc2+

In the last round, a draw agreed in an early stage of the game between Carlsen and Nakamura.

last round: Magnus Carlsen (7/8) faces GM Hikaru (6½) who needs a win to snatch the £50k first prize

Wow! magnus carlsen and GM Hikaru done in 34 minutes. The arbiter looks at the scoresheet and MC explains draw by repetition

Scoresheets of Carlsen-Nakamura draw - initials MC in earlier tweet were ambiguous - Magnus Carlsen and also arbiter Matthew Carr

🔸IOM Open Masters 2017
🔸Round 9
⚪️ Vishy Anand 2794
⚫️ Yifan Hou 2670
🔺1-0

📘 21.B.d7!
A good exchange to install the knight on e5

🔸IOM Open Masters 2017
🔸Round 9
⚪️ Vishy Anand 2794
⚫️ Yifan Hou 2670
🔺1-0

📘 23.Re3!
With the idea of doubling the rooks in the only open file

🔸IOM Open Masters 2017
🔸Round 9
⚪️ Vishy Anand 2794
⚫️ Yifan Hou 2670
🔺1-0

📘 25.N.f7!
Tactics come from superior positions!
25...R.e3 26.R.e3 K.f7 27.Rf3! +/-

🔸IOM Open Masters 2017
🔸Round 9
⚪️ Pavel Eljanov 2734
⚫️ Dhopade Swapnil 2532
🔺½-½

📘 15.Ne1!
With the idea of transferring the knight to the more active e3 square and getting ready for f4-f5