Carlsen drew against Mamedyarov

Peter Svidler, 8 times Russian chess champion

the 4th loss of Svidler in a row

👆Knight is better or bishop? Answer: It depends!

Two Indonsian sailors play chess in submarine. (1960)

⚪️#34 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Tran,Tuan Minh (2491)
🔸Noah,A .H. Al-Ali (2276)
🔸World Chess Olympiad 2018 Batumi

42.Rg1? [White missed a golden opportunity to win the game. In the double-edged position, every move is critical.]

[42.d6!! This passed-pawn is a lethal weapon! 42...Qd3 (42...Re2 43.d7 Bxh2 44.Qxe2 Be5+ 45.Rh2 Qxh2+ 46.Qxh2++–) 43.Rxf5! Rg4 (43...gxf5 44.Qe6+ Kg7 45.Qxf5 Qxf1+ (45...Bxd6? 46.Qf7+ Kh8 47.Rg1 Rg4 48.Qf6+ Kg8 49.Rxg4++–) ) 44.R5f3 Qe4 45.Qf8+ Kh5 46.Qg8 Bxd6 (46...h6 47.d7+–) 47.Qxh7+ Kg5 48.Qd7 Bc5 49.Qd8+ Kh5 50.Qh8+ Kg5 51.Qc3 Bd4 52.Qd3 Qc6 53.Qd2+ Kh5 54.h3 Rh4 (54...Rg3 55.Qxd4 Rxf3 56.Qg4+ Kh6 57.Rxf3+–) 55.Qg2 g5 56.Rg3 Qxg2+ 57.Kxg2 Re4 58.Rd3 b5 59.Rf7 Re2+ 60.Kf1+–; 42.Rg2? Re2 43.Qg5+ Kg7 44.Qe7+ Kg8 45.Qe8+ Kg7 46.Qe7+=]

42...Qe3 43.Rfg2 Qf3 44.Qg5+ Kg7 45.Qe7+ Kh6 46.Qg5+ Kg7 47.Qe7+ ½–½

⚪️#34 (Endgame-‌White to Move)
🔸Quparadze,Giga (2495)
🔸Bjerre,Jonas Buhl (2423)
🔸World Chess Olympiad 2018 Batumi

45.h5!! [45.Rb7 Bg3 46.Ke3 Rd1 47.f4 d4+ 48.Ke2 Rc1 49.Rc7 d3+ 50.Kxd3 Rg1 51.Ne3 Bxf4 52.Rc4 Bd6 53.Ng4 Rd1+ 54.Ke2 Rh1 55.Nf2 Rh2 56.Kf3 Be7; 45.Ra5 Bf4 46.Nxf4 Rxf4 47.Rxd5 h5 48.gxh6+ Kxh6 49.Ke3 Rxh4 50.Rd7 f5 51.Rd6 Kg5 52.Rb6 Rh2 53.f4+ Kh5 54.Kd3 Rh3+ 55.Kd2 Rh2+ 56.Kd1 Rh1+=]

45...gxh5?? [45...h6 46.gxh6+ Kxh6 47.hxg6 fxg6 48.Ne3 Bf4 49.Nxd5 Rd2+ 50.Ke1 Rd4 51.Nxf4 Rxf4 52.Kf2±]

46.Ne3!+– Rf4 [46...Kg6 47.Rb6; 46...Kf8 47.Nf5]

47.Rxd5 Bc7 48.Ng2! h4 49.Ke3! Rf5 50.Rxf5 h3 51.Rf6 h5 52.Nf4 h2 53.Nxh5+ Kf8 54.Ng3! Bxg3 55.Rh6 Kg7 56.f4 1–0

⚪️#35 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Borisek,Jure (2578)
🔸Gaealafshwe,Barileng (2144)
🔸World Chess Olympiad 2018 Batumi

Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 35
public poll

B) 19.Qf4 – 4
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 44%
@YaminiG, @MerissaWongso, Nagaprasad, Sanjana

A) 19.Nd6 – 3
👍👍👍👍👍 33%
Vincent, @Sophia_Peng, Matthew

C) 19.Nf6+ – 2
👍👍👍👍 22%
@soheil_hooshdaran, Saghana

👥 9 people voted so far.

⚪️#35 (Endgame-‌White to Move)
🔸Vachier-Lagrave,Maxime (2780)
🔸Bellahcene,Bilel (2501)
🔸World Chess Olympiad 2018 Batumi

Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 35
public poll

C) 43.Rh7 – 6
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 50%
Vincent, Nagaprasad, Saghana, Jaikrishnan, Srikar, Matthew

B) 43.h4 – 5
👍👍👍👍👍👍 42%
@ahkashefi, @soheil_hooshdaran, @YaminiG, @MerissaWongso, Sanjana

A) 43.Rg6 – 1
👍 8%
@Sophia_Peng

👥 12 people voted so far.

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