Two Indonsian sailors play chess in submarine. (1960)

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

♦️ Today is birthday of Falko Bindrich!!
German chess grandmaster

❤️🌹💐☘️🌷🌺🌸❤️ Happy birthday !! 👏👏👏👏
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🔸 A Spectacular short game from Mexico City 1932
🔸 Download PGN file👇
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🔸Enrique Gonzalez Rojo - Francisco Javier Vazquez
🔸 Mexico City (1932), Mexico City MEX, rd 3, Oct-08
🔸 Alekhine Defense (B02)
🔸 PGN format
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▪️ Today In Chess World
▪️ Mexico City 1932 Finished

🔷 Chess History - Tournaments
🔹 Mexico City 1932
🔹 Mexico
🔹 October 6-17
🔹 CHAMPION: Alexander Alekhine | 8.5/9 (+8 -0 =1) |
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🔰This was the first international chess tournament held in Mexico. Alekhine and Kashdan shared 1st place with 8.5 out of 9, followed by Jose Joaquin Araiza (champion of Mexico and organizer of the tournament) with 6.

♦️ The final standings and crosstable was as below👇

1 Alekhine X = 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 8.5
2 Kashdan = X 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 8.5
3 Araiza 0 0 X 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 6.0
4 Asiain 0 0 0 X 1 1 = 1 1 1 5.5
5 Vazquez 0 0 1 0 X 0 1 = 1 1 4.5
6 Gonzalez 0 0 0 0 1 X = = = 1 3.5
7 Medina 0 0 0 = 0 = X 1 1 = 3.5
8 Acevedo 0 0 0 0 = = 0 X 1 0 2.0
9 Soto Larrea 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 X 1 1.5
10 Brunner 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 1 0 X 1.5
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Carlsen-Ding Liren is confirmed for today's penultimate round of #ECCC2018!

Will Carlsen beat Ding for the first time and put an end to his amazing streak of 92 games without a loss? #ECCC2018

https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/european-clubs-cup-2018/6/2/1

🔸European Club Cup 2018
🔸Round 2
⚪️Ivic,Velimir (2487)
⚫️Fedoseev,Vladimir3 (2713)
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24.Rf1? [This passive reply throws away White's advantage.]

[24.Rf3!+– A strong move to transfer the rook to g3, followed by Ba3 or Bf4. 24...Rxf6 (24...Nxf6 25.Ba3 Rf7 26.Rbf1+–) 25.Bf4!‚ —->Rbf1]

24...Nxf6 25.Bf3 Nd5= 26.Bd2 Nxc6 27.Qc2 Qd7 28.Rbe1 Rae8 29.Re4 Nf6 30.Re2 e5 31.d5? [A mistake that leaves White in a difficult situation.]

31...e4! [—->Q×d5]

32.dxc6 Qxc6 33.Qb3+ Kh8 34.Bxe4 Nxe4 35.Rxf8+ Rxf8–+ 36.Qb4 Qf6 37.h3 Ng3 38.Re1 Qf2+ 39.Kh2 Nf1+ 0–1