Anand's and Aronian's game took so long.

Shankland beats Svidler in Game 1 of their 6-game match in Hoogeveen and is now actually live rated above Peter: 22nd, 2731 to 24th, 2728.8!

👇👇Two good articles about CONFIDENCE

🔹 chess.com IoM Masters-R2
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🔹 22nd Hoogeveen Open 2018
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🔹 Svidler-Shankland m 2018
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🔹 Van Foreest-Fedoseev m 2018
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⚫️#39 (Strategy-Black to Move)
🔸Rodriguez Vila,Andres (2477)
🔸Vachier-Lagrave,Maxime (2780)
🔸Olympiad 2018 Batumi

21...Qc4! [The decisive queen maneuver to launch an attack on the opponent's king.]

[21...0–0–0 22.Bg5 Rg6 23.Qxh5 f6 24.Be3 Rdg8 25.c3 f5³; 21...Nc6 22.Be3 Na5 23.Bd2 Nc4 24.Qf6 Qb6 25.Bb4 Qf2 26.Kb1 (26.Bxd6?? Qe3+ 27.Kb1 Nd2+ 28.Kc1 Nxe4+ 29.Kb1 Nxf6–+) 26...Kd7 27.Qh6 Rxg2 28.Rxg2 Qxg2µ]

22.c3 Qa2 23.Nc2 Nc6 24.Bg5 Na5 [24...Kd7!! 25.g3 Na5 26.Ne3 Rg6 27.Qxh5 Rag8 28.f4 Nb3+ 29.Kc2 Nc5 30.Rb1 Bb3+ 31.Kd2 Nxe4+ 32.Kd3 Nc5+ 33.Kd2 Kc7–+]

25.Rxd6 [25.Nb4 Qa1+ 26.Kd2 (26.Kc2?? Bb3+) 26...Qxb2+ 27.Ke1 Nc4 28.Qf6 Kd7 29.Qe7+ Kc8 30.Bc1 Qb3 (30...Qxc3+? 31.Kf2) 31.Kf2 Ra5–+]

25...Nb3+ 26.Kd1 Qb1+ 27.Bc1 Ke7 28.Rd5 Rg6 29.Qe3 Rag8 30.Rxe5 Rxg2 31.Rxg2 Rxg2 32.Ne1 Rxb2 33.Qg5+ Kd7 34.Rb5 Nxc1 35.Rd5+ Kc6 36.Rc5+ Kb6 37.Qd8+ Kxc5 38.Qc7+ Kb5 39.c4+ Ka6

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⚪️#39 (Endgame-‌White to Move)
🔸Martinovic,Sasa (2567)
🔸Pascua,Haridas (2435)
🔸World Chess Olympiad 2018 Batumi

51.Rd7! [51.h5 f5+ 52.Rxf5 Kg7 53.g5 Rc7 54.Rf3 Bd2 55.Kf5 Rd7 56.Be6 Rd6 57.h6+ Kh8 58.g6 Bxh6 59.Kf6 Rxe6+ (59...Bg7+ 60.Kf7 Bh6 61.g7+ Bxg7 62.Rh3+ Bh6 63.Rxh6#) 60.Kxe6 Kg7 61.Kf5 Bd2 62.Rd3 Be1 63.Rd7+ Kg8 64.Rb7 Ba5 65.Rf7 Bd2+–; 51.Rb7 Be5 52.Rxb6 Rc7 53.a5 Re7 54.Kd3 Bc7 55.Ra6 Rd7 56.Ke4 Bh2 57.b4 Kg7 58.b5 Re7+ 59.Kf3 Re5 60.Bc6 Kf7 61.Ra7+ Ke6 62.h5+–]

51...b5? 52.Kf5 [52.Kf5 Ba5 53.Kg6 Rxd5 54.Rxd5 Kg8 55.Rxb5+–] 1–0

⚪️#40 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Firouzja,Alireza (2582)
🔸Gengler,Pierre (2205)
🔸Olympiad 2018 Batumi