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

0–1

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🔸Martinovic,Sasa (2567)
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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)
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A) 13.Ne6 – 11
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B) 13.Nf5
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C) 13.Qa8
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Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 40
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A) 28.c7 – 13
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@imaminia, Seyed Hossein Ali, Max, @h_a_d_I_1169, Nagaprasad, Alexander, Saghana, @Sophia_Peng, @AryanLeekha, @Gm2001, Rachel, @jodchess, Zhenrui

C) 28.g4 – 5
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@mahyarebrahimi1983, @BehroudR, @rssh666, Vincent, Alan

B) 28.h4 – 2
👍 10%
@Kiana8207, @RichardPeng

👥 20 people voted so far.

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17...Nxd5! A well-calculated combination by Huzman.

18.Qh5 [18.Qxd8 Raxd8 19.Nxd5 Bc5 20.Nf4 Bxd4 21.Bd2 Nc6 22.Nxd3 cxd3 23.Bxc6 bxc6 24.Rac1 Rfe8-/+]

18...Nf6! After carrying out his task, The knight retreats to protect his king.

19.Qh3 Bxh2+! 20.Qxh2 Qxd4 21.Be3 Qd8?! [21...Qg4 △Qf5 22.Qc7 Qf5! 23.Bb6 Rfc8 24.Qg3 Nc6 25.Re1 Re8–+]

22.Bc5 b5 23.Bxf8 Qxf8 24.Qc7 Qb4 25.a3 Qxb2 26.Qxa5 bxa4 27.Nxa4 Qd4µ 28.Nc5 Rc8 29.Nxd3 cxd3 30.Qf5 Rd8 31.Rab1 a5 32.Rb3 d2 33.Qxa5 Ng4 34.Qf5 Re8 35.Rbb1 h5 36.g3 Qc3 37.Kg2 g6 38.Qf3 Qc2 39.a4 Kg7 40.Qb3 Qe4+ 41.Qf3 Nxf2 42.Kxf2 Qd4+ 43.Kg2 Re3 44.Qf2 Qe4+ 45.Kg1 Re2 46.Ra1 Rxf2 47.Kxf2 Qd4+ 48.Ke2 Qe5+ 49.Kf2 Qa5 50.Kg2 g5 51.Kh2 Qe5 52.a5 Qe2+ 53.Kh1 h4 54.g4 f5 55.a6 fxg4 0–1

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