⚪️#40 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Firouzja,Alireza (2582)
🔸Gengler,Pierre (2205)
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13.Ne6! [Alireza doesn't allow his opponent any counter-chances and also ruins Black's kingside structure.]

[13.Nf5 Nbd7 14.Nxg7 Kxg7 15.Rfd1 Qc7 16.b3 h5!?³; 13.Qxa8? exd4 14.Rad1 Qc7! 15.Bxd4 Nc6 16.Qxa6 Ng4 17.g3 Bxd4 18.Nb5 Qe5 19.Nxd4 Nxd4 20.Qxb6 Nf3+ 21.Kh1 Qe4–+]

13...fxe6 14.Qxa8 Qc7 15.b3 e4 [15...b5 16.Rac1 bxc4 17.Ne4 Qa5 18.Nxf6+ exf6 19.Rxc4 Qxa2 20.Qb7+–]

16.h3 Nh5 17.Rac1 Nc6 18.Qxa6 Nf4 19.c5 Nxh3+? 20.gxh3 Ne5 21.f4! exf3 22.Qxb6 Qc8 23.Ne4 f2+ 24.Rxf2 Rxf2 25.Bxf2 Nf3+ 26.Kg2 Qf8 27.Qxe6+ Kh8 28.Rf1 Ne5 29.Bd4 Qa8 30.c6 Qxa2+ 31.Rf2 Qb1 32.Qc8+ 1–0

⚪️#40 (Endgame-‌White to Move)
🔸Melkumyan,Hrant (2660)
🔸Can,Emre (2588)
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28.c7! [28.h4 Rc8 29.g4 g5 30.hxg5 hxg5 31.Kxe4 Bd5+ 32.Ke3 Bxc6 33.Rxf7+ Kg8 34.Rf5 Rxf5 35.gxf5 Bb5 36.Rg6+ Kf7 37.Nf3 Re8+ 38.Kd4 Rd8+ 39.Kc5 Rc8+ 40.Kb6 g4 41.Ne5+ Kf8 42.f6 Re8 43.Nxg4²; 28.g4 Bd5 29.Rxa6 Re8 30.Ra3 Rc8 31.Ra7 Bxc6 32.Rxf7 Rc3+ 33.Kf4²]

28...Rc8 29.Rc6! Rxc6 30.Nxc6 Be6 31.Kxe4 Re8 32.Kd4 Kg6 33.Rxa6 1–0

⚪️#41 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Kavinda,Akila (2047)
🔸Nevska,Gerda (1819)
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Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 41
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A) 18.h4 – 11
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 85%
@Shadowoffhollow, Mieke, @YaminiG, Alexander, @Sophia_Peng, @AryanLeekha, @WataxPin, Rachel, Michael, @jodchess, Zhenrui

B) 18.Kb1 – 2
👍 15%
Vincent, @RichardPeng

C) 18.Rdg1
▫️ 0%

👥 13 people voted so far.

⚪️#41 (Endgame-‌White to Move)
🔸Kovalev,Vladislav (2664)
🔸Smirnov,Anton (2549)
🔸World Chess Olympiad 2018 Batumi

Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 41
public poll

C) 58.g4 – 7
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 47%
Mieke, @YaminiG, Alexander, @Sophia_Peng, @WataxPin, Rachel, Michael

B) 58.Be1 – 6
👍👍👍👍👍👍 40%
@Shadowoffhollow, Vincent, @RichardPeng, Srikar, @AryanLeekha, @jodchess

A) 58.Kf4 – 2
👍👍 13%
Saghana, Marco

👥 15 people voted so far.

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