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⚫️#42 (Strategy-Black to Move)
🔸Mabusela,Johannes Manyedi (2245)
🔸Markoja,Boris (2456)
🔸Olympiad 2018 Batumi

15...Bxc3+! [Black gets a ruined pawn structure for White. Now he can use his knight to penetrate into the opponent's camp.]

[15...Ne5 16.Bd2 Bd7 17.Qc2 Bc6 18.e4 c4 19.0–0–0 Nd3+ 20.Bxd3 cxd3 21.Qb3 Qf6 22.Rhg1 Bb6 23.Be3 Bxe3+ 24.fxe3 Qxf3 25.Nd5 Kh8 26.Qxd3 Rae8 27.Qd4 f6 28.Nc3 b6³; 15...Nf6 16.Bd2 a6 17.Qh4 Be6 18.Rg1 Re8 19.e4„]

16.bxc3 Ne5 17.Qe4 [17.Bb2 c4! 18.f4 Nd3+ 19.Bxd3 Qxd3 20.Rg1 Qe4 21.Qb5 Bf5 22.Qe5 Qxe5 23.fxe5 Rae8 24.f4 f6µ]

17...Qf6 18.Bb2 Bf5 19.Qf4 Ng6 20.Qa4? [20.Qg3 Rad8µ]

20...Rfd8 21.Qb3 Nh4‚ 22.Rg1 Qd6! 23.Rg3 Qd2+ 24.Kf1 Bd3! 25.Bxd3 [25.Qd1 Qxb2 26.Bxd3 Rxd3 27.Qxd3 Qxa1+–+]

25...Qxd3+ 26.Kg1 c4! 27.Qb5 [27.Qa4 b5 28.Qxb5 Qd1+ 29.Rxd1 Rxd1#]

27...Qd1+ 0–1

⚪️#42 (Endgame-‌White to Move)
🔸Stefansson,Hannes (2502)
🔸Meshkovs,Nikita (2535)
🔸World Chess Olympiad 2018 Batumi

40.Re5 [40.Ng5! Kf8 41.Rc5 hxg3 42.hxg3 Rd7 43.Re6 Nf6 44.Ra5 Re7 45.Rea6 Re2 46.Rxa4 Rxa4 47.Rxa4 Ke7 48.Kf3 Rd2 49.Rc4 c6 50.Ra4 Kd6 51.g4 Rd1 52.Ne4+ Ke6 53.Kf4 Rf1 54.f3±; 40.Re1 h3+ 41.Kf1 (41.Kxh3? Rxe6 42.Rxe6 Nf4+ 43.Kg4 Nxe6µ) 41...Ne3+ 42.Rxe3 Rxe3 43.fxe3 Rxe6 44.Rxa4 Rxe3 45.Kf2 Rc3 46.g4=]

40...c6 41.Nc5 hxg3 42.hxg3 Ra2 43.Rxa4 Rxa4 44.Nxa4 Nf6 45.Rc5 ½–½

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⚪️#43 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Vidit,Santosh Gujrathi (2711)
🔸Diermair,Andreas (2501)
🔸Olympiad 2018 Batumi

Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 43
public poll

B) Bg5 – 4
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 57%
Sriram, Vincent, @RichardPeng, Hansika

C) Bb3 – 2
👍👍👍👍 29%
@Somebody_Sophia, Sanjana

A) Bh6 – 1
👍👍 14%
Saghana

👥 7 people voted so far.

⚫️#43 (Endgame-‌Black to Move)
🔸Dastan,Muhammed Batuhan (2569)
🔸Martirosyan,Haik M (2597)
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Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 43
public poll

C) 34....g5 – 6
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 75%
Vincent, @Somebody_Sophia, @RichardPeng, @WataxPin, Hansika, Sanjana

A) 34...Rfd8 – 1
👍 13%
Saghana

B) 34...h5 – 1
👍 13%
España 🇪🇸

👥 8 people voted so far.

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