Hectic day of Alina L'Ami while she doesn't play and is standbye!

🔸European Club Cup 2018
🔸Round 5
⚪️Fedoseev,Vladimir3 (2713)
⚫️Brunner,Lucas (2457)
🔸1-0

27...Qc8? [A premature counterattack.]

[The correct defence would be 27...Rc4! 28.Bxe5+ Ka8! 29.Qd2 fxe5 30.Rxe5 Qh1+ 31.Qe1 Qxe1+ 32.Rxe1 Rc6 33.Rh1 Kb8 34.Rh7 Rc7 35.f4 Re7=]

28.Bxe5+ fxe5 29.Qxe5+ Ka8 30.c3! d4 31.Qxd4 Rxg5 32.Rxe6! [Fedoseev exploits the overload with a back rank combination.]

32...a5 33.Rd6 Qc5 34.Kd2 Qxd4+ 35.Rxd4 Kb8 36.Rd7 Ka7 37.Ke3 Kb6 38.f4 Rb5? [Black should have kept his g-pawn to retain some drawing chances.]

39.Rxg7 Rxb2 40.f5 [White wins the pawn race.]

40...Rc2 41.f6 Rxc3+ 42.Ke4 Rc1 43.Rg3 Rc8 44.Rb3+ Ka6 45.a4 b5 46.Rxb5 Rc4+ 47.Ke5 Rxa4 48.Rb8 1–0

⚫️#44 (Strategy-Black to Move)
🔸Batchuluun,Tsegmed (2570)
🔸Bacallao Alonso,Yusnel (2588)
🔸Olympiad 2018 Batumi

40...Nc3! [Transferring the knight to e4 and taking part in the action.]

[40...c5!? 41.g5 (41.Nxc5 Nc3 42.Rb2 Rh6+ 43.Kg3 Ne2+ 44.Rbxe2 fxe2 45.Rxe2–+) 41...c4 42.Nc5 c3; 40...a5 41.Kh4 Rg7 42.Rxg7+ Kxg7 43.Ra1 Ra8 44.Nc5 Kf6 45.Kg3 Ke5 46.Kxf3 Ra7 47.g5 Kf5µ]

41.Rbe1 Ne4 [41...Rh6+! 42.Kg3 Ne2+ 43.R1xe2 fxe2 44.Rxe2 a5–+]

42.Re5 Rh6+ 43.Rh5 Rxh5+ 44.gxh5 c5 45.Rf1 c4 46.Nb4 d4 47.Re1 Re8 48.Rc1 d3 [White can no longer resist the black pawns.] 0–1

⚪️#44 (Endgame-‌White to Move)
🔸Lopez Martinez,Josep Manuel (2581)
🔸Iordachescu,Viorel (2591)
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46.Ne3! [46.Ne1 Rd1 47.Kf1 a3 48.Rd2 Rxd2 49.Rxd2 Rb3 50.Ra2 b5 51.Ra1 b4 52.Nc2 f5 53.d5 Rb2 54.Nxa3 bxa3 55.Rxa3 Rb6 56.Ke2 Rd6 57.Ra7+ Kf6 58.Ke3 Rxd5 59.Ra6+ Kg7 60.Kf4 Kh6 61.Ra8 Rd3 62.Ke5=; 46.Rxa4 Rcxc2 47.Rxc2 Rxc2 48.Rb4 Rc1+ 49.Kg2 Rd1 50.Rxb6 Rxd4 51.Rb7 Rd1 52.Re7 Re1 53.Rc7 (53.Kh2 Kf8 54.Ra7 Re2 55.Kg1 e3 56.fxe3 Rxe3 57.Kf2 Rf3+ 58.Kg2 Kg7³ /=) 53...e3 54.fxe3 Rxe3 55.Rd7 Rf3³ /=]

46...Rxb2 [46...Rxd4 47.Rxb6 a3 48.Ra6 Rdd3 49.Nxg4+–]

47.Rxb2 a3 48.Ra2 b5 49.Nc2 e3 50.fxe3 b4 51.Nxb4 Rxe3 52.Kf2 Rf3+ 53.Kg2 Rb3 54.Nc2 Rd3 55.Nxa3 Rxd4 56.Re2 f5 57.Nc2 Rd3 58.Ne1 [58.Ne3 Rd6 59.Kf2 Kh6 60.Ra2 Kg7 61.Ra7+ Kf6 62.Ra5 Rd2+ 63.Ke1 Rd6 64.Nd5+ Ke5 65.Nf4+ Kf6 66.Ke2 g5 67.Nd5+ Ke6 68.Nc7+ Kd7 69.Ra7 Kc8 70.hxg5 Rg6 71.Nb5 Kb8 72.Ke3 Rxg5 73.Kf4 Rh5 74.Rf7+–]

58...Rb3 59.Rd2 g5 60.hxg5 Kg6 61.Nd3 Kxg5 62.Nf4 Ra3 63.Rd3 Ra2+ 64.Kf1 Ra1+ 65.Ke2 Rg1 66.Kf2 Ra1 67.Rd8 Ra2+ 68.Ke3 Ra3+ 69.Rd3 Ra2 70.Rb3 Ra4 71.Ne6+ Kf6 72.Nd4 Kg5 73.Ne6+ Kf6 74.Nc5 Rc4 75.Rb6+ Kf7 76.Nd3 Re4+ 77.Kf2 Ra4 78.Ne5+ Ke7 79.Rh6 Re4 80.Ng6+ Kf7 81.Nf4 Ra4 82.Rd6 Ke7 83.Rc6 Ra2+ 84.Ke3 Ra3+ 85.Nd3 Ra4 86.Rb6 Re4+ 87.Kd2 Ra4 88.Nb4 Kf7 89.Ke3 Ra3+ 90.Nd3 Ra4 91.Rb4 Ra3 92.Rd4 Ke6 93.Kf4 Rc3 94.Rd8 Ra3 95.Nc5+ Kf7 96.Rd3 Ra5 97.Rd5

1–0

⚪️#45 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Amin,Bassem (2686)
🔸Delgado Ramirez,Neuris (2619)
🔸Olympiad 2018 Batumi

Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 45
public poll

A)Rfc1 – 5
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 56%
@Sophia_Giraffe, @A_Wild_Richard, @WataxPin, Hansika, Sanjana

B)Rbc1 – 2
👍👍👍 22%
Vincent, Mahathi

C)Bh3 – 2
👍👍👍 22%
@steve12345678910, @MerissaWongso

👥 9 people voted so far.

⚪️#45 (Endgame-‌White to Move)
🔸Nikolaidis,Ioannis (2544)
🔸Georgiadis,Nico (2522)
🔸World Chess Olympiad 2018 Batumi

Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 45
public poll

A)57.Rg7+ – 12
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 80%
@mahyarebrahimi1983, reza, @RahmaniArapardaz, @hosghi, @steve12345678910, Vincent, @Sophia_Giraffe, @A_Wild_Richard, @Gm_Mr, @arash22_d, Hansika, Sanjana

B)57.Rd7 – 2
👍 13%
@MerissaWongso, Mahathi

C)57.Rb7 – 1
👍 7%
@WataxPin

👥 15 people voted so far.

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