The predict of Australian kanguru was not correct!

On the only rest day at the World Championship in Khanty-Mansiysk Kateryna Lagno, one of the two finalists of the World Championship, did the ceremonial first face-off for the Higher Hockey League game between Ugra (Khanty-Mansiysk) and Lada (Tolyatti).

🔹 World Chess Championship in London 2018
🔹 Magnus Carlsen vs Fabiano Caruana -R7
🔹 PGN format

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🔸chess.com IoM Masters Douglas ENG 2018
🔸Round 4
⚪️Giri,Anish (2780)
⚫️Debashis,Das (2548)
🔸1-0

28.Rc5! [Giri intends to exchange Black's only active piece. Obviously, if Black trades off the rooks on the c5–square, he will lose a pawn without any compensation.]

28...Rd5 29.c4 [29.Rxd5!? exd5 30.Nf6 d4 31.h4 Bg7 32.Nd5 Rf8 33.Re7 Bf6 34.Nxf6 Rxf6 35.Re5 Rg6 36.Rg5 Re6 37.Rxh5²]

29...Rd4? [29...f3! 30.gxf3 Rd1+ 31.Kc2 Rc1+ 32.Kb3 Bf4²]

30.Rxh5 Rxc4 31.Nd6! [Black has no way to save the e6 pawn.]

31...f3 32.gxf3 Rc1+ 33.Ka2 Bg7 34.Rxh8+ Bxh8 35.Rxe6 1–0

⚫️#67 (Strategy-Black to Move)
🔸Balogun,Oluwafemi (2275)
🔸Almiron,Antonio (2358)
🔸Olympiad 2018 Batumi

33...Rh8!! [While it seems that Black should play on the kingside, but there is no promising attack actually there, so he decides to transfer the rook to the other side.]

[33...Rc8 34.Qa2 a5 35.bxa6 Ka7 36.Nd6 Bxd6 37.Rxc8 Nxe5 38.Nxe5 Qxe5= (38...Bxa2?? 39.Nc6+ Kxa6 40.Rxa2+ Kb7 41.Raa8+–) ; 33...f6 34.exf6 Nxf6 35.Nge5 Rh8 36.Nc6+ Bxc6 37.bxc6 Nd5 38.Qe5 Rf8 39.Qxf5 Rxf5 40.g4 Rf4 41.Ne5 Bd6 42.Re1 Bxe5 43.Rxe5 Rxc6 44.Rxg5 a5 45.Kh2 Rf8 46.Kg3 Rc2–+]

34.Nd6 Qh7 [34...Bxd6! 35.exd6 Rcc8 36.Rc7 Rxc7 37.dxc7+ Kb7 38.Ra4 Rc8 39.Rxd4 Rxc7–+]

35.Ne4 Bxe4 36.Qxe4 Qxe4 37.fxe4 Rhc8 38.Rf1 Nf8?? [An incorrect defence that places the knight in a passive position.]

[38...Rf8! 39.Rf2 Bb4 40.Raf1 Nc5 41.Rf3 Kb7-/+]

39.Rf6 Ng6 40.Raf1 Rf8 41.R6f2 Kc8 42.Bf3 Kd8? [42...Be7 43.Bd1 Rc5 44.Bb3 Rxb5 45.Bc4 Ra5 46.Rxf7 Kd7µ] ½–½