🔹 Women's World Championship KO 2018
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🔸chess.com IoM Masters Douglas ENG 2018
🔸Round 6
⚪️Kobo,Ori (2505)
⚫️Shirov,Alexei (2636)
🔸0-1

18...Nxd3+! [Shirov chooses the best way to obtain an advantage.]

[18...Nxg2+ would not be so good, in view of 19.Kd2 Nc4+ 20.Bxc4 Rxc4 21.Rhg1 Bh3 22.Kd3 Rc6=]

19.Rxd3 Bf5 [△Nc4]

20.Rd1 [20.Ne4 Rc2! 21.d5 Bb4+ 22.Kd1 Rxb2=/+]

20...Nc4! [Alexei fully exploits the absence of the White's light-squared bishop.]

21.0–0 [21.b3? Nb2 22.Rd2 Nd3+ △Bb4 23.Rxd3 Bxd3 24.Kd2 Ba6-/+]

21...Nxb2 22.Rb1? [White gives up the exchange unnecessarily.]

[22.Rd2! Nc4 23.Rdd1 Ba3 24.Ne4 Re8 25.N2c3 Bxe4 26.Nxe4 f5 27.Nc5 b6 28.Nd3=/+]

22...Bxb1 23.Rxb1 Ba3 24.Nb5? [24.d5 Re8 25.Bxa7 Nd3 26.Bb6+ Kd7µ]

24...Rc2!–+ 0–1

⚫️#72 (Strategy-Black to Move)
🔸Keinanen,Toivo (2402)
🔸Yang,ching Wei (2198)
🔸Olympiad 2018 Batumi

28...Be1+?? [Black missed a golden opportunity to penetrate the opponent's camp via the 7th rank.]

[28...Rxc2! intending ...Qe2. White is forced to lose matterial. 29.Rf2 cxb3!? (29...Be1 30.Bxc5 cxb3 31.Bd4 Bxf2+ 32.Bxf2 bxa2–+) 30.Kg2 (30.axb3 Be1–+; 30.Rxc2? bxc2 31.Rc1 Be1+ 32.Kg2 Qe2+ 33.Kg1 Qf2+ 34.Kh1 Bxf3+) 30...Be1 31.Rxc2 bxc2 32.Ra1 Qe2+ 33.Kh1 (33.Kh3 Bd7+) 33...Bxf3+ 34.Qxf3 Qxf3+ 35.Kh2 Qd1–+; 28...cxb3 29.cxb3 Rc2 30.Rf2 (30.Bxc5 Be5) 30...Be1–+ 31.Bxc5 Rxc5 32.Rxe1 Qxe1 33.Qd2 Qg1+ 34.Rg2 Qh1 35.Qd8+ Kh7 36.Qf6 Qe1+ 37.Rf2 Bd5 38.Qd4 Qg1+ 39.Kf4 Rb5 40.a4 Rb4! 41.Qxb4 Qxf2 42.Ke5 Qxf3–+]

29.Rfxe1! Rxe1 30.Rxe1 Qxe1+ 31.Kg2 Qe2+ 32.Kg3 Qe1+ 33.Kg2 Qe2+ 34.Kg3 ½–½

⚪️#72 (Endgame-‌White to Move)
🔸Lupulescu,Constantin (2606)
🔸Mansour,Sameer (2232)
🔸World Chess Olympiad 2018 Batumi

28.Rf3! [28.b4 Bg7 29.Rd3 Ra3 30.Rg3 Kh8±; 28.Kh2 b4 29.cxb4 Rxa2 30.Rf3+–]

28...Bc5+ 29.Kh2 Rf8 [29...Rxa2 30.Rd7 Ra1 31.h4 Bg1+ 32.Kh3 Bc5 33.Rg3+ Kf8 34.Bh6+ Ke8 35.Rxh7+–]

30.Rd7 Rxf4 [30...Rf5 31.a3 e5 32.Rd8+ Kg7 33.Rd5 Rxf4 34.Rxc5±]

31.Rxf4 Bd6 32.Rxd6 Rxd6 33.Rd4 Ra6 34.a3 Rb6 35.Rd8+ Kg7 36.Rd7+ Kg6 37.Rxa7 Rd6 38.a4 Rd2 39.axb5 Rxb2 40.c4 Rb4 41.Re7 Kf5 42.Rxh7 e5 43.Rh8 e4 44.Rc8 Kf4 45.c5 e3 46.c6 e2 47.Rf8+ Ke3 48.c7 e1Q 49.c8Q Kd3 50.Rf3+ 1–0

⚪️#73 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Baburin,Alexander (2452)
🔸Paiva,Donaldo (2206)
🔸Olympiad 2018 Batumi

Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 73
public poll

B)h5 – 8
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 100%
@Sh39r, @mahyarebrahimi1983, @Abolfazl_8383, Nikhil, @h_a_d_I_1169, @K_mosaddegh83, @RichardPeng, @WataxPin

A)Rfc1
▫️ 0%

C)Rac1
▫️ 0%

👥 8 people voted so far.

⚪️#73 (Endgame-‌White to Move)
🔸Meshkovs,Nikita (2535)
🔸Fawzy,Adham (2431)
🔸World Chess Olympiad 2018 Batumi

Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 73
public poll

B)Rce2 – 7
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 70%
@ata1123581321, @M_L_110213, @mahyarebrahimi1983, @shahrokh1386, @Abolfazl_8383, Nikhil, @WataxPin

A)g4 – 3
👍👍👍 30%
@Sh39r, @FrozenBlade, @h_a_d_I_1169

C)h4
▫️ 0%

👥 10 people voted so far.

Congrats to Baskaran Adhiban on winning the Tournament of Peace with 7.5/11 points, and also becomes the fifth Indian to cross 2700 Elo.
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He joins the list of greats who have won the tournament in past - Ivkov, Fischer, Sax and Timman.

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🔹 Tournament of Peace 2018-R11
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