⚪️#85 (Endgame-‌White to Move)
🔸Rakotomaharo,Fy Antenaina (2422)
🔸Lim,Zhuo Ren (2182)
🔸World Chess Olympiad 2018 Batumi

36.Nb6 [36.Nxf6! Kxf6 37.Kd5 Ke7 38.Rb6 Kf6 39.a5 Kf5 40.Rb4 Rc7 41.Kxd6 Rc6+ 42.Kd5 Ra6 43.Rb5 Kxf4 44.b4 g5 45.Rxb7 g4 46.Rb6 Ra8 47.Rg6 Rb8 48.Kc4 Ra8 49.Kc5 g3 50.a6 Kf5 51.Rxg3 Rxa6 52.b5 Ra2 53.b6 Rb2 54.Kc6 Rc2+ 55.Kd6 Rb2 56.Kc7 Rc2+ 57.Kb8+–; 36.a5 Bh8 37.Rb5 Ke6 38.b4 Bb2 39.Rb6 Bc1 40.b5 Ba3 41.a6 bxa6 42.bxa6 Bc5 43.Rb7 Rxb7 44.axb7 Ba7 45.Nc7+ Kd7 46.Na6 Ke6 47.Kd3 (47.b8Q d5+ 48.Kd3 Bxb8 49.Nxb8 Kf5 50.Ke3 g5=) 47...d5 48.Kc3 Kd7 49.Kb3 Ke6 50.Kb4 Kf5 51.Kb5=]

36...Rc7 37.Kd5 Be7 38.Rc4 Rxc4 39.Nxc4 Kf6 40.a5 Kf5 41.b4 Kxf4 42.b5 Bh4 43.Nxd6 Bf2 44.Nxb7 g5 45.Nc5 g4 46.b6 Kf3 47.b7 Bg3 48.Nd7 Bb8 49.Nxb8 g3 50.Nc6 g2 51.b8Q g1Q 52.Nd4+ 1–0

⚪️#86 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Blagojevic,Dragisa (2476)
🔸Berend,Fred (2358)
🔸Olympiad 2018 Batumi

Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 86
public poll

A) Ne3 – 10
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 91%
@persepolis62, @fantastic45, Nikhil, @hoseini139562, Jayden, @YaminiG, @Sophia_Peng, M, @WataxPin, Michael

B) c×d6 – 1
👍 9%
@RichardPeng

C) R×d6
▫️ 0%

👥 11 people voted so far.

⚫️#86 (Endgame-‌Black to Move)
🔸Mehmeti,Dritan (2391)
🔸Mushore,Emarald Takudzwa (2152)
🔸World Chess Olympiad 2018 Batumi

Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 86
public poll

A) Kg7 – 10
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 71%
@Zamani9899, Nikhil, Jayden, @YaminiG, @Sophia_Peng, @mahdi_2mhf, @RichardPeng, M, @WataxPin, Michael

B) f5 – 2
👍 14%
@persepolis62, @shahrook

C) Rg5 – 2
👍 14%
@Behrangm2003, @hoseini139562

👥 14 people voted so far.

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🔸Round 1
⚪️Wallace,John Paul (2377)
⚫️Melkumyan,Hrant (2660)
🔸1-0

31...Nxd3! 32.Rxd3 Qg7‚ [Black puts more pressure on White's kingside. The pin on g2 is very annoying for White.]

33.Rxd6 [33.Rxe6 Bxf3 34.Qe1 Bc6³ △R×f2]

33...Bxf3! [A powerful blow that destroys White's defence.]

34.Qd4?! [34.gxf3?? gxf3+ 35.Kh1 Qg2#; ¹34.Qd2 Bxg2 35.Rd8! g3 36.Rxf8+ Rxf8 37.Nh1 gxh2+ 38.Kxh2 Bf3 39.Rg1 Bg4³]

34...e5! 35.Qb6 Bc6! [△R×f2]

36.Rd2 g3 37.hxg3 [37.Nd1 Rf2 38.Nxf2 gxh2+ △Q×g2 39.Kf1 Qxg2+ 40.Ke2 Qf3+ 41.Kf1 h1Q#–+]

37...Qxg3 0–1

⚪️#86 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Blagojevic,Dragisa (2476)
🔸Berend,Fred (2358)
🔸Olympiad 2018 Batumi

24.cxd6?! [Although after this move White still has some advantage, the following variation would have been better. Actually, White should have kept the tension and increased his pressure on Black's camp.]

[24.Ne3! Nf7 25.Nc4 dxc5 26.Rxd8+ Nxd8 27.Qxe5 Be6 28.Nd6 Nf7 29.Nxf7 Rxf7 30.Rd6 Bxa2 31.Qxc5 a6 32.f4 Rf6 (32...Be6 33.f5±) 33.Rxc6±; 24.Rxd6 Rdxd6 25.cxd6 Rxd6 26.Qc5 Nf7 27.Rxd6 Nxd6 28.Ne3 Kf7 29.Qxa7±]

24...Rfxd6 25.Rxd6 Rxd6 26.Qa3 Nf7 27.Rxd6 Nxd6 28.Qxa7 Be6 29.b3 Kf7 30.Qc5 Kf6 31.f4 Nf7 32.Qf2 Qb4 33.Ne3 Ke7 34.f5 Bd7 35.h4 Qd4 36.Kh2 Nd6 37.Qf3 Qd2? 38.Ng4 Nf7 39.f6+ Kf8 40.fxg7+ Kxg7 41.Qf6+ Kg8 42.Nxe5 Nxe5 43.Qxe5 Qxa2 [43...Kf7 44.Qc7 Ke7 45.a4 Qb4 46.e5+–]

44.Qe7 Qd2 45.e5 Bg4 46.e6 Bh5 47.Qxb7 Be8 48.Qe7 Bg6 49.Qd7 Qe3 50.e7 Bf7 51.Bxc6 Qe2+ 52.Bg2 Kg7 53.b4 Kf6 54.b5 Qxe7 55.Qxe7+ Kxe7 56.b6 Kd6 57.Kg1 Bc4 58.Kf2 Ba6 59.Ke3 h6 60.Kf4 1–0