🏆Fide World Cup 2017

⚪️Viktor Erdos (2628)
⚫️Bassem Amin (2680)

Results: ½ ½

Black blunderd in the completely winning position by playing a3??

1.R.a3! Rh3+ 2.Ke4 R.a3

He missed a beautiful stalemate!

📘 #1 Answer👇👇👇
[Unity Chess]

🔹In this position with a fixed pawn centre,
White is slightly better thanks to the
more active placement of his minor pieces
How can he make further progress, considering
the fact that the d5-pawn is well defended
for the moment?. 1.h4! A typical advance to gain some space
and enable future pressure on Black's kingside.
Since the reply 1S ... h5 isn't possible,
the pawn can soon move on to h5.🔹

📘 #2 Answer👇👇👇
[Unity Chess]

🔹5.Bc2! A small but useful move. The bishop can now go to b3 to put pressure on d5, while a subsequent Nd3 will help both the knight and the other bishop in finding new destinies.🔹

🔴 #3

R.Kasimdzhanov Vs B.Gelfand (2002)


1.Ra8!! Rxa8 [1...Nd7 2.Bg4 Rxa8 (2...Qb7 3.Nd5! Bxd5 4.exd5+-) 3.Bxd7++-]
2.Nd5!+- 1-0

⚫️#3 (Strategy - Black To Move)

Unity Chess Multiple Choice 3

A: e5 – 22
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 69%

B: R.d1 – 8
👍👍👍 25%

C: Ne6 – 2
👍 6%

👥 32 people voted so far.

⚫️#4 (Strategy - Black To Move)

Unity Chess Multiple Choice 4
anonymous poll

C: Nh5 – 25
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 76%

B: Na5 – 6
👍👍 18%

A: b5 – 2
👍 6%

👥 33 people voted so far.

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