⚪️ #133 (Endgame-‌White to Move)
🔸Bodnaruk,A (2426)
🔸Vega Gutierrez,S (2389)
🔸WCh Women 2018 Khanty-Mansiysk RUS

49.Bd6?! [49.Be5 Rxe6 (49...Rg6 50.Bd6 Nc8 51.e7+–; 49...Rxf5 50.gxf5 Nxf5 51.Kf3+–) 50.Bb8+ Kxb8 51.Rxe6 Nxf5 52.gxf5 Kc7 53.Kf3 Rh4 54.Re4 Kd6 55.Kg3 Rh1 56.Kg4 Rg1+ 57.Kh5 g4 58.Rxg4 Rf1 59.Kg6 Ke7 60.Rg3 Rf2 61.Re3+ Kf8 62.Rh3 Ke7 63.Rh7+ Kd6 64.Rb7 Ke5 65.Re7+ Kd4 (65...Kd6 66.Re3+–) 66.f6 Kxd3 67.Rb7+–; 49.Kd2 Rxf5 50.gxf5 Nxf5 51.Re5 Ng7 52.e7 Ne8 53.Ke3 Kb7 54.Re6 Rf7 55.Ke4+/=]

49...Nc8?? [49...Rxf5 50.gxf5 (50.Bxe7 Rh2+ 51.Ke1 Rh1+ 52.Ke2 Rh2+ 53.Ke1 (53.Ke3 Rh3+=) ) 50...Nxf5+/=]

50.e7 Nxd6 51.Nxd6 Rh2+ 52.Ke3 [52.Ke1! Rh1+ 53.Kd2 Rh2+ 54.Re2! Rxe2+ 55.Kxe2 Re6+ 56.Kd2 Rxe7 57.Nc8+ Kb7 58.Nxe7+–]

52...Rh3+ 53.Ke2 Rh2+ 54.Ke3 Rff2 55.e8Q Re2+ 56.Kf3 Rhf2+ 57.Kg3 Rg2+ 58.Kf3 Rgf2+ 59.Kg3 Rg2+

½–½

⚫️#134 (Strategy-Black to Move)
🔸Foisor,Sabina-Francesca (2264)
🔸Stefanova,Antoaneta (2490)
🔸WCh Women 2018 Khanty-Mansiysk RUS

Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 134
public poll

B) Ne3 – 17
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 85%
@mahyarebrahimi1983, reza, عباس, Gavin, Nikhil, Jayden, @SteveWongso, Evan, @Somebody_Sophia, @RichardPeng, @AryanLeekha, @arash22_d, Michael, Hansika, Daniel, Aryan Eksambe, Kasyap

A) N×e4 – 2
👍 10%
farhad, Ezequiel

C) Qd7 – 1
▫️ 5%
@Shadows_Merissa

👥 20 people voted so far.

⚪️ #134 (Endgame-‌White to Move)
🔸Erdogdu,M (2406)
🔸Soysal,Serkan (2415)
🔸ch-TUR 2018 Belek TUR

Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 134
public poll

A) g5 – 17
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 89%
@mahyarebrahimi1983, عباس, Gavin, Nikhil, Jayden, @SteveWongso, Evan, @RichardPeng, @AryanLeekha, @WataxPin, @arash22_d, Michael, Hansika, Daniel, Aryan Eksambe, Ezequiel, Kasyap

B) Nf1 – 1
▫️ 5%
@Shadows_Merissa

C) Ng2 – 1
▫️ 5%
@Somebody_Sophia

👥 19 people voted so far.

Amsterdam, 1st August 1974. In the 14th round of the IBM tournament, Dragoljub Velimirović faces Hans Ree. Standing on Ree's left, arms folded, is Vladimir Tukmakov. On the far right, Jan Timman is in play v. Hein Donner.

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