⚪️#141 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Moradi,A (2318)
🔸Mosadeghpour,Masoud (2517)
🔸Bushehr IRI 2019

20.Red3? [This move allows Black to consolidate his position.]

[20.g4!! would be correct: trying to access the vital e4–square. 20...f4 (20...fxg4 21.Ne4+–; 20...Qf8 21.Qh5 f4 22.Re4+–) 21.Ne4+–; 20.c3!? would also be interesting, in order to open up the c-file, putting pressure on the black knight on c6.]

20...Qf8 21.Nxf7 Kxf7 22.Rd7+ Re7 23.Bf3 Qxh6

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⚪️#141 (Endgame-Black to Move)
🔸Dhulipalla,Bala Chandra Prasad (2341)
🔸Harsha,B (2481)
🔸Caleta ENG 2019

45...Bh4? [45...Rb8! 46.Ba6 Bh4! 47.Bf1 (47.Rxb7!? Rxb7 48.Bxb7 Bxg3 49.Ba6 Bxh2 50.b7 g3!! 51.b8Q g2 52.Qg8+ Kh6 53.Qh8+ Kg6=) 47...Be7²; 45...Rd8?? 46.Rxb7 Bc5 47.Kd2 Bxd4 48.exd4 Rxd4+ 49.Kc3+–]

46.Ra1? [46.Kd2! Rg8 47.gxh4 g3 48.hxg3 Kh6 49.Ra1 Rxg3 50.Rh1+–]

46...Be7

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⚪️#142 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Hera,I (2598)
🔸Shengelia,D (2522)
🔸TCh-HUN 2018-19

Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 142
public poll

C) Bh3 – 13
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 100%
@M_L_110213, @fantastic45, @soheil_hooshdaran, Nikhil, Saghana, @Somebody_Sophia, @AryanLeekha, @arash22_d, Michael, Hansika, @Dmbarrad, Matthew, Kasyap

A) Ne3
▫️ 0%

B) Nf3
▫️ 0%

👥 13 people voted so far.

⚫️#142 (Endgame-Black to Move)
🔸Tejaswini,S (2190)
🔸Rahul,Srivatshav P (2370)
🔸Caleta ENG 2019

Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 142
public poll

B) Rc6 – 7
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 47%
@soheil_hooshdaran, Nikhil, Saghana, @AryanLeekha, Michael, Hansika, Kasyap

A) B×c4 – 6
👍👍👍👍👍👍 40%
@fantastic45, @Behrangm2003, @Somebody_Sophia, @Ndtaker, @arash22_d, Matthew

C) a3 – 2
👍👍 13%
Babak, محسن

👥 15 people voted so far.

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⚫️Kramnik,Vladimir (2779)
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24...h5! [A typical idea to remove one of the defenders of the e4 square.]

25.Ra7? [White is trying to obtain some counterplay but it would have been better to defend the e4 pawn.]

[25.Re1! Qc5‚ 26.Bd3 Kg7 27.Re3 Ne8 28.Nf1 Nd6 29.c4³]

25...h4! 26.Rxb7? [¹26.Nf1 Bxe4 27.Qe2 Qc5 28.Ne3 Kg7-/+]

26...hxg3 [△Qa8]

27.Ra7™ Qc5!

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