🔸chess.com IoM Masters Douglas ENG 2018
🔸Round 6
⚪️Leko,Peter (2690)
⚫️Shyam,Sundar M (2505)
🔸1-0

28...Nf7?? [A fatal blunder that allows White to exploit Black's vulnerable king position by a spectacular combination.]

[28...Nc5! would be correct: 29.Rg1 Rg8 30.Rxg8 Qxg8 31.b4 Ncd7 32.Kb2 Qg5 33.Qh3 Nf8 34.h6 Qg8+/=]

29.Nxe6! [29.Bg4!? △N×e6 29...Nd8 30.Nxe6 Nxe6 31.Nd5+ Kf7 32.Bf5 △B×e6 32...Qh6 33.Bxe6+ Kxe6 34.Qh3+ Kf7 35.Qxd7++–]

29...Kxe6 30.Bg4+ [¹30.Qa7 Nc5 31.Bg4+ Ke7 32.Nd5+ Kf8 33.Nxf6 Qh6 34.Qb8+ Kg7 35.Ne8+ Kg8 36.Rg1+–]

30...Ke7 31.Qa7 Nd8 32.Nd5+ Kf8 33.Nxf6 Nxf6 34.Rxf6+ Ke8 35.Rxd6 Qxe4 36.Qb6 Qe1+ 37.Rd1 Qe7 38.Qg6+ Nf7 39.Rd7 Qe1+ 40.Ka2

1–0

⚫️#159 (Strategy-Black to Move)
🔸Dominguez Perez,L (2739)
🔸Topalov,V (2740)
🔸Champions Showdown Rapid Saint Louis USA 2019

31...Bd5 [31...Bxc4! Exchanging the white active knight would be the best way to increase Black's advantage. 32.bxc4 Re3 33.f4 Rge6µ 34.Rd2 Rb6 35.Rb1 Rxb1 36.Kxb1 h5µ the black rook would be far more active than its black counterpart.; 31...h5 32.Rde1 Rge6 33.Kd2=]

32.Rhe1 Rge6 33.Rxe6 Rxe6 34.f4 Bxc4 35.bxc4 Rh6 36.Rd2 Rb6 37.Re2 Rb4 38.Re7 h5 39.h3=

½–½

⚫️#159 (Endgame-Black to Move)
🔸Dominguez Perez,L (2739)
🔸Topalov,V (2740)
🔸Champions Showdown Rapid Saint Louis USA 2019

64...Rc1+! [64...Kc6 65.Rxa3 Rc1+ 66.Kb4 Rb1+ 67.Rb3 Rd1 68.d5+ Kd6 69.Ra3 Rb1+ 70.Kc3 Rc1+ 71.Kd3 Rd1+ 72.Kc2 Rh1 73.Ra6+ Kc5 74.Rc6+ Kb4 75.d6+–; 64...Rh1 65.Rxa3 Rh3+ 66.Kb4 Rh1 67.Rg3+–]

65.Kb4 Rd1 66.d5 Rb1+ 67.Kc3 Rc1+ 68.Kd3 Rd1+ 69.Kc2 Rh1 70.Rxa3 Kc5 71.Ra4 Rh3 72.Kb2 Rg3 73.Ra3 Rg2+ 74.Kb3 Rg3+ 75.Ka4 Rg8 76.Rc3 Rb8 77.Ka3 Rb7 78.Rc2 Rb8=

½–½

⚫️#160 (Strategy-Black to Move)
🔸Shankland,S (2731)
🔸Rapport,R (2735)
🔸Champions Showdown Rapid Saint Louis USA 2019

Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 160
public poll

C) B×e3 – 13
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 93%
Gavin, @steve12345678910, @RichardPeng, Sahil, Srikar, Atharva, @WataxPin, Keilor, Michael, Hansika, Pranav, Abhi, Kasyap

B) Qc6 – 1
👍 7%
@Somebody_Sophia

A) b4
▫️ 0%

👥 14 people voted so far.

⚫️#160 (Endgame-Black to Move)
🔸Shankland,S (2731)
🔸Rapport,R (2735)
🔸Champions Showdown Rapid Saint Louis USA 2019

Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 160
public poll

A) Rb1 – 15
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 68%
@Momoghadam, @batonik107, reza, @MohamadAsp, @Steve1234567890qwerty, @A_Somewhat_Cool_Guy, @Qwerty123Tseries, @WataxPin, Vedant, Michael, Hansika, Pranav, Daniel, Abhi, @Kingbosskasyap

B) a3 – 6
👍👍👍 27%
Gavin, @Squirtle1, @SophiaCat_does_Chess, Sahil, Srikar, @Ndtaker

C) Ra3 – 1
▫️ 5%
@Mey_ro

👥 22 people voted so far.

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