🔸chess.com IoM Masters Douglas ENG 2018
🔸Round 8
⚪️Huschenbeth,Niclas (2589)
⚫️Jackson,James P (2371)
🔸1-0

41.Qe4+! [Huschenbeth finds the only winning move.]

41...g6 [41...Kg8?? 42.Re8+ Kf7 43.Qe6#+–]

42.Rd6! [△Rd7]

[42.Re7+? Qxe7™ 43.Qxe7+ Kg8 44.Qd6 Be2!=]

42...h5 43.Rd7+ Kh6 44.h4!+– [and there is no time for Black to use his strong passed pawns.]

[44.Qe8!? Qf4 45.Qh8+ Kg5 46.Qd8+ △h4 46...Qf6 47.f4+ Kf5 48.g4+ hxg4 49.hxg4+ Ke4 50.Qxf6 Kf3 51.f5+–]

1–0

⚫️#166 (Strategy-Black to Move)
🔸Henderson de La Fuente,Lance (2484)
🔸Gavilan Diaz,M (2334)
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17...Rf8!? [17...Nfg5! trying to take over the weak light squares around White's king. 18.Bf1 Nxf3+ 19.Nxf3 Qf6 20.h4 Bd7 21.bxc6 Bxc6 22.Bg2 Rf8µ; 17...Qf6! 18.bxc6 bxc6 19.Kg2 Bh6 20.Bc4 Bxd2 21.Nxd2=/+]

18.h4 g5-/+

0–1

⚪️#166 (Endgame-White to Move)
🔸Sadhwani,Raunak (2438)
🔸Bianco,V (2008)
🔸chess.com IoM Masters Douglas ENG 2018

28.gxh6! [28.gxf6!? Rfxf6 29.Rxf6 gxf6 30.Rg1+ Kf7 31.Rg6 Rb5 32.Rxh6 f5 33.Rh7+ Kf6 34.Rd7 Kg5 35.exf5 Kxh5 36.f6 Kg6 37.f7 Kg7 38.Kc1 c3 39.bxc3 bxc3 40.Kd1 Rb4 41.Ke2 Rd4 42.Ke3±; 28.g6? c3 29.Rf3 Rc8 30.b3 Kf8 31.Rd3 Ke7 32.Rff3 Rf8 33.a3 a5=]

28...gxh6 29.Rg1+ Kh7 30.Rg6 c3 31.b3 Rb7 [31...Rg8 32.Rfg2 Rd8 (32...Rxg6 33.Rxg6 Rd6 34.a4 a5 35.Kc1+–) 33.Kc1 Rbd6 34.Rg7+ Kh8 35.R2g6 f5 36.Rxd6 Rxd6 37.Rg6 Rd7 38.Rxh6+ Kg7 39.Rg6+ Kf7 40.Kd1 fxe4 41.d6+–]

32.Rfxf6 Rxf6 33.Rxf6 Rg7 34.Rf1 Kg8 35.a3 a5 36.a4 Rg4 37.d6 Rg7 38.Kc1 Rf7 39.Rd1 Rd7 40.Rd5 Kf7 41.Rxa5 Rxd6 42.Rxe5 Rd2 43.Rb5 Re2 44.Kb1 Rxe4 45.a5 Re1+ 46.Ka2 Rc1 47.Rxb4 Rxc2+ 48.Kb1

1–0

⚪️#167 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Munguntuul,B (2422)
🔸Dushyant,Sharma (2289)
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Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 167
public poll

C) Nh2 – 10
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 67%
@fantastic45, Max, @soheil_hooshdaran, Gavin, Nikhil, @Ali_arya1988, @Sophia_On_The_Loose, @A_Wild_Richard, Atharva, Hansika

B) a4 – 3
👍👍 20%
@Zamani9899, امیر, Ryan

A) Bb3 – 2
👍 13%
@mahyarebrahimi1983, Matthew

👥 15 people voted so far.

⚪️#167 (Endgame-White to Move)
🔸Erdogdu,M (2406)
🔸Soysal,Serkan (2415)
🔸ch-TUR 2018 Belek TUR 2018

Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 167
public poll

A) Ng2 – 17
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 89%
@mahyarebrahimi1983, @fantastic45, Max, @soheil_hooshdaran, Gavin, Nikhil, @Ali_arya1988, @Sophia_On_The_Loose, @A_Wild_Richard, Adhvaith, Srikar, Ryan, Atharva, Hansika, Ali, Abhi, Matthew

B) g5 – 2
👍 11%
Mohammad, @Zamani9899

C) Nf1
▫️ 0%

👥 19 people voted so far.

Moscow, 27th July 1988. In round 2 of the 55th USSR Championship final, World Champion Garry Kasparov is in play v. Vassily Ivanchuk, in what was to become a famous game.
Ivanchuk - who is 50 years old today, is standing 3rd from right.

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“Short of actual blunders, lack of faith in one's position is the chief cause of defeat. To be sure, it is easy to recommend faith and not so easy to practice it.”

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Happy 50th Birthday to the great Vassily Ivanchuk!🎂🎉🎈
He is a four-times Olympic Champion: 1988, 1990 (USSR) 2004, 2010 (Ukraine). He was the 2007 World Blitz and 2016 World Rapid Champion. He was World #2 in Jul 1991, Jul 1992, Oct 2007. His peak live rating was 2791.5 in July 2008.

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The 2019 European Individual Championship #EICC2019 begins today with Vladislav Artemiev (2736) as top seed fighting for the €20,000 first prize.
Last year's champion Ivan Saric (2703), GMs Tomashevsky (2705), Dubov (2703), Kovalev (2703), etc. take part in the event.

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