🔸Tata Steel India Rapid 2018
🔸Round 4
⚪️Aronian,L (2765)
⚫️So,W (2765)
🔸1-0

26.Rc6!+– [The winning move. Black's bishop has no proper square to retreat.]

26...Be7? [¹26...Ne8 27.h3! h6 28.Qc2 Ndf6 29.Bb6 Qd7 30.Nxf6+ Nxf6 31.Qd1 Ne8 32.Qd5!+–; 26...Bb8? 27.Nxf6+ Nxf6 28.Qxd8 Rxd8 29.Bb6 Re8 30.Bxa5+–; 26...Nxd5? 27.Rxd6 N5f6 28.g4 h6 29.h4 e4 30.Be2+– △g5]

27.Nxf6+?? [Aronian who has played very well up to this point, now throws away all his advantage.]

[27.Rc8! Nxd5 28.Rxd8 Rxd8 29.Qxd5+–]

27...Nxf6 28.Qxd8 Rxd8=

⚪️#167 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Munguntuul,B (2422)
🔸Dushyant,Sharma (2289)
🔸chess.com IoM Masters Douglas ENG 2018

12...c5! [Opening lines on the queenside brings Black a decisive advantage.]

[12...a4 13.a3 Bxa3 14.bxa3 b4 15.Qe3 bxc3 16.Bxa6 Rxa6 17.Bd6 Nb6 18.Bb4 Nc4 19.Qxc3 Qc7 20.Nf2 Rb8 21.Nd3 Rab6 22.g4 Qg3 23.Rdf1 dxe4 24.Rhg1 Qh2 25.Rh1 Qe2 26.fxe4-0.66/24; 12...Nf6 13.g4 a4 14.g5 Nxh5 15.gxh6 Nxf4 16.Nxf4 g6=]

13.dxc5 Bxc5 14.Nxb5 [14.exd5 b4 15.Nb5 Nxd5–+]

14...e5 15.Bd2 Bxb5 16.Qxb5 Bd4 [16...Rb8 17.Qxa5 Bb6 18.Qb4 (18.Qa6?? Ra8! 19.Qd3 Rxa2–+; 18.Qa3 Ra8 19.Qb3 Nc5 20.Qb5 Rxa2–+) 18...Bd4-/+]

17.c3 Rb8-/+

1–0

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

51.Ng2? [51.g5! Bc8 52.Ng4+ Kf5 53.Rf6+ Kxg5 54.Rf8 Rxg7 55.Rxc8 Nh4 56.Nce3 Rf7 57.Rg8+ Ng6 58.Rd8 Nh4 59.Rxd6 Rf3+ 60.Kh2 Nf5 61.Nxf5 Rxf5 62.Nh6 Rf2+ 63.Kg1 Rf3 64.Kg2 Rxa3 65.Nf7+ Kf5 66.Re6 Rb3 67.Nd6+ Kf4 68.Rxe4+; 51.Nf1? Nd4 52.Nxd4 cxd4 53.Nd2 d3 54.Rg5+ Kd4 55.Kf4 e3 56.Nf3+ Kxc4 57.Kxe3 Kc3 58.Nd2 Be8 59.Ne4+ Kc2 60.Rf5 Rxg7 61.Rf2+ Kb3 62.Nxd6 Bg6 63.Nf5 Rd7 64.Kd4 Kxa3 65.Ne3 d2 66.Rxd2 Kb3 67.Rf2 a3 68.Nc4 Bf7 69.Rf3+ Kb4 70.Nxa3 Rxd5+ 71.Ke4 Be6 72.Nc2+ Kc5=]

51...Nd4 52.Nce3 Be8 53.Rh6 Rxg7= 54.Nf4 Bf7 55.Rh8 Rg8 56.Rh7 Kf6 57.Rh6+ Ke5

½–½

⚫️#168 (Strategy-Black to Move)
🔸Zhao Xue (2478)
🔸Lujan,C (2364)
🔸WCh Women 2018

Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 168
public poll

B) Nd7 – 9
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 56%
Gavin, ........, @A_Wild_Richard, Adhvaith, Sahil, Hansika, Abhi, Matthew, Kasyap

C) B×f3 – 4
👍👍👍 25%
عباس, Drew, Srikar, @Miladdark79

A) Bd6 – 3
👍👍 19%
@mahyarebrahimi1983, @Sophia_On_The_Loose, Michael

👥 16 people voted so far.

⚪️#168 (Endgame-White to Move)
🔸Ozen,Deniz (2411)
🔸Sevgi,V (2296)
🔸ch-TUR 2018 Belek TUR 2018

Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 168
public poll

A) a3 – 9
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 53%
Gavin, Sahil, Srikar, @Miladdark79, Hansika, Pravin, Abhi, Matthew, Kasyap

C) Bc5 – 7
👍👍👍👍👍 41%
@mahyarebrahimi1983, زهره, Drew, @Sophia_On_The_Loose, @A_Wild_Richard, Michael, Daniel

B) Qb5 – 1
👍 6%
Mohammad

👥 17 people voted so far.

🔸Tata Steel India Rapid 2018
🔸Round 4
⚪️Mamedyarov,S (2817)
⚫️Nakamura,Hi (2746)
🔸0-1

32...Bg1+!? [Although this move also gives Black an advantage, it is better for him to activate his knight first and attacks with all his pieces.]

[¹32...Nf6! 33.Rb7 Bg1+ 34.Kh1 Rd1 35.Nxe5 Nh5–+]

33.Kh1 f6 34.Ne1 Bd4! 35.Kh2 Ng7 [¹35...Rxa2! 36.Nd3 a5 37.Rd8 Kf7 38.Rd7+ Ke6 39.Rd8 Nd6 40.h4 Nc4–+]

36.h4 Rxa2–+

0–1

⚫️#169 (Strategy-Black to Move)
🔸Zhao Xue (2478)
🔸Lujan,C (2364)
🔸WCh Women 2018

12...Bd6?! [12...Nd7! would be correct: bringing out the knight and controlling the center. 13.e4 Nb6 14.Qb3 a5 15.Qc2 f5! 16.d5 exd5 17.e5 (17.exd5 Bd7=) 17...Qe8 18.Nd4 Qg6 19.Rac1 Kh8 20.Nce2 Bd7 21.Qxc7 Rfc8 22.Qxb7 Rcb8 23.Qc7 Rc8=; 12...Bxf3 13.Bxf3 c6 14.Ne4 Nd7 15.e3 Qc7=]

13.d5! exd5 14.Nxd5 Bxd5 15.Qxd5²

1–0

⚪️#169 (Endgame-White to Move)
🔸Ozen,Deniz (2411)
🔸Sevgi,V (2296)
🔸ch-TUR 2018 Belek TUR 2018

34.a3 [34.Qb5! Qb1+ 35.Kh2 Qxb4 36.Bg5+ Kc7 37.Qe8 Kb6 (37...f6 38.Bxf6) 38.Qxf7 Kc5 39.Be3+ Kc4 40.Bxa7±; 34.Bc5 b6 35.Be3 Bc7 36.Bd2 Qd6 37.b5 Qc5 38.Qd3 Qd6 39.a4 Qd7 40.Kf1 Ke8 41.Qc4 Bd6 42.Qc6 Qxc6 43.dxc6 Ke7 44.Bg5+ f6 45.Bd2 Ke6 46.Ke2 Kd5 47.Kd3+/=]

34...a6 35.Kh2 f5 36.Bc5 Kd7+/=

1–0

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