18...Rd3! [Black simply exploits the open d-file to attack the opponent's weaknesses.]

[18...Rb6 19.g4 Rd3 20.Re3 Rxe3 21.Bxe3 Rxb2 22.Qe1 Be6 23.Rb1 Rxb1 24.Qxb1=; 18...Qc5+ 19.Be3 Qf8 20.Rad1 Rxb2 21.Rxd8 Qxd8 22.Nd5 Be6 23.Nxf6+ Qxf6 24.Qxf6 gxf6 25.Bxa7 Rxa2 26.Bb8=]

19.Kg2 [¹19.Rf1 Qc5+ 20.Kh1 Qc6µ]

19...Qb7 20.Nd1?? [20.Re2³]

20...Bg4! 21.Nf2 [21.fxg4 Rxe4 22.Rxe4 Qxe4+ 23.Kh3 Rxd1–+]

21...Bxf3+ 22.Kg1 Qb6 23.Kf1 Bxe4 24.a3 Rc4 25.Nxd3 Bxd3+ 26.Kg2 Rc2+ 27.Kh3 Qf2 28.Bd2 Rxd2

0–1

⚪️#175 (Endgame-White to Move)
🔸Kryakvin,D (2588)
🔸Shuvalova,Polina (2441)
🔸ch-RUS Rapid GP Final 2018

27.Rc1! [27.a3 Qc5 28.g3 Rc8 29.Qd7 Rc7 30.Qe8 f6 31.Kg2=; 27.Rd2 b5 28.a3 b4 29.axb4 Rb7 30.Qd6 f6=]

27...Ng6 [27...Qc6 28.Ne2 Rd7 29.Rxc6 Rxd8 30.Rc7+/=]

28.Ne2 Qxe2 29.Qxc7 Qxe4 [¹29...Qxg4 30.Qc8 Qxe4 31.g3+/=]

30.Qc4 Qd4 31.Qxd4 exd4 32.Rc7 Ne5 33.Rxb7 d3 34.Kf1

1–0

⚪️#176 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Debashis,D (2548)
🔸Trent,L (2391)
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Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 176
public poll

A) Nf1 – 15
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 100%
@PouyaMO1360, عباس, Max, @soheil_hooshdaran, Gavin, Nikhil, Evan, @Sophia_On_The_Loose, @A_Wild_Richard, Adhvaith, Srikar, Atharva, Michael, Hansika, Kasyap

B) Ndb1
▫️ 0%

C) a5
▫️ 0%

👥 15 people voted so far.

⚫️#176 (Endgame-Black to Move)
🔸Hoefelsauer,T (2380)
🔸Moksh,Amit Doshi (2224)
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Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 176
public poll

B) Rb7 – 10
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 53%
عباس, Gavin, Nikhil, Evan, رامتین, @A_Wild_Richard, Atharva, @arash22_d, Hansika, Kasyap

C) Re1 – 8
👍👍👍👍👍👍 42%
@PouyaMO1360, @Mahnaz_11, @MohamadAsp, Max, @Sophia_On_The_Loose, Adhvaith, Srikar, Michael

A) Rb4 – 1
👍 5%
@MatinMagnoos

👥 19 people voted so far.

Nakamura leads the #USChessChamps on the rest day, but can't contain his shock that Caruana finally won a game! :)

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“The draw by stalemate looks like a spot of discontinuity in the otherwise harmonious universe of values. To save a game by letting yourself be so completely humiliated as not being able to make a move looks rather undeserved.”

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Sharjah Masters 2019 Round 5 Highlights

#EICC2019 round 9 features an exciting battle between Russia's rising star Andrey Esipenko (2603) and Sweden's No 1 Nils Grandelius (2694).

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