⚪️#176 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Debashis,D (2548)
🔸Trent,L (2391)
🔸chess.com IoM Masters 2018

17.Nf1 [17.Ndb1! A strong maneuver to transfer the knight to the b5–square via a3 and clear the path of the bishop on c1. 17...Kh8 18.Na3 Ng8 19.Be3 Rad8 20.Qb3 f5 21.exf5 Qxf5 22.Nab5 Nxb5 23.axb5 Qd3 24.Bf2 Rxe1+ 25.Rxe1 Bb7 26.Qa3 Qd2 27.Bg3 Rd7 28.h3 Re7 29.Rxe7 Nxe7 30.Qxa7 Qc1+ 31.Kh2+–; 17.a5 b5 18.e5 b4 19.Nce4 Nxe4 20.Nxe4 dxe5 21.Nxc5 Qb5 22.Qc2+/=]

17...Rad8 [17...h5!=]

18.Ne3 Re7+/=

1–0

⚫️#176 (Endgame-Black to Move)
🔸Hoefelsauer,T (2380)
🔸Moksh,Amit Doshi (2224)
🔸chess.com IoM Masters 2018

35...Re1! [35...Rb4 36.Ra8+ Kg7 37.Ra7+ Kh6 38.Re7 Nb1 39.g4 fxg4 40.Bxg4 e3 41.f3 Rb2+ 42.Kf1 Rf2+ 43.Ke1 Rh2 44.Rxe3 Rxh4=; 35...Rb7 36.Rd6 Nb1 37.g4 f4 38.Bc4+ Kg7 39.g5 Re7 40.Kf1 Rc7 41.Bb3 h6 42.Rd1 Nc3 43.Rd4 hxg5 44.hxg5 e3 45.fxe3 fxe3 46.Rc4 Rf7+ 47.Ke1 Nb5 48.Ke2 Re7 49.Bc2 Re5 50.Bb1 Rxg5 51.Kxe3=]

36.Bb5 Kg7 37.Ra7+ Kh6 38.Rd7 Nf3 39.Bf1 Rc1 40.Re7 Rc2 41.Bb5 Nd4 [41...Ne1+ 42.Kf1 Rc1 43.Be2 Nf3+ 44.Kg2 Rg1+ 45.Kh3 g5 46.Bxf3 exf3 47.hxg5+ Kxg5 48.Kh2 Rg2+ 49.Kh1 Rxf2-/+]

42.Bf1 Nb3 43.Kg1 Nd2 44.Be2 Nb1 45.Kf1 Rc1+ 46.Kg2 Na3 47.g4

½–½

⚫️#177 (Strategy-Black to Move)
🔸Padmini,R (2341)
🔸Abdumalik,Z (2473)
🔸WCh Women 2018

Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 177
public poll

B) Ne5 – 9
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 75%
@PouyaMO1360, @mnosrati96, @Sophia_Giraffe, @A_Wild_Richard, Adhvaith, Atharva, Michael, Hansika, Kasyap

A) f5 – 2
👍👍 17%
Max, Daniel

C) Rhf8 – 1
👍 8%
Srikar

👥 12 people voted so far.

⚫️#177 (Endgame-Black to Move)
🔸Lei Tingjie (2457)
🔸Gara,A (2370)
🔸WCh Women 2018

Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 177
public poll

C) Bd1 – 10
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 67%
@mnosrati96, @taham2006, @Sophia_On_The_Loose, @A_Wild_Richard, Adhvaith, Ryan, Atharva, Michael, Hansika, Kasyap

B) Rd7 – 3
👍👍 20%
بهنام, Daniel, Srikar

A) h5 – 2
👍 13%
Max, Abedini

👥 15 people voted so far.

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