🔸St Louis Winter A 2018
🔸Round 2
⚪️Melkumyan,H (2668)
⚫️Sevian,Samuel (2641)
🔸1-0

37.g4! [The Black's threats on the kingside seem dangerous at first sight, but White has everything under control.]

[37.gxh3? Nf4‚ 38.Bf1 exf3 39.Bh4 Be4! 40.Bxg5 Qxg5 41.Rd8+™ Qxd8 42.Qxe4 Ba7=]

37...exf3 [37...Be6 38.a7! Bxa7 39.Qxa7 Nf4 40.Bf1 exf3 41.Bh4! △B×g5 41...Ne2 42.Qe3+–]

38.Bxf3! [△a7]

38...Bc2 [38...Be6 39.a7! Bxa7 40.Qxa7 Nxf3 41.Qa8+ Kh7 42.Qxf3+–]

39.Qc8+™ Kh7 40.Qxc2 Nxf3 41.Qf5! e4 42.Qxf6 gxf6 43.Nxf3 exf3 44.Bg3 [△Kh2]

44...Ne5 45.Rf1 [△Bf2]

45...Nxg4 46.Rxf3 Ba7 47.Rb3 Kg6 48.Rb7+–

⚫️#177 (Strategy-Black to Move)
🔸Padmini,R (2341)
🔸Abdumalik,Z (2473)
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17...f5 [putting the knight on the central outpost would be correct: 17...Ne5! 18.c4 f5 19.Raf1 (19.Bxb7+ Qxb7 20.Nf3 Nd3 21.Rh4 f4-/+) 19...Bxd5 20.exd5 (20.cxd5 fxe4 21.Nxe4 Rxd5³) 20...Rhe8³; 17...Rhf8 18.Nc4 f5 19.Raf1 (19.Bxc6 Qxc6 20.exf5 gxf5!³ the queen-bishop battery and also the semi-open g-file would give Black good attacking chances on the kingside.) 19...Rfe8 20.Ne3 Kb8 21.exf5 gxf5 (21...Rxe3 22.Qxe3 Rxd5 23.f6± Qf7 24.Re4) 22.Bxc6 Rg8! 23.Qf2 Qxc6 24.Rxf5 Qe6 25.Qf4+ Ka8 26.Re5 (26.b3?? Qxe3+ 27.Qxe3 Rxg2+ 28.Kh1 Re2+-/+) 26...Qxa2=]

18.Nf3 fxe4 19.Qh3+ Kb8?! [19...Rd7! 20.Rxe4 Kb8=]

20.Rf7=

½–½

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

42...Bd1! [42...Rd7 43.Bd5 h5 44.h3 Bd1 45.Qe4 Be2 46.e6 Qe1+ 47.Kg2 Qf1+ 48.Kg3 Qe1+=; 42...h5 43.Qf2 h4+ 44.Kg2 Qc3 45.Qf3 Qd2+=]

43.Qf2 Qd3+ 44.Kh4 h6 45.f5 Kh7?? [45...Rd7 46.Bc6 (46.Bg2 g5+ 47.fxg6 (47.Kh5 Kh7! 48.h4 f6 49.hxg5 hxg5 50.Bf1 Qxd6!! 51.exd6 Bb3–+) 47...fxg6 48.Bc5 g5+ 49.Kh5 Rf7 50.Qd4 Qxd4 51.Bxd4 Rf4 52.Bc3 Kh7 53.h3 Bc2–+) 46...Bxg4?? 47.Kxg4 Qc4+]

46.Qf4 Bc2 47.Qf3 Qd4 48.f6 g5+

½–½

⚪️#178 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Muzychuk,M (2545)
🔸Wafa,Shahenda (2145)
🔸WCh Women 2018

Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 178
public poll

A) Be2 – 7
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 70%
@PouyaMO1360, Max, @steve12345678910, @Sophia_Giraffe, Erdal, Michael, Kasyap

B) g4 – 3
👍👍👍 30%
@A_Wild_Richard, Srikar, @Miladdark79

C) Kb1
▫️ 0%

👥 10 people voted so far.

⚪️#178 (Endgame-White to Move)
🔸Vega Gutierrez,S (2389)
🔸Bodnaruk,A (2426)
🔸WCh Women 2018

Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 178
public poll

A) Bc4 – 8
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 53%
Masoud, @steve12345678910, @Sophia_Giraffe, @A_Wild_Richard, Erdal, @Miladdark79, Michael, Kasyap

C) Rf1 – 5
👍👍👍👍 33%
@aadiib, Mohammad, Max, @raienr, Mohammad

B) R×f8 – 2
👍👍 13%
@PouyaMO1360, Srikar

👥 15 people voted so far.

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