⚪️#188 (Endgame-White to Move)
🔸Kozul,Z (2612)
🔸Saric,Iv (2692)
🔸Tournament of Peace 2018

29.Rc1! [29.Qxf4 Qxf4 30.exf4 Rc7 31.f3 f5 32.g4 hxg4 33.hxg4 fxg4 34.fxe4 dxe4 35.Kh2 Rc2+ 36.Kg3 Rxb2 37.Re1=; 29.h4 Rc7 30.exf4 Rc4 31.f5 Rxd4 32.Qb8+ Kg7 33.Qxb7 Qxf5 34.Qxa7„]

29...fxe3 30.Qg3+ Kh7 31.fxe3 Qg6 32.Qf4 f6 33.Rf1 Kg7 34.b4 Rd7 35.h4 Rf7 36.Kh2 b6 37.Rc1 f5 38.Rc8 Kh7 39.Rd8 Rg7 40.g3 Qg4 41.Rxd5+–

1–0

⚪️#189 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Kokarev,Dm (2598)
🔸Pridorozhni,A (2567)
🔸ch-RUS Rapid GP Final 2018

Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 189
public poll

A) c5 – 8
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 62%
@mahyarebrahimi1983, Max, @Ddynr, @A_Wild_Richard, Hansika, Pravin, Uday, Kasyap

B) Qe3 – 4
👍👍👍👍 31%
@BehroudR, Ali, @Sophia_Giraffe, امیر محمد

C) Bd3 – 1
👍 8%
@steve12345678910

👥 13 people voted so far.

⚪️#189 (Endgame-White to Move)
🔸Kevlishvili,Robby (2451)
🔸Niemann,Hans (2439)
🔸St Louis Inv GM 2018

Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 189
public poll

C) Qa8+ – 8
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 62%
@mahyarebrahimi1983, Max, Ali, @Sophia_Giraffe, @A_Wild_Richard, Jaikrishnan, Pravin, Uday

A) h4 – 4
👍👍👍👍 31%
@steve12345678910, @ksrrw, Hansika, Kasyap

B) Qc8 – 1
👍 8%
@BehroudR

👥 13 people voted so far.

May 1976, Khalilbeyli Memorial, Baku. 13-yr-old Candidate Master Garry Kasparov faces Master Fikret Sideif-Zade.

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“...Yet sound strategy often demands that you submit to the opponent's will so as to strengthen your weaknesses and get rid of defects in your game.”

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🔹 GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2019-R6
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🔸Bundesliga 2018–19
🔸Round 1
⚪️Michna,Mart (2327)
⚫️Sandipan,C (2545)
🔸0-1

34...Kd3! [Black's king uses the opportunity to attack the f2–pawn.]

35.Rd7+ [White cannot save the game anyway.]

[35.Nxf3 gxf3 36.Kd1 Rh8! 37.Rd7+ Ke4 38.g4 Rh2–+; 35.Rd7+ Ke2 36.Rd2+ Ke1 37.Nf7 Re8 38.Nxe5 Rxe5 39.c4 Rc5 40.b3 Ra5–+]

⚪️#189 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Kokarev,Dm (2598)
🔸Pridorozhni,A (2567)
🔸ch-RUS Rapid GP Final 2018

21.c5! [White uses his queenside pawn majority and tries to create a passed pawn there.]

[21.Qe3 a5 22.c5 h6 23.Bd3 axb4 24.axb4 Qh4 25.Be4 f5 26.c6 Qd8 27.Bb1 (27.cxb7 Rxc1 28.Rxc1 Rb8 29.Bd3 Rxb7) 27...bxc6 28.dxc6 Rxc6=; 21.Bd3 g6 22.Qe3 a5 23.f4 axb4 24.axb4 Ra4 25.Re1 Ra3 26.fxe5 dxe5 27.Qd2 b6 28.Bf1 e4 29.Qd4 Qxb4 30.Rxe4=]

21...a5 [21...dxc5 22.bxc5 Rxc5? 23.d6+–]

22.c6 bxc6 23.dxc6 Bxc6 24.Qxd6 Qe8 25.bxa5±