39.Qa8+! [39.Qc8+ Kh7 40.Qb7 a5 41.f3 h5 42.h4=; 39.h4 a5 40.h5 g5 41.Qa8+ Bf8 42.Qb8 a4 43.bxa4 Qxa4 44.Qc8 Qa2 45.Qf5=]

39...Bf8 [¹39...Kh7 40.Qxd5 f5 41.Qc4+/=]

40.Qxd5 a5 41.Qb5 h5 42.Qa4 Qc2 43.Qxa5 Qxb3 44.Qa6+/= [44.Qd8 Qc4+ 45.Qd3 Qg4+ 46.Ke1 h4 47.Be3 Qh3 48.Qd8 hxg3 (48...Qxh2 49.Bc5) 49.hxg3 Qe6 50.Kd2±]

⚪️#190 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Morozevich,A (2656)
🔸Ponkratov,P (2630)
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Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 190
public poll

C) Nf3 – 6
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 75%
@Rasoulsamimi1361, @BehroudR, Ali, @A_Wild_Richard, Hansika, Kasyap

A) R3e2 – 1
👍 13%
@Sophia_Giraffe

B) Rc1 – 1
👍 13%
امیر

👥 8 people voted so far.

⚪️#190 (Endgame-White to Move)
🔸Gurevich,D (2393)
🔸Shtembuliak,E (2487)
🔸St Louis Inv GM 2018

Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 190
public poll

A) Ke5 – 7
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 70%
@Rasoulsamimi1361, @M_L_110213, @mahyarebrahimi1983, @BehroudR, Dariush, Hansika, Kasyap

B) Kc4 – 3
👍👍👍 30%
Masoud, Ali, @A_Wild_Richard

C) Kd3
▫️ 0%

👥 10 people voted so far.

USSR Championship (1940)

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As a rule, so-called "positional" sacrifices are considered more difficult, and therefore more praise-worthy, than those which are based exclusively on an exact calculation of tactical possibilities.”

🔸 Alekhine (1998). “Alexander Alekhine's Best Games: Algebraic edition”

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Congrats to Jan Gustafsson on winning the Bangkok Chess Club Open for a 2nd time (the first was 2011) , after edging out Deep Sengupta on tiebreaks!

🔹 19th BCC Open 2019
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Jennifer Yu, a girl from Northern Virginia is first teen to win U.S. Women’s Chess Championship in nearly two decades.

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Romanian GM Constantin Lupulescu now leads the #ReykjavikOpen by a full point after winning a thriller against Alireza Firouzja!