⚪️#191 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Shuvalova,Polina (2441)
🔸Maletina,Tatiana (2270)
🔸ch-RUS Rapid GP Final 201

18.Qc2! [This dangerous battery of bishop and queen saddles Black with serious problems.]

[18.h4 Ne7 19.Qc2 Ng6 20.Rxe6 (20.h5 Nf8=) 20...fxe6 21.Qxg6 Qf7 22.Qh7+ Kf8 23.Re1 Bc7 24.Ne5²; 18.Rc1 Bf4 19.Rcd1 Ne7 20.g3 Bd6 21.Rc1 g6²]

18...g6 19.a3? [Missing a golden opportunity. Find the killing blow!]

[19.Rxe6!! fxe6 20.Qxg6+ Kf8 (20...Qg7 21.Qxe6+ Kh8 22.Qxd6+–) 21.Qxh6+ Ke8 22.Qxe6+ Ne7 23.Re1 Kd8 24.Ng5±]

19...a5? [19...Ne7=]

20.h4!? [20.Rxe6!]

20...h5 21.Rxe6 fxe6 22.Qxg6+ Qg7 [22...Kf8 23.Ng5+–]

23.Qxe6+ Kh8 24.Qxd6 Ne7 25.Re1 Re8 26.Re5 Rad8 27.Rxh5+ Kg8 28.Qe6+ Kf8 29.Ne5

1–0

⚪️#191 (Endgame-White to Move)
🔸Sanikidze,T (2512)
🔸Ahadzade,Kanan (1977)
🔸Baku Open 2018

37.b5!? [37.Bc7 Nc6 38.b5 Kd7 39.Bg3 Ne5 40.Kb4 Nc4 41.Bxc4 dxc4 42.Kxa4 a6 43.Be1 axb5+ 44.Kxb5=; 37.Bb5 Bd7 38.Bxd7+ Kxd7 39.b5 a6 40.Kb4 a3 41.Kxa3 axb5-/+]

37...Nd7 38.Bc7 Bb7? [38...a3! 39.Kb3 a6 40.Kxa3 axb5=]

39.Kb4 Nb6 40.Bb8 Nc8 41.Kxa4 f5 42.Kb4 g5 43.g4 fxg4 44.hxg4 Nb6 45.Bxa7 Nc4 46.Bxc4 dxc4 47.e4 Ke5 48.Be3

1–0

⚪️#192 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Ponkratov,P (2630)
🔸Pridorozhni,A (2567)
🔸ch-RUS Rapid GP Final

Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 192
public poll

A) Rdg1 – 5
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 63%
@Sophia_Giraffe, @A_Wild_Richard, Srikar, Majjeed, Zhenhua

C) Nb5 – 3
👍👍👍👍 38%
Nikhil, @BehroudR, Matthew

B) h4
▫️ 0%

👥 8 people voted so far.

⚪️#192 (Endgame-White to Move)
🔸Aleksandrov,A (2599)
🔸Demianjuk,A (2332)
🔸Baku Open 2018

Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 192
public poll

A) Rb1 – 5
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 45%
Masoud, @RahmaniArapardaz, Salam, @Sophia_Giraffe, Srikar

C) B×b4+ – 5
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 45%
@mahyarebrahimi1983, Nikhil, @BehroudR, @A_Wild_Richard, Majjeed

B) e5+ – 1
👍 9%
امیر محمد

👥 11 people voted so far.

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Mr. Charles Spencer Chaplin…
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