Round 3 of #TePeSigeman is finished:
Grandelius🇸🇪 vs. 🇮🇳Harikrishna 0-1
Maghsoodloo🇮🇷 vs. 🇸🇪Hillarp Persson 1-0
Sarin🇮🇳 vs. 🇬🇧Jones 0.5-0.5
Saric🇭🇷 vs. 🇩🇪Nisipeanu 0.5-0.5
....a bad day for the Swedish players leaves Jones and Harikrishna in first place.

🔸Baku Open 2018
🔸Round 2
⚪️Safarli,E (2671)
⚫️Allahverdiyeva,Ayan (2116)
🔸1-0

15.Ng3! [The time has come for the black queen to pay for her premature attack!]

15...Qg4 [15...Qg6 16.h3! △Bd3 16...Ne8 17.Bd3 Qc6 18.Nf5 △Ne7 18...Kh8 19.a6!‚ Nc5 20.Nxe5 Bxe5 21.Rxe5 Nxd3 22.Qxd3 Bxf5 23.Rxf5 b6 24.Bf4+–]

16.Ra4! [The black queen is trapped.]

16...Nc5 17.Bxf7+ Rxf7 18.Rxg4 Bxg4 19.Qc2 Bxf3 20.gxf3+–

⚪️#208 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Brynell,S (2409)
🔸Hansen,SuB (2583)
🔸Bistro Stella Limhamn Malmo 2018

24.Nd2!? [White could have achieved the desired regrouping of his pieces by the threat of trapping the black rook on b6. 24.Na4! Rb4 25.Bd2 Rb3 26.Nc3 Rb6 27.Nd1 Qa7 28.Ne3 Be7 29.Ba5 Rb7 30.Nf5 Bf8 31.Nd2 Qb8 32.Bc3 Rb6 33.Ne3 Qc8 34.Qd1 h5 35.h4 Rab8 36.Qf3 Ne7 37.Ra4± Ng4 38.Nxg4 hxg4 39.Qe3 f6 40.f3 Ra8 41.b3 Ng6 42.Qe2 gxf3+ 43.Qxf3 Be7 44.R4a3 Nh8 45.Nf1 Nf7 46.Ne3±; 24.Nd1!? Be7 25.Bd2 Qb8 26.Ne3 Nd7 27.Ba5 Rb7 28.Bc3 Rba7 29.Nf5 Bd8 30.Ra3 Nf6 31.Bd2±]

24...Qc8 25.Nf3±

0–1

⚪️#208 (Endgame-White to Move)
🔸Talbi,Chafik (2254)
🔸Al Hosani,Omran (2130)
🔸Emirates ch-Arab 2018

62.Rg7+! [62.Rc2 hxg3 63.Rg7+ Kxf4 64.Rxg3 Re4 65.Rf2+ Ke5 66.Rg5 Rf4 67.b5 Rdd4 68.Rxf4 Rxf4 69.Rh5 Rxa4 70.Rh6 Rg4+ 71.Kf3 Rb4 72.Rxb6 Rb3+=; 62.gxh4 Re2+ 63.Kf1 Rb2 64.Rc2 Rxb4 65.Rg7+ Kxf4 66.Rf2+ Ke5 67.Rf7 Rd1+ 68.Ke2 Rb2+ 69.Kxd1 Rxf2 70.Rb7 Ra2 71.Rxb6 Rxa4 72.h5 Ra2 73.Ke1=]

62...Rg6 63.Rxg6+ Rxg6 64.gxh4 Kxf4+ 65.Kf2 Ke5 66.h5 Rh6 67.Rh3 Kf4 68.Rh4+ Kg5 69.Rh1 Kf4 70.Ke2 Kg3 71.Rg1+ Kf4 72.Rg6 Rxh5 73.Rxb6 Ke4 74.a5 Rh2+ 75.Ke1 Kd4 76.a6 Ra2 77.b5 Kc5 78.Rb7 Ra1+ 79.Kf2 Kd5

1–0

⚪️#209 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Semcesen,D (2464)
🔸Brynell,S (2409)
🔸Bistro Stella Limhamn Malmo 2018

Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 209
public poll

A) f4 – 9
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 100%
@PouyaMO1360, @Sh39r, @Zamani9899, @reza13721397, Nikhil, Atilla, @Squirtle1, @A_Wild_Richard, Alan

B) Rac1
▫️ 0%

C) N×d7
▫️ 0%

👥 9 people voted so far.

⚪️#209 (Endgame-White to Move)
🔸Nassr,A (2263)
🔸Miswadah,Baha (1928)
🔸Emirates ch-Arab 2018

Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 209
public poll

A) Rg3 – 8
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 57%
@PouyaMO1360, @Sh39r, @Chessislife, @mahyarebrahimi1983, @reza13721397, Nikhil, Atilla, ㅤㅤㅤㅤ ㅤㅤㅤㅤfrank

B) Rf3 – 3
👍👍👍 21%
N, @A_Wild_Richard, Alan

C) Qh5 – 3
👍👍👍 21%
@Zamani9899, @Squirtle1, Vedant

👥 14 people voted so far.

Moscow, 1985. World Champion Anatoly Karpov arrives at the Tchaikovsky Concert Hall during his decisive title match v. Garry Kasparov. By the car is Viktor Baturinsky, who was then Deputy Chairman of the USSR Chess Federation.

@UnityChess

"The strength of the playing ability is much more important. Only if the strength of the opponent’s playing ability is comparable, does the game develop."

🔸 Vladimir Kramnik (2005). "About Art, Chess, Beauty..." Interview with Ugo Dossi. Chessbase.

@UnityChess

Round 4 of #TePeSigeman is finished:

Harikrishna🇮🇳 vs. 🇮🇳Sarin 1-0
Jones🇬🇧 vs. 🇭🇷Saric 1-0
Maghsoodloo🇮🇷 vs. 🇸🇪Grandelius 0.5-0.5
Hillarp Persson🇸🇪 vs. 🇩🇪Nisipeanu 0.5-0.5

...Harikrishna won the battle of India and Jones keeps him company at the top.