26.e5!? [Putting pressure on Black's knight and activating the bishop on g2.]

[26.f4! with the idea of e5 would be more precise: 26...Bb7 27.e5! Rfc8 28.Qb4 dxe5 29.Nc7 Qe7 30.Bxb7 Rxb7 31.Rac1 exf4 (31...Rcxc7? 32.bxc7 Rxb4 33.c8Q++–) 32.Re1 Qd6 33.Qxc5+–; 26.Re1!? Kh8 27.Rad1 Nd7 28.Qb4 Qh6 29.f4 Bb7 30.Ne7 Ba8 31.Nf5 Qf6 32.Rxd6+–]

26...Qxe5 27.Re1 Qh5 28.Qf4±

⚪️#219 (Endgame-White to Move)
🔸El Jawich,A (2264)
🔸Masrahi,Abdulrahman A (1903)
🔸Emirates ch-Arab 2018

36.Bd3! [36.a4?! g5! 37.Bd3 (37.axb5 Rxh6µ) 37...Ke6 38.axb5 Rxh6 39.Rc1 cxb5 40.Rc5 Ng6 41.Bg3 Nxg3 42.Rxg3 b4 43.Rb5 Ne7³; 36.hxg7? Ne6 37.Bd3 Rh5 38.Bb8 Rxg7 39.Rxg7+ Nfxg7 40.Rg2 Rh8-/+]

36...Ke6 37.hxg7 [37.e4! dxe4 38.Bb1!! Ne7 39.Rxg7 Rhxg7 40.Rxg7 Rh8 (40...Rxg7 41.hxg7 Nfg6 42.Ba2+ Kf5 43.Bd6 Kg5 44.g8Q Nxg8 45.Bxg8+–) 41.Bxe4+–]

37...Nd7+– 38.Rg6? [38.a4 Rh3 (38...bxa4?? 39.e4! dxe4 40.Bc4++–) ]

38...Ne7 39.Rh6 Rhxg7 40.Rxg7 Rxg7=/+

½–½

🔸Bundesliga 2018–19
🔸Round 3
⚪️Ganguly,S (2615)
⚫️Fridman,D (2633) )
🔸1-0

20.Qb2? [A wrong decision by strong Indian GM that allows his opponent to complete his development. He could have seized a large advantage by exploiting the black king's position.]

[¹20.Nxe6! fxe6™ (20...Bxe3 21.Nf4!+–) 21.Bxc5! △Q×e6 21...Qxc5 22.Qxe6+ Qe7 23.Bxd5! Qxe6 24.Bxe6 Kd8 25.Rfd1+ Kc7 26.Rac1+±]

20...0–0 21.Rfc1 Nd7?!+/= [¹21...Rac8! 22.Nxe6 fxe6 23.Rxc5 Rxc5 24.b4 d4! △Rc2 25.Bxd4 Rc2 26.Qxc2 Qxd4=/+]

⚪️#220 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Grandelius,N (2678)
🔸Hillarp Persson,T (2546)
🔸Bistro Stella Limhamn Malmo SWE 2018

Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 220
public poll

B) Ndb5 – 7
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 100%
@mahyarebrahimi1983, Jonas, @RacingChess, @Sophia_Giraffe, @A_Wild_Richard, Matthew, Kasyap

A) N×c6
▫️ 0%

C) Qf2
▫️ 0%

👥 7 people voted so far.

⚪️#220 (Endgame-White to Move)
🔸Raes,A (2214)
🔸Saloos,I (1885)
🔸Emirates ch-Arab 2018

Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 220
public poll

B) g3 – 6
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 55%
@PouyaMO1360, @Behrangm2003, Jonas, @RacingChess, @A_Wild_Richard, Matthew

C) Rd7+ – 3
👍👍👍👍 27%
@Sophia_Giraffe, Jaikrishnan, Kasyap

A) Rd2 – 2
👍👍 18%
محمد, Srikar

👥 11 people voted so far.

Ex-World Champion Mikhail Botvinnik, pictured in 1970 at a simultaneous display in Abakan.

@UnityChess

"What matters is not the breadth of the center but its solidity."

🔸 Max Euwe

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Biggest chess achievements by Garry Kasparov.
1.-Longest straight years as number one 19.8.
2.-17 tournament rating performances with 2820.
3.-First player to break 2800 rating.
4.-Winning 15 supertournaments in row.
5.-Winning 6 WCC matches.

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Leningrad, 12th Nov 1975. At the traditional event organised by the newspaper 'Komsomolskaya Pravda', the 12-year-old Garry Kasparov (Baku) faces the leader of the Leningrad team, Viktor Korchnoi, in a clock simultaneous display.

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Wojtaszek Knocks Out Svidler From FIDE Grand Prix Moscow

After kicking out Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Radek Wojtaszek also eliminated Peter Svidler from the #GrandPrixFIDE in Moscow. The other three quarterfinal matches went into tiebreaks. Report:

http://bit.ly/2VTxxBY

Peter Svidler went all in with an attractive but risky exchange sacrifice against Radosław Wojtaszek.

Results of game 2 of #GrandPrixFIDE Quarterfinals in Moscow:
🇷🇺 Dubov 1/2-1/2 Nakamura 🇺🇸 - tiebreak
🇺🇸 So 1/2-1/2 Grischuk 🇷🇺 - tiebreak
🇷🇺 Nepomniachtchi 1/2-1/2 Wei Yi 🇨🇳 - tiebreak
🇵🇱 Wojtaszek 1-0 Svidler 🇷🇺 - Wojtaszek is in the semifinals