Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 220
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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.

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"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

Judit Polgar:
Chaplin gambit!

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

16.Qf2!? [16.Ndb5! provoking Black into advancing the d-pawn in order to create a weakness in the opponent's camp. 16...d6 (16...a6?? 17.Nd6+– Be5 18.Nxb7 Qxb7 19.f4+–) 17.Rd2 Nf6 18.Rcd1 Ne8 19.Qf1 Qc8 20.Kg2 Qb8 21.Qf2±; 16.Nxc6?! dxc6 17.c5 Qc7 18.f4 Nf6 19.Qf2 Rxd1+ 20.Rxd1 Nd7 21.e5 Nxc5 22.Bxc5 bxc5 23.Ne4 Qb6 24.b3²]

16...Nf6?! [16...Nxd4 17.Bxd4 d6 18.Bxg7 Nxg7±]

17.Ndb5 Ne8 18.Bg5±

1–0

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

46.Rd2!?± [46.g3! Nxh3+ 47.Kg2 Ng5 48.Ne3 Ne4 49.Rd4 Nc5 50.Ng4 Kg7 51.Rd5 Rc1 52.Rd6 Ra1 53.Rc6 Ne4 54.Re6 Nc5 55.Re7+ Kf8 56.Ra7±; 46.Rd7+?! Ke6 47.Rd2 Ra1 48.h4 Rxa3 49.Ne3 g5 50.g3 Nh5 51.g4 Nf4 52.h5 Ra1+ 53.Kh2 Ke5 54.f3±]

46...Ra1 47.h4 Rxa3 48.g3 Nd3 49.Ne3 Ne5 50.Kg2 Ra1 51.Re2 Nd3 52.f4 Re1 53.Rxe1 Nxe1+ 54.Kf2 Nd3+=

1–0

🔸Bundesliga 2018–19
🔸Round 3
⚪️Rapport,R (2726)
⚫️Gajewski,G (2595)
🔸0-1

27.e4! [In order to either damage Black's pawn structure, or advance the e4 pawn even further.]

27...dxe4? [A mistake. Black should have launched a counterattack with the following continuation:]

[27...c5! 28.exd5 cxd4 29.d6! △d7 29...Rc6 30.f3 Nf7 31.Rcg2 Rg8 32.d7 Rc5! △Rd5 33.Be4 Nb6 34.Rd2 Nxd7²]

28.Bxc4! bxc4 29.Rxc4 Ra8 30.d5! [A decisive blow.]

[30.Rg3? Ra5! △R×f5 31.Rc5 Rxc5 32.dxc5 Nb7!=]

30...Ra5 [30...cxd5? 31.Rc7 Rg8 32.Rg6! R×h6 32...Kh8 33.Bxh6!+–]

31.dxc6 Rxf5 32.Be3 Ne6 33.Rg4+– [33.Rxe4!? Rb5 34.Kg2 Rxb2 35.Rc1! Ra2 36.Rxa4+–]

1–0