An exciting Russian final at #GrandPrixFIDE: Grischuk vs Nepomniachtchi.

In the longest tiebreak of #GrandPrixFIDE, Ian Nepomniachtchi eliminated Radoslaw Wojtaszek and joined his compatriot Alexander Grischuk in the final.

There are no games on May 26. Two games of the final will be played on May 27-28, followed by tiebreak on May 29 if necessary.

Ian Nepomniachtchi rolled the dice with his risky 26.Bxh6 move against Radosław Wojtaszek.

A win over Anand after 2 draws is like Aqua Vitae for Magnus, who ends the day tied for 1st with Ding Liren on 2/3!

⚪️#223 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Safarli,E (2671)
🔸Sibashvili,G (2438)
🔸Baku Open 2018

18.Nd5! [Both exchanges on d5 give White a decisive advantage.]

[18.h4!? Ne6 19.e5 Qf4 20.Nd5 Bxd5 21.Qxd5 Rad8 22.g3 Qg4 23.b3 h6 24.Qb7 Qf5 25.Kg2±; 18.b3 a5 19.h4 Ne6 20.e5 Qf4 21.g3 Qf5 22.Nd5 Bxd5 23.Qxd5 Red8 24.exd6 cxd6 25.Qxf5 gxf5 26.Ng5 Nxg5 27.hxg5 Kg7 28.Rf3 Kg6 29.Rd1 Kxg5 30.Rd5 Kg6 31.Rdxf5 Rd7 32.R5f4 Kg7 33.Rg4+ Kh8 34.Kg2 a4+/=]

18...Bxd5 [18...Nxd5 19.cxd5 Bb7 20.b4! cxb4 21.Qxb4 Rab8 22.Qa4 a6 23.Rc1±]

19.cxd5 Rab8 20.b3 Rb4 21.a3 Rb6 22.e5 dxe5 23.Nxe5 Qg5 24.Ng4 Rxe3 25.Qxe3 h5 26.Qc3 f6 27.Qxc5 Re6 28.dxe6 Qxc5 29.e7 Ne2+ 30.Rxe2

1–0

⚫️#223 (Endgame-Black to Move)
🔸Miswadah,Baha (1928)
🔸Elmejbri,A (2091)
🔸Emirates ch-Arab 2018

40...Be7?? [40...Bg5! 41.Kg4 Kf6 42.Bf2 h3 43.Kxh3 Kxf5 44.Bh4 b4 45.b3 b5 46.Be1 Be7 47.Bf2 Bd6 48.Bh4 Bf8 49.Kg2 Ke6 50.Bg5 Bd6 51.Kh3 Kf5 52.Bd8=; 40...Kg7? 41.Kg4 Kh6 42.b3 b4 43.Bh2 Kg7 44.Bxf4 Bxd4 45.Kxh4 Kf6 46.Kg4 Bc5 47.Bg5+ Kg7+–]

41.Kg4 Kf6 42.Kxf4 Bd6+ 43.Kg4 h3 44.Kxh3 Kxf5 45.Kg2 Bf4 46.Kf2 Bc1 47.b3 Bb2 48.Ke2 b4 49.Be3 b5 50.Kd3 Ba3 51.Bd2 Bb2 [¹51...Kg6 52.Ke2 Kf5 53.Kd1 Kg6 54.Kc2 (54.Bc1 Bxc1 55.Kxc1 Kf5 56.Kd2) 54...Kf6 55.Kd3 Ke6 56.Bg5 Kf5 57.Bd8 Kf4 58.Ke2 Bc1 59.Ba5 Ba3 60.Bb6 Bc1 61.Bc7+ Kg5 62.Kd3 Kf5+–]

52.Bh6 Ba3 53.Be3 Bb2 54.Bd2 Ba3 55.Ke3 Kg5 56.Kd3+ Kf5 57.Bh6 Bb2 58.Bf8 Kf4 59.Bxb4 Kxf3 60.a4 bxa4 61.bxa4 Bc1 62.a5 Bf4 63.a6

1–0

🔸Bundesliga 2018–19
🔸Round 3
⚪️Shirov,A (2639)
⚫️Loxine,J (2393)
🔸0-1

44.Rh5?? [A miscalculation by Alexei Shirov that costs him the game. He should have secured a draw with:]

[44.Ra1! h2 45.Rd1 Rb2 46.g5 Kf5 47.Rh1 Rb3 48.Rd1=]

44...Ra2+! 45.Kb5 Ra5+! [45...Ra5+ 46.Kc6 Rxh5 47.gxh5 (47.Kxc7 Rh7+! 48.Kb6 Rxb7+ 49.Kxb7 h2–+) 47...Bb8!–+ △h2]

⚪️#224 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Mgeladze,T (2395)
🔸Gareev,T (2584)
🔸Baku Open 2018

Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 224
public poll

A) Qf3 – 3
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 100%
Nikhil, @A_Wild_Richard, Atharva

B) f4
▫️ 0%

C) Rb8
▫️ 0%

👥 3 people voted so far.

⚫️#224 (Endgame-Black to Move)
🔸Saloos,I (1885)
🔸Masrahi,Abdulrahman A (1903)
🔸Emirates ch-Arab 2018

Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 224
public poll

A) Nc7 – 8
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 100%
Nikhil, @Sophia_Giraffe, Reza, @A_Wild_Richard, Srikar, Atharva, K, Arianna

B) Na7
▫️ 0%

C) Nd6+
▫️ 0%

👥 8 people voted so far.