#1 Friðrik Ólafsson (Iceland) v. Svetozar Gligorić (Yugoslavia), 3rd round, Dundee 1967.
#2 Friðrik Ólafsson in play v Alberic O'Kelly (Belgium). Bent Larsen (Denmark) can be seen standing behind Ólafsson

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What a miniature from Vladimir Malakhov!

Move of the Day!

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

31...Rb8?! [31...Qf3! the best way to exploit the vulnerable white king's position. 32.Qb2 Rd1 33.Bg2 Qh5+ 34.Bh3 Rcd8! 35.Qb3 Kh7 36.Qc2 R8d5 37.Kg2 R1d3 38.Qe2 Qxe2 39.Rxe2 c5–+; 31...f4!? 32.Qb3 Qf7 33.Kg2 Rb8 34.Qf3 fxg3 35.Qxg3 Rb1 36.Qe3 Rf8 37.Bg4 Rb4 38.f3 Rb2+ 39.Kg3 Qc7+ 40.Qe5 Qxe5+ 41.Rxe5 Rf6–+]

32.Qxc6 Rb2 33.Kg2 Qf7 34.Kg1 Rb1+ 35.Kh2 Rb2 36.Kg1 Rbd2-/+

½–½

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

49...Nc7! [49...Na7 50.Kd5 f5 51.Bb3 Kg5 52.Ke5 f4 53.Bd1 b5 54.Ke4 b4 55.Kd5 Kf5 56.Kc5 Ke5 57.Kxb4=; 49...Nd6+ 50.Kd5 Nb5 51.Bb1+ Kg5 52.Bc2 Na3 53.Bd3 f5 54.Kd4 f4 55.Kc3 b5 56.Kb4 Nc4 57.Kxb5 Nd6+ 58.Kc5=]

50.Kd4 Kg5 51.Ke4 Kg4 52.Bc4 Kg5? [52...f5+! 53.Ke5 (53.Ke3 Kg3) 53...f4 54.Kd6 b5 55.Bf1 f3 56.Kxc7 b4 57.Bc4 f2–+]

53.Be2 Kg6 54.Bg4 Kf7 55.Kd4 Ke7 56.Ke4 Kd6 57.Be2 Kc5 58.Bh5 Ne6 59.Be8 Nd4 60.Bd7 Nc6 61.Kf5 Kd6 62.Be8 b5 63.Kxf6=

½–½

🔸Bundesliga 2018–19
🔸Round 4
⚪️Dziuba,M (2574)
⚫️Laznicka,V (2668)
🔸0-1

23...Qg6! [Laznicka correctly controls himself and decides not to rush the attack.]

[23...Rxc3+? 24.Bxc3 Bf4+ 25.Rd2™ Qd5 26.Nxe6! Bxd2+ 27.Qxd2 fxe6 28.Bxf6 Qxd2+ 29.Kxd2 Rxf6=]

24.Nxe6™ [24.a3 Ba2! 25.Nc2 Bc4 26.Qf3 Bd5 27.Qe2 Bb3‚ 28.Be3 Bxa3! 29.Nxa3 Bxd1 30.Rxd1 b4–+]

24...Rfe8™ 25.Qf3 fxe6! [A clever recapture. Black keeps his rook on the board in order to continue his attack.]

[25...Rxe6? 26.Rxe6 fxe6 27.Qb7! Qe8 28.Kb1=]

26.Be3 Nd5 27.Kd2 Rc4 28.g3 b4–+

⚪️#225 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Fier,A (2553)
🔸Suleymanli,Aydin (2313)
🔸Baku Open 2018

Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 225
public poll

A) Bc2 – 9
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 82%
@mahyarebrahimi1983, @Shadowoffhollow, Nikhil, @Sophia_Giraffe, @A_Wild_Richard, Atharva, @Miladdark79, Kasyap, Arianna

C) Ne2 – 2
👍👍 18%
@soheil_hooshdaran, Vincent

B) Bf4
▫️ 0%

👥 11 people voted so far.

⚫️#225 (Endgame-Black to Move)
🔸Elmejbri,A (2091)
🔸Sultan,I (2140)
🔸Emirates ch-Arab 2018

Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 225
public poll

A) Rb4 – 8
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 53%
@Shadowoffhollow, Mahshid, @soheil_hooshdaran, Nikhil, @mnosrati96, Atharva, @Miladdark79, Kasyap

B) Kc6 – 4
👍👍👍👍 27%
farhad, @mahyarebrahimi1983, Vincent, @A_Wild_Richard

C) Rc6 – 3
👍👍👍 20%
@Sophia_Giraffe, إدريس, Arianna

👥 15 people voted so far.

Not quite what we're used to when Magnus Carlsen is involved, but you can't argue with clear first place!