Fantastic fight between Magnus Carlsen and Sergey Karyakin as two minors battle a queen!

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Magnus Carlsen registers his fifth tournament victory of the year by winning the LindoresAbbey Chess 2019 Rapid in Scotland.

EXCLUSIVE! The Magnus Carlsen interview after he won the Lindores Abbey Chess Stars 2019

🔹 Lindores Abbey Chess Stars 2019
🔹 PGN format

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The first game of the final of Moscow Grand Prix finished in a draw after three hours of play. Alexander Grischuk admitted it was an "opening disaster" for him, but he did survive. Ian Nepomniachtchi has White in game 2 on May 28.

🔹 Moscow FIDE Grand Prix
🔹 PGN format

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

19.Ne2! [White intends to transfer the knight to the kingside in order to put pressure on the weak e6 and h5 pawns.]

[19.Bc2 Bxc2 20.Rxc2 Be7 21.Ne2 Nb8 22.Rxc8 Qxc8 23.Rc1 Nc6 24.Qd1 Qd8 25.Rc3 Qg8 26.Qb3 Qc8²; 19.Bf4 Nb6 20.Bc2 Nc4 21.Qe2 Bxc2 22.Rxc2 Rc6 23.Rfc1 Be7 24.Re1 Qd7+/=]

19...Nb6 20.Rxc8 Qxc8 21.Bd1? [21.Rc1! Nc4 22.b3 Nxd2 23.Rxc8 Nf3+ 24.gxf3 b5 25.Rc7+ Be7 26.Bf4±]

21...Nc4„

0–1

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

44...Rb4? [44...Kc6! 45.Ra7 Rxb6 46.Rxb6+ Kxb6 47.Rf7 e5 48.Rf6 Kc7 49.dxe5 Bxe5 50.Rxh6 d4³; 44...Rc6 45.b7 Kc7 46.Rab1 Rc4 47.f3 g3 48.R1b2 Kd7 49.Kg1 Ra4 50.Kg2 Bc7 51.Kh3 Ke7=]

45.Rxb4 Bxb4 46.Ra7+ Kc6 47.Rf7 Rxb6 48.Rf6 Kb5 49.Rxh6 Kc4 50.Rg6 Bf8 51.h6 Bxh6? [51...Rb7 52.Rf6 Bb4 53.Rxe6=]

52.Rxh6 Kd3 53.Ng3 Kxd4 54.Rg6 Kd3 55.Rxg5 Rb1+ 56.Kg2 Re1 57.Rxg4 d4 58.f4 [58.Kf3+–]

58...Ke3 59.f5?! [59.Nf1+ Kd3 60.Rg5 Re2+ 61.Kf3 Re1 62.Ng3+–]

59...exf5 60.Nxf5+ Kd3 61.Nxd4 Re4 62.Kf3

½–½

🔸Bundesliga 2018–19
🔸Round 4
⚪️Heimann,An (2601)
⚫️Maiwald,JU (2443)
🔸1-0

36.Qb3! [White forces the exchange of queens which secures him a huge advantage in the endgame.]

[36.g4? hxg4 37.fxg4 a5=]

36...Nxa3 [36...Qa5 37.Qxc4 Qd2+ 38.Kb3 Qxf2 39.Qxa6! Qxg2 40.Qb7+! Kh6 41.d6 Qxf3+ 42.Kc4+–; ¹36...Qxb3+ 37.Kxb3 Na5+ 38.Kc3 Nb7 39.Kc4 Kf7 40.Bxc5±]

37.Kxa3 Qa5+ 38.Kb2 Qd2+ 39.Qc2 Qb4+ 40.Kc1+–

⚪️#226 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Abdulov,Or (2398)
🔸Eynullayev,Altay (2180)
🔸Baku Open 2018

Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 226
public poll

A) B×b7 – 5
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 63%
@Caissa66, Nikhil, @miladnajafiyan, Majid, @AryanLeekha

B) Ne2 – 2
👍👍👍 25%
@Sophia_Giraffe, @A_Wild_Richard

C) Bh3 – 1
👍 13%
@mahyarebrahimi1983

👥 8 people voted so far.