⚪️#230 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Aliyev,Ravan (2351)
🔸Sanikidze,T (2512)
🔸Baku Open 2018

17.Re1! [White enjoys the bishop pair and tries to open the position and simultaneously makes threats against the opponent's king.]

[17.Kb1!? Nb8 18.Re1 Nbd7 19.e4 Nh5 20.c5 d5 21.Bb5 fxe4 22.fxe4 Ndf6 23.exd5 Bf5+ 24.Ka1 Qd8 25.d6 cxd6 26.Nc4 d5 27.Nb6 Rb8 28.Re5+–; 17.d5!? Ne5 18.Re1 Ned7 19.Bd3 Kf7 20.Bc2 Qe5 21.Qd3 Qe7 22.Qd4±]

17...Qg7 18.Bd3?!± [18.d5! Ne5 19.f4 Ned7 20.e4 fxe4 21.Nxe4 Nh5 22.Qd2 Qf7 23.Ng5 Qxf4 24.Ne6 Qxd2+ 25.Kxd2±; 18.e4! a4 19.d5! Na5 20.b4 Nb3+ 21.Nxb3 axb3 22.e5+–]

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⚪️#230 (Endgame-White to Move)
🔸Westerberg,J (2534)
🔸Semcesen,D (2464)
🔸Bistro Stella 2018

38.Qxc4! [38.Qd1?! a5 39.Qh5 Rf7 40.e6 Bxe6 41.Bxe4 Rg7 42.Rc2 Qb3 43.Qe5 Qxe3 44.Rc8+ Bxc8 45.Qe8+ Bf8 46.Qxf8+ Rg8 47.Qf6+ Rg7 48.Qd8+=; 38.Rc2? Qd3 39.Rc8 Qe2+ 40.Kh3 Rg8 41.Rxg8+ Bxg8 42.Qg1 a5 43.Qg2 Qxe3 44.Qxe4 Qg1 45.Qf3 Qxd4µ]

38...Bxc4 39.Bxe4 Rb8 40.Rc2 Bg8 41.d5 Re8 42.e6 Bxe6 [42...Kg7 43.Bf5 Kf6 44.e4+–]

43.dxe6 Rxe6

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🔸ch-RUS Rapid GP Final 2018
🔸Round 1
⚪️Kokarev,Dm (2598)
⚫️Yudin,S (2507)
🔸1-0

24.Nd5?! [White achieves nothing with this unnecessary simplification. The correct continuation would be:]

[24.g4! gxf4 25.gxf5 △Qd3 25...Be5 (25...Nxf5 26.Rxe8!‚ Rxe8 27.Qd3 Bg7 28.Rb4!±) 26.Bxf4 Nxf5 27.Bxe5 Rxe5 28.Rxe5 dxe5 29.Re4±]

24...Nxd5! 25.Rxe8 Qxe8 26.Qxd5 c6?! [The exchange of queens would be better:]

[¹26...Qb5! 27.Qxb7 Qxb7 28.Bxb7 Bd7!=]

27.Qxd6+/=

⚫️#231 (Strategy-Black to Move)
🔸Popov,Iv RUS (2590)
🔸Demianjuk,A (2332)
🔸Baku Open 2018

Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 231
public poll

A) Qa7 – 8
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 62%
Nikhil, @miladnajafiyan, Majid, @A_Wild_Richard, Atharva, @Miladdark79, Matthew, Kasyap

C) h4 – 4
👍👍👍👍 31%
@mahyarebrahimi1983, @RahmaniArapardaz, @Steve1234567890qwerty, @Sophia_Giraffe

B) 0-0 – 1
👍 8%
@MerissaWongso

👥 13 people voted so far.

⚪️#231 (Endgame-White to Move)
🔸Grandelius,N (2678)
🔸Hector,J (2501)
🔸Bistro Stella 2018

Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 231
public poll

A) Na5 – 12
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 86%
@mahyarebrahimi1983, Gavin, Nikhil, Majid, @MerissaWongso, @Sophia_Giraffe, @A_Wild_Richard, Atharva, مصطفى, Alan, Matthew, Kasyap

B) R×d6 – 2
👍 14%
@Steve1234567890qwerty, Leo

C) Rdb4
▫️ 0%

👥 14 people voted so far.

The 20th Karpov International Chess Tournament, held in Poikovsky, Russia from 6-15 June, features ten 2600+ GMs with Vladislav Artemiev (2761) topping the list.

José Raúl Capablanca, speaking at the chess club of Havana in 1937.

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"The only real sacrifice in chess is a pawn sacrifice."

🔸 David Bronstein

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Petrosian and Korchnoi have played 4 candidates matches.
Two semi-finals and two quarter finals.
Petrosian won 1 and Korchnoi 3.
The final score from these matches was in Korchnois favor.
(+7 -3 =26).

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