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)
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Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 231
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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)
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Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 231
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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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St. Petersburg's central Catherine Garden is occupied by chess players tonight! Vladimir Kramnik takes on young talents, while the king of blindfold play Timur Gareev gives a simultaneous exhibition.

#FIDEWomenCandidates Round 6 results:

🇺🇦 A. Muzychuk 1-0 Gunina 🇷🇺
🇺🇦 M. Muzychuk 1-0 Kosteniuk 🇷🇺
🇬🇪 Dzagnidze 0-1 Goryachkina 🇷🇺
🇨🇳 Tan Zhongyi 0-1 Lagno 🇷🇺

Aleksandra Goryachkina leads the event with 5/6, standing 1,5 ahead of Dzagnidze and Lagno.

FIDE Women Candidates Round 6

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