🔸78th ch-ITA 2018
🔸Round 6
⚪️Sonis,Francesco (2499)
⚫️David,Alb (2555)
🔸0-1

21...Nxe4! [Clearing the f6–square for the bishop in order to put pressure on the d4–pawn.]

[21...Nd5?! 22.Nd6! Nxf4 23.gxf4 Bf6 24.Rad1 Rad8 25.d5! N×b7 25...Bxd5 26.Nxb7 Rd7 27.Na5 Bxb2 28.Nxc6 Bxc6 29.Bxc6=]

22.Bxe4 Bf6 23.Be5 Bxe5! [Ra5]

24.dxe5 Ra5! [24...Rfd8!? 25.b3 g6 26.Red1 Rxd1+ 27.Rxd1 axb3 28.axb3 Bxb3 29.Rd4 Rb4 29...Kg7 30.Rb4 Ra4-/+]

25.Rec1 Rd8-/+ [25...Rb5!? 26.b3 axb3 27.axb3 Rxb3 28.Rab1 Re3 29.Re1 Rxe1+ 30.Rxe1 Ra8-/+]

⚪️#251 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸David,Alb (2555)
🔸Valsecchi,A (2497)
🔸78th ch-ITA 2018

Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 251
public poll

C) g4 – 6
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 75%
@Ismailaqa, @mahyarebrahimi1983, @RahmaniArapardaz, S.f, Majid, ThebestBoss@_Kasyap

A) Kh1 – 1
👍 13%
Nikhil

B) Ra1 – 1
👍 13%
@vahike

👥 8 people voted so far.

⚪️#251 (Endgame-White to Move)
🔸Di Benedetto,Desiree (2271)
🔸Andolfatto,Maria (2065)
🔸78th ch-ITA 2018

Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 251
public poll

C) Qc7 – 5
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 63%
@mahyarebrahimi1983, Majid, George, @Kingbosskasyap, @vahike

A) Q×f6+ – 2
👍👍👍 25%
M.s.s, اوین

B) Qd7 – 1
👍 13%
Nikhil

👥 8 people voted so far.

A big day for Magnus Carlsen as he wins his first classical game against Lan Nepomniachtchi and jumps into clear first in the #GrandChessTour Croatia.

Sam Copeland reports:

https://www.chess.com/news/view/carlsen-wins-1st-classical-game-vs-nepomniachtchi-leads-grand-chess-tour

Too easy.

Make concessions early and seek counterplay hard is not exactly what they tell you in school but some things can't be taught. (link: https://bit.ly/2XlTFRk) bit.ly/2XlTFRk

The make-or-break moment narrated by Yasser Seirawan.
Yasser "Magnus knows once he sees that move he's got this game cold & yet he just writes down the move & reaches for his pawn. Kasparov would have gotten up, done a backwards flip, come down on both feet & rubbed the pawn onto the g4-square to let you know you'd blundered & lost"

Carlsen scores his 21st win in 2019, now only 5 points away from his 2882 World Record. Still needs 3 points in his last 4 games to break the record on an official list, 2,5 to score above expected. #GrandChessTour

Some Carlsen statistics:
🏆Performance Croatia GCT: 2933
🏆Performance 2019: 2921
🏆75 games without a loss
🏆Rating performance with white: 2981 (+12 =10 -0)
🏆Rating performance with black: 2872 (+9 =16 -0)

⚪️#251 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸David,Alb (2555)
🔸Valsecchi,A (2497)
🔸78th ch-ITA 2018

24.g4!? [Black has made his own queen away from his King and so White decides to start an attack on the kingside.]

[24.Ra1 Qe7 25.g4 Nd5 26.g5 Nxe3 27.Re1 Nd5 28.c4 Nxf4 29.Qxf4 Qxg5+ 30.Qg3 Qxg3+ 31.hxg3 Rd8 32.Nf3 b5 33.Reb1 Ra5 34.Kf2 bxc4 35.Bxc4 c5³; 24.Kh1 Nd7 25.Nc4 Qf8 26.f5 exf5 27.Qg3 Qe7 28.Nd6 Qg5 29.Qf2 g6 30.e4 Qe7 31.Qg3 fxe4 32.Nxe4 Kh7=/+]

24...Nd7 25.Nf3 Ra5 26.Rc2 Qf8 27.g5 g6 28.Rg2 h5 29.Nd2 b5 30.Ne4 b4 31.Be2 b3 32.Bxh5 a3

0–1

⚪️#251 (Endgame-White to Move)
🔸Di Benedetto,Desiree (2271)
🔸Andolfatto,Maria (2065)
🔸78th ch-ITA 2018

46.Qxf6+! [46.Qd7 g6 47.Qd8 Kg7 48.Ba6 Kf7 49.Bb7 Qf5 50.Kg1±; 46.Qc7 g6 47.Qd8 Kg7 48.Ba6 Kf7 49.Bb7±]

46...gxf6 47.Kf1 Nf5 48.Ke1 [48.Bb5 Nd6 49.Bc6 b5 50.Bxd5 b4 51.f3 f5 52.Kf2 Kg7 53.Bc6 Kf6 54.fxe4 fxe4 55.g4 hxg4 56.Kg3 Nf5+ 57.Kf4 g3 58.Bxe4 Nxh4 59.Kxg3 Kg5 60.Bc2 Kh5 61.Bd3 Kg5 62.Be4 Ng6 63.Bxg6 Kxg6+–]

48...Kg6 49.Kd2 d4 50.exd4 Nxd4 51.Bd1 Ne6 52.Kc3 Nc5 53.Be2 f5 54.Kc4 Ne6 55.Kd5 Nc5 56.Kc6 Nd3 57.Kxb6 Nc1 58.Bb5 Nxa2 59.Be8+ Kh6 60.Kxa5 Nc1 61.b4 Nd3 62.b5 Nxf2 63.b6 e3 64.Bb5 Ne4 65.b7

1–0