⚪️#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

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⚫️#252 (Strategy-Black to Move)
🔸Sonis,Francesco (2499)
🔸David,Alb (2555)
🔸78th ch-ITA 2018

Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 252
public poll

A) Be6 – 6
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 75%
@mahyarebrahimi1983, @RahmaniArapardaz, Nikhil, Majid, اوین, TheBestBoss@_Kasyap

B) a5 – 2
👍👍 25%
@raienr, @vahike

C) h6
▫️ 0%

👥 8 people voted so far.

⚫️#252 (Endgame-Black to Move)
🔸Gueci,Tea (2184)
🔸Sedina,E (2263)
🔸78th ch-ITA 2018

Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 252
public poll

A) Rb2 – 7
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 78%
@mahyarebrahimi1983, @RahmaniArapardaz, @Omid_s94, Nikhil, @raienr, اوین, Daniel

B) Rd2 – 1
👍 11%
@Kingbosskasyap

C) h5 – 1
👍 11%
@vahike

👥 9 people voted so far.

From AP_Archive, footage from Hastings 1966/67, featuring Botvinnik, Balashov, Keene, Basman, Uhlmann, Kurajica, Czerniak & Mecking.

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"There’s no luck involved in chess. You just have to work at it."

🔸 Bobby Fischer

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Vlastimil Hort shares memories of Leonid Stein, one of the world's best players at his peak:

https://en.chessbase.com/post/hort-stories-leonid-stein

Future World Champion Boris Spassky, c. 1948.

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Via AP_Archive, footage of the 1977 Candidates Semi-final match between Boris Spassky and Lajos Portisch, which took place in Geneva.
Spassky won this match, which lasted nearly 7 weeks(!), 8½:6½.

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Move of the day :

27...Nf3+! (0-1)

Eugenio Torre - Jan Timman, Hamburg, 1982

32nd edition of “Magistral de Leon” tournament starts on July 5 with a very interesting lineup: legendary Vassily Ivanchuk, young stars 18-y-o Parham Maghsoodloo and 14-y-o Nihal Sarin, local hero Jaime Santos.

Mamedyarov's win over Anand leaves Nakamura alone in last place
Wesley So remains half a point behind before he plays Magnus Carlsen with White in tomorrow's penultimate round!

https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/grand-chess-tour-croatia-2019/9/1/5