⚪️#253 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Garcia Palermo,C (2391)
🔸Godena,M (2463)
🔸78th ch-ITA 2018

24.e4!? [24.Rfa1! White who had already placed his knight on the ideal c5–outpost, now could have tried to control the open files on the queenside. 24...Qb4 25.Rb1 Qa5 26.Nc3 Qd8 27.Rxa8 Qxa8 28.e4 Kh8 29.exd5 cxd5 30.Qf3 f5 31.Re1 Nd6 32.Ne6 Ng8 (32...Qc6 33.Qf4 Nf7 34.Qc7 Kg8 35.Qxc6 Nxc6 36.Nxd5+–) 33.Qxd5 Qxd5 34.Nxd5; 24.Nc3!? Qd8 25.Rfa1 Rxa2 26.Rxa2 Nf5 27.Ne2 Nfd6 28.Ra6 Qc7 29.Nf4 Rc8 30.Qc2 Qe7 31.Qa4 Qe8 32.Nfe6 Ne4 33.Nxe4 Qxe6 34.Nc5 Qg4 35.Qa1 Nd6 36.Ra7 Qf5 37.Qb2 Qg4 38.Qb1 Kh8 39.Nd3 Qf5 40.g4 Qxg4 41.Nf4 Nb5 42.Rf7 Kg8 43.Rxf6 Nxd4 44.exd4 Kg7 45.f3 Qh4 46.Rxc6 Rxc6 47.Qb7+ Kh8 48.Qxc6 Qxf4 49.Qxd5+–]

24...Qc7 [¹24...Qd8 25.g4±]

25.Re2 [25.Qf3! Qd6 26.Re2 Nc8 27.exd5 Rxe2 28.Qxe2 cxd5 29.Re1+–]

25...Nd6 26.e5 fxe5 27.dxe5 Nc4 28.e6±

1–0

⚫️#253 (Endgame-Black to Move)
🔸Brunello,M (2338)
🔸Zimina,O (2386)
🔸78th ch-ITA Women 2018

45...Rxa2! [45...Raa8 46.Rxa8 Rxa8 47.Kf3 g5 48.g3 Rh8 49.Rc1 Bb8 50.Kg2 Kf8 51.Bc2 gxf4 52.gxf4 Ke7 53.Bd3 f6 54.exf6+ Kxf6 55.Rf1=; 45...Rha8 46.Rda1 Rxa2 47.Rxa2 Rc8 48.Kg4 g5 49.g3 (49.Kxg5 Bd8+ 50.Kg4 Rxc3) 49...gxf4 50.gxf4 f5+ 51.exf6+ Kxf6=]

46.Bxa2 g5! 47.Nf3 [47.fxg5 Bxe5+ 48.Kg4 Rc8 49.Rd3 Ra8 50.Bb3 Ra3 51.Kh5 Bf4 52.g3 Be5 (52...Bc7 53.Rf3 Ra1 54.Bc2 e5 55.Nf5+ Kf8 56.g6 Rh1+ 57.Nh4 Be6 58.gxf7 e4 59.Rf6 Bxf7+ 60.Kg4 Ke7 61.Ra6 Kd7 62.Nf5 Bh5+ 63.Kg5 Bd8+ 64.Kf4 Rf1+ 65.Ke5 Bc7+ 66.Kxd5 Rxf5+ 67.Kxe4 Rg5–+) ]

47...gxf4+ 48.Kxf4 f6 49.Re1 fxe5+ 50.Nxe5 Kf6 51.g4 Rg8

0–1

🔸15th Vasylyshyn GM 2018
🔸Round 9
⚪️Sivuk,V (2551)
⚫️Mosesov,Danylo (2355)
🔸1-0

26.Rg3! [White combines attack with defence: defending the e3–pawn and threatening to trap Black's queen.]

[26.Bf4?! Kh8 27.Rg3 Bxe3+ 28.Qxe3 Qxe3+ 29.Bxe3 Re8 30.Bf4 h6!± g5]

26...f4 27.Bxf4! [White is aware and doesn't fall into the opponent's trap.]

[27.exf4? Bb4! 28.Qb3 Bf8+/=]

27...Bb4 28.Qe5! [28.axb4!? axb4 29.Qd2 Rxf4 30.exf4 Qxg3 31.Qxd7 Qxf4+ 32.Kb1+–]

28...Be1 29.Rxd7! Rxd7 30.Qxe6+ Kh8 31.Qxd7+–

⚪️#254 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Barp,Alberto (2429)
🔸Brunello,S (2542)
🔸78th ch-ITA 2018

Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 254
public poll

B) f5 – 9
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 90%
@mahyarebrahimi1983, @RahmaniArapardaz, Nikhil, Majid, bahram, اوین, Majjeed, Michael, TheBestBoss@_Kasyap

A) N×e6 – 1
👍 10%
@SophiaCat_does_Chess

C) Kg1
▫️ 0%

👥 10 people voted so far.

⚪️#254 (Endgame-White to Move)
🔸Santeramo,Alessia (2064)
🔸Gueci,Tea (2184)
🔸78th ch-ITA Women 2018

Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 254
public poll

A) Qe5 – 9
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 69%
@mahyarebrahimi1983, @RahmaniArapardaz, Nikhil, Majid, bahram, اوین, Michael, TheBestBoss@_Kasyap, Arianna

B) Qd5+ – 4
👍👍👍 31%
Sajjad, @SophiaCat_does_Chess, Majjeed, ESSE

C) Qb6
▫️ 0%

👥 13 people voted so far.

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