⚫️#253 (Endgame-Black to Move)
🔸Brunello,M (2338)
🔸Zimina,O (2386)
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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

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🔸Round 9
⚪️Sivuk,V (2551)
⚫️Mosesov,Danylo (2355)
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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)
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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)
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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.

Leningrad, 8th May 1974. Crowds follow the progress of the 10th game of the Candidates' Semi-final match between Boris Spassky and Anatoly Karpov, which took place at the Dzerzhinsky House of Culture on Poltava Street.

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