⚪️#273 (Endgame-White to Move)
🔸Loiacono,Antonio (2293)
🔸Varriale,Luca (2226)
🔸78th ch-ITA U20 2018

44.Kh3
[44.g4! Kf7 (44...fxg4 45.Bxe4 Bd7 46.Bg6 Kf8 47.Kg3 Bc8 48.Kf4 Bd7 49.Ke5 Bc8 50.Kd5 Bd7 51.Kc5 Kg8 52.Kb6+–) 45.gxf5 Kf6 46.Kg3 Bxh5 (46...Ke5 47.Bxe4 Kxe4 (47...Kxd6 48.f6 Bxh5 49.fxg7 Bf7 50.Kg4 Ke5 51.Bg6 Kf6 52.Bxf7 Kxf7 53.Kf5 Kxg7 54.Ke6+–) 48.f6 gxf6 49.h6+–) 47.Bxe4 Be8 48.f4 Kf7 49.Kf2 Bb5 50.Ke3 Ke8 51.Kd4 Kd7 52.Kc5 Bf1 53.Bd5+–; 44.Bh3 Bd7 45.Bg2 Kf7 46.g4 fxg4 47.Bxe4 Ke6 48.Kg3 Kxd6 49.Kf4 Be8 50.Kxg4 Ke5=]

44...Kf7 45.Kh4 Kf6 46.Bh3??
[46.g4 fxg4 47.Bxe4 Bd7 48.Kg3 Ke5 49.Bd3 Kxd6 50.Kf4±]

46...g5+ 47.hxg6 Kxg6=

½–½

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⚪️Slampa,J (2231)
⚫️Markos,J (2571)
🔸0-1

23...Bxf6! [Black gets ride of the black nasty pawn on f6 and ready to push his powerful central pawns.]

24.Rxc5 Rxc5! [△d4]

25.bxc5 d4 26.Qb4 Ba8! [26...Bc6!? 27.Ng4 Bg7 28.Bxa6 △Bb5 28...e3 29.Bb5 Ba8 30.c6 h5! 31.Ngxe3 dxe3 32.Nxe3µ]

27.Ng4 Bg7 28.Bxa6 Qg5-/+ [Black could have finished the game quickly with ¹28...h5! 29.Ngf2 e3 30.Nh3 d3! △e2 31.Nxe3 Bd4!‚ 32.Qd2 Re8 33.Re1 Qd5! 34.Kf1 Qxc5–+]

⚪️#274 (Strategy-ًWhite to Move)
🔸Brunello,M (2338)
🔸Santeramo,Alessia (2064)
🔸78th ch-ITA Women 2018

Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 274
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C) b4 – 10
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@mahyarebrahimi1983, عباس, Nikhil, @Squirtle1, @SophiaCat_does_Chess, Hansika, @Sad888, @Kingbosskasyap, Arianna, @Caipivara

A) a4
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B) Kg2
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👥 10 people voted so far.

⚫️#274 (Endgame-Black to Move)
🔸Malakhatko,V (2545)
🔸Zubarev,Al1 (2484)
🔸Pavlodar Open 2018

Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 274
public poll

C) Kh7 – 8
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@mahyarebrahimi1983, عباس, Nikhil, @Squirtle1, @SophiaCat_does_Chess, Hansika, @Kingbosskasyap, Arianna

A) h5
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B) f4
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👥 8 people voted so far.

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