Round 10 results and standings #SinquefieldCup, Ding Liren, the sole leader of the tournament!
After 9 draws Magnus Carlsen finally grabs a win by beating Wesley So in the penultimate round

Carlsen, Magnus - So, Wesley

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Grand Chess Tour Sinquefield Cup 2019 round 10

Magnus Carlsen explains a little bit of endgame magic.

⚪️#280 (Strategy-ًWhite to Move)
🔸Barp,Alberto (2429)
🔸Basso,Pier Luigi (2529)
🔸78th ch-ITA 2018 Salerno

17.a4! [Provoking Black to weaken his castle position.]

[17.b4 Qa4 18.Rb1 Qxa2 19.Bd2 Kb8 20.Qxf7 Rhf8 21.Qxg7 Qc4 22.Bg5 Nc3 23.Bxd8 Rxd8 24.Qe7 c6 25.b5 Qe2 26.Qxe2 Nxe2+ 27.Kf1 Nc3 28.bxc6 Nxb1 29.Rxb1 bxc6 30.Rc1 Rd6 31.Rxc6 Rxc6 32.Bxc6 Bxd4 33.Ke2±; 17.h4 a6 18.a4 h5 19.Bd2 Kb8 20.Qb3 f6 21.Rac1 Ka8 22.Qc4 g5 23.hxg5 h4 24.a5 Ba7 25.Qxd5 Qxd5 26.Bxd5 Rxd5 27.gxh4 Bxd4 28.Be3 Rxh4 29.Rxd4 Rdxd4 30.Bxd4 Rxd4 31.gxf6±]

17...a5 18.Bd2 c6 19.Qb3±

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⚪️#280 (Endgame-White to Move)
🔸Stupak,K (2580)
🔸Kostenko,P (2449)
🔸Pavlodar Open 2018

26.Nd4! [26.Re2 Ng5 27.Qf4 Rd1 28.Qxf5 exf5 29.Nc3 Rc1 30.Re8+ Kg7 31.Ne2 Rb1 32.b4 Nf3 33.h3 h5 34.hxg4 fxg4 35.c5 Ne1+ 36.Kh1 f5 37.Re7+ Kf6 38.Rxb7 Nf3+ 39.Kg2 Re1 40.Rb6+ Ke7 41.Rb7+ Ke8=; 26.Nc3 Ng5 27.Qf4 Qxf4 (27...Qxc2 28.Qxg5+ Qg6 29.Qxd8+) 28.gxf4 Nh3 29.f5 exf5 30.Nd5„]

26...Qg6 27.Re2 Ng5 28.Rb2? [28.f4! gxf3+ 29.Nxf3 Nxf3 30.Qxf3 b6 31.Qe3 Qd3 32.Qg5+ Kf8 33.Rf2±]

28...Qh5?! [28...h6! 29.Rd2 Qe4+ 30.Kf1 e5 31.Nc2 Rxd2 32.Qxd2 Qh1+ 33.Ke2 Qf3+ 34.Kf1 Qxb3=]

29.Kh1?? f6? [29...Rxd4 30.Qxd4 Nf3 31.Qd8+ Kg7 32.h4 Qe5 33.Rb1 Qe4 34.Qd1 Nxh4+ 35.f3 Nxf3–+]

30.h4 e5! 31.Nc2 Rd1+ 32.Ne1 Nf3 33.Re2 Qe8 34.Qe4 Qg6 35.Qxb7 Nxe1 36.Qb8+ Kg7

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🔸TCh-CZE Extraliga 2018–19
🔸Round 3
⚪️Miton,K (2592)
⚫️Huschenbeth,N (2589)
🔸1-0

9.Nxd5! [This discovered attack brings White an extra pawn.]

[9.cxd5? exd5 10.Qc2 c5=]

9...Bxd2 [9...Nxd5 10.cxd5 △d×e6 10...Bxd2 11.dxe6! Bxe3 12.exf7+ Rxf7 13.fxe3 Rf8 14.Rc1+–]

10.Nxf6+™ Qxf6 11.Nxd2 c5 12.Bf3!± [Exchanging the opponent's powerful bishop and protecting the d4 pawn indirectly.]

[12.Nb3?! Rfd8 13.Qc2 a5! △a4 14.dxc5 bxc5² △a4]

⚪️#281 (Strategy-ًWhite to Move)
🔸Di Benedetto,Desiree (2271)
🔸Andolfatto,Maria (2065)
🔸78th ch-ITA 2018 Salerno

Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 281
public poll

A) Bd3 – 3
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 50%
Hansika, @ZhenruiGu, Arianna

C) R×c8+ – 2
👍👍👍👍👍 33%
Hadi, @meti_niko

B) h4 – 1
👍👍 17%
Uday

👥 6 people voted so far.

⚪️#281 (Endgame-White to Move)
🔸Utegaliyev,A (2518)
🔸Kazakov,K (2358)
🔸Pavlodar Open 2018

Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 281
public poll

C) Ne4 – 3
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 60%
@raienr, Hansika, Arianna

B) B×g5 – 2
👍👍👍👍👍 40%
Hadi, Uday

A) a3
▫️ 0%

👥 5 people voted so far.