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17.Qe1! [A dual-purpose move: Attacking the bishop on e4 and threatening to win the black queen with the discovered attack.]

[17.Bxe6? Qd3! 18.Bf7+ Kd7 19.e6+ Kd6 20.Qxd3 Bxd3 21.Rd1 Bc4=]

17...Bf5 18.Bxe6! Qxf2+ [18...Bxe6?? 19.Rxf8+ Rxf8 20.Qxg3+–]

19.Qxf2 Bxe6 20.d5! [A decisive breakthrough. White does not allow the opponent to consolidate.]

[20.Rxb5?! cxb5 21.Qf3 Bb4 22.Qxa8 0–0 23.Qxa7 Nc6 24.Qb6 Bc3!? 25.Qxc6 Bxd4+ 26.Kh2 Bxe5+ 27.g3 Bxa2 28.Qxb5 Rf2+ 29.Kg1 Bd4 30.Be3 Bxe3 31.Qe8+ Rf8+ 32.Qxe3 Bd5²]

20...cxd5 [20...Bxd5? 21.Qf5!‚ Bc5+ 22.Kh1 Nd7 23.Rf1 △Qg6 23...Be7 24.Qg6+ Kd8 25.Bxe7+ Kxe7 26.Qxg7++–]

21.Qc2! [21.Rxb5? Nd7 22.Qc2 Kf7 23.Qc6 Be7 24.Bxe7 Kxe7=]

21...Be7 22.Bxe7 [¹22.Qg6+!? Bf7 23.Qf5 △e6 23...Bc5+ 24.Kh1 0–0 25.e6 Be8 26.Qxd5+–]

22...Kxe7 23.Qc7++– [Black's king is exposed, and White can pose dangerous threats by coordinating his queen and rook.]
⚫️#284 (Strategy-ًBlack to Move)
🔸Brunello,M (2338)
🔸Zimina,O (2386)
🔸78th ch-ITA Women 2018
Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 284
public poll

A) Bf6 – 3
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@meti_niko, Hansika, @ZhenruiGu

B) e5 – 2
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future, Max

C) Qe7
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⚪️#284 (Endgame-White to Move)
🔸Malakhatko,V (2545)
🔸Saiyn,Z (2378)
🔸Pavlodar Open 2018
Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 284
public poll

C) a5 – 6
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 100%
@mahyarebrahimi1983, future, Max, @RebelJohnny, M, Hansika

A) Kg2
▫️ 0%

B) Rc5
▫️ 0%

👥 6 people voted so far.
Vladimir Petrov, with his wife Galina & their daughter, Marina.
Petrov was playing in the semi-final of the 13th USSR-ch at Rostov-on-Don when war broke out in June 1941. His family was cut off behind German lines; he never saw them again.

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It is dangerous to maintain equality at the cost of placing the pieces passively."

🔸 Anatoly Karpov

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Two legends the simple Capablanca and the Logical Euwe.
They met 18 times on a chess board and Capablanca won 4-1 with 13 draws.
And in 1931 they played a match which Capablanca won 2-0 with 8 draws and their last incounter was in 1938 which Euwe won.

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The first radio match between the best chess players of USA and USSR was held on September 1-4, 1945.

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Fabiano has clinched, Wesley has all but clinched, but Hikaru and Levon are neck and neck, while Leiner has an outside shot against Peter.

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Mikhail Tal and Mikhail Botvinnik.
(Date, place & photo credit unknown. Late 1960s?)

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"On the chessboard, lies and hypocrisy do not survive long. The creative combination lays bare the presumption of a lie; the merciless fact, culminating in the checkmate, contradicts the hypocrite."

🔸 Emanuel Lasker (1926). “Lasker's Manual of Chess”

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Amsterdam, 28th July 1964. Bent Larsen is pictured in play v Theo van Scheltinga in the 7th round of the IBM tournament.

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