📕Unity Chess Multiple Choice 133

A: Nf6 – 6
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 43%

B: g6 – 5
👍👍👍👍👍👍 36%

C: b×a5 – 3
👍👍👍👍 21%

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⚫️#134 (Strategy-Black to Move)
🔸Tal,Mihail
🔸Botvinnik,Mikhail
🔸World-ch23

📕Unity Chess Multiple Choice 134

B: Nc6 – 13
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 57%

A: B×a3 – 8
👍👍👍👍 35%

C: Qb6 – 2
👍 9%

👥 23 people voted so far.

🔸FIDE Grand Prix Palma 2017
🔸Round 9
⚪️Vachier-Lagrave,Maxime (2796)
⚫️Jakovenko,Dmitry (2721)
🔸0-1

25.g3!
Vachier dominates the board by a few active moves.
25...Ng6
(25...N×h3? 26.Kg2 Ng5 27.N×g5 h×g5 28.Re5 +-)
26.N×a7 R×a7 27.Re8+ Kh7 28.h4 +/-

🔸FIDE Grand Prix Palma 2017
🔸Round 9
⚪️Vachier-Lagrave,Maxime (2796)
⚫️Jakovenko,Dmitry (2721)
🔸0-1

37.Nd8? (37. Ra8 was natural).
White's pieces are now tied up.
37...Rb8 38.Bb2? R×b2 39.Ne6 a3 40.Re7 Nf7! 41.R×f7 a2 42.R×g7+ Kh8 43.R×d7 a1=Q+ 0-1

🔸World Junior Championship 2017
🔸Round 10
⚪️Gholami,Aryan (2483)
⚫️Svane,Rasmus (2587)
🔸0-1

16.Ra5!
Aryan's clever move that blocks moves such as a5 and c5.

🔸World Junior Championship 2017
🔸Round 10
⚪️Gholami,Aryan (2483)
⚫️Svane,Rasmus (2587)
🔸0-1

23.B×h7+!
A timely Greek gift!
23... K×h7 24.Qh5+ Kg8 25.Rh4 f6 26.Qh7+! Kf7 27.R×a7+ Bd7 +-

🔸World Junior Championship 2017
🔸Round 11
⚪️Xu,Xiangyu (2543)
⚫️Aravindh,Chithambaram VR (2572)
🔸0-1

37...Rc1+!
The knockout blow!
38.B×c1 R×c1+ 0-1

🔸World Junior Championship 2017
🔸Round 10
⚪️Gholami,Aryan (2483)
⚫️Svane,Rasmus (2587)
🔸0-1

🔸World Junior Championship 2017
🔸Round 11
⚪️Xu,Xiangyu (2543)
⚫️Aravindh,Chithambaram VR (2572)
🔸0-1

🔸FIDE Grand Prix Palma 2017
🔸Round 9
⚪️Vachier-Lagrave,Maxime (2796)
⚫️Jakovenko,Dmitry (2721)
🔸0-1

⚫️#133 (Strategy-Black to Move)
🔸Uhlmann,Wolfgang
🔸Botvinnik,Mikhail
🔸Munich ol (Men) fin-A Munich 1958

15...bxa5!
Black clears the b6 square for his knight to put pressure on the white c4-pawn and also create a passed pawn on the a-file.
15...Nf6? 16.Rfb1! and white takes the initiative on the queenside.
15...g6 With the idea of 16...e5 is also faced with 16.Rfb1.

⚫️#134 (Strategy-Black to Move)
🔸Tal,Mihail
🔸Botvinnik,Mikhail
🔸World-ch23