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🔸World Rapid Championship 2017
🔸Round 7
⚪️Carlsen,Magnus (2837)
⚫️Wang,Yue (2690)
🔸1-0
📘 13.Qc3!
A prophylactic move by Carlsen to prevent Be6 and restrict black further.
13...Re8 14.0-0-0 +/-
🔸World Rapid Championship 2017
🔸Round 7
⚪️McShane,Luke J (2640)
⚫️Anand,Viswanathan (2782)
🔸0-1
📘 50...Qe6
Anand sets up a trap in the time trouble that McShane doesn't notice it.
51.Qf3?? Qh3+! 52.K×h3 Rh1# 0-1
🔸World Rapid Championship 2017
🔸Round 8
⚪️Karjakin,Sergey (2760)
⚫️Esipenko,Andrey (2564)
🔸0-1
📘 22...Qb3!
A pretty finishing move by 15 years old, Andrey Esipenko
23.b×c3 Q×c3+ 24.Bb2 B×b2+ 25.R×b2 Qc1+ 26.Rb1 Nc2+ -+
🔸World Rapid Championship 2017
🔸Round 9
⚪️Carlsen,Magnus (2837)
⚫️Anand,Viswanathan (2782)
🔸0-1
📘 33.Nc5?
Carlsen's blunder that Anand exploits it.
33...R×c5! 34.Q×c5 Qe4 0-1
⚪️#195 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Hellsten,J
🔸Olesen,M
🔸Malmo, 1997
📕 15.f4!
A powerful thrust that creates new opportunities on the kingside. White now threatens f5-f6 in order to soften up the f6-square, while e4-e5, seizing the center, might also come into consideration.
15.e4 This move weakens the d3- square 15...Nc5! 16.f4 Nd3 With counterplay.
15.b4 also made sense, with a fight for the queenside. After 15...cxb3 (15...Qxa3?? 16.Ra1+-) 16.Nxb3 Qd8 followed by ...Bf6, there are chances for both sides.
⚪️#196 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Gligoric,S
🔸Unzicker,W
🔸European Team Championship 1973
📕 27.b3!
Gligoric prepares the transfer of his dark-squared bishop to the long diagonal, where it will become quite strong in the absence of a black f-pawn.
27.f4? Rfd8 Black seizes the initiative.
⚪️#197 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Gufeld,E
🔸Kolarov,A
🔸Odessa, 1968
📕Unity Chess Multiple Choice 197

C: Kf1 – 12
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 80%

B: f4 – 2
👍 13%

A: h5 – 1
👍 7%

👥 15 people voted so far.
⚫️#198 (Strategy-Black to Move)
🔸Ree,H
🔸Portisch,L
🔸Wijk aan Zee, 1968
📕Unity Chess Multiple Choice 198

C: e5 – 8
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 50%

B: b6 – 6
👍👍👍👍👍 38%

A: c4 – 2
👍👍 13%

👥 16 people voted so far.
Soviet Master I. O. Lipnitsky. Twice champion of Ukraine (1949 & 1956), 2nd-4th place in the final of the 18th USSR-ch (Moscow, 1950).

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The cross-table of the 18th USSR-ch final.

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Emanuel Lasker v. Erich Eliskases, from the 3rd round of the 3rd Moscow International tournament, 16th May 1936.

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