🔸Fide World Cup 2017
🔸Round 4 game 1
⚪️Vassily Ivanchuk
⚫️Anish Giri
🔺1-0

🔺1...Qf4+? (Qe8=) 2.Qg3
because of the c7 pawn , black is forced to exchange the queens and after that due to the two connected passed pawns in the kingside,white is winning.🔺

🔸Fide World Cup 2017
🔸Round 4 game 1
⚪️Daniil Dubov
⚫️Levon Aronian
🔺½-½

🔺1...a5 (Nbd7 Main Line)
The idea of this move is to transfer the knight to the strong b4 square.🔺

🔸Fide World Cup 2017
🔸Round 4 game 1
⚪️Daniil Dubov
⚫️Levon Aronian
🔺½-½

🔺1...Qf6= (R.b2 -+ 2.Ne4 Qf7 -+)
2.Rd2 R.b2 3.Ne8! =🔺

🔸Fide World Cup 2017
🔸Round 4 game 1
⚪️Lagrave Vachier
⚫️Alexander Grischuk
🔺½-½

🔺1.Re3
Transfering the rook to g3 to attack the black king is a strong idea.🔺

🔸Fide World Cup 2017
🔸Round 4 game 1
⚪️Lagrave Vachier
⚫️Alexander Grischuk
🔺½-½

🔺An interesting combination by Vachier!
R.g7= K.g7 2.Nc6 Nd4 3.N.d4 B.c4=🔺

⚪️ #17 (Strategy - White To Move)

🔹#17
1.b4! The white fixes the enemy queenside pawns on the squares that are of the same color as the bishop and strengthens his
control over the c5-square.🔹

⚪️ #18 (Strategy - White To Move)

🔹#18
White possesses a considerable spatial advantage. In order to build up pressure against the opponent’s position it is
beneficial for him to activate the light-square bishop – his only piece that does has not taken any part in the game thus
far. 1.h4! Bf8 2.Bh3🔹

⚪️ #19 (Strategy - White To Move)

📕Unity Chess Multiple Choice 19
anonymous poll

B: Qa4 – 23
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 85%

A: Bh7 – 2
👍 7%

C: h4 – 2
👍 7%

👥 27 people voted so far.

⚫️ #20 (Strategy - Black To Move)

📕Unity Chess Multiple Choice 20
anonymous poll

B: Ra5 – 23
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 77%

A: b5 – 5
👍👍 17%

C: Qe7 – 2
👍 7%

👥 30 people voted so far.