🔸Nakhchivan Open 2018
🔸Round 9
⚪️Ghaem Maghami,Ehsan (2531)
⚫️Sanal,Vahap (2505)
🔸1-0

White carries out the right exchanges to obtain a better position.
22.Q×c6! R×c6 23.B×f6! R×f6 24.Ne5 Rd6 25.Red1 Ba8 26.d×c5! +/-

🔸Nakhchivan Open 2018
🔸Round 9
⚪️Ghaem Maghami,Ehsan (2531)
⚫️Sanal,Vahap (2505)
🔸1-0

27.Nf3!
The knight heads for d4 to block the isolated pawn.
27...g6 28.Nd4 Rfd8 29.Bh3!
Now, the unpleasant threat is 30.b4 Ne6 31.Bxe6 fxe6 32.Rc7.
29...f5 30.Rc2 Kf7 31.g4! f×g4 32.B×g4 h5 33.Bh3 a5 34.b4 a×b4 35.a×b4 Na6 36.Ra1! N×b4 37.Rc7+ Kf6 38.Bc8 Bc6 39.Rb1 R×c8 40.R×c8 Bd7 41.Rb8 1-0

🔸Nakhchivan Open 2018
🔸Round 9
⚪️Khenkin,Igor (2557)
⚫️Galego,Luis (2477)
🔸1-0

20...h5??
52-year-old Portuguese GM could have put up a bit more resistance with 20...Rxg5.
21.B×h5! g×h5 22.Q×h5 Bg7 23.Qh7+ Kf8 24.Rf3+ 1-0

⚫️#431 (Strategy-Black to Move)
🔸Adams,M
🔸Karpov,A
🔸Las Palmas, 1994

Subject: Ideal squares and improvement of the worst placed piece. The most problematic piece to bring into play is the d7-bishop, and something awkward like ...Kb8, ...Bc8 and ...b7-b6 is both slow and easily preventable (Bb5 at the right moment, for example). The ideal square for this bishop is, unfortunately, already occupied, so the right plan is a rearrangement of the pieces.
14...Nb8!!
This is the logical solution, although not completely natural. The knight needs to move and d7 is the best available square, so in this way, the bishop and knight simply switch places.
15.Be2 Bc6 16.Nf6 Nd7!

⚪️#432 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Lautier,J
🔸Karpov,A
🔸Groningen, 1995

This is a case of pure prophylaxis. Black wants to play ...Ne5 and exchange a misplaced knight. In cases like this, with White having a space advantage, it is quite natural for him to avoid exchanges. Another thing is weaknesses. In this position, the weakest point in Black's position is f5, while White's is h2. Another simple observation: the ideal square for the f3-knight is f5. So the first move can be selected – as always – based on the sum of the most important observations (of course it is difficult to know what are the most important observations!).
15.h3! (15.Bb2?! Ne5! 16.Nxe5 Bxe5 17.h3 Rfe8 would give Black equality.)
Simple Chess. Now everything has been achieved.
15...Ne5 16.Nh4! Rfe8 17.Bb2 Qd7 18.Re2 White is slightly better.

⚫️#433 (Strategy-Black to Move)
🔸Shirov,A
🔸Karpov,A
🔸Las Palmas, 1994

Unity Chess Multiple Choice 433

C: Qf8 – 5
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 71%

A: h5 – 1
👍 14%

B: Kh7 – 1
👍 14%

👥 7 people voted so far.

⚪️#434 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Karpov,A
🔸Polgar,J
🔸Linares, 1994

Unity Chess Multiple Choice 434

C: Qc5 – 6
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 55%

A: Qb4 – 3
👍👍👍👍 27%

B: Q×b6 – 2
👍👍 18%

👥 11 people voted so far.

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