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🔸Capablanca Memorial 2018
🔸Round 4
⚪️Anton Guijarro,David (2646)
⚫️Shankland,Samuel (2671)
🔸½-½

50.Bd4?
This mistake helps Shankland to release his bishop.
The correct move is 50.Rb7!! +- with the idea of trapping The Black's bishop by Kb5-Kc6-Bd4-Kd7.
50...Bc7 51.Kb5 Rc1 52.Rb7 b3 53.Ka6 Rc4 54.R×b3 R×a4 55.Kb5 Rb4+ 56.R×b4 a×b4 57.K×b4 Kf7 58.Kc5 Bg3 59.Kd5 ½-½

🔸Capablanca Memorial 2018
🔸Round 5
⚪️Shankland,Samuel (2671)
⚫️Bacallao Alonso,Yusnel (2594)
🔸1-0

22...Qb7?
Bacallao takes a risky plan. It would have been better to play 22...Bd8 23.Nc4 Rb8.
23.Nc4 B×f3 24.g×f3 R×f3 25.Q×c5 Qe4 26.N×a5 Rf4 27.h3! Qf5 28.Rb4 Qg5+ 29.Kh2 Rf3 30.Rc3 R×c3 31.Q×c3 R×a5 32.b6 1-0

🔸Capablanca Memorial 2018
🔸Round 6
⚪️Bruzon Batista,Lazaro (2664)
⚫️Anton Guijarro,David (2646)
🔸0-1

36. Rc7?
White misses his last drawing chance. 36.Rh7! c3 37.h5 c2 38. Rc7 Nxa4 39. Kd3 c1=Q 40. Rxc1 Nc5+ 41.
Kc4 Nxe6 42. Rd1
36... c3 37. g4 fxg3 38. fxg3 Nxa4 39. Kd1 Nc5 40. Rc6 Ke7 41. g4 Nxe6 0-1

🔸Capablanca Memorial 2018
🔸Round 7
⚪️Bacallao Alonso,Yusnel (2594)
⚫️Anton Guijarro,David (2646)
🔸0-1

34...Rac8!
A surprising move by eight-time Spanish champion.
35.Rc4 R×c4 36.b×c4 Nc5 37.Be4 f3 38.Rf1 N×e4 39.d×e4 Q×a4 -+

⚫️#439 (Strategy-Black to Move)
🔸Salov,V
🔸Van der Sterren,P
🔸European Cup, Hilversum, 1993

In this position, White has little control over the queenside – an area in which he normally places his hopes in the Queen's Gambit Declined. A transfer of his forces to the queenside seriously compromises the kingside, where g2-g4 has created certain commitments. For this reason, White will have to play on the kingside, and as Black has a dark-squared bishop it will most likely be on the light squares. All of this basic logic points us in the direction of the threat in the position. White will play 18 h4! and it will give him the advantage. Black should prevent this, after which he will have time to slowly improve his position.
17...b6?
(17...Bh4! would have given Black a better game, when it is not easy to see how White can improve his position, whereas Black has a lot of moves coming.)
18.h4! c5 19.dxc5 bxc5 20.Qxc5 Qxc5 21.Rxc5.

⚪️#440 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Salov,V
🔸Glek,I
🔸Wijk aan Zee, 1997

12.Qc3!
The point. Now Black has problems with both the dark squares and coordination. 12.Bb5 c6 does not seem to achieve anything as the knight is far from d6.
12...Nc6
After 12...e4 13.Nd4 Black still has problems with his development as c7 is hanging, and thus White has a small advantage. White wins a pawn after 12...Re8? 13.Qxe5!
13.Bb5

⚪️#441 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Kramnik,V
🔸Vaganian,R
🔸Horgen, 1995

Unity Chess Multiple Choice 441

A: c5 – 6
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 86%

B: Nb1 – 1
👍 14%

C: Qd1
▫️ 0%

👥 7 people voted so far.

⚪️#442 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Kramnik,V
🔸Svidler,P
🔸Linares, 1999

Unity Chess Multiple Choice 442

B: Be3 – 3
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 38%

C: Re1 – 3
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 38%

A: e5 – 2
👍👍👍👍👍 25%

👥 8 people voted so far.

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