⚪️#472 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Weinstein,G
🔸Privorotsky,O
🔸Azerbaijan Spartakiad, Baku 1974

18.a4!
Suppressing the threat of ...a5-a4.
18...bxa3
With the queenside blocked White has nothing to fear, for example: 18...Nd4 19.Bxd4 cxd4 20.h4! (depriving the black bishop of the g5-square) 20...Nc5 21.Nd2.
19.Rxa3.

⚫️#473 (Strategy-Black to Move)
🔸Weinstein,G
🔸Yermolinsky,A
🔸USSR Junior Championship, Vilnius 1975

Unity Chess Multiple Choice 473
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B: Nd8 – 9
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 90%
@Omid_s94, Nikhil, Ramesh, @SteveWongso, Bryson, @MerissaWongso, @Sophia_Peng, @RichardPeng, Atharva

A: Rfe8 – 1
👍 10%
محمد

C: f4
▫️ 0%

👥 10 people voted so far.

⚪️#474 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Kasparov,G
🔸Donchenko,A
🔸Khalilbeyli Memorial, Baku 1976

Unity Chess Multiple Choice 474
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A: Nb1 – 6
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 43%
@Omid_s94, Ramesh, Sriram, Venkat, @Sophia_Peng, Atharva

B: Qb3 – 6
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 43%
Nikhil, @SteveWongso, @MerissaWongso, @RichardPeng, @AryanLeekha, @radhey1

C: B×c4 – 2
👍👍 14%
@Alikiamarsov, Bryson

👥 14 people voted so far.

🔘 Ding Liren left the Altibox Norway Chess 2018!!
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🔘 On Saturday morning Ding Liren decided that he had to withdraw from the tournament.
🔘 Ding won't continue the tournament and his results are not counting.

🔘 This Saturday started with the sad news that Ding Liren decided that he had to withdraw from the tournament. "His surgery went well, but it will take time for him to recover so he is not able to continue to play in the tournament.
" Stated the organizers.

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🔘 Karjakin lost against "English Game" of Caruana in Altibox 2018 , round five!
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🔅 " Caruana-Karjakin , Altibox Norway 2018 - Round5"
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🔹 " Caruana-Karjakin , Altibox Norway 2018 - Round5"
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🔹 Fabiano Caruana
🔹 The winner of round five , Altibox Norway 2018
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🅾️ Altibox Norway Chess 2018
Round six (today)

Round six pairings :
1️⃣ Aronian-Caruana
2️⃣ Nakamura-MVL
3️⃣ Anand-Mamedyarov
4️⃣ So-Carlsen

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🔸Altibox Norway Chess 2018
🔸Round 1
⚪️Carlsen,Magnus (2843)
⚫️Caruana,Fabiano (2822)
🔸1-0

16.d4!
A clever idea to saddle his opponent with a bad bishop.
16...e4 17.Ne5!
The logical continuation of the plan.
17...N×e5 18.d×e5 R×e5 19.Qd4 Re7 20.Rac1 Rd7 21.Red1 h6 22.Rc5

🔸Altibox Norway Chess 2018
🔸Round 1
⚪️Carlsen,Magnus (2843)
⚫️Caruana,Fabiano (2822)
🔸1-0

25...Rc7?
After exchanging the rooks Black finds himself in an awkward strategical position.
He should have continued with 25...Qa6!
A) 26.Q×b4 d4 -/+
B) 26.Rc5 Qe2 =
C) 26.Rc2 Qd3 27.Q×b4 d4 with counterplay.
26.R×c7 Q×c7 27.Q×b4 Qc1+ 28.Bd1 Ba6 29.Qd4 Be2 30.Kh2 B×d1 31.N×d1 +-

🔸Altibox Norway Chess 2018
🔸Round 1
⚪️Nakamura,Hikaru (2769)
⚫️Ding,Liren (2791)
🔸½-½

13.a4!
An interesting idea to activate the a1-rook.
13...Rac8 14.Ra2 a6 15.Rb2