🔸 Garry Kasparov - Andrei Sokolov, Baku (1975)
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🔸Asian Nation Cup Open 2018
🔸Round 2
⚪️Darini,Pouria (2463)
⚫️Gupta,Abhijeet (2614)
🔸½-½

43. Qf6!+
The correct and objective evaluation. Darini sacrifices a pawn to trade off the queens.
43...Qxf6 44. gxf6+ Kxf6 45. Nc3 Rh8 46. Nb5 Ra8 47. Rd7?
47. Nxa3 Rxa3 48. Kxb2 +/-
47... Kg5! 48. Rxf7 Rd8 49. Rf3 Kg4 50. Rg3+ Kf4 51. Nc3 g5 =

🔸Asian Nation Cup Open 2018
🔸Round 2
⚪️Darini,Pouria (2463)
⚫️Gupta,Abhijeet (2614)
🔸½-½

60. Rd5?
The finishing continuation would be 60. Nb1!
A) 60...Rxa2 61. Kc3 +-
B) 60... Nxc4 61. Rd3+ Kxe4 62. Nc3+ Kf5 63. bxc4 +-
60... Nd1! 61. Nb5 Nf2 62. Nc3 Kf4 =

🔸Asian Nation Cup Open 2018
🔸Round 3
⚪️Lu,Shanglei (2629)
⚫️Maghsoodloo,Parham (2636)
🔸0-1

11... Nxe4!?
Parham chooses an interesting line.
12. Bd5 Qe8 13. Qc2 Nb4 14. Qxe4 Qxe4 15. Bxe4 d5 16.Bd2N
A novelty but not an accurate one.
16.B×h7 K×h7 17.Nc3 c6 18.Rad1 a5
Harikrishna-Adhiban, Tata Steel 2017 1-0
16...dxe4 17. Bxb4 exf3 18. Bxf8 fxg2 19. Rd1 Kxf8 20. Nc3 Bxh3
Black has the more comfortable position.

🔸Asian Nation Cup Open 2018
🔸Round 3
⚪️Lu,Shanglei (2629)
⚫️Maghsoodloo,Parham (2636)
🔸0-1

23. Nxc7?!
A carelessness in a worse position. better is 23. Rc5 =/+.
23... Bg4! 24. Rd3?! Rc8 25. f3 Bd7 26. Rdc3 Bxc3 27. Rxc3 b4 28. Rc5 a5 29. Kxg2 h5 -+

⚫️#599 (Strategy-Black to Move)
🔸Shirov,A
🔸Karpov,A
🔸Dos Hermanas, 1995

14...Bxh3!
It's worth noting that 14...Qxh4?! 15.Ng5 Qxh2 16.Rxh2 Nf6 17.Nxh7 is crushing for White, who is definitely threatening 15 g4.
15.Qxh3 Bxc3 16.bxc3 Nf6-/+ 17.c4?
Better is 17.Bg5.
17...Nb6 18.f4 Ned7 19.Bd3 Nc5 20.e5 Na4 21.Bb4 dxe5 22.c5 Qc7 23.Bc4 a5
and White resigned. --- The bishop pair is always a good thing, but the black king remained safe whilst its enemy number was exposed due to a wretched pawn structure.

⚫️#600 (Strategy-Black to Move)
🔸McDonald,N
🔸Gormally,D
🔸Oakham, 2000

I like the idea of invading White's light-squared holes on the queenside and the knight would be well placed on e6. White could have defended better but the rest of the game is instructive nonetheless. A smooth exchange sacrifice leads to a couple of wicked passed pawns:
18...Nb8! 19.Nb1 Nc6 20.Nc3?! Nxd4! 21.Be3 Rc4 22.Kh1 Bc5 23.Rc1 a5 24.b3 Rxc3! 25.Rxc3 Ne6 26.Bc1 d4-+

⚪️#601 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Ward,C
🔸Adams,M
🔸Hastings, 1995

Unity Chess Multiple Choice 601
public poll

B: e5 – 11
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 69%
Jonas, Gavin, Nikhil, Jayden, @SteveWongso, Vincent, مجید, Rachel, Zhenrui, Sanjana, Raymond

C: f×g6 – 3
👍👍 19%
@Sophia_Peng, @RichardPeng, George

A: Rh3 – 2
👍 13%
Mieke, @MerissaWongso

👥 16 people voted so far.

⚫️#602 (Strategy-Black to Move)
🔸Almasi,Z
🔸Morozevich,A
🔸British League, 2000