White's straightforward central breakthrough idea was potentially very dangerous.
10...h5!
was an 'intuitive, genuinely Sicilian, strong' move, which deterred White from a swift f2-f4 and e4-e5 plan. Note 10...g5 11.h4! would have been awkward.
11.h3 Qc7 12.f4 Nc4 13.Bxc4 Qxc4 14.Qf3 h4 15.Bh2 Bd7 16.0-0-0 Rc8 17.Rhe1 b5 18.Qf2 Qc7 19.e5 b4 20.Rd3 dxe5 21.fxe5 bxc3 22.Rxc3 Qxc3
The text is certainly visual, although apparently 22...Qb8! would have been stronger.
23.bxc3 Ba3+ 24.Kd2 Nd5 25.Re4 Rxc3 26.Rg4 0-0 27.Qxh4 Rfc8 28.Nd4 Bb4 29.Ke2 Bb5+-+
10...h5!
was an 'intuitive, genuinely Sicilian, strong' move, which deterred White from a swift f2-f4 and e4-e5 plan. Note 10...g5 11.h4! would have been awkward.
11.h3 Qc7 12.f4 Nc4 13.Bxc4 Qxc4 14.Qf3 h4 15.Bh2 Bd7 16.0-0-0 Rc8 17.Rhe1 b5 18.Qf2 Qc7 19.e5 b4 20.Rd3 dxe5 21.fxe5 bxc3 22.Rxc3 Qxc3
The text is certainly visual, although apparently 22...Qb8! would have been stronger.
23.bxc3 Ba3+ 24.Kd2 Nd5 25.Re4 Rxc3 26.Rg4 0-0 27.Qxh4 Rfc8 28.Nd4 Bb4 29.Ke2 Bb5+-+
Unity Chess Multiple Choice 605
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B: Bd2 – 7
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C: c4 – 5
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Gavin, Vincent, مجید, Zhenrui, Sanjana
A: Ng5 – 1
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B: Bd2 – 7
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شیدا, Nikhil, Jayden, @MerissaWongso, @Sophia_Peng, @RichardPeng, Rachel
C: c4 – 5
👍👍👍👍👍 38%
Gavin, Vincent, مجید, Zhenrui, Sanjana
A: Ng5 – 1
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Raymond
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Unity Chess Multiple Choice 606
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A: d×e4 – 9
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C: Nd4 – 2
👍👍 17%
Vincent, مجید
B: Be7 – 1
👍 8%
Raymond
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A: d×e4 – 9
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 75%
شیدا, Nikhil, Jayden, @MerissaWongso, @Sophia_Peng, @RichardPeng, Rachel, Zhenrui, Sanjana
C: Nd4 – 2
👍👍 17%
Vincent, مجید
B: Be7 – 1
👍 8%
Raymond
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