27.Qd2!
Continuing to shake Black's position. The white queen repositions herself in an effort to take advantage of the dark square weaknesses created by the move 26...g6.
27...Kg7 28.Kg2! f6!
Black covers important dark squares.
29.Bxc6! Rxc6 30.Re2 Rcc8 31.Rce1 c4 32.h4+/-
Continuing to shake Black's position. The white queen repositions herself in an effort to take advantage of the dark square weaknesses created by the move 26...g6.
27...Kg7 28.Kg2! f6!
Black covers important dark squares.
29.Bxc6! Rxc6 30.Re2 Rcc8 31.Rce1 c4 32.h4+/-
Unity Chess Multiple Choice 629
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A: Bd2 – 6
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Jonas, Gavin, @AryanLeekha, Rachel, Zhenrui, Sanjana
B: Be3 – 3
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@Sophia_Peng, @RichardPeng, Raymond
C: Bg5 – 1
👍 10%
@Afshin3333
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A: Bd2 – 6
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 60%
Jonas, Gavin, @AryanLeekha, Rachel, Zhenrui, Sanjana
B: Be3 – 3
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@Sophia_Peng, @RichardPeng, Raymond
C: Bg5 – 1
👍 10%
@Afshin3333
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Unity Chess Multiple Choice 630
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C: Ne4 – 9
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@Mehrdad0832, Jonas, Gavin, @Sophia_Peng, @AryanLeekha, Rachel, Zhenrui, Sanjana, @Raymond666
A: Nh4 – 2
👍👍 17%
@RichardPeng, Atharva
B: Qd2 – 1
👍 8%
@Afshin3333
👥 12 people voted so far.
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C: Ne4 – 9
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 75%
@Mehrdad0832, Jonas, Gavin, @Sophia_Peng, @AryanLeekha, Rachel, Zhenrui, Sanjana, @Raymond666
A: Nh4 – 2
👍👍 17%
@RichardPeng, Atharva
B: Qd2 – 1
👍 8%
@Afshin3333
👥 12 people voted so far.
Rd 4 at Sinquefield Cup: all games drawn between Anand-Carlsen (54 moves in knight vs pawns ending), Mamedyarov-Aronian (24 move perpetual check), Caruana-Nakamura (49 moves), Grischuk-Vachier_Lagrave (25 move perpetual check), and So-Karjakin (48 move perpetual check).
12. Nfg5!
The correct and interesting continuation.
12...hxg5 13. Qh5 Qc8 14. Nf6+ gxf6 15. Qg6+ Kh8 16. Qh6+ Kg8 17.Qg6+ Kh8 1/2-1/2
The correct and interesting continuation.
12...hxg5 13. Qh5 Qc8 14. Nf6+ gxf6 15. Qg6+ Kh8 16. Qh6+ Kg8 17.Qg6+ Kh8 1/2-1/2
39... Rxb2?
Grischuk missed a golden opportunity to win the game. He should have defended his f3-pawn and set a trap as well:
39... Rh3!
A) 40. Kf2 Rxg1 41. Kxg1 f2+ 42. Kxf2 Rxd3 -+
B) 40. Rd1 Rg3 41. Kf2 Rg2+ 42. Kxf3 Rhxg1 -+
40. Rxf3+ Ke7 41. Rf7+ Kd6 42. Rxg7 Rb1+ 43. Ke2 Rhxg1 44. g5 =
Grischuk missed a golden opportunity to win the game. He should have defended his f3-pawn and set a trap as well:
39... Rh3!
A) 40. Kf2 Rxg1 41. Kxg1 f2+ 42. Kxf2 Rxd3 -+
B) 40. Rd1 Rg3 41. Kf2 Rg2+ 42. Kxf3 Rhxg1 -+
40. Rxf3+ Ke7 41. Rf7+ Kd6 42. Rxg7 Rb1+ 43. Ke2 Rhxg1 44. g5 =
43... Re2
43... Be3!+ 44. Kh1 Rf2 with an easy win for Black:
A) 45. Nh2 Bf4 46. g5+ Kxg5 47. Ng4 Re2 -+
B) 45. Nh4 Bxd4-+
C) 45. g5+ Kh5 46.Nh2 Bf4 47. Ng4 Re2 48. Rb1 Kh4 or K×g5 -+
44. Kf1 Re4 45. Rb3 Kg7 46.Kf2
However, Black has still kept his advantage.
43... Be3!+ 44. Kh1 Rf2 with an easy win for Black:
A) 45. Nh2 Bf4 46. g5+ Kxg5 47. Ng4 Re2 -+
B) 45. Nh4 Bxd4-+
C) 45. g5+ Kh5 46.Nh2 Bf4 47. Ng4 Re2 48. Rb1 Kh4 or K×g5 -+
44. Kf1 Re4 45. Rb3 Kg7 46.Kf2
However, Black has still kept his advantage.