⚫️#660 (Strategy-Black to Move)
🔸Raaste,E
🔸Yemelin,V
🔸St. Petersburg, 1996

Black is better thanks to his space advantage and more actively placed pieces. He now launches a strong bishop maneuver that will step up the pressure.
36...Be7!
Intending ...Bd8-b6 in order to seize the g1-a7 diagonal.
Also interesting was 36...Kh7!? intending ...Bh6, but the text is more aggressive.
37.N1d2
It is not easy for White to improve his pieces; e.g. 37.Qe2 Bd8 38.Ne3? Bxe4
37...Bd8 38.Kg1 Bb6 39.Qe2 Kg7
In such a superior position, Black has time for a few useful moves.
40.Nh4 Qd8 41.Ng2 Ng5!-+
Before White plays h3-h4.

⚫️#661 (Strategy-Black to Move)
🔸Ree,H
🔸Portisch,L
🔸Wijk aan Zee, 1968

Unity Chess Multiple Choice 661
public poll

A: e5 – 8
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 53%
@mehrchess77, @EhsanKhoeini, @soheil_hooshdaran, Nikhil, sana, @RichardPeng, Michael, Zhenrui

B: g6 – 5
👍👍👍👍 33%
@amirch_76, Vincent, @Sophia_Peng, @AryanLeekha, Sanjana

C: b6 – 2
👍👍 13%
Morteza, @chessnoob

👥 15 people voted so far.

⚪️#662 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Kramnik,V
🔸Gelfand,B
🔸Belgrade, 1997

Unity Chess Multiple Choice 662
public poll

A: Qc1 – 8
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 53%
Morteza, @hosssein_G, @soheil_hooshdaran, Nikhil, @YaminiG, @RichardPeng, @AryanLeekha, Michael

B: Bg4 – 6
👍👍👍👍👍 40%
@EhsanKhoeini, Vincent, sana, @Sophia_Peng, Zhenrui, Sanjana

C: Qb1 – 1
👍 7%
@chessnoob

👥 15 people voted so far.

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❇️ Ivan Sokolov
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❇️ Ivan Sokolov
Dutch chess grandmaster

🔰Ivan Sokolov is a Dutch chess grandmaster. Sokolov won the 1988 Yugoslav Championship and in 1995 and 1998 the Dutch Championship. Before earning the GM title, he became a FIDE Master in 1985 and an International Master in 1986.

🔘 Born: June 13, 1968
🔺Jajce, Bosnia and Herzegovina
🔘Title: Grandmaster
🔘FIDE rating: 2573
🔘Peak rating: 2706 (January 2004)

🔰Ivan Sokolov was born on the 13th of June 1968 in Bosnia (formerly Yugoslavia). Awarded the GM title in 1987 and Yugoslav Champion in 1988 he was 1st= at Portoroz 1987, 1st= in Belgrade and 1st= in Saltsjöbaden. He also played on the Yugoslav Olympiad team in 1988. He now represents the Netherlands in Olympiads and various other team championships.

♦️ A memorable game by Sokolov👇
🔹Ivan Sokolov vs Jan Timman
🔹Sigeman and Co (1997), Malmo SWE, rd 6, Jun-??
🔹Gruenfeld Defense: Exchange Variation (D85)

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▪️ Ivan Sokolov vs Jan Timman, Sigeman and Co (1997)
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🔸FIDE World Junior Championships U20 2018
🔸Round 1
⚪️Karthikeyan,Murali (2605)
⚫️Pigeat,Alexandre (2347)
🔸1-0

9... Bd6?
French Fide master should have played 9...Be7.
10. Ndf3 Qe4 11. Nxf7! Bxh2+ 12. Kxh2 Qxe2 13. Nd6+ Kd7 14. Bxe2 Kxd6 15. Bf4+ Ke7 16. Rad1 +/-
White is a pawn down, but his two-bishop advantage and better development offer him a sufficient compensation.