20. Bh6?!
20. b4!
A multi-purpose move:
1- opening a file on the enemy king.
2- activating his rooks.
3- weakening the opponent's knight position.
A)20...Qf5 21. Qxf5+ Nxf5 22. Ne4 +/-
B)20... Nb3 21. Rc2 Na1 22. bxc5! Nxc2 23. c6 Qe7 24. Qf5+ Kb8 25. Qxc2 +-
C)20... Qc7 21. f4 Bd6 22. Be3 +-
D)20... Kb7 21. bxc5 bxc5 22. f4 Bc7 23. Be3 +/-
20... Nf5 21. Raa1 Nxh6 22.Qxh6 Qf5 23. Rac1 Kb8 =

🔸FIDE World Junior Championships U20 2018
🔸Round 8
⚪️Lagunow,Raphael (2403)
⚫️Jarmula,Lukasz (2504)
🔸1-0

21.Qb4!
The German Fide Master does not allow the opponent to take a breath.
21...Rc7 22.Qd6! Rd7 23.Qb8+ Rd8 24.Qxb7 Rd7 25.Qc8+ Rd8 26.Qc6+ Rd7 27.Re1 h5 28.Bxa6 f6 29.Rxe4 +-

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🔸Narayanan,S.L (2573)
🔸Philippe,Guillaume (2358)
🔸57th World Juniors 2018 Manavgat TUR 2018

1.d4 f5 2. Bg5 h6 3. Bh4 g5 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bg3 d6 6. Nc3 e6 7. h4 Rg8 8. hxg5 hxg5 9. Qd2 Qe7 10. O-O-O Nc6 11. f3 Bd7 12. e4 f4 13. Bf2 a6 14. Kb1 e5 15.Nd5!
15. Nd5!
A good move to seize the initiative and prevent Black from completing his development. 15...Nxd5 16. exd5 Nd8 (16... Nxd4?? 17. Bxd4 exd4 18.Re1+-) 17. Qb4 Bc8 (17... Nf7 18. Qxb7) 18. Qa4+ Qd7 19. Qb3 Nf7 20. Bd3 Kd821. Ne2 a5 22. a4 Qe8 23. dxe5 Nxe5 24. Nd4+-
15. Bc4!?
would be just as good. White has a lead in development.
15... exd4 16. Bxd4 Rg6 17. Bxf6 $5 Qxf6 18.Nd5 Qd8 19. g3 $1 Ne5 20. Be2 Rh6 (20... fxg3?? 21. f4! gxf4 22. Qxf4 Nf7 23. Bh5) 21. Rxh6 Bxh6 22. gxf4 gxf4 23. Qb4 b5 24. Bf1 Rc8 25. Qd4 Qg5 26. Bh3 Bxh3 27. Nxh3+/-)
15. dxe5 Qxe5 16. Bc4 Rg6 17. Nge2+/=
White has completed his development and is getting ready to attack.
15... Nxd5 16. exd5 Nd8 17. Bd3 Nf7 18. Ne2 Bg7 19. Qa5 b6 20. Qc3 Kd8 21. Qb3 g4 22. dxe5 Bxe5 23. Nd4 g3 24. Bg1 Qf6 25. Ne6+ Bxe6 26. dxe6 Ng5 27. Qd5 Rb8 28. Bc4 Re8 29. Rh5 Re7 30. Bd4 Bxd4 31. Rxg5 Bxb2 32. Rg8+ Re8 33. Qc6! (33. Qc6 Qe7 34. Rxd6+ cxd6 35. Rxe8+ Qxe8 36. Qxd6+ Kc8 37. Bxa6+ Rb7 38. Kxb2+-
1-0

⚪️#8 (Endgame-White to Move)
🔸Murzin,Volodar (2349)
🔸Priasmoro,Novendra (2498)
🔸FIDE World Junior and Girls Under 20 Ch

62.Bd3! [In order to put more pressure on the enemy camp.]

[62.Rc6?! Ne3+ 63.Kc1 Rxc2+ 64.Rxc2 Nxc2 65.Kxc2 Kf6 66.b4 axb4 67.Kb3 (67.a5 e4 68.a6 e3 69.Kd3 b3 70.a7 b2 71.a8Q b1Q+ 72.Kxe3=) 67...e4 68.Kxb4 Kxf5 69.a5 e3 70.Kc3 Kf4 71.a6 Kg3! 72.Kd3 Kf2 73.a7 e2 74.a8Q e1Q=; 62.Kc1?! Rh1+ 63.Kb2 Rh2=]

62...Nf6 63.Bc4+ Ke7 64.Rg7+ Kd6 65.Rg6?! [It seems that White does not intend to win the game!]

[65.Ra7! Ng4 66.Rxa5 Ne3+ 67.Kc1 Nxc4 (67...Rc2+ 68.Kb1 Rh2 69.f6 Nxc4 70.bxc4 Ke6 71.f7 Kxf7 72.Rxe5±) 68.bxc4 Rh4 69.Ra6+ Kc5 70.a5 Rxc4+ 71.Kd2 Rf4 (71...Kb5 72.Re6 Kxa5 73.Ke3 Kb5 74.f6 Rc1 75.Ke4 Re1+ 76.Kd5 Rf1 77.Kxe5 Kc5 78.Re7+–) 72.Rf6 Rd4+ 73.Ke3 Ra4 74.a6 Kd5 75.Re6 Re4+ 76.Kd3 Rd4+ 77.Kc3 Ra4 78.Kb3 Ra5 79.Kb4 Ra1 80.Kb5 Rb1+ 81.Ka5 Kc5 82.Rxe5+ Kc6 83.f6 Rf1 84.Re6+ Kc5 85.Re4!! Rxf6 86.a7 Rf8 87.Re2 Rh8 88.Rc2+ Kd5 89.Rc7 Rf8 90.Ka6+– The white would win after a tough war.]

65...Ke7 66.Rg7+ Kd6 67.Rg6 Ke7 68.Rg7+ Kd6 ½–½

⚪️#9 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Gokerkan,Cem Kaan (2416)
🔸Santos Ruiz,Miguel (2524)
🔸57th World Juniors 2018 Manavgat TUR 2018

Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 9
public poll

A: Be3 – 7
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 54%
@mahyarebrahimi1983, Ramin, @RichardPeng, @AryanLeekha, @Passanger1500, Michael, Alan

C: f4 – 4
👍👍👍👍 31%
@Sophia_Peng, @roshan_sethuraman, @Taxialborz2008, Zhenrui

B: b4 – 2
👍👍 15%
@Rashidi_1997, Nikhil

👥 13 people voted so far.

⚫️#9 (Endgame-Black to Move)
🔸Macovei,Andrei (2385)
🔸Garidmagnai,Byambasuren (2287)
🔸57th World Juniors 2018

Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 9
public poll

A: 41...Nb5 – 11
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 73%
@Rashidi_1997, Nikhil, @Sophia_Peng, @roshan_sethuraman, @RichardPeng, @Taxialborz2008, @AryanLeekha, Zhenrui, Alan, @chessnoob, Matthew

C: 41...Kf7 – 4
👍👍👍 27%
@mahyarebrahimi1983, @hosein_sedighi, @Passanger1500, Michael

B: 41...Nc6
▫️ 0%

👥 15 people voted so far.

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