🔸World Chess Olympiad Batumi 2018
🔸Round 7
⚪️Navara,David (2740)
⚫️Gelfand,Boris (2703)
🔸1-0

31... f5??
A self-checkmate by 50-year-old Boris Gelfand!
31... R6b4
A)32. Kb1 Rf3 33. Rhh8 Rf1+ 34. Kc2 Rf2+ 35. Kd1 f5 36. Rhe8 Kf7 =
B)32. Rhh8 Rxb2+ 33. Ka1 Rb1+ 34. Ka2 R1b2+ with perpetual check.
32. Rd7+ Kg8 33. Rc2 1-0

🔸World Chess Olympiad Batumi 2018
🔸Round 7
⚪️Leko,Peter (2690)
⚫️Vachier-Lagrave,Maxime (2780)
🔸0-1

39... Qh1+ 40.Kf2
40. Ke2 Qg2+ 41. Kd1 Bc3!
A) 42. Re8+ Kh7 43. Rb8 Qh1+ 44. Kc2 Qc1+ 45. Kb3 Bf6 -+
B) 42. Rf1 b1=Q+ 43.Qxb1 Qd2#
40... Qh2+ 41.Kf1 Bf6!
A courageous play by Vachier.
After sacrificing a rook for the initiative in a middlegame, now he converts his advantage into a full point.
42. Rd1
42. Re8+ Kh7 43. Rb8 Bh4 44. Qd4 Qh1+ 45. Ke2 Qe1+ 46. Kd3 b1=Q+ 47. Rxb1 Qxb1+ -+
42... Bh4 43. Qd4 Bg3 44. Nb4 b1=Q 45. Rxb1 Qh1+ 46. Ke2 Qxb1
0-1

🔸World Chess Olympiad Batumi 2018
🔸Round 7
⚪️Kramnik,Vladimir (2779)
⚫️Roganovic,Milos (2527)
🔸1-0

43...Qxa3 ??
Too greedy.
The Serbian GM should not have even thought to kill the a3-pawn, due to the exposed position of his king.
43...Qb6 44.Qc8 Qf6=
44.Qc7+ Rg7 45.Qc2+ Rg6 1-0

🔸World Chess Olympiad Batumi 2018
🔸Round 7
⚪️Dominguez,Jose Manuel (2283)
⚫️Firouzja,Alireza (2582)
🔸0-1

54...Kh6!
Apparently, White's threat is Rd7, but Alireza ignores it and carries on with threats of his own.
55. h3
55.Rd7 Qf4
A)56.Qxf7 Qe3+ 57.Kf1 Rf4+ -+
B)56.Rxf7 Qc1+ 57.Kf2 Qd2+ 58.Qe2 Rxg2+! -+
55...Ng5! 56.Qe3 Rg3 57.Qd2 f4 58.Kh1 Nxh3 59.Qd6 Nf2+ 60.Kh2 Ng4+ 61.Kh1 Qxd6 62.Rxd6 f3 0-1

The USA lead on 15 points after Round 8 of #BatumiChess2018

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- Round 8
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⚫️#21 (Strategy-Black to Move)
🔸Al-Zendani Zendan (2301)
🔸Fressinet Laurent (2649)
🔸World Chess Olympiad 2018 Batumi

20...b4! [After 20...b4! the a2–pawn is a fixed weakness that can easily be attacked with Ra8.]

[20...Kb7 21.a3 Be5 22.c3 Rd3³; 20...c4 21.c3 Rhe8 22.g3=/+]

21.Bc1 Kb7 22.f4 Rhe8 23.Re1 Ra8 24.a3 bxa3 25.bxa3 Ra4 26.f5 Be5 27.Rg4 Re7 28.Kf2 Rd7 29.Re2 c4 30.Bf4 Bd4+ 31.Kg3 Rxa3+ 32.Kh4 Re7 33.Kh5 b5 34.Bg3 Ra2 35.e5 Bxe5 36.Rge4 Kc6 37.Kg6 Kd5 38.R4e3 c5 39.Rd2+ Kc6 40.Rde2 b4 0–1

⚪️#21 (Endgame-White to Move)
🔸Markoja Boris (2456)
🔸Gumpo Thabo (2059)
🔸World Chess Olympiad 2018 Batumi

46.gxf5! [46.g5 Kd8 47.Ra1 Bd7 48.h5 gxh5 49.Rh2 h6 50.gxh6 Rg6 51.Rxh5 Rh8 52.Rah1 Be8 53.R5h3 Rh7 54.Kf3 Ke7 55.Be2+–; 46.b5 cxb5 47.Nc3 fxg4 48.Nxb5+ Bxb5 49.Bxb5 h5 50.Ra2 Kb8 51.Rga1 Nc7 52.Bd3±]

46...exf5 47.b5! cxb5 48.Nc3 Bc6 49.Nxb5+ Bxb5 50.Bxb5 Rf7 [50...Rh8 51.Ra1 Rb8 52.Rga2 Rhc8 53.e6 Kd8 54.Bd7+–]

51.h5 Kd8 52.hxg6 hxg6 53.Rxg6 Rxg6 54.Rxg6 Nc7 55.Bd3 Ne8 56.Bc2 Rh7 57.Bxf5 1–0