12.N3h2
A typical plan for white in the Italian game. White prepares an attack on the kingside.
12...d5 13.Qf3 d4 14.Ng3 Bc5 15.Nf5 Bf8 16.Ng4 Nxg4 17.hxg4 Bxb3 18.axb3 Re6 0-1

🔸World Chess Olympiad Batumi 2018
🔸Round 9
⚪️Giri,Anish (2780)
⚫️Iordachescu,Viorel (2591)
🔸1-0

20.Qb5!
Anish tempts Black into playing c6 which deprives Black's a5 knight of its good square.
20...c6 21.Qd3 b5 22.Ne3 a6 23.b4 Nb7 24.Rbd1 h5 25.g4 g6 26.gxh5 gxh5 27.Kh1 1-0

🔸World Chess Olympiad Batumi 2018
🔸Round 9
⚪️Ivanchuk,Vassily (2710)
⚫️Djukic,Nikola (2567)
🔸1-0

24... Nc4??
A miscalculation by Djukic that costs him the game.
25. Rxc4 25... Rxc4 26. Bxg7 1-0

🔸World Chess Olympiad Batumi 2018
🔸Round 9
⚪️Salomon,Johan (2477)
⚫️Jones,Gawain C B (2677)
🔸0-1

63...Re1!
English GM Gawain Jones demonstrates excellent endgame technique.
64.Rd1 Kc6! 65.h5 Kc5 66.h6 Kc4 67.h7 Rxd1 68.Kxd1 Kd3 69.h8=Q c2# 0-1

⚪️#23 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Van Foreest Jorden (2624)
🔸Kassis Antoine (2173)
🔸World Chess Olympiad 2018 Batumi

15.Nf3?! [15.Nc4! White puts his knight on a mighty place and clears the path for the rook on e1 to prepare a future breakthrough with e5. 15...Nc8 16.Bxf4 Be7 (16...b5 17.e5!! bxc4 18.exd6+ Be7 19.dxe7 Qa5+– (19...Nxe7 20.d6+–) ) 17.a4 0–0 18.Qd2 Bf6 19.a5 (19.Nxd6 Nxd6 20.Bxd6 Ne5 21.Bxe5 Bxe5²) 19...Ne5 20.Nxe5 Bxe5 21.Bxe5 dxe5 22.Qf2 Qe7 (22...Qc7 23.f6! Qd6 24.fxg7 Kxg7 25.Bh3 Ne7 26.Re3 Ng6 27.Kh1±) 23.Bd3±; 15.b4 cxb4 16.Nc4 Nc8 17.Bxf4 b5 (17...bxc3 18.e5! Nxe5 19.Nxe5 dxe5 20.Bxe5 Qg5+ 21.Kh1 Be7 22.Qa4++–) 18.e5 dxe5 (18...bxc4 19.exd6+ Be7 20.dxe7 Qb6+ 21.Kh1 Nd6 22.cxb4+–) 19.d6! bxc4 20.Bxe5 Qg5+ 21.Bg2 Kd8 (21...Nxe5 22.Qa4+ Kd8 23.Qa5+ Ke8 (23...Kd7 24.Qc7+ Ke8 25.d7+ Ke7 26.d8Q#) 24.Rxe5+ Be7 25.Qd5 Ra7 26.dxe7+–) 22.Qd5 Qxf5 23.Rad1!! f6 (23...Ra7 24.Qa5+ Ndb6 (24...Ncb6 25.Bc6+–) 25.d7 Rxd7 26.Bc7+ Kxc7 27.Qxf5) 24.Qxa8+–]

15...Ne5 [15...g5! 16.Nxg5 Rg8 17.Qh5 Ne5 18.Bg2 Nxd5 19.Nxh7 Ne3 20.Bxe3 fxe3=]

16.Bxf4 f6 17.b4 Nxf3+ 18.Qxf3 cxb4 19.cxb4 g6 20.Kh1 Kf7 21.Bh3! Bg7 [21...gxf5 22.Qh5+ Ng6 23.exf5]

22.fxg6+ hxg6 23.Be6+ Ke8 24.Qg3 g5 25.Bxd6 Nc8 26.Bc7 Qe7 27.Rac1 Qxb4 28.e5 [28.e5 Qh4 29.exf6 Qxg3 30.Bxg3 Bxf6 31.Bxc8++–] 1–0

⚫️#23 (Endgame-Black to Move)
🔸Song,Raymond (2305)
🔸Tran,Tuan Minh (2491)
🔸World Chess Olympiad 2018 Batumi

41...Nf4+!? [41...Nxh4! 42.Rd3 Re2 43.Bc4 Re5 44.Bb5 Rxc5 45.Kg3 Re5 46.Kf2 f4 47.Rd7+ Kb6 48.Rg7 Kc5 49.Bc4 Kd4 50.Rg8 Ke4 51.Rd8 Kf5 52.Be2 Rc5 53.Ra8 Rd5 54.Rf8+ Ke4 55.Re8+ Kd4 56.Rg8 Kc3 57.Bh5 Kb2 58.Rb8 Rd2+ 59.Kf1 Ng2 60.Rb5 Ne3+ 61.Ke1 Rg2 62.Rxa5 g4 63.Bxg4 Rxg4 64.Ke2 Rg3–+; 41...Rf1 42.Bc4 Rh1+ 43.Kg2 Rxh4 44.Re3 Re4 45.Rxe4 fxe4 46.Kf2 Ne5 47.Bd5 Nd3+ 48.Ke3 Nxc5 49.Bxe4 Nxb3 50.Bc2 Nc5 51.Kf3 Kd6 52.Kg4 Ke5 53.Kxg5 Kd4 54.Kf4 Kc3 55.Bd1 Kd2 56.Bf3 Nxa4 57.Bc6 Nb6 58.Ke5 Kc3 59.Be8 Kc4=]

42.Kg3 Rb2 43.Bc4 Nh5+ 44.Kf3 g4+ 45.Ke3 f4+ 46.Kd4?? [46.Ke4 Rf2 47.Rc1 g3 48.Rg1 g2³]

46...g3 47.Rc1 Rh2 [47...g2 48.Rg1 Ng3 49.Kd3 Rf2 50.Bd5 f3 51.Bxf3 Rxf3+ 52.Kd2 Rf2+–+]

48.Re1 [48.Ke4! Rf2 49.Rg1 g2³]

48...f3 49.Bb5 Rxh4+ 50.Kc3 Nf6 51.Re7+ Kd8 52.Rg7 Rg4 0–1

⚪️#24 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Shankland,Samuel (2722)
🔸Leon,Orlando (2196)
🔸World Chess Olympiad 2018 Batumi

Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 24
public poll

A) 13.Be2 – 9
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 75%
@SteveWongso, @MerissaWongso, @Somebody_Sophia, @RichardPeng, Rachel, Michael, Hansika, Zhenrui, Sanjana

B) 13.Ne1 – 3
👍👍 25%
@soheil_hooshdaran, Gavin, Jayden

C) 13.a3
▫️ 0%

👥 12 people voted so far.

⚫️#24 (Endgame-Black to Move)
🔸Bouzidi,Ahmed (2246)
🔸Westerberg,Jonathan (2504)
🔸World Chess Olympiad 2018 Batumi

Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 24
public poll

B) 36...e5 – 9
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 64%
España 🇪🇸, @HamidSob, @Faridfs1, @SteveWongso, @MerissaWongso, @RichardPeng, Michael, Hansika, Sanjana

A) 36...Rd8 – 5
👍👍👍👍 36%
@soheil_hooshdaran, @Somebody_Sophia, Rachel, Zhenrui, Alan

C) 36...Rb2
▫️ 0%

👥 14 people voted so far.

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