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⚫️#27 (Strategy-Black to Move)
🔸Hansen,Eric (2629)
🔸Anand,Viswanathan (2771)
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15...Nd4! [There is no reason to retreat. If White captures the knight and grabs a pawn, Black will immediately win his pawn back with some initiative.]

[15...Na5 16.Bc2 Re8 17.Rb1 Nc4 18.b3 Nb6 19.Bb2 a5 20.N1d2 b4 21.Bd3 Ba6 22.Bxa6 Rxa6 23.Qc2=; 15...Nb8 16.Bf4 Re8 17.Ng3 Qe7 18.a4 Nfd7 19.Bg5 Qf8 20.axb5 axb5 21.Rxa8 Bxa8 22.Qd2²; 15...Kh8]

16.Nxd4 cxd4 17.Qxd4 [17.Nh2 Nd7 18.Bc2 Rc8 19.Nf3 Qc7 20.Nxd4 Rfe8 (20...Bxd4? 21.Qxd4 Qxc2 22.Bh6 f6 (22...Ne5 23.Rac1 Qa4 24.Qb6 Rb8 25.Qxd6 Qd4 26.Qf6 Nf3+ 27.Qxf3 Rfc8 28.Rcd1+–) 23.Rac1 Qa4 24.Qa7 Rxc1 25.Rxc1 Rb8 26.Rc7+–) 21.Bb3 Nc5 22.Bc2 Nd7=]

17...Nxd5 18.Qd3 Nb6 19.Rd1 Rc8 20.Ng3 [20.Qxd6 Qxd6 21.Rxd6 Nc4 22.Bxc4 Rxc4 23.f3 Rd4! 24.Rxd4 (24.Rb6?? Rd1! 25.Rxb7 Bd4+ 26.Kh2 Rxf1–+) 24...Bxd4+ 25.Kh1 Re8! 26.Rb1 f5 27.Be3 (27.exf5 Re1–+) 27...Bxe3 28.Nxe3 fxe4 29.f4=]

20...Nc4 21.Rb1 [21.Bxc4 Rxc4 22.Qxd6 Qxd6 23.Rxd6 Rfc8 24.Rd1 Bxe4 25.Nxe4 Rxe4 26.Rb1 Rd4 27.Re1 a5³]

21...h5! 22.f3 Qb6+ 23.Kh1 d5! [With this pawn sacrifice, Black opens up the position to be able to exploit his development advantage.]

24.exd5 Rfd8 25.Bf4 [25.Bxc4 bxc4 26.Qe4 Re8 27.Qc2 Bxd5 28.Bf4 (28.Rxd5?? Re1+–+) 28...Rcd8 29.Bg5 Rd7 30.Nf1 Qc6µ]

25...Qf6 26.Bc1 Rxd5 27.Qe2 Re5 28.Qf2 [28.Qf1]

28...Rce8 29.Bxc4 bxc4 30.Nf1 Be4! 31.Ra1 [31.fxe4?? Qxf2]

31...Bd3 32.Ne3 Qb6 33.Re1 R5e6 [33...R5e6 34.a4 Bd4–+] 0–1

⚫️#27 (Endgame-Black to Move)
🔸Saric,Ivan (2689)
🔸Maghsoodloo,Parham (2649)
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37...Bd4? [37...b4! 38.Kf1 Bc3 39.Rd7 b2 40.Rd1 Bd2 41.Rb1 Bc1 42.Ke2 Kxf7 43.Kd3 Ke6 44.Ke4 Kd6 45.Kd4 g5 46.g4 Ke6 47.Ke4 b3 48.Kd4 Kd6 49.Kc4 Ke5 50.Kxb3 Ke4 51.Rxb2 Bxb2 52.Kxb2 Kf3 53.Kb3 Kxf2 54.Kc4 Kg3 55.Kc5 Kxh3 56.Kb6 Kxg4 57.Kxa6 Kh5! (57...h5 58.Kb6 Kh3 59.a6 g4 60.a7 g3 61.a8Q g2 62.Qf3+ Kh2 63.Qxh5++–) 58.Kb5 g4 59.a6 g3 60.a7 g2 61.a8Q g1Q; 37...Bg7 38.Rc1 b2 39.Re1 h5 40.Rb1 Kxf7 41.Kf1 Ke6 42.Ke2 Kd5 43.Kd3 Kc5 44.Kc2 Kb4 45.Re1 g5 46.Re6 Kxa5 47.Rg6 Bd4 48.Rxg5 Kb4 49.Rxh5 a5 50.Rh6 Ka3 51.Kb1 Bxf2 52.Rh5 Kb4 53.Kxb2 Bd4+ 54.Ka2 a4 55.h4 Kc4 56.Ka3 Be3 57.g4 Bc1+ 58.Ka2+–]

38.Rc1 Kxf7 39.Kf1 Ke6 40.Ke2 Kd5 41.Kd3 b2 42.Rd1 Bxf2 43.Kc3+ Kc5 44.Kxb2 h5 45.Kb3 Bh4 46.Rc1+ Kd5 47.Rc8 Be1 48.Ra8 Bxa5 49.Rxa6 Be1 50.Rxg6 h4 51.Rg5+ Ke4 52.Rxb5 Ke3 53.Kc4 Kf2 54.Rb2+ Kg3 55.Kd3 Bf2 56.Ke4 Kxg2 57.Kf5 Kxh3 58.Rxf2 Kg3 59.Rb2 h3 60.Rb3+ Kg2 61.Kg4 h2 62.Rb2+ Kg1 63.Kg3 1–0

⚪️#28 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Wojtaszek,Radoslaw (2727)
🔸Fernandes,Antonio (2389)
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Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 28
public poll

B) 18.Ne5 – 8
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 89%
Jonas, Kenneth, @soheil_hooshdaran, @Somebody_Sophia, @RichardPeng, مجید, Hansika, Zhenrui

C) 18.c5 – 1
👍 11%
Meisam

A)18.Bc3
▫️ 0%

👥 9 people voted so far.

⚫️#28 (Endgame-Black to Move)
🔸Ho In Hei,Henry (1797)
🔸Garcia Cardenas,Pablo (2444)
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Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 28
public poll

C)40...Rxb2 – 5
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 50%
Jonas, @Milad_Veysi, @Somebody_Sophia, Hansika, Zhenrui

A)40...Ke5 – 3
👍👍👍👍 30%
Meisam, Kenneth, @RichardPeng

B)40...g5 – 2
👍👍👍 20%
España 🇪🇸, مجید

👥 10 people voted so far.

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