🔸 Alexander Koblents - Vladimir Zagorovsky
🔸 Wilna (1946)
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🔸Russian Rapid Team Championship 2018
🔸Round 1
⚪️Kamsky,Gata (2666)
⚫️Shkurkin,Andrey (2201)
🔸1-0

22...h6?
A miscalculation. Black probably thought that White cannot take the d4-pawn because of 23...Bb4.
The correct continuation is 22...dxc3 23.Nxc3 Qb7 =
23.cxd4± Bb4 24.Nc3 Qa5 25.Bxe5! Kg8
25...N×c3 26.Q×h6+—->Q×g7#
26.Rc1 +-

🔸Russian Rapid Team Championship 2018
🔸Round 1
⚪️Romanov,Evgeny (2614)
⚫️Tenikashvili,Georgij (2361)
🔸1-0

23...Qc7?
23...Qf7!=
Offering an exchange of queens that In case of refusal, the white queen would force to give up her active position with the loss a tempo.
24.Qxf7+ (24.Qf5 Nc4) 24...Nxf7]
24.Bd4!+– Rb8? [24...Kh7 25.Qf5+ Kg8 26.Re3 (26.f4) ; 24...Qf7 25.Qxf7+ Kxf7 26.Nxb7]
25.f4 Qf7 [25...Nf7 26.Bxf6 gxf6 27.Qg6+ Kh8 28.Qxf6+]
26.Rxe5 Bxe5 27.Qxf7+ Kxf7 28.Bxe5 Ra8 29.Nxb7 1–0

🔸Russian Rapid Team Championship 2018
🔸Round 1
⚪️Potkin,Vladimir (2597)
⚫️Kozak,Alexander (2262)
🔸1-0

28...Nd4??
This inaccurate move is refused by a simple tactic.
[28...Nh6 +/=]
29.Nxd4!
Kramnik is not the one who loses these opportunities!
29...cxd4 30.exd6! 1–0
[30.exd6 Rxe4 31.Rxe4 Rxe4 32.d7 +-]

🔸Russian Rapid Team Championship 2018
🔸Round 1
⚪️Shariyazdanov,Andrey (2526)
⚫️Artemiev,Vladislav (2706)
🔸0-1

32.Rxe8?+
White could have won the game with: 32.Qb3+! Kf8 33.Qb4+ Kg8 (33...Kf7 34.Nd6+ +-) 34.Qc4+ Kf8 35.Qc5+! Kg8 36.Rxe8+ Qxe8 37.Ne7+ Kf7 38.Nxc8 +-
32...Qxe8 33.Ne7+ Kf7 34.Nxc8 Qxc8 35.Qxa7=

Congratulations to Wesley So! Although Vidit Gujrathi made it competitive at the start of the bullet, he pulled away in the final minutes. 👏😀👏

So will now play the Polish surprise #speedchess star Jan-Krzysztof Duda in a semifinal match that is sure to be thrilling!

The last #speedchess quarterfinal match will be this Thursday between Hikaru Nakamura and MVL! ⚡️⚡️⚡️

The birthday boy is all smiles as he comes out ahead in a time scramble against Vidit Gujrathi!

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"Bananas finish!!!" cries Daniel Rensch as vidit takes his second win in a row in a chaotic time scramble! 🍌🍌🍌

WOW! Who is winning this one in #speedchess?!

Tons of tactics and counterblows hit the board in this scramble.

🔹 chess.com Speed 2018
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⚪️#28 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Wojtaszek,Radoslaw (2727)
🔸Fernandes,Antonio (2389)
🔸World Chess Olympiad 2018 Batumi

18.c5!? [A very interesting move to prevent Black from releasing the bishop on b7 by the freeing move ...c5.]

[18.Bc3 c5 19.Ne5 Nxe5 (19...cxd4 20.Nxf7+ Kg8 21.Nxd8) 20.dxe5 Be7 21.f4 Rd7 22.Be2 g6 23.Rxd7 Qxd7 24.Rd1 Qe8 25.Qc1 Rd8 26.Kf2 Bh4+ 27.g3 Qc6 28.Rxd8+ Bxd8 29.Qd1 Qg2+ 30.Ke3 Qe4+ 31.Kd2 Qg2 32.Ke3=; 18.Ne5 Nxe5 19.dxe5 Be7 20.Qe2 c5 21.Bc3 g6 22.Qe3 Kg7 23.Be2 Rxd1 24.Rxd1 Rd8=]

18...bxc5 19.Ne5 [19.dxc5? Bxb2 20.Qxb2 Nxc5 with advantage for Black.]

19...Nxe5 [19...Kg8 20.Nxd7 Rxd7 21.dxc5 Bxb2 22.Qxb2 Rcd8 23.Be2 Qf4 24.Qc3 Rxd1 25.Rxd1 Rxd1+ 26.Bxd1 Qe4 27.h3 Qb1 28.Qc2 Qa1 29.Qd2 Ba6 30.f4„]

20.dxe5 Be7 21.Qc4 Bf8? [21...Rd5! 22.h4 (22.Be4 Rcd8 23.Bxd5 cxd5 24.Qg4 d4³) 22...h5 23.g4 Qd8 24.Qe4 Qg8!=]

22.h4! h5 23.g4 [23.g4 hxg4 24.Qxg4 Kg8 25.Qe4 g6 26.h5 Rd5 27.hxg6 Rcd8 28.Bc1 Ba6 29.Bc2 Rxd1 30.Rxd1 Rxd1+ 31.Bxd1 fxg6 32.Bg4! Qf7 33.Qxc6 Bb7 34.Qxe6±] 1–0