🔸Russian Rapid Team Championship 2018
🔸Round 3
⚪️Lugovskoy,Maxim (2428)
⚫️Linker,Mikhail (2269)
🔸1-0

34.Qf3? [White missed a beautiful tactical shot.]

[34.Bxh6!+– The Black's pieces would be unable to support his king. 34...gxh6 35.Qf7+ Kh8 36.Qf8+ Kh7 37.Re4! idea Rg4 37...Rc1+ 38.Kh2 Qc7+ 39.g3 Qc6 (39...d6? 40.Rg4+– idea Qg8) 40.Qf7+ Kh8 41.Qg6 (But not the hasty move 41.Rg4?? on account of 41...Rh1+ 42.Kxh1 Nf4+ 43.Kh2 Qg2#) 41...e5 42.Qe8+ Kh7 43.Qf7+ Kh8 44.Rg4 Rh1+ 45.Kxh1 Ne3+ 46.d5 Qc1+ 47.Kh2 Nxg4+ 48.hxg4 Qc8 49.d6+–]

34...Rc2 35.Qe4+ Kh8 36.Qe5 Kg8= 1–0

⚪️#32 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Pavlidis,Antonios (2552)
🔸Mamatov,Melis (2196)
🔸World Chess Olympiad 2018 Batumi

22.Qd7! [An accurate move that keeps the queen active on the board.]

[22.Qe2 Qd6 23.g3 Re8 24.Nf4 Rxe3 25.Qxe3 Nc2 26.Qe8+ Rf8 27.Re6 Rxe8 28.Rxd6 d4 29.Rd7 Ne1 30.Kf1 Nf3 31.Rxb7 Nxh2+ 32.Kg2 Ng4 33.Rd7 a5 34.Rxd4 Nf6 35.Nd3 Re2 36.Kf3 Rc2 37.Ne5±; 22.Qa4 Nd3 23.Nc7 Nxe1 24.Nxa8 Qxb2 25.Qe8+ Rf8 26.Qe6+ Kh8 27.Qf7! Qf6 28.Qxf6 gxf6 29.Nc7 Nc2 30.Re7 d4 31.Ne6 Rb8 32.g3 Nb4 33.a3 Nc6 34.Rd7 Ne5 35.Rd5 d3 36.f4=]

22...Rf7 23.Ng5! [This precise move was probably overlooked by Black.]

23...Rff8 [23...Rxd7?? 24.Re8+ Rxe8 25.Rxe8#]

24.Ne6 Rf7 25.Ng5 Rff8 26.Rf3? [26.a3! Nc2 27.Qxd5+ Kh8 28.Nf7+ Rxf7 29.Qxf7 Nxe3 30.Rxe3 h6 31.b4±]

26...Qc6 27.Qg4 Rxf3 [27...h6 28.Rxf8+ Rxf8 29.Ne6 Qd7 30.Qxb4+–]

28.Nxf3 Nd3 29.Re7 Qf6 [29...Qc1+ 30.Ne1 g6 31.Qe6+ Kh8 32.Qf6+ Kg8 33.Qg7#]

30.Qd7 Nf4 31.g3 Ng6 32.Qxd5+ Kh8 33.Rxb7 Rd8 34.Qf7 Rd1+ 35.Kg2 Qxf7 36.Rxf7 1–0

⚫️#32 (Endgame-Black to Move)
🔸Yakubboev,Nodirbek (2521)
🔸Ponomariov,Ruslan (2681)
🔸World Chess Olympiad 2018 Batumi

34...dxc4! [34...Ra6 35.Bc1 dxc4 36.bxc4 Kg6 37.Kg2 Kf5 38.Kf3 g5µ; 34...Re6? 35.Rxe6 Kxe6 36.Kg2 dxc4 37.bxc4 Kf5 38.Kf3 g5 39.Be3 Be7 40.Bf2 Bd6 41.Bg1 a6 42.a4 Bf8 43.Bf2 Be7 44.h3 g4+ 45.hxg4+ hxg4+ 46.Ke3 Bf8 47.Kd3=]

35.bxc4 Ra6 [35...Rb6! 36.Rf2 Ke6 37.Be3 Bd4 38.Bxd4 cxd4 39.Kg2 Ke5 40.Re2+ Kd6 41.Kf3 Kc5 42.Re7 Kxc4 43.Rxa7 g6 44.a4 Kc3 45.Rc7+ Kd3 46.a5 Rf6+ 47.Kg2 Ra6 48.Rc5 Kd2–+]

36.Bc1 Rd6?! [36...Kg6 37.Kg2 Kf5=/+]

37.Kg2 Rd3 38.Be3 Be7 [38...Bd4]

39.Kf3 Rc3 40.Ke4 Rxc4+ 41.Kd5 Rc3 42.Bf4 Rd3+ 43.Kc4 Rd4+ 44.Kb5 Rb4+ 45.Kc6 Rb6+ 46.Kd5 Ra6 47.Be5 g5 48.Rb2 Kg6 49.Rb7 Bf6 50.Bxf6 Kxf6 51.Rb2 Kf5 52.Kxc5 Kg4 53.Kd5 Ra3 54.Ke6 a5 55.Rc2 h4 56.gxh4 gxh4 57.Ke5 a4 58.Ke4 Kh3 59.Kf4 Rd3 60.Ke4 Rd1 61.Ke3 Rf1 62.Rc4 a3 63.Ra4 Rf8 64.Ke2 Rh8 65.Rxa3+ Kxh2 66.Kf2 Rf8+ 67.Rf3 Ra8 68.Kf1 Rxa2 69.Rf2+ Rxf2+ 70.Kxf2 h3 71.Kf1 Kg3 72.Kg1 h2+ 73.Kh1 Kh3 ½–½

⚪️#33 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Lopez Martinez,Josep Manuel (2581)
🔸Guzman,Christopher (2283)
🔸World Chess Olympiad 2018 Batumi

Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 33
public poll

B) 30.Bb4 – 6
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 60%
@Afshin3333, Vincent, @YaminiG, @MerissaWongso, Saghana, @AryanLeekha

A) 30.h4 – 4
👍👍👍👍👍 40%
Alexander, @Sophia_Peng, Pranav Eswar, Zhenrui

C) 30.Be1
▫️ 0%

👥 10 people voted so far.

⚪️#33 (Endgame-Black to Move)
🔸Georgiadis,Nico (2522)
🔸Draskovic,Luka (2449)
🔸World Chess Olympiad 2018 Batumi

Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 33
public poll

A) 40.Rh6 – 7
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 58%
España 🇪🇸, @Afshin3333, Vincent, @YaminiG, Srikar, Diego, Zhenrui

C) 40.Bf5 – 5
👍👍👍👍👍 42%
@MerissaWongso, Alexander, Saghana, @Sophia_Peng, @AryanLeekha

B) 40.Rh1
▫️ 0%

👥 12 people voted so far.

♦️ Today is birthday of Marie Sebag!!
French chess grandmaster

❤️🌹💐☘️🌷🌺🌸❤️ Happy birthday Dear Marie !! 👏👏👏👏
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#Short

🔸 Nigel Short
🔸 English chess grandmaster, Chess writer
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#Short

🔸 Nigel Short
🔸 English chess grandmaster, Chess writer

🔰 Nigel David Short is an English chess grandmaster, chess columnist, chess coach and chess commentator. Short earned the Grandmaster title at the age of 19, and was ranked third in the world by FIDE from January 1988 to July 1989.
In 1993 Nigel Short became the first English player to play a World Chess Championship match, when he qualified to play Garry Kasparov in the World Chess Championship 1993 in London (Kasparov won, 12½ to 7½). As of February 2018, he is the oldest player ranked among FIDE's top 100 players and is ranked No. 65.

🔰 Chess achievements of Nigel Short:👇
IM (1979)
GM (1984)
British Champion (1984, 1987, 1998)
English Champion (1991)
European Union Champion (2001)
Commonwealth Champion (2006 & 2008)
Candidate (1985, 1988, 1991, 1994 (PCA))
World Championship Challenger (PCA) (1993)

🔘 Full name Nigel David Short
🔘 Country England
🔘 Born 1 June 1965 (age 53)
🔺 Leigh, England
🔘 Title Grandmaster (1984)
🔘 FIDE rating 2652 (October 2018)
🔺 (No. 55 in the March 2017 FIDE World Rankings)
🔘 Peak rating 2712 (April 2004)


♦️ A memorable game by Nigel Short 👇👇
▪️ Nigel Short vs Jan Timman
▪️ Interpolis 15th (1991), Tilburg NED, rd 4, Oct-21
▪️ Alekhine Defense: Modern. Alburt Variation (B04)

♦️ Review and download PGN file👇
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▪️ Nigel Short vs Jan Timman
▪️ Interpolis 15th Tilburg 1991
🔸 PGN format
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Frans Kuijpers (Netherlands) faces Lev Polugaevsky (USSR). Next to Polugaevsky, his compatriot Ivo Nei is in play v. Moshe Czerniak Round 8, Hoogovens tournament at Bewerwijk, Jan 1966.

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