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

30.Bb4! [A strong move in order to exchange the White bad bishop for the opponent's good one. After exchanging the dark-squared bishops, the c7–pawn becomes extremely weak.]

[30.h4 Qg4 31.Nf4 Bc8 32.Bh3 Qf3 33.Bg2 Qg4 34.Bb4 Bxf4 (34...Bxb4 35.Qxb4 Qd7 (35...Ng8 36.Qf8 Kh7 37.Bh3) 36.Qxe7 Qxe7 37.Ng6+) 35.exf4 Nf5 36.Re1 Bd7 37.Qb3 Nxd4 38.Qxd5 Nc2 39.Bf3 Nxb4 40.Qb3! Qf5 41.Qf7!!+– White queen penetrates with fatal effect. 41...c5 (41...Qc5 42.Qxd7+–; 41...c5) 42.Qf8+ Kh7 43.Be4; 30.Be1 h4 31.Bb4±]

30...Qd7 31.Bxd6 Qxd6 32.Nf4 Bc8 33.h4 g5 34.Ng6+ Kg7 35.Nxe7 Qxe7 36.hxg5 fxg5 37.Rc6 Be6 38.Bh3 [38.Be2! g4 39.Bf1 Bf7 40.Qf5 Ra1 41.Qf4+–]

38...g4 39.Bg2 Qf7 40.Qc1 Kg8 41.e4 dxe4 42.Bxe4 Qe7 43.Qh6 Bf7 44.Bh7+ Kh8 45.Bg6+ Kg8 46.Qh7+ Kf8 47.Qh8+ [47.Qh8+ Bg8 48.Rf6+ Qxf6 49.Qxf6+ Bf7 50.Qxf7#] 1–0

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

40.Rh6! [40.Rh1 Rcc8 41.Rh6 Ra8 42.Be4 Ra7 43.Rc6 Rf8 44.g6 f6 45.Re6 Bf4 46.Rh4 Rh8 47.Rh5 Bg5 48.Rc6 Be3 49.Rf5 Bg5 50.f4 exf4 51.Rxa5 Rxa5 52.Rc7+ Kh6 53.g7+–; 40.Bf5 Rc7 41.Rh6 Ra7 42.Rc6 Rb8 43.g6 f6 (43...fxg6 44.Rcxg6+ Kf7 45.Rg8+–) 44.Rh4 Kh8 45.Rh5 (45.Rxf6?? Bg5) 45...Bg5 46.Be4 Rf8 47.Re6 Bf4 48.Rf5 Bg5 49.Rexe5+–]

40...Rc5 [40...Re6 41.Bf5 Ree8 42.Rc6 Rhf8 43.g6 fxg6 44.Rcxg6+ Kh8 45.Be4 Rd8 46.Bd5 Rxd5 (46...Kxh7 47.Be4+–; 46...d3 47.Rg8+ Kxh7 48.Be4+ Kh6 49.Rh4#) ; 40...Rxh6 41.gxh6+ Kf8 (41...Kxh6 42.Rg8 Rxh7 43.Bxh7 Kxh7 44.Ra8 f5 45.Rxa5 Bf4 46.Rb5+–) 42.Kc4 Bxh6 43.Kb5+–]

41.Ra6 Rhc8 42.g6 [42.g6 e4 43.gxf7+ Rg5 44.Rxe4 Kxf7 45.Ra7+ Kf6 46.Bc4 Rg1 47.h8Q+ Rxh8 48.Ra6+ Kg5 49.Rxa5++–] 1–0

⚪️#34 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Tran,Tuan Minh (2491)
🔸Noah,A .H. Al-Ali (2276)
🔸World Chess Olympiad 2018 Batumi

Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 34
public poll

C) 42.d6 – 6
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 60%
@YaminiG, @MerissaWongso, Nagaprasad, @Sophia_Peng, @RichardPeng, @AryanLeekha

A) 42.Rg1 – 3
👍👍👍👍 30%
Gavin, @Afshin3333, @SteveWongso

B) 42.Rg2 – 1
👍 10%
Saghana

👥 10 people voted so far.

⚪️#34 (Endgame-‌White to Move)
🔸Quparadze,Giga (2495)
🔸Bjerre,Jonas Buhl (2423)
🔸World Chess Olympiad 2018 Batumi

Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 34
public poll

A) 45.Rb7 – 6
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 55%
Gavin, @Afshin3333, Nagaprasad, Saghana, @Sophia_Peng, @AryanLeekha

C) 45.h5 – 4
👍👍👍👍👍 36%
@SteveWongso, @YaminiG, @MerissaWongso, @RichardPeng

B) 45.Ra5 – 1
👍 9%
Srikar

👥 11 people voted so far.

Carlsen drew against Donchenko

Now his live rating is just +4.3 higher than Caruana!

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Also values the Number 1 spot higher than the WC title: "The World Championship is one tournament, while you have to show your strength throughout several years on the rankings. The fact that I have stayed Number 1 for 7 years, is a bigger achievement."

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