⚪️#35 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Borisek,Jure (2578)
🔸Gaealafshwe,Barileng (2144)
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Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 35
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B) 19.Qf4 – 4
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 44%
@YaminiG, @MerissaWongso, Nagaprasad, Sanjana

A) 19.Nd6 – 3
👍👍👍👍👍 33%
Vincent, @Sophia_Peng, Matthew

C) 19.Nf6+ – 2
👍👍👍👍 22%
@soheil_hooshdaran, Saghana

👥 9 people voted so far.

⚪️#35 (Endgame-‌White to Move)
🔸Vachier-Lagrave,Maxime (2780)
🔸Bellahcene,Bilel (2501)
🔸World Chess Olympiad 2018 Batumi

Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 35
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C) 43.Rh7 – 6
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 50%
Vincent, Nagaprasad, Saghana, Jaikrishnan, Srikar, Matthew

B) 43.h4 – 5
👍👍👍👍👍👍 42%
@ahkashefi, @soheil_hooshdaran, @YaminiG, @MerissaWongso, Sanjana

A) 43.Rg6 – 1
👍 8%
@Sophia_Peng

👥 12 people voted so far.

♦️ Today is birthday of Falko Bindrich!!
German chess grandmaster

❤️🌹💐☘️🌷🌺🌸❤️ Happy birthday !! 👏👏👏👏
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🔸 A Spectacular short game from Mexico City 1932
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🔸Enrique Gonzalez Rojo - Francisco Javier Vazquez
🔸 Mexico City (1932), Mexico City MEX, rd 3, Oct-08
🔸 Alekhine Defense (B02)
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▪️ Today In Chess World
▪️ Mexico City 1932 Finished

🔷 Chess History - Tournaments
🔹 Mexico City 1932
🔹 Mexico
🔹 October 6-17
🔹 CHAMPION: Alexander Alekhine | 8.5/9 (+8 -0 =1) |
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🔰This was the first international chess tournament held in Mexico. Alekhine and Kashdan shared 1st place with 8.5 out of 9, followed by Jose Joaquin Araiza (champion of Mexico and organizer of the tournament) with 6.

♦️ The final standings and crosstable was as below👇

1 Alekhine X = 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 8.5
2 Kashdan = X 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 8.5
3 Araiza 0 0 X 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 6.0
4 Asiain 0 0 0 X 1 1 = 1 1 1 5.5
5 Vazquez 0 0 1 0 X 0 1 = 1 1 4.5
6 Gonzalez 0 0 0 0 1 X = = = 1 3.5
7 Medina 0 0 0 = 0 = X 1 1 = 3.5
8 Acevedo 0 0 0 0 = = 0 X 1 0 2.0
9 Soto Larrea 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 X 1 1.5
10 Brunner 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 1 0 X 1.5
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Carlsen-Ding Liren is confirmed for today's penultimate round of #ECCC2018!

Will Carlsen beat Ding for the first time and put an end to his amazing streak of 92 games without a loss? #ECCC2018

https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/european-clubs-cup-2018/6/2/1

🔸European Club Cup 2018
🔸Round 2
⚪️Ivic,Velimir (2487)
⚫️Fedoseev,Vladimir3 (2713)
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24.Rf1? [This passive reply throws away White's advantage.]

[24.Rf3!+– A strong move to transfer the rook to g3, followed by Ba3 or Bf4. 24...Rxf6 (24...Nxf6 25.Ba3 Rf7 26.Rbf1+–) 25.Bf4!‚ —->Rbf1]

24...Nxf6 25.Bf3 Nd5= 26.Bd2 Nxc6 27.Qc2 Qd7 28.Rbe1 Rae8 29.Re4 Nf6 30.Re2 e5 31.d5? [A mistake that leaves White in a difficult situation.]

31...e4! [—->Q×d5]

32.dxc6 Qxc6 33.Qb3+ Kh8 34.Bxe4 Nxe4 35.Rxf8+ Rxf8–+ 36.Qb4 Qf6 37.h3 Ng3 38.Re1 Qf2+ 39.Kh2 Nf1+ 0–1

Carlsen drew against Ding.