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⚫️#46 (Strategy-Black to Move)
🔸Karttunen,Mika (2472)
🔸Roganovic,Milos (2527)
🔸Olympiad 2018 Batumi

17...c4! [A deep move in order to improve the bad light-squared bishop in the future.]

[17...Bg7 18.Nb2 Rd8 19.Kg2 Bc8 20.Kg1 Qd7 21.Qf2 Ba6 22.Rad1 Bb7 23.h4 h6 24.Re2 c4 25.Nxc4 c5 26.Rde1±; 17...Rb8 18.c4 Rbe8 19.Bc3±]

18.d4 [18.dxc4 c5 19.Kg1 Bg7 20.Rad1 Bc6 21.Bc1 Be4=]

18...Qb7! [Black cleverly places his queen on the long diagonal and prepares for the c5–lever.]

[18...c5? 19.d5±]

19.Qxc4 c5 20.Re3 [20.d5?? Bb5–+]

20...cxd4 [20...g5 21.dxc5 (21.fxg5 cxd4 22.cxd4 Bxg5 23.d5 Bb5 24.Qb4 Bxe3–+) 21...g4–+]

21.cxd4 Rc8 22.Qb4 Bc6 23.Qxb7 Bxb7 24.Kg1 Bxf3 25.Rxf3 Nxd4 26.Rd3 dxe5 27.Re1 [27.fxe5?? Bxd2 28.Rxd2 (28.Rxd4 Be3+ 29.Kf1 Bxd4–+) 28...Nf3+ 29.Kf2 Nxd2–+]

27...Rfd8 28.Rxe5 [28.Kf2 e4 29.Rc3 Rxc3 30.Bxc3 Nf3 31.Rc1 Nxh2–+]

28...Ne2+ 29.Rxe2 Rxd3 30.Bb4 Rd1+ 31.Kg2 Rdc1 32.Kf3 R1c2 33.h4 [33.Rxe7 Bf8 34.Rb7 Rd8 35.Ke3 Bxb4 36.Rxb4 Re8+ 37.Kd3 Rxa2 38.Rb7 Rxh2–+]

33...Rxe2 34.Kxe2 Rc2+ 35.Kf3 Rxa2 36.Bc5 Bf8 37.Bxa7 Ra3 38.Be3 e6 39.Nb6 Rxb3 40.Nd7 Bd6 41.Kf2 Kf7 42.Bd4 Ke7 43.Nf6 Bc5 0–1

⚪️#46 (Endgame-‌White to Move)
🔸Amin,Bassem (2686)
🔸Grandelius,Nils (2655)
🔸World Chess Olympiad 2018 Batumi

42.Kc1?! [42.Rd7! Kg5 43.c4 Nd2 (43...Rd2+ 44.Kc1) 44.Ke1 Rh2 45.c5 Nb3 46.c6 Kf4 47.Rb7 Rh1+ 48.Ke2 Nd4+ 49.Nxd4 exd4 50.Rb4 Rh2+ 51.Kd1 Rh7 52.Rxd4 Rc7 53.Rc4 Ke5 54.Kd2+–; 42.d4 exd4 43.cxd4 Ng5 44.Nd6 Kg4 45.Rg6 Kh5 46.Rg8 Kg4 47.e5 Rf4 48.exf6 Rxd4+ 49.Ke2 Rxd6 50.f7 Re6+ 51.Kd3 Rd6+ 52.Kc4 Rf6 53.f8Q Rxf8 54.Rxf8 Ne6 55.Rf2 Nf4=]

42...Ne1 43.Rd7 Kg4 44.Rd6 [44.c4! Kf3 45.c5 Ke2 46.Kb1 Nxd3 47.c6 Rf1+ 48.Ka2 Nb4+ 49.Kb2 Nxc6 50.Ng3+ Kf2 51.Nxf1 Kxf1 52.Rd2² (52.Rd6 Nd4 53.Rxf6+ Ke2 54.Rh6 Kd3 55.Rh4 Ke3 56.Ka3 Kd3 57.Kb4 Nf3 58.Rg4 Nd2=) ]

44...Kf3 45.Nh6 Ke2 46.Ng4 [46.d4 Nd3+ 47.Kc2 Ke3+ 48.Kb3 Kxe4 49.Ng4 Rb2+ 50.Ka3 f5 51.Nf6+ (51.Nxe5 Nxe5 52.Kxb2?? (52.dxe5 Rb7) 52...Nc4+–+) 51...Kf3 52.dxe5 Nxe5 53.Kxb2 Nc4+ 54.Kc2 Nxd6=]

46...Rg2 47.Nxf6 Nxd3+ 48.Kc2 Ke3+ 49.Kb3 Nc5+ 50.Kc4 Nxe4 ½–½

⚪️#47 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Miqdad,Fadi (1964)
🔸Yarmonov,Igor (2376)
🔸Olympiad 2018 Batumi

Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 47
public poll

B)9.e4 – 5
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 100%
@YaminiG, @Sophia_Giraffe, @A_Wild_Richard, @Ndtaker, Mahathi

A)9.dxe5
▫️ 0%

C)9.Nxe5
▫️ 0%

👥 5 people voted so far.

⚫️#47 (Endgame-‌Black to Move)
🔸Fawzy,Adham (2431)
🔸Tikkanen,Hans (2520)
🔸World Chess Olympiad 2018 Batumi

Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 47
public poll

A)34...Rc4 – 4
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 57%
@Anasiri6889, @YaminiG, Alexander, @Ndtaker

C) 34...d4 – 2
👍👍👍👍 29%
@Sophia_Giraffe, Mahathi

B)34...Kd6 – 1
👍👍 14%
@A_Wild_Richard

👥 7 people voted so far.

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