🔸 Gideon Stahlberg - Alexander Alekhine, Hamburg ol (Men) (1930)
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🔸European Club Cup 2018
🔸Round 6
⚪️Guseinov,Gadir (2667)
⚫️Varga,Zoltan (2448)
🔸1-0

14.h4! [White initiates a strong attack on the kingside.]
14...Bb7 [14...Bxh4?! 15.Qe2 △Qe4 15...f5 16.Bc4 Kh8 17.Bf4° Bf6 18.Bxe6 Re8 19.Qa2±; 14...h6? 15.Bb1! Bd6 16.Qd3 f5 17.d5!±]
15.Ng5! [With the aim of provoking weaknesses in the opponent's castled position.]
15...Bxg5! [Varga gives up the bishop pair in order to avoid weaknesses in front of his castled king.]
16.Bxg5 Qd5 17.Qg4‚ Kh8 18.Rab1 Na5 19.Be7?! [19.Re5! Qc6 20.d5 exd5 21.Be7 Rfe8? (21...Kg8 22.Bxf8±) 22.Qh5 g6 23.Qh6+– △Rh5]
19...Rfe8 20.Rb5 Qxg2+ 21.Qxg2 Bxg2 22.Bb4 Bc6 23.Bxa5 Bxb5 24.Bxb5 Rec8 25.Bb4² 1–0

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FIDE vice-president Nigel Short was traditionally short sending his wishes to the participants of Women's World Championship in Khanty-Mansisk.

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⚫️#49 (Strategy-Black to Move)
🔸Belouadah,Saad (2413)
🔸Bauer,Christian (2629)
🔸Olympiad 2018 Batumi

17...Nxd5! [The correct exchange to seize an active kingside pawn majority.]

[17...Bxd5 18.exd5 Nd6 19.Re1 Nef5 20.Bd2 e4 21.Nh2 b5 22.g4 Nh4 23.Bf4 a5 24.Bg3 g5 25.Rac1 b4 26.a4 Rab8 27.cxb4 Rxb4 28.b3 Ne8 (28...Ng6 29.Rxc7 Nf4 30.h4 (30.Nf1) 30...Nxd5 31.Rc6 Ne8=) 29.Rc4 (29.Rc5 Bd4 30.Rxa5 Bb6 31.Ra6 Rxd5³) 29...Rxd5 30.Rxb4 axb4 31.Bb1 Nd6 32.Bxe4 Nxe4 33.Rxe4 Rd1+ 34.Nf1 c5 35.Rc4 Nf3+ 36.Kg2 Ne1+ 37.Kg1 Bd4=; 17...a5 18.c4 f5 19.Nxe7 Kxe7 20.exf5 gxf5 21.Rxd8 Rxd8 22.Re1 Bxf3 23.gxf3 Kf8=]

18.exd5 [18.Bxd5 Bxd5 19.Rxd5 Rxd5 20.exd5 f5 21.g3 g5³]

18...Nd6 [18...a5!? 19.Rac1 f5³]

19.c4 Nf5 20.Rac1 e4 21.Nd4 Nxe3 22.fxe3 Be5 23.Bb1 Re8 24.Bxe4 Bf6 25.Bf3 Rxe3 26.c5?? [A fatal blunder.]

[26.Kf2=]

26...bxc5 27.Rxc5?? [27.Ne2 Bxb2 28.Rxc5]

27...Re1+! [27...Re1+ 28.Rxe1 Bxd4+ 29.Kf1 Bxc5–+] 0–1

⚫️#49 (Endgame-‌Black to Move)
🔸Picado,Jorge (2143)
🔸Petriashvili,Nikoloz (2343)
🔸World Chess Olympiad 2018 Batumi

59...Kxh4?? [59...Kf6! 60.Bg8 (60.Bxc4?? Ne5+ 61.Kxf4 Nxc4) 60...Nc5 61.Bxc4 Nxa4 62.Kxf4 Nxc3 63.Ke3 a4 64.Kd4 Ne4 65.Ba2 Kg6 66.Be6 a3 67.Bg8 Nd6 68.Kc3 f4 69.Kb3 Kh5 70.Kxa3 Kxh4 71.Bh7 f3 72.Kb2 f2 73.Bd3 Kg3 74.Kc3 Kf3 75.Bf1 Ke3 76.Bh3 Ke2 77.Kb4 f1Q 78.Bxf1+ Kxf1–+; 59...Kh5 60.Bxf5 Kxh4 61.Bh7 Kh3 62.Bg8 Kh2 63.Be6 Kg1 64.Bg8 Nb2 65.Kxf4 Kf2 66.Ke4 Ke2 67.Kd4 Kd2 68.Bxc4 Nxa4–+]

60.Bxf5 Nc5 61.Kxf4 Nxa4 62.Be6 Nb2 63.Ke3 a4 [63...Kg3 64.Kd2 Kf4 65.Kc2 Ke5 66.Bf7 Na4 67.Bxc4 Nc5³]

64.Kd2 a3 65.Kc2?? [65.Kc1! Nd1 66.Bxc4 Nxc3 67.Kc2 a2 68.Kb2 Kg5 69.Bxa2 Nxa2 70.Kxa2=]

65...Kg5?? [65...Nd1! 66.Kb1 Nxc3+ 67.Kc2 Nd1! 68.Kb1 Ne3 69.Ka2 Kg5 70.Kxa3 Kf6 71.Bd7 Ke5 72.Kb4 Kd4–+]

66.Kb1 Kf6 67.Bg8 Nd1 68.Ka2 Nxc3+ 69.Kxa3 Ke5 70.Bxc4 Kd4 71.Kb4 Ne4 72.Bf1 Nc5 73.Bc4 Nb7 74.Be2 Nd6 75.Bf1 Nf5 76.Bc4 Ne3 77.Bg8 Nc2+ 78.Kb3 Ne1 79.Kb4 Nd3+ 80.Kb3 Kc5 81.Be6 Ne5 82.Ka4 Nd3 83.Kb3 Nf2 84.Bf5 Kxb5 85.Kc2 Kc4 86.Be6+ Kb4 87.Bf5 Nh1 88.Kd3 Ng3 89.Bg6 Kb3 90.Ke3 Kc3 91.Kf2 ½–½