⚪️#50 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Yu,Yangyi (2765)
🔸Vera Siguenas,Deivy (2494)
🔸Olympiad 2018 Batumi

26.Rf7!! [White apparently intends to attack the Black's king, but how can he bring his pieces into the action?]

[26.Bb4 c5 27.dxc5 Nd7 28.Rf7 Rc8 29.c6 Ne5 (29...Nf8 30.Rxg7 Kxg7 31.Bc3+ d4 32.Bxd4+ Qxd4 33.exd4+–) 30.Rxg7 Rxg7 31.Rf8+ Qxf8 32.Bxf8 Rxf8 33.Qg3+–; 26.b4 dxc4 27.Rf7 c3 28.Nb7 Qb6 29.R1f2+–]

26...Qxa5 27.Bd6!? [White missed a brilliant combination.]

[27.Rxg7!! Rxg7 (27...Kxg7 28.Qh4!! The beautiful point of sacrificing the rook. 28...Qd8

a) 28...Qxa3 29.Qf6+ Kh6 30.Bf3! c5 31.g5#;

b) 28...Nd7? 29.Rf7+! Kxf7 (29...Kh8 30.Rxh7#) 30.Qe7#; 29.Be7 Nd7 30.Bxd8 Raxd8 31.Qe7+ Kh8 32.Rf7 Nf8 33.Qf6+ Rg7 34.Qxg7#) 28.Rf8+ Rg8 29.Qh6! Nd7 (29...Qe1+ 30.Bf1 Nd7 31.Rf7 Nf6 32.Bd6 Qf2+! 33.Kxf2 Nxg4+ 34.Kg1 Nxh6 35.Be5+ Rg7 36.Rxg7 Ng4 37.Rxa7+ Nxe5 38.Rxa8+ Kg7 39.dxe5 Bb7 40.Ra7+–) 30.Rf7 Nf6 31.Bd6! dxc4 32.Be5 Qxe5 33.dxe5+–]

27...Qd8 28.R1f3! g5 [28...Qg5 29.Bf4 Qd8 30.Qxh7+ Kxh7 31.Rh3+]

29.Qh5 [29.Qh5 Nd7 30.Rh3 Nf6 31.Rxf6+–] 1–0

⚫️#50 (Endgame-‌Black to Move)
🔸Muhseen,Abdullah Mohammed (2220)
🔸Khalid,El Amin (2054)
🔸World Chess Olympiad 2018 Batumi

53...Rc1+! [53...Re1+ 54.Rg1 d2 55.Rd8+ Kh7 56.Rd7+ Kxh6 57.Rd6+ Kh5 58.Rd5+ Kh6 59.Rd6+=; 53...Rxh2+ 54.Kg1 Rxh6 55.Re7 Rg6+ 56.Kf1 Rxb2 57.Rxd3]

54.Rg1 Rxg1+ [54...d2?? 55.Rd8+ Kh7 56.Rd7+ Kxh6 57.Rd6+ Kh7 58.Rd7+=]

55.Kxg1 d2 56.b4 Re1+ 57.Kf2 d1Q 58.Rxd1 Rxd1 59.Ke3 Kh7 60.b5 Rb1 61.Kd3 [61.a4 Rb4 62.Kd3 Kxh6 63.Kc3 Rxa4 64.h3 (64.b6 Ra6 65.b7 Rb6) 64...Rh4 65.b6 Kg5 66.b7 Rh8–+]

61...Rxb5 62.Kc4 Ra5 63.Kb3 Kxh6 64.a4 Kg6 65.Kb4 Ra8 66.a5 Kf6 67.Kb5 Ke6 68.a6 Kd6 69.Kb6 Rb8+ 70.Ka5 Rb2 71.a7 Kc7 [71...Rxh2 72.Ka6 Kc7! 73.a8Q Ra2+]

72.a8N+ Kb7 0–1

⚪️#51 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸McShane,Luke J (2672)
🔸Fier,Alexandr (2558)
🔸Olympiad 2018 Batumi

Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 51
public poll

B) 33.Be3 – 7
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 78%
Jonas, Mieke, @YaminiG, @A_Wild_Richard, Mahathi, Sanjana, Mukesh

A)33.Be5 – 2
👍👍 22%
Alexander, Michael

C)33.Rc2
▫️ 0%

👥 9 people voted so far.

⚫️#51 (Endgame-‌Black to Move)
🔸Del Castilho,Martyn (2250)
🔸Meshkovs,Nikita (2535)
🔸World Chess Olympiad 2018 Batumi

Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 51
public poll

A)55...kd4 – 9
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 100%
@Caissa2fil, Jonas, @YaminiG, Alexander, @A_Wild_Richard, Mahathi, Michael, Sanjana, Mukesh

B)55...Rf2
▫️ 0%

C)55...Rh2
▫️ 0%

👥 9 people voted so far.

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