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

33.Be3?! [A poor place for the bishop. White should have chosen another square for it.]

[33.Be5! Nc6 34.Rc2 Nxe5 (34...Nxa5 35.Nf4 Red8 36.Ne6 Re8 37.Nxg7 Rxe5 38.dxe5 Kxg7 39.Rxa5 Bxa5 40.Rxc8+–) 35.dxe5 Rc6 36.Kg2+–; 33.Rc2 Nc6 34.Be5 Nxa5 35.Nf4 Red8 36.Ne6 b5 37.Raa2 Re8 38.Nxg7 Rxe5 39.dxe5 Nxb3 (39...Kxg7 40.Rxa5 Bxa5 41.Rxc8+–) 40.Nf5+–]

33...Nc6 [¹33...Nb5 34.Kg2 Ned6 35.Nf4 Nf5 36.Raa2 Nfxd4 37.Bxd4 Nxd4 38.Rxe8+ Rxe8 39.Nxd4 Bxd4 40.Rd2 Be5 41.Nxd5±]

34.Nf4 Bxa5 35.Ra1 [35.Ne5! Nxe5 36.dxe5 Bc3 37.Nxd5 Rxe5 38.Rc4 Rxc4 39.bxc4²]

35...Nf6 ½–½

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

55...Kd4 [55...Rf2! 56.Ke1 (56.Rxc6 Kf3 57.Rc3+ Kg2 58.Rd3 Rf3 59.Kd2 f4 60.gxf4 g3 61.f5 Rxf5 62.Re3 Kh2 63.Kd3 g2 64.Re2 Kh3 65.Re3+ Kg4 66.Re1 Rf1 67.Re7 Rf3+ 68.Kc4 Rf4+ 69.Kc3 Kf3 70.Re1 Kf2 71.Ra1 g1Q 72.Rxg1 Kxg1 73.Kd2 Rb4–+) 56...Rf3 57.Rxf3 Kxf3 58.b4 Kxg3 59.bxa5 Kh2 60.a6 g3 61.a7 g2 62.a8Q g1Q+ 63.Kd2 Qg5+ 64.Kc3 f4–+; 55...Rh2?! 56.Ke1 Kd5 57.Rd3+ Kc5 58.Rc3+ Kb6 59.Kd1 Rf2 60.Ke1 Rg2 61.Kd1 c5 62.Rd3 c4 63.Rc3 cxb3 64.cxb3 Rh2 65.Ke1 Rh3 66.Kf2 f4 67.Rc4 Rxg3 68.Rxf4 Rxb3 69.Rxg4 Kc5 70.Kg2 Kc6 71.Kf2 Rb4 72.Rxb4 axb4 73.Ke2 Kc5 74.Kd3=]

56.Rd3+ Ke4 57.Rc3 Kd4? [57...Rf2!-/+] ½–½

⚪️#52 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Battulga,Namkhai (2421)
🔸Cheparinov,Ivan (2715)
🔸Olympiad 2018 Batumi

Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 52
public poll

A)19...Rfb8 – 6
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 67%
@Kheradirad, @YaminiG, @RichardPeng, Michael, Zhenrui, Sanjana

C)19...e4 – 3
👍👍👍👍 33%
@PouyaMO1360, Srikar, @AryanLeekha

B)19...Rab8
▫️ 0%

👥 9 people voted so far.

⚫️#52 (Endgame-‌Black to Move)
🔸Kantans,Toms (2509)
🔸Blackman,Justin (2158)
🔸World Chess Olympiad 2018 Batumi

Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 52
public poll

A)44.Rb8+ – 6
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 86%
@YaminiG, @RichardPeng, @AryanLeekha, Michael, Zhenrui, Sanjana

C)44.Kb3 – 1
👍 14%
Mukesh

B)44.Re6+
▫️ 0%

👥 7 people voted so far.

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