👆An instructive article about player's thought process when playing.

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

19...e4! [A brilliant move that clears the e5–square for the Black's knight. The black knight's penetration will tighten the noose around the enemy.]

[19...Rfb8 20.Nd2 e4 (20...Qxb2 21.Rab1 e4 22.Nxe4 Qe5 23.Nf2²) 21.fxe4 Ng4! 22.Bd4 Nc5 23.Bxc5 dxc5 24.Nf3 Qxb2 25.Rab1 Qf2+ 26.Kh1 Rb2 27.Rxb2 Qxb2 28.Qd2 Qxd2 29.Nxd2 Bh6 30.Rc2 Bxd2 31.Rxd2 Rb8 32.Ba2 Ne5 33.d6 c4 34.Rc2 (34.d7 Nxd7 35.Rxd7 Rb2µ) 34...c3 35.Rxc3 Rb2 36.Ra3 Nc4 37.Ra4 Nxd6 38.h3 Kg7³; 19...Rab8 20.Nd2 e4! 21.fxe4 Ng4 22.Bd4 Nc5 23.Bxc5 (23.Qc3 Bxd4+ 24.Qxd4 Qxb2µ) 23...dxc5 24.Nf3 Qxb2 25.Rf1 Nf2 26.Qe3 Bd4 (26...Qb4 27.Rac1 Ng4³ /=) 27.Nxd4 Ng4! 28.Qd3 Ne5 29.Qd1 Nxc4 30.Nc6 Ne3 31.Qf3 Nxf1 32.Qxf1 (32.Nxb8 Qxa1–+) 32...Rb3 33.Rd1 Qc2 34.e5 Qe4 35.Re1 Qd3³]

20.fxe4 Ne5! 21.Qc2 Rac8 22.Ra4 [22.Nd2 Nfg4 23.Bb6 Nd7 24.h3 Nxb6 25.Qb3 Bd4+ 26.Kh1 Nf2+ 27.Kh2 Qe7! 28.axb6 Ng4+ 29.Kh1 (29.hxg4 hxg4 30.Rc3 (30.g3 Qf6!) 30...Qh4+ 31.Rh3 Qf2!! 32.b7 gxh3 33.Qxh3 Rc7 34.Bxa6 (34.Nf3 Rxc4–+) 34...Qxd2) 29...Rb8–+]

22...Rfe8 23.Bb6 Nxe4 24.Qe2?? [24.Qd1 Nf6 25.Be2 Rxc1 26.Nxc1 Nxd5–+; 24.Qxe4 Nxc4 25.Raxc4 (25.Qf3 Nxb6 26.Rxc8 (26.axb6 Rxc1+ 27.Nxc1 Qxb6+ 28.Kf1 Qb5+ 29.Qd3 Qxa4–+) 26...Nxc8–+) 25...Rxe4 26.Rxc8+ Kh7–+]

24...Nxc4 25.Raxc4 [25.Rcxc4 Nc3 26.Qd3 Nxa4–+]

25...Nc3! 26.R4xc3 Rxe2 27.Rxc8+ Kh7 28.Nd4 Rxb2 29.R8c6 Qe7 30.Nc2 Qe4 31.Ne1 Qxd5 32.Nf3 g5! 33.Bc7 g4 34.Nh4 Bd4+ 35.Kh1 Qxc6 [35...Qxc6 36.Rxc6 Rb1+ 37.Rc1 Rxc1#] 0–1

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

44.Rb8+! [44.Kb3 Rc7 45.Re6+ Ka7 46.a4 bxa4+ 47.Kxa4 Rc4+ 48.Ka3±; 44.Re6+ Ka7 45.Kb3 Rc4 46.Be2 Rf4 47.Re8 Kb6 48.Bf3 a5 49.Re6+ Ka7 50.Rc6 a4+ 51.Kc2±]

44...Kc7 45.Rb7+ Kc8 46.Ra7 Kb8 47.Rxa6 Kc7 48.Kb3 h5 49.Ra7+ Kb6 50.Rb7+ Ka6 51.Rb8 h4 52.Re8 Re5 53.Rc8 Re6 54.a4 bxa4+ 55.Kxa4 Ka7 56.b4 Rd6 57.c4 Rd8 58.Rxd8 Bxd8 59.c5 [59.c5 Bc7 60.Kb5 Bf4 61.Kc6 Be5 62.Be2 Kb8 63.Bg4 Bg3 64.b5 Bc7 65.b6 Bf4 66.Kb5 Bg3 67.c6 Bd6 68.Kc4 Bg3 69.Kd5 Bh2 70.Ke6 Kc8 71.Ke7+ Kb8 72.Kd7+–]1–0

⚪️#53 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Bacallao Alonso,Yusnel (2588)
🔸Dervishi,Erald (2567)
🔸Olympiad 2018 Batumi

Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 53
public poll

B)18.Nh2 – 6
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 86%
Jonas, @MadAsAHatter, @A_Wild_Richard, Mahathi, Michael, Sanjana

C)18.Nf5 – 1
👍 14%
@YaminiG

A)18.Nh4
▫️ 0%

👥 7 people voted so far.

⚫️#53 (Endgame-‌Black to Move)
🔸Khoroshev,Nikita (2416)
🔸Berkes,Ferenc (2678)
🔸World Chess Olympiad 2018 Batumi

Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 53
public poll

A)36...Kf5 – 15
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 79%
@Khodabakhsh57, reza, @Kiana8207, Jonas, Seyed Hossein Ali, @YaminiG, @K_mosaddegh83, @A_Wild_Richard, Rez@, @AryanLeekha, @WataxPin, Mahathi, Michael, @jodchess, Sanjana

B)36...Bd2 – 4
👍👍 21%
@mahyarebrahimi1983, @h_a_d_I_1169, @MadAsAHatter, @Nirvana9877

C)36...Ba5
▫️ 0%

👥 19 people voted so far.

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