21.f3! [White secures his center and prepares Ng4. However, he could immediately have played it.]
[21.Ng4! Nxg4 (21...Nh7 22.Nh5!±) 22.hxg4 Be7 (22...Bxg4? 23.Bxg5 hxg5 24.Qxg5+ Bg7 25.Qxg4+–) 23.f3 a5 24.b3 cxb3 25.axb3 Rec8 26.Rfc1 a4 27.b4 Nb3 28.Bxb3 axb3 29.Ra7 Rb7 30.Rxb7 Qxb7 31.Qb2±; 21.Nf3 Kh7 22.h4 gxh4 23.Nxh4 Ng4 24.Nhf5 Nxe3 25.Nxe3 Qd8 26.b4 cxb3 27.axb3 a5 28.f4 Bg7 29.Nef5 Bxf5 30.Nxf5±]
21...Qd8 22.Ng4 a5 23.b3 Bg7 24.bxc4 bxc4 25.Bxc5! dxc5 26.Ne3! [The strong retreat to attack the pawn on c4 and win control over the f5–square.]
26...Bb5 27.Bd1! Nd7 28.Rb1 Ba6 29.Ba4! Qc7 30.Ngf5 [30.Nef5 Bf8 31.Nh5 Rxb1 32.Rxb1 Rb8 33.Rxb8 Nxb8 34.d6 Qd8 35.Qd5 Bc8 36.Be8!! Be6 37.Qxe5 Nd7 (37...Qxe8 38.Nf6+) 38.Bxd7 Bxd7 39.Ne7+ Kh7 40.Nf6+ Kh8 41.Nxd7++–]
30...Rxb1 31.Rxb1 Rb8 32.Rxb8+ Nxb8 33.d6 Qd8 34.Nxg7 Kxg7 35.Nf5+ Kg6 36.d7 Bb7 37.Qd6+ [37.Qd6+ f6 38.Qe7 Qxe7 39.Nxe7+ Kf7 40.d8Q+–]1–0
[21.Ng4! Nxg4 (21...Nh7 22.Nh5!±) 22.hxg4 Be7 (22...Bxg4? 23.Bxg5 hxg5 24.Qxg5+ Bg7 25.Qxg4+–) 23.f3 a5 24.b3 cxb3 25.axb3 Rec8 26.Rfc1 a4 27.b4 Nb3 28.Bxb3 axb3 29.Ra7 Rb7 30.Rxb7 Qxb7 31.Qb2±; 21.Nf3 Kh7 22.h4 gxh4 23.Nxh4 Ng4 24.Nhf5 Nxe3 25.Nxe3 Qd8 26.b4 cxb3 27.axb3 a5 28.f4 Bg7 29.Nef5 Bxf5 30.Nxf5±]
21...Qd8 22.Ng4 a5 23.b3 Bg7 24.bxc4 bxc4 25.Bxc5! dxc5 26.Ne3! [The strong retreat to attack the pawn on c4 and win control over the f5–square.]
26...Bb5 27.Bd1! Nd7 28.Rb1 Ba6 29.Ba4! Qc7 30.Ngf5 [30.Nef5 Bf8 31.Nh5 Rxb1 32.Rxb1 Rb8 33.Rxb8 Nxb8 34.d6 Qd8 35.Qd5 Bc8 36.Be8!! Be6 37.Qxe5 Nd7 (37...Qxe8 38.Nf6+) 38.Bxd7 Bxd7 39.Ne7+ Kh7 40.Nf6+ Kh8 41.Nxd7++–]
30...Rxb1 31.Rxb1 Rb8 32.Rxb8+ Nxb8 33.d6 Qd8 34.Nxg7 Kxg7 35.Nf5+ Kg6 36.d7 Bb7 37.Qd6+ [37.Qd6+ f6 38.Qe7 Qxe7 39.Nxe7+ Kf7 40.d8Q+–]1–0
56.Ra4+ [56.Nd4! Nc5 57.Nf3 f6 58.g5 Nd3 59.Ra4+ Kb6 60.gxf6 Rf8 61.Ng5 Rxf6 62.f3 Rf5 63.Nxe6 Ne1+ 64.Kg3 Rxf3+ 65.Kg4 Rf6 66.c5+ Kb5 67.Re4 Rf1 68.Rd4 Nc2 69.Rd2 Ne3+ 70.Kg5 Rh1 71.Rb2+ Kc6 72.Rb6+ Kd5 73.Kf6 Nc4 74.Ra6 Re1 75.Nf4+ Kxc5 76.Nd3+ Kb5 77.Nxe1 Kxa6 78.h4 Kb6 79.Kxg6 Ne5+ 80.Kf5 Nf7 81.h5 Kc6 82.Kf6 Nh6 83.Kg6 Ng8 84.Nf3 Ne7+ 85.Kg7 Nf5+ 86.Kf6 Ne3 87.Kg6 Ng2 88.h6+–; 56.Kg3 Ne5 57.h4 Nxc4 58.f3 Ne5 59.Rb3 Rc2 60.Nf4 Nc6 61.Nd3 Ka5 62.Rb2 Rc3 63.Rd2 Rc4 64.Nf2 Nd4 65.Ne4 f5 66.Nd6 Rb4 67.g5 e5 68.Nf7 e4 69.Ne5 Nxf3 70.Rd5+ Kb6 71.Nxg6 Nd4 72.Ne7 e3 73.Re5 Ne2+ 74.Kf3 Ng1+ 75.Kxe3 Rxh4 76.Rxf5+–; 56.h4 Ne5 57.Kg3 Nxc4 58.f3 e5 59.Rb3 Ka5 60.h5 Rh8 61.hxg6 fxg6 62.Nc3 Nd6 63.Nd5 g5 64.Re3 Nf7 65.Rc3 Kb5 66.Nf6 Nd6 67.Re3 Nf7 68.Ne4 Kc6 69.Ra3 Kd7 70.Ra7+ Ke6 71.Ra6+ Ke7 72.Rg6 Rh1 73.Nxg5 Nxg5 74.Rxg5 Kf6 75.Rf5+ Ke6 76.Rf8±]
56...Kb6 57.Rb4+ Kc5 58.Ra4 Ne5 59.Ra7 Rf8 60.Ra5+ Kd6 61.Ra6+ Ke7 62.Ra7+ Kd6 63.Ra6+ Ke7 64.Ra7+ Kf6 65.Rc7 Ra8 66.Nc3 Kg7 67.Ne4 Ra4 68.Nd6 g5 69.Ne4 Kg6 70.Nd6 Ra2 71.c5 Rc2 72.Ne4 Nd3 73.Rc8 f5 74.gxf5+ Kxf5 75.Ng3+ Ke5 76.Rf8 Rxc5 77.Nh5 Rc4 78.Rg8 Nf4+ 79.Nxf4 gxf4 80.h4 Ke4 81.h5 Rc5 82.Rg6 Kf5 83.Rg8 Kf6 84.Kf3 Rxh5 85.Kxf4 Rf5+ ½–½
56...Kb6 57.Rb4+ Kc5 58.Ra4 Ne5 59.Ra7 Rf8 60.Ra5+ Kd6 61.Ra6+ Ke7 62.Ra7+ Kd6 63.Ra6+ Ke7 64.Ra7+ Kf6 65.Rc7 Ra8 66.Nc3 Kg7 67.Ne4 Ra4 68.Nd6 g5 69.Ne4 Kg6 70.Nd6 Ra2 71.c5 Rc2 72.Ne4 Nd3 73.Rc8 f5 74.gxf5+ Kxf5 75.Ng3+ Ke5 76.Rf8 Rxc5 77.Nh5 Rc4 78.Rg8 Nf4+ 79.Nxf4 gxf4 80.h4 Ke4 81.h5 Rc5 82.Rg6 Kf5 83.Rg8 Kf6 84.Kf3 Rxh5 85.Kxf4 Rf5+ ½–½
Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 55
public poll
A)25.Rxf7 – 6
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 67%
Gavin, @YaminiG, @RichardPeng, Michael, Zhenrui, Sanjana
B) 25.d6 – 2
👍👍 22%
Vincent, @AryanLeekha
C)25.Re4 – 1
👍 11%
@PouyaMO1360
👥 9 people voted so far.
public poll
A)25.Rxf7 – 6
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 67%
Gavin, @YaminiG, @RichardPeng, Michael, Zhenrui, Sanjana
B) 25.d6 – 2
👍👍 22%
Vincent, @AryanLeekha
C)25.Re4 – 1
👍 11%
@PouyaMO1360
👥 9 people voted so far.
Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 55
public poll
A)74.Bb5 – 9
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 90%
@persepolis62, Gavin, Vincent, @YaminiG, @RichardPeng, @AryanLeekha, Michael, Zhenrui, Sanjana
B)74.e4 – 1
👍 10%
@PouyaMO1360
C)74.Kd3
▫️ 0%
👥 10 people voted so far.
public poll
A)74.Bb5 – 9
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 90%
@persepolis62, Gavin, Vincent, @YaminiG, @RichardPeng, @AryanLeekha, Michael, Zhenrui, Sanjana
B)74.e4 – 1
👍 10%
@PouyaMO1360
C)74.Kd3
▫️ 0%
👥 10 people voted so far.
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🔸 Eleventh World Chess Champion
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✴️ Bobby Fischer
🔸 American chess grandmaster
🔸 Eleventh World Chess Champion
. . . . . . . . . . . . .
@unitychess