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⚪️#62 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Svetushkin,Dmitry (2580)
🔸Vazquez Igarza,Renier (2573)
🔸Olympiad 2018 Batumi

21.Be5! [In order to attack against the enemy's exposed king, White tries to trade off his bishop for the defender bishop on f6.]

[21.fxe6+ Qxe6 22.Qd3 Qf5 23.Qxf5 Nxf5 24.Nxd5 Rxe1 25.Rxe1 Bg7 26.b3²; 21.Qh3 Nxf5 22.Qxh7+ Ng7 23.Be5 Qd8 24.f4!±]

21...Bxe5 22.Qxe5 Nxf5 23.Nxd5 Qd8 [23...exd5? 24.Qxf5+ Qf6 25.Qxh7+ Qg7 26.Qf5+ Qf6 27.Qxd5+ Kf8 28.Rg1+–]

24.Ne3 Qc7 25.Qe4! Qc6? [25...Kg8 26.Nxf5 exf5 27.Qxf5±]

26.Qg4 Nxe3 27.Qh5+ Kg8 28.Qg5+ Kh8 29.Qe5+ Kg8 30.fxe3 Qc2+ 31.Ka1 [31.Ka1 Rc6 32.Rg1+ Qg6 (32...Kf7 33.Qg7#) 33.Rxg6+ hxg6+–] 1–0

⚪️#62 (Endgame-‌White to Move)
🔸Ziska,Helgi Dam (2550)
🔸Zerafa,Robert (2085)
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47.c5?! [47.Rc5+ Kf6 48.Rd5 Rad2 49.Rxd2 Rxd2 50.Rf1 (50.c5 f3 51.Rf1 f2 52.g3 Ke6 53.gxh4 Rc2 54.Kg3 Rxc5 55.Rxf2 Rd5=) 50...Rxd6 51.Rxf4+ Kg5 52.Rg4+ Kh5 53.c5 Rc6 54.Rc4 Kg5 55.Kg1 Kf6 56.Kf2 Ke7 57.Ke3 g5 58.Ke4 Kd7 (58...Ke6 59.Rc3 Kd7 60.Kf5+–) 59.Rd4+ Kc7 60.Rd5 Rg6 61.Kf5 Rg8 62.Kg4 Kc6 63.Rxg5+–; 47.Kh1 Red2 48.c5 f3 49.Rf7 Rac2! 50.d7 Kh6 51.Rf6 Rxd7 52.gxf3 Rxc5 53.Rfxg6+ Kh5 54.R1g2 Rdc7 55.f4 Rc1+ 56.Kh2 R1c2 57.Rg8 Rc8 58.Rxc8 Rxc8 59.Rg5+ Kh6 60.Kg2=]

47...f3 48.Rf7 Rac2 49.Rxf3 Red2 50.Re1 Rxg2+ 51.Kh1 Rh2+ 52.Kg1 Rhg2+ 53.Kf1 Rh2 54.Kg1 Rhg2+ ½–½

⚪️#63 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Svetushkin,Dmitry (2580)
🔸Vazquez Igarza,Renier (2573)
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Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 63
public poll

B)b3 – 3
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 75%
@FMtoGM, Vincent, @WataxPin

A)Rg2 – 1
👍👍 25%
Michael

C)Qc1
▫️ 0%

👥 4 people voted so far.

⚫️#63 (Endgame-‌Black to Move)
🔸Repka,Christopher (2523)
🔸Oatlhotse,Providence (2188)
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Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 63
public poll

C)36...R8c4 – 5
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 100%
@Wizamin, @FMtoGM, Vincent, @WataxPin, Michael

A)36...Rxf1
▫️ 0%

B) 36...Qd1
▫️ 0%

👥 5 people voted so far.

♦️ Today is birthday of David Howell !!
English chess Grandmaster


❤️🌹💐☘️🌷🌺🌸❤️ Happy birthday !! 👏👏👏👏
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World Champion Tigran Petrosian in play during the 11th game of his first title match v. Boris Spassky, at the Estrada Theatre in Moscow, 4th May 1966.

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Even the most distinguished players have in their careers experienced severe disappointments due to ignorance of the best lines or suspension of their own common sense

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