Congratulations to the winners of the #WinterChessClassic Group A and B, Yuniesky Quezada Pérez and Zaven Andriasian, respectively!

PAIRINGS & RESULTS | A:
https://www.uschesschamps.com/2018-winter-chess-classic/pairings-results-a

PAIRINGS & RESULTS | B:
https://www.uschesschamps.com/2018-winter-chess-classic/pairings-results-b

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🔹 St Louis Winter A 2018
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🔹 St Louis Winter B 2018
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GM Ivan Cheparinov (2711) takes a sole lead at the Tournament of Peace after 4 rounds.

#Tournament_of_Peace_2018
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🔹 Tournament of Peace 2018
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🏁🏆Magnus will have the white pieces tomorrow in round 6 of the match. What’s your prediction? #CarlsenCaruana
anonymous poll

3️⃣ Draw – 11
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 79%

1️⃣ Magnus will win – 2
👍 14%

2️⃣ Fabiano will win – 1
👍 7%

👥 14 people voted so far.

🔸chess.com IoM Masters Douglas ENG 2018
🔸Round 3
⚪️Vachier-Lagrave,Maxime (2780)
⚫️Tari,Aryan (2618)
🔸1-0

20.Nxe6! [Vachier finds an accurate way to win the weak d5–pawn.]

[20.Nfxd5? Nexd4 21.Rfe1 Rxe1+ 22.Rxe1 Kg7=]

20...Bxe6 [20...Rxe6?! 21.Bxd5 Re7 22.Bxf7+ Rxf7 23.d5 Rd7 24.Rad1±]

21.Rfe1! [Black now has no way to save the d5–pawn.]

21...Bf7 [21...Kg7 22.Nxd5 Bxd5 23.Rxe8 Qxe8 24.Bxd5 Rd8 25.Re1 Qd7 26.Bxc6 bxc6 27.Qc3±]

22.Rxe8+ [△N×d5]

22...Qxe8 23.Nxd5 Qd8 24.Ne3 Qxd4 25.Qxd4 Nxd4 26.Bxb7 Rd8 27.Rd1 Rd7 28.Bd5 Ne6 [28...Bxd5 29.Rxd4 Bc6 30.Rxd7 Bxd7±]

29.Kf1 Kf8 30.Bxe6 Rxd1+ 31.Nxd1 Bxe6± 1–0

⚪️#64 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Papaioannou,Ioannis (2634)
🔸Bogner,Sebastian (2619)
🔸Olympiad 2018 Batumi

29.exf4 [29.Qh5! White's queen initiates cooperation with the knights. 29...Rff8 30.Nxd6 Qxd6 31.Nf5 Rxf5 (31...Qe5 32.Rxf4 Kh8 33.b5! d4 (33...axb5??) 34.Rxc4 Rac8 35.Rxc8 Rxc8 36.Bd2+–) 32.Qxf5 f3 33.gxf3 Rf8 34.Qh5 (34.Qh3 Ne5 35.f4 Nf3+ 36.Kh1 Rf6 37.b5 axb5 38.Bb4±) 34...exf3 35.Rxf3 Rxf3 36.Qxf3 Qg6+ 37.Qg2 Nf6 38.Qxg6+ hxg6 39.Kf1 Ne4 40.Ke2 Bc6 41.Rg1 Kf7 42.Bb6 g5 43.Bd4±; 29.Qg4+ Kh8 30.Nxd6 Qxd6 31.Nf5 Qf6 32.Qxf4 Ne5„]

29...Bb8 30.Kh1 Ba7 31.Rc3 Bxd4 32.Nxd4 Ne5 33.Rg3+ ½–½

⚪️#64 (Endgame-‌White to Move)
🔸Poulsen,Martin (2239)
🔸Psaila,Clarence (2002)
🔸World Chess Olympiad 2018 Batumi

43.Qc7!? [43.Kg1! Qc3 44.Kf2 Qg7 45.Be2 b6 46.Qg5+ Kh7 47.Qh4+ Kg8 48.Qd8+ Kh7 49.a3 Kg6 50.b4 cxb4 51.axb4 Kh7 52.Qc7 Qe7 53.Ke1 Kh6 54.Kf1 Kg6 55.Qxa7+–; 43.Qb8 Qe7 44.Qg8+ Qg7 45.Qd8 Qf6 46.Qxd7 Qh4+ 47.Kg2 Qg4+ 48.Kf2 Qf3+ 49.Ke1 Qxe3+ 50.Be2 Qc1+ 51.Bd1 Qe3+ 52.Kf1 Qxf4+ 53.Ke2 Qh2+ 54.Ke1 Qe5²]

43...Qe7 44.Kg3 Kf6 45.Qxb7 Qg7+ 46.Kf2 Qg4 47.Bg2 Qd1 48.Qxd7 Qd2+ 49.Kf1 Qd1+ 50.Kf2 Qd2+ 51.Kg1 Qe1+ 52.Kh2 Qh4+ 53.Bh3 Qf2+ 54.Bg2 Qh4+ 55.Bh3 Qf2+ 56.Kh1 Qe1+ 57.Kg2 Qe2+ 58.Kh1 Qe1+ 59.Kg2 Qe2+ 60.Kg1 Qxe3+ 61.Kg2 Qf3+ 62.Kh2 Qxf4+ 63.Kg2 Qf3+ 64.Kh2 Qf4+ 65.Kh1 Qc1+ 66.Kh2 Qf4+ 67.Kg2 ½–½

⚫️#65 (Strategy-Black to Move)
🔸Baules,Jorge (2358)
🔸Georgiev,Vladimir (2479)
🔸Olympiad 2018 Batumi

Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 65
public poll

A)12...Qc8 – 8
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 53%
Max, Vincent, @YaminiG, @A_Somewhat_Cool_Guy, @WataxPin, Mahathi, Vedant, Sanjana

B)12...Nb6 – 5
👍👍👍👍 33%
Mehdi, @BehroudR, Babak, Kasra, @esauwoira13

C)12...c5 – 2
👍👍 13%
@mahyarebrahimi1983, @h_a_d_I_1169

👥 15 people voted so far.

⚫️#65 (Endgame-‌Black to Move)
🔸Gelfand,Boris (2703)
🔸Grandelius,Nils (2655)
🔸World Chess Olympiad 2018 Batumi

Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 65
public poll

B)Rb3 – 11
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 65%
Mehdi, Max, @BehroudR, Babak, Vincent, @YaminiG, @A_Somewhat_Cool_Guy, @Zhoolin, Mahathi, Vedant, Sanjana

C)h5 – 4
👍👍👍 24%
@mahyarebrahimi1983, @end7878, Kasra, @arash22_d

A)Kc8 – 2
👍 12%
@Shadowoffhollow, @h_a_d_I_1169

👥 17 people voted so far.