50...Bd2! [50...Kc5 51.Rd1 Bd2 52.Ra1 Rd4 53.Ba4 Bc3 54.Rf1 Rd2 55.Bb5 Rd3 56.Rh1 Bd2 57.Rb1 Rc3 58.Rd1 Kd4 59.Ra1 Rc2 60.Ba4 Kc3–+; 50...Rg7 51.Rd1+ Bd2 52.Rh2 Kc3 53.Ke2 Kb2 54.Kd3 Ka3 (54...Kxa2 55.Ba4 Kb2 56.Re2³) 55.Re2 Ra7 56.Bc6 Rae7 57.Bb5 Bc3 58.c5 dxc5 59.d6 R7e6 60.Kc2 Rd4 61.d7 (61.Rxd4 cxd4 62.d7 Rd6 63.Kd3 Bd2 64.Rg2 Kxa2 65.Ba4=) 61...Red6 62.Rxd4 Bxd4!–+]

51.Bc6 Rc7?! [51...Kc3! 52.Rd1 Kc2 53.Rf1 Rd4–+]

52.Ba4 Kc3 53.Rg1 Kb2 54.g4?? hxg4+ 55.Rxg4 Rh7 [55...fxg4+! 56.Kxe4 Kc3 57.Rxe3+ (57.f5 gxf5+ 58.Kxf5 Rf7+ 59.Kxg4 Rf2–+) ]

56.Rxg6 Rxh4 57.c5 Rhxf4+ 58.Kg3 dxc5 59.d6 Rg4+ 60.Rxg4 fxg4 61.d7 Rd4 62.Bb5 Kxa2 63.Rh2 Kxb3 64.Rh8 e2 65.Bxe2 Rxd7 66.Ra8 Be1+ 67.Kxg4 a4 0–1

⚪️#80 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Vera Siguenas,Deivy (2494)
🔸Tate,Alan (2345)
🔸Olympiad 2018 Batumi

Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 80
public poll

B)Qc6 – 3
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 50%
Nikhil, @h_a_d_I_1169, @RichardPeng

C)d6 – 2
👍👍👍👍👍 33%
Babak, Joseph

A)Qd4 – 1
👍👍 17%
@WataxPin

👥 6 people voted so far.

⚪️#80 (Endgame-‌White to Move)
🔸Andyka,Pitra (2274)
🔸Atabayev,Yusup (2411)
🔸World Chess Olympiad 2018 Batumi

Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 80
public poll

A)Rc6 – 4
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 67%
@mahyarebrahimi1983, @h_a_d_I_1169, @RichardPeng, @WataxPin

B)Rc3 – 1
👍👍 17%
Nikhil

C)h3 – 1
👍👍 17%
@MohamadAsp

👥 6 people voted so far.

Congratulations to Wesley So!

He delivered one of the most dominant #speedchess performances on record, vanquishing the talented Duda with a 20-7 score 😯

What a game one!

Jan-Krzysztof Duda pushes Wesley So to the brink with a huge mass of pawns! So narrowly saves a draw with his active rook against Duda's pawnslaught!

In game two it's Duda who escapes Wesley So as So's pawns advance!

Two draws so far but tons of excitement as Duda played multiple moves with less than one second on the clock

So wins game three! Duda sacs his queen to mix things up, but So finds all the right moves as White to put the game away and take a #speedchess lead! 👏

So wins another endgame as Duda can't quite muster enough counterplay despite putting up fierce resistance!

O.M.G! Soooooo many critical blunders! 🤯🤦

So and Duda exchange full points in the craziest 30 seconds in #speedchess history!

Duda gets a big win as Black with a King's Indian-esque attack and drops his deficit to five games, but he has an uphill climb to get chances to save this #speedchess match against So!

So many missed opportunities 😭

Nothing goes right for Duda today as he loses 20-7 against Wesley So, and misses many pretty wins in the final game.

🔵 Today is birthday of Akiba Rubinstein!!
🔹 Polish chess grandmaster


▪️ Born: December 1, 1880, Stawiski, Poland
▪️ Died: March 14, 1961, Antwerp, Belgium
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Almost exactly 40 years ago (1st December 1978), the 46th USSR Championship final started in Tbilisi. Among the participants (R to L): Polugaevsky, Giorgadze, Beliavsky, Timoshchenko and a 15-year-old debutant from Baku ...kasparov

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