⚫️#81 (Strategy-Black to Move)
🔸Kjartansson,Gudmundur (2428)
🔸Salomon,Johan (2477)
🔸Olympiad 2018 Batumi

27...Ra6! [Black is using the open a-file to penetrate to the opponent's camp with his rook.]

[27...Qa8 28.Bb4 Qa6 29.Qxc4 Rb6 30.Rc5 Nxc5 31.Qxa6 Nxa6µ; 27...Na3 28.Qb3 Nc4]

28.Rb1 Ra2! 29.Qd1 Rxf2+ 30.Kg1 Nxe3 0–1

⚫️#81 (Endgame-‌Black to Move)
🔸Michaelides,Konstantinos (2209)
🔸Yarmonov,Igor (2376)
🔸World Chess Olympiad 2018 Batumi

63...g3? [63...Bg5! 64.Kf2 Bh4+ 65.Ke2 (65.Kg2 Kd3 66.Bd4 Kc2 67.b4 Kd3 68.Bc5 Be1 69.Bd4 Bxb4 70.Kg3 Be1+ 71.Kxg4 b4 72.Kf5 b3 73.Be5 Bc3–+) 65...g3 66.Kf1 Kf3 67.Kg1 Bg5 68.e4 Bf4 69.Kf1 Be5 70.Kg1 Kxe4 71.Kg2 Kd3 72.Kf3 Kc3 73.b4 Kc4 74.Kg2 Bb8 75.Kf3 Kd5 76.Bg1 Be5 77.Be3 Bd6 78.Bd2 Kc4 79.Be1 Kd3 80.Kg2 Bf4 81.Kf3 Be5 82.Kg2 Ke2 83.Bxg3 Bxg3 84.Kxg3 Kd3 85.Kf3 Kc3 86.Ke3 Kxb4 87.Kd3 Ka3 88.Kc2 b4 89.Kb1 Kb3–+; 63...Bg7? 64.Kf2 Be5 65.Be7 Kd3 66.Bg5 Bd6 67.Bf4 Bc5 68.Kg3 Bxe3 69.Bc7 Kc3 70.Kxg4 Kxb3 71.Kf3 Bc1 72.Ke2 Kc2 73.Bd6 Bg5 74.Bb4 Bf4 75.Ba5 Be5 76.Bb4 Bc3 77.Bd6 Bf6 78.Bb4 Bd4 79.Be7 Kc3 80.Bg5 Bc5 81.Bd2+ Kc2 82.Ba5 Bd4 83.Bb4]

64.Bd6 g2 65.Kf2 Bxe3+ 66.Kxg2 Bd2 67.Kf2 Kd3 68.Be7 Bc3 69.Bd6 Kc2 70.Ke2 Kxb3 71.Kd1 Bb2 72.Be7 Ba3 73.Bg5 Bb2 74.Be7 Ka2 75.Bb4 Ba3 76.Bd2 Kb2 77.Bc1+ Kb3 78.Bd2 Bb2 79.Be1 Bc3 80.Bh4 Ka2 81.Be7 ½–½

⚪️#82 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Paichadze,Luka (2564)
🔸Smirnov,Anton (2549)
🔸Olympiad 2018 Batumi

Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 82
public poll

B)Nd4 – 7
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 88%
@Mohamadamin91, Nikhil, Vincent, @h_a_d_I_1169, @Sophia_Peng, Michael, Alan

A)Ne2 – 1
👍 13%
@RichardPeng

C)N×e4
▫️ 0%

👥 8 people voted so far.

⚪️#82 (Endgame-‌White to Move)
🔸Arab,Adlane (2482)
🔸Mohammad Fahad,Rahman (2263)
🔸World Chess Olympiad 2018 Batumi

Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 82
public poll

C)Ra6 – 7
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 70%
@Mohamadamin91, Nikhil, Vincent, @Sophia_Peng, @RichardPeng, @WataxPin, Michael

B)Nd4 – 2
👍👍 20%
@Ehsan841985, @hosghi

A)Ne5 – 1
👍 10%
@h_a_d_I_1169

👥 10 people voted so far.

Congratulations to Hikaru Nakamura who wins #speedchess 2018!

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Nakamura separated himself in bullet in a tight match that was tied 10-10 after the blitz.

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Our total #speedchess prize fund for 2018 was $50,000.

🔹 Nakamura vs So - chess.com Speed 2018
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✴️ An instructive minor piece endgame by Miguel Illescas !
🔸 Two bishops against a bishop and a knight

▪️ Miguel Illescas Cordoba vs Hikaru Nakamura
▪️ Pamplona International (2003), It, rd 6, Dec-27
▪️ Slav Defense: Quiet Variation (D11)

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▪️ Miguel Illescas Cordoba vs Hikaru Nakamura
▪️ PGN firmat
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