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🔸chess.com IoM Masters Douglas ENG 2018
🔸Round 1
⚪️Keymer,Vincent (2491)
⚫️Hoefelsauer,Thomas (2380)
🔸1-0

33.h3! [Since the black pieces are completely passive on the queenside, White decides to open up the kingside and launch an attack there.]

33...Kg6 [33...gxh3? 34.Rh2 Bd8 35.Rxh3 h4 36.Rb2 Bf6 37.Rbh2 Qg6 38.d5! Bxc3 39.Rxh4+ Kg7 40.dxe6 Bxe6 41.Rh7+ Kg8 42.Bxe6+ Qxe6 43.R2h6 Qd5 44.Qh5!+–]

34.Rh2 Qf7 35.Kf2 Rh8 36.Qb3! [△Rbh1]

36...Rh7 37.Rbh1 Rah8 38.Qb2 h4?! [38...Qe8! 39.Bb3 Bd8 40.b5 axb5 41.axb5 Bf6 42.b6!±]

39.hxg4 hxg3+ 40.Kxg3 fxg4 41.Qe2 Rh3+ 42.Rxh3 Rxh3+ 43.Rxh3 gxh3 44.Qg4+ Kh6 45.Qg5+ Kh7 46.Qh4+ [46.d5!! exd5 47.Qh4+ Kg6 48.Be2+–]

46...Kg6 47.Qxh3+– 1–0

⚪️#89 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Brunello,Sabino (2552)
🔸Boudriga,Mohamed Ali (2376)
🔸Olympiad 2018 Batumi

27.Bg4? [27.cxb5! The correct continuation that opens up the queenside to White's favor. 27...Bxb5 (27...axb5?? 28.Ra3 Qb8 29.Rxa8 Qxa8 30.Qxc7+–) 28.Rc3 Bxe2 29.Qxe2 Rf2 30.Qd1 Rb8 31.Ne2 Rg2 32.Rf3 Rf2 (32...Qb6?? 33.Rb3 Qa7 34.Rxb8 Qxb8 35.Qf1+–) 33.Rxf2 Qxf2 34.Ng4 Qb6 35.b3 Nh5 36.Rf1 Nf7 37.Qd3 Qb5 38.Qf3 Kh8 39.Nf6 Nf4 40.Nxf4 exf4 41.Rc1 Qa5 42.Qxf4 Ne5 43.Qf2 Rc8 (43...Qb6?? 44.Qxb6 cxb6 45.Rc7+–) ; 27.Ng4 Bxg4 28.Bxg4 Rf4 29.Bd1 bxc4 30.Qxc4 Nb7 31.Qxc7 Nc5 32.Qxa7 Rxa7 33.Rc3 a5 34.h5 gxh5 35.Bxh5 Nxh5 36.Nxh5 Nxe4 37.Re3 Nf2 38.Rc1 Rh4 39.Nf6+ Kf7 40.Rc6 Ng4 41.Nxg4 Rxg4 42.Rxd6 Rg1+ 43.Kc2 Rg2+ 44.Kc3 Rxg5±]

27...Rf2 28.Rd2 Rxh2 29.Bxd7 Rxh1+ 30.Nxh1 Nh5 31.Nf2 Nb7 32.cxb5 axb5 33.b4 Rf8 34.Bxb5 Qe3 35.Kb2 Rf3 36.Nd3 Ng3! [36...Qxe4 37.Qxc7 Rf7 38.Qc4+–]

37.Rf2 Qd4+ 38.Kb1 Nxe4?? [38...Rxd3 39.Bxd3 Qxb4+ 40.Ka1 Qe1+ 41.Kb2 Qb4+ 42.Ka1=]

39.Rxf3 Nc3+ 40.Kc1 Nxb5 41.Qc6 Qc3+ 42.Qxc3 Nxc3 43.Nf4 Nxa2+ 44.Kb2 Nxb4 45.Ne6 h5 46.Rb3 Nc5 47.Rxb4 Nxe6 48.dxe6 Kf8 49.Rb8+ 1–0

⚫️#89 (Endgame-‌Black to Move)
🔸Meier,Georg (2639)
🔸Bologan,Victor (2580)
🔸World Chess Olympiad 2018 Batumi

34...Nxc6! [34...h5 35.Kd3 Nd7 36.Ra3 Nc5+ 37.Ke3 Rd7 38.Ra8+ Kf7 39.Ra7 Rxa7 40.Nxa7 Na4 41.Nc6 Nc3 42.Na7=; 34...h6 35.Kd3 Nd7 36.Ra3 Nc5+ 37.Ke3 Rd7 38.Ra8+ Kf7 39.Rb8 Rd3+ 40.Ke2 Rb3 41.Rxb6 Nxe4 42.Rb7+ Ke8 43.Rxg7 Rxb5 44.Kd3 Nf2+ 45.Ke3 Rb2 46.Kf3 Nd1 47.Rg6 Rf2+ 48.Ke4 Nc3+ 49.Kd3=]

35.bxc6 [35.Rxc6? Rxc6 36.bxc6 Ke7]

35...Ke7 36.g4 Kd6 37.h4 Rxc6 38.Rb3 Kc7 39.g5 Rc1 40.Ra3 Kb7 41.Rd3 Kc6 42.Rd8 Rh1 43.Rc8+ Kb5 44.Rg8 Rh3+ 45.Kd2 Rxh4 46.Rxg7 fxg5 47.Rxg5 Kc5 48.f6 Kd6 49.f7 Rf4 50.Rg7 Ke6 51.Rxh7 Rxf7 52.Rh6+ Rf6 53.Rh5 Kd6 54.Kc3 Rf4 55.Kd3 Rg4 56.Rh6+ Kc5 57.Re6 Rg3+ 58.Ke2 Rg5 59.Re8 b5 60.Rd8 b4 61.Kd3 Rg3+ 62.Kd2 Kc4 63.Rd5 b3 64.Rxe5 Rg1 0–1

⚪️#90 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Nanjo,Ryosuke (2324)
🔸Dragnev,Valentin (2508)
🔸Olympiad 2018 Batumi

Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 90
public poll

A) h6 – 5
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 56%
Nikhil, Babak, @Sophia_Peng, @RichardPeng, @WataxPin

C) Ra1 – 4
👍👍👍👍👍👍 44%
@mahyarebrahimi1983, Jayden, @FrozenBlade, @SteveWongso

B) Rc1
▫️ 0%

👥 9 people voted so far.

⚪️#90 (Endgame-‌White to Move)
🔸Pavlidis,Antonios (2552)
🔸Nedev,Trajko (2496)
🔸World Chess Olympiad 2018 Batumi

Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 90
public poll

C) c5 – 12
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 67%
@mahyarebrahimi1983, Mohammad, Nikhil, Babak, Jayden, @FrozenBlade, @abas2048, @h_a_d_I_1169, admin, @Sophia_Peng, Michael, @ZhenruiGu

A) Nd5 – 5
👍👍👍 28%
@khodashenasmersad, Seyed Hossein Ali, @hoseini139562, @RichardPeng, @WataxPin

B) Nc5 – 1
👍 6%
@SteveWongso

👥 18 people voted so far.

At the 1956 FIDE Candidates' Tournament, Amsterdam, 26th March 1956.
Front row, L to R: David Bronstein, Paul Keres, Efim Geller, Tigran Petrosian, Vasily Smyslov (all - USSR).

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