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▪️David Bronstein vs Georgy Ilivitsky
▪️USSR Championship (1948), Moscow URS, rd 4, Nov-15
▪️ Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch Defense. Pillsbury Variation (D41)
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Two of the players will qualify to the finals tomorrow after two rapid and four blitz games. What are your predictions?

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Congratulations to the two finalists Hikaru Nakamura and Vachier-Lagrave!! #GrandChessTour #LondonChessClassic

Nakamura wins a 2nd blitz game in a row and will play the #GrandChessTour final for $200,000 against MVL from Saturday!
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Caruana will play Aronian for $100,000 in the 3rd place playoff

🔹 10th London Classic 2018
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🔸chess.com IoM Masters Douglas ENG 2018
🔸Round 1
⚪️Eggleston,David J (2406)
⚫️Vidit,Santosh Gujrathi (2711)
🔸0-1

21.Kf1? [White who is afraid of the opponent's attack on the h-file decides to transfer his king to the center. However, This plan is incorrect and he hasn't enough time to exchange major pieces and consolidate his position.]

[21.Ra3 △Rb3 21...Bxa3 22.bxa3 Rfh8 23.Re1 Nd8 24.Kf1–+]

21...f5! [△f×e4]

22.Ke1 fxe4 23.Qxe4 d5 [23...Rh2!? 24.Ng4 Bxg4 25.Qxg4+ Kh8–+ △B×f2]

24.Qg2 Bh3 25.Qg1 Bxe3 26.fxe3 Rhf6 27.Ke2 Bg4+ 28.Ke1 e4 [28...Nf5!? 29.e4 Nxg3 30.Qxg3 Rf1+ 31.Kd2 R8f2+ 32.Qxf2 Rxf2+]

29.d4 Rf3 30.c4 Nb4 31.Kd2 Rf2+ 32.Kc3 R8f3–+ 0–1

⚪️#92 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Makoto,Rodwell (2338)
🔸Dervishi,Erald (2567)
🔸Olympiad 2018 Batumi

26.Qh6 [26.Bh3! This attacking maneuver is neglected by White. 26...Bxf4 27.gxf4 Kh8 28.Kh1 f5 29.Bxf5 f6 30.Rg1 Bc6 31.Qh6 Qd6 32.e4 Rf7 (32...dxe4 33.Rxc6 Qxc6 (33...Nxc6 34.d5+–) 34.Bxe4 Nd5 35.Bxd5 Qxd5 (35...Rxd5 36.Qf8#) 36.Qxf6+) 33.e5 Qf8 34.Qh5 Re7 (34...fxe5 35.Be6 Rf6 36.Rg8+ Qxg8 37.Bxg8 Rxg8 38.dxe5+–) 35.e6 Bb5 36.Ba3 Rg7 37.Qh4 Be2 38.Rxg7 Qxg7 39.Qf2 Bb5 40.Rg1+–; 26.Qh4 Bxf4 27.gxf4 Rxe3 28.Kh1±]

26...Bxf4 27.gxf4 Rd6 28.f5 Qf8 29.Qf4 Rd8 30.e4 Ba6 31.Ba3 Qg7 32.Kf2 Kh8 33.Bxb4 axb4 34.Rg1 dxe4 35.fxe4 Rxd4 36.Qb8+ Qg8 37.Qxg8+ Kxg8 38.Bf1+ Kf8 39.Bxa6 Rexe4 40.Rgd1 Rf4+ 41.Kg2 Rxd1 42.Rxd1 Rxf5 43.Rd6 Rg5+ 44.Kf3 Rc5 45.Bc4 Rf5+ 46.Ke4 Re5+ 47.Kd4 Ke7 48.Rxb6 Rh5 49.Rxb4 Rxh2 50.Rb7+ Kd6 51.Rxf7 Rh4+ 52.Kc3 Ke5 53.b4 f5 54.b5 Rh6 55.Bd3 f4 56.Rf5+ Kd6 57.Rxf4 Rh1 58.b6 Rc1+ 59.Kd2 Rc8 60.b7 1–0

⚪️#92 (Endgame-‌White to Move)
🔸Pavlidis,Antonios (2552)
🔸Nedev,Trajko (2496)
🔸World Chess Olympiad 2018 Batumi

32.Ne6 [32.c4! Kf7 33.Nb5 Bf8 34.a4 Ke8 35.a5 Kd7 36.a6 e6 37.Nf3 e5 38.g4 Bb4 39.Ne1 Be4 40.a7 Kc8 41.Nd3 Bf8 42.c5 Ba8 43.g5 fxg5 44.Nd6+ Bxd6 45.cxd6 Kd7 46.Nxe5+ Kxd6 47.Nf7+ Kc7 48.Nxg5 h6 49.Nf7 Kb6 50.Nxh6 Kxa7 51.Nf7 Kb6 52.Kg3+–; 32.Nb3 e5 33.Na5 Be4 34.Nc4 Kf8 (34...Bf8 35.a4 Bc5 36.Ne8 Be7 37.a5 Kf8 38.Nc7 Bc6 39.a6 Bd8 40.Ne6+ Ke7 41.Nc5! Bc7 42.a7 h5 43.g3 g5 44.Ke2+–) 35.Nb6 f5 36.Ncd5 Bxd5 37.Nxd5 Bg5 38.a4 Bd8 39.e4 Kf7 40.Ke3 Ke6 41.Kd3 Ba5 42.Ne3 fxe4+ 43.Kxe4 Bxc3 44.Nc4 Kd7 45.Kd5+–]

32...Bd5 33.Nc7 Bc6 34.c4 e5 35.Ne6? [35.Nb5±]

35...Bd7 36.Nc5 Bc6 37.Ne6 Bd7 38.Nc5 Bc6 39.a4 Bf8 40.Ndb3 Kf7 41.a5 Bd6 42.a6 Ke7 43.Na5 Ba8 44.Ncb7 [44.Na4! Bc7 45.Nb3 Kd7 46.g4 f5 47.Nbc5+ Kd6 48.gxf5 gxf5 49.Nd3 Ba5 50.Kg3 Bd2 51.c5+ Kc7 52.Nb6 Be4 53.a7 Bxe3 54.a8Q Bxa8 55.Nxa8+ Kc6 56.Nxe5+ Kxc5 57.Kf3 Bg1 58.Kg2±]

44...Bc7 45.Nc6+ Kd7 46.Nb4 f5 47.c5 Bb8 48.e4 fxe4 49.Ke3 Ba7 50.Nd5 Kc6 51.Nf6 Kb5 52.Nxe4 Kxa6 53.Nbd6 Ka5 54.Nc8 Bb8 55.g3 Kb4 56.Ncd6 Ba7 57.Nf7 Bxc5+ 58.Nxc5 Kxc5 59.Nxe5 Kd6 60.Nf7+ Ke7 61.Ng5 h6 62.Nh3 Kf6 63.Nf2 Kf5 64.Kd3 Bg2 65.Kd4 Bf3 ½–½

⚪️#93 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Ashiku,Franc (2373)
🔸Elisha,Thabo (2024)
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Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 93
public poll

A) g5 – 14
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 74%
@persepolis62, @mahyarebrahimi1983, Jonas, Max, @Hoseini62960, Babak, @Squirtle1, Vincent, @map_of_iran, @hamidebh1384, @WataxPin, Michael, George, @ZhenruiGu

B) Rad1 – 3
👍👍 16%
@MrAmrb, @mahyarmadvi1996, @A_Somewhat_Cool_Guy

C) Ne4 – 2
👍 11%
@MaHDiiii_83, @SophiaCat_does_Chess

👥 19 people voted so far.

⚪️#93 (Endgame-‌White to Move)
🔸Repka,Christopher (2523)
🔸Saraci,Nderim (2408)
🔸World Chess Olympiad 2018 Batumi

Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 93
public poll

C) Rb4 – 10
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 67%
@mahyarebrahimi1983, @MrAmrb, @MohamadAsp, Jonas, Max, @Hoseini62960, Vincent, @map_of_iran, @WataxPin, Michael

A) g4 – 5
👍👍👍👍 33%
@Squirtle1, @SophiaCat_does_Chess, @A_Somewhat_Cool_Guy, George, @ZhenruiGu

B) Bc2
▫️ 0%

👥 15 people voted so far.