Sergey Karjakin playing a simultaneous, in Ulyanovsk, playing 20 boards against residents of the city and talented youth.

Nakamura-MVL also ends in a draw, so we don't yet have a classical win in the #GrandChessTour finals!

🔹 10th London Classic 2018-Final
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🔸chess.com IoM Masters Douglas ENG 2018
🔸Round 1
⚪️Sethuraman,S.P (2673)
⚫️Trent,Lawrence (2391)
🔸1-0

20.Nd5! [A Winning tactical blow by Sethuraman, based on Black's vulnerable rook on g2.]

20...Qb8 [20...exd5?? 21.Qh3+ Kb8 22.Qxg2 Bh6 23.exd5 Ne7 24.Qf2+–]

21.Qxf7 [Other winning options are:]

[¹21.e5+– Rf8 22.Nb6+ Kc7 23.exd6+ Kxb6 24.Qc5#; 21.Bf1!? Rg6 22.Bh3 Bf8 23.Qxg6 fxg6 24.Bxe6+ Rd7 25.Nb6+ Kc7 26.Nxd7 Qe8 27.e5 dxe5 28.Nbc5 Bxc5 29.Nxc5 Ba8 30.fxe5+–]

21...exd5 22.Bf1?! [22.exd5 Qc7 23.Qf5+ Kb8 24.Qh3+–]

22...Rxh2 23.Qxg7 Qc7 24.Qxc7+ Kxc7 25.exd5 Nb4 26.Nd4 Kb6 27.f5± 1–0

⚪️#94 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Wojtaszek,Radoslaw (2727)
🔸Bacrot,Etienne (2678)
🔸Olympiad 2018 Batumi

24.Nd2! [Intending either to exchange the opponent's mighty knight on e4 or transfer the knight to the c5–outpost via b3.]

[24.g4?! Bb7 25.a3 b4 26.a4 Qa5 27.b3 Qd8 28.Nd2 f5 29.gxf5 exf5 30.Nf3 Qb6 31.Nfe5=; 24.a3 Bb7 25.g4 Qa5 26.g5 b4 27.gxf6 gxf6 28.h5 Kh7 29.Nfh4 bxa3 30.bxa3 Rg8 31.Kh2 f5²]

24...f5 25.Nb3 Qd8 26.h5 Bb7 27.Ne5 Qe7 28.Be2 Rc8 29.g3 Qe8 30.Kg2 Nf6 31.Nd3 Rxc1 32.Qxc1 Kh7 [32...Nxh5 33.Na5 Ba8 34.Bxh5 Qxh5 35.Qc8+ Kh7 36.f3!! Qf7 37.Qxa8+–]

33.Qd1 Ne4 34.Ne5 Nf6 35.Nc5 [Now White has two glorious knights.]

35...Qc8 [35...Bc8 36.b4²]

36.b4 Bc6 37.g4 Be8 38.Bd3 Kh8 39.f3 a5 40.bxa5 Bxc5? [40...Kg8 41.Qc1 Nd7 42.gxf5 Nxc5 43.fxe6 Qxe6 44.dxc5 Bxe5 45.fxe5+–]

41.Qc2 Qa8 42.Qxc5 Qxa5 43.Qf8+ Kh7 [43...Ng8 44.Qxe8 Qxa2+ 45.Kf1 Qa1+ 46.Ke2 Qb2+ 47.Ke1 Qa1+ 48.Kd2 Qb2+ 49.Ke3 Qc1+ 50.Kf2 Qd2+ 51.Be2 fxg4 52.Qxe6 Nf6 53.Nf7+ Kh7 54.Qf5+ Kg8 55.Nxh6+ Kh8 56.Qe5 gxf3 57.Kxf3]

44.gxf5 Qd2+ 45.Kh3 Qe1 46.fxe6+ Ne4 47.Bxe4+ dxe4 48.Qxe8 1–0

⚪️#94 (Endgame-‌White to Move)
🔸Bogner,Sebastian (2619)
🔸Bacallao Alonso,Yusnel (2588)
🔸World Chess Olympiad 2018 Batumi

22.Rhb1! [22.Bd3 Nc5 23.Bc4 Rc6 24.Bd5 Rd6 25.Rhd1 Rc2 26.Bb3 Rxd1 27.Rxd1 Rxc3 28.Rd8+ Kg7 29.Ra8 Nxb3 30.axb3 Rxb3 31.Rxa7 Rc3 32.Ke1 Kf6 33.Kd2 Rc6 34.h4 Ke6 35.h5 f5 36.gxf5+ Kxf5=; 22.Rhd1 Nc5 23.Rd4 Nxe4+ (23...f5?? 24.Bd5) 24.Rxe4 Rxe4 25.fxe4 Rc2=]

22...Rbb6 23.Rb4 Nf6 24.Bd3 Nd5 25.Rc4 Rb2 26.h4 h6 27.a4 c6 28.g5 hxg5 29.hxg5 a5 30.Rh1 Kg7 31.Rhh4 Rb3 32.Rc5 Rxc3 33.Rxa5 Re5 34.Rc4 Ra3 35.Rxc6 Rxg5 36.Rcc5 1–0

⚪️#95 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Fridman,Daniel (2591)
🔸Hamitevici,Vladimir (2505)
🔸Olympiad 2018 Batumi

Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 95
public poll

A) Qb3 – 5
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 56%
Nikhil, @hoseini139562, Vincent, @MerissaWongso, Michael

B) d5 – 2
👍👍👍 22%
@Bluepawn, @WataxPin

C) e5 – 2
👍👍👍 22%
@mahyarebrahimi1983, Alan

👥 9 people voted so far.

⚫️#95 (Endgame-‌Black to Move)
🔸Studer,Noel (2484)
🔸Ortiz Suarez,Isan Reynaldo (2527)
🔸World Chess Olympiad 2018 Batumi

Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 95
public poll

C) Nd5 – 11
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 73%
@Alar17, @Mkhadema, @mahyarebrahimi1983, @MohamadAsp, Nikhil, @hoseini139562, @h_a_d_I_1169, محمد, @Bluepawn, Michael, @awshli_hastam

B) d5 – 4
👍👍👍 27%
Vincent, @MerissaWongso, @WataxPin, Alan

A) Nc6
▫️ 0%

👥 15 people voted so far.

🔴 Today is birthday of Sonja Graf!!
♦️ German chess master

▪️ Born: December 16, 1908, Munich, Germany
▪️ Died: March 6, 1965, New York City, NY
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Soviet champion Leonid Stein in play v. David Bronstein, in the 2nd round of the Amsterdam Interzonal, 21st May 1964. Efim Geller, who can be seen looking on, was a non-playing member of the Soviet delegation.

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