21.Nxb6! [Artemiev uses the active positioning of his pieces for a nice combination.]

21...Qxb6 [21...Nxb6?? 22.Nf6+ Kg7 23.Ne8+ Kh7 24.Nxc7+–]

22.Bxc5 Qxb2 23.Bxf8 Kh7 [23...Qb7? 24.Rea1 Kh7 25.R8a6 Nf4 26.Bc5+–]

24.Ra6 Nb8 25.Raa1 Nd7 26.Ba3 Qb6 27.c4 Nf4 28.Bc1 Bf5 29.Be3 Qc6 30.Ra7 Kg7 31.c5+– [White has a clear advantage.] 1–0

⚪️#101 (Strategy-White to Move)
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23.Rd3! [The 'rook lift'. The rook joins in the attack via the third rank. The idea of employing the rook in the attack along the third rank is very common.]

[23.Rde1 d6 24.exd6 Rxd6 25.Re4 g6 26.Qg5 b2 27.h4 Rcd8 28.h5 Bxf2+ 29.Kxf2 Rd1 30.Qb5 R8d2+ 31.Kg1 b1Q 32.Qxb1 Rxb1 33.Rxb1 gxh5 34.Rb5 Rd3 35.a4 e5 36.Rd5 Rg3 37.c5 Rg4 38.Rxg4+ hxg4 39.Rd6 Na5 40.c6+–; 23.Rfe1 b2 24.Kf1 Bc3 25.Re3 g6 26.Qe2 Bd4 27.Rb3„]

23...b2 24.Rh3 Kf8 25.Rf3! Nxe5 [25...f6 26.exf6 gxf6 27.Qh7 f5 28.g4+–]

26.Qh8+ Ke7 27.Qh4+ f6 28.Qxd4 Rxc4 29.Qxb2 Nxf3+ 30.gxf3 Rdc8 31.Rd1 d5 32.Kg2 R8c5 33.Qb1 Rc2 34.Rd4 e5 35.Ra4 Rd2 36.Rxa7+

1–0

⚫️#101 (Endgame-‌Black to Move)
🔸Kojima,Shinya (2408)
🔸Wiedenkeller,Michael (2464)
🔸World Chess Olympiad 2018 Batumi

54...Re3? [54...Rf6!! 55.Rd2 Ra6 56.Rd4 Rc6 57.a5 Rc2+ 58.Kf1 Rc1+ 59.Ke2 Ra1 60.Rd6+ Kg5 61.a6 Ra2+ 62.Kd3 h4 63.Rd5+ Kh6 64.gxh4 Rxa6 65.Rg5 Rg6 66.Rxg6+ Kxg6 67.Ke3 Kh5 68.e5 Kg6 69.Kf4 g3 70.Kxg3 Kf5 71.e6 Kxe6 72.Kg4 Kf6 73.h5=; 54...Rf8?? 55.a5 Ra8 56.a6 Ra7 57.Kf2 Kh6 58.Ra5 Kg7 59.Ke3 Kf6 60.Kd4 h4 61.gxh4 g3 62.Ke3 Rg7 63.Rf5+ Ke6 64.Rg5 Rh7 65.h5 Kd6 66.Kf3 g2 67.Kxg2 Kc7 68.Ra5 Kb8 69.a7+ Ka8 70.Kg3 Rh8 71.Kf4+–]

55.a5 Rxe4 56.a6 Re8 57.a7 Ra8 58.Ra5 Kh6 59.Kf2 Kg6 60.Ke3 Kh6 61.Kf4 Rf8+ 62.Rf5 Rg8 63.Rf6+ Kh7 64.Ra6

1–0

⚪️#102 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Pantsulaia,Levan (2589)
🔸El Debs,Felipe de Cresce (2542)
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Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 102
public poll

B) d4 – 9
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 90%
@mahyarebrahimi1983, future, Gavin, Nikhil, Babak, @Sophia_Peng, @RichardPeng, @WataxPin, Michael

C) Rbc1 – 1
👍 10%
@hoseini139562

A) a4
▫️ 0%

👥 10 people voted so far.

⚪️#102 (Endgame-‌White to Move)
🔸Makoto,Rodwell (2338)
🔸Tissir,Mohamed (2388)
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Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 102
public poll

A) Q×e4 – 9
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 82%
future, Gavin, Nikhil, @hoseini139562, Ali rezazadeh70, @h_a_d_I_1169, @RichardPeng, @WataxPin, Michael

C) Rf5 – 2
👍👍 18%
@Sophia_Peng, Ali

B) f×e4
▫️ 0%

👥 11 people voted so far.

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🔹 Leningrad 1974
🔹42nd Soviet Chess Champion

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🔵 Chess History - Tournaments
🔹 Leningrad 1974
🔹 30 November - 23 December
🔹 42nd Soviet Chess Champion

🔰 CHAMPION: Alexander Beliavsky | 9.5/15 (+6 -2 =7) |
SHARED WITH: Mikhail Tal | 9.5/15 (+6 -2 =7) |
♦️ The 42nd Soviet Chess Championship was a category XII event played in Leningrad from November 30 to December 23, 1974. Sixteen of the Soviet Union's strongest grandmasters and masters competed.
The players including (in order of Elo):
▪️ Mikhail Tal (2635),
▪️ Lev Polugaevsky (2630),
▪️ Gennadi Kuzmin (2600),
▪️ Mark Taimanov (2580),
▪️ Vladimir Savon (2575),
▪️ Evgeni Vasiukov (2560),
▪️ Vitaly Tseshkovsky (2545),
▪️ Yuri Balashov (2540),
▪️ Rafael Vaganian (2540),
▪️ Karen Grigorian (2520),
▪️ Mark Dvoretsky (2495),
▪️ Oleg Romanishin (2470),
▪️ Alexander Beliavsky (2460),
▪️ Viktor Kupreichik (2460),
▪️ Boris Gulko (2435), and
▪️ Lev Alburt (2420).

The 21 year old Beliavsky won his first Soviet crown and Tal won his fifth as they tied for first place at 9.5/15, after Beliavsky defeated Tal in the penultimate round to draw level with him, with both drawing their last round games.
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🔹 The final standings and crosstable was as above👆
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