14.g5 [14.Nxd6+! It would have been better for White to take the opportunity to gain the two bishops advantage. Then he would try to increase his advantage by opening up the game. 14...Qxd6 15.h4 N7b6 16.h5 a5 17.g5 a4 18.a3 Qe7 19.Rg1 Nc4 20.Bxc4 bxc4 21.Qe2 c3 22.Qc4 Rb8 23.Bxc3 Qxa3 24.Qxc6+ Ke7 25.Rd3 Nxc3+ 26.Qxc3 Qxc3 27.Rxc3²; 14.Ba5 Qb8 15.Nxd6+ Qxd6 16.Bd3 N7b6 17.Bd2 a5 18.h4 Nc4 19.Bc1 Nb4 20.Be4²]

14...Bf4 15.Be1 Rb8 16.h4 h5 17.g6 f5 18.Ng5 Bxg5 19.hxg5 Qf4 20.Qe2 Nf8 21.Rxh5 Rg8 22.a4 Qd6 23.axb5! Nf4 24.Qf3 Nxh5 25.Qxh5 cxb5 26.d5 exd5 27.Bxb5+! Ke7 [27...Rxb5 28.Qe2+ Qe6 29.Qxb5+]

28.Qf3 d4 29.Qxf5 Nxg6 30.Qe4+ Qe5 31.Bb4+ Kf7 32.Bc4+ Ke8 33.Qxg6+ Kd7 34.Rxd4+ Qxd4 35.Qe6+ Kc7 36.Ba5+ Rb6 37.Bxb6+ axb6 38.Qxg8 Qd1+ 39.Ka2 Qxc2 40.Qxg7+ Kd8 41.Qf6+ Kc7 42.Bb3 Qe2 43.Qf4+

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⚫️#103 (Endgame-‌Black to Move)
🔸Oboladze,Luka (2340)
🔸L'Ami,Erwin (2639)
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26...Bxe5! [26...h5 27.Qc3 Qb6 28.Kg2 Bf6 29.b3 Bxe5 30.fxe5 R8d7=/+) 26...Bf8 27.Nf3 Bb4 28.Rc1 h5 29.Rcd1³]

27.fxe5 b6!? [27...Qd7 28.Qc3 Rxe5µ]

28.Qc2 c5 29.Qd1 Qd7 30.Qb3 Qc6 31.Qc2 h5 32.Qc3 Kg7 33.Qc2 R8d7 34.Rd1 Qa8! 35.Qe4 Qd8 36.Kf1 b5! 37.axb5 Qb6 38.Qe2 Qxb5 39.Rcc1 cxd4 40.Qxb5 Rxb5 41.Rc4 d3 42.Rc3 Rxb2 43.Rdxd3 Rxd3 44.Rxd3 Rb5 45.f4 a4 46.Ke2 Rb3 47.Rxb3 axb3 48.Kd3 f6 49.Kc3 fxe5 50.fxe5 g5 51.Kxb3 gxh4 52.gxh4 Kg6 53.Kc4 Kf5 54.Kd4 Kf4

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⚪️#104 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Astaneh Lopez,Alex (2433)
🔸Hague,Ben (2405)
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Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 104
public poll

B) Ng5 – 9
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 75%
future, Nikhil, Jayden, Ali, @Sophia_Peng, @RichardPeng, shayan, @WataxPin, Michael

A) Bg5 – 2
👍👍 17%
@SteveWongso, George

C) Nd6 – 1
👍 8%
@mahyarebrahimi1983

👥 12 people voted so far.

⚫️#104 (Endgame-‌Black to Move)
🔸Tari,Aryan (2618)
🔸Saric,Ivan (2689)
🔸World Chess Olympiad 2018 Batumi

Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 104
public poll

B) Bf6 – 6
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 60%
Nikhil, Jayden, @SteveWongso, Vincent, Ali, George

A) h4 – 4
👍👍👍👍👍 40%
future, @Sophia_Peng, @RichardPeng, @WataxPin

C) Rh8
▫️ 0%

👥 10 people voted so far.

✴️ Today is birthday of Leonid Kubbel!!
🔸 Russian chess composer

Born: December 25, 1891, Saint Petersburg, Russia
Died: April 18, 1942, Saint Petersburg, Russia

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♦️ White to move and win
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🔸 Leonid Kubbel
🔸 Schachmatny Listok 1922

▪️ This is one of Leonid Kubbel's many masterpieces. The Black a-pawn apparently cannot be stopped from promotion, after which the game would be lost for White; however, a subtle plan avoids defeat and ....

⚛️Download and see the answer of this study by PGN format👇
⚛️ Video analysis of this study can be found here:
https://goo.gl/Hcjb3c
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♦️ White to move and win (Answer)
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🔸 Leonid Kubbel
🔸 Schachmatny Listok 1922
🔸 PGN format
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8️⃣ on the list of the top 10 games of 2018 is this Najdorf attack from Vachier_Lagrave as Black against Peter Leko. 🙌

Despite being a rook down, Vachier-Lagrave pushes for and gets the win with 41...Bf6!! 👏

Nigel Short:
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Blindfold chess is not a wonder of nature, it is basically what you do when calculating variations.

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A photo of the Larsen-Korchnoi game in progress at the Hotel Jaime I, Palma de Mallorca, 1968.

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The positions before Korchnoi's 30...Bxf2+, and the devastating 35...Be4!.

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