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)
🔸Olympiad 2018 Batumi

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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Results:
Palma de Mallorca (1968)

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#IrinaKrush

⚛️ Irina Krush
American Chess Grandmaster
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