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🔸Round 4
⚪️Naiditsch,Arkadij (2721)
⚫️Tregubov,Pavel V (2588)
🔸1-0

38.Qg4! [Naiditsch Intends to exploit Black's back rank weakness.]

[38.Ng5!? △R×b5 38...Qe8 39.Rc7 Rxc7 40.Rxc7 Nc6 41.Qg4 Ne7 42.Qd7 Qxd7 43.Rxd7 Ng6 44.Nxf7 Rh5 45.e6+–]

38...Re6 39.Ng5 Qxe5 40.Qxh4! [Black has no sensible defence against White's threats.]

[40.Qh5!? Ng6 41.Rxd5 Qxd5 42.Rc8+ Nf8 43.Qh7#]

1–0

⚪️#106 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Mohammad Fahad,Rahman (2263)
🔸Andriamasoandro,Miora (2126)
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14.Qf4! [The queen transfers to the kingside and joins the attack.]

[14.Rac1 b6 15.Qf4 Be7 16.Qh4 Kg7 17.Qh6+ Kg8 18.Rd3 Bb7 19.Rh3²; 14.f4 b6 15.Qe3 h6 16.Bh4 Bb7 17.Rf1 Rad8 18.Rad1 Be7 19.Bf2 Kg7 20.Nd2±]

14...Be7 15.c5 [15.Qh4! Kg7 16.f4 Ng8 17.Bxe7 Rxe7 18.Rd2 Nc5 19.Qf2±]

15...e5 16.cxd6 Qxd6 17.Rxd6 [17.Qf3! Qe6 18.Rac1±]

17...exf4 18.Rd4 Nf8 19.Bc4 b5 20.Nd5 Nxd5 21.Bxd5 Ra7 22.Bxf4 Ne6 23.Bb8 Nxd4 24.Bxa7 Nc2 25.Rd1 Nb4 26.a3 Nxd5 27.exd5 Bd6 28.Bc5 Rd8 29.Kf1 [29.Bxd6 Rxd6 30.Nc5 Be6 31.Ne4 Rd8 (31...Rxd5?? 32.Nf6++–) 32.Rd2 Bf5 33.Nc5+–]

29...Kf8 30.Ke2 Bf5? [30...Bb7]

31.Bxd6+ Rxd6 32.Nc5 Ke7 33.Ke3 Rb6 34.b4 Kd6 35.Kd4 h5 36.f3 Rb8 37.Rc1 Rb6 38.Re1 Rb8 39.Re3 Bd7 40.Nxa6 Rh8 41.Nc5 Bf5 42.Ne4+ Bxe4 43.fxe4 Rc8 44.e5+ Kd7 45.Rc3 Ra8 46.d6 Kd8 47.Kd5 Rb8 48.Rc7 Ra8 49.Rxf7 Rxa3 50.Rf8+ 1–0

⚫️#106 (Endgame-‌Black to Move)
🔸Anton Guijarro,David (2639)
🔸Bogner,Sebastian (2619)
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37...e5? [37...Kf8!? 38.Qh6+ (38.Qxg6 Qxd5+ 39.Ka3 Qc5+ 40.Ka2=) 38...Kf7 39.Qh7+ Kf6 40.Qg8 Rc7 41.Bd3 Qg1 42.Qh8+ Kg5 43.Qg7 Kf4 44.Qf7+ Ke3 45.Bxg6 Qd1 46.Qe6+ Kf2 47.Qe4 Kg3 48.Qe3+ Qf3 49.Qg5+ Kh2 50.h4 Rc4 51.Qxe7 Qxd5 52.Qe2+ Kg3 53.Qe1+ Kh3 54.Ka3 Rxh4 55.Qe3+ Kg2 56.Qe2+ Kh3; 37...Kg7 38.Bd3 e5 39.Qxg6+ Kf8 40.Qf6+ Rf7 41.Qd8+ Kg7 42.Qg5+ Kf8 43.Qh6+ Rg7 44.Kb3 Qb6+ (44...Qxd5+ 45.Bc4 Qb7+ 46.Ka2 d5 47.Qd6+ Qe7 48.Qxd5+–) 45.Bb5 Qc7 46.Qh8+²]

38.Qxg6+ Kf8 39.Qf6+ Kg8 40.Qg6+ Kf8 41.Qf6+ Kg8 42.Qe6+ Kh8 43.h4 Rg7 44.Qe8+ Rg8 45.Qh5+ Kg7 46.Qg4+ Kh8 47.Qh5+ Kg7 48.Qg5+ Kf7 49.Qf5+ Kg7 50.Qe6 Rh8 51.Bd3 Qc7 52.Qg6+ Kf8 53.Qf6+ Kg8 54.Kb1 [54.Bf5!+–]

54...Qf7 55.Qxd6 Qf3 56.Qe6+ Kf8 57.Bb5 e4 58.d6 Rh5 59.Qe7+ Kg8 60.d7 Qd1+ 1–0

⚪️#107 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Khoroshev,Nikita (2416)
🔸Al-Aqrabi,Saleh (2158)
🔸Olympiad 2018 Batumi

Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 107
public poll

A) Bd6 – 5
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 71%
future, Nikhil, @Sophia_Peng, @RichardPeng, Michael

B) g4 – 1
👍 14%
@h_a_d_I_1169

C) Kd2 – 1
👍 14%
@BehroudR

👥 7 people voted so far.

⚫️#107 (Endgame-‌Black to Move)
🔸Vazquez Igarza,Renier (2573)
🔸Georgiadis,Nico (2522)
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Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 107
public poll

A) Ne2 – 5
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 42%
@Portomogor, @Najib44, @Zamani9899, @BehroudR, @h_a_d_I_1169

B) N×e4 – 4
👍👍👍👍👍👍 33%
@Empyriumm, @Rashidi_1997, Nikhil, @RichardPeng

C) Nb5 – 3
👍👍👍👍 25%
@Sophia_Peng, @WataxPin, Michael

👥 12 people voted so far.

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