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)
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Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 107
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A) Bd6 – 5
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 71%
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B) g4 – 1
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C) Kd2 – 1
👍 14%
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⚫️#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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🔹 Riga 1970
🔹38th Soviet Chess Champion

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🔵 Chess History - Tournaments
🔹 Riga 1970
🔹 25 November - 28 December
🔹 38th Soviet Chess Champion

🔰 CHAMPION: Viktor Korchnoi | 16/21 (+12 -1 =8) |

♦️The 38th USSR Championship was held in the city of Riga (Latvia) from November 25 to December 28, 1970. It featured 22 of the Soviet Union's strongest masters and grandmasters who were invited to, and qualified for, the main event. The tournament was a tremendous victory for Viktor Korchnoi. He won clear first, a full point and a half ahead of second place Vladimir Tukmakov, finishing with 16 points from 21 games. It was Korchnoi's fourth and final Soviet championship victory, tying him with Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian and Alexander Beliavsky for Soviet titles, and being surpassed only by Mikhail Botvinnik and Mikhail Tal.

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▪️ Igor V Platonov vs Viktor Korchnoi
▪️ USSR Championship (1970), Riga URS, rd 11, Dec-10
▪️ Gruenfeld Defense: Brinckmann Attack. Grünfeld Gambit (D83)
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🔹 " Riga 1970 Games Database "
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