17.Kd2!? [17.Bd6! The bishop occupies a strong outpost. Then White can by pushing his kingside pawns, exploit his two-bishop advantage. 17...e5 18.Kd2 Re6 19.g4 Bh7 20.f4 Be4 21.Rg1 exf4 22.exf4 Ne8 23.f5 Rxd6 24.cxd6 Nxd6 25.Na4±; 17.g4!? Bh7 18.Bd6 e5 19.Kd2 Re6 20.f4 Be4 21.Rg1 exf4 22.exf4 Ne8 23.f5±]

17...e5 18.Bh2 Re7 19.Ra4 Ne8 20.Rb4 Rb8 21.g4 Bg6 22.Bxe5 Rxe5 23.dxe5 Nxc5 24.Be2 Nc7 25.Rc1 N5e6 26.Na4 Nb5 27.Nc5 Nxc5 28.Rxc5 Ra8 29.Rb3 Kf8 30.Bxb5 axb5 31.Ra3 Ra6 32.b4 Ke7 33.Rc1 Ke6 34.f4 Be4 35.Kc3 Kd7 36.Kd4 Kc7 37.Raa1 Ra8 38.Rg1 Rh8 39.a6 b6 40.a7 Ra8 41.Ra2 Kb7 42.Rc1 Kc7 43.Ra3 Kb7 44.f5 Bf3 45.e6 f6 46.Rac3 Rxa7 47.Rxc6 Ra3 48.Rc7+ Ka6 49.e7 Be4 50.R7c3 Ra2 51.Rd3 1–0

⚫️#107 (Endgame-‌Black to Move)
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31...Ne2+! [31...Nxe4 32.Bxe4 gxh4 33.Bxb7 g5 34.d5 exd5 35.Bxd5 Kg7 36.a4 Be7 37.b5 Bd8 38.Bc6 f5 39.Bd7 Kf6 40.g3 hxg3 41.fxg3=; 31...Nb5 32.Bd3 Nxd4 33.hxg5=]

32.Kf1 Nxd4 33.Bd1 gxh4 34.Nd6 Kg8 35.Nxb7 Be7 [35...Bc7 36.Nc5 Kf8 37.a4 Ke7 38.b5 Kd6-/+]

36.Na5 g5?! [36...Bg5 37.Nc4 Bf4 38.a4 Kf8 39.b5 Ke7-/+]

37.Ba4 f5 38.Nc6! Nxc6 39.Bxc6 Kf7 40.Ke2 Kf6 41.f3 Ke5 42.Bd7 Bd6 43.Bc8 Bc7 44.Bd7 g4 45.fxg4 fxg4 46.Kd3 Bb6 47.a4 Bf2 48.Ke2 Bd4 49.Kd3 Bf2 50.Ke2 Bg1 51.Kd3 h3 52.gxh3 gxh3 53.Bc6 Kf4 [53...h2 54.b5 Bb6 55.Bb7 Kf5 56.Ke2 Kf4 57.Kd3 e5 58.Bd5 Kg4 59.Bc6 Ba5 60.Bb7 Kf4 61.Bd5 Kg3 62.Ke2 Bb4 63.Bc6]

54.a5 h2 55.b5 Bc5 56.Bh1 e5 57.Bd5 Kf5 58.Bc6 Ke6 59.Be4 Kd6 60.Kc4 Bf2 61.Bf3 Be1 62.a6 Bf2 63.Be4 Bb6 64.Bf3 Bd4 65.b6 Bxb6 66.Be4 Bf2 67.Bg2 Kc7 68.Kb5 Kd6 69.Kc4 Ke6 70.Be4 Bg1 71.Kd3 Kf6 72.Bh1 Kf5 73.Bd5 Bf2 74.Bh1 Bh4 75.Bd5 Bd8 76.Bh1 Ke6 77.Be4 Kd6 78.Kc4 Kc7 79.Kb5

½–½

⚪️#108 (Strategy-White to Move)
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Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 108
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C) f4 – 9
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 69%
@M_L_110213, @mahyarebrahimi1983, future, Nikhil, Farshid, @Sophia_Peng, @RichardPeng, @AryanLeekha, Michael

A) b4 – 3
👍👍 23%
@Amir_sou, @WataxPin, Alan

B) Rad1 – 1
👍 8%
@h_a_d_I_1169

👥 13 people voted so far.

⚫️#108 (Endgame-‌Black to Move)
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Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 108
public poll

A) Rc2 – 14
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 100%
@Amir_sou, مجتبی, @M_L_110213, @mahyarebrahimi1983, future, Nikhil, @h_a_d_I_1169, Farshid, @Sophia_Peng, @RichardPeng, @AryanLeekha, Michael, Alan, Matthew

B) f6
▫️ 0%

C) e6
▫️ 0%

👥 14 people voted so far.

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🔘 About Nigel Short

🔵 Nigel Short
🔹 English chess grandmaster

📚 Nigel David Short MBE is an English chess grandmaster, chess columnist, chess coach and chess commentator. Short earned the Grandmaster title at the age of 19, and was ranked third in the world by FIDE from January 1988 to July 1989.

Short was born in Leigh in Lancashire, the second son of Jean and David Short. A bona fide chess prodigy, Short defeated Viktor Korchnoi in a simul at the age of 10 and was the youngest ever qualifier for the British Championships at the age of 11. When he earned his International Master title at the age of 14, he was at that time the youngest ever to earn that title. When he won the Grandmaster title at the age of 19, he was the youngest GM in the world at the time. He subsequently rose to dominate English chess in the 80s and 90s following in the wake of Anthony Miles, culminating in a challenge for the World Championship in 1993.
Short was 1st in the World U16 Youth Championship held in Belfort in 1979.
He participated in four World Junior Championships from 1980 to 1983. He achieved his best result during his first attempt in which he placed second to Garry Kasparov in 1980 at Dortmund.

📚 Short has written chess columns and book reviews for the British newspapers The Sunday Times, The Daily Telegraph, the Daily Mail, The Spectator and The Guardian. He reported on the FIDE World Championship Tournament (2005) in San Luis, Argentina, for the ChessBase website. He began a new column "Short Stories" for New in Chess magazine in January 2011.
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♦️ A memorable game by Nigel Short👇
🔸 Nigel Short vs Ruslan Pogorelov
🔸 Gibraltar Masters (2004), Catalan Bay ENG, rd 4, Jan-30
🔸 Sicilian Defense: Paulsen. Bastrikov Variation English Attack (B48)

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