🔸chess.com IoM Masters Douglas ENG 2018
🔸Round 4
⚪️Meier,Georg (2639)
⚫️Rapport,Richard (2725)
🔸0-1

62.Bg8? [A carelessness. Meier shouldn't have allowed the black king to penetrate.]

[62.Bf3! Bxf3 (62...Bf7 63.Be2 Ke5 64.Bd3 Be6 65.Be2 Bf5 66.Bd1 Bg6 67.Be2=) 63.Kxf3 h5 64.a4 Ke5 65.Ke3 Kf5 66.Kf3 Ke5 67.Ke3=]

62...Bd1! [62...Be8!? 63.Kf3 Bc6+ 64.Kg3 Ke5 65.Kg4 Be8 66.Kf3 Kd4 67.Ke2 Bg6 68.Kd2 Bd3 69.Be6 Bxc4–+]

63.Bf7 Bb3 64.Kf3 Ba4 65.Bd5 Bd1+! [And White can no longer stop the black king from penetrating.]

66.Ke3 [66.Kg3 Ke5 67.Bg8 Kd4 68.Kf4 Be2 69.Kf5 Bxc4 70.Bxc4 Kxc4 71.Kg6 Kd3 72.Kxh6 c4 73.Kg6 c3 74.h5 c2 75.h6 c1Q 76.h7 Qc3–+]

66...Kg4 67.Ke4 Kxh4–+

0–1

⚪️#108 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Fernandes,Antonio (2389)
🔸Meshkov,Yuri A (2313)
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17.f4! [White started rolling his pawn majority on the kingside while the opponent's queenside pawn majority is not actually doing anything.]

[A)17.Rad1 Be7 18.f4 f5 19.Qa4=/+
B)17.b4 Be7 18.f4 f6 19.Qg6+ Qf7 20.Qg4+/=]

17...f5 18.Qc2 Be7 19.Bc5 0–0 20.Bxe7 Qxe7 21.Rad1 Rad8 22.b3 Qe6 23.Qc4 Kf7 24.Kf2? [24.Qc2 g5 25.Rxd8 Rxd8 26.fxg5 Kg6 27.gxh6 Qxe5 28.h7 Qd4+ 29.Rf2 Qd1+ 30.Qxd1 Rxd1+ 31.Kg2 Rd8 32.h4±]

24...g5 [24...Qxc4 25.bxc4 Ke7²]

25.Ke3 Qxc4 26.bxc4 Ke6 27.c5? [27.h4!]

27...Rd5! 28.Rxd5 Kxd5 29.Rd1+ Kxc5 30.Rd6 g4 31.Rxh6 b5 32.h3 gxh3 33.Rxh3 b4 34.Rh2 Rg8 35.Kf3 a5 36.Rc2+ Kb5 37.e6 c5 38.Re2 a4 39.e7 Re8 40.g4 fxg4+ 41.Kxg4 Rg8+ 42.Kh5 Kc6 43.f5 Kd7 44.f6 Ke8 45.Rd2 Kf7 46.Rd8 Kxf6 47.Rxg8 Kxe7 48.Ra8 Kd6 49.Kg4 b3 50.axb3 axb3 51.Kf3

1–0

⚫️#108 (Endgame-‌Black to Move)
🔸Paichadze,Luka (2564)
🔸Le,Quang Liem (2715)
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19...Rc2 [19...f6!? 20.exf6 exf6 21.Rec1 Bf8 22.b4 Rab8 23.Rxc8 Rxc8 24.Kf2 Rc2 25.Ke1 Rxb2 26.Rxa7 Bxb4 27.Bxb4 Rxb4 28.Ke2=/+
19...e6 20.Re4 f6 21.exf6 Bxf6 22.Rxe6 Bg7 23.Rd1=]

20.Bb4 Bf8 21.Ba3 d3 22.Rad1 d2 23.Re2 Rd8 24.Kf2 e6 25.Re4 Rd3 26.Ra4 Rc7 27.Rc4 Rxc4 28.bxc4 Bxa3 29.bxa3 Kg7 30.g3 h6 31.Ke2 Rc3 32.Rxd2 Rxc4 33.h4 g5 34.hxg5 hxg5 35.Kf3 Rc3+ 36.Kg4 gxf4 37.gxf4 Rxa3 38.f5 Ra4+ 39.Kg5 exf5 40.Kxf5 Ra1 41.Rd7 Kf8 42.Kf6 Rf1+ 43.Kg5 a6 44.Ra7 Rg1+ 45.Kf5 Rg6 46.Ra8+ Kg7 47.Ra7 Rb6 48.Ra8 Rc6 49.Ra7 Rb6

½–½

⚪️#109 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Sadorra,Julio Catalino (2553)
🔸Eid,Fadi (2328)
🔸Olympiad 2018 Batumi

Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 109
public poll

A) Ne4 – 7
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 70%
@mahyarebrahimi1983, future, Jonas, Nikhil, @Sophia_Peng, @RichardPeng, Michael

C) Qb3 – 2
👍👍 20%
@h_a_d_I_1169, @WataxPin

B) Nb1 – 1
👍 10%
@Amir_sou

👥 10 people voted so far.

⚪️#109 (Endgame-‌White to Move)
🔸Nguyen,Ngoc Truong Son (2620)
🔸Maghalashvili,Davit (2508)
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Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 109
public poll

A) Bd3 – 4
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 67%
Jonas, Nikhil, @h_a_d_I_1169, @WataxPin

B) Kf1 – 2
👍👍👍👍 33%
@Sophia_Peng, Michael

C) Bb3
▫️ 0%

👥 6 people voted so far.

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