🔸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

⚪️#112 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Bernotas,Arturs (2408)
🔸Issa,Rafat (2388)
🔸Olympiad 2018 Batumi

20.Be1! [Opening the d1–rook eyes on the backward d6 pawn and controlling the d5–outpost as well.]

[20.Qf3 Kf8 21.Be1 Qc6 22.b4 cxb3 23.cxb3 Kg7 24.b4 Be7 25.Qe3 Qb7 26.Qd3 Rhd8 27.b5 axb5 28.axb5 Rc5 29.Na4 Rcc8 30.Ba5 Rh8 31.Nc3 Ra8 32.Bb4 Rhc8 33.Ra1 Rxa1 34.Rxa1 Qc7 35.Ba5 Qb7 36.Rd1 g4 37.Bb4 Qb6 38.h3 Qa7 39.Ne2 Ra8 40.Bxd6³; 20.b3 cxb3 21.Rxb3 Qd7 22.Qd3 Qc6 23.Rdb1 Nd7 24.Qf3 Nc5 25.Rb4²]

20...Bb6 21.Qf3 Qe7 22.Nd5 [22.b3! cxb3 23.Rxb3 Bc5 24.Qd3 Ra8 25.Ne2 Qe6 26.Ng3 0–0 27.Nf5±]

22...Nxd5 23.Rxd5 Bc5 24.Bd2 0–0 25.Be3 Bxe3 26.Qxe3 Rc6 27.Rbd1 Rb8 28.Qa3 Kg7 29.h3 f6 30.Rxd6 Rxd6 31.Rxd6 Rxb2 32.Qxb2 Qxd6 33.Qb7+ Kf8 34.Qc8+ Ke7 35.Qxc4 Qd1+ 36.Kh2 Qd2 37.Qc5+ Ke6 38.g3 Qe2 39.Qc6+ Kf7 40.Kg2 h5 41.c4 g4 42.hxg4 hxg4 43.Qd5+ Kg7 44.c5 [44.Qd7+ Kg8 45.Qf5 Qxc4 46.Qg6+ Kf8 47.Qxf6+ Kg8 48.Qg5+ Kf8 49.Qd8+ Kf7 50.Qd7+ Kf8 51.Qxg4 Qxa4 52.Qf5+ Kg8 53.Qxe5+–]

44...Qf3+ 45.Kg1 a5 46.c6 [46.Qd7+ Kg6 47.c6+–]

46...Qc3 47.Qd7+ Kh6 48.Qd5 Kg6 49.Kh2 Qc2 50.Kg2 Qc3 51.Qd7 Qf3+ 52.Kg1 Qxe4 53.c7 Qe1+ 54.Kg2 Qe4+ 55.Kh2 Qc2 56.Qxg4+ Kf7 57.c8Q

1–0

⚫️#112 (Endgame-‌Black to Move)
🔸Gong,Qianyun (2321)
🔸Damaso,Rui (2440)
🔸World Chess Olympiad 2018 Batumi

37...Ke5! [37...Kg5 38.Rcd1 Be4 39.Nb5 f5 40.Nc3 Kf4 41.Kf2 Re5 42.g5 Rg3-/+]
[37...Rg3 38.Nxc6 bxc6 39.Kf2 Rge3 40.Rcd1 Re2+ 41.Kg1 Kg5 42.Rxe2 dxe2 43.Re1 a4 44.Kf2 axb3 45.axb3 Rb7 46.Rxe2 Rxb3 47.Re7=]

38.Nxc6+ bxc6 39.c5 Rd7?! [39...f5 40.gxf5 gxf5 41.Kf2 f4 42.a3 Kd5–+]

40.Kf2 Ke4 41.a3 f5 42.gxf5 gxf5 43.b4 axb4 44.axb4 f4 45.b5 f3 46.bxc6 Rf7?? [46...Re7 47.gxf3+ Rxf3+ 48.Kg1 Rg7+ 49.Kh2 Re3µ]

47.Rc4+ Kd5 48.Rf4! Re2+ [48...Rxf4 49.Kxe3 fxg2 50.Rxg2 Rf7 51.c7 Rxc7 52.Kxd3=]

49.Rxe2 Rxf4 50.Re8 Kxc6 51.Rd8

½–½

⚪️#113 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Sousa,Andre Ventura (2365)
🔸Dukaczewski,Piotr (2259)
🔸Olympiad 2018 Batumi

Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 113
public poll

A) Nf6 – 15
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 88%
@M_L_110213, @kimche, @Talamag, future, Seyed Hossein Ali, Nikhil, Ali.m, Dariush, @h_a_d_I_1169, محمد, @Hamidhamidian, @Sophia_Peng, مجید, @WataxPin, Michael

B) N×e7 – 1
▫️ 6%
@RichardPeng

C) Rd1 – 1
▫️ 6%
@SteveWongso

👥 17 people voted so far.

⚪️#113 (Endgame-‌White to Move)
🔸Martins,David Pires Tavares (2402)
🔸Lee,Qing Aun (2297)
🔸World Chess Olympiad 2018 Batumi

Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 113
public poll

B) Bc3 – 8
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 50%
@M_L_110213, @Talamag, Nikhil, Ali.m, @WataxPin, Vedant, Adith, Michael

A) Bc1 – 4
👍👍👍👍 25%
Seyed Hossein Ali, @SteveWongso, @h_a_d_I_1169, @RichardPeng

C) Kf2 – 4
👍👍👍👍 25%
@kimche, @Black0007, Dariush, @Sophia_Peng

👥 16 people voted so far.

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