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
[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
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
[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
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.
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.
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.
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.
🅾️ Today is birthday of Merab Gagunashvili
♦️ Georgian chess Grandmaster
👏👏👏👏👏 Happy birthday 🌺🌸☘️💐🌷💐💐
💟 Today is also birthday of: 👇👇
💢 Frank Anderson , Canadian International Master who twice won gold medals at the chess Olympiads, for the best scores on his board. He was a chess writer too and tied for the Canadian Chess Championship in 1953 and won this title outright in 1955.
Born: January 3, 1928, Canada
Died: September 18, 1980, San Diego, CA
💢 Maria Kursova , an Armenian Woman Chess Grandmaster. She won the Under-10 Girls' World Championship in 1996 and the Under-16 Girls' European Championship in 2001.
Born: January 3, 1986, Severodvinsk, Russia
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@unitychess
♦️ Georgian chess Grandmaster
👏👏👏👏👏 Happy birthday 🌺🌸☘️💐🌷💐💐
💟 Today is also birthday of: 👇👇
💢 Frank Anderson , Canadian International Master who twice won gold medals at the chess Olympiads, for the best scores on his board. He was a chess writer too and tied for the Canadian Chess Championship in 1953 and won this title outright in 1955.
Born: January 3, 1928, Canada
Died: September 18, 1980, San Diego, CA
💢 Maria Kursova , an Armenian Woman Chess Grandmaster. She won the Under-10 Girls' World Championship in 1996 and the Under-16 Girls' European Championship in 2001.
Born: January 3, 1986, Severodvinsk, Russia
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@unitychess
"My chess method is without formulas, without orthodox thinking. I always explain that chess is an art and that there are no definite judgments."
🔸 Lev Polugaevsky (1990) NIC
@UnityChess
🔸 Lev Polugaevsky (1990) NIC
@UnityChess
Young ukrainian stars yuriy kuzubov sergey karjakin kateryna lahno anna and mariya muzychuk at a club.
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Mateusz Barte
Grandmaster (2004). In 2006, 2010, 2011 and 2012, he won the Polish championship. Placed 3rd in the 2nd Lublin Union Memorial Tournament held in Poland in May 2010* and won the Aeroflot Open (2012) with 6.5/9, on tiebreak (more games with Black) from co-leaders Anton Korobov and Pavel Eljanov. Played board 6 for the Czech team G-Team Novy Bor, helping it to win the European Club Cup (2013). =1st (3rd on tiebreak) at the Moscow Open - A in February 2014. In March 2015, Bartel placed =2nd (3rd on tiebreak) at the European Individual Championship (2015), thereby qualifying for the World Cup (2015), where he was paired with Gabriel Sargissian in the first round only to go down in a bitterly fought series of tiebreakers, finally conceding the match and further progress in the Cup when as White he drew the final Armageddon blitz game.
Grandmaster (2004). In 2006, 2010, 2011 and 2012, he won the Polish championship. Placed 3rd in the 2nd Lublin Union Memorial Tournament held in Poland in May 2010* and won the Aeroflot Open (2012) with 6.5/9, on tiebreak (more games with Black) from co-leaders Anton Korobov and Pavel Eljanov. Played board 6 for the Czech team G-Team Novy Bor, helping it to win the European Club Cup (2013). =1st (3rd on tiebreak) at the Moscow Open - A in February 2014. In March 2015, Bartel placed =2nd (3rd on tiebreak) at the European Individual Championship (2015), thereby qualifying for the World Cup (2015), where he was paired with Gabriel Sargissian in the first round only to go down in a bitterly fought series of tiebreakers, finally conceding the match and further progress in the Cup when as White he drew the final Armageddon blitz game.