⚫️#115 (Endgame-‌Black to Move)
🔸Lupulescu,Constantin (2606)
🔸Kulaots,Kaido (2542)
🔸World Chess Olympiad 2018 Batumi

Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 115
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C) e5 – 9
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 50%
@mahyarebrahimi1983, @Mey_ro, Nikhil, Babak, king, @Somebody_Sophia, @RichardPeng, @WataxPin, @arash22_d

B) R×d4 – 5
👍👍👍👍 28%
Reza, future, @Naderi61, Adith, Hansika

A) b4 – 4
👍👍👍 22%
@shahrook, @erenmikasa, @h_a_d_I_1169, @AryanLeekha

👥 18 people voted so far.

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🔸Round 5
⚪️Rapport,Richard (2725)
⚫️Xiong,Jeffery (2656)
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37...Rg6! [A strong move. Xiong combines the pushing his pawns and the attacking enemy king.]
38.Re7 [38.Rc6 Rxc6 39.Qxc6 e2 40.Kf2 d2! 41.Kxe2 Qc2–+ △d1]
38...b4! [Jeffery drives the white knight to an awkward square.]
39.Nb1 e2 [39...Rg5! would be even stronger: 40.Rc7 e2 41.Rc1 Qf4 42.Qc6 e4 43.h4 exf3–+]
40.Qxe5+ Qxe5 41.Rxe5 Rc6 0–1

⚪️#115 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Giri,Anish (2780)
🔸Tutisani,Noe (2471)
🔸Olympiad 2018 Batumi

29.Nb3! [Aiming for the strong outpost on c5 to exert more pressure on the opponent's weak pawns.]

[29.Rc2 Ra8 30.Nb3 Ra3 31.Nc5 Ra8 32.Ra2 Rf8 33.h5; 29.exd5 exd5 30.Nb3 Na4=]

29...Nd7 30.Ra1 [30.d4! Qg6 31.Re1 Qxe4 32.Qxe4 dxe4 33.Rxe4 Nf6 34.Re1 e4 35.Nfd2±]

30...Nb6 31.Nc5?! [31.Rc1 Ra8 32.h5 Na4 33.Nh4±]

31...d4 32.cxd4 exd4 33.Rc1 e5 34.h5 Kh7 35.Nh4 Ra8 36.Qg4 Qg5? [36...Nxb4 37.Rb1 Nc2 38.Rb2 Ne1+ 39.Kf1 Na4 (39...Ra1 40.Qg6++–) 40.Ra2 (40.Nxa4 Nxd3 41.Rd2 bxa4 42.Rxd3±) 40...Qg5 41.Qf5+ Qxf5 42.exf5 Nxd3 43.Nxd3±]

37.Qxg5 hxg5 38.Ne6 gxh4 39.Rxc6 hxg3 40.fxg3 Rc8 41.Kf3 Na4 42.Kg4 Nb2 43.Nc5 Rf8 44.Rxc7 Rf6 45.Re7 Nd1 46.Ne6 Kh6 47.Nxg7 Ne3+ 48.Kh4 Ng2+ 49.Kh3 Ne3 50.Nf5+ Kxh5 51.Rh7+

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⚫️#115 (Endgame-‌Black to Move)
🔸Lupulescu,Constantin (2606)
🔸Kulaots,Kaido (2542)
🔸World Chess Olympiad 2018 Batumi

29...Rxd4?! [29...b4! 30.Rxc4 bxa3 31.bxa3 dxc4 32.Rf4 Kc5 33.a4 Rb3 34.Rh4 Rxc3 35.Rxh7 Ra3 36.Rc7+ Kd4 37.h4 Rxa4 38.h5 Rb4 39.h6 a4 40.Rd7+ Kc3 41.h7 Rb8 42.Ra7 Rh8 43.Kf3 Kb3 44.Kf4 a3 45.Rb7+ Kc3 46.Ra7 a2 47.Rxa2 Rxh7–+; 29...e5 30.Rd1 Ke6 31.Rfd3 Rd8 32.Kf1 h5 33.Ra1 Rd6 34.Ke2 h4 35.Kf1 Rg4 36.Ke2 Rd7 37.Rg1 Rdg7 38.Rgd1 Re4+ 39.Kf3 Rd7 40.Ra1 Rc4 41.Ke2 Rd8 42.Rd2 b4 43.cxb4 axb4 44.a4 hxg3 45.hxg3 Rd6³]

30.cxd4 b4 31.Rf4 a4 32.Rh4 Rb7 33.axb4 Kc6 34.Rh6 Re7 35.Rf6 Kb5 36.Rf8 Rb7 37.Re8 Rb6 38.Rh8 Rb7 39.Re8 Rb6 40.Rh8 Kxb4 41.Rxh7 Kb3 42.Ra7 Rb4 43.h4 [43.Ra6 Kxb2 44.Rxe6 a3 45.Re2+ Kb3 46.Re3+ Ka4 47.Re2 Rb2 48.Re8 Rb5 49.Re2 Kb3 50.Re3+ Kb4 51.Re2 Ra5–+]

43...Kxb2 44.h5 a3 45.h6 a2 46.f3 a1Q 47.Rxa1 Kxa1 48.g4 fxg4 49.fxg4 Rb8 50.Kf3 e5 51.g5 e4+ 52.Kf4 Rh8 53.Kf5 [53.Kg4 Kb2]

53...e3 54.g6 Rf8+

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