🔸chess.com IoM Masters Douglas ENG 2018
🔸Round 5
⚪️Eljanov,Pavel (2703)
⚫️Karavade,Eesha (2374)
🔸1-0

36.Bxc5! [This move requires precise calculation and nerves of steel!]

[36.Bxe4?! Bxe4 37.Bxc5 Ne6 38.Bb6 Rxd1 39.Rxd1 Bxg2 40.Nc4 Qf3 41.Qxf3 Bxf3 42.Rd2 Nxf4²]

36...Nxc5 37.Qxd4 [△Q×c5]

37...Nxd3 38.Qxd3! [△Q×f5]

[38.Rxd3? Bxg2 39.Qxd8 Rxd8 40.Rxd8+ Kh7 41.Rg1 Qe4 42.Nf7 Qxf4+ 43.Kxg2 Qe4+ 44.Kg3 Qe3+ 45.Kh2 Qf2+=]

38...Bxg2 39.Qxf5 Qb2 40.Nf7+ Kg8 41.Nxh6+! [41.Rxe8+!? Rxe8 42.Nxh6+ Kh8 43.Qb5 Qxb5 44.axb5 Re2 45.Nf7+ Kg8 46.Nd6 Rxa2 47.Kg3+–]

41...gxh6 [41...Kh8 42.Qb5! Qxb5 43.axb5 gxh6 44.Rxe8+ Rxe8 45.Kxg2+–]

42.Qg6+ [42.Rg1!? Rxd1 43.Rxg2+ Qxg2+ 44.Kxg2 Rd6 45.Qc5 Rf6 46.Qd5+ Kf8 47.a5+–]

1–0

⚪️#116 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Sargissian,Gabriel (2691)
🔸Georgiev,Vladimir (2479)
🔸Olympiad 2018 Batumi

17.Bxd7?! [White should have kept his bishop pair:]

[17.0–0–0! Connecting the rooks and mobilizing his forces for the attack. 17...Nc5 18.Qc2 Qe8 19.f3 Qa4 20.Kb1 Qxc2+ 21.Kxc2 a5 22.Rdg1 b5 23.f5 b4 24.Rg2±; 17.Bc3 Nc5 18.Qc2 f5 19.Bxg7 Kxg7 20.b4 Ne4 21.Ke2 Qe7 22.Rag1 Rae8 23.Bg2 Nf6 24.Bf3 Qd7 25.Bh5 Qb5+ 26.Qd3 Nxh5 27.Rxh5 Rf6 28.a3 Rh8 29.Rxh8 Kxh8 30.Kd2 Qxd3+ 31.Kxd3 Kg7±]

17...Qxd7 18.Bc3 f6 19.0–0–0 Qf5 20.Qxb7 Rab8 21.Qxa6 Ra8 22.Qc4 Rfe8 23.a3 Re4 24.Rd4 Rxd4 25.Qxd4 Re8 26.f3 Qd7 27.Qd3 Qe7 28.e4 [28.Qxg6 Qxe3+ 29.Kb1 Rf8 30.Rg1 Rf7 31.Bxf6 Qxg1+ 32.Qxg1 Rxf6 33.Qg4+–]

28...Kf7 29.Rg1 Bh6 30.e5 Bxf4+ 31.Kb1 Rg8 32.e6++–

1–0

⚪️#116 (Endgame-‌White to Move)
🔸Stefansson,Hannes (2502)
🔸Kazhgaleyev,Murtas (2582)
🔸World Chess Olympiad 2018 Batumi

54.Nb5! [54.Bxd4 Kxd4 55.Nb5+ Ke3 56.Kc4 Kf2 57.Kd5 Nd8 58.Nd4 Kxg2 59.Kd6 Nf7+ 60.Ke6 Nd8+ 61.Kf6 h6 62.Ke7 Nb7 63.Kd7 Kxh3 64.Kc7 g4 65.fxg4 Kxg4 66.Kxb7 h5 67.b5 h4 68.b6 h3 69.Kc7 h2 70.b7 h1Q 71.b8Q Qd5=; 54.b5 Nc5+ 55.Kc2 Nd7 56.Nb1 Be5 57.Kd3 Nc5+ 58.Ke2 Bc7 59.Bf6±]

54...Bxc3 55.Nxc3+ Kd4 56.Ne4 Ke3 57.Kc4 h6 58.Kd5 Nd8 59.Kd6 Ke2 60.Kd7 Nf7 61.Ke7 Ne5 62.Kf6 Nd3 63.b5 Kf1 64.b6 Nb4 65.b7 Nc6 66.Nxg5 Kxg2 67.h4 Kg3 68.h5 Kg2 69.Nf7 Kxf3 70.Ne5+ Nxe5 71.Kxe5

1–0

⚪️#117 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Hesham,Abdelrahman (2408)
🔸Nayhebaver,Martin (2466)
🔸Olympiad 2018 Batumi

Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 117
public poll

A) Nf4 – 10
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 67%
@Moj2238, Nikhil, @MerissaWongso, @Aghmoh3n80, @RichardPeng, Atharva, @WataxPin, Michael, Pravin, Daniel

B) Bh3 – 4
👍👍👍 27%
@shahrook, @mahyarebrahimi1983, future, @AryanLeekha

C) Qa4 – 1
👍 7%
Jayden

👥 15 people voted so far.

⚪️#117 (Endgame-‌White to Move)
🔸Makhnev,Denis (2449)
🔸Kjartansson,Gudmundur (2428)
🔸World Chess Olympiad 2018 Batumi

Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 117
public poll

B) Rc5 – 12
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 67%
@mahyarebrahimi1983, Seyed Hossein Ali, Nikhil, Jayden, @pouyax008, @Aghmoh3n80, @RichardPeng, @AryanLeekha, @WataxPin, Michael, Pravin, Daniel

A) Rb5 – 3
👍👍 17%
@MerissaWongso, سید نیما, Adith

C) Ra8 – 3
👍👍 17%
@M_L_110213, @payam6661, @shahrook

👥 18 people voted so far.

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