36...Rxc5! [Black sacrifices an exchange to obtain the initiative and put the pressure over his opponent until he starts making mistakes.]

[36...Rfb7 37.Kd1 Na5 38.Rc3 Rf7 39.g5 Qf5 40.Kc1 Nb7 41.Ba3 Rb6 42.Qc2 Qxc2+ 43.Kxc2 Ra6 44.Kb2±]

37.dxc5 Na3+!° 38.Kd1 [38.Kd2!? e5! △e4 39.f5 e4 40.g5 Qb2+ 41.Ke3 Qe5 42.f6 d4+ 43.Ke2 d3+ 44.Ke3=]

38...Nb5 39.Qe3 e5! 40.f5 Qxh4 41.Kc2 gxf5 42.gxf5 Qf6 43.Kb1 e4 44.a4 Nd4 45.Rg1 Rf8 46.Qc3 e3³ 47.Rcf1 [47.Qxe3? Nxb3! 48.Qxb3 Rb8 49.Qxb8+ Kxb8 50.Rgf1 Kc7 51.Rf4 h5µ]

47...Qe5 48.Ka2 Qe4 49.Rg7 Rb8 50.Rfg1 Nxb3?? [50...Nxf5÷]

51.Ka3?? [51.R1g4! △Rg8 51...Qd3 (51...Qxf5 52.Rg8+–) 52.Qxd3 Nc1+ 53.Ka3 Nxd3 54.Re7 Nf2 55.Rgg7+–]

51...d4 52.Qc4 Na5

0–1

⚫️#128 (Strategy-Black to Move)
🔸Zhao Xue (2478)
🔸Lujan,C (2364)
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12...Bd6?! [12...Nd7! Black should have completed his development. The knight would quickly control the important central squares and prevent White from pushing his pawns. 13.e4 Nb6 14.Qb3 a5 15.Qc2 f5! 16.d5 exd5 17.e5 (17.exd5 Bd7=) 17...Qe8 18.Nd4 Qg6 19.Rac1 Kh8 20.Nce2 Bd7 21.Qxc7 Rfc8 22.Qxb7 Rcb8 23.Qc7 Rc8=; 12...Bxf3 13.Bxf3 c6 14.Ne4 Nd7 15.e3 Qc7=]

13.d5! exd5 14.Nxd5 Bxd5 15.Qxd5²

1–0

⚪️ #128 (Endgame-‌White to Move)
🔸Vega Gutierrez,S (2389)
🔸Bodnaruk,A (2426)
🔸WCh Women 2018 Khanty-Mansiysk RUS

33.Rf1 [33.Rxf8+ Nxf8 34.Rf1 Nh7 35.Rf7 Qg1+ 36.Bf1 Qd4+ 37.Qd2 Qxe4 38.Qg2 Qxg2 (38...Qd4+ 39.Bd3 Qa1+ 40.Ke2 Bg7 41.Qxg6 Qe5+ 42.Kf1+–) 39.Bxg2 g5 (39...Kg8 40.Bd5) 40.b4 Nf6 41.b5 Kg8 42.Ra7 g4 43.b6 h4 44.Ra8+ Kh7 45.b7 d5 46.b8Q Bxb8 47.Rxb8 h3 48.Bf1 Ne4 49.Ke2+–; 33.Bc4 Qg4+ 34.Kc1 Rxa8 35.Qxa8+ Kg7 36.Qa7+ Kh6 37.Bxe6 Bf4+! 38.Kb1 Qxe6 39.Qd4²]

33...Rxa8 34.Qxa8+ Kg7 35.Qc8 Nf4 36.b4 Qe7 37.b5 Qa7 38.Qc4 Ng2 39.Ke2 Qe3+ 40.Kd1 Qa7 41.Ke2 Qe3+ 42.Kd1

½–½

⚪️#129 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Khotenashvili,B (2477)
🔸Vo Thi Kim Phung (2354)
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Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 129
public poll

A) Ra1 – 7
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 70%
Jayden, @SteveWongso, @RichardPeng, @AryanLeekha, Hansika, Matthew, Kasyap

C) Rfe1 – 2
👍👍 20%
@Somebody_Sophia, Alan

B) Nd2 – 1
👍 10%
@Lornyellor

👥 10 people voted so far.

⚪️ #129 (Endgame-‌White to Move)
🔸Hoang Thanh Trang (2448)
🔸Danielian,E (2426)
🔸WCh Women 2018 Khanty-Mansiysk RUS

Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 129
public poll

A) Kc3 – 11
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 79%
@Ismailaqa, @MohamadAsp, Jayden, @SteveWongso, @Khoda1745, Farshid, @AryanLeekha, Vedant, Hansika, Alan, Kasyap

B) Ke1 – 2
👍 14%
@Lornyellor, @jodchess

C) Kd3 – 1
👍 7%
@Somebody_Sophia

👥 14 people voted so far.

Rd 11 at Tata Steel : Kramnik beats Van Foreest (his first win), Giri beats Shankland (in a theoretical drawn position with B+ 2P vs N+P), Nepomniachtchi beats Fedoseev, Vidit beats Mamedyarov. Carlsen and Giri are in 1st place with 7.5 out of 11. 2 more rounds to go.

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