34.a3 [34.Qb5! Qb1+ 35.Kh2 Qxb4 36.Bg5+ Kc7 37.Qe8 Kb6 (37...f6 38.Bxf6) 38.Qxf7 Kc5 39.Be3+ Kc4 40.Bxa7±; 34.Bc5 b6 35.Be3 Bc7 36.Bd2 Qd6 37.b5 Qc5 38.Qd3 Qd6 39.a4 Qd7 40.Kf1 Ke8 41.Qc4 Bd6 42.Qc6 Qxc6 43.dxc6 Ke7 44.Bg5+ f6 45.Bd2 Ke6 46.Ke2 Kd5 47.Kd3²]

34...a6 35.Kh2 f5 36.Bc5 Kd7²

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⚫️#136 (Strategy-Black to Move)
🔸Margvelashvili,G (2530)
🔸Naroditsky,D (2616)
🔸chess.com INT 2019

Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 136
public poll

C) Kg7. – 10
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 77%
@ariangholami2001, Nikhil, @Steve1234567890qwerty, Vincent, @AryanLeekha, Hansika, Alan, Matthew, @Kingbosskasyap, @Amjedchess

A) Rfc8 – 3
👍👍 23%
Mehdi, @SophiaCat_does_Chess, @Lornyellor

B) Rac8
▫️ 0%

👥 13 people voted so far.

⚫️ #136 (Endgame-‌Black to Move)
🔸Gunduz,Umut Erdem (2205)
🔸Koksal,E (2351)
🔸ch-TUR 2018 Belek TUR

Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 136
public poll

B) Ba4 – 13
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 72%
@ariangholami2001, Nikhil, @SteveWongso, Srikar, @Lornyellor, @AryanLeekha, Atharva, @arash22_d, @javad3125, Hansika, Daniel, Matthew, Kasyap

A) Re5 – 4
👍👍 22%
@Ehsan_fischer, @MaziarBagher, @Somebody_Sophia, @Chigorin

C) b5 – 1
👍 6%
Vincent

👥 18 people voted so far.

Leeuwarden (Netherlands), 15th November 1976. The 1st game of the 8-game training match between Jan Timman and the recently-defected Viktor Korchnoi. This game was drawn; Korchnoi won the match 5½:2½ (+4, -1, =3).

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"It is impossible to ignore a highly important factor of the chess struggle - psychology."

🔸 Yuri Averbakh

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Happy birthday to Ludmila Zaitseva🎂🎁🎊

Ludmila Zaitseva is a Russian Woman International Grandmaster (WGM, 1986). She is a two-time winner the Russian Women's Chess Championship (1993, 1996).

Cairns Cup: No lack of excitement

https://goo.gl/CePt3A

Krush - Zatonskih 1-0. Irina finally converted the queen ending. Another four result day!

🔹 2019 Cairns Cup-R4
🔹 PGN format

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Round 5 pairings.

Sebag, Marie - Kosteniuk, Alexandra

0-1

Inaugural Cairns Cup 2019 round 04

47.Re7 ??

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The Grand Chess Tour 2019 will have 12 participants. They are Magnus Carlsen, Hikaru Nakamura, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Fabiano Caruana, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Ding Liren, Levon Aronian, Wesley So, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Sergey Karjakin, Anish Giri, and Viswanathan Anand.

🔸chess.com IoM Masters Douglas ENG 2018
🔸Round 3
⚪️Vachier-Lagrave,Maxime (2780)
⚫️Tari,Aryan (2618)
🔸1-0

20.Nxe6! [Vachier finds an accurate way to win the weak d5–pawn.]

[20.Nfxd5? Nexd4 21.Rfe1 Rxe1+ 22.Rxe1 Kg7=]

20...Bxe6 [20...Rxe6?! 21.Bxd5 Re7 22.Bxf7+ Rxf7 23.d5 Rd7 24.Rad1±]

21.Rfe1! [Black now has no way to save the d5–pawn.]

21...Bf7 [¹21...Kg7 22.Nxd5 Bxd5 23.Rxe8 Qxe8 24.Bxd5 Rd8 25.Re1 Qd7 26.Bxc6 bxc6 27.Qc3±]

22.Rxe8+ [△N×d5]

22...Qxe8 23.Nxd5 Qd8 24.Ne3 Qxd4 25.Qxd4 Nxd4 26.Bxb7 Rd8 27.Rd1 Rd7 28.Bd5 Ne6 [28...Bxd5 29.Rxd4 Bc6 30.Rxd7 Bxd7±]

29.Kf1 Kf8 30.Bxe6 Rxd1+ 31.Nxd1 Bxe6±

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