29.c3! [Erwin tries to remove the knight in order to penetrate the opponent's position via the open d-file. Black's back rank is very weak.]

29...Rh5 [29...Nxe6?? 30.Qxe6+! Qxe6 31.Rd8+ Kf7 32.Rf8#; 29...Nb5 30.Qb7 Qe8 31.Qd7+–]

30.cxd4! Rxh6 31.d5! [△d6]

31...g5 [31...Qa8 32.Qe3! △d6 32...Rh5 33.d6 exd6 34.Rxd6 Qe8 35.e7 Kg7 36.Qe6 Rf5 37.Rd8+–]

32.d6 exd6 [32...Qd8 33.Rf1 Rg6 34.Qf5+–]

33.Rxd6 Qe8 34.Qd5 Kg7 35.Rd7+ [Black is completely helpless.]

35...Kg6 36.Qe4+ [36.g4!? Rxh3+ 37.Kg2 Qh8 38.Qe4+ Kh6 39.e7+–]

1–0

⚪️#137 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Sheng,Joshua (2451)
🔸Le Tuan Minh (2515)
🔸chess.com INT 2019

17.Nh5!! [A very strong move. White combines defending the f4–square and attacking the g7–square. The point is that after 17...g6, White has prepared the 18.c4 intermediate move.]

[17.Be5? f4 18.Ne4 Rf5 19.Bb2 Ne3µ; 17.f4? Ne3 18.Rfc1 Bb4µ]

17...g6 18.c4! gxh5 19.cxd5 Rxd5 20.Rac1 Qd7 21.Rc7 Qxc7 22.Qxe6+ Rf7 23.Qxd5±

0–1

⚪️ #137 (Endgame-‌White to Move)
🔸Vidit,S (2695)
🔸Van Foreest,Jorden (2612)
🔸81st Tata Steel 2019

24.Bxc6! [24.Bc3?! Rb6=]

24...Bxc6 25.Ba3 Be4 26.f3 Bb1 27.Bxc5 Bxa2 28.Bxa7 Rb1 29.Rxb1 Bxb1 30.c5 Kf8 31.Bb8 Ke7 [31...Ke8! 32.Bd6 g6 33.c6 f6±]

32.Bd6+ Ke8 33.c6 Kd8 34.Kf2 Bc2 35.h4 h5 36.Ke3±

⚫️#138 (Strategy-Black to Move)
🔸Gholami Orimi,Mahdi (2375)
🔸Pourramezanali,A (2528)
🔸Bushehr IRI 2019

Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 138
public poll

A)Qd8 – 7
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 47%
@Godsu, Nikhil, @mn_aut, @RichardPeng, Hansika, Uday, Muggsy

B) Nd6 – 7
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 47%
Gavin, @hamidebh1384, @Somebody_Sophia, @AryanLeekha, @arash22_d, Matthew, Kasyap

C) Re6 – 1
👍 7%
@Afshin3333

👥 15 people voted so far.

⚫️#138 (Endgame-Black to Move)
🔸Shankland,S (2725)
🔸Ding Liren (2813)
🔸Wijk aan Zee NED 2019

Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 138
public poll

B) Bc8 – 18
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 86%
@IRHitsteam1, @batonik107, عباس, Gavin, @Afshin3333, Nikhil, @mnosrati96, @hamidebh1384, @SophiaCat_does_Chess, @A_Somewhat_Cool_Guy, @AryanLeekha, @arash22_d, Amir, Hansika, Uday, Daniel, Matthew, @Kingbosskasyap

A) a5 – 2
👍 10%
Masoud, @Defence1985

C) Nd4 – 1
▫️ 5%
Hossein

👥 21 people voted so far.

Rubinstein Family:

GM Akiba (left), nanny, Artur’s sister, Frania, and Artur, circa 1900 (Akiba 18; Artur 13)
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“The business of the endgame is maneuvring to control critical squares, advancing or blockading passed pawns, preparing a breakthrough by the king, or exploiting the subtle superiority of one piece over another.”

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Amsterdam, 31st July 1970. At the end of the IBM tournament, ex-World Champion Vasily Smyslov demonstrates his 2nd-round game v. Rob Hartoch, as English journalist Bernard Cafferty takes notes.

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Akiba Rubinstein in a video from the 1926 Budapest tournament, You can also spot Richard Reti standing behind the referee.

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