⚫️#145 (Strategy-Black to Move)
🔸Zanan,E (2528)
🔸Rahul,Srivatshav P (2370)
🔸Caleta ENG 2019

18...e4! [Intending to exploit the weakness of his opponent's light squares. When we have the mobile central pawns, we have to move forward them accurately.]

[18...Nf4!? 19.Bxf4 Rxf4 20.Ne3³; 18...h6?! weakens the black castle position for no reason.]

19.Nfd4 Ne5 20.b3 Nd3 21.Ne1 Nhf4-/+

0–1

⚪️#145 (Endgame-White to Move)
🔸Karthikeyan,M2 (2570)
🔸Matlakov,M (2700)
🔸Caleta ENG 2019

32.Rd6! [32.g4! Nb7 33.f4 Kg7 34.Bxf7 Kxf7 35.f5±; 32.Bxf7+?! Kxf7 33.Rd6 Nd7±]

32...Nd7 33.Kf2 Kf8 34.Bxf7 Kxf7 35.Ke3 Ke7 36.Rc6±

1–0

⚪️#146 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Barski,R (2458)
🔸Karim,I (2347)
🔸Caleta ENG 2019

Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 146
public poll

C) Nh2 – 8
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 57%
@Defence1985, مهدی, Jahanbakhsh, @YaminiG, @SophiaCat_does_Chess, Srikar, Hansika, Matthew

B) Qa5 – 5
👍👍👍👍 36%
@fantastic45, Jonas, @shahriarmz88, Michael, Daniel

A) c3 – 1
👍 7%
@batonik107

👥 14 people voted so far.

⚪️#146 (Endgame-White to Move)
🔸Jumabayev,R (2604)
🔸Krysa,L (2499)
🔸Caleta ENG 2019

Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 146
public poll

B) Bd2 – 12
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 71%
@fantastic45, Jonas, @shahriarmz88, @SophiaCat_does_Chess, @A_Somewhat_Cool_Guy, Srikar, K, Michael, Hansika, Daniel, Abhi, Matthew

A) B×c5 – 5
👍👍👍 29%
@batonik107, @YaminiG, Dariush, Farshid, ⠀

C) g7
▫️ 0%

👥 17 people voted so far.

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