Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 146
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B) Bd2 – 12
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 71%
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A) B×c5 – 5
👍👍👍 29%
@batonik107, @YaminiG, Dariush, Farshid, ⠀

C) g7
▫️ 0%

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Pairings/Results
Round 1

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🔹 17th Aeroflot Open-A 2019, Moscow
🔹 PGN format

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🔸chess.com IoM Masters Douglas ENG 2018
🔸Round 4
⚪️Giri,Anish (2780)
⚫️Debashis,Das (2548)
🔸1-0

28.Rc5! [Giri intends to exchange Black's only active piece. Obviously, if Black trades off the rooks on the c5–square, he will lose a pawn without any compensation.]

28...Rd5 29.c4 [29.Rxd5!? exd5 30.Nf6 d4 31.h4 Bg7 32.Nd5 Rf8 33.Re7 Bf6 34.Nxf6 Rxf6 35.Re5 Rg6 36.Rg5 Re6 37.Rxh5²]

29...Rd4? [29...f3! 30.gxf3 Rd1+ 31.Kc2 Rc1+ 32.Kb3 Bf4²]

30.Rxh5 Rxc4 31.Nd6! [Black has no way to save the e6 pawn.]

31...f3 32.gxf3 Rc1+ 33.Ka2 Bg7 34.Rxh8+ Bxh8 35.Rxe6

1–0

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

20.Nh2! [A beautiful maneuver to transfer the knight to the outpost on f6. 6]

[20.Qa5? Qe6=; 20.c3!? a5 21.Nh2 Ra6²]

20...Rac8 21.Ng4 Rc6 22.Rf3 Kh7 23.c3 Re6 24.Ref1 f6 25.Qc2+– h5 26.exf6 Bxf6 27.Ne5 Bxe5 28.Rxf8 Bxg3 29.R1f7+ Qxf7 30.Rxf7++–

1–0

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

53.Bxc5! [53.Bd2? Bb4 54.Be3 Bc5=; 53.g7!? Bxe3 54.fxe3 c1Q 55.g8Q Qc2+ 56.Ke1 Qc1+ 57.Kf2 Qd2+ 58.Ne2 Nd3+ 59.Kf3 Ne1+=]

53...c1Q 54.Bd4+ Kc2 55.Bxe5 Qd1+ 56.Ke3 Qe1+ 57.Kd4 Qxf2+ 58.Ke4 Qa7 59.g7 Qb7+ 60.Nd5 Qa8 61.Bf6 Kd2 62.g4 Qa4+ 63.Bd4 Qe8+ 64.Kf4 Ke1 65.Nf6+–

1–0