πΈchess.com IoM Masters Douglas ENG 2018
πΈRound 4
βͺοΈGiri,Anish (2780)
β«οΈDebashis,Das (2548)
πΈ1-0
πΈRound 4
βͺοΈGiri,Anish (2780)
β«οΈDebashis,Das (2548)
πΈ1-0
28.Rc5! [Giri intends to exchange Black's only active piece. Obviously, if Black trades off the rooks on the c5βsquare, 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.Rxh5Β²]
29...Rd4? [29...f3! 30.gxf3 Rd1+ 31.Kc2 Rc1+ 32.Kb3 Bf4Β²]
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
1β0
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.Rxh5Β²]
29...Rd4? [29...f3! 30.gxf3 Rd1+ 31.Kc2 Rc1+ 32.Kb3 Bf4Β²]
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
1β0
20.Nh2! [A beautiful maneuver to transfer the knight to the outpost on f6. 6]
[20.Qa5? Qe6=; 20.c3!? a5 21.Nh2 Ra6Β²]
20...Rac8 21.Ng4 Rc6 22.Rf3 Kh7 23.c3 Re6 24.Ref1 f6 25.Qc2+β h5 26.exf6 Bxf6 27.Ne5 Bxe5 28.Rxf8 Bxg3 29.R1f7+ Qxf7 30.Rxf7++β
1β0
[20.Qa5? Qe6=; 20.c3!? a5 21.Nh2 Ra6Β²]
20...Rac8 21.Ng4 Rc6 22.Rf3 Kh7 23.c3 Re6 24.Ref1 f6 25.Qc2+β h5 26.exf6 Bxf6 27.Ne5 Bxe5 28.Rxf8 Bxg3 29.R1f7+ Qxf7 30.Rxf7++β
1β0
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+β
1β0
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+β
1β0
Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 147
public poll
A) Qe2 β 9
πππππππ 53%
@shahriarmz88, @Steve1234567890qwerty, @YaminiG, @A_Somewhat_Cool_Guy, Srikar, @AryanLeekha, Abhi, Matthew, Mohan
C) 0-0 β 5
ππππ 29%
Gavin, Saghana, @SophiaCat_does_Chess, Michael, Hansika
B) d5 β 3
ππ 18%
@batonik107, ΨΉΨ¨Ψ§Ψ³, Amirmasoud
π₯ 17 people voted so far.
public poll
A) Qe2 β 9
πππππππ 53%
@shahriarmz88, @Steve1234567890qwerty, @YaminiG, @A_Somewhat_Cool_Guy, Srikar, @AryanLeekha, Abhi, Matthew, Mohan
C) 0-0 β 5
ππππ 29%
Gavin, Saghana, @SophiaCat_does_Chess, Michael, Hansika
B) d5 β 3
ππ 18%
@batonik107, ΨΉΨ¨Ψ§Ψ³, Amirmasoud
π₯ 17 people voted so far.
Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 147
public poll
A) RΓg7 β 16
πππππππ 84%
@Salehdasin, @Hamed_jaafaari, ΨΉΨ¨Ψ§Ψ³, Masoud, Gavin, @Steve1234567890qwerty, @YaminiG, Farshid, @SophiaCat_does_Chess, @A_Somewhat_Cool_Guy, Srikar, @AryanLeekha, Michael, Hansika, Abhi, Matthew
B) d4 β 2
π 11%
@Portomogor, Saghana
C) Kf4 β 1
β«οΈ 5%
@batonik107
π₯ 19 people voted so far.
public poll
A) RΓg7 β 16
πππππππ 84%
@Salehdasin, @Hamed_jaafaari, ΨΉΨ¨Ψ§Ψ³, Masoud, Gavin, @Steve1234567890qwerty, @YaminiG, Farshid, @SophiaCat_does_Chess, @A_Somewhat_Cool_Guy, Srikar, @AryanLeekha, Michael, Hansika, Abhi, Matthew
B) d4 β 2
π 11%
@Portomogor, Saghana
C) Kf4 β 1
β«οΈ 5%
@batonik107
π₯ 19 people voted so far.
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