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Also on display in the museum is the carbon copy of the scoresheet to the 5th-round game Pavlov-Pianov v. Alekhine (won by the latter in 27 moves).

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Topalov Joins Champions Showdown Leader Board
Here are the overall standings at the end of the rapid portion:
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πŸ”Έchess.com IoM Masters Douglas ENG 2018
πŸ”ΈRound 4
βšͺ️Melkumyan,Hrant (2660)
⚫️Kashlinskaya,Alina (2447)
πŸ”Έ1-0
20.a3! [The black knight has no proper square.]

20...Rxd1+ [The black knight has no proper square. In order to avoid loss of a pawn, Kashlinskaya decides to give up the open d-file.]

[ΒΉ20...Nd5 21.Nxd5 Bxd5 22.Bxd5 exd5 23.Rxd5 Rxd5 24.Qxd5Β±]

21.Rxd1 Bxg2 22.Kxg2 Nc6 23.Rd7! Na5 24.Qb5 Bf8 25.Qxa6 bxa6 26.Rxa7Β± [All White's pieces are working together to dominate the board.]
βšͺ️#148 (Strategy-White to Move)
πŸ”ΈMartirosyan,Haik M (2607)
πŸ”ΈLampert,J (2544)
πŸ”Έchess.com INT 2019
12.c5! [A typical move to damage Black's pawn structure.]

[12.Nde2!? c5 13.b3=; 12.b4?! Qc7 13.c5 d5Β³]

12...Re8 [12...dxc5? 13.Nb3 c4 14.Nc5 Qc7 15.Qe2Β±]

13.Nb3 Be6 14.Nd4 Bd7 15.Qd2 Qc7 16.Rac1 d5 17.exd5 Nxd5 18.Nxd5 cxd5 19.f4 e5 20.fxe5 Qxe5 21.Bf2Β²

1–0
βšͺ️#148 (Endgame-White to Move)
πŸ”ΈCheca,Nicolas (2508)
πŸ”ΈLe Tuan Minh (2515)
πŸ”Έchess.com INT 2019
47.Kd4!! [47.Nf6! Ke7 48.Rh2+–; 47.c7!? Ra7 48.c8Q+ (48.Kd4 Nf5+) 48...Nxc8 49.Rh2Β±]

47...Ke7 [47...Rxb4+ 48.Kc5+–]

48.Kc5 Ra3 49.Rh2 Rc3+ 50.Kb6 Nc4+ 51.Nxc4 bxc4 52.c7+–

1–0
βšͺ️#149 (Strategy-White to Move)
πŸ”ΈDuda,J (2738)
πŸ”ΈBacrot,E (2684)
πŸ”ΈPRO League Group Stage 2019
Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 149
public poll

C) BΓ—e4 – 8
πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘ 62%
Jonas, Ebi, @Steve1234567890qwerty, Vincent, @raienr, Michael, Hansika, Daniel

B) Nc4 – 5
πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘ 38%
@batonik107, ΨΉΨ¨Ψ§Ψ³, Masoud, @SophiaCat_does_Chess, @A_Somewhat_Cool_Guy

A) NΓ—c6
▫️ 0%

πŸ‘₯ 13 people voted so far.
⚫️#149 (Endgame-Black to Move)
πŸ”ΈYu,Yangyi (2764)
πŸ”ΈArtemiev,V (2709)
πŸ”ΈGibraltar masters 2019
Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 149
public poll

A) Ne7 – 8
πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘ 50%
@Ehsan_fischer, Jonas, @Steve1234567890qwerty, Vincent, @A_Somewhat_Cool_Guy, Michael, Hansika, Daniel

C) Kf5 – 5
πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘ 31%
@batonik107, ΨΉΨ¨Ψ§Ψ³, Ebi, @raienr, @SophiaCat_does_Chess

B) e5 – 3
πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘ 19%
Masoud, 🌏, @Jarullah

πŸ‘₯ 16 people voted so far.
GM Krishnan Sasikiran (2678) wins his 5th game at #AeroflotOpen this time against GM Anton Korobov (2687) and takes a sole lead with a perfect score.