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Happy 36th Birthday to Indian 🇮🇳 GM Surya Shekhar Ganguly 🎂🎉🎈

Ganguly is an Arjuna Awardee winner and also six-time Indian national champion. He also won the Asian Championship in 2009 and was one of the seconds of Vishy Anand from 2008-2012.

Best Wishes Surya Da!

🔸chess.com IoM Masters Douglas ENG 2018
🔸Round 4
⚪️Krishna,C R G (2445)
⚫️Nabaty,Tamir (2692)
🔸1-0

43...Ne5? [Nabaty overestimated his attacking chances and played for a win in a worse position. He should have kept the c-pawn blocked and tried to equality with the following continuation:]

[43...Qxg4! 44.Nd6 Ne7 45.Ne3 Qf3+ 46.Kg1 Qe2 47.Rc4 Nc6 48.Rxe4 Qb2 49.Kg2 Qxb3 50.Rf4 Ne5 51.Ne8+ Kg8 52.Re4 Nc6²]

44.c6! Nd3 45.Rxd3! [A well-calculated exchange sacrifice that leads to promote the c-pawn by force.]

[45.c7?? Qf3+ 46.Kh2 Qxf2+ 47.Kh3 Qxf1+ 48.Kh2 Nf2–+]

45...exd3 46.c7 Qc2 47.Nd6! Qc6+ 48.Kg1 [48.Kh2!?]

48...d2 49.Nxd2 Qxd6 50.c8Q Qxd2 51.Qc7+ Kg8 52.Qc4++–

⚪️#149 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Duda,J (2738)
🔸Bacrot,E (2684)
🔸PRO League Group Stage 2019

14.Bxe4! [Duda grabs a pawn by tactical means.]

[14.Nc4!? dxc4 15.Bxe4 cxb3 16.Qg4+–; 14.Nxc6? Bxc6 15.Bxe4 dxe4³]

14...dxe4 15.Nc4 Be7 16.Qg4 g6 17.Qxe4 Qc7+–

0–1

⚫️#149 (Endgame-Black to Move)
🔸Yu,Yangyi (2764)
🔸Artemiev,V (2709)
🔸Gibraltar masters 2019

39...Ne7!! [39...e5!? 40.dxe5+ Nxe5 41.Kg2 Rg4+! 42.Kh3 Rxa4µ; 39...Kf5? 40.Kg2 e5!³]

40.Kg2 Nf5–+

⚫️#150 (Strategy-Black to Move)
🔸Buhmann,R (2574)
🔸Sebastian,D (2442)
🔸Bundesliga 2019

Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 150
public poll

B) d4 – 10
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 56%
@Erfanbahamin, @batonik107, @mahyarebrahimi1983, عباس, @Mey_ro, @Djawad21, Ebi, @FrozenBlade, @Caspian_j, @arash22_d

C) Qh3 – 8
👍👍👍👍👍👍 44%
Jonas, @raienr, @SophiaCat_does_Chess, @A_Somewhat_Cool_Guy, Michael, Hansika, Abhi, @Kingbosskasyap

A) R×f8
▫️ 0%

👥 18 people voted so far.

⚫️#150 (Endgame-Black to Move)
🔸Potapov,P (2516)
🔸Kryakvin,D (2588)
🔸Moscow RUS 2019

Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 150
public poll

B) C) Bc4 – 8
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 80%
@batonik107, Jonas, Ebi, @SophiaCat_does_Chess, @A_Somewhat_Cool_Guy, Michael, Abhi, @Kingbosskasyap

A) Rb4 – 1
👍 10%
K

B) Rd3 – 1
👍 10%
Hansika

👥 10 people voted so far.

Amsterdam, 4th September 1954. At the 11th FIDE Olympiad, L to R: Gereben, Lilienthal, Prins, Boleslavsky, Smyslov, ?, Keres, ?.

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"You must not let your opponent know how you feel."

🔸 Alexander Kotov

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The Hague, 4th March 1948. The 2nd-round of the Match-tournament for the World Championship. Mikhail Botvinnik (USSR) faces Max Euwe (Netherlands).

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Mikhail Botvinnik 🆚 Max Euwe

FIDE World Championship Tournament (1948), The Hague NED, rd 2, Mar-04

Semi-Slav Defense: Romih Variation (D46)

1-0

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Luděk Pachman: "Flowers good, contract better."

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https://t.me/unitychess/12982

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