17.Nb5! [A standard maneuver by Moiseenko to transfer the knight to the vital e6–square via d4.]

[17.b3!? a6²; 17.Qd1? would be bad, on account of: 17...Bh6=]

17...Bxb5 18.cxb5 Ng4 19.Bxg4 fxg4 20.Qc2±

1–0

⚪️#151 (Endgame-White to Move)
🔸Landa,K (2616)
🔸Mons,L (2554)
🔸Werder Bremen GER 2019

61.Be4!! [61.b5?? Bf7 62.Be4 Be8 63.Bc6 Bf7 64.Bd7 Bg8 65.Be8 Bh7=; 61.Bc2!! Bf7 62.Ba4 Bg8 63.Be8 Bh7 64.b5+–]

61...Bf7 62.Bc6 Bg8 63.Be8 Bh7 64.b5‡+–

1–0

⚫️#152 (Strategy-Black to Move)
🔸Shankland,S (2725)
🔸Nakamura,H (2749)
🔸PRO League Group Stage 2019

Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 152
public poll

A) Kd6 – 12
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 100%
@aadiib, عباس, Masoud, Jonas, Ebi, Gavin, @Somebody_Sophia, @RichardPeng, @Lornyellor, Michael, Hansika, Daniel

B) Rh8
▫️ 0%

C) f5
▫️ 0%

👥 12 people voted so far.

⚪️#152 (Endgame-White to Move)
🔸Barbosa,Ev (2515)
🔸Pinto,C (2136)
🔸Natal BRA 2019

Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 152
public poll

A) f5 – 13
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 81%
@AMIRKARAMPOUR, @mahyarebrahimi1983, عباس, Jonas, @ariangholami2001, Ebi, Gavin, @RichardPeng, @Lornyellor, @arash22_d, Michael, Hansika, Daniel

C) c4 – 2
👍 13%
reza, @Somebody_Sophia

B) Ke3 – 1
👍 6%
@raienr

👥 16 people voted so far.

The #AeroflotOpen lead didn't change after the 8th round. GMs Kulaots (2542), Sasikiran (2678), and Martirosyan (2616) still share the 1st place with 6/8 points, and 6 players follow them close behind half a point.

Looking forward to an intriguing final round!

Harika is holding her own against very strong GMs all across the world at the Aeroflot Open 2019. She beat Gordievsky (2603) and drew against Martirosyan (2616), Srinath (2572), Lalith (2556), Esipenko (2603) and now Ghaem Maghami (2540).

🔹 17th Aeroflot Open-A 2019, Moscow-R8
🔹 PGN format

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last round

Hilton Hotel, Amsterdam, 31st January 1972. Bobby Fischer is pictured with Max Euwe at the press conference following discussions on the forthcoming World Championship match.

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"There are tough players and nice guys, and I'm a tough player."

🔸 Bobby Fischer

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Tilburg, round 10, 4th October 1977. Tony Miles is in play v. Friðrik Ólafsson; by the board, Anatoly Karpov & Genna Sosonko are in conversation.

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Mikhail Tal and Mikhail Botvinnik at the opening of the World Championship match 1960.

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Both Kaido Kulaots (2542) and Haik Martirosyan (2616) won their last games in the #AeroflotOpen to share the 1st place with 7/9 points.

GM Kulaots took the champion title due to better tie-breaks. Congratulations!