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Gata Kamsky rounded off his win with 44...Rd1! - an unusual example of pinning & winning!
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2019 Cairns Cup: C.H.E.S.S. Cops Breakfast
πŸ”Έchess.com IoM Masters Douglas ENG 2018
πŸ”ΈRound 6
βšͺ️Nakamura,Hikaru (2763)
⚫️Gupta,Abhijeet (2588)
πŸ”Έ1-0
23.Nb5! [A multi-purpose move that creates several threats at the same time. The main threat is 24.Bd4, trapping the black queen.]

23...Nc2 [23...c5 24.Nc7! d4 25.Nxa8 Nfd5 26.g4! Bg6 27.Rf1 Qxe2 28.Qxe2 Rxe2 29.Ba3 Nd3 30.h4 N3f4 31.h5 Bc2 32.Bxc5Β±]

24.Bd4 Ne3 [24...Nxd4 25.Nxd4 Bd7 26.Rf1! Qe3 27.Qxe3 Rxe3 28.Rfc1 Rc8 29.Rc5 Kf8 30.Kg1+–]

25.Bxe3 [ΒΉ25.Rg1 β–³Raf1 25...Nh5 26.Bxe3 Qxe3 27.Qxe3 Rxe3 28.Nxc7 Ra7 29.Nb5 Ra5 30.Nd4 Bd7 31.Rgc1+–]

25...Rxe3 26.Rf1 Qxe2 27.Qxe2 Rxe2 28.Nd4

1–0
βšͺ️#154 (Strategy-White to Move)
πŸ”ΈLysyj,I (2633)
πŸ”ΈAgmanov,Zhandos (2405)
πŸ”Έ15th Moscow Open A 2019
20.Bc7!! [Starting a powerful plan to transfer the bishop to the central d4–square.]

[20.b4! would be strong, although the game move is better. 20...Rac8 21.Bxe4 Qxe4 22.Qxe4 Rxe4Β²; 20.f3!? would be interesting: 20...Nf6 21.g4+/=]

20...Qe6 21.Bb6 Qf5 22.Qd3 Qg6 23.Bd4 Rec8Β±

1–0
⚫️#154 (Endgame-Black to Move)
πŸ”ΈDarini,P (2475)
πŸ”ΈTahbaz,Arash (2468)
πŸ”ΈBushehr IRI 2019
31...f5!
[31...Nc8!? 32.Ng5 Nde7 33.Rc1=/+]
[31...Re6!? 32.a3!=/+]

32.Nxd6 f4! 33.g4 hxg4 34.fxg4-/+

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⚫️#155 (Strategy-Black to Move)
πŸ”ΈHarikrishna,P (2726)
πŸ”ΈCaruana,F (2828)
πŸ”ΈChampions Showdown Rapid Saint Louis USA 2019
Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 155
public poll

A) RΓ—e1 – 16
πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘ 94%
@batonik107, @mahyarebrahimi1983, ΨΉΨ¨Ψ§Ψ³, Mohammad, Ebi, H@$$@n, Nikhil, @Sujas2, Saghana, @A_Somewhat_Cool_Guy, Sahil, Srikar, @Qwerty123Tseries, Michael, Hansika, Daniel

B) b6 – 1
▫️ 6%
Gavin

C) Re6
▫️ 0%

πŸ‘₯ 17 people voted so far.
⚫️#155 (Endgame-Black to Move)
πŸ”ΈTahbaz,Arash (2460)
πŸ”ΈGholami,Arian (2488)
πŸ”ΈIranian finall championship 2019
Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 155
public poll

A) Kg5 – 12
πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘ 67%
ΩΨ±ΫŒΨ―Ω‡, @batonik107, Nikhil, @A_Somewhat_Cool_Guy, Srikar, @Qwerty123Tseries, @Tashdid_man, Michael, Hansika, @Samin138511, Daniel, @Kingbosskasyap

B) b2 – 3
πŸ‘πŸ‘ 17%
farhad, Saghana, frank

C) Nc2 – 3
πŸ‘πŸ‘ 17%
Ebi, Gavin, Sahil

πŸ‘₯ 18 people voted so far.
Moscow, 1967. The 9th World Chess Champion, Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian, with his wife Rona Yakovlevna (nΓ©e Avinezer) and their sons Vartan and Mikhail.

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"Yes, I have played a blitz game once. It was on a train, in 1929."

πŸ”Έ Mikhail Botvinnik, interviewed by Genna Sosonko in 1989.

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Boris Spassky in play v. Klaus Darga in the opening round of the Hoogovens tournament at Beverwijk, 11th January 1967.

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