🔹 12th World Teams 2019 R5
🔹 PGN format

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Women:
India🇮🇳 4-0 🇪🇬Egypt
China🇨🇳 2,5-1,5 🇷🇺Russia
USA🇺🇸 3-1 🇦🇲Armenia
Ukraine🇺🇦 2-2 🇰🇿Kazakhstan
Hungary🇭🇺 1-3 🇬🇪Georgia

🔹 12th World Teams Women R5
🔹 PGN format

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🔸chess.com IoM Masters Douglas ENG 2018
🔸Round 6
⚪️Soumya,Swaminathan (2423)
⚫️Christiansen,Johan-Sebastian (2541)
🔸0-1

15.Nxc6? [A wrong decision that increases Black's attacking chances.]

[15.a3! would be correct: 15...Nxd4 16.Bxd4 Nb8 17.Qe2 Nc6 18.Bxc6 Bxc6 19.f5 exf5 20.e6=]

15...Bxc6 16.Bxc6 [16.Bd3? b5–+ △b4]

16...Rxc6 17.Bd4 b5! [△b4]

[17...Rc4!? 18.Rf1 b5 19.Nxd5 exd5 20.Qxa5 Rxa5 21.a3 b4 22.b3 Rc8 23.a4 Nc5µ]

18.a3 b4 [Black seizes the powerful initiative.]

19.axb4 Bxb4 20.Kd2 Rc4! [△Bc5]

21.Ke3 Bc5–+ [Christiansen doesn't allow the opponent's king to escape into the kingside.]

0–1

⚪️#161 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Navara,D (2738)
🔸So,W (2765)
🔸Champions Showdown Rapid Saint Louis USA 2019

26.Rd3! [An excellent move in order to clear the d1–square for the bishop.]

[26.Rc1 Rec7 27.Rxc7²; 26.f3 Rec7 27.Re2 a5 28.Rh2 b5-/+]

26...Rec7 27.Kg2 [27.Bd1+–]

27...a5 28.Bd1 Ba6 29.Bxh5! Bxd3 30.Bf3 Rd8 31.Rh1 Bf1+ 32.Kxf1 Qxd4 33.Qf4

1–0

⚪️#161 (Endgame-White to Move)
🔸Moroni,L (2567)
🔸Wei Yi (2733)
🔸Aeroflot Open A Moscow RUS 2019

19.e3 [19.Rc1! Bc4 20.Nd4 bxc5 (20...Rc8 21.b3±) 21.Nxc6 Kf8 22.e4! a5 23.Ne5 Ba2 24.exd5 Bxd5 25.Rxc5±; 19.Nd4? bxc5 20.Nxc6 Bxe2 21.Rc1 c4=/+]

19...Rb8 20.Rc1 Bc4 21.Nd2 bxc5 22.Nxc4 dxc4 23.Rxc4 Rxb2 24.Rxc5 Rb6 25.a4 Kf8 26.a5 Rb5 27.Rxc6 Rxa5 28.Rc8+ Ke7 29.Rc7+ Kf8 30.Rc8+ Ke7 31.Rc7+ Kf8

½–½

⚫️#162 (Strategy-Black to Move)
🔸Fedoseev,Vl3 (2715)
🔸Petrosyan,M (2564)
🔸Aeroflot Open A Moscow RUS 2019

Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 162
public poll

A) Ne4 – 11
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 79%
عباس, Masoud, @Pedramn18, Gavin, @A_Wild_Richard, Adhvaith, Srikar, @ASarArmin, Michael, Hansika, Kasyap

B) c4 – 2
👍 14%
@Somebody_Sophia, Sahil

C) g5 – 1
👍 7%
Jonas

👥 14 people voted so far.

⚪️#162 (Endgame-White to Move)
🔸Fedoseev,Vl3 (2715)
🔸Petrosyan,M (2564)
🔸Aeroflot Open A Moscow RUS 2019