🔹 12th World Teams Women R5
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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)
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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)
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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.

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🔸Petrosyan,M (2564)
🔸Aeroflot Open A Moscow RUS 2019

Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 162
public poll

A) Rf4 – 14
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 70%
Hossein, Jonas, Gavin, @SophiaCat_does_Chess, @A_Somewhat_Cool_Guy, Adhvaith, Sahil, @arashjavadi25, @ASarArmin, Vedant, Michael, Hansika, @Kingbosskasy, @Mahmwe1

C) f4 – 6
👍👍👍 30%
@mahyarebrahimi1983, عباس, Masoud, Srikar, Daniel, Neha

B) Bg2
▫️ 0%

👥 20 people voted so far.

Prizewinners at the 47th USSR-ch (Minsk, 1979): E. Geller (1st), G. Kasparov (3rd), A. Jussupow (2nd).

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🔸 Howard Staunton

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Bled, Yugoslavia. 4th September, 1961. Bobby Fischer (USA) is in play v. Mikhail Tal (USSR) in the 2nd round of the great tournament held to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the famous event in 1931, won by Alexander Alekhine.

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Interesting article on Lorentzos Mavilis, a Greek poet and chess problems composer.
https://goo.gl/Nebkcd

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