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โšซ๏ธ#179 (Strategy-Black to Move)
๐Ÿ”ธGalliamova,A (2432)
๐Ÿ”ธNakhbayeva,G (2367)
๐Ÿ”ธWCh Women 2018
Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 179
public poll

B) Ng4 โ€“ 8
๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘ 62%
@PouyaMO1360, Kavian, Gavin, Nikhil, @A_Wild_Richard, @AryanLeekha, Hansika, Kasyap

A) Nd7 โ€“ 5
๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘ 38%
@aadiib, M, @Sophia_Giraffe, Erdal, Matthew

C) b5
โ–ซ๏ธ 0%

๐Ÿ‘ฅ 13 people voted so far.
โšช๏ธ#179 (Endgame-White to Move)
๐Ÿ”ธHoang Thanh Trang (2448)
๐Ÿ”ธDanielian,E (2426)
๐Ÿ”ธWCh Women 2018
Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 179
public poll

A) Kc3 โ€“ 10
๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘ 77%
@PouyaMO1360, farhad, Gavin, Nikhil, Babak, @A_Wild_Richard, @AryanLeekha, Hansika, @Nirvana9877, Kasyap

C) Kd3 โ€“ 2
๐Ÿ‘ 15%
@aadiib, @Sophia_Giraffe

B) Ke1 โ€“ 1
๐Ÿ‘ 8%
Masoud

๐Ÿ‘ฅ 13 people voted so far.
Akiba Rubinstein, Salomon Landau, Edgard Colle and Savielly Tartakower at the Rotterdam tournament in 1931.

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โ€œI have known many chess players, but among them there has been only one genius - Capablanca!โ€

๐Ÿ”ธ Emanuel Lasker

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A fine article by Edward Winter on James Mortimer.

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๐Ÿ”ธSt Louis Winter A 2018
๐Ÿ”ธRound 2
โšช๏ธPerelshteyn,E (2493)
โšซ๏ธAli Marandi,C (2552)
๐Ÿ”ธ1-0
27.Qc3! [The only winning move that forces a simplification into a clearly winning endgame for White.]

[27.Qd3? Rd8! 28.Qe3 Ne6=]

27...Qf5 28.Rxe8+ Nxe8 29.Qc6! [โ–ณQe4]

29...Kf8 30.Qe4 Qb5 31.Qd4+โ€“ [ยน31.a4! โ–ณRc8 31...Qd7โ„ข 32.Qe5 f6 33.Qe4 f5 34.Qc6 Qe7 35.Rc3! Qh4 36.Re3 Qd8 37.Qb7 Nf6 38.Rc3+โ€“ โ–ณRc8]
โšซ๏ธ#179 (Strategy-Black to Move)
๐Ÿ”ธGalliamova,A (2432)
๐Ÿ”ธNakhbayeva,G (2367)
๐Ÿ”ธWCh Women 2018
17...b5 [17...Ng4! In order to transfer the knight to the dream square on d3 via e5. 18.b3 (18.Bf1 b5 19.Be2 Nf6 20.e5 (20.f3 a5 21.Rxd8+ Kxd8 22.b4 a4ยต) ) 18...Ne5 19.f4 Nd3 20.Rb1 Rd7 21.bxc4 Rhd8 22.Bf1 Nbc5 23.e5 Na4 24.Nxa4 Bxa4 25.Rxd3 Rxd3 26.Bxd3 Rxd3 27.Bb4 Kb7ยณ; 17...Nd7 18.Be7 Rde8 19.Ba3 Ne5 (19...Rd8 20.Be7=) 20.Bf1! g5 21.b3=/+ /=]

18.b3 a5 19.Be7? [19.Rxd8+ Rxd8 20.e5 Bxg2 21.Kxg2 b4 22.exf6 gxf6 23.Bb2 bxc3 24.Rxc3 Nd6 25.Ba3ยฒ]

19...Rxd1+ 20.Nxd1 Nxe4?! [20...Kd7! 21.Bxf6 gxf6 22.bxc4 b4-/+]

21.a4!=/+

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โšช๏ธ#179 (Endgame-White to Move)
๐Ÿ”ธHoang Thanh Trang (2448)
๐Ÿ”ธDanielian,E (2426)
๐Ÿ”ธWCh Women 2018
67.Kc3? [67.Ke1!! Bc6 68.Ke2 Bb7 69.Bd2 Ba6+ 70.Ke3 Ke5 71.Kf2 Kf6 72.Be3 Ke6 (72...Kg6 73.Ke1 Kf6 74.Kd2 Bc8 75.Kd3 Bb7 76.Kc4 Ke6 77.Bxg5 Kd7 78.Kc5 Bf3 79.Bf4 Kc8 80.g5 Bh5 81.Kd4+โ€“) 73.Bxg5 Kd7 74.Bf4 Ke6 75.Bc7 Kf6 76.Bd8+ Ke6 77.g5+โ€“; 67.Kd3? Ke6 68.Bd4 Kd6 69.Bf6 Bxg4 70.Bxg5 Kc6=]

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โšซ๏ธ#180 (Strategy-Black to Move)
๐Ÿ”ธZhukova,N (2375)
๐Ÿ”ธNi,Shiqun (2436)
๐Ÿ”ธWCh Women 2018
Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 180
public poll

C) Nc8 โ€“ 8
๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘ 80%
@mahyarebrahimi1983, Max, Nikhil, @Sophia_Giraffe, @A_Wild_Richard, Sahil, @AryanLeekha, Matthew

B) Rd7 โ€“ 2
๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘ 20%
Hansika, Kasyap

A) Na5
โ–ซ๏ธ 0%

๐Ÿ‘ฅ 10 people voted so far.
โšซ๏ธ#180 (Endgame-Black to Move)
๐Ÿ”ธOuellet,Maili-Jade (2125)
๐Ÿ”ธGoryachkina,A (2534)
๐Ÿ”ธWCh Women 2018
Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 180
public poll

A) Nc5 โ€“ 11
๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘ 65%
@PouyaMO1360, @mahyarebrahimi1983, Amin, Nikhil, @A_Wild_Richard, Sahil, @AryanLeekha, Hansika, @Nirvana9877, Matthew, Kasyap

B) Nร—c1 โ€“ 6
๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘ 35%
Max, Majid, Hamed, @Sophia_Giraffe, @Aryan13AKS, @master_chou

C) Na1
โ–ซ๏ธ 0%

๐Ÿ‘ฅ 17 people voted so far.
11th Olympiad, Amsterdam 1954. Mikhail Botvinnik signs autographs.

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