17.a4!? [Intending to weaken the opponent's pawn structure.]

[White would dominate the board with 17.g4! with the idea of g4–g5, kicking out the knight on f6. 17...Rfc8 (17...Rfd8 18.a4 Na5 19.h4±) 18.g5 Nh5 19.Bxh5 gxh5 20.Qf5 e6 21.Qh3 Qd8 22.Qxh5±; 17.Qd1 Rfc8 18.a4 Na5 19.Rc2 Nc4 20.b3 Nd6 21.Rac1±]

17...Na5 18.Nd3 Qb7 19.Qc7 Qxc7 20.Rxc7±

1–0

⚪️#184 (Endgame-White to Move)
🔸Garcia Palermo,C (2391)
🔸Sonis,Francesco (2499)
🔸78th ch-ITA 2018

39.g4 [39.Rf2! b6 (39...Kc8 40.Rfe2 Bd2!? 41.Rxd2 Rxc5 42.Rde2 Rcc6 43.Rh1±) 40.Na6+ Kb7 41.Nb4 Rc7 42.Rfe2 Re7 43.a4 Kc8 44.b3 cxb3+ 45.Kxb3 Bf6 46.Nd3²; 39.Re2 b6 40.Na6+ Kb7 41.Nb4 Rc7 42.a4 a6 43.b3+/=]

39...fxg4? [39...b6 40.Na6+ Kb7 41.Nb4 fxg4 42.Rff1 Rc7 43.Re4„]

40.Rf7 b6 41.Na6+ Ka8 42.Rh7+–

1–0

⚫️#185 (Strategy-Black to Move)
🔸Ni,Shiqun (2436)
🔸Zhukova,N (2375)
🔸WCh Women 2018

Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 185
public poll

C) Rd6 – 7
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 100%
Nikhil, @Sophia_Giraffe, @A_Wild_Richard, Atharva, @behnia_77, Hansika, Matthew

A) b6
▫️ 0%

B) R×d1
▫️ 0%

👥 7 people voted so far.

⚪️#185 (Endgame-White to Move)
🔸Sjugirov,S (2663)
🔸Sarana,A (2618)
🔸ch-RUS Rapid GP Final 2018

Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 185
public poll

A) Rh6 – 8
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 80%
@Djawad21, Nikhil, @Jalalkaraminajar, @A_Wild_Richard, Atharva, K, Hansika, Matthew

B) Rh4 – 1
👍 10%
@Sophia_Giraffe

C) Rh5 – 1
👍 10%
Masoud

👥 10 people voted so far.

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