Romanian GM Constantin Lupulescu now leads the #ReykjavikOpen by a full point after winning a thriller against Alireza Firouzja!

🔹 GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2019-R7
🔹 PGN format

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🔸Bundesliga 2018–19
🔸Round 1
⚪️Miedema,D (2381)
⚫️Heinemann,T (2521)
🔸0-1

20.Rad1?? [A miscalculation. White probably thought that the knight on d4 could not move due to the mate threat on g7. Instead, he should have played:]

[20.bxc5! Re4 20...Bf6™ 21.Qd3 Nf5 22.Qxd8 Rfxd8 23.Bxf6 gxf6 24.c6 Nd4 25.Red1 Kf8 26.f4 Nxc6 27.Rxd8+ Nxd8 28.Rc1=]

20...Ne2+!‚ 21.Rxe2™ Qxd1+ 22.Re1 Qg4 [Now, Black is an exchange up.]

23.Re4 cxb4! 24.Qd4 Qg6 25.Rg4 Bf6! [25...Bg5!? 26.Qd1 Rfd8 27.Qe1 h5 28.Re4 Rd2 29.Bc1 Rc2–+]

26.Qd1 Rfd8 27.Bd5 Bxb2 [27...Qh6!? 28.Bxf6 Qxf6–+ e×d5]

28.Rxg6 hxg6–+

⚪️#190 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Morozevich,A (2656)
🔸Ponkratov,P (2630)
🔸ch-RUS Rapid GP Final 201

23.Nf3! [Transferring the knight to the g5–square will force Black to give up his valuable dark-squared bishop.]

[23.Rc1 Qd6 24.Rd1 Qe7 25.Rxd8 Rxd8 26.Nf3 Bf6 27.Ng5+ Bxg5 28.hxg5 Qd6 29.Qf3 b6 30.Rc3²; 23.R3e2 Qd6 24.Kh2 Bf6 25.f4 Qb6 26.Nf3 Rd6 27.Bc2!²]

23...Bh6 24.Ng5+ Bxg5 25.Qxg5 [¹25.hxg5²]

25...Qxg5 26.hxg5 Rd2+/=

⚪️#190 (Endgame-White to Move)
🔸Gurevich,D (2393)
🔸Shtembuliak,E (2487)
🔸St Louis Inv GM 2018

50.Ke5?? [50.Kc4! h6 51.Nc3 h5 52.Ne2 h4 53.Nd4+ Kb6 54.g4 h3 55.Kd5 Rd8+ 56.Ke6 Bd6 57.Nf3 Bc7 58.Rxg7 Rd6+ 59.Kf5 Rd5+ 60.Ke4 Rd8 61.Rf7 Re8+ 62.Kf5 Re3 63.Kg5+–; 50.Kd3 h5 51.Nc3 h4 52.g4±]

50...Bd6+ 51.Ke6 Re8+ 52.Kf5 Re5+ 53.Kg4 Re4+ 54.Kh3 Rxa4 55.Rxg7 h5 56.Rg6 Rb4 57.Rh6

½–½

⚪️#191 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Shuvalova,Polina (2441)
🔸Maletina,Tatiana (2270)
🔸ch-RUS Rapid GP Final 201

Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 191
public poll

C) Qc2 – 4
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 100%
@Sophia_Giraffe, @A_Wild_Richard, Majjeed, @Anandaraj

A) Rc1
▫️ 0%

B) h4
▫️ 0%

👥 4 people voted so far.

⚪️#191 (Endgame-White to Move)
🔸Sanikidze,T (2512)
🔸Ahadzade,Kanan (1977)
🔸Baku Open 2018

Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 191
public poll

B) Bc7 – 6
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 86%
@BehroudR, @Sophia_Giraffe, @A_Wild_Richard, @HaaMID_TMS, Majjeed, Atharva

A) b5 – 1
👍 14%
Aram

C) Bb5
▫️ 0%

👥 7 people voted so far.

Reuben Fine & Max Euwe, 3rd August 1936.
The location is unknown. The tournament at Zandvoort had concluded two days earlier; the tournament at Nottingham would start in a week's time. Euwe and Fine played in both.

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