39...Rc2+! [Dragging the opponent's king to an inferior position.]

40.Kd3™ e4+! 41.Ke3? [¹41.Nxe4+! dxe4+ 42.Kxe4 Rxa4+ 43.Kd5 Raa2-/+]

41...Ra3+! [△e3]

[41...Rc3+!? △e3 42.Ke2 e3 43.g4 exd2–+]

42.Kf4 e3!–+ [The White's extra piece cannot deal with the Black's pawns.]

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⚫️#196 (Strategy-Black to Move)
🔸Huseynzade,Jeyhun (1979)
🔸Gasanov,E (2502)
🔸Baku Open 2018

18...Qc7! [Gasanov intends to create an annoying Queen-Bishop battery along the h1–c6 diagonal.]

[18...Re8 19.Ra1 Qc7 20.Be5 Qd7 21.Bc3 Qd8 22.Re1!? Qc7³; 18...h5?! 19.Ne5 g6 20.Re1 Nd4 21.Qb2„]

19.Be5 Qc6 20.Ng3 Nxg3 [20...Qd7 21.Bc3 Bd6 22.Ne5 Qc7 23.Nxf5 exf5 24.d4 Re8 25.Qd2 f6 26.Nd3 cxd4 27.Bxd4 Qc6-/+]

21.hxg3=/+

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⚪️#196 (Endgame-White to Move)
🔸Pridorozhni,A (2567)
🔸Demidov,M (2520)
🔸ch-RUS Rapid GP Final 2018

47.Qf5+! [47.Qg4!? Kf7 48.Qf5+ Nf6 49.Bc1 Ke7 50.g4 Nd7 51.Qh7 Kf7 52.g5 Qg6 53.Qxg6+ Kxg6 54.gxh6 gxh6 55.Kf3 Nb8 56.Bd2 h5 57.Kg3 Nd7 58.Kh4 Nb8±; 47.Kf1!? Qf6+ 48.Ke2 Ke7 49.Qg4 Nf8 50.Qh5 Nh7 51.Bc1±]

47...Nf6 48.Bd2 Ke7 49.g4!? Ke8? [49...g5!? 50.Bc3 Nd7 51.Qh7+ Kd8 52.Qg8+ Ke7 53.Qg7+ Ke8 54.Ba1 Kd8 55.Kf3 Ke8 56.Ke2 Kd8 57.Qf7 Nf8 (57...Kc8 58.Qe8+ Kb7 59.Bc3+– Kc7 60.Qe6‡) ]

50.Qg6+ Kf8 51.Bc3+–

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⚪️#197 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Pridorozhni,A (2567)
🔸Maltsevskaya,Aleksandra (2243)
🔸ch-RUS Rapid GP Final 2018

Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 197
public poll

B) N×e6 – 7
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 70%
@soheil_hooshdaran, Gavin, Nikhil, @Sophia_Giraffe, @A_Wild_Richard, Hansika, Kasyap

A) Nf3 – 2
👍👍 20%
Srikar, Matthew

C) e3 – 1
👍 10%
Dariush

👥 10 people voted so far.

⚪️#197 (Endgame-White to Move)
🔸Maltsevskaya,Aleksandra (2243)
🔸Ponkratov,P (2630)
🔸ch-RUS Rapid GP Final 2018

Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 197
public poll

B) h5 – 5
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 42%
Masoud, @BehroudR, Dariush, Srikar, Matthew

C) R×a7 – 5
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 42%
Gavin, Nikhil, @Sophia_Giraffe, Hansika, Kasyap

A) a4 – 2
👍👍👍 17%
@A_Wild_Richard, Yusuf Özev

👥 12 people voted so far.

Congratulations to Daniel Fridman, who will play in his 3rd #GRENKEChess Classic next year after winning the Open this year on tiebreaks ahead of 7 other players!

The proud winner of the GRENKE Chess Open 2019 in Karlsruhe is GM Daniel Fridman (GER). Congratulations! Glückwunsch!

Fridman Wins the GRENKE Chess Open | Impressions Round 3 | GRENKE Chess Classic 2019

🔸Bundesliga 2018–19
🔸Round 2
⚪️Eljanov,P (2676)
⚫️Schroeder,Ja (2571)
🔸1-0

57.Kh5! [An instructive endgame. White intends to attack the f6–pawn with his king.]

[57.Rf5+? Ke6 58.Kg3 Ra2 59.Rh5 Rc2 60.Rh2 △Kf4 60...Rc1 61.Kf4 Rg1!²]

57...Rh8+ [57...Rg8 58.Kh6! Rg5 59.Kh7‡ f5 60.Kh6 Kf6 61.Rxf5+ Rxf5 62.gxf5 Kxf5 63.Kh5+–]

58.Kg6 Rg8+ 59.Kh6! [△Kh7]

59...Ra8 [59...Rg5 60.Kh7‡+–]

60.Kg7+– [Black's f6 pawn falls.]

⚪️#197 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Pridorozhni,A (2567)
🔸Maltsevskaya,Aleksandra (2243)
🔸ch-RUS Rapid GP Final 2018

15.Nf3 [15.Nxe6! White should have grabbed the d6–pawn by exchanging the knights. 15...Bxe6 16.Rxd6 Ne8 (16...Bxc4 17.Rxf6 Bxf6 18.Ne4 Bg7 19.Qxc4+–) 17.Rxe6!! an excellent positional exchange sacrifice. 17...fxe6 18.b5 Rf7 19.c5 Qa5 20.bxc6 Qxc3 21.cxb7 Rd8 22.Qxc3 Bxc3 23.c6 Be5 24.Rc1 Bb8 25.Bh3 Ng7 26.Bc5± White's two connected passed pawns would be very dangerous.; 15.e3 Nxd4 (15...Rd8 16.Nf3! Qc7 17.Rd2²) 16.Rxd4 Bf5 17.Qc1+/=]

15...Rd8 16.e4 Ng4!? 17.Ne2? [17.c5! dxc5 18.bxc5 Qa5 19.Rxd8+ Qxd8 20.Ne2=]

17...Ne5?= [17...Ne3 18.fxe3 Qxe3+ 19.Kh1 Qxa3µ]

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