🔸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]

1–0

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

30.Rxa7!? [30.h5!! f4 (30...h6 31.Rxa7 f4 32.Ra6 Kh7 33.gxf4 exf4 34.Rf6+–) 31.gxf4 exf4 32.h6 Ne5 33.Rxa7 Kg8 (33...f3 34.Nf6 Nf7 35.Kd2+–) 34.Rg7+ Kh8 35.Rc7+–; 30.a4 f4 31.gxf4 exf4 32.h5 Ng5 33.Rxa7 f3 34.Ne3 f2 35.h6 Nf7 36.Ra6 Ng5 37.a5 Kg8! 38.Ra7 Re8 39.Rg7+ Kh8 40.Rd7=]

30...f4 31.gxf4 exf4 32.Ra4? [32.h5 Ng5 33.Kd1 f3 34.Ne3±]

32...Nd4 33.c3 Ne2+ 34.Kd2 f3 35.Ne3 Nf4 36.Re4 Rd8+ 37.Ke1? [37.Kc2 Ng2 38.Nd1 Kg7 39.a4±]

37...Nd3+ 38.Kf1 Ra8 39.a4 Nxb2 40.Kf2 Nxa4 41.Nd5 Rd8 42.c4 Nb2 43.Ne3?! [43.Nf4=]

43...Rf8 44.Re7 Nd3+ 45.Kf1 Ra8 46.Nd1 Ra1

0–1

⚫️#198 (Strategy-Black to Move)
🔸Kabanov,N (2450)
🔸Shuvalova,Polina (2441)
🔸ch-RUS Rapid GP Final 2018

Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 198
public poll

C) Ne4 – 7
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 78%
Gavin, @BehroudR, @Sophia_Giraffe, Srikar, Majjeed, Hansika, Kasyap

A) c4 – 2
👍👍 22%
Nikhil, @A_Wild_Richard

B) Qc7
▫️ 0%

👥 9 people voted so far.

⚫️#198 (Endgame-Black to Move)
🔸Sarana,A (2618)
🔸Morozevich,A (2656)
🔸ch-RUS Rapid GP Final 2018

Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 198
public poll

A) Rd1 – 8
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 67%
Gavin, Nikhil, @Squirtle1, @mnosrati96, @A_Wild_Richard, Hansika, Uday, Kasyap

B) Re4 – 2
👍👍 17%
@BehroudR, Majjeed

C) Rd2 – 2
👍👍 17%
@Sophia_Giraffe, Srikar

👥 12 people voted so far.

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