🔸Tournament of Peace 2018
🔸Round 8
⚪️Cheparinov,I (2711)
⚫️Palac,M (2548)
🔸1-0

34.b4! [A race! White intends to push his a-pawn as soon as possible.]

34...h4 [34...Ne6 35.Bc4! e3 36.Kc2 Nf3 37.b5 h4 38.gxh4 gxh4 39.a6!+– △a7]

35.gxh4 g4 36.bxc5! [The white knight can return on time to stop the Black's g-pawn.]

36...g3 37.Nd4™ [△Ne2]

[37.a6? g2 38.a7 g1Q+ 39.Ka2 Qxc5 40.a8Q+ Kg7=]

37...g2 38.Ne2+–

⚫️#203 (Strategy-Black to Move)
🔸Kryakvin,D (2588)
🔸Ponkratov,P (2630)
🔸ch-RUS Rapid GP Final 2018

21...b5! [Black tries to exploit his queenside pawn majority and create a weakness on the opponent's camp there.]

[21...Qf6!? 22.Rfe1 Rae8 23.Bf2 Kf7 24.Rxe8 Rxe8 25.Re1 Rxe1+ 26.Qxe1=; 21...b6!? 22.Ne2 bxa5 23.Ng3 Qd7 24.Qxa5 Rae8 25.Nxf5 Qxf5 26.Bf2 Qxf4 27.Bxc5 Qe5 28.Bf2 Qxb2 29.Ra2„]

22.axb6 [If White didn't capture en passant, Black would obtain a huge space advantage on the queenside.]

22...Qxb6 23.Rf2?! [23.Nd1 Qb4 24.Qf2 Rae8 25.Bd2 Qd4 26.Re1 Bd3!=/+]

23...Rfe8 24.Re1 Rab8 25.Rfe2 Qxb2 26.Qxb2 Rxb2 27.Rxb2 Bxc3 28.Rbe2 Bxe1 29.Rxe1 a5-/+

0–1

⚪️#203 (Endgame-White to Move)
🔸Sarana,A (2618)
🔸Demidov,M (2520)
🔸ch-RUS Rapid GP Final 201

55.Kh5! [55.c4 Kxc4 56.Kh5 Kb4 57.Rxb5+ Kxb5 58.f6 Kc5 59.f7 Rf8 60.Kg6 Kd6 61.Kf6 h5 62.f5 Rb8 63.h4 Rc8 64.Kg7 Ke7 65.f6+ Ke6 66.f8N+ (66.f4 Rb8 67.f8Q Rxf8 68.Kxf8 Kxf6 69.Ke8 Kf5=) 66...Rxf8=; 55.Ra7 Rf8 56.Re7 Bc4 57.Rc7+ Kd5 58.Rd7+ Kc6 59.Rg7 Rxf5 60.Rg6+ Kd7 61.Kg4 Be6 62.Rxh6 Rc5+ 63.Kg3 Rxc3 64.h4=]

55...Kb6 56.Rxb5+ Kxb5 57.f6 Kc6 58.f7 Rf8 59.Kg6 Kd7 60.f5 Ke7 61.f6+ Ke6 62.f4 Rc8 63.f5+ Ke5 64.Kg7 Kxf5 65.f8Q Rxf8 66.Kxf8 Kxf6 67.c4 h5 [67...Ke5 68.h4 Kd4 69.h5 Kxc4 70.Kg7+–]

68.h4 Ke5 69.Kg7 Kf4 70.c5

1–0

⚪️#204 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Sjugirov,S (2663)
🔸Maltsevskaya,Aleksandra (2243)
🔸ch-RUS Rapid GP Final 201

Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 204
public poll

C) c4 – 9
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 75%
عباس, Nikhil, Vincent, @Sophia_Giraffe, @AryanLeekha, Atharva, on the run faster then…, Michael, Hansika, Kasyap

B) N×g6 – 2
👍👍 17%
خوای دلووان, Matthew

A) b4 – 1
👍 8%
@Zamani9899

👥 12 people voted so far.

⚪️#204 (Endgame-White to Move)
🔸Chigaev,M (2606)
🔸Kokarev,Dm (2598)
🔸ch-RUS Rapid GP Final 201

Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 204
public poll

B) b5 – 7
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 58%
@Zamani9899, @Sophia_Giraffe, Atharva, on the run faster then…, Michael, Hansika, Matthew, Kasyap

C) g3 – 4
👍👍👍👍 33%
Nikhil, Vincent, @VORMIR_KING, @AryanLeekha

A) K×g6 – 1
👍 8%
خوای دلووان

👥 12 people voted so far.

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