"Chess is neither a science nor an art. It is what human nature most delights in ― a fight."

🔸 Emanuel Lasker

@UnityChess

World Junior Champion Parham Maghsoodloo after beating Sweden's Tiger Hillarp Persson: "First I'd like to say I was really shocked, because I spent the whole day preparing for Nils Grandelius!" :)

Round 3 of #TePeSigeman is finished:
Grandelius🇸🇪 vs. 🇮🇳Harikrishna 0-1
Maghsoodloo🇮🇷 vs. 🇸🇪Hillarp Persson 1-0
Sarin🇮🇳 vs. 🇬🇧Jones 0.5-0.5
Saric🇭🇷 vs. 🇩🇪Nisipeanu 0.5-0.5
....a bad day for the Swedish players leaves Jones and Harikrishna in first place.

🔸Baku Open 2018
🔸Round 2
⚪️Safarli,E (2671)
⚫️Allahverdiyeva,Ayan (2116)
🔸1-0

15.Ng3! [The time has come for the black queen to pay for her premature attack!]

15...Qg4 [15...Qg6 16.h3! △Bd3 16...Ne8 17.Bd3 Qc6 18.Nf5 △Ne7 18...Kh8 19.a6!‚ Nc5 20.Nxe5 Bxe5 21.Rxe5 Nxd3 22.Qxd3 Bxf5 23.Rxf5 b6 24.Bf4+–]

16.Ra4! [The black queen is trapped.]

16...Nc5 17.Bxf7+ Rxf7 18.Rxg4 Bxg4 19.Qc2 Bxf3 20.gxf3+–

⚪️#208 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Brynell,S (2409)
🔸Hansen,SuB (2583)
🔸Bistro Stella Limhamn Malmo 2018

24.Nd2!? [White could have achieved the desired regrouping of his pieces by the threat of trapping the black rook on b6. 24.Na4! Rb4 25.Bd2 Rb3 26.Nc3 Rb6 27.Nd1 Qa7 28.Ne3 Be7 29.Ba5 Rb7 30.Nf5 Bf8 31.Nd2 Qb8 32.Bc3 Rb6 33.Ne3 Qc8 34.Qd1 h5 35.h4 Rab8 36.Qf3 Ne7 37.Ra4± Ng4 38.Nxg4 hxg4 39.Qe3 f6 40.f3 Ra8 41.b3 Ng6 42.Qe2 gxf3+ 43.Qxf3 Be7 44.R4a3 Nh8 45.Nf1 Nf7 46.Ne3±; 24.Nd1!? Be7 25.Bd2 Qb8 26.Ne3 Nd7 27.Ba5 Rb7 28.Bc3 Rba7 29.Nf5 Bd8 30.Ra3 Nf6 31.Bd2±]

24...Qc8 25.Nf3±

0–1

⚪️#208 (Endgame-White to Move)
🔸Talbi,Chafik (2254)
🔸Al Hosani,Omran (2130)
🔸Emirates ch-Arab 2018