🔸Baku Open 2018
🔸Round 3
⚪️Guseinov,G (2664)
⚫️Ahmadzada,Ahmad (2343)
🔸1-0

19.Ng5! [A clever sacrifice to deflect Black's king from defending the bishop on d6.]

19...f5? [¹19...Rhd8! 20.Ne4 Bc7™ 21.Bb4+! Kf7 22.Nd6+ Bxd6 23.Bxd6 Be8 24.Bc5±; 19...fxg5? 20.Bxg5+ Kf7 21.Rxd6+–]

20.Bc3! [20.Ne4!? △Bg5 20...fxe4 21.Bg5+ Kf7 22.Rxd6 Be8 23.Re1 Rf8 24.Bxe4+–]

20...Bc5 21.Rhe1 Bxf2 22.Bxc6!+– [22.Bxc6 Bxc6 23.Rxe6+ Kf8 24.Rxc6 Be3+ 25.Bd2 Bb6 26.Ne6+ Kf7 27.Bc3!+– △Rd7]

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⚪️#210 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Hansen,SuB (2583)
🔸Tikkanen,H (2519)
🔸Bistro Stella Limhamn Malmo 2018

21.h4?!=
[21.Rc6! clearing the d6–square for another rook. 21...Qe7!! 22.e4 (22.Rdd6 Rc8! 23.Qd3 Rxc6 24.Rxc6±) 22...Rd8 23.Rd5 Rd7 24.b4 Qd8 25.Qc4 Qe8 26.h4 Rfe7 27.Kg2 Qf7 28.a4 f5 29.Rxd7 Rxd7 30.Qc3 Re7 31.exf5 Qxf5 32.Qf3 Rd7 33.Qxf5 gxf5 34.Re6 e4 35.b5 Kf7 36.Rh6 Kg7 37.Rc6 Kf7 38.Kf1 Kg7 39.Ke2 Kf7 40.Rh6²; 21.R1d5 Rc8 22.Qd3 Rc1+ 23.Kg2 Qc8 24.Rd7 Rc3 25.Qb5 Rc7 26.Rxc7 Rxc7 27.Qd3 Kf7 28.Rd8 Qe6 29.f3=] ½–½

⚪️#210 (Endgame-White to Move)
🔸Issa,R (2378)
🔸Al Ghamdi,Ahmed M (2075)
🔸Emirates ch-Arab 2018

34.Rc3! [34.Nc3 c4 35.Nd5 Ba3 36.Ka2 Bxb2 37.Rb1 Bc3 38.Rxb3 cxb3+ 39.Kxb3 Be1 40.Nf6+ Kf7 41.Ne4=; 34.Re1 c4 35.Re2 Bb4 36.Rc2 Rxe3 37.Rxc4 Be7 38.Ng3 Kf7 39.Rc7 Re1+ 40.Kc2 Ke6 41.Rc6+ Kd5 42.Rxh6 g4 43.fxg4 Bg5 44.Rg6 Bf4 45.Nf5 Re2+ 46.Kc3 Rxg2=]

34...Rb5 35.Ra3 c4 36.Ra8 Kf7 37.Kc2 Rb3 38.Nc3 Bc5 39.e4 Bd4 40.Ra4 Kg6 41.Rxc4 Rb6 42.b4 g4 43.Nd5 Ra6 44.fxg4 Ra2+ 45.Kc1 Rxg2 46.Rxd4 Rxg4 47.Rc4 h5 48.Kd2 h4 49.Ne3 Rf4 50.Kd3 Rf2 51.Rc2 Rf8 52.Rh2 Kg5 53.Nf5

1–0

⚫️#211 (Strategy-Black to Move)
🔸Hillarp Persson,T (2546)
🔸Westerberg,J (2534)
🔸Bistro Stella Limhamn Malmo 2018

Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 211
public poll

B) f5 – 6
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 86%
@RahmaniArapardaz, @reza13721397, @Sophia_Giraffe, @AryanLeekha, Uday, Kasyap

A) Rbd8 – 1
👍 14%
Nikhil

C) Kh8
▫️ 0%

👥 7 people voted so far.

⚪️#211 (Endgame-White to Move)
🔸Elmejbri,A (2091)
🔸Talbi,Chafik (2254)
🔸Emirates ch-Arab 2018

Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 211
public poll

B) Bc2 – 6
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 67%
@PouyaMO1360, @RahmaniArapardaz, @reza13721397, Nikhil, @AryanLeekha, Kasyap

C) a×b4 – 2
👍👍 22%
@Sophia_Giraffe, ㅤㅤㅤㅤ ㅤㅤㅤㅤfrank

A) R×d6 – 1
👍 11%
Uday

👥 9 people voted so far.

Garry Kasparov and Mikhail Botvinnik, Moscow 1982.

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🔸Baku Open 2018
🔸Round 3
⚪️Aleksandrov,A (2599)
⚫️Demianjuk,A (2332)
🔸1-0

34.axb5! [Aleksandrov opens the a-file for his own rook.]

[34.h3? b4! 35.Bb2 Re7 36.Re1 Nh8! △Ng6 37.Kc4 Ng6 38.h4 Re8 39.e5+ fxe5 40.fxe5+ Nxe5+ 41.Bxe5+ Rxe5 42.Rxe5 Kxe5 43.Kxc5 b3 44.d6 Ke6 45.Kc6 b2 46.d7 b1Q 47.d8Q=]

34...axb5 35.Ra1! [△Ra6]

35...c4+? [35...Kc7! would have been put up more stubborn resistance: 36.e5 c4+ 37.Ke4 b4 38.Bd4 c3 39.Kd3! Nh6! 40.Re1! Nf5 41.Bc5 c2! 42.Kxc2 Rb5 43.d6+ Kc6 44.Bg1 b3+ 45.Kb2 fxe5 46.fxe5 Kd7±]

36.Kd4 b4 37.Rb1! [Black's pawns on the queenside are falling.]

37...b3 [37...bxc3? 38.Rxb7! c2 39.Rxf7+– c1Q 40.e5+ fxe5+ 41.fxe5#]

38.Kxc4 Rc7+ 39.Kxb3+–

⚫️#211 (Strategy-Black to Move)
🔸Hillarp Persson,T (2546)
🔸Westerberg,J (2534)
🔸Bistro Stella Limhamn Malmo 2018