⚪️#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

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⚫️#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.

@UnityChess

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🔸 Vladimir Kramnik

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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

27...f5! [Black intends to activate his knights in order to put more pressure on the weak e3–pawn.]

[27...Rbd8 28.e4 dxe4 29.Ngxe4 Nd5 30.Qb3 Kf8 31.Rfe2 Nf4 32.Re3 Nxe4 33.Rxe4 b5 34.Kf1 Rxe4 35.Rxe4 Qd6 36.a4 b4 37.Ne2 Nxe2 38.Kxe2 Qd7 39.Kf2 Qd5 40.Qc2=; 27...Kh8 28.e4 dxe4 29.Ncxe4 Rbd8 30.Rd2 Nd5 31.Kf2 Nxe4+ 32.Rxe4 Rxe4 33.Nxe4 Re8 34.Nc3 Nxc3 35.bxc3 b5 36.Qd3 Qd6 37.Re2 Rxe2+ 38.Qxe2 g6 39.d5 cxd5 40.Qxb5 Qxa3 41.Qb8+ Kg7 42.Qc7+ Kh6 43.Qf4+ Kg7=]

28.gxf5?! [28.g5 Ng6 29.f4 Nh8 30.Nb1 g6 31.Nd2 Nhf7 32.Nf3 Rec8 33.Ne5 Qe6 34.Qa4„]

28...Nexf5 29.Nxf5 Nxf5=/+

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

34.Rxd6? [34.Bc2! Rcb8 35.f5 b3 36.fxg6 hxg6 37.Bxg6 Rd8 (37...c2 38.Bh7+ Kh8 39.Bxc2 bxc2 40.Rxc2±) 38.Rc7 Rac8 39.Rc6 Kg7 40.Bc2 bxc2 41.Rxc2 Rb8 42.R6xc3=; 34.axb4!? axb4 35.Bc2 Rcb8 36.f5 b3 37.fxg6 bxc2 38.gxh7+ Kh8 39.Rxc2=]

34...b3 35.Rc6 [35.Bc2 a4! 36.Kh2 Rc4 37.Rd7]

35...Rxc6 36.dxc6 Rc8 37.Be4 a4 38.Rf1 c2 39.Bxc2 bxc2 40.Rc1 Rxc6 41.Kf2 Rc3 42.Ke2 h5 43.Kd2 Rxa3 44.Rxc2 Rb3 45.Ke2 a3 46.Rc7 a2 47.Ra7 Rb2+ 48.Kf3 Kf8 49.g3 Ke8 50.Ke3 Kd8 51.Kd3 Rg2 52.Ke4 Kc8 53.Kf3 Rb2 54.g4 h4 55.f5 h3 56.fxg6 h2

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⚪️#212 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Hector,J (2501)
🔸Semcesen,D (2464)
🔸Bistro Stella Limhamn Malmo 2018