27.Rd2! [A clever move that enables White to consider the plan of doubling his rooks on the d-file or the g-file.]

[27.Rg1!? Re8 28.Rad1 Nf8 29.Bc3 Re7 30.Bb4 Ree8 31.Bd6 Bxd6 32.Rxd6 Re6 33.Rxe6 Nxe6 34.Qxe5±; 27.Bc3!? Bh5 28.Qh3 Be8 29.Qg4 Rac8 30.Rg1 Nc5 31.Raf1 Bg6 32.f4! Nxe4 (32...Bxe4+ 33.Bf3 Qg6 34.Qh3 Qe6 35.Qg2 Qg6 36.Bxe4 Qxe4 37.Rf3±) 33.Bd3 Nxc3 34.fxe5 Qe7 35.Bxg6 hxg6 36.Rf3 Kg8 (36...Nd5 37.Rh3+ Kg8 38.Qxg6 Bxe5 39.Qh7+ Kf8 40.Qh8+ Kf7 41.Qh5+ Kf8 42.Nxe5+–) 37.Rxc3 Qd7 38.Qxg6±]

27...Bf7 28.Rad1? [28.Rg1!! Bg6 (28...Bxc4? 29.Bxc4 Bxa5?? 30.Rd6 Qf8 31.Ba3 c5 32.Rg6!+–) 29.Bc3 Qe7 30.Rgd1 Nf6 31.Rxd8+ Rxd8 32.Rxd8+ Qxd8 33.Qg5 Bf7 34.Bxe5+–]

28...Be6? [28...Bxc4! 29.Bxc4 Nf8 30.f4 Rxd2 31.Rxd2 exf4 32.Bxf6 fxg3 33.Bc3 gxh2 34.Bf7„]

29.Bc3 Bxc4 30.Bxc4 Nf8+/=

0–1

⚪️#212 (Endgame-White to Move)
🔸Al Mahmood,Salman (1639)
🔸El Jawich,A (2264)
🔸Emirates ch-Arab 2018

39.Ra7!? [39.Rxg7! Rf2 40.Rxh7+ Kg8 41.Rcg7+ Kf8 42.Rc7 Rf1+ 43.Kh2 Kg8 44.Rcg7+ Kf8 45.Rc7=; 39.Kh2 Rg8 40.Ra7 a2 41.Rd5 Rc8 42.Rc5 Rf8 43.Rcc7 Rg8 44.Rc5 e4 45.Rca5 Rbb8 46.Rxa2 Rbe8 47.Kg3 h6=]

39...Rbb8 40.Rxg7?? [40.Kh2! a2 41.Rxg7 Rxa7 42.Rxa7 Rb2 43.Kg3 e4 44.Kf4 Rxg2 45.Kxe4 Rh2 46.Kf4 Kg8 47.h4 Kf8 48.h5 Ke8 49.Ke3 Rb2 50.Ke4 Kf8=]

40...Rxa7 41.Rxa7 Rb3 42.Kg1 Kg8 43.Kf1

0–1

⚫️#213 (Strategy-Black to Move)
🔸Tikkanen,H (2519)
🔸Hillarp Persson,T (2546)
🔸Bistro Stella Limhamn Malmo 2018

Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 213
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A) Nb5 – 5
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 83%
Jonas, Nikhil, Evan, @Sophia_Giraffe, Atharva

B) Bb5 – 1
👍 17%
@reza13721397

C) Qe7
▫️ 0%

👥 6 people voted so far.

⚫️#213 (Endgame-Black to Move)
🔸Nassr,A (2263)
🔸Raes,A (2214)
🔸Emirates ch-Arab 2018

Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 213
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C) e3 – 11
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 92%
@mahyarebrahimi1983, Masoud, Jonas, @reza13721397, Nikhil, Babak, Evan, @Sophia_Giraffe, Srikar, Atharva, on the run faster then…, Vedant

B) Kh5 – 1
👍 8%
@PouyaMO1360

A) f4
▫️ 0%

👥 12 people voted so far.

Magnus Carlsen goes into tomorrow's last 3 rounds of rapid chess with a 2-point lead over Nakamura & a 3-point lead over Wei Yi!

When utter brilliancy hits you, it feels like an uppercut: 29...e3!! 30.hxg5 Re8!

In one game he wins with the black pieces in the Sicilian because it's a Sveshnikov/2...Nc6 structure and in the next game he wins with the white pieces in the Sicilian because he's Carlsen.

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Vassily Ivanchuk (2677) takes a sole lead in #CapablancaMemorial as co-leader Sam Sevian (2655) loses his first game to GM Albornoz Cabrera (2578).