🔸78th ch-ITA 2018
🔸Round 2
⚪️Basso,Pier Luigi (2529)
⚫️Moroni,L (2559)
🔸0-1

42...fxe5! [A preparatory move to attack the weak h6–pawn.]

[42...Rd3+? 43.f3! f5 44.gxf5 exf5 45.Kf2 Ke6 46.Rc2 Kd5 47.Ke2=]

43.fxe5™ [43.Rxe5?? Rxe5 44.fxe5 b4! 45.axb4 a3 46.bxa3 c3–+]

43...g5! [The point of Black's previous move.]

[43...Rd8? 44.Kf4! △Kg5 44...Rd1 45.Kg5=]

44.Kf3 Rd4! 45.Kg3 Kf7!-/+[△Kg6]

[¹45...Rd3+!? 46.f3 Kf7 △Kg6 47.Rc2 Kg6 48.Rh2 Rb3 49.Rd2 Kxh6 50.Kf2 Kg6–+]

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

15...Bb5!? [15...Nb5!? Since the trade of the knights on the b5–square is not favorable for the opponent, Black intends to put his knight on the central d4–square. 16.h3 (16.Nxb5 axb5 17.a6 bxa6 18.Rxa6 Bc8 19.Ra7 c4!µ) 16...Nd4 17.Nb3 b6 18.axb6 Qxb6 19.Na5 Qc7 20.Ra2 Rb4 21.Bd2 Reb8=; 15...Qe7 16.Nc4 Bb5 17.Nb6 Nd7 18.Bd2 Bd4 19.Be3 Bxc3 20.bxc3 Nxb6 21.axb6 Na8 22.Bf4 Nxb6 23.e5 dxe5 24.Bxe5 Rbd8 25.d6 Qf8 26.Bxb7 Nc4 27.f4 Nxd6 28.Bxa6 Bxa6 29.Rxa6 Nc4 30.Qe2 Nxe5 31.fxe5=]

16.Qb3 [16.Nf1 Bxf1 17.Kxf1 Nd7 18.Bf4 Qe7 19.Qd2 b5 20.axb6 Rxb6 21.Kg1 Bd4 22.Be3 Reb8 23.Ra2 Rb4³ /=; 16.Nxb5 axb5 17.Nf1 Nd7 18.Rb1 Ra8 19.Bf4 Qe7 20.b4 cxb4 21.Bd2 Rxa5µ]

16...Nd7 17.Nc4 Bxc4 18.Qxc4 Ne5-/+

0–1

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

57...f4?? [57...e3!? 58.Rd7 Qf2+ 59.Kh2 Qf4+ 60.Kh1 Qf1+ 61.Kh2 Qf2 62.Rb7 Qf4+ 63.Kh1 Qd4 64.Rbe7 f4 65.Re4 Qb2 66.Kh2 Qd2 67.Rf7 e2 68.Rfxf4 Qxf4+ 69.Rxf4 e1Q–+; 57...Kh5 58.Kh1 f4 59.Rxe4 f3 60.Rd5+ Kh6 61.Rd2 f2 62.Rd1 Qd3! 63.Rxh4+ Kg5 64.Rxd3 f1Q+ 65.Kh2 Qxd3 66.Rg4+ Kf5–+]

58.Rxe4 f3 59.Rxg6+!! Qxg6 60.Rxh4+ Kg7 61.Rg4 fxg2 62.Rxg6+

½–½

⚪️#214 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Hansen,SuB (2583)
🔸Semcesen,D (2464)
🔸Bistro Stella Limhamn Malmo 2018

Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 214
public poll

B) Rb1 – 4
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 36%
Masoud, Jonas, Nikhil, Atharva, on the run faster then…

C) Nfe5 – 4
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 36%
@PouyaMO1360, @Djawad21, @reza13721397, @Miladdark79

A) Ba3 – 3
👍👍👍👍👍 27%
@mahyarebrahimi1983, @A_Wild_Richard, Kasyap

👥 11 people voted so far.

⚪️#214 (Endgame-White to Move)
🔸Pridorozhni,A (2567)
🔸Kryakvin,D (2588)
🔸ch-RUS Rapid GP Final 2018

Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 214
public poll

A) Q×f5 – 7
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 88%
@PouyaMO1360, Jonas, @reza13721397, Nikhil, @A_Wild_Richard, @jmrd1995, Vedant

C) Kf3 – 1
👍 13%
@mahyarebrahimi1983

B) Qf3
▫️ 0%

👥 8 people voted so far.

The ultimate 6th game of Deep Blue 🆚 Garry Kasparov rematch in 1997 was played on May 11.
The score was even before this game, and it took the Machine 19 moves in the Caro-Kann to mark the revolution in chess making engines officially stronger than human.

Kasparov won 1, drew 3, and lost 2.

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"The great mobility of the King forms one of the chief characteristics of all endgame strategy. In the middlegame the King is a mere 'super', in the endgame, on the other hand - one of the 'principals'."

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⚪️#214 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Hansen,SuB (2583)
🔸Semcesen,D (2464)
🔸Bistro Stella Limhamn Malmo 2018

14.Nfe5! [White is slowly tightening his grip on the position.]

[14.Rb1!? Qc7 15.Nfe5 Rd8 16.Nxd7 Nxd7 17.a4 c5 18.dxc5 Bxb2 19.Qxb2 bxc5 20.Rbc1 Bc6 (20...cxb4 21.Nd6 Qb8 22.Nxb7 Qxb7 23.Bf3+–) 21.b5 Bd5±; 14.Ba3 Ba6 15.Rd2 Bxc4 16.Rxc4 Nd5 17.Rdc2 Qb7 18.b5 c5 19.dxc5 Nxc5 20.Bxc5 bxc5 21.Rxc5 Rxc5 22.Rxc5 Rc8 23.Qc4 Rxc5 24.Qxc5 Nc3 25.Qc4+/=]

14...a5 15.bxa5 b5 [15...bxa5 16.Bf3 a4 17.Qc2±]

16.Nb6 Nxb6 17.axb6 Nd5 18.Nd7 Qd6 19.Nc5 Rcb8 20.Bf3 Bc8 21.b7 Bxb7 22.e4±

1–0