Alexander Grischuk: "My technique was, you know, 50% of Magnus but it proved to be enough in this position." If 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 was 50% of Magnus, then 1% of Grischuk is a mere mortal's 100%.

Naka meets Grischuk, Nepo meets Wojtaszek in half finals

Semifinals of FIDE Grand Prix start May 23 in Moscow:

🇺🇸 Hikaru Nakamura – Alexander Grischuk 🇷🇺
🇷🇺 Ian Nepomniachtchi – Radoslaw Wojtaszek 🇵🇱

Tune in at 3pm local time (12:00 GMT, 8am EST) to watch the games live at https://worldchess.com/tournament/28 and video at http://youtube.com/fidechannel

Congratulations to GM Lu Shanglei (2606) and WIM Zhu Jiner (2439) on winning the Chinese Open and Women's Championships respectively. #chinachess

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⚪️#221 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Westerberg,J (2534)
🔸Hansen,SuB (2583)
🔸Bistro Stella Limhamn Malmo SWE 2018

16.Qa1! [A typical way to put pressure on the a1–h8 diagonal and bring the f1–rook into the action.]

[16.Qb1!? Nc5 17.Nd5 Bxd5 18.cxd5 Qb7 19.Bxf6 Bxf6 20.Rc1 b5 21.Rdc2 Nd7 22.Rc6 Nb8 23.Rxc8 Rxc8 24.Nd2 Nd7 25.Rxc8+ Qxc8 26.Bg4 Qc7 27.Bxd7 Qxd7 28.Qc2 Qf5 29.Qxf5 gxf5 30.f4 e6 31.dxe6 fxe6=; 16.Rc2 Nc5 17.Nd2 e5 18.b4 Ne6 19.Rc1 Qb8 20.Bf3 d5 21.Nxd5 Nxd5 22.Bxd5 Bxd5 23.cxd5 Rxd5³]

16...Bf8 [16...Ne4 17.Nd5 Bxb2 18.Qxb2 Bxd5 19.Rxd5 Ndf6 20.Rdd1=]

17.Rfd1 e6„

½–½

⚪️#221 (Endgame-White to Move)
🔸Salim Al Maashani,Amer Said (2048)
🔸Ahmad,Al Khatib (2297)
🔸Emirates ch-Arab 2018

53.Rc7?? [53.Rd7! Bxd6 54.exd6 Kf6 55.Ke3 h5 56.Ke4 g5 57.Rd8 Ke6 58.d7 Rc4+ 59.Ke3 Rc3+ 60.Kf2 g4 61.Rh8 Kxd7 62.Rxh5=; 53.Bxc5? Rxc5 54.Kf3 (54.e6 Re5+ 55.Kf3 Rxe6–+) 54...Kf8 55.Ra7 Rxe5 56.Ra4 Kg7 57.Kg2 h5–+]

53...Rxc7 54.Bxc7 h5 55.Kf3 Kf8 56.Bd8 Ke8 57.Bg5 Kd7 58.g4 hxg4+ 59.Kxg4 Ke6 60.Kf4 Kd5 61.Bf6 Ba3 62.Bg7 Bc1+ 63.Kg4 Ke4 64.Bh8 Bf4

0–1

🔸Bundesliga 2018–19
🔸Round 3
⚪️Boensch,U (2553)
⚫️Bacrot,E (2677)
🔸0-1

29...Bc5! [Bringing bishop into the action by tactical means.]

30.Red3 Ba7! [Bacrot gets the advantage by combining attack with defence.]

31.Ra3 Bxe4 32.Ne3 Rxd4!‚ [32...f5!? △f4 33.Rxa4 f4 34.Rc4 Rxc4 35.Nxc4 Bxd4 36.Ra1 Bb7µ]

33.Rxd4 Bxd4 34.Rxa4 e5-/+

0–1

⚪️#222 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Hillarp Persson,T (2546)
🔸Hector,J (2501)
🔸Bistro Stella Limhamn Malmo SWE 2018

Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 222
public poll

C) f4 – 9
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 90%
@mahyarebrahimi1983, Gavin, @Sophia_Giraffe, @A_Wild_Richard, @AryanLeekha, Vedant, Michael, Kasyap, Arianna

B) Qb3 – 1
👍 10%
Nikhil

A) Bb5
▫️ 0%

👥 10 people voted so far.

⚫️#222 (Endgame-Black to Move)
🔸Al Ghamdi,Ahmed M (2075)
🔸Sultan,I (2140)
🔸Emirates ch-Arab 2018

Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 222
public poll

B) Rd1 – 11
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 100%
@Milaniaaa, Gavin, Nikhil, @Sujas2, @Sophia_Giraffe, Srikar, @AryanLeekha, Vedant, Michael, Kasyap, Arianna

A) Rb1
▫️ 0%

C) Ke7
▫️ 0%

👥 11 people voted so far.