⚪️#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.

Happy Birthday to Anatoly Karpov, 12th world chess champion (1975–1985, 1993–1999).

One of the greatest players in history, he won over 160 tournaments during his outstanding career, and continues to popularize chess after his retirement from active play.

#HappyBirthday 🎂🎉🎈

"Never make a purely defensive move."

🔸 Edward Lasker (cited in Soltis, 2008)

@UnityChess

Biggest chess achievements by Anatoly Karpov.
1.-World champion for 10 years.
2.-Played total of 7 WCC matches.
3.-Number two in world for 14 years.
4.-Winning the Linares supertournament in 1994 with performance rating of 2899.
5.-Second player in history to break 2700 rating.

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