Radoslaw Wojtaszek and Ian Nepomniachtchi finished their second semifinal game in a draw and will decide for the finalist on a tiebreak tomorrow. This will be the first tiebreak for the Polish player in this tournament.

#GrandPrixFIDE

Alexander Grischuk is the first finalist of the FIDE Grand Prix in Moscow. He outplayed Hikaru Nakamura Hikaru Nakamura in the second game of their match.

Grischuk's opponent will be decided on a tiebreak Nepomniachtchi-Wojtaszek on May 25.

Hikaru Nakamura realizing he's in serious trouble.

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

14.Qb3 [14.Bb5! taking advantage of the black knight's vulnerable position. 14...Qg6 15.Qa4 Nb8 16.Ba3 a6 17.Bxd7+ Nxd7 18.Bxd6 Qxd6 19.f3 exf3 20.Nxf3 0–0 21.e4 fxe4 22.Qc4+ Kh8 23.Ng5 Nf6 24.Nf7+ Rxf7 25.Qxf7±; 14.f4 Qf6 15.Nc4 0–0 16.Ne5 Be8 17.Qb3+ Kh8 18.c4 a5 19.Rf2 Nb4 20.Bf1 Qh6 21.Bd2 Rd8 22.Bc3 Be7 23.Be1 Nc6²]

14...h5 15.Qd5 Be7 16.Nc4? [16.Bb5+/=]

16...Rd8 17.f3 h4=/+

0–1

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

43...Rb1 [43...Rd1! 44.Ke2 Rg1 45.Kf3 Rf1+ 46.Kg4 Rf2 47.Nb7 Rxb2 48.Nc5+ Ke7 49.Nxa4 Rb3 50.Nc6+ Ke8 51.Nd4 Rxa3 52.Nc5 Kf7 53.Kf4 g5+ 54.hxg5 hxg5+ 55.Kg4 Re3 56.Ndxe6 Rxe5 57.Nxg5+ Kg6 58.Nge6=; 43...Ke7? 44.Nb7 Rd1 45.Ke3 Rg1 46.Kf4 Rc1 47.Kg4±]

44.Nd3 Kc6 45.Nf7 Rd1 46.Ke2 Rg1 47.Nxh6 Rxg3 48.Nf7 Rh3 49.Ng5 Rxh4 50.Nxe6 Rh3 51.Nd4+ Kc7 52.Nf4 Rh2+ 53.Kd3 Rxb2 54.Nxd5+ Kd8 55.e6 Rb7 56.Nc6+ Ke8 57.e7 Rd7 58.Kc4

1–0

🔸Bundesliga 2018–19
🔸Round 3
⚪️Hoffmann,Pau (2376)
⚫️Movsesian,S (2633)
🔸0-1

25.Be3? [Missing an opportunity to exploit the pin on the d6–pawn.]

[25.Bc5! e3 (25...Re6 26.f5! Rf6 27.Bxe4 Qc7 28.Bd4 d5+ 29.Kg1 dxe4 30.Bxf6 Nxf6 31.fxg6 Bxg6 32.Rd2²) 26.Qe1 dxc5 27.Rxd7 Rxd7 28.f5! Ne5 29.Ng3±]

25...Ree8?! [25...Be6 26.Rd2 Ne5 27.Qh4 Nf3+ 28.Bxf3 exf3 29.Rxf3 Qe8!= △B×c4]

26.Qe1? [The opportunity is once again missed by Hoffmann.]

[26.Bc5!²]

26...Ne7! [△Nf5]

27.Nd4 Bg6=/+

⚪️#223 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Safarli,E (2671)
🔸Sibashvili,G (2438)
🔸Baku Open 2018

Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 223
public poll

A) Nd5 – 10
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 83%
Max, Gavin, Nikhil, @BUSYAMIR, @Omid_kh7225, ., @Sophia_Giraffe, @A_Wild_Richard, Majjeed, Arianna

B) h4 – 2
👍 17%
Meisam, Uday

C) b3
▫️ 0%

👥 12 people voted so far.

⚫️#223 (Endgame-Black to Move)
🔸Miswadah,Baha (1928)
🔸Elmejbri,A (2091)
🔸Emirates ch-Arab 2018

Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 223
public poll

A) Bg5 – 4
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 50%
Gavin, ., @A_Wild_Richard, Majjeed

B) Be7 – 3
👍👍👍👍👍 38%
@Sophia_Giraffe, Srikar, Arianna

C) Kg7 – 1
👍👍 13%
Nikhil

👥 8 people voted so far.