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⚫️#237 (Endgame-Black to Move)
πŸ”ΈIssa,R (2378)
πŸ”ΈBellahcene,B (2516)
πŸ”ΈEmirates ch-Arab 2018
50...Nc3! [50...Ra8 51.Rf4+ Ke6 52.Rxg4 Nc5 53.Kf2 Ke7 54.Rb4 Ne6 55.Rb7+ Kf6 56.Rb6 Ra3 57.Kf3 Kg7 58.Ke3 Ra4Β΅; 50...Nc5 51.Rf4+ Ke6 52.Rxg4 Ra8 53.Kf2 Ke7 54.Rb4 Ne6 55.Rb7+ Kf6 56.Rb6 Ra3 57.Kf3 Kg7 58.Ke3 Ra4-/+]

51.Rf4+ Ke5 [51...Kg5! 52.Rf2 (52.Rxf7 Nxe2+ 53.Kf2 (53.Kg2 Rh3 54.Rg7+ Kf5 55.Rf7+ Kg6 56.Rf8 Nxg3–+) 53...Rh2+ 54.Ke3 Nxg3–+) 52...f6 53.e4 Rd8 54.Rf5+ (54.Rd2 Nxe4–+) 54...Kg6–+]

52.Rxg4 Nxe2+ 53.Kf2 Rh2+ 54.Ke3 Nc3 55.Rc4 Nd1+ 56.Kf3 Rf2+ [56...Rf2+ 57.Kg4 Ne3+–+]

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πŸ”Έch-RUS Rapid GP Final 2018
πŸ”ΈRound 4
βšͺ️Sjugirov,S (2663) )
⚫️Sarana,A (2618)
πŸ”Έ0-1
15...d5! [Sarana takes advantage of the situation and builds up the strong center.]

[If 15...0–0?! , then 16.Rfd1 Rc6 17.Rd2!Β² β–³Rad1]

16.Bg5 d4! [β–³RΓ—c2]

17.Bxf6β„’ Bxf6 18.Rfd1 0–0! [Black does not hurry to exploit his positional advantage and consolidates his position first.]

[18...Qc6? 19.Ne4 0–0 20.c3 Rfd8 21.Rd3=]

19.g4 h6!-/+ [19...Rfd8!? 20.Rd3 Qc7! 21.Ne4 Qxc2 22.g5 Be7 23.f6 Bf8-/+]
⚫️#238 (Strategy-Black to Move)
πŸ”ΈGasanov,E (2502)
πŸ”ΈAleksandrov,A (2599)
πŸ”ΈBaku Open 2018
Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 238
public poll

A) Qh5 – 5
πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘ 50%
Nikhil, @BehroudR, Majid, @SophiaCat_does_Chess, @A_Somewhat_Cool_Guy

B) a5 – 3
πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘ 30%
@kord_sol, Nagaprasad, Jai

C) Rg6 – 2
πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘ 20%
@fantastic45, Ψ§ΩˆΫŒΩ†

πŸ‘₯ 10 people voted so far.
βšͺ️#238 (Endgame-White to Move)
πŸ”ΈAl-Shamsi,Ousha (1429)
πŸ”ΈJalloul,M (1874)
πŸ”ΈEmirates ch-Arab 2018
Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 238
public poll

B) Bd4 – 11
πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘ 85%
@Jalalam_attar, Jonas, @shahriarmz88, Nikhil, @BehroudR, Ψ§ΩˆΫŒΩ†, Nagaprasad, @A_Somewhat_Cool_Guy, Jai, Matthew, Florentino

A) f4 – 1
πŸ‘ 8%
@SophiaCat_does_Chess

C) Kf1 – 1
πŸ‘ 8%
@fantastic45

πŸ‘₯ 13 people voted so far.
According to Stockfish the player who had the lowest number of blunders was Capablanca only 0.44% of his moves were blunders.
Bobby Fischer basically had the same result.

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"A chess game is divided into three stages: the first, when you hope you have the advantage, the second when you believe you have an advantage, and the third... when you know you're going to lose!"

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A Russian spectator lady trying very hard to make eye contact with Capablanca during a February 1935 simultaneous exhibition in Leningrad.

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Facts about new FIDE Women's Championship Challenger Aleksandra Goryachkina πŸ‡·πŸ‡Ί:

βœ… She is 20 years old.
βœ… Her father Yuri is a FIDE Master and her first coach.
βœ… She is at her peak rating right now (2537 in June 2019).
βœ… Goryachkina is currently #8 rated women in the world.
βœ… She won her first gold medal at the girls under 10 world championship in 2008.
βœ… In 2013, she finished 2nd in Russian U19 Open championship competing with boys.
βœ… She is 2-times Russian Women’s Champion (2015, 2017).
βœ… In 2018 Goryachkina became a grandmaster.
βœ… She has a slight fear of darkness and closed space.
βœ… She likes detective series and movies.