17.e5?! [17.a3! A prophylactic move. After that, White would have enough time to attack Black's central pawns. 17...Nd7 18.Bxe7 Rxe7 19.Rd2 Ne5 20.Be2 h6 21.Rhd1 Red7 22.Qh3²; 17.Qd4 Qa7 18.Qxa7+ Kxa7 19.e5 Nd5 (19...Bxf3 20.exf6 Bxd1 (20...gxf6? 21.Be3+ Kb7 22.gxf3+–) 21.fxe7 Bxc2+ 22.Kxc2 Rd7 23.Rf1+–) 20.Bxe7 Rxe7 21.exd6 Rxd6 22.Nxd5 Bxd5 23.Rhe1 Red7 24.Bxd5 exd5 25.c3=]

17...dxe5 18.Bxc6 Qxc6 19.Qxe5+ Bd6 20.Qe3=

½–½

⚫️#239 (Endgame-Black to Move)
🔸Kosic,D (2488)
🔸Krishnater,Kushager (2305)
🔸Orbis 2 GM 2018

53...Ne4? [53...Rxa4! 54.Ra7 Rf4 55.Kh2 (55.b7?? Ne2+ 56.Kh2 Rh4#) 55...Ne2 56.g3 Rf2+ 57.Kh3 Rf3 58.b7 Rxg3+ 59.Kh4 Rb3 60.Kg5 Nd4 61.Ra8+ Ke7 62.b8Q Rxb8 63.Rxb8 Ke6=; 53...Ne2+? 54.Kf1 Ng3+ 55.Ke1 Ra1+ 56.Kf2 Ne4+ 57.Kf3 Ng5+ 58.Kg3 Ne4+ 59.Kh2 Ke8 60.Ra7 Nd6 61.g4 Rb1 62.a5 Rb3 63.g5 Rb5 64.g6 Kf8 65.Kg3 Nc4 66.b7 Nxa5 67.Ra8+ Kg7 68.b8Q Rxb8 69.Rxb8 Kxg6 70.Rb5 Nc4 71.Rc5 Nb2 72.Kf3 Nd3 73.Rd5 Ne1+ 74.Kg4 Nc2 75.Kf4 Kf6 76.Ke4 Ke7 77.Rb5 Na3 78.Rc5 Kd6 79.Kd4 Nb1 80.Rd5+ Ke6 81.Re5+ Kd6 82.Re3+–]

54.Rc7 Ra1+ 55.Kh2 Nd6 56.Rd7

1–0

🔸ch-RUS Rapid GP Final 2018
🔸Round 5
⚪️Bocharov,D (2533)
⚫️Kokarev,Dm (2598)
🔸1-0

14.Nc3! [White simply wins material by simultaneously attacking both the black knight and the d5–pawn.]

[14.Bc7? Re8 Ne6 15.Nxb6 Nxb6 16.Bxb6 Na4! 17.Bc7 Nxb2=]

14...Ne6™ 15.Nxd5! Nxf4 16.gxf4! [A correct decision that strengthens White's center and prevents Black from obtaining some counterplay with ...e5.]

[16.Nxf4?! e5! 17.dxe5 Nxe5 18.Nxe5 Bxe5 19.Rfd1 Bf5 20.Bxb7 Bxb2!‚ 21.Bxa8 Rxa8²]

16...e6 17.Nc3± [¹17.Nc7! Rb8 18.a4 Nf6 19.e3 Nd5 20.Rfc1±]

⚪️#240 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Bayramov,V (2215)
🔸Gareev,T (2584)
🔸Baku Open 2018

Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 240
public poll

B) h4 – 6
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 75%
@mahyarebrahimi1983, Jonas, Nikhil, Majid, Srikar, ThebestBoss@_Kasyap

C) b3 – 2
👍👍 25%
اوین, @SophiaCat_does_Chess

A) c×d5
▫️ 0%

👥 8 people voted so far.

⚪️#240 (Endgame-White to Move)
🔸Tikkanen,H (2519)
🔸Grandelius,N (2678)
🔸Bistro Stella 2018

Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 240
public poll

B) Nb4 – 10
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 71%
Ahmad, @Hamid_mizaee, Jonas, Nikhil, Majid, Saeid, @SophiaCat_does_Chess, Srikar, Ali, ThebestBoss@_Kasyap

A) a6 – 4
👍👍👍 29%
@mahyarebrahimi1983, @fantastic45, اوین, Beast!

C) g4
▫️ 0%

👥 14 people voted so far.

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