Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 240
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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.

World Chess Champion (1963-1969) Tigran Petrosian was born on June 17, 1929.
Nicknamed "Iron Tigran" for his ability to stay undefeated and his cautious playing style, the Armenian hero was 8-times WC Candidate and 4-times Soviet Champion.
Happy Birthday to legendary Tigran Petrosian, the 9th World Chess Champion.

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Happy Birthday to world's #21 player, 8-time (!) Russian Champion Peter Svidler 🎂🎉🎈

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Tigran Petrosian, Mikhail Tal and Rafael Vaganian at the 43rd USSR Championship (Yerevan, 1975).

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Move of the day :

25...Rd1! (0-1)

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China's No 1 Ding Liren (2779) and Czech top GM David Navara (2684) will play a 10-game rapid (20+10) match in the Czech capital #Prague from 17-19 June.

FIDE Women's Candidates Tournament is over. Aleksandra Goryachkina 🇷🇺 is the WC Challenger!

1. Goryachkina - 9,5/14
2. A. Muzychuk - 8
3-4. Lagno, Tan Zhongyi - 7
5-6. Dzagnidze, M. Muzychuk - 6,5
7. Kosteniuk - 6
8. Gunina - 5,5

In the final round of #FIDEWomenCandidates Aleksandra Goryachkina suffered the first defeat in the tournament. She lost to Mariya Muzychuk.

Goryachkina (9,5) wins the event 1,5 points ahead of the runner-up Anna Muzychuk (8).

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Ding Liren & Nguyen take the lead in Prague, with one more game today!

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https://www.chess.com/news/view/today-junior-speed-chess-match-maghsoodloo-vs-moroni

Parham Maghsoodloo is one of the highest-rated blitz chess players on http://Chess.com .

Could he win it all in the Junior #speedchess Championship, or can Luca Moroni score the upset today?

Congratulations to Parham Maghsoodloo! 👏

He scored an impressive 20-7 #speedchess victory against Luca Moroni and advances to the JSCC quarterfinals!

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

12.b3!? [12.cxd5! The standard reaction in such positions. Since Black's queenside knight has been developed on d7, this exchange is completely logical. 12...Nxd5 (12...cxd5 13.h4! Nb8 14.Bb5 Nc6 15.Na4 Nd7 16.Nc5 Nxc5 17.dxc5 d4 18.Bc4±) 13.Nxd5 cxd5 14.Qb4 Nf8 15.Rxe7 Rxe7 16.Bxe7 Qb6 17.Qxb6 axb6 18.Bc2 Ne6 (18...Rxa2 19.Ba3??+–) 19.Bb3 Re8 20.Bb4 Nxd4 21.Bxd5 Rd8 22.Bb3 Rc8 23.Kf1 Nxb3 24.axb3 Bxb2 25.Rd7 Be5 26.Bd2 Rc7 27.Rd8+ Kg7 28.f4 Bc3 29.Be3 b5 30.Rd5 b4 31.Ke2; 12.h4?! Nb6 13.cxd5 Nbxd5 14.a3 Qa5 15.Qc1 Rad8=/+]

12...e6 13.h4? [13.Bf1+/=]

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