29...Qxe4?? [Choosing the wrong pawn to grab. The problem is now White can force the exchange of queens.]

[29...Qxg4! This move, while keeping the e4–pawn under attack, provides good attacking chances against the opponent's king by the combination of the queen and the knight, and so White's task to convert his material advantage will not be easy. 30.Qxf7?? (30.Qc8! Qxe4 31.g3 f5 32.Qd7 Qg4 33.Qd1 Qb4 34.Rc7 Qxb2 35.Qd5 e4 36.Qxf5 e3!² Qa1) 30...Nf4 31.g3 Ne2+!–+]

30.Qc4! Qd4 31.Qxd4 exd4 32.Rc7 Ne5 33.Rxb7 d3 34.Kf1+–

⚪️#241 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Ahmadzada,Ahmad (2343)
🔸Guliev,L (2312)
🔸Baku Open 2018

Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 241
public poll

A) Bh6 – 6
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 86%
@fantastic45, Nikhil, Majid, @KingBossKrish, Atharva, Thebest

B) d5 – 1
👍 14%
Arianna

C) Ne6
▫️ 0%

👥 7 people voted so far.

⚫️#241 (Endgame-Black to Move)
🔸Tikkanen,H (2519)
🔸Semcesen,D (2464)
🔸Bistro Stella 2018

Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 241
public poll

C) f×g4 – 8
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 89%
@fantastic45, Nikhil, Majid, اوین, @KingBossKrish, Atharva, ThebestBoss@_Kasyap, Arianna

A) Kf6 – 1
👍 11%
saberi

B) f4
▫️ 0%

👥 9 people voted so far.

Here we see these old rivals Anand and Kasparov from 1990-1995 Anand was one of the strongest contenders for the title and in 1995 he even played a match the final result was10½-7½ in Kasparovs favor (+4 -1=13).The prize fund was 1,500,000 US$ with 2/3 for the winner.

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An hour’s history of two minds is well told in a game of chess.

🔸 Jose Raul Capablanca

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Nino Gurieli v. Marta Litinskaya-Shul. Date and place unknown; possibly the Women's Zonal Tournament in Frunze (Bishkek), 1978.

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Paul Keres and Tigran Petrosian in 1963 with the Piatigorskys.

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Move of the day :

22. Re8!! 1-0

Albert Whiting Fox - Albert Clerc, Paris 1901

And it’s a wrap! FIDE Women’s Candidates Tournament is officially closed in Kazan.

Congratulations to Aleksandra Goryachkina for her convincing victory!