Move of the day :

33...Qa4+!! 0-1

Jonathan Tisdall - Judit Polgar, Reykjavik 1988

2019 Women’s Candidates. Closing Ceremony.

FIDE publishes the Player’s Contract for Participation in the FIDE chess.com Grand Swiss 2019 (Isle of Man, 10-21 October) that is expected to be the strongest Swiss-system tournament in the history of chess. Players have two weeks to sign.

https://www.fide.com/component/content/article/1-fide-news/11683-fide-chesscom-grand-swiss-2019-players-contract.html

Summer Chess Classic - A Group

https://chess24.com/en/embed-tournament/summer-chess-classic-2019-a/3/1/1

⚪️#242 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Sanikidze,T (2512)
🔸Gasimov,Parviz (2303)
🔸Baku Open 2018

23.Nc4!? [23.h3?! Qc6 24.a5 Rbd8 25.Re1 Qxd5 26.exd5 Bf6 27.Rab1 Rd7 28.Nc4 h5 29.b4 cxb4 30.Rxb4 Bd8²; 23.a5! By blocking the opponent's queenside pawns, White could have prepared to put a mighty knight on c4. 23...Qc6 24.Ra3 Bf8 25.Re1 Qxd5 26.exd5 f5 27.Nc4 Re7 28.Rb3 Rg7 29.Rb6 Rd8 30.f3 Rf7 31.Kf2 g5 32.g3 Rfd7 33.Kg2 Be7 34.Rb1! Rc7 35.g4 fxg4 36.fxg4 Rdc8 37.Kf3 Rf8+ 38.Ke3 Rf6 39.b4 Bf8 40.bxc5 Rxc5 41.Rxb7 Rxd5 42.Ra7±]

23...b5 24.axb5 axb5 25.Ne3+/=

½–½

⚪️#242 (Endgame-White to Move)
🔸Semcesen,D (2464)
🔸Brynell,S (2409)
🔸Bistro Stella 2018

39.Rh7!? [39.Rb6! Rh8 40.h4 gxh3+ 41.Kxh3 e5 42.Kh4 Ke6 43.d7+ Ke7 44.Rc5 e4 (44...Kxd7 45.Rd5+ Kc7 46.Rxe5+–) 45.Rb7 Kd6 46.Rc2 Rhf8 47.Rd2+ Ke6 48.Rb6+ Ke7 49.Kxh5+–; 39.h4!? b4 40.Rb7 Rab8 41.Rxb8 Rxb8 42.Rb6 Rd8 43.Rxa6 e5 44.Rb6 Ra8 45.a6 Ke6 46.d7+ Kxd7 47.Rxb4 Rxa6 48.Rb7+ Kd6 49.Rh7 Ra2 50.Rh6+ Ke7 51.Rxh5 Kf6 52.Rh6+ Kf5±]

39...Kg6 40.Rb7 Kf6 41.h3 [41.d7+–]

41...Rab8 42.Rxb8 Rxb8 43.Rxa6+–

1–0

🔸ch-RUS Rapid GP Final 2018
🔸Round 6
⚪️Kabanov,N (2450)
⚫️Chigaev,M (2606)
🔸0-1

23.Qf2? [Missing a golden opportunity to seize the initiative in the endgame.]

[¹23.Qxc6! dxc6 24.Rd7! h6 25.Ra7 Rdd7 25...Rd8 26.Rxd8+ Bxd8 27.Rxa6+/=]

23...Rf8! [Now Black is completely better.]

24.Qg3 Qe4!-/+ [Rc3]

[24...Rf5!? 25.Bd4 a5!-/+ a4]

⚪️#243 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Fier,A (2553)
🔸Haussernot,C (2196)
🔸Baku Open 2018

Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 243
public poll

A) a4 – 6
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 60%
@roshani85, Nikhil, @Steve1234567890qwerty, Alexander, Atharva, Pravin

B) g5 – 2
👍👍 20%
Majid, ThebestBoss@_Kasyap

C) 0-0-0 – 2
👍👍 20%
@SH_M1743, اوین

👥 10 people voted so far.

⚫️#243 (Endgame-Black to Move)
🔸Westerberg,J (2534)
🔸Hansen,SuB (2583)
🔸Bistro Stella 2018

Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 243
public poll

A) Qe5 – 7
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 70%
@SH_M1743, Nikhil, Majid, @Steve1234567890qwerty, Alexander, Pravin, ThebestBoss@_Kasyap

B) Qh1 – 2
👍👍 20%
V.ansari, Atharva

C) Qg1 – 1
👍 10%
@roshani85

👥 10 people voted so far.

1990 Moscow GMA. Garry Kasparov, Lev Psakhis and ... the father of the future president of FIDE (Vladimir Dvorkovich)! It's amazing how things happen sometimes!

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