Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 245
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A) f4 – 6
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 86%
@davodrajabzadeh, Gavin, Nikhil, اوین, Atharva, Daniel

C) Kh1 – 1
👍 14%
@youssefx3

B) Be3
▫️ 0%

👥 7 people voted so far.

⚫️#245 (Endgame-Black to Move)
🔸Huseynov,F (1931)
🔸Tsydypov,Z (2530)
🔸Baku Open 2018

Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 245
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C) Nd3 – 6
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 67%
Gavin, اوین, @ab0987654321Qwerty, @youssefx3, Daniel, Alan

B) f6 – 2
👍👍 22%
Nikhil, @asisnitin

A) Ne2+ – 1
👍 11%
Srikar

👥 9 people voted so far.

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Move of the day :

16. Qf5+!! (1-0)

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⚪️#245 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Guliev,L (2312)
🔸Asadli,Vugar (2471)
🔸Baku Open 2018

15.f4! [A strong pawn sacrifice in order to get White's queen access to the kingside.]

[15.Kh1 Qf6 16.Rg1 exd4 17.Bg5 Qe5 18.Nxd4 Nxd4 19.f4 Qe8 20.cxd4 f6 21.Bh6 Kh8 22.Qxh5 Qxh5 23.Bxg7+ Kg8 24.Bd1 Qe8 25.Bh6+ Kh8 (25...Kf7 26.Rg7+ Ke6 27.f5#) 26.Bg7+=; 15.Be3 Qf6 16.Kh1 Nd8 17.Rg1 Ne6 18.Ra4 Nhf4 19.b4 Rfd8 20.Bb3 h6 21.Rg4 d5„]

15...Nxf4 16.Bxf4 exf4 17.Qg4 [17.Na3! Qh4 18.Nc4 Ne7 19.Ra6²]

17...Qf6 18.Kh1 [18.Ra6! g6 19.Na3 Ra8 20.Rxa8 Rxa8 21.Nc4 Kg7 22.Bd3²]

½–½

⚫️#245 (Endgame-Black to Move)
🔸Huseynov,F (1931)
🔸Tsydypov,Z (2530)
🔸Baku Open 2018

27...Nd3! [27...f6!? 28.Nh2 f5 29.Bxg4 fxg4 30.f3 Bxd5 31.exd5 Ne2+ 32.Kf2 Nd4 33.fxg4 Rc2+ 34.Kg1 Rxb2 35.gxh5 Ke7 36.Rxa7 Kd6 37.Ng4 Rb3 38.Kf2 Nf5 39.Ra8 e4µ; 27...Ne2+ 28.Kg2 f6 29.Nh2 f5 30.Bxg4 fxg4=/+]

28.Ne3 Ndxf2 29.Bxg4 Nxg4 30.Nxg4 hxg4 31.Nxe5 Ba6 32.b4 Rc1+ 33.Kf2 Rf1+ 34.Ke3 f6 35.Nxg4 Rb1 36.Ra4 Rb3+ 37.Kf4 Be2 38.e5?? [38.Nh2 a6µ]

38...Rf3+ 39.Ke4 f5+ 40.Kd4 Rd3+

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