Move of the day :

16. Qf5+!! (1-0)

Schaya Niemzowitsch - Neumann, Riga 1899

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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+

0–1

🔸ch-RUS Rapid GP Final 2018
🔸Round 11
⚪️Sjugirov,S (2663)
⚫️Demidov,M (2520)
🔸1-0

33...Nc3?? [Black moves his knight to a bad square and underestimates his opponent's chances in this sharp position. He should have consolidated his position first with either following continuations, and then, should have gradually tried to advance his powerful pawns.]

[33...Nf6! 34.Nc6+ Kf8 35.Qa8+ Be8 36.Bg2 Nd2 37.Re1 Ng4 38.Qa7 Qc3! 39.Nd8 b4–+; 33...Nb4!? 34.Bh1 Na5 35.Qe4 f5 36.Qa8 Nd3!–+ b4]

34.Bc6! Nb6™ 35.Bxd7!‚ Nxd7 36.Nc6+ Ke6™ 37.Nd8+ Ke7 38.Nc6+ Ke6 39.Qc8! [White's queen and knight are very well-coordinated to attack against the opponent's king.]

39...d5? [Missing the last chance to hold the game.]

[¹39...Kd5! 40.Qxd7 Qxc6 41.Qxf7+ Kc5 42.Qxg6 Qf3 43.Qg7=]

40.Qe8+ Kd6 41.Nd8! Qc4 42.Nxf7+ Kc7 43.Qd8+ Kc6 44.Qc8+ Kb6 45.Qxd7+–

⚫️#246 (Strategy-Black to Move)
🔸Davidov,S (2314)
🔸Sevdimaliev,U (2386)
🔸Baku Open 2018

Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 246
public poll

B) Nc6 – 10
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 100%
@Hamed_85, @fantastic45, Nikhil, Majid, @Steve1234567890qwerty, اوین, @MerissaWongso, Srikar, @ab0987654321Qwerty, Matthew

A) Re8
▫️ 0%

C) f6
▫️ 0%

👥 10 people voted so far.

⚪️#246 (Endgame-White to Move)
🔸Mgeladze,T (2395)
🔸Bashirli,Nail (2331)
🔸Baku Open 2018

Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 246
public poll

C) Q×b4 – 13
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 93%
@miladm5, Masoud, @RahmaniArapardaz, @fantastic45, Nikhil, Majid, Babak, @Jalalkaraminajar, @Steve1234567890qwerty, @MerissaWongso, Srikar, @ab0987654321Qwerty, Matthew

B) Bd2 – 1
👍 7%
اوین

A) Bc7
▫️ 0%

👥 14 people voted so far.

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