⚪️#260 (Endgame-White to Move)
🔸Garcia Palermo,C (2391)
🔸Godena,M (2463)
🔸78th ch-ITA 2018

45.Rd7!! [45.Qxc3+ Nxc3 46.Rd7 Kf8 47.Rxe7 Kxe7 48.Nd7 Nd5 49.Kf2 h5 50.Ne5 hxg4 51.fxg4 Kf6 52.Nxc6 Kxe6=; 45.Qf4 Qxd8 46.Qf7+ Kh8 47.Ne4 Nd6 48.Nxd6 Rc2+ 49.Kh3 Qxd6 50.e7 Rh2+ 51.Kxh2 Qd2+ 52.Kh3 Qh6+ 53.Kg2 Qd2+ 54.Kf1 Qd1+ 55.Kf2 Qd2+=]

45...Rxc4 46.Rxe7+ Kh6 [46...Kf6 47.Rf7+ Ke5 48.Rd7! Rxc5 49.e7 Nd6 50.Rxd6+–]

47.Ne4 g5 48.Rd7 Rc2+ 49.Kh3 Nc3 50.e7 Ne2 51.Rd2

1–0

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🔸Round 4
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27...Rxg4! [A nice exchange sacrifice to penetrate into opponent's camp.]

[27...e5!? △B×g4 28.Nf5+ Bxf5 29.exf5 (29.gxf5 Bd4! △Rg3 30.h5 Rg3 31.R1d2 Rh3³) 29...Rxg4! 30.Bxg4 Rxg4°]

28.Bxg4 Rxg4 29.b4 axb3! [Damaging the opponent's pawn structure.]

[29...Ba7? 30.Nb5!‚ Bxb5 31.cxb5 e5 32.Rc1²]

30.Nxb3 Bc6!‚ 31.Nxc5 dxc5 32.Kb2 Rxh4!-/+ [Black has more than enough compensation for the exchange.]

[32...Rxe4?! 33.Rg3! △Rg7 33...f5 34.Rg7+ Kf6 35.Rxh7 Rxc4 36.Rh6+! Kf7 37.Rh7+ Kg6 38.Rh8 Kg7 39.Rdd8=/+]

⚫️#261 (Strategy-Black to Move)
🔸Bellia,F (2448)
🔸Moroni,L (2559)
🔸78th ch-ITA 2018

Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 261
public poll

A) Q×g4 – 11
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 79%
@RahmaniArapardaz, @fantastic45, Jonas, Max, Nikhil, @meti_niko, Majid, اوین, Alexander, @Kasyapat1, Arianna

B) Bf5 – 2
👍 14%
@mahyarebrahimi1983, @SophiaCat_does_Chess

C) Qf4 – 1
👍 7%
@A_Somewhat_Cool_Guy

👥 14 people voted so far.

⚪️#261 (Endgame-White to Move)
🔸Garcia Palermo,C (2391)
🔸David,Alb (2555)
🔸78th ch-ITA 2018

Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 261
public poll

B) Q×a7 – 12
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 92%
@mahyarebrahimi1983, @RahmaniArapardaz, @fantastic45, Jonas, Max, Nikhil, @meti_niko, Majid, @FrozenBlade, اوین, @A_Somewhat_Cool_Guy, Arianna

C) Kf2 – 1
👍 8%
@SophiaCat_does_Chess

A) Re1
▫️ 0%

👥 13 people voted so far.

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