#FIDEGrandPrix MVL bounces back to beat Mamedyarov in the second game of their match.

Tiebreaks to decide the winner of #Riga #GrandPrixFIDE.

Biel tournament round 2 ( Classical + rapid games ) : Leko 14 , Shankland 13 points.

Master Tournament

http://chess-results.com/tnr457115.aspx?lan=0&art=1&turdet=YES

⚫️#262 (Strategy-Black to Move)
🔸Moroni,L (2559)
🔸Garcia Palermo,C (2391)
🔸78th ch-ITA 2018

20...Ba6!? [Exchanging the black bad bishop with the opponent's good one makes Black's task easier to obtain equality.]

[20...Qd8 21.e4 c5 22.e5 Nh5 23.Bb5 Nf4 24.Rd2 c4 25.Qd1 Nf8 26.Ne1²; 20...c5 21.Qb2 Kg8 22.dxc5 Rxc5 23.Rd2²]

21.Bxa6 R8xa6 22.Nd2 Ne4? [¹22...Qd8=]

23.Ndxe4 dxe4 24.Qc4+/= [24.Reb2!?]

1–0

⚫️#262 (Endgame-Black to Move)
🔸Brunello,M (2338)
🔸Gueci,Tea (2184)
🔸78th ch-ITA 2018

40...Kf7?? [40...Rxb4! 41.Kc3 Bc5 42.Nf6 Rb8 43.h7 Rh8 44.Kd2 Kf7 45.Ke2 Kg7 46.Rb1 Bb6 47.Rh1 Bd8 48.Rb1 Bb6 49.Rc1 Ra8 50.Rc6 Rd8=; 40...f4?? 41.exf4 e3+ 42.Ke2 Rxf4 43.Nf6 Rf2+ 44.Kd3 Rd2+ 45.Ke4 Rh2 46.b5 Kf7 47.Ng4 Rh4 48.Kf4 Rh3 49.Rf1 Rh5 50.Ke4+ Ke7 51.Nf6 Rh2 52.Kf3 Bd4 53.Ne4 Bb6 54.Re1+–]

41.Nf6 f4 42.exf4 e3+ 43.Ke2 Rc2+ 44.Kf3 Bd4 45.Rh1 Bxf6 46.gxf6 Rc8 47.h7 Rh8 48.Ra1 Kxf6 49.Rxa7 g5 50.fxg5+ Kxg5 51.Kxe3 Kf5 52.Kd4 Rb8 53.b5

1–0

🔸World Youth U16 Olympiad 2018
🔸Round 6
⚪️Yakubboev,Nodirbek (2549)
⚫️Iniyan,P (2468) )
🔸1-0

13.e5! [White drives away the black knight from protecting the vital d5–square.]

[13.b3? would be bad: 13...d6! 14.Bg5 e6 15.Ndb5 Qb8 16.Rad1 a6 17.Nxd6 Nxd6 18.Bxf6 Bxf6 19.e5 Be7 20.exd6 Bxd6=]

13...Qxc4 [Black prefers giving up a piece to playing passively, although that's not enough to save the game.]

[13...Ne8 14.Nd5‚ Qd8 15.Bg5! f6™ 16.exf6 exf6 17.Bf4! △Ne7 17...Kh8 18.Rad1 Ned6 19.b3 △Rfe1 19...Re8 20.Qb2!+– △Rfe1]

14.exf6 Bxf6 15.Qxc4!+– [△Ndb5]

[15.Ndb5?! Qxe2! 16.Nxe2 a6 17.Nbc3 e6± △b5]

⚪️#263 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸David,Alb (2555)
🔸Bellia,F (2448)
🔸78th ch-ITA 2018

Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 263
public poll

C) g4 – 8
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 80%
Nikhil, @meti_niko, M H, Majid, @Steve1234567890qwerty, @Qwerty123Tseries, @Kasyapat1, Arianna

B) B×e6 – 2
👍👍 20%
@SophiaCat_does_Chess, @vahike

A) h4
▫️ 0%

👥 10 people voted so far.

⚪️#263 (Endgame-White to Move)
🔸Zimina,O (2386)
🔸Di Benedetto,Desiree (2271)
🔸78th ch-ITA 2018

Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 263
public poll

A) f5 – 12
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 86%
farhad, @mahyarebrahimi1983, @RahmaniArapardaz, Nikhil, M H, Majid, @Steve1234567890qwerty, @SophiaCat_does_Chess, @Qwerty123Tseries, @Kasyapat1, ♛♛ chess♛♛, Arianna

B) Re6 – 1
👍 7%
@meti_niko

C) Rc8 – 1
👍 7%
@vahike

👥 14 people voted so far.