"I thought this was a fairly terrible game" says Sam Shankland, who finished 2nd in #BielChess after Peter Leko missed the chance to win and take 2nd with 64...Nd3+, 65...Nxc5 here:

Jeffery Xiong is still in the 2700 club, but fellow 18-year-old Tabatabaei beat him in brutal fashion today - 25...Rc2! was a clinical final move, with 26.Nxe8 running into 26...Ba6+ and mate to follow:

Xiong, Jeffery - Tabatabaei, M.amin

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Accentus Biel Masters 2019 round 08

2019 Belt and Road China Hunan International Chess Open

http://chess-results.com/tnr459427.aspx?lan=1&art=2&rd=2&fedb=IRI

⚪️#266 (Strategy-ًWhite to Move)
🔸Godena,M (2463)
🔸Stella,A (2497)
🔸78th ch-ITA 2018

21.Nxb5! [White attempts to exchange pieces by a little combination.]

[21.g3 f6 22.Qf5 Ne6 23.Ne4 Qc7 24.Qg4 Kh8 25.Qh4 Nd4 26.Bxd4 cxd4 27.Nxf6 gxf6 28.Qxf6+ Kg8 29.Re2 Rf8 30.Qg5+ Qg7 31.Rxe5 Rxf3µ; 21.Ne2 f6 22.Qg4 Bd7 23.Qg3 Nd5 24.Nc3 Nxc3 25.Bxc3 a4–+]

21...Bxb5 22.Bxe5 Ne6 [22...f6 23.Bxf4 Qd4 24.Qg3= Qa1+? 25.Kd2 Qxa2 26.Bh6 Ra7 27.Rxe8+ Bxe8 28.Re1+–; 22...Rxe5 23.Qxe5 Qh6 24.Qe3„ =]

23.Bxd6 Nxg5 24.a4 Ba6 25.Bxc5? [25.Rxe8+ would be correct: 25...Rxe8 26.Bxc5= Rc8 27.d4 Ne6 28.Bb6 Bd3 29.Kd2! Bg6 (29...Bxc2 30.Rc1 Rb8 31.d5 Bxb3 32.dxe6 fxe6 33.Bxa5=) 30.Rc1 with equality.]

25...Rec8 26.Be3 [26.d4 Ne6 27.Re5 Nxc5 28.dxc5 Bb7-/+]

26...Bxd3 27.Kd2 Bxc2?!-/+ [27...Bg6! 28.Bxg5 Rxc2+ 29.Ke3 f6 30.Bh4 Rb8–+]

⚫️#266 (Endgame-Black to Move)
🔸Godena,M (2463)
🔸Stella,A (2497)
🔸78th ch-ITA 2018

33...Re8+! [33...Rac8 34.Bxa5 Re8+ 35.Kd4 Rxc5 36.Kxc5 Re5+ 37.Kb4 Bf7 38.Rc1 Re2 39.Rc8+ Be8 40.h4 Kf7 41.Rc7+ Kf8 42.g4 h5³; 33...Rdc8 34.Rxa5 Rxa5 35.Bxa5=]

34.Kd2 a4 35.Ra1 Rac8 36.Bb6 Rb8 37.Ba5 Rb7 38.Rc7 Rb5 39.Ra7 Rd5+ 40.Kc3 Rc8+ 41.Kb4 Rc4+–+

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🔸bala Konya TUR 2018
🔸Round 6
⚪️Pour Agha Bala,Amirreza (2319)
⚫️Yakubboev,Nodirbek (2549)
🔸0-1

21...Nc4! [A well-timed move. The following continuation would only help White:]

[21...exf5?? 22.exf5 Ng3 23.Qe1! Nxf5 24.Nxf5 Bxf5 25.Bxf5 gxf5 26.Bxb6!+– △Nd5]

22.fxe6 Bxe6! [In order to exchange White's active Bishop.]

[22...fxe6!? 23.b3 Nxe3 24.Qxe3 Nf4!³ △B×g5]

23.Bxe6 fxe6 24.b3 Nxe3 25.Qxe3 Qc5! [△e5]

26.Kb2! Bxg5?!= [¹26...e5! 27.Nf5™ gxf5 28.Qf3 Nf4 △B×g5 29.exf5 Bxg5 30.Qa8+ Kd7 31.Qf8 Be7³]

⚪️#267 (Strategy-ًWhite to Move)
🔸Basso,Pier Luigi (2529)
🔸Garcia Palermo,C (2391)
🔸78th ch-ITA 2018

Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 267
public poll

A) e6 – 10
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 71%
Nikhil, Majid, @Steve1234567890qwerty, @MerissaWongso, @SophiaCat_does_Chess, majeed, Michael, Hansika, @Kasyapat1, Arianna

B) Kg1 – 2
👍 14%
@A_Somewhat_Cool_Guy, @vahike

C) Q×h7 – 2
👍 14%
Ebi, اوین

👥 14 people voted so far.