⚪️#268 (Strategy-ًWhite to Move)
🔸Valsecchi,A (2497)
🔸Sonis,Francesco (2499)
🔸78th ch-ITA 2018

25.c6! [In order to create a passed pawn on the queenside.]

[25.h4 Nf7 26.c6 bxc6 27.dxc6 Qe8 28.Ra1 Rc8 29.b5±; 25.Qc4 b6 26.Rc1 Rfe8 27.c6 Qe7 28.Ra1 Rxa1+ 29.Bxa1 Ra8 30.Bc3²]

25...bxc6 26.dxc6 Qc8 27.Rd5 Nf7 28.Ra5 Ne5 29.Rxa8 Qxa8 30.Qb3+ Kh8 31.b5 Qb8 32.Bxe5 fxe5 33.Ra1 Qd8 34.Bg4 Bxg4 35.hxg4 h6 36.Qe6 Qh4 37.Ra2 Rf6 38.Qc8+ Kh7 39.b6

1–0

⚪️#268 (Endgame-White to Move)
🔸Barp,Alberto (2429
🔸Basso,Pier Luigi (2529)
🔸78th ch-ITA 2018

36.Rxc7! [36.Rb1 Ka7 37.Kf1 Rc3 38.Ke2 Kb6 39.Kd2 Ra3 40.a5+ Kb5 41.Rc1 Kxb4 42.Rc7 Ra2+ 43.Kd3 Rxf2 44.Kxd4 Kxa5 45.Rxb7 Ka6 46.Re7 Kb6=; 36.Rd1 Rc4 37.Rb1 Kc7 38.Kf1 Kc6 39.Ke2 h5 40.Kd2 Rc3 41.Re1 Rf3 42.Ke2 Rb3„ =]

36...Kxc7 37.Kf1 Kd6 38.Ke2 Ke5 39.Kd3 Kd5 40.f4 h5 [40...h5 41.h4 Kd6 (41...f6 42.a5 f5 43.b5 Kc5 44.a6 bxa6 45.bxa6 Kb6 46.Kxd4 Kxa6 47.Ke5+–) 42.Kxd4 Kc6 43.Ke5+–]

1–0

🔸World Youth U16 Olympiad 2018
🔸Round 8
⚪️Wang,Yanbin (2220)
⚫️Yakubboev,Nodirbek (2549)
🔸0-1

40...Rd5! [A dual-purpose move: 1.on the d5 square, his rook is protected. 2. pressuring on the opponent's weak e5–pawn.]

41.Ng3 Nc6! [△N×e5]

[41...Nc2+!? △R×d3 42.Ke2 Rxd3 43.Kxd3 Nd4! N×b3 44.Nd2™ Kxe5µ]

42.Kd2 [42.Ne4 Bf8 43.Rxd5 Kxd5 44.Nf6+ Ke6 45.Kd2 Nd4! △N×b3 46.Kc1™ Nf3 47.h3 Bg7!–+]

42...Nxe5 [¹42...Rxd3+! 43.Kxd3 Nxe5+ 44.Nxe5 Kxe5–+]

43.Nxe5 Kxe5 44.Rxd5+ Kxd5-/+ [An extra Black's pawn is sufficient to win the game.]

⚪️#269 (Strategy-ًWhite to Move)
🔸Brunello,M (2338)
🔸Gueci,Tea (2184)
🔸78th ch-ITA Women 2018

Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 269
public poll

C) g5 – 6
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 55%
Masoud, Nikhil, @meti_niko, Majid, @Steve1234567890qwerty, @Qwerty123Tseries

A) Rg1 – 5
👍👍👍👍👍👍 45%
@SophiaCat_does_Chess, @A_Somewhat_Cool_Guy, Hansika, @Kingbosskasyap, Arianna

B) g×f5
▫️ 0%

👥 11 people voted so far.

⚫️#269 (Endgame-Black to Move)
🔸Gueci,Tea (2184)
🔸Sedina,E (2263)
🔸78th ch-ITA Women 2018

Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 269
public poll

A) Bg6 – 5
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 63%
@M_L_110213, Nikhil, @SophiaCat_does_Chess, @A_Somewhat_Cool_Guy, Arianna

C) B×f3 – 2
👍👍👍 25%
@BENYAMIN_021, Masoud

B) Na5 – 1
👍 13%
@Steve1234567890qwerty

👥 8 people voted so far.

Legendary Handshake between Fischer and Petrosian in the Curacao Candidates 1962 as we know Fischer accused Soviets for cheating and there is no eye contact.
Petrosian won the tournament but with 5.5 free points because of the draws he made with other Soviets.

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“I prefer to lose a really good game than to win a bad one”

🔸 David Levy

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Viktor Korchnoi, in play v. Boris Spassky in the 1977 Candidates' Semi-final match, which took place in the Dom Sindikata in Belgrade - the same venue that held the USSR v. Rest of the World match, 7 years previously.

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Spassky and Korchnoi during the Candidates Final in Belgrade, the final score was 10.5-7.5.

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