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⚫️#276 (Strategy-Ω‹Black to Move)
πŸ”ΈSonis,Francesco (2499)
πŸ”ΈLodici,Lorenzo (2456)
πŸ”Έ78th ch-ITA Women 2018
17...Nd4! [Centralizing the knight and putting pressure on the opponent's weak light squares.]

[17...Kh7!? 18.Nc3 Nd4 19.b5 f5 20.Nxd5 Bxd5 21.Be3 Bxg2 22.Kxg2 Qd5+ 23.f3 e4 24.dxe4 fxe4 25.Bxd4 exf3+ 26.Rxf3 Rxf3 27.exf3 Qxd4 28.Qxd4 Bxd4 29.Rd1 Bc5 30.Ra1 Kg7 31.f4 Kf7 32.Kf3 Ke6 33.Ke2 Bxa3 34.Rxa3 Kd5 35.Kd3 Kc5–+; 17...Qd7 18.e3 f5 19.Nc3 Ncxb4 20.Qe2 f4 21.Ncb5 Nc6 22.Rfc1 fxe3 23.fxe3 Kh7 24.Nc4 Rab8Β΅]

18.Nc3 Nxc3 19.Bxc3 Bb3 20.Qd2 Rc8 21.Rfc1 e4 22.Bxd4 [22.Bxe4 Rxc3 23.Rxc3 Nxe2+ 24.Qxe2 Bxc3–+]

22...Rxc1+ 23.Qxc1 Qxd4 24.Bxe4 Ba2 25.e3 Qe5 26.Nc4 Qe6 27.b5 Bxc4 28.Qxc4 Qxc4 29.dxc4 a3

0–1
⚫️#276 (Endgame-Black to Move)
πŸ”ΈMoroni,L (2559)
πŸ”ΈBrunello,S (2542)
πŸ”Έ78th ch-ITA 2018
26...Ke7! [26...g5! 27.Nh5 Ke7 28.Rfe1 f5 29.g4 Rxe1+ 30.Rxe1+ Kd6 31.gxf5 Bxf5 32.Re3 Kc5 33.Nf6 Rf8 34.Ne4+ Bxe4 35.Rxe4 h5 36.h3 Rd8 37.Kf1 b5 38.cxb5 Rxd5Β΅; 26...Bf5 27.c5 g5 28.Nh5 Rd4 29.Rfe1 Rxd5 30.Nf6 Rd8 31.c6 Rd6 32.Re8+ Kg7 33.g4 Bc8 34.Nh5+ Kh7 35.Rxh8+ Kxh8 36.h3=]

27.c5 bxc5 28.Rxc5 Rc8 29.Ra5 Ra4? [29...g5 30.Nd3 Kd6 31.Ra6+ Kxd5 32.Rxa7 Be6 33.Ra3 Kd6 34.h3 Bxh3 35.Rd1 Rd4 36.Re1 f6-/+]

30.d6+ Kxd6 31.Rd5+ Ke7 32.Re1+ Be6 33.Rd3 Re4 34.Ra1 Bxa2 35.Rxf3=/+ Rc2 [35...Ra4Β³; 35...Rc2 36.Ra3 Bc4 37.Rxa7+ Kf8 38.Ra8+=]

½–½
πŸ”ΈTCh-CZE Extraliga 2018–19
πŸ”ΈRound 3
βšͺ️Jakubowski,K (2511)
⚫️Dragnev,Valentin (2508)
πŸ”Έ0-1
19...Nxe4! [Black intends to reduce the possible pressure of White's pieces against his kingside and deflect the opponent's rook from the d-file.]

20.Nxe4 Bxe4! [β–³Nd3]

21.Rxe4 Nd3!β€š [Black continues his exchange policy.]

[21...Ng6? 22.h4! Ne7 23.Ba1! β–³Qb2 23...Kh8 24.Qb2 e5 25.Rf4!Β²]

22.Rf1! Nxb2! 23.Qxb2 Rfe8!=/+ [23...Rd7!? β–³Rfd8 24.f4 Bc7 25.Rf3 Qd8! 26.Rd4 Rxd4 27.Qxd4 Qxd4 28.exd4 Bb6 29.Rd3 Rd8Β³]
⚫️#277 (Strategy-Ω‹Black to Move)
πŸ”ΈGarcia Palermo,C (2391)
πŸ”ΈDavid,Alb (2555)
πŸ”Έ78th ch-ITA Women 2018
Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 277
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B) Qd7 – 2
πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘ 40%
Majid, @Kingbosskasyap

C) a5 – 2
πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘ 40%
@mahyarebrahimi1983, Hansika

A) Rb8 – 1
πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘ 20%
@A_Somewhat_Cool_Guy

πŸ‘₯ 5 people voted so far.
βšͺ️#277 (Endgame-White to Move)
πŸ”ΈDi Benedetto,Desiree (2271)
πŸ”ΈAndolfatto,Maria (2065)
πŸ”Έ78th ch-ITA Women 2018
Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 277
public poll

A) Qh5 – 7
πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘ 70%
γ‚·, Majid, @A_Somewhat_Cool_Guy, A, Hansika, @Kingbosskasyap, @HosseinDamadi78

C) dΓ—e5 – 3
πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘ 30%
@mahyarebrahimi1983, @RahmaniArapardaz, Ψ§ΩˆΫŒΩ†

B) Bc2
▫️ 0%

πŸ‘₯ 10 people voted so far.
Zandvoort, July 1936. Savielly Tartakower, Paul Keres, Reuben Fine and Max Euwe are photographed during an excursion to the beach.

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"My studies with Botvinnik brought me immense benefit, particularly the homework assignments which forced me to refer to chess books and to work independently."

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The ceremonial 1st move is played in the game between Max Euwe v. Savielly Tartakover in the opening round of the tournament at Zandvoort, 18th July 1936.

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Amsterdam, 1st May 1956. The winner of the FIDE chess Candidates' tournament, Vasily Smyslov is seen together with his wife, Nadezhda Andreevna, as he receives his prize.

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Woman Grandmaster Sabina Foisor learned to play chess when she was 4 years old. As a child, she won games in only four moves! Learn from her techniques and skills as she join us at our FREE Chess Lecture and Simul Series this Saturday: