Wongso Steve , Sethuraman Roshan , Wongso Merissa , Peng Sophia

⚪️#278 (Strategy-ًWhite to Move)
🔸Moroni,L (2559)
🔸Brunello,S (2542)
🔸78th ch-ITA 2018 Salerno

16.d4! [White takes advantage of the pin on the h1–a8 diagonal in order to dominate on the center.]

[16.Nf4 Rb8 17.Qc2 0–0 18.Rfd1 a6 19.Nc3 g5 20.Nfd5 Nxd5 21.cxd5 f5 22.Qb3 Qd6 23.d4 Nf3+ 24.Bxf3 exf3 25.Rac1 Kg7³; 16.Qa4 0–0 17.d4 Nf3+ (17...exd3?? 18.Bxb7) 18.Kh1 Ng4 19.Bxf3 exf3 20.Nc3 Qc8 21.Nf4 g5 22.Ncd5 Kh8 23.Nd3 Qf5 24.Ne1µ]

16...Nf3+ [16...exd3?? 17.Bxb7; 16...Nxc4 17.Qa4 c6 18.Qxc4 cxb5 19.Qxb5+ Qd7 20.a4„]

17.Bxf3 exf3 18.d5 c6 19.dxc6 Bxc6 20.Nd6+ Kf8 21.Qd4 Ne8 22.Nxe8 Qxd4 23.exd4 Rxe8=/+

½–½

⚫️#278 (Endgame-Black to Move)
🔸Varriale,Luca (2226)
🔸Zamengo,F (2363)
🔸78th ch-ITA U20 2018 Salerno

33...b5! [33...f5 34.a4 h4 35.gxh4 Be7 36.Ke2 Kf7 37.h5 gxh5 38.Kd3 Ke6 39.Kc2 Bf8 40.Kb3 a6 41.Bd2 Bh6 42.Kc2 Kd7 43.Kb3 Kc6=; 33...Kf8 34.Ke3 Ke7 35.h3 Ke6 36.a4 Be7 37.g4 f5 38.exf6 Kxf6 39.Bd2=]

34.h3 f5 35.Bb2 Kf7 36.g4?? [36.Bc1 a5µ; 36.g4 hxg4 37.hxg4 fxg4 38.Kg3 Ke6 39.Kxg4 Bd2–+]

36...fxg4 37.hxg4 h4 38.f5 a5 39.Kg2 Bd2 40.Kh3 g5

0–1

🔸TCh-CZE Extraliga 2018–19
🔸Round 3
⚪️Alekseenko,K (2639)
⚫️Straka,V (2393)
🔸1-0

22.Qb5! [Although White is a pawn up, he is behind in development and Black appears to have seized the initiative. By offering a trade of queens, White tries to bring his bishop into the action.]

22...Qc7 23.Be3! [△Bb6]

23...exf4 [23...Rf5? 24.g4! △f×e5 24...Rf7 25.fxe5 Re7 26.Bd4 Bxe5 27.Bb6! Qc6+ 28.Qxc6 Rxc6 29.Bxa5±]

24.Bb6! Qe7 25.Rae1!‚ Qh4 26.Bc5! [△Be7]

[26.Bxa5!? f3 27.gxf3 Rf7 28.Bb6!±]

26...Rg8 27.Be7 Qg4 28.Re4± [¹28.Qxa5! f3 29.Rxf3 Ra8 30.Qb4 Qxb4 31.Bxb4 Rxa4 32.g3±]

⚪️#279 (Strategy-ًWhite to Move)
🔸Lodici,Lorenzo (2456)
🔸Bellia,F (2448)
🔸78th ch-ITA 2018 Salerno

Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 279
public poll

C) f4 – 7
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 70%
@mahyarebrahimi1983, عباس, Hadi, Majid, Hansika, @Kingbosskasyap, Arianna

B) N×f6+ – 2
👍👍 20%
@RahmaniArapardaz, @A_Somewhat_Cool_Guy

A) Nc5 – 1
👍 10%
Uday

👥 10 people voted so far.

⚫️#279 (Endgame-Black to Move)
🔸Jablonicky,Martin (2330)
🔸Oglaza,Oskar (2310)
🔸15th Vasylyshyn GM Lviv UKR

Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 279
public poll

B) a5 – 5
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 63%
Majid, @A_Somewhat_Cool_Guy, Hansika, Uday, @Kingbosskasyap

C) h5 – 2
👍👍👍 25%
@mahyarebrahimi1983, Hadi

A) b×a3 – 1
👍 13%
Arianna

👥 8 people voted so far.