25.Rxa7? [Giving the opponent a golden opportunity to obtain equality.]

[White should have played: 25.Rxe8+! △Qe5 25...Qxe8 26.Qe5! Qg6 27.Bxd5±]

25...Be4? [Returning the favor!]

[25...Bg4! △Re1 would be correct: 26.f5 (26.Bf1 Re1! 27.Kf2 Rd1 28.Qe5 Rxf1+! 29.Kxf1 Qd3+ 30.Kf2 Qc2+ 31.Kg1 Qc1+ 32.Kf2 Qc2+=) 26...Re1+ 27.Kf2 Re2+ 28.Kg1 Re1+=]

26.Bf1!±

⚪️#280 (Strategy-ًWhite to Move)
🔸Barp,Alberto (2429)
🔸Basso,Pier Luigi (2529)
🔸78th ch-ITA 2018 Salerno

Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 280
public poll

B) a4 – 6
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 67%
@mahyarebrahimi1983, Hadi, @raienr, Hansika, @Kingbosskasyap, Arianna

A) b4 – 2
👍👍 22%
@RahmaniArapardaz, A

C) h4 – 1
👍 11%
#mahdi_ri#$ٌٌـ

👥 9 people voted so far.

⚪️#280 (Endgame-White to Move)
🔸Stupak,K (2580)
🔸Kostenko,P (2449)
🔸Pavlodar Open 2018

Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 280
public poll

C) Re2 – 8
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 80%
@mkd00, @mahyarebrahimi1983, @RahmaniArapardaz, Hadi, @raienr, Hansika, @Kingbosskasyap, #mahdi_ri#$ٌٌـ

A) Nd4 – 2
👍👍 20%
Babak, Arianna

B) Nc3
▫️ 0%

👥 10 people voted so far.

Pal Benko died at the age of 91 and will be remembered as one of the strongest non-soviet players in the late 50s and early 60s.
He had an amazing end-game technique and he had strong technical abilities.
He defeated 4 world champions
Smyslov,Tal,Petrosian and Fischer.

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🔺Pal Benko's obituary, by Dylan McClain for The New York Times:
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/26/sports/pal-benko-dead.html

🔺chess.com:
https://www.chess.com/news/view/pal-benko-dies-1928-2019

🔺chessbase:
https://en.chessbase.com/post/pl-benkoe-dies-at-91

🔺chess24
https://chess24.com/en/read/news/pal-benko-dies-aged-91

Remembering Pal Benko

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You should keep in mind no names, nor numbers, nor isolated incidents, not even results, but only methods..The method produces numerous results..."

🔸 Emanuel Lasker

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