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⚪️#282 (Strategy-ًWhite to Move)
🔸Sedina,E (2263)
🔸Raccanello,Marianna (2030)
🔸78th ch-ITA Women 2018

16.Re1!? [16.Nd3! A standard maneuver to prevent Black from playing ...c5. 16...Rac8 17.Qa4 Bg7 18.Rac1 Qf6 19.Ne5 c5 20.Nd7 Qxd4 21.b4! (21.Qxd4 Bxd4 22.Nxf8 Kxf8„) 21...Qxb4 22.Qxb4 cxb4 23.Nxf8 Rxf8 24.Rfd1±; 16.Qa4 c5 17.Nd7 Rf4 18.dxc5 Rxa4 19.cxd6 exd6 20.Nf6+ Kf7 21.Nxd5 Bg7„]

16...Rac8 17.Qg4?!= [17.Qa4! c5 18.Qxa7 cxd4 19.Ng4 Bg5 20.Qxd4 Rc2 21.Re5 Bf6 22.Nxf6+ Rxf6 23.Rxd5 Qf4 24.Qxf4 Rxf4 25.f3 Rxb2 26.Re1 Rxa2 27.Rxe7 Rf7 28.Rd8+ Kg7 29.Rxf7+ Kxf7 30.Rd7+ Kg8+/=]

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⚫️#282 (Endgame-Black to Move)
🔸Zubarev,Al1 (2484)
🔸Khanin,S (2510)
🔸Pavlodar Open 2018

45...h5! [45...Bf6 46.Rb8 Be5 47.Rc8 h5 48.f4 Bf6 49.Rc2 Ra1 50.Rf2 Bd3 51.Kxh3=; 45...Ra1 46.Ra8 h5 47.a6 h4 48.a7 hxg3+ 49.fxg3 Ra2+ 50.Kg1 Ra1 51.Kh2 Ra2+=]

46.Be4 Ra1 [46...Rb4]

47.Bd4 [47.f4 Ra4 48.Rd1 Ra2+ 49.Kg1 Be2 50.Rc1 f5 51.Bb1 Rd2 52.fxe5 Bf3 53.Bf2 Bd5 54.a6 h2+ 55.Kxh2 Rxf2+ 56.Kh3 Kg6 57.a7 Rb2=/+]

47...Bxd4 48.Rxd4 Rxa5 49.Rd2 Ra1 50.Bf3 Kg6 51.Rc2 Bd3 52.Rd2 Bf1 53.Rc2 f5 54.Rd2 e5 55.Bc6 e4 56.Rd6+ Kg7 57.g4 hxg4 58.Bd7 Ra2

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🔸TCh-CZE Extraliga 2018–19
🔸Round 4
⚪️Ponizil,C (2494)
⚫️Velicka,P (2423)
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