In this section five out of the eight are Russians. Aronian is a favourite against Hou Yifan. Andreikin against Matlakov will be interesting and Karjakin is surely a favourite against Dubov. Artemiev might well pull of an upset by beating Radjabov. 👇👇

Matches 13-16

Yu Yangyi against Baadur Jobava is a mouth watering clash here:👇👇

Matches 17-20

Nakamura, Anand and Adams are all favourites, while Fedoseev against Inarkiev is a match of two equals:👇👇

Matches 21-24

Nothing can be more interesting than Wei Yi against Richard Rapport. Both are aggressive, but the Chinese likes to play by the book, while Rapport is more of a wild attacker.👇👇

Matches 25-28

Gelfand against Wang Hao and Le Quang Liem versus Vidit Gujrathi are two games to look forward to:👇👇

Matches 29-32

📘 #3 Answer👇👇👇
[Unity Chess]

🔹In a practical endgame with less pieces,our octopus becomes more of a regular stronghold, simply because it can no longer limit the activity of so many pieces. Still, of course it can be a very strong outpost. 2...Rxd1+! 3.Rxd1 e5 4.Ne1 e4! Regaining control of square d3 , the home of our octopus.🔹

📘 #4 Answer👇👇👇
[Unity Chess]

🔹1...Nh5! A well-known temporary leap to the edge, aimed straight at the goal: square f4. Several other openings, for instance some lines of the King's Indian, are also likely to give rise to this mirrored version of the white knight's leap to f5 .
2.Nf1 [2.Nxe5? Qh4-+] 2...Qf6🔹

🔴 #4

G.Kasparov - K.Timman (1994)

1.Ne4! Bc7 [1...Be7 2.Nf6!+-;
1...Kh7 2.Nxd6+-] 2.Nf6!+- 1-0

⚫️#5 (Strategy - Black To Move)

Unity Chess Multiple Choice 5
anonymous poll

C: g5 – 16
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 55%

B: a5 – 7
👍👍👍 24%

A: Bg4 – 6
👍👍👍 21%

👥 29 people voted so far.

⚫️#6 (Strategy - Black To Move)

Unity Chess Multiple Choice 6
anonymous poll

A: Nd7 – 23
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 62%

B: Q.d1 – 13
👍👍👍👍 35%

C: Bg7 – 1
▫️ 3%

👥 37 people voted so far.