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📘 A beautiful termination of the game:

27.R×h6! 1-0

if 27...K×h6 (N×h6 28.Q×g5+ Kh7 29.Nf6+) 28.Q×g5+ Kh7 29.Rh1+
🔸European Team Championship 2017
🔸Round 1
⚪️Nepomniachtchi,Ian (2733)
⚫️Lenic,Luka (2650)
🔸½-½
📘 8.Be2
This move was initially played by Caruana against Radjabov in 2013 with success. The idea is to retreat the bishop before setting up a Maroczy bind by playing c4.
🔸European Team Championship 2017
🔸Round 1
⚪️Navara,David (2726)
⚫️Rasmussen,Allan Stig (2542)
🔸1-0
📘 38.R×e6! A tactical solution!
38...Nh6+ ( f×e6 39.N×e6+ Kg8 40.Nxf8 Nh6+ 41.Kg5 Nf7+ 42.Kg6 Kxf8 43.h6+- )
39.R×h6! K×h6 40.Kf5! K×h5 41.f4 1-0
🔸European Team Championship 2017
🔸Round 1
⚪️Kuzubov,Yuriy (2690)
⚫️Schreiner,Peter (2480)
🔸1-0
📘 7.b4!?
This move has been played twice. In 2015, Anton successfully played it against Salem and in 2017 Nepom used it against Harikrishna. The idea of this move is to win a tempo and to control the central square d4. For instance:
7...cxb4 8.Bb2 to make some problems for black in developing his kingside.
🔸2nd Paytakht Cup 2017 Tehran
🔸Round 7
⚪️Tabatabaei,M amin (2566)
⚫️Maghsoodloo,Parham (2560)
🔸0-1
📘 White's position on the queenside is almost lost, so he correctly tries to go for complications on the kingside.

30.Ng4!
And now:
A) 30...N×b4? 31.R×f6! Qc5
(31...g×f6 32.Nh6+ Kf8 33.Nhf5 B×f5 34.N×f5 Qd7 35.Qh6+ Kg8 36.Q×f6 h5 37.Qg6+ Kh8 38.Qh6+ Kg8 39.Rf1+- with an irresistible attack on the kingside.)
32.Nh6+ g×h6
(Kh8 33.Nf7+ Kg8 34.Nh6+= perpetual)
33.Qg3+ Kh8 34.Ne6!! B×e6 35.Qc3! Kg8 36.Qg3+ Kh8 37.Qc3 =

B) 30...Bxg4! 31.hxg4 Nxb4 32.Nxb5 Qd7! 32.Nc3 (32.Nd4 Nxd5) 32...Qxg4-/+
C) In the game, black tried the solid 30...Re7 to prevent the tactical idea, Rxf6.
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🔸European Team Championship 2017
🔸Round 5
⚪️Pavasovic,Dusko (2548)
⚫️Stefansson,Hannes (2508)
🔸1-0
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🔸European Team Championship 2017
🔸Round 5
⚪️Mamedyarov,Shakhriyar (2791)
⚫️Navara,David (2726)
🔸1-0
⚫️#93 (Strategy-Black to Move)
🔸Ivkov,Borislav
🔸Spassky,Boris
🔸Piatigorsky-Cup 1966
📕 29...e5?! to play Ne6-d4 is not exact as it give up the d5 outpost to white after 30.Nc3 and black's advantage has reduced.
29...g5?! weakens the kingside and white can continue by 30.hg hg 31.Nf2
The simple 30...Kf8 is best. From e7 the black king prevents queen invasions from the d file and if queen exchange becomes possible the king is ready to be activated from the center.
⚪️#94 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Spassky,Boris
🔸Petrosian,Tigran
🔸Moscow 1966
📕 When the opponents have castled on opposite wings initiative is the most important factor. Petrosian is ready to play Rab8 and c5. The young challenger, Spassky, correctly decided to play 13.h4! to activate the rook from h3. From h3 the rook can be quickly trasfered to all files! In addition white may have the oppotunity to play Qg5 to exchange queens and go for a better endgame based on better pawn structure.
⚫️#95 (Strategy-Black to Move)
🔸Smyslov,Vassily
🔸Spassky,Boris
🔸Moscow 1973
📕Unity Chess Multiple Choice 95

A: B.g4 – 5
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 42%

B: f5 – 5
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 42%

C: g,h5 – 2
👍👍👍 17%

👥 12 people voted so far.
⚪️#96 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Tal,Mihail
🔸Botvinnik,Mikhail
🔸Moscow 1960