📘 44.Rd1!
White with this timely retreat, puts pressure on black weak pawns.
44...b5 45.c×b5 c×b5 46.Rh1 Rh8 47.B×e3 +/-

⚫️#237 (Strategy-Black to Move)
🔸Flohr
🔸Botvinnik
🔸Leningrad, 1933

📕1...Na4!
Although Black has a weak pawn on d5, he is somewhat ahead in development. The knight on the edge of the board keeps a perfect position because it prevents the development of the bishop on c1.
1...Nf6 2.Be3 Na4 3.0-0-0 white has a slight advantage.
1...Nxb3 2.axb3 Trading of the minor pieces is in white's favor due to the isolated d5-pawn.

⚫️#238 (Strategy-Black to Move)
🔸Taimanov
🔸Larsen
🔸Vinkovcy, 1970

📕1...g5!
Black decides to struggle actively for the d4 square, exploiting the fact that the white king isn't castled. After the natural 1...Rd8 2.0-0 it is difficult for Black counterplay actively.
1...Be6? 2.Qxb7+/-.

⚪️#239 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Ragozin
🔸Verer
🔸corr, 1932

📕Unity Chess Multiple Choice 239

B: Qd4 – 10
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 71%

A: Nc2 – 2
👍 14%

C: Rc1 – 2
👍 14%

👥 14 people voted so far.

⚫️#240 (Strategy-Black to Move)
🔸Virtenzon
🔸Tal
🔸Lucerne, 1982

📕Unity Chess Multiple Choice 240
anonymous poll

A: d4 – 14
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 82%

B: Bb8 – 2
👍 12%

C: Rd7 – 1
👍 6%

👥 17 people voted so far.

At the international tournament Baku in April 1980. In the 9th round, Beliavsky (standing) faces Magerramov. In the background, women's World Champion Chiburdanize is in play v. Antoshin.

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19-year-old Yasser Seirawan (the reigning World Junior Champion), pictured at Wijk aan Zee, January 1980.

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🔹 Concentration to championship!!!
🔹 Giri leads the Tata Steel Masters alone after 9 rounds

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💠💠💠💠

🔹 Anish Giri took the lead of the 80th Tata Steel Masters after defeating Maxim Matlakov in the only decisive game of the 9th round.

🔹Matlakov sacrificed a pawn with 9.b3 (previously seen in the game Eljanov-So from the Gashimov Memorial last year) a move Giri hadn't prepared for, however 14.Rfc1 was a mistake according to Giri but that his own follow up wasn't the best and Matlakov stood better (25.Rd1 instead of 25.Nd6 is the computer suggestion). Starting with 31...Rc8 Giri applied pressure and after 35.Rc1 (35.Ke2 looks necessary) Matlakov's position became difficult if not just lost and he had to resign on move 39.

🔹 Review this game and download it's PGN file with analyzed by GM Daniel Fernandez👇🏼👇🏼

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" Maxim Matlakov - Anish Giri , Tata Steel Masters 2018, Round 9 "

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🔹 " Maxim Matlakov - Anish Giri , Tata Steel Masters 2018, Round 9 "
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🔹Analysis and comments by GM Daniel Fernandez

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🔹 Games Database Of Tata Steel 2018 (Masters & Challengers)
🔹 PGN format
🔹 Analyzed By Chessbase Live Server

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🔸Tata Steel Masters 2018
🔸Round 5
⚪️Svidler,Peter (2768)
⚫️Hou,Yifan (2680)
🔸1-0