📕18.Rd3!
The piece that needs to be activated before the direct assault is the rook, and as the weakness, White is attacking is the d6-pawn, the rook belongs on the d-file. Another good feature about the text is that it prevents ...Na5 (prophylaxis) while improving the pieces. This is what identifies a great move.
18...b5 19.Rhd1 Na5 20.Nxe7+ Rxe7 21.Rxd6!+/=

⚪️#398 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸McDonald,N
🔸Lukacs,P
🔸Budapest, 1995

📕13.Ne5!
The knight is on its way to c5, from where it can exert pressure on b7. At the same time, the text gives the other knight the option of going to f4 without being removed by the enemy bishop.
13...Nd5 14.Nd3! g6 15.Nc5+/=.

⚫️#399 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Videki,S
🔸Hillarp Persson,T
🔸Budapest, 1996

Unity Chess Multiple Choice 399

C: c4 – 4
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 67%

B: b×c3 – 2
👍👍👍👍 33%

A: e6
▫️ 0%

👥 6 people voted so far.

⚫️#400 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Videki,S
🔸Hillarp Persson,T
🔸Budapest, 1996

Unity Chess Multiple Choice 400

B: b×a3 – 3
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 50%

C: b3 – 2
👍👍👍👍👍 33%

A: Bf8 – 1
👍👍 17%

👥 6 people voted so far.

Carlsen Beats Topalov, Leads Shamkir Chess.

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Gashimov rd 7: Magnus Carlsen defeated tournament leader Veselin Topalov today, and taking the lead at the Gashimov Memorial in Shamkir. Ding Liren moved to plus-one after beating a suffering David Navara.

Gashimov rd 8 pairings: Giri-Carlsen, Mamedyarov-Navara, Ding-Mamedov, Radjabov-Karjakin, Topalov-Wojtaszek. Carlsen leads with 4.5. US ch rd 8: Robson beat Akobian, Lenderman beat Liang. Caruana & Shankland in first place with 5.5 out of 8. In women's ch, Wang leads 7/8.

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Caruana, Shankland Lead U.S. Championship.

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