⚫️#409 (Strategy-Black to Move)
🔸Svidler,P
🔸Sakaev,K
🔸St Petersburg, 1995

📕The Black's dark-squared bishop is tied down to defending the d6 pawn.
11...g5!
Now Black is able to develop the bishop to an active post.
12.Bc1 Bg7 13.h3 Ne5=.

⚪️#410 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Yakovich,Y
🔸Solozhenkin,E
🔸St Petersburg, 1995

📕15.Qd2!
Now White has a clear advantage as the knight has nowhere sensible to go from f4 (d4 is suddenly far away).
15...Nb4 (15...b6 16.Nd5!) 16.Bxc5 Rfd8 17.Qe3+/-.

⚫️#411 (Strategy-Black to Move)
🔸Khalifman,A
🔸Anand,V
🔸FIDE World Ch., Groningen, 1997

Unity Chess Multiple Choice 411

C: Rfe8 – 5
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 56%

A: Q×d4 – 2
👍👍👍 22%

B: d×e4 – 2
👍👍👍 22%

👥 9 people voted so far.

⚪️#412 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Short,N
🔸Smyslov,V
🔸Subotica Interzonal, 1987

Unity Chess Multiple Choice 412
anonymous poll

B: Nb1 – 8
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 53%

C: Ba7 – 5
👍👍👍👍 33%

A: Rhe1 – 2
👍👍 13%

👥 15 people voted so far.

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