📘 Caruana plays forcing moves and doesn't give his opponent any time to consolidate.
25.b3! Nb6 26.Ra5! Bf8
26...b4 27.Qe4 Q×e4 28.N×e4 Be7 29.c4 +-
27.Q×b5 Q×b5 28.R×b5 +-

🔸ch-USA 2018
🔸Round 10
⚪️Liang,Awonder (2552)
⚫️Izoria,Zviad (2599)
🔸1-0

📘 7.Bg4
Naturally, there are plenty of other options on this and the previous move, but this plan is always decent. The bishop will temporarily be misplaced on h5/g6, but it will usually come in to play via f7 after ...Nd7 and ...f6.
8.h3 Bh5 9.a3 a5 10.Nf1 Nd7 11.Ne3

⚪️#417 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Vaganian,R
🔸Short,N
🔸European Team Ch., Debrecen, 1992

📕 How should White, to move, complete his development? Here White could develop normally with 15 0-0 but this does not lead to any particular advantage. The strongest way to develop an initiative is by bringing the king's rook into play via the 3rd rank. As Ke1-f1 will work as well as castling, White has no problems with the king. How should one find this plan? Well, very simple. White is slightly better placed and is reasonably active, while Black is passive. Therefore White should attempt to prove an advantage, and this is done by finding the most serious weakness in the enemy camp. In this case, it is the kingside. After...15.h4! White is trying to establish four pieces against two on the kingside. This is the most dangerous approach. 15...Nf8 16.Qg5! The key move. 16...Qxg5 17.hxg5 Rd7 18.f4 Rad8 19.Kd2 Rc7 20.b4+/-

⚪️#418 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Short,N
🔸Karpov,A
🔸Linares (match) (8), 1992

📕 Here we are concerned with identifying weaknesses. White has only one weakness – the b2-pawn – while Black suffers from having some rather weak pawns and one weak square: a6, c6, and d5. The defender of all these squares is the knight on b4 which, consequently, keeps Black's position intact. Therefore Short came up with a brilliant idea.
18.Na2!
Simply eliminating the prime defender. After this Black is in trouble. The knight on e4 is not as well placed as the one on b4, despite its appearance.
18...c5
Karpov tries an active defence, but Black cannot save this position even with perfect play.
19.dxc5 Nxc5 20.Nxb4 Rxb4 21.Bc6 Qb8 22.Bxd5 Rxb2 23.Qc4 Rc2 24.Qg4+/-.

⚪️#419 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Timman,J
🔸Huebner,R
🔸Tilburg, 1988

Unity Chess Multiple Choice 419
anonymous poll

C: 0-0 – 4
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 57%

B: c4 – 2
👍👍👍👍 29%

A: Qg5 – 1
👍👍 14%

👥 7 people voted so far.

⚪️#420 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Short,N
🔸Kasparov,G
🔸Amsterdam, 1996

Unity Chess Multiple Choice 420

B: Kh1 – 4
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 57%

A: Qe3 – 2
👍👍👍👍 29%

C: b4 – 1
👍👍 14%

👥 7 people voted so far.

Ju Wenjun (2571) is absolutely merciless. She wins the second game in a row against reigning Tan Zhongyi (2522) in their match for the World Crown.
The score is: Zhongyi 0.5 - 2.5 Wenjun.

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