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📕Unity Chess Multiple Choice 39

B: Bc4 – 25
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 86%

A: Re6 – 3
👍 10%

C: f5 – 1
▫️ 3%

👥 29 people voted so far.
⚪️ #40 (Strategy - White To Move)
📕Unity Chess Multiple Choice 40

B: Nc3 – 21
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 64%

A: Qd1 – 9
👍👍👍 27%

C: Rb5 – 3
👍 9%

👥 33 people voted so far.
🔹🔺 The interesting and tactical moments
of the Isle of Man International 2017 (Douglas ENG) Round 5 and 6 🔹🔺
🔸IOM Open Masters 2017
🔸Round 5
⚪️ Fabiano Caruana 2799
⚫️ Jeffery Xiong 2633
🔺1-0
📘 28.h4! idea h5
White is up the exchange for a pawn and before initiates his main attack, he gains more space on the kingside.
25-year-old Fabiano Caruana almost a veteran compared to 16-year-old world junior champ Jeffery Xiong. But Fab looks be winning
🔸IOM Open Masters 2017
🔸Round 5
⚪️ Vishy Anand 2794
⚫️ Nils Grandelious 2653
🔺½-½
📘 6.h3 with the idea of pushing the g pawn was Fischer's pet variation in early 60s. Similar to Keres variation, white increases his spatial advantage on the kingside and his control over d5 square by g4-g5. In recent years, this variation has been played by Carlsen, Anand, and Shirov. 6.Rg1 with a similar idea of g4-g5 has also been tested in this position.
🔸IOM Open Masters 2017
🔸Round 6
⚪️ Pavel Eljanov 2734
⚫️ Magnus Carlsen 2827
🔺0-1
📘 7...Q.d5!? to transfer the queen to h5 after an exchange on c3.
🔸IOM Open Masters 2017
🔸Round 6
⚪️ Emil Sutovski 2683
⚫️ Fabiano Caruana 2799
🔺½-½
📘 17.b4!
A) 17...Q.b4 18.Rab1 is in white's favor.
B) 17... B.b4 18.c5! cuts off the bishop and plans to transfer the knight to the d6 outpost.
C) 17...Qd8 18.d5! opens up central lines to utilize the development advantage.
🔸IOM Open Masters 2017
🔸Round 6
⚪️ Vishy Anand 2794
⚫️ Sp Sethuraman 2617
🔺1-0
📘 12.Bc2!
With the idea of transferring the knight to the strong d4 square.
🔸IOM Open Masters 2017
🔸Round 6
⚪️ Vishnu Prasana 2543
⚫️ Rustam Kasimdzhanov 2676
🔺0-1
📘 46.Re2? Rf1! -+

White lost his only chance for counter attack and possibility of even equalizing the position. He should have applied the idea of f5 (Kf3-g4-f5) right away, without losing any time.
🔸IOM Open Masters 2017
🔸Round 6
⚪️ Julio E Granda Zuniga 2653
⚫️ Dennis Wagner 2564
🔺0-1
📘 6...h5!?

An interesting move in this structure with the idea of keeping the threats in the kingside and also controling the d4 square by sending the knight to f5.
🔸IOM Open Masters 2017
🔸Round 6
⚪️ Julio E Granda Zuniga 2653
⚫️ Dennis Wagner 2564
🔺0-1