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📕Unity Chess Multiple Choice 41

B: Rc6 – 15
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 63%

C: Bd1 – 7
👍👍👍 29%

A: g3 – 2
👍 8%

👥 24 people voted so far.
⚪️ #42 (Strategy - White To Move)
📕Unity Chess Multiple Choice 42

A: Bd2 – 17
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 81%

B: Ne1 – 4
👍👍 19%

C: Qc3
▫️ 0%

👥 21 people voted so far.
🔹🔺 The interesting and tactical moments
of the Isle of Man International 2017 (Douglas ENG) Round 9 🔹🔺
🔸IOM Open Masters 2017
🔸Round 9
⚪️ Magnus Carlsen 2827
⚫️ Hikaru Nakamura 2781
🔺½-½
📘 18...Nc2+

In the last round, a draw agreed in an early stage of the game between Carlsen and Nakamura.
last round: Magnus Carlsen (7/8) faces GM Hikaru (6½) who needs a win to snatch the £50k first prize
Wow! magnus carlsen and GM Hikaru done in 34 minutes. The arbiter looks at the scoresheet and MC explains draw by repetition
Scoresheets of Carlsen-Nakamura draw - initials MC in earlier tweet were ambiguous - Magnus Carlsen and also arbiter Matthew Carr
🔸IOM Open Masters 2017
🔸Round 9
⚪️ Vishy Anand 2794
⚫️ Yifan Hou 2670
🔺1-0
📘 21.B.d7!
A good exchange to install the knight on e5
🔸IOM Open Masters 2017
🔸Round 9
⚪️ Vishy Anand 2794
⚫️ Yifan Hou 2670
🔺1-0
📘 23.Re3!
With the idea of doubling the rooks in the only open file
🔸IOM Open Masters 2017
🔸Round 9
⚪️ Vishy Anand 2794
⚫️ Yifan Hou 2670
🔺1-0
📘 25.N.f7!
Tactics come from superior positions!
25...R.e3 26.R.e3 K.f7 27.Rf3! +/-
🔸IOM Open Masters 2017
🔸Round 9
⚪️ Pavel Eljanov 2734
⚫️ Dhopade Swapnil 2532
🔺½-½
📘 15.Ne1!
With the idea of transferring the knight to the more active e3 square and getting ready for f4-f5
🔸IOM Open Masters 2017
🔸Round 9
⚪️ Varuzhan Akobian 2662
⚫️ Fabiano Caruana 2799
🔺0-1
📘 4...Bf5!?

An interesting and uncommon move to stop White from playing e4 and entering to the main line of king's Indian Defense.

Kamran Shirazi, Iraian International Master who lives in France is expert in this line. Caruana also played this move occasionally.
🔸IOM Open Masters 2017
🔸Round 9
⚪️ Varuzhan Akobian 2662
⚫️ Fabiano Caruana 2799
🔺0-1