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⚪️#53 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Bacallao Alonso,Yusnel (2588)
🔸Dervishi,Erald (2567)
🔸Olympiad 2018 Batumi

18.Nh4! [A classical maneuver to access the important f5–square and launch a huge attack on the Black's king.]

[18.Nh2! Another maneuver in order to remove the Black's knight on f6. A key defender of the opponent's king. 18...Rc8 19.Qf3 a5 20.a4 bxa4 21.Ba2 Ba6 22.Red1 Rb8 23.Rd2 Qc7 24.Ng4 Rb6 25.Nf5 Nxg4 26.Qxg4 Kh8 (26...Rg6?? 27.Qxg6) 27.Qh4‚ (27.Bxf7? Nf6 28.Qg6 Nxe4 29.Qh5 Nxd2) ; 18.Nf5 Another way for white to take an advantage, however, the text move is more accurate. 18...Rc8 19.Nd2 Rc6 20.Qf3 Nb6 21.Qg3 Nh5 22.Qg4 Nf4 (22...Nf6?? 23.Nxh6+ Kh7 24.Qf5+ g6 25.Qg5+–) 23.Bxf4 exf4 24.Qxf4²]

18...Nd5 [18...Nxe4?? 19.dxe4 Qxh4 20.Qxd7+–]

19.Ng6 [19.exd5! Qxh4 20.Nf5 Qf6 21.Qg4±]

19...Nxe3 20.Rxe3 Qb6 21.Nxf8 Nxf8 22.Qh5 Ng6 23.Nf5 Bc8 24.Rg3! [Now the threat is Rxg6.]

24...Bxf5 [24...c4 25.dxc4 Bxf5 26.exf5 Nf4 27.Qg4 Qf6 28.cxb5+–]

25.Bxf7+!! [A powerful intermediate check that immediately ends the game.]

25...Kxf7 26.exf5 Kf8 27.Rxg6 Qd8 28.f6 gxf6 29.Qxh6+ Kf7 30.Rxc5 [30.Rxc5 Qe7 31.Rc6+–] 1–0

⚫️#53 (Endgame-‌Black to Move)
🔸Khoroshev,Nikita (2416)
🔸Berkes,Ferenc (2678)
🔸World Chess Olympiad 2018 Batumi

36...Kf5! [36...Bd2!? 37.Kf3 Kf5 38.Bxg7 Bxf4 39.h4 Bxe5 40.Bh6 Bf6 41.h5 Bg5 42.Bf8 Bd2 43.Ke2 Bf4 44.Kf3 Bc1 45.Be7 Bb2 46.Ke3 Bf6 47.Bf8 Kg5 48.h6 Kg6 49.Kf4 Bd4 50.Kf3 Bc3 51.Ke3 Be5 52.Kf3 Bd4 53.Kf4 Bf6 54.Kg4 Bc3 55.Kf3 (55.Kf4 Bd2+ 56.Ke5 Kf7 57.Ba3 Bxh6–+) 55...Bd2 56.h7 Kxh7 57.Ke4 Bc3 58.Bc5 Bb2 59.Kd3 Kg6; 36...Ba5 37.Kf3 Bb6 38.Ke4 Kf7 39.Ba3 Bf2 40.Bb2 c5 41.Bc3 c4 42.Bd2 Bb6 43.h3 g6 44.Be3 Ba5 45.Kd4 Bb6+ 46.Ke4 Ba5=]
37.Bxg7 Kxf4 38.Bh6+ Kf5 39.Kf3 Bxe5 40.h4 Kg6 [40...Bd4! 41.h5 Bc5 42.Bd2 Be7 43.Be3 Bg5 44.Bc5 Bh6 45.Be7 (45.Bb4? Kg5 46.Ke4 Bg7–+) ]
41.Bg5 Kh5?! [41...Bf6 42.Be3 (42.Kg4 Bxg5 43.hxg5 c5–+) ]
42.Be7 Bd6 43.Bd8 c6 44.Bf6 Kg6 45.Bc3 Kf5 46.Bd2? [46.Bg7 Be5 47.Bf8 Bf6–+]
46...Be7 47.h5 Bg5 48.Bb4 Bh6 49.Be7 e5? [49...Bg7 50.Ke3 Kg4 51.Kd3 Kxh5 52.Kc4 e5 53.Kd3 Kg6 54.Ke4 Kf7 55.Ba3 Ke6µ]50.Bc5 Bc1 51.Bb6 Bf4 52.Bc5 Bg5 53.Bf8 Bc1 54.Bc5 Bf4 55.Bb6 Bg5 [55...Kg5 56.Ke4 Kxh5 57.Kf5=]56.Bc5 e4+ 57.Kg3 Bf4+ 58.Kf2 Kg4 59.Be3 Bg3+ 60.Kg2 Be5 61.h6 Kh5 62.h7 Kg6 63.Bf4 Bg7 64.Kf2 c5 65.Ke3 Kf5 66.Bd6 Bd4+ 67.Kd2 c4 68.Bc5 Bg7 69.Bb4 Kg6 70.Ke3 Kf5 71.Kd2 Kg6 72.Ke3 Kxh7 73.Kxe4 Kg6 74.Ba3 Bf6 75.Kd5 c3 76.Kc4 Kf5 77.Kd3 Ke6 78.Bb4 Kd5 ½–½

⚪️#54 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Djukic,Nikola (2567)
🔸Ssegwanyi,Arthur (2347)
🔸Olympiad 2018 Batumi

Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 54
public poll

A)21.f3 – 10
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 83%
@PouyaMO1360, @mahyarebrahimi1983, Jonas, Gavin, Nikhil, @Steve_The_Great, @h_a_d_I_1169, @A_Wild_Richard, Mahathi, Vedant

B)21.Ng4 – 2
👍 17%
!!!, Michael

C)21.Nf5
▫️ 0%

👥 12 people voted so far.

⚪️#54 (Endgame-‌white to Move)
🔸Cawdery,Daniel (2422)
🔸Jumabayev,Rinat (2605)
🔸World Chess Olympiad 2018 Batumi

Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 54
public poll

B)56.Nd4 – 8
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 80%
Jonas, Gavin, @Steve_The_Great, @A_Wild_Richard, Mahathi, Vedant, Michael, @jodchess

A)56.Ra4+ – 2
👍👍 20%
Vincent, Beast!

C)56.Kg3
▫️ 0%

👥 10 people voted so far.