23...Nc8! [A typical maneuver in this pawn structure in order to penetrate the knight to the important c4 or e4 square.]

[23...Qe8 24.Nc3 Nc8 25.a4 bxa4 26.Nxa4 Nd6 27.Nc5 Bc8 28.Qc3 Kg8 29.Bf1 Rf7³; 23...Ng8 24.Nd2 Nf6 25.Nf3 Ng4 26.Rff1 Qe7 27.Rae1 Kg8 28.h3 Nf6 29.Ne5 Ne4 30.g4 Rbe8 31.Rc1 Qe6 32.Rxf5 Rxf5 33.gxf5 Qxf5 34.Rf1 Qe6³]

24.Nd2 Nd6 25.Nb3 Qe7! 26.Nc5 Rbe8 27.a4 bxa4 28.Rxa4 Bc8 29.Bc1 Nc4? [Black had the opportunity to seize a promising attack but he missed it.]

[29...f4!! 30.exf4 Bf5! 31.Qf1 (31.Qd1 Nb5 32.Bb2 gxf4 33.gxf4 (33.Rxf4 Qe3+ 34.Kh1 Bc2 35.Rxf8+ Bxf8 36.Qf3 Qe1+ 37.Bf1 Bd1 38.Qg2 Qe3! 39.Qg1 Bf3+ 40.Bg2 Bxg2+ 41.Qxg2 Qe1+ 42.Qg1 Qe2–+) ) 31...Bxd4 32.Bb2 Bxb2 33.Rxb2 gxf4µ]

30.Ra8 Qc7? [30...Nb6]

31.Ra1 [31.Bf1 Nd6 32.Qc3 Qf7„]

31...Rf7 32.Re2 f4! 33.e4 Bg4 34.Rf2 fxg3 35.hxg3 Rxf2 36.Kxf2 Qf7+ 37.Kg1 Be2! 38.Qc3 [38.Qxe2 Bxd4+ 39.Kh2 Bxa1 40.Bf3–+]

38...dxe4 39.Be3 Nxe3 40.Qxe3 Qc4 0–1

⚫️#66 (Endgame-‌Black to Move)
🔸Martinovic,Sasa (2567)
🔸Bu,Xiangzhi (2712)
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37...Qg3!? [37...Rc6! 38.Qe5+ Kh7 39.Rb1 h3 40.Qh2 Rh6 41.Rc1 hxg2+ 42.Qxg2 Qh5 43.Ke1 Qh1+ 44.Qxh1 Rxh1+ 45.Kd2 Rxc1 46.Kxc1 Kg6 47.Kd2 Kf5 48.Ke2 Kg5 49.f3 exf3+ 50.Kxf3 Kf5 51.a5 a6 52.Ke2 Ke4 53.Kf2 f6 54.Ke2 f5 55.Kf2 f4 56.exf4 Kxf4 57.Ke2 Ke4 58.Kd2 Kxd4–+; 37...h3? 38.Qh2 Rc6 39.Rb1 Qxg2+ 40.Qxg2+ hxg2+ 41.Kxg2 Rg6+ 42.Kh2=]

38.Qxg3+ hxg3 39.f3 [39.Rc2 Kh6 40.Ke1 Rxf2 41.Rxf2 gxf2+ 42.Kxf2 Kg5 43.Kg3 f5 44.Kf2 f4 45.exf4+ Kxf4 46.a5 b6 47.axb6 axb6 48.Ke2–+]

39...exf3 40.gxf3 Rxf3+ 41.Kg2 Rxe3 42.Rc7 Kg6 43.Rxb7 f5 44.Rxa7 f4 45.Kh3 Re2 46.Ra8 Kf7 47.Ra7+ Kf6 0–1

⚫️#67 (Strategy-Black to Move)
🔸Balogun,Oluwafemi (2275)
🔸Almiron,Antonio (2358)
🔸Olympiad 2018 Batumi

Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 67
public poll

C)f6 – 7
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 58%
Hamid, @BehroudR, Vincent, @YaminiG, @h_a_d_I_1169, Rachel, @ZhenruiGu

A)Rh8 – 3
👍👍👍 25%
Max, @WataxPin, Mahathi

B)Rc8 – 2
👍👍 17%
@mahyarebrahimi1983, @A_Somewhat_Cool_Guy

👥 12 people voted so far.

⚪️#67 (Endgame-‌White to Move)
🔸Nepomniachtchi,Ian (2768)
🔸Wojtaszek,Radoslaw (2727)
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Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 67
public poll

A)Qe3 – 6
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 40%
@IRHitsteam1, @Seyedaref_kashfi, @h_a_d_I_1169, @A_Somewhat_Cool_Guy, Mahathi, @ZhenruiGu

B)f3 – 6
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 40%
@mahyarebrahimi1983, Seyed Hossein Ali, @YaminiG, @WataxPin, Rachel, @Shkh5773

C)Qd4 – 3
👍👍👍👍 20%
@Msd_Dariush_Dam, Max, Vincent

👥 15 people voted so far.

♦️ Today is birthday of Kjetil Aleksander Lie!!
Norwegian chess Grandmaster


❤️🌹💐☘️🌷🌺🌸❤️ Happy birthday !! 👏👏👏👏
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🔹 Women's World Championship KO 2018-R5
🔹 PGN format

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THE TOURNAMENT OF PEACE - ZAGREB - 2018
Results

http://chess-results.com/tnr389453.aspx?lan=13

https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/tournament-of-peace-2018/6/1/1

🔹 Tournament of Peace 2018-R6
🔹 PGN format

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🏁🏆How will game 7 end? #CarlsenCaruana
anonymous poll

Marathon draw – 7
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 47%

Fabiano wins – 4
👍👍👍👍 27%

Magnus wins – 3
👍👍👍 20%

Quick draw – 1
👍 7%

👥 15 people voted so far.

🏁🏆Who will win the Women's World Championship?
anonymous poll

🇨🇳Ju Wenjun – 12
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 86%

🇷🇺Kateryna Lagno – 2
👍 14%

👥 14 people voted so far.

Ian Wells. Only The Good Die Young. A Personal Memory.
https://goo.gl/sz8cCu

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#Carlsen

🔵 Magnus Carlsen
🔹 World Chess Champion
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🔵 About Carlsen

🔹 Magnus Carlsen
🔹 World Chess Champion

🔰 Magnus Carlsen is a Norwegian chess grandmaster and the current World Chess Champion. A chess prodigy, Carlsen earned his grandmaster title at the age of 13 years and 148 days.
Carlsen had an aggressive style of play as a youth, and, according to Simen Agdestein, his play was characterised by "a fearless readiness to offer material for activity".As he matured, Carlsen found that this risky playing style was not as well suited against the world elite. When he started playing in top tournaments, he had trouble getting much out of the opening. To progress,


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The website of Magnus Carlsen:
https://magnuscarlsen.com
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🔰 Carlsen was born in Tønsberg, Norway, on 30 November 1990, to Sigrun Øen, a chemical engineer, and Henrik Albert Carlsen, an IT consultant.
The first chess book Carlsen read was Find the Plan by Bent Larsen, and his first book on openings was Eduard Gufeld's The Complete Dragon. Carlsen developed his early chess skills by playing by himself for hours on end—moving the pieces around, searching for combinations, and replaying games and positions shown to him by his father. Simen Agdestein emphasises Carlsen's exceptional memory, stating that he was able to recall the areas, population numbers, flags and capitals of all the countries in the world by the age of five. Later, Carlsen had memorised the areas, population numbers, coat-of-arms and administrative centres of "virtually all" Norwegian municipalities. Carlsen participated in his first tournament—the youngest division of the 1999 Norwegian Chess Championship—at the age of 8 years and 7 months, and scored 6½/11.

♦️ A memorable game by Carlsen in World Championship 2016 against Karjakin (Rapid Section)👇🏼
▪️ Sergey Karjakin vs Magnus Carlsen
▪️ Carlsen - Karjakin World Championship (2016) (rapid), New York, NY USA, rd 13, Nov-30
▪️ Spanish Game: Closed. Martinez Variation (C78)

🅾️ Review and download PGN file👇🏼
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▪️ Sergey Karjakin - Magnus Carlsen, WCC 2016
▪️ PGN format
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