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⚪️#73 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Baburin,Alexander (2452)
🔸Paiva,Donaldo (2206)
🔸Olympiad 2018 Batumi

16.h5! [White is well-prepared for launching a kingside attack. The attacking on the queenside through the open c-file is less convincing.]

[16.Rfc1!? f5 17.h5 f4 18.Kg2 (18.hxg6 hxg6 19.Bg4 Bh6 20.Kg2 Kg7 21.Rh1 Nef6 22.Bf3 Rh8„) 18...g5 19.b3 Nef6 20.g4 Rc8 21.Na4! Qe7 22.b4±; 16.Rac1!? f5 17.h5 (17.Rc2 Nef6 18.Rfc1 Nc5 19.b4 fxe4 20.Nxe4 Ncxe4 21.Bxe4 Nxe4 22.Qxe4 Qf6 23.Bg5 Qf7 24.a4 Rae8 25.b5 axb5 26.axb5 Bf6 27.Bh6 Bg7 28.Be3±) ]

16...f5 [16...Nc7 17.Rac1 f5 18.Bg2 Nb5 (18...Nf6? 19.h6 Bh8 20.exf5 gxf5 21.Bh3 Qd7 22.Qe3 Qe8 23.Qg5+ Qg6 24.Bxf5 Qxg5 25.Bxg5 Nfe8 (25...Nfxd5?? 26.Nxd5 Rxf5 (26...Nxd5 27.Be6+ Rf7 28.Bxd5+–) 27.Ne7+ Kf7 28.Nxf5) 26.Bh3+–) 19.Nxb5 axb5 20.Qxb5 Rxa2 21.h6 Bf6 22.Bh3±]

17.hxg6 [17.Bg2 Qf6 18.h6 Bh8 19.Rac1 Qf7 (19...f4? 20.Bh3 Rf7 (20...Nc5 21.b4; 20...Nb6 21.Be3!! fxe3 22.fxe3 Qe7 23.Be6++–) 21.Be6) ]

17...hxg6 18.Kg2 Bf6 19.Rh1 Ng7 20.Rh6 Kf7 21.Rah1 Bg5 22.Bxg5 Qxg5 23.exf5 gxf5 [23...Nxf5 24.Rh7+ Ng7 (24...Ke8 25.Ne4+–) 25.Bg4 Qe7 26.Qc2! Nc5 27.b4 Qg5 28.Qe2+–]

24.Bh5+ Nxh5 [24...Ke7 25.Rg6+–]

25.R1xh5 Qg8 26.Rxf5+ Ke7 27.Re6+ Kd8 28.Rxf8+ Qxf8 [28...Nxf8 29.Rxd6+ Kc7 30.Qxe5 Nd7 31.Rc6+ Kd8 32.Qc7+ Ke7 33.Re6++–]

29.Ne4 1–0

⚪️#73 (Endgame-‌White to Move)
🔸Meshkovs,Nikita (2535)
🔸Fawzy,Adham (2431)
🔸World Chess Olympiad 2018 Batumi

36.g4?! [36.Rce2! Nf6 37.Re6 (37.Re7 Rd3+ 38.R7e3=) 37...Ng8 (37...Rd3+ 38.R2e3 Rxe3+ 39.Rxe3 Rc4 40.Na5 Rc2 41.Re2 Rxe2 42.Kxe2 Ne4 43.Nxb7 Nxg3+ 44.Kf3 Nf5 45.Nc5 Nd6 46.Nxa6 Nc4 47.Nb8 Nxb2 48.Nxc6±) 38.R6e5 Rxe5 39.fxe5 b6 40.Rd2 Ne7 41.Rd7 Kf7 42.Rb7 b5 43.Ke3 Rc4 44.Kd3 a5 (44...h5 45.Nd4 Ke8 46.Ra7±) 45.Nxa5 Rc1 46.b4 Ke6 47.Nb3 Rd1+ 48.Kc2 Rh1 49.Nc5+ Kf7 50.Kd3 Rxh3? 51.e6+ Kf8 (51...Kf6 52.Ne4+ Kxe6 53.Ng5++–) 52.Ne4 h5 53.Rb8+ Kg7 54.Kd4 h4 55.gxh4 Rxh4 56.Ke5±; 36.h4 Kg8 37.Rc1 Kf8 38.Rce1 Nf6 39.Rc3 Kf7 40.Nc5 Rad4 41.Nxb7 Rb5 42.Nc5 Rxb2 43.Nd3 Nd5 44.Nxb2 Nxc3 45.Rc1 Rd2 46.Rxc3 Rxb2 47.Ke4 a5 48.f5 a4 49.fxg6+ hxg6 50.Kd4 Rd2+ 51.Kc5²]

36...Rd1 37.Rd2 Rxd2 38.Nxd2 Nf6 39.Nb3 Rc4? [39...b6 40.Re6 Kf7 41.Rxc6 Nd5 42.f5 gxf5 43.gxf5 Rf4+ 44.Kg3 Rxf5=]

40.Na5 Rc2 41.Re2 Rc1 42.Nxb7 Nd5 43.f5 gxf5 44.gxf5 Rh1 45.Nd8? [45.Kg4 Rg1+ 46.Kh4 Kg7 47.Na5 Rf1 48.Re5 Kf6 49.Nxc6 Rxf5 50.Rxf5+ Kxf5±]

45...Rxh3+ 46.Ke4 Ke7 47.Nxc6+ Kd6 48.Nb4 Rh4+ 49.Kf3 Nxb4 50.axb4 Rxb4 51.f6 Kd7 52.Re7+ Kd8 53.Re6 Kd7 54.Re7+ Kd8 55.Rxh7 Ke8 56.Ra7 Rxb2 57.Rxa6 ½–½

⚪️#74 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Bauer,Christian (2629)
🔸Nguyen,Anh Khoi (2463)
🔸Olympiad 2018 Batumi

Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 74
public poll

B)a5 – 9
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 64%
@Sh39r, @M_L_110213, @mahyarebrahimi1983, Farshid, ALI-RJ, @MerissaWongso, @aref_sbk, @RichardPeng, @WataxPin

C)Nf1 – 5
👍👍👍👍 36%
@SteveWongso, @h_a_d_I_1169, @AryanLeekha, @Miladdark79, Alan

A)Bf4
▫️ 0%

👥 14 people voted so far.

⚪️#74 (Endgame-‌White to Move)
🔸Jumabayev,Rinat (2605)
🔸Kovalev,Vladislav (2664)
🔸World Chess Olympiad 2018 Batumi

Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 74
public poll

A)e×d4 – 6
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 55%
ALI-RJ, @SteveWongso, @MerissaWongso, @RichardPeng, @WataxPin, Alan

C)Kf2 – 3
👍👍👍👍 27%
@mahyarebrahimi1983, @Kasra_Germany, @AryanLeekha

B)e4 – 2
👍👍 18%
@Sh39r, @h_a_d_I_1169

👥 11 people voted so far.