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Semifinal: Hikaru Nakamura vs Levon Aronian, Saturday, December 1, 10 a.m. Pacific (1 p.m. Eastern)
Final: Sunday, December 2, 12 p.m.. Pacific (3 p.m. Eastern)
πŸ”Έchess.com IoM Masters Douglas ENG 2018
πŸ”ΈRound 5
βšͺ️Gormally,Daniel W (2482)
⚫️Deac,Bogdan-Daniel (2594)
πŸ”Έ0-1
12...d6! [Black removes the White bishop from the a1–h8 diagonal and then puts his own bishop on it.]

13.Bg3 [13.c4 Bg4! 14.Nbd2 dxe5 15.cxd5 cxd5 16.Rxe5 Bg7 β–³BΓ—d4 17.Qe1 Bxf3 18.Nxf3 Bxe5 19.Qxe5 Qd6Β΅]

13...Bg7 [β–³cΓ—d4]

14.c3 Bg4 [14...cxd4!? 15.Nxd4 Qb6 16.Ne6 Bxe6 17.Rxe6 Rf5 18.Qe1 a5Β΅ β–³a4]

15.Qd3 Bxf3! [Black ruins White's kingside pawn structure by exchanging his own bishop for opponent's knight.]

16.gxf3 cxd4 17.cxd4 Qb6 18.Re4 Qb5! [Trying to resolve the weakness of c6–pawn.]

19.Qd1 [19.Qxb5 cxb5 β–³RΓ—f3 20.Nd2 Rac8 21.a4 bxa4 22.bxa4 Bh6 23.f4 Bxf4 24.Nf1 Rc4–+]

19...c5 20.dxc5 Qc6 [20...Qxc5!? 21.Rc4 Qa5 22.Ra4 Qb5 23.Na3 Qb7 24.Rc1 Nc3–+]

21.cxd6 Bxa1 22.Rc4 Qb7 23.dxe7 Nxe7 24.Rc7 Qd5 25.Nd2 Bf6 0–1
βšͺ️#78 (Strategy-White to Move)
πŸ”ΈYilmaz,Mustafa (2633)
πŸ”ΈPaciencia,Enrique (2335)
πŸ”ΈOlympiad 2018 Batumi
16.c6! [A restrictive move that puts the enemy knight completely out of action.]

[16.cxb6 axb6 17.d5 Qd7 18.a4 0–0 19.Rfc1 Rfc8 20.dxe6 fxe6 21.Ne4Β²; 16.cxd6 Nxd6 17.Rac1=]

16...Nd8 17.d5 e5 [17...exd5 18.Nxd5 Qe4 19.Nxc7+ Ke7 20.Rfd1 Rh6 21.Nxa8 hxg3 22.fxg3 Qxc6 23.Qg2+–]

18.g4 h3 19.Kh1 f6 20.f4 Nf7 21.Rf3 a5 22.Rg1 axb4 23.axb4 Qd8 24.g5 fxg5 25.fxg5 e4 26.Rf4 Nxg5 27.Qd4 Qe7 28.Nxe4 Rh5 29.Qd1 0–0–0 30.Qa4 1–0
βšͺ️#78 (Endgame-β€ŒWhite to Move)
πŸ”ΈPascua,Haridas (2435)
πŸ”ΈSirosh,Ilja (2380)
πŸ”ΈWorld Chess Olympiad 2018 Batumi
35.Rg1?! [35.Kf3! Re8 36.d4 Nf6 37.d5 Ne4 38.Nd4 Nc5 39.Nxf4 Rf7 40.Nde6+ Nxe6 41.Rg1+ Kf6 42.Nxe6 Ke5+ 43.Ke3 Rf5 44.Re1 Kf6 45.Kd4 Rf3 46.Rb1 Ke7 47.Kc5+–; 35.d4! Ng7 36.Re1 Nf5 37.Re4 Rf7 38.Kf3 Rff8 39.Re5 Rce8 40.Rb5 Kf6 41.Nxf4 Nh4+ 42.Kg4 Re4 43.Nxb4 Rg8+ 44.Kxh4 Rxf4+ 45.Kh5 Rxd4 46.Nd5+ Ke6 47.Rb6+ Kd7 48.Rxh6Β±]

35...Nf6 36.h3? [36.Nge1+ Kf5 37.Kf3Β²]

36...Rxd3 37.Nge1+ Rg3 38.Rxg3+ fxg3+ 39.Kxg3 Ne4+ 40.Kg2 Nc5 41.Nxb4 Nxb3 42.Nf3+ Kf6 43.Nd5+ Kg7 44.Ne5 Rc5 45.Kf3 Ra5 46.Kf4 Rxa4 47.Ne3 Nc5 48.Nf5+ Kh7 49.h4 Ra3 50.Ng4 Rc3 51.Ngxh6 Rxc4+ 52.Kf3 Ne6 53.h5 Ra4 54.Kg3 Nf4 55.Kg4 Ne6+ 56.Kg3 Rf4 57.Kh3 Ng7 58.Nxg7 Kxh6 59.Ne6 Re4 60.Nc5 Rc4 61.Ne6 Re4 62.Nc5 Re5 63.Nd7 Re7 64.Nf6 Kg5 65.Ng4 Ra7 66.Nf2 Kxh5 67.Kg3 Ra3+ 68.Kf4 Kg6 69.Ne4 Ra5 70.Nd6 Kf6 71.Ne4+ ½–½
⚫️#79 (Strategy-Black to Move)
πŸ”ΈLee,Jun Wei (2134)
πŸ”ΈSanal,Vahap (2502)
πŸ”ΈOlympiad 2018 Batumi
Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 79
public poll

A)RΓ—c5 – 4
πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘ 67%
Nikhil, @Sophia_Peng, @RichardPeng, Sanjana

B)NΓ—c5 – 2
πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘ 33%
@mahyarebrahimi1983, @aliarianario136138

C)bΓ—c5
▫️ 0%

πŸ‘₯ 6 people voted so far.
⚫️#79 (Endgame-β€ŒBlack to Move)
πŸ”ΈRodi,Luis Ernesto (2308)
πŸ”ΈNedev,Trajko (2496)
πŸ”ΈWorld Chess Olympiad 2018 Batumi
Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 79
public poll

A)Bd2 – 5
πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘ 71%
@mahyarebrahimi1983, @aliarianario136138, Nikhil, Tristan, @Sophia_Peng

B)Kc5 – 2
πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘ 29%
@RichardPeng, Sanjana

C)Rg7
▫️ 0%

πŸ‘₯ 7 people voted so far.
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