Congratulations to world blitz no. 7 Vladislav Artemiev on scoring 18/21 to win the European Blitz Championship with a round to spare!

🔹 European Blitz Championship 2018
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🔸chess.com IoM Masters Douglas ENG 2018
🔸Round 1
⚪️Wallace,John Paul (2377)
⚫️Melkumyan,Hrant (2660)
🔸1-0

31...Nxd3! 32.Rxd3 Qg7‚ [Black puts more pressure on White's kingside. The pin on g2 is very annoying for White.]

33.Rxd6 [33.Rxe6 Bxf3 34.Qe1 Bc6³ △R×f2]

33...Bxf3! [A powerful blow that destroys White's defence.]

34.Qd4?! [34.gxf3?? gxf3+ 35.Kh1 Qg2#; ¹34.Qd2 Bxg2 35.Rd8! g3 36.Rxf8+ Rxf8 37.Nh1 gxh2+ 38.Kxh2 Bf3 39.Rg1 Bg4³]

34...e5! 35.Qb6 Bc6! [△R×f2]

36.Rd2 g3 37.hxg3 [37.Nd1 Rf2 38.Nxf2 gxh2+ △Q×g2 39.Kf1 Qxg2+ 40.Ke2 Qf3+ 41.Kf1 h1Q#–+]

37...Qxg3 0–1

⚪️#86 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Blagojevic,Dragisa (2476)
🔸Berend,Fred (2358)
🔸Olympiad 2018 Batumi

24.cxd6?! [Although after this move White still has some advantage, the following variation would have been better. Actually, White should have kept the tension and increased his pressure on Black's camp.]

[24.Ne3! Nf7 25.Nc4 dxc5 26.Rxd8+ Nxd8 27.Qxe5 Be6 28.Nd6 Nf7 29.Nxf7 Rxf7 30.Rd6 Bxa2 31.Qxc5 a6 32.f4 Rf6 (32...Be6 33.f5±) 33.Rxc6±; 24.Rxd6 Rdxd6 25.cxd6 Rxd6 26.Qc5 Nf7 27.Rxd6 Nxd6 28.Ne3 Kf7 29.Qxa7±]

24...Rfxd6 25.Rxd6 Rxd6 26.Qa3 Nf7 27.Rxd6 Nxd6 28.Qxa7 Be6 29.b3 Kf7 30.Qc5 Kf6 31.f4 Nf7 32.Qf2 Qb4 33.Ne3 Ke7 34.f5 Bd7 35.h4 Qd4 36.Kh2 Nd6 37.Qf3 Qd2? 38.Ng4 Nf7 39.f6+ Kf8 40.fxg7+ Kxg7 41.Qf6+ Kg8 42.Nxe5 Nxe5 43.Qxe5 Qxa2 [43...Kf7 44.Qc7 Ke7 45.a4 Qb4 46.e5+–]

44.Qe7 Qd2 45.e5 Bg4 46.e6 Bh5 47.Qxb7 Be8 48.Qe7 Bg6 49.Qd7 Qe3 50.e7 Bf7 51.Bxc6 Qe2+ 52.Bg2 Kg7 53.b4 Kf6 54.b5 Qxe7 55.Qxe7+ Kxe7 56.b6 Kd6 57.Kg1 Bc4 58.Kf2 Ba6 59.Ke3 h6 60.Kf4 1–0

⚫️#86 (Endgame-‌Black to Move)
🔸Mehmeti,Dritan (2391)
🔸Mushore,Emarald Takudzwa (2152)
🔸World Chess Olympiad 2018 Batumi

20...Rg5! [20...Kg7 21.Qb5 Rgd8 22.Rb4 Qf3 23.Qa5 h5 24.Rf4 Rd1+ 25.Nxd1 Qxd1+ 26.Kg2 Rxb7 27.Qa4 Qd5+ 28.Qe4 Qxe4+ 29.Rxe4µ; 20...f5 21.Nc2 Qc6 22.Nd4 Qd5 23.Ne2 f6 24.a4 Qe4 25.a5 h5 26.Nc3 Qf3 27.Qb3 h4 28.Nd5 Qxb3 29.Rxb3 hxg3 30.fxg3 Kf7 31.a6 Rgd8]

21.Qc1 Rc5 [21...Rc5! 22.Qb2 (22.Qxc5 Qxb1+ 23.Nf1 Rxb7–+) 22...Rc7–+] 0–1

⚪️#87 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Linster,Philippe (2273)
🔸Kosic,Dragan (2465)
🔸Olympiad 2018 Batumi

Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 87
public poll

A) Rcd1 – 7
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 64%
@Empyriumm, Jonas, Nikhil, @hoseini139562, @RichardPeng, Michael, Zhenrui

B) Q×e5 – 3
👍👍👍 27%
@M_L_110213, @Sophia_Peng, @WataxPin

Red1 – 1
👍 9%
@Zamani9899

👥 11 people voted so far.

⚪️#87 (Endgame-‌White to Move)
🔸Sulava,Nenad (2437)
🔸Al-Zendani,Zendan (2301)
🔸World Chess Olympiad 2018 Batumi

Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 87
public poll

C) Ke3 – 13
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 81%
@Empyriumm, @M_L_110213, Jonas, @Zamani9899, Nikhil, @AlirezaRahmani_1396, @hoseini139562, @Mahernoz, @RichardPeng, @WataxPin, Adith, Michael, Zhenrui

B) Ke2 – 2
👍 13%
milad, @Sophia_Peng

A) Kg2 – 1
👍 6%
@alimahdavieh

👥 16 people voted so far.

Jean-Henri Marlet's depiction of the 19th game in a chess match between Howard Staunton and Pierre Charles Fournier de Saint-Amant which took place on 16 December 1843.

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