GMs Ian Nepomniachtchi, Evgeniy Najer, Ernesto Inarkiev, and Valentina Gunina share the lead in the #DvoretskyMemorial with 3½ points after 5 rounds of day 1.

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🔹 Dvoretsky Memorial 2018-R5
🔹 PGN format

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🔸chess.com IoM Masters Douglas ENG 2018
🔸Round 1
⚪️Kovalev,Vladislav (2664)
⚫️Guramishvili,Sopiko (2378)
🔸1-0

20...Rd1+? [This move only helps White to improve his position. Black should have activated his knight to obtain equality:]

[20...Na5! 21.Qc2 Nc4 △Nd2 22.gxh6 Nd2+ 23.Kg2 gxh6 24.Bxd2 Rxd2 25.Rad1 Rxc2 26.Rxd7 Rxf2+ 27.Kh3 Rxb2 28.Rh2 Rxh2+ 29.Kxh2 Re8 30.Rxb7=]

21.Kg2 Rxh1 22.Kxh1 Bxf2 23.gxh6! Bxh4 24.Be3 Na5 25.Qd5! [Obviously, White is much better and has a decisive initiative.]

25...Qc7 26.Rg1 Bf6 27.Qd1 Qc4 28.Qf3 Nc6 29.hxg7+– [△B3] 1–0

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

23.Rcd1 [The correct continuation would be 23.Qxe5! After trading the queens off the board, it could have been easier for White to exploit the weaknesses of his opponent. 23...dxe5 24.Red1 Nd7 (24...g6 25.c5! Nd7 26.b4 Nc8 27.Nc4 Nf8 (27...f6 28.Na5+–) 28.Rxd8 Rxd8 29.Nxe5) 25.Na4 b5 26.cxb5 cxb5 27.Nc3 Nb6 28.a4 bxa4 (28...b4 29.a5) 29.bxa4 Rxd1 30.Rxd1 Nc6 31.Ncd5²; 23.Red1 Qh5 24.Qd2 h6 25.Rc2 Nh7 26.Qf2 Qe5 27.Rd3 Nf8 28.f4 Qa5 29.Rcd2 Ne6 30.Qe1 Nc5 31.Qd1 (31.Rd4? Qxc3–+) 31...Nxd3 32.Rxd3µ]

23...Qa5 24.Qd2 b5 25.b4 Qc7 26.cxb5 axb5 27.Qc2 Qa7 28.Qd2 Qb8 29.Qd4 h6 30.Nf5 Nxf5 31.exf5 d5 32.a4 bxa4 33.Nxa4 Qa8 34.Nc3 Qa3 35.Rxe8+ Rxe8 36.Rd2 Qc1 37.Re2 Rxe2+ 38.Nxe2 Qc2 39.Qf2 Qxf5 40.Nd4 Qd3 41.Nxc6 Qc4 42.Qc5 Qe2+ 43.Qf2 Qc4 44.Qc5 Qe2+ 45.Qf2 Qc4 ½–½

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

33.Ke3! [33.Ke2 f5 34.gxf5 exf5 35.e5 Kf7 36.f4 g6 37.Ne3 Bb6 38.Kd3 Bd8 39.Kd2 Bb6 40.Ke2 Bxe3 41.hxg6+ Kxg6 42.Kxe3 Kf7 43.Kf3 Ke6 44.Kg3 Kf7 45.Kg2 Ke7 46.Kh3 Kf7 47.Kg3 Ke6 48.Kf3 Kf7 49.Ke2 Ke6=; 33.Kg2 Kf7 34.f4 e5 35.f5 Ke7 36.Ne3 Kd7 37.Nd5 Bd8 38.Kf2 Kd6 39.Ke3 Kc5 40.Kd3 Kd6 41.Ne3 Bc7 42.Kc4 Kc6 43.Nf1=]

33...Kd7 34.e5?! [34.Kd4 Kc6 35.f4! Bd8 (35...Bxf4 36.Nxa5+ Kb6 37.Nc4+ Kc6 38.Ne3 Be5+ 39.Kc4 Bc7 40.Nc2+–) ]

34...fxe5 35.Ke4 Ke7 36.Nxe5 Bxe5 37.Kxe5 Kd7 38.Kd4?? [38.f4 Ke7 39.g5 hxg5 40.fxg5 Kf7 41.Kd6 Kg8 42.Kxe6 Kf8 43.Kd7 Kf7 44.Kc7 Kg8 45.Kb6+–]

38...Kd6 39.f4 Kc6 40.Ke5 Kd7 41.g5 Ke7 42.gxh6 gxh6 43.f5 exf5 44.Kxf5 Kf7 45.Ke5 Ke7 46.Kd5 Kf6 47.Kc5 Ke5 48.Kb5 ½–½

⚪️#88 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Kalezic,Blazo (2448)
🔸Jeitz,Christian (2220)
🔸Olympiad 2018 Batumi

Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 88
public poll

B)Nf2 – 5
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 56%
سعید ناطقی, Nikhil, @Sophia_Peng, @RichardPeng, Michael

A) Qh1 – 2
👍👍👍 22%
Vincent, admin

C) Qe7 – 2
👍👍👍 22%
@hoseini139562, امیر محمد

👥 9 people voted so far.

🔴 Today is birthday of Hikaru Nakamura!!
♦️ Japanese-American chess grandmaster

👏👏👏👏👏 Happy birhday 🌺🌸☘️💐🌷💐💐

♦️ Today is also birthday of Ernesto Inarkiev , a Russian chess grandmaster, the first ever from Kalmykia. He was European champion in 2016.
♦️ Today is also birthday of Mark Dvoretsky , a Russian chess trainer, writer, and International Master.
▪️ Born: December 9, 1947, Moscow, Russia
▪️ Died: September 26, 2016, Moscow, Russia
. . . . . . . . . . . . .
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⚪️#88 (Endgame-‌White to Move)
🔸Laznicka,Viktor (2662)
🔸Yu,Yangyi (2765)
🔸World Chess Olympiad 2018 Batumi

Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 88
public poll

B) Bg5 – 10
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 59%
@aadiib, @Behrangm2003, Nikhil, Vincent, Tristan, @Aghmoh3n80, @Sophia_Peng, @RichardPeng, Javad, Adith

C) Bd8 – 7
👍👍👍👍👍 41%
@mahyarebrahimi1983, Hosein, @hoseini139562, @h_a_d_I_1169, Beast!, @pouyaidani, Michael

A) K×h5
▫️ 0%

👥 17 people voted so far.

The international tournament at Dos Hermanas (Spain), 1999. Old rivals Anatoly Karpov and Viktor Korchnoi face each other in the 5th round. The game was drawn in 38 moves.

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