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🔸chess.com IoM Masters Douglas ENG 2018
🔸Round 1
⚪️Naiditsch,Arkadij (2721)
⚫️Gaponenko,Inna (2409)
🔸1-0

24.Qa3! [White correctly avoids the exchange of queens and creates plenty of threats against the opponent.]
[24.Qxd4!? Nc6 25.Qd6 Rf6 26.Qc7 Nxe5 27.Nxe5 Be6 28.Bxb7 Raf8 29.Rb1 Qe8+–]
24...Nc6? [24...Bf6 25.Rc7 Qb6 26.Rxe7 Bxe7 27.Qxe7 Qf6 28.Qc5+–]
25.Nxg6 [25.Nxc6! △Rb1 25...bxc6 26.Rb1 Qd5 27.Ne5 Qd8 28.Nxc6 Qf6 29.Ne7+ Kh7 30.Bxa8+–]
25...Rd8 26.Rb1 Qa5 27.Qb3+ Qd5 28.Re8+ Kf7 29.Nfe5+ Kxe8 30.Bxd5 Nxe5 31.Re1 1–0

⚪️#91 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Munkhgal,Gombosuren (2452)
🔸Chipanga,Chiletso (2153)
🔸Olympiad 2018 Batumi

13.Rxc6! [An interesting exchange sacrifice for two pawns. If White can activate his queenside pawn majority, Black won't be able to save the game.]

[13.Ra3 Be7 14.Kd2 0–0 15.Bd3 g6 16.Bxf5 exf5 17.Re1 Bd8 18.Nd1 a6 19.Ne3 Re8 20.g3 Ra7 21.Raa1 Rae7 22.Kd3²; 13.Ra1 Be7 14.Kd2 Bd8 15.Bd3 Bxd3 16.Kxd3²]

13...Nxc6 [13...Kd8 14.Bxb5 (14.Ne5 Nxc6 15.Nxc6+ Kc8 16.Bxb5 a6 17.Ba4²) 14...a6 15.Ne5 axb5 16.Nxf7+ Ke8 (16...Kd7 17.Rb6 Rg8 18.Nxb5 Kc8 19.Ke2 Na6 20.Nbd6+ Bxd6 21.cxd6!+–) 17.Rc7 Ra1+ 18.Kd2 Rxh1 19.Nxh8 Na6 20.Rc8+ Ke7 21.Nxb5 e5 22.Ra8 Bd7 23.Nd6 Nxb4 24.fxe5 g6 25.Nhf7 Nc6 26.e6 Bxe6 27.Re8+ Kf6 28.Rxf8 Kg7 29.Ra8 Bxf7 30.Ra6 Ne7 31.b4±]

14.Bxb5 Rb8 [14...Rc8 15.Ne5 f6 16.Bxc6+ Ke7 17.Bb7 Rc7 18.Nc6+ Ke8 19.Na5±; 14...Kd7? 15.Ne5+ Kc7 16.Bxc6 Rb8 17.Nb5+ Rxb5 (17...Kd8 18.Nxf7+ Ke7 19.Nxh8–+) ]

15.Bxc6+ Ke7 16.b5 f6 17.Kd2 Rc8 18.Ra1 Rc7 19.Bxd5! Kf7 [19...exd5 20.Nxd5+ Kd7 21.Nxc7 Kxc7 22.Rxa7+ Kb8 23.b6 Be4 24.Ke3 Bd5 25.Rc7 g6 26.g3 Bh6 27.Nd2 Re8+ 28.Kd3 Bf8 29.Rxh7+–]

20.Bc4 Be7 21.Nh4 g6 22.Ra6 Rd8 23.Nxf5 gxf5 24.Bxe6+ Kf8 25.Nd5 Bxc5 26.Nxc7 Rxd4+ 27.Kc2 Rxf4 28.f3 h5 29.Bd5 1–0

⚪️#91 (Endgame-‌White to Move)
🔸Amin,Bassem (2686)
🔸Flores,Diego (2621)
🔸World Chess Olympiad 2018 Batumi

36.Qe7?? [36.Kh2! a6 37.Qe4+ Qc6 38.Qh7+ Kb6 39.Qf7 Bd4 40.d7 Bf6 41.Qf8 a5 42.d8Q+ Bxd8 43.Qxd8+ Ka6 44.Bc7 b4 (44...a4 45.Qc8+ Qb7 46.Qe6+ Ka7 47.Bd6+–) 45.Bxa5 b3 46.Bb4 Kb5 (46...b2 47.Qd3+ Qb5 (47...Kb7 48.Qb3 Qc7+ 49.g3 Kc8 (49...Qc1 50.Bc3+ Kc6 51.Qxb2+–) ) 48.Qa3+ Kb6 49.Qxb2) 47.Ba3 Qc3 48.Qe8+ Ka5 49.Qe2 Qd4 50.Bb2 Qd5 51.Bc3+ Kb6 52.Qe7 Kb5 53.Be5 Kc4 54.Qc7+ Kb5 55.Qb8+ Kc4 56.Bg7+–; 36.Kh1 Qc6 37.Qe7+ Kc8 38.Qf8+ Kb7 39.Qf7+ Kc8 40.Qf5+ Kb7 41.Qf2 Ba3 42.Qf7+ Kc8 43.Qf5+ Kb7 44.Qd3 Qc1+ 45.Kh2 Bc5 46.Qxb5+ Bb6 47.Qd5+ Kc8 48.Qf5+ Kd8 49.Qf8+ Kd7 50.Qe7+ Kc6 51.Qe8+ Kb7 52.Qe4+ Kc8 53.Qe6+ Kb7 54.h4²]

36...Bd4+ 37.Kh2 Kc6 38.Qe4+ Kc5 39.Qg6 Kc6? [39...Be3 40.Qxh6 Bf4 41.Bxf4 gxf4 42.Qh5+µ (42.Qxf4?? Qxd6 43.g3 (43.Qxd6+ Kxd6 44.g3 b4–+) ) ]

40.Qe4+ Kc5 41.Qe7 Kc6 42.Qe4+ Kc5 ½–½

⚪️#92 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Makoto,Rodwell (2338)
🔸Dervishi,Erald (2567)
🔸Olympiad 2018 Batumi

Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 92
public poll

B) Bh3 – 10
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 59%
@persepolis62, @MohamadAsp, Nikhil, Jayden, Vincent, @RichardPeng, @arash22_d, Vedant, Michael, Matthew

C) Qh6 – 7
👍👍👍👍👍 41%
@Alib5072, @aadiib, @mahyarebrahimi1983, @Sepehr2003, @hoseini139562, @Sophia_Peng, chess trainer

A) Qh4
▫️ 0%

👥 17 people voted so far.

⚪️#92 (Endgame-‌White to Move)
🔸Pavlidis,Antonios (2552)
🔸Nedev,Trajko (2496)
🔸World Chess Olympiad 2018 Batumi

Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 92
public poll

B) c4 – 11
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 55%
@ehsanmec, Nikhil, @hoseini139562, @rssh666, Jayden, Vincent, @mn_aut, hamid, @WataxPin, Michael, Matthew

A) Nb3 – 6
👍👍👍👍 30%
@Alib5072, @mahyarebrahimi1983, Seyed Hossein Ali, @Sophia_Peng, @RichardPeng, @arash22_d

C) Ne6 – 3
👍👍 15%
@persepolis62, @MohamadAsp, @Zamani9899

👥 20 people voted so far.

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The FIDE Interzonal, Amsterdam, 1964. Two photos (credit: F. N. Broers / ANEFO), from the 2nd-round encounter (played 21st May) between the U.S. grandmasters Pal Benko & Larry Evans. In the photo of Evans, Salo Flohr can be seen looking on.

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