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12-year-old Indian kid Sreeshwan Maralakshikari beats the great Vassily Ivanchuk in the 5th Sunway Sitges International! #chessnews

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12-year old Sreeshwan Maralakakshikari caused the biggest and fastest upset of round 1 of #Sunway_Chess_Open when he defeated former World Rapid champion Vassily Ivanchuk in just 24 moves

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Results:
Sunway Sitges Open 2018-R1

🔹 Sunway Sitges Open 2018
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🔸chess.com IoM Masters Douglas ENG 2018
🔸Round 1
⚪️Artemiev,Vladislav (2706)
⚫️Tarjan,James (2404)
🔸1-0

22.Nh5! [Artemiev initiates an attack against the opponent's king and tries to provoke weakness in Black's kingside.]

22...f5 [22...f6?! 23.d5 △B×e4 23...c3 24.Bxe4 cxb2 25.Rxc8 bxc1Q+ 26.Rxc1 Kh8 27.Bg2±]

23.Qxf5 Rf8 24.Qg4 Bd5 [24...g6 25.d5 c3 26.Bxe4 cxb2 27.Rxc8 bxc1Q+ 28.Rxc1 Qe5 29.Bxg6 hxg6 30.Qxg6+ Kh8 31.h4! Bxd5 32.Rd1 Rf7 33.e4²]

25.Bxe4! [An exchange based on the exact calculations. White grabs another pawn by force.]

25...Bxe4 26.Nxg7! Bf3 27.Qe6+ Qxe6 28.Nxe6 b5? [28...Rf5 29.Rxc4 Rxc4 30.Rxc4 Kf7 31.Nf4 Ra5 32.a4 b5 33.axb5 axb5 34.Rc2±]

29.Nxf8 Bxf8 30.a3 Kf7 31.Rd2± 1–0

⚪️#93 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Ashiku,Franc (2373)
🔸Elisha,Thabo (2024)
🔸Olympiad 2018 Batumi

19.g5! [White has a few winning continuations here and this move is the strongest one and creates the threat of trapping the opponent's queen.]

[19.Rad1 g5 20.Ne4 Nf8 21.Nfxg5 c5 22.f4 Rad8 23.f5 f6 24.Nf3 Nc2 25.Bc1 Rxd1 26.Bxh6 Bxh6 27.Rxd1 Ne3+ 28.Kg3 Nxf1+ 29.Rxf1 fxe5 30.g5 Bg7 31.Nxc5 b6 32.Ne4 Nd7 33.Rd1 Nc5 34.Nxc5 bxc5 35.Re1 Rf8 36.Kg4 h5+ 37.gxh6 Bxh6 38.Rxe5+–; 19.Ne4 Nxe5 20.Nxe5 Bxe5 21.Bxe5 Nc2 22.Qd3 Nxe1+ 23.Rxe1 Qf8 24.Qd7 b5 25.cxb5 cxb5 26.Qxb5 a6 27.Qa5 f6 28.Bb2 h6 29.Nc3 Red8 30.Nd5 Rd7 31.Rxe7 Rxe7 32.Nxe7+ Qxe7 33.Qd5+ Kg7 34.Qxa8+–]

19...Qh5 20.Re4! Rad8 21.Rh4 [and the queen is trapped.]

21...Qxh4 22.Nxh4 Nxe5 23.Bxe5 Bxe5 24.Rd1 Nd3 25.Ndf3 Nf4+ 26.Kh1 Bc7 27.Ng1 Ne6 28.Nhf3 Bf4 29.h4 h6 30.Nh3 hxg5 31.Nfxg5 Nxg5 32.Nxg5 Kg7 33.Kg2 Rh8 34.Rxd8 Rxd8 35.Qa1+ Kg8 36.Qe1 Rd7 37.Qe4 e5 38.Nh3 Rd4 39.Qe2 f6 40.Nxf4 Rxf4 41.Qd3 Rg4+ 42.Kh3 Rg1 43.Kh2 1–0

⚪️#93 (Endgame-‌White to Move)
🔸Repka,Christopher (2523)
🔸Saraci,Nderim (2408)
🔸World Chess Olympiad 2018 Batumi

23.Rb4! [23.g4 Be8 24.Rb4 Nd7 25.Ra4 Rxa4 26.Nxa4 g6 27.Ke3 Ke7 28.Kf2 Kf6 29.Kg3 Ke7 30.Bc2 Kd8 31.Kf2 Kc7²; 23.Bc2 Be8 24.Rb4 Nd7 25.Ra4 Rxa4 26.Nxa4 g6 27.g4²]

23...g6 24.Ra4 Rb8 [24...Rxa4 25.Nxa4±]

25.Ra7 Bc8 26.Na2!? [26.g4±]

26...Rb7 27.Ra8 Rc7 28.Nb4 Kg7 29.Na6 Bxa6 30.bxa6 Nd7 31.Bc2 Nc5 32.Kc3 b5 33.a7 b4+ 34.Kxb4 Rb7+ 35.Kc3 Kh6 36.h4 f5 37.g4 e4 38.gxf5 exf3 39.fxg6 f2 40.Rf8 f1Q 41.Rxf1 [41.Rxf1 Rxa7 42.gxh7+–] 1–0

⚪️#94 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Wojtaszek,Radoslaw (2727)
🔸Bacrot,Etienne (2678)
🔸Olympiad 2018 Batumi

Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 94
public poll

A) g4 – 9
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 75%
@ali_arghavani, Nikhil, @hoseini139562, @SteveWongso, @h_a_d_I_1169, محمد, hamid, @RichardPeng, Michael

B) Nd2 – 2
👍👍 17%
@Somebody_Sophia, @K_mosaddegh83

C) a3 – 1
👍 8%
@mahyarebrahimi1983

👥 12 people voted so far.

⚪️#94 (Endgame-‌White to Move)
🔸Bogner,Sebastian (2619)
🔸Bacallao Alonso,Yusnel (2588)
🔸World Chess Olympiad 2018 Batumi