⚪️#96 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Peralta,Fernando (2569)
🔸Adly,Ahmed (2620)
🔸Olympiad 2018 Batumi

44.Rd8? [White missed a golden opportunity to win the game.]

[44.Qd6! Intending to create a powerful queen-rook battery on the 8th rank. 44...Kf7 (44...Qe1 45.Qd8 Qg3+ 46.Kg1 Qe1+ 47.Bf1 Kg6 48.Qh8 Rg7 49.Rf8! Rh7 50.Qg8+ Rg7 51.Qxe6+!! Qxe6 52.Bd3+ Qf5 53.Bxf5+ Kh5 54.Rh8+ Rh7 55.Rxh7#) 45.Qb8 Qg7 46.Rg8! Qxg8 47.Nh6++–; 44.Bd3? Qe1 45.Be4 Qg3+ 46.Kg1 Qe1+]

44...Rf7 45.Qc8? [45.Bd3 Qe1 46.Qd4+ e5 47.Nxe5 Qg3+ 48.Kg1 Qf4 49.Rxd5 Bxd5 50.Qxd5 Qe3+ 51.Kh1 Qc1+ 52.Kh2 Qf4+=]

45...Nf6 46.Nxf6 Qe5+ 47.Kh1 Kxf6 48.Rg8 Qc7 49.Qa8 a3 50.f4 Qc1+ 0–1

⚪️#96 (Endgame-‌White to Move)
🔸Astaneh Lopez,Alex (2433)
🔸Hague,Ben (2405)
🔸World Chess Olympiad 2018 Batumi

36.Rg6+? [36.f3! Ne3 37.Kf2 Nd1+ 38.Ke1 Ne3 39.Rg6+ Kh7 40.Re6 Rd5 41.Rxe5 Rxe5 42.Nxe5 Kg7 43.Nc6 g4 44.Nb4 a5 45.Nc6 a4 46.Nd4 axb3 47.axb3 b4 48.Nc6 Kf6 49.Nxb4+–; 36.Rc5 e4 37.Ne5 Nxe5 38.Rxe5 Rd2 39.a4 Kf7 40.Rxf5+ Kg6 41.g4 bxa4 42.bxa4 Rxe2 43.Kf1 Ra2 44.a5=]

36...Kf7 37.Rxg5 Kf6 38.Rh5 e4 39.Nf4 Rd2 40.a4 bxa4 41.bxa4 Ra2 42.Rh8 Rxa4 43.Rf8+ Ke5 44.Ng6+ Ke6 45.Nf4+ Ke5 46.Ng6+ Ke6 47.Nf4+ ½–½

⚫️#97 (Strategy-Black to Move)
🔸Setyaki,Azarya Jodi (2316)
🔸Notkevich,Benjamin Arvola (2493)
🔸Olympiad 2018 Batumi

Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 97
public poll

C) Qc6 – 9
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 75%
@Portomogor, @mahyarebrahimi1983, Nikhil, @hoseini139562, @h_a_d_I_1169, @Sophia_Giraffe, @Bluepawn, @AryanLeekha, @WataxPin

B) Rd6 – 2
👍👍 17%
Meisam, Sul.

A) Nc5 – 1
👍 8%
@A_Wild_Richard

👥 12 people voted so far.

⚪️#97 (Endgame-‌White to Move)
🔸Fitzsimons,David (2316)
🔸Gong,Daniel Hanwen (2276)
🔸World Chess Olympiad 2018 Batumi

Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 97
public poll

A) Rf1 – 10
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 50%
@mahyarebrahimi1983, Meisam, @Pourya_egh, Babak, @mnosrati96, @Sophia_Giraffe, @AryanLeekha, Pranav Eswar, @WataxPin, @Ndtaker

B) Re8 – 9
👍👍👍👍👍👍 45%
@Portomogor, @Mkhadema, @shahramabdo, Nikhil, @h_a_d_I_1169, Saghana, @A_Wild_Richard, @Bluepawn, @esauwoira13

C) R×d2 – 1
👍 5%
@hoseini139562

👥 20 people voted so far.

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