🔸chess.com IoM Masters Douglas ENG 2018
🔸Round 3
⚪️Rapport,Richard (2725)
⚫️Paehtz,Elisabeth (2513)
🔸1-0

27.d5! [Vacating the d4–square for the f3–knight.]

[27.Rhc1!? Ng7 28.Ra7 Ra8 29.Rcc7 Rxa7 30.Rxa7 Rd8 31.Bc6+–]

27...exd5 [27...Ng7? 28.dxe6+ Nxe6 29.Bxe6+ Kxe6 30.Nd4+ Rxd4 31.exd4+–]

28.Nd4! Bd6 [28...Ng7 29.Nc6 Ra8 30.Nxe7 Kxe7 31.Bxb5+ Kf8 32.Bd7+–]

29.Be6+ Kg6 30.Bf7+ Kh6 31.Nxf5+ Kg5 32.Nxd6! [White intends to weave a mating net which entangles the enemy king in its strands.]

32...Rxd6 33.h4+ Kh6 34.g4 Ng7 35.f4 1–0

⚪️#100 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Taieb,Sahbi (2146)
🔸Valsecchi,Alessio (2500)
🔸Olympiad 2018 Batumi

18.Nd5? [White occupies the outpost hastily.]

[It would be correct to first play 18.h4!? gaining space on the kingside. 18...Nc7 19.Qb6 Nxb5 20.Qxd8+ Rxd8 21.Nxb5 Rd7 (21...d5? 22.Nc7±) 22.Nc3 Bd8 23.Nc1 Rc8 24.Nd5 Rc5 25.Nd3 Rc8 26.Nf2 Kf8 27.b3 Rc5 28.c4 h6 29.g5 Bxd5 30.exd5 Rc8 31.Ne4²; 18.Nd2 Rc5 19.Nb3 (19.Nf1 Nc7³) 19...Rcc8]

18...Nc7 [18...Bxd5 19.exd5 Bh4 20.Qe2 Nc7= /= +]

19.Nxc7 Qxc7 20.Rd3 b6 21.Rhd1 Qb7 22.Nc1 Rc5 23.Ne2 d5 24.exd5 Rxd5 25.Nc3 Rxd3 26.Rxd3 Rd8 27.Rxd8+ Bxd8 28.Qe2 Qc7 29.Ne4 Be7 30.Qd3 h6 31.h3 g6 32.Nd2 Qd6 33.Qxd6 Bxd6 34.Bc4 Bc8 35.Bd5 Kg7 36.Nc4 Bc7 37.c3 Bd7 38.b3 f5 39.Kc2 Kf6 40.Ne3 Kg5 41.Bf7 Bc6 42.Nd5 Bd8 43.c4 h5 44.Be6 hxg4 45.hxg4 e4 46.gxf5 exf3 47.fxg6 Kxg6 48.Kd2 Bg5+ 49.Ke1 Bh4+ 50.Kf1 Kg5 51.Nc3 Kf4 52.Nd5+ Kg5 53.Nc3 Be8 54.Bd5 Kf4 55.Ne4 Ke3 56.c5 bxc5 57.Nxc5 Bg6 58.Bc4 Bf5 59.Be6 Bc2 60.b4 Bd1 61.Bh3 Bf2 0–1

⚪️#100 (Endgame-‌White to Move)
🔸Makoto,Rodwell (2338)
🔸Tissir,Mohamed (2388)
🔸World Chess Olympiad 2018 Batumi

22.Rhb1 [22.Bd3 Nc5 23.Bc4 Rc6 24.Bd5 Rd6 25.Rhd1 Rc2 26.Bb3 Rxd1 27.Rxd1 Rxc3 28.Rd8+ Kg7 29.Ra8 Nxb3 30.axb3 Rxb3 31.Rxa7 Rc3 32.Ke1 Kf6 33.Kd2 Rc6 34.h4 Ke6 35.h5 f5 36.gxf5+ Kxf5=; 22.Rhd1 Nc5 23.Rd4 Nxe4+ (23...f5?? 24.Bd5) 24.Rxe4 Rxe4 25.fxe4 Rc2=]

22...Rbb6 23.Rb4 Nf6 24.Bd3 Nd5 25.Rc4 Rb2 26.h4 h6 27.a4 c6 28.g5 hxg5 29.hxg5 a5 30.Rh1 Kg7 31.Rhh4 Rb3 32.Rc5 Rxc3 33.Rxa5 Re5 34.Rc4 Ra3 35.Rxc6 Rxg5 36.Rcc5 1–0

⚪️#101 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Aleksandrov,Aleksej (2602)
🔸Shengelia,David (2512)
🔸Olympiad 2018 Batumi

Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 101
public poll

A) Rd3 – 5
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 56%
Fateme, Vincent, @WataxPin, Michael, Mohammad mahdi

C) Rfe1 – 4
👍👍👍👍👍👍 44%
future, @hoseini139562, @h_a_d_I_1169, @mehi_hg

B) Rde1
▫️ 0%

👥 9 people voted so far.

⚫️#101 (Endgame-‌Black to Move)
🔸Kojima,Shinya (2408)
🔸Wiedenkeller,Michael (2464)
🔸World Chess Olympiad 2018 Batumi

Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 101
public poll

C) Re3 – 6
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 100%
@banaaneja, Nikhil, Vincent, @WataxPin, @Tnassiiii, Michael

A) Rf8
▫️ 0%

B) Rf6
▫️ 0%

👥 6 people voted so far.

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