🔸chess.com IoM Masters Douglas ENG 2018
🔸Round 7
⚪️Antipov,Mikhail Al (2593)
⚫️Giri,Anish (2780)
🔸0-1

21...exf4?! [Even though after this move Black is still better, he has a stronger option:]

[21...d5! This strong move is neglected by dutch super GM Anish Giri. 22.exd5 Nxd5 △N×f4 23.Nxd5 (23.Red3 Nxf4 24.Nxf4 exf4 25.b4 Nf8 26.Bb3 Rxd3 27.Rxd3 Qe7–+) 23...Qxc2 24.Ba1 exf4! 25.Rxe8+ Rxe8 26.Nexf4 Bxa1 27.Rxa1 Qxb3–+]

22.Qxf4 Ne5 23.Ng3? [White places the knight in a passive position. He should have tried to play for equality with the following continuation:]

[¹23.Nd4! Nh5 24.Qh4 Bf6 25.Qh3 Qc5 26.Nd5! Bxd5 27.exd5 Qxd5 28.Ree1³]

23...Nfg4 24.Re2 Bh6 25.Qf1 Ne3 26.Rxe3 Bxe3-/+

0–1

⚪️#163 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Mamedov,Rau (2703)
🔸Lomasov,Semyon (2559)
🔸Aeroflot Open A Moscow RUS 2019

25.Rh2! [Mamedov simply intends to put more pressure on the weak h4–pawn.]

[25.Kb1 e5=; 25.Nf2 e5=]

25...e5 26.Reh1 Nf4 27.Bxf4 exf4 28.gxf6 gxf6 29.Nc3 Rhg8 30.Ne2±

1–0

⚫️#163 (Endgame-White to Move)
🔸Fier,A (2561)
🔸Wang Hao (2714)
🔸Aeroflot Open A Moscow RUS 2019

36.Ra3?? [36.Nf3! Rg3 37.Bd1 Nf4 38.Nxh4 Rxg2+ 39.Kh1 Rf2 40.Rxf2 Nxf2+ 41.Kh2 Nxd1 42.Rf3 Ke6 (42...Ne6 43.Nxf5++–) 43.Rxf4=; 36.Bf3?? Nf4 37.Bg4 (37.Bxe4 dxe4 38.Rf2 Rxg2+ 39.Rxg2 Rxg2+ 40.Kh1 Rf2 41.b4 Nh5–+) 37...fxg4 38.Rxf4 g3+ 39.Kh1 Nf2+]

36...Nf4 37.Bf3 Rxg2+ 38.Bxg2 Rxg2+ 39.Kh1 Ng3+ 40.Rxg3 hxg3 41.Nf3 [41.Rxf4 Rh2#]

41...Rxb2 42.Rg1 g2+ 43.Kh2 Rxa2

0–1

⚫️#164 (Strategy-Black to Move)
🔸Esipenko,Andrey (2603)
🔸Dai,Changren (2473)
🔸Aeroflot Open A Moscow RUS 2019

Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 164
public poll

B) Rac8 – 9
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 82%
@raienr, Evan, @A_Wild_Richard, Sahil, Atharva, Michael, Hansika, Daniel, Kasyap

A) Ba6 – 1
👍 9%
عباس

C) Rfd8 – 1
👍 9%
Gavin

👥 11 people voted so far.

⚪️#164 (Endgame-White to Move)
🔸Kevlishvili,Robby (2463)
🔸Donchenko,Alexa (2600)
🔸Aeroflot Open A Moscow RUS 2019

Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 164
public poll

B) Nf3 – 13
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 72%
@mahyarebrahimi1983, عباس, Masoud, Evan, A, امیر, @aka_pm_unfriendly, Sahil, Atharva, Michael, Hansika, Daniel, Kasyap

A) Ra3 – 3
👍👍 17%
@A_Wild_Richard, Srikar, Uday

C) Bf3 – 2
👍 11%
@afshinDaneshpour, @Sujas2

👥 18 people voted so far.