⚪️#217 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Der Manuelian,Haik (2262
🔸Mendonca,Leon Luke (2350)
🔸Orbis 2 GM 2018

21.Ne4!! [Adding an active piece to attack the kingside.]

[21.Re3 g6 22.Qg4 Bg7 23.Qh4 Rd8 24.Rf1 e5 25.Qe7 Rf8 26.Ne4 Bxe4 27.Rxe4 Ra7=; 21.Ne2 Qc7 (21...Bxe5?? 22.Bxe5 Qa7 23.Bxg7 Kxg7 24.Qg5+ Kh8 25.Qh6+ Kg8 26.Rd3 Be4 27.Rg3+ Bg6 28.Rh3 f6 29.Qxg6+ Qg7 30.Qe4 e5 31.Rg3+–) 22.Re3 Rfc8 23.Rd2 g6 24.Qh6 Bxb2 25.Kxb2 Qe7 26.Nf4 Qf6+ 27.Kb1 Rd8 28.Red3 Rxd3 29.Nxd3=]

21...Bxe4 [Taking the rook would be fatal:]

[21...Bxe5? 22.Bxe5 Bxe4 (22...Qc8?? 23.Nf6+ gxf6 24.Bxf6+–) 23.Bxb8 Raxb8 24.Qe5+–]

22.Rxe4 Rd8?? [22...Qb7!? 23.Re3 Bxb2 24.Rh3 f5 25.Qh7+ Kf7 26.Rhd3 Ra7 27.Kxb2²; 22...Bxb2 23.Rh4 f6 24.Rd7+–]

23.Bxf6 Rxd1+ [23...gxf6 24.Rg4+ Kf8 25.Qc5+ Ke8 (25...Qd6 26.Rxd6+–) 26.Rg8#]

24.Qxd1 gxf6 25.Rh4 f5 [25...Qe5 26.Qg4+ Qg5 27.Qe4 Qd5 28.Qf4+–]

26.Qd4 e5 27.Qd3 f4 28.Qf5 Qd6 29.Qg5+ Qg6 30.Qxe5 Qg7 31.Qxg7+ Kxg7 32.Rxf4+–

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⚫️#217 (Endgame-Black to Move)
🔸Bocharov,D (2533)
🔸Sjugirov,S (2663)
🔸ch-RUS Rapid GP Final 2018

36...Kd4?? [36...Nd4! 37.Nf6+ Kf5 38.Nxh7+ Kg6 39.Rxb7 Rc2 40.Rxa7 Rxe2+ 41.Kf1 Re3 42.Nf8+ Kf6 43.Ra6+ Kf5 44.Nd7 Rxg3 45.Rf6+ Ke4 46.h5„; 36...h6!? 37.Nf6+ Kf5 38.Nh7+ Kg6 39.Rxb7 Nd4 40.h5+ Kxh5 41.Nf6+ Kg5 42.Ne4+ Kg6 43.Rxa7 Rc2 44.Ra6+ Kg7 45.Nf6 Rxe2+ 46.Kf1 Rc2 47.Nxg4 Nf5 48.Nxe5 Nxg3+ 49.Kg1=]

37.Rd7+?! [37.Nf6+–]

37...Kc3 38.Rxh7? [¹38.Rxb7]

38...b5 39.Ke3 Kb2 40.Rb7 b4 41.Nf6 Kxa2 42.h5 Kxb3 43.h6 a5 44.h7 Rh8 45.Rg7?? [45.Ne4 Kc4 46.Rc7 Kb5 47.Rb7+ Ka4 48.Nc5+ Ka3 49.Kd3 Nd4 50.e3 Nf5 51.Ra7„]

45...a4 46.Rg8 Rxh7 47.Nxh7 a3 48.Ra8 a2 49.Nf6 Nd4 50.Nxg4 Nc2+ 51.Kd2 Na3

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🔸World Senior 50+ 2018
🔸Round 2
⚪️Sturua,Z (2529)
⚫️Kolesar,Mil (2198)
🔸1-0

18...Nh5! [Black attempts to get the two bishops advantage that achieves him at least a slight advantage.]

19.Bg5?! [¹19.Qe3 Nxf4 20.Qxf4 Bc5=/+]

19...Be7? [This strange move by Black does not fit with his previous move. The following continuation that obtains the bishop pair advantage and weakens the opponent's king position, would be much better for Black.]

[19...Nxg3! 20.Qf2 f6 21.Qxg3 fxg5 22.Qxg5 Bc5!-/+ △Nf8]

20.Bxe7! Rxe7 21.Qf2+/=

⚫️#218 (Strategy-Black to Move)
🔸Konstantinov,Alek2 (2080)
🔸Lajthajm,B (2405)
🔸Orbis 2 GM 2018

Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 218
public poll

B) Ng6 – 9
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 90%
@shahriarmz88, S.f, Max, Nikhil, @Steve1234567890qwerty, @Sophia_Giraffe, @A_Wild_Richard, Matthew, Kasyap

A) g4 – 1
👍 10%
@PouyaMO1360

C) N8d7
▫️ 0%

👥 10 people voted so far.

⚫️#218 (Endgame-Black to Move)
🔸Mohamed,Faisal (2157)
🔸Hamdouchi,H (2594)
🔸Emirates ch-Arab 2018

Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 218
public poll

A) Bb7 – 3
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 38%
S.f, Max, @A_Wild_Richard

C) Bd5 – 3
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 38%
Nikhil, @Steve1234567890qwerty, Jaikrishnan

B) Bc6 – 2
👍👍👍👍👍 25%
@Sophia_Giraffe, Matthew

👥 8 people voted so far.

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⚫️#218 (Strategy-Black to Move)
🔸Konstantinov,Alek2 (2080)
🔸Lajthajm,B (2405)
🔸Orbis 2 GM 2018

20...Ng6?! [20...g4! Now that the white e-pawn is weak, Black is looking for a second weakness on the opponent's camp. 21.f4 cxb5 22.Nxb5 Qb6 23.Nc3 Rc8 24.Rab1 Qd8 25.Rec1 Rec7 26.Ne5 Ng6 27.Qb2 Ne7 28.Nb5 Rxc1+ 29.Rxc1 a6 30.Rxc8 Nxc8 31.Nc3 Qc7 32.Kf1 Nd6 33.Ke2 b5 34.Qb3 Nde4 35.Nxe4 Nxe4 36.Kd1 Qa5 37.Qb4 Qd8³; 20...N8d7 21.h3 Nh5 22.a4 Ng3 23.Nf2 Nf6 24.Rad1 a6 25.Rc1 cxb5 26.axb5 Nf5 27.bxa6 bxa6 28.e4 dxe4 29.Ncxe4 Nxe4 30.Nxe4 Qxd4+ 31.Qxd4 Nxd4 32.Rc4 Ne6 33.Ra1 Ra8 34.Ra5 f6 35.Rc6 Nf4 36.Rcxa6 Rxa6 37.Rxa6=]

21.bxc6 bxc6„

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