23...Qg6! [Laznicka correctly controls himself and decides not to rush the attack.]

[23...Rxc3+? 24.Bxc3 Bf4+ 25.Rd2™ Qd5 26.Nxe6! Bxd2+ 27.Qxd2 fxe6 28.Bxf6 Qxd2+ 29.Kxd2 Rxf6=]

24.Nxe6™ [24.a3 Ba2! 25.Nc2 Bc4 26.Qf3 Bd5 27.Qe2 Bb3‚ 28.Be3 Bxa3! 29.Nxa3 Bxd1 30.Rxd1 b4–+]

24...Rfe8™ 25.Qf3 fxe6! [A clever recapture. Black keeps his rook on the board in order to continue his attack.]

[25...Rxe6? 26.Rxe6 fxe6 27.Qb7! Qe8 28.Kb1=]

26.Be3 Nd5 27.Kd2 Rc4 28.g3 b4–+

⚪️#225 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Fier,A (2553)
🔸Suleymanli,Aydin (2313)
🔸Baku Open 2018

Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 225
public poll

A) Bc2 – 9
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 82%
@mahyarebrahimi1983, @Shadowoffhollow, Nikhil, @Sophia_Giraffe, @A_Wild_Richard, Atharva, @Miladdark79, Kasyap, Arianna

C) Ne2 – 2
👍👍 18%
@soheil_hooshdaran, Vincent

B) Bf4
▫️ 0%

👥 11 people voted so far.

⚫️#225 (Endgame-Black to Move)
🔸Elmejbri,A (2091)
🔸Sultan,I (2140)
🔸Emirates ch-Arab 2018

Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 225
public poll

A) Rb4 – 8
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 53%
@Shadowoffhollow, Mahshid, @soheil_hooshdaran, Nikhil, @mnosrati96, Atharva, @Miladdark79, Kasyap

B) Kc6 – 4
👍👍👍👍 27%
farhad, @mahyarebrahimi1983, Vincent, @A_Wild_Richard

C) Rc6 – 3
👍👍👍 20%
@Sophia_Giraffe, إدريس, Arianna

👥 15 people voted so far.

Not quite what we're used to when Magnus Carlsen is involved, but you can't argue with clear first place!

Fantastic fight between Magnus Carlsen and Sergey Karyakin as two minors battle a queen!

🔥♗♘⚔️♛🔥

Magnus Carlsen registers his fifth tournament victory of the year by winning the LindoresAbbey Chess 2019 Rapid in Scotland.

EXCLUSIVE! The Magnus Carlsen interview after he won the Lindores Abbey Chess Stars 2019

🔹 Lindores Abbey Chess Stars 2019
🔹 PGN format

@UnityChess

The first game of the final of Moscow Grand Prix finished in a draw after three hours of play. Alexander Grischuk admitted it was an "opening disaster" for him, but he did survive. Ian Nepomniachtchi has White in game 2 on May 28.

🔹 Moscow FIDE Grand Prix
🔹 PGN format

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⚪️#225 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Fier,A (2553)
🔸Suleymanli,Aydin (2313)
🔸Baku Open 2018

19.Ne2! [White intends to transfer the knight to the kingside in order to put pressure on the weak e6 and h5 pawns.]

[19.Bc2 Bxc2 20.Rxc2 Be7 21.Ne2 Nb8 22.Rxc8 Qxc8 23.Rc1 Nc6 24.Qd1 Qd8 25.Rc3 Qg8 26.Qb3 Qc8²; 19.Bf4 Nb6 20.Bc2 Nc4 21.Qe2 Bxc2 22.Rxc2 Rc6 23.Rfc1 Be7 24.Re1 Qd7+/=]

19...Nb6 20.Rxc8 Qxc8 21.Bd1? [21.Rc1! Nc4 22.b3 Nxd2 23.Rxc8 Nf3+ 24.gxf3 b5 25.Rc7+ Be7 26.Bf4±]

21...Nc4„

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