📘 7.g3
Nepo challenges his opponent by choosing this sideline of the French defense.This continuation, after the game between Anand-Topalov in 1997, has attracted the attention of many grandmasters. White intends to handle the game positionally.

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🔸Round 9
⚪️Nepomniachtchi,Ian (2733)
⚫️Meier,Georg (2655)
🔸1-0

📘 A: 79...Rc4?
This Black's carelessness only gives white a winning position.
80.Ra7+ Kf8
(A1: 80...Kg6 81.Re7 Kf5 82.Rf7+ and 83.Rf6+ the e6-pawn is lost.)
81.g6 +- And the white king will penetrate to h6 or f6 via g5 square.
B: 79...Kg6!
A prophylactic move and now white cannot make the plan we mentioned it.
80.Ra7 Rb1! 81.Re7 Re1! 82.Kg4 Rg1+ 83.Kf3 Re1 =
The game is drawn.

🔸European Team Championship 2017
🔸Round 9
⚪️Rapport,Richard (2686)
⚫️Howell,David W L (2698)
🔸1-0

📘 33...B×a4?
A blunder by David Howell, the english grandmaster, which Hungarian Raport exploited beautifully.
34.Nf6! g×f6 35.Qg3+ Kf8 36.e×f6 Qb4 37.Q×c7 Q×h4+ 38.Kg1 Q×f6 39.Qc8+

A)39.Qb8+! Kg7 40.Qg3+ Kh7 41.c7 Qf5 42.Qc3 Qc8 43.Qd3+ Kg7 44.Qd8 +-

B)39.Qb8+! Ke7 40.Qb7+ Kd6 41.Qd7+ —->c7 +-

39.Qc8+ Kg7 40.Qg4+ Kf8 41.Qc8+ Kg7 42.Qg4+ Kf8 43.Q×a4 Qd6 44.Qc2 Qc7
with a huge advantage for White.

⚪️#107 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Botvinnik,M
🔸Reshevsky,S
🔸The Netherlands, 1938

📘 The black knight clearly aims for the c5-square, where it can put pressure on his opponent's position. Botvinnik doesn't tolerate an uninvited guest for an extended stay on c5 and with 15.a3! prepares to get ride of it with b4.
13.Na4?! Bxb2 14.Nxb2 Nc5 and now if 15.a3? Re8 white has no time to play b4.
13.h4? Due to lack of coordination between his pieces, White cannot hope to achieve any goal on the kingside.

⚪️#108 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Botvinnik,Mikhail
🔸Levenfish,Grigory
🔸URS-ch12 Moscow 1940

📘 15.c5! White wants to open up the position to exploit Black's lack of development. 15...dxc5? Black helps him! 16.Bb5+ Nd7 17.Nf5 Qf6 18.Rad1+-.
Black, of course, replies with 15...Nd7! (Preventing c5) against Both 15.Bd3? and 15.e4.

⚪️#109 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Fischer,Robert James
🔸Petrosian,Tigran
🔸URS-World Belgrade 1970

📕Unity Chess Multiple Choice 109

C: Nbd2 – 14
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 70%

B: a4 – 4
👍👍 20%

A: 0-0 – 2
👍 10%

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⚫️#110 (Strategy-Black to Move)
🔸Ciocaltea,Victor
🔸Fischer,Robert James
🔸Netanya 1968

📕Unity Chess Multiple Choice 110

B: Re8 – 18
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 78%

C: Qf5 – 3
👍 13%

A: Bh6 – 2
👍 9%

👥 23 people voted so far.

🔸European Team Championship 2017
🔸Round 9
⚪️Nikolaidis,Ioannis (2519)
⚫️Navara,David (2726)
🔸0-1

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🔸Round 9
⚪️Gabuzyan,Hovhannes (2583)
⚫️Sedlak,Nikola (2547)
🔸0-1

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🔸Round 1
⚪️Topalov,Veselin (2749)
⚫️Nakamura,Hikaru (2780)
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🔸Round 4
⚪️Dominguez Perez,Leinier (2739)
⚫️So,Wesley (2788)
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⚪️#109 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Fischer,Robert James
🔸Petrosian,Tigran
🔸URS-World Belgrade 1970