Netanya Chess Festival

[Hans Jung]

I was browsing tournaments and was intrigued to see Luke McShanes start with two wins. So I was quite surprised when I saw him lose in round 3 in a miniature to Tamir Nabatny. Now I cant remember having seen GM Nabatny's games before. However in round two he won a brilliant effort against GM Postny. Superb play with the two knights and especially dodging with his king. (Kh6 and later Kh5, Kg4 and safety). These are things I like to do with my two knights and king but of course he does them much better.

[Hans Jung]

I even got the name wrong. Its GM Tamir Nabaty. I apologise.

[Hans Jung]

https://www.chessbomb.com/arena/2019...y-Nabaty_Tamir Game I'm referring to.

[Hans Jung]

https://www.chessbomb.com/arena/2019...-Postny_Evgeny What a game by Lenier Dominguez! Now thats attacking the king in a closed position!! Nf5 - g5 - Rxg6 - and push the F pawn, all for the breakthrough!

[Wayne Komer]

Netanya Masters 2019

June 28, 2019

Some Netanya games:

Round 1, June 23
Rodshtein, Maxim – McShane, Luke
A29 English, Bremen

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.d4 exd4 7.Nxd4 O-O 8.Nc2 d6 9.O-O Re8 10.h3 a5 11.Ne3 Bd7 12.Bd2 Nd4 13.Ned5 Nxd5 14.cxd5 c5 15.dxc6 bxc6 16.Rc1 d5 17.Re1 h5 18.e4 Be6 19.b3 dxe4 20.Nxe4 Bd5 21.Bc3 Qb6 22.Qd2 Red8 23.Qf4 c5 24.Ng5 Qb7 25.Bxd4 Bxd4 26.Be4 Ra6 27.Bxd5 Rxd5 28.Re8+ Kg7 29.Qe4 Rf6 30.Rc2 Qd7 31.Re7 Qd6 0-1

Round 2, June 24
McShane, Luke – Eljanov, Pavel
A14 English, Neo-Catalan declined

1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 e6 3.Bg2 d5 4.Nf3 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.b3 d4 7.e3 c5 8.exd4 cxd4 9.Re1 Nc6 10.Bb2 Re8 11.Ne5 Nxe5 12.Rxe5 Bd6 13.Bxd4 Bxe5 14.Bxe5 Nd7 15.Bb2 e5 16.Na3 Nf6 17.d4 e4 18.Nc2 Bg4 19.Qd2 Bf3 20.Bf1 Ng4 21.d5 Qd6 22.Bd4 Qg6 23.Ne3 Nxh2 24.Kxh2 Qh6+ 25.Bh3 Bg4 26.Rh1 Bxh3 27.Kg1 f5 28.Qe1 Rf8 29.Ng2 f4 30.gxf4 Rf5 31.Qxe4 Rh5 32.Ne3 Rf8 33.Be5 Bf5 34.Rxh5 Qxh5 35.Qg2 Rf7 36.c5 h6 37.b4 Bh3 38.Qg3 Bd7 39.f3 Kh7 40.Kf2 Qh1 41.Qg1 Qxg1+ 42.Kxg1 g5 43.Nc2 gxf4 44.Nd4 a6 45.c6 bxc6 46.dxc6 Bc8 47.Kf2 h5 48.a4 h4 49.b5 axb5 50.axb5 Ra7 51.Bxf4 Ra2+ 52.Ke3 h3 53.Ke4 h2 54.Bxh2 Rxh2 55.Kd5 Kg6 56.Kc5 Kf6 57.b6 Rb2 58.Nb5 Ba6 59.Nc7 Rc2+ 60.Kd6 Rd2+ 61.Nd5+ Kf5 62.b7 Rb2 63.Kc7 Bxb7 64.cxb7 Rc2+ 65.Kd6 Rb2 66.Kc6 Ke6 67.Nc7+ 1-0

Final position



Round 2, June 24
Postny, Evgeny – Nabaty, Tamir
D31 QGD, Janowski variation

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 a6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bf4 Be6 6.e3 Bd6 7.Nge2 Nf6 8.Bxd6 Qxd6 9.Nf4 Nc6 10.Be2 Bf5 11.O-O O-O 12.Rc1 Rfd8 13.Bf3 Ne7 14.a3 g6 15.Nd3 Bxd3 16.Qxd3 c6 17.Na4 Nf5 18.Nc5 Qe7 19.Qb3 Nd6 20.Rfe1 Re8 21.Nd3 a5 22.Qc2 Kg7 23.g3 Nd7 24.Bg2 f5 25.a4 g5 26.f4 g4 27.Ne5 Nf6 28.h3 gxh3 29.Bxh3 Nfe4 30.Qh2 Rg8 31.Re2 Nxg3 32.Rg2 Kh8 33.Bg4 Nge4 34.Bf3 Rxg2+ 35.Bxg2 Rg8 36.Rc2 Nc4 37.Qh3 Rg3 38.Qxf5 Nxe3 39.Qc8+ Kg7 40.Re2 Nd6 41.Qb8 Ndf5 42.Nf3 Kh6 43.Qc8 Qf6 44.Kh1 Qf7 45.Ng5 Qh5+ 46.Bh3 Rxh3+ 47.Nxh3 Qxe2 48.Qf8+ Kh5 49.Qf7+ Kg4 0-1

Round 3, June 25
Nabaty, Tamir – McShane, Luke
B07 Pirc-Queen’s Pawn-KID-East Indian

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Nbd2 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Bb5+ Nc6 6.O-O Bd7 7.Qe2 a6 8.Bxc6 Bxc6 9.e5 Nh5 10.Nb3 dxe5 11.dxe5 Bxf3 12.Qxf3 Bxe5 13.Rd1 Qc8 14.Re1 f6 15.Bh6 Qf5 16.Qxb7 Rd8 17.Qc6+ Qd7 18.Qxa6 g5 19.Bxg5 Rg8 20.h4 fxg5 21.Rxe5 gxh4 22.Qh6 Ng7 23.Rae1 Kf7 24.Qf4+ Ke8 25.Qf6 1-0

Round 4, June 26
Dubov, Daniil – Postny, Evgeny
D20 QGA

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 e5 4.Nf3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Bxd2+ 6.Nbxd2 exd4 7.Bxc4 Nc6 8.O-O Qf6 9.b4 a6 10.e5 Qg6 11.a4 Nge7 12.b5 Na5 13.Ba2 O-O 14.Rc1 Qb6 15.Ne4 axb5 16.axb5 Be6 17.Bxe6 Qxe6 18.Rxc7 Nd5 19.Rc5 Rad8 20.Nd6 b6 21.Nxd4 Qxe5 22.Nc6 Nxc6 23.Rxd5 Rxd6 24.Rxd6 Qxb5 25.Re1 Qc5 26.h4 h6 27.h5 b5 28.Qd2 Na5 29.Rd8 Nc4 30.Qd7 Rxd8 31.Qxd8+ Kh7 32.Qd3+ f5 33.Re6 Nb2 34.Qd2 Nc4 35.Qd3 Nb2 36.Qf3 Qc1+ 37.Kh2 Qg5 38.Re5 1-0

Round 5, June 27
Postny, Evgeny – McShane, Luke
A40 Queen’s Pawn, Franco-Indian Defence

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Bb4+ 3.Bd2 Bxd2+ 4.Qxd2 f5 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.g3 O-O 7.Bg2 d6 8.Nc3 Qe7 9.O-O c6 10.Rad1 Nbd7 11.Qc2 d5 12.cxd5 cxd5 13.Rc1 Ne4 14.Qb3 a6 15.e3 Rb8 16.Ne2 Ndf6 17.Qb6 Bd7 18.Nf4 g5 19.Nd3 Bb5 20.Nfe5 Qd6 21.Qc7 Bc4 22.Qa5 b6 23.Qe1 Bxd3 24.Nxd3 g4 25.Ne5 Rfc8 26.Qe2 b5 27.Rc2 Rc7 28.Rfc1 Rbc8 29.a4 bxa4 30.Rxc7 Rxc7 31.Rxc7 Qxc7 32.Qxa6 Ng5 33.Nc6 Nd7 34.Qa8+ Kg7 35.Qxa4 Kf6 36.Qb5 Nf7 37.Bf1 Nd6 38.Qa4 Nb6 39.Qc2 Ne4 40.Bd3 Ng5 41.Qc5 Nf7 42.b3 Qb7 43.Na5 Qb8 44.Bb5 Nc8 45.Be8 Nfd6 46.Bc6 Na7 47.Bd7 Ne4 48.Qa3 Kf7 49.Nc6 Nxc6 50.Bxc6 h5 51.b4 h4 52.b5 hxg3 53.hxg3 Nd2 54.Qa8 Qxa8 55.Bxa8 Ke7 56.Bc6 Kd6 57.Be8 Nc4 58.Bf7 Ke7 59.Bg8 Nb6 60.Kf1 Nd7 61.Ke2 Kd6 62.Bf7 Ke7 63.Bg6 Nb6 64.Kd3 Nc4 65.Kc3 Kd7 66.Kb4 Nd6 67.Ka5 Kc7 68.Ka6 Kb8 69.Kb6 Ne4 70.Bf7 Nxf2 71.Bxe6 Nd1 72.Bxf5 Nxe3 73.Bd3 Nd1 74.Kc5 Nc3 75.Bf5 Kc7 76.Bxg4 Ne4+ 77.Kxd5 Nf6+ 78.Ke6 Nxg4 79.d5 Nf2 80.d6+ Kd8 81.b6 Nd3 82.g4 Nc5+ 83.Kd5 Nb7 84.g5 Kd7 85.g6 Nxd6 86.b7 Kc7 87.b8=B+ Kxb8 88.Kxd6 1-0

Position after 84.g5




Round 6, June 28
Dominguez Perez, Leinier – Postny, Evgeny
C88 Ruy Lopez, Closed

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.a4 Bg4 9.c3 O-O 10.h3 Bh5 11.d3 Na5 12.Ba2 c5 13.Bg5 b4 14.cxb4 cxb4 15.Nbd2 Rb8 16.Bxf6 Bxf6 17.Bd5 Qd7 18.g4 Bg6 19.Nf1 Bd8 20.Ne3 Bb6 21.Nc4 Nxc4 22.dxc4 Kh8 23.b3 f6 24.Qd2 Be8 25.Kh2 Bc5 26.Rg1 g6 27.Rg3 Qe7 28.Rag1 Bd7 29.R1g2 Rbe8 30.Nh4 Bc8 31.Nf5 Qa7 32.Kh1 Re7 33.Qh6 Rg7 34.g5 fxg5 35.Rxg5 Rf6 36.Rxg6 Rfxg6 37.Rxg6 Bxf5 38.exf5 Qd7 39.f6 1-0

[Hans Jung]

https://www.chessbomb.com/arena/2019..._Perez_Leinier Luke McShane takes off the leader and ends Leinier Dominguez run to no. 8 in the world!

[Wayne Komer]

Netanya Masters 2019

June 30, 2019

Games from Rounds Six and Seven

Round 6, June 28
Dominguez, Leinier – Postny, Evgeny
C88 Ruy Lopez, Closed

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.a4 Bg4 9.c3 O-O 10.h3 Bh5 11.d3 Na5 12.Ba2 c5 13.Bg5 b4 14.cxb4 cxb4 15.Nbd2 Rb8 16.Bxf6 Bxf6 17.Bd5 Qd7 18.g4 Bg6 19.Nf1 Bd8 20.Ne3 Bb6 21.Nc4 Nxc4 22.dxc4 Kh8 23.b3 f6 24.Qd2 Be8 25.Kh2 Bc5 26.Rg1 g6 27.Rg3 Qe7 28.Rag1 Bd7 29.R1g2 Rbe8 30.Nh4 Bc8 31.Nf5 Qa7 32.Kh1 Re7 33.Qh6 Rg7 34.g5 fxg5 35.Rxg5 Rf6 36.Rxg6 Rfxg6 37.Rxg6 Bxf5 38.exf5 Qd7 39.f6 1-0

Round 6, June 28
Gelfand, Boris – Smirin, Ilia
E97 King’s Indian, Orthodox, Aronin-Taimanov variation

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 d6 5.e4 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.Bg5 Nh5 10.Re1 h6 11.Bd2 f5 12.Nh4 Nf4 13.Bxf4 exf4 14.exf5 g5 15.Ng6 Rxf5 16.Bh5 Nxg6 17.Bxg6 Rf8 18.Qh5 g4 19.Ne4 Bd7 20.c5 Bc8 21.Rad1 a5 22.h3 gxh3 23.gxh3 Ra6 24.cxd6 cxd6 25.Kh1 Rb6 26.Rg1 Qe7 27.Ng5 Qe5 28.Rde1 Qxd5+ 29.Be4 Qd4 30.Nf3 1-0

Round 7, June 30
McShane, Luke – Dominguez, Leinier
C67 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defence, open variation

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.Re1 Nd6 6.Nxe5 Be7 7.Bf1 Nxe5 8.Rxe5 O-O 9.d4 Bf6 10.Re1 Re8 11.Bf4 Rxe1 12.Qxe1 Ne8 13.Nc3 Bxd4 14.Nd5 d6 15.Bg5 f6 16.Bh4 Bxb2 17.Rb1 Be5 18.f4 c6 19.fxe5 cxd5 20.exf6 Nxf6 21.Bd3 Bd7 22.Qg3 Bc6 23.Bg5 Kh8 24.Qh4 h6 25.Bxh6 gxh6 26.Qxh6+ Kg8 27.Qg6+ Kh8 28.Rb4 Ne4 29.Bxe4 dxe4 30.Rb3 e3 31.Rb4 Bd7 32.Qh6+ Kg8 33.Qg6+ Kh8 34.Qh6+ Kg8 35.Rh4 Qxh4 36.Qxh4 Re8 37.Kf1 e2+ 38.Ke1 Re6 39.Qd8+ Be8 40.g4 b5 41.h4 Kg7 42.h5 Bf7 43.Qg5+ Kh7 44.Qxb5 1-0

Position after 24....h6?





Leonard Barden at the ecforum:

Assuming unfinished games go as the engine predicts, scores with three rounds to go will be

Dominguez 4.5/7; McShane, Smirin, Gelfand and Dubov 4

[Hans Jung]

Boris Gelfand played well and beat Luke MxShane and drew Lenier Dominguez for a tie for first.