Isle of Man Grand Swiss 2019

[Wayne Komer]

Isle of Man Grand Swiss 2019

October 15, 2019

Round Six

Late Games

Round 6, Oct. 15
Caruana, Fabiano – Fedoseev, Vladimir
B31 Sicilian, Nimzowitsch-Rossolimo Attack

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.c3 e5 6.d4 cxd4 7.cxd4 exd4 8.Bf4 Nge7 9.Bd6 O-O 10.Nbd2 a6 11.Qa4 Ra7 12.Bd3 b5 13.Qc2 Bb7 14.a4 bxa4 15.Rxa4 a5 16.h4 Ba6 17.Bxa6 Rxa6 18.b4 Na7 19.Qc5 Nac8 20.Bc7 Qe8 21.b5 d6 22.Qc4 d5 23.Qc5 dxe4 24.Nxe4 d3 25.Ra3 Re6 26.Nfg5 Nf5 27.Nxe6 Qxe6 28.Ra4 Re8 29.b6 Qd7 30.Qxa5 Nxb6 31.Bxb6 Qc6 32.f3 d2 33.Bf2 Bh6 34.Ra3 Qc2 35.Qd5 Qc1 36.Ra7 Rf8 37.Ra1 Ne3 38.Bxe3 Bxe3+ 39.Kh1 Qc7 40.Qd3 Bh6 41.Qd4 Rd8 42.Nf6+ Kh8 43.Nd5+ Kg8 44.Ra8 1-0

Fabiano Caruana defeats Vladimir Fedoseev on board 1 and grabs the sole lead with 5/6!

Round 6, Oct. 15
Wang, Hao – McShane, Luke
E00 Queen’s Pawn game

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 c5 5.Bxb4 cxb4 6.Bg2 O-O 7.e4 d6 8.Ne2 Nc6 9.O-O Bd7 10.Qd3 a5 11.Nd2 e5 12.Rfd1 Qb8 13.Rac1 Qa7 14.Nf1 Rac8 15.h3 Rfd8 16.Ne3 h6 17.b3 Qb8 18.f4 b5 19.cxb5 Ne7 20.Rxc8 Rxc8 21.dxe5 dxe5 22.Qd6 Bxb5 23.Qxb8 Rxb8 24.fxe5 Nd7 25.e6 fxe6 26.Nd4 Ne5 27.Nxe6 Rc8 28.Nd5 N7g6 29.Nd4 Be8 30.Bf1 Bf7 31.Kf2 Rc5 32.Bg2 Nf8 33.Ke3 Nfd7 34.Ne2 Kf8 35.Rc1 Bxd5 36.Rxc5 Nxc5 37.exd5 Ke7 38.Nd4 Nb7 39.Ke4 Nd7 40.Kd3 Ne5+ 41.Ke4 Nd7 42.Nc6+ Kd6 43.Kd4 Kc7 44.Bf3 Kb6 45.Ne5 Nf6 46.Nc4+ Kc7 47.Ke5 Ne8 48.Ke6 Ned6 49.Nxd6 Nxd6 50.h4 g5 51.h5 Nb5 52.Ke7 Nd6 53.g4 Nb5 54.Be2 Nd6 55.Bd3 Nc8+ 56.Ke6 Nd6 57.Kf6 Kd8 58.Kg6 Ke7 59.Kxh6 Kf6 60.Kh7 Kf7 61.h6 Nc8 62.Bf5 Nd6 63.Be6+ 1-0

Wang Hao joins Caruana at the top.

Round 6, Oct. 15
Carlsen, Magnus – Shirov, Alexei
C43 Petrov, Modern Attack, symmetrical

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 Nxe4 4.Bd3 d5 5.Nxe5 Nd7 6.Nc3 Nxe5 7.dxe5 Nxc3 8.bxc3 Be7 9.O-O O-O 10.f4 f5 11.Be3 c5 12.Be2 Be6 13.Bf3 Qd7 14.a4 Rad8 15.Qe2 Qc7 16.Rfb1 b6 17.Rd1 g5 18.h3 Rd7 19.Rd2 Rfd8 20.Rad1 gxf4 21.Bxf4 d4 22.Qf2 Kh8 23.Kh1 Qc8 24.Kh2 Rg8 25.cxd4 cxd4 26.Rxd4 Rxd4 27.Rxd4 Bc5 28.c3 Bxd4 29.cxd4 Qd7 30.Qd2 Bd5 31.e6 Qxe6 32.Be5+ Rg7 33.Qc3 Bxf3 34.Qxf3 Qe8 35.Qxf5 Kg8 36.Bxg7 Kxg7 37.Qg5+ Kf8 38.Qf4+ Ke7 39.Qe4+ Kf8 40.Qxh7 Qxa4 41.Qf5+ Kg7 42.Qe5+ Kf7 43.h4 1-0

Tarjei Svensen - Carlsen beats Shirov for the 7th time in his career, scores his 3rd win in the tournament and has again taken his 2019 performance above 2900. And the World Champion is now on 96 games without a loss, breaking Tal's record of 95!


Round 6, Oct. 15
Lenderman, Aleksandr – Anton, David
D29 QGA, Classical

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.O-O a6 7.Bb3 b5 8.Qe2 Bb7 9.Rd1 Nbd7 10.e4 cxd4 11.Nxd4 Qc7 12.Nc3 Bc5 13.Be3 O-O 14.Rac1 Qb6 15.f3 Rac8 16.Bf2 Ne5 17.Rc2 Nh5 18.g3 Nf6 19.Rcd2 h6 20.Kg2 g5 21.h3 Ng6 22.Be3 Rfe8 23.Nc2 Bxe3 24.Qxe3 Qxe3 25.Nxe3 h5 26.g4 h4 27.a3 Kf8 28.Ne2 Rc7 29.Nd4 Rec8 30.Kh2 Ke7 31.Kg2 Ne5 32.Rc2 Rxc2+ 33.Bxc2 Nfd7 34.Bd3 Ng6 35.Kf2 Nde5 36.Bf1 Nf4 37.Nb3 Rc7 38.Rd2 Bc8 39.Rd1 Bd7 40.Rd2 Be8 41.Rd1 b4 42.Ra1 bxa3 43.Rxa3 Bb5 44.Ra5 Bxf1 45.Kxf1 Rb7 46.Nd4 Rxb2 47.Nec2 Rb1+ 48.Kf2 Nxh3+ 49.Kg2 Nf4+ 50.Kh2 Kf6 51.Rxa6 Rd1 52.Ra3 Rd2+ 53.Kh1 Ned3 54.Ra1 Rg2 55.Ne3 Nf2# 0-1

Round 6, Oct. 15
Svidler, Peter – Lupulescu, Constantin
C02 French, Advance, Milner-Barry Gambit

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Qb6 6.a3 Bd7 7.b4 cxd4 8.cxd4 Rc8 9.Bb2 Nge7 10.Qd2 Nf5 11.g4 Nh6 12.Rg1 f6 13.exf6 gxf6 14.Nc3 Nf7 15.h4 Ne7 16.Bd3 Bg7 17.Ne2 e5 18.dxe5 fxe5 19.Nf4 Rf8 20.g5 d4 21.g6 Bh6 22.gxf7+ Rxf7 23.Nxe5 Rxf4 24.Qe2 Rxh4 25.Bxh7 Bb5 26.Bd3 Bxd3 27.Nxd3 Rc6 28.Nc5 Rg6 29.Rf1 Qc6 30.Qd3 b6 31.Nb3 Qe6+ 32.Kd1 Rh3 33.Qb5+ Kf8 34.Nxd4 Qe4 35.f3 Qf4 36.Qe2 Rh2 37.Rf2 Rh1+ 38.Kc2 Rxa1 39.Bxa1 Qc1+ 40.Kb3 Qxa1 41.Qe4 Qd1+ 42.Ka2 Rg1 43.Re2 Qa1+ 44.Kb3 Qb1+ 45.Ka4 Qxe4 46.fxe4 Rd1 47.Nb5 Nc6 48.Rh2 Kg7 49.Rc2 Rc1 50.Rxc1 Bxc1 51.Nd6 Kf8 52.Kb5 Nd4+ 53.Kc4 Nc6 54.Kb5 Nd4+ 55.Kc4 Ne6 56.Nc8 a6 57.Nxb6 Bxa3 58.Kb3 Bc1 59.Ka4 Bd2 60.Ka5 Nc5 61.Nd5 Kf7 62.Nc7 Nxe4 63.Nxa6 Ke6 64.Kb5 Kd5 65.Nc7+ Kd4 66.Ne6+ Ke5 67.Nc5 Nd6+ 68.Kc6 Nf5 69.Nd7+ Ke6 70.Nc5+ Ke7 71.Nd3 Nd4+ 1/2-1/2

Position after White’s 63.Nxa6



Round 6, Oct. 15
Le, Quang Liem – Keymer, Vincent
B23 Sicilian, Closed

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 a6 3.Nge2 d6 4.g3 Nf6 5.Bg2 Nc6 6.O-O e6 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bd7 9.Be3 Ne5 10.h3 Rc8 11.a4 Be7 12.Nde2 O-O 13.b3 Nc6 14.g4 Nb4 15.a5 Bc6 16.g5 Nd7 17.f4 Nc5 18.Ng3 d5 19.exd5 Nxd5 20.Nxd5 Bxd5 21.Bxd5 exd5 22.Rf2 Ne6 23.Bb6 Qd7 24.Qg4 Qc6 25.Re1 Bb4 26.Ree2 Nc5 27.f5 Ne4 28.Nxe4 dxe4 29.Rxe4 Bc5 30.Bxc5 Qxc5 31.b4 Qc3 32.f6 Rfe8 33.Re7 Rxe7 34.fxe7 Re8 35.Re2 Qc7 36.Kf1 Rxe7 37.Rxe7 Qxe7 38.Qc8+ Qf8 39.Qxb7 h6 40.gxh6 Qd6 41.Qc8+ Kh7 42.hxg7 Qf4+ 43.Kg2 Qe4+ 44.Kg3 Qe3+ 45.Kg4 Qe4+ 46.Kg5 Kxg7 47.Qc3+ Kg8 48.Qg3 Kg7 49.c3 Kf8 50.Qd6+ Kg8 51.Qd4 Qf3 52.Kh4 Kh7 53.Qe5 Qf2+ 54.Kg4 Qg2+ 55.Qg3 Qe4+ 56.Qf4 Qg2+ 57.Kh4 Qg6 58.Qf3 Kh6 59.Qf4+ Kh7 60.c4 Qe6 61.c5 Qe1+ 62.Kg4 Qe2+ 63.Qf3 f5+ 64.Kf4 Qc4+ 65.Ke5 1-0

Round 6, Oct. 15
Howell, David – Akobian, Varuzhan
E09 Catalan, Closed, main line

1.c4 e6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.Nf3 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.d4 Nbd7 7.Qc2 c6 8.Nbd2 b6 9.e4 Bb7 10.e5 Ne8 11.cxd5 cxd5 12.Re1 Rc8 13.Qd1 Qc7 14.Nb1 b5 15.Bf1 b4 16.a3 a5 17.axb4 axb4 18.Bd3 Qb6 19.Bf4 Nc7 20.Nbd2 Ra8 21.Rc1 Rfc8 22.h4 Ba6 23.Bb1 Nb5 24.Nb3 Rxc1 25.Bxc1 Rc8 26.Ng5 Nf8 27.Qh5 Bxg5 28.Bxg5 Nxd4 29.Be3 Be2 30.Bxd4 Qxd4 31.Qxe2 Qb6 32.Qe3 Qb8 33.h5 Nd7 34.Kg2 h6 35.Nd4 Qa7 1-0

Round 6, Oct. 15
L’Ami, Erwin – Boruchovsky, Avital
D36 QGD, Exchange, Modern line

1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 c6 6.e3 Be7 7.Qc2 Nbd7 8.Bd3 O-O 9.Nf3 Re8 10.O-O Nf8 11.h3 g6 12.Ne5 N6d7 13.Bh6 Nxe5 14.dxe5 Ne6 15.f4 Nc5 16.Rad1 Qb6 17.f5 Nxd3 18.Qxd3 Bxf5 19.Rxf5 gxf5 20.Qxf5 c5 21.Qf4 Qg6 22.Nxd5 Bd8 23.h4 Kh8 24.Rf1 Re6 25.Bg5 Bxg5 26.hxg5 Rg8 27.Nf6 Qxg5 28.Nxg8 Qxf4 29.exf4 Kxg8 30.Rd1 Rb6 31.f5 Kf8 32.b3 Ke7 33.Kf2 c4 34.bxc4 Rb2+ 35.Kf3 Rxa2 36.Rh1 Kf8 37.Rxh7 Kg8 38.Rh1 Rc2 39.Rd1 Rc3+ 40.Kf4 f6 41.exf6 a5 42.g4 Rxc4+ 43.Kg5 Rb4 44.Rd8+ Kf7 45.Rd7+ Kf8 46.f7 Kg7 47.f6+ Kf8 48.Kf5 1-0

Round 6, Oct. 15
Van Foreest, Jorden – Kamsky, Gata
B31 Sicilian, Nimzowitsch-Rossolimo Attack

1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 c6 6.e3 Be7 7.Qc2 Nbd7 8.Bd3 O-O 9.Nf3 Re8 10.O-O Nf8 11.h3 g6 12.Ne5 N6d7 13.Bh6 Nxe5 14.dxe5 Ne6 15.f4 Nc5 16.Rad1 Qb6 17.f5 Nxd3 18.Qxd3 Bxf5 19.Rxf5 gxf5 20.Qxf5 c5 21.Qf4 Qg6 22.Nxd5 Bd8 23.h4 Kh8 24.Rf1 Re6 25.Bg5 Bxg5 26.hxg5 Rg8 27.Nf6 Qxg5 28.Nxg8 Qxf4 29.exf4 Kxg8 30.Rd1 Rb6 31.f5 Kf8 32.b3 Ke7 33.Kf2 c4 34.bxc4 Rb2+ 35.Kf3 Rxa2 36.Rh1 Kf8 37.Rxh7 Kg8 38.Rh1 Rc2 39.Rd1 Rc3+ 40.Kf4 f6 41.exf6 a5 42.g4 Rxc4+ 43.Kg5 Rb4 44.Rd8+ Kf7 45.Rd7+ Kf8 46.f7 Kg7 47.f6+ Kf8 48.Kf5 1-0

Position after 70.Kb1

[Wayne Komer]

Isle of Man Grand Swiss 2019

October 15, 2019

Round Seven Pairings

Note: Round Seven takes place on Thursday, October 17

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Bd		Name		Rtg		Pts.		Pts.		Name	Rtg
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1		Grischuk Alexander		2759		4½		5		Caruana Fabiano	2812
2		Aronian Levon		2758		4½		5		Wang Hao	2726
3		Alekseenko Kirill		2674		4½		4½		Carlsen Magnus	2876
4		Anton Guijarro David		2674		4½		4½		Vitiugov Nikita	2732
5		Yu Yangyi		2763		4		4½		Maghsoodloo Parham	2664
6		Kryvoruchko Yuriy		2669		4		4		Anand Viswanathan	2765
7		Fedoseev Vladimir		2664		4		4		Karjakin Sergey	2760
8		Shirov Alexei		2664		4		4		Wojtaszek Radoslaw	2748
9		Adhiban B.		2639		4		4		Nakamura Hikaru	2745
10		Jumabayev Rinat		2630		4		4		Gelfand Boris	2686
11		McShane Luke J		2682		4		4		Kovalev Vladislav	2661
12		Artemiev Vladislav		2746		3½		4		Hovhannisyan Robert	2639
13		So Wesley		2767		3½		3½		Ganguly Surya Shekhar	2658
14		Kasimdzhanov Rustam		2657		3½		3½		Svidler Peter	2729
15		Melkumyan Hrant		2650		3½		3½		Bu Xiangzhi	2721
16		Vidit Santosh Gujrathi		2718		3½		3½		Sarana Alexey	2655
17		Akopian Vladimir		2638		3½		3½		Matlakov Maxim	2716
18		Papaioannou Ioannis		2645		3½		3½		Le Quang Liem	2708
19		Bluebaum Matthias		2643		3½		3½		Xiong Jeffery	2708
20		Zhang Zhong		2636		3½		3½		Amin Bassem	2699
21		Lupulescu Constantin		2643		3½		3½		Howell David W L	2694
22		Grandelius Nils		2691		3½		3½		Lenderman Aleksandr	2648
23		Sadhwani Raunak		2479		3½		3½		Sargissian Gabriel	2690
24		Korobov Anton		2679		3½		3½		Mamedov Rauf	2645
25		Sasikiran Krishnan		2675		3½		3½		Tari Aryan	2630
26		Cheparinov Ivan		2670		3½		3½		Sethuraman S.P.	2624
27		Najer Evgeniy		2635		3½		3½		Leko Peter	2670
28		Robson Ray		2670		3½		3½		Kuzubov Yuriy	2636
29		Abasov Nijat		2632		3½		3½		Saric Ivan	2667
30		Abdusattorov Nodirbek		2608		3½		3½		Eljanov Pavel	2663
31		Dreev Aleksey		2662		3½		3½		Deac Bogdan-Daniel	2613
32		Rakhmanov Aleksandr		2621		3½		3½		Sjugirov Sanan	2662
33		Harikrishna Pentala		2748		3		3½		Puranik Abhimanyu	2571
34		Shankland Sam		2705		3		3		Mareco Sandro	2634
35		Vallejo Pons Francisco		2694		3		3		Alekseev Evgeny	2629
36		Vocaturo Daniele		2620		3		3		Inarkiev Ernesto	2693
37		Kamsky Gata		2685		3		3		Volokitin Andrei	2627
38		Hansen Eric		2611		3		3		Ragger Markus	2684
39		Ponomariov Ruslan		2675		3		3		Van Foreest Jorden	2621
40		Nihal Sarin		2610		3		3		Bacrot Etienne	2671
41		Berkes Ferenc		2667		3		3		L'ami Erwin	2619
42		Erdos Viktor		2604		3		3		Nabaty Tamir	2658
43		Demchenko Anton		2655		3		3		Narayanan.S.L	2611
44		Lu Shanglei		2602		3		3		Oparin Grigoriy	2654
45		Sevian Samuel		2654		3		3		Safarli Eltaj	2593
46		Keymer Vincent		2506		3		3		Motylev Alexander	2651
47		Riazantsev Alexander		2645		3		3		Bjerre Jonas Buhl	2506
48		Saduakassova Dinara		2481		3		3		Chigaev Maksim	2644
49		Zvjaginsev Vadim		2644		3		3		Paravyan David	2602
50		Erenberg Ariel		2463		3		3		Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son	2638
51		Moiseenko Alexander		2635		3		3		Baron Tal	2531
52		Efimenko Zahar		2604		2½		2½		Jones Gawain C B	2688
53		Rodshtein Maxim		2684		2½		2½		Yilmaz Mustafa	2595
54		Piorun Kacper		2643		2½		2½		Gonzalez Vidal Yuri	2552
55		Adly Ahmed		2636		2½		2½		Hess Robert	2581
56		Bachmann Axel		2629		2½		2½		Gukesh D	2520
57		Parligras Mircea-Emilian		2629		2½		2½		Harika Dronavalli	2495
58		Akobian Varuzhan		2625		2½		2½		Stefanova Antoaneta	2479
59		Esipenko Andrey		2624		2½		2½		Ushenina Anna	2431
60		Christiansen Johan-Sebastian		2558		2½		2½		Huschenbeth Niclas	2624
61		Vovk Andriy		2618		2½		2½		Lei Tingjie	2469
62		Jobava Baadur		2617		2½		2½		Zatonskih Anna	2422
63		Dubov Daniil		2699		2		2½		Munguntuul Batkhuyag	2421
64		Arkell Keith C		2447		2		2		Movsesian Sergei	2654
65		Sebag Marie		2445		2		2		Durarbayli Vasif	2617
66		Boruchovsky Avital		2533		2		2		Gavrilescu David	2451
67		Henderson De La Fuente Lance		2494		2		2		Rakotomaharo Fy Antenaina	2428
68		Danielian Elina		2385		2		2		Prithu Gupta	2493
69		Kashlinskaya Alina		2481		2		2		Kolbus Dietmar	2300
70		Clarke Brandon G I		2445		2		2		Movsziszian Karen	2475
71		Soumya Swaminathan		2365		2		2		Cramling Pia	2462
72		Iturrizaga Bonelli Eduardo		2629		1½		2		Batsiashvili Nino	2422
73		Bulmaga Irina		2442		1½		1½		Solomon Kenny	2382
74		Houska Jovanka		2430		1½		1½		Allen Keith	2161
75		Dahl Baard		2067		1		1		Jansa Vlastimil	2452
76		Atalik Ekaterina		2464		1		½		Nebolsina Vera	2252
77		Wu Li		2332		½				bye
78		Paehtz Elisabeth		2489		1½				not paired
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[Hans Jung]

Rd 7 Levon Aronian has marched his King to g7 in a rook and 4 pawns endgame (all on the kingside). Will he win it? Worth a look.

[Hans Jung]

Grischuk - Caruana - great entertainment.

[Hans Jung]

Melkumyan - Bu - fine finish

[Hans Jung]

Zhang Zhong - Amin - both the D and E pawn of white will promote. Well done!

[Hans Jung]

Adly - Hess Black strikes with the d4 tickler and finishes with queen and two knight tango.

[Hans Jung]

Parligras - Harika Black in the Kings Indian plays a fine attack on the king.

[Hans Jung]

Jobava - Zatonskih Jobava has great fun with his knights. Interesting sacrifices.

[Hans Jung]

Ray Robson performs a great knight wheel (in a Petroff no less)

[Wayne Komer]

Isle of Man Grand Swiss 2019

October 17, 2019

Round Seven

Early Games

Fiona mentioned the association of a Norwegian king named Magnus Barefoot with the Isle of Man c.1100

She also had a daily quiz question: If you could bring back to life one of the great chess players from the past, and let them play in this tournament while in their prime and back with current opening theory, whom would have the best chance to win here?

The three most-mentioned were Emanuel Lasker, Bobby Fischer and Mikhail Tal. Results tomorrow.

Round 7, Oct. 17
Alekseenko, Kirill – Carlsen, Magnus
B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky variation

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.Kh1 b5 10.a4 Bb7 11.Nd5 b4 12.Nxf6+ Bxf6 13.f3 Qc7 14.Bd2 Nc6 15.a5 Bc8 16.Bc4 Be6 17.Bxe6 fxe6 18.Qe2 Rfc8 19.Rfd1 Nd4 20.Nxd4 exd4 21.Bxb4 Qxc2 22.Qxc2 Rxc2 23.Bxd6 Rxb2 24.e5 Bd8 25.h3 Rc8 26.Rxd4 h5 27.Bb4 Bg5 28.f4 Bh4 29.Be1 Bxe1 30.Rxe1 Rcc2 31.Rg1 Ra2 32.Rd6 Rxa5 33.Rxe6 Rf2 34.Rc1 Kh7 35.Re1 Raa2 36.f5 Rxg2 37.Rxa6 Rh2+ 38.Kg1 Rag2+ 39.Kf1 Rf2+ 40.Kg1 Rfg2+ 41.Kf1 Rg5 42.Ra3 Rh1+ 43.Ke2 Rxe1+ 44.Kxe1 Rxf5 45.e6 Re5+ 46.Kf2 Rxe6 47.Kg3 g5 48.Ra8 Rd6 49.Rb8 Kg7 50.Ra8 Kf6 51.Rf8+ Ke5 52.Re8+ Kf5 53.Rf8+ Rf6 54.Ra8 h4+ 55.Kg2 Rb6 1/2-1/2

Alekseenko 1/2-1/2 Carlsen: … 97 games unbeaten now for Magnus...

Round 7, Oct. 17
Yu, Yangyi – Maghsoodloo, Parham
A81 Dutch Defence

1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.O-O O-O 6.b3 b6 7.c4 Bb7 8.Nc3 e6 9.Bf4 a5 10.Rc1 Na6 11.d5 Nc5 12.dxe6 Nxe6 13.Be5 Bh6 14.e3 Ng4 15.Nd5 Nxe5 16.Nxe5 d6 17.Nd3 Rb8 18.a3 Re8 19.b4 axb4 20.axb4 Ng5 21.b5 Bg7 22.N3b4 Ne4 23.Nc6 Bxc6 24.bxc6 Nf6 25.Nc3 Kh8 26.Ra1 Ne4 27.Nxe4 fxe4 28.Ra7 b5 29.cxb5 Rxb5 30.Qa4 Rbe5 31.Bh3 Rf8 32.Bd7 h5 33.Qa6 Rc5 34.Qb7 Rc2 35.Qb3 Rb2 36.Qe6 Qg5 37.Qxe4 d5 38.Qe6 d4 39.Rb7 dxe3 40.Rxb2 Bxb2 41.fxe3 Rxf1+ 42.Kxf1 Qf6+ 43.Qxf6+ Bxf6 44.Ke2 Kg7 45.Kf3 Be5 46.Ke4 Kf6 47.Be8 h4 48.gxh4 Bxh2 49.Kd5 Bg3 1/2-1/2

Round 7, Oct. 17
Kryvoruchko, Yuriy – Anand, Vishy
B85 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Classical

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be2 a6 7.O-O Nf6 8.Be3 Be7 9.f4 d6 10.Qe1 Bd7 11.Kh1 b5 12.a3 O-O 13.Qg3 Kh8 14.Rad1 b4 15.axb4 Nxb4 16.e5 dxe5 17.fxe5 Nfd5 18.Nxd5 Nxd5 19.Bc1 Bc5 20.Bf3 Rac8 21.Be4 f5 22.Nxe6 Bxe6 23.Bxd5 Bxd5 24.Rxd5 Be7 25.c3 Qc6 26.Qd3 Qe6 27.Ra5 Rc6 28.Qd5 Qxd5 29.Rxd5 Kg8 30.Be3 Rb8 31.Rd7 Bc5 32.Bc1 g6 33.g4 fxg4 34.Rf6 Rxf6 35.exf6 Rf8 36.b4 Bf2 37.Bg5 h6 38.Bxh6 Rxf6 39.Kg2 Be1 40.Rg7+ Kf8 41.Rc7+ Ke8 42.Be3 Kd8 43.Ra7 Rc6 44.Bd4 Bxc3 45.Bxc3 Rxc3 46.Rxa6 Rb3 47.Rxg6 1/2-1/2

Round 7, Oct. 17
Adhiban, B. – Nakamura, Hikaru
D27 QGA

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 a6 6.O-O c5 7.b3 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Be7 9.Bb2 O-O 10.Be2 Bd7 11.Nd2 Nc6 12.Bf3 Rc8 13.Nc4 b5 14.Nxc6 Bxc6 15.Qxd8 Bxd8 16.Bxc6 bxc4 17.Bb7 Rb8 18.Bxa6 cxb3 19.Be5 Rb6 20.axb3 Rxb3 21.Rfb1 Rxb1+ 22.Rxb1 Be7 23.Bd4 Rd8 24.Bb7 Nd7 25.Bc6 Bf6 26.Bxd7 Rxd7 27.Rb8+ Rd8 28.Rxd8+ Bxd8 29.e4 f5 30.exf5 exf5 1/2-1/2

Round 7, Oct. 17
McShane, Luke – Kovalev, Vladislav
A14 English, symmetrical, hedgehog

1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 e6 3.Bg2 d5 4.Nf3 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.b3 b6 7.Bb2 Bb7 8.e3 c5 9.Nc3 dxc4 10.bxc4 Nc6 11.Qe2 Qc7 12.Rac1 a6 13.Rfd1 Na5 14.d3 Rfd8 15.h3 Rab8 16.g4 Ne8 17.a4 Bc6 18.Ne1 Bf6 19.Ra1 Rd7 20.f4 Bxg2 21.Kxg2 Nc6 22.g5 Be7 23.Nf3 Nd6 24.h4 Qb7 25.Rab1 Rbd8 26.Kf2 Nf5 27.Rd2 Nb4 28.Rbd1 f6 29.Ne4 Nxd3+ 30.Rxd3 Rxd3 31.Nxf6+ Bxf6 32.Rxd3 Qe4 33.Rxd8+ Bxd8 34.Be5 Be7 35.h5 Kf8 36.Qd2 Qxc4 37.Qd7 Qa2+ 38.Kg1 Qd5 39.Qc8+ Qd8 40.Qxe6 Qd1+ 41.Kf2 Qc2+ 42.Kg1 Qd1+ 43.Kf2 Qc2+ 1/2-1/2

Round 7, Oct. 17
Sasikiran, Krishnan – Tari, Aryan
C92Ruy Lopez, Closed, Flohr-Zaitsev System

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 9.h3 Bb7 10.d4 Re8 11.a4 h6 12.Nbd2 exd4 13.Nxd4 Nxd4 14.cxd4 c5 15.Bc2 cxd4 16.Nb3 Bf8 17.Qxd4 Rc8 18.Bd3 Bxe4 19.Bd2 Bxd3 20.Qxd3 bxa4 21.Rxa4 Rxe1+ 22.Bxe1 Qe8 23.Ra1 Rb8 24.Nd4 Rxb2 25.Bc3 Rb7 26.Qxa6 Qe4 27.Qf1 d5 28.Nf3 Qf5 29.Bd4 Ne4 30.Ra8 Ng5 31.Nd2 Ne6 32.Ba1 Kh7 33.Rc8 Bc5 34.g4 Qc2 0-1

Round 7, Oct. 17
Robson, Ray – Kuzubov, Yuriy
C42 Petrov, Classical Attack

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Be7 7.O-O Bf5 8.Nc3 O-O 9.Ne5 Nxc3 10.bxc3 Bxd3 11.cxd3 Nd7 12.Rb1 Rb8 13.Ng4 f5 14.Ne3 c6 15.g3 f4 16.Ng2 fxg3 17.Bf4 gxh2+ 18.Bxh2 Ra8 19.Rxb7 Rf7 20.Qg4 Nf8 21.Rfb1 Qa5 22.Ne3 h5 23.Qxh5 Qxc3 24.Bd6 g6 25.Qh2 Bxd6 26.Qxd6 Rxb7 27.Rxb7 Qxd4 28.Qe7 Rc8 29.Kg2 c5 30.f3 Kh8 31.Ng4 Qc3 32.Qh4+ 1-0

Round 7, Oct. 17
Hansen, Eric – Ragger, Markus
B31 Sicilian, Nimzowitsch-Rossolimo Attack

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.Bxc6 bxc6 5.O-O Bg7 6.Re1 Nh6 7.c3 O-O 8.h3 f5 9.e5 Nf7 10.d3 h6 11.Nbd2 d6 12.Nc4 Ba6 13.e6 Nh8 14.h4 f4 15.Bd2 Rf5 16.Qa4 Bb5 17.Qc2 Qf8 18.Na5 g5 19.c4 Ba6 20.Bc3 g4 21.Nh2 h5 22.g3 Ng6 23.Qa4 Rc8 24.Nb3 Bb7 25.Nd2 Bd4 26.Bxd4 cxd4 27.Qxa7 Rb8 28.Re2 c5 29.b4 Bf3 30.Ree1 Rxb4 31.Rab1 fxg3 32.fxg3 Rxb1 33.Rxb1 Qf6 34.Nhxf3 gxf3 35.Ne4 Qxe6 36.Rb8+ Kg7 37.Qa8 f2+ 38.Kf1 Rf3 39.Nxf2 Qh3+ 40.Ke2 Re3+ 41.Kd2 Qf1 42.Rg8+ Kh7 0-1

Position after 20.Bc3



- Springer am Rand, bringt Kummer und Schand!

Round 7, Oct. 17
Bachmann, Axel – Gukesh, D.
B26 Sicilian, Closed

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nh3 Nge7 8.f4 Nd4 9.O-O O-O 10.Qd2 Bg4 11.Ng5 f6 12.Nf3 Qd7 13.Rf2 b5 14.Raf1 Rac8 15.Nd1 exf4 16.Bxf4 d5 17.Nxd4 cxd4 18.Bh6 dxe4 19.dxe4 Nc6 20.Bxg7 Kxg7 21.c3 Rcd8 22.cxd4 Bxd1 23.e5 fxe5 24.d5 Bg4 25.Rxf8 Rxf8 26.Rxf8 Kxf8 27.Qf2+ Ke7 28.Qc5+ Qd6 29.Qc1 Nb4 30.Qg5+ Kf7 31.Qxg4 Qc5+ 32.Kf1 Qc1+ 33.Ke2 Qxb2+ 34.Ke3 Qc3+ 35.Ke2 Qb2+ 36.Ke3 Nc2+ 37.Kd2 Nd4+ 38.Ke3 Nf5+ 39.Kf3 Qxg2+ 0-1

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Look at the f column after Black’s 24…Qf8 in Anand-Abdusattorov in Round 6

[Hans Jung]

Atalik - Nebolsina - many interesting tricks but Black went to far

[Hans Jung]

Kashlinskaya - nice game!

[Hans Jung]

Levon Aronian did win but with some help from his opponent.

[Wayne Komer]

Isle of Man Grand Swiss 2019

October 17, 2019

Round Seven

Late Games

Round 7, Oct. 17
Grischuk, Alexander – Caruana, Fabiano
A20 English (reversed Sicilian)

1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 c6 4.d4 e4 5.a3 d5 6.Nc3 Be7 7.f3 exf3 8.Nxf3 O-O 9.O-O h6 10.Nh4 Re8 11.Nf5 Bf8 12.g4 Bxf5 13.Rxf5 dxc4 14.e4 Nbd7 15.g5 Nh7 16.gxh6 g6 17.Rf1 Qh4 18.Bf4 Bxh6 19.Bg3 Qe7 20.e5 f5 21.b3 Nb6 22.bxc4 Nxc4 23.Qb3 Qf7 24.Rab1 Be3+ 25.Bf2 Bxf2+ 26.Rxf2 Rad8 27.Ne2 Re7 28.h4 Nd2 29.Qxf7+ Rxf7 30.Rb4 Nf8 31.Nc3 a5 32.Ra4 Nb3 33.d5 Kg7 34.h5 b5 35.Raf4 cxd5 36.Nxb5 Re7 37.hxg6 Nxg6 38.Rxf5 d4 39.Nd6 Rxe5 40.Rf7+ Kg8 41.R7f6 Kg7 42.Rf7+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

Round 7, Oct. 17
Aronian, Levon – Wang, Hao
D42 QGD, Semi-Tarrasch

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e3 Nc6 7.Bd3 Be7 8.a3 Nxc3 9.bxc3 O-O 10.Qc2 h6 11.O-O b6 12.Rd1 Bf6 13.dxc5 Qc7 14.cxb6 axb6 15.Bb2 Ne5 16.Bh7+ Kh8 17.Be4 Ra5 18.c4 Nxf3+ 19.Bxf3 Bxb2 20.Qxb2 Ba6 21.Be2 Bxc4 22.Bxc4 Qxc4 23.Qxb6 Raa8 24.Qb4 Qc7 25.h3 Qa5 26.Qf4 Qf5 27.Qxf5 exf5 28.Rd5 g6 29.a4 Rfc8 30.Ra2 Rc1+ 31.Kh2 h5 32.a5 Ra6 33.g3 Kg7 34.Kg2 Rb1 35.Kf3 Kf6 36.Rc5 Ke6 37.h4 Rb4 38.Rd2 Rb7 39.Kf4 Kf6 40.Rcd5 Ke6 41.Kg5 Rba7 42.Kh6 Rxa5 43.Rd6+ Ke7 44.Kg7 R5a6 45.R6d5 Ra5 46.Rxa5 Rxa5 47.Rb2 Ra7 48.Rb5 Ra2 49.Rb7+ Ke6 50.Rxf7 Rxf2 51.Rf6+ Ke5 52.Rxg6 Rf3 53.Kh6 Rxe3 54.Kxh5 f4 55.g4 f3 56.Kg5 Ra3 57.Rf6 Ra8 58.Rf5+ Ke4 59.h5 1-0

Round 7, Oct. 17
Najer, Evgeniy – Leko, Peter
E20 Nimzo-Indian, Kmoch variation

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.f3 d5 5.a3 Be7 6.e4 dxe4 7.fxe4 c5 8.e5 Nfd7 9.dxc5 Nxe5 10.Qxd8+ Bxd8 11.Be2 Nbd7 12.Be3 Bh4+ 13.Kd2 Be7 14.Ne4 Nf6 15.Nxf6+ Bxf6 16.Nf3 Bd7 17.Kc2 Ng4 18.Bd4 e5 19.h3 exd4 20.hxg4 Bxg4 21.Nxd4 Bxe2 22.Nxe2 O-O-O 23.Rae1 h5 24.Ng3 Rd4 25.Nxh5 Rxc4+ 26.Kb3 Rh4 27.Rxh4 Bxh4 28.Re5 g6 29.g3 Bd8 30.Nf4 Rh2 31.Re3 Bf6 32.Nd3 Kd7 33.Ne5+ Bxe5 34.Rxe5 Rg2 35.Rg5 a5 36.Kc3 a4 37.b3 axb3 38.Kxb3 Kc6 39.a4 Re2 40.Kb4 Re4+ 41.Kb3 Rd4 42.Ka3 Rd5 43.Rg4 Kxc5 44.Re4 Rd3+ 45.Kb2 b6 46.Re7 f5 47.Re5+ Kd6 48.Rb5 Kc6 49.g4 f4 50.Kc2 Rd6 51.Rb4 g5 52.Rb5 Rd5 53.Rb4 Kb7 54.Re4 Ka6 55.Re8 Kb7 56.Re6 Rc5+ 57.Kd3 Ka6 58.Re8 Rd5+ 59.Kc4 Rd1 60.Re5 f3 61.Rf5 Rg1 62.Rxf3 Rxg4+ 63.Kb3 Rf4 64.Re3 Rf6 65.Rg3 Rg6 66.Rg4 Kb7 67.Kc4 Kc6 68.Kd3 Rd6+ 69.Kc4 Rd5 70.Re4 Rc5+ 71.Kd3 Ra5 72.Re6+ Kb7 73.Rg6 Rc5 74.Rg8 Ka6 75.Ra8+ Kb7 76.Rg8 Ra5 77.Kc3 Rf5 78.Kb4 Ka7 79.Kc4 Ka6 80.Ra8+ 1/2-1/2

Final Position



Round 7, Oct. 17
Adly, Ahmed – Hess, Robert
A11 Reti, King’s Indian Attack

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.b3 Bg7 4.Bb2 O-O 5.g3 c6 6.Bg2 d5 7.O-O a5 8.d3 b5 9.cxb5 cxb5 10.Nc3 Qb6 11.Rc1 Nc6 12.a4 Ba6 13.axb5 Bxb5 14.Ba3 Rfc8 15.Na4 Qd8 16.Bh3 e6 17.Nc5 Qe7 18.Qd2 Nb4 19.Qe3 d4 20.Nxd4 Rxc5 21.Rxc5 Qxc5 22.Rc1 Qb6 23.Nxb5 Qxb5 24.Rc5 Qa6 25.Qc1 Nfd5 26.Bg2 Nc3 27.Bf3 Rc8 28.Qg5 h6 29.Rxc8+ Qxc8 30.Qxa5 Nc2 31.Bc5 Ne1 32.Bh1 Nxe2+ 33.Kf1 Nxd3 34.Be3 Qc2 35.Be4 Qd1+ 36.Kg2 Ne1+ 37.Kf1 Nc2+ 0-1

Round 7, Oct. 17
Parligras, Mircea-Emilian – Harika, Dronavalli
E71 King’s Indian, Makagonov System

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.h3 O-O 6.Be3 c6 7.Nf3 Na6 8.Be2 e5 9.d5 Nh5 10.g3 cxd5 11.Nxd5 Nc7 12.Nd2 Nf6 13.Qb3 Ne6 14.O-O-O Nd4 15.Qd3 Nxd5 16.cxd5 f5 17.Bxd4 exd4 18.Kb1 Bd7 19.f4 Rc8 20.Bf3 Qb6 21.Qb3 Qa6 22.Rc1 Ba4 23.Qa3 d3 24.b3 Rc2 25.Nc4 b5 26.Rxc2 dxc2+ 27.Kxc2 bxc4 28.Qxa4 cxb3+ 29.axb3 Rc8+ 30.Kd2 Bc3+ 31.Kc2 Qb6 32.Rh2 Bf6+ 33.Kd2 Qg1 34.Rh1 Qxg3 0-1

Round 7, Oct. 17
Jobava, Baadur – Zatonskih, Anna
D00 Queen’s Pawn, Mason variation

1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 e6 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.a3 c5 6.h3 b5 7.Nf3 Bb7 8.Bd3 Nbd7 9.O-O Be7 10.Re1 O-O 11.Ne5 Rc8 12.Bf1 Nb6 13.Nd3 Nbd7 14.Ne2 c4 15.Ne5 Ne4 16.Nf3 f6 17.Bh2 g5 18.Nd2 Nd6 19.b4 cxb3 20.cxb3 a5 21.Nc1 b4 22.axb4 axb4 23.Nd3 Qb6 24.h4 h6 25.Qh5 Rf7 26.Rec1 Rc3 27.Nb2 Rxc1 28.Rxc1 Nf8 29.Na4 Qd8 30.Nc5 Bc8 31.Bd3 Nf5 32.Nf3 Rg7 33.Rc2 g4 34.Bc7 Qxc7 35.Nxe6 Qb7 36.Rc7 Qa8 37.Nxg7 Nxg7 38.Qxh6 Bd7 39.Nh2 Qd8 40.Ra7 Qc8 41.Nxg4 Qc1+ 42.Kh2 Qc6 43.Qf4 Nh5 44.Nh6+ Kh8 45.Qf3 Bd6+ 46.g3 1-0

Round 7, Oct. 17
Kashlinskaya, Alina – Kolbus, Dietmar
D31 QGD, Charousek variation

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bf4 c6 6.e3 Nf6 7.Bd3 Nbd7 8.h3 Nf8 9.Qc2 Bd6 10.Bxd6 Qxd6 11.Nf3 Ng6 12.O-O-O Be6 13.Kb1 Rd8 14.g4 Bc8 15.Ne2 Ng8 16.Rdg1 N8e7 17.Ng3 Nf8 18.Re1 Ne6 19.Rhg1 g6 20.Qc3 Rf8 21.Nd2 f5 22.gxf5 gxf5 23.Nf3 f4 24.Nh5 fxe3 25.Rxe3 Nf4 26.Ng7+ Kd7 27.Qa5 Nxd3 28.Rxd3 Ng6 29.Re3 Qf6 30.Ne6 Qf5+ 31.Ka1 Qxe6 32.Rxe6 Rxf3 33.Rd6+ Kxd6 34.Qxd8+ Bd7 35.Qb8+ Ke7 36.Qxb7 Rxf2 37.Re1+ Kd8 38.Qa8+ Kc7 39.Qxa7+ Kc8 40.a4 Rf7 41.a5 Be6 42.Qa8+ Kd7 43.Qb7+ Kd6 44.Qb8+ Kd7 45.a6 Rf8 46.a7 1-0

Round 7, Oct. 17
Atalik, Ekaterina – Nebolsina, Vera
A01 Nimzowitsch-Larsen Attack, Modern variation

1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 d6 3.e3 Nf6 4.d4 Nbd7 5.c4 g6 6.Nf3 Qe7 7.Be2 Bg7 8.Nc3 O-O 9.O-O e4 10.Nd2 Re8 11.Qc2 c6 12.Rae1 Nf8 13.f3 exf3 14.Bxf3 Ne6 15.Nce4 Nxe4 16.Bxe4 Bd7 17.Bd3 Rac8 18.b4 d5 19.Qb3 Ng5 20.cxd5 cxd5 21.e4 Nh3+ 22.Kh1 Bh6 23.Nf3 Nf4 24.exd5 Qd6 25.Rxe8+ Bxe8 26.Bc1 Nxd3 27.Bxh6 Bb5 28.a3 Bc4 29.Qc3 b6 30.Ng5 f5 31.Nf3 Ba6 32.Qd2 Qxd5 33.Rd1 Qb3 34.Kg1 Nf2 35.Rc1 Ne4 36.Rxc8+ Bxc8 37.Qc1 Ba6 38.h3 Nc3 39.Qg5 Kf7 40.Qd8 Ne4 41.Qd7+ 1-0

Round 7, Oct. 17
Melkumyan, Hrant – Bu, Xiangzhi
D41 QGD, Semi-Tarrasch

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 cxd4 8.cxd4 Bb4+ 9.Bd2 Bxd2+ 10.Qxd2 O-O 11.Bc4 Nd7 12.O-O b6 13.Rad1 Bb7 14.Rfe1 Rc8 15.Bb3 Qf6 16.d5 Nc5 17.Bc2 exd5 18.e5 Qe7 19.Nd4 Ne4 20.Qf4 g6 21.h4 Kh8 22.h5 g5 23.Qf5 Rc5 24.h6 Bc8 25.Qf3 Rc3 26.Re3 Rxe3 27.Qxe3 Nc5 28.Nf3 f6 29.Re1 Ne4 30.Bxe4 dxe4 31.exf6 Qxf6 32.Nxg5 Bf5 33.Rd1 Kg8 34.Qg3 Bg6 35.Rd7 Re8 36.Nxh7 Qf5 37.Qc3 Re5 38.Rg7+ 1-0

Round 7, Oct. 17
Zhang, Zhong – Amin, Bassem
A45 Trompovsky Attack

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 g6 3.Bxf6 exf6 4.c4 d5 5.e3 dxc4 6.Bxc4 Bd6 7.Nc3 O-O 8.Nf3 a6 9.O-O b5 10.Bd5 Ra7 11.a4 c6 12.Bb3 Re7 13.Rc1 Bb7 14.Qc2 f5 15.e4 Bf4 16.Rce1 b4 17.exf5 bxc3 18.fxg6 c5 19.Rxe7 Qxe7 20.Re1 Qf6 21.gxf7+ Kh8 22.Qxc3 Nd7 23.Re8 Bh6 24.Ne5 Qg5 25.d5 Nxe5 26.Rxe5 Qf6 27.Re7 Qxc3 28.bxc3 Bc8 29.d6 Bf5 30.d7 c4 31.d8=Q Rxd8 32.Re8+ 1-0

Round 7, Oct. 17
Lupulescu, Constantin – Howell, David
A33 English, symmetrical, Geller variation

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 e6 6.g3 Qb6 7.Ndb5 Ne5 8.Bg2 a6 9.Qa4 Rb8 10.Na3 Be7 11.O-O O-O 12.Bf4 d6 13.b4 Qc7 14.Rac1 Ng6 15.Be3 b6 16.Qb3 Bb7 17.f3 Rfc8 18.Rfd1 Ne5 19.Na4 Ned7 20.Kh1 Ba8 21.Rc2 h6 22.Bf4 Nh5 23.Bd2 Qd8 24.Nc3 Qf8 25.e4 Rc7 26.Be3 Nhf6 27.Rdc1 d5 28.cxd5 Bxb4 29.Nab1 exd5 30.exd5 Re8 31.Bg1 Bc5 32.Rd2 Bxg1 33.Rxg1 b5 34.Ne4 Nxe4 35.fxe4 Qc5 36.h3 Nf6 37.Qd3 Qc4 38.d6 Qxd3 39.Rxd3 Rd7 40.Nd2 Nxe4 41.Nxe4 Bxe4 42.Rd4 Bxg2+ 43.Kxg2 Re6 44.Rgd1 Rf6 45.g4 Kf8 46.h4 Ke8 47.Kg3 Kd8 48.g5 hxg5 49.hxg5 Re6 50.Kg4 g6 51.R1d2 Kc8 52.R4d3 Kb7 53.Kf4 Kc6 54.Rc2+ Kb6 55.Rcd2 Kc5 56.Rc2+ Kb6 57.Rcd2 Re1 58.Rc2 Re8 59.a3 Re6 60.Rcd2 Kc5 61.Rc2+ Kb6 62.Rcd2 Re8 63.Rc2 Re1 64.Kf3 Re5 65.Kf4 Rf5+ 66.Kg4 Rc5 67.Rcd2 Kc6 68.Kf4 Rf5+ 69.Kg4 Rc5 70.Kf4 Rf5+ 71.Kg4 a5 72.Rd1 Rc5 73.Kf4 Rf5+ 74.Kg4 b4 75.axb4 axb4 76.Rd4 Kc5 77.R4d2 Kb5 78.Rb1 Rc5 79.Kf4 Rf5+ 80.Kg4 Rc5 81.Kf4 Rc4+ 82.Ke5 Kc6 83.Rd3 Rc5+ 84.Kf4 Rf5+ 85.Kg4 Rb5 86.Rbd1 Rc5 87.Kf4 Kb5 88.Rd4 Rf5+ 89.Kg4 Rc5 90.Kf4 b3 91.R1d3 Rf5+ 92.Kg4 Kc5 93.Ra4 b2 94.Rb3 Rf2 95.Rab4 Rg2+ 96.Kf4 Rf2+ 97.Kg4 Rxd6 98.Rxb2 Rxb2 99.Rxb2 Rd4+ 100.Kg3 Kd6 101.Rf2 Ke6 102.Rf6+ Ke7 103.Rf1 Ra4 104.Re1+ Kd6 105.Rf1 Ra3+ 106.Kg4 Ra4+ 107.Kg3 Ra7 108.Kg4 Ke7 109.Re1+ Kf8 110.Rf1 Kg7 111.Re1 Ra4+ 112.Kg3 f5 113.gxf6+ Kxf6 114.Re3 Kf5 115.Rb3 Rg4+ 116.Kf2 Rf4+ 117.Kg3 Kg5 118.Rb5+ Rf5 119.Rb3 Kh5 120.Ra3 g5 121.Ra8 Rf6 122.Rh8+ Rh6 123.Rg8 Ra6 124.Rh8+ Kg6 125.Rg8+ Kf5 126.Rf8+ Rf6 127.Rg8 g4 128.Rxg4 Rg6 129.Rxg6 Kxg6 1/2-1/2

Position after 125.Rg8+



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Quote of the Day

From Keith Arkell: This tournament is surreal. Today I was sitting opposite Sergei Movsesian (who has been ranked 10 in the world), and next to Daniil Dubov, current World Rapidplay Champion. And what score were we on? 2/6!