Isle of Man Grand Swiss 2019

[Hans Jung]

Anton attacked with vigor but missed the zwischenzug (in between move) tickler 18...cxb2 which would have kept all his pawns together. Now we'll see if Levon can grind the position.

[Hans Jung]

When I saw the matchup Shankland - Hess I thought this will be a thriller and it is! Look at the black knights perform.

[Hans Jung]

Sevian - Baron bishops vs rooks but the passed pawn decides.

[Hans Jung]

Demchenko - L'Ami black knights carry the play with alot of help from White.

[Hans Jung]

Sadhwani - Motylev Black allows White to keep the knights and they end up having a field day.

[Hans Jung]

Vidit's two piece sacrifice (actually technically a rook sacrifice) leads to very interesting play.

[Hans Jung]

Abasov - Sjugirov In the end the black king gets trapped and results in a picturesque pawn checkmate.

[Wayne Komer]

Isle of Man Grand Swiss 2019

October 19, 2019

Round Nine

Early Games

Two new grandmasters. These postings tell all.

- It was enough for 13-year-old Sadhwani's opponent to turn up for him to earn the grandmaster title today, but it did no harm to beat former European Champion Alexander Motylev as well!

- Congratulations to 14-year-old Vincent Keymer on finally becoming a grandmaster after so many near misses in the past!

__________

Raunak Sadhwani is India’s 65^th grandmaster.

While I was typing this, Fiona had Jonas Buhl Bjerre in. He passed his GM norm yesterday and so is now the youngest Danish grandmaster (15 years old).

Fiona’s daily question:

Is it strange that @MagnusCarlsen & @FabianoCaruana were allowed to play in this event while they are not playing to qualify for the Candidates’ tournament?

Comments from viewers

- Yes, strange since they could influence who qualify to the candidates. It’s not about whether one think they would do such a thing or not, but about eliminating speculation if any unexpected result should arise in the end.

- Why not, they are entitled to win GBP 70000 like others.

- It's not at all strange. It honors both the players that they accept the invitation and the challenge. And their participation crowns this wonderful tournament. As all players accepting the invitation doing their part in making it happen and making it as big + unique as it is.

- Considering if they come top 2 and the candidates spot going to the player who comes 3rd it doesn’t really matter i guess

- If I wanted to qualify for the candidates, win and become world champion, I might as well start by defeating him and Caruana in IOM!

- I don't think it is strange. This can actually boost the popularity of the event. Having both top 2 players in the world playing in this tournament makes it more competitive and I love watching it

- As much as i am undecided over the question.
I would still like to ask this :

Would each one of us who is supporting C&C's participation be okay if C&C intentionally lose to a 2500 player in the final round , giving that player a seat over let’s say Aronian or Hikaru ?

- The tournament shouldn't be reduced to the function of qualifying for the Candidates Tournament. It's a great tournament in its own right, with prizes, rating adjustments, fun, and more. Qualification isn't relevant for C&C, but the rest is -- why not let them play?


Round 9, Oct. 19
Aronian, Levon – Anton, David
C54 Giuoco Piano

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.O-O a5 7.Re1 O-O 8.h3 h6 9.Nbd2 Be6 10.Bb5 Qb8 11.Nf1 Qa7 12.d4 exd4 13.Bxc6 dxc3 14.Ba4 Bxf2+ 15.Kh2 Bxe1 16.Qxe1 d5 17.Be3 c5 18.e5 Ne4 19.bxc3 f5 20.exf6 Rxf6 21.Bc2 Qb8+ 22.Kh1 Bxh3 23.N3d2 Bf5 24.Nxe4 Bxe4 25.Bxe4 dxe4 26.Bxc5 Qe5 27.Bd4 Qh5+ 28.Kg1 Rf4 29.Qd1 Qxd1 30.Rxd1 b5 31.a3 Rc8 32.Ne3 Rf7 33.Rb1 Rb7 34.Kf2 Kh7 35.Nc2 Rc6 36.Rh1 Rf7+ 37.Kg1 Rfc7 38.Rh3 g5 39.Re3 Re7 40.Re1 Kg6 41.Rb1 Rb7 42.Kf2 h5 43.Ke3 Rbc7 44.Kxe4 Rxc3 45.Bxc3 Rxc3 46.Ne3 Rxa3 47.Rxb5 h4 48.Rb8 Ra4+ 49.Ke5 Rb4 50.Rg8+ Kh5 51.Rd8 a4 52.Kf6 Rb6+ 53.Kf5 Rb5+ 54.Nd5 Kh6 55.Kg4 a3 56.Rd6+ Kg7 57.Nc7 Ra5 58.Ne6+ Kf6 59.Nxg5+ Ke5 60.Nf7+ Ke4 61.Rd1 Ra4 1/2-1/2

Round 9, Oct. 19
Carlsen, Magnus – Caruana, Fabiano
A28 English, Four Knights, Nimzowitsch variation

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.e4 Bc5 5.Nxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 Bb4 7.dxe5 Nxe4 8.Qf3 Nxc3 9.bxc3 Ba5 10.Bf4 O-O 11.O-O-O Qe7 12.Kb2 Rb8 13.Bd3 b5 14.cxb5 Bb7 15.Qh3 g6 16.Qe3 Rfe8 17.Rhe1 Bc6 18.a4 a6 19.Bg5 Bxc3+ 20.Kxc3 Qa3+ 21.Kd2 Qb4+ 22.Ke2 Qg4+ 23.Kd2 Qb4+ 24.Ke2 Qg4+ 25.Kd2 Qb4+ 1/2-1/2

Round 9, Oct. 19
Kovalev, Vladislav – Nakamura, Hikaru
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.d4 cxd4 11.cxd4 Bb7 12.Nc3 c5 13.dxc5 e6 14.Be3 g5 15.Nh2 Bxe5 16.Bd4 Bxh2+ 17.Kxh2 Qc7+ 18.Kg1 e5 19.Be3 f4 20.Bc1 Qxc5 21.Qxd7 Rab8 22.Qg4 Rfd8 23.h4 Rd3 24.Ne4 Bxe4 25.Rxe4 Rbd8 26.Re1 Qd4 27.a4 Rd1 28.Qe2 Rxe1+ 29.Qxe1 Qd1 30.Kf1 Qc2 31.Bxf4 gxf4 0-1

Final position



Round 9, Oct. 19
Grischuk, Alexander – Shirov, Alexei
C11 French, Steinitz, Boleslavsky variation

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Qb6 9.Qd2 Qxb2 10.Rb1 Qa3 11.Bb5 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 a6 13.Bxd7+ Bxd7 14.Rb3 Qe7 15.Rxb7 Rc8 16.O-O Qd8 17.Rf3 Rc4 18.Ne2 Qc8 19.Rb2 Bc5 20.h3 O-O 21.Kh2 f6 22.exf6 gxf6 23.Bxc5 Rxc5 24.Rg3+ Kh8 25.Nd4 Rg8 26.Rbb3 Rxg3 27.Rxg3 Qf8 28.Qe3 Rc4 29.Nxe6 Qe7 30.Ng5 Qe8 31.Qb6 Rc6 32.Qd4 Qe7 33.c3 Be8 34.Nf3 Bf7 35.Qd2 Rb6 36.Nd4 Bg6 37.f5 Bf7 38.Qf4 Bg8 39.Re3 Qd6 40.Qxd6 Rxd6 41.Re7 Rd8 42.Rc7 a5 43.a4 Re8 44.Kg3 Re1 45.Rc5 Kg7 46.Kf2 Rc1 47.Ne2 Rc2 48.Ke3 h5 49.h4 Ra2 50.Rxa5 Bh7 51.Rxd5 Rxa4 52.Nf4 1-0

Round 9, Oct. 19
Robson, Ray – Svidler, Peter
B12 Caro-Kann

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.dxc5 e6 5.a3 Bxc5 6.Nf3 Ne7 7.Bd3 Ng6 8.b4 Be7 9.Bb2 a5 10.b5 a4 11.O-O Nf4 12.c4 Nd7 13.cxd5 Nc5 14.d6 Nfxd3 15.dxe7 Qxe7 16.Bd4 b6 17.Nbd2 Bb7 18.Nc4 O-O 19.Bxc5 Nxc5 20.Qd6 Qxd6 21.Nxd6 Bxf3 22.gxf3 f6 23.exf6 Rxf6 24.Ne4 Rxf3 25.Nxc5 bxc5 26.Rfc1 Rc8 27.Rc4 Rb3 28.Rxa4 Rxb5 29.Ra6 Kf7 30.Re1 Rb3 31.Raxe6 Rxa3 32.Re7+ Kf8 33.Rb7 Ra6 34.Ree7 Rg6+ 35.Kf1 h6 36.Rf7+ Kg8 37.Rfc7 Rxc7 38.Rxc7 Rg5 39.f4 Rf5 40.Kg2 Kh7 41.Kf3 Kg6 42.Ke4 Rh5 43.f5+ Kf6 44.Rc6+ Kf7 45.Rxc5 Rxh2 46.Rc7+ Kg8 47.f6 gxf6 1/2-1/2

Final position – a draw after 48.Rc1



Round 9, Oct. 19
Vidit, Gujrathi – Tari, Aryan
A32 English, symmetrical variation

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.g3 d5 6.Bg2 e5 7.Nf3 d4 8.O-O Nc6 9.e3 Be7 10.exd4 exd4 11.Bf4 O-O 12.Ne5 Qb6 13.Re1 Be6 14.Nd2 Rfd8 15.Qb3 Qa6 16.Nxf7 Kxf7 17.Rxe6 Kxe6 18.c5+ Kd7 19.Bf1 d3 20.Bxd3 Nd4 21.Bxa6 Nxb3 22.Bb5+ Kc8 23.Nxb3 Nd5 24.Re1 a5 25.Be5 Bf6 26.Bd6 a4 27.Nd2 a3 28.bxa3 Rxa3 29.Bf1 b5 30.cxb6 Rxa2 31.Nc4 Bd4 32.Rb1 Rxd6 33.Nxd6+ Kb8 34.Ne4 Nxb6 35.Rd1 Ra4 36.Ng5 h6 37.Ne6 Bf6 38.Rb1 Ka7 39.Rc1 Re4 40.Nxg7 1-0

Round 9, Oct. 19
Abasov, Nijat – Sjurirov, Sanan
D38 QGD, Ragozin, Marshall variation

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 O-O 8.Rc1 dxc4 9.Bxc4 c5 10.dxc5 Bxc5 11.Qc2 Be7 12.O-O Nc6 13.Rfd1 Rd8 14.Rxd8+ Bxd8 15.Rd1 Qe7 16.Qd3 Ba5 17.Bb5 Qb4 18.Ne4 Bc7 19.a3 Qe7 20.Nd6 Rb8 21.Bxc6 bxc6 22.Ne5 Qxd6 23.Qxd6 Bxd6 24.Rxd6 Rxb2 25.h4 Bb7 26.Rd8+ Kh7 27.Nxf7 Kg6 28.Ne5+ Kf6 29.f4 Kf5 30.Nd3 Rb5 31.Nf2 e5 32.g4+ Ke6 33.f5+ Ke7 34.Rg8 Kf7 35.Rb8 c5 36.Nd3 Kf6 37.Re8 Bd5 38.Nxe5 Rb7 39.e4 Bf7 40.Nd7+ 1-0

Round 9, Oct. 19
Nabaty, Tamir – Paravyan, David
A48 King’s Indian, East Indian Defence

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Nbd2 d5 4.b3 Bf5 5.Bb2 Nbd7 6.c4 c6 7.e3 e6 8.Be2 Bd6 9.Ne5 h5 10.f3 Qc7 11.c5 Nxc5 12.Rc1 Ncd7 13.e4 dxe4 14.Nxd7 Kxd7 15.d5 Nxd5 16.Nc4 Bxh2 17.Bxh8 Bg3+ 18.Kf1 Rxh8 19.Qd4 Qf4 20.Rd1 exf3 21.Bxf3 Qxd4 22.Rxd4 e5 23.Rd2 e4 24.Bd1 Kc7 25.a4 Rd8 26.a5 b5 27.axb6+ axb6 28.Bc2 Ne3+ 29.Ke2 Nxc2 30.Rxd8 Kxd8 31.Kd2 e3+ 32.Ke2 Bg4+ 0-1

Late games to follow

[Hans Jung]

Im currently enjoying Rakhmanov's king hunt. Exquisite torture. Play to the endgame - why not?

[Hans Jung]

Kasimdzanov - Howell is a more obvious king hunt for those that like that sort of thing.

[Hans Jung]

Its extra icing on the cake when great tournaments produce more young grandmasters as in this tournament which Wayne points out above.

[Hans Jung]

Its also nice to see young freshly minted grandmasters get their lessons as Nihal Sarin in this round. Two bishops sometimes isnt enough and his opponent grinds him down mercilessly in the endgame.

[Hans Jung]

In the Sasikiran game the queens knight is the star of the show. Watch as it hops around the board (from A to H and back again) creating advantages where ever it goes (outposts, forks, discovered attacks, you name it) Chess sometimes is humorous.

[Hans Jung]

The Artemiev game - mysterious endgame. From move 32 to 38 the evals climb for White and then they fall dramatically. Where did White go wrong?

[Wayne Komer]

Isle of Man Grand Swiss 2019

October 19, 2019

Round Nine

Late Games

Round 9, Oct. 19
Maghsoodloo, Parham – Karjakin, Sergey
A13 English, Neo-Catalan

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 dxc4 5.Qa4+ Nbd7 6.Qxc4 a6 7.a4 Bd6 8.a5 O-O 9.O-O Rb8 10.Qc2 b5 11.Nd4 Bb7 12.Bxb7 Rxb7 13.Nc6 Qa8 14.d4 Nb8 15.e4 Nxc6 16.Qxc6 Be7 17.f3 Ra7 18.Qc3 b4 19.Qc4 c5 20.dxc5 Nd7 21.Be3 Nxc5 22.Nd2 Rd7 23.Bxc5 Bxc5+ 24.Qxc5 Rxd2 25.Rf2 Rxf2 26.Kxf2 b3 27.Rc1 h6 28.Ke2 g5 29.Rc4 Qd8 30.Qb6 g4 31.Qxd8 gxf3+ 32.Kxf3 Rxd8 33.Ke2 Kg7 34.Rc6 Kf6 35.Rxa6 Rc8 36.Kd3 Rc2 37.Rb6 Rxb2 38.Kc3 Rxh2 39.Rxb3 Ra2 40.Kb4 Ke5 41.Ra3 Rb2+ 42.Kc3 Rb8 43.Ra4 Rg8 44.a6 1/2-1/2

Round 9, Oct. 19
Vitiugov, Nikita – Wang Hao
B90 Sicilian, Najdorf

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.a4 g6 7.Be2 Bg7 8.O-O O-O 9.Be3 Nc6 10.Qd2 Bd7 11.Rfd1 Ng4 12.Bxg4 Bxg4 13.f3 Be6 14.Nd5 Bxd5 15.exd5 Nxd4 16.Bxd4 Bxd4+ 17.Qxd4 Rc8 18.Rd2 Qa5 19.c3 Rfe8 20.Kf2 b5 21.b4 Qd8 22.axb5 axb5 23.Re2 Rc4 24.Qd3 Qc7 25.Ra3 Rc8 26.Re3 Qb7 27.h3 h5 28.Kg1 h4 29.Qd2 Kg7 30.Qe1 R8c7 31.Rd3 Qc8 32.Qe3 Qf5 33.Ra5 Qf6 34.Ra3 g5 35.Kf2 g4 36.hxg4 Rxg4 37.Kf1 Rg3 38.Ra2 Rg4 39.Kg1 Rgc4 40.Ra3 Qg6 41.Kf1 Qf5 42.Kg1 Qf6 43.Kh1 Rc8 44.Kg1 R8c7 45.Kh1 Qg6 46.Ra2 Qg3 47.Re2 Rc8 48.Qa7 Rh8 49.Kg1 h3 50.Rd4 Qg5 51.Qxe7 Qxe7 52.Rxe7 Rxc3 53.gxh3 Rxf3 54.Rb7 Rhxh3 55.Rg4+ Kf6 56.Kg2 Ke5 57.Rxb5 f5 58.Rg8 Rb3 59.Rb6 Rhd3 60.Re8+ Kf4 61.Re2 Rxd5 62.Rf2+ Ke4 63.Rb8 f4 64.Rf8 Rg5+ 65.Kh2 f3 66.Re8+ Kf4 67.Rf8+ Kg4 68.Rh8 Rxb4 69.Rh3 Rb3 70.Rg3+ Kf4 71.Rxg5 Kxg5 72.Kg3 Rd3 73.Rf1 Kf5 74.Re1 d5 75.Re8 Rc3 76.Re7 d4 77.Re8 Ra3 78.Re7 1/2-1/2

Round 9, Oct. 19
Matlakov, Maxim – Gelfand, Boris
D43 QGD, Semi-Slav

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 dxc4 7.e4 g5 8.Bg3 b5 9.h4 g4 10.Ne5 Nbd7 11.Be2 Bb7 12.O-O Rg8 13.Nxg4 b4 14.Na4 Nxe4 15.Bxc4 Qa5 16.Qe2 Qh5 17.Qxe4 Qxg4 18.Qe3 Bd6 19.Be2 Qg7 20.Nc5 O-O-O 21.Nxb7 Kxb7 22.a3 Nb6 23.axb4 Bxg3 24.fxg3 Nd5 25.Qf2 f5 26.Ra3 Kb8 27.b5 cxb5 28.Bxb5 Rc8 29.Re1 Qe7 30.Rb3 Ka8 31.Ba6 Rc6 32.Bb5 Rc7 33.Re5 Qd6 34.Be2 Rc2 35.Qe1 Qc6 36.Kh2 f4 37.Re4 Qc7 38.Re5 fxg3+ 39.Rxg3 Rd8 40.Bf3 Rxb2 41.Rxe6 Qf4 42.Qe5 Qxh4+ 43.Rh3 1-0

Round 9, Oct. 19
Sevian, Samuel – Baron, Tal
B30 Sicilian Defence

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 g6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Nxc6 bxc6 8.e5 Nd5 9.Nxd5 cxd5 10.Qxd5 Rb8 11.O-O-O Bb7 12.Qc5 O-O 13.c3 Bc6 14.f4 e6 15.Rd2 Bd5 16.Rxd5 exd5 17.Qxd5 d6 18.Qxd6 Qxd6 19.exd6 Rfe8 20.Bxa7 Ra8 21.Bb5 Red8 22.Bc5 Rxa2 23.Kb1 Rda8 24.Bc6 R8a6 25.d7 Bf6 26.Bb5 R6a5 27.Bb4 Ra8 28.Kc2 Rb8 29.Re1 Kg7 30.Re8 Bd8 31.c4 1-0

Round 9, Oct. 19
Hansen, Eric – Saric, Ivan
B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky Attack

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O e6 6.c4 Nxe4 7.Re1 Nf6 8.d4 cxd4 9.Nxd4 Be7 10.Rxe6 fxe6 11.Nxe6 Qa5 12.c5 dxc5 13.Bf4 c4 14.Nc3 Kf7 15.Ng5+ Kf8 16.Qe2 Nb6 17.Re1 Qc5 18.Be3 Qe5 19.f4 Qc7 20.Nb5 Qd7 21.Bxb6 axb6 22.Rd1 Qc6 0-1

Chessbomb Comments on this game:

- I only know Eric Hansen from online streaming. Never saw him in a tourney
- He and Saric are colleagues from the chessbrahs
- they played together in the proleague
- oh damn, a chessbrah vs chessbrah
- wow eric – Bf4?
- Eric Eric Eric, what have you done
- I suppose Kf7 is not trivial

Round 9, Oct. 19
Sadhwani, Raunak – Motylev, Alexander
A28 English, Four Knights, Nimzowitsch variation

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.e4 Bb4 5.d3 d6 6.h3 a6 7.a3 Bc5 8.g3 h6 9.Bg2 Be6 10.O-O g5 11.Ne1 Nd4 12.Be3 b5 13.cxb5 Qd7 14.Bxd4 Bxd4 15.Nc2 Bb6 16.bxa6 Bxh3 17.Qf3 Qe6 18.d4 Bg4 19.Qd3 h5 20.a4 h4 21.a5 h3 22.Bf3 h2+ 23.Kg2 Bh3+ 24.Kh1 Bxf1 25.Qxf1 Ba7 26.Nb5 Qd7 27.dxe5 dxe5 28.Rd1 Qc6 29.Rc1 Nxe4 30.Bxe4 Qxe4+ 31.f3 Qa4 32.Nxc7+ Ke7 33.Qe2 Qxa5 34.Nb4 Kf8 35.Nxa8 Kg7 36.Nc6 Qd5 37.Nc7 1-0

Round 9, Oct. 19
Nihal Sarin – Chigaev, Maksim
D85 Grunfeld, Exchange variation

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Qa4+ Nd7 8.Nf3 O-O 9.Be2 Nb6 10.Qa3 Qd6 11.O-O Be6 12.Re1 Qxa3 13.Bxa3 Rfe8 14.Nd2 c6 15.Nb3 Bxb3 16.axb3 e5 17.dxe5 Bxe5 18.Rac1 Bf4 19.Rcd1 Rxe4 20.Bf3 Rxe1+ 21.Rxe1 Bh6 22.Rd1 Bf8 23.Bc1 Bg7 24.c4 a5 25.c5 Nd5 26.Bxd5 cxd5 27.Rxd5 a4 28.bxa4 Rxa4 29.Rd8+ Bf8 30.Bb2 Rb4 31.Rd2 f5 32.g3 Bxc5 33.Kg2 Kf7 34.h4 b6 35.Be5 Ra4 36.f4 Ra7 37.Rd8 Rb7 38.Kf3 Bf8 39.g4 b5 40.h5 fxg4+ 41.Kxg4 gxh5+ 42.Kxh5 b4 43.Kg4 b3 44.Bb2 Bg7 45.Bc1 b2 46.Bxb2 Bxb2 47.Rd5 Bf6 48.Ra5 Kg6 49.Rc5 Rb1 50.f5+ Kh6 51.Rc7 Rb4+ 52.Kf3 Rh4 53.Rf7 Kg5 54.Kg3 h5 55.Ra7 Be5+ 56.Kg2 Kxf5 57.Ra5 Rh2+ 58.Kg1 Rd2 59.Ra4 Bf4 60.Ra3 Kg4 61.Kh1 Be5 62.Rb3 h4 63.Rb1 Kh3 0-1

Round 9, Oct. 19
Shankland, Sam – Hess, Robert
E04 Catalan, open

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 dxc4 5.Nf3 c5 6.O-O Nc6 7.Qa4 Bd7 8.Qxc4 b5 9.Qc3 Rc8 10.dxc5 Nd5 11.Qc2 Ncb4 12.Qd1 Bxc5 13.e4 Nf6 14.Nc3 Ng4 15.Qe2 Qb6 16.a3 Bxf2+ 17.Kh1 Nc6 18.e5 Bc5 19.b4 Be7 20.h3 Nd4 21.Nxd4 Qxd4 22.Bb2 Ne3 23.Rf4 Qb6 24.Be4 Nc4 25.Raf1 Nxb2 26.Rxf7 Rxc3 27.Qg4 Qe3 28.Rxe7+ Kxe7 29.Qxg7+ Kd8 30.Qxh8+ Kc7 31.Bg2 Nd3 32.Qf8 Nxe5 33.Rd1 Nd3 34.Kh2 Rc2 0-1

Round 9, Oct. 19
Demchenko, Anton – L’Ami, Erwin
C50 Giuoco Piano

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.d3 Nf6 5.O-O h6 6.c3 d6 7.Nbd2 O-O 8.h3 a6 9.a4 Ba7 10.Re1 Re8 11.b4 Be6 12.Bxe6 Rxe6 13.Bb2 Ne7 14.Nf1 Nh5 15.Ne3 Nf4 16.g3 Nxh3+ 17.Kg2 Ng5 18.Nxg5 hxg5 19.Qh5 Bxe3 20.Rxe3 Rg6 21.Rh1 f6 22.Qd1 Rh6 23.Ree1 Qe8 24.d4 Qf7 25.dxe5 dxe5 26.Rxh6 gxh6 27.Rh1 Kg7 28.Qd7 Nc8 29.Qh3 h5 30.f4 Nd6 31.fxe5 Nxe4 32.Qf5 Rd8 33.Re1 Rd2+ 34.Kg1 Nxg3 35.Qf3 Rxb2 36.Qxg3 Qd5 37.e6 h4 38.Qg4 Qd2 0-1

Round 9, Oct. 19
Zvjaginsev, Vadim – Keymer, Vincent
A17 English Opening

1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 d5 4.e3 dxc4 5.Bxc4 a6 6.a4 c5 7.b3 Nc6 8.Bb2 Be7 9.g4 h6 10.Rg1 b6 11.h4 Nd7 12.Ne4 Nf6 13.Qb1 Bb7 14.g5 Nxe4 15.Qxe4 Na5 16.Qf4 Nxc4 17.bxc4 hxg5 18.hxg5 f6 19.gxf6 Bxf6 20.Ne5 Qd6 21.O-O-O O-O-O 22.d3 Rh5 23.Nf7 Qxf4 24.exf4 Rd7 25.Ng5 Re7 26.Rde1 Bxg5 27.Rxg5 Rxg5 28.fxg5 Kd7 29.g6 e5 30.Rxe5 Rxe5 31.Bxe5 Bf3 32.a5 b5 33.cxb5 axb5 34.Bxg7 Bh5 35.Bf8 Bxg6 36.Kd2 Kc6 37.a6 Kb6 38.Bxc5+ Kxa6 39.d4 Bf7 40.Ke3 Kb7 41.Ke4 Kc6 42.Ke5 Bc4 43.f4 Bb3 44.f5 Bc4 45.Bb4 Bb3 46.Bc3 Bc4 47.Kf6 Kd7 48.Kg7 Ke8 49.Kg6 Bb3 50.Kf6 Kd7 1/2-1/2

Round 9, Oct. 19
Clarke, Brandon – Houska, Jovanka
B12 Caro-Kann, Advance variation

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 Ne7 6.O-O Bg6 7.Nbd2 Nf5 8.c4 Be7 9.a4 O-O 10.a5 dxc4 11.Nxc4 Bh5 12.Be3 Na6 13.Qb3 Rb8 14.Rfd1 Nc7 15.h3 Nxe3 16.fxe3 Nd5 17.e4 Nf4 18.Bf1 f5 19.exf5 Bxf3 20.Qxf3 Rxf5 21.Ne3 Rf7 22.Qe4 Bh4 23.Nc4 Qg5 24.Ra3 Nd5 25.a6 Bf2+ 26.Kh1 Rf4 27.Qc2 b5 28.Nd6 Bxd4 29.Qxc6 Rbf8 30.Qxb5 Bxe5 31.Nb7 Rf2 32.Qc4 Ne3 33.Rxe3 Qxe3 0-1

Round 9, Oct. 19
Artemiev, Vladislav – Nguyuen, Truong
A15 English, Neo-Catalan

1.c4 e6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.Qa4+ Bd7 6.Qxc4 c5 7.Ne5 Qc8 8.O-O Nc6 9.Nf3 Be7 10.Nc3 O-O 11.d3 Rd8 12.Bg5 b6 13.a3 h6 14.Bf4 Na5 15.Qa2 Bc6 16.Rab1 Nd5 17.Bd2 Qa6 18.b3 Rac8 19.Ne4 Nf6 20.Nc3 Nd5 21.Qb2 Bf6 22.Rfc1 Nb7 23.b4 Nd6 24.e4 cxb4 25.axb4 Nxc3 26.Bxc3 Bxc3 27.Rxc3 Nb5 28.Rcc1 Qb7 29.Bf1 Qe7 30.Rc4 Qf6 31.Qxf6 gxf6 32.Ra1 Bb7 33.Nd2 Rxc4 34.Nxc4 Ra8 35.f3 Kf8 36.Kf2 Nd4 37.Ra2 e5 38.Ke3 b5 39.Nd6 Bc8 40.f4 Be6 41.Ra6 Nc2+ 42.Kd2 Nxb4 43.Ra5 Nc6 44.Rxb5 Nd4 45.Rb2 a5 46.Kc3 a4 47.Nc4 a3 48.Ra2 Rb8 49.f5 Rb3+ 50.Kd2 Bxc4 51.dxc4 Rf3 52.Ke1 Ke7 53.c5 Kd7 54.Bc4 Kc6 55.Bxf7 Kxc5 56.Rg2 Re3+ 57.Kd2 Rxe4 58.g4 Kb4 59.h4 Nf3+ 60.Kd3 Re1 61.Bd5 Rd1+ 62.Ke2 Nxh4 0-1

Position after Black’s 45….a5