Isle of Man Grand Swiss 2019

[Hans Jung]

Hikaru works his rook, queen, and knight to the right squares to create a magical zugzwang. Lovely!

[Hans Jung]

Hess - Nabaty classic attack of the white queenside kings position but d4! makes you really look.

[Hans Jung]

Anand's 34.e5! opens the e4 square for the knight to head toward the king and one variation ending in h6-h7 checkmate!

[Hans Jung]

Anton lovely inspired attack against Grischuk.

[Wayne Komer]

Isle of Man Grand Swiss 2019

October 18, 2019

Round Eight

Early Games

The results of yesterday’s poll:

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 backed with current opening theory, whom would have the best chance to win here?

1540 votes

6% Emanuel Lasker
60% Bobby Fischer
26% Mikhail Tal
8$ Other

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The two games

Alexei Shirov – Yu Yangyi

Sergey Karjakin – Aleksey Dreev

Started with the same 18 moves.

As the games kept on remaining the same, Shirov vs Yu has been moved to the other playing hall. The chief arbiter said that it would be an offence to copy moves from another board.

From FIDE rules (11.3.1): During play the players are forbidden to make use of any notes, sources of information or advice, or analyse on another chessboard.

The most infamous case of playing moves from another board happened at the Gothenburg Interzonal (Sweden) in 1955:

In one of the later rounds, Keres was White against Najdorf, Spassky was White against Pilnik, and Geller was White against Panno. The Argentinian players were delighted since they were sure that at least one of the Soviet players would walk into their analysis. As it turned out, ALL three Soviet players entered the opening trap!

So what occurred? The position after 9...g5 appeared on all three boards at the same time, and as all three players reached the position after 10…Nfd7, Spassky and Keres pondered whether or not to sacrifice on move 11, while Geller did it quite quickly.

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3 h6 9. Bh4 g5

And from that moment on, Spassky and Keres simply watched Geller’s board and copied everything he did! The Russians won the three games.
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Round 8, Oct. 18
Caruana, Fabiano – Aronian, Levon
A29 English, Bremen

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Nb6 7.O-O Be7 8.b3 O-O 9.Bb2 Re8 10.Rc1 Bf8 11.Ne4 f6 12.d4 f5 13.Nc5 e4 14.Ne5 Nxe5 15.dxe5 Qxd1 16.Rfxd1 c6 17.g4 g6 18.gxf5 gxf5 19.f3 Bh6 20.Rc2 e3 21.e6 Bxe6 22.Nxb7 Nd5 23.Rxc6 Rac8 24.Rdc1 Rxc6 25.Rxc6 Nf4 26.Bf1 Bf8 27.Nc5 Bd5 28.Rc7 Bxc5 29.Rxc5 Bxf3 30.exf3 e2 31.Bc3 Re3 32.Ba5 exf1=Q+ 33.Kxf1 Rxf3+ 34.Kg1 h5 35.h4 Rh3 36.Rxf5 Rxh4 37.Kf2 Ne6 38.Bc3 1/2-1/2

Round 8, Oct. 18
Wang, Hao – Carlsen, Magnus
D38 QGD, Ragozin variation

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Qb3 a5 6.Bg5 c5 7.dxc5 Na6 8.a3 Nxc5 9.Qc2 Bxc3+ 10.Qxc3 Nce4 11.Bxf6 Qxf6 12.Qxf6 Nxf6 13.cxd5 Nxd5 14.e4 Nf6 15.Bd3 Bd7 16.Ne5 Ke7 17.Rc1 Rhc8 18.Kd2 Be8 19.f4 Nd7 20.Nxd7 Bxd7 21.Rxc8 Rxc8 22.Rc1 Rxc1 23.Kxc1 e5 24.fxe5 Ke6 25.Kd2 Kxe5 26.Ke3 Bc6 27.g3 f6 28.Bc2 b6 29.Bd3 h6 30.Bc2 Bb7 31.Bd3 1/2-1/2

Round 8, Oct. 18
Anton, David – Grischuk, Alexander
A20 English, Kingside Fianchetto

1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 Bc5 4.Nc3 c6 5.Nf3 e4 6.Nh4 d5 7.cxd5 cxd5 8.d3 Ng4 9.O-O g5 10.d4 Be7 11.h3 Nxf2 12.Rxf2 gxh4 13.Qb3 hxg3 14.Rf4 Nc6 15.Qxd5 f5 16.Bxe4 fxe4 17.Qh5+ Kd7 18.Be3 Qg8 19.d5 Nd8 20.Nxe4 Qg6 21.Qe5 Nf7 22.Rxf7 Qxf7 23.Rc1 Rf8 24.Bg5 1-0

Round 8, Oct. 18
Anand, VIshy – Fedoseev, Vladimir
B32 Sicilian Defence

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Qb6 5.Nb3 e6 6.Nc3 Qc7 7.f4 d6 8.Be3 Nf6 9.Bd3 Be7 10.Qf3 Nb4 11.O-O Bd7 12.a3 Nxd3 13.cxd3 Qc6 14.Rac1 Qa6 15.g4 Bc6 16.g5 Nd7 17.d4 Bb5 18.Rf2 O-O 19.f5 Bd8 20.Nd2 Bd3 21.fxe6 fxe6 22.Qg4 Rxf2 23.Kxf2 Nf8 24.d5 e5 25.h4 g6 26.h5 gxh5 27.Qxh5 Bb6 28.Qh3 Re8 29.Nd1 Be2 30.Ke1 Bd4 31.Nf2 Re7 32.Bxd4 exd4 33.Rc8 Rf7 34.e5 dxe5 35.Nfe4 h5 36.gxh6 Rf4 37.Qe6+ 1-0

Round 8, Oct. 18
Nakamura, Hikaru – Melkumyan, Hrant
C88 Ruy Lopez, Closed, anti-Marshall

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.a4 b4 9.a5 d6 10.c3 Rb8 11.d3 bxc3 12.bxc3 Be6 13.Bxe6 fxe6 14.Nbd2 Rb5 15.d4 exd4 16.cxd4 Nxa5 17.Qc2 Qd7 18.Ra4 Rfb8 19.Ba3 Ne8 20.Qa2 Nb3 21.Rxa6 Nxd2 22.Nxd2 R5b6 23.Ra7 R6b7 24.Rxb7 Rxb7 25.e5 Ra7 26.Qb3 dxe5 27.Bxe7 Qxe7 28.dxe5 Ra5 29.Nf3 Rd5 30.Ra1 Qd7 31.h4 h6 32.Ra8 Qc6 33.Rb8 Qc1+ 34.Kh2 Qf4+ 35.g3 Qf7 36.Kg2 Qd7 37.h5 Qc6 38.Kh2 Qd7 39.Qb4 Kf7 40.Qf4+ Kg8 41.Nh4 g5 42.hxg6 Kg7 43.Rd8 1-0

Round 8, Oct. 18
Gelfand, Boris – Zhang, Zhong
D30 Queen’s Gambit declined

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 dxc4 4.Qa4+ Nc6 5.Qxc4 Nf6 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bxf6 Qxf6 8.Nc3 Bd6 9.e3 a6 10.Be2 O-O 11.O-O Bd7 12.Rfd1 Qe7 13.Ne4 Rfc8 14.Rac1 e5 15.d5 Nd8 16.Qc2 f5 17.Nc5 e4 18.Nd4 Qe5 19.g3 Be8 20.Nde6 Rab8 21.Qc3 Nf7 22.Bh5 Qxc3 23.Rxc3 Be5 24.Rc2 b6 25.Nxa6 Ra8 26.Nb4 Bd6 27.Nc6 Rxa2 28.Bg6 Bxc6 29.dxc6 Ra5 30.Nd4 Rd5 31.Rcc1 Rxd4 32.Rxd4 1-0

Round 8, Oct. 18
Lei, Tingjie – Hansen, Eric
E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical variation

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d6 5.e4 c5 6.Nf3 cxd4 7.Nxd4 O-O 8.Bd2 Nc6 9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.O-O-O d5 11.exd5 cxd5 12.cxd5 exd5 13.Bd3 Bd7 14.Kb1 Rc8 15.Qb3 Rb8 16.Bg5 d4 17.Bxf6 gxf6 18.Bxh7+ Kxh7 19.Qc2+ Kg7 20.Qd3 Bxc3 21.Qg3+ Kh6 22.Qh4+ Kg6 23.Qg3+ Kh5 0-1

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The twins:

Round 8, Oct. 18
Karjakin, Sergey – Dreev, Aleksey
B40 Sicilian, Anderssen variation

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.e5 Nd5 8.Ne4 Qc7 9.f4 Qb6 10.c4 Bb4+ 11.Ke2 f5 12.exf6 Nxf6 13.Be3 Qd8 14.Nd6+ Bxd6 15.Qxd6 Bb7 16.g4 c5 17.Rg1 Ne4 18.Qe5 Qh4 19.Bg2 Qxg4+ 20.Kd3 Nf2+ 21.Bxf2 Bxg2 22.Bxc5 Rc8 23.Rae1 Kf7 24.Re2 Qf3+ 25.Be3 d6 26.Qd4 e5 27.Qxa7+ Ke6 28.Rgxg2 Rxc4 29.Kxc4 Rc8+ 30.Kb4 Qe4+ 31.Bd4 1-0

Round 8, Oct. 18
Shirov, Alexei – Yu, Yangyi
B40 Sicilian, Anderssen variation

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.e5 Nd5 8.Ne4 Qc7 9.f4 Qb6 10.c4 Bb4+ 11.Ke2 f5 12.exf6 Nxf6 13.Be3 Qd8 14.Nd6+ Bxd6 15.Qxd6 Bb7 16.g4 c5 17.Rg1 Ne4 18.Qe5 Qh4 19.Bg2 Qxg4+ 20.Bf3 Nc3+ 21.Kd3 Qxf3 22.Kxc3 Rg8 23.Rg3 Qc6 24.Bxc5 O-O-O 25.Bd6 Ba6 26.b3 Kb7 27.Rd1 Rc8 28.Rxg7 Rxg7 29.Qxg7 Bxc4 30.Kb2 Be2 31.Re1 Qxd6 32.Rxe2 Qd1 33.Qg2+ Rc6 34.a4 Qd4+ 35.Ka2 Qxf4 36.Qg7 Rd6 37.Qxh7 Rd1 38.Qh5 Qd4 39.Rb2 e5 40.h4 Rd2 41.Rxd2 Qxd2+ 42.Ka3 Qc1+ 43.Ka2 Qc2+ 44.Ka3 Qc1+ 1/2-1/2

Position after 19…Qxg4+



Karjakin gave an interview and then went back to his room and tweeted this:

Funny accident today when we had the same position like Shirov against Yu. I actually confused the moves with g4,forgetting my own game against...Yu! So in the end Shirov followed me, I followed Shirov, Dreev followed Yu, and Yu believed in my preparation! That is how it works!

Well, that confuses me!

I believe the arbiter did the right thing by separating the players with the same game. Any ChessTalkers with opposing views?

[Serge Archambault]

That is a GREAT story, I had never thought of that possibility. Thanks for sharing it!

The funny add on twist to this story is that it's the second time it happens to Shirov (Anand confirmed in a Bundesliga he was involved). BTW, it seems, at this point, there was no suspicion of foul play or anything. The CA decided to move Shirov and Yu to the second playing hall for the players own concentration on their game. Karjakin won quickly but Shirov only got a draw out of it.

[Aris Marghetis]

#copygate is real !!! During round 8 at the IoM, chief arbiter, well known IA Alex Holowczak, decided to split 2 boards apart on move 19. In fact, board 7 (Shirov-Yu) and board 8 (Karjakin-Dreev) played exactly the same moves. After the split, moves were different.

That is a GREAT story, I had never thought of that possibility. Thanks for sharing it!

[Serge Archambault]

#copygate is real !!! During round 8 at the IoM, chief arbiter, well known IA Alex Holowczak, decided to split 2 boards apart on move 19. In fact, board 7 (Shirov-Yu) and board 8 (Karjakin-Dreev) played exactly the same moves. After the split, moves were different.

[Wayne Komer]

Isle of Man Grand Swiss 2019

October 17, 2019

Round Eight Pairings

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Bd		Name	Rtg	Pts.		Pts.		Name	Rtg
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1		Caruana Fabiano	2812	5½		5½		Aronian Levon	2758
2		Wang Hao	2726	5		5		Carlsen Magnus	2876
3		Anton Guijarro David	2674	5		5		Grischuk Alexander	2759
4		Maghsoodloo Parham	2664	5		5		Vitiugov Nikita	2732
5		So Wesley	2767	4½		5		Alekseenko Kirill	2674
6		Anand Viswanathan	2765	4½		4½		Fedoseev Vladimir	2664
7		Shirov Alexei	2664	4½		4½		Yu Yangyi	2763
8		Karjakin Sergey	2760	4½		4½		Dreev Aleksey	2662
9		Wojtaszek Radoslaw	2748	4½		4½		Kovalev Vladislav	2661
10		Nakamura Hikaru	2745	4½		4½		Melkumyan Hrant	2650
11		Gelfand Boris	2686	4½		4½		Zhang Zhong	2636
12		Hovhannisyan Robert	2639	4½		4½		McShane Luke J	2682
13		Adhiban B.	2639	4½		4½		Robson Ray	2670
14		Tari Aryan	2630	4½		4½		Kryvoruchko Yuriy	2669
15		Svidler Peter	2729	4		4½		Jumabayev Rinat	2630
16		Lenderman Aleksandr	2648	4		4		Artemiev Vladislav	2746
17		Mamedov Rauf	2645	4		4		Vidit Santosh Gujrathi	2718
18		Matlakov Maxim	2716	4		4		Najer Evgeniy	2635
19		Sarana Alexey	2655	4		4		Le Quang Liem	2708
20		Xiong Jeffery	2708	4		4		Papaioannou Ioannis	2645
21		Howell David W L	2694	4		4		Bluebaum Matthias	2643
22		Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son	2638	4		4		Grandelius Nils	2691
23		Sargissian Gabriel	2690	4		4		Lupulescu Constantin	2643
24		Ragger Markus	2684	4		4		Sadhwani Raunak	2479
25		Sethuraman S.P.	2624	4		4		Korobov Anton	2679
26		Narayanan.S.L	2611	4		4		Cheparinov Ivan	2670
27		Leko Peter	2670	4		4		Akopian Vladimir	2638
28		Saric Ivan	2667	4		4		Rakhmanov Aleksandr	2621
29		Eljanov Pavel	2663	4		4		Abasov Nijat	2632
30		Sjugirov Sanan	2662	4		4		Abdusattorov Nodirbek	2608
31		Puranik Abhimanyu	2571	4		4		Kasimdzhanov Rustam	2657
32		Volokitin Andrei	2627	3½		3½		Harikrishna Pentala	2748
33		Bu Xiangzhi	2721	3½		3½		Alekseev Evgeny	2629
34		Deac Bogdan-Daniel	2613	3½		3½		Shankland Sam	2705
35		Amin Bassem	2699	3½		3½		Vocaturo Daniele	2620
36		L'ami Erwin	2619	3½		3½		Vallejo Pons Francisco	2694
37		Inarkiev Ernesto	2693	3½		3½		Akobian Varuzhan	2625
38		Yilmaz Mustafa	2595	3½		3½		Kamsky Gata	2685
39		Paravyan David	2602	3½		3½		Ponomariov Ruslan	2675
40		Van Foreest Jorden	2621	3½		3½		Sasikiran Krishnan	2675
41		Bacrot Etienne	2671	3½		3½		Esipenko Andrey	2624
42		Safarli Eltaj	2593	3½		3½		Berkes Ferenc	2667
43		Ganguly Surya Shekhar	2658	3½		3½		Nihal Sarin	2610
44		Hess Robert	2581	3½		3½		Nabaty Tamir	2658
45		Oparin Grigoriy	2654	3½		3½		Jobava Baadur	2617
46		Gonzalez Vidal Yuri	2552	3½		3½		Sevian Samuel	2654
47		Motylev Alexander	2651	3½		3½		Saduakassova Dinara	2481
48		Baron Tal	2531	3½		3½		Riazantsev Alexander	2645
49		Chigaev Maksim	2644	3½		3½		Lu Shanglei	2602
50		Gukesh D	2520	3½		3½		Zvjaginsev Vadim	2644
51		Kuzubov Yuriy	2636	3½		3½		Erdos Viktor	2604
52		Harika Dronavalli	2495	3½		3½		Moiseenko Alexander	2635
53		Mareco Sandro	2634	3½		3½		Keymer Vincent	2506
54		Bjerre Jonas Buhl	2506	3½		3		Demchenko Anton	2655
55		Jones Gawain C B	2688	3		3		Clarke Brandon G I	2445
56		Kashlinskaya Alina	2481	3		3		Huschenbeth Niclas	2624
57		Erenberg Ariel	2463	3		3		Vovk Andriy	2618
58		Durarbayli Vasif	2617	3		3		Danielian Elina	2385
59		Lei Tingjie	2469	3		3		Hansen Eric	2611
60		Soumya Swaminathan	2365	3		3		Efimenko Zahar	2604
61		Munguntuul Batkhuyag	2421	3		3		Christiansen Johan-Sebastian	2558
62		Gavrilescu David	2451	2½		2½		Dubov Daniil	2699
63		Ushenina Anna	2431	2½		2½		Rodshtein Maxim	2684
64		Movsesian Sergei	2654	2½		2½		Boruchovsky Avital	2533
65		Houska Jovanka	2430	2½		2½		Piorun Kacper	2643
66		Rakotomaharo Fy Antenaina	2428	2½		2½		Adly Ahmed	2636
67		Zatonskih Anna	2422	2½		2½		Bachmann Axel	2629
68		Iturrizaga Bonelli Eduardo	2629	2½		2½		Henderson De La Fuente Lance	2494
69		Solomon Kenny	2382	2½		2½		Parligras Mircea-Emilian	2629
70		Stefanova Antoaneta	2479	2½		2½		Arkell Keith C	2447
71		Jansa Vlastimil	2452	2		2		Prithu Gupta	2493
72		Movsziszian Karen	2475	2		2		Sebag Marie	2445
73		Batsiashvili Nino	2422	2		2		Atalik Ekaterina	2464
74		Kolbus Dietmar	2300	2		2		Cramling Pia	2462
75		Wu Li	2332	1½		1½		Bulmaga Irina	2442
76		Allen Keith	2161	1½		1		Dahl Baard	2067
77		Nebolsina Vera	2252	½	1			bye
78		Paehtz Elisabeth	2489	1½	0			not paired
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[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!

[Hans Jung]

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

[Hans Jung]

Kashlinskaya - nice game!

[Hans Jung]

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

[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



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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]

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