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    Julius Bar Challengers Chess Tour

    April 5, 2021

    From the official FIDE site:

    https://www.fide.com/news/1014

    Judit Polgar and Vladimir Kramnik reveal the 20 young stars lined up to play in the $100k Julius Baer Challengers Chess Tour

    20 young chess talents from 12 countries
    Gender-balanced teams led by two legends
    Winners get a chance to take on the elite
    $100k prize pot for junior online event

    The names are in – a line-up of 20 stars from 12 nations ready to compete in the new Julius Baer Challengers Chess Tour.

    From among them, the next big thing in chess will emerge. Who will it be?

    Starting on April 8, two teams of young players handpicked to take part in a new series of five events will go head-to-head for a prize pot totaling $100,000.

    This journey will be unlike any other in chess.

    Not only is it gender-balanced to find the best in male and female talent, but the four “Challenge” tournaments and the tour final - all played online - will provide a unique training ground for every competitor. Watch the players grow as Judit Polgar and Vladimir Kramnik, two of the greatest names in chess, mentor them.

    Teams of coaches, which include world champions and yet more legends of the game, will also be on hand to offer support and guidance. Who will progress the most? Will we find a player ready to make the next step up?

    The players have been divided into two teams, Team Polgar and Team Kramnik, competing in a series of four four-day round-robin tournaments organised by the Play Magnus Group before the grand finals.

    The first tournament, the Polgar Challenge, will start on April 8 and will be followed by the Gelfand Challenge, the Hou Yifan Challenge and the Kramnik Challenge. Then in September, the Tour Finals will take place.

    Judit, Vladimir and members of the Play Magnus Group, met the players in a pre-tournament Zoom meeting last week and then gave their teams their first team-talks. Judit spoke of how she hoped the gender-balanced events would help female players gain confidence in the game and told how managing a team would be challenging for her too.

    She said: “It’s a great opportunity for the youngsters to win an event and qualify for a Meltwater Champions Chess Tour event which is probably for most one of the most important goals here. But I think anyone who is invited to an event here will definitely not leave without great experiences.

    “In five months we are going to be meeting the players and following them, together with Vladimir as both of us have our team.

    “Chess is an individual sport, but at the same time sometimes it becomes a team sport. That will be very interesting and challenging for both me and Vladimir to see how we can manage them and have great teamwork between them."

    Kramnik thanked the sponsors Julius Baer and Play Magnus Group, the tour organisers, for putting on a “priceless” event during the lockdown and told his players it was an “incredible opportunity” for them.

    Addressing the players, the former world champion said: “First of all this big project is about learning. Yes, the result is important and you want to win but the one who will be on top later, who has the best career, is not necessarily the one who will win this tournament, it is the one who will learn most from each tournament, each project you have on your way.”

    Kramnik, now aged 45 and retired, added: “This is an incredible opportunity for you to learn, to progress in chess.”

    Sebastian Kuhnert, Chief Development Officer for the Play Magnus Group, also told the group: “I feel really amazed that all the great coaches have committed to this great project and I feel we are starting a new era in chess. It started with what we did a year ago [with what became the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour] and now it goes into the next cycle that we are starting together with you.”

    In a separate Zoom call to his team, Kramnik said: "Good luck to all of you! Try to enjoy the journey because it's important to learn, first of all, to improve and to come out of it a better player - that's the main goal - and, of course, to try to secure our trip to Dubai - because it’s quite expensive to go there! Give your best!"

    Grandmaster Boris Gelfand, who will assist Kramnik as a coach, revealed Team Kramnik would start preparing immediately.

    The 2012 world title challenger added: "It's a great opportunity and I wish good luck to everyone!"

    Winners of the individual events will get a rare chance to compete on the elite stage in a Meltwater Champions Chess Tour event, and perhaps take on World Champion Magnus Carlsen.

    The team that wins the Julius Baer Challengers Chess Tour overall will also get a trip to this year’s World Chess Championship in Dubai.

    All matches will be played in chess24.com’s PlayZone and broadcast live with expert commentary from 16:00 CEST on chess24’s YouTube, Twitch and Facebook channels.

    Team Kramnik:

    Nodirbek Abdusattorov (aged, 16, Uzbekistan)
    Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa (15, India)
    Dinara Saduakassova (24, Kazakhstan)
    Jonas Bjerre (16, Denmark)
    Leon Mendonca (15, India)
    Lei Tingjie (24, China)
    Christopher Yoo (14, United States)
    Olga Badelka (18, Belarus)
    Carissa Yip (17, United States)
    Nurgyul Salimova (17, Bulgaria)

    Team Polgar:

    Nihal Sarin (aged 16, India)
    Awonder Liang (17, United States)
    Vincent Keymer (16, Germany)
    Gukesh D (14, India)
    Sarasadat Khademalsharieh (24, Iran)
    Volodar Murzin (14, Russia)
    Polina Shuvalova (20, Russia)
    Zhansaya Abdumalik (21, Kazakhstan)
    Jiner Zhu (18, China)
    Gunay Mammadzada (20, Azerbaijan)

    About the Tour:

    Fronted by the strongest female player of all time, Judit Polgar, and former World Champion Vladimir Kramnik, the Julius Baer Challengers Chess Tour will run alongside the hugely popular Meltwater Champions Chess Tour. The Tour is organised by the Play Magnus Group and is designed to tackle head-on the lack of female role models competing in top events and promote emerging talent. More information here.
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    I cannot wait to see Abdusattorov, Praggnanandhaa, Sarin and Keymer playing. What an opportunity!

  • #2
    Id like to add I cant wait to see Awonder Liang and Gukesh in action. Great talents. Im also impressed by the addition of 6 "overage" talents. I'm glad they are expanding the limits and giving those 20 and over a chance.

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    • #3
      Originally posted by Wayne Komer View Post
      Julius Bar Challengers Chess Tour

      ... Judit spoke of how she hoped the gender-balanced events would help female players gain confidence in the game ...

      So in non gender-balanced chess events female players aren't as confident, or don't have confidence in the game of chess???



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      • #4
        Julius Bar Challengers Chess Tour

        April 8, 2021


        Polgar Challenge

        Day 1

        Standings

        Team Affiliation in brackets after name K = Kramnik, P = Polgar

        1-3 Praggnanandhaa (K), Yoo (K), Abdusattorov(K) 4
        4-6 Gukesh (P),Keymer (P), Tingjie (K) 3.5
        7 Sarin (P) 3
        8-11 Murzin (P), Bjerre (K), Liang (P), Jiner (P) 2.5
        12-15 Abdumalik (K), Mendonca (K), Shuvalova (P), Mammadzada (P) 2
        16-19 Salimova (K), Khadem (P), Yip (K), Saduakssova (K) 1.5
        20 Badelka (K) 0.5

        Team Kramnik 25 – Team Polgar 25

        Time control 10 min + 5 sec.

        Round 1, April 8
        Praggnanandhaa, R. – Murzin, Volodar
        E70 King’s Indian Defence

        1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 O-O 5.h3 d6 6.Be3 e5 7.d5 Na6 8.Nf3 Nc5 9.Nd2 a5 10.g4 c6 11.Be2 a4 12.g5 Ne8 13.h4 f6 14.Rg1 Qa5 15.Rb1 Bd7 16.h5 fxg5 17.hxg6 h6 18.Bg4 Bxg4 19.Qxg4 Nf6 20.Qg2 Nd3+ 21.Ke2 Nf4+ 22.Bxf4 exf4 23.Qh3 Rae8 24.Kd1 Qc5 25.Rf1 b5 26.Qd3 b4 27.Nxa4 Qa7 28.b3 cxd5 29.cxd5 Ng4 30.Ke1 Ne5 31.Qe2 Rc8 32.Nf3 Nxf3+ 33.Qxf3 Rc2 34.Qd3 Rfc8 35.Kd1 Rxf2 36.Re1 Be5 37.Rc1 Rxc1+ 38.Kxc1 Rxa2 39.Qb5 Ra1+ 40.Kd2 Qd4+ 41.Kc2 Ra2+ 0-1

        Round 1, April 8
        Salimova, Nurgyul – Abdusattorov, Nodirbek
        A46 Queen’s Pawn, Fianchetto

        1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 b6 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.O-O Be7 6.c4 O-O 7.Re1 Na6 8.Bf4 d5 9.Ne5 c5 10.Nc3 cxd4 11.Qxd4 Bc5 12.Qd1 Qe7 13.cxd5 exd5 14.Nd3 d4 15.Bxb7 Qxb7 16.Nb1 Nb4 17.Nd2 Nfd5 18.Nxc5 bxc5 19.Bd6 Rfc8 20.a3 Na6 21.Nc4 Nb6 22.Nxb6 axb6 23.Bf4 Qd5 24.b3 b5 25.e4 Qd7 26.a4 Nb4 27.e5 bxa4 28.bxa4 d3 29.Re4 Qd5 30.Qf3 Nc2 31.Rd1 Rxa4 32.Qxd3 Qxd3 33.Rxd3 Rxe4 0-1

        Round 1, April 8
        Liang, Awonder – Abdumalik, Zhansaya
        C85 Ruy Lopez, Exchange variation

        1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.d3 Bd6 8.Nbd2 O-O 9.Nc4 Nd7 10.Be3 Re8 11.Nfd2 Nf8 12.Kh1 Ng6 13.Qh5 Nf4 14.Bxf4 exf4 15.Rae1 Bf8 16.e5 b5 17.Na5 Qd4 18.Nf3 Qd5 19.Re4 Qxa2 20.Nxc6 Bb7 21.Ng5 h6 22.e6 g6 23.exf7+ Qxf7 24.Nxf7 gxh5 25.Nfe5 Bg7 26.Ree1 a5 27.d4 Ra6 28.d5 a4 29.c3 Bxe5 30.Nxe5 Bxd5 31.Nd3 Rxe1 32.Rxe1 f3 33.g3 Bc4 34.Nf4 Rd6 35.h4 Rd2 36.Re7 Rxf2 37.Nxh5 Rxb2 38.Rd7 Bf7 39.Rd8+ Kh7 40.Rd7 Kg6 41.Nf4+ Kf6 42.g4 Rb1+ 43.Kh2 f2 44.g5+ hxg5 45.hxg5+ Kg7 46.Nh5+ Kf8 0-1

        Round 1, April 8
        Shuvalova, Polina – Keymer, Vincent
        E10 Queen’s Pawn game

        1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Nc3 O-O 6.Bg2 dxc4 7.O-O Nc6 8.Qa4 Bd7 9.Bg5 a5 10.a3 Nxd4 11.Qd1 Bxc3 12.bxc3 Nb3 13.Ne5 Bb5 14.Rb1 Qxd1 15.Rfxd1 Nd5 16.Bxd5 exd5 17.Bf4 c6 18.Nd7 Rfe8 19.Kf1 f6 20.Nb6 Ra6 21.Bc7 a4 22.f3 Kf7 23.e4 d4 24.Rb2 Re7 25.Bd8 Re6 26.Kf2 d3 27.f4 Ke8 28.Bc7 Re7 29.Bd6 Rxb6 30.Bxe7 Kxe7 31.Ke3 c5 32.g4 Re6 33.e5 fxe5 34.f5 Rh6 35.Rg1 d2 36.Ke4 Rxh2 0-1

        Round 1, April 8
        Bjerre, Jonas Buhl – Gukesh, D
        E04 Catalan, open
        
        1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 a6 6.Ne5 Bb4+ 7.Nc3 Nd5 8.O-O O-O 9.Ne4 b5 10.b3 Bb7 11.bxc4 Nc3 12.Qc2 Qxd4 13.Ng5 Nxe2+ 14.Qxe2 Bxg2 15.Kxg2 Qxa1 16.Bb2 Qxa2 17.Qc2 f5 18.Ra1 1-0

        Round 2, April 8
        Zhu, Jiner – Gukesh, D.
        B12 Caro-Kann, Advance variation

        1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 Ne7 6.O-O Nd7 7.c3 Ng6 8.Ne1 h5 9.Be3 f6 10.Bxh5 fxe5 11.Bxg6+ Bxg6 12.dxe5 Nxe5 13.Bd4 Nd7 14.Qe2 Qe7 15.Nd3 Bxd3 16.Qxd3 e5 17.Qg6+ Qf7 18.Qxf7+ Kxf7 19.Be3 Bd6 20.Nd2 Kg6 21.h3 Rae8 22.Rad1 Bc5 23.Ne4 Bxe3 24.fxe3 Re7 25.Ng3 Nc5 26.e4 Rd8 27.exd5 cxd5 28.Rfe1 Rdd7 29.Re2 e4 30.Rf1 Re5 31.Re3 Rf7 32.Ne2 Rxf1+ 33.Kxf1 Nd3 34.b3 Kf6 35.Nd4 Re7 36.g3 Ke5 37.Ke2 Rf7 38.Kd2 Rf1 39.a4 Rh1 40.h4 Rh2+ 41.Re2 Rh1 42.Re3 a6 43.Re2 g6 44.Re3 Kd6 45.Re2 Rg1 46.Re3 Rg2+ 47.Ne2 Ne5 48.c4 Ng4 49.c5+ Ke5 0-1

        Round 2, April 8
        Keymer, Vincent – Bjerre, Jonas Buhl
        D38 QGD, Ragozin variation

        1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Qa4+ Nc6 6.e3 O-O 7.Bd2 dxc4 8.Bxc4 Bd6 9.Qc2 e5 10.dxe5 Nxe5 11.Nxe5 Bxe5 12.O-O c6 13.h3 Nd5 14.Ne2 Qf6 15.Bxd5 cxd5 16.Bc3 Bf5 17.Bxe5 Qxe5 18.Qc3 Qd6 19.Rac1 Rac8 20.Qd4 Qa6 21.Nc3 Be6 22.Rfd1 Rc4 23.Qd3 Rfc8 24.b3 R4c7 25.Qxa6 bxa6 26.Ne2 Rc2 27.Kf1 a5 28.a3 g6 29.Rxc2 Rxc2 30.Nd4 Rc3 31.Ke1 a4 32.Kd2 Rc7 33.b4 Kf8 34.Rc1 Rxc1 35.Kxc1 Bd7 36.Kd2 Ke7 37.Kc3 Kd6 38.Nf3 f6 39.Kd4 Bb5 40.h4 Bf1 41.g3 Be2 42.Nd2 a6 43.e4 dxe4 44.Nxe4+ 1-0

        Round 2, April 8
        Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat – Liang, Awonder
        E64 King’s Indian, Fianchetto, Yugoslav System

        1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nc3 d6 6.Nf3 c5 7.dxc5 dxc5 8.O-O Nc6 9.Bf4 Be6 10.Ne5 Qc8 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.b3 Bh3 13.Rc1 Rd8 14.Qc2 Nh5 15.Be3 Bd4 16.Na4 Bxe3 17.fxe3 Bxg2 18.Kxg2 Qe6 19.Qc3 Qg4 20.Rf3 Ng7 21.Nxc5 Nf5 22.Kh1 Rd6 23.Rcf1 Qh3 24.Kg1 Nh6 25.R3f2 Ng4 26.Rg2 Qh6 27.Nd3 Rad8 28.Rf4 Nxe3 29.Rgf2 Nd1 30.Qa5 Nxf2 31.Nxf2 Qh5 32.Qxa7 Qxe2 33.Re4 Rd1+ 34.Kg2 Qf1+ 35.Kf3 R1d7 36.Qc5 e6 37.Qxc6 Rd3+ 38.Re3 Rd2 0-1

        Round 2, April 8
        Abdusattorov, Nodirbek – Saduakassova, Dinara
        C51 Evans Gambit, normal variation

        1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bxb4 5.c3 Ba5 6.d4 exd4 7.O-O d6 8.cxd4 Bb6 9.h3 Nge7 10.Ng5 d5 11.exd5 Na5 12.d6 Nxc4 13.Qa4+ Nc6 14.Re1+ Be6 15.Qxc4 O-O 16.Rxe6 fxe6 17.Qxe6+ Kh8 18.Qe4 g6 19.Qh4 h5 20.Bb2 Qf6 21.Nd2 Bxd4 22.Nde4 Qe5 23.Bxd4 Nxd4 24.Rb1 Nf5 25.Nf3 Nxh4 26.Nxe5 cxd6 27.Nxd6 Rf6 28.Ndf7+ Kg8 29.Rxb7 Rf8 30.Nh6+ Kh8 31.Nd7 Rxf2 32.Nxf8 Rxf8 33.Rxa7 Rb8 34.Ra4 Kg7 35.Rxh4 Kxh6 36.Rf4 Rb2 37.Rf2 Rb1+ 38.Rf1 Rb4 39.a3 Rb2 40.Ra1 Rb5 41.a4 Ra5 42.Kf2 Kg5 43.Ke3 Kh4 44.Kf3 Rf5+ 45.Ke4 Kg3 46.Ra2 Ra5 47.Kd4 g5 48.Kc4 h4 49.Kb4 Ra8 50.a5 Rb8+ 51.Kc5 1-0

        Round 2, April 8
        Mammadzada, Gunay – Praggnanandhaa, R.
        B56 Sicilian Defence

        1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.f3 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.Be3 Be6 9.Qe2 a5 10.O-O-O a4 11.Nc5 a3 12.b3 O-O 13.N5a4 Bd7 14.Qd2 Nd4 15.Bxd4 exd4 16.Qxd4 Bxa4 17.Nxa4 Qa5 18.Nb6 Rad8 19.Nc4 Qc7 20.Qb6 Qc8 21.Qb4 Qc7 22.Qa5 Qc6 23.Qb6 Qc8 24.Qb4 Qe6 25.Qb6 Nd7 26.Qe3 Nc5 27.Nxa3 d5 28.Kb1 Nxe4 29.fxe4 Bxa3 30.Bb5 dxe4 31.c3 Qe5 32.Bc4 b5 33.Be2 Bc5 34.Qg3 Qe7 35.Bxb5 e3 36.Qf3 Rxd1+ 37.Rxd1 Qe5 38.Kc2 Be7 39.Rd5 Qe6 40.Bd3 Bf6 41.c4 Re8 42.Be2 h6 43.Qf5 Qb6 44.Qd7 Rf8 45.c5 Qa5 46.Qa4 Qc3+ 47.Kd1 Qa1+ 48.Kc2 Qb2+ 49.Kd3 Qd2+ 0-1

        Round 2, April 8
        Nihal Sarin – Yip, Carissa
        B06 Robatsch Defence

        1.Nf3 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.d4 d6 4.Bc4 e6 5.O-O Ne7 6.Nbd2 a6 7.c3 Nd7 8.Re1 O-O 9.Bd3 e5 10.Nf1 c6 11.Ng3 h6 12.h3 Qc7 13.a4 Rd8 14.Qe2 b6 15.Be3 Bb7 16.dxe5 dxe5 17.b4 b5 18.c4 bxc4 19.Bxc4 a5 20.bxa5 Qxa5 21.Qa2 Rf8 22.Red1 Rad8 23.Bd2 Qa8 24.a5 Ba6 25.Be3 c5 26.Rd6 Bxc4 27.Qxc4 Nc6 28.Rxg6 Nxa5 29.Rxg7+ Kxg7 30.Qc3 Rfe8 31.Rxa5 Qc6 32.Nf5+ Kh7 33.Nxh6 Rf8 34.Nxe5 Qf6 35.Nhg4 Qh8 36.Ra6 Kg8 37.Nh6+ Kh7 38.Nhxf7 Nxe5 39.Rh6+ 1-0

        Round 2, April 8
        Yip, Carissa – Badelka, Olga
        B01 Scandinavian, Pytel-Wade variation

        1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd6 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nb5 Qd8 6.c4 c6 7.Nc3 Bg4 8.Qb3 Qb6 9.h3 Bh5 10.c5 Qxb3 11.axb3 Nbd7 12.b4 e5 13.dxe5 Nxe5 14.f4 Ned7 15.g4 Nxg4 16.hxg4 Bxg4 17.Bh3 f5 18.Kf2 Nf6 19.Bg2 a6 20.Nf3 O-O-O 21.Be3 Bxf3 22.Bxf3 Be7 23.Rhd1 h5 24.Rxd8+ Bxd8 25.Rh1 h4 26.Bd4 Rh7 27.Be5 Nd7 28.Bd6 Bf6 29.Be2 Bd4+ 30.Kf3 Nf6 31.Bc4 Kd7 32.Re1 h3 33.Be6+ Kd8 34.Bxf5 Rh5 35.Be7+ Kc7 36.Bxf6 Bxf6 37.Bg4 Rh8 38.Rh1 h2 39.Kg2 Rh4 40.Kg3 b6 41.Ne4 Be7 42.Rxh2 Rxh2 43.Kxh2 a5 44.cxb6+ Kxb6 45.bxa5+ Kxa5 46.Be6 Kb4 47.Kg3 c5 48.b3 1-0

        Round 3, April 8
        Praggnanandhaa, R. – Nihal Sarin
        E10 Queen’s Pawn game

        1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.Bf4 dxc4 6.e3 b5 7.Nxb5 Bb4+ 8.Nc3 Nd5 9.a3 Nxc3 10.Qd2 Bxa3 11.bxc3 Bd6 12.Bxd6 cxd6 13.Bxc4 O-O 14.O-O Bb7 15.Be2 Qc7 16.c4 a5 17.Rfc1 h6 18.Qc3 Rfc8 19.Nd2 e5 20.Bg4 exd4 21.exd4 Re8 22.Bxd7 Qxd7 23.Rxa5 Bxg2 24.Kxg2 Rxa5 25.Qxa5 Qg4+ 26.Kh1 Qxd4 27.Qd5 Qxf2 28.Rf1 Re1 29.Qa8+ Kh7 30.Qe4+ Rxe4 31.Rxf2 Rd4 32.Kg2 f5 33.Kf3 f4 34.Ke2 g5 35.Kd1 Kg6 36.Kc2 f3 37.Rxf3 Rh4 38.h3 g4 39.hxg4 Rxg4 40.Rd3 h5 41.Rxd6+ Kf7 42.Kd3 h4 43.Nf3 Rg3 44.Ke3 h3 45.Rh6 Kg7 46.Rh4 Kf6 47.Kf4 Rg8 48.Rxh3 Ke6 49.Ke4 Kd6 50.Kd3 Kc5 51.Rh5+ Kb4 52.Rb5+ Ka4 53.Rb1 Rd8+ 54.Nd4 Rc8 55.Kc3 Ka5 56.Rb5+ Ka6 57.c5 Rh8 58.Kc4 Rh6 59.Rb1 Rg6 60.Re1 Rh6 61.Re6+ 1-0

        (to be continued)

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        • #5
          Julius Bar Challengers Chess Tour

          April 8, 2021


          Polgar Challenge

          Day 1 (continued)

          Round 3, April 8
          Yoo, Christopher – Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat
          C44 Scotch, Goering Gambit

          1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.c3 d5 5.Bd3 dxc3 6.exd5 Qxd5 7.Nxc3 Bb4 8.O-O Bxc3 9.bxc3 Bg4 10.c4 Qd6 11.Qb3 Bxf3 12.gxf3 Nge7 13.Ba3 Qf6 14.Qxb7 O-O 15.Qxc7 Rfd8 16.Be4 Rac8 17.Qg3 Nd4 18.Kh1 Nef5 19.Qh3 Rxc4 20.Rad1 Re8 21.Bb2 Qb6 22.Bxd4 Nxd4 23.Qxh7+ Kf8 24.Qh8+ Ke7 25.Qxg7 Ne6 26.Qh6 Rcc8 27.Qh4+ Kf8 28.Rd7 Qb2 29.Rg1 Red8 30.Qe7# 1-0

          Final Position

          

          Round 3, April 8
          Gukesh, D. – Keymer, Vincent
          B10 Caro-Kann Defence, neo-QGD

          1.c4 c6 2.e4 d5 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.exd5 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nxd5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Bc4 e6 8.O-O Be7 9.d4 O-O 10.Qe2 Nxc3 11.bxc3 b6 12.Bd3 Bb7 13.Qe4 g6 14.Bh6 Re8 15.Qg4 Bf8 16.Bg5 Qc8 17.Rac1 Bg7 18.Qh4 Qc7 19.Rfe1 Ne7 20.Bf4 Qd8 21.Qg3 Nd5 22.Bg5 Qc7 23.Qh4 Rac8 24.c4 Ne7 25.Ne5 Nc6 26.Ng4 f5 27.Nf6+ Bxf6 28.Bxf6 Qf7 29.d5 Nb4 30.Bb1 exd5 31.Rxe8+ Qxe8 32.Qh6 Qf8 33.Qh4 Qe8 34.Qh6 Qf7 35.Bc3 Rxc4 36.a3 Na6 37.Bd3 Rc8 38.Bb2 Nc5 39.Bf1 Rd8 40.Qh4 Re8 41.Qd4 Kf8 42.Qh8+ Ke7 43.Re1+ Ne6 44.Qe5 Kf8 45.Bb5 Rc8 46.Qd6+ Qe7 47.Rxe6 Qxd6 48.Rxd6 Rc2 49.Rd8+ Ke7 50.Rd7+ Ke6 51.Rxb7 Rxb2 52.Bf1 d4 53.Rxa7 Rb1 54.Ra8 Ke7 55.Ra4 Rd1 56.g3 d3 57.Rd4 d2 58.Kg2 Ke6 59.Be2 Ra1 60.Rxd2 Rxa3 61.Rb2 f4 62.Rxb6+ Ke5 63.Rb5+ Kf6 64.gxf4 Rc3 65.Bf3 h6 66.Rb6+ Kf5 67.Kg3 h5 68.Rb5+ Kf6 69.h4 Ra3 70.f5 gxf5 71.Rb6+ Kg7 72.Kf4 Ra2 73.Kg5 Rxf2 74.Rb7+ Kg8 75.Kg6 Kf8 76.Kf6 Ke8 77.Bxh5+ Kd8 78.Bg6 f4 79.h5 f3 80.h6 Rh2 81.Kg7 f2 82.Rf7 1-0

          Round 4, April 8
          Abdumalik, Zhansaya – Bjerre, Jonas
          B90 Sicilian, Najdorf, Adams Attack

          1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.h3 e5 7.Nde2 h5 8.g3 Be7 9.Bg2 b5 10.O-O Nbd7 11.a4 b4 12.Nd5 a5 13.Nxe7 Qxe7 14.c3 Nc5 15.Bg5 Qe6 16.f4 Ba6 17.cxb4 axb4 18.Rc1 Rc8 19.fxe5 dxe5 20.Bxf6 gxf6 21.Qd2 O-O 22.Qh6 f5 23.Qxh5 Qg6 24.Bf3 Qxh5 25.Bxh5 fxe4 26.Rf6 Bxe2 27.Bxe2 Nxa4 28.Rxc8 Rxc8 29.b3 Kg7 30.Rd6 Rc1+ 31.Kf2 Nc5 32.Rb6 Rc2 33.Kf1 Nd3 34.Rd6 Rc3 35.Bd1 Nc5 36.Kf2 Nxb3 37.Rd5 Nc5 38.Be2 f6 39.h4 b3 40.Rd2 Rc2 41.Rd6 b2 42.Rb6 Na4 43.Rb7+ Kh6 44.g4 Nc3 45.g5+ fxg5 46.hxg5+ Kxg5 0-1

          Round 4, April 8
          Murzin, Volodar – Liang, Awonder
          B10 Caro-Kann Defence

          1.e4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.Ne5 Nf6 5.d4 Nc6 6.Bb5 Bd7 7.Nxd7 Qxd7 8.c3 e6 9.O-O Bd6 10.Nd2 O-O 11.Nf3 Qc7 12.g3 Ne4 13.Bd3 Rae8 14.Ng5 f5 15.Kg2 h6 16.Nh3 g5 17.f3 Nf6 18.Bd2 Qg7 19.Kh1 Kh8 20.Qe2 Rg8 21.Rae1 Qf7 22.Qg2 g4 23.fxg4 Rxg4 24.Nf4 Ne4 25.Bxe4 dxe4 26.Qh3 Bxf4 27.Rxf4 h5 28.Rxg4 fxg4 29.Qg2 e5 30.Qxe4 Rd8 31.Bg5 Rg8 32.Be3 exd4 33.Bxd4+ Nxd4 34.Qxd4+ Rg7 35.Kg1 b6 36.a4 Kh7 37.Re5 Qg6 38.Qd2 Qb1+ 39.Re1 Qf5 40.Qf2 Qg6 41.Qd4 Rf7 42.Qe4 Kg7 43.Qxg6+ Kxg6 44.Re4 Rd7 45.Kf2 Rd1 46.Re1 Rd2+ 47.Re2 Rd1 48.Ke3 Kf5 49.Rd2 Ra1 50.b3 Ra3 51.Rb2 Ke5 52.Kd3 Kd5 53.c4+ Kc5 54.Kc3 Ra1 55.Rd2 Kc6 56.Rd5 h4 57.gxh4 Rc1+ 58.Kb4 Rc2 59.Rg5 a5+ 60.Ka3 Rg2 61.b4 Rxh2 62.Rg6+ Kc7 63.bxa5 bxa5 64.Rxg4 Rh3+ 65.Kb2 Kc6 66.Kc2 Kc5 67.Kd2 Kb4 68.c5+ Kxc5 69.Ke2 Rb3 70.Kf2 Kd6 71.h5 Rh3 72.Rg5 Rh4 73.Rxa5 Ke6 74.Kg3 Rb4 75.h6 Kf7 76.Rh5 Kg8 77.a5 Kh7 78.Kf3 Ra4 79.Ke3 Rb4 80.Kd3 Ra4 81.Kc3 Rg4 82.Kb3 Rg1 83.Kb4 Rb1+ 84.Kc5 Rc1+ 85.Kb6 1-0

          Round 4, April 8
          Nihal Sarin – Salimova, Nurgyul
          E05 Catalan, open, Classical line

          1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.a4 Bd7 9.Qxc4 Bc6 10.Bg5 Nbd7 11.Nc3 h6 12.Bxf6 Nxf6 13.Rfd1 Qd6 14.Ne1 Bxg2 15.Kxg2 Rad8 16.Nf3 c6 17.a5 Qb8 18.e4 Qa7 19.h4 Rd7 20.Rd2 Bd8 21.Ne5 Re7 22.b4 Bc7 23.Nf3 Rd7 24.e5 Nd5 25.Ne4 Re7 26.Nc5 f6 27.exf6 Rxf6 28.Ne5 Bxe5 29.dxe5 Rf5 30.Re1 Qb8 31.Qe4 Qf8 32.f3 g5 33.h5 Qf7 34.Rd3 Re8 35.Rh1 Rf8 36.Rf1 Kh8 37.Rf2 Rg8 38.Rfd2 Nf4+ 39.gxf4 gxf4+ 40.Kf1 Qxh5 41.Rd7 Qh1+ 42.Ke2 Rg2+ 43.Kd3 Qb1+ 44.Kc3 Qa1+ 45.Kb3 Rg8 46.Nxe6 1-0

          Round 4, April 8
          Badelka, Olga – Praggnanandhaa, R.
          E67 King’s Indian, Fianchetto, Classical variation

          1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.g3 d6 5.Bg2 O-O 6.Nc3 Nbd7 7.O-O e5 8.e4 Re8 9.Qc2 exd4 10.Nxd4 Nc5 11.Rd1 Ng4 12.b3 Ne6 13.Nxe6 Bxe6 14.Bb2 Nf6 15.Rac1 Nd7 16.Ba3 Qc8 17.Nd5 a5 18.f4 f5 19.Re1 fxe4 20.Bxe4 c6 21.Nc3 Nc5 22.Bf3 Bf5 23.Qd2 Nd3 24.Rxe8+ Qxe8 25.g4 Bd4+ 26.Kg2 Be3 27.Qd1 Nxf4+ 28.Kg3 Bd3 29.Bxd6 g5 30.Bxf4 gxf4+ 31.Kg2 Rd8 32.Ra1 Bg6 33.Qf1 Rd2+ 34.Ne2 Qd7 35.Kh1 Bd3 36.Re1 Qg7 37.Qh3 Qg5 38.Qg2 Qh4 39.Rf1 h6 40.a4 Kg7 41.c5 Qg5 42.Qh3 Bxc5 43.Nc3 Bxf1 44.Qxf1 Rf2 45.Qd3 Rxh2+ 46.Kxh2 Qh4+ 0-1

          Round 5, April 8
          Liang, Awonder – Mammadzada, Gunay
          A07 Reti, king’s Indian Attack, Yugoslav variation

          1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c6 3.Bg2 Bg4 4.O-O Nd7 5.c4 Bxf3 6.Bxf3 Ne5 7.Bg2 Nxc4 8.d3 Nd6 9.e4 e6 10.Nc3 Ne7 11.h4 Qd7 12.Be3 dxe4 13.dxe4 Nc4 14.Qe2 Nxe3 15.Qxe3 Nc8 16.Rad1 Qc7 17.Qg5 h6 18.Qg4 Nb6 19.e5 h5 20.Qg5 Nd7 21.Rfe1 g6 22.Qc1 O-O-O 23.Qf4 Bg7 24.Qxf7 Nxe5 25.Qxe6+ Kb8 26.Ne4 Nd3 27.Re3 Nxb2 28.Rb1 Rd1+ 29.Rxd1 Nxd1 30.Rb3 Ka8 31.Nd6 Rb8 32.Rxb7 Rxb7 33.Qe8+ Qb8 34.Qxc6 a5 35.Nc8 Bd4 36.Qa6+ Ba7 37.Nb6# 1-0

          Round 5, April 8
          Yoo, Christopher – Murzin, Volodar
          E61 King’s Indian

          1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.Bg5 d6 6.Qd2 Nbd7 7.e4 e5 8.Bd3 Re8 9.O-O Nf8 10.d5 h5 11.h3 a5 12.a3 a4 13.Bc2 Bd7 14.Qd1 N8h7 15.Bxf6 Nxf6 16.Re1 Bh6 17.Bxa4 Bxa4 18.Nxa4 Kh8 19.Nc3 Rg8 20.Nh2 Qd7 21.Qd3 Qe7 22.b4 Nd7 23.a4 Nb8 24.a5 Na6 25.Rab1 Qd7 26.Nf3 Raf8 27.c5 Nb8 28.cxd6 cxd6 29.b5 Qe7 30.a6 Nd7 31.axb7 Nc5 32.Qc4 f5 33.b6 Rb8 34.Qb5 Rxb7 35.Qc6 f4 36.Nb5 Rd8 37.Nd2 g5 38.Nc4 Bf8 39.Nbxd6 Rxd6 40.Qxc5 Rd8 41.Qxe7 Bxe7 42.Nxe5 1-0

          Round 5, April 8
          Shuvalova, Polina – Abdusattorov, Nodirbek
          E10 Queen’s Pawn game

          1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Nc3 dxc4 6.Bg2 Bd7 7.Ne5 Bc6 8.Nxc6 Nxc6 9.Qa4 Nd5 10.Bd2 O-O 11.a3 Nb6 12.Qd1 Be7 13.e3 Na5 14.Rc1 Nb3 15.Rc2 c5 16.dxc5 Nxc5 17.O-O Qd3 18.Qb1 Rad8 19.Nb5 Nb3 20.Bc3 Na4 21.Nd4 Nxc3 22.Rxc3 Qxb1 23.Rxb1 Nxd4 24.exd4 b5 25.a4 a6 26.axb5 axb5 27.Bc6 Rb8 28.d5 Rb6 29.b3 Bf6 30.Rc2 c3 31.b4 Rd8 32.Re1 Kf8 33.Rce2 g5 34.Kg2 Kg7 35.Rd1 exd5 36.Be8 d4 0-1

          Round 5, April 8
          Gukesh, D. – Abdumalik, Zhansaya
          E60 King’s Indian

          1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 c5 4.d5 Bg7 5.Bg2 d6 6.Nc3 O-O 7.Nf3 e6 8.O-O exd5 9.cxd5 a6 10.a4 Bf5 11.Nd2 Re8 12.e4 Bg4 13.f3 Bc8 14.Nc4 Bf8 15.Bf4 Nh5 16.Be3 Nd7 17.a5 b5 18.axb6 Nxb6 19.Na5 Nf6 20.Qd2 Qc7 21.Rfc1 Nfd7 22.f4 Qd8 23.Nc6 Qc7 24.b3 Bb7 25.Na5 Bc8 26.Ra2 Nf6 27.h3 Bg7 28.b4 Nfd7 29.e5 Rb8 30.Ne4 dxe5 31.bxc5 Nxd5 32.Qxd5 Nf6 33.Qd6 Qxd6 34.Nxd6 Be6 35.Nxe8 Bxa2 36.Nxg7 Kxg7 37.fxe5 Nd7 38.c6 Nxe5 39.c7 1-0

          Round 5, April 8
          Keymer, Vincent – Mendonca, Leon
          A15 English Opening

          1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.e3 Be7 5.b3 O-O 6.Bb2 b6 7.cxd5 exd5 8.d4 Bb7 9.Bd3 Nbd7 10.O-O a6 11.Ne2 Re8 12.Ng3 Bd6 13.Nf5 Bf8 14.Ne5 g6 15.Ng3 Bg7 16.f4 c5 17.Qf3 Qc7 18.Rac1 Rac8 19.Qe2 a5 20.Bb5 Re7 21.Rfd1 Qd8 22.a4 cxd4 23.exd4 Nf8 24.Rxc8 Qxc8 25.f5 Rc7 26.Bd3 Qd8 27.Rf1 Qd6 28.h4 Ne4 29.Nxe4 dxe4 30.Bxe4 Bxe4 31.Qxe4 Qb4 32.fxg6 hxg6 33.Qd5 Bxe5 34.Qxe5 Re7 35.Qf6 Nh7 36.Qf3 Qd2 37.Rf2 Qe1+ 38.Kh2 Qe3 39.d5 Qxf3 40.Rxf3 Rd7 41.Rc3 f6 42.Rc6 Rxd5 43.Bxf6 b5 44.Bc3 Nf8 45.Rc7 Ne6 46.Re7 Nd4 47.axb5 Nf5 48.Rb7 Rd3 49.Rc7 Rd5 50.b6 Nd6 51.Rd7 Rc5 52.Rxd6 Rxc3 53.Rd8+ 1-0

          How should White finish off the game?

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          • #6
            Julius Bar Challengers Chess Tour

            April 9, 2021

            Polgar Challenge

            Day 2


            Round 6, April 9
            Abdumalik, Zhansaya – Keymer, Vincent
            B90 Sicilian, Najdorf, Adams Attack

            1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.h3 e5 7.Nde2 h5 8.g3 Be7 9.Bg2 b5 10.Nd5 Nbd7 11.O-O Nxd5 12.Qxd5 Rb8 13.Be3 h4 14.g4 Bb7 15.Qd2 O-O 16.Nc3 Rc8 17.Rac1 Re8 18.Nd5 Bxd5 19.Qxd5 Nb6 20.Qb7 Nc4 21.Qxa6 Qd7 22.a4 bxa4 23.b3 Nxe3 24.fxe3 Bg5 25.Qd3 Qa7 26.Rce1 a3 27.c4 a2 28.Kf2 Rb8 29.Ra1 Qa3 30.Qc2 Bxe3+ 31.Ke2 Qxb3 32.Rxa2 Bd4 33.Qxb3 Rxb3 34.Rf3 Rb4 35.Rc2 Ra8 36.Kd2 Ra1 37.Bf1 Rbb1 38.Be2 Bc5 39.Rd3 Bb4+ 40.Ke3 Rh1 41.g5 Rxh3+ 42.Kf2 Rh2+ 43.Ke3 Bc5+ 44.Kd2 Rg1 45.Rb3 h3 46.Rb8+ Kh7 47.Rb3 Kg6 48.Rf3 Rxe2+ 49.Kxe2 h2 0-1

            Round 6, April 9
            Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat – Gukesh, D.
            D38 QGD Ragozin variation

            1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.Bg5 Nbd7 7.Qb3 c5 8.dxc5 Qa5 9.a3 Bxc3+ 10.bxc3 Ne4 11.Qb4 Qxc5 12.Be3 Qc7 13.Bd4 a5 14.Qb2 O-O 15.e3 Ndc5 16.Bb5 Bg4 17.Ne5 Bh5 18.O-O a4 19.f3 Nf6 20.Nd3 Nb3 21.Rae1 Nxd4 22.cxd4 Rfc8 23.Rc1 Qe7 24.Rfe1 Rxc1 25.Qxc1 Bg6 26.Nc5 Ne8 27.Bxe8 Rxe8 28.Qb2 Qg5 29.Qxb7 h5 30.f4 Qh4 31.g3 Qd8 32.Qc6 Re7 33.Qxa4 h4 34.Qd1 Qa5 35.a4 Bh5 36.Qb1 Qd2 37.Qc1 Qa5 38.Rf1 h3 39.Qe1 Qa8 40.Qf2 Qa5 41.Qe1 Qa8 42.Qd2 Qe8 43.Re1 Ra7 44.a5 Qb5 45.a6 Bg6 46.Qe2 Qa5 47.Rf1 Bf5 48.Qf3 Qd2 49.g4 Bc8 50.Qf2 Qc3 51.Qe1 Qa3 52.Qg3 Bxa6 53.Nxa6 Qxa6 54.Qxh3 Qd3 55.Qf3 Ra2 56.Rf2 Ra1+ 57.Kg2 Re1 58.e4 Qxd4 59.exd5 Re3 60.d6 Rxf3 61.Rxf3 Qxd6 62.h4 Qd2+ 63.Kg3 Qe1+ 64.Kh3 Qh1+ 65.Kg3 Qg1+ 66.Kh3 Kh7 67.h5 Kh6 68.Ra3 Qf2 69.Ra6+ f6 0-1

            Round 6, April 9
            Abdusattorov, Nodirbek – Bjerre, Jonas
            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.Bg5 Be6 9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.Qd3 Be7 11.O-O-O Nd7 12.Nd5 Bxd5 13.Qxd5 Qc7 14.Kb1 O-O 15.Nd2 Nf6 16.Qd3 Rfd8 17.Bf3 Rac8 18.c3 b5 19.Rhe1 a5 20.Qxb5 Rb8 21.Qa4 Qxc3 22.Nb3 Qc7 23.Rc1 Qb6 24.Re2 d5 25.exd5 e4 26.Bxe4 Nxe4 27.Qxe4 Bf6 28.Rc6 Qb5 29.Qc4 Rxd5 30.Qxb5 Rdxb5 31.Rc5 h5 32.Rxb5 Rxb5 33.Re4 h4 34.Kc2 Rf5 35.f4 g5 36.fxg5 Rxg5 37.Re2 a4 38.Nd2 Rc5+ 39.Kb1 Bg5 40.a3 f5 41.Nf3 Rc1+ 42.Ka2 Bf6 43.h3 Kg7 44.Ne1 Kg6 45.Nd3 Rc4 46.Kb1 Rd4 47.Kc2 Rc4+ 48.Kd2 Rd4 49.Re6 Kf7 50.Rb6 Bg5+ 51.Ke2 Re4+ 52.Kf1 Bf6 53.Rb4 Re3 54.Nf4 Be5 55.Kf2 Bxf4 56.Rxf4 Rb3 57.Rxf5+ Kg6 58.Rf4 Rxb2+ 59.Kg1 Kh5 60.Rxa4 Ra2 61.Ra8 Kg5 62.a4 Kg6 63.Rg8+ Kh5 64.Rg4 Rb2 65.Kf1 Rd2 66.Ke1 Rd8 67.a5 Re8+ 68.Kf2 Rf8+ 69.Ke3 Re8+ 70.Kf3 Rf8+ 71.Rf4 Rg8 72.Ra4 Rf8+ 73.Ke4 Kg5 74.Ke5 Rf1 75.a6 1-0

            Round 6, April 9
            Nihal Sarin – Liang, Awonder
            D52 QGD, Cambridge Springs Defence

            1.Nf3 c6 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 d5 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.e3 Qa5 7.Nd2 Be7 8.cxd5 exd5 9.Bd3 Nf8 10.O-O Ng6 11.f4 h6 12.Bxf6 Bxf6 13.Qh5 O-O 14.Nf3 Ne7 15.Ne4 Qd8 16.Nxf6+ gxf6 17.Qxh6 Bf5 18.Rad1 Bxd3 19.Rxd3 Nf5 20.Qh3 Ng7 21.Nh4 Qe7 22.e4 Qxe4 23.Rg3 1-0

            Round 6, April 9
            Yip, Carissa – Praggnanandhaa, R.
            B67 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer, Rauzer Attack

            1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.O-O-O Bd7 9.f4 b5 10.Nxc6 Bxc6 11.f5 b4 12.Bxf6 Qxf6 13.Ne2 Be7 14.Nd4 Bxe4 15.fxe6 fxe6 16.Re1 Bd5 17.Bd3 O-O 18.Kb1 Qf7 19.Rhf1 Bf6 20.g4 Qd7 21.Nb3 a5 22.g5 Be5 23.Rxf8+ Rxf8 24.Nxa5 Qa4 25.Nb3 Ra8 26.Bxh7+ Kxh7 27.Qd3+ Kg8 28.Qh3 Qxa2+ 29.Kc1 Qxb2+ 30.Kd1 Bxb3 0-1

            Round 7, April 9
            Praggnanandhaa R. – Zhu, Jiner
            C00 Reti, King’s Indian Attack

            1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 e6 3.Bg2 d5 4.O-O c5 5.d3 Nc6 6.Nbd2 Be7 7.e4 Qc7 8.Re1 O-O 9.e5 Nd7 10.Qe2 b5 11.Nf1 b4 12.Bf4 a5 13.Ne3 Qb6 14.h4 Bb7 15.Qd2 Rfd8 16.h5 a4 17.h6 g6 18.a3 Nd4 19.Nxd4 cxd4 20.Ng4 bxa3 21.bxa3 Qa5 22.Qc1 Rdc8 23.Bg5 Qd8 24.Bxe7 Qxe7 25.Rb1 Ba6 26.Rb4 Bxd3 27.Rb7 Kh8 28.Nf6 Bb5 29.Rxb5 Nxf6 30.exf6 Qxf6 31.Qd2 Rc4 32.Reb1 Qe5 33.Rb7 Kg8 34.Bf1 Rc3 35.Bd3 Rac8 36.Ra7 Rxa3 37.Qb4 Rac3 38.Qb7 Rf8 39.Ra8 Qd6 40.Qa7 Rcc8 41.Rxc8 Rxc8 42.Qxd4 Qf8 43.Qxa4 Qxh6 44.Qd7 Rf8 45.Qd6 Qd2 46.Kg2 h5 47.Rb7 Qg5 48.Qb4 Qf6 49.Qb2 Qg5 50.Qd4 Rc8 51.Qh4 Qxh4 52.gxh4 Kg7 53.Kg3 Kf6 54.f3 Rc5 55.Rd7 Rc8 56.Ra7 Rb8 57.Ra1 Rb4 58.f4 Rb7 59.Kf3 Rb4 60.Ke3 Rb7 61.Kd2 Rb4 62.Rf1 Rb7 63.Kc3 Rc7+ 64.Kd4 Rc8 65.Rb1 Rc7 66.Rb6 Rc8 67.Rb7 Rc6 68.c3 Rc8 69.Bb5 Ra8 70.Kc5 Rf8 71.Kd6 Rc8 72.Bc6 Rf8 73.Bd7 Ra8 74.Rc7 Rd8 75.Rc8 Rxc8 76.Bxc8 Kf5 77.Ke7 Kxf4 78.Kxf7 g5 79.hxg5 Kxg5 80.Kxe6 1-0

            Round 7, April 9
            Salimova, Nurgyul – Yip, Carissa
            D76 Neo-Grunfeld

            1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Nf3 Nb6 7.O-O Nc6 8.e3 O-O 9.Nc3 Re8 10.Nh4 e5 11.d5 Nb4 12.e4 c6 13.a3 Na6 14.Be3 cxd5 15.Bxb6 Qxb6 16.Nxd5 Qxb2 17.Qf3 Qb5 18.Rab1 Qd7 19.Rfc1 b6 20.Bf1 Bb7 21.Bb5 Qd6 22.Bxe8 Rxe8 23.Ng2 Nc5 24.Rd1 Qb8 25.Nge3 h5 26.Qg2 Ne6 27.f3 Nd4 28.Qf2 Ba6 29.Rd2 Qd6 30.a4 Bf8 31.Kg2 Qd8 32.Nb4 Bb7 33.Nbd5 Bc5 34.Qf1 Kg7 35.a5 f5 36.axb6 axb6 37.Qc4 Rf8 38.Ra1 f4 39.Ra7 Rf7 40.Rxb7 Rxb7 41.Nf1 Rf7 42.Rd3 Qf8 43.gxf4 Qd8 44.fxe5 Qg5+ 45.Ng3 h4 46.f4 Qg4 47.h3 Qc8 48.Rxd4 hxg3 49.Rd3 Qa8 50.e6 Ra7 51.Qc3+ Kh6 52.Rd2 Ra1 53.Ne3 Ra3 54.Ng4+ Kh7 55.Rd7+ 1-0 Mate in two

            Round 7, April 9
            Liang, Awonder – Badelka, Olga
            E04 Catalan, open

            1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 d5 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 c6 6.O-O b5 7.a4 Bb7 8.Ng5 a6 9.e4 Be7 10.e5 Nd5 11.Qh5 g6 12.Qh6 Bf8 13.Qh3 Nd7 14.Nc3 Nxc3 15.bxc3 Be7 16.Ne4 c5 17.Nd6+ Bxd6 18.Bxb7 Rb8 19.Bc6 Be7 20.axb5 O-O 21.bxa6 Qc7 22.Qg2 Qa7 23.Be3 cxd4 24.cxd4 Nb6 25.d5 exd5 26.Bxd5 Rfc8 27.e6 f6 28.Bb7 Rc7 29.Rfb1 Bc5 30.Bf4 Rbxb7 31.axb7 Qxb7 32.Qxb7 Rxb7 33.Rb5 Bd4 34.Rd1 1-0

            Round 7, April 9
            Yoo, Christopher – Nihal Sarin
            D24 QGA

            1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.Qa4+ Nbd7 6.e4 Be7 7.Bxc4 O-O 8.Qc2 c5 9.e5 Nd5 10.Nxd5 exd5 11.Bd3 h6 12.O-O cxd4 13.Bf4 Nc5 14.Nxd4 Bd7 15.Bf5 Rc8 16.Bxd7 Qxd7 17.Qf5 Ne6 18.Rfd1 Rfd8 19.Be3 Nxd4 20.Qxd7 Rxd7 21.Bxd4 Bc5 22.Rac1 Rdc7 23.Kf1 Bxd4 24.Rxc7 Rxc7 25.Rxd4 Rc2 26.Rxd5 Rxb2 27.Rd7 a5 28.a4 Rb4 29.f3 b6 30.Rb7 Rxa4 31.Rxb6 Ra2 32.Ra6 a4 33.Kg1 a3 34.h4 h5 35.Kh2 Re2 36.Rxa3 Rxe5 37.Kg3 g6 38.Rd3 Kg7 39.Kf2 Ra5 40.Re3 Ra2+ 41.Kg3 Ra4 42.Rd3 Rc4 43.Ra3 Rb4 44.Re3 Ra4 45.Rc3 Rb4 46.Rc7 Ra4 47.Rd7 Rb4 48.Rc7 Ra4 49.Rb7 Rc4 50.Ra7 Rb4 51.Rc7 1/2-1/2

            Round 7, April 9
            Gukesh, D. – Abdusattorov, Nodirbek
            E10 Queen’s Pawn game

            1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 d5 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Nbd2 dxc4 6.Bg2 b5 7.a4 c6 8.O-O a5 9.Ne1 Ra7 10.Nc2 Be7 11.e4 O-O 12.e5 Nd5 13.Ne4 Nd7 14.h4 f6 15.exf6 N7xf6 16.Ng5 h6 17.Nf3 Ng4 18.Qe2 Qe8 19.Nd2 h5 20.Ne4 Qg6 21.Ne3 Nb4 22.axb5 cxb5 23.Nc3 Nxe3 24.Bxe3 Bd7 25.d5 Ra6 26.Rad1 exd5 27.Nxd5 Nxd5 28.Bxd5+ Kh8 29.Bf3 Bg4 30.Bxg4 Qxg4 31.Qxg4 hxg4 32.Rd7 Bf6 33.Bd4 Rd8 34.Rxd8+ Bxd8 35.Re1 Rd6 36.Re4 a4 37.Rxg4 Bf6 38.Bxf6 gxf6 39.Rf4 Rd2 40.Rxf6 Rxb2 41.Kg2 a3 42.Ra6 a2 43.Ra8+ Kg7 44.Ra7+ Kf6 45.Ra6+ Kf7 46.Ra7+ Kg6 47.Ra6+ Kf5 48.h5 Kg5 49.h6 a1=Q 50.Rxa1 Kxh6 51.Ra6+ Kg5 52.Rc6 Kf5 53.Kf3 Rb3+ 54.Ke2 c3 55.Kd3 b4 56.Rc5+ Ke6 57.g4 Rb2 58.Rc4 Kd5 59.Rd4+ Kc5 60.Rc4+ Kb5 61.Rf4 Rd2+ 62.Ke3 b3 63.Rf8 b2 64.Rb8+ Kc4 65.g5 Rd5 66.g6 c2 67.Rc8+ Rc5 0-1 Mate in 7 moves

            Round 8, April 9
            Zhu, Hiner – Abdumalik, Zhansaya
            C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Bogolyubov variation

            1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.d4 d6 9.c3 Bg4 10.d5 Na5 11.Bc2 c5 12.h3 Bd7 13.b3 Re8 14.Be3 Bf8 15.Nbd2 g6 16.Nf1 Nh5 17.Qd2 Bg7 18.Ng3 Nf4 19.Ne2 Qf6 20.Nxf4 exf4 21.Bxf4 Qxc3 22.e5 Qxd2 23.Bxd2 Nb7 24.Bf4 c4 25.Rad1 a5 26.exd6 cxb3 27.axb3 Rac8 28.Bb1 Nc5 29.Rxe8+ Rxe8 30.Rc1 Rc8 31.Nd2 a4 32.bxa4 Nxa4 33.Rc7 Rxc7 34.dxc7 Nc3 35.Bd3 b4 36.d6 Nd5 37.Bb5 Be6 38.d7 1-0

            Round 8, April 9
            Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat – Mendonca, Leon
            D12 QGD Slav

            1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 d5 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Be4 7.f3 Bg6 8.Qb3 Qc7 9.Bd2 Be7 10.Nxg6 hxg6 11.O-O-O dxc4 12.Bxc4 b5 13.Bd3 a6 14.h3 Nbd7 15.Ne4 c5 16.Nxf6+ Bxf6 17.Kb1 O-O 18.Be4 Rac8 19.h4 cxd4 20.exd4 Bxd4 21.h5 Nc5 22.Qc2 f5 23.Bb4 Rfd8 24.Bd3 gxh5 25.Bxc5 Qxc5 26.Qe2 Qe5 27.Rxh5 Qxe2 28.Bxe2 Kf7 29.g4 g6 30.Rh7+ Bg7 31.gxf5 exf5 32.Rhh1 Be5 33.Bd3 Kf6 34.Bc2 Rh8 35.a4 bxa4 36.Bxa4 Rb8 37.b3 Rxh1 38.Rxh1 Rd8 39.Kc2 Rc8+ 40.Kd2 Bf4+ 41.Kd3 Rd8+ 42.Ke2 Rd2+ 43.Ke1 Rc2 44.Rh8 Kg5 45.Ra8 Kh4 46.Rxa6 g5 47.Rc6 Rb2 48.Rc5 Kg3 49.Rxf5 Kxf3 50.Rc5 Rb1+ 0-1

            Round 8, April 9
            Abdusattorov, Nodirbek – Keymer, Vincent
            B50 Sicilian Defence, Scheveningen/Najdorf

            1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 dxe5 5.Nxe5 a6 6.a4 Qc7 7.d4 e6 8.Bf4 Bd6 9.Bg3 Nbd7 10.Nc4 Bxg3 11.hxg3 O-O 12.Qd3 h6 13.a5 b5 14.axb6 Nxb6 15.dxc5 Nxc4 16.Qxc4 Rb8 17.Bd3 Rxb2 18.O-O Bb7 19.Na4 Rb5 20.Qc3 Ra5 21.Rfb1 Bxg2 22.Kxg2 Rxa4 23.Rxa4 Qc6+ 24.Kg1 Qxa4 25.Ra1 Qg4 26.c6 Nd5 27.Qe5 Rc8 28.Rxa6 Nb4 29.Rb6 Qd1+ 30.Kg2 Nxc2 31.Rb8 Rf8 32.Rxf8+ Kxf8 33.Qd6+ Ke8 34.Qd7+ Kf8 35.Qd8# 1-0

            (to be continued)

            Comment


            • #7
              Julius Bar Challengers Chess Tour

              April 9, 2021

              Polgar Challenge

              Day 2 (continued)


              Round 8, April 9
              Murzin, Volodar – Gukesh, D.
              C70 Ruy Lopez, Classical Defence deferred

              1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Bc5 5.O-O Nge7 6.Nxe5 Nxe5 7.d4 b5 8.Bb3 Bxd4 9.Qxd4 d6 10.Qe3 c5 11.c3 Be6 12.Bc2 O-O 13.Nd2 f5 14.f4 N5g6 15.Nf3 fxe4 16.Bxe4 Nd5 17.Qe1 Ngxf4 18.Bxf4 Nxf4 19.Bxa8 Qxa8 20.Qd2 Bc4 21.Qxd6 Rf6 22.Qd2 Bxf1 23.Rxf1 Qf8 24.Kh1 c4 25.b3 Nd3 26.bxc4 bxc4 27.Qe3 h6 28.h3 Qf7 29.Qd4 Rf4 30.Qd6 Rf6 31.Qd4 Qe6 32.Qd8+ Kh7 33.Qd4 Qe2 34.Kg1 Rf4 35.Qd5 Qe3+ 36.Kh2 Ne5 37.Qb7 Qxc3 38.Nxe5 Qxe5 39.Rxf4 Qxf4+ 40.Kh1 Qc1+ 41.Kh2 Qf4+ 42.Kh1 c3 43.Qc6 Qc1+ 44.Kh2 Qf4+ 45.Kh1 Qe5 46.Qc4 Qe1+ 47.Kh2 Qe5+ 48.Kh1 a5 49.Qd3+ Kg8 50.Qd8+ Kf7 51.Qd7+ Kf6 52.Qc6+ Kg5 53.Qc4 Qe1+ 54.Kh2 Qe5+ 55.Kh1 h5 56.a4 g6 57.Qc6 Qe1+ 58.Kh2 Qe5+ 59.Kh1 Qe3 60.Qc7 Qc1+ 61.Kh2 Qf4+ 0-1 Mate in 7 moves

              Round 8, April 9
              Nihal Sarin – Shuvalova, Polina
              A15 English Opening

              1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.e3 Be7 5.b3 O-O 6.Bb2 dxc4 7.Bxc4 c5 8.d4 b6 9.d5 exd5 10.Nxd5 Bb7 11.Nxe7+ Qxe7 12.O-O Nbd7 13.Qe2 Rad8 14.Rfd1 h6 15.a4 Ne4 16.Qc2 Ng5 17.Nxg5 Qxg5 18.f4 Qe7 19.Qg6 Nf6 20.Bxf6 Qxf6 21.Qxf6 gxf6 22.Kf2 Kg7 23.g4 a6 24.h3 f5 25.Rac1 Kf6 26.Be2 a5 27.Bd3 fxg4 28.hxg4 Rg8 29.Bc4 Ke7 30.Kg3 Bc8 31.Rxd8 Rxd8 32.Rh1 Rg8 33.Rh4 Rg6 34.Kf3 Rd6 35.Rh5 Bb7+ 36.Kg3 Bc6 37.f5 Rd1 38.Rxh6 f6 39.Rh7+ Kd6 40.Rf7 Rg1+ 41.Kf4 Bd7 42.Rxf6+ Ke7 43.Rxb6 Rg2 44.e4 1-0

              Round 8, April 9
              Badelka, Olga – Yoo, Christopher
              D24 QGA

              1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e3 a6 6.a4 Bb4 7.Bxc4 b6 8.O-O Bb7 9.Qe2 Nbd7 10.Rd1 Qe7 11.Bd3 c5 12.Na2 a5 13.Nxb4 axb4 14.e4 cxd4 15.e5 Nd5 16.Bg5 f6 17.exf6 gxf6 18.Bd2 O-O 19.Nxd4 Ne5 20.Be4 Kh8 21.f4 Qc5 22.Bxb4 Nxb4 23.Bxb7 Ned3 24.Bxa8 Qxd4+ 25.Kf1 Rxa8 26.Ra3 Qxf4+ 27.Qf3 Qxf3+ 28.gxf3 Nxb2 29.Rd6 Nc4 0-1

              Round 8, April 9
              Lei, Tingjie – Liang, Awonder
              E71 King’s Indian, Makagonov System

              1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.h3 O-O 6.Nf3 e5 7.d5 a5 8.Be3 Na6 9.g4 Nc5 10.Nd2 c6 11.Be2 a4 12.Qc2 Qa5 13.f3 Bd7 14.Kf2 Ne8 15.Rag1 a3 16.b3 Nc7 17.h4 N7a6 18.Ndb1 Nb4 19.Qd1 f5 20.gxf5 gxf5 21.Bh6 Rf7 22.Rxg7+ Rxg7 23.Rg1 Rg6 24.h5 Qb6 25.hxg6 Nxe4+ 26.Kg2 Qf2+ 27.Kh1 Qh4+ 28.Kg2 Qg3+ 0-1

              With Dinara Saduakassova having to abandon play at least for today due to internet connection issues, Boris Gelfand offers to step in and play Praggnanandhaa!

              Round 9, April 9
              Liang, Awonder – Yip, Carissa
              A45 Queen’s Pawn game

              1.d4 Nf6 2.Bf4 g6 3.Nc3 d6 4.e4 c6 5.Qd2 Nbd7 6.Nf3 Bg7 7.Bh6 O-O 8.Bxg7 Kxg7 9.O-O-O Qc7 10.h4 h5 11.Bd3 b5 12.Rdg1 b4 13.Nd1 Nb6 14.g4 Nxg4 15.Ne3 c5 16.b3 Nxe3 17.Qxe3 c4 18.Be2 Ba6 19.Kb1 cxb3 20.cxb3 Bxe2 21.Qxe2 a5 22.d5 Qc3 23.Rc1 Qf6 24.Rc6 Nd7 25.Rhc1 a4 26.Qb2 Qxb2+ 27.Kxb2 Nc5 28.Rc4 axb3 29.axb3 Ra3 30.Rxb4 Rfa8 31.Kc3 Ra1 32.e5 R8a2 33.exd6 exd6 34.Kc4 Rxf2 35.Nd4 Rf6 36.Kb5 Rh1 37.Rc4 Rb1 38.b4 Nd3 39.Rc7 Rf2 40.Nc6 Rfb2 41.Rd4 Rb3 42.Rd7 Rf1 43.Rxd6 Nc1 44.Rd8 Rf5 45.Kb6 Na2 46.d6 Nc3 47.d7 Rb5+ 48.Kc7 Nd5+ 49.Kd6 1-0

              Round 9, April 9
              Yoo, Christopher – Lei, Tingjie
              D38 QGD, Ragozin variation

              1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Qb3 c5 6.Bg5 Qa5 7.Bxf6 dxc4 8.Qxc4 gxf6 9.dxc5 Bd7 10.Rc1 Bxc5 11.e3 Nc6 12.Be2 Qb4 13.Qd3 Ne5 14.Nxe5 fxe5 15.Bf3 f5 16.O-O e4 17.Bh5+ Ke7 18.Nd5+ exd5 19.Qxd5 Be6 20.Qe5 b6 21.Qg7+ Kd6 22.Rfd1+ Kc6 23.Qe7 Rac8 24.Qxe6+ Kb7 25.Rd7+ Ka8 26.Qd5+ 1-0

              Round 9, April 9
              Bjerre, Jonas – Nihal Sarin
              A40 Queen’s Pawn-KID

              1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.g3 Bd7 6.Bg2 Qc8 7.O-O Bh3 8.Qa4 Kf8 9.Be3 h5 10.Ne4 Bxg2 11.Kxg2 h4 12.Neg5 Nh6 13.Nxh4 Nxd4 14.Qd1 Ndf5 15.Nxf5 Nxf5 16.Bc1 Bf6 17.e4 Nxg3 18.hxg3 Bxg5 19.Rh1 Bf6 20.Rxh8+ Bxh8 21.Qh1 Kg8 22.Qh4 Bf6 23.Bg5 Bxg5 24.Qxg5 Qe6 25.Qh4 Qf6 26.Qxf6 exf6 27.Rd1 Kf8 28.Kf3 Ke7 29.Rd3 a5 30.Ra3 b6 31.b4 Ke6 32.Ke3 f5 33.exf5+ Kxf5 34.Kd4 Ke6 35.Ra4 Kd7 36.Ra3 Ke6 37.Re3+ Kd7 38.Ra3 f5 39.Kd5 Re8 40.bxa5 Re4 0-1

              Round 9, April 9
              Gukesh, D. – Mammadzada, Gunay
              D02 Queen’s Bishop game

              1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bf4 e6 4.e3 Bd6 5.Nbd2 O-O 6.c3 c5 7.Bd3 Nc6 8.Bg3 h6 9.Ne5 Ne7 10.f4 b6 11.Qf3 Bb7 12.Bh4 Nf5 13.Bxf6 gxf6 14.Ng4 Kg7 15.Qh3 Rh8 16.O-O h5 17.Nf2 Nh6 18.Nf3 f5 19.Rae1 Ng4 20.Nd1 Qf6 21.Ne5 Rag8 22.Kh1 Qh6 23.Qh4 f6 24.Nf3 Kf7 25.Re2 Qg7 26.c4 dxc4 27.Bxc4 Ke7 28.Qh3 Rc8 29.b3 a6 30.a4 Qf7 31.Nc3 Kd7 32.e4 Kc7 33.exf5 Rcd8 34.Bxe6 Qg7 35.Bd5 Bxf4 36.Bxb7 Kxb7 37.dxc5 Rd3 38.Ne4 Ne3 39.Rfe1 Qg4 40.Nf2 Qxh3 41.Nxh3 Bh6 42.Nf2 Rxb3 43.c6+ Kc7 44.Ne4 Rf8 45.Nd4 Rb4 46.Ne6+ Kxc6 47.Nxf8 Rxe4 48.Nh7 Re5 49.Nxf6 Rxf5 50.Ne4 Re5 51.Rxe3 Bxe3 52.Rxe3 b5 53.axb5+ axb5 54.Kg1 b4 55.Kf2 b3 56.Rc3+ Kd5 57.Nd2 b2 58.Rb3 1-0

              Round 9, April 9
              Keymer, Vincent – Murin, Volodar
              D11 QGD Slav

              1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bd3 Bd6 6.O-O O-O 7.Nc3 Nbd7 8.e4 dxc4 9.Bxc4 e5 10.h3 b5 11.Bd3 Bb7 12.dxe5 Nxe5 13.Nxe5 Bxe5 14.f4 Bd4+ 15.Kh2 b4 16.Ne2 c5 17.e5 Ng4+ 18.Kg3 Qd5 19.Rf3 Bf2+ 20.Kxg4 f5+ 21.Bxf5 Qxd1 22.Be6+ Kh8 23.Rxf2 Ba6 24.Kf3 Rae8 25.Bb3 Qd3+ 26.Kg4 Rxe5 27.fxe5 Rxf2 28.Nf4 Qe4 29.Kg3 Rf1 30.e6 Rxc1 31.Rxc1 Qe3+ 32.Kg4 Qxc1 33.e7 Bb5 34.Be6 Qxb2 35.Bc4 Be8 0-1

              Round 9, April 9
              Mendonca, Leon – Abdusattorov, Nodirbek
              A15 English Opening

              1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.e3 c5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.b3 Nb4 7.d3 b6 8.a3 N4c6 9.Bb2 Be7 10.Be2 Bb7 11.Ne4 O-O 12.O-O Nd7 13.Qc2 e5 14.Rac1 Rc8 15.Qb1 Re8 16.Rfe1 h6 17.Bf1 Bf8 18.h3 Nf6 19.Nxf6+ Qxf6 20.Nd2 Qg6 21.Bc3 Bd6 22.Ne4 Bb8 23.b4 cxb4 24.axb4 Ne7 25.Ba1 Nf5 26.Rxc8 Rxc8 27.Rc1 Rd8 28.b5 Nh4 29.Qb4 Rd7 30.Ng3 Qg5 31.Qg4 f5 32.Qxg5 hxg5 33.f3 e4 34.Kf2 f4 35.Nxe4 fxe3+ 36.Ke1 Nf5 37.Rc4 Bf4 38.g4 Ng3 39.Be2 Rd5 40.Rb4 Rd8 41.Rc4 Bd5 42.Rc2 Rf8 43.Bd4 Rd8 44.Bb2 Bf7 45.d4 Nxe2 46.Kxe2 Be8 47.Rc6 Rd5 48.Rc8 Kf7 49.Nc3 Rxd4 50.Bc1 Bd7 51.Bxe3 Rb4 52.Ra8 Rb3 53.Bxf4 gxf4 54.Rxa7 Ke6 55.Kd2 Bxb5 56.Nxb5 Rxb5 57.Rxg7 Rb3 58.Ke2 b5 59.h4 Ke5 60.h5 Rb2+ 61.Kf1 b4 62.h6 Rh2 63.Rb7 Rxh6 64.Rxb4 Rf6 65.Rb5+ Kd4 66.Kf2 Rf8 67.Ra5 Rf7 68.g5 Rb7 69.Kg2 Rh7 70.Rf5 Ke3 71.Re5+ Kd3 72.g6 Rg7 73.Re6 Kd4 74.Kh3 Kd5 75.Ra6 Ke5 76.Kg4 Rb7 77.Kg5 Rb3 78.Ra5+ Ke6 79.Kxf4 Kf6 80.Ra6+ Kg7 81.Kg4 Kh6 82.f4 Rb5 83.Rc6 Ra5 84.Re6 Rb5 85.f5 Rb4+ 86.Kf3 Rb3+ 87.Kf4 Rb4+ 88.Re4 Rb5 89.Re8 Rb4+ 90.Ke5 Rb7 91.Kf6 Rb6+ 92.Kf7 Rb7+ 93.Re7 Rb5 94.f6 Rg5 95.Re1 Rg1 96.Rxg1 1-0

              Position after White’s 47.Rc6

              

              Nodirebek goes from this winning position to an eventual loss. Kramnik says that a young player has to learn that the win won’t come if you play just fairly good moves.
              Polgar says that another thing to learn, is the case of Carissa Yip, a talented player,
              who has lost 5 games in a row. She has to learn to shake off the slump and play with confidence again.

              Round 10, April 9
              Yip, Carissa – Yoo, Christopher
              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 Rb8 10.Bd3 Qb6 11.c4 Bb4+ 12.Ke2 f5 13.exf6 Nxf6 14.Be3 Qa5 15.Nxf6+ gxf6 16.a3 Be7 17.b4 Qc7 18.Kf2 O-O 19.Qg4+ Kh8 20.Qh5 f5 21.g4 d5 22.gxf5 exf5 23.Qh6 Qd8 24.Rhg1 Bf6 25.Rad1 d4 26.Bc1 Be6 27.Rg5 Qd7 28.Re1 Rbe8 29.Bd2 Bxg5 30.fxg5 Bf7 31.Bf4 Bg6 32.h4 Qf7 33.Be5+ Kg8 34.Bf6 Rxe1 35.Kxe1 Re8+ 36.Kd2 f4 37.Bf1 f3 38.Kd1 f2 39.c5 Qb3+ 0-1

              Round 10, April 9
              Abdusattorov, Nodirbek – Abdumalik, Zhansaya
              C55 Two Knights Defence

              1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Be7 5.O-O d6 6.a4 O-O 7.a5 a6 8.c3 Be6 9.Nbd2 d5 10.exd5 Nxd5 11.Re1 Nf4 12.Bxe6 Nxe6 13.Nc4 Bd6 14.Nfxe5 Nxe5 15.Nxe5 Qh4 16.g3 Qh3 17.Qg4 Qxg4 18.Nxg4 c5 19.f4 h5 20.Nf2 g6 21.Kg2 Rfd8 22.Kf3 Kg7 23.Be3 Rac8 24.Ra4 Bf8 25.Rc4 f5 26.Ra1 Kf7 27.Ra3 Rd7 28.Rb3 Nd8 29.Ra3 Rcc7 30.Ke2 Rc6 31.Kd2 Ke8 32.Rb3 Nf7 33.Ke2 Re6 34.Kf3 Rc7 35.Ra4 Kd7 36.Nh3 Nd6 37.Rb6 c4 38.Nf2 Re8 39.Bd4 cxd3 40.Nxd3 Kc8 41.Ne5 Re6 42.c4 Re8 43.b3 g5 44.fxg5 Ne4 45.Kf4 Bg7 46.Kxf5 Nc5 47.Ra3 Nd7 48.Re6 Rf8+ 49.Kg6 Bxe5 50.Bxe5 Rc6 51.Bd6 Rd8 52.Kf7 Nc5 53.Bxc5 Rxc5 54.g6 Rg5 55.Ra2 Rd7+ 56.Kf6 Rg4 57.Rae2 Rd3 58.Re8+ Kc7 59.R2e7+ Kc6 60.Rc8+ 1-0

              Standings after Day Two

              K = Team Kramnik P = Team Polgar

              1 Praggnanandhaa (K) 8.5
              2-3 Abdusattorov (K), Yoo (K) 8
              4-5 Gukesh (P), Sarin (P) 7
              6-8 Keymer (P), Liang (P), Tingjie (K) 6
              9-10 Murzin (P), Jiner (P) 5.5
              11-12 Mendonca (K), Bjerre (K) 5
              13 Shuvalova (P) 4.5
              14 Salimova (K) 4
              15 Abdumalik (P) 3.5
              16 Mammadzada (P) 3
              17 Yip (K) 2.5
              18 Khadem (P) 2
              19-20 Saduakassova (K), Badelka (K) 1.5

              Team Kramnik 50 – Team Polgar 50

              After two days, the two teams are tied at 50 points each.
              Praggnanandhaa is the sole leader, but only half a point ahead of Abdusattorov and Yoo!

              Comment


              • #8
                Yoo showcases his incredible talent. Some very nice games.
                Awonder Liang has missed some tactics - a "steal" by Praggnanandhaa, but when you play a finish like Liang Mammadzada (Rd 5) then everything is worthwhile.

                Comment


                • #9
                  Some amazing tacticians in the field. We all know about Praggnanandhaa but Abdusattorov is a wicked tactician (as Ive said before) and Gukesh and Sarin arent far behind.
                  Enjoying the games.

                  Comment


                  • #10
                    Julius Bar Challengers Chess Tour

                    April 10, 2021

                    Polgar Challenge

                    Day 3


                    Commentating Judith Polgar, Anna Musicum and Vladimir Kramnik

                    Dinara Saduakassova has withdrawn from the tournament

                    Round 11, April 10
                    Liang, Awonder – Salimova, Nurgyul
                    C55 Two Knights Defence

                    1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.a4 d6 7.h3 h6 8.Re1 Kh8 9.c3 Nh7 10.d4 f5 11.Bd5 exd4 12.cxd4 Nb4 13.Nc3 c6 14.Bb3 fxe4 15.Nxe4 d5 16.Ne5 Kg8 17.Bd2 a5 18.Ng3 Qd6 19.Qh5 Bd7 20.Ng6 Rf7 21.Ne4 Qc7 22.Bf4 Qd8 23.Bd6 Bf6 24.Bxb4 axb4 25.Nd6 Bg4 26.Bxd5 cxd5 27.Qxd5 Ng5 28.hxg4 Kh7 29.Qf5 Kg8 30.Nxf7 Nxf7 31.Re6 Qxd4 32.Rae1 Qd7 33.Re7 Qc6 34.Rxf7 1-0

                    Round 11, April 10
                    Yoo, Christopher – Praggnanandhaa, R
                    B33 Sicilian Defence

                    1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 h5 6.Bg5 Qa5 7.Bxf6 gxf6 8.Be2 e6 9.Nb5 Be7 10.a3 a6 11.b4 Qb6 12.Na4 Qd8 13.Nd6+ Bxd6 14.Qxd6 b5 15.Nc5 Qe7 16.Qc7 Qd8 17.Qg3 d6 18.Qg7 Ke7 19.e5 Nxe5 20.Ne4 Nd7 21.Nxd6 Kxd6 22.Qxf7 Bb7 23.c4 bxc4 24.Bxc4 Bd5 25.Rd1 Qe7 26.Qg6 Ne5 27.Qg3 Rhg8 28.Qb3 Nxc4 29.Qxc4 Qc7 30.Qf4+ Kd7 31.Rxd5+ exd5 32.Qf5+ Ke7 33.O-O Rg7 34.Qxd5 Re8 35.Qxh5 Qe5 36.Qh6 Kf7 37.h3 Qd5 38.g3 Qg5 39.Qxg5 Rxg5 40.Rd1 Rge5 41.Rd3 a5 42.Kg2 axb4 43.axb4 Rb5 44.Rd4 Reb8 45.h4 Rxb4 46.Rd6 Rb2 47.Rd7+ Kg6 48.Rd4 Rc8 49.Rf4 f5 50.Rd4 Rcc2 51.Rf4 Re2 52.Rf3 Rb4 53.Kf1 Re6 54.Kg2 Ree4 55.Kh3 Kf6 56.Rd3 Ke5 57.Rf3 Re1 58.Kg2 f4 59.g4 Ke4 60.Ra3 f3+ 61.Kh2 Kf4 62.Ra8 Kxg4 63.Rg8+ Kh5 64.Rh8+ Kg6 65.Rg8+ Kh7 66.Rg5 Rxh4+ 67.Kg3 Rh6 68.Rf5 Kg7 69.Ra5 Rf6 70.Ra7+ Kg6 71.Ra8 Rg1+ 72.Kh4 Kh7 73.Ra7+ Rg7 0-1

                    Praggnanandhaa plays the shocking 5...h5!? in the big game of the round:

                    Praggnanandhaa takes a full-point lead after inflicting the first loss of the #PolgarChallenge on Christopher Yoo!

                    Round 11, April 10
                    Shuvalova, Polina – Yip, Carissa
                    B07 Pirc-Robatsch

                    1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.Be3 c6 5.Nf3 Nd7 6.a4 Qa5 7.Qd2 Ngf6 8.h3 O-O 9.Bd3 e5 10.O-O Re8 11.Rfe1 Nf8 12.Rab1 Qc7 13.b4 Ne6 14.dxe5 dxe5 15.Ne2 Bd7 16.c3 Rad8 17.Qc2 c5 18.Ng3 b6 19.Red1 Bc6 20.b5 Ba8 21.Bc4 Nf4 22.Ng5 Rxd1+ 23.Rxd1 Rf8 24.Qa2 Bb7 25.a5 h6 26.Nxf7 Rxf7 27.a6 Bxe4 28.Bxf7+ Qxf7 29.Rd8+ Bf8 30.Qxf7+ Kxf7 31.Nxe4 Nxe4 32.Bxf4 exf4 33.Rd7+ Ke6 34.Rxa7 Nd6 35.Ra8 Nxb5 36.Rxf8 Kd5 37.Rxf4 Kc6 38.Rf6+ Kc7 39.c4 Nd4 40.Rxg6 b5 41.cxb5 Nxb5 42.Rxh6 c4 43.Rh4 c3 44.Rc4+ Kb6 45.h4 1-0

                    Round 11, April 10
                    Bjerre, Jonas – Lei, Tingjie
                    E04 Catalan, open

                    1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 Nc6 6.Qa4 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 Nd5 8.Bxb4 Nxb4 9.Ne5 O-O 10.Nxc6 Nxc6 11.e3 b5 12.Qxb5 Rb8 13.Qa4 Nb4 14.O-O Bd7 15.Qd1 Qe7 16.Na3 Nd3 17.Nxc4 Nxb2 18.Nxb2 Rxb2 19.Qc1 Qa3 20.Qxc7 Bb5 21.Rfb1 Bd3 22.Rxb2 Qxb2 23.Qc1 Qb4 24.Qd1 Qa3 25.Qb3 Qxb3 26.axb3 Rc8 27.d5 exd5 28.Bxd5 Rc7 29.e4 g5 30.f3 Kg7 31.Kf2 a6 32.Ke3 Bb5 33.Kd4 Rc2 34.h4 gxh4 35.gxh4 Rh2 36.Rg1+ Kf8 37.Rg4 Be8 38.e5 Ke7 39.Bc4 a5 40.Rf4 Rf2 41.Kc5 Rc2 42.Kb6 Rc1 43.Kxa5 Re1 44.Rf5 Rh1 45.h5 Rb1 46.Kb4 Rb2 47.Kc5 Rc2 48.h6 Kd8 49.Kb4 Ke7 50.f4 Rf2 51.Rf6 Rf3 52.Kc5 Rc3 53.Kd4 Rc1 54.Bd3 Rd1 55.Kc3 Rh1 56.Bxh7 Bd7 57.Be4 Rh3+ 58.Kd4 Be6 59.b4 Rb3 60.Kc5 Rc3+ 61.Kb5 Bd7+ 62.Kb6 Be6 63.h7 Rh3 64.b5 Kf8 65.f5 Bd7 66.e6 Be8 67.exf7 Bd7 68.Rd6 1-0

                    Round 11, April 10
                    Gukesh, D – Badelka, Olga
                    E04 Catalan, open

                    1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 d5 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 c6 6.O-O b5 7.Ne5 Bb7 8.Nc3 a6 9.b3 cxb3 10.Qxb3 Qxd4 11.Bf4 Be7 12.Rfd1 Qb4 13.Qc2 O-O 14.Rab1 Qc5 15.Qd3 Nd5 16.Nxd5 cxd5 17.Rbc1 Qb6 18.e4 f6 19.Be3 Qd8 20.Ng4 Nc6 21.exd5 Nb4 22.Qe2 Nxd5 23.Bc5 Bxc5 24.Qxe6+ Kh8 25.Bxd5 Bc8 26.Qe2 Bxg4 27.Qxg4 Rc8 28.Be6 Bxf2+ 29.Kxf2 Qb6+ 30.Kg2 Rxc1 31.Rxc1 Qe3 32.Rc2 Re8 33.Bd7 Rf8 34.Qf3 Qd4 35.Bf5 g6 36.Bd3 Rd8 37.Bf1 Qe5 38.Re2 Qd4 39.h4 Rf8 40.Qb7 Qa4 41.Qe7 Kg8 42.Kh2 Qd4 43.Bh3 Rd8 44.Be6+ Kh8 45.Bb3 a5 46.a3 b4 47.a4 Qd6 48.Qf7 Rf8 49.Qe6 Rd8 50.Qxd6 Rxd6 51.Re3 Rd2+ 52.Kh3 Rb2 53.g4 Kg7 54.Kg3 h5 55.gxh5 gxh5 56.Kf3 Kg6 57.Ke4 Rh2 58.Rg3+ Kh6 59.Kf5 Rxh4 60.Kxf6 Rf4+ 61.Ke5 Rf2 62.Bd5 h4 63.Rg8 Kh7 64.Rg4 Rh2 65.Be4+ Kh6 66.Kf6 Rf2+ 67.Bf5 Kh5 68.Rg8 1-0

                    Round 11, April 10
                    Keymer, Vincent – Nihal Sarin
                    D43 QGD, Semi-Slav

                    1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Qc2 Be7 8.e3 O-O 9.Bd3 Re8 10.h3 Nf8 11.O-O Ng6 12.Ne5 Nd7 13.Bxe7 Qxe7 14.f4 Ngf8 15.e4 Qb4 16.Nf3 dxe4 17.Nxe4 h6 18.Rae1 Ne6 19.a3 Qf8 20.f5 Nf4 21.Bc4 Nb6 22.Ba2 Bxf5 23.Nf6+ gxf6 24.Qxf5 Qd6 25.Rxe8+ Rxe8 26.Qg4+ Kf8 27.Qh4 Kg7 28.Qg4+ Kf8 29.Qh4 f5 30.Kh1 Re4 31.Ne5 Ne2 32.Qf2 Qxd4 33.Nxf7 Qxf2 34.Rxf2 Ng3+ 35.Kh2 f4 36.Nxh6 Nd5 37.Bxd5 cxd5 38.Ng4 Ke7 39.Rf3 d4 40.h4 Ke6 41.Nf2 Re3 42.Rxf4 d3 43.Ng4 Ne2 44.Rf6+ Ke7 45.Rf1 Re4 46.Kh3 Nf4+ 47.Kh2 Ne2 48.Kh3 Nf4+ 49.Kh2 Ne2 1/2-1/2

                    Round 11, April 10
                    Abdumalik, Zhansaya – Murzin, Volodar
                    B18 Caro-Kann, Classical, Flohr variation

                    1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.Nh3 Nf6 7.Nf4 Nbd7 8.c3 Qc7 9.Bc4 e6 10.O-O Bd6 11.Qf3 O-O-O 12.a4 Nb6 13.Bb3 Nbd5 14.Nxg6 hxg6 15.a5 a6 16.c4 Ne7 17.d5 exd5 18.cxd5 Nexd5 19.h3 Bf4 20.Ne4 Nxe4 21.Bxd5 Bh2+ 22.Kh1 cxd5 23.Be3 Kb8 24.Rfc1 Qd6 25.Qxf7 Rhf8 26.Qxg7 Be5 27.Qh7 Rh8 28.Qf7 Rdf8 0-1

                    Round 11, April 10
                    Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat - Abdusattorov, Nodirbek
                    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.Rfe1 Bb7 14.Rad1 Rc8 15.Bb3 h6 16.Re3 Re8 17.h3 Nf6 18.Rde1 Qc7 19.a4 Red8 20.Qb2 Qe7 21.Qd2 a5 22.d5 exd5 23.exd5 Qb4 24.Qxb4 axb4 25.Rd1 Bxd5 26.Bxd5 Nxd5 27.Red3 Rc5 28.Rd4 b3 29.Rb1 Re8 30.Rxb3 Re2 31.Rbd3 Nc3 32.Rb4 Ne4 33.Re3 Rxe3 34.fxe3 Nc3 35.Rxb6 Nxa4 36.Rb8+ Kh7 37.Rb7 Kg6 38.Ra7 Nc3 39.Ra6+ f6 40.Ra7 h5 41.Nh4+ Kh6 42.Nf3 Nd5 43.e4 Nf4 44.Nh4 g6 45.Ra6 Rc2 46.Rxf6 Kg5 47.e5 Ne2+ 48.Kh2 Kxh4 49.Rf2 Kg5 50.e6 Rc7 51.Rxe2 Kf6 52.Kg3 Re7 53.Kh4 Rxe6 54.Rxe6+ Kxe6 55.Kg5 Kf7 56.Kh6 Kf6 57.g4 hxg4 58.hxg4 g5 59.Kh5 Kf7 60.Kxg5 Kg7 61.Kh5 Kh7 62.g5 Kg7 63.g6 Kg8 64.Kh6 Kh8 65.g7+ Kg8 66.Kg6 1/2-1/2

                    Round 12, April 10
                    Zhu, Jiner – Abdusattorov, Nodirbek
                    B12 Caro-Kann, Advance variation

                    1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 c5 6.Be3 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Ne7 8.O-O Nbc6 9.Bb5 Bg6 10.c4 a6 11.cxd5 axb5 12.dxc6 bxc6 13.Nc3 Qd7 14.Rc1 b4 15.Na4 Nd5 16.Nxc6 Rc8 17.Nd4 Be7 18.Rxc8+ Qxc8 19.Qc1 O-O 20.Nc6 Bh4 21.Qc4 Qd7 22.Rc1 Nxe3 23.Qxh4 Qd2 24.Ne7+ Kh8 25.Ra1 Nd1 26.f3 Bc2 27.b3 g5 28.Qg3 Qe3+ 29.Kh1 Nf2+ 0-1

                    Round 12, April 10
                    Murzin, Volodar – Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat
                    C78 Ruy Lopez, Archangel variation

                    1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.c3 d6 8.d4 Bb6 9.Be3 Bg4 10.Nbd2 O-O 11.h3 Bh5 12.dxe5 Nxe5 13.Bxb6 cxb6 14.g4 Bg6 15.Nd4 Nxe4 16.f4 Qh4 17.Nxe4 Bxe4 18.Qe1 Qxh3 19.Qxe4 Nxg4 20.Qg2 Qxg2+ 21.Kxg2 Ne3+ 22.Kf3 Nxf1 23.Rxf1 g6 24.Rd1 Rad8 25.Nc6 Rd7 26.Nb4 a5 27.Nd5 Rb7 28.f5 gxf5 29.Bc2 Rc8 30.Bxf5 Rc5 31.Be4 Rb8 32.Nf6+ Kg7 33.Nd7 Rd8 34.Rg1+ Kh8 35.Nxc5 dxc5 36.Ke3 Rd6 37.Rg2 h6 38.Kf4 Rd1 39.Ke5 Re1 40.Kd5 Rf1 41.Kc6 f5 42.Bd3 Ra1 43.Bxf5 Rxa2 44.Kxb5 a4 45.Be6 Ra1 46.Kxb6 Re1 47.Bd5 Rc1 48.Kxc5 a3 49.Kb4 axb2 50.Rxb2 Kg7 51.c4 1-0

                    Round 12, April 10
                    Mammadzada, Gunay – Abdumalik, Zhansaya
                    C89 Ruy Lopez, Marshall Counter Attack

                    1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.d3 Bd6 13.Re1 Bf5 14.Qf3 Qd7 15.Bxd5 cxd5 16.Bf4 Bxf4 17.Qxf4 Bxd3 18.Nd2 d4 19.cxd4 Rad8 20.Nf3 Bc4 21.b3 Bd5 22.Rad1 Qb7 23.Re3 a5 24.Nh4 Rfe8 25.Nf5 Rxe3 26.fxe3 g6 27.Rc1 Qd7 28.Qg5 Re8 29.Rf1 Qd8 30.Qxd8 Rxd8 31.Ne7+ Kg7 32.Nxd5 Rxd5 33.Rc1 a4 34.b4 f5 35.Rc5 Rd7 36.Rxb5 f4 37.Kf2 fxe3+ 38.Kxe3 Re7+ 39.Re5 Rc7 40.Kd3 Rc1 41.Ra5 Rd1+ 42.Kc4 Rd2 43.Rxa4 Rxg2 44.b5 Rxh2 45.b6 Rc2+ 46.Kb5 Rc8 47.Rc4 Rb8 48.a4 h5 49.a5 h4 50.a6 h3 51.a7 Rh8 52.Rc1 1-0

                    Round 12, April 10
                    Badelka, Olga – Keymer, Vincent
                    A07 Reti, King’s Indian Attack

                    1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Bg4 3.Bg2 c6 4.h3 Bh5 5.O-O Nd7 6.d4 Ngf6 7.c4 e6 8.cxd5 exd5 9.Nh4 Bg6 10.Nc3 Be7 11.Nxg6 hxg6 12.Bf4 O-O 13.Qd2 Re8 14.h4 Nf8 15.Qd3 a5 16.Rad1 Bd6 17.e3 Be7 18.Bf3 Ne6 19.Kg2 Nxf4+ 20.exf4 Qd7 21.Rh1 Qf5 22.h5 Qxd3 23.Rxd3 gxh5 24.Bxh5 g6 25.Bd1 Nd7 26.f5 Bf6 27.fxg6 fxg6 28.Ne2 Nf8 29.Kf1 Ra6 30.Rb3 Re7 31.Bc2 Kg7 32.g4 a4 33.Rg3 Rf7 34.Re3 Rb6 35.b3 axb3 36.axb3 Rb4 37.Rd3 Ne6 38.g5 Bxd4 39.Nxd4 Rxd4 40.Rg3 Rd2 41.Bxg6 Rfxf2+ 42.Kg1 Rfe2 43.Rh7+ Kxg6 0-1

                    Judith Polgar mentions she first saw Vladimir Kramnik as a 16-year-old smoking alone outside a grand hotel in Paris - Vladimir explains that he always liked to travel to events alone

                    (to be continued)

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                    • #11
                      Julius Bar Challengers Chess Tour

                      April 10, 2021

                      Polgar Challenge

                      Day 3 (continued)


                      Round 12, April 10
                      Yip, Carissa – Bjerre, Jonas
                      B90 Sicilian, Najdorf, Byrne Attack

                      1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nf3 Be7 8.Bc4 O-O 9.O-O Nc6 10.Re1 Be6 11.Bxe6 fxe6 12.Ng5 Qd7 13.Na4 Bd8 14.Nb6 Bxb6 15.Bxb6 Ne7 16.c3 h6 17.Nf3 Ng6 18.Be3 Nxe4 19.Bxh6 Nxf2 20.Qc2 e4 21.Kxf2 d5 22.Rxe4 dxe4 23.Qxe4 Rf5 24.Be3 Ne5 25.Bd4 Nxf3 26.gxf3 Raf8 27.Rg1 e5 28.Be3 Rxf3+ 0-1

                      Round 12, April 10
                      Praggnanandhaa, R. – Shuvalova, Polina
                      A14 English, symmetrical, hedgehog

                      1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 e6 4.O-O Be7 5.c4 O-O 6.b3 b6 7.Bb2 Bb7 8.cxd5 Nxd5 9.d4 Nf6 10.Na3 Nbd7 11.Rc1 c5 12.Nc4 Rc8 13.e3 cxd4 14.Nxd4 Bxg2 15.Kxg2 Nc5 16.Qf3 Nd3 17.Nc6 Rxc6 18.Qxc6 Nxc1 19.Rxc1 Qd5+ 20.Qxd5 Nxd5 21.Ne5 Bd6 22.Nc6 a5 23.Bd4 f5 24.f3 Ba3 25.Rc2 Bc5 26.Bxc5 bxc5 27.Rxc5 a4 28.bxa4 Nxe3+ 29.Kf2 Nd5 30.a5 Ra8 31.Ke2 Kf7 32.Kd3 Ra6 33.Kc4 Kf6 34.Nb4 Nxb4 35.Kxb4 Ra8 36.f4 Rb8+ 37.Rb5 Rd8 38.a6 Rd2 39.a4 1-0

                      Praggnanandhaa keeps a 1-point lead with a win in Round 12, but Abdusattorov wins as well to stay 2nd

                      Round 13, April 10
                      Liang, Awonder – Zhu, Jiner
                      C40 QGD, Semi-Tarrasch, symmetrical variation

                      1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.e3 c5 5.d4 Nc6 6.a3 a6 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.b4 Ba7 9.Bb2 O-O 10.Qc2 Qe7 11.Be2 h6 12.O-O dxc4 13.Bxc4 b5 14.Ba2 Bb7 15.Rac1 Rac8 16.Bb1 Rfd8 17.Rfd1 Rxd1+ 18.Rxd1 Bb8 19.Ne4 Nxe4 20.Qxe4 f5 21.Qd3 Rd8 22.Qe2 Rxd1+ 23.Qxd1 Qd6 24.Qc2 Qd5 25.e4 fxe4 26.Qxe4 Qd1+ 27.Qe1 Qxe1+ 28.Nxe1 Ne5 29.f3 Ba7+ 30.Kf1 Nc4 31.Bc1 Be3 32.Bxe3 Nxe3+ 33.Ke2 Nc4 34.Nc2 Bd5 35.Kd3 Kf7 36.Ne3 Nxa3 37.Nxd5 exd5 38.Ba2 Ke6 39.f4 Kd6 40.h4 Nc4 41.Kd4 Na3 42.Bb3 Nc4 43.g4 Nb6 44.f5 Nc4 45.g5 Nb6 46.f6 gxf6 47.gxh6 1-0

                      Round 13, April 10
                      Bjerre, Jonas – Praggnanandhaa, R.
                      E94 King’s Indian, Orthodox variation

                      1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 Nbd7 7.O-O e5 8.Be3 c6 9.d5 c5 10.Ne1 Kh8 11.g4 Ng8 12.Qd2 f5 13.gxf5 gxf5 14.exf5 Ne7 15.Kh1 Nf6 16.Bd3 Bxf5 17.Rg1 e4 18.Be2 Ng6 19.Rg5 Qd7 20.Nc2 Rf7 21.Rag1 Raf8 22.Qe1 Ne5 23.Qf1 Nf3 24.Bxf3 exf3 25.Ne1 Ng4 26.Bf4 Bd4 27.Bg3 Rf6 28.Nxf3 Bxc3 29.Nh4 Be4+ 30.f3 Rxf3 31.Nxf3 Rxf3 32.Qg2 Rxg3 0-1

                      Round 13, April 10
                      Gukesh, D. – Yip, Carissa
                      C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed

                      1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.d3 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 9.Nbd2 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.Re1 Re8 12.Nf1 Bf8 13.Ng3 g6 14.h3 Bg7 15.Bg5 h6 16.Be3 Bb7 17.Qd2 Kh7 18.b4 cxb4 19.cxb4 Nc6 20.Bb3 d5 21.Bc5 Qd7 22.exd5 Nxd5 23.Ne4 Nf4 24.d4 Rad8 25.d5 Ne7 26.Bb6 Rc8 27.Nc5 Rxc5 28.Bxc5 Nexd5 29.Rad1 Qf5 30.Bxd5 Bxd5 31.Re3 Nxh3+ 32.Kf1 Bc4+ 33.Ke1 Nf4 34.Nh4 Qg4 35.Qd7 Qxh4 36.g3 Ng2+ 37.Kd2 Qd8 38.Rd3 Bxd3 39.Qxd3 Qxd3+ 40.Kxd3 Rd8+ 41.Ke2 Rxd1 42.Kxd1 h5 43.Ke2 h4 44.Kf1 h3 45.f3 f5 46.Kg1 f4 47.Kh2 fxg3+ 48.Kxh3 Nf4+ 49.Kxg3 g5 50.Kg4 Kg6 51.Be7 Bf6 52.Bc5 Nd3 53.Bd6 Nc1 54.a3 Ne2 55.Bc5 Nd4 56.Kg3 Nc2 57.Kg4 Nxa3 58.Bd6 Nc2 59.Bc5 Bg7 60.Bd6 Ne3+ 61.Kh3 Kf5 62.Bc5 Nd5 0-1

                      Carissa Yip had lost the last 8 games she played in a row, but she hits back to beat Gukesh!

                      Round 13, April 10
                      Keymer, Vincent – Lei, Tingjie
                      A06 Reti Opening

                      1.Nf3 d5 2.e3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.b3 O-O 6.Bb2 dxc4 7.Bxc4 a6 8.a4 c5 9.O-O Nc6 10.Ne2 Bd7 11.Qb1 h6 12.Rd1 Na5 13.Ng3 b5 14.axb5 axb5 15.Be2 Bc6 16.e4 Qb6 17.Qc2 Rfc8 18.Rab1 Be8 19.Bxf6 Bxf6 20.e5 Be7 21.Qe4 Nc6 22.Bd3 g6 23.Qf4 Kg7 24.h4 Nb4 25.Be4 Nd5 26.Bxd5 exd5 27.d4 c4 28.bxc4 Rxc4 29.Nf1 Qe6 30.Ne3 h5 31.Nxc4 bxc4 32.Ng5 Qc6 33.Ra1 Rxa1 34.Rxa1 Qb7 35.Qc1 Qb6 36.Qf4 Qb7 37.Qf3 Bf8 38.Qf6+ Kg8 39.e6 Bg7 40.exf7+ Bxf7 41.Ra8+ Qxa8 42.Qxf7+ Kh8 43.Qxg6 Kg8 44.Qf7+ Kh8 45.Qxh5+ Kg8 46.Qh7+ Kf8 47.Ne6+ Kf7 48.Nxg7 Qa1+ 49.Kh2 c3 50.Nf5+ Ke6 51.Qg6+ Kd7 52.Qd6+ Kc8 53.Qc6+ Kb8 54.Ne3 1-0

                      Round 13, April 10
                      Mendonca, Leon – Badelka, Olga
                      D24 QGA

                      1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e4 b5 6.e5 Nd5 7.Nxb5 Nb6 8.Be2 Be7 9.O-O Nc6 10.Be3 O-O 11.b3 a6 12.Nc3 cxb3 13.axb3 Bb7 14.Qb1 Nb4 15.Rc1 N6d5 16.Ne4 Nxe3 17.fxe3 Nd5 18.Kf2 f5 19.exf6 Nxf6 20.Nxf6+ Bxf6 21.Ra5 Rb8 22.Bd3 g6 23.Be4 Qd6 24.Rac5 Bxd4 25.Rc6 Bxc6 26.Rxc6 Bxe3+ 27.Kxe3 Qf4+ 28.Kf2 Rbd8 29.Kg1 Qe3+ 30.Kh1 Qxe4 31.Qxe4 Rd1+ 32.Ng1 1-0

                      Round 13, April 10
                      Abdumalik, Zhansaya – Nihal Sarin
                      B15 Caro-Kann, Old Defence

                      1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Ng3 h5 6.h4 Bg4 7.Be2 Nbd7 8.Nf3 Qc7 9.Qd3 e6 10.Bd2 Bd6 11.Nf1 e5 12.Nxe5 Bxe5 13.Bxg4 Nxg4 14.dxe5 O-O-O 15.Qa3 Qxe5+ 16.Ne3 a6 17.Qc3 Qxc3 18.Bxc3 Nxe3 19.fxe3 Rhe8 20.Bxg7 Rxe3+ 21.Kf2 Re6 22.Rad1 Rg8 23.Bd4 Reg6 24.Rhg1 Rg4 25.g3 f5 26.Be3 Nf6 27.Bf4 Nd5 28.Bg5 Re8 29.Rge1 Rge4 30.a3 Kd7 31.Rxe4 Rxe4 32.Rd3 Ke6 33.b3 b5 34.Rd2 a5 35.Re2 a4 36.Kf3 b4 37.Bc1 Nc3 38.Rxe4+ fxe4+ 39.Ke3 bxa3 40.Bxa3 axb3 41.cxb3 Kf5 42.Bd6 Nd5+ 43.Kd4 e3 44.Kd3 Kg4 45.Ke2 Kf5 46.Kf3 e2 47.Kxe2 Ke4 48.Kd2 Nf6 1/2-1/2

                      Round 13, April 10
                      Abdusattorov, Nodirbek – Murzin, Volodar
                      B14 Caro-Kann, Panov-Botvinnik Attack

                      1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Qb3 Bg7 7.cxd5 O-O 8.g3 a5 9.Bg2 a4 10.Nxa4 Nxd5 11.Ne2 e6 12.O-O Nc6 13.Nac3 Re8 14.Rd1 Bd7 15.Nxd5 exd5 16.Be3 Bg4 17.Nc3 Bxd1 18.Rxd1 Ne7 19.Nxd5 Nxd5 20.Bxd5 Qd7 21.Kg2 Red8 22.Bf3 Ra5 23.a3 Rb5 24.Qc2 Rc8 25.Qa4 Rd5 26.Qxd7 Rxd7 27.Rd2 Bf8 28.Bg4 f5 29.Bd1 Kg7 30.Bb3 Rdd8 31.Be6 Rc7 32.d5 Rc4 33.Bd4+ Kh6 34.Bf6 Rd6 35.Be5 Rd8 36.h4 Bd6 37.Bc3 Re8 38.Rd3 Ra8 39.Kh3 Re8 40.f3 f4 41.g4 g5 42.Bf6 gxh4 43.Bf7 Re5 44.Kxh4 Be7 45.g5+ Rxg5 46.Bxe7 Rg1 47.Bf8+ 1-0

                      Round 14, April 10
                      Zhu, Jiner – Murzin, Volodar
                      B12 Caro-Kann, Advance variation

                      1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 Ne7 6.O-O c5 7.dxc5 Nbc6 8.c4 dxc4 9.Bxc4 Ng6 10.Be3 Be7 11.Nc3 O-O 12.Be2 Ngxe5 13.Nxe5 Nxe5 14.f4 Qxd1 15.Raxd1 Ng4 16.Bxg4 Bxg4 17.Rd7 Bf6 18.Rxb7 Bxc3 19.bxc3 Bf5 20.c6 Be4 21.Rxa7 Bxc6 22.Rd1 Bd5 23.a3 Rab8 24.Bc5 Rfc8 25.Bb4 h6 26.Rd4 Rc4 27.Rxc4 Bxc4 28.Rc7 Bb3 29.Rd7 Rc8 30.Kf2 Rc4 31.Ke3 Rc6 32.g3 f6 33.Ra7 Rc8 34.Rd7 Ba4 35.Rd6 Bb3 36.Kd4 Rc4+ 37.Kd3 Rc8 38.Rd7 Ba4 39.Rd4 Kf7 40.Bd6 Bc6 41.c4 g5 42.Kc3 Kg6 43.c5 Ra8 44.Kb3 Kf5 45.a4 e5 46.fxe5 fxe5 47.g4+ Ke6 48.Rb4 Kd5 49.Kc3 Bxa4 50.Rb2 Bc6 51.Rd2+ Ke6 52.Re2 e4 53.Kd4 Ra4+ 54.Ke3 Ra3+ 55.Kd4 Rd3+ 56.Kc4 Bd5+ 57.Kb4 Rb3+ 58.Ka5 e3 59.Bg3 Bc4 60.Rc2 Rb5+ 61.Ka4 Rxc5 62.Kb4 Kd5 63.Rc1 Rb5+ 64.Kc3 Rb3+ 65.Kc2 Ke4 66.Ra1 Rb6 67.Ra7 Bd3+ 68.Kc3 Rc6+ 69.Kb4 Kf3 70.Re7 e2 71.Rd7 Be4 72.Re7 Rc1 73.Re6 Rg1 74.Rf6+ Kxg4 75.Re6 Rxg3 0-1

                      Round 14, April 10
                      Mammadzada, Gunay – Abdusattorov, Nodirbek
                      C72 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defence

                      1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.O-O Bd7 6.c3 g5 7.d4 g4 8.Ne1 Bg7 9.dxe5 Nxe5 10.Bxd7+ Qxd7 11.Nd3 h5 12.Nxe5 Bxe5 13.Nd2 O-O-O 14.Nc4 Bg7 15.Bg5 Re8 16.f3 h4 17.fxg4 h3 18.g3 Rxe4 19.Qd5 Qe6 20.Qxe6+ fxe6 21.Rf4 Re2 22.Raf1 b5 23.Na5 Nh6 24.R1f2 Re5 25.Bh4 Re1+ 26.Rf1 Rxf1+ 27.Kxf1 e5 28.Rf3 Nxg4 29.Kg1 Bh6 30.Nc6 e4 31.Rf7 e3 32.Kf1 Nxh2+ 33.Ke2 Ng4 34.Ne7+ Kb7 0-1

                      Round 14, April 10
                      Nihal Sarin – Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat
                      A06 Reti Opening

                      1.Nf3 d5 2.b3 Nf6 3.Bb2 g6 4.c4 dxc4 5.bxc4 Bg7 6.g3 O-O 7.Bg2 c5 8.O-O Nc6 9.d3 e6 10.Nbd2 Qe7 11.Rb1 Rd8 12.Ne5 Nxe5 13.Bxe5 Ne8 14.Bxg7 Kxg7 15.Qa4 Nd6 16.Qa5 Nf5 17.Nb3 Nd4 18.Rfe1 Nxb3 19.Rxb3 Rd7 20.Reb1 Rc7 21.h4 h5 22.Bf3 e5 23.Bd5 Qd7 24.Rb5 Qe7 25.Qa3 Kh7 26.Qa5 Kg7 27.Kg2 Kh7 28.Qa3 Kg7 29.Ra5 a6 30.Rb6 Ra7 31.Qb2 Kh7 32.Ra3 Ra8 33.Rab3 Ra7 34.Qc1 Kg7 35.Qe3 Ra8 36.Rb1 Ra7 37.Qd2 Ra8 38.a4 Ra7 39.a5 Kh7 40.Qe3 Rd7 41.Qf3 Kg7 42.Qe3 Rc7 43.f3 Rd7 44.Qg5 Qxg5 45.hxg5 Rc7 46.Kf2 Kf8 47.Ke3 Re7 48.Kf2 Rc7 49.e4 Re7 50.Ke3 Ke8 51.Rd6 Be6 52.Rbb6 Bxd5 53.Rxd5 Ra8 54.Rxc5 Rd8 55.Rd5 Rc8 56.f4 exf4+ 57.Kxf4 Rcc7 58.c5 Re6 59.d4 Ree7 60.Rdd6 Kf8 61.e5 Ke8 62.Ke4 Kf8 63.Rd8+ Kg7 64.Rbd6 Kh7 65.Rb8 Red7 66.d5 1-0

                      Round 14, April 10
                      Lei, Tinjie – Mendonca, Leon

                      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 Rc8 12.f3 Nxd4 13.Bxd4 Be6 14.a5 Bc4 15.Ra4 Bxe2 16.Qxe2 Qd7 17.Rb4 Qc7 18.Bb6 Qc6 19.Rd2 Rfe8 20.Nd5 Nd7 21.Be3 e6 22.Nb6 Nxb6 23.Rxb6 Qa4 24.c3 d5 25.Rxb7 Qxa5 26.Bd4 Bxd4+ 27.Rxd4 Qc5 28.Qf2 dxe4 29.fxe4 Rc7 30.Rxc7 Qxc7 31.Qf6 Rb8 32.Rd2 Qb6+ 33.Qf2 Qc6 34.Qf4 Qb6+ 35.Qf2 Qc6 36.Qf4 Qc5+ 37.Qf2 Qe5 38.Qd4 Qxd4+ 39.cxd4 Kf8 40.Kf2 Ke7 41.Rc2 Kd6 42.Ke3 Rb3+ 43.Kf4 f5 44.exf5 gxf5 45.Rc8 Rxb2 46.Rd8+ Ke7 47.Rh8 Rxg2 48.Rxh7+ Kd6 49.h4 Rg4+ 50.Ke3 Rg3+ 51.Ke2 Kd5 52.Rd7+ Kc6 53.Ra7 Rh3 54.Re7 Kd5 55.Rd7+ Kc6 56.Ra7 Rxh4 57.Rxa6+ Kd5 58.Ra5+ Kc4 59.Ra6 Re4+ 60.Kf3 Kxd4 61.Ra4+ Ke5 62.Ra5+ Kf6 0-1

                      Final Position

                      

                      Black wins in 32 moves

                      Round 14, April 10
                      Yip, Carissa – Keymer, Vincent
                      B97 Sicilian, Najdorf, Poisoned Pawn variation

                      1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Qb6 8.Qd2 Qxb2 9.Rb1 Qa3 10.f5 Be7 11.Be2 O-O 12.Be3 Qa5 13.g4 Qd8 14.g5 Nfd7 15.Rg1 Nc6 16.f6 Nxf6 17.gxf6 Bxf6 18.Nf3 b5 19.Bg5 Bb7 20.Nd1 Rc8 21.Nf2 Bxg5 22.Qxg5 Qxg5 23.Rxg5 Ba8 24.Kd2 f6 25.Rgg1 Rfd8 26.Rgd1 Rc7 27.Ke1 Kf7 28.c4 b4 29.Nd3 a5 30.c5 d5 31.exd5 Rxd5 32.Rbc1 Ne7 33.Rc4 Bb7 34.Rd4 e5 35.Rxd5 Nxd5 36.c6 Bxc6 37.Ndxe5+ fxe5 38.Bc4 Ke6 39.Kf2 Bb7 40.Bb3 a4 41.Bxa4 Rf7 42.Bb3 e4 43.Re1 Rxf3+ 0-1

                      (to be continued)

                      Comment


                      • #12
                        Julius Bar Challengers Chess Tour

                        April 10, 2021

                        Polgar Challenge

                        Day 3 (continued)


                        Round 14, April 10
                        Liang, Awonder – Yoo, Christopher
                        B45 Sicilian, Taimanov variation

                        1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Bd3 d5 8.O-O Be7 9.e5 Nd7 10.Re1 c5 11.Qg4 g6 12.Bh6 c4 13.Bf1 Bf8 14.Bxf8 Kxf8 15.b3 cxb3 16.axb3 Kg7 17.Nb5 a6 18.Qf4 Qe7 19.Nd6 a5 20.c4 dxc4 21.bxc4 a4 22.Ra3 Ra5 23.Qd4 Rd8 24.Qc3 Ra6 25.Qb4 Kg8 26.Rxa4 Rxa4 27.Qxa4 Nxe5 28.Nxc8 Qg5 29.Rxe5 Qc1 30.Ne7+ Kg7 31.c5 Rd1 32.Qb5 Qf4 33.Re3 Rd2 34.Rf3 Qg5 35.Qe8 1-0

                        Awonder Liang beats and overtakes his compatriot Christopher Yoo!

                        Round 14, April 10
                        Praggnanandhaa, R. – Gukesh, D.
                        D41 QGD, Semi-Tarrasch

                        1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 c5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 Be6 7.Bxf6 Qxf6 8.e4 dxe4 9.Nxe4 Qf4 10.Bb5+ Nc6 11.Qe2 O-O-O 12.Bxc6 bxc6 13.O-O Bd5 14.Rfe1 cxd4 15.Qa6+ Kb8 16.Nxd4 Bb4 17.g3 Qc7 18.Nc3 Bxc3 19.bxc3 Rhe8 20.c4 Rxe1+ 21.Rxe1 Bh1 22.Kxh1 Rxd4 23.Re8+ Rd8 24.Rxd8+ Qxd8 25.Qxc6 Qc7 26.Qd5 Qb7 27.Kg2 Qc7 28.Kf3 g6 29.c5 Kc8 30.h4 h5 31.Ke4 Qe7+ 32.Kd3 Kc7 33.f4 f6 34.f5 gxf5 35.Qxf5 Qe1 36.Qf4+ Kc8 37.Kc4 Qe2+ 38.Kb3 Qb5+ 39.Qb4 Qd3+ 40.Qc3 Qb5+ 41.Ka3 Qa6+ 42.Kb2 Qe2+ 43.Qc2 Qe5+ 44.Qc3 Qe2+ 45.Ka3 Qa6+ 46.Kb2 Qe2+ 1/2-1/2

                        Praggnanandhaa fails to convert a much better queen endgame and is now just half a point ahead of Abdusattorov with 1 round to go today!

                        Round 15, April 10
                        Shuvalova, Polina – Liang, Awonder
                        E97 King’s Indian, Orthodox, Aronin-Taimanov variation

                        1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.Bg5 h6 10.Bd2 a5 11.Rc1 c5 12.dxc6 bxc6 13.c5 d5 14.exd5 Nfxd5 15.Bc4 f5 16.Qe2 e4 17.Ne1 Kh7 18.Nc2 Be6 19.f3 Nxc3 20.Bxc3 Bxc3 21.Bxe6 Qd2 22.Rce1 Qxe2 23.Rxe2 Bxb2 24.fxe4 f4 25.e5 g5 26.a4 Ng6 27.Rfe1 Rae8 28.Bd7 Rxe5 29.Bxc6 Rxc5 30.Be4 Kg7 31.Rd1 Ne5 32.h3 Rc4 33.Ne1 Bd4+ 34.Kh2 Be3 35.Rd5 Rxe4 0-1

                        Awonder Liang in fact scored 5/5 today!

                        Round 15, April 10
                        Gukesh, D. – Salimova, Nurgyul
                        B12 Caro-Kann, Advance variation

                        1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 Ne7 6.c3 Nd7 7.O-O Ng6 8.Ne1 h5 9.Nc2 c5 10.Ne3 Bxb1 11.Rxb1 Qb6 12.Bxh5 O-O-O 13.Re1 cxd4 14.cxd4 Bb4 15.Rf1 Nf4 16.Bf3 Kb8 17.Nc2 Ng6 18.Nxb4 Qxb4 19.g3 Ne7 20.Qd3 Nf5 21.Rd1 f6 22.exf6 gxf6 23.Bf4+ Ka8 24.Bg4 Ng7 25.Rbc1 e5 26.Bd2 Qd6 27.Qb3 f5 28.dxe5 Nxe5 29.Be2 Ne6 30.Ba5 Nf4 31.Qe3 Nh3+ 32.Kf1 Rde8 33.Bc7 Qf6 34.Qd4 f4 35.Bxe5 Rxe5 36.Rc5 fxg3 37.hxg3 Ng5 38.Qh4 Rf8 39.Qf4 Qe7 40.Rdc1 b6 41.Qxf8+ Qxf8 42.Rc8+ Qxc8 43.Rxc8+ Kb7 44.Rc2 Ne6 45.Rd2 Kc6 46.f4 Re3 47.Kf2 d4 48.Bf3+ Kc5 49.a3 Rb3 50.Bd1 Re3 51.Bg4 Nc7 52.Be2 Ne6 53.b4+ Kd5 54.Rc2 Rxa3 55.Bc4+ Kd6 56.Rd2 Rc3 57.Bxe6 Kxe6 58.Rxd4 Kf5 59.Rd5+ Kg4 60.Rg5+ Kh3 61.b5 Rb3 62.Rg7 Rxb5 63.Rh7+ Kg4 64.Rh4+ Kf5 65.Rh5+ Kg4 66.Rxb5 a6 67.Rxb6 1-0

                        Round 15, April 10
                        Keymer, Vincent – Praggnanandhaa, R.
                        E62 King’s Indian, Fianchetto, Uhlmann variation

                        1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.d4 Nc6 7.O-O e5 8.dxe5 dxe5 9.Bg5 h6 10.Qxd8 Rxd8 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.Nd5 Kg7 13.Nxc7 Rb8 14.Nd5 e4 15.Nd2 e3 16.Nxf6 exd2 17.Nd5 Bg4 18.f3 Be6 19.e4 Na5 20.Rfd1 Nxc4 21.b3 Bxd5 22.exd5 Ne3 23.Rxd2 Rxd5 24.Rxd5 Nxd5 25.Rc1 Nf6 26.f4 Ne8 27.Kf2 b6 28.Bf3 Rd8 29.Ke3 Kf8 30.Rc4 Nd6 31.Rc7 Nf5+ 32.Ke4 a5 33.Bg4 Re8+ 34.Kd3 Rd8+ 35.Kc3 Ne3 36.Bf3 Rd6 37.a4 h5 38.b4 axb4+ 39.Kxb4 Rd2 40.Kb5 Rb2+ 41.Ka6 Rxh2 42.Kxb6 Rh3 43.Rc3 Nf5 44.a5 Rxg3 45.a6 Ne7 46.a7 Rxf3 47.a8=Q+ 1-0

                        Round 15, April 10
                        Mendonca, Leon – Yip, Carissa
                        E61 King’s Indian

                        1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 O-O 5.e3 d6 6.Be2 b6 7.O-O Bb7 8.Qc2 Nbd7 9.b3 e5 10.Bb2 Qe7 11.Rfd1 Rad8 12.Rac1 h6 13.dxe5 Nxe5 14.Nd5 Bxd5 15.cxd5 Nxf3+ 16.Bxf3 Ne8 17.Bxg7 Kxg7 18.Rd4 f5 19.g3 Rc8 20.Be2 a5 21.Ba6 Ra8 22.Bb5 Rf7 23.Rc4 Ra7 24.Bxe8 Qxe8 25.Qc3+ Kg8 26.Kg2 Kh7 27.h4 Qe7 28.Qd4 Qe8 29.Qf4 Qe7 30.Qd4 Qe8 31.Kf1 Qe7 32.Qc3 Qe8 33.Ke2 Qb5 34.Qd3 Qe8 35.Kd2 Kg8 36.Qc3 Qb5 37.Qd3 a4 38.Rxa4 Ra5 39.Qxb5 Rxb5 40.Rd4 Re7 41.Rcc4 Kf7 42.b4 Re5 43.Rxc7+ Kf6 44.Rc6 Rexd5 45.Kc3 Rxd4 46.exd4 Ke6 47.a4 Rd5 48.Rxb6 1-0

                        Round 15, April 10
                        Abdusattorov, Nodirbek – Nihal Sarin
                        C68 Ruy Lopez, Exchange

                        1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O-O Bd6 6.d4 exd4 7.Qxd4 f6 8.Be3 Ne7 9.Nbd2 Be6 10.Qc3 Ng6 11.Rad1 Qe7 12.Nd4 Bb4 13.Qd3 Ne5 14.Qe2 Bxd2 15.Qxd2 O-O-O 16.Qc3 g5 17.f3 Rhg8 18.b3 h5 19.Rd2 Rd7 20.Rfd1 Rgd8 21.Nxe6 Rxd2 22.Rxd2 Rxd2 23.Qxd2 Qxe6 24.Bd4 b6 25.Kf2 c5 26.Bc3 a5 27.Qd5 Qe7 28.h4 gxh4 29.f4 Ng4+ 30.Ke2 Qe8 31.Be1 Kb8 32.Bxh4 a4 33.e5 axb3 34.axb3 fxe5 35.f5 Qb5+ 36.Qd3 Qc6 37.Qf3 e4 38.Qf4 e3 39.Qf3 Qb5+ 40.c4 Qxb3 41.Qd5 Qc2+ 42.Kf3 Qb1 43.Kf4 e2 44.Qd8+ Kb7 45.Qd5+ Kb8 46.Qd8+ Kb7 47.Qd5+ Ka7 48.Qd2 Qf1+ 49.Kg5 Nf2 50.Qf4 Qxg2+ 51.Bg3 Nh3+ 0-1

                        Round 15, April 10
                        Murzin, Volodar – Mammadzada, Gunay
                        B53 Sicilian, Chekhover variation

                        1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Qxd4 Nf6 5.Be2 Nc6 6.Qe3 g6 7.O-O Bg7 8.Rd1 O-O 9.Nc3 Nd7 10.Nd5 a6 11.c3 b6 12.Qf4 Bb7 13.Qg3 Nce5 14.Bg5 Re8 15.Nxe5 Bxe5 16.Qh4 Bxd5 17.exd5 Bf6 18.a4 Qc7 19.Rd3 Bxg5 20.Qxg5 Nf6 21.Rd4 Kg7 22.Rad1 Qc5 23.Rc4 Qa5 24.Qd2 Rec8 25.Rd4 b5 26.axb5 axb5 27.h3 Rab8 28.Bf1 Rc7 29.Qe1 Qa2 30.Qd2 Rc5 31.f4 b4 32.cxb4 Rc7 33.b5 Qa7 34.Kh2 Rbc8 35.Qb4 Qb6 36.Ra1 Rc1 37.Ra6 Qb7 38.Be2 h5 39.Rc6 h4 40.Bf3 Kh7 41.Qd2 Ra1 42.f5 Rca8 43.Rxh4+ 1-0

                        Shocker as both Praggnanandhaa and Abdusattorov lose in the final round today, making tomorrow's final 4 rounds much more interesting, with Sarin, Liang & Keymer all in the mix!

                        Standings at the end of Day Three

                        (K) Team Kramnik (P) Team Polgar

                        1 Praggnanandhaa (K) 12
                        2 Abdusattorov (K) 11.5
                        3-4 Sarin (P), Liang (P) 11
                        5 Keymer (P) 10.5
                        6-8 Murzin (P), Gukesh (P), Yoo (K) 10
                        9 Mendonca (K) 9.5
                        10 Bjerre (K) 85
                        11-12 Tingjie (K), Jiner (P) 7
                        13 Shuvalova (P) 6.5
                        14 Salimova (K) 6
                        15-16 Abdumalik (P), Mammadzada (P) 4.5
                        17 Khadem (P) 4
                        18 Yip (K) 3.5
                        19 Badelka (K) 3
                        20 Saduakassova withdrew

                        Aggregate Scores

                        Team Kramnik 71 – Team Polgar 75

                        Comment


                        • #13
                          Zhe Jiner Abdusattorov what a finish!
                          Abdusattorov - Murzin demonstrating the power of the two bishops!
                          Gukesh Yip what a game! Its amazing to see a grandmaster's position coming apart like that!

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                          • #14
                            Praggnanandhaa nice finish in the Rd 13 game.

                            Some endgame disasters but not surprising at that speed.

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                            • #15
                              Julius Bar Challengers Chess Tour

                              April 11, 2021

                              Polgar Challenge

                              Day 4


                              Round 16, April 11
                              Nihal Sarin – Murzin, Volodar
                              D12 QGD Slav

                              1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.d4 d5 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Be4 7.f3 Bg6 8.Qb3 Qc7 9.Bd2 Nbd7 10.cxd5 exd5 11.Rc1 Be7 12.g3 Qb6 13.Nxg6 hxg6 14.Kf2 Nf8 15.Qxb6 axb6 16.a3 Ne6 17.Bd3 g5 18.h3 g6 19.Ne2 Kf8 20.Kg2 Kg7 21.Bc3 Rhd8 22.Rhd1 Kg8 23.Rd2 Bf8 24.Rf1 Bg7 25.Rdd1 b5 26.Bb1 Ne8 27.f4 gxf4 28.exf4 Nd6 29.g4 Re8 30.Ng3 Nc4 31.Kf3 c5 32.dxc5 Bxc3 33.bxc3 Rxa3 34.Ne2 d4 35.Nxd4 Rxc3+ 36.Kf2 Ne3 37.Nxb5 Nxd1+ 38.Rxd1 Rxh3 39.Nd6 Rd8 40.Rc1 Nxc5 41.Nxf7 Rd2+ 42.Ke1 Rb2 43.Bc2 Kxf7 44.Kd2 Nb3+ 0-1

                              Round 16, April 11
                              Badelka, Olga – Abdusattorov, Nodirbek
                              E18 Queen’s Indian, old main line

                              1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 b6 3.Bg2 Bb7 4.d4 e6 5.O-O Be7 6.c4 O-O 7.Nc3 Na6 8.Re1 Ne4 9.Bd2 Bf6 10.Qc2 Nxc3 11.Bxc3 d5 12.Ne5 c5 13.e3 Bxe5 14.dxe5 Nc7 15.Rad1 Qe7 16.f4 Rad8 17.Qa4 a6 18.Qc2 b5 19.b3 b4 20.Bb2 Ba8 21.cxd5 Nxd5 22.Rc1 Rc8 23.e4 Nb6 24.Qd3 c4 25.bxc4 Rfd8 26.Qe2 Qc5+ 27.Kh1 a5 28.f5 Nxc4 29.f6 Rd2 30.Qxd2 Nxd2 31.Rxc5 Rxc5 32.Rd1 Rc2 33.Bc1 gxf6 34.exf6 h5 35.Bxd2 Rxa2 36.Be3 b3 37.Bd4 a4 38.Bf3 a3 39.Be5 b2 40.Rb1 Bc6 41.Kg1 Bb5 42.Bd1 Bd3 43.Bb3 Bxb1 44.Bxa2 Bxa2 0-1

                              Round 16, April 11
                              Lei, Tingjie – Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat
                              E01 Catalan, Closed
                              
                              1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 a5 6.Nf3 dxc4 7.Qc2 c5 8.Qxc4 Bxd2+ 9.Nbxd2 cxd4 10.Nxd4 O-O 11.N2f3 Qb6 12.O-O Bd7 13.Ne5 Rc8 14.Qd3 Be8 15.Rfd1 Nbd7 16.Nc4 Qa6 17.Rac1 Nc5 18.Qf3 Nce4 19.Qd3 Nc5 20.Qa3 a4 21.Rc2 Rab8 22.Rdc1 Nd5 23.Ne5 b6 24.b4 Nd7 25.Nec6 N7f6 26.b5 Qb7 27.e4 1-0

                              Round 16, April 11
                              Yip, Carissa – Abdumalik, Zhansaya
                              B28 Sicilian, O’Kelly variation

                              1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 a6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 b6 5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 Bb7 7.Bd3 Qc7 8.O-O Nf6 9.Qe2 d6 10.Kh1 Nbd7 11.f4 Be7 12.Bd2 g6 13.b4 Rc8 14.f5 gxf5 15.exf5 e5 16.Nf3 Rg8 17.Rac1 Qb8 18.Ng5 Qa8 19.Nge4 Nxe4 20.Bxe4 Nf6 21.Bxb7 Qxb7 22.Be3 Rxc4 23.Rc2 Rcg4 24.Rg1 Rh4 25.b5 Ng4 26.Rgc1 Rxh2+ 27.Kg1 Nxe3 28.Kxh2 Rxg2+ 29.Qxg2 Nxg2 30.Rxg2 a5 31.Rd1 Qf3 32.Ne2 Qh5+ 33.Kg1 Bg5 34.Rd3 h6 35.Nc3 Qh4 36.Nd5 Qe1+ 37.Kh2 Qe4 38.Rd1 Qxf5 39.Rgg1 Qc2+ 40.Kh3 Qxa2 41.Nxb6 Qb3+ 42.Kg4 Qe6+ 43.Kg3 Bf4+ 44.Kf2 Qa2+ 45.Kf1 Bg5 46.Nd5 Kd7 47.b6 Kc6 48.Rg3 Bh4 49.Rc3+ Kd7 50.Kg1 Qf2+ 51.Kh1 Bg3 52.Nf6+ Qxf6 53.Rxg3 Qh4+ 54.Kg2 Qb4 55.Rf3 f5 0-1

                              Round 16, April 11
                              Praggnanandhaa, R. – Mendonca, Leon
                              D12 QGD Slav

                              1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 d5 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Be4 7.f3 Bg6 8.Qb3 Qc7 9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.g3 Be7 11.Nxg6 hxg6 12.Kf2 Nd7 13.e4 N5f6 14.Kg2 O-O 15.Be2 c5 16.Bf4 Qa5 17.d5 e5 18.Bg5 Qc7 19.Rac1 a6 20.a4 Bd6 21.Nb1 Rab8 22.Na3 Rfc8 23.Rc2 Ne8 24.h4 Ndf6 25.Rhc1 Be7 26.a5 Qxa5 27.Nc4 Qc7 28.Nb6 Rd8 29.Be3 Nd7 30.Nxd7 Qxd7 31.Qb6 Rdc8 32.Bf1 Bd8 33.Qb3 Be7 34.Kh2 b5 35.Bh3 Qc7 36.Bxc8 Rxc8 37.Bxc5 Bxc5 38.Rxc5 Qxc5 39.Rxc5 Rxc5 40.Qa3 Rc2+ 41.Kh3 Nf6 42.d6 Rf2 43.Qxa6 Rxf3 44.Qc8+ Kh7 45.d7 Nxd7 46.Qxd7 b4 47.Qe7 b3 48.Qxe5 Rd3 49.Qb5 Re3 50.Qc4 f6 51.Kg2 1-0

                              Round 16, April 11
                              Salimova, Nurgyul – Keymer, Vincent
                              E11 Bogo-Indian Defence

                              1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 d5 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O c6 8.Bf4 dxc4 9.Ne5 b5 10.Nxc6 Nxc6 11.Bxc6 Ba6 12.Bxa8 Qxa8 13.Nd2 h6 14.Nf3 Qd5 15.h4 Bb7 16.Re1 Ne4 17.h5 Qxh5 18.Kg2 Qd5 19.Rh1 Rd8 20.Qc2 Qf5 21.Qc1 Ng5 22.Bxg5 hxg5 23.Qg1 g4 24.Qh2 gxf3+ 25.Kg1 f6 26.e3 Be4 27.Qh4 Kf7 28.Rc1 Bd3 29.a3 a5 30.g4 Qg6 31.Qg3 Bd6 32.Qh4 Rh8 0-1

                              Round 16, April 11
                              Liang, Awonder – Bjerre, Jonas
                              B23 Sicilian, Closed

                              1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Qxd4 Nc6 5.Qd2 Nf6 6.b3 e6 7.Bb2 d5 8.exd5 exd5 9.O-O-O Be6 10.Nf3 Qa5 11.Kb1 Bb4 12.Qd3 O-O 13.Nd4 Rac8 14.Nxc6 Rxc6 15.Nb5 Rfc8 16.a3 Be7 17.b4 Qa4 18.Qb3 Qxb3 19.cxb3 Ne4 20.Bd4 Bf6 21.Bd3 Bxd4 22.Bxe4 Bxf2 23.Bxd5 Bxd5 24.Rxd5 g6 25.Rf1 Bb6 26.Rd7 a6 27.Nd6 Rf8 28.Nxf7 Be3 29.Rf3 Rc1+ 30.Kb2 Rfc8 31.Rd8+ Kg7 32.Rxc8 Rxc8 33.Rxe3 Kxf7 34.Rc3 Re8 35.Rc7+ Kf6 36.Rxb7 h5 37.Rc7 1-0

                              Round 16, April 11
                              Yoo, Christopher – Shuvalova, Polina
                              D30 QGD

                              1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 d5 4.Bg5 dxc4 5.Qa4+ Nbd7 6.Nc3 Be7 7.e4 O-O 8.Qxc4 h6 9.Bf4 c5 10.dxc5 Bxc5 11.Be2 a6 12.e5 b5 13.Qd3 Nh7 14.O-O Bb7 15.Rfd1 Nb6 16.Qc2 Qe7 17.Bd3 Ng5 18.Bxg5 hxg5 19.Be4 g4 20.Bxb7 Qxb7 21.Ng5 g6 22.Qe2 Nc4 23.Qxg4 Kg7 24.Nce4 Be7 25.Qh4 Rh8 26.Qf4 Bxg5 27.Nxg5 Rh5 28.Qf6+ Kg8 29.Rd8+ Rxd8 30.Qxd8+ Kg7 31.Qf6+ Kh6 32.Nxf7+ Kh7 33.Qh8# 1-0

                              Judit, Vlad and Artur Kogan talk about speed chess and its effects on young players. Vlad says that he absolutely forbids bullet chess (1 min for the whole game), because it is stressful, addictive and, above all, it makes you lose patience. And – it really is not chess, it is more just moving the mouse fast. He can see benefits in 3+2 chess, but 5+3 is even better as are 10 and 15 minute chess.

                              Kramnik forbade his Indian students from playing bullet chess - "Why do you use a chessboard? There is no point, just put the clock and push the clock and the 1st one who wins on time, he wins. There's no point to have a chessboard as it's not chess anyway!"

                              Round 17, April 11
                              Shuvalova, Polina – Zhu, Jiner
                              A18 English, Mikenas-Carls variation

                              1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.e4 d5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.e5 Ne4 6.Nf3 Bf5 7.Be2 c5 8.d4 Nc6 9.O-O c4 10.Nxe4 dxe4 11.Ng5 h6 12.Nxf7 Kxf7 13.Bxc4+ Kg6 14.Be3 Kh7 15.a3 Be7 16.b4 a6 17.Rc1 Rf8 18.Qd2 Bg5 19.Qb2 Bxe3 20.fxe3 Qe7 21.Bd5 Rac8 22.Rxf5 Rxf5 23.Bxe4 Qg5 24.Bxf5+ Qxf5 25.d5 Ne7 26.Rxc8 Nxc8 27.Qd4 Ne7 28.h3 Qb1+ 29.Kh2 Qf5 30.a4 Kg8 31.b5 axb5 32.axb5 Ng6 33.e6 Qe5+ 34.Qxe5 Nxe5 35.Kg3 Kf8 36.Kf4 Nc4 37.e4 Ke7 38.e5 Na3 39.Kf5 Nxb5 40.h4 h5 41.g3 b6 42.g4 hxg4 43.Kxg4 Nc3 44.d6+ Kxe6 45.Kg5 b5 46.Kg6 b4 47.Kxg7 b3 48.d7 Kxd7 49.h5 b2 50.h6 b1=Q 51.h7 Qg1+ 52.Kf7 Qh2 53.Kg8 Qg3+ 54.Kf7 Qf4+ 55.Kg8 Qg5+ 56.Kf7 Qf5+ 57.Kg7 Qg5+ 58.Kf7 Qh6 59.e6+ Kd6 60.Kg8 Qg6+ 61.Kh8 Nd5 62.e7 Qf6+ 63.Kg8 Nxe7# 0-1

                              Round 17, April 11
                              Bjerre, Jonas – Yoo, Christopher
                              A50 Queen’s Indian Accelerated

                              1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 b6 3.Nf3 Bb7 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.O-O O-O 7.Nc3 Ne4 8.Nxe4 Bxe4 9.Bf4 d6 10.Qd2 e6 11.Bg5 Qe8 12.Bh6 Nd7 13.Qe3 Bb7 14.Rfd1 Nf6 15.Bxg7 Kxg7 16.c5 Qb5 17.a4 Qb4 18.Rdc1 Bd5 19.Nd2 Bxg2 20.Kxg2 Nd5 21.Qd3 dxc5 22.Rc4 Qxb2 23.Rb1 Qa2 24.e4 Nf6 25.d5 exd5 26.exd5 Rad8 27.Qc3 Rxd5 28.Rb2 Qa1 29.Ne4 Rd1 30.Nxf6 Rg1+ 31.Kh3 Kh8 32.Nd7+ Kg8 33.Nf6+ Kh8 34.Nxh7+ f6 35.Nxf8 Qf1+ 36.Kh4 g5+ 37.Kh5 Kg7 38.Ne6+ Kf7 39.Nxg5+ Kg7 40.Ne6+ Kf7 41.Nf4 Qd1+ 42.f3 Qd8 43.Kg4 Qd7+ 44.Kh4 Qf5 45.g4 Qg5+ 46.Kh3 f5 47.Nh5 fxg4+ 48.fxg4 Rf1 49.Qg3 1-0

                              Round 17, April 11
                              Abdumalik, Zhansaya – Praggnanandhaa, R
                              B66 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack

                              1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.O-O-O Be7 9.f3 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 O-O 11.Kb1 b5 12.h4 Bb7 13.g4 Rc8 14.h5 Nxe4 15.Nxe4 Bxg5 16.Qxd6 Bf4 17.Qxd8 Rfxd8 18.Rxd8+ Rxd8 19.Bd3 Rc8 20.Rf1 g6 21.a3 Kg7 22.b4 Rc7 23.Nc5 Bc8 24.hxg6 hxg6 25.Kb2 Bd6 26.Ne4 Be5+ 27.c3 f5 28.Nc5 Bd6 29.Nb3 Kf6 30.Rh1 Bb7 31.Rh3 Bd5 32.Nd4 Be5 33.Ne2 fxg4 34.fxg4 Kg5 35.Re3 Bf4 36.Rh3 e5 37.Rh8 e4 38.Rd8 Bb7 39.Bc2 Be5 40.Rg8 Re7 41.a4 Bd5 42.Rd8 Bc4 43.Nc1 Bf4 44.axb5 axb5 45.Nb3 e3 46.Nd4 e2 47.Rf8 Bd5 48.Nxe2 Rxe2 49.Rd8 Be4 0-1

                              Round 17, April 11
                              Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat – Yip, Carissa
                              D77 Neo-Grunfeld

                              1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 d5 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Na3 Nc6 8.Nxc4 Be6 9.b3 Bd5 10.Bb2 a5 11.a4 Qc8 12.Rc1 Rd8 13.e3 Ne4 14.Qe2 Qe6 15.Ne1 Ng5 16.h4 Bxg2 17.Nxg2 Ne4 18.Nf4 Qf5 19.Kg2 e5 20.g4 Qf6 21.g5 Qf5 22.dxe5 Nxe5 23.Bxe5 Bxe5 24.Nxe5 Qxe5 25.Rc2 c6 26.Rd1 Nc3 27.Rxd8+ Rxd8 28.Qf3 Ne4 29.Rc4 Nd2 30.Qd1 Rd6 31.Rc1 Qe4+ 32.Kg3 Qf5 33.Kg2 f6 34.gxf6 Qxf6 35.Qg4 Nxb3 36.Rc2 Qf5 37.Qe2 Qe4+ 38.Kg3 Qxa4 39.Qg4 Rf6 40.Qc8+ Rf8 41.Qe6+ Rf7 42.Rc3 Nd2 43.Qe8+ Rf8 44.Qe6+ Rf7 45.Qe8+ Rf8 46.Qe6+ Rf7 1/2-1/2

                              Round 17, April 11
                              Abdusattorov, Nodirbek – Lei, Tingjie
                              C54 Giuoco Piano

                              1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.Bb3 h6 7.Nbd2 a5 8.h3 Bd7 9.Nf1 Ne7 10.Ng3 Ng6 11.O-O a4 12.Bc2 O-O 13.d4 Ba7 14.Be3 b5 15.Qd2 Re8 16.Rad1 Qe7 17.Rfe1 Be6 18.b3 axb3 19.axb3 Rad8 20.Ra1 Bb6 21.d5 Bxe3 22.Qxe3 Bd7 23.Ra7 Rc8 24.Bd3 Nf4 25.Bf1 Qf8 26.Rea1 c6 27.Rxd7 Nxd7 28.dxc6 Rxc6 29.Bxb5 Rc7 30.Ra7 Rec8 31.Bxd7 Rxc3 32.Qb6 Rb8 33.Rb7 Rxb7 34.Qxb7 Qd8 35.Bc6 Nxh3+ 36.gxh3 Rxf3 37.Kg2 Qf6 38.Nf5 Rc3 39.Qe7 Qxe7 40.Nxe7+ Kf8 41.Nd5 Rxc6 42.b4 Rc4 43.Kf3 f5 44.exf5 Rd4 45.Nc7 Rxb4 46.Kg3 Kf7 47.f3 Rf4 48.Nb5 Ke7 0-1

                              Round 17, April 11
                              Mammadzada, Gunay – Nihal Sarin
                              C70 Ruy Lopez, Classical Defence deferred

                              1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Bc5 5.O-O d6 6.h3 Ne7 7.c3 O-O 8.d4 Ba7 9.Bg5 f6 10.Be3 Kh8 11.Nbd2 Bd7 12.Re1 Be8 13.d5 Nb8 14.Bxe8 Qxe8 15.Qb3 Bxe3 16.Rxe3 Ra7 17.c4 Nd7 18.Qc3 h6 19.Re2 Ra8 20.Rc1 a5 21.b3 f5 22.exf5 Nxf5 23.Ne4 b6 24.a3 Qg6 25.Kh2 Nf6 26.Ng3 Nxg3 27.fxg3 Kg8 28.Qe3 Rf7 29.g4 Raf8 30.b4 axb4 31.axb4 b5 32.Nh4 Nxg4+ 33.hxg4 Qxg4 34.g3 g5 35.Ng2 Rf1 36.Rxf1 Rxf1 37.Rf2 Qh5+ 38.Nh4 Rxf2+ 39.Qxf2 gxh4 40.cxb5 hxg3+ 41.Kxg3 Qg5+ 42.Kh3 Kg7 43.Qa7 Qf5+ 44.Kh2 Qf4+ 45.Kh3 Qf7 46.Qb7 e4 47.Qc6 Kg6 48.b6 Qf3+ 49.Kh2 Qf2+ 50.Kh3 Qe3+ 51.Kg2 Qxb6 52.Qe8+ Kf5 53.Qe6+ Kf4 54.Qf6+ Ke3 55.Qxh6+ Kd3 56.Qh7 Qxb4 57.Qxc7 e3 58.Qh7+ Qe4+ 0-1

                              (to be continued)

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