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Maghsoodloo vs Praggnanandhaa
July 7, 2021
I can’t seem to get enough games by Pragg, Maghsoodloo and Firouzja. Certainly, they are not everyone’s cup of tea but they are immensely gifted and using the time of covid to play the 10,000 games that Malcolm Gladwell says are essential for mastery.
Very few seemed to care for Pragg vs Miro:
https://forum.chesstalk.com/forum/ch...up-h-qualifier
Overcoming both a 1-7 deficit and internet disconnections, GM Parham Maghsoodloo defeated GM Praggnanandhaa R. on Monday in their round-of-16 match of the Junior Speed Chess Championship presented by ChessKid.
Winning from a six-point deficit is the biggest comeback ever in all Speed Chess matches held over the years on Chess.com. Also marred with connection problems, Maghsoodloo (@Parhamov on Chess.com) was struggling on and off the board in the first half of the match during the whole 5|1 segment and the first 3|1 game.
After that horrible start, the Iranian grandmaster won five games in a row and then turned the score into a much more bearable 6-7. Suddenly, anything was possible.
At the end of the 3|1 portion, Praggnanandhaa (@rpragchess) was still leading by a point but with a very strong performance in the bullet (scoring 8-3 there), Maghsoodloo clinched the victory.
After a delayed start, Maghsoodloo's connection (and his play, because of it) continued to remain unstable during the first game, which saw a beautiful finish by Pragg (see Round 1, Game 1 below)
Maghsoodloo was down 1-5 but in a promising position when his connection dropped again. This time, he flagged because of it.
The match had to be interrupted for about 25 minutes before his connection was stable again. Meanwhile, Praggnanandhaa graciously declined to get the extra forfeit point that can be claimed when the opponent disconnects for over 10 minutes. He did get another free point when Maghsoodloo lost another game to a disconnection.
By now, just giving Praggnanandhaa a forfeit match victory was a serious option, but the Indian teenager has to be applauded for bearing with the situation and wanting to play.
He wasn't rewarded for his sportsmanship, though. Actually, it was from this point that the match went downhill for him while Maghsoodloo's internet was finally all good again.
A key game was the fourth 3|1 where Praggnanandhaa was completely winning but went on to lose completely unnecessarily (See Round 2, Game 4 below)
"First of all, I'd like to congratulate Pragg because he became stronger since our previous match," Maghsoodloo started the interview. "He was really strong, and I was under big pressure."
He was referring to last year's Junior Speed Chess Championship when the two players also met in the round of 16. Back then, Maghsoodloo was the one building a big lead at the start (7.5-1.5) and Praggnanandhaa coming back, but not enough to overtake his opponent.
Praggnanandhaa earned $212.96 based on win percentage; Maghsoodloo won $500 for the victory plus $287.04 on percentage, totaling $787.04. He moves on to the quarterfinals, where he will play the winner of the match GM Jeffery Xiong vs. IM Denis Lazavik that will be played on Sunday, July 11, at 6 a.m. Pacific / 15:00 Central Europe.
https://www.chess.com/news/view/2021...praggnanandhaa
All the games:
Rapid 5+1
Round One
Game 1, July 5
Magh – Pragg
A01 Nimzowitsch-Larsen Attack
1.b3 b6 2.e4 Bb7 3.f3 c5 4.Ne2 e6 5.Bb2 Nc6 6.d4 d5 7.exd5 exd5 8.g3 Nf6 9.Bg2 Bd6 10.O-O O-O 11.Nbc3 Ba6 12.Re1 cxd4 13.Nb1 Bc5 14.Nxd4 Re8 15.c3 Ne5 16.Ba3 Nd3 17.Rxe8+ Qxe8 18.Qd2 Qe1+ 19.Qxe1 Bxd4+ 20.Kf1 Nf4+ 21.c4 dxc4 22.Qe7 cxb3+ 23.Ke1 Re8 24.gxf4 b2 0-1
Game 2, July 5
Pragg – Magh
D02 Queen’s Bishop game
1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.Bf4 c5 4.e3 Nc6 5.Nbd2 Qb6 6.dxc5 Qxc5 7.c4 e6 8.a3 Be7 9.Rc1 Qb6 10.b4 O-O 11.Bd3 Qd8 12.Qc2 h6 13.O-O Bd7 14.Rfd1 Rc8 15.Qb1 a5 16.c5 axb4 17.axb4 Nh5 18.Be5 Nxe5 19.Nxe5 Be8 20.Ndf3 Nf6 21.Nd4 Qc7 22.f4 Nd7 23.Nef3 Qb8 24.c6 Nf6 25.Ne5 Bd6 26.cxb7 Rxc1 27.Rxc1 Bxe5 28.fxe5 Qxe5 29.Re1 Ng4 30.g3 Bd7 31.Ba6 Nxe3 32.Qd3 Qd6 33.Rxe3 e5 34.Nb3 e4 35.Rxe4 Bf5 36.Nc5 Bxe4 37.Nxe4 Qxb4 38.Qxd5 Qa3 39.Qc5 Qa1+ 40.Bf1 Qb1 41.Nd6 Qb2 42.h4 h5 43.Bg2 g6 44.Kh2 Kg7 45.Qc7 Qb4 46.Nc8 1-0
Game 3, July 5
Magh – Pragg
A01 Nimzowitsch-Larsen Attack
1.b3 b6 2.Bb2 Bb7 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.O-O O-O 7.c4 c5 8.d4 e6 9.dxc5 bxc5 10.Qc1 Na6 11.Rd1 Qe7 12.Nc3 d5 13.e3 Rfd8 14.Ne2 dxc4 15.Qxc4 Nb4 16.Qh4 h6 17.Ne1 g5 18.Qh3 Ba6 19.Bxa8 Bxe2 20.Rxd8+ Qxd8 21.Qg2 Qd2 22.Be5 Ng4 23.Bxg7 Kxg7 24.Be4 f5 25.Bf3 Qb2 26.Bxg4 Bxg4 27.Qb7+ Kg6 28.Qe7 Qxa1 29.Qe8+ Kh7 30.Qf7+ Qg7 31.Qxe6 Bh3 32.a3 Nd3 0-1
Game 4, July 5
Pragg – Magh
A07 Reti, King’s Indian Attack
1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 c6 4.O-O Bf5 5.c4 e6 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Qb3 Qb6 8.d3 Nbd7 9.Qc2 Qc5 10.Qa4 Qb4 11.Qxb4 Bxb4 12.Nc3 O-O 13.Nd4 Bg6 14.Nc2 Ba5 15.b4 Bb6 16.Be3 Rfe8 17.h3 h5 18.a4 a5 19.Bxb6 axb4 20.Nxb4 Nxb6 21.a5 d4 22.Nb5 Re5 23.Nd6 Rexa5 24.Rxa5 Rxa5 25.Nxb7 Re5 26.Bf3 c5 27.Nc6 Re6 28.Nxc5 Rd6 29.Rb1 Nbd7 30.Nxd7 Nxd7 31.Rb4 1-0
Game 5, July 5
Magh – Pragg
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.Bg5 Be6 9.Bxf6 Qxf6 10.Nd5 Qd8 11.Qd3 Nd7 12.O-O-O g6 13.Kb1 Nc5 14.Qa3 Bg7 15.h4 O-O 16.f3 b5 17.Nec3 Rb8 18.b4 a5 19.Qxa5 Qxa5 20.bxa5 b4 21.Nb5 Na4 22.a6 Nc3+ 23.Ndxc3 bxc3 24.Rxd6 Bh6 25.a7 Rb7 26.Ka1 Ra8 27.Bd3 Be3 28.Rb1 Bxa7 29.Ra6 Kg7 30.a4 g5 31.hxg5 Kg6 32.Bc4 Kxg5 33.Bxe6 fxe6 34.Ka2 Kf4 35.Rh1 Kg3 36.Rxh5 Kxg2 37.Rxe5 Kxf3 38.Rexe6 Ke3 39.Rec6 Kxe4 40.Nd6+ 1-0
Game 6, July 5
Pragg – Magh
A05 Reti Opening
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 c5 3.Bg2 Nc6 4.O-O e5 5.d3 d5 6.Nbd2 Bg4 7.e4 d4 8.h3 Bh5 9.g4 Bg6 10.Nh4 Be7 11.Nf5 O-O 12.a4 Nd7 13.Nc4 Bg5 14.Qf3 Bxc1 15.Raxc1 Nb6 16.b3 Nxc4 17.bxc4 f6 18.h4 Be8 19.Qg3 Kh8 20.Bh3 Qc7 21.Kh1 Nd8 22.f4 exf4 23.Rxf4 Ne6 24.Rf2 Bxa4 25.g5 fxg5 26.e5 Bc6+ 27.Kg1 Nf4 28.hxg5 Nxh3+ 29.Qxh3 Bd7 30.Re1 Qb6 31.e6 Bxe6 32.g6 h6 33.Qh5 Bxf5 34.Rxf5 Qd6 35.Rf7 Qg3+ 36.Kf1 a5 37.Re7 a4 38.Qf5 Rg8 39.Rxg7 Rxg7 40.Rxg7 1-0
Game 7, July 5
Magh – Pragg
B41 Sicilian, Kan, Maroczy bind
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.c4 Nf6 6.Bd3 Qc7 7.Nc3 Bd6 8.a3 Nc6 9.Be3 Bf4 10.Bxf4 Qxf4 11.Nde2 Qc7 12.f4 d6 13.b4 O-O 14.Qd2 Rd8 15.O-O d5 16.cxd5 exd5 17.e5 Ne4 18.Bxe4 Qb6+ 19.Kh1 dxe4 20.Qc2 Bf5 21.Ng3 Nd4 22.Qf2 Qg6 23.Rad1 Nc6 24.Nd5 h5 25.Ne3 Ne7 26.Rd6 Qh7 27.Rfd1 Re8 28.h3 h4 29.Ne2 Qh5 30.Nd4 Rac8 31.Qd2 Kh7 32.Rc1 Rxc1+ 33.Qxc1 Rc8 34.Qe1 Kg8 35.Kh2 Bh7 36.a4 Ng6 37.Nd5 Re8 38.Qf2 Nxe5 39.fxe5 Qxe5+ 40.Qf4 Kf8 41.Qxe5 Rxe5 42.Rd8+ Re8 43.Rxe8+ Kxe8 44.g3 hxg3+ 45.Kxg3 Kd7 46.h4 Kd6 47.Ne3 Ke5 48.Ndc2 f5 49.Ng2 Bg6 50.a5 Be8 51.Nf4 Bd7 52.h5 Be8 53.Ne3 Bf7 54.Neg2 Be8 55.Nh4 Bf7 56.Nfg6+ Kf6 57.Kf4 Be6 0-1
Score at the end of Round One
Pragg-Magh 6-1
Round Two
Blitz 3+1
Game 1, July 5
Pragg – Magh
A07 Reti, King’s Indian Attack
1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nd7 3.d4 Nb6 4.Nbd2 Nf6 5.Bg2 h6 6.O-O Bf5 7.c4 c6 8.Qb3 dxc4 9.Nxc4 Be6 10.Nfe5 Nfd7 11.Qc3 Bxc4 12.Nxc4 e6 13.e4 Nxc4 14.Qxc4 Be7 15.Be3 O-O 16.Rfd1 Qa5 17.Qb3 Nb6 18.d5 Bc5 19.dxe6 fxe6 20.Qxe6+ Kh8 21.Qb3 Bxe3 22.Qxe3 Nc4 23.Qd4 b5 24.Qc3 Qb6 25.Qc2 Rf6 26.b3 1-0
Game 2, July 5
Magh – Pragg
B40 Sicilian Defence
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c3 Nf6 4.Bd3 c4 5.Bc2 d5 6.e5 Nfd7 7.b3 Nc6 8.Qe2 Qc7 9.bxc4 dxc4 10.Qxc4 Ndxe5 11.Nxe5 Qxe5+ 12.Qe4 Bd7 13.O-O Qxe4 14.Bxe4 Rc8 15.Ba3 Bxa3 16.Nxa3 Ke7 17.f4 Rhd8 18.Rae1 g6 19.f5 gxf5 20.Bxf5 h6 21.Rf2 Rg8 22.Be4 Nd8 23.Nc2 Bc6 24.Nd4 Bxe4 25.Rxe4 Kd6 26.Nb5+ Kc5 27.Nxa7 Ra8 28.Ra4 b5 29.Ra6 Rg7 30.Rf6 Rg4 31.d4+ Kc4 32.a4 bxa4 33.Rxa4+ Kb3 34.Ra6 Rb8 35.Rf3 Kc2 36.h3 Rg7 37.c4 Rb2 38.Nb5 Nb7 39.Rf2+ Kb3 40.Ra3+ 1-0
(to be continued)
July 7, 2021
I can’t seem to get enough games by Pragg, Maghsoodloo and Firouzja. Certainly, they are not everyone’s cup of tea but they are immensely gifted and using the time of covid to play the 10,000 games that Malcolm Gladwell says are essential for mastery.
Very few seemed to care for Pragg vs Miro:
https://forum.chesstalk.com/forum/ch...up-h-qualifier
Overcoming both a 1-7 deficit and internet disconnections, GM Parham Maghsoodloo defeated GM Praggnanandhaa R. on Monday in their round-of-16 match of the Junior Speed Chess Championship presented by ChessKid.
Winning from a six-point deficit is the biggest comeback ever in all Speed Chess matches held over the years on Chess.com. Also marred with connection problems, Maghsoodloo (@Parhamov on Chess.com) was struggling on and off the board in the first half of the match during the whole 5|1 segment and the first 3|1 game.
After that horrible start, the Iranian grandmaster won five games in a row and then turned the score into a much more bearable 6-7. Suddenly, anything was possible.
At the end of the 3|1 portion, Praggnanandhaa (@rpragchess) was still leading by a point but with a very strong performance in the bullet (scoring 8-3 there), Maghsoodloo clinched the victory.
After a delayed start, Maghsoodloo's connection (and his play, because of it) continued to remain unstable during the first game, which saw a beautiful finish by Pragg (see Round 1, Game 1 below)
Maghsoodloo was down 1-5 but in a promising position when his connection dropped again. This time, he flagged because of it.
The match had to be interrupted for about 25 minutes before his connection was stable again. Meanwhile, Praggnanandhaa graciously declined to get the extra forfeit point that can be claimed when the opponent disconnects for over 10 minutes. He did get another free point when Maghsoodloo lost another game to a disconnection.
By now, just giving Praggnanandhaa a forfeit match victory was a serious option, but the Indian teenager has to be applauded for bearing with the situation and wanting to play.
He wasn't rewarded for his sportsmanship, though. Actually, it was from this point that the match went downhill for him while Maghsoodloo's internet was finally all good again.
A key game was the fourth 3|1 where Praggnanandhaa was completely winning but went on to lose completely unnecessarily (See Round 2, Game 4 below)
"First of all, I'd like to congratulate Pragg because he became stronger since our previous match," Maghsoodloo started the interview. "He was really strong, and I was under big pressure."
He was referring to last year's Junior Speed Chess Championship when the two players also met in the round of 16. Back then, Maghsoodloo was the one building a big lead at the start (7.5-1.5) and Praggnanandhaa coming back, but not enough to overtake his opponent.
Praggnanandhaa earned $212.96 based on win percentage; Maghsoodloo won $500 for the victory plus $287.04 on percentage, totaling $787.04. He moves on to the quarterfinals, where he will play the winner of the match GM Jeffery Xiong vs. IM Denis Lazavik that will be played on Sunday, July 11, at 6 a.m. Pacific / 15:00 Central Europe.
https://www.chess.com/news/view/2021...praggnanandhaa
All the games:
Rapid 5+1
Round One
Game 1, July 5
Magh – Pragg
A01 Nimzowitsch-Larsen Attack
1.b3 b6 2.e4 Bb7 3.f3 c5 4.Ne2 e6 5.Bb2 Nc6 6.d4 d5 7.exd5 exd5 8.g3 Nf6 9.Bg2 Bd6 10.O-O O-O 11.Nbc3 Ba6 12.Re1 cxd4 13.Nb1 Bc5 14.Nxd4 Re8 15.c3 Ne5 16.Ba3 Nd3 17.Rxe8+ Qxe8 18.Qd2 Qe1+ 19.Qxe1 Bxd4+ 20.Kf1 Nf4+ 21.c4 dxc4 22.Qe7 cxb3+ 23.Ke1 Re8 24.gxf4 b2 0-1
Game 2, July 5
Pragg – Magh
D02 Queen’s Bishop game
1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.Bf4 c5 4.e3 Nc6 5.Nbd2 Qb6 6.dxc5 Qxc5 7.c4 e6 8.a3 Be7 9.Rc1 Qb6 10.b4 O-O 11.Bd3 Qd8 12.Qc2 h6 13.O-O Bd7 14.Rfd1 Rc8 15.Qb1 a5 16.c5 axb4 17.axb4 Nh5 18.Be5 Nxe5 19.Nxe5 Be8 20.Ndf3 Nf6 21.Nd4 Qc7 22.f4 Nd7 23.Nef3 Qb8 24.c6 Nf6 25.Ne5 Bd6 26.cxb7 Rxc1 27.Rxc1 Bxe5 28.fxe5 Qxe5 29.Re1 Ng4 30.g3 Bd7 31.Ba6 Nxe3 32.Qd3 Qd6 33.Rxe3 e5 34.Nb3 e4 35.Rxe4 Bf5 36.Nc5 Bxe4 37.Nxe4 Qxb4 38.Qxd5 Qa3 39.Qc5 Qa1+ 40.Bf1 Qb1 41.Nd6 Qb2 42.h4 h5 43.Bg2 g6 44.Kh2 Kg7 45.Qc7 Qb4 46.Nc8 1-0
Game 3, July 5
Magh – Pragg
A01 Nimzowitsch-Larsen Attack
1.b3 b6 2.Bb2 Bb7 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.O-O O-O 7.c4 c5 8.d4 e6 9.dxc5 bxc5 10.Qc1 Na6 11.Rd1 Qe7 12.Nc3 d5 13.e3 Rfd8 14.Ne2 dxc4 15.Qxc4 Nb4 16.Qh4 h6 17.Ne1 g5 18.Qh3 Ba6 19.Bxa8 Bxe2 20.Rxd8+ Qxd8 21.Qg2 Qd2 22.Be5 Ng4 23.Bxg7 Kxg7 24.Be4 f5 25.Bf3 Qb2 26.Bxg4 Bxg4 27.Qb7+ Kg6 28.Qe7 Qxa1 29.Qe8+ Kh7 30.Qf7+ Qg7 31.Qxe6 Bh3 32.a3 Nd3 0-1
Game 4, July 5
Pragg – Magh
A07 Reti, King’s Indian Attack
1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 c6 4.O-O Bf5 5.c4 e6 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Qb3 Qb6 8.d3 Nbd7 9.Qc2 Qc5 10.Qa4 Qb4 11.Qxb4 Bxb4 12.Nc3 O-O 13.Nd4 Bg6 14.Nc2 Ba5 15.b4 Bb6 16.Be3 Rfe8 17.h3 h5 18.a4 a5 19.Bxb6 axb4 20.Nxb4 Nxb6 21.a5 d4 22.Nb5 Re5 23.Nd6 Rexa5 24.Rxa5 Rxa5 25.Nxb7 Re5 26.Bf3 c5 27.Nc6 Re6 28.Nxc5 Rd6 29.Rb1 Nbd7 30.Nxd7 Nxd7 31.Rb4 1-0
Game 5, July 5
Magh – Pragg
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.Bg5 Be6 9.Bxf6 Qxf6 10.Nd5 Qd8 11.Qd3 Nd7 12.O-O-O g6 13.Kb1 Nc5 14.Qa3 Bg7 15.h4 O-O 16.f3 b5 17.Nec3 Rb8 18.b4 a5 19.Qxa5 Qxa5 20.bxa5 b4 21.Nb5 Na4 22.a6 Nc3+ 23.Ndxc3 bxc3 24.Rxd6 Bh6 25.a7 Rb7 26.Ka1 Ra8 27.Bd3 Be3 28.Rb1 Bxa7 29.Ra6 Kg7 30.a4 g5 31.hxg5 Kg6 32.Bc4 Kxg5 33.Bxe6 fxe6 34.Ka2 Kf4 35.Rh1 Kg3 36.Rxh5 Kxg2 37.Rxe5 Kxf3 38.Rexe6 Ke3 39.Rec6 Kxe4 40.Nd6+ 1-0
Game 6, July 5
Pragg – Magh
A05 Reti Opening
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 c5 3.Bg2 Nc6 4.O-O e5 5.d3 d5 6.Nbd2 Bg4 7.e4 d4 8.h3 Bh5 9.g4 Bg6 10.Nh4 Be7 11.Nf5 O-O 12.a4 Nd7 13.Nc4 Bg5 14.Qf3 Bxc1 15.Raxc1 Nb6 16.b3 Nxc4 17.bxc4 f6 18.h4 Be8 19.Qg3 Kh8 20.Bh3 Qc7 21.Kh1 Nd8 22.f4 exf4 23.Rxf4 Ne6 24.Rf2 Bxa4 25.g5 fxg5 26.e5 Bc6+ 27.Kg1 Nf4 28.hxg5 Nxh3+ 29.Qxh3 Bd7 30.Re1 Qb6 31.e6 Bxe6 32.g6 h6 33.Qh5 Bxf5 34.Rxf5 Qd6 35.Rf7 Qg3+ 36.Kf1 a5 37.Re7 a4 38.Qf5 Rg8 39.Rxg7 Rxg7 40.Rxg7 1-0
Game 7, July 5
Magh – Pragg
B41 Sicilian, Kan, Maroczy bind
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.c4 Nf6 6.Bd3 Qc7 7.Nc3 Bd6 8.a3 Nc6 9.Be3 Bf4 10.Bxf4 Qxf4 11.Nde2 Qc7 12.f4 d6 13.b4 O-O 14.Qd2 Rd8 15.O-O d5 16.cxd5 exd5 17.e5 Ne4 18.Bxe4 Qb6+ 19.Kh1 dxe4 20.Qc2 Bf5 21.Ng3 Nd4 22.Qf2 Qg6 23.Rad1 Nc6 24.Nd5 h5 25.Ne3 Ne7 26.Rd6 Qh7 27.Rfd1 Re8 28.h3 h4 29.Ne2 Qh5 30.Nd4 Rac8 31.Qd2 Kh7 32.Rc1 Rxc1+ 33.Qxc1 Rc8 34.Qe1 Kg8 35.Kh2 Bh7 36.a4 Ng6 37.Nd5 Re8 38.Qf2 Nxe5 39.fxe5 Qxe5+ 40.Qf4 Kf8 41.Qxe5 Rxe5 42.Rd8+ Re8 43.Rxe8+ Kxe8 44.g3 hxg3+ 45.Kxg3 Kd7 46.h4 Kd6 47.Ne3 Ke5 48.Ndc2 f5 49.Ng2 Bg6 50.a5 Be8 51.Nf4 Bd7 52.h5 Be8 53.Ne3 Bf7 54.Neg2 Be8 55.Nh4 Bf7 56.Nfg6+ Kf6 57.Kf4 Be6 0-1
Score at the end of Round One
Pragg-Magh 6-1
Round Two
Blitz 3+1
Game 1, July 5
Pragg – Magh
A07 Reti, King’s Indian Attack
1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nd7 3.d4 Nb6 4.Nbd2 Nf6 5.Bg2 h6 6.O-O Bf5 7.c4 c6 8.Qb3 dxc4 9.Nxc4 Be6 10.Nfe5 Nfd7 11.Qc3 Bxc4 12.Nxc4 e6 13.e4 Nxc4 14.Qxc4 Be7 15.Be3 O-O 16.Rfd1 Qa5 17.Qb3 Nb6 18.d5 Bc5 19.dxe6 fxe6 20.Qxe6+ Kh8 21.Qb3 Bxe3 22.Qxe3 Nc4 23.Qd4 b5 24.Qc3 Qb6 25.Qc2 Rf6 26.b3 1-0
Game 2, July 5
Magh – Pragg
B40 Sicilian Defence
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c3 Nf6 4.Bd3 c4 5.Bc2 d5 6.e5 Nfd7 7.b3 Nc6 8.Qe2 Qc7 9.bxc4 dxc4 10.Qxc4 Ndxe5 11.Nxe5 Qxe5+ 12.Qe4 Bd7 13.O-O Qxe4 14.Bxe4 Rc8 15.Ba3 Bxa3 16.Nxa3 Ke7 17.f4 Rhd8 18.Rae1 g6 19.f5 gxf5 20.Bxf5 h6 21.Rf2 Rg8 22.Be4 Nd8 23.Nc2 Bc6 24.Nd4 Bxe4 25.Rxe4 Kd6 26.Nb5+ Kc5 27.Nxa7 Ra8 28.Ra4 b5 29.Ra6 Rg7 30.Rf6 Rg4 31.d4+ Kc4 32.a4 bxa4 33.Rxa4+ Kb3 34.Ra6 Rb8 35.Rf3 Kc2 36.h3 Rg7 37.c4 Rb2 38.Nb5 Nb7 39.Rf2+ Kb3 40.Ra3+ 1-0
(to be continued)
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