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  • #76
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    German IM Patrick Zelbel just beat Dutch GM Roeland Pruijssers in 14 moves with a King's Gambit at the German Bundesliga. (:

    http://www.chessbomb.com/arena/2015-...jssers_Roeland
    Last edited by Jack Maguire; Saturday, 9th April, 2016, 11:52 AM.

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    • #77
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      Polish GM Grzegorz Gajewski spent 4 consecutive tempi (moves 6 through 9) on his 'a' pawn in his game today at the German Bundesliga against the world's top junior, Richard Rapport, and while Stockfish gave its blessing, it's seldom a sound idea to create a mess on the board against perhaps the King of Mess, Richard Rapport. (:

      http://www.chessbomb.com/arena/2015-...ewski_Grzegorz

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      • #78
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        Two of my favorite lines as white. Eyepopping! Thanks Jack! A good accompaniment to my morning coffee.

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        • #79
          Re: Games from Recent Events

          Games from Recent Events

          April 12, 2016

          From Peter Doggers at chess.com

          https://www.chess.com/news/wei-yi-pl...elow-2700-7021

          Wei Yi Plays Another King Hunt Game But Drops Below 2700

          Last week India won the Asian Nations Cup, ahead of China. The young Chinese GM Wei Yi played another king hunt game, but dropped below 2700 in the live ratings. The Asian Nations Cup, held for the 19th time this year, saw a record number of 22 participating chess federations.

          It was held 28 March-5 April at the Al Bustan Novotel in Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates). The men’s section was a 9-round Swiss with teams consisting of four boards and one reserve player. The women's section was a round-robin with ten teams. In both sections China was the defending champion, having won twice in a row (in 2012 and 2014). The tournament saw 28 grandmasters, 10 International Masters, 19 FIDE Masters and 3 Women FMs. The highest rated participants were Bu Xiangzhi (China, 2724), Wang Yue (China, 2718), Wei Yi (China, 2714), Le Quang Liem (Vietnam, 2709) and Baskaran Adhiban (India, 2663).

          In general, Wei Yi's tournament was rather disappointing. He scored a 2543 performance rating over eight games (5.0/8) with three wins, one loss and four draws (all against lower rated players). His live rating has now dropped just below 2700.

          His game that made the headlines was this one where he dragged the enemy king towards him in his game with Dao Thien Hai of Viet Nam.

          Asian Nations Chess Cup, Abu Dhabi
          Round 3, March 30, 2016
          Wei Yi - Dao Thien Hal
          B96 Sicilian, Najdorf

          1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Nbd7 8. Qe2 Qc7 9. O-O-O Be7 10. g4 h6 11. Bh4 g5 12. fxg5 Nh7 13. Bg3 hxg5 14. Nf5 exf5 15. Nd5 Qb8 16. exf5 Ne5 17. Nxe7 Kxe7 18. Rxd6 Qxd6 19. Bxe5 Qd5 20. Bg2 Qxa2 21. Bd6+ Kxd6 22. Rd1+ Kc7 23. Qe5+ Kb6 24. Qd4+ Ka5 25. Qc5+ b5 26. Qc7+ 1-0

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          • #80
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            Richard Rapport remains the hottest elite April player in terms of rating points gained. Last weekend he went a perfect 2/2 at the Hungarian Team Championship and this weekend he finished the German Bundesliga in style with another perfect 2/2. Richard went +7 with a scintillating 2880 TPR at the latter event. Here's today's latest demolition. (:

            http://www.chessbomb.com/arena/2015-...-Tazbir_Marcin

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            • #81
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              Games from Recent Events

              May 1, 2016

              Nigel Short seems to always be in the news. He usually has a good weekly quote on some contest or other.

              He recently played in the Bangkok Open and lost two games, which have some interest. The tournament winners were Ganguly and Vallejo Pons with 7.5 out of 9. Nigel tied for 16 through 35 with 6 points.

              The story from chess24.com

              Nigel Short turned 50 last year, but is still in the world’s top 100 (2671 and world no. 72 on the latest FIDE rating list). In a recent interview with Katyanna Quách he explained how age affects his play:

              Quite often there isn’t necessarily any difference in moves between a 20-year-old and a 40-year-old in the first three hours. But after that mental fatigue starts to creep in for older players. Games of chess can be easily blundered by one move, and if the lapse of concentration is more likely to come from older players then they’re more likely to make mistakes.

              That issue came to the fore in Round 3 of the Bangkok Chess Club Open in Thailand, when Nigel faced 21-year-old Vietnamese player Hoang Son Dang. The former World Championship challenger built up a huge kingside attack and looked on course to ease to 3/3, when things suddenly got immensely sharp. After 41…Qb4+ Nigel, playing White, has already lost control, but that doesn’t quite explain what happened next:

              The time control has passed, so there was no hurry to find the only move 42.Kf2!, when Black is better but the game goes on. Instead after 42.Kf1??, played in 10 seconds, 42…Qd2! forced immediate resignation – the d1-knight is a goner.

              The necessary backstory to add is that this was the second game of the tournament’s only double round, with two games played on the same day. Nigel Short had already been the most vehement critic of that practice, and his loss did nothing to change his mind!

              Bangkok CC Open, 2016
              Round 3, April 11, 2016
              Short, Nigel (2671) – Dang, Hoang Son (2325)
              B06 Robatsch Defence

              1.e4 g6 2.d4 d6 3.Be3 Bg7 4.Ne2 Nd7 5.Qd2 a6 6.f3 Ngf6 7.g4 h6 8.a4 b6 9.c4 c5 10.Nbc3 Bb7 11.Rd1 Rc8 12.d5 Ne5 13.Ng1 Qc7 14.Be2 Rd8 15.h4 Bc8 16.Nh3 Bd7 17.Nf2 Rb8 18.Kf1 h5 19.g5 Nh7 20.Kg2 Qc8 21.Rdg1 O-O 22.Kf1 f5 23.gxf6 Nxf6 24.Rg3 Qe8 25.Rhg1 Qf7 26.Ke1 Kh8 27.b3 b5 28.cxb5 axb5 29.axb5 Ra8 30.Qc1 Ra5 31.Nd3 Nh7 32.Bh6 Nxd3+ 33.Bxd3 Bxh6 34.Qxh6 Qf6 35.Nd1 Be8 36.b6 Bf7 37.f4 Ra1 38.e5 dxe5 39.Bxg6 Bg8 40.f5 Qxb6 41.Qxh5 Qb4+ 42.Kf1 Qd2 0-1

              And this introduction to another loss, from bangkokchess.com:

              Former world title challenger Nigel Short will not retain his Bangkok CC Open title after a shock sixth round loss to Myanmar’s Wynn Zaw Htun. This was Short’s second match of the day, after losing a Thai chess-boxing contest against France’s Sophie Milliet earlier in the day. Certainly Short’s play against Htun showed clear signs of possible concussion from the earlier bout.

              Bangkok CC Open, 2016
              Round 6, April 14, 2016
              Wynn Zaw Htun (2396) – Short, Nigel (2671)
              King’s Indian Attack

              1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 c6 4.c4 dxc4 5.a4 Na6 6.Na3 Qd5 7.O-O Nc5 8.Ne1 Qe6 9.Nec2 g6 10.Ne3 Nb3 11.Rb1 Bh6 12.Naxc4 Nxc1 13.Qxc1 O-O 14.b4 Bd7 15.Qa3 Rac8 16.Rfc1 Ne4 17.b5 b6 18.d4 cxb5 19.axb5 Rxc4 20.Rxc4 Nxf2 21.Rc3 Ne4 22.Rd3 Rc8 23.Bf3 Nd2 24.Rb4 Nxf3+ 25.exf3 Rc7 26.Rb1 Bf8 27.Rc3 Rxc3 28.Qxc3 Qa2 29.Qb2 Qa4 30.Ra1 Qxb5 31.Qxb5 Bxb5 32.Rxa7 h5 33.Nd5 e6 34.Nf6+ Kg7 35.Ne4 Kg8 36.Rb7 Bc6 37.Rxb6 Bxe4 38.fxe4 e5 39.Kg2 exd4 40.Rb8 Kg7 41.Rd8 Bc5 42.e5 Ba3 43.Rxd4 Bb2 44.Rd5 Kf8 45.Rb5 Bc3 46.Kf3 Ke7 47.Ke4 Kf8 48.Rb7 Kg8 49.Kd5 Kf8 50.Rc7 Bb2 51.Ke4 Ba3 52.Kf4 Bb4 53.Rd7 Ba3 54.Ke4 1-0
              ________

              Photos of Short and Milliet in boxing shorts at:

              http://bangkokchess.com/two-at-the-t...rtmilliet_003/

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              • #82
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                Games from Recent Events

                May 1, 2016

                I had heard that Nigel Short lost a miniature in the British chess league called 4NCL. The Four Nations Chess League features dozens of teams and over 800 players.

                Here White is playing for Barbican 4NCL 1 and Black for Guildford 1.

                Other players in the contest – David Howell, Jon Speelman, Simon Williams, Daniel Gormally, Jacob Aagaard and Laurent Fressinet.

                4NCL Division 1c, Birmingham, 2015-16 Season
                Round 9, April 30, 2016
                Collins, Sam (2439) – Short, Nigel (2671)
                B17 Caro-Kann, Petrosian-Smyslov Variation

                1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Ng5 Ngf6 6.Bd3 g6 7.N1f3 Bg7 8.O-O O-O 9.c3 a5 10.a4 Nd5 11.Re1 b6 12.Qe2 Ra7 13.h4 N7f6 14.Ne5 Rc7 15.h5 Nxh5 16.Qxh5 h6 17.Nexf7 Rxf7 18.Nxf7 1-0

                Jon Speelman of Wood Green HK takes down Laurent Fressinet of Guildford 1. One of those endgames where both players are constantly in danger of being mated.

                4NCL Division 1c, Birmingham, 2015-16 Season
                Round 10, May 1, 2016
                Speelman, Jon (2518) – Fressinet, Laurent (2692)
                A48 King’s Indian, London System

                1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bf4 d6 4.e3 Bg7 5.Be2 O-O 6.h3 b6 7.O-O Bb7 8.Bh2 Nbd7 9.a4 a6 10.c4 Ne4 11.a5 c5 12.axb6 Qxb6 13.Ra2 cxd4 14.exd4 e5 15.dxe5 Nxe5 16.Bf4 Qc6 17.Nd4 Qc7 18.b3 Qe7 19.Rc2 Qh4 20.Be3 f5 21.Nf3 Qf6 22.Bc1 g5 23.Bb2 Rad8 24.Nc3 Nxc3 25.Bxc3 g4 26.hxg4 fxg4 27.Nxe5 dxe5 28.Rd2 Bh6 29.Rxd8 Rxd8 30.Bd3 Bg7 31.Qc2 Qc6 32.f3 Qb6+ 33.c5 Qxc5+ 34.Kh2 gxf3 35.Bxh7+ Kh8 36.Be4 fxg2 37.Kxg2 Bc6 38.Rf3 Rc8 39.Qe2 Kg8 40.b4 Bb5 41.Qd2 1-0

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                • #83
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                  Games from Recent Events

                  May 2, 2016

                  Chess.com has a report on Solingen ending Baden-Baden’s dominance in the Bundesliga. In the report this game was featured.

                  Robin Van Kampen is semi-retired for the moment (he started studying business) but he played an important role for Solingen nonetheless. In a Classical King’s Indian he won an excellent game, finishing in style and providing a beautiful mate to finish Solingen’s winning season.

                  The club blog:

                  And now a draw on second board would be sufficient, but equipped with enormous confidence, Robin van Kampen was after far more after he recovered his two sacrificed pawns and drove the white king to the queenside. But even there, the monarch could not defend against the much better coordinated black pieces due to the two out-of-place white knights. Krassowizkij, the sportsman, allowed Robin a wonderful finale for securing the league title, which ended after a rook sacrifice with a beautiful knight mate, after which the 5: 3 was perfect amid spontaneous applause.

                  Bundesliga 2015-16, Solingen, Germany
                  Round 15, April 24, 2016
                  Krassowizkij, Jaroslaw - Van Kampen, Robin
                  E99 King’s Indian, Orthodox, Aronin-Taimanov

                  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.Ne1 Nd7 10.Be3 f5 11.f3 f4 12.Bf2 g5 13.a4 a5 14.Nd3 b6 15.b4 axb4 16.Nxb4 h5 17.Nb5 Nf6 18.Ra3 g4 19.Bh4 Qd7 20.fxg4 hxg4 21.Nc6 Ng6 22.Bxf6 Rxf6 23.Nca7 f3 24.gxf3 g3 25.hxg3 Qh3 26.Kf2 Qh2+ 27.Ke3 Bh3 28.Re1 Bg2 29.Kd3 Bh6 30.Kc2 Rxf3 31.Rxf3 Bxf3 32.Kb3 Bxe2 33.Rxe2 Qxg3+ 34.Ka2 Nf4 35.Rc2 Nd3 36.Qb1 Qe3 37.Rc3 Qe2+ 38.Ka3 Nc5 39.Qh1 Bg7 40.Qf3 Qe1 41.Rc2 Qa1+ 42.Ra2 Qc1+ 43.Kb4 Qb1+ 44.Ka3 Nd3 45.Nc6 Qc1+ 46.Kb3 Nc5+ 47.Kb4 Rxa4+ 48.Rxa4 Qb2+ 49.Qb3 Nd3# 0-1

                  position after Black mates

                  Last edited by Wayne Komer; Saturday, 8th July, 2017, 10:13 PM.

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                  • #84
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                    Hmmmm. Interesting games. A note to Jon Speelman: How to play the London System or how not to play the London System. Im still scratching my head.

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                    • #85
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                      Games from Recent Events

                      May 3, 2016

                      The Russian Team Championships are being played in Sochi. Some of our old friends are there – Peter Svidler, who commented on Norway Chess 2016, Gata Kamsky, who was in the U.S. Championship, Alexander Grischuk, who wasn’t playing anywhere and Sergei Karjakin, who should have been playing at Norway but withdrew.

                      But we have not come to give their games. Instead today’s game is from the Russian Women’s Teams between Kateryna Lagno and Aleksandra Goryachkina.

                      Aleksandra is 17 years old and Russian Women’s Champion.

                      Like Aleksandra, Kateryna was also a chess prodigy, born in Lviv and just a few weeks older than Sergei Karjakin.

                      Kateryna pays more attention to winning a pawn than developing. In the end she conceives that a4 is the best square for her queen, when it is not, puts her knight on the rim and then suffers the consequences. An instructive game.

                      Russian Women’s Team Championship
                      Sochi, 2016
                      Round 1, May 1, 2016
                      Lagno, Kateryna – Goryachkina, Aleksandra
                      B10 Caro-Kann Defence, neo-QGD, Semi-Tarrasch

                      1.c4 c6 2.e4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.cxd5 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nxd5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Bb5 g6 8.Qa4 Qd6 9.Ne4 Qe6 10.Ng5 Qd7 11.Nc5 Qc7 12.O-O Bg7 13.Bc4 Qd8 14.Nxb7 Bxb7 15.Qb5 O-O 16.Qxb7 Ndb4 17.Qb5 Rb8 18.Qa4 Ne5 19.Be2 Ned3 20.Nf3 e5 21.a3 Nf4 22.Bd1 Nbd3 23.g3 Nc5 24.Qc4 Nfd3 25.Bc2 e4 26.Bxd3 Nxd3 27.Qxe4 Re8 28.Qa4 Qd5 29.Nh4 Nxf2 0-1

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                      • #86
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                        Games from Recent Events

                        May 4, 2016

                        Exactly one week ago, in Norway, Vladimir Kramnik was losing a QGD, Exchange to Magnus Carlsen. Peter Svidler was commentating.

                        Today, in the Russian Teams, Peter and Vladimir were playing on top board and it was a QGD, Exchange.

                        Russian Men Team, Premier League
                        Sochi
                        Round 4, May 4, 2016
                        Svidler, Peter – Kramnik, Vladimir
                        D35 QGD, Exchange Variation

                        1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 Nf6 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Nf3 c5 6.g3 Nxc3 7.bxc3 cxd4 8.cxd4 Bb4+ 9.Bd2 Bxd2+ 10.Qxd2 b6 11.Bg2 Bb7 12.O-O O-O 13.a4 Nc6 14.Ne5 Rc8 15.a5 b5 16.Qb2 a6 17.Nd3 Ba8 18.Bxc6 Rxc6 19.Nb4 Rc4 20.Nxa6 Qd5 21.f3 Rxd4 22.Nc7 Qc5 23.Kh1 Bc6 24.Rfc1 Rc4 25.Na6 Qf2 26.Qe5 Bd5 27.Nc7 f6 28.Qd6 Rxc7 29.Qxc7 Qxe2 30.Ra3 0-1

                        Inattentive, Peter moves 25.Na6, which allows Black’s queen to come and sit in the white king’s parlour.

                        White plays 27.Nc7 instead of Rf1 and the end is near. Black could have taken with Rxc1+ for a quicker win.

                        Unfortunately, I couldn’t get a live interview at

                        http://online.ruchess.ru

                        for it would have been nice to hear Peter’s explanation of events!

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                        • #87
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                          Games from Recent Events

                          May 5, 2016

                          The Stockholm Chess Society was founded in 1866 and is celebrating its 150th anniversary with the Hasselbacken Open. 305 players have been participating, including 34 grandmasters.

                          The article in chessbase by Albert Silver gives this caption to a photo of Alexei Shirov:

                          The second seed is the ever-popular Alexei Shirov, who has been a part of many of those most exciting battles in the tournament. See his incredible win over Ralf Akesson in which he sacrificed all but the proverbial kitchen sink.

                          http://en.chessbase.com/post/stockho...th-anniversary

                          Perhaps Shirov’s next book should be called Kitchen Sink on Board!

                          Hasselbacken Open 2016
                          Stockholm, Sweden
                          Round 3, May 2, 2016
                          Shirov, Alexei (2686) – Akesson, Ralf (2452)
                          C02 French, Advance, Euwe Variation

                          1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bd7 6.Be2 Nge7 7.O-O Ng6 8.g3 Be7 9.h4 cxd4 10.cxd4 O-O 11.h5 Nh8 12.h6 g6 13.Nc3 f6 14.exf6 Bxf6 15.Bf4 Nf7 16.Qd2 g5 17.Be3 Kh8 18.Kg2 Rg8 19.Rh1 Qe7 20.g4 Raf8 21.Rh3 Nd6 22.Bd3 Be8 23.Re1 Qd8 24.Ne5 Qc7 25.Rf3 Nxe5 26.dxe5 Bxe5 27.Bxa7 Rxf3 28.Rxe5 Rf4 29.Rxe6 Bc6 30.Qxf4 d4+ 31.Kg1 gxf4 32.Bxd4+ Rg7 33.hxg7+ Kg8 34.Rxd6 1-0

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                          • #88
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                            Games from Recent Events

                            May 5, 2016

                            In Round 5 of the Russian Teams, Ian Nepomniachtchi played an 11th move, which caused some admiration:

                            Russian Men’s Team
                            Sochi, 2016
                            Round 5, May 5, 2016
                            Nepomniachtchi, Ian – Sjugirov, Sanan
                            C42 Petrov, Kaufmann Attack

                            1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.c4 Be7 6.d4 O-O 7.Bd3 Ng5 8.Nc3 Bg4 9.Bxg5 Bxg5 10.Bxh7+ Kxh7 11.h4 Bd2+ 12.Qxd2 Re8+ 13.Kf1 Bxf3 14.Qd3+ Kg8 15.Qxf3 Nd7 16.Rd1 Qf6 17.Qxf6 Nxf6 18.f3 d5 19.c5 b6 20.cxb6 axb6 21.Kf2 b5 22.a3 b4 23.axb4 Rab8 24.b5 c6 25.Rhe1 cxb5 26.Rxe8+ Rxe8 27.Rc1 Ra8 28.Nxb5 Ra4 29.Rc8+ Kh7 30.g4 Rb4 31.Nd6 Rxd4 32.Kg3 1-0

                            (Nepomniachtchi) - Today I was lucky to play one of the most extraordinary and beautiful ideas I've ever seen in my life.

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                            • #89
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                              Originally posted by Wayne Komer View Post
                              Games from Recent Events

                              May 5, 2016

                              In Round 5 of the Russian Teams, Ian Nepomniachtchi played an 11th move, which caused some admiration:

                              Russian Men’s Team
                              Sochi, 2016
                              Round 5, May 5, 2016
                              Nepomniachtchi, Ian – Sjugirov, Sanan
                              C42 Petrov, Kaufmann Attack

                              1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.c4 Be7 6.d4 O-O 7.Bd3 Ng5 8.Nc3 Bg4 9.Bxg5 Bxg5 10.Bxh7+ Kxh7 11.h4 Bd2+ 12.Qxd2 Re8+ 13.Kf1 Bxf3 14.Qd3+ Kg8 15.Qxf3 Nd7 16.Rd1 Qf6 17.Qxf6 Nxf6 18.f3 d5 19.c5 b6 20.cxb6 axb6 21.Kf2 b5 22.a3 b4 23.axb4 Rab8 24.b5 c6 25.Rhe1 cxb5 26.Rxe8+ Rxe8 27.Rc1 Ra8 28.Nxb5 Ra4 29.Rc8+ Kh7 30.g4 Rb4 31.Nd6 Rxd4 32.Kg3 1-0

                              (Nepomniachtchi) - Today I was lucky to play one of the most extraordinary and beautiful ideas I've ever seen in my life.
                              Nepo credits Russian Junior, Daniil Dubov, with the idea.

                              Yan Nepomniachtchi ‎@lachesisq
                              2/2 Giant thanks, honor and glory to Daniil Dubov, who shared this beauty with me!

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                              • #90
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                                Games from Recent Events

                                May 6, 2016

                                Round Six of the Russian Men’s Team has Sergei Karjakin pitted against Peter Svidler.

                                Peter has had the upper hand throughout the game but Sergei is defending superbly even though he had practically no time left before the first time control.

                                Peter was making heavy weather of the endgame and one chessbomb kibitzer asked, “I wonder if Anish could convert it?”

                                Late News: 55. Qxa6 ends the game for White.

                                Russian Men’s Teams, Sochi
                                Round 6, May 6, 2016
                                Karjakin, Sergei – Svidler, Peter
                                C88 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Anti-Marshall

                                1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.a4 b4 9.d4 d6 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.Nbd2 Bc5 12.a5 h6 13.h3 Qd6 14.Qe2 Be6 15.Nc4 Qe7 16.c3 bxc3 17.bxc3 Nh5 18.g4 Nf4 19.Bxf4 exf4 20.Ncd2 Rfd8 21.e5 Rab8 22.Rab1 Nxa5 23.Bc2 Rxb1 24.Rxb1 Bd5 25.Be4 Nc6 26.Bxd5 Rxd5 27.Qe4 Qe6 28.Nc4 Bf8 29.Qxf4 Rc5 30.Ne3 Rxc3 31.Rb7 Rc5 32.Rxc7 Nxe5 33.Rxc5 Nxf3+ 34.Qxf3 Bxc5 35.Nf5 Kh7 36.Qc3 Bf8 37.Ne3 g6 38.h4 Bg7 39.Qc5 Be5 40.h5 gxh5 41.gxh5 Kg7 42.Kg2 Bf4 43.Nf5+ Kf6 44.Ng3 Bd6 45.Qd4+ Be5 46.Qc5 Kg5 47.Qa5 Kh4 48.Qa4+ Kg5 49.Qa5 Qc6+ 50.Kh3 Kf6 51.Qd8+ Kg7 52.Nf5+ Kh7 53.Ng3 Qf3 54.Qa5 Bd4 55.Qxa6 Bxf2 56.Qd6 Qxg3+ 0-1

                                Sergei is very very difficult to beat and resilient coming back after a loss. Remember this summation of the World Cup 2015 in Baku:

                                Sergey Karjakin has won the most extraordinary final you’ll ever witness to snatch the 2015 World Cup from Peter Svidler’s grasp. All ten games of the match were decisive, with swings, blunders and occasional outbreaks of fine chess combining to provide some wonderful entertainment, even if it’s unlikely to have won over many fans to the idea of deciding the World Championship this way. It was both a “circus” and “heartbreaking” for Svidler, while Karjakin called it “probably my best result in my life” and dedicated his victory to Vugar Gashimov.

                                https://chess24.com/en/read/news/bak...credible-final

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