Sabina Foisor makes another draw against Stefanova to join Irina for Playoff Monday at the Women’s World Championship! Good luck to Irina and Sabina on making the round of 32 🇺🇸🌎
18-year-old Mobina Alinasab from Iran knocks out 259-point higher rated Elisabeth Paehtz 1.5:0.5!
Big names who got eliminated: Lela Javakhishvili, Alina Kashlinskaya, Elisabeth Paehtz and Olga Girya.
Caruana on Carlsen: "It’s kind of hard for it not to get to his head because he’s had an enormous amount of success, more than anyone in the history of chess, especially considering his age right now."
Young Iranians are winning everywhere this weekend, with Pouya Idani taking clear 1st in the strong Chigorin Memorial! World Junior Champion Parham Maghsoodloo played to his 2685 rating with 7/9
15-year-old Alireza Firouzja finishes the Bavarian Championship Open in a tie for first with Igor Kovalenko and Gabor Papp!
18.Nh4! [A classical maneuver to access the important f5–square and launch a huge attack on the Black's king.]
[18.Nh2! Another maneuver in order to remove the Black's knight on f6. A key defender of the opponent's king. 18...Rc8 19.Qf3 a5 20.a4 bxa4 21.Ba2 Ba6 22.Red1 Rb8 23.Rd2 Qc7 24.Ng4 Rb6 25.Nf5 Nxg4 26.Qxg4 Kh8 (26...Rg6?? 27.Qxg6) 27.Qh4‚ (27.Bxf7? Nf6 28.Qg6 Nxe4 29.Qh5 Nxd2) ; 18.Nf5 Another way for white to take an advantage, however, the text move is more accurate. 18...Rc8 19.Nd2 Rc6 20.Qf3 Nb6 21.Qg3 Nh5 22.Qg4 Nf4 (22...Nf6?? 23.Nxh6+ Kh7 24.Qf5+ g6 25.Qg5+–) 23.Bxf4 exf4 24.Qxf4²]
18...Nd5 [18...Nxe4?? 19.dxe4 Qxh4 20.Qxd7+–]
19.Ng6 [19.exd5! Qxh4 20.Nf5 Qf6 21.Qg4±]
19...Nxe3 20.Rxe3 Qb6 21.Nxf8 Nxf8 22.Qh5 Ng6 23.Nf5 Bc8 24.Rg3! [Now the threat is Rxg6.]
24...Bxf5 [24...c4 25.dxc4 Bxf5 26.exf5 Nf4 27.Qg4 Qf6 28.cxb5+–]
25.Bxf7+!! [A powerful intermediate check that immediately ends the game.]
25...Kxf7 26.exf5 Kf8 27.Rxg6 Qd8 28.f6 gxf6 29.Qxh6+ Kf7 30.Rxc5 [30.Rxc5 Qe7 31.Rc6+–] 1–0
[18.Nh2! Another maneuver in order to remove the Black's knight on f6. A key defender of the opponent's king. 18...Rc8 19.Qf3 a5 20.a4 bxa4 21.Ba2 Ba6 22.Red1 Rb8 23.Rd2 Qc7 24.Ng4 Rb6 25.Nf5 Nxg4 26.Qxg4 Kh8 (26...Rg6?? 27.Qxg6) 27.Qh4‚ (27.Bxf7? Nf6 28.Qg6 Nxe4 29.Qh5 Nxd2) ; 18.Nf5 Another way for white to take an advantage, however, the text move is more accurate. 18...Rc8 19.Nd2 Rc6 20.Qf3 Nb6 21.Qg3 Nh5 22.Qg4 Nf4 (22...Nf6?? 23.Nxh6+ Kh7 24.Qf5+ g6 25.Qg5+–) 23.Bxf4 exf4 24.Qxf4²]
18...Nd5 [18...Nxe4?? 19.dxe4 Qxh4 20.Qxd7+–]
19.Ng6 [19.exd5! Qxh4 20.Nf5 Qf6 21.Qg4±]
19...Nxe3 20.Rxe3 Qb6 21.Nxf8 Nxf8 22.Qh5 Ng6 23.Nf5 Bc8 24.Rg3! [Now the threat is Rxg6.]
24...Bxf5 [24...c4 25.dxc4 Bxf5 26.exf5 Nf4 27.Qg4 Qf6 28.cxb5+–]
25.Bxf7+!! [A powerful intermediate check that immediately ends the game.]
25...Kxf7 26.exf5 Kf8 27.Rxg6 Qd8 28.f6 gxf6 29.Qxh6+ Kf7 30.Rxc5 [30.Rxc5 Qe7 31.Rc6+–] 1–0