📗17.dxc5 black is down a pawn and is dominated by white as well! A crushing victory for Ponkratov in only 17 moves!
Malakhov is a master of beating 2500s and lower 2600s. In my opinion he is one of the best technical players of our time. Only if he could be better at the openings, he could have become an elite player.
📗9.Nbd2 An interesting choice. White intends to play Pillsbury attack with cd-ed-Ne5 and f4!
📗15.Bxe4! A deep positional decision by Malakhov. His attack is much stronger than it seems!
📗22.b4! an important decoy takes away the threats from e3.
📕#47
1.Nh4!± A very strong move that places his opponent’s g4-bishop in a difficult position. There is the threat of 18.h3 Bh5 19.g4,
for example, 1...Nd7 2.h3 Bh5 3.g4 Be7 4.f4± An attempt to solve the problem by means of g7-g5 results in a fatal weakening of both the kingside and the a1-h8 diagonal.
1.Nh4!± A very strong move that places his opponent’s g4-bishop in a difficult position. There is the threat of 18.h3 Bh5 19.g4,
for example, 1...Nd7 2.h3 Bh5 3.g4 Be7 4.f4± An attempt to solve the problem by means of g7-g5 results in a fatal weakening of both the kingside and the a1-h8 diagonal.
📕#48
White has to take into account the maneuver Ra8-c8-c4. His queen has nothing to do on h6, and its transfer to e3 serves to consolidate his position. 1.Qh3! (incidentally, there is the threat of 20.Nxd5) 1...Rf7 2.Qe3
White has to take into account the maneuver Ra8-c8-c4. His queen has nothing to do on h6, and its transfer to e3 serves to consolidate his position. 1.Qh3! (incidentally, there is the threat of 20.Nxd5) 1...Rf7 2.Qe3
🔺 #23👇👇
1...Rxc6!! 2.Qxc6 Ng3+ 3.hxg3 [3.Rxg3 Qxb2 4.h4 Rb8µ] 3...Qxg5 4.Rb1 Qh5+ 5.Rh2 Qxf3+ 6.Rg2 Qh5+= ½-½
1...Rxc6!! 2.Qxc6 Ng3+ 3.hxg3 [3.Rxg3 Qxb2 4.h4 Rb8µ] 3...Qxg5 4.Rb1 Qh5+ 5.Rh2 Qxf3+ 6.Rg2 Qh5+= ½-½