📘** 12.Bd5!+** Kh8 13.B.c6
This intermediate check forces black king to move to an inferior square in the upcoming endgame.
This intermediate check forces black king to move to an inferior square in the upcoming endgame.
📘 Qf3
The active knight on e5 outpost, along with two active bishops calls for a kingside attack! Maneuvering the queen to h3 via the third rank is a powerful plan.
The active knight on e5 outpost, along with two active bishops calls for a kingside attack! Maneuvering the queen to h3 via the third rank is a powerful plan.
📘 An interesting idea is
9...Nb6. Now:
If 10.Ba2 Nfd7 with the idea of e.d4 and Nc5 to attack a4.
If 10.Bf1 e.d4 11.N.d4 d5
with an acceptable position for black.
9...Nb6. Now:
If 10.Ba2 Nfd7 with the idea of e.d4 and Nc5 to attack a4.
If 10.Bf1 e.d4 11.N.d4 d5
with an acceptable position for black.
📘 Grachev with a series of forcing moves finishes black off!
19.Rfd1Nf6 20.Bb6 Raa8 21.B.b7 Rab8 22.Bc6 Rf8 23.Bc7 Rbc8 24.Bb7 1-0
19.Rfd1Nf6 20.Bb6 Raa8 21.B.b7 Rab8 22.Bc6 Rf8 23.Bc7 Rbc8 24.Bb7 1-0
📘 Black has just blundered by playing 20...Qh5?
A forced beautiful combination is the last scene!
21.Nf7+ Kg8 22.Nh6+ Kh8 23.R.g7! K.g7 24.Rg1+ 1-0
A forced beautiful combination is the last scene!
21.Nf7+ Kg8 22.Nh6+ Kh8 23.R.g7! K.g7 24.Rg1+ 1-0
📘 The 48 years old IM blundered in a defensible position.
40.Qf5?? Nd4 0-1
40.Qf5?? Nd4 0-1
📘 The favorite line of Mamedyarov and Morozevich. Manedyarov in general is a fan of flank attacks by pushing g or h pawns!
📘 18.h.g6?
A miscalculation by the Italian IM.
18...f.g6! 19.Q.c4+ d5 20.e.d5 Nd6-+
A miscalculation by the Italian IM.
18...f.g6! 19.Q.c4+ d5 20.e.d5 Nd6-+