An eventful 1st round in #WTCC2019 open section, as none of the matches end in a draw.

Congrats to teams India, USA, England, Russia, and China on their 1st round victories.

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Congrats to women's teams Armenia, Russia and China on their 1st round victories in #WTCC2019.

India vs Georgia and USA vs Ukraine ended in a draw.

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🔸chess.com IoM Masters Douglas ENG 2018
🔸Round 6
⚪️Jones,Gawain C B (2677)
⚫️Nihal,Sarin (2572)
🔸1-0

48...Bd7! [Giving check with the rook only helps White: 48...Ra1+?! 49.Ke2 Bd7 50.Rxd7+ Nxd7 51.Rg7 b5 52.Rxd7+ Kc6 53.Re7 Kd6 54.Rb7 Kc6=]

49.Nxd7 [49.Rxd7+?? Nxd7 50.Rg7 Rd3–+]

49...Nxd7? [In the critical moment, Black misses a strong tactical move.]

[49...Nc6! 50.Ne5 (50.Rdf8 Kxd7 51.Rxg6 c3 52.Ke2 b5 53.Rgf6 b4–+) 50...Ra1+ 51.Kf2 Nxe5 52.Rc8+ Kb6µ]

50.Rc8+ Kd6 51.Rxc4 Ra1+ 52.Kg2 Ra2+ 53.Kg3 Ra3+ 54.Kf4²

1–0

⚪️#158 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Caruana,F (2828)
🔸Harikrishna,P (2726)
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25.Qe2?! [A carelessness.]

[25.Ng3! would be correct, in order to prevent Black from playing ...f5 and ...e4. 25...g6 (25...Qc7 26.Rhf1 h4 27.Nf5 Bf6 28.Qd2± the black king would be stuck in the center because castling on the kingside is very dangerous.) 26.f5±]

25...f5 26.Nf2 e4 27.g3 Bf6 28.h3 Nb6=

1–0