Dubai Open Chess Tournament Round 5 Highlights

Carlsen - Giri is the big match-up in #ShamkirChess today!

🔹 21st Dubai Open 2019- R7
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Carlsen's 2019 performance after 20 games: 2903 (+8 =12 -0). #ShamkirChess

🔹 6th Vugar Gashimov Memorial 2019- R7
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🔸4NCL Div 1a 2018–19
🔸Round 5
⚪️Pert,N (2542)
⚫️Berry,N (2274)
🔸1-0

19.Qf3! [White has already grabbed a pawn on b7, now intends to take the advanced d3–pawn as well.]

19...Qa5?! [It would be better for Black to restrain White's pawns on the queenside, choosing the following precise move order.]

[¹19...Rc8‚ 20.b3 Qa5! 21.Bxf6 Bxf6 22.Rxd3 Red8 23.Rxd8+ Rxd8 24.Ne4 Be7 25.a4+/=]

20.Rfe1! [△R×d3]

20...Nd7 21.Bd4 Rac8 22.Qxd3 Bf6 23.Ne4 [23.b3!? Red8 24.Ne4 Bxd4 25.Qxd4 Nb8 26.Qa1!+–]

23...Bxd4 24.Qxd4+– [△Nd6]

⚪️#184 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Shtembuliak,E (2487)
🔸Boros,De (2442)
🔸St Louis Inv GM 2018

17.a4!? [Intending to weaken the opponent's pawn structure.]

[White would dominate the board with 17.g4! with the idea of g4–g5, kicking out the knight on f6. 17...Rfc8 (17...Rfd8 18.a4 Na5 19.h4±) 18.g5 Nh5 19.Bxh5 gxh5 20.Qf5 e6 21.Qh3 Qd8 22.Qxh5±; 17.Qd1 Rfc8 18.a4 Na5 19.Rc2 Nc4 20.b3 Nd6 21.Rac1±]

17...Na5 18.Nd3 Qb7 19.Qc7 Qxc7 20.Rxc7±

1–0

⚪️#184 (Endgame-White to Move)
🔸Garcia Palermo,C (2391)
🔸Sonis,Francesco (2499)
🔸78th ch-ITA 2018

39.g4 [39.Rf2! b6 (39...Kc8 40.Rfe2 Bd2!? 41.Rxd2 Rxc5 42.Rde2 Rcc6 43.Rh1±) 40.Na6+ Kb7 41.Nb4 Rc7 42.Rfe2 Re7 43.a4 Kc8 44.b3 cxb3+ 45.Kxb3 Bf6 46.Nd3²; 39.Re2 b6 40.Na6+ Kb7 41.Nb4 Rc7 42.a4 a6 43.b3+/=]

39...fxg4? [39...b6 40.Na6+ Kb7 41.Nb4 fxg4 42.Rff1 Rc7 43.Re4„]

40.Rf7 b6 41.Na6+ Ka8 42.Rh7+–

1–0