Courageous play of Jan-Krzysztof Duda against David Navara makes him one of the leaders after the first round of #picf2020 Masters.
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Navara, David - Duda, Jan-Krzysztof
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Prague Chess Festival Masters 2020 round 01
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Prague Chess Festival Masters 2020 round 01
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Vitiugov, Nikita - Anton Guijarro, David
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Prague Chess Festival Masters 2020 round 01
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Prague Chess Festival Masters 2020 round 01
What a blistering start to the tournament for last year's runner-up Vidit Gujrathi at the #picf2020 A fabulous win against the formidable Sam Shankland!
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Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi - Shankland, Samuel L
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Prague Chess Festival Masters 2020 round 01
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Prague Chess Festival Masters 2020 round 01
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Firouzja, Alireza - Ragger, Markus
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Prague Chess Festival Masters 2020 round 01
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Prague Chess Festival Masters 2020 round 01
30...g5! [A dual-purpose move: 1.trying to open a file on the kingside for his rook. 2.disturbing of the opponent's pawn structure.]
31.hxg5 hxg5 32.g3 [32.fxg5 Rg8! 33.d4 Rxg5 34.Ra7 Rxg2+ 35.Kc3 Rg3+ 36.Kb4 Rg8³]
32...Rh8! [△Rh3]
33.Ke3 g4 34.f5 exf5 35.Rd6? [35.Nc2! △Nd4 35...Rh1 36.Nd4 Re1+ 37.Kf4 Rf1+ 38.Ke3 f4+ 39.Ke2! Rc1 40.gxf4 g3 41.Kf3 Rc3 42.Kxg3 Rxd3+ 43.Nf3=]
35...Rh3!‚ 36.Kf4™ Rh2 37.Rxd5 Rf2+! [△Rf3]
38.Ke3 Rf3+ 39.Ke2 Rxg3–+
31.hxg5 hxg5 32.g3 [32.fxg5 Rg8! 33.d4 Rxg5 34.Ra7 Rxg2+ 35.Kc3 Rg3+ 36.Kb4 Rg8³]
32...Rh8! [△Rh3]
33.Ke3 g4 34.f5 exf5 35.Rd6? [35.Nc2! △Nd4 35...Rh1 36.Nd4 Re1+ 37.Kf4 Rf1+ 38.Ke3 f4+ 39.Ke2! Rc1 40.gxf4 g3 41.Kf3 Rc3 42.Kxg3 Rxd3+ 43.Nf3=]
35...Rh3!‚ 36.Kf4™ Rh2 37.Rxd5 Rf2+! [△Rf3]
38.Ke3 Rf3+ 39.Ke2 Rxg3–+
Duda, Vidit and Vitiugov all won as the 2020 Prague Masters got underway!
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played a quiet draw against Markus Ragger in Round 1, but any fears of a
cautious start soon disappeared. 2019 Masters winner Nikita Vitiugov began by
beating 2019 Challengers winner David Anton, though…