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last round: Magnus Carlsen (7/8) faces GM Hikaru (6½) who needs a win to snatch the £50k first prize
Wow! magnus carlsen and GM Hikaru done in 34 minutes. The arbiter looks at the scoresheet and MC explains draw by repetition
Scoresheets of Carlsen-Nakamura draw - initials MC in earlier tweet were ambiguous - Magnus Carlsen and also arbiter Matthew Carr
🔸IOM Open Masters 2017
🔸Round 9
⚪️ Vishy Anand 2794
⚫️ Yifan Hou 2670
🔺1-0
📘 21.B.d7!
A good exchange to install the knight on e5
🔸IOM Open Masters 2017
🔸Round 9
⚪️ Vishy Anand 2794
⚫️ Yifan Hou 2670
🔺1-0
📘 23.Re3!
With the idea of doubling the rooks in the only open file
🔸IOM Open Masters 2017
🔸Round 9
⚪️ Vishy Anand 2794
⚫️ Yifan Hou 2670
🔺1-0
📘 25.N.f7!
Tactics come from superior positions!
25...R.e3 26.R.e3 K.f7 27.Rf3! +/-
🔸IOM Open Masters 2017
🔸Round 9
⚪️ Pavel Eljanov 2734
⚫️ Dhopade Swapnil 2532
🔺½-½
📘 15.Ne1!
With the idea of transferring the knight to the more active e3 square and getting ready for f4-f5
🔸IOM Open Masters 2017
🔸Round 9
⚪️ Varuzhan Akobian 2662
⚫️ Fabiano Caruana 2799
🔺0-1
📘 4...Bf5!?

An interesting and uncommon move to stop White from playing e4 and entering to the main line of king's Indian Defense.

Kamran Shirazi, Iraian International Master who lives in France is expert in this line. Caruana also played this move occasionally.
🔸IOM Open Masters 2017
🔸Round 9
⚪️ Varuzhan Akobian 2662
⚫️ Fabiano Caruana 2799
🔺0-1
📘 29.Rc1?! =
A slow move in the critical moment of the game. White should have played activity:
29.b3! Rc8 30.f4 +/-
🔸IOM Open Masters 2017
🔸Round 9
⚪️ Varuzhan Akobian 2662
⚫️ Fabiano Caruana 2799
🔺0-1
📘 40.Kd2? c4! -+
White had to create harmony between his pieces to defend his King. The correct move was:
40.Nd2! =
Covering the king and make a connection between the queen and the king. Now if c4, then Qc8, if Qc3, then Qc2, and if Be3, then Qc8 following Qxc5! and all black's threats were gone.
🔸IOM Open Masters 2017
🔸Round 9
⚪️ Michael Adams 2738
⚫️ Jeffery Xiong 2633
🔺1-0
📘 13.Ba4!

1. Stopping black from Ne5! by protecting the bishop on a4.
2. Make a harmony between the queen and the bishop.
3. Protecting the c2 square
4. In the right moment, transferring the bishop to the a2-g8 diagonal.
🔸IOM Open Masters 2017
🔸Round 9
⚪️ Alexei Shirov 2630
⚫️ David Howell 2701
🔺1-0