🔸chess.com IoM Masters Douglas ENG 2018
🔸Round 1
⚪️Karjakin,Sergey (2760)
⚫️Soumya,Swaminathan (2423)
🔸1-0
🔸Round 1
⚪️Karjakin,Sergey (2760)
⚫️Soumya,Swaminathan (2423)
🔸1-0
19.Bd5! [Karjakin shows his excellent understanding of the position. He intends to trade off his bishop for the opponent's knight in order to exploit the enemy dark square weaknesses.]
19...Rd8 20.Bxc6+ Bxc6 21.Raf1 e5 [21...Qe7 22.a3! Qxf6 23.Rxf6 Ke7 24.Nc1 △Nb3–Nc5]
22.Qxd6! [Another right decision. Because of the Black's poor rook on h7, Karjakin exchanges the opponent's active major pieces.]
22...Rxd6 23.Rf6 Re6 [23...Rxf6 24.Rxf6 Bb7 25.Rb6 f5 26.exf5 gxf5 27.Re6+ Re7 28.Rxh6 f4 29.Kf2 Rg7 30.g3 fxg3+ 31.Nxg3²]
24.Rxe6+ fxe6 25.Rf6‚ Ke7 26.Rxg6± [White is a pawn up and has the better pawn structure.]
26...Be8 27.Rg8 Kd8 28.Kf2 Rc7 29.c3 dxc3 30.bxc3 a5 31.a3 Rf7+ 32.Ke1 Ke7 33.Ng1 Bd7 34.Nf3 Kd6 35.Ra8 a4 36.Ra6+ 1–0
19...Rd8 20.Bxc6+ Bxc6 21.Raf1 e5 [21...Qe7 22.a3! Qxf6 23.Rxf6 Ke7 24.Nc1 △Nb3–Nc5]
22.Qxd6! [Another right decision. Because of the Black's poor rook on h7, Karjakin exchanges the opponent's active major pieces.]
22...Rxd6 23.Rf6 Re6 [23...Rxf6 24.Rxf6 Bb7 25.Rb6 f5 26.exf5 gxf5 27.Re6+ Re7 28.Rxh6 f4 29.Kf2 Rg7 30.g3 fxg3+ 31.Nxg3²]
24.Rxe6+ fxe6 25.Rf6‚ Ke7 26.Rxg6± [White is a pawn up and has the better pawn structure.]
26...Be8 27.Rg8 Kd8 28.Kf2 Rc7 29.c3 dxc3 30.bxc3 a5 31.a3 Rf7+ 32.Ke1 Ke7 33.Ng1 Bd7 34.Nf3 Kd6 35.Ra8 a4 36.Ra6+ 1–0