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🔸chess.com IoM Masters Douglas ENG 2018
🔸Round 1
⚪️Sadhwani,Raunak (2438)
⚫️Anand,Viswanathan (2771)
🔸1-0

White has a huge advantage due to his active pieces and the exposed black king. However, he cannot find the right way to attack.]

28.Rb8? [The correct way would be 28.Rb7! △Qb5 28...Rc6 29.Na5 Rb6 30.Qa4+ Kd8 31.Nc6+ Rxc6 32.Qxc6 Qd7 33.Qa6+–]

28...Be3+ 29.Kh1 Rc6 30.Na5? [30.Nxe3 Qxe3 31.Qh4! Qe2 32.Rg1 Re7 33.Qxf6 Rb6 34.Rxb6 Nxb6 35.Bh4±]

30...Rb6 31.Rxb6 Nxb6 32.c4 Ke7 33.c5 Bxc5 34.Qh4 Qf7 35.Qh6 g5! [Intending to trade queens off the board.]

36.f4 Qg6!-/+ 37.fxg5 Qxh6 38.gxh6 Be3 39.Bh4 Kf7 40.Rf1 Nd7 41.Nc6 Bxh6 42.Be1 Ne5 43.Nd4 Nd3 44.Bc3 Be3 45.Nc2 Bf2 46.Rd1 Nc5 [△Ne4]

47.Nb4 Ne4 48.Nd3 Bb6 [48...c5!? △c4 49.Ra1 d5 50.Ra7+ Re7 51.Rxe7+ Kxe7 52.g3 d4 53.Kg2 dxc3 54.bxc3 Bxg3 55.hxg3 Kd6 56.c4 Nd2–+]

49.Be1 Ng5 50.h4 Ne4 51.g3 f5 52.Kg2 Nf6 53.Nf4 Re3 54.Bc3 Ne4 55.Rd3 c6 56.Rxe3 Bxe3 57.Nd3 Ke6 58.Kf3 Bh6 59.Be1 Nf6 60.b3 Ng4 61.Ke2 Ne5 62.Nf2 d5 63.Nd3 Nxd3 64.Kxd3 c5 65.Ke2 Bf8 66.Kf3 h5 67.Ke3 Bd6 68.Bf2 Be5 69.Kd3 Kd6 70.Be1 Kc6 71.Bf2 Kb5 72.Be1 c4+ 73.bxc4+ dxc4+ 74.Kc2 Kc5

0–1

⚫️#122 (Strategy-Black to Move)
🔸Caruana,F (2832)
🔸Carlsen,M (2835)
🔸WCh Rapid TB 2018 London ENG