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🔸chess.com IoM Masters Douglas ENG 2018
🔸Round 1
⚪️Wallace,John Paul (2377)
⚫️Melkumyan,Hrant (2660)
🔸0-1
🔸Round 1
⚪️Wallace,John Paul (2377)
⚫️Melkumyan,Hrant (2660)
🔸0-1
31...Nxd3! 32.Rxd3 Qg7‚ [Black puts more pressure on White's kingside. The pin on g2 is very annoying for White.]
33.Rxd6 [¹33.Rxe6 Bxf3 34.Qe1 Bc6³ △R×f2]
33...Bxf3! [A powerful blow that destroys White's defence.]
34.Qd4?! [34.gxf3?? gxf3+ 35.Kh1 Qg2#; ¹34.Qd2 Bxg2 35.Rd8! g3 36.Rxf8+ Rxf8 37.Nh1 gxh2+ 38.Kxh2 Bf3 39.Rg1 Bg4³]
34...e5! 35.Qb6 Bc6! [△R×f2]
36.Rd2 g3 37.hxg3 [37.Nd1 Rf2 38.Nxf2 gxh2+ △Q×g2 39.Kf1 Qxg2+ 40.Ke2 Qf3+ 41.Kf1 h1Q#–+]
37...Qxg3
0–1
33.Rxd6 [¹33.Rxe6 Bxf3 34.Qe1 Bc6³ △R×f2]
33...Bxf3! [A powerful blow that destroys White's defence.]
34.Qd4?! [34.gxf3?? gxf3+ 35.Kh1 Qg2#; ¹34.Qd2 Bxg2 35.Rd8! g3 36.Rxf8+ Rxf8 37.Nh1 gxh2+ 38.Kxh2 Bf3 39.Rg1 Bg4³]
34...e5! 35.Qb6 Bc6! [△R×f2]
36.Rd2 g3 37.hxg3 [37.Nd1 Rf2 38.Nxf2 gxh2+ △Q×g2 39.Kf1 Qxg2+ 40.Ke2 Qf3+ 41.Kf1 h1Q#–+]
37...Qxg3
0–1
12...c5! [Black pursues his attack on the queenside by opening lines there.]
[12...a4 13.a3 Bxa3 14.bxa3 b4 15.Qe3 bxc3 16.Bxa6 Rxa6 17.Bd6 Nb6 18.Bb4 Nc4 19.Qxc3 Qc7 20.Nf2 Rb8 21.Nd3 Rab6 22.g4 Qg3 23.Rdf1 dxe4 24.Rhg1 Qh2 25.Rh1 Qe2 26.fxe4-0.66/24; 12...Nf6 13.g4 a4 14.g5 Nxh5 15.gxh6 Nxf4 16.Nxf4 g6=]
13.dxc5 Bxc5 14.Nxb5 [14.exd5 b4 15.Nb5 Nxd5–+]
14...e5 15.Bd2 Bxb5 16.Qxb5 Bd4 [16...Rb8 17.Qxa5 Bb6 18.Qb4 (18.Qa6?? Ra8! 19.Qd3 Rxa2–+; 18.Qa3 Ra8 19.Qb3 Nc5 20.Qb5 Rxa2–+) 18...Bd4-/+]
17.c3 Rb8-/+
1–0
[12...a4 13.a3 Bxa3 14.bxa3 b4 15.Qe3 bxc3 16.Bxa6 Rxa6 17.Bd6 Nb6 18.Bb4 Nc4 19.Qxc3 Qc7 20.Nf2 Rb8 21.Nd3 Rab6 22.g4 Qg3 23.Rdf1 dxe4 24.Rhg1 Qh2 25.Rh1 Qe2 26.fxe4-0.66/24; 12...Nf6 13.g4 a4 14.g5 Nxh5 15.gxh6 Nxf4 16.Nxf4 g6=]
13.dxc5 Bxc5 14.Nxb5 [14.exd5 b4 15.Nb5 Nxd5–+]
14...e5 15.Bd2 Bxb5 16.Qxb5 Bd4 [16...Rb8 17.Qxa5 Bb6 18.Qb4 (18.Qa6?? Ra8! 19.Qd3 Rxa2–+; 18.Qa3 Ra8 19.Qb3 Nc5 20.Qb5 Rxa2–+) 18...Bd4-/+]
17.c3 Rb8-/+
1–0