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🔸chess.com IoM Masters Douglas ENG 2018
🔸Round 2
⚪️Krishna,C R G (2445)
⚫️Rapport,Richard (2725)
🔸0-1

25...h5? [Rapport misses a powerful maneuver to exploit the weakness of the g1–a7 diagonal.]

[25...Qc8! △Qc5 26.Nb3 Re7 27.Rad1 Rfe8 28.a5 Nd7 29.Nc1 Qc5+ 30.Kh1 Re3-/+]

26.a5! Nd7 27.b3?! [Krishna could now have obtained a great superiority by attacking the c4–pawn:]

[27.Ra4! △R×c4 27...N7e5 (27...h4 28.Rxc4 N7c5 29.f5+– △Ne6) 28.Ncb5 Nc5 29.Rb4 Na6 30.Nxd6 Nxb4 31.Nxe8+ Rxe8 32.Qxb4 Kg8 33.Qa4±]

27...h4 28.bxc4 N7c5? [28...N3c5 29.Qg2 hxg3 30.Qxg3=]

29.Rf3 Ne5 30.fxe5 dxe5 31.Nce2? [31.Ncb5! exd4 32.Rf4 △Q×d4 32...Qe2 33.Qxe2 Rxe2 34.Nxd4±]

31...Ne4 32.Qb2?=

0–1

⚫️#133 (Strategy-Black to Move)
🔸Cori T.,Deysi (2406)
🔸Atalik,Ekaterina (2445)
🔸WCh Women 2018 Khanty-Mansiysk RUS

13...Bg4! [A clever developing move that besides clearing the c8–square for his rook on a8, it also provokes White to play f3.]

[13...Rb8 14.h3±; 13...Nc5 14.Rad1±]

14.f3 [14.Qc2 Nxc4 15.Bxb7 Nb4 16.Qe4 Nxb2 17.Qxg4 (17.Bxa8 Bxd4 18.exd4 Bf5 19.Qb7 Qxa8 20.Qxb4 Qf3 21.Qxe7 Qxc3–+) 17...Rb8 18.Qe2 Rxb7 19.Qxb2 Bxd4 20.exd4 Qxd4³]

14...Bd7 15.Rac1 Rc8 16.Ncb5 Qb6 17.Ba3 Rfe8 18.Rfd1 Nc5 19.Rb1 Qa6=/+

0–1

⚪️ #133 (Endgame-‌White to Move)
🔸Bodnaruk,A (2426)
🔸Vega Gutierrez,S (2389)
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49.Bd6?! [49.Be5 Rxe6 (49...Rg6 50.Bd6 Nc8 51.e7+–; 49...Rxf5 50.gxf5 Nxf5 51.Kf3+–) 50.Bb8+ Kxb8 51.Rxe6 Nxf5 52.gxf5 Kc7 53.Kf3 Rh4 54.Re4 Kd6 55.Kg3 Rh1 56.Kg4 Rg1+ 57.Kh5 g4 58.Rxg4 Rf1 59.Kg6 Ke7 60.Rg3 Rf2 61.Re3+ Kf8 62.Rh3 Ke7 63.Rh7+ Kd6 64.Rb7 Ke5 65.Re7+ Kd4 (65...Kd6 66.Re3+–) 66.f6 Kxd3 67.Rb7+–; 49.Kd2 Rxf5 50.gxf5 Nxf5 51.Re5 Ng7 52.e7 Ne8 53.Ke3 Kb7 54.Re6 Rf7 55.Ke4+/=]

49...Nc8?? [49...Rxf5 50.gxf5 (50.Bxe7 Rh2+ 51.Ke1 Rh1+ 52.Ke2 Rh2+ 53.Ke1 (53.Ke3 Rh3+=) ) 50...Nxf5+/=]

50.e7 Nxd6 51.Nxd6 Rh2+ 52.Ke3 [52.Ke1! Rh1+ 53.Kd2 Rh2+ 54.Re2! Rxe2+ 55.Kxe2 Re6+ 56.Kd2 Rxe7 57.Nc8+ Kb7 58.Nxe7+–]

52...Rh3+ 53.Ke2 Rh2+ 54.Ke3 Rff2 55.e8Q Re2+ 56.Kf3 Rhf2+ 57.Kg3 Rg2+ 58.Kf3 Rgf2+ 59.Kg3 Rg2+

½–½

⚫️#134 (Strategy-Black to Move)
🔸Foisor,Sabina-Francesca (2264)
🔸Stefanova,Antoaneta (2490)
🔸WCh Women 2018 Khanty-Mansiysk RUS