Sharjah Masters 2019 Round 5 Highlights

#EICC2019 round 9 features an exciting battle between Russia's rising star Andrey Esipenko (2603) and Sweden's No 1 Nils Grandelius (2694).

🔹 20th European Individual Championship 2019
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🔴 European Championship | Round 9

https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/european-championship-2019/9/1/2

🔴 3rd Sharjah Masters | Round 6

https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/sharjah-masters-2019/6/1/1

Inarkiev is the sole leader of the Sharjah Masters again and his 9/10 since the last four rounds of the Aeroflot Open has taken him back into the 2700 club!

🔹 3rd Sharjah Masters 2019-R6
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Happy 34th Birthday to David Navara (World #22)! He is an eight-time Czech Chess Champion.🎂🎁🎉🎊

🔴 U.S. Championship | Round 7

https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/us-championship-2019/7/1/1

Vugar Gashimov Memorial 2019 Promo

Shamkir Chess 2019 is a 10-player single round-robin held in memory of Vugar Gashimov. The 6th edition of the tournament in Shamkir, Azerbaijan runs from 30 March to 9 April 2019 and features World Champion Magnus Carlsen. The total prize fund is €100,000, with €30,000 for first place.

https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/shamkir-chess-gashimov-memorial-2019/1/1/1

🔸St Louis Winter A 2018
🔸Round 2
⚪️Swiercz,D (2636)
⚫️Motylev,A (2661)
🔸1-0

26.c4! [White is an exchange up, but his rook on a7 is trapped. He finds a subtle way to rescue it.]

[26.Qb2? Nf4 27.Re1 Nxg2! 28.Kxg2 Qxg5+ 29.Kh2 Qf4+ 30.Kg2 Qg4+=]

26...Ne7 [¹26...Qc7 27.Bd3! Nf4 28.Bf1 Qb8 29.Rxa6 bxa6 30.g3!+–]

27.Qb2! Kg8 28.Be4! [28.d5? exd5 29.cxd5 Rxc1+ 30.Qxc1 Qb8! 31.Qc5 Nxd5! △b6 32.Rxa6 bxa6 33.Ba2 Nb4 34.Bc4=]

28...Nc6 29.Bxc6™ Rxc6 30.d5! Rd6 31.Qf6 [31.Rd1!? △c5 31...exd5 32.Rxd5 Rxd5 33.cxd5+–]

31...exd5 32.Ra8 Qxa8 33.Qxd6 Bxc4 34.Re1 Bb5 35.Qxd5+–

⚪️#176 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Debashis,D (2548)
🔸Trent,L (2391)
🔸chess.com IoM Masters 2018

17.Nf1 [17.Ndb1! A strong maneuver to transfer the knight to the b5–square via a3 and clear the path of the bishop on c1. 17...Kh8 18.Na3 Ng8 19.Be3 Rad8 20.Qb3 f5 21.exf5 Qxf5 22.Nab5 Nxb5 23.axb5 Qd3 24.Bf2 Rxe1+ 25.Rxe1 Bb7 26.Qa3 Qd2 27.Bg3 Rd7 28.h3 Re7 29.Rxe7 Nxe7 30.Qxa7 Qc1+ 31.Kh2+–; 17.a5 b5 18.e5 b4 19.Nce4 Nxe4 20.Nxe4 dxe5 21.Nxc5 Qb5 22.Qc2+/=]

17...Rad8 [17...h5!=]

18.Ne3 Re7+/=

1–0

⚫️#176 (Endgame-Black to Move)
🔸Hoefelsauer,T (2380)
🔸Moksh,Amit Doshi (2224)
🔸chess.com IoM Masters 2018

35...Re1! [35...Rb4 36.Ra8+ Kg7 37.Ra7+ Kh6 38.Re7 Nb1 39.g4 fxg4 40.Bxg4 e3 41.f3 Rb2+ 42.Kf1 Rf2+ 43.Ke1 Rh2 44.Rxe3 Rxh4=; 35...Rb7 36.Rd6 Nb1 37.g4 f4 38.Bc4+ Kg7 39.g5 Re7 40.Kf1 Rc7 41.Bb3 h6 42.Rd1 Nc3 43.Rd4 hxg5 44.hxg5 e3 45.fxe3 fxe3 46.Rc4 Rf7+ 47.Ke1 Nb5 48.Ke2 Re7 49.Bc2 Re5 50.Bb1 Rxg5 51.Kxe3=]

36.Bb5 Kg7 37.Ra7+ Kh6 38.Rd7 Nf3 39.Bf1 Rc1 40.Re7 Rc2 41.Bb5 Nd4 [41...Ne1+ 42.Kf1 Rc1 43.Be2 Nf3+ 44.Kg2 Rg1+ 45.Kh3 g5 46.Bxf3 exf3 47.hxg5+ Kxg5 48.Kh2 Rg2+ 49.Kh1 Rxf2-/+]

42.Bf1 Nb3 43.Kg1 Nd2 44.Be2 Nb1 45.Kf1 Rc1+ 46.Kg2 Na3 47.g4

½–½