Carlsen Wraps Up Gashimov Memorial With 'Stellar Performance'

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🔹 6th Vugar Gashimov Memorial 2019
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🔸4NCL Div 1a 2018–19
🔸Round 1
⚪️Le Roux,JP (2534)
⚫️Morrison,G SCO (2300)
🔸1-0

20.Na4! [A dual-purpose move: exchanging the opponent's active piece and putting pressure on the weak c5–pawn.]

[20.Re3?! Rd6 21.Ba3 Bd4!+/=]

20...Bxb2™ 21.Nxb2 [△Na4]

21...Rd4 22.Na4!‚ [22.Re7?! b5 23.Rc7 Nf7 24.Rxc5 Ng5 25.Kg2 Ne6 26.Rc6 Rf6! △Nf4 27.Kf1 Nf4!+/=]

22...Nf7 [¹22...Rc8 23.Re5 b5 24.cxb5 axb5 25.Rxc5 Rxc5 26.Nxc5 b4 27.d3±]

23.Kg2 Ng5 24.Rb6 Rc8 25.Rxb7?!± [In such positions, piece activity is preferred to a material advantage.Therefore, White could have achieved more advantage by activating his rook:]

[25.Re1! △Re7 25...Rd7 26.h4 Nf7 27.Rbe6!+–]

⚫️#185 (Strategy-Black to Move)
🔸Ni,Shiqun (2436)
🔸Zhukova,N (2375)
🔸WCh Women 2018

25...b6! [Restricting the knight on b3 and preparing to kick away the knight with a5. Eventually, Black is going to activate his kingside pawn majority.]

[25...Rxd1 26.Rxd1 b6 27.Qd3 f5 28.Bf3 Rf8 (28...e4 29.Qd4+) 29.Qd6 Qxd6 30.Rxd6 Rf6 31.Rd8 Be6 32.Bb7 a5 33.Nc1 g5 34.b3 Ng6 35.Ba6 f4 36.Ne2 Bf5 37.Bb5 Rf8 38.Rd6=; 25...Rd6 26.Rxd6 Qxd6 27.Qa7 Rd8 28.Nc5 Nc6 29.Qb6 Ne7= 30.Qxd6 Rxd6 31.Bxb7 Bxb7 32.Nxb7 Rb6 33.Nc5 Rxb2 34.a4 Nd5 35.Nxa6 Nxc3 36.Ra1 Ne2+ 37.Kf1 Nd4=]

26.Bf3 a5 27.Qe2 Be6 28.Rxd8 Rxd8 29.Rd1!? [29.Nc1 Bc4 30.Qc2 Nf5=/+]

29...Rxd1+ [29...Nf5]

30.Qxd1 a4 31.Nc1 a3-/+

0–1

⚪️#185 (Endgame-White to Move)
🔸Sjugirov,S (2663)
🔸Sarana,A (2618)
🔸ch-RUS Rapid GP Final 2018

30.Rh6? [30.Rh4!= Rc1 31.Ng3 Qg6 32.Nh5+ Kf8 33.Nxf4 exf4 34.Qxf4 Qc6+ 35.Qe4 Qxe4+ 36.Rxe4 d3 37.Rd4 Rc5 38.f4 Rc2+ 39.Kf3 d2 40.b4 Rxb2 41.Ke2=; 30.Rh5? d3 31.Nf6 e4 32.Nxe4 (32.Rh7+? Qxh7 33.Qxf4 Qg6 34.Qe5 d2 35.Nxe4+ Kf8 36.Nf6 Rc8 37.Qd6+ Kg7 38.Qxd2 Qf5–+) 32...d2 33.Ng3 Qe6 34.Rh6 Qe5 35.Rf6 d1Q 36.Qxd1= Rd2 37.Qh5 Qd5+ 38.Kh3 Bxg3 39.Kxg3 Qxb3+ 40.Kh2„]

30...Rc6! 31.Rf6 Rxf6 32.gxf6+ Kg6 33.Kf1 [33.Nd6 Qe6 34.Nxb7 a5 35.Qe4+ (35.Nxa5 Qf5 36.Kf1 e4–+) 35...Kxf6]

33...Bg5 34.Qg2 d3 35.Nxg5 Qxg5 36.Qe4+ Qf5 37.Qxb7 Qh3+ 38.Ke1 Qg4 39.f3 Qf4 40.Qb6 Qc1+ 41.Kf2 d2

0–1

⚫️#186 (Strategy-Black to Move)
🔸Caruana,F (2832)
🔸Carlsen,M (2835)
🔸WCh Rapid TB 2018

Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 186
public poll

A) Ba5 – 5
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 63%
Babak, @A_Wild_Richard, Hansika, Matthew, Kasyap

C) e4 – 3
👍👍👍👍 38%
Masoud, @MohamadAsp, @Sophia_Giraffe

B) Rab8
▫️ 0%

👥 8 people voted so far.

⚪️#186 (Endgame-White to Move)
🔸Cheparinov,I (2711)
🔸Palac,M (2548)
🔸Tournament of Peace 2018

Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 186
public poll

B) Nc6 – 5
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 45%
@Squirtle1, @Sophia_Giraffe, @A_Wild_Richard, Hansika, Kasyap

C) Rc6 – 4
👍👍👍👍👍👍 36%
@payam6661, @mahyarebrahimi1983, @MohamadAsp, Matthew

A) g3 – 2
👍👍👍 18%
@M_L_110213, Babak

👥 11 people voted so far.

🔸4NCL Div 1a 2018–19
🔸Round 2
⚪️Howell,D (2697)
⚫️Cooper,L (2335)
🔸1-0

50.Re4! [Cutting the black king off along the f-file.]

[50.Ke2? Ke6 51.Kd2 Kd5! 52.Kc2 Kc5 53.Re4 Rg3 54.Re5+ Kd4 55.Ra5 Kc4=]

50...Ra2+ 51.Ke3 Ra1 52.Kd3 Rc1 53.Re5! [Black is completely helpless.]

53...Ra1 54.a5 Ra4 55.Kc3 Rf4 56.Kb3 Rf1 57.Kb4 Ra1 58.Kb5+–