The 17th Gibraltar Chess Festival has started yesterday quite suddenly. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Wesley So, Levon Grigori Aronian, Hikaru Nakamura, and 余泱漪 (Yú Yāngyī) are only some of the top players in the field. As usual, there is a numerous female presence as well: among others, 17th Women’s World Chess Champion 居文君 (Jū Wénjūn), Humpy Koneru, Ekaterina Aleksandrovna Lagno, Anna Olehivna Muzychuk, and Mariya Olehivna Muzychuk. Not strangely, Alejandro Tadeo Ramírez Álvarez, one of the directors of the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis, is also participating.
Finally, among the surprises offered by the first round, there are at least two “phonetic doubles”: Indian FIDE Master Nadar Anand (who drew with Russian Grandmaster Maxim Sergeevich Matlakov) and Chinese Candidate Master 左一帆 (Zuǒ Yīfān) (who defeated Spanish Grandmaster Jaime Santos Latasa). |
Jaime Santos Latasa – 左一帆 (Zuǒ Yīfān)
17th Gibraltar Chess Festival; Catalan Bay, January 22, 2019
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17th Gibraltar Chess Festival; Catalan Bay, January 22, 2019
8/1p1r4/5knp/p2q1ppQ/7P/P3R1P1/1P3PNK/8 b - - 2 40
Position after 40. Qe2-h5
40. ... f4 41. gxf4?? (41. Rf3 gxh4 42. Nxf4 Qxh5 43. Nxh5+ Kg5=) 41. ... Qxg2+! 0 : 1.
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