Wednesday, September 11, 2019

Sixth Sense

Wesley So – Evgeny Yuryevich Tomashevsky
6th World Fischerandom Online Knockout Qualifier; match game 1; Chess.com, September 1, 2019
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Position 798

1. e4 e5 2. f3 f6 3. Ng3 Ng6 4. c3 Ne6 5. d4 c6 6. Qc2 Qc7 7. dxe5 Nxe5 8. Ne3 0-0-0 9. 0-0-0 Bc5 10. Ngf5 d6 11. Kb1 Kb8 12. Bf2 g6? 12. ... h5! was more flexible with near equality. 13. Nh6 Bb6 14. Bg3 Nc5? This allows White to tighten his grip on the position until the win is assured. Black’s best was probably 14. ... Qg7 clearing the c7-square for the Bishop in the eventuality of Ne3-c4. 15. f4 Nf7 16. Nxg8 Rxg8 17. Nc4 Rge8 18. b4 Ne6 19. Qb3 Qe7 20. Nxb6 axb6 21. a4 g5 22. Bf2 gxf4 23. Bxb6 Nc7


24. b5 Ne5 25. Qb4 Qf7 26. Kb2 d5 27. Qa5 Kc8 28. g3 dxe4 29. Bxc7 Rxd1 30. Rxd1 Nd3+ 31. Bxd3 exd3 32. Bxf4 1 : 0. A very elegant game, which So made look easy.

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