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14th Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival (@GibraltarChess)

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Anna Muzychuk – A. R. Saleh Salem
14th Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival; Catalan Bay, February 4, 2016
Sicilian Defence B90

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. h3 Ne5 11. Nf5 Bxf5 12. exf5 Nbd7 13. Be2 Rc8 14. Nd5. For 14. 0-0 0-0 15. h4 Nf6 16. hxg5 hxg5 17. Qd2 see Goloshchapov – Jobava, 4th International Open, Dubai 2002. 14. ... Nc4. Hardly better than 14. ... Nb6 as occurred in the game D. G. Petrossiàn – Andriasian, 5th Karen Asrian Memorial, Jermuk 2012. 15. Bxc4 Rxc4 16. 0-0 Ne5. It was, perhaps, at this point that Black compromised his position. 16. ... Rd4 17. Qf3 Nf6 deserved consideration. 17. c3 Rc5 18. f4! White has already achieved tangible benefits. 18. ... gxf4 19. Bxf4 h5 20. Be3 Rc6 21. Bg5. It is clear that Black has completely been outplayed. 21. ... Bf6 22. Bxf6 exf6 23. Qb3 b5 24. a4 Rc5 25. Qd1 Kf8 26. b4 Rc4 27. axb5 axb5 28. Ra5. Now the Black b-Pawn falls, and that looks like The End. 28. ... h4 29. Rxb5 Rg8 30. Qh5 Kg7 31. Ra5 Rh8 32. Qe2 Qb8

33. Nxf6! Rxc3. Or 33. ... Kxf6 34. Rxe5 and wins. 34. Nd5 Rcc8 35. f6+ Kf8 36. Rfa1 Re8 37. Qa6 Rh5 38. Rb5 Qd8 39. Qb7 Rg5 40. Rba5 Qd7 41. Qxd7 Nxd7 42. Nc7 Rxa5 43. bxa5 Rc8 44. a6. The simplest solution, forcing the gain of the Exchange. Miss Muzychuk conducts the ending faultlessly. 44. ... Rxc7 45. a7 Rxa7 46. Rxa7 Nxf6 47. Ra4 Ke7 48. Rxh4 Ke6 49. Kf2 Ke5 50. Kf3 d5 51. Rh8 d4 52. Rd8 Nh5 53. Re8+ Kd5 54. Re7 f5 55. g4 Kd6 56. Re1 fxg4+ 57. hxg4 Ng7 58. Ke4 Ne6 59. Rd1 1 : 0. Ave Annmarie!

Anna Muzychuk
Photo: John Saunders

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A. R. Saleh Salem – Vladimir Borisovich Kramnik
Qatar Masters; Doha, December 3, 2014
Queen’s Gambit Declined D63

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Be7 7. e3 0-0 8. Rc1 c5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bxe7 Nxe7 11. Be2. For 11. Bd3 Nc6 12. Bb1 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Nf6 see Grandelius – Roiz, 13th European Individual Championship, Plovdiv 2012. 11. ... b6 12. 0-0 Bb7 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Nd4 Nf5 15. Nxf5 exf5 16. Bf3 Qxd1 17. Rfxd1 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Rfd8 19. Kf1 g6 20. Ke2 Kg7 21. Nb5 Kf6 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. b4 Ne6 24. Rc6 Ke7 25. a3 Rd7 26. Rc8 a6 27. Nc3 b5 28. Ra8 Rd6 29. Rh8 g5 30. Ra8 Kf6 31. Ra7 Kg6 32. Na2 Nd8 33. Ke1

33. ... Kh5!! Black’s King infiltrates White’s camp. As originally pointed out by Mr. Robert Ris, the royal march to the h-Pawn is reminiscent of a masterpiece of Akiba Kiwelowicz Rubinstein (Cohn – A. K. Rubinstein, Saint Petersburg 1909). 34. Nc1 Kh4 35. Nb3 Kh3 36. Nd4 f4 37. Ra8 Kxh2 38. Nf5 Rf6 39. e4? Relatively better was 39. Nxh6 Rxh6 40. Rxd8 Kg2! 41. Rg8 Kxf3 42. Rxg5 Ke4 43. exf4 Rh3! with advantage to Black. 39. ... Nc6! 40. Rxa6 Rg6 41. Kf1 Ne5. Now White’s position is hopeless. 42. Ra5 Nxf3 43. Rxb5 g4 44. Rd5 h5 45. Ng3 h4 46. Ne2 g3 47. fxg3 fxg3 48. b5 Rf6 49. Rf5 Rxf5 50. exf5 g2+ 51. Kf2 Nd4 52. Ng1 Nxb5 53. a4 Nc3 54. Nf3+ Kh1 55. a5 h3 0 : 1. A magnificent endgame by Kramnik.

A. R. Saleh Salem vs. Vladimir Borisovich Kramnik
Photo: Maria Alekseevna Emelianova

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