Paravyan, D. (2630) - Golubov, S. (2470)
Memorial Open Korchnoi. San Petersburgo (6), 20.08.2018
C42 Defensa Petroff 1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cf6 3.Cxe5 d6 4.Cf3 Cxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Ad3 Ad6 7.0–0 0–0 8.c4 c6 9.Db3 dxc4 10.Axc4 Cd7 11.Te1 Cdf6 12.Cbd2 Cxd2 13.Axd2 Db6 14.Dd3!? Dxb2 15.Tab1 Da3 16.Dc2 Cd5 17.Tb3 Da4 18.Axd5! cxd5 19.Cg5 g6 20.Cxh7! Af5? [A 20...Rxh7 21.Th3+ Axh3 22.Dxa4; pero era imprescindible 20...Dc4] 21.Cf6+ Rg7 22.Ah6+! Rxf6
Diagrama
23.g4!! Af4 [Si 23...Axc2 24.Tf3+ Af4 25.Txf4+ Af5 26.g5#] 24.Dc7 Axh6 25.De5+ Rg5 26.h4+ Rxh4 27.Th3+! Rg5 28.De7+ Tras 28...f6 [o 28...Rf4 29.De3+] 29.De3+ Rxg4 30.Dg3# 1–0
Levin, E. (2523) - Karasev, V. (2334)
Memorial Open Korchnoi. San Petersburgo (6), 20.08.2018
E56 Defensa Nimzoindia 1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cf3 d5 4.Cc3 Ab4 5.e3 0–0 6.Ad3 c5 7.cxd5 exd5 8.dxc5 Cc6 9.0–0 Axc5 10.h3 Te8 11.b3 a6 12.Ab2 Dd6 13.Tc1 Ad7 14.Ab1 Tad8? [Mejor 14...Ab4 ] 15.Cxd5 Ce4? [Si 15...Cxd5 16.Dc2] 16.Axe4! Txe4 17.Cg5 Th4 18.Df3 Ae8 [A 18...Ae6 19.Cf6+ gxf6 20.Cxe6 fxe6 (20...Dxe6 21.Dg3+) 21.Dxf6] 19.Txc5! Dxc5 20.Cf6+! Rh8 21.Cxe8 Txe8 22.Axg7+! Rxg7 23.Dxf7+ Rh6 24.Df6+ Rh5 25.Cf7! 1–0
Dragun, K. (2594) - Gareev, T. (2572)
US Chess Masters 2018. Greensboro (9), 21.08.2018
C78 Ruy López 1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Ab5 a6 4.Aa4 Cf6 5.0–0 Ac5 6.c3 b5 7.Ac2 d6 8.d4 Ab6 9.a4 Ag4 10.axb5 axb5 11.Txa8 Dxa8 12.d5 Ce7 13.Ca3 0–0 14.Cxb5 Dc8 15.h3 Ah5 16.Ca3 Cg6 17.Dd3 [Ganar pieza es malo 17.g4 Cxg4 18.Ce1 Axf2+ 19.Txf2 Cxf2 20.Dxh5 Cxh3+] 17...c6 18.Cc4 Ac5 19.Cg5? [Era casi ganadora 19.dxc6! Axf3 20.Dxf3 Dxc6 21.Ad3 pero...] 19...cxd5 20.exd5 h6 21.b4 hxg5 22.bxc5 Dxc5 23.Aa3 e4! 24.Axc5 exd3 25.Axd6 dxc2 26.Axf8 Ae2 27.Tc1 Axc4 28.Aa3 Ab3 29.d6 Ce5 30.Te1 Cc4! 31.Te8+ Cxe8 32.d7 Aa4 33.d8D Cxa3 34.Dxg5 Cb1 35.De3 Cf6! 36.c4 Ce4! 37.c5 Ced2 0–1
Miesbauer, J. (2305) - Molnar, E. (2224)
Open Stare Mesto 2018. Stare Mesto (8), 25.08.2018
A07 Apertura Reti 1.Cf3 Cf6 2.g3 g6 3.Ag2 Ag7 4.0–0 d5 5.d3 0–0 6.Cbd2 Te8 7.e4 e5 8.exd5 Cxd5 9.Te1 Cc6 10.a4 h6 11.a5 a6 12.c3 Rh7 13.Ta4 f5 14.Cb3 Dd6 15.Th4 Th8?! 16.Cbd2 Rg8? 17.Cc4 Dd8 18.Cfxe5 g5 19.Axg5! hxg5 [A 19...Dxg5 20.Axd5+] 20.Txh8+ Axh8 21.Dh5 [Era más precisa y más bonita 21.Cf7!! Rxf7 22.Dh5+ Rg7 23.Axd5 Dxd5 24.Te8 con amenazas insalvables] 21...Axe5 22.Cxe5 Cxe5 23.Axd5+ Dxd5 24.De8+ Rg7 25.Txe5 Ad7 26.Te7+ Rf6 27.Dxd7 El final está perdido para las negras. 1–0
Skuhala, J. (2280) - Boricsev, O. (2325)
Copa Lviv IM 2018. Leópolis (9), 26.08.2018
B19: Caro-Kann 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Cd2 dxe4 4.Cxe4 Af5 5.Cg3 Ag6 6.Cf3 Cd7 7.h4 h6 8.h5 Ah7 9.Ad3 Axd3 10.Dxd3 Cgf6 11.Af4 e6 12.0–0–0 Da5 13.Rb1 Ae7 14.Ce5 Cxe5 15.dxe5 Cd5 16.Ad2 Da4 [Mejor 16...Dc7] 17.c4 Cb6 18.b3 Da6 19.Ce4 Td8 20.Dg3 Rf8 21.Ab4! Cd7 22.Dh4 c5 23.Axc5 f6 24.Axe7+ Rxe7 25.Txd7+! Txd7 26.exf6+ Rf7 27.fxg7 Thd8 28.Df4+?! [Tras 28.Dg4 Re7 29.Dg6 las negras no tienen defensa] 28...Rxg7 29.De5+ Rf7 30.Df4+ Rg7 31.Th3 Td1+ 32.Rb2 T8d3 33.Txd3 Txd3 34.Df6+ Rg8 35.Dg6+ Rf8 36.Dxh6+ Re8 37.Cc5 Dd6 38.Cxd3 Dxd3 39.Dg6+! 1–0