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quinta-feira, 2 de março de 2017

Gibraltar Masters 2017 - Hou Yifan abandona ao fim de 5 jogadas




Sim! É novo recorde do mundo entre os Grande-Mestres.

A situação caricata ocorreu na ultima ronda do Gibraltar Masters. Hou Yifan estava a jogar de brancas no 17º tabuleiro contra o GM Indiano Lalith Babu. 

Ela chegou 25m após as partidas começarem e começou a jogar rápido...


 






GM Lalith Babu M.R.
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quinta-feira, 11 de fevereiro de 2016

Gibraltar 2016: Hikaru Nakamura vence após tie-break






Hikaru Nakamura venceu o Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival 2016 !!!   Ele já o tinha vencido o ano passado mas este ano deu bem mais luta. Este ano, após 9 rondas, estavam 8 jogadores em 1º lugar...  Ganhando na ultima ronda a David Anton, ele qualificou-se para o  tie-break  contra  Maxime Vachier-Lagrave. Onde, depois de 4 empates, Nakamura ganhou o 5º jogo e o Torneio !







Nakamura-Anton

 

 [Event "Gibraltar Masters 2016"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2016.02.04"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A85"]
[Annotator "AS"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2016.01.26"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. Qc2 g6 6. h4 Bg7 7. O-O-O c6 8. Nh3 Nf8 9. e3 Qa5 10. Kb1 Ne6 11. Be2 Bd7 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. g4 O-O-O 14. gxf5 gxf5 15. Bd3 Kb8 16. Ne2 Bxh4 17. Bxf5 Bf6 18. e4 c5 19. d5 Nc7 20. Bxd7 Rxd7 21. f4 Rhd8 22. Nf2 b5 23. Ng4 Bh8 24. Rxh7 Qb4 25. Ne3 a6 26. a3 Qa5 27. Nf5 Re8 28. e5 bxc4 29. Rdh1 Nb5 30. a4 1-0



Partida explicada:



Classificação Final:

 


De notar ainda que Portugal esteve representado por Paulo Pinho !

http://chess-results.com/tnr202897.aspx?lan=1&art=9&fed=POR&wi=821&snr=173


O Paulo fez 5,5 pontos em 10 ! Parabéns !

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Pictures: John Saunders, Sophie Triay (Tournament page)

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quarta-feira, 3 de fevereiro de 2016

Tradewise Gibraltar Open 2016






Já decorre a todo o vapor a edição 2016 do Tradewise Gibraltar Open, em Gibraltar.

Para o Financial Times o Tradewise Gibraltar Open "is the strongest and best-organised event of its kind in the world". 

O torneio  Masters  no qual jogam  Vishy Anand, Hikaru Nakamura, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Yu Yangyi e tantos outros "gigantes" do cadrez mundial, começou a 25 de Janeiro e vai até 4 de Feveiro.


Benjamin Gledura



[Event "Gibraltar Masters 2016"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2016.01.26"]
[Round "7.14"]
[White "Gledura, Benjamin"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2016.01.26"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
e5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. e4 exd4 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 h6 13. Nxd4 Qh4 14. Nf3 Qh5
15. Bh7+ Kh8 16. Qf5 Qxf5 17. Bxf5 Nf6 18. Bxc8 Rfxc8 19. Rd1 Rd8 20. Be3 Be7
21. d6 Rxd6 22. Rxd6 Bxd6 23. Rd1 Bc7 24. Kf1 a6 25. h3 Kg8 26. b3 Rd8 27.
Rxd8+ Bxd8 28. Ke2 h5 29. Bg5 Kf8 30. Kd3 Ke8 31. Bxf6 Bxf6 32. Ke4 Bd8 33. Ne5
Ke7 34. Kd5 Bb6 35. Nd3 Kd7 36. Nc5+ Bxc5 37. Kxc5 Kc7 38. h4 Kd7 39. Kb6 Kc8
40. b4 Kb8 41. f3 Kc8 42. g4 hxg4 43. fxg4 Kb8 44. h5 f6 45. a4 Kc8 46. Ka7 Kc7
47. b5 a5 48. Ka8 1-0





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quinta-feira, 12 de fevereiro de 2015

Tradewise 2015: Hou, Yifan x Howell, David





Hou Yifan
















David Howell




Hou, Yifan
2015.02.05
Howell, David W L
Caleta Hotel, Gibraltar
1/2-1/2
The 2015 Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festi (10.2)
 
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bc5 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 Re8 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Nd5 Qd8 10. c3 a6 11. Ba4 Ba7 12. h3 Ne7 13. d4 Nxd5 14. exd5 exd4 15. Nxd4 b5 16. Bc2 Qf6 17. Qd3 g6 18. a4 c5 19. dxc6 dxc6 20. axb5 cxb5 21. Rae1 Rxe1 22. Rxe1 Bb7 23. Bb3 Rd8 24. Qg3 Bxd4 25. cxd4 Kg7 26. Rd1 Rd7 27. Qc3 h5 28. Ba2 Qc6 29. Qxc6 Bxc6 30. b4 Kf6 31. d5 Bb7 32. f4 Ke7 33. d6 Kf6 34. g4 hxg4 35. hxg4 g5 36. fxg5 Kg6 37. Bb1 Kxg5 38. Bf5 Rd8 39. d7 Bf3 40. Rd4 Kf6 41. Rd3 Bb7 42. Kf2 Ke7 43. Re3 Kd6 44. Re8 Kc7 45. g5 Bc6 46. Re7 Rg8  1/2 - 1/2 
 
 
Yifan Hou ainda meteu a 'pata na poça' ...
 
Final da sua partida comentada...



Pode rever todas as partidas no tabuleiro, AQUI !



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 Photos: John SAaunders e  Sophie Triay

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quarta-feira, 11 de fevereiro de 2015

Hikaru Nakamura ganhou o Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2015







Hikaru Nakamura (USA) foi o vencedor da 13ª edição do Tradewise Gibraltar Masters, que se realizou no Caleta Hotel . Ver mais detalhes, AQUI! .



Hikaru Nakamura Hou Yifan















Classificação Final: 

1 Nakamura (USA) 8½/10 (£20,000)
2 Howell (England) 8 (£16,000)
3-11 Hou Yifan (China), Vitiugov (Russia), Topalov (Bulgaria), Wagner (Germany), Adhiban (India), Harikrishna (India), Bachmann (Paraguay), Matlakov (Russia), Wei Yi (China) 7½.
 
Hou Yifan foi a vencedora do torneio feminino, arrecadando um prize money de £15,000. Do 2º ao 5º lugar ficaram: Rout Padmini (India), Anna Muzychuk (Ukraine), Ju Wenjun (China) e Antoaneta Stefanova (Bulgaria) 6½.


Aqui fica a classificação final c/ crosstable, com os quatro portugueses em destaque ! 
( a vermelho)

Parabéns.

Classificação final após as 10 rondas :

Rk.
NameRtgFED1.Rd2.Rd3.Rd4.Rd5.Rd6.Rd7.Rd8.Rd9.Rd10.RdPts. TB1 
1GMNakamura Hikaru2776USA178b1 79w1 17b1 60w1 8b1 5w1 2b½ 13w1 10b½ 9w½8.52919
2GMHowell David W L2670ENG156w1 59b½ 75w1 77b1 37w1 7b1 1w½ 10b½ 15w1 3b½8.02818
3GMHou Yifan2673CHN128w1 97b1 65w1 23w½ 25b½ 35w1 13b½ 12b½ 16w1 2w½7.52772
4GMVitiugov Nikita2735RUS153b1127w1109b½19w½61b174w115b½35w110w½7.52770
5GMTopalov Veselin2800BUL159w153b½112w1109w133b11b024w½26b17w½45b17.52767
6IMWagner Dennis2501GER91b112w½11b½114w160b134w110w024b113b½38w17.52759
7GMWei Yi2675CHN183b186w164b126w1108b½2w073b122w½5b½42w17.52754
8GMAdhiban B.2630IND90w1102b143w139b11w056b115w041b112w½27b17.52750
9GMHarikrishna P.2723IND107w1221b161w174b½24w½52b½32w127b½28w11b½7.52748
10GMBachmann Axel2629PAR134b1119w162b0110w186b117w16b12w½1w½4b½7.52722
11GMMatlakov Maxim2695RUS144w175b½6w½58b156w098b152w155b½32w131b17.52667
12GMSvidler Peter2739RUS126w16b½103w162w134b½29b13w½8b½18w½7.02719
13GMYu Yangyi2724CHN106b176w125b½20w123b1108w13w½1b06w½19b½7.02707
14GMJakovenko Dmitry2733RUS149w185b177w½88b½32w½51w154b116b½19w½15b½7.02700
15GMNaroditsky Daniel2622USA253b169w151b½55w½70b121w18b14w½2b014w½7.02698
16GMRapport Richard2716HUN114b157w126b073w155b½89w1108b114w½3b030w17.02677
17GMNabaty Tamir2579ISR174b1110w11w093b1221w110b078w128b071w156b17.02615
18GMSutovsky Emil2637ISR121w151b0135w131b½102w143b½97w144b½55w112b½7.02605
19GMBok Benjamin2572NED135w½248b182w14b½80w½78b½115w1117b114b½13w½7.02582
20GMSengupta Deep2569IND234w192b½87w113b031w½111b½93w166b½58w152b17.02574

 (...)

192
Lochte Szilvia1934HUN118b0162w0141b0246w1228b1157w0208b1136w0213b½207w½4.02044
193
Morais Vitor1934POR112w0160b0128w0240b1212w0254b1138w1 72b0135w0223b14.02038
194
Skutta Bernd Dr.2059GER76b0144b0219w1156b1117w0143w0226b0218w½235b1173w½4.02032

(...)

215
Wiedersich Jens2125GER32w0241b131w0247b½50w0195b½158b0166w0240b13.51928
216
Godinho Marques Pedro1950POR 55b0141w1153b0205w½133b0196w0230b0231w½238b½235w13.51909
217
Mahoney Ian1838CAN92w0204b0189w0237b½213b½203w½228b0250w1227b½208w½3.51898
218
Curado Manuel Joao Ferro1860POR 95b0199w0175b0252w1200w1135b0195w0194b½170w0237b13.51897
219
Gravett Alan D1877ENG147b0205w0194b0245w1197b0213w1176b0227w½189b0238w13.51895



















































(...)

250
Gouait Raymond1595FRA47b0208w0214b0230w0251b½246w1171b0217b0240w0242w01.51533
251
Bouxo Luis Antonio Maximino1711POR244w0138b0249w0236b0250w½220b0202b0252w0242b0245b11.51517
252
Tveten Per1601NOR117w0212b0198w0218b0239w0245w0246b0251b1256w½225b01.51512

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entre 257 participantes.




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sábado, 7 de fevereiro de 2015

Gibraltar 2015: Jogo louco de Nakamura


H. Nakamura


Na ronda 1 aconteceu um dos jogos mais loucos dos últimos tempos a este nível de Xadrez, é claro.

A abertura de Nakamura foi... 'usual' , para não dizer outras coisas... Ele jogou a rainha 6 vezes nos primeiros 8 lances !!!
 

Foi no jogo  Jovana Vojinovic (2301) - H.Nakamura (2776)

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 2015"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2015.01.27"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Vojinovic, Jovana"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A80"]

1. d4 f5 2. Bg5 c6 3. e3 Qb6 4. Nd2 Qxb2 5. Rb1 Qc3 6. g4 Qa5 7. gxf5 Qxf5 8. h4 Qa5 9. Nh3 g6 10. Bd3 d6 11. Qf3 Nd7 12. h5 Ndf6 13. hxg6 hxg6 14. Bxg6+ Kd8 15. Bf4 Kc7 16. Ng5 Rxh1+ 17. Qxh1 Bh6 18. Qh4 Bd7 19. Bd3 Nd5 20. Ne6+ Bxe6 21. Bxh6 Nc3 22. Ra1 Qb4 23. Kf1 Nxa2 24. Rd1 Nc3 25. Re1 Nxh6 26. Qxh6 Bd7 27. f3 a5 28. Kf2 a4 29. Qg5 Rh8 30. Qg3 Nd5 31. Rd1 c5 32. Bc4 Nc3 33. Re1 b5 0-1



 

Partida comentada:

J.Vojinovic (2301) - H.Nakamura (2776)

1.d4 f5 2.Bg5 c6 3.e3 Qb6 4.Nd2 Turning the opening into a gambit. It has been played a number of times, with varying degrees of success. 4...Qxb2 5.Rb1 Qc3 6.g4!? In general White has scored quite well with 6.Bd3 here, but here she decides to raise the stakes still further. 6...Qa5 7.gxf5 Qxf5 8.h4 Qa5 That makes six queen moves in the first eight moves. Danny Gormally, writing on Twitter, commented "White has a huge lead in development. I don&'t think he'd do this against another top GM." 9.Nh3 g6 10.Bd3 d6 11.Qf3 Nd7 Finally Black moves a minor piece. Rating health warning: don't try this sort of thing until your rating reaches 2700. 12.h5 Ndf6 Black can't sensibly do anything about his pawn weakness on g6, for example 12...gxh5?? 13.Qxh5+ Kd8 14.Bxe7+ and the much-travelled queen drops off. But he can safely jettison it and walk to freedom on the queenside. 13.hxg6 hxg6 14.Bxg6+ Kd8 15.Bf4 Kc7 16.Ng5 Rxh1+ 17.Qxh1 Bh6 18.Qh4 Bd7 (diagram)
 
 
Black has succeeded in unravelling his position. However, he has yet to demonstrate an edge. 19.Bd3?! Black assumes the initiative after this. Instead, 19.c4 maintains some sort of momentum against the black king. For example, if 19...Qxa2 20.c5 and the d6–pawn is under further pressure. 19...Nd5 20.Ne6+ Bxe6 21.Bxh6 Nc3 22.Ra1 Qb4 The threat is simply Qb2 rounding up the rook. 23.Kf1 Nxa2 24.Rd1 Nc3 25.Re1 Nxh6 26.Qxh6 Bd7 27.f3 a5 There isn't much to be done about the threat of pushing the a-pawn all the way. 28.Kf2 a4 29.Qg5 Rh8 30.Qg3 Nd5 31.Rd1 c5 32.Bc4 Nc3 33.Re1 b5 0‑1



 Em video agora...  com nova análise:





Site Oficial:  http://www.gibraltarchesscongress.com/

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terça-feira, 3 de fevereiro de 2015

Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2015




O Gibraltar Chess Congress começou !  

A sua 13ª edição decorre de 27 de Janeiro até ao próximo dia 5 de Fevereiro. Envolve um Congresso e vários torneios em várias categorias, sendo a que tem maior impacto e sendo conhecido por ser sempre um dos maiores e mais fortes Open do Mundo !  O Open de MASTERS !

Um Open que tem um balúrdio em prémios. Com certeza, um dos maiores do Mundo também.

Mais de 70 GMs, com total de mais de 110 titulados.

Mais de 45 países representados !



Open to all Category Prizes
1st Prize £20,000 Rating Range 1st Prize 2nd Prize
2nd Prize £16,000 2550-2649 £3,000 £2,500
3rd Prize £12,000 2450-2549 £2,500 £1,500
4th Prize £10,000 2350-2449 £2,000 £1,000
5th Prize £8,000 2250-2349 £2,000 £1,000
6th Prize £6,000 2150-2249 £2,000 £1,000
7th Prize £4,000 2050-2149 £2,000 £1,000
8th Prize £3,000 Under 2050 £2,000 £1,000
9th Prize £2,000 Note: a player not appearing for their last round game is ineligible for a rating prize.

A player may not win more than one complete prize from this table.
10th Prize £1,000
11th Prize £1,000
12th Prize £1,000


Open to all Women
1st Prize £15,000
2nd Prize £10,000
3rd Prize £5,000
4th Prize £3,500
5th Prize £2,500
6th Prize £2,000
7th Prize £1,500
8th Prize £1,000
9th Prize £600
10th Prize £400



Nesta edição, o torneio MASTERS conta com a participação de 4 audazes Portugueses:
  • Manuel Curado
  • Pedro Godinho
  • Vitor Morais
  • Luis Bouxo

Boa sorte !


Classificação c/ crosstable, após ronda 5 (de 10)  :

Rk.
NameRtgFED1.Rd2.Rd3.Rd4.Rd5.Rd6.RdPts. TB1 
1GMNakamura Hikaru2776USA160b184w119b165w111b12w5.03337
2GMTopalov Veselin2800BUL187w136b½79w130w131b11b4.52865
3GMYu Yangyi2724CHN131b147w17b½71w128b16w4.52860
4GMWei Yi2675CHN146b186w177b127w16b½5w4.52850
5GMHowell David W L2670ENG168w145b½68w1110b134w14b4.52846
6GMVazquez Igarza Renier2592ESP164b1157w176b115w14w½3b4.52833
7GMOparin Grigoriy2551RUS219w195b13w½111b116w½17b4.02755
8GMHarikrishna P.2723IND180w178b162w19b½17w½22b4.02753
9GMRoiz Michael2592ISR166w173b140w18w½15b4.02749
10GMVitiugov Nikita2735RUS152b1129w130b½53w½62b1-04.02744
11GMAdhiban B.2630IND115w1112b148w139b11w023b4.02736
12GMVishnu Prasanna. V2463IND239b150w120w½22b½66w129b4.02736
13IMWagner Dennis2501GER123b114w½63b½99w165b118w4.02727
14GMSvidler Peter2739RUS158w113b½125w161w118b½-04.02721
15GMRodshtein Maxim2680ISR191w1101b175w16b067w19w4.02719
16GMHou Yifan2673CHN144w198b167w128w½7b½24w4.02711
17GMLenderman Aleksandr2614USA142b142w½69b156w18b½7w4.02704
18GMBologan Viktor2608MDA140w1128b½132w181b114w½13b4.02696
19GMNabaty Tamir2579ISR133b193w11w0116b178w121b4.02681
20GMNaroditsky Daniel2622USA222b1119w112b½38w½88b125w4.02669
(...)
197
Odeh Kenneth1982NGR26b0155w0254b1184w0242b1151w2.01977
198
Curado Manuel Joao Ferro1860POR102b0228w0105b0255w1225w1159b2.01927
199
Schneider German2150GER24b0209w197b½69w0145b0205w1.52131
(...)
205
Fomani Medhi2033ESP59b0188w1131b0151w0209b½199b1.52083
206
Godinho Marques Pedro1950POR 38b0184w1152b0147w½142b0220w1.52078
207
Cawley Paul F2070ENG129b099w0236b1146w½138b0221w1.52070
(...)
232
Klyszcz Michael1975GER113w0203b0249w1137b0168w0-01.01874
233
Morais Vitor1934POR 79w0166b0144w0243b1185w0245b1.01874
234
Nwoye Nnamdi2015NGR97b0126w0248b1155w0196b0227w1.01860
(...)
247
Bohman Leif1803SWE181b057w0238b½237w0216b0252w0.51676
248
Bouxo Luis Antonio Maximino1711POR190w0161b0234w0230b0249w½246b0.51558
249
Gouait Raymond1595FRA91b0167w0232b0242w0248b½253w0.51528
(...)
entre 256 participantes do MASTERS !





Site Oficial:   http://www.gibraltarchesscongress.com/

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segunda-feira, 24 de fevereiro de 2014

Gibraltar 2014: Kevin Spraggett vs Zhansaya Abdumalik


WIM Zhansaya Abdumalik



[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2014.01.29"]
[EventDate "2014.01.28"]
[Round "2.37"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Kevin Spraggett"]
[Black "Zhansaya Abdumalik"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2544"]
[BlackElo "2344"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2
Nb6 7. a3 Be7 8. b4 Be6 9. Rb1 f6 10. d3 a5 11. b5 Nd4 12. O-O
O-O 13. Nd2 Qc8 14. e3 Nf5 15. a4 Bb4 16. Bb2 Rd8 17. Qc2 Rb8
18. Rfd1 Qd7 19. Nf3 Qf7 20. Ba1 c5 21. bxc6 bxc6 22. Ne4 Ba2
23. Rb2 Bd5 24. Rbb1 Ba2 25. Rb2 Bd5 26. Rbb1 Qe7 27. Nxf6+
gxf6 28. e4 Bf7 29. exf5 c5 30. Nd2 Be8 31. Nc4 Bxa4 32. Qa2
Qf7 33. Rdc1 Be8 34. f4 Nxc4 35. dxc4 Rd2 36. Qxd2 Bxd2
37. Rxb8 Be3+ 38. Kh1 Qd7 39. Rcb1 Kf8 40. fxe5 Qxf5 41. Rf1
Qd3 42. exf6 Qd6 43. f7 Qxb8 44. Bg7+ 1-0








quinta-feira, 20 de fevereiro de 2014

Gibraltar 2014: Kevin Spraggett vs Nikolaj Mikkelsen


Nikolaj Mikkelsen


[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2014.02.06"]
[EventDate "2014.01.28"]
[Round "10.30"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Kevin Spraggett"]
[Black "Nikolaj Mikkelsen"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2544"]
[BlackElo "2423"]
[PlyCount "107"] 
 
 
 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2
Nb6 7. a3 Be6 8. b4 Be7 9. O-O Nd4 10. Rb1 Nxf3+ 11. Bxf3 Rb8
12. Qc2 O-O 13. d3 Qd7 14. Be3 Bg4 15. Bh1 Bh3 16. Rfd1 f5
17. Bc5 Kh8 18. a4 c6 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. b5 Rbc8 21. bxc6 bxc6
22. Rdc1 f4 23. Ne4 c5 24. a5 Nd5 25. Rb5 h6 26. Bf3 Nb4
27. Qd2 Nc6 28. Rbxc5 Nd4 29. Rxc8 Bxc8 30. Qd1 Qa3 31. Ra1
Qb2 32. Kg2 Nxf3 33. exf3 Rd8 34. Rc1 Qa3 35. Rc5 Ba6 36. Rxe5
Qb2 37. Re7 Rxd3 38. Qe1 Re3 39. Qd1 Rd3 40. Re8+ Kh7 41. Qa4
Bb5 42. Nf6+ Qxf6 43. Qxb5 Qg6 44. Qb8 Qf5 45. Rh8+ Kg6
46. Rf8 Qe6 47. Qxf4 Rd5 48. Qc4 Re5 49. Qd3+ Kh5 50. Rf4 g5
51. Re4 a6 52. g4+ Kh4 53. Rxe5 Qxe5 54. Qg6 1-0