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Alexei
Shirov vs. Evgeny Bareev 5.3
Black has just castled on the queenside to
avoid losing the b7-pawn. But this only brought
short-lived relief for black, because white
won a pawn anyway: 1.Bxc6! bc 2.Ne5 Rg8
3.Nxf7 Rd7 4.Ne5 Rb7 5.Rxb7 Kxb7 6.Nd3
The knight returns with the loot, and white
retains a huge positional and a small material
advantage which he soon converted into a win.
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Alexander
Grischuk vs. Vladislav Tkachiev 5.4
The position of the white king is just perfect
for this kind of open-position heavy piece
ending. And the white queen and rook couldn't
be better centralized. Black reached out with
1..c5?! which lost a pawn: 2.dc
dc 3.Re5 Qg6 4.Qe7+ Rf7 5.Qxc5. White
soon rounded up the naked black king and won. |
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Viswanathan
Anand vs. Alexander Khalifman 5.5
Black has played the well-known piece sacrifice
line in the Slav defence. But now his centre
pawns have been immobilized and white has
taken the initiative on the queenside. With
a few power moves Anand takes one pawn back:
1.b4! Ne4 2.Bb5 Rd6 3.Rc7+ Kf6 4.Bc6 Rf8
5.Nb5 Rdd8 6.Rxa7. Black soon resigned,
having to face the prospect of a white queen
appearing on a8. |
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