Isle of Man Open goes into final round

by kevinspraggettonchess · Published October 9, 2016 · Updated October 9, 2016

EXCITING FINISH EXPECTED !

(photos and videos courtesy of IOM organizers)

MY GAME SELECTION FROM Rd.8

(NOTE: I am using a nice little plugin called RPB-chessboard to demonstrate this game. To get the most out of what follows, click on any move and a pop-up chessboard will appear. You can drag this board over to the sidebar, resize it with the mouse, and play over the variations or even the whole game. Experiment with it! Kind of reminds me of some really nice stuff I have seen in e-books. You can find out more about RPB here.)

Adams,M–Bok,B

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.g3 e5 7.Nde2 Be7 8.Bg2 O-O 9.O-O b5 10.Nd5 Nxd5 11.Qxd5 Ra7 12.Be3 Rb7 13.Qd3 Nd7 14.Nc3 Nf6 15.Bg5 Be6 16.Bxf6 Bxf6 17.Nd5 Bg5 18.h4 Bh6 19.c3 a5 20.a3 Qc8 21.b4 axb4 22.axb4 Qc6 23.Rfd1 {[#]} g6 24.Ra3 Kg7 25.Qf3 f5 26.exf5 Bxf5 27.Qe2 Qc4 28.Qxc4 bxc4 29.Ra6 Rbf7 30.Rda1 Bc8 31.Ra7 Bb7 32.b5 Bd2 33.b6 Kh6 34.Rd1 Rxf2 35.Rxb7 Kh5 36.Nf4+ R8xf4 37.gxf4 Be3 38.Kh1 exf4 39.Rf1 Rb2 40.Rxh7+ Kg4 41.b7 d5 42.Rg7 d4 43.Rxg6+ Kxh4 44.Rf3 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

Shirov,A–Harika,D

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.Nf3 Qa5 8.Bd2 Nbc6 9.a4 Bd7 10.Bb5 a6 11.Bd3 c4 12.Be2 h6 13.O-O O-O-O 14.Bc1 Kb8 15.Ba3 Nc8 16.Qd2 Ka8 17.Nh4 Rdg8 18.g3 Nb8 19.f4 g6 20.Ng2 Bc6 21.Ne3 Nd7 22.Bf3 Qc7 23.a5 h5 24.Bb4 Rd8 25.Qg2 Nb8 26.Rfb1 h4 27.g4 f6 28.Rf1 g5 29.f5 fxe5 30.fxe6 e4 {[#]} 31.Bxe4 h3 32.Qe2 dxe4 33.Rf7 Nd7 34.Raf1 Rhe8 35.Qxc4 Nd6 36.Bxd6 Qxd6 37.exd7 Rxd7 38.R1f6 Qc7 39.Rxd7 Qxd7 40.Qc5 Qc8 41.c4 Qb8 42.c3 Rg8 43.d5 Ba4 44.Rf7 Rc8 45.Qb6 Rf8 46.Rc7 Rf3 47.d6 Bc6 48.d7 Rf8 49.Qc5 Bxd7 50.Nd5 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

Salem, A.R.–Svane, R

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3 Be7 8.Qd2 a6 9.dxc5 Nxc5 10.a3 O-O 11.Qf2 Qa5 12.O-O-O Nd7 13.Bd3 b5 14.Nd4 Qc7 {[#]} 15.Nf5 exf5 16.Nxd5 Qa5 17.Bd2 Bc5 18.Nf6+ Nxf6 19.Qxc5 Qc7 20.exf6 Be6 21.g4 Rfd8 22.gxf5 Rd5 23.Qg1 g6 24.fxe6 Rxd3 25.Qc5 Qd6 26.Qg5 Rh3 27.exf7+ Kxf7 28.Bc3 Qe6 29.Rhe1 Re3 30.f5 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.