Today’s winning 5-second tactics
Winning tactics from the Isle of Man tournament
Congrats to Magnus Carlsen for winning the 2017 edition of the IOM super-open with a score of 7.5 points out of 9 games. All the results can be found HERE. I present a melange of games and tactics. Enjoy! (The pgn can be downloaded at the end of the article.)
The tournament (top section) attracted 160 players from 35 countries. Included were 67 gms + 3 wgms, and 41 ims + 3 wims. Canada had two representatives: im’s Leon Piasetski (3.5 pts) and Aman Hambleton (5 pts), both finishing more or less according to ELO.
gm Shirov – gm Howell
1.10.2017 (1 – 0)
gm Adams – gm Shirov
27.9.2017 (1 – 0)
gm Kosteniuk – gm Shirov 30.9.2017 (0 – 1)
gm Jones – gm Kramnik
1.10.2017 (0 – 1)
gm Harika – gm Kramnik
29.9.2017 (0 – 1)
gm Tarjan – gm Kramnik
25.9.2017 (1 – 0)
To be continued…