Aeroflot Open under way with Caruana in shared lead
Fabiano Caruana of Italy is in shared lead with seven more grandmasters at the Aeroflot Open in Moscow, Russia. The group scored 2.5 points out of 3 games. Caruana is now 7th in the live ratings.
The playing hall in Moscow | Photo © Russian Chess Federation
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The 11th edition of the Aeroflot Open, the annual tournament in Moscow sponsored by the Russian airline, is being held in a new venue this year: Hotel Kosmos. In the early years the famous Hotel Rossiya hosted the event, but this 3,200-room building was torn down in 2006. In 2007 the tournament moved from the city centre to the Izmailovo Complex in East-Moscow, which was built for the 1980 Olympics. Hotel Kosmos is located in the north of the city, and is advertised at the official website as follows:
The hotel is located in one of the most beautiful and environmentally pure Moscow districts within 20-minutes travelling from Red Square and only 200-m walking from the nearest subway station.
However, according to Mikhail Golubev in Chess Today #4109, participants have complained about cold rooms, while journalists are looking in vain for a press room.
As always, the top group has the high rating threshold of 2550. The first prize is impressive as always: 20,000 euro. The B group is for players between 2300 and 2549 (first prize 10,000 euro) and there's also a C group for players below 2300 (first prize 3,500 euro).
In this first report we'll focus on the A group, where the top players are Evgeny Tomashevsky, Fabiano Caruana, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Le Quang Liem, Francisco Vallejo, Baadur Jobava,Krishnan Sasikiran and Pavel Eljanov. Unfortunately Ernesto Inarkiev, who played in the Moscow Open like many others, had to withdraw at the last minute.
As far as we know, the A tournament still functions as a qualifier for the Sparkassen Chess Meeting in July in Dortmund, Germany. In the last two editions, Le Quang Liem managed to claim this spot. The Vietnamese GM plays again, and started with a win followed by two draws.
Most chess fans will be watching Fabiano Caruana, who has made such steady progress in recent years. On the January FIDE rating list the Italian occupies the 17th spot at 2736, but after Reggio Emilia, Wijk aan Zee and now a 2.5/3 start at the Aeroflot Open, he jumped to 7th (!) place, gaining 32.3 rating points. Here's his third-round win:
[Event "11th Aeroflot Open A"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2012.02.09"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Iturrizaga, Eduardo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2012.02.07"]
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Ne7 8. Nd2
Nbc6 9. N2f3 Bg4 10. O-O Bxf3 11. Nxf3 Qc7 12. Rc1 Rd8 13. c4 d4 14. Bf4 h6 15.
h3 g5 16. Bh2 Bg7 17. Bd3 Ng6 18. Qe2 Ngxe5 19. Kh1 f6 20. Nxe5 Nxe5 21. Rce1
Qe7 22. Bxe5 fxe5 23. Bg6+ Kd7 24. Rc1 Rc8 25. Rfd1 Rc7 26. Rd3 Rf8 27. Be4 b5
28. Rb3 Rb8 29. Rc2 b4 30. a3 Qc5 31. Qh5 Kd6 32. Qg6 a5 33. axb4 Rxb4 34. Rxb4
axb4 35. b3 Ra7 36. Rd2 Qc7 37. c5+ Qxc5 38. Rc2 Qb5 39. Rc6+ Qxc6 40. Bxc6
Kxc6 41. Qxe6+ Kb5 42. Qc4+ Kb6 43. Qxb4+ Kc6 44. Qc4+ Kd6 45. Qd3 Re7 46. f3
e4 47. fxe4 Rc7 48. Kg1 Rc3 49. Qa6+ Ke5 50. Qg6 Rc7 51. Qf5+ Kd6 52. Qd5+ Ke7
53. e5 Rd7 54. Qc5+ Kf7 55. Qc4+ Kf8 56. e6 Re7 57. Qc8+ Re8 58. Qd7 Re7 59.
Qd8+ Re8 60. Qd6+ 1-0
We'll give a few more nice games for replay. In the first round, Baadur Jobava showed that when White controls the centre, he doesn't need to castle against the Grünfeld, but a brutal attack instead will do:
[Event "11th Aeroflot Open A"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2012.02.07"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Robson, Ray"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2012.02.07"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 Nc6 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Bg7 8.
Bd3 O-O 9. Ne2 b6 10. h4 Na5 11. h5 c5 12. hxg6 hxg6 13. e5 cxd4 14. cxd4 Nc6
15. Be4 Qd7 16. Kf2 Ba6 17. Qa4 Bb7 18. Bh6 Rad8 19. Qa3 Nxd4 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21.
Qe3 f5 22. Qh6+ Kf7 23. Qh7+ Ke6 24. Qxg6+ Kxe5 25. Rad1 Rg8 26. f4+ Kxe4 27.
Nc3+ Kxf4 28. Rh4+ Ke5 29. Re1+ 1-0
Dmitry Andreikin crushed Alexander Ipatov, a young Bulgarian GM who recently switched federations from Spain to Turkey.
[Event "11th Aeroflot Open A"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2012.02.07"]
[Round "1.10"]
[White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Ipatov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2012.02.07"]
1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. cxd5 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nxd5 6. Nf3 Nxc3 7. bxc3 g6
8. Bc4 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Qc7 11. Bb3 Nc6 12. Ba3 Bf6 13. d4 Na5 14. Qd2
Re8 15. Ne5 Nxb3 16. axb3 b6 17. c4 Bb7 18. Ng4 Bg7 19. Nh6+ Kf8 20. Rad1 Qd7
21. d5 b5 22. Qf4 Bxh6 23. Qxh6+ Kg8 24. Bb2 f6 25. Re6 bxc4 26. bxc4 Rf8 27.
Rde1 Rf7 28. h3 Rc8 29. Ba3 Qa4 30. Bxe7 Qxc4 31. Bxf6 Rcf8 32. Re7 Qc8 33. Bd4
Rxe7 34. Rxe7 Rf7 35. Rxf7 Kxf7 36. Qxh7+ Ke8 37. Qxg6+ Ke7 38. Qf6+ Ke8 39.
Qh8+ 1-0
Baskaran Adhiban played in, Tata Steel 'C', and will face stronger opponents this time. He started with a spectacular win:
[Event "11th Aeroflot Open A"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2012.02.07"]
[Round "1.21"]
[White "Adhiban, Baskaran"]
[Black "Ragger, Markus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2561"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2012.02.07"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. g4 h6 8. h3 a6
9. c5 Be7 10. Bd2 b6 11. cxb6 c5 12. Na4 Ne4 13. Ba5 Bb7 14. b4 cxd4 15. exd4
Rc8 16. Nc5 Ndxc5 17. bxc5 Bxc5 18. dxc5 Qf6 19. Qd1 d4 20. Qa4+ Ke7 21. Bg2
Ng5 22. Nh4 Bxg2 23. Nxg2 Qf3 24. Rh2 Qe4+ 25. Kf1 Nf3 26. Ne1 Nxh2+ 27. Kg1
Nf3+ 28. Nxf3 Qxf3 29. Qxd4 Rhd8 30. b7 Rxd4 31. bxc8=Q Qxh3 32. Qb7+ Kf6 33.
Bc7 Qxg4+ 34. Qg2 Qf5 35. c6 e5 36. Re1 e4 37. Bg3 Rc4 38. c7 h5 39. Qf1 Qc5
40. Qh3 Rc3 41. Kh2 Rc2 42. Rxe4 g5 43. Re5 Rxf2+ 44. Kg1 1-0
And here's a nice finish of Ivan Sokolov's first round win:
[Event "11th Aeroflot Open A"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2012.02.07"]
[Round "1.28"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Pap, Gyula"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2533"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r1bqr1k1/1p4np/p1pb1ppB/3pN3/3PPP2/2PB4/P5PP/1Q1R1RK1 w - - 0 19"]
[PlyCount "11"]
[EventDate "2012.02.07"]
19. exd5 cxd5 20. Bxg6 hxg6 21. Qxg6 Bf8 22. f5 fxe5 23. f6 Re6 24. Bxg7 1-0
Here's another example of one of those brutal h2--h4-h5 attacks, this time performed by Russian GM Denis Khismatullin in the second round.
[Event "11th Aeroflot Open A"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2012.02.08"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Khismatullin, Denis"]
[Black "Zhou, Jianchao"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2012.02.07"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Ne2 O-O 6. Be3 c6 7. Na3 e5 8. d5 a6
9. Nc3 c5 10. Qd2 Nh5 11. O-O-O Nd7 12. Bd3 Nb6 13. g3 Bd7 14. Bh6 Bxh6 15.
Qxh6 Na4 16. Ne2 b5 17. g4 Ng7 18. b3 Nb6 19. h4 Qe7 20. Rdg1 bxc4 21. bxc4 Na4
22. Ng3 f6 23. g5 Qf7 24. Nf5 Ne8 25. gxf6 Qxf6 26. h5 Bxf5 27. hxg6 Ra7 28.
exf5 Kh8 29. Be4 Rg7 30. Nc2 Qd8 31. Qxh7+ Rxh7 32. Rxh7+ Kg8 33. g7 1-0
A small puzzle to finish with, from the game Aleksandrov-Gundavaa, round 3.
[Event "11th Aeroflot Open A"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2012.02.09"]
[Round "3.28"]
[White "Aleksandrov, Aleksej"]
[Black "Gundavaa, Bayarsaikhan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E56"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2493"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3r2k1/1p2qppp/p3n1r1/2bp1Q2/8/1P2PN2/PB3PPP/2R2RK1 b - - 0 22"]
[PlyCount "8"]
[EventDate "2012.02.07"]
22... d4 23. exd4 Bxd4 24. Nxd4 Nxd4 25. Bxd4 Rxd4 26. Qe5 1-0
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Can Black solve his isolated queen's pawn with 22...d4 here? Solution below the article.
Aeroflot Open 2012 | Group A | Round 3 standings
| Rank | Name | Flags | Score | Fed. | M/F | Rating | TPR | W-We | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | GM Caruana, Fabiano | 2.5 | ITA | M | 2736 | 2910 | +0.59 | 1 | ½ | 1 | |
| 2 | GM Alekseev, Evgeny | 2.5 | RUS | M | 2670 | 2886 | +0.77 | 1 | 1 | ½ | |
| 3 | GM Balogh, Csaba | 2.5 | HUN | M | 2665 | 2847 | +0.62 | ½ | 1 | 1 | |
| 4 | GM Khismatullin, Denis | 2.5 | RUS | M | 2664 | 2889 | +0.80 | 1 | 1 | ½ | |
| 5 | GM Korobov, Anton | 2.5 | UKR | M | 2660 | 2873 | +0.74 | 1 | ½ | 1 | |
| 6 | GM Zhigalko, Sergei | 2.5 | BLR | M | 2658 | 2879 | +0.78 | 1 | 1 | ½ | |
| 7 | GM Gupta, Abhijeet | 2.5 | IND | M | 2652 | 2880 | +0.82 | 1 | 1 | ½ | |
| 8 | GM Rodshtein, Maxim | 2.5 | ISR | M | 2634 | 2897 | +0.96 | 1 | 1 | ½ | |
| 9 | GM Tomashevsky, Evgeny | 2.0 | RUS | M | 2740 | 2711 | -0.09 | ½ | 1 | ½ | |
| 10 | GM Le, Quang Liem | 2.0 | VIE | M | 2714 | 2761 | +0.18 | 1 | ½ | ½ | |
| 11 | GM Vallejo Pons, Francisco | 2.0 | ESP | M | 2705 | 2746 | +0.16 | ½ | 1 | ½ | |
| 12 | GM Jobava, Baadur | 2.0 | GEO | M | 2704 | 2753 | +0.18 | 1 | ½ | ½ | |
| 13 | GM Sasikiran, Krishnan | 2.0 | IND | M | 2700 | 2738 | +0.15 | ½ | 1 | ½ | |
| 14 | GM Eljanov, Pavel | 2.0 | UKR | M | 2690 | 2748 | +0.22 | 1 | ½ | ½ | |
| 15 | GM Andreikin, Dmitry | 2.0 | RUS | M | 2688 | 2743 | +0.21 | 1 | ½ | ½ | |
| 16 | GM Zvjaginsev, Vadim | 2.0 | RUS | M | 2688 | 2731 | +0.16 | ½ | 1 | ½ | |
| 17 | GM Akopian, Vladimir | 2.0 | ARM | M | 2685 | 2725 | +0.16 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 18 | GM Kobalia, Mikhail | 2.0 | RUS | M | 2673 | 2718 | +0.18 | ½ | 1 | ½ | |
| 19 | GM Bu, Xiangzhi | 2.0 | CHN | M | 2670 | 2712 | +0.15 | ½ | 1 | ½ | |
| 20 | GM Bartel, Mateusz | 2.0 | POL | M | 2658 | 2766 | +0.43 | 1 | ½ | ½ | |
| 21 | GM Ragger, Markus | 2.0 | AUT | M | 2655 | 2642 | -0.03 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 22 | GM Iordachescu, Viorel | 2.0 | MDA | M | 2651 | 2792 | +0.57 | 1 | ½ | ½ | |
| 23 | GM Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter | 2.0 | ROU | M | 2647 | 2772 | +0.50 | 1 | ½ | ½ | |
| 24 | GM Negi, Parimarjan | 2.0 | IND | M | 2641 | 2723 | +0.33 | ½ | 1 | ½ | |
| 25 | GM Sokolov, Ivan | 2.0 | NED | M | 2641 | 2767 | +0.51 | 1 | ½ | ½ | |
| 26 | GM Safarli, Eltaj | 2.0 | AZE | M | 2638 | 2651 | +0.05 | ½ | ½ | 1 | |
| 27 | GM Socko, Bartosz | 2.0 | POL | M | 2636 | 2757 | +0.49 | 1 | ½ | ½ | |
| 28 | GM Khalifman, Alexander | 2.0 | RUS | M | 2632 | 2697 | +0.26 | ½ | 1 | ½ | |
| 29 | GM Sandipan, Chanda | 2.0 | IND | M | 2628 | 2625 | -0.03 | ½ | ½ | 1 | |
| 30 | GM Sjugirov, Sanan | 2.0 | RUS | M | 2622 | 2689 | +0.27 | ½ | 1 | ½ | |
| 31 | GM Melkumyan, Hrant | 2.0 | ARM | M | 2620 | 2648 | +0.09 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 32 | GM Gajewski, Grzegorz | 2.0 | POL | M | 2616 | 2717 | +0.42 | 1 | ½ | ½ | |
| 33 | GM Aleksandrov, Aleksej | 2.0 | BLR | M | 2612 | 2781 | +0.68 | ½ | ½ | 1 | |
| 34 | GM Robson, Ray | j | 2.0 | USA | M | 2596 | 2691 | +0.38 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 35 | GM Esen, Baris | 2.0 | TUR | M | 2534 | 2763 | +0.93 | ½ | ½ | 1 | |
| 36 | GM Sethuraman, S.P. | 2.0 | IND | M | 2529 | 2761 | +0.94 | ½ | ½ | 1 | |
| 37 | GM Nepomniachtchi, Ian | 1.5 | RUS | M | 2735 | 2605 | -0.53 | ½ | ½ | ½ | |
| 38 | GM Iturrizaga, Eduardo | 1.5 | VEN | M | 2649 | 2666 | +0.07 | 1 | ½ | 0 | |
| 39 | GM Ni, Hua | 1.5 | CHN | M | 2641 | 2552 | -0.37 | ½ | ½ | ½ | |
| 40 | GM Khairullin, Ildar | 1.5 | RUS | M | 2638 | 2544 | -0.38 | ½ | ½ | ½ | |
| 41 | GM Yu, Yangyi | j | 1.5 | CHN | M | 2631 | 2563 | -0.28 | 1 | 0 | ½ |
| 42 | GM Zhou, Jianchao | 1.5 | CHN | M | 2619 | 2548 | -0.28 | 1 | 0 | ½ | |
| 43 | GM Salgado Lopez, Ivan | 1.5 | ESP | M | 2618 | 2596 | -0.08 | 1 | ½ | 0 | |
| 44 | GM Solak, Dragan | 1.5 | TUR | M | 2613 | 2523 | -0.35 | ½ | 1 | 0 | |
| 45 | GM Bocharov, Dmitry | 1.5 | RUS | M | 2611 | 2608 | -0.02 | 0 | ½ | 1 | |
| 46 | GM Popov, Ivan | 1.5 | RUS | M | 2599 | 2653 | +0.22 | ½ | 0 | 1 | |
| 47 | GM Zherebukh, Yaroslav | 1.5 | UKR | M | 2594 | 2641 | +0.19 | ½ | 0 | 1 | |
| 48 | GM Rakhmanov, Aleksandr | 1.5 | RUS | M | 2593 | 2654 | +0.24 | 0 | 1 | ½ | |
| 49 | GM Zhigalko, Andrey | 1.5 | BLR | M | 2576 | 2620 | +0.18 | ½ | 0 | 1 | |
| 50 | GM Jumabayev, Rinat | 1.5 | KAZ | M | 2573 | 2561 | -0.05 | 0 | ½ | 1 | |
| 51 | GM Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan | 1.5 | IRI | M | 2570 | 2650 | +0.33 | ½ | ½ | ½ | |
| 52 | GM Jankovic, Alojzije | 1.5 | CRO | M | 2568 | 2511 | -0.22 | 0 | ½ | 1 | |
| 53 | WGM Ju, Wenjun | w | 1.5 | CHN | F | 2552 | 2634 | +0.34 | 0 | 1 | ½ |
| 54 | IM Yilmaz, Mustafa | 1.5 | TUR | M | 2521 | 2634 | +0.46 | ½ | ½ | ½ | |
| 55 | IM Venkatesh, M.R. | 1.5 | IND | M | 2499 | 2607 | +0.44 | 0 | 1 | ½ | |
| 56 | IM Grigoryan, Karen H. | j | 1.5 | ARM | M | 2482 | 2599 | +0.47 | 0 | 1 | ½ |
| 57 | GM Mamedov, Rauf | 1.0 | AZE | M | 2636 | 2403 | -0.95 | ½ | ½ | 0 | |
| 58 | GM Guseinov, Gadir | 1.0 | AZE | M | 2634 | 2397 | -0.95 | ½ | ½ | 0 | |
| 59 | GM Ponkratov, Pavel | 1.0 | RUS | M | 2611 | 2516 | -0.37 | ½ | 0 | ½ | |
| 60 | GM Savchenko, Boris | 1.0 | RUS | M | 2609 | 2486 | -0.50 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 61 | GM Ulibin, Mikhail | 1.0 | RUS | M | 2587 | 1937 | -0.77 | + | 0 | 0 | |
| 62 | GM Ipatov, Alexander | 1.0 | TUR | M | 2586 | 2454 | -0.53 | 0 | ½ | ½ | |
| 63 | GM Morovic Fernandez, Ivan | 1.0 | CHI | M | 2582 | 2504 | -0.32 | ½ | 0 | ½ | |
| 64 | GM Bosiocic, Marin | 1.0 | CRO | M | 2580 | 2494 | -0.35 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 65 | GM Grigoriants, Sergey | 1.0 | RUS | M | 2570 | 2464 | -0.42 | ½ | 0 | ½ | |
| 66 | GM Shomoev, Anton | 1.0 | RUS | M | 2570 | 2445 | -0.50 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 67 | GM Adhiban, B. | 1.0 | IND | M | 2561 | 2523 | -0.14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 68 | GM Fedoseev, Vladimir | j | 1.0 | RUS | M | 2525 | 2489 | -0.14 | ½ | 0 | ½ |
| 69 | GM Bukavshin, Ivan | j | 1.0 | RUS | M | 2517 | 1873 | -0.75 | 0 | 0 | + |
| 70 | GM Harika, Dronavalli | w | 1.0 | IND | F | 2516 | 2492 | -0.08 | ½ | 0 | ½ |
| 71 | IM Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi | j | 1.0 | IND | M | 2513 | 2502 | -0.03 | ½ | ½ | 0 |
| 72 | IM Gundavaa, Bayarsaikhan | 1.0 | MGL | M | 2493 | 2499 | +0.02 | ½ | ½ | 0 | |
| 73 | GM Cori, Jorge | j | 1.0 | PER | M | 2489 | 2538 | +0.18 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 74 | IM Shyam, Sundar M. | 1.0 | IND | M | 2462 | 2460 | +0.00 | 0 | ½ | ½ | |
| 75 | WGM Shen, Yang | w | 1.0 | CHN | F | 2447 | 1871 | -0.58 | 0 | + | 0 |
| 76 | GM Al-Modiahki, Mohamad | 0.5 | QAT | M | 2567 | 2286 | -1.04 | 0 | 0 | ½ | |
| 77 | GM Pridorozhni, Aleksei | 0.5 | RUS | M | 2555 | 2348 | -0.73 | 0 | ½ | 0 | |
| 78 | GM Tukhaev, Adam | 0.5 | UKR | M | 2537 | 2329 | -0.73 | 0 | 0 | ½ | |
| 79 | GM Alsina Leal, Daniel | 0.5 | ESP | M | 2535 | 2360 | -0.60 | ½ | 0 | 0 | |
| 80 | GM Pap, Gyula | 0.5 | HUN | M | 2533 | 2340 | -0.67 | 0 | ½ | 0 | |
| 81 | GM Lu, Shanglei | j | 0.5 | CHN | M | 2516 | 2321 | -0.68 | 0 | ½ | 0 |
| 82 | GM Dubov, Daniil | j | 0.5 | RUS | M | 2498 | 2332 | -0.56 | ½ | 0 | 0 |
| 83 | WGM Paikidze, Nazi | w | 0.5 | GEO | F | 2411 | 2339 | -0.23 | ½ | 0 | 0 |
| 84 | GM Inarkiev, Ernesto | 0.0 | RUS | M | 2689 | 0 | +0.00 | - | - | - | |
| 85 | GM Gopal G.N. | 0.0 | IND | M | 2566 | 1894 | -1.23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 86 | GM Szabo, Krisztian | 0.0 | HUN | M | 2547 | 1870 | -1.26 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Solution to the puzzle: No, Black missed a back rank tactic: 22... d4? 23. exd4 Bxd4 24. Nxd4 Nxd4 25. Bxd4 Rxd4 26. Qe5! 1-0
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