Important games from Foxwoods round 8:

[White “Ehlvest, Jaan 2675”]
[Black “Ibragimov, Ildar 2675”]
[Source “MonRoi”]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb7 6.Bg2 Bb4 7.Bd2 a5 8.O-O O-O 9.Nc3 d6 10.Qc2 Nbd7 11.Rfd1 Qb8 12.d5 Bxc3 13.Bxc3 exd5 14.cxd5 Bxd5 15.Rxd5 Nxd5 16.Ng5 N5f6 17.Bc6 h6 18.Bxd7 hxg5 19.Bc6 Ra7 20.Qf5 Nh7 21.Bd5 Qd8 22.Qg6 Nf6 23.Qxg5 c6 24.Bf3 d5 25.Rd1 Rd7 26.Rd4 Ne4 27.Qh5 Re8 28.Bxe4 dxe4 29.Rxd7 Qxd7 30.Qg5 f5 31.h4 e3 32.f3 f4 33.Kg2 fxg3 34.h5 Re6 35.Qg4 Rd6 36.Qg5 Qf7 37.Be5 Rh6 38.Qd8 Kh7 39.Qd3 Kg8 40.Qd8 Qf8 41.Qxb6 Rxh5 42.Qxe3 Qe7 43.f4 Qh4 0-1

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[White “Shabalov, Alexander 2656”]
[Black “Kraai, Jesse 2561”]
[Source “MonRoi”]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Qb6 6.a3 Nh6 7.b4 cxd4 8.cxd4 Nf5 9.Bb2 Bd7 10.h4 Rc8 11.h5 Be7 12.g4 Nh6 13.Rg1 f6 14.exf6 gxf6 15.Nc3 Nf7 16.Na4 Qd8 17.Nc5 a5 18.g5 fxg5 19.Bh3 axb4 20.Nxe6 Qa5 21.Nd2 bxa3 22.Ng7 Kd8 23.Bxd7 Kxd7 24.Qg4 Kc7 25.Bxa3 Qc3 26.Qd1 Bb4 27.Bxb4 Nxb4 28.Kf1 Nc2 29.Ra4 Kb8 30.Rg3 Qxg3 0-1

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[White “Kamsky, Gata 2752”]
[Black “Shulman, Yury 2662”]
[Source “MonRoi”]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bf4 Bf5 4.e3 e6 5.c4 Bxb1 6.Rxb1 Bb4 7.Ke2 Bd6 8.g3 O-O 9.Qb3 Nc6 10.cxd5 Nxd5 11.Bg2 Be7 12.h4 Na5 13.Qa4 c5 14.dxc5 Bxc5 15.Ne5 Bd6 16.Rhd1 Bxe5 17.Bxe5 Nc6 18.Bd4 Qe7 19.Rbc1 Rfd8 20.Bc5 Qf6 21.Qb3 Rab8 22.Rd2 b6 23.Bd4 Nxd4 24.Rxd4 g6 25.Rcd1 Nc7 26.Rd7 Na6 27.Qc3 e5 28.Qc6 Qxc6 29.Bxc6 Rxd7 30.Rxd7 Nc5 31.Rxa7 Rd8 32.Ra8 Rxa8 33.Bxa8 Kf8 34.b4 Na6 35.a3 Ke7 36.Bb7 Nc7 37.a4 Kd6 38.Kd3 Ne8 39.Kc4 Kc7 40.Bf3 Kd6 41.a5 bxa5 42.bxa5 f5 43.Kb5 e4 44.Be2 Kc7 45.Kc5 Nf6 46.a6 Nd7 47.Kd5 Kb6 48.g4 fxg4 49.Kxe4 1-0

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