Great show today. The first to end up was the exciting game Gashimov against Ivanchuk. In the post-mortem 17.Rb3 Vugar declared that it was a novelty and the position is clearly in favor of White. The activation of the R via c3-c7 is inevitable and devastating.
Nigel Short sacrificed two pieces in a look like a sharp position but black showed excellent defending skills, Sergei collected the pieces and then simply refuted the attack. Perhaps it is too risky even 14.Nxg5 14.Rhe1 Bf1 was followed by more playable second Movsesian.
Michele Godena lost with black against Navara. The Italian after a force line ends up with two pawns down without compensation.
Morozevich after beautiful maneuvers entered a winning position, and then with only one move on the 39th everything changed and suddenly he got a lost position. To his disappointment and his many fans ended up resigning after a few moves. What a pity! Given the undeserved defeat against Short in the second round and this one he would now be leading the tournament with Vallejo Pons, but history is not made with the “if ”.
Caruana-Vallejo flap is over soon. Paco is going to meet tomorrow his direct follower Vugar Gashimov.
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We Onischuk fans loved seeing this big win over Morozevich! Go USA!