ࡱ > # bjbjFnFn 5 $h$hN w 8 | Q Q Q + - - - - - - " b - Q ^ Q Q Q - B Q + Q + (B ? X 0 # # # , Q Q Q Q Q Q Q - - Q Q Q Q Q Q Q # Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q X d : Daniil Dubov vs Ivan Saric Young Russian Daniil Dubov (Grand Swiss 2021, Rd 6): White a piece down for two pawns finds a win. TEMUR IN LATVIA (2) Australian champion, twenty-one year old West Australian Temur Kuybokarov, finished the Grand Swiss in Riga, Latvia, with a score of 5.5/11 (+2 =7 -2). Considering he was invited as a wild card and that the event included among its 108 players four of the worlds top ten it was an excellent performance. Among others who scored 50% were many times Russian champion Peter Svidler and a former challenger to the world title Boris Gelfand. Round 9 saw the Iranian now French player Alireza Firouzja lose his sole lead when beaten by world number 3 Fabiano Caruana which left three players, Firouzja, Caruana and David Howell (England), sharing the lead and ten players including Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and former world number 2, the veteran Alexei Shirov, a half point behind. However in Rd 10 Firouzja regained sole lead by defeating Howell and with top boards all registering draws in the final round Firouzja finished sole winner with 8/11. Caruana and Grigoriy Oparin (Russia) finished with 7.5 with Caruana taking second place on tie break. Thirteen players on 7 took out positions 4-16. Firouzja and Caruanas success qualifies them for the next Candidates to determine a challenger for the world title. SOLUTION: 1.Rxe6!! Qxg3 (1...Rd1+ 2.Kh2 doesnt help) 2.fxg3 fxe6 3.c7. Now if 3...Rc8 4.b6 / 5.b7 wins. Black tried 3...Ke7 but lost to 4.cxd8=Q+ Kxc8 with the capture of Whites b pawn enabling White to eat up all Blacks pawns (the winning potential of the outside passer in K+p endings). Hands up those who spotted the similarity to last week with advanced united passed pawns defeating a rook. Temur in play in Riga CHESS 21 11 13 David Ellis ellisd19@bigpond.com 0439798607 9 X Y Z v w V V R R R ; < N r s ) * + 1 J L M N O P Q µ hk~H j hk~H B*Uph h1J hK\E h1J 6CJ ]aJ hK\E 6] h1J 5\ j h[ UmH nH u h1J CJ aJ hK\E 5\D Y w < s * + M N P Q S T V W Q R S T U V W X Y Z h h1J hK\E hk~H j hk~H U W Y Z ( . A!n"n#n$n% Fr z4p\\c{wܭA JFIF Photoshop 3.0 8BIM h( bFBMD0a000a6f010000f1160000fd2d0000ee3100008f350000563b000022580000d35c0000536200008567000061ae0000 C %# , #&')*)-0-(0%()( C ((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((( " L@Pl.0`l.`@8 E+v)QcR (0.Tp`\(1@6R@*ʠ**)ZLO5iP.l$>$2u4t}NDגF*T(oSu ѰΔtAy щgJή:t~N/