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14th Monarch Assurance Isle of Man International
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[Under heavy pressure, Black decided to seek active play by sacrificing the exchange...] 27...Rxc4! 28 Rxc4 Qa5 [Now, with not too much time left until the time control, it is difficult for White to stop Black's queen getting close to his king.] 29 d7 [Fritz suggests 29 Rxa7 but after 29...Qd5 White is hard put to avoid perpetual check.] 29...Qd2 30 d8Q [Probably best.] 30...Qxd8 31 Qxd8 Rxd8 32 Rxa7 Rd1+ 33 Kf2 Rd2+ 34 Kg3 Be6 35 Rca4 [The a2 pawn is White's only trump, but there is little prospect of it ever being properly supported by the rooks. White has to be realistic and concede the draw.] 35...Kg7 36 h4 Rd3+ 37 Kf2 Rd2+ 38 Kf3 Rd3+ 39 Kg2 Rd2+ 1/2-1/2
Leonid Kritz and Mikhail Kobalia
Leonid Kritz and Mikhail Kobalia won their games to tie first with Shabalov and Areshchenko, with two rounds to go.
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53...f6 [53...Bxd6 does not quite save Black: 54 Ka8 Ke7 55 b7 Kf6 56 b8Q Bxb8 57 Kxb8 Ke5 58 Kc7 f5 59 Kc6 f4 60 Bg2 Kd4 61 Kb5 Ke3 62 Kc4 wins.] 54 Kc6 Bf2 55 Bf5 [White gains time before the second time control.] 55...Be3 56 Kb7 Bc5 57 Bh3 Bd4 58 Ka6 Bc5 59 b7 Bxd6 60 Ka7 Ke7 61 b8Q Bxb8+ 62 Kxb8 Kd6 63 Kb7 Kc5 64 Ka6 1-0
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Bobras-Klenburg was very entertaining. Mikhail Klenburg is pictured left.
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Round 7 Bd WHITE Result BLACK PIN 1 SHABALOV,Alexand 2593 (5) ½ - ½ ARESHCHENKO,Alex 2625 (5) 9 2 2 KOBALIA,Mikhail 2614 (4½) 1 - 0 KORNEEV,Oleg 2594 (4½) 3 8 3 ERENBURG,Sergey 2595 (4½) ½ - ½ GALKIN,Alexander 2598 (4½) 7 6 4 KRITZ,Leonid 2544 (4½) 1 - 0 IKONNIKOV,Vyache 2560 (4½) 20 14 5 GORMALLY,Daniel 2557 (4½) ½ - ½ KUZUBOV,Yuri 2535 (4) 17 22 6 TIVIAKOV,Sergei 2678 (4) ½ - ½ LALIC,Bogdan 2491 (4) 1 27 7 ADLY,Ahmed 2503 (4) ½ - ½ GHAEM MAGHAMI,Eh 2603 (4) 26 4 8 EPISHIN,Vladimir 2600 (4) 1 - 0 KOLBUS,Dietmar 2416 (4) 5 39 9 KONONENKO,Tatian 2442 (4) ½ - ½ DAVID,Alberto 2579 (4) 34 11 10 MIKHALEVSKI,Vict 2572 (4) 1 - 0 COX,John 2385 (4) 12 45 11 POSTNY,Evgeny 2559 (4) ½ - ½ HOWELL,David W 2471 (4) 16 29 12 ZATONSKIH,Anna 2435 (4) ½ - ½ BRODSKY,Michail 2554 (4) 36 19 13 WELLS,Peter 2529 (4) ½ - ½ AAGAARD,Jacob 2442 (3½) 24 33 14 KOGAN,Artur 2580 (3½) 1 - 0 GLADYSZEV,Oleg 2436 (3½) 10 35 15 MALAKHATKO,Vadim 2556 (3½) ½ - ½ ZUDE,Erik 2424 (3½) 18 38 16 NEGI,Parimarjan 2376 (3½) 1 - 0 SULSKIS,Sarunas 2535 (3½) 47 21 17 BOBRAS,Piotr 2525 (3½) 0 - 1 KLENBURG,Mikhail 2400 (3½) 25 41 18 KIDAMBI,Sundarar 2484 (3½) ½ - ½ ZIMMERMAN,Yuri 2375 (3½) 28 48 19 GOLETIANI,Rusuda 2332 (3½) 0 - 1 NEUBAUER,Martin 2468 (3½) 53 30 20 SAREEN,Vishal 2385 (3½) 0 - 1 PALLISER,Richard 2389 (3) 44 43 21 MIRZOEVA,Elmira 2223 (3) 0 - 1 FRIDMAN,Daniel 2566 (3) 60 13 22 PERIC,Slavisa 2280 (3) 0 - 1 YAKOVICH,Yuri 2560 (3) 57 15 23 DUHAYON,Yves 2230 (3) 0 - 1 ULYBIN,Mikhail 2529 (3) 59 23 24 ALLEN,Keith 2210 (3) 0 - 1 NEELOTPAL,Das 2467 (3) 62 31 25 KUNIN,Vitaly 2448 (3) 1 - 0 HANLEY,Craig 2367 (3) 32 50 26 SMITH,Andrew P 2204 (3) 0 - 1 GREET,Andrew N 2425 (3) 64 37 27 DWORAKOWSKA,Joan 2401 (3) ½ - ½ RADOVANOVIC,Jovi 2357 (3) 40 52 28 ROEDER,Mathias 2393 (3) 1 - 0 SPENCE,David 2218 (3) 42 61 29 GUPTA,Abhijeet 2380 (3) 1 - 0 HENRICHSEN,Jens 2075 (3) 46 80 30 PEEK,Marcel 2373 (2½) 1 - 0 HUGHES,Howard R 2194 (2½) 49 67 31 BOSBOOM-LANCHAVA 2363 (2½) 1 - 0 KIRSCHBAUM,Gunna 2204 (2½) 51 65 32 ADAMS,Phil 2138 (2½) 0 - 1 MANNION,Steve R. 2331 (2½) 73 54 33 ZOZULIA,Anna 2314 (2½) 1 - 0 LOHOU,Stephane 2144 (2½) 55 72 34 GRANT,Alan 2152 (2½) 0 - 1 VITOUX,Colomban 2264 (2½) 71 58 35 FRASER-MITCHELL, 2098 (2½) 1 - 0 GROFFEN,Hans 2210 (2½) 78 63 36 FAIRBAIRN,Steve 2065 (2) ½ - ½ ASHTON,Adam 2294 (2) 82 56 37 DUNN,Andrew 2197 (2) 1 - 0 WERNER,Gert 2047 (2) 66 83 38 SPANTON,Tim 2032 (2) 0 - 1 GOODGER,Martyn 2162 (2) 84 70 39 DE LAGONTRIE,Jea 1988 (2) 1 - 0 RUSTON,Mark 2116 (2) 87 75 40 HICKMAN,John 2115 (2) ½ - ½ HENDERIKSE,Bert 2028 (2) 76 85 41 HEYL,Thomas 2101 (1½) ½ - ½ HUTCHINSON,Norma 2097 (2) 77 79 42 FOX,Pierre 1815 (1½) 0 - 1 WADEMARK,Helge 2182 (1½) 91 68 43 MARTIN,Katie 1953 (1½) 0 - 1 FOX,Anthony 2118 (1½) 89 74 44 NICHOLSON,John 2000 (1½) 0 - 1 BENNION,David A. 2074 (1½) 86 81 45 WALTHER,Cliff 2175 (1) 1 - 0 YOUNG,Mel 1971 (1) 69 88 46 MARKS,Ian A 1889 (½) 1 - 0 MCKENZIE,Mark 1249 (0) 90 92