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National Open 2019 #5 Las Vegas International Chess Festival 2019 Editor: David Hater | Photos: Tim Hanks NATIONAL OPEN NEWS JUNE 12-16, 2019 GM Illia Nyzhnyk wins Naonal Open Aer nine rounds of intense White has a pleasant posi− play, GM Illia Nyzhnyk emerged tion which Nyzhnyk plays as the undisputed champion. very well to eventually bring Nyzhnyk finished with five wins home the win. and four draws to claim the Edmondson Cup and $8,000. This was the second me 16...Rb5 17.Re1 Nf5 18.Nc3 Nyzhnyk won the Naonal Open. He ed for first in 2015, Rc5 19.Re4 h5 20.Na4 Ra5 but lost the trophy on ebreak 21.Rd3 Nh6 22.Re2 h4 to GM Alexey Dreev. Seven 23.Rc3 Rf5 24.f3 players entered the last round ed for the lead. All the other XIIIIIIIIY players drew which enabled 8-+l+-tr-+0 Nyznhnyk to take clear first by 7+-zp-+pmk-0 defeang GM Timur Gareyev. 6p+p+-+psn0 5+-+-+r+-0 Nyzhnyk,Illia (2649) − 4N+-+-+-zp0 Gareyev,Timur (2584) 3+LtR-+P+-0 2PzPP+R+PzP0 [C70]National Open (9) 1+-mK-+-+-0 16.06.2019 xabcdefghy 24. Rxc6 Bb7 25. Rxc7 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 Bxg2 also offer white a clear 4.Ba4 g6 5.d4 exd4 6.Nxd4 advantage. Bg7 7.Nxc6 bxc6 8.Nc3 Ne7 9.Be3 0-0 10.Qd2 d5 11.0-0-0 Rb8 12.Bh6 Qd6 24...Rd8 25.Nc5 a5 26.Ba4 13.Bb3 dxe4 14.Bxg7 Ng4 27.h3 Ne5 28.Ne4 g5 Qxd2+ 15.Rxd2 Kxg7 better off than the game 29.Rd2 Rxd2 30.Kxd2 Be6 GM Illia Nyzhnyk 16.Nxe4 continuation. After, 34. ... 31.Bb3 Bd5 32.Nf2 Rf4 [ Better would be 24. ... Ng6 cxd5, white has a wining XIIIIIIIIY XIIIIIIIIY 25. Nd3 Bxb3 26. axb3 Ne7 advantage and Nyznhyk 8-trl+-tr-+0 8-+-+-+-+0 when white still has an edge, displays fine technique 7+-zp-snpmkp0 7+-zp-+pmk-0 but black is putting up a lot bringing home the point. 6p+p+-+p+0 6-+p+-+-+0 of resistance. 5+-+-+-+-0 5zp-+lsn-zp-0 4-+-+N+-+0 4-+-+-tr-zp0 35.Rxd5 Nc4+ 36.Kc3 Ne3 3+L+-+-+-0 33.Rc5 a4 34.Bxd5 cxd5?! 3+LtR-+P+P0 37.Re5 Nf1 38.Rxg5+ Kf6 2PzPPtR-zPPzP0 2PzPPmK-sNP+0 1+-mK-+-+R0 34. ... Rd4+ 35. Nd3 Rxd5 39.Rc5 Ne3 40.Ng4+ Nxg4 1+-+-+-+-0 36. Rxd5 Nc4+ white still has 41.hxg4 h3 42.gxh3 Rxf3+ xabcdefghy xabcdefghy a clear edge, but black is 43.Kb4 Rxh3 44.Kxa4 Rh4 VegasChessFestival.com Las Vegas International Chess Festival 2019 Editor: David Hater | Photos: Tim Hanks 45.Kb5 Rxg4 46.a4 Ke6 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 25.Rxg5 30.Qh7 Ke7 31.Qxg7+ Kd8 47.a5 Kd7 48.a6 Kc8 49.a7 4.Bg5 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Be7 32.Qxg5+ Qe7 33.Qg8 Kc7 XIIIIIIIIY Kb7 50.Rxc7+ Ka8 51.c4 f5 6.Bxf6 gxf6 7.Nf3 f5 8.Nc3 8r+-+ltrk+0 34.h4 Bc6 35.Qg4 Rh8 52.c5 Rd4 53.b4 f4 54.Ka6 c5 9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.Bb5+ 7+-wq-+-zp-0 36.g3 Be8 37.e4 Bh5 Rd8 55.b5 Re8 56.b6 Rb8 Bd7 11.Qe2 0-0 12.0-0-0 6p+-+p+-zp0 38.Qf4 Rf8 39.Qh6 Qf7 57.Rc8 Rxc8 58.b7# 1-0 Bxb5 13.Nxb5 Qe7 14.Qd2 5+p+pzP-tR-0 40.Qc1 Qf2+ 41.Kh1 Bf3# Nc6 15.Qh6 f6 16.Rhe1 Nyzhnyk was never in trou− 4-+pzP-+-wQ0 0-1 Rad8 17.Qh4 Rxd1+ ble in any of his games. He 3+-zP-zP-+-0 18.Rxd1 Kh8 19.h3 e5 You don’t see often see drew with GMs Denes Bo− 2PzPL+-+PzP0 20.Qh5 Bxf2 21.Qxf5 Be3+ Cochrane gambits in over ros, Ruifeng Li, Fidel Cor− 1tR-+-+-mK-0 22.Kb1 e4 23.Nh4 Bg5 the board chess these days, rales and Andrey Barysh− xabcdefghy 24.Rd7 Rd8 0-1 and especially not much in polets. He defeated GMs top sections. However, that Pavlo Vorontsov, Andrey The rook sacrifice is best is what happened in the Un− Gorovets and Timur Gar− and is winning, but must be The Open section is not the der 2300 section in an excit− eyev. He also defeated IM followed up extremely accu− only section that had inter− ing game. Alexander Katz and FM Lars rately. esting games. One of the Meyer. Two of Nyzhnyk Wu,Oliver (2034) − more interesting games ac− were quick wins scored with tually comes from the Under Katz,Stewart (1884) the black pieces against 25...hxg5 26.Qh7+ Kf7 1300 section, Meruzhan [C42] strong opponents. 27.Rf1+? Sargsyan is rated 912 and National Open Under 2300 Grovets, Andrey tied for third in the Under XIIIIIIIIY 8r+-+ltr-+0 (2502) − Nyzhnyk, Illia 1300 section (and could 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 have tied for first with a last 7+-wq-+kzpQ0 d6 4.Nxf7 Kxf7 5.d4 c6 (2649) [D10] round win). Meruzhan 6p+-+p+-+0 6.Nc3 Be7 7.f4 Bg4 8.Qd2 played an exciting game in 5+p+pzP-zp-0 Rf8 9.e5 Nd5 10.Bc4 Ke6?! National Open (4), 4-+pzP-+-+0 round six that could have 1.c4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.cxd5 3+-zP-zP-+-0 XIIIIIIIIY gone either way. cxd5 4.Bf4 Nc6 5.e3 Nf6 2PzPL+-+PzP0 8rsn-wq-tr-+0 6.Nc3 Bf5 7.Qb3 Na5 1+-+-+RmK-0 7zpp+-vl-zpp0 8.Qa4+ Bd7 9.Qc2 Rc8 xabcdefghy 6-+pzpk+-+0 Arciniegas,Fabio 10.Bd3 g6 11.Nf3 Bg7 5+-+nzP-+-0 12.Ne5 Nh5 13.Qe2 Nxf4 (1189) −Aargsyan, The winning continuation 4-+LzP-zPl+0 3+-sN-+-+-0 14.exf4 Nc6 15.Rd1 Nxd4 Meruzhan (912) was bringing another piece 16.Qe3 Nc6 17.Bb5 Bxe5 2PzPPwQ-+PzP0 National Open Under 1300 into the attack with 27. Bg6+ 1tR-vL-mK-+R0 18.fxe5 d4 19.Qh6 dxc3 Bf7 28. Qxg7+. Black can xabcdefghy 20.e6 fxe6 21.Qg7 Rf8 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bg5 still draw after 27. Rf1+ Ke7 22.Bd3 Qb6 23.0-0 cxb2 Nbd7 4.e3 e6 5.Bd3 Be7 28. Qxg7 Rf7 29. Rxf7 Bxf7 This gives White what he 24.Bb1 e5 25.Rd2 Bf5 6.Nbd2 c5 7.c3 b6 8.0-0 30. Bg6 Rf8 31. Qf6+ Ke8 wants. Black should play 10. 26.Bxf5 gxf5 27.Qxh7 Nd4 Bb7 9.Qa4 Qc7 10.Ne5 a6 32. Qxe6+ with a perpetual ... dxe5 to defend d5. Even 28.Rdd1 Kd7 29.f4 Rc1 0−1 11.Ndf3 b5 12.Qd1 c4 check. 13.Bc2 h6 14.Bf4 Nxe5 Ke8 would be preferable. Katz,Alexander (2427) 15.Nxe5 Bd6 16.Bg3 0-0 − Nyzhnyk,Illya (2649) 17.f4 Nd7 18.Qh5 Nxe5 27...Ke7 28.Rxf8? [C11] 19.fxe5 Be7 20.Rf3 Bc6 10...Kg8 11.Nxd5 cxd5 The losing move for white 21.Bf4 Be8 22.Rg3 Bg5 12.Bxd5+ Rf7 (12...Kh8 National Open (2) 23.Bxg5 f6 24.Qh4 fxg5 28...Kxf8 29.Qh8+ Kf7 13.Bxb7) ; 10...dxe5 11.dxe5 VegasChessFestival.com Las Vegas International Chess Festival 2019 Editor: David Hater | Photos: Tim Hanks Be6 12.f5 Bxf5 13.0-0 Ke8 A game from the Under 31.exf6 Qb5 32.Qe4+ Kg8 gxh5 51.Bxh5 Ng3 52.Bd1 14.Nxd5 cxd5 15.Bxd5 Nc6 2100 section featured un− 33.Qxe6+ Kh7 34.d7 1-0 fxg5 53.Bxg5 Rc3+ 54.Kd2 balanced play that led to Ne4+ 55.Ke2 Nxg5 56.Rd3 In a previous bulletin, we interesting positions. Rxd3 57.Kxd3 Bf4 58.Bb3 featured a R + B vs R end− 11.0-0 Bf5 12.Qe2 Kd7 e5 59.Bd5 Kf6 60.Ba8 Ke6 Perks,Grant (2010) − ing where the stronger side 13.Nxd5 cxd5 14.Bxd5 Nc6 61.Bb7 Kd6 62.Bg2 Ne6 won. Here is another ending 15.e6+ Kc8? Tort,Francisco (1911) 63.Ba8 Nc5+ 64.Ke2 Ke6 that players should know B + [A18] 65.Bg2 Kf5 66.Bf3 Bh6 XIIIIIIIIY N vs K. This occurred in the 67.Bc6 e4 68.Bxe4+ Kxe4 [ 8r+kwq-tr-+0 National Open Under 2100 Under 2100 section and 7zpp+-vl-zpp0 black was able to demon− 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.e4 d5 XIIIIIIIIY 6-+nzpP+-+0 strate the win. Michael 8-+-+-+-+0 4.e5 d4 5.exf6 dxc3 6.bxc3 5+-+L+l+-0 Taylor finished in a tie for 7+-+-+-+-0 Qxf6 7.d4 b6 8.Nf3 Bb7 4-+-zP-zP-+0 seventh place and made 6-+-+-+-vl0 9.Be2 h6 10.0-0 Be7 3+-+-+-+-0 sure not to leave any half 5+-sn-+-+-0 11.Qa4+ Bc6 12.Qb3 0-0 2PzPP+Q+PzP0 points at the board. 4-+-+k+-+0 1tR-vL-+RmK-0 13.Ne5 Bb7 14.a4 Rd8 3+-+-+-+-0 xabcdefghy 15.a5 Bd6 16.f4 Nd7 2-+-+K+-+0 17.Be3 Nc5?! Roberts,Vincent 1+-+-+-+-0 15. ... Kc7 is a better try. XIIIIIIIIY xabcdefghy (1922) − Tayor,Michael 8r+-tr-+k+0 (2007) [B06] 7zplzp-+pzp-0 69.Kf2 Bf4 70.Ke2 Be3 16.g4 Bg6 17.Be3 Be8 6-zp-vlpwq-zp0 National Open Under 2100 ( 71.Kd1 Bd4 72.Ke2 Kf4 18.Rad1 Qa5 19.Qc4 Qb4 5zP-sn-sN-+-0 73.Ke1 Kf3 74.Kf1 Bc3 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 20.Qd3 Qa5 21.Qb3 Qb4? 4-+PzP-zP-+0 75.Kg1 Ne4 76.Kf1 Ng3+ 4.Be3 Nd7 5.Qd2 a6 6.Nge2 3+QzP-vL-+-0 77.Kg1 Bd4+ 78.Kh2 Ba7 White regains the piece and b5 7.a3 Nb6 8.Ng3 h5 9.h4 2-+-+L+PzP0 79.Kh3 Bg1 80.Kh4 Ne4 is now winning fairly easily.
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