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LawrenceCooper wrote: ↑

Sun Jul 29, 2018 12:44 pm

Mick Norris wrote: ↑

Sun Jul 29, 2018 11:51 am

Keymer drew with Agdestein and has black against Hammer in the last round; that's 3 Norwegians, plus 6 Danes, not that it matters results

Board 1 featured a brutal end from a seemingly quiet position.

[Event "Xtracon Open 2018"] [Site "Elsinore, Denmark"] [Date "2018.07.29"] [Round "10"] [White "Andreikin, Dmitry (RUS)"] [Black "Tari, Aryan (NOR)"] [Result "1-0"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. d4 Bg4 10. d5 Na5 11. Bc2 c6 12. h3 Bc8 13. dxc6 Qc7 14. Nbd2 Qxc6 15. Nf1 Nc4 16. Ng3 Re8 17. a4 Nb6 18. axb5 axb5 19. Rxa8 Nxa8 20. Nf5 Bf8 21. Bg5 Nd7 22. Bb3 Nab6 23. N3d4 exd4 24. Bxf7+ Kxf7 25. Qh5+ Kg8 26. Qxe8

Black needed to play 22...Nc7 to protect the rook on e8 (or move the knight on d7 to b6 or c5 to allow the queen to protect the rook on e8). Still a relatively surprising finish, though.

Brilliant!