Samara
Alekseenko - Belyakov
Kirill Alekseenko won the Polugayevsky Memorial with an excellent score - 8/9! He was somewhat lucky in this game, though: after 47...Bxe6? 48.Rxe6! Black lost a piece.
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Riga
Karpov - Sveshnikov
After 31.g4! White got an advantage. The match between Anatoly Karpov and Evgeny Sveshnikov started in Riga.
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Danzhou
Bruzon - Wang Yue
After 47...Qxc3 48.Rh6+ Kg7 49.bxc3 f6! White loses a rook. Wang Yue grabbed the lead in Danzhou.
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Dortmund
Nisipeanu - Caruana
Remake of the classical theme: 28...axb4! 29.Nxc6 b3 30.Rxc7 Nd6!! Fabiano Caruana wins the Dortmund supertournament.
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Samara
Timofeev - Schekachikhin
White sacrifices a bishop for the central break: 32.Bd4!
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Samara
Либерман - Добров
A nice finish of Black's attack: 23...Rf3+! The Polugayevsky Memorial started in Samara.
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Kaliningrad
Shimanov - Inarkiev
After 21...Nb6! 22.Nf4+ Kd7 23.Qf5+ Kc6 24.Qc2+ Nc4 Black managed to secure his king.
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Kaliningrad
Artemiev - Kobalia
After 37.g5! White breaks through on light squares.
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