GM Vladimir Fedoseev vs GM Hans Moke Niemann | Sheikh Hamdan Cup Rapid Rd 9 | Dubai Chess скачать в хорошем качестве

GM Vladimir Fedoseev vs GM Hans Moke Niemann | Sheikh Hamdan Cup Rapid Rd 9 | Dubai Chess

This was a pivotal game in the recent Dubai Chess Club Sheikh Hamdan Bin Rashid Cup rapid event. GM Vladimir Fedoseev, playing white, and popular YouTuber and strong teenage talent GM Hans Moke Niemann were tied for the lead in the sixth round and battled it out for the sole leadership in the seventh. Fedoseev, with his king still uncastled, unleashed an interesting piece sacrifice for two pawns in the middlegame to plant a knight on the e6 square and disrupt black’s piece coordination. Niemann gave up a rook to get rid of the nagging knight a couple of moves later and launched a counter offensive on white’s central pawns, and the resulting imbalance seemed to favor black. But Niemann failed to build on the initiative as a series of exchanges led to a roughly equal endgame, although now it was white pressing against two clear targets in black’s camp: the weak backward pawn on b7 and the doubled pawns on g6 and g7. Fedoseev eventually won all three weak pawns in exchange for two of his kingside pawns, giving him a dangerous advanced passer on the e-file and a bishop against Niemann’s severely restricted knight — each side was also left with a pawn on the a-file. The game though was still full of exciting ups and downs, and featured a classic case of time mismanagement during a key moment on white’s 70th move, which Fedoseev, with still almost one a half minutes on the clock, should probably have given a little more time to analyze. Instead, Fedoseev played 70.Ke5-f4 almost instantly (70.Kd6 was the way to win), allowing black to build a fortress and potentially save the half point. (There was even a way to for Niemann to force a draw almost instantly after white’s 70.Kf4 by sacrificing his knight to win the passed pawn, leaving white with the a-pawn and a bishop with the “wrong color” — a theoretical draw — but he failed to spot the line). The drama, however, did not end there as Fedoseev continued to probe black’s position for more than a dozen moves until Niemann inexplicably cracked on the 86th move when he transferred the knight to the c7 square, effectively collapsing the fortress he had stubbornly tried to defend. Fedoseev quickly pounced on the opportunity and resignation followed two moves later. The win gave Fedoseev a full-point margin with two rounds to go, where he coasted with two draws that proved enough to claim the championship with seven points. You can also replay and analyze the game here: https://lichess.org/broadcast/sheikh-... ---------------------- You can also follow Dubai Chess Club on: Instagram:   / dubaichess   Twitter:   / dubaichess   Facebook:   / dubaichess   Web: https://dubaichess.ae/ -------------------- Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/soundroll/open-sea License code: V7DI5H30UAKU4PKN