Some of the game's big guns descended on Northern Virginia as a score of grandmasters and titled players battled it out at the 10th Cherry Blossom Classic at the Washington Dulles Airport Marriott.
Russian GM Mikhail Antipov and Azeri GM Vasif Durarbayli held on to tie for first at 6½-2½ in Monday’s Memorial Day finale, as a passel of strong contenders could not break through with a win to join the front-runners. Also worth noting was the perfect 9-0 score of Virginia Class A player James Wright in the Classic’s Under-2000 section, including a 3-0 sweep of the section’s top three seeds.
White tries to castle by hand, but the airy queenside never feels safe. After 21. Kb1 Bf4! 22. Qc3 Bxe3 23. Qxe3 Qg3!, Black forces White into a defensive crouch on the kingside while his real ambitions are elsewhere. Matters come to a head on 24. Bf1?! Ng4 25. Qg1 N4e5 26. Na5 Ba8 27. Bxa6 Nf4. It’s over on 30. Qc5 Rb8 31. Qxe5 Qxb4+ 32. Kc2 Rfd8! 33. Rcd1 Qa4+ 34. Kc3 Qa3+ 35. Kc2 Qa2+, and White resigned just ahead of 36. Kc3 Qb2+ 37. Kc4 Qb4 mate.The locals may not have finished near the top given the Cherry Blossom Classic’s stacked Open section, but that doesn’t mean they’re not playing some intriguing chess.
By 30. Kb2 Ne5 31. Kc3, the queens and two rooks have come off the board and Tahmassebi’s protected passer on d5 and the queenside pawn phalanx are getting ready to roll.
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