A wonderfully imbalanced game from Round 5 of the 2018 Chess.com Isle of Man. The ever-creative GM Richard Rapport sacrifices a pawn in the opening, and 2016 World Junior Champion responds by giving up a knight in the center! The resulting knight vs. dangerous passed pawns middlegame grows in tension as both players descend into time pressure.
[Event “Chess.com Isle of Man International”]
[Site “?”]
[Date “2018.10.24”]
[Round “5”]
[White “Rapport, Richard “]
[Black “Xiong, Jeffery”]
[WhiteElo “2725”]
[BlackElo “2656”]
[PlyCount “86”]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c3 d5 3. Nf3 e6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. Nbd2 h6 6. Bh4 b6 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3
dxe4 9. Ne5 Bb7 10. Bb5 a6 11. Bc6 Bxc6 12. Nxc6 Qc8 13. Qe2 Qb7 14. Ne5 Bd6
15. Nxd7 Kxd7 16. O-O Bf4 17. f3 e3 18. Nc4 Nd5 19. Bxf4 gxf4 20. Ne5+ Ke8 21.
Qe1 c5 22. c4 cxd4 23. cxd5 Qxd5 24. Nd3 Qf5 25. Qd1 Ke7 26. Qb3 Rhd8 27. Rfc1
Rac8 28. Rc4 b5 29. Rc2 Kf8 30. Rac1 e5 31. h3 Rxc2 32. Rxc2 Kg7 33. Rc7 Re8
34. Qd5 Re6 35. Nxf4 Rf6 36. Ne2 d3 37. Nc3 Rg6 38. Re7 b4 39. Nb1 e2 40. Qxe5+
Qxe5 41. Rxe5 Rc6 42. Kf2 Rc1 43. Nd2 Rd1
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