15th Monarch Assurance Isle of Man International

15th Monarch Assurance Isle of Man International is being held on September 23rd - October 1st in Port Erin. Many strong players are competing for the prize fund of 17500 pounds, WCN site pros WGM Anna Zatonskih and GM Vitali Golod are also playing. GM Mateusz Bartel is sole leader with the perfect 4/4 score.


IM Jha Sriram 2408 - GM Igor Khenkin 2586
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 O-O 5. e4 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. e5 Nfd7 8. f4 c5 9. Nf3 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nxe5


11. fxe5 Qh4+ 12. Ke2 Bc5 13. Be3 Bg4+ 14. Nf3 d4 15. Bg1 Bxf3+ 16. Kxf3 Nd7 17. g3 Nxe5+ 18. Kg2 Qf6 19. Na4 Qc6+ 20. Kf2 d3+ 21. Nxc5 Qxc5+ 22. Kg2 Qc6+ 23. Kf2 Rac8 24. Bg2 Qf6+ 25. Ke1 Rfe8 0-1


GM Piotr Bobras 2535 - WGM Tatiana Kononenko 2387
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3 f5 9. exf6 Rxf6 10. Bg5 Rf7 11. Qh5 g6 12. Qd1 Nbc6 13. Nf3 Qf8 14. O-O c4 15. Be2 h6 16. Bc1 Qg7 17. a4 Bd7 18. Ba3 g5 19. h3 Ng6 20. Nh2 Rd8 21. Bh5 Kh7 22. Ng4 e5 23. Nxe5 Ncxe5 24. dxe5 Qxe5 25. Bc5 Bf5 26. Qd2 Qc7 27. Bd4 Qd6 28. Rfe1 Rfd7 29. a5 Qa6 30. Re3 Rf8 31. f3 Rdf7 32. Bc5 Rd8 33. Qf2 b6 34. Bd4 bxa5 35. Rae1 Qc6 36. Bxg6+ Qxg6 37. Re8 Rxe8 38. Rxe8 Qd6 39. h4 Qd7 40. Qe3 Kg6 41. Rg8+ Kh7 42. Rh8+ Kg6 43. Qxg5+ 1-0



IM Sebastian Siebrecht 2414 - GM Viorel Iordachescu 2603
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. e3 b6 4. Bd3 Bb7 5. Nbd2 c5 6. O-O cxd4 7. exd4 Be7 8. Ne5 O-O 9. f4 d6 10. Ng4 Nbd7 11. Qe2 Qc7 12. Nxf6+ Nxf6 13. Nf3 Rfe8 14. Bd2 Bf8 15. Rae1 g6 16. Qf2 Bg7 17. Qh4 a6 18. g4 Qc6 19. f5 exf5 20. Rxe8+ Rxe8 21. gxf5 b5 22. Bh6 Qd5 23. b3 Bxh6 24. Qxh6 Re1


25. Rxe1 Qxf3 26. Qg5 Ng4 27. Re8+ Kg7 28. f6+ Nxf6 29. Re3 Qd1+ 30. Bf1 Qxd4 31. c3 Qa7 32. Kf2 Ne4+ 0-1


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