Missed tactic lead to last round loss
Mas played a relatively low rated player Shiven Kosla (2086) in the ninth round of the Dubai 2008 Open. Unfortunately he had the misfortune to lose because he missed a tactic by his opponent on the 25th move.
White has just advanced his e-pawn to harass Black’s knight on f6.
Black in turn harasses White’s Queen in an in-between move before his Knight jumps away.
Mas misses this tactic Rxh2.
Best move according to the computer was Qg3 and that tactic would have been avoided 26. Qg3 Nh5 27. Qf2+ Rf4 28. Qe2 would have been equal.
Mas avoided capturing the Rook because of Black’s Qh4+ and played Kg1 instead. Rh1+ came instead. And the resulting position wasn’t much different if White had captured on h2 with the King.
The full game:-
[Event "10th Dubai Open 2008"]
[Site "Dubai Chess & Culture Club"]
[Date "2008.04.14"]
[Round "9.9"]
[White "Mas, Hafizulhelmi"]
[Black "Shiven, Khosla"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2396"]
[BlackElo "2086"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2008.04.06"]
[WhiteTeam "India"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Bc4 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 Nc6 9. Bb3 Bd7 10. Bg5 Rc8 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Qd2 Qc7 13. Rad1 Rfd8 14. Bh6 Bxh6 15. Qxh6 Be6 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. e5 dxe5 18. Qh3 Kf7 19. Rd3 Rxd3 20. cxd3 Qa5 21. d4 e4 22. f3 Qb4 23. Kh1 Rd8 24. fxe4 Rxd4 25. e5 Rh4 26. Qf3 Rxh2+ 27. Kg1 Rh1+ 28. Kxh1 Qh4+ 29. Kg1 Qxe1+ 30. Kh2 Qxe5+ 31. Kg1 g5 32. Qf2 Kg7 33. Qf3 g4 34. Qxc6 g3 35. Kf1 Nd5 36. Ne2 Qe3 37. Ke1 Qf2+ 38. Kd2 Qe3+ 39. Kd1 Qe4 40. Kd2 Qe3+ 41. Kd1 Qd3+ 42. Ke1 Kf7 43. Qc1 e5 44. a3 Qe4 45. Qc6 Qxg2 46. Qb7 Qf2+ 47. Kd2 Nf4 48. Qb3+ Kf6 0-1
All 9 rounds games can be downloaded in PGN form from the official site.
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