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Korley uncorks gem in Denmark’s Xtracon tourney!

Jul 22nd, 2019 by Daaim Shabazz

IM Kassa Korley has been trying to find his groove for the past year in search of stability in his GM pursuit. He is currently in Denmark playing in the Xtracon Chess Open (Helsingør, Denmark) and played an absolute brilliant game in round four (July 22nd). His opponent was GM Alexander Moiseenko of the Ukraine who was once ranked 22nd in the world with a peak rating of 2726.

In this game Korley had the black pieces against the formidable opponent, but vanquished the Ukrainian in only 25 moves with a sacrificial attack. The game was reminiscent of another IM who dazzled the board with similar pyrotechnics. Korley is usually more of a positional savant looking to accumulate advantages and cash them in with dynamic play, but in this game he shows he can unleash his attacking fury!

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Standings: https://chess-results.com/tnr456644.aspx?lan=1

IM Kassa Korley (2437-DEN)

2019 Copenhagen Chess Festival Helsingør (Denmark)
#	*Title*	*Player*	*ELO*	*Fed*	*Flag*	*Result*
1		RASMUSSEN, Morten Fredsgaard	1882	Denmark		1
2		KARLSSON, Jorgen	2114	Sweden		1
3		SCHWARZ, Frank	2224	Spain		1
4	GM	MOISEENKO, Alexander	2628	Ukraine		1
5	GM	KARTHIKEYAN , Murali	2613	India		½
6	GM	TARI , Aryan	2620	Norway		½
7	GM	MADS, Andersen	2605	Denmark		0
8	FM	BUCHAL, Stephan	2260	Germany		1
9	GM	LYSYJ, Igor	2623	Russia		½
10	GM	HANSEN, Sune Berg	2575	Denmark		½
Score: 7/10 – GM NORM (Standings, Site)

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8 Responses to “Korley uncorks gem in Denmark’s Xtracon tourney!”

on 22 Jul 2019 at 10:38 pm1Frederick Rhine

All those sacks by Black in an exchange QGD made me think of http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1340086
on 23 Jul 2019 at 12:41 am2Daaim Shabazz

Indeed! I wish we could embed that game!
on 23 Jul 2019 at 10:36 am3Daaim Shabazz

Moiseenko-Korley, 2019 (0-1, 25) followed Karpeshov-Meister, 1997 (1/2-1/2, 64) all the way up to 19.Rad1. Meister played 19.e5 and after 19…Rxe5 20.dxe5 Bc5 21.Ne4 white was able to hold the draw when black botched the advantage.

http://view.chessbase.com/cbreader/2019/7/23/Game14760609.html
on 24 Jul 2019 at 5:08 am4Quentin

Awesome game ! Influences of Tal and Tate……. both would be proud of him 🙂
on 24 Jul 2019 at 11:13 am5Daaim Shabazz

Emory would’ve been ecstatic!
on 24 Jul 2019 at 11:20 am6Daaim Shabazz

IM Kassa Korley (Denmark) – GM Murali Karthikeyan (India), 1/2
https://www.chessbomb.com/arena/2019-xtracon-open/05-Korley_Kassa-Karthikeyan_Murali

GM Aryan Tari (Norway) – IM Kassa Korley (Denmark), 1/2
https://www.chessbomb.com/embed/2019-xtracon-open/06-Tari_Aryan-Korley_Kassa
on 26 Jul 2019 at 5:38 pm7Daaim Shabazz

FM Stephan Buchal (Germany) – IM Kassa Korley (Denmark), 0-1
https://www.chessbomb.com/arena/2019-xtracon-open/08-Buchal_Stephan-Korley_Kassa
on 17 Aug 2019 at 4:23 pm8Daaim Shabazz

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