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!
Standings: https://chess-results.com/tnr456644.aspx?lan=1
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Helsingør (Denmark) |
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Result
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| 1 | RASMUSSEN, Morten Fredsgaard | 1882 | Denmark |
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1
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2 | KARLSSON, Jorgen | 2114 | Sweden |
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1
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| 3 | SCHWARZ, Frank | 2224 | Spain |
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1
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| 4 | GM | MOISEENKO, Alexander | 2628 | Ukraine |
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1
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| 5 | GM | KARTHIKEYAN , Murali | 2613 | India |
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| 6 | GM | TARI , Aryan | 2620 | Norway |
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| 7 | GM | MADS, Andersen | 2605 | Denmark |
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0
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| 8 | FM | BUCHAL, Stephan | 2260 | Germany |
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1
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| 9 | GM | LYSYJ, Igor | 2623 | Russia |
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½
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| 10 | GM | HANSEN, Sune Berg | 2575 | Denmark |
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All those sacks by Black in an exchange QGD made me think of http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1340086
Indeed! I wish we could embed that game!
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
Awesome game ! Influences of Tal and Tate……. both would be proud of him 🙂
Emory would’ve been ecstatic!
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
https://www.chessbomb.com/arena/2019-xtracon-open/08-Buchal_Stephan-Korley_Kassa
Video by Outray Chess