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Win With The Caro-Kann by Sverre Johnsen and Torbjørn Ringdal Hansen
2021
Gambit Publications Ltd
http://www.gambitbooks.com
E-mail info@gambitbooks.com
239pages
Price €25,45
ISBN (13 digits):
978-1-911465-67-6


The famous chess author Grandmaster Torbjørn Ringdal Hansen and companion chess trainer Sverre Johnsen, provide the reader of this book
with original move to move ideas and highly instructive model games.
This book reads easy and the suggested repertoire lines run in big lines as:The Korchnoi Variation:1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 Nf6 5.Nxf6 exf6 {50pages}and as second alternative line the so called Bareev,Capablanca Variation:1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3 e6!?
This relatively new move is known as the Bareev Variation and is one of the key moves of this repertoire book {good for around 55 pages of highly instructive text!}
In the Advance Variation black goes for the move 3….c5 but as second alternative the rare and never seen move 3….Qc7!?
Interesting enough we see the Queen’s move Qc7 also back in the Exchange variation,1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.Bd3 Nc6 5.c3 Qc7!
This move forces white to find a plan B as Bf4 needs extra preparation.
In the Panov Attack we see the move order 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nf3 g6!?
And as second choice simple take the pawn with 4.c4 dxc4!
The move from Goldman 1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Qf3 is as we an learn from both auhors not such a good move,although it has been played by some strong players.
Again it is all well explained.
Included are al kind of rare second moves but 2.Ne2 scores best and  was even played by Kasparov and Short,when they where teenagers.
Torbjørn Ringdal Hansen & Sverre Johnsen,do do not only bring you back in the time with Horatio Caro and Marcus Kann,but both old masters could never have imagined so
seen such a hypermodern study on there Caro-Kann!
Conclusion: Highly recommended also for the more experienced player! 
                                                                                            
          Chess CD's

Komodo Dragon 2
2021
ChessBase
 http://www.chessbase.com
E-Mail info@chessbase.com
Euro 99,90
Minimum: Dual Core, 2 GB RAM, Windows 7 or 8.1, DirectX11, graphics card with 256 MB RAM, DVD-ROM drive, Windows Media Player 9 and internet access.
Recommended: PC Intel i5 (Quadcore), 4 GB RAM, Windows 10, DirectX11, graphics card with 512 MB RAM or more, 100% DirectX10-compatible sound card, Windows Media Player 11, DVD-ROM drive and internet access.
System requirements for ChessBase Account: Internet access and up-to-date browser, e.g. Chrome, Safari. Runs on Windows  OS X, iOS, Android and Linux.


Komodo Dragon 2 comes with a number of engine variants. The standard version offers maximum playing strength. For analysis with multiple variations, on the other hand, the “MCTS” version is recommended. In addition, this version offers an exciting feature: you can have the move that offers the best chances from a practical point of view displayed in the analysis. The standard version, on the other hand, always expects the best possible play from the opponent, and that is therefore clearly the first choice, especially in correspondence chess. In addition, the engine can be switched to the variants “Attack”, “Beginner”, “Defence”, “Endgame” in analysis and in the game. Includes current Fritz 17 program interface and six months ChessBase Premium Account.
On the komodochess.com site I did find the following information:
Dragon 2 is a huge strength improvement over Komodo 14.1, the last pre-dragon release, about 210 elo in standard mode, at CCRL blitz time control on one thread based on 10,000 game direct matches. With four threads, the gains were 198 elo in MCTS and 184 elo in standard mode. The improvement is due to the embedded neural network providing much more accurate evaluation and also in some sense gaining an extra ply or so of search by “seeing” some tactics that a normal eval won’t spot. Our testing also shows that Dragon is especially strong in Fischerandom (960) chess, which was confirmed when Dragon won the TCEC FRC 2021 championship. Dragon also won the 2021 TCEC Swiss championship (normal chess). We believe that Dragon will play in a more human-like style than standard Komodo since it relies on learning what actually works in games rather than just on pre-assigned values for eval terms.
Although Dragon 2 is only slightly stronger than the initial dragon version in standard mode, the MCTS mode when running under Windows is dramatically improved, about a hundred elo. Also the MultiPV play of standard mode is dramatically improved from the initial dragon release, again by about a hundred elo! Based on our testing, we now believe that Dragon 2 in standard mode is the strongest engine for analysis on most computers when displaying more than four lines of play at once. A new feature with Dragon 2 is “MCTS Optimism”, which allows the user to make Dragon “trust” its own judgments more while being less confident in predicting the opponent’s moves. Other features added since Komodo 13 include Armageddon mode, more levels, Personalities, and Auto-Skill. Standard mode is usually the stronger mode objectively, while MCTS mode is usually better at setting problems for human opponents as it does not assume perfect defense. Skill levels have been adjusted to use the Dragon NNUE without much change in the strength of a given skill level; we think this makes the skill levels more "human-like".
Conclusion:My first conclusion:Thrilling to play with!

How to study the classics
by  Adrian Mikhalchishin
2021
http://www.chessbase.com
E-Mail info@chessbase.com
Price Euro 29.90
Windows 7 or higher
Minimum: Dual Core, 2 GB RAM, DirectX11, graphics card with 256 MB RAM, DVD-ROM drive, Windows Media Player 9, ChessBase 14/Fritz 16 or included Reader and internet access for program activation. Recommended: PC Intel i5 (Quadcore), 4 GB RAM, Windows 10, DirectX11, graphics card with 512 MB RAM or more, 100% DirectX10-compatible sound card, Windows Media Player 11, DVD-ROM drive and internet access for program activation.
MacOSX  only available as download! Minimum: MacOS "Yosemite" 10.10


It is a great pleasure for me to announce the following DVD from Grandmaster Adrian Mikhalchishin on the great classics, and I can insure you there is no better way to learn chess as to study the games of the masters from the past.
I know grandmasters who still enjoy the games of Alekhine and say this man belonged to the greatest players of all time.
Just look as his attacking skills!
Adrian Mikhalchishin compiled a fantastic collection instructive games all packed in around five hour highy interesting video entertainment.
But there is more as interactive training with video feedback plus an extra game file with even more classics examples which, if you ask me every upcoming player must be ware of.
Conclusion: Highly instructive and a must for every upcoming player!

The Saemisch Variation against the King's Indian and Benoni
by  Jan Werle
2021
http://www.chessbase.com
E-Mail info@chessbase.com
Price Euro 29.90
Windows 7 or higher
Minimum: Dual Core, 2 GB RAM, DirectX11, graphics card with 256 MB RAM, DVD-ROM drive, Windows Media Player 9, ChessBase 14/Fritz 16 or included Reader and internet access for program activation. Recommended: PC Intel i5 (Quadcore), 4 GB RAM, Windows 10, DirectX11, graphics card with 512 MB RAM or more, 100% DirectX10-compatible sound card, Windows Media Player 11, DVD-ROM drive and internet access for program activation.
MacOSX  only available as download! Minimum: MacOS "Yosemite" 10.10


Grandmaster Jan Werle is an astounding chess player as he finished 3rd in the European Under-16 Championship in 2000 and 2nd in the U-18,so this man is aware of dangerous lines and his Sämisch set-up with the move order f3 and Be3 is one of the sharpest way to play against the King’s Indian and even Benoni!
All material is packed in around 7 hours highly interesting video entertainment.
Just take up this DVD and test your theoretical knowledge and study the so important strategies,that are included in the numerous  interactive videos files.
Memorize the opening repertoire and play key the positions!
Included is an extra Database with model games,so there is enough material to develop your understanding of a fascinating opening.
Conclusion: One of those high level ChessBase opening DVD’s!



ChessBase Magazine issue 201 Extra
June  2021
ChessBase
 http://www.chessbase.com
E-Mail info@chessbase.com
ISSN 1432-8992
Euro 12,99
System requirements:
Minimum: Pentium III 1 GHz, 1 GB RAM, Windows Vista, XP (Service Pack 3), DirectX9 graphic card with 256 MB RAM, DVD-ROM drive, Windows Media Player 9, ChessBase 12/Fritz 13 or included Reader and internet connection for program activation. Recommended: PC Intel Core i7, 2.8 GHz, 4 GB RAM, Windows 8.1 or Windows 10, DirectX10 graphic card (or compatible) with 512 MB RAM or better, 10

This overloaded ChessBase magazine comes with nearly one full hour video entertainment
Plus 23 heavily analysed games by players as Jan-Krzysztof Duda, Yu Yangyi, Krishnan Sasikiran, Spyridon Kapnisis, Romain Edouard, Sury Vaibhav and Tanmay Srinath.
Interesting to mention is the following correspondence game from Krishnan Sasikiran in the Modern Defence :1.e4 g6 2.d4 d6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Be3 a6 5.Qd2 b5 6.h4 !? h5 7.a4 !? 7… b4 8.Nd5 a5 and now the novelty 9.Nh3 !?
The main file is good for 38490 entries, all played between 26.2 and 17.4 of this year.
A wealth of chess material!
And a fine example of the lucky bag is :Hovhannisyan,Robert (2642) - Martirosyan,Haik M (2622) [C78]
ARM-ch 81st Yerevan (6), 22.02.2021
[Kapnisis,Spyridon]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.a4 Rb8 8.c3 d6 9.d4 Bb6 10.a5 Ba7 11.Be3 [11.h3 is the main line. Caruana has defended Black's position quite successfully including two games against Grischuk and Vachier Lagrave in the Candidates tournament in 2020. 11...0-0 (11...h6 12.Be3 Ra8 13.dxe5 Nxe5 14.Nxe5 dxe5 15.Qxd8+ Kxd8 16.Bxa7 Rxa7 17.Bxf7² 1-0 (52) Caruana,F (2827)-Lagno,K (2530) Caleta ENG 2017) 12.Be3 (12.Re1 Bb7 13.Be3 exd4 14.cxd4 Ne7 15.Nbd2 Ng6 16.d5 Bxe3 17.Rxe3 c6÷ 1/2 (44) Harikrishna,P (2732)-Caruana,F (2823) Wijk aan Zee NED 2021) 12...Ra8 a) 12...Re8 13.Re1 exd4 14.cxd4 Nxe4 15.d5 Bxe3 16.Rxe3 Na7 17.Qd4 Bf5 18.Nbd2 Nc5÷ 1/2 (54) Grischuk,A (2777)-Caruana,F (2842) Yekaterinburg RUS 2020; b) 12...exd4 13.cxd4 Nb4 14.Nc3 Bb7 15.Ng5 Qe7 16.e5 dxe5 17.Nxf7 e4! 18.Nd6+?! (18.Ng5+ Kh8 19.Ne6 is a better option) 18...Kh8 19.Nxb7 Rxb7" 1/2 (44) Vachier Lagrave,M (2767)-Caruana,F (2842) Yekaterinburg RUS 2020; 13.Re1 h6 14.Nbd2 Re8 (14...exd4 15.cxd4 (15.Nxd4 Nxd4 16.Bxd4 c5 17.Bxf6 Qxf6 18.Bd5÷ 1-0 (54) Navara,D (2717)-Nasuta,G (2534) Czech Republic CZE 2019) 15...Nb4 16.e5 (16.Bc2!?) 16...Nfd5 17.Ne4 Nxe3 18.Rxe3 Bb7÷ 1-0 (32) Caruana,F (2799)-Jones,G (2668) Douglas ENG 2017) 15.g4!?÷ 0-1 (35) Caruana,F (2799)-Carlsen,M (2827) Douglas ENG 2017] 11...Bg4 [11...exd4?! 12.cxd4 Bg4 13.Qc1 Qd7 14.Nbd2 0-0 15.e5± 1-0 (24) Yu Yangyi (2760)-Shankland,S (2671) Liaocheng CHN 2018;
11...Ra8 12.dxe5 Nxe5 13.Nxe5 dxe5 14.Qxd8+ Kxd8 15.Bxa7 Rxa7 16.Bxf7² 1/2 (60) Harikrishna,P (2730)-Maghsoodloo,P (2671) Malmo SWE 2019] 12.Nbd2 [12.dxe5 Bxf3! 13.Qxf3 Nxe5 14.Qe2 Bxe3 15.Qxe3 0-0 1-0 (45) Nepomniachtchi,I (2767)-Grigoriants,S (2542) Moscow RUS 2019 Black faces no real problems.;
12.h3] 12...0-0 [12...exd4!? 13.cxd4 0-0 (13...Nxd4? 14.Bxd4 Bxd4 15.Bxf7+! Kxf7 16.Qb3++-; 13...Bxd4 14.Bxf7+! Kxf7 15.Qb3++-) 14.Qc2 (14.Qb1 Bh5! 15.Rc1 Nb4µ Black was already better in Saric,I (2667)-Lenic,L (2644) Batumi GEO 2019) 14...Nb4 15.Qc3 c5 16.dxc5 dxc5 17.Bg5 h6 18.Bh4 Nc6÷ (18...g5? 19.Nxg5 hxg5 20.Bxg5+- 1-0 (61) Hunt,A (2428)-Trent,L (2470) Bunratty IRL 2015) ] 13.h3 Bh5?! [#] [13...exd4! This was black's last chance to take on d4. 14.cxd4 Bh5 15.Qc2 (15.Qc1 Nb4 16.g4 Bg6 17.Bg5 h6 18.Bh4 c5" 1-0 (41) Wei Yi (2721)-Santos Ruiz,M (2560) Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 2019) 15...Nb4 16.Qc3 c5 17.dxc5 (17.Bg5 h6" 1-0 (67) Valsecchi,A (2494)-Bick,G (2375) Vienna AUT 2019) 17...dxc5! (17...Bxc5? 18.Bxc5 dxc5 19.Qxc5 Nd3 20.Qe3± 1/2 (59) Narayanan,S (2616)-Khademalsharieh,S (2481) Changsha CHN 2019) 18.Bg5 (18.Bxc5? Rc8 19.Qxb4? (19.Bxa7µ) 19...Bxc5-+) 18...Nc6 remains sharp. I like Black's chances.] 14.Qe1! White unpins î?¨f3 and protects his î?§e3 preparing dxe5 [14.dxe5 Bxe3 15.exf6 Bxd2 16.fxg7 Re8!? (16...Kxg7) 17.Qxd2 (17.g4 Bf4 18.gxh5 Re5! 19.Nxe5 Nxe5© Black's attack on the kingside looks very scary. By playing accurately White may be able to survive but in a practical game Black's chances seem a lot better.) 17...Bxf3 18.gxf3 Ne5 19.Qf4 Qg5+ (19...b4!?) 20.Qxg5 Nxf3+ 21.Kg2 Nxg5 22.f3 Kxg7÷] 14...Re8 [14...exd4 15.Nxd4! White should clear the path for his f-pawn. 15...Nxd4 16.cxd4 (16.Bxd4 c5 17.Bxf6 Qxf6÷ 1/2 (41) Saric,I (2685)-Praggnanandhaa,R (2529) Ortisei ITA 2018) 16...c5 (16...Bg6 17.e5± 1-0 (47) Narayanan,S (2525)-Jeet,J (2169) Kolkata IND 2018) 17.dxc5 dxc5 (17...Bxc5 18.f4± With the black bishop trapped on h5 Black's position is far from enviable. Most often Black will be forced to sacrifice his bishop for questionable compensation.(18.f3!?) ) 18.f4±] 15.dxe5! [15.d5?! Bxe3 16.Qxe3 Ne7 17.Ba2 c6 18.dxc6 Nxc6 19.b4 d5÷ leads to a balanced position with chances for both sides.] 15...dxe5 [15...Bxe3 16.Qxe3! is probably simpler (16.exf6 Ba7 (16...Bxd2? 17.Nxd2 Qxf6 18.f4 h6 19.e5! dxe5 20.Ne4 Qd8 21.f5 is winning for white) 17.fxg7 Qf6 Black has some counterplay for the sacrificed pawn.) 16...Nxe5 17.Nxe5 dxe5 18.f3± Black's misplaced bishop is the source of all his problems.] 16.Nh4!? [16.Bxa7 Nxa7 17.Qe3 Nc8 18.c4²] 16...Qd3?! This pseudo-active move could have led Black to even greater problems. Black threatens î?§e2 or î?§xe3 but at the same time his queen may end up trapped in the centre of the board. [16...Bxe3 17.Qxe3 Qd7 18.g4 Bg6 19.Ndf3! Qe7! (19...Bxe4? 20.g5 Qxh3 (20...Bxf3 21.gxf6+-) 21.gxf6 Qg4+ 22.Kh2+-) 20.Nxg6 hxg6 21.Qg5! Black's position remains difficult.;
16...Nxe4? 17.Nxe4 Qxh4 18.Bg5+-] 17.Bxa7 The Armenian GM plays a pragmatic move which gives him a sizeable positional advantage. [17.g4! Bg6 [#] (17...Bxe3 18.fxe3 Bg6 19.Nxg6 hxg6 20.g5+-) 18.Ndf3! Black cannot cope with threats involving the trapping of his queen on d3(e4) and the pressure against f7 after î?¨xg6 and î?¨g5. 18...b4 a) 18...Qxe4 19.Ng5 Qd3 20.Bxa7 Nxa7 21.Rd1+-; b) 18...Bxe3 19.fxe3 b4 (19...Qd7 20.Nxg6 hxg6 21.Ng5 Rf8 22.Qh4+-) 20.Nxg6 hxg6 21.Ng5 Re7 22.Rd1 Qb5 23.Qh4+-; c) 18...Nd4 [#] 19.Bxd4! exd4 20.e5! Nd7 21.Rd1 Qe4 22.Bxf7+!+-; 19.Ba4! Re6 20.Rd1 Qc4 21.Bxc6 Bxe3 22.Bd5+-] 17...Nxa7 18.f3! White's queen gets the nice f2 square while being able to finally bring the rook on d1 forcing black's queen to leave d3. 18...c5 [18...Rbd8 19.Rd1 Qd6 20.Qf2±] 19.Qf2 Qd6 [19...c4? [#] 20.Nxc4! is a nice tactical shot which takes advantage of the unfortunate placement of black's queen on d3. (20.Qxa7?? Qxd2-+) 20...bxc4 21.Rad1 Nxe4 22.Qe1!+-] 20.Rfd1 [20.Bd5!?] 20...Qc7 21.Bd5! White deals with black's threat of c4 in the best possible way. 21...c4 [21...Nc8 22.Nb3 (22.c4 Nxd5 23.cxd5 c4 24.Rdc1 Nd6 25.Rc2²) 22...Nd7 23.Nf5 Bg6 24.Ne3 c4 [#] 25.Nc2!! cxb3 (25...Ne7 26.Nb4 Qc8 27.Nc1±) 26.Nb4 Black's pieces seem paralysed and unable to deal with White's threat of î?¨xa6. 26...Re7 (26...Qa7 27.Bc6+-; 26...Nc5 27.Bc6+-) 27.Nxa6 Qa7 28.Nxb8 Qxb8 29.c4+-;
21...Nxd5 22.exd5 Black doesn't have enough time to block d5 and protect c5. 22...Nc8 23.Ne4 Nd6 (23...c4 24.d6+-) 24.Qxc5+-] 22.Nf1 [22.b3!? Opening the queenside before Black gets the chance to reorganiSe his pieces, certainly made a lot of sense. 22...Nxd5 (22...cxb3 23.Nxb3±) 23.exd5 Nc8 24.bxc4 bxc4 25.Ne4 Nd6 26.Qc5!? Qxc5+ 27.Nxc5 g5 28.g4±] 22...Bg6 23.b4?! [23.Ne3! Transfering the knight to b4 would have given white a serious advantage 23...Rbd8 24.Nc2! Nc8 a) 24...Rd6? Fails tactically 25.Nxg6 hxg6 26.Bxf7+! Black's queen is overloaded. 26...Kxf7 27.Rxd6+-; b) 24...Nxd5 25.Nxg6! hxg6 26.Rxd5! (26.exd5 Nc8 27.Nb4 Rd6÷) 26...Rxd5 27.exd5 Nc8 28.Nb4 Qd6 29.Qe3± Black hasn't managed to put his pieces in the best possible positions.; 25.Nb4 Rd6 26.Ba8! Red8 (26...Qb8 27.Rxd6 Nxd6 (27...Qxd6 28.Bb7+-) 28.Bc6+-) 27.Rxd6 Rxd6 28.f4! Bxe4 (28...Nxe4 29.Bxe4 Bxe4 30.fxe5 Re6 31.Qd4±) 29.fxe5 Re6 30.Bxe4 Nxe4 31.Qd4 Nc5 32.Rd1±] 23...cxb3 Black decides to keep the queenside open. The pawn on c3 is a potential target but Black's pieces lack coordination for the moment. [23...Nc8!?² Black's position is rather passive but quite solid. Understandably Black avoided this option which would have forced him to wait for White's actions on the kingside.] 24.Bxb3 Nc8 [#] [24...Nc6 25.Qc5 Rec8 26.Ne3²;
24...Qxc3 25.Qxa7 Qxb3 26.Qxa6±] 25.Qa2!? White tries to limit black's mobility by targeting f7. [25.Kh2!?] 25...Qc5+? This clearly helps White. [25...Nd6! A difficult move to make for a GM, who can easily spot that this move blunders a pawn! 26.Nxg6 (26.Kh2 Nb7÷) 26...hxg6 27.Rxd6 Qxd6 28.Bxf7+ Kh7 29.Bxe8 Rxe8© The fact that Black has managed to get rid of hid î?§g6 and the serious weakness of c3 in White's camp gives him enough compensation to keep the balance.;
25...Ne7 26.Kh2²] 26.Kh2 Rb7 27.Rd3! Securing c3 while preparing î?¦ad1 and î?¨e3. î?¦d3 is a useful move to make! 27...Nd6 28.Ne3± [#] This is the critical moment of the game for me. With White dominating the only open file , having the d5 square for his knight and the black bishop stuck on g6 Black should have tried to radically change the type of battle. [28.Rad1!? Nc4 29.Bxc4 bxc4 30.Rd6±] 28...Rc7? [28...Ndxe4! Sacrificing a piece was Black's best practical chance to muddy the waters. White could still hold on to his big advantage but accuracy would have been needed. 29.Nxg6! (29.fxe4? Bxe4-+) 29...Nxc3! (29...hxg6 30.fxe4 Nxe4 31.Rf1+-) 30.Qb2! (30.Qc2?! Rc7! 31.Rc1 (31.Nh4 e4! 32.fxe4 Qe5+ 33.Kg1 Ne2+ 34.Qxe2 Qxa1+³) 31...b4 32.Nh4 e4 33.fxe4 Nfxe4 34.Nf3 g6 Black's pair of strong knights give him at least good practical compensation.) 30...b4 (30...Rc7 31.Nh4 e4 32.fxe4 Nfxe4 33.Re1) 31.Nh4 e4 32.fxe4 Nfxe4 Black's active pieces give him some practical chances. 33.Nef5!± (33.Re1? Qe5+ 34.Kg1 Qg3 35.Nf3 Ng5 36.Nxg5 Qxe1+ 37.Kh2 Ne2 38.Nf3 Qg3+ 39.Kh1 Nc3÷) ] 29.Nd5! [29.Rad1? Ndxe4! becomes unnecessary complicated.] 29...Nxd5 [29...Ra7 30.Nxf6+ gxf6 31.Rd5+-] 30.Rxd5 Qc6 31.Rad1 Nb7 [#] [31...Nc4 32.Bxc4 Qxc4 33.Rd8 Rc8 34.Qxc4 bxc4 35.R8d6+-] 32.c4!+- White gets rid of his only weakness and at the same time poses new problems to Black. Black's position is already beyond saving. 32...Rf8 [32...bxc4 33.Ba4+-;
32...Qf6 33.Nxg6 hxg6 34.cxb5+-;
32...Nc5 33.Rd6 Qa8 34.cxb5 axb5 35.Bd5 Qb8 36.Rb6+-] 33.cxb5 axb5 [#] 34.a6! Nc5 35.a7 Black's weakness of the last rank and the precious passed pawn on a7 gives White a decisive advantage. 35...Na4 [35...Rxa7 36.Qxa7 Nxb3 37.Rd8+-;
35...Qa8 36.Rxc5! Rxc5 37.Bd5 Rxd5 38.Rxd5+-] 36.Bxa4 bxa4 37.Rd8!? [37.Ra5!?+-] 37...Rc8 [37...Rxa7 38.Qa3! Re8 39.Qc5!+- Using the bank rank weakness is the easiest road to victory.] 38.Rxc8 Rxc8 39.Qd5! Qe8 [39...Qxd5 40.Rxd5+-] 40.Qd7 f6 41.Nxg6 Black resigned since he has no way to stop White from promoting his a7-pawn.
A dominating performance by GM Hovhannisyan who capitalised on good opening preparation and never let go of the advantage. 41...hxg6 42.Qxe8+ Rxe8 43.Rb1+- 1-0
Conclusion: Must have chess material!