(1) Vatutin Evgeni - Ivanov Artem IMSA2017 It seems that a draw is close, but Evgeni missed. 43.33-28? [ 43.33-29 36-41 44.29x20 41-46 45.34-29 21-27 46.32x21 46x25 47.21-17 25-3 48.15-10= ] 43...13-19 44.28-22 19-24 45.34-29 23x34 46.22-18 34-40 47.18-12 21-27 0-2

(2) Zhou Wei - Shvartsman Alexandr IMSA2017 Aleksander won first game in first round, simply. Just like that. 31...7-11! Simple, but inconspicuous threat 17-22, 24-29, 23-28 X, can't play also 34-30, because 24-29, 17-21, 23-28 X 32.36-31 17-22! 33.28x17 11x22 34.49-43 22-28 35.33x22 16-21 36.26x17 12x21 37.27x16 18x36 38.32-27 36-41 39.48-42 23-28 40.27-22 28x17 41.42-37 41x32 42.38x27 17-21 43.16-11 6x17 44.27x16 8-12 45.34-30 13-18 46.43-38 18-22 47.39-33 12-18 0-2

(3) Trofimov Ivan - Georgiev Alexander IMSA2017 Aleksander first attacked, but Ivan responses. However overstain right wing of White with pieces in (40,45) and advantage Black on the left wing and White soon lose... Great game Black against overstain right wing of White. 28.38-32 2-8 29.28-23 18-22 30.23-18 22-27 31.18x9 4x13 32.49-44 27x38 33.33x42 21-27 34.39-33 11-17 35.42-38 17-22 36.38-32 27x38 37.33x42 5-10 38.44-39 8-12 39.42-38 12-17 40.38-32 10-14 41.47-42 17-21 42.42-38 3-8 43.40-35 21-27 44.32x21 16x27 45.45-40 8-12 46.37-32 13-18 47.32x21 26x17 48.38-32 17-21 49.39-33 22-27 50.32-28? [ 50.33-28 27x38 51.28-22 18x27 52.24-19 14x23 53.29x7 Maybe it was a path to survive for White? ] 50...21-26 51.28-22 14-19 52.24x13 18x9 53.22x31 26x37 54.29-23 37-42 55.33-28 42-47 56.36-31 47-24 57.31-26 24-2 58.28-22 20-24 59.22-18 12-17 60.26-21 17x26 61.18-12 9-14 62.23-18 14-19 0-2

(4) Ndjofang Jean Marc - Georgiev Alexander IMSA2017 Good position in center for Black. Somehow white make a King, but againts Black it's not enough. 44...23-28! 45.33-29 21-27 46.37-31 16-21 47.31-26 9-14 48.26x17 22x11 49.48-43 11-17 50.29-24 17-21 51.34-29 3-9 52.43-39 27-32 53.42-37 32x41 54.36x47 21-27 55.47-42 27-32 56.39-34 9-13 57.34-30 13-18 58.24-20 15x35 59.29-24 28-33 60.24-20 14-19 61.20-15 32-38 62.42-37 38-43 63.15-10 43-49 64.37-31 19-24 65.10-5 33-39 66.31-26 18-22 67.26-21 49x16 0-2

(5) Shvartsman Alexandr - Trofimov Ivan IMSA2017 33...30-35 [ 33...14-19?? 34.34-29 23x34 35.38-32 27x29 36.43-38 34x32 37.25x5 ] 34.47-42 14-19 35.42-37 23-28 36.37-32 28x37 37.31x42 10-14 [ 37...19-23?? 38.36-31 27x36 39.26-21 17x26 40.25-20 15x24 41.34-29 23x34 42.39x6 ] 38.33-29 15-20 [ 38...22-28 39.42-37 17-22?? 40.38-32 27x38 41.43x23 19x28 42.25-20 15x33 43.37-32 28x37 44.39x10 ] 39.38-33 27-32 40.43-38 32x43 41.49x38 22-28? [ 41...19-23 Why not? It's a simple move. ] 42.33x22 17x28 43.26-21! 19-24? 44.21-17! 11x22?? [ 44...12x21 45.42-37 24x31 46.36x7= ] 45.38-32! 28x48 46.34-30 48x23 47.30x10 18-23 48.25x14 2-0

(6) Ivanov Artem - Ramos Sobrinho Mario IMSA2017 Artem Ivanov played one of Keller's variants. And he is in his element in Keller's variants. That didn't take long. White make temporary sacrifice, after that Mario couldn't do anything. 27...21-27? 28.38-32! 27x38 29.43x23 13-19 30.39-34 19x28 31.26-21! 17x26 32.37-31 26x37 33.41x23 8-13 34.34-30! 11-17 Black can take piece from field 23, but it not help. Black lose anyways. 35.40-35 17-22 36.49-43 6-11 37.43-39 11-17 38.39-34 13-19 39.36-31 19x28 40.31-27! 22x31 41.29-24 15-20 42.24x15 31-36 43.30-24 2-8? 44.25-20 14x25 45.15-10 18-22 [ 45...28-32 46.10-4 17-22 47.46-41 36x47 48.4-15 47x20 ] 46.10-5 28-32 47.5x37 36-41 48.37-10 22-27 49.46x37 2-0

(7) Vatutin Evgeni - Ndjofang Jean Marc IMSA2017 White's time is over and white lose. The draw was 47-41 and 32-28. 0-2

(8) Trofimov Ivan - Chizhov Alexey IMSA2017 Best draughts combination of the year! 33.25-20!! 14x25 34.27-21!! 16x29 35.15-10!! 23x41 36.34x3 26x48 37.36x47 4x15 38.3x26 45x34 39.47-42! 48x37 40.26x16 2-0

(9) Golubeva Zoja - Zhao Hanqing IMSA2017 Very useful semi-fork. Wait for right moment only. 33.43-39 3-8 34.39-34 13-19 35.33-29 8-13 36.38-33 17-21 37.42-37 21x32 38.37x17 11x22 39.31-27 22x31 40.36x27 2-0

(10) Fedorovich Olga - Fedorovich Darja IMSA2017 19.33-28?? Really ?!? 23x32 20.37x28 27-31 21.36x27 18-22 22.27x18 13x35 0-2

(11) Sadowska Natalia - Motrichko Viktoriya IMSA2017 66.47-29?? Draughts hara-kiri! [ 66.31-27 21x32 67.47-38= ] 66...43-49 67.29x27 49x21 0-2

(12) Ivanov Artem - Zhou Wei IMSA2017 39.38-33! 28-32?? Exchange 2 for 2 was necessary. Now is a comedy. 40.42-38 32-37 41.41x32 23-29 42.34x23 19x37 43.38-32 37x28 44.33x22 12-18 45.22x13 14-19 46.39-33 19x8 47.33-28 24-29 48.28-22 29-34 49.43-39 34x43 50.49x38 2-0

(13) Valneris Guntis - Anikeev Yuriy IMSA2017 With wily Guntis you have to watch until the end. 69...33-39?? 70.32-27!! 2-0

(14) Vatutin Evgeni - Ramos Sobrinho Mario IMSA2017 Mario Ramos play like Ivanov in second round, but he lost. Position of Black was very tough, the agony did not last long. 29...18-23?? 30.29x18 12x23 31.33-29 23x34 32.39-33 28x39 33.48-42 39x37 34.41x1 34-39 35.30-24 2-0

(15) Golubeva Zoja - Fedorovich Olga IMSA2017 The rivals exchanged blows, but the game finally was a draw. 35.34-30 25x34 36.39x19 13x24 37.35-30 24x35 38.28-23 18x29 39.33x4 26-31 40.36x27 12-18 41.4x22 17x37 42.38-32 37x28 43.50-44 8-12 44.43-39 12-18 45.48-42 18-23 46.39-34 28-33 47.27-22 23-28 48.34-29 28x17 49.29x38 17-22 50.38-33 11-17 51.33-29 22-28 52.29-24 28-33 1-1

(16) Zhou Wei - Valneris Guntis IMSA2017 23.34-30?? It would be naive. This is Guntis! 23x34 24.30x19 13x24 25.39x19 25-30 0-2

(17) Trofimov Ivan - Ivanov Artem IMSA2017 The funniest game of the tournament. You can give your opponent two pieces and not lose. Ivan works in each game. 26...13-19 27.24x13 8x28 28.39-34! [ 28.38-32?? 20-24!! 29.29x9 4x13 30.32x23 13-18 31.23x12 22-28 32.33x22 21-27 33.22x31 11-17 34.12x21 16x47 ] 28...28x39 29.30-25 39x30 30.35x24 4-9 31.38-33? Risky. White needs to play 24-19 and make a King. 3-8! 32.43-38 21-26 33.41-36 16-21 34.40-35 11-16 35.35-30 1-6 [ Why not play ... 35...9-13 ] 36.45-40 6-11 37.40-35 11-17 38.37-32 22-27 39.48-42 26-31 40.32-28 21-26 41.28-23 27-32 42.38x27 31x22 43.42-37 17-21 44.36-31 8-13 45.23-19 14x34 46.25x5 34x25 47.35-30 25x34 48.33-29 34x23 49.5x6 13-18 50.24-20 15x24 51.37-32 26x28 52.6x26 Artem made a mistake and Ivan make use of this possibility. 1-1

(18) Shvartsman Alexandr - Chizhov Alexey IMSA2017 After the opening White stands better, the Black's right wing is locked. And the worst came true... 40...18-23 41.44-40! 8-13 42.35-30! 20-24 43.40-35 24-29 44.33x24 23-28 45.32x14 21x43 46.42-38 43x32 47.14-10 13-19 48.24x13 32-38 49.10-5 2-0

(19) Motrichko Viktoriya - Nogovitsyna Matrena IMSA2017 Victoria spent a lot of time searching how to win, but Matrena's optimism and more of time enough to win a game. 30.42-38 15-20 31.35-30 5-10 32.47-42 10-15 33.49-44 27-32 34.38x27 22x31 35.33x24 21-27 36.26x37 17-22 37.29x18 20x47 38.37-31 22x13 39.31x22 8-12 40.46-41 12-17 41.22x11 16x7 42.41-37 7-12 43.37-32 13-19 0-2

(20) Ndjofang Jean Marc - Chizhov Alexey IMSA2017 Don't mess with Alexey. Now he is not himself, he is a lion. 33...29-34! 34.40x29 23x34 35.42-37 19-23 36.28x19 13x24 37.37-31 17-21 38.26x17 12x21 39.27-22 18x27 40.31x22 21-26 41.38-33 16-21 42.33-28 8-13 43.36-31 26x37 44.32x41 24-29 45.48-43 15-20 46.25x14 13-19 47.14x23 29x27 48.41-36 21-26 49.43-38 1-7 50.28-23 7-12 51.38-33 27-32 52.33-28 32-38 53.28-22 38-43 With surgical precision. 0-2

(21) Fedorovich Darja - Motrichko Viktoriya IMSA2017 52.45-29?? 46-28!! ups! 53.33x31 24x42 0-2

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