A Beautiful Tactic From the Xtracon Open
Wednesday, August 8, 2018 at 1:26PM
Dennis Monokroussos in Dmitry Andreikin, Tactics

Lost in the shuffle of recent super-tournaments was the Xtracon Open in Helsingor, Denmark. While not on the level of tournaments like Dortmund, Biel, and Danzhou, there were some fine players in action including Nikita Vitiugov, Dmitry Andreikin, Alexei Shirov, Baadur Jobava, and Jon Ludwig Hammer. In the end Hammer and Andreikin tied for first with 8.5/10 (Hammer took first on tiebreaks), and Andreikin's beautiful combination to defeat Aryan Tari in the last round shouldn't be missed. Good luck!

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