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Congratulations to the organisational team of the Isle of Man Masters, which concluded last weekend. They assembled what must have been the strongest ever field for an open tournament in the history of international chess. Magnus Carlsen showed the kind of dominance he can achieve when he moves into overdrive. Leading results were: Carlsen 7½/9, Viswanathan Anand and Hikaru Nakamura both 7, with Michael Adams, Fabiano Caruana and the former world champion Vladimir Kramnik sharing 4th prize.
 
Perelshteyn-Carlsen: chess.com Masters Isle of Man 2017 (see diagram 1)
 
Although Black is a pawn down, his compact pawn structure and active play give him the advantage. 36 … Rh4 37 Bc3 Rbh8 38 g3 Rh1+ 39 Kg2 R8h2+ 40 Kf3 g4+ After this the white king becomes exposed. 41 Kxg4 Rxc1 42 Nxc1 Rxf2 43 Be1 f5+ 44 Kh3 Rxb2 45 Nd3 Rc2 46 b5 Nf6 47 Rb3 Re2 48 b6 cxb6 49 Rxb6 Ne4 White resigns 50 … Ng5+ followed by … Nf3+ will be decisive.