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Games featuring Magnus Carlsen, Vladislav Artemiev, Daniil Dubov, Maxime Vachier Lagrave
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1. Artemiev, Vladislav vs Harikrishna, Pentala 1-0 Rnd:1.1 chess24.com INT 2020.06.202. Artemiev, Vladislav vs Dubov, Daniil 1-0 Chessable Masters GpA Rnd:2.3 chess24.com INT 2020.06.203. Harikrishna, Pentala vs Carlsen, Magnus 0-1 Chessable Masters GpA Rnd:2.1 chess24.com INT 2020.06.204. Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime vs Caruana, Fabiano 1-0 Chessable Masters GpB Rnd:3.2 chess24.com INT 2020.06.215. Radjabov, Teimour vs Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime 1/2-1/2 Chessable Masters GpB Rnd:2.2 chess24.com INT 2020.06.21

27. Rb8+! Kh7 ( 27... Rc8 28. Rxc8+ Bxc8 29. Bb3 Bishop Pair dominates. the idea for white is Bd8 attacking a5 ) 28. Bb3! White has used the strenghth of the bishop pair and the knight on the rim can barely escape while pawns in a5 and c5 will fall 28...  Bxb3 ( 28... Nc4 29. Rb5 ) ( 28... Rc7 29. Bd6 ) ( 28... c4 29. Bd1! ) 29. Rxb3 Nc4 ( 29... Nc2+ 30. Kd2 ) 30. Rb5! attacking a5 and c5 30...  Rc7 31. Bxc5 f6 32. Ke2 and Artemiev converted with white. 1-0