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Originally posted by sports_fan_bd
I don't understand ... Rajib seems have nice position .. how can he lose?
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If you are referring to the ending position in which Rajib resigned, it is a horrible position for him. Those pawns for the knight give black a powerful bishop which will win him the exchange (26. Rd3 Be4! 27. Nf3 Bxd3 28. Bxd3 Kg8 -/+)
As a matter of fact he played a bizarre opening to begin with, and was never comfortable against the accurate play of GM Vlastimil. 22 Nd3?? momentarily pushes away the black Queen, but is actually a blunder as it traps the other knight with no compensation at all. After 22... Qa5! 23. Nxe5 a6 24. a4 axb5 25. axb5 Qc7 26. Nc6 Bxc6 27. bxc6 Bc5 -/+, black is simply winning.
On a brighter note, Zia played a beautiful game in the 1st round to win with the Black pieces. True that his opponent wasn't very strong, but it was still a very nice game by Zia.