Weekend Argus (Saturday Edition)

SACHESSPLA­YERS.

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Today’s position occurred in Round 8. In a typical Sicilian, Kenny Solomon (black) has just played the powerful thematic thrust 18 … d5! Welsh No 1 Grzegorz Toczek had just carelessly played 18 Rh2? (safer was 18 0-0-0). In the position shown, White now erred again by playing 19 Bxa6? And Kenny could have won immediatel­y. Can you see how?

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