One out of three
With this dramatic win in the last round of the British Championship 2018 Luke McShane caught up with Michael Adams and both finished equal first with 7/9. However, McShane lost the following rapid and blitz tiebreak that decided the title. See
https://en.chessbase.com/post/adams-takes-his-sixth-british-title
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1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.0-0 Bd7 6.d4 exd4 7.Nxd4 Nxd4 8.Bxd7+ Qxd7 9.Qxd4 Nf6 10.Nc3 Be7 11.Bf4 0-0 12.Rad1 Qc6 13.Nd5 Nxd5 14.exd5 Qxc2 15.Rc1 Qf5 16.Rxc7 Bf6 17.Qd2 Rfc8 18.Rfc1 Rxc7 19.Rxc7 Re8 20.h3 h5 21.b3 g5 22.Be3 Re5 23.Rxb7 Rxd5 24.Qc1 Be5 25.Rb4 Qd3 26.f4 Qe2 27.Kh2 gxf4 28.Bxf4 Rd2 29.Qc6 Kg7 30.a3 - Start an analysis engine:
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Howell,D | 2687 | McShane,L | 2669 | 0–1 | 2018 | C72 | 105th ch-GBR 2018 | 9.1 |
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