Philippines vs Russia

Team Philippines (So, Pascua, Datu, Garcia) almost swept the top seed Russian Team by posting a resounding 3-1 score in the 7th round of the World Youth U16 Chess Championship.
Beating the Russian Team is like winning the championship. Considering that the Russian Team is the tournament's top seed made the victory even sweeter.

See? The Philippines can excel in this sport. It's time that government policy makers adopt a paradigm shift in their approach to promote sports in this politically insane country.

Chess can make this nation proud.

As usual, Wesley displayed his tactical genius. See the wizardry below:



Black, IM Aleksandr Shimanov (2480), had just moved 25. . . Rf8. Did you know how Wesley respond? Wesley did the incredible 26.Nxf6!

Sensing the danger, the Russian opponent executed 26. . . Nd7.

But Wesley uncorked another magic with 27.Rxd6!

Until now, without the use of a laptop, I still cannot understand Wesley's last two moves. I have a homework now. I'll try to analyze the position at home.