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Alexander Morozevich vs Sergei Rublevsky
Russian Championship (1998), St. Petersburg RUS, rd 10, Aug-??
Formation: King's Indian Attack (A07)  ·  1-0

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Dec-22-05  Bobak Zahmat: Nice manouvre of Morozevich's Black Bishop from f4 to c7! 36. ... Bd2 >>> 40. ... Bb4+ >>> 41. ... Ba5 >>> 42. ... Bd8 >>> 44.Bc7! Wonderfull!
Jan-01-06  Whitehat1963: Great finishing technique from Moro.
Dec-12-09
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  plang: Morozovich tied for first with Svidler, Sakaev and Shipov at 7.5-3.5. Rublevsky finished in a tie for 12-16th with 6.5-4.5.

Morozovich: "This was the only game in the tournament in which I forced myself to play against my will. Fatigue had accumulated after the tournaments in Perm, Maikop and Tomsk, which, incidentally, I won. I decided to play the game to a finish , on no account agreeing to a draw so long as there was the slightest chance of winning. I forgot to say that only five places for the World Championship were at stake, and at this point a further nine players, who were on 5.5 out of 9 still had chances of qualifying. Victory in this decisive game gave me the right to participate in the World Championship..."

The opening was a typical attempt by these two players to avoid mainline Sicilian theory. The White set-up is the standard Closed Sicilian though normally ..Nc6 is played early on. 8 Ng5!? has scored very poorly for White. 8..b4 was new; 8..Qc7, 8..d6 and 8..Nc6 had been played. Morozovich thought that 16..Bc8 was too passive recommending 16..exf 17 Bf4..Bc8 18 e6 sacrificing the exchange with a slight advantage for White. 23..Nxe5? 24 Qxd7..Nxd7 25 Rb7..Rd8 26 Ra7 would have won for White. 28 Qb1?! complicated things for White; 28 Qb3 was stronger. 36..Bd8? was a serious mistake; after 36..Kf7 Black would still have had chances to save the game. After 37 e6! Black had everything defended but could not free his knight or king (37..Kg7 38 Bxa5!).

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