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Alexandr Kharitonov vs Shakhriyar Mamedyarov
Wch U18 (2003), Chalkidiki GRE, rd 4, Oct-26
King's Indian Defense: Orthodox Variation. General (E91)  ·  0-1

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Aug-24-07  watergun7: Wow! What a positional exchanged sac! Reminds me of a certain Karpov-Kasparov game: Karpov vs Kasparov, 1990
Sep-19-08  ToTheDeath: Admirable nonchalance about sacrificing an exchange and a pawn. Not quite sound but Black was obviously the stronger player and overpowered White in a tactical rout.
Sep-19-08  Gilmoy: Book through 8.Be3. Black has several decent plans now; 8..c5 is infrequent but known, inviting White into a <Benoni> pawn structure. Black plays Benoni with his eye on two prizes: R on e, and huge Bd4 behind White's overextended center pawns, with a withering criss-cross on White's K-side.

10.Qd2 suggests Bh6. 11.h3 is the last known move, but it invites two storms. Shak's 11..Bxf3 frees h4 for his Q, and then g5-g4 was already on Black's mind (when he played 1..Nf6 :).

Black's exchange sac and b7-sac aren't quite obvious. But Black's long-term plan was always to open g and bring Rag8, achieving compensation through imbalance, as White's extra material is usually ill-placed to defend along g. The position ultimately reduces to Black's Bd4 + Rg8 vs. White's R+R -- and Black is probably winning that against any configuration of White's Rooks (except R?3 + Rg3, and White never had that kind of time).

The various fireworks in the middle bought Shak just enough time to establish his lovely Bd4. Note finally how Shak exploited his Ng3's attack on Rf1 by simply ignoring it for 4 moves -- he'd rather have the 1 tempo White must eventually waste to save that Rook, than the Rook!

May-26-20  jerseybob: The full score can be found at 365Chess, and it's worth the search.
May-26-20  Chessdreamer: pgn4web works, but Olga doesn't as long as the "x" notation for the captures is missing. We have as of today more games in the database with same problem:

1272466, 1272469, 1272471, 1272474-1272482, 1272486, 1272490, 1272494 and 1272496-1272502.

Jun-09-20  jerseybob: Daniel King now has a nice video on this game.
Jun-10-20
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  fredthebear: Click on the small blue "view" tab above Kibitzer's Corner.

Now we see all 35 moves (instead of 11):

[Event "Halkidiki Wch-jr 18"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2003.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandr V Kharitonov"]
[Black "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "2439"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 Bg4 7. O-O Nfd7 8. Be3 c5 9. d5 Na6 10. Qd2 Re8 11. h3 Bf3 12. Bf3 Nc7 13. Be2 a6 14. a4 e6 15. Rab1 ed5 16. ed5 Qh4 17. Bg4 Re3 18. Qe3 Bd4 19. Qd2 f5 20. Be2 Ne5 21. b4 Ne8 22. a5 Nf6 23. bc5 Bc5 24. Rb7 Rf8 25. Rb3 g5 26. Na4 Ne4 27. Qe1 Bd4 28. Bf3 Ng3 29. Qd2 g4 30. Bd1 gh3 31. gh3 Kh8 32. Kg2 Qe4+ 33. f3 Qh4 34. Re1 Rg8 35. Kh2 Nf1+ 0-1

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