Peter Svidler vs Sergei Rublevsky (2005)

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Peter Svidler vs Sergei Rublevsky
Karpov Poikovsky (2005), Poikovsky RUS, rd 8, Mar-06
Sicilian Defense: Kan. Knight Variation (B43) · 1-0

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Mar-16-05		cade: Svidlers double piece sacrifice starting with 28. Bxh7 is brilliant and must take alot of balls to play in tournament conditions.

Mar-16-05		iron maiden: The endgame, in which Svidler wins despite being theoretically down on material, is as interesting as the combination.

Mar-16-05		cade: The beauty of the sacrifice is that it is a "true" sacrifice. Svidler goes down material but wins with positional play.

Mar-16-05		themindset: yes, insanely deep sac. this is a move that a computer would never play.

Aug-28-05		n30: is it sound though? im not that good a player, but sacking 3 pieces for a Queen doesn't "feel" right to me...

Oct-02-05		THE pawn: < a move that a computer would never play > unless the comp is called hydra.

Mar-05-06		Topzilla: A masterpiece..

Jun-22-06		The Phantom: I wonder why Svidler does not play these kind of things often..

Jul-04-07		sanyas: Send him a letter, perhaps he'll play a few more masterpieces if you ask him nicely.

Jan-08-16		SpiritedReposte: Hidden gem. A queen for 3 pieces can be a fine trade, as long as your king is safe and your pawns aren't picked off one by one.

Jan-15-25		plang: After 8 Nf3 Svidler had no illusions to any opening advantage. He tried to talk himself into 8 g4 but felt it was too positionally weakening. Less than a week later Volokitin played 8 g4 against Svidler in a Bundesliga game and Black held on to win. Ten days prior to this game Ivanchuk played 10..b5 against Sutovsky at the Aeroflot Open in Moscow and Black had gone on to win; 10..b6 was new. Svidler on 19 f5: "This so-called attack was born out of necessity - I felt that if I did nothing, Black would be better soon. It is easy to see how he will improve his position - b5, Nc5, Rae8 - whereas it is much harder to see where my pieces are going." With 24..Be7? Black apparently overlooked White's reply; better would have been 24..Qe8 when after 25 Qf3 Black is close to equality. 28 b4 followed 29 Qf7 would have left White with a solid positional edge but after starting the tournament with 7 draws Svidler was looking for something sharper. Svidler considered the position after 35 h4 to be winning. 38 Qg6+..Ke7 39 Qg7+..Kd6 40 h6 would have been easier immediately winning a piece for the h-pawn. Again, 39 Qc7 would have been stronger. It was not helpful to give up the g-pawn with 50 g4?!; 50 Qg5 would have been better. Svidler after 56 Bd5: "Now it must be a draw. The only small problem Black has to solve is where to keep his king. I suspect that the best place for it is on d7, where the bishop should successfully protect it from any mating attack White could try." Instead, Black misplayed the the defense in moves 58-60 allowing White to infiltrate with his king leaving White again with a winning position. <The Phantom: I wonder why Svidler does not play these kind of things often.> The game Miseenko-Svidler was played a month and a half later in the Russian Team Championship is one of Svidler's very best games.

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