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Boris Gelfand vs Fabiano Caruana
Biel International Chess Festival (2009), Biel SUI, rd 1, Jul-19
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Classical Variation (E32)  ·  1/2-1/2

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ANALYSIS [x]
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Jul-20-09  erimiro1: A very interesting draw. 28. N:g4+! looks promising, but I'm not sure that black continued the right way - he had so many opportunities that I won't be surprised to learn that he missed something. As for Gelfand - it looks like he didn't take the game too seriously. The final position - as the whole combinatin- needs a deep analysis.
Jul-21-09  returnoftheking: If this is a won game for Gelfand it would'nt be the first time he agrees to a draw in time trouble.

The following game is not in this database yet but here too Geldfand agreed to a draw with little time left and a won position.

[Event "Rubinstein mem 34th"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "1997.08.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Krasenkow,Michal"]
[Black "Gelfand,Boris"]
[Result "1/2"]
[Eco "A28"]
1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Bb4 6.g3 Ne5 7.Qb3 Bc5 8.Be3 d6 9.Na4 0-0 10.Nxc5 dxc5 11.Nf3 Nxf3+ 12.exf3 b6 13.Bg2 Bb7 14.0-0 Qd6 15.Rad1 Qc6 16.Qd3 Rfe8 17.Rfe1 h6 18.h3 Nh7 19.b3 Nf8 20.Kh2 Ng6 21.Qc3 Rad8 22.Rxd8 Rxd8 23.Bc1 f6 24.Bh1 Qd6 25.f4 Bxh1 26.Kxh1 Ne7 27.Qf3 Qc6 28.Kg2 Kf8 29.Qxc6 Nxc6 30.f5 Nb4 31.Re2 Re8 32.Rd2 Re1 33.Ba3 Nc6 34.Rd7 Re7 35.Rxe7 Kxe7 1/2

Jul-21-09  erimiro1: As I mentioned, I feel that black missed something, and Gelfand's position looks shaky to me. Or was 28.N:g4+ just a bluff? Gelfand usually dosen't eat such things, but who knows - look what happened to him against Morozevich.
Jul-21-09  returnoftheking: <erimiro>
according to the engines Ng4 is best, but the position is lost anyway. Over +3 eval..Black manages to get back a little but even in the last board position fritz gives white still+3
Jul-22-09  tibone: the annotation should be corrected: http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail...

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