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| Feb-14-10 | | whiteshark: Just the way I showed you! |
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| Feb-14-10 | | Eyal: A classic Isolated QP attacking game - very instructive play by Grischuk. |
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| Feb-14-10 | | TrollKing: 30... gxh5 was bad, but 33... Qf5 was
catastrophic, resulting in Rybka showing mate in 7 within a few seconds. |
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| Feb-14-10 | | whiteshark: After <26...Bxe5> the position seems to be in balance. 
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| Feb-14-10 | | veigaman: A game with class played by Grischuck. What a talented player. |
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| Feb-14-10 | | Ezzy: A. Grischuk - B. Gelfand [E55]
XXVII Torneo Int'l de Ajedrez Ciudad de Linares/Spain (2), 14.02.20101.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 0–0 5.Bd3 d5 6.Nf3 c5 7.0–0 dxc4 8.Bxc4 Nbd7 9.Qe2 a6 10.a4 cxd4 11.exd4 Nb6 12.Bd3 Nbd5 13.Nxd5 Nxd5 <This might be new. 13 exd4 has been played before.> 14.Qe4 <Going for the quick kill with mate on h7 :-) I smile, but from here on it is constant threat after threat. A remarkable attacking game from Grischuk.> 14...g6 15.Bh6 Re8 16.Ne5 Bd7 17.Qf3< Grischuk wants to get home early, now he threaten's mate in 2 >17...Qe7 18.Be4 <White has idea's of 19 Bg5 Qxg5 20 Qxf7+ Kh8 21 Qxd7 >18...Bc6 19.Bxd5 Bxd5 20.Qf4< Continuing with the threats. 21 Ng4 looms.> 20...f5 21.h4< 21 Qg3 threatening 22 Nxg6 would also have been considered by Grischuk, but black can simply play 21...Qf6. Grischuk gradually puts more pressure on black's dodgy king position and weak dark squares around the black king. >21...Rac8 <Aiming for counterplay with 22...Rc2> 22.Rac1 Bd6 23.Rfe1 Qf6 24.Rc3 Rxc3 25.bxc3 Rc8 26.Qg3 Be4 27.h5 Bxe5 28.dxe5 Qf7< Obviously black has to stay in contact with the g6 pawn> 29.Re3 Kh8?< [29...b5 30.axb5 axb5 31.Qh4 Qc7 32.hxg6 hxg6 33.Qg5 Qf7 34.Rh3 Keeps up the fight.] >30.Qh4 <Threatening 31 hxg6 hxg6 32 Rh3 Kg8 33 Bg5 Qg7 34 Bf6 and carnage.> 30...gxh5?< [30...Kg8 Is much safer than the move played. 31.Rh3 f4 32.Bxf4 Qc7 33.hxg6 Bxg6 And white still has a lot of work to do, but black will always be tied down to mating threats.] >31.Rg3< Grischuk threaten's 32 Rg7+ Qxg7 33 Bxg7 Kxg7 34 Qf6+ Kg8 35 Qxe6+ hitting the rook on c8. So black has to defend the e6 pawn. >31...Bd5 32.a5< Threatening 33 c4 Bxc4 (black can't move from defending the e6 pawn because of the variation I give after 31 Rg3) 34 Rc3 winning the bishop. [32.Rg7 Qxg7 33.Bxg7+ Kxg7 And black seems to have everything defended]> 32...f4 33.Rg7 Qf5< [33...Qxg7 34.Bxg7+ Kxg7 35.Qg5+ Kf8 36.Qxf4+ Ke8 37.Qh6 Rxc3 38.Qxh7 Rb3 39.Qxh5+ Kd7 40.Qf7+ Kc6 Whites passed pawn decides the game. 41.g4]> 34.Qe7 Qe4 35.Qf6 1–0 Well to see a game like this from one of my favourite players is just a joy! One of my favourite attacking games of the year. 13...Nxd5 instead of 13...exd5 left the e4 square available for the white queen. White played 14 Qe4 threatening mate in 1. The fascinating thing is that it wasn't just a token gesture. The weaknesses this move created caused black allsorts of problems. 3 moves later Grischuk threatens mate in 2. Gelfand was probaly laughing at these series of mating attempts (as i was) - but Grischuk wasn't laughing. He was slowly building up to a fantastic attack. It was awesome. Threat after threar Gelfand had to deal with. It never seemed to stop. Absolutely relentless stuff. A demolition job at the highest level. Grischuk wants to retain this title. Brilliant!! |
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| Feb-14-10 | | Andrew Chapman: Doesn't 35.Rg8 win slightly more simply? |
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| Feb-14-10 | | messachess: Very nice game by Grischuk against a very difficult opponent. |
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| Feb-14-10 | | veigaman: Grischuk is worldclass player, nice to see him focus on chess again, at least it seems to me:) |
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| Feb-14-10 | | Eyal: <TrollKing: 30... gxh5 was bad> <Ezzy: 30...gxh5? [30...Kg8 Is much safer than the move played]> Black is already lost by this stage, 30…Kg8 might have been a bit more tricky, but it's completely hopeless if White plays accurately – 31.hxg6 hxg6 32.Rh3 Qd7 (or 32...Qh7 33.Qg3) 33.Bf4 Qg7 34.Bg5 Kf7 35.Qf4 followed by 36.Bf6. On chessok, Rybka's suggestion for best play is 30...g5 31.Bxg5 h6 32.Bxh6 Kh7 33.Bg5 – which just leaves Black two pawns down with no compensation and no counterplay (that's a typical computer line in this kind of situations – an ingenious tactical idea that gives up material and avoids an immediate loss, only to keep groveling in a basically lost position; humans just don't play like that…). Looking at the game again, 19.Bxd5! is a key move which shows excellent judgment – Grischuk gives up his "strong" bishop and the "bishop pair" because he realizes that the knight on d5 plays a key role in holding together Black's position. Also 24.Rc3, which is actually played to eventually allow the lift of the other rook; 24…Bb4 would be met with 25.Ree3! and Black can't afford to win the exchange, because after 25…Bxc3 26.bxc3 followed by h5, when the knight cannot be dislodged anymore from e5, White's attack is too strong. |
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| Feb-14-10 | | Eyal: Position after 32.a5!
click for larger view<Ezzy: 32.a5 Threatening 33 c4 Bxc4 (black can't move from defending the e6 pawn because of the variation I give after 31 Rg3 [32 Rg7 Qxg7 33 Bxg7 Kxg7 34 Qf6+ Kg8 35 Qxe6+ hitting the rook on c8] 34 Rc3 winning the bishop.> It's interesting to note that even without the threat pointed out by <Ezzy> (34.Rc3 wins the bishop since Black can't defend it with b5 after a5), Black is actually in zugzwang: the king can't move; the queen can't move because it has to guard f6; the rook can't leave the back rank because of Qd8+ and mate; if the rook moves along the back rank leaving the c-file then c4, and if the bishop retreats so that it doesn't defend e6 then come the penetration and exchanges on g7 followed by Qf6+/Qxe6 etc.; Rg8 is answered by Rxg8+ with a quick mate; and if the bishop moves along the a2-g8 diagonal so that it stops defending b7, again come the penetration and exchanges on g7, this time followed by Qe7+/Qxb7 and the creation of a passer on the Q-side. |
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| Feb-14-10 | | Ezzy: <Eyal: Black is actually in zugzwang: the king can't move; the queen can't move because it has to guard f6; the rook can't leave the back rank because of Qd8+ and mate; if the rook moves along the back rank leaving the c-file then c4, and if the bishop retreats so that it doesn't defend e6 then come the penetration and exchanges on g7 followed by Qf6+/Qxe6 etc.; Rg8 is answered by Rxg8+ with a quick mate; and if the bishop moves along the a2-g8 diagonal so that it stops defending b7, again come the penetration and exchanges on g7, this time followed by Qe7+/Qxb7 and the creation of a passer on the Q-side.> That seems to sum up black's mess :-(
Very nicely played by Grischuk! |
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| Feb-14-10 | | notyetagm: <Eyal: A classic Isolated QP attacking game - very instructive play by Grischuk.> And here is another excellent <IQP> game played today -> Bacrot vs Bareev, 2010 |
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| Feb-14-10 | | notyetagm: <veigaman: A game with class played by Grischuck. What a talented player.> Yes, over in the Linares tournament forum we were discussing how Grischuk is the *6th* Top 5 player. :-) |
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| Feb-14-10 | | chillowack: <Andrew Chapman: Doesn't 35.Rg8 win slightly more simply?>
I like this finale better too! It may be that Grischuk, having spotted one simple victory, did not bother to look for others. |
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| Feb-15-10 | | Whitehat1963: Is 12...Nbd5 a mistake, perhaps? Black has never won with it in this database, although there are only four examples. Still, white won three of the four. |
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| Feb-15-10 | | OneArmedScissor: I have always been a big fan of Grischuk.
It's a little sad he doesn't get as much recognition as being a world class player.
His strategy is pretty similar to Kramnik's: win with white, hold with black. |
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| Feb-15-10 | | ex0duz: One of the best attacking games of the year so far. Flawless play by Grischuk |
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| Feb-15-10 | | Eyal: <After white plays 31.R-g3, can't black play R-g8, to exchange off the rooks and end the threats?> There's a small problem with that - 32.Rxg8+ and mate in 2 (32...Kxg8 33.Qd8+; Qxg8 33.Qf6+). |
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| Feb-15-10 | | percyblakeney: 30. Qh4 and 32. a5 are great moves to find in time trouble. I remember wondering why the engines saw 32. a5 as so much better than other options, and felt certain that Grischuk wouldn't play it with two minutes for nine moves. But it just leaves black without good moves and Grischuk played it quickly, and from that point it was even more over than it already was after 30. Qh4. |
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| Feb-15-10 | | Eyal: Yes, 32.a5 is especially impressive because of the kind of full-board vision it requires (whereas 30.Qh4 is a direct part of the K-side attack). |
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| Feb-15-10 | | sfm: 35.Rg8+ is also a way to win, but the text move is more sadistic. |
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| Feb-15-10 | | znsprdx: < Eyal:> thank-you for your exposition regarding the (brilliant)move 19.Bx[N]d5 It makes me think of the first few times I ever looked at a Capablanca game...or something almost counter-intuitive like Alekhine ( the king of <full-board vision> but in the end crystal clear perfection...speaking of which 24.Rc3 allowing Bb4 ...again kudos for pointing out the detail that even 'ChessOk's Rybka' failed to offer. |
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