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Hikaru Nakamura vs Vasyl Ivanchuk
FIDE Grand Prix London (2012), London ENG, rd 8, Sep-29
Spanish Game: Exchange. Gligoric Variation (C69)  ·  0-1

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Kibitzer's Corner
Sep-29-12  DrAttitude: I am sad to see HK lose. He is definitely ill. I hope and pray he gets better. Dr.Attitude.
Sep-29-12  whiteshark: <Doc>, what an attitude!
Sep-29-12  kia0708: it always makes me smiling when the old horse Ivanchuk wins
Sep-29-12  dumbgai: And it always makes me smile when white plays a drawish opening and loses.
Sep-29-12
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  HeMateMe: Looks like Nak exchanging rooks was wrong, when handling an inferior pawn structure.
Oct-01-12
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  offramp: Such disrespect!
Oct-21-15  zanzibar: MCO-15 says simply

<7.Qxd4 Qxd4 8.Nxd4>

"is not good since White would like to be castled Q-side in this particular endgame."

Perhaps the stats back this up...

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Move ECO Frequency Score AvElo Perf AvYear %Draws

1: Bd7 29: 59.1% 39.6% 2433 2433 1994 52%

2: c5 13: 26.5% 42.3% 2341 1999 69%

3: Bd6 7: 14.2% 35.7% 2405 1988 43%

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TOTAL: 49:100.0% 39.7% 2399 2411 1995 55%

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(I wonder if SCID's tree table copies over in readable form? Almost... sure would be nice to have verbatim, fixed font, mode here.)

Oct-21-15  zanzibar: What's the best way to press at this point, after <33.Kc2>, I wonder?

(Black to move)


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Stockfish likes to play <...axb3>, preferably after <33...Bf5+>, but Ivanchuk decides to advance and lock the pawn with <...a6>.

This strategy pays off after Nakamura's maneuver with the knight.

<34.Nf1 c4 35.Ne3? cxb3 36.axb3>

It should stay on d2 to watch b3 instead of heading to e3.

Black obtains a permanent advantage here:

(After 36.axb3)


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Now Ivanchuk's advance is rewarded as White is saddled watching the a-pawn from here on out. With White tied up on the Q-side doing the c2-b1 shuffle, Ivanchuck wins on the K-side.

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