De Firmian, N (2550) ch-USA (4) |
1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 c6 5. Bc4 Bf5 6. Bd2 e6 7. Qe2 Bb4 8.
The ending is OK for black as the Bd2 has limited scope
26. Qe4?! f5! 27. Qe3 e4 28. g4 Ne7! 29. Be5 Nd5 30. Qg3 Rxe5!! 31. fxe5 f4! 32. Qe1 e3 33. c4 Qc7 34. Qh1 Nc3 35. Re1 Qd7 36. Qh2 Qd4 37. e6 Ne4 38. e7 Qd2+ 39. Kb1!? Nc3+ 40. Ka1 Qxh2
0-1
Shabalov, A (2608) ch-USA (9) |
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 a6 7. Be3 Nge7 8. Nb3 b5 9. Qd2 Ne5 10. Be2 N7c6 11.
A standard means of forcing open files quickly
20... Nb5!? 21. gxf7+ Kxf7 22. f5 e5 23. Nde2 Bc6 24. Rhg1 Bxe4 25. Bg5 Bf8 26. f6 g6 27. Bh6 Nxc3 28. bxc3!? Qd5 29. Qe3 Rxb1+ 30. Kxb1 Rb8+ 31. Kc1 Qb7 32. Bxf8 Qb2+ 33. Kd2 Qxc2+ 34. Ke1 Rxf8 35. Qh6 Bf3 36. Qg7+ Ke6 37. Qe7+ Kf5 38. Nd4+!! exd4 39. Rg5+ Kf4 40. Qxd6+ Ke3 41. Qxd4# 1-0
Harikrishna, P (2612) XLIII WJun (1) |
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. d4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 g6 7. e4 Bg7 8. Rb1
Harikrishna, P (2612) XLIII WJun (11) |
1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. d4 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Be2 Bb7 9.
50. f7+ Kf8 51. Bb4+ Kxg7 52. f8=Q+
1-0
Nyback, T (2554) Keres Mem Rapid (1) |
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. e3 c5 7. Bd2 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 cxd4 9. Bxd4 Nc6 10. Bc3
23. Rxc6 Nc4 gives black great compensation for pawn
23... c5 24. Bc3 c4 25. Nd2 cxb3 26. Nxb3 Nc4 27. a4 Rad8 28. Bd2 Rb8 29. Rc3 h6 30. f3 Nxd2 31. Nxd2 Rb2 32. Rc1 Ba6 33. Rd1 Rd3 0-1
Grischuk, A (2704) 57th ch-RUS (4) |
1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. f3 e5 4. d5 Be7 5. Be3
Kasparov, G (2813) 57th ch-RUS (6) |
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5 9. Be2 Bb7 10. h4 g4 11. Ne5 h5 12. f3 Nbd7 13. fxg4 hxg4 14.
Tseshkovsky, V (2577) 57th ch-RUS (7) |
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7.
Svidler, P (2735) 57th ch-RUS (7) |
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Qb6 8.
Grischuk, A (2704) 57th ch-RUS (9) |
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 dxc4 7. Bxc4 Qxd4 8. Qxd4 Nxd4 9.
Paragua, M (2534) XLIII WJun (7) |
1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Bg4 4. f3 Bf5 5. Bb5+ Nbd7 6. c4 e6 7. dxe6 Bxe6 8. Nc3 Bb4 9. d5 Bf5 10. Nge2