Vassily Ivanchuk Best Game - Online Proof
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Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games 1
1 D44
Vassily Ivanchuk Bernardo Moran Wch U20 Sharjah (1)
1985
D44: Semi-Slav: Botvinnik System 1.d2-d4 Ng8-f6 2.c2-c4 e7-e6 3.Ng1-f3 d7-d5 4.Nb1-c3 c7-c6 Diagram
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5.Bc1-g5 d5xc4 6.e2-e4 b7-b5 7.e4-e5 h7-h6 8.Bg5-h4 g7-g5 9.Nf3xg5 h6xg5 10.Bh4xg5 Nb8-d7 11.e5xf6 Diagram (Diagram 2) Bc8-b7 12.g2-g3 Qd8-b6 13.Bf1-g2 0-0-0 14.0-0 Bf8-h6 15.Bg5-e3 Nd7xf6 Attacks the isolani on d4 16.Qd1-f3 Bh6xe3 17.f2xe3 Rh8-h6 18.a2-a4 [RR 18.Nc3-e4 Nf6xe4 19.Qf3xe4 f7-f5 20.Qe4-e5 Qb6-c7 21.Qe5xc7+ Kc8xc7 22.Rf1-f2 c6-c5 23.d4xc5 Bb7xg2 24.Kg1xg2 Kc7-c6 25.Ra1-e1 Kc6xc5 26.e3-e4 f5xe4 27.Re1xe4 Rd8-d7 28.Re4-e5+ Rd7-d5 29.Rf2-e2 b5-b4 30.Re5-e4 Rd5-d3 31.Re4-e5+ Rd3-d5 32.Re5-e3 Rd5-d3 Kurochkin,V (2089)Brovko,A (2219)/Alushta 2007/EXT
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2008/½-½ (32) ] 18...a7-a6 19.Qf3-f4 Rd8-h8 last book move last book move 20.Rf1-f2N Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 20.Qf4-g5 Rh6-g6 21.Qg5-e5 Qb6-d8 22.a4xb5 Rh8-h5 23.b5xa6 Rh5xe5 24.a6xb7+ Kc8xb7 25.d4xe5 Nf6-d5 26.Rf1xf7+ Kb7-b6 27.Nc3-a4+ Kb6-a6 28.Rf7-d7 Qd8-g8 29.Na4-c5+ Ka6-b5 30.Rd7-b7+ Nd5-b6 31.Nc5-d7 0.98/11 ;RR 20.g3-g4 Rh6-g6 21.h2-h3 Rh8-g8 22.Rf1-f2 Rg8-g7 23.Ra1-f1 c6-c5 24.a4-a5 Qb6xa5 25.Bg2xb7+ Kc8xb7 26.Qf4-d6 c5xd4 27.e3xd4 Nf6-e8 28.Rf2xf7+ Ne8-c7 29.Nc3-e4 Qa5-b6 30.Ne4-c5+ Kb7-a7 31.Qd6xb6+ Ka7xb6 32.Nc5-d7+ Kb6-b7 33.Nd7-e5 Rg7xf7 34.Rf1xf7 Rg6-g8 Kramnik,V (2751)-Lautier,J (2613)/ Internet ICC 1999/EXT 2005/1-0 (46) ] (Diagram 3) 20...Rh8-h7 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 20...b5-b4 21.a4-a5 Qb6-d8 22.Nc3-e4 Nf6xe4 23.Bg2xe4 f7-f5 24.Be4-f3 c6-c5 25.d4xc5 Bb7xf3 26.Qf4xf3 Qd8-d5 27.Qf3xd5 e6xd5 28.Ra1-d1 Rh8-e8 29.Rd1xd5 Re8xe3 30.Rd5xf5 c4-c3 31.g3-g4 Rh6-e6
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
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32.b2xc3 b4-b3 33.g4-g5 Re3xc3 34.h2-h4 Rc3-c2 35.Rf2xc2 b3xc2 36.Rf5-f1 Kc8-c7 37.Kg1-f2 Re6-e5 38.Rf1-g1 Re5xc5 0.79/17 ]
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21.Ra1-f1 Diagram [ 21.Bg2-e4 Rh7-h8 22.a4xb5 c6xb5 23.Be4xb7+ Kc8xb7 ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 21.Bg2-e4 Diagram (Diagram 5) Rh7-h8 22.Qf4-g5 Nf6-d7 23.Rf2xf7 b5-b4 24.a4-a5 Qb6-d8 25.Qg5xd8+ Kc8xd8 26.Nc3-a4 Rh6xh2 27.Ra1-c1 Rh2-e2 28.Na4-b6 Nd7xb6 29.Rf7xb7
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Nb6-c8 30.Be4xc6 Rh8-g8 31.Rb7-d7+ Kd8-e8 32.Rd7-g7+ Ke8-f8 33.Rg7xg8+ Kf8xg8 34.Bc6-b7 Nc8-d6 35.Bb7xa6 Re2xb2 36.Ba6xc4 Nd6xc4 37.Rc1xc4 b4-b3 38.Rc4-b4 Kg8-f7 39.a5-a6 Kf7-f6 40.a6-a7 Rb2-a2 41.Rb4-b7 b3-b2 42.Rb7xb2 Diagram
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Ra2xa7 43.Kg1-f2 Kf6-f5 44.Kf2-f3 1.03/16 ] 21...Qb6-d8 [ 21...Nf6-d5 22.Qf4-d6 Qb6-d8 23.Qd6-c5 ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 21...Qb6-d8 22.a4xb5 a6xb5 23.Bg2-e4 Rh7-h8 24.Be4-f3 Qd8-c7 25.Bf3-g2 Qc7xf4 26.Rf2xf4 Nf6-d5
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
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27.Rf4xf7 Rh6xh2 28.Nc3-e4 Diagram
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Kc8-b8 29.Ne4-d6 Bb7-a8 30.e3-e4 Rh2xg2+ 31.Kg1xg2 Nd5-e3+ 32.Kg2-f2 Ne3xf1 33.Kf2xf1 Rh8-h2 34.Rf7-f2 Rh2xf2+ 35.Kf1xf2 Kb8-c7 0.56/16 ] 22.Bg2-e4 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 22.Bg2-e4 Rh7-h8 23.a4xb5 a6xb5 24.Be4-g2 b5-b4 25.Nc3-a4 Nf6-d7 26.Qf4-d6 e6-e5 27.Qd6xb4 Qd8-g5 28.Na4-c5 Nd7xc5 29.Qb4xc5 Rh6xh2 30.Qc5xe5 Qg5xe5 31.d4xe5 Rh2-h5 32.Rf2xf7 Rh5xe5 33.e3-e4 Re5-b5 34.Rf1-f2 Rb5-b3 35.Rf7-g7 c4-c3 36.b2xc3 Rb3xc3 0.76/15 ] 22...Rh7-h8 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro
x64: 22...Rh7-h8 23.a4xb5 a6xb5 24.Be4-g2 b5-b4 25.Nc3-a4 Nf6-d7 26.Qf4-d6 e6-e5 27.Qd6xb4 Qd8-g5 28.Na4-c5 Nd7xc5 29.Qb4xc5 Rh6xh2 30.Qc5xe5 Qg5xe5 31.d4xe5 Rh2-h5 32.Rf2xf7 Rh5xe5 33.e3-e4 Re5-b5 34.Rf1-f2 Rb5-b3 35.Rf7-g7 c4-c3 36.b2xc3 Rb3xc3 1.03/14 ]
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23.Qf4-g5 [ 23.a4xb5 Diagram
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a6xb5 24.Be4-f3 Qd8-c7 ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 23.a4-a5 Nf6-d5 24.Be4xd5 c6xd5 25.Qf4xf7 Qd8-g5 26.Nc3-d1 e6-e5 27.Rf2-f5 Qg5-d8 0.76/14 ] 23...Nf6xe4 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 23...Nf6xe4 24.Qg5xd8+
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
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Rh8xd8 25.Nc3xe4 f7-f5 26.Ne4-c5 Kc8-c7 27.g3-g4 Rh6-g6 28.Rf2-g2 Bb7-c8 29.g4xf5 Diagram
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Rg6xg2+ 30.Kg1xg2 e6xf5 31.h2-h4 Rd8-h8 32.Rf1-h1 b5xa4 33.h4-h5 a4-a3 34.b2xa3 c4-c3 35.Kg2-f3 c3-c2 36.Rh1-c1 Rh8xh5 37.Rc1xc2 Kc7-d6 38.Kf3-f4 Rh5-h4+ 39.Kf4-g3 Rh4-h1 40.Rc2-b2 0.31/17 ] 24.Nc3xe4 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 24.Qg5xd8+ Rh8xd8 25.Nc3xe4 f7-f5 26.Ne4-c5 Kc8-c7 27.Rf1-c1 Bb7-c8 28.a4xb5 a6xb5 29.b2-b4 c4xb3 30.Nc5xb3 Rd8-d5 31.h2-h4 e6-e5 32.Rf2-c2 e5xd4 33.Nb3xd4 Bc8-d7 34.Nd4-e2 Kc7-b6 35.Ne2-f4 Rd5-e5 36.Kg1-f2 b5-b4 37.Nf4-d3 Re5-b5 38.Nd3-c5 Bd7-e6 0.08/19 ] (Diagram 12) 24...f7-f5 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 24...f7-f5 25.Qg5xd8+ Rh8xd8 26.Ne4-c5 Kc8-c7 27.g3-g4 Rh6-g6 28.Rf2-g2 Bb7-c8 29.g4xf5 Rg6xg2+ 30.Kg1xg2 e6xf5 31.h2-h4 Rd8-h8 32.Rf1-h1 b5xa4 33.h4-h5 a4-a3 34.b2xa3 c4-c3 35.Kg2-f3 c3-c2 36.Rh1-c1 Rh8xh5 37.Rc1xc2 Kc7-d6 38.Kf3-f4 Diagram
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Kd6-d5 39.Kf4-g3 Rh5-h1 0.23/19 ] (Diagram 14) 25.Qg5xd8+ [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 25.Qg5xd8+ Rh8xd8 26.Ne4-c5 Kc8-c7 27.g3-g4 Rh6-g6 28.Rf2-g2 Bb7-c8 29.g4-g5 e6-e5 30.h2-h4 e5xd4 31.e3xd4 Diagram (Diagram 15) Rd8xd4 32.h4-h5 Rg6-g8 33.h5-h6 Rd4-h4 34.Rf1-d1 b5xa4 35.Kg1-f2 Rh4-h5 36.Rd1-g1 a4-a3 37.b2xa3
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
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b5xa4 31.Nc5xa4 Rd8xd4 32.Na4-b6 Diagram 15
Kc7-d6 38.Nc5-a4 0.13/17 ] 25...Rh8xd8 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 25...Rh8xd8 Diagram (Diagram 16) 26.Ne4-c5 Kc8-b8 27.Rf1-c1 Bb7-c8 28.b2-b3 e6-e5 29.b3xc4 e5xd4 30.e3xd4 b5xa4 31.Nc5xa4 Rd8xd4 32.Na4-b6 f5-f4 33.Rf2xf4 Rd4xf4 34.g3xf4 Bc8-f5 35.Rc1-a1 Kb8-b7 36.c4-c5 0.25/14 ] 26.Ne4-c5 Diagram [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 26.Ne4-c5 Kc8-b8 27.Rf1-c1 Bb7-c8 28.b2-b3 e6-e5 29.b3xc4 e5xd4 30.e3xd4
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f5-f4 33.Rf2xf4 Rd4xf4 34.g3xf4 Bc8-f5 35.Rc1-a1 Kb8-b7 36.c4-c5 0.28/13 ] (Diagram 18) A classical outpost 26...Kc8-b8 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 26...Kc8-c7 Diagram 27.Rf2-c2 c4-c3 28.Rc2xc3 b5xa4 29.Rf1-c1 Rd8-c8 30.h2-h4 0.23/14 ] 27.e3-e4 White threatens to win material: e4xf5 [ 27.Rf1-a1 Bb7-c8=
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Diagram (Diagram 20) ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 27.Rf1-c1 Bb7-c8 28.b2-b3 e6-e5 29.b3xc4 e5xd4 30.e3xd4 b5xa4 31.Nc5xa4 Rd8xd4 32.Na4-b6 f5-f4 33.Rf2xf4 Rd4xf4 Diagram (Diagram 21) 34.g3xf4 Bc8-f5 35.Rc1-a1 Kb8-b7 36.c4-c5 0.28/13 ] 27...Bb7-c8 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64:
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27...Rd8xd4 28.e4xf5 e6xf5 29.Rf2xf5 Bb7-c8 30.Rf5-f4 Rd4-d2 31.Rf1-f2 Rd2xf2 32.Rf4xf2 Rh6-h5 33.Nc5-e4 Diagram (Diagram 22) b5xa4 34.Rf2-c2 Bc8-e6 35.Ne4-d6 Kb8-c7 36.Nd6-e8+ Kc7-b6 37.Ne8-g7 Rh5-e5 38.Ng7xe6 Re5xe6 39.h2-h4 Kb6-c5 40.h4-h5 a4-a3 -0.06/18 ] 28.Rf2-d2 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 28.Rf2-d2 Diagram f5xe4 29.Nc5xe4 Rh6-h5 30.a4xb5
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
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Rd5-f5 33.Nf6-g4 c6-c5 34.Ng4-e5 Kb8-c7 35.g3-g4 Rd8-g8 36.Rd1-e1 Rg8-g5 37.h2-h4 Rf5xe5 38.d4xe5 Rg5xg4+ 39.Kg1-f2 Rg4xh4 0.05/18 ] 28...Kb8-c7 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 28...f5xe4 29.Nc5xe4 Rh6-h5 30.a4xb5 a6xb5 31.Rf1-d1 Rh5-d5 32.Ne4-f6 Rd5-f5 33.Nf6-e4 Rf5-d5 34.Ne4-f6 0.10/16 ]
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29.e4-e5 White has a new backward pawn: d4 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 29.e4-e5 a6-a5 30.Kg1-g2 Rd8-g8 31.Rf1-f4 Bc8-d7 32.Rd2-d1 Bd7-e8 33.Rd1-c1 Kc7-b6 34.Rc1-a1 Rg8-g7 35.Ra1-f1 Be8-h5 36.Rf1-g1 0.12/15 ] 29...Rh6-h8 Diagram [ 29...Kc7-b6 30.Kg1-g2= ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 29...a6-a5 Diagram 24
a6xb5 31.Rf1-d1 Rh5-d5 32.Ne4-f6
(Diagram 26) 30.Kg1-g2 Rd8-g8 31.Rf1-f4 Bc8-d7 32.Rd2-d1 Bd7-e8 33.Rd1-c1 Kc7-b6 34.Rc1-a1 Rg8-g7 35.Ra1-f1 Rg7-g8 36.h2-h4 Rg8-g7 37.Rf1-c1 Be8-h5 38.Kg2-f2 Rh6-g6 0.15/16 ] 30.a4-a5 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 30.Kg1-g2 Rh8-g8 31.Rf1-f4 Rg8-g4 32.Kg2-f3 Rg4xf4+ 33.Kf3xf4 b5-b4 34.Kf4-e3 Rd8-h8 35.Rd2-c2 b4-b3
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
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36.Rc2-e2 Rh8-h3 37.Ke3-f4 a6-a5 38.Re2-f2 0.38/13 Diagram (Diagram 28) ] 30...Rd8-d5 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 30...Rh8-h7 31.Kg1-g2 Rd8-h8 32.Rf1-h1 Rh8-g8 33.Kg2-f3 Rh7-h3 34.Rd2-d1 Rg8-h8 35.Kf3-g2 b5-b4 36.Rd1-c1 f5-f4 37.g3xf4 c4-c3 38.b2xc3 b4xc3 39.Rc1-c2 Rh3-h4 40.Rc2xc3 Rh4xf4 41.Rc3-g3 Rf4xd4 42.Rg3-g7+ Kc7-d8 0.35/18 ] 31.Rf1-d1 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 31.Rf1-d1 f5-f4 32.g3xf4 Rh8-f8
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33.h2-h4 Rf8xf4 34.h4-h5 Rd5-d8 35.Rd1-f1 Rf4-h4 36.Rf1-f7+ Kc7-b8 37.Rf7-h7 b5-b4 38.h5-h6 Rd8-f8 39.Rh7-g7 Rf8-h8 40.Rd2-c2 c4-c3 41.b2xc3 Rh8xh6 42.c3xb4 Rh4xd4 43.Rg7-g8 Kb8-c7 44.Rc2-f2 Rh6-h7 45.Rf2-f8 Rd4-d1+ 46.Kg1-g2 Rd1-d2+ 47.Kg2-g3 0.37/19 ] (Diagram 30) 31...Rh8-d8 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 31...f5-f4 Diagram 32.g3xf4 Rh8-h4 33.Rd2-f2 Rh4-h8 34.Rf2-g2 Rh8-d8 35.Rd1-d2 Rd5xd4
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
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Kc7-d8 41.Nc5xb3 Bc8-d7 42.Rb2-c2 Kd8-e7 43.Nb3-c5 Rh8-b8 44.Nc5xa6 Rb8-a8 45.Na6-b4 Ra8xa5 Diagram 31
36.Rg2-g7+ Kc7-b8 37.Rd2xd4 Rd8xd4 38.f4-f5 Rd4-d1+ 39.Kg1-f2 e6xf5 40.e5-e6 Rd1-d2+ 41.Kf2-e3 Rd2xh2 42.Rg7-g8 Rh2-h1 43.Ke3-f4 Rh1-f1+ 44.Kf4-e5 Kb8-c7 45.Rg8-g7+ Kc7-d8 0.30/20 ] 32.Kg1-f2 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 32.Kg1-f2 Diagram (Diagram 32) Rd8-h8 Rd5-d8 Rg8-d8 Rg8-h8
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46.Nb4xc6+ Bd7xc6 47.Rc2xc6 Ra5-a3+ 48.Ke3-f4 Ra3-a7 0.42/22 ] 32...Rd8-h8 Black threatens to win material: Rh8xh2 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 32...Rd8-h8 Diagram (Diagram 34) 33.Kf2-e3 Rh8-h3 34.Rd1-c1 Rd5-d8 35.Rc1-c2 Rd8-g8 36.Rd2-f2 Rg8-d8 37.Rc2-d2 Rd8-g8 38.Rd2-e2 Rg8-h8 39.b2-b4 c4xb3 40.Re2-b2 Kc7-d8
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41.Nc5xb3 Bc8-d7 42.Rb2-c2 Kd8-e7 43.Nb3-c5 Rh8-b8 44.Nc5xa6 Rb8-a8 45.Na6-b4 Ra8xa5 46.Nb4xc6+ Bd7xc6 47.Rc2xc6 Ra5-a3+ 48.Ke3-f4 Ra3-a7 0.54/20 ] 33.Kf2-g2 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 33.Kf2-f3 Rd5-d8 34.Rd2-c2 Rh8-h3 35.Rd1-d2 Rd8-g8 36.Rd2-f2 Rg8-h8 37.Kf3-f4 Rh8-g8 38.Kf4-e3 Rg8-d8 39.Rf2-d2 Rd8-g8 40.Ke3-f3 Rg8-h8 41.Kf3-f4 Rh8-g8 42.Rd2-f2 Rg8-g4+ 43.Kf4-e3 Rg4-h4 44.b2-b4 Rh4-h8 45.Rc2-a2 Rh8-d8 46.Rf2-c2 f5-f4+ Diagram
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(Diagram 35) 47.Ke3xf4 Rd8xd4+ 48.Kf4-e3 0.42/17 ] (Diagram 36) 33...Rh8-d8 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 33...Kc7-d8 34.Kg2-f3 Kd8-e7 35.Rd1-a1 Rh8-h3 36.Ra1-h1 Rd5-d8 37.Kf3-g2 Rh3-h6 38.Rh1-f1 Bc8-d7 39.h2-h4 Rd8-a8 Diagram 40.Kg2-f3 Bd7-e8 41.Kf3-f4 Be8-h5 0.42/16 ] 34.Kg2-f3 Diagram [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 34.Kg2-f3
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Rd8-h8 35.b2-b4 c4xb3 36.Nc5xb3
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37.Nb3-c5 Rh8-h3 38.Rd1-b1 39.Rb1-h1 Rh8-g8 40.Rh1-c1 41.Rd2-c2 Rg8-g4 42.Kf3-e3 43.Rc2-f2 Rh4-h7 44.Rc1-c2 45.Rc2-d2 Kd8-e7 46.Ke3-d3 47.Kd3-c3 Diagram
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45.Rc2-d2 Kd8-e7 46.Ke3-d3 Bc8-d7 47.Kd3-c3 Rh8-a8 48.Kc3-b4 Bd7-e8 Diagram
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34...Rd8-h8 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 34...Rd8-h8 Diagram 35.b2-b4 c4xb3 36.Nc5xb3 Rd5-d8 37.Nb3-c5 Rh8-h3 38.Rd1-b1 Rd8-h8 39.Rb1-h1 Rh8-g8 40.Rh1-c1 Kc7-d8 41.Rd2-c2 Rg8-g4 42.Kf3-e3 Rg4-h4 43.Rc2-f2 Rh4-h7 44.Rc1-c2 Rh7-h8
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49.Rf2-f1 0.57/19 ] 35.Rd1-h1 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 35.b2-b4 c4xb3 36.Nc5xb3 Rd5-d8 37.Nb3-c5 Rh8-h3 38.Rd1-b1 Rd8-h8 39.Rb1-h1 Rh8-g8 40.Rh1-c1 Rg8-d8 41.Kf3-g2 Rd8-h8 42.Rc1-h1 f5-f4 43.g3xf4 Rh3-a3 44.h2-h4 Ra3xa5 45.Rd2-b2 Bc8-d7 46.h4-h5 Rh8-g8+ 47.Kg2-f3 Ra5-a3+ 48.Kf3-e4 0.46/19 ] 35...Rh8-h3 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 35...Rh8-h3 36.Kf3-e3 Rd5-d8 37.Rh1-c1 Rd8-h8 38.Rc1-c2
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Kc7-d8 42.Nc5xb3 Bc8-d7 43.Rb2-c2 Kd8-e7 44.Nb3-c5 Rh8-b8 45.Nc5xa6 Rb8-a8 46.Na6-b4 Ra8xa5 47.Nb4xc6+ Bd7xc6 48.Rc2xc6 Ra5-a3+ 49.Ke3-f4 Ra3-a7 0.54/21 ] (Diagram 44) 36.Kf3-g2 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 36.Rh1-c1 Rd5-d8 37.Rc1-c2 Rd8-g8 38.Rd2-f2 Rg8-g4 39.Kf3-e3 Rg4-h4 40.b2-b4 c4xb3 41.Rc2-b2 Rh4-h8 42.Nc5xb3 Diagram
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43.Nb3-c5 Rh8-a8 44.Rb2-c2 45.Ke3-d3 Kd8-e7 46.Kd3-c3 47.Kc3-b4 Be8-h5 48.Nc5-b7 49.Nb7-d6 0.42/21 ] (Diagram 46)
White threatens to win material: Kg2xh3 36...Rh3-h8 Diagram [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 36...Rh3-h8 37.h2-h4 Rh8-h5 38.Kg2-f3 Rd5-d8 39.Kf3-e3 Rd8-g8 40.Rh1-h3 Rg8-g4 41.Rd2-f2 Rh5-h7 42.Rf2-f4 Rg4-g6 43.Rf4-f1 Rg6-g4 44.h4-h5 Rh7-h6 45.Rf1-b1 Rg4-g8 46.Rb1-c1 Rg8-h8
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47.Rc1-h1 b5-b4 48.Rh3-h4 Rh8-g8 49.Ke3-f4 Rg8-d8 50.Rh1-d1 0.54/20 Diagram
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37...Rh8-d8 Diagram [ 37...Rh8-h5 38.Rd2-d1 ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 37...Rh8-h5 Diagram
] (Diagram 50) (Diagram 48) 37.h2-h4 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 37.Kg2-f2 Rh8-h3 38.Kf2-e3 Rd5-d8 39.Rh1-c1 Rd8-h8 40.Rc1-c2 Rh8-h4 41.Rd2-f2 Rh4-h5 42.Ke3-f4 Rh5-h7 43.Rf2-d2 Kc7-b8 44.Rd2-g2 Kb8-a7 45.Rg2-f2 Bc8-d7 46.Rc2-c1 Rh7-g7 0.53/19 ] White has a new backward pawn: g3
38.Rh1-f1 Rh5-h8 39.Kg2-f3 Rd5-d8 40.Rf1-h1 Rh8-h5 41.Rh1-c1 Rd8-g8 42.Rd2-h2 Rg8-g4 43.Rc1-d1 Rh5-h8 44.h4-h5 Rh8-h6 45.Rh2-h3 b5-b4 46.Rh3-h2 c4-c3 47.b2xc3 Diagram b4xc3 48.Rd1-c1 Rg4xd4 49.Rc1xc3 Rd4-b4 50.Rc3-c1 Rb4-b5 51.Kf3-f4 Rb5xa5 52.Kf4-g5 Rh6-h7 53.h5-h6 Ra5-a3 54.Kg5-g6 0.51/18 Diagram
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38.Rd2-d1 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 38.Rd2-d1 Rd8-h8 39.h4-h5 Rd5-d8 40.Kg2-f3 Rh8-h6 41.Kf3-f4 Rd8-h8 42.Kf4-g5 Rh6-h7 43.Rh1-h4 Rh8-g8+ Diagram
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44.Kg5-f4 Rg8-h8 45.Rd1-h1 Rh8-d8 46.Kf4-e3 Rd8-h8 47.h5-h6 b5-b4 48.Ke3-f4 Diagram (Diagram 55) Rh8-d8 49.Rh1-c1 Rd8xd4+ 50.Kf4-g5 Rd4-d2 51.Rc1xc4 Rd2-g2 52.Kg5-g6 Rh7-h8 53.Rc4xb4 Rg2xg3+ 54.Kg6-f6 0.59/22 Diagram
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] (Diagram 57) 38...Rd5xd4 Diagram [ 38...Rd8-h8 39.h4-h5 ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 38...Rd8-h8 Diagram
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49.Kf4-e3 c3-c2 50.Ke3-d2 Rh8-d8 51.Nc5-b3 c6-c5 52.Rh1-c1 c5xd4 Diagram (Diagram 59) 53.Rc1xc2+ Kc7-b8 54.Rc2-b2 Kb8-c7 55.Kd2-d3 0.56/20 ]
(Diagram 58) (Diagram 60) 39.h4-h5 Rd5-d8 40.Kg2-f3 Rh8-h6 41.Kf3-f4 Rd8-h8 42.Kf4-g5 Rh6-h7 43.Rh1-h4 Rh8-g8+ 44.Kg5-f4 Rg8-d8 45.h5-h6 Rd8-h8 46.Rd1-h1 b5-b4 47.Rh4-h3 c4-c3 48.b2xc3 b4xc3
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45.b2xc3 b4xc3 46.Nc5-e4 c6-c5 47.Ne4-g5 Bc8-d7 48.Rh1-c1 Bd7-b5 49.Rc1xc3 Kc7-c6 50.Ng5xe6 Rh8xh7 51.Rc3xc5+ Kc6-b7 52.Ne6-d4 Rh7-d7 53.Nd4xb5 a6xb5 Diagram (Diagram 61) 54.e5-e6 Rd7-d3+ 55.Kg3xg4 Rd3-e3 56.Kg4-f5 Kb7-a6 57.Kf5-f6 Ka6xa5 58.e6-e7 Ka5-b6 59.Rc5-c3 Re3-e4 0.89/19 ] 39...Rd8xd4 Diagram [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 39...Rd8xd4 40.h4-h5 Rd4-d8 41.h5-h6 b5-b4 42.g3-g4 f5xg4 43.h6-h7 Rd8-h8
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46.Nc5-e4 c6-c5 47.Ne4-g5 Bc8-d7 48.Rh1-c1 Bd7-b5 49.Rc1xc3 Diagram (Diagram 63) Kc7-c6 50.Ng5xe6 Rh8xh7 51.Rc3xc5+ Kc6-b7 52.Ne6-d4 Rh7-d7 53.Nd4xb5 a6xb5 54.e5-e6 Rd7-d3+ 55.Kg3xg4 Rd3-e3 56.Kg4-f5 Kb7-a6 57.Kf5-f6 Ka6xa5 58.e6-e7 Ka5-b6 59.Rc5-c3 Re3-e4 0.95/20 Diagram
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] (Diagram 65) 40.h4-h5 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 40.h4-h5 Rd4-d8 41.h5-h6 b5-b4 42.g3-g4 f5xg4 43.h6-h7 Rd8-h8 44.Kg2-g3 c4-c3 45.b2xc3 b4xc3 46.Nc5-e4 c6-c5 Diagram (Diagram 66) 47.Ne4-g5 Bc8-d7 48.Rh1-c1 Bd7-b5 49.Rc1xc3 Kc7-c6 50.Ng5xe6 Diagram
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52.Ne6-d4 Rh7-d7 53.Nd4xb5 a6xb5 54.e5-e6 Rd7-d3+ 55.Kg3xg4 Rd3-e3 56.Kg4-f5 Diagram
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] (Diagram 70) 40...Rd4-d8 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 40...Rd4-d8 41.h5-h6 b5-b4 42.g3-g4 f5xg4 43.h6-h7 Rd8-h8 44.Kg2-g3 c4-c3 45.b2xc3 b4xc3 46.Nc5-e4 c6-c5 47.Ne4-g5 Bc8-d7
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48.Rh1-c1 Bd7-b5 49.Rc1xc3 Kc7-c6 50.Ng5xe6 Rh8xh7 51.Rc3xc5+ Kc6-b7 52.Ne6-d4 Rh7-d7 53.Nd4xb5 a6xb5 54.e5-e6 Diagram
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Rd7-d3+ 55.Kg3xg4 Rd3-e3 56.Kg4-f5 Kb7-a6 57.Kf5-f6 Ka6xa5 58.e6-e7 Ka5-b6 59.Rc5-c8 Re3-f3+ 60.Kf6-e6 Rf3-e3+ 61.Ke6-d7 Re3-d3+ 62.Kd7-e8 0.93/22 ] (Diagram 72) 41.h5-h6 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 41.h5-h6 b5-b4 42.g3-g4 f5xg4 43.h6-h7 Rd8-h8 44.Kg2-g3 c4-c3
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45.b2xc3 b4xc3 46.Nc5-e4 c6-c5 47.Ne4-g5 Bc8-d7 Diagram
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48.Rh1-c1 Kc7-c6 49.Rc1xc3 Bd7-e8 50.Rc3-d3 c5-c4 51.Rd3-d8 c4-c3 52.Rd8-d3 c3-c2 53.Rd3-c3+ Kc6-d5 54.Rc3xc2 Kd5xe5 55.Kg3xg4 Ke5-f6 56.Rc2-c7 Kf6-g6 57.Rc7-e7 Be8-b5 58.Re7xe6+ Kg6-g7 59.Re6-e7+ Kg7-g6 60.Re7-f7 Bb5-c4 61.Rf7-c7 Bc4-e2+ 62.Kg4-h4 Diagram Be2-d3 63.Rc7-b7 Bd3-b5 64.Rb7-e7 Bb5-d3 65.Re7-b7 Bd3-b5 0.91/22 ] 41...Rd8-h8?? Diagram [ 41...b5-b4+- ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 41...b5-b4 Diagram
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44.Kg2-g3 c4-c3 45.b2xc3 b4xc3 46.Nc5-e4 c6-c5 47.Ne4-g5 Bc8-d7 48.Rh1-c1 Bd7-b5 49.Rc1xc3 Kc7-c6 50.Ng5xe6 Rh8xh7 51.Rc3xc5+ Kc6-b7 52.Ne6-d4 Rh7-d7 53.Nd4xb5 a6xb5 54.e5-e6 Rd7-d3+ 55.Kg3xg4 Rd3-e3 Diagram
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56.Kg4-f5 Kb7-a6 57.Kf5-f6 Ka6xa5 58.e6-e7 Ka5-b6 59.Rc5-c8 Re3-f3+ 60.Kf6-e5 Rf3-e3+ 61.Ke5-d6 Re3-d3+ 62.Kd6-e6 Rd3-e3+ 63.Ke6-f7 Re3-f3+ 64.Kf7-g7 Rf3-g3+ 65.Kg7-f6 Rg3-f3+ 66.Kf6-e5 0.73/21 ]
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(Diagram 78) sad, but how else could Black save the game? 42.g3-g4 Diagram [Houdini 2. 0c Pro x64: 42.g3-g4 f5xg4 43.Kg2-g3 Bc8-d7 44.Nc5xa6+ Kc7-c8 45.Kg3xg4 c6-c5 46.Kg4-g5 Bd7-c6 47.Rh1-h2 b5-b4 48.Na6xc5 c4-c3 49.b2xc3 b4xc3 50.Rh2-c2 Rh8-g8+ 51.Kg5-f6 Rg8-f8+ 52.Kf6-g7 Rf8-f3 53.h6-h7 Rf3-g3+ 54.Kg7-h6 Rg3-h3+ 55.Kh6-g6 Rh3-g3+ 56.Kg6-f7 Rg3-h3 3.07/17 ] 42...f5xg4 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 42...f5xg4 Diagram 43.Kg2-g3 Bc8-b7 44.Kg3xg4 b5-b4
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47.Nc5xe6+ Kc7-b8 48.Ne6-g5 c6-c5 49.Rh1-c1 Diagram
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Bb7-c8+ 50.e5-e6 Bc8xe6+ 51.Ng5xe6 Rh8xh7 52.Rc1xc3 Rh7-h1 53.Rc3xc5 Rh1-a1 54.Kg4-g5 Kb8-b7 55.Kg5-f6 Ra1-a3 56.Kf6-e7 Kb7-a7 57.Ke7-d6 Ra3-d3+ 58.Kd6-e5 Rd3-e3+ 59.Ke5-f6 Re3-a3 60.Kf6-e5 Ra3-a2 61.Ke5-f5 Ka7-b8 62.Kf5-f6 Ra2-f2+ 63.Rc5-f5 3.25/18 ] 43.Kg2-g3 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 43.Kg2-g3 b5-b4 44.Kg3xg4 Bc8-b7 45.h6-h7 c4-c3 46.b2xc3 b4xc3 47.Nc5xe6+ Kc7-b8 48.Ne6-g5 c6-c5 49.Rh1-c1 Diagram (Diagram 82) Bb7-c8+ 50.e5-e6 Bc8xe6+ 51.Ng5xe6 Rh8xh7 52.Rc1xc3 Rh7-h1 53.Rc3xc5 Rh1-a1 54.Kg4-g5 Kb8-b7 55.Kg5-f6 Ra1-a2 Diagram (Diagram 83) 56.Kf6-e7 Ra2-a3 57.Ke7-d7 Ra3-d3+ 58.Kd7-e8 Kb7-b8 59.Rc5-c7 3.19/17 ] 43...Kc7-d8 Diagram [ 43...b5-b4 doesn't do any good 44.Kg3xg4
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Ka5-a6 57.Rb3-b4 Bf7-e8 3.07/18 ] 44.Kg3xg4 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 44.Kg3xg4 Kd8-e7 45.Kg4-g5 Ke7-f7 46.Rh1-f1+ Kf7-e7 47.Rf1-f4 b5-b4 48.Rf4xc4 b4-b3 49.Nc5xb3 Rh8-g8+ 50.Kg5-h5 Diagram
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Bc8-d7 51.Rc4-g4 Bd7-e8+ 52.Kh5-h4 Be8-g6 53.h6-h7 Bg6xh7 54.Rg4xg8 Bh7xg8 55.Kh4-g5 c6-c5 56.Nb3xc5 Bg8-h7 57.Nc5xa6 Ke7-d7 58.Na6-c5+ Kd7-c6 Diagram (Diagram 89) 59.Nc5xe6 Bh7-d3 60.Ne6-f4 Bd3-e4 61.e5-e6 Kc6-d6 62.Kg5-f6 Be4-c6 63.a5-a6 3.89/19 ] 44...Kd8-e7 Diagram [ 44...b5-b4 doesn't change anything anymore 45.Kg4-g5 b4-b3 46.h6-h7+- ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 44...Kd8-e8
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65.Ng7-f5 Diagram (Diagram 91)
45.Kg4-g5 Ke8-f7 46.Rh1-f1+ Kf7-e7 47.Rf1-f4 b5-b4 48.Rf4xc4 b4-b3 49.Nc5xb3 Rh8-g8+ 50.Kg5-h5 Bc8-d7 51.Rc4-g4 Bd7-e8+ 52.Kh5-h4 Be8-g6 53.h6-h7 Bg6xh7 54.Rg4xg8 Bh7xg8 55.Kh4-g5 c6-c5 56.Nb3xc5 Bg8-f7 57.Nc5xa6 Ke7-d7 58.Na6-c5+ Kd7-c6 Diagram 59.Kg5-f6 Bf7-h5 60.Nc5xe6 Kc6-b5 61.Ne6-g7 Bh5-g4 62.e5-e6 Bg4xe6 63.Kf6xe6 Kb5xa5 64.Ke6-d5 Ka5-b4
(Diagram 93) Kb4-b3 4.08/20 ] (Diagram 94) 45.Kg4-g5 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 45.Kg4-g5 Ke7-f7 46.Rh1-f1+ Kf7-e7 47.Rf1-f4 b5-b4 48.Rf4xc4 b4-b3 49.Nc5xb3 Rh8-g8+ 50.Kg5-h5 Bc8-d7 51.Rc4-g4 Diagram Bd7-e8+ 52.Kh5-h4 Be8-g6 53.h6-h7 Bg6xh7 54.Rg4xg8 Bh7xg8 55.Kh4-g5
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24 Ke7-d7 58.Na6-c5+ Kd7-c6 59.Kg5-f6 Bf7-h5 60.Nc5xe6 Kc6-b5 61.Ne6-g7 Diagram 93
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] (Diagram 98) 45...Ke7-f7 Diagram [ 45...Rh8-g8+ hardly improves anything 46.Kg5-h5+- ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 45...Ke7-f7 46.Rh1-f1+ Kf7-e7 47.Rf1-f4 b5-b4 48.Rf4xc4 b4-b3 49.Nc5xb3 Rh8-g8+
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b5-b4 48.Rf4xc4 b4-b3 49.Nc5xb3 Rh8-g8+ 50.Kg5-h5 Bc8-d7 51.Rc4-g4 Bd7-e8+ 52.Kh5-h4 Diagram
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Bd7-e8+ 52.Kh5-h4 Be8-g6 53.h6-h7 Bg6xh7 54.Rg4xg8 Bh7xg8 55.Kh4-g5 c6-c5 56.Nb3xc5 Bg8-f7 57.Nc5xa6 Ke7-d7 58.Na6-c5+ Kd7-c6 59.Kg5-f6 Bf7-h5 60.Nc5xe6 Kc6-b5 61.Ne6-g7 Bh5-g4 62.e5-e6 Bg4xe6 63.Kf6xe6 Kb5xa5 64.Ke6-d5 Ka5-b4 65.Ng7-f5 Kb4-b3 4.08/20 ]
Be8-g6 53.h6-h7 Bg6xh7 54.Rg4xg8 Bh7xg8 55.Kh4-g5 c6-c5 56.Nb3xc5 Bg8-h7 57.Nc5xa6 Ke7-d7 58.Na6-c5+ Kd7-c6 59.Nc5xe6 Bh7-d3 60.Ne6-f4 Bd3-e4 61.e5-e6 Kc6-b5 62.Kg5-f6 Kb5xa5 63.e6-e7 Be4-c6 64.Kf6-f7 Ka5-b5 65.Nf4-e6 Kb5-b6 66.b2-b4 Bc6-b5 4.23/19 Diagram
(Diagram 100) 46.Rh1-f1+ Diagram [ 46.Kg5-h5+finishes off the opponent ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 46.Rh1-f1+ Kf7-e7 47.Rf1-f4
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Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 46...Kf7-e7 47.Rf1-f4 b5-b4 48.Rf4xc4 b4-b3 49.Nc5xb3 Rh8-g8+ 50.Kg5-h5 Bc8-d7 51.Rc4-g4 Bd7-e8+ 52.Kh5-h4 Be8-g6 53.h6-h7 Bg6xh7 54.Rg4xg8 Bh7xg8 55.Kh4-g5 c6-c5 56.Nb3xc5 Bg8-h7 57.Nc5xa6 Ke7-d7 58.Na6-c5+ Kd7-c6 59.Nc5xe6 Diagram
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Bh7-e4 60.Kg5-f6 Kc6-b5 61.a5-a6 Kb5-b6 62.b2-b4 Be4-c6 63.Ne6-c5 Kb6-b5 64.a6-a7 Kb5-b6 65.b4-b5 Kb6xb5 66.Nc5-e6 Kb5-b6 3.94/21 ] 47.Kg5-g6 Diagram [ 47.Kg5-g6 b5-b4 48.Rf1-d1 Rh8xh6+ 49.Kg6xh6 Kg8-f7 50.Rd1-d8 Bc8-b7 51.Rd8-b8 c4-c3 52.Rb8xb7+ Kf7-e8 53.Rb7xb4 c3-c2 54.Rb4-c4 Ke8-e7 Diagram 104
(Diagram 106) 55.Nc5xa6 Ke7-d8 56.Na6-c5 Kd8-c7 57.Nc5xe6+ Kc7-b8 58.Rc4xc2 Kb8-b7 59.Ne6-d8+ Kb7-c8 60.a5-a6 Kc8-b8 61.Rc2xc6 Kb8-a7 62.Nd8-e6 Ka7-b8 63.Rc6-b6+ Kb8-c8 64.a6-a7 Kc8-d7 65.a7-a8Q Kd7-e7 66.Rb6-d6 Ke7-f7 67.Qa8-f8# ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 47.Kg5-g6 b5-b4 48.Rf1-d1 Rh8xh6+ 49.Kg6xh6 Kg8-f7
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50.Rd1-d8 Bc8-b7 51.Rd8-d7+ Kf7-e8 52.Rd7xb7 c4-c3 53.Rb7xb4 Diagram
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1-0 c3-c2 54.Rb4-c4 Ke8-d8 55.Rc4xc2 Kd8-e8 56.Nc5xa6 c6-c5 57.Na6xc5 Ke8-d8 58.Rc2-c1 Kd8-c7 59.Nc5xe6+ Kc7-d7 60.Ne6-c5+ Kd7-c7 61.Rc1-c2 Kc7-b8 62.a5-a6 Kb8-a8 63.Kh6-g6 Ka8-a7 64.e5-e6 Ka7-b8 65.Kg6-h6 Kb8-a7 66.e6-e7 Ka7-b6 67.Rc2-c4 Kb6-b5 Diagram 68.e7-e8Q+ Kb5xc4 69.Nc5-e6 Kc4-b3 70.a6-a7 Kb3xb2 71.a7-a8Q Kb2-c1 72.Qe8-c6+ Kc1-d2 73.Qa8-a2+ Kd2-e3 74.Qc6-c3+
2 Kiril D Georgiev Vassily Ivanchuk 49/549 Reggio Emilia 49/549 D88: Exchange Grünfeld: Classical Line: 10 Be3 cxd4 11 cxd4 1.d2-d4 Ng8-f6 2.c2-c4 g7-g6 3.Nb1-c3 d7-d5 4.c4xd5 Nf6xd5 Diagram 5.e2-e4 Nd5xc3 6.b2xc3 Bf8-g7
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31.Qb7-d5 Na1-c2 32.Qd5-c6+ Kf6-g7 33.Qc6xc2 Qd8xd7 34.Qc2-c5 0.24/15 ] 21...Qa6-a4 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 21...Bh6-g5 Diagram
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12.Bc4xf7+ Rf8xf7 13.f3xg4 Rf7xf1+ 14.Kg1xf1 c5xd4 15.c3xd4 e7-e5 16.d4-d5 Na5-c4 17.Be3-f2 Qd8-f6 18.Kf1-g1 Ra8-f8 19.Qd1-e1 Bg7-h6 20.Ne2-g3 Qf6-a6 last book move 21.Kg1-h1 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 21.Bf2-c5 Diagram Rf8-c8 22.Bc5-e7 Nc4-e3 23.d5-d6 Ne3-c2 24.d6-d7 Rc8-d8 25.Qe1-d1 Qa6-b6+ 26.Kg1-h1 Nc2xa1 27.Ng3-e2 Kg8-f7 28.Be7xd8 Qb6xd8 29.Qd1-d5+ Kf7-f6 30.Qd5xb7 Bh6-g5
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22.a2-a4 Kg8-g7 23.Bf2-g1 Qa6-d6 24.a4-a5 a7-a6 25.Qe1-c3 Rf8-c8 26.Ra1-f1 Qd6-c7 27.Qc3-b4 Qc7-e7 28.Qb4xe7+ Bg5xe7 29.Bg1-b6 Nc4xb6 30.a5xb6 0.25/16 ;RR 21...Qa6-a3 22.Qe1-e2 b7-b5 23.Ng3-f1 Rf8-c8 24.h2-h4 Bh6-c1 25.Ra1-b1 Nc4-d6 26.g4-g5 Qa3-a4 27.Qe2-g4 Qa4-c2 28.Qg4-e6+ Nd6-f7 29.Rb1xb5 Rc8-d8 30.Kh1-g1 Qc2xe4 31.Nf1-g3 Qe4-d3 32.Rb5-b7
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Qd3xd5 33.Qe6xd5 Rd8xd5 34.Ng3-e4 Rd5-d1+ 35.Kg1-h2 a7-a5 36.Bf2-c5 Naumkin,I (2445)-Pruijssers, R (2310)/Hoogeveen 2005/EXT 2006/ 1-0 (57) ] 22.Qe1-e2 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 22.Bf2-g1 b7-b6 23.Qe1-c3 Rf8-f7 24.Qc3-b3 (RR 24.Ra1-b1 Bh6-d2 25.Qc3-d3 Qa4xa2 26.d5-d6 Nc4xd6 27.Qd3xd6 Qa2xb1 28.Qd6xd2 a7-a5 29.Qd2-d8+ Kg8-g7 30.Qd8-g5 h7-h6 31.Qg5xe5+ Kg7-h7 32.h2-h3 Rf7-d7 33.Ng3-h5 1-0 Seirawan,Y (2635)-Popovic,P (2520)/Manila 1990/CBM 019 (33) ) 24...Qa4xb3 25.a2xb3 Nc4-d6 26.Ra1-a4 Bh6-g5 27.h2-h3 Kg8-g7 28.Ng3-e2 Diagram
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b6-b5 29.Ra4xa7 Rf7xa7 30.Bg1xa7 Nd6xe4 31.Ba7-b8 Kg7-f6 32.Bb8-c7 Bg5-e3 33.Kh1-h2 0.24/17 ] 22...b7-b6 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 22...b7-b6 Diagram (Diagram 115) 23.h2-h4 Rf8-f7 24.g4-g5 Bh6-f8 25.Ra1-e1 b6-b5 26.Ng3-f1 Bf8-d6 27.Re1-c1 Bd6-f8 28.Qe2-c2 Qa4xc2 29.Rc1xc2 Rf7-f4 30.Rc2-e2 Kg8-f7 31.Kh1-h2 0.26/17 ] 23.h2-h4
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Bh6-d2 24.Re1-b1 Qa4xa2 25.Rb1-c1 b6-b5 26.Bf2-c5 Qa2-a4 27.Rc1-f1 Rf8xf1+ 28.Ng3xf1 Bd2-b4 29.Qe2-f2 Bb4xc5 30.Qf2xc5 Qa4-a6 31.Qc5-e7 Qa6-b6 32.Qe7-e8+ Kg8-g7 33.Qe8-d7+ Kg7-g8 0.11/17 ] 23...Bh6-f4N [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 23...Rf8-f7 24.Ra1-e1 Bh6-d2 25.Re1-b1 Bd2-f4 26.Bf2-e1 Nc4-d6 27.Rb1-b4 Qa4-d7 28.Ng3-f1 Qd7-c8 29.g4-g5 Qc8-c5 30.g2-g3 Bf4-c1 31.Kh1-g2 Diagram h7-h5 32.g5xh6 Bc1xh6 33.Rb4-b3
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Kg8-g7 0.24/17 ;RR 23...Rf8-f4 24.Bf2-e1 Bh6-f8 25.Ra1-c1 b6-b5 26.Rc1-c3 Bf8-e7 27.h4-h5 Qa4-a6 28.h5xg6 h7xg6 29.Ng3-f5 g6xf5 30.g4xf5 Qa6-h6+ 31.Rc3-h3 Qh6-g5 32.d5-d6 Be7xd6 33.Qe2-d3 Kg8-g7 34.Be1-d2 Nc4xd2 35.Qd3xd6 Rf4-f1+ 36.Kh1-h2 Qg5-f4+ 37.Rh3-g3+ Qf4xg3+ 0-1 Ftacnik,L (2590)-Kudrin,S (2510)/Reno 1991/EXT 2000 (37) ] 24.Ng3-f1 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 24.Ra1-e1 Nc4-d6 25.g4-g5 Rf8-c8 26.Qe2-g4 Rc8-e8 27.Kh1-g1 Kg8-g7 28.h4-h5 Nd6-f7 29.Ng3-f1 Bf4xg5 30.h5xg6 h7xg6 31.Bf2-e3 Bg5xe3+ 32.Nf1xe3 Qa4-b4 33.Re1-e2 Qb4-c5 34.Qg4-d7 Re8-e7 35.Qd7-c6 Re7-c7 0.20/17 ] 24...Nc4-d6 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 24...Nc4-d6 25.Ra1-e1 Rf8-c8 26.g2-g3 Bf4-h6 27.g4-g5 Bh6-g7 28.Qe2-g4 Rc8-c2 29.Kh1-g1 Qa4xa2 30.Qg4-e6+ Diagram (Diagram 118) Nd6-f7 Qa5-c3 Rc2-c7 Qd3-e2
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Qc4-d5 34.Qb2-a2 Qd5xa2 35.d7-d8Q+ Kg8-f7 36.Qd8-f6+ Kf7-g8 37.Qf6-d8+ Kg8-f7 0.06/18 ] 26.g2-g3 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 26.g4-g5 Rc8-c2 27.Qe2-f3 Rc2xa2 28.Kh1-g1 Qa4-a5 29.g2-g3 Bf4-d2 30.Re1-e2 Bd2-b4 31.Kg1-g2 Ra2xe2 32.Qf3xe2 Qa5-a4 33.Qe2-d3 Bb4-a5 34.Kg2-f3 Qa4-d7 35.Nf1-e3 Qd7-h3 36.Qd3-d1 Qh3-d7 0.07/17 ]
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29.Nf1-e3 Rc2xa2 30.Ne3-g4 Qa4-b4 31.Kh1-g1 Ra2-b2 32.Ng4-f6+ Bg7xf6 33.Qf3xf6 Nd6-f7 34.Re1-e3 Rb2-b3 35.Re3-e2 a7-a5 36.h4-h5 g6xh5 37.g5-g6 h7xg6 38.Qf6xg6+ Kg8-f8 39.Qg6xh5 0.10/19 ] 27.Qe2-f3 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 27.Qe2-f3 Bf4-h6 28.g4-g5 Bh6-g7 29.Nf1-e3 Rc2xa2 30.Ne3-g4 Ra2-a1 31.Re1xa1 Qa4xa1+ 32.Kh1-h2 Qa1-a2 33.Ng4-f6+ Bg7xf6 34.Qf3xf6 Nd6xe4 35.Qf6-d8+ Kg8-f7 36.Qd8-c7+ Kf7-f8 37.Qc7-c8+ Kf8-f7 38.Qc8-d7+ Kf7-f8 39.Qd7-d8+ Kf8-f7 40.Qd8-c7+ -0.07/19 Diagram
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(Diagram 123) ] (Diagram 124) 27...Qa4xa2 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 27...Bf4-h6 28.g4-g5 Bh6-g7 29.Nf1-e3 Rc2xa2 30.Ne3-g4 Qa4-b4 31.Ng4-f6+ Bg7xf6 32.Qf3xf6 Nd6xe4 33.Qf6-e6+ Kg8-f8 34.Qe6-c8+ Kf8-g7 35.Qc8-d7+ Diagram Kg7-g8 36.Qd7-e6+ Kg8-f8 0.06/18 ] 28.Kh1-g1 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64:
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Bf4-c1 29.g4-g5 Qa2-a3 30.Nf1-h2 Qa3xf3+ 31.Kg2xf3 Rc2-c3+ 32.Kf3-g2 a7-a5 33.Nh2-g4 Nd6-c4 34.Re1-e2 b6-b5 35.Bf2-e1 Rc3-d3 36.Re2-c2 Bc1-a3 37.Rc2-c3 Rd3-d1 38.Ng4-f6+ Kg8-f7 0.03/18 ] 28...Bf4-h6 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 28...Bf4-h6 29.g4-g5 Bh6-g7 30.Nf1-e3 Rc2-c7 31.Ne3-g4 Qa2-d2 32.Qf3-a3 Nd6-b5 33.Qa3-a4 Nb5-d6 34.Kg1-g2 Qd2-b2 35.Qa4-d1 Rc7-c2 36.Qd1-f3 Diagram (Diagram 127)
+ + + + p +Q+ kp p + +p+ + +Pp P q +n+ P + + + P r+ + L + + + R +K 28.Kh1-g2 Diagram
Qb2-b4 37.Kg2-h3 a7-a5 38.Ng4-f6+ Bg7xf6 39.g5xf6 a5-a4 40.g3-g4 a4-a3 41.Kh3-g3 0.09/19 ] 125
(Diagram 128) 29.g4-g5 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 29.g4-g5 Bh6-g7 30.Nf1-e3 Rc2-c7 31.Ne3-g4 Qa2-d2 32.Qf3-a3 Nd6-b5 33.Qa3-a4 Nb5-d6 34.Kg1-g2 Qd2-b2 35.Qa4-d1 a7-a5 36.Qd1-a4 Diagram Qb2-c2 37.Qa4xc2 Rc7xc2 38.Kg2-f3 b6-b5 39.Ng4-f6+ Kg8-f7 40.Nf6xh7 b5-b4 41.Re1-a1 Rc2-c3+ Diagram
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This push gains space 29...Bh6-g7 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 29...Bh6-g7 Diagram (Diagram 132) 30.Nf1-e3 Rc2-b2 31.Re1-f1 Rb2-b1 32.Qf3-g4 Rb1xf1+ 33.Ne3xf1 Nd6-f7 34.Nf1-e3 Bg7-f8 35.Qg4-f3 Nf7-d6 36.Ne3-g4 Bf8-g7 37.Ng4-f6+ Bg7xf6 38.Qf3xf6 Nd6xe4 39.Qf6-d8+ Kg8-f7 40.Qd8-c7+ Kf7-g8 41.Qc7-c8+ Kg8-f7 42.Qc8-d7+ Kf7-f8 43.Qd7-d8+ Kf8-f7 44.Qd8-c7+ 0.12/21 ] 30.Nf1-e3
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34 39.Ne3-g4 Qe4-b1+ 40.Kg1-g2 a4-a3 41.Ng4-f6+ Kg8-g7 42.Nf6-e8+ Kg7-g8 43.Ne8-f6+ Kg8-g7 0.06/18 ] 132
Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 30.Nf1-e3 Rc2-b2 31.Re1-f1 Rb2-b1 32.Qf3-g4 Rb1xf1+ 33.Ne3xf1 Nd6-f7 34.Qg4-d7 Bg7-f8 35.Bf2-e3 a7-a5 36.Be3xb6 Qa2-b1 37.Bb6-f2 Qb1xe4 38.Nf1-e3 a5-a4 39.Ne3-g4 Qe4-b1+ 40.Kg1-h2 a4-a3 41.Ng4-f6+ Kg8-g7 42.Qd7-c7 -0.01/18 ]
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White threatens to win material: Ne3xc2 30...Rc2-c7 Diagram [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 30...Rc2-b2 31.Re1-f1 Rb2-b1 32.Qf3-g4 Rb1xf1+ 33.Ne3xf1 Nd6-f7 34.Qg4-d7 Bg7-f8 35.Bf2-e3 a7-a5 36.Be3xb6 Qa2-b1 37.Bb6-f2 Qb1xe4 38.Nf1-e3 a5-a4
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31.Ne3-g4 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 31.Ne3-g4 Qa2-d2 32.Qf3-a3 Nd6-b5 33.Qa3-a4 Nb5-d6 34.Kg1-g2 Qd2-b2 35.Qa4-d1 Rc7-c2 36.Qd1-d3 Rc2-c3 37.Qd3-e2 Diagram
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Qb2xe2 38.Re1xe2 Rc3-b3 39.Re2-c2 Rb3-d3 40.Rc2-c7 Rd3-a3 41.Ng4-f6+ Bg7xf6 42.g5xf6 Nd6xe4 0.00/19 ] 31...Rc7-f7 Diagram [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 31...Qa2-d2 32.Qf3-a3 Nd6-b5 33.Qa3-a4 Nb5-d6 34.Kg1-g2 Qd2-c3 35.Qa4-a2 Qc3-b4
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36.Re1-e2 Rc7-f7 37.Qa2-a6 b6-b5 38.Qa6-c6 a7-a5 39.Qc6-c5 Qb4xc5 40.Bf2xc5 Nd6-c4 41.Re2-e1 b5-b4 42.Re1-c1 b4-b3 43.Rc1xc4 b3-b2 44.Bc5-d6 b2-b1Q 45.Rc4-c8+ Rf7-f8 46.Ng4-f6+ Bg7xf6 0.10/17 ]
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Black threatens to win material: Rf7xf3 32.Qf3-e3 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 32.Qf3-e3 Diagram
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Nd6-c4 33.Qe3-d3 Nc4-d6 34.Kg1-g2 b6-b5 35.Re1-e2 Qa2-c4 36.Qd3xc4 Nd6xc4 37.Ng4-e3 Nc4xe3+ 38.Bf2xe3 b5-b4 39.d5-d6 Rf7-d7 40.Be3-c5 a7-a5 41.Re2-a2 Bg7-f8 42.Ra2xa5 Bf8xd6 43.Bc5xd6 Rd7xd6
44.Ra5xe5 Kg8-f7 45.Re5-b5 Rd6-d2+ 46.Kg2-f3 Rd2-d3+ 47.Kf3-e2 0.04/18 ]
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32...Qa2-c2 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 32...Nd6-c4 33.Qe3-d3 Nc4-d6 34.Kg1-g2 b6-b5 35.Re1-e2 Qa2-c4 36.Qd3xc4 Nd6xc4 37.Ng4-e3 Nc4xe3+ 38.Bf2xe3 b5-b4 39.Be3-c5 b4-b3 40.Re2-b2 Rf7-c7 41.Bc5-a3 Rc7-b7 42.Kg2-f3 Kg8-f7 0.14/17 ]
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33.h4-h5 [ 33.Qe3-e2 Qc2-c3= ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 33.Kg1-g2 Diagram Qc2-c4 34.Qe3-e2 Qc4xe2 35.Re1xe2 Kg8-f8 36.Bf2-e1 a7-a5
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37.Re2-c2 Rf7-d7 38.Kg2-f3 a5-a4 39.Be1-b4 Kf8-e7 40.Bb4xd6+ Rd7xd6 41.Rc2-c7+ Rd6-d7 42.Rc7-c6 Rd7-d6 0.08/16 ] 33...Nd6-c4 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 33...Nd6-c4 34.Qe3-c1 Qc2xc1 35.Re1xc1 g6xh5 36.Rc1xc4 h5xg4 37.Rc4-c8+ Bg7-f8 38.Kg1-f1 Rf7-d7 39.Kf1-e2 Kg8-f7 40.Ke2-d3 Bf8-d6 41.Bf2-e3 Diagram
+R+ + + p +r+k+p p l + + + +Pp P + +P+p+ + +KL P + + + + + + + + Rd7-c7 Rc7-e7 Rf7-d7 Rd7-c7 Ke7-d7
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42.Rc8-h8 Kf7-g7 43.Rh8-e8 44.Re8-c8 Re7-f7 45.Rc8-c6 46.Be3-d2 Kg7-f7 47.Kd3-c4 48.Kc4-b5 Kf7-e7 49.Bd2-e1 -0.08/10 ] 34.Qe3-c1 Diagram
[ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 34.Qe3-c1 Qc2xc1 35.Re1xc1 g6xh5 36.Rc1xc4 h5xg4 37.Rc4-c8+ Bg7-f8 38.Kg1-f1 Rf7-d7 39.Kf1-e2 Kg8-f7 40.Ke2-d3 Bf8-d6 41.Bf2-e3 Rd7-c7 Diagram
+R+ + + p r +k+p p l + + + +Pp P + +P+p+ + +KL P + + + + + + + + 42.Rc8-h8 44.Re8-c8 46.Be3-d2 48.Kc4-b5 -0.22/23 ]
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Kf7-g7 43.Rh8-e8 Rc7-e7 Re7-f7 45.Rc8-c6 Rf7-d7 Kg7-f7 47.Kd3-c4 Rd7-c7 Kf7-e7 49.Bd2-e1 Ke7-d7
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34...Qc2xc1 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 34...Qc2xc1 Diagram 35.Re1xc1 g6xh5 36.Rc1xc4 h5xg4 37.Rc4-c8+ Bg7-f8 38.Kg1-f1 Rf7-d7 39.Kf1-e2 Kg8-f7 40.Ke2-d3 Bf8-d6
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41.Bf2-e3 Rd7-c7 42.Rc8-h8 Kf7-g7 43.Rh8-e8 Rc7-e7 44.Re8-d8 Bd6-b4 45.Rd8-c8 Re7-f7 46.Kd3-e2 Bb4-f8 47.Ke2-d3 Bf8-e7 48.Rc8-c7 Be7-d6 -0.10/21 ] 35.Re1xc1 Diagram [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 35.Re1xc1 g6xh5 36.Rc1xc4 h5xg4 37.Rc4-c8+ Bg7-f8 38.Kg1-f1 Rf7-d7 39.Kf1-e2 Kg8-f7 40.Ke2-d3 Bf8-d6 41.Bf2-e3 Rd7-c7 42.Rc8-h8 Kf7-g7 43.Rh8-e8 Rc7-e7 44.Re8-c8 Re7-f7 45.Rc8-c6 Rf7-d7 46.Be3-d2 Kg7-f7 47.Kd3-c4 Rd7-c7 48.Kc4-b5 Kf7-e7 Diagram
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(Diagram 145) 49.Bd2-e1 Ke7-d7 -0.18/23 ] (Diagram 146) 35...g6xh5 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 35...g6xh5 36.Rc1xc4 h5xg4 37.Rc4-c8+ Bg7-f8 38.Kg1-f1 Rf7-d7 39.Kf1-e2 Kg8-f7 40.Ke2-d3 Bf8-d6 41.Bf2-e3 Rd7-c7 42.Rc8-h8 Kf7-g7 43.Rh8-e8 Rc7-e7 44.Re8-c8 Re7-f7 45.Rc8-c6 Rf7-d7 46.Kd3-c4 Kg7-f7 47.Be3-d2 Rd7-c7 48.Kc4-b5 Kf7-e7 49.Bd2-e1 Diagram Ke7-d7 -0.09/22 ]
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36.Rc1xc4 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 36.Rc1xc4 Diagram
+ + +k+ p + +rlp p + + + + +Pp Pp +R+P+N+ + + + P + + L + + + + K
+ + + + p rk+ +p pRl + + +K+Pp P + +P+p+ + + + P + + + + + + L + Rc7-e7 Rf7-d7 Rd7-c7 Ke7-d7
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h5xg4 37.Rc4-c8+ Bg7-f8 38.Kg1-f1 Rf7-d7 39.Kf1-e2 Kg8-f7 40.Ke2-d3 Bf8-d6 41.Bf2-e3 Rd7-c7 42.Rc8-h8 Kf7-g7 43.Rh8-e8 Rc7-e7 44.Re8-c8 Re7-f7 45.Rc8-c6 Rf7-d7 46.Be3-d2 Kg7-f7 47.Kd3-c4 Rd7-c7 48.Kc4-b5 Kf7-e7 49.Bd2-e1 Ke7-d7 -0.17/21 Diagram ] 36...h5xg4 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 36...h5xg4 37.Rc4-c8+ Bg7-f8 38.Kg1-f1 Rf7-d7 39.Kf1-e2 Kg8-f7 40.Ke2-d3 Bf8-d6 41.Bf2-e3 Rd7-c7 42.Rc8-h8 Kf7-g7 43.Rh8-e8
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44.Re8-c8 Re7-f7 45.Rc8-c6 46.Kd3-c4 Kg7-f7 47.Be3-d2 48.Kc4-b5 Kf7-e7 49.Bd2-e1 -0.09/20 ]
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Black has a new backward pawn: h7 37.Rc4-c8+ Diagram [ 37.Kg1-f1 Bg7-f8 38.Kf1-e2 Bf8-d6! ;Houdini 2. 0c Pro x64: 37.Rc4-c8+ Diagram (Diagram 152) Bg7-f8 38.Kg1-f1 Rf7-d7 39.Kf1-e2 Kg8-f7 40.Ke2-d3 Bf8-d6 41.Bf2-e3 Rd7-c7 42.Rc8-h8 Kf7-g7 43.Rh8-e8 Rc7-e7 44.Re8-c8 Re7-f7 45.Rc8-c6
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Rf7-d7 46.Be3-d2 Kg7-f7 47.Kd3-c4 Rd7-c7 48.Kc4-b5 Kf7-e7 49.Bd2-e1 Ke7-d7 -0.15/21 Diagram
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Kf7-e7 49.Kd3-c3 Rd7-b7 50.Ba5-b4 Bd6xb4+ -0.10/21 ] (Diagram 156)
(Diagram 154) 37...Bg7-f8 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 37...Bg7-f8 38.Kg1-f1 Rf7-d7 39.Kf1-e2 Kg8-f7 40.Ke2-d3 Bf8-d6 41.Bf2-e3 Rd7-c7 42.Rc8-h8 Kf7-g7 43.Rh8-e8 Rc7-e7 44.Re8-c8 Diagram Re7-f7 45.Rc8-c6 Rf7-d7 46.Be3-d2 Kg7-f7 47.Bd2-c3 b6-b5 48.Bc3-a5
38.Bf2-e1 [ 38.Kg1-g2 Diagram (Diagram 157) Kg8-g7! ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 38.Kg1-f1 Rf7-d7 39.Rc8-e8 Rd7-e7 40.Re8-c8 Kg8-f7 41.Rc8-c6 Re7-d7 42.Rc6-f6+ Kf7-e8 43.Kf1-e2 Rd7-d6 44.Rf6-f5 Diagram Bf8-g7 45.Bf2-e1 a7-a5 46.Be1-c3
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40 Ke8-d7 49.Re5-f5 Rd6-g6 50.Ke2-d3 -0.14/16 ] 38...Kg8-g7 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 38...Kg8-g7 Diagram 156
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39.Kg1-g2 Bf8-d6 40.Be1-c3 Rf7-c7 41.Rc8-d8 Rc7xc3 42.Rd8-d7+ Kg7-f8 43.Rd7xd6 a7-a5 44.Rd6xb6 a5-a4 45.Rb6-b8+ Kf8-f7 46.Kg2-f2 a4-a3 47.Rb8-b7+ Kf7-g6 48.d5-d6 Rc3-d3 49.Rb7-a7 Rd3xd6 50.Ra7xa3 Rd6-d2+ 51.Kf2-e1 Rd2-d4 52.Ra3-a7 Diagram (Diagram 160) Rd4xe4+ 53.Ke1-f2 Re4-b4 54.Ra7-e7 Rb4-b2+ 55.Kf2-e3 Rb2-b3+ 56.Ke3-e4 Rb3xg3 57.Ke4xe5 -0.27/14 Diagram
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a5-a4 47.Bc3xe5 Bg7xe5 48.Rf5xe5+
(Diagram 161) ] 39.Be1-c3 Diagram [ 39.Kg1-g2 Diagram (Diagram 162) Bf8-d6∓ ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 39.Kg1-g2 Bf8-d6 40.Be1-c3 Rf7-c7 41.Rc8-d8 Rc7xc3 42.Rd8-d7+ Kg7-f8 43.Rd7xd6 a7-a5 44.Rd6xb6 a5-a4
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Kf8-f7 46.Kg2-f2 a4-a3 47.Rb8-b7+ Kf7-g6 48.d5-d6 Rc3-d3 49.Rb7-a7 Rd3xd6 Diagram 161
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50.Ra7xa3 Rd6-d2+ 51.Kf2-e1 Rd2-d4 52.Ra3-a7 Rd4xe4+ 53.Ke1-f2 Re4-b4 54.Ra7-e7 Rb4-b2+ 55.Kf2-e3 Rb2-b3+ 56.Ke3-e4 Diagram
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(Diagram 165) Rb3xg3 57.Ke4xe5 -0.34/13 Diagram ] 39...Bf8-d6∓ [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64:
45.Rb6-b8+ Diagram
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40.Kg1-g2 Rf7-c7 41.Rc8-d8 Rc7xc3 42.Rd8-d7+ Kg7-f8 43.Rd7xd6 a7-a5 44.Rd6xb6 a5-a4 45.Rb6-b8+ Kf8-f7 46.Kg2-f2 a4-a3 47.Rb8-b7+ Kf7-g6 48.d5-d6 Rc3-d3 49.Rb7-a7 Rd3xd6 50.Ra7xa3 Rd6-d2+ 51.Kf2-e1 Rd2-d4 52.Ra3-a7 Rd4xe4+ 53.Ke1-f2 Diagram
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Re4-b4 54.Ra7-e7 Rb4-b2+ 55.Kf2-e3 Rb2-b3+ 56.Ke3-e4 Rb3xg3 57.Ke4xe5 -0.27/17 ] 40.Rc8-c6 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 40.Kg1-g2 Rf7-c7 41.Rc8-d8 Rc7xc3 42.Rd8-d7+ Kg7-f8 43.Rd7xd6 a7-a5 44.Rd6xb6 a5-a4 45.Rb6-b8+ Kf8-f7
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46.Kg2-f2 a4-a3 47.Rb8-b7+ Kf7-g6 Diagram
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48.d5-d6 Rc3-d3 49.Rb7-a7 Rd3xd6 50.Ra7xa3 Rd6-d2+ 51.Kf2-e1 Rd2-d4 52.Ra3-a7 Rd4xe4+ 53.Ke1-f2 Re4-b4 54.Ra7-e7 Rb4-b2+ 55.Kf2-e3 Rb2-b3+ 56.Ke3-e4 Rb3xg3 57.Ke4xe5 -0.34/19 ] 40...Bd6-c5+ Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 40...Rf7-c7 41.Rc6xd6 Rc7xc3 42.Kg1-f2 Rc3-f3+ 43.Kf2-e2 Rf3xg3 44.Rd6-d7+ Kg7-g6 45.d5-d6 Rg3-g2+ 46.Ke2-e3 Diagram
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(Diagram 171) Rg2-g1 47.Ke3-e2 g4-g3 48.Rd7xa7 Rg1-d1 49.Ke2-f3 Rd1xd6 Diagram (Diagram 172) 50.Kf3xg3 b6-b5 51.Ra7-b7 Kg6xg5 52.Rb7-g7+ Kg5-h6 53.Rg7-b7 Rd6-d4 54.Rb7xb5 Rd4xe4 55.Kg3-f3 Re4-e1 56.Rb5-b6+ Kh6-g5 -0.47/19 ] 41.Kg1-g2 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 41.Kg1-g2 Rf7-f2+ 42.Kg2-h1 Bc5-d4 43.Bc3xd4 e5xd4 44.Rc6-c7+ Kg7-g6 45.Kh1-g1 Rf2-f8 46.Rc7xa7 b6-b5 47.Ra7-a6+ Kg6xg5 48.Ra6-b6
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54.Kg2-f2 Re3-e2+ 55.Kf2-f1 h7-h5 56.Rd5xd3 Re2xe5 57.Kf1-f2 Diagram
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Re5-f5+ 58.Kf2-g2 Rf5-b5 59.Rd3-d2 Rb5-c5 60.Rd2-d3 Rc5-f5 61.Rd3-d4 Rf5-b5 62.Rd4-d2 Rb5-c5 -0.21/23 Diagram
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Kg7-g6 45.Kh1-g1 Rf2-f8 46.Rc7xa7 b6-b5 47.Ra7-a6+ Kg6xg5 48.Ra6-b6 Rf8-f3 49.Kg1-g2 d4-d3 50.Rb6xb5 Kg5-f6 51.d5-d6 Kf6-e6 52.Rb5-d5 Ke6-d7 53.e4-e5 Rf3-e3 54.Kg2-f2 Re3-e2+ 55.Kf2-f1 h7-h5 56.Rd5xd3 Re2xe5 57.Kf1-f2 Re5-f5+ 58.Kf2-g2 Rf5-b5 59.Rd3-d2 Rb5-b6 60.Rd2-d5 Rb6xd6 61.Rd5xh5 Rd6-d2+ Diagram
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h7-h5 56.Rd5xd3 Re2xe5 57.Kf1-f2 Re5-f5+ 58.Kf2-g2 Rf5-b5 59.Rd3-d2 Rb5-b6 60.Rd2-d5 Rb6xd6 61.Rd5xh5 Rd6-d2+ 62.Kg2-g1 Kd7-e6 -0.22/20 ] 42...Bc5-d4 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 42...Bc5-d4 43.Bc3xd4 e5xd4 44.Rc6-c7+ Kg7-g6 45.Kh1-g1 Rf2-f8 46.Rc7xa7 b6-b5 47.Ra7-a6+ Kg6xg5 48.Ra6-b6 Rf8-f3 49.Kg1-g2 d4-d3 50.Rb6xb5 Kg5-f6 51.d5-d6 Kf6-e6 52.Rb5-d5 Ke6-d7 53.e4-e5 Rf3-e3 54.Kg2-f2 Re3-e2+ 55.Kf2-f1 h7-h5 56.Rd5xd3 Re2xe5 Diagram (Diagram 182) 57.Kf1-f2 Re5-f5+ 58.Kf2-g2 Rf5-b5 59.Rd3-d2 Rb5-b6 60.Rd2-d5 Rb6xd6 61.Rd5xh5 Rd6-d2+ 62.Kg2-g1 Kd7-e6 -0.15/21 ] 43.Bc3-b4 Diagram [ 43.Kh1-g1!? Rf2-d2+ 44.Bc3xd4 Rd2xd4 45.Rc6-c7+ Kg7-g6 46.Rc7xa7 Rd4xe4 47.Ra7-e7∓ ;Houdini 2.0c Pro
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(Diagram 184) (Diagram 186) e5xd4 44.Kh1-g1 Rf2-f7 45.Rc6-c4 d4-d3 46.Rc4-d4 Kg7-f8 47.Rd4xd3 a7-a5 48.Rd3-b3 Rf7-b7 49.Rb3-a3 Rb7-e7 50.Ra3-b3 a5-a4 51.Rb3xb6 Re7xe4 52.Kg1-f2 Re4-d4 53.d5-d6 a4-a3 54.Rb6-a6 Rd4-d3 55.Ra6-a7 -0.17/17 ] 43...Rf2-f7 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 43...Rf2-f7 44.Kh1-g2 a7-a5 45.Bb4-c3 a5-a4 46.d5-d6 Rf7-f2+ 47.Kg2-g1 Rf2-d2+ 48.Bc3xd4
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Diagram (Diagram 188) b6-b5 45.d5-d6 Bd4xc3 46.Rc6xc3 Rf7-f1+ 47.Kh1-g2 Rf1-d1 48.Rc3-c7+ Kg7-g6∓ ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 44.Kh1-g2 a7-a5 45.Bb4-c3 a5-a4 46.d5-d6 Rf7-f2+ 47.Kg2-g1 Rf2-f8+ 48.Bc3xd4 e5xd4 49.Rc6-c7+ Kg7-g6 50.d6-d7 Diagram Rf8-d8 51.Kg1-f2 a4-a3 52.Rc7-a7 Kg6xg5 53.Kf2-e2 Kg5-f6 54.Ke2-d3 a3-a2 55.Ra7xa2 Rd8xd7 56.Ra2-a6 Rd7-d6 57.Ra6-a7 Diagram
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45.Re6-c6 Diagram [ 45.Kh1-g2 a7-a5 46.Bb4-e1 Rb7-f7-+ ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 45.Kh1-g2 Diagram a7-a5 46.Bb4-e1 a5-a4 47.Be1-b4 Rb7-a7 48.d5-d6 b6-b5 49.Re6-e8
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terrible, but the game is lost in any case 46...a5xb4 Diagram [Houdini 2. 0c Pro x64: 46...a5xb4 47.Kh1-g2 b4-b3 48.Rc6-c7+ Kg7-f8 49.Rc7-c8+ Kf8-f7 50.Rc8-c1 b3-b2 51.Rc1-b1 Rb7-d7 52.Kg2-f1 Rd7xd6 53.Kf1-e2 Kf7-g6 54.Ke2-d2 Kg6xg5 55.Kd2-c2 Rd6-c6+ 56.Kc2-d1 Rc6-c3 57.Rb1xb2 Rc3xg3 58.Rb2-h2 h7-h5 59.Kd1-e1 Rg3-e3+ 60.Ke1-f1 Re3xe4 61.Rh2-d2 h5-h4 62.Kf1-g2
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(Diagram 203) ] 48.Rc7xb7 Diagram [ 48.g5-g6 what else? h7xg6 49.d6-d7-+
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] 52...Ke6-e7 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 52...Ke6-e7 53.Rf8-f1 Ke7xd8 54.Rf1-d1 Kd8-d7 55.Kh1-g2 Kd7-d6 56.Rd1-b1 Kd6-c6 57.Kg2-f1 Kc6-c5 58.Kf1-e1 Kc5-c4 59.Ke1-d2 Kc4-b3 60.Rb1-d1 Bd4-f2 61.Kd2-e2 Bf2xg3 62.Rd1-d3+ Kb3-a2 63.Rd3xg3 b2-b1Q 64.Rg3-e3 b6-b5 65.Ke2-f2 Qb1-b2+ 66.Re3-e2 Qb2xe2+ 67.Kf2xe2 b5-b4 68.Ke2-f2 b4-b3 69.Kf2-g3 b3-b2 70.Kg3xg4 b2-b1Q 71.Kg4-f5 Qb1-b2 72.Kf5-f6 Qb2-h2 73.Kf6-e6 Qh2-f4 74.Ke6-d5 Ka2-b3 75.Kd5-e6 Qf4xe4 Diagram (Diagram 210) 76.Ke6-d6 Qe4-d4+ 77.Kd6-e6 Kb3-c4 -10.97/28 ] 53.Rf8-f1 Diagram [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 53.Rf8-f1 Ke7xd8 54.Rf1-d1 Kd8-c7 55.g5-g6 h7xg6 56.Kh1-g2 Kc7-c6 57.Kg2-f1 Kc6-c5 58.Kf1-e2 Kc5-c4 59.Ke2-d2 Kc4-b3 60.Kd2-d3 Bd4-f2 61.Kd3-e2 Bf2xg3 62.Rd1-g1 Kb3-c2 63.Rg1xg3 b2-b1Q 64.Rg3-g1 Qb1-b5+ 65.Ke2-f2 Qb5-c5+ 66.Kf2-f1 Qc5-f8+ 67.Kf1-e1 Qf8-b4+ 68.Ke1-f1 Qb4-c4+ 69.Kf1-g2 Qc4-e2+ 70.Kg2-h1 b6-b5
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72.Kf5-e4 b2-b1Q+ 73.Ke4xe5 Qb1-d3 74.Ke5-f6 Ka2-b3 75.Kf6-e6 Qd3-d4 76.Ke6-f5 Qd4-e3 77.Kf5-f6 Qe3-f4+ 78.Kf6-e7 Qf4-e5+ 79.Ke7-d7 Kb3-c4 -10.00/17 ] 54.Rf1-b1 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 54.Kh1-g2 Kd8-c7 55.g5-g6 h7xg6 56.Rf1-d1 Kc7-d6 57.Kg2-f1 Kd6-c5 58.Kf1-e2 Kc5-c4 59.Ke2-d2 Kc4-b3 60.Kd2-d3 Bd4-f2 61.Kd3-e2 Bf2xg3 62.Rd1-d3+ Kb3-a2 63.Rd3xg3 b2-b1Q 64.Rg3xg4 b6-b5 65.Ke2-f2 Qb1-c2+ 66.Kf2-g3 b5-b4 67.Rg4xg6 Qc2-d3+ 68.Kg3-f2 b4-b3 69.Rg6-g7 Qd3-d4+ 70.Kf2-f3 b3-b2 71.Rg7-b7 b2-b1Q 72.Rb7xb1 Ka2xb1 73.Kf3-e2 Kb1-c2 74.Ke2-f3 Qd4-d3+ 75.Kf3-g4 Qd3xe4+ 76.Kg4-h5 Qe4-f5+ 77.Kh5-h4 -10.01/18 ] 54...Kd8-c7 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 54...Kd8-c7 55.Kh1-h2 Kc7-c6 56.Kh2-g2 Kc6-c5 57.Kg2-f1 Kc5-c4 58.Kf1-e2 Kc4-b3 59.Ke2-d3 Bd4-f2 60.Kd3-e2 Bf2xg3 61.Ke2-f1 Kb3-c2 62.Rb1xb2+ Kc2xb2 63.Kf1-g2 Bg3-f4 64.g5-g6 h7xg6 65.Kg2-f1 g4-g3 66.Kf1-e1 Kb2-c2 67.Ke1-f1 b6-b5 68.Kf1-e2 Kc2-b1 69.Ke2-f1 b5-b4 70.Kf1-g2 Kb1-c2 71.Kg2-f1 Kc2-b2 72.Kf1-e2 b4-b3 73.Ke2-f3 Kb2-b1 74.Kf3-g2 Kb1-c2 75.Kg2-h3 b3-b2 -10.51/21 ] (Diagram 212)
53...Ke7xd8 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 53...Ke7xd8 54.Kh1-g2 Kd8-c7 55.Rf1-d1 Kc7-d6 56.Kg2-f1 Kd6-c5 57.Kf1-e2 Kc5-c4 58.g5-g6 h7xg6 59.Ke2-d2 Kc4-b3 60.Kd2-d3 Bd4-f2 61.Kd3-e2 Bf2xg3 62.Rd1-d3+ Kb3-a2 63.Rd3xg3 b2-b1Q 64.Rg3xg4 b6-b5 65.Ke2-f2 Qb1-c2+ 66.Kf2-g3 b5-b4 67.Rg4xg6 Qc2-d3+ 68.Kg3-g4 Qd3xe4+ 69.Kg4-g5 Qe4xg6+ 70.Kg5xg6 b4-b3 71.Kg6-f5 b3-b2
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73.Kf1-g2 Kb2-b1 74.Kg2-f1 -10.48/19 ] 55...Kc7-c6 [ 55...Kc7-d6 might be the shorter path 56.Rb1-d1-+ ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 55...Kc7-d6 56.Kg2-f1 Kd6-c5 57.Kf1-e1 Kc5-c4 58.Ke1-d2 Kc4-b3 59.g5-g6 h7xg6 60.Rb1-d1 Bd4-f2 61.Kd2-e2 Bf2xg3 62.Rd1-d3+ Kb3-a2 63.Rd3xg3 b2-b1Q 64.Rg3xg4 b6-b5 65.Ke2-d2 Qb1-b2+ 66.Kd2-e1 Qb2-c3+ 67.Ke1-f2 b5-b4 68.Rg4xg6 Qc3-d4+ 69.Kf2-f1 Qd4-d3+ 70.Kf1-f2 Qd3xe4 71.Rg6-g7 Qe4-f5+ 72.Kf2-g2 b4-b3 73.Rg7-a7+ Ka2-b1 74.Ra7-g7 b3-b2 75.Kg2-h2 Qf5-f2+ 76.Kh2-h3 Qf2-f3+ 77.Kh3-h2 e5-e4 78.Rg7-g1+ Kb1-c2 -9.81/16 ] 56.Kg2-f1 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 56.Kg2-f1 Kc6-c5 57.Kf1-e1 Kc5-c4 58.Ke1-d2 Kc4-b3 59.Rb1-d1 Bd4-f2 60.Kd2-e2 Bf2xg3 61.Rd1-d3+ Kb3-a2 62.Rd3xg3 b2-b1Q 63.Ke2-f2 Qb1xe4 64.Rg3-g2 b6-b5 65.Rg2-h2 Qe4-f4+ 66.Kf2-g1+ Qf4xh2+ 67.Kg1xh2 b5-b4 68.Kh2-g3 b4-b3 69.Kg3xg4 Diagram b3-b2 70.Kg4-f5 b2-b1Q+ 71.Kf5xe5 Ka2-b3 72.Ke5-f4 Qb1-g6 73.Kf4-g4 Qg6-e4+ 74.Kg4-g3 Qe4-f5 75.Kg3-g2 Qf5-f4 76.Kg2-g1 Qf4xg5+ 77.Kg1-f2 Qg5-f5+ 78.Kf2-g1 h7-h5 79.Kg1-g2
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Qf5-e4+ -10.42/22 ] 56...Kc6-c5 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 56...Kc6-c5 57.Kf1-e1 Kc5-c4 58.Ke1-d2 Kc4-b3 59.Rb1-d1 Bd4-f2 60.Kd2-e2 Bf2xg3 61.Rd1-d3+ Kb3-a2 62.Rd3xg3 b2-b1Q 63.Rg3-e3 b6-b5 64.Ke2-f2 Qb1-b2+ 65.Re3-e2 Qb2xe2+ 66.Kf2xe2 b5-b4 67.Ke2-f2 b4-b3 68.Kf2-g3 b3-b2 69.Kg3xg4 b2-b1Q 70.Kg4-f5 Qb1-b2 71.g5-g6 h7xg6+ 72.Kf5xg6 Ka2-b3 73.Kg6-f5 Kb3-c4 74.Kf5-e6 Kc4-d4 75.Ke6-f5 Qb2-d2 76.Kf5-e6 Kd4xe4 -10.24/22 ] (Diagram 214) 57.Kf1-e2 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 57.Kf1-e1 Kc5-c4 58.Ke1-d2 Kc4-b3 59.Rb1-d1 Bd4-f2 60.Kd2-e2 Bf2xg3 61.Rd1-d6 b2-b1Q 62.Rd6xb6+ Kb3-c2 63.Rb6-c6+ Kc2-b2 64.Rc6-b6+ Kb2-c1 65.Rb6xb1+ Kc1xb1 66.Ke2-f1 Bg3-f4 67.Kf1-e2 Kb1-c2 68.Ke2-f2 Kc2-d3 69.Kf2-g2 Bf4xg5 70.Kg2-g1 h7-h5 71.Kg1-f2 Kd3xe4 72.Kf2-g2 Ke4-f4 73.Kg2-f2 h5-h4 74.Kf2-g2 e5-e4 75.Kg2-f2 h4-h3 76.Kf2-f1 g4-g3 77.Kf1-g1 e4-e3 -9.39/20 ] 57...Kc5-c4 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 57...Kc5-c4
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58.Ke2-d2 Kc4-b3 59.Rb1-d1 Bd4-f2 60.Kd2-e2 Bf2xg3 61.Rd1-d6 b2-b1Q 62.Rd6xb6+ Kb3-c2 63.Rb6-c6+ Kc2-b2 64.Rc6-b6+ Kb2-c1 65.Rb6xb1+ Kc1xb1 66.Ke2-f1 Bg3-f4 67.g5-g6 h7xg6 68.Kf1-e1 Kb1-c2 69.Ke1-e2 g4-g3 70.Ke2-e1 Kc2-d3 71.Ke1-f1 Kd3xe4 72.Kf1-g2 Ke4-e3 73.Kg2-g1 Ke3-f3 -6.87/15 ] 58.Ke2-d2 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 58.Ke2-d2 Kc4-b3 59.Rb1-d1 Bd4-f2 60.Kd2-e2 Bf2xg3 61.Rd1-d6 b2-b1Q 62.Rd6xb6+ Kb3-c2 63.Rb6-c6+ Kc2-b2 64.Rc6-b6+ Kb2-c1 65.Rb6xb1+ Kc1xb1 66.g5-g6 h7xg6 67.Ke2-d2 Bg3-f4+ 68.Kd2-d1 Kb1-b2 69.Kd1-e1 Kb2-c2 70.Ke1-e2 g4-g3 71.Ke2-e1 Kc2-d3 72.Ke1-f1 Kd3xe4 73.Kf1-g2 Ke4-e3 74.Kg2-g1 Ke3-f3 -6.93/16 ] (Diagram 215) 58...Kc4-b3 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 58...Kc4-b3 59.Rb1-d1 Bd4-f2 60.Kd2-e2 Bf2xg3 61.Rd1-d6 b2-b1Q 62.Rd6xb6+ Kb3-c2 63.Rb6-c6+ Kc2-b2 64.Rc6-b6+ Kb2-c1 65.Rb6xb1+ Kc1xb1 66.Ke2-f1 Bg3-f4 67.g5-g6 h7xg6 68.Kf1-f2 Kb1-c2
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69.Kf2-f1 Kc2-d3 70.Kf1-g2 Kd3xe4 71.Kg2-f2 g4-g3+ 72.Kf2-g2 Ke4-e3 73.Kg2-g1 Ke3-f3 -6.87/17 ] 59.Rb1-f1 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 59.Rb1-d1 Bd4-f2 60.Kd2-e2 Bf2xg3 61.Rd1-d6 b2-b1Q 62.Rd6xb6+ Kb3-c2 63.Rb6-c6+ Kc2-b2 64.Rc6-b6+ Kb2-c1 65.Rb6xb1+ Kc1xb1 66.Ke2-f1 Bg3-f4 67.Kf1-e2 Kb1-c2 68.Ke2-f2 Kc2-d3 69.Kf2-g2 Bf4xg5 70.Kg2-g3 h7-h5 71.Kg3-f2 Kd3xe4 72.Kf2-g3 Ke4-e3 73.Kg3-g2 Ke3-f4 74.Kg2-f2 h5-h4 75.Kf2-f1 h4-h3 76.Kf1-g1 g4-g3 77.Kg1-h1 e5-e4 78.Kh1-g1 e4-e3 -7.79/18 ] 59...b6-b5 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 59...b6-b5 60.Rf1-b1 Bd4-f2 61.Rb1-d1 Bf2xg3 62.Rd1-b1 Bg3-f4+ 63.Kd2-e1 Bf4xg5 64.Ke1-d1 g4-g3 65.Kd1-e2 Kb3-c2 66.Rb1-d1 b2-b1Q 67.Rd1xb1 Kc2xb1 68.Ke2-f3 b5-b4 69.Kf3xg3 b4-b3 70.Kg3-g4 b3-b2 71.Kg4xg5 Kb1-c2 72.Kg5-f5 Kc2-d3 73.Kf5xe5 b2-b1Q 74.Ke5-f4 Qb1-h1 75.Kf4-e5 Qh1xe4+ 76.Ke5-d6 Qe4-e2 77.Kd6-d7 Qe2-e5 -10.68/17 ] 60.Kd2-d3 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 60.Rf1-b1 Bd4-f2 61.Rb1-d1 Bf2xg3 62.Rd1-b1 Bg3-f4+ 63.Kd2-e1 Bf4xg5 64.Ke1-d1 g4-g3 65.Kd1-e2 Kb3-c2
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60...Kb3-a2 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 60...Kb3-a2 61.Kd3-c2 b5-b4 62.Kc2-d3 b2-b1Q+ 63.Rf1xb1 Ka2xb1 64.Kd3-c4 Kb1-c2 65.Kc4xb4 Kc2-d3 66.Kb4-b5 Kd3xe4 67.Kb5-c6 Ke4-f3 68.Kc6-d5 Kf3xg3 69.Kd5-e4 Kg3-f2 70.Ke4-f5 g4-g3 71.Kf5-f6 g3-g2 72.Kf6-e6 g2-g1Q 73.Ke6-d5 Qg1-g2+ 74.Kd5-d6 Qg2xg5 75.Kd6-d5 Qg5-g1 76.Kd5-e6 Qg1-g4+ 77.Ke6-d5 Qg4-d7+ 78.Kd5-c4 e5-e4 79.Kc4-b3 e4-e3 80.Kb3-c4 e3-e2 -17.07/21 ] 61.Kd3-c2 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 61.Kd3-c2 b5-b4 62.Kc2-d3 b2-b1Q+ 63.Rf1xb1 Ka2xb1 64.Kd3-c4 Kb1-c2 65.Kc4xb4 Kc2-d3 66.Kb4-b5 Kd3xe4 67.Kb5-c6 Ke4-f3 68.Kc6-d5 Kf3xg3 69.Kd5-e4 Kg3-f2 70.Ke4-f5 g4-g3 71.Kf5-f6 g3-g2 72.Kf6-e6 g2-g1Q 73.Ke6-d5 Qg1-g2+ 74.Kd5-d6 Qg2xg5 75.Kd6-d5 Qg5-g1 76.Kd5-e6 Qg1-g4+ 77.Ke6-d5
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61...b5-b4 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 61...b5-b4 62.Kc2-d3 b2-b1Q+ 63.Rf1xb1 Ka2xb1 64.Kd3-c4 Kb1-c2 65.Kc4xb4 Kc2-d3 66.Kb4-b5 Kd3xe4 67.Kb5-c6 Ke4-f3 68.Kc6-d5 Kf3xg3 69.Kd5-e4 Kg3-f2 70.Ke4-f5 g4-g3 71.Kf5-f6 g3-g2 72.Kf6-e6 g2-g1Q 73.Ke6-d5 Qg1-g2+ 74.Kd5-d6 Qg2xg5 75.Kd6-d5 Qg5-g1 76.Kd5-e6 Qg1-g4+ 77.Ke6-d5 Qg4-d7+ 78.Kd5-c4 e5-e4 79.Kc4-b3 e4-e3 80.Kb3-c2 e3-e2 -16.71/19 ] (Diagram 218) 62.g5-g6 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 62.Kc2-d3 b2-b1Q+ 63.Rf1xb1 Ka2xb1 64.Kd3-c4 Kb1-c2 65.Kc4xb4 Kc2-d3 66.Kb4-a4 Bd4-f2 67.Ka4-b5 Bf2xg3 68.Kb5-c6 Kd3xe4 69.Kc6-d6 Bg3-f4 70.g5-g6 h7xg6 71.Kd6-e6 g4-g3 72.Ke6-f6 g3-g2 73.Kf6xg6 g2-g1Q+ 74.Kg6-f7 Qg1-a7+ 75.Kf7-f6 Qa7-a6+ 76.Kf6-g7 Ke4-f3 77.Kg7-f7 e5-e4 78.Kf7-f8 Qa6-f6+ 79.Kf8-e8 e4-e3 80.Ke8-d7 e3-e2 -16.92/20 ] 62...h7xg6 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 62...h7xg6 63.Kc2-d3
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b2-b1Q+ 64.Rf1xb1 Ka2xb1 65.Kd3-c4 Kb1-c2 66.Kc4xb4 Kc2-d3 67.Kb4-b5 Bd4-f2 68.Kb5-c6 Kd3xe4 69.Kc6-d6 Bf2xg3 70.Kd6-e6 Bg3-e1 71.Ke6-f6 g4-g3 72.Kf6xg6 g3-g2 73.Kg6-f6 g2-g1Q 74.Kf6-f7 Qg1-g5 75.Kf7-e6 Qg5-g8+ 76.Ke6-d7 Qg8-d5+ 77.Kd7-e7 Be1-h4+ 78.Ke7-f8 Qd5-d7 79.Kf8-g8 Bh4-d8 -14.44/15 ] 63.Rf1-h1 Diagram [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 63.Kc2-d3 b2-b1Q+ 64.Rf1xb1 Ka2xb1 65.Kd3-c4 Kb1-c2 66.Kc4xb4 Kc2-d3 67.Kb4-b5 Bd4-f2 68.Kb5-c6 Kd3xe4 69.Kc6-d6 Bf2xg3 70.Kd6-e6 Bg3-e1 71.Ke6-f6 g4-g3 72.Kf6xg6 g3-g2 73.Kg6-f7 g2-g1Q 74.Kf7-e6 Qg1-g8+ 75.Ke6-e7 Be1-h4+ 76.Ke7-d7 Qg8-d5+ 77.Kd7-c8 Qd5-c6+ 78.Kc8-b8 Bh4-d8 -14.69/16 ] (Diagram 219) 63...b4-b3+ Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 63...b4-b3+ 64.Kc2-d3 b2-b1Q+ 65.Rh1xb1 Ka2xb1 66.Kd3-c4 b3-b2 67.Kc4-d5 Kb1-c1 68.Kd5-e6 b2-b1Q 69.Ke6-d7 Qb1-b6 70.Kd7-e7 Bd4-e3 71.Ke7-d7 Be3-c5 72.Kd7-c8 Qb6-c6+ 73.Kc8-b8
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64.Kc2-d3 [ 64.Kc2-d2 does not save the day b2-b1Q 65.Rh1xb1 Ka2xb1 66.Kd2-d3 b3-b2 67.Kd3-c4 Kb1-c1 68.Kc4-d5 b2-b1Q 69.Kd5-e6 Qb1xe4 70.Ke6-d6 Qe4-b7 71.Kd6-e6 Qb7-c6+ 72.Ke6-e7 e5-e4 73.Ke7-f7 Qc6-f6+ 74.Kf7-e8 Qf6-e6+ 75.Ke8-f8 Qe6-d7 76.Kf8-g8 Qd7-g7# ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 64.Kc2-d2 b2-b1Q 65.Rh1xb1 Ka2xb1 66.Kd2-d3 b3-b2 67.Kd3-c4 Kb1-c1 68.Kc4-d5 b2-b1Q 69.Kd5-d6 Qb1-b6+ 70.Kd6-e7 Bd4-e3 71.Ke7-d7 Be3-c5 72.Kd7-c8 Qb6-c6+ 73.Kc8-b8
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65.Rh1xb1 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 65.Rh1xb1 Ka2xb1 66.Kd3-c4 b3-b2 67.Kc4-d5 Kb1-c1 68.Kd5-e6 b2-b1Q 69.Ke6-d7 Qb1-b6 70.Kd7-e7 Bd4-e3 71.Ke7-d7 Be3-c5 72.Kd7-c8 Qb6-c6+ 73.Kc8-b8 Qc6-d7 74.Kb8-a8 Qd7-a7# -#10/27 ] 65...Ka2xb1 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 65...Ka2xb1 66.Kd3-c4 b3-b2 67.Kc4-d5 Kb1-c1 68.Kd5-e6 b2-b1Q 69.Ke6-d7 Qb1-b6 70.Kd7-e7 Bd4-e3 71.Ke7-d7 Be3-c5 72.Kd7-c8 Qb6-c6+ 73.Kc8-b8 Qc6-d7 74.Kb8-a8 Qd7-a7# -#10/24 ] (Diagram 222) 66.Kd3-d2 [ 66.Kd3-c4 doesn't get the cat off the tree b3-b2 67.Kc4-d5 Kb1-c1 68.Kd5-d6 b2-b1Q 69.Kd6-e7 Qb1-d3 70.Ke7-d7 Qd3-b5+ 71.Kd7-e6 Qb5-e8+ 72.Ke6-f6
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] 70.Kd5-e6 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 70.Kd5-d6 Qg1-f1 71.Kd6-e6 Qf1-f8 72.Ke6-d7 Qf8-f7+ 73.Kd7-d6 Ka2-b3 68...b2-b1Q [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 74.Kd6-c6 Qf7-e7 75.Kc6-b5 Qe7-c5+ 68...b2-b1Q 69.Kc4-d5 Qb1-b6 76.Kb5-a6 Qc5-b6# -#7/24 ] 70.Kd5-c4 Qb6-b3# -#3/9 ] 69.Kc4-d5 70...Qg1xg3 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 70...Qg1-f1 71.Ke6-e7 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 69.Kc4-d5 Qb1-b3+ 70.Kd5-d6 Qb3-f7 Qf1-a6 72.Ke7-f7 Bd4-c5 73.Kf7-g7 71.Kd6-c6 Qf7-e7 72.Kc6-d5 Ka2-b3 Qa6-e6 74.Kg7-h7 Bc5-f8 75.Kh7-h8 73.Kd5-c6 Kb3-b4 74.Kc6-d5 Qe6-f6+ 76.Kh8-g8 Qf6-g7# -#7/23 ] 71.Ke6-f6 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: Qe7-d7# -#6/1 ] 69...Qb1-g1 [ 69...Qb1-b6 70.Kd5-c4 71.Ke6-d6 Qg3-f4 72.Kd6-e6 g4-g3 Qb6-b3# ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 73.Ke6-d6 g3-g2 74.Kd6-d5 Qf4-f7+
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Rf8-d8 23.Rd1-d3 Rd4xd3 24.c2xd3 Qb6-d6 25.Re1-e3 Kg8-f8 26.Re3-g3 Qd6-d4+ 27.Kg1-f1 Qd4-a1+ 28.Kf1-f2 Qa1xa2+ Jozsa,C (2180)Katai,D (2211)/Hungary 2007/EXT 2008/0-1 (42) ] 14...a6-a5 15.c2-c4N [ RR 15.Bc1-g5 Rf8-e8 16.Ra1-d1 Qd8-c7 17.Qe1-e3 Bb7-a6 18.Rf1-e1 Nf6-g4 19.Qe3-f3 Qc7-a7+ 20.Bg5-e3 Ng4xe3 21.Qf3xe3 Qa7xe3+ 22.Re1xe3 Nd7-f6 23.Na4-b6 Ra8-b8 24.Nb6-d5 Nf6xd5 25.Rd1xd5 Ba6-b5 26.Rd5xb5 Rb8xb5 27.Bb3-a4 Re8-b8 28.Ba4xb5 Rb8xb5 29.Re3-d3 Rb5-c5 Armanda,I (2331)-Muhvic,D (2252)/ Rijeka 2001/EXT 2002/0-1 (65) ] 15...Qd8-c7 16.Qe1-e2 Rf8-c8 Diagram
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22.Rf1-e1 last book move [Houdini 2. 0c Pro x64: 22.Rc2-c1 Ra6-a8 23.Rf1-d1 Bb7-c6 24.h2-h3 Qb8-b7 25.Bb3-c2 Rc8-d8 26.Kg1-h1 Nd7-c5 27.Na4xc5 d6xc5 28.Bf2-g1 a5-a4 29.Rc1-a1 a4-a3 -0.18/14 ] 22...Qb8-a8 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 22...Bb7-c6 23.Rc2-c1 Ra6-a8 24.Bb3-c2 Qb8-c7 25.Ng3-f1 Rc8-d8 26.Nf1-d2 Ra8-c8 27.Rc1-d1 Nd7-c5 28.Na4xc5 d6xc5 29.Nd2-b3 Qc7-b6 30.Rd1-d3 -0.29/15 Diagram
17.Bc1-g5 Nd7-c5 The pressure on (Diagram 236) e4 grows 18.Ra1-c1 h7-h6 19.Bg5-e3 Nc5-d7 20.Be3-f2 Ra8-a6 last book ] move 21.Rc1-c2 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 21.Rf1-d1 Qc7-c6 22.c4-c5 (Diagram 237) Nd7xc5 23.Na4xc5 d6xc5 24.Bb3-d5 Nf6xd5 25.e4xd5 Qc6-f6 26.Ng3-e4 23.Qe2-d3 [ 23.Rc2-c1 Bb7-c6! ; Qf6xf5 27.Bf2xc5 Be7-g5 28.Ne4xg5 Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 23.h2-h3 Qf5xg5 29.Bc5-e3 Qg5-f5 30.Rd1-f1 Diagram Qf5-g6 31.Rc1xc8+ Bb7xc8 -0.31/14 ] Nd7-c5 24.Na4xc5 d6xc5 25.Rc2-d2 21...Qc7-b8 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Ra6-d6 26.Rd2xd6 Be7xd6 27.Bb3-c2 Pro x64: 21...Qc7-c6 22.Rf1-e1 Bd6-e7 28.Ng3-h5 Nf6xh5 29.Qe2xh5
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Rc8-d8 29.Qd3-c4 Kg8-h8 30.Kf1-g1 d6xc5 31.Nd2-f3 Nf6xe4 32.Kg1-h1 Ne4-d6 33.Qc4xc5 Bc6xf3 34.g2xf3 Qa7-b7 35.Bb3-d5 Qb7-d7 36.Bd5-c6 Ra6xc6 37.Qc5xc6 Qd7xf5 -0.80/14 ] 27...Qa8-a7+ Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 27...Qa8-a7+ 28.Kf2-f1 Nf6-g4 29.c4-c5 d6xc5 30.Nd2-c4 Be7-g5 31.Rc1-d1 Ng4xh2+ 32.Kf1-g1 Nh2-g4 33.Qd3-g3 h6-h5 34.Qg3-h3 Ng4-f6 35.Bb3-c2 Rc8-e8 36.b2-b3 h5-h4 -1.70/14 ] 28.Kf2-e2 [ 28.Kf2-f1!?-+ ;Houdini 2. 0c Pro x64: 28.Kf2-f1 Nf6-g4 29.c4-c5 d6xc5 30.Nd2-c4 Be7-g5 31.Rc1-d1
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Ng4xh2+ 32.Kf1-g1 Nh2-g4 33.Qd3-g3 h6-h5 34.Qg3-h3 Ng4-f6 35.Bb3-c2 Rc8-e8 36.b2-b3 Bc6xa4 37.b3xa4 Qa7-c7 -1.46/14 ] 28...Rc8-d8 [ 28...Nf6-g4 29.Qd3-f3 Ng4xh2-+ ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 28...Kg8-h8 29.Qd3-e3 Qa7-b7 30.Bb3-c2 Be7-d8 31.Re1-d1 Qb7-d7 32.Qe3-b3 Kh8-g8 33.c4-c5 d6-d5 34.Nd2-f3 Bd8-c7 -1.84/13 ] 29.Bb3-d1? [ 29.Ke2-f1-+ ;Houdini 2. 0c Pro x64: 29.Rc1-d1 Nf6-g4 30.Qd3-f3 Ng4xh2 31.Qf3-g3 Qa7-d7 32.Qg3xh2 Bc6xa4 33.Ke2-f1 Be7-f6 34.Nd2-f3 Ba4-c6 35.Bb3-c2 Bc6-b7 36.Kf1-g1 Qd7-c7 37.b2-b3 a5-a4 38.Qh2-h5 a4xb3 39.a2xb3 Qc7-c5+ 40.Kg1-h1 -1.14/15 ] 29...d6-d5! Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 29...d6-d5 30.Qd3-e3 Qa7xe3+ 31.Ke2xe3 d5xc4 32.h2-h4 Rd8-d3+ 33.Ke3-e2 Rd3xd2+ 34.Ke2xd2 Nf6xe4+ 35.Re1xe4 Bc6xe4 36.Rc1xc4 Be4xf5 37.Kd2-e3 Bf5-e6 38.Rc4-c7 Be7-d8 39.Rc7-c5 Be6xa2 40.Bd1-c2 g7-g6 41.g2-g3 Ra6-e6 42.b2-b3 Kg8-g7 43.Rc5-d5 Bd8-c7 -3.62/16 ] doomsday 30.c4xd5 [ 30.c4xd5 Nf6-g4 Diagram
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Combination ; 30.e4xd5 Nf6-g4 Diagram (Diagram 246) Combination ; ∆30.-- d5xe4 Diagram (Diagram 247) Wins material ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 30.Qd3-e3 Qa7xe3+ 31.Ke2xe3 d5xc4 32.h2-h4 Rd8-d3+ 33.Ke3-e2 Rd3xd2+ 34.Ke2xd2 Nf6xe4+ 35.Re1xe4 Bc6xe4 36.Rc1xc4 Be4xf5 37.Kd2-e3 Bf5-e6 38.Rc4-c7 Be7-d8
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39.Rc7-c5 Be6xa2 40.Bd1-c2 g7-g6 41.g2-g3 Ra6-e6 42.b2-b3 Kg8-g7 43.Rc5-d5 -3.20/16 ] 30...Nf6xd5! Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 30...Nf6xd5 31.e4xd5 Rd8xd5 32.Qd3-e3 Qa7xe3+ 33.Ke2xe3 Be7-g5+ 34.Ke3-f3 Rd5-c5+ 35.Kf3-f2 Rc5xc1 36.Nd2-f3 Bg5-f6 37.Bd1-b3 Rc1xe1 38.Kf2xe1 Ra6-a7 39.Ke1-e2 e5-e4 40.Nf3-d2 Ra7-c7 41.Na4-b6 Bf6xb2 42.Nb6-c4 Bc6-b5 43.Ke2-e3 Bb2-f6 44.Nc4-d6 -5.33/15 ] leaving no more doubts 31.e4xd5 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 31.e4xd5 Rd8xd5 32.Qd3-c2 Be7-g5 33.Nd2-c4
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Rd5-d4 34.Ke2-f1 Bg5xc1 35.b2-b3 Bc1-g5 36.Bd1-f3 Bc6xa4 37.b3xa4 Qa7-c5 38.Nc4-e3 Qc5xc2 39.Ne3xc2 Rd4-d2 40.Bf3-e4 Ra6-d6 41.Re1-e2 Rd2xe2 42.Kf1xe2 Rd6-d2+ 43.Ke2-f3 f7-f6 44.h2-h3 Kg8-f7 45.g2-g3 Rd2-h2 -5.04/16 ] 31...Rd8xd5 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 31...Rd8xd5 32.Qd3-c2 Be7-g5 33.Nd2-c4 Rd5-d4 34.Ke2-f1 Bg5xc1 35.b2-b3 Bc1-g5 36.Bd1-f3 Bc6xa4 37.b3xa4 Qa7-c5 38.Nc4-e3 Qc5xc2 39.Ne3xc2 Rd4-d2 40.Bf3-e4 Ra6-d6 41.Kf1-g1 Rd2-d1 42.Kg1-f1 Rd1xe1+ 43.Nc2xe1 -4.04/13 ] (Diagram 249) 32.Qd3-b3 [ 32.Qd3-e3 does not improve anything Qa7xe3+ 33.Ke2xe3 Be7-g5+ 34.Ke3-f3 Rd5-c5+ 35.Kf3-f2 Rc5xc1-+ ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 32.Qd3-c2 Be7-g5 33.Nd2-e4 Bg5xc1 34.Qc2xc1 Bc6-b5+ 35.Ke2-f3 Rd5-d3+ 36.Kf3-g4 Qa7-d7 37.g2-g3 Rd3xd1 38.Qc1xd1 Qd7xd1+ 39.Re1xd1 Bb5-e2+ 40.Kg4-h4 Be2xd1 41.Na4-c5 Ra6-c6 42.a2-a4 b4xa3 43.b2xa3 Bd1-f3 44.g3-g4 Bf3xe4 45.Nc5xe4 Rc6-c4 46.Ne4-d6
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Rc4-c2 -4.52/14 ] 32...Be7-g5 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 32...Rd5xd2+ 33.Ke2xd2 Qa7-f2+ 34.Bd1-e2 Bc6-e4 35.Rc1-c8+ Kg8-h7 36.Rc8-c5 Be7xc5 37.Na4xc5 Ra6-d6+ 38.Nc5-d3 Be4xd3 39.Qb3xd3 Rd6xd3+ 40.Kd2xd3 Qf2xe1 41.f5-f6 g7xf6 42.Kd3-e3 Qe1-g1+ 43.Ke3-d2 Qg1xg2 -12.93/11 ]
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33.Rc1-c2 [ 33.Nd2-e4 the only chance to get some counterplay Bg5xc1 34.Ke2-f1-+ ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 33.Nd2-e4 Bg5xc1 34.Ke2-f1 Diagram Bc1-d2 35.Re1-e2 Qa7-d4 36.Qb3-f3
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Bd2-f4 37.Bd1-b3 Bf4xh2 38.Re2-e3 Bc6-b5+ 39.Kf1-f2 Bh2-f4 40.Bb3xd5 Bf4xe3+ 41.Qf3xe3 Qd4xd5 42.Ne4-c5 Ra6-c6 43.Kf2-g3 Qd5xa2 -6.55/14 Diagram
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] 33...Bg5xd2 Diagram [ 33...Bg5xd2 34.Na4-c5 Bd2xe1 35.Ke2xe1 Rd5xc5-+ ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 33...Bg5xd2 34.Rc2-c5 Bd2xe1 35.Qb3-e3 Bc6-b5+ 36.Ke2xe1 Bb5xa4 37.Bd1xa4 Qa7xc5 38.Qe3xc5 Rd5xc5 39.Ke1-e2 Rc5-d5 40.Ba4-b3 Rd5-d4 41.Ke2-e1 Rd4-e4+ 42.Ke1-f2 Ra6-d6 43.Kf2-f3 Re4-f4+ 44.Kf3-e2 Rf4xf5 45.Bb3-c2
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Rf5-f4 -11.92/13 Diagram
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7.Bb5xd7+ Bc8xd7 8.Bc1-g5 h7-h6 ] 9.Bg5xf6 g7xf6 10.c2-c4 [RR 10.Nb1-c3 e7-e6 11.Ra1-d1 Bf8-e7 12.Qd4-d3 Ra8-c8 13.Nf3-d4 Rc8-c5 14.Kg1-h1 Rc5-g5 15.f2-f4 Rg5-g7 16.f4-f5 Rh8-g8 17.Rd1-d2 Qd8-c8 254 18.Qd3-h3 Rg7-h7 19.Nc3-e2 e6-e5 20.Nd4-b3 h6-h5 21.Ne2-c3 Bd7-c6 22.Qh3-f3 Rg8-g4 23.Rf1-d1 b7-b6 24.Qf3-e3 Qc8-b7 Rublevsky,S (2650)Akhmadeev,V (2440)/Kazan 1997/CBM 063/1-0 (36) ] 10...e7-e6 11.Nb1-c3 Ra8-c8 12.Kg1-h1N [RR 12.Ra1-c1 h6-h5 (RR 12...Bf8-e7 13.b2-b4 Qd8-c7 14.Nf3-d2 h6-h5 15.Rf1-e1 Ke8-f8 16.Re1-e3 Rh8-h6 17.f2-f4 d6-d5 18.c4-c5 Qc7xf4 19.Rc1-f1 0-1 Qf4-e5 20.Qd4xe5 f6xe5 21.e4xd5 Be7-g5 22.Re3-e2 e6xd5 23.Nd2-f3 Bg5-f6 24.Nf3xe5 Bd7-e6 25.Nc3-a4 4 B51 Rc8-d8 26.Na4-b6 d5-d4 27.Rf1-d1 Vassily Ivanchuk Arngrimsson,D (2323)-Deepan Garry Kasparov Chakkravarthy,J (2492)/Yerevan 2007/ 51/184 Linares 51/184 1991 CBM 120 ext/0-1 (38) ) 13.Rf1-d1 h5-h4 14.h2-h3 Bf8-e7 15.b2-b4 B51: Sicilian: Moscow Variation (3 Qd8-c7 16.Qd4-e3 Rh8-h5 17.Nc3-e2 Bb5+) without 3...Bd7 Be7-f8 18.Nf3-h2 Bd7-a4 19.Nh2-g4 1.e2-e4 c7-c5 2.Ng1-f3 d7-d6 Bf8-e7 20.Rd1-d2 f6-f5 21.e4xf5 3.Bf1-b5+ Nb8-d7 4.d2-d4 Diagram Rh5xf5 22.Qe3-c3 Qc7-d8 23.c4-c5 Ng8-f6 5.0-0 c5xd4 6.Qd1xd4 a7-a6 d6-d5 24.Ne2-d4 Rf5-f4 25.Nd4-f3
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a6-a5 26.a2-a3 a5xb4 Ciron (2571)Schurick (2465)/playchess.com INT 2006/EXT 2007/1-0 (63) ;RR 12.a2-a4 h6-h5 13.b2-b4 h5-h4 14.h2-h3 Rh8-h5 15.Rf1-e1 Bf8-e7 16.Re1-e3 Qd8-c7 17.Nf3-d2 Ke8-f8 18.Ra1-b1 Kf8-g8 19.Qd4-d3 Kg8-h8 20.Qd3-e2 Rh5-h7 21.Kg1-h1 Rc8-g8 22.f2-f4 Be7-f8 23.f4-f5 Bf8-h6 24.Re3-f3 Bh6-g5 25.Qe2-f2 Rh7-g7 26.Rb1-d1 Kh8-h7 Ovetchkin,R (2475)-Paragua,M (2529)/Alushta 2004/CBM 103/0-1 (80) ] 12...h6-h5 13.a2-a4 h5-h4 14.h2-h3 Bf8-e7 15.b2-b4 a6-a5 16.b4-b5 Qd8-c7 17.Nf3-d2 Diagram
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Qc7-c5 18.Qd4-d3 Rh8-g8 19.Ra1-e1 last book move last book move Qc5-g5 Black has a mate threat [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 19...Rg8-g7 20.Nc3-d1 f6-f5 21.e4xf5 Qc5xf5 22.Nd2-e4 Qf5-f4 23.Nd1-e3 f7-f5 24.Ne3xf5 e6xf5 25.Ne4xd6+ Ke8-f8 26.Nd6xc8 Bd7xc8 Diagram (Diagram 257) 27.c4-c5 Qf4-c7 28.c5-c6 b7xc6 29.Qd3-c3 c6-c5 30.Re1-e5 c5-c4 31.Rf1-d1 Be7-b4 32.Qc3-d4 Qc7-b7 33.Qd4-d8+ Kf8-f7 0.06/16 ] 20.Rf1-g1
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Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 20.Rf1-g1 Ke8-f8 21.Nc3-d1 f6-f5 22.Nd1-c3 Qg5-f4 23.e4xf5 Qf4xf5 24.Nd2-e4 Bd7-e8 25.Re1-d1 Qf5-e5 26.Rd1-f1 Be8-d7 27.f2-f4 Qe5-f5 28.Qd3-d4 -0.06/16 ]
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20...Qg5-f4 Diagram [ 20...b7-b6 21.Nd2-b3= ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 20...Ke8-f8 21.Nc3-d1 f6-f5 22.Nd1-c3 Qg5-f4 23.e4xf5 Qf4xf5 24.Nd2-e4 Bd7-e8 25.Re1-d1 Qf5-e5 26.Rg1-e1 Qe5-g7 27.Re1-g1 Rc8-d8 28.Qd3-f3 f7-f5 29.Qf3-f4 Be8-h5 0.10/17 ] Black threatens to win material: Qf4xf2 21.Re1-f1 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro
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x64: 21.Re1-e2 Ke8-f8 22.Nd2-f3 f6-f5 23.Rg1-e1 Rc8-c5 24.Re2-c2 Kf8-g7 25.e4xf5 Qf4xc4 26.Qd3-d1 Rc5xf5 27.Re1-e4 Qc4-c5 Diagram
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28.Qd1-d2 Rf5xf3 29.g2xf3 Qc5-f5 30.Re4-g4+ Kg7-h7 31.Kh1-g2 d6-d5 32.Rc2-c1 Be7-f6 0.18/17 ] (Diagram 261) 21...b7-b6 [ 21...Rc8-c7 22.Nd2-f3= ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 21...f6-f5 Diagram 22.Nc3-e2 Qf4-e5 23.Rf1-d1 Ke8-f8 24.e4xf5 Qe5xf5 25.Nd2-e4 d6-d5
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26.c4xd5 e6xd5 27.Qd3xd5 Qf5xd5 28.Rd1xd5 Bd7-e6 29.Rd5-d4 Rc8-c2 30.Ne2-f4 Be6-b3 31.Nf4-d5 Bb3xd5 32.Rd4xd5 Rc2-c4 33.Rg1-e1 Rc4xa4 34.Rd5-d7 0.13/16 ] 22.Nc3-e2 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 22.Nd2-f3 Diagram (Diagram 263) Qf4-h6 23.Rf1-d1 Rc8-c7 24.Rd1-d2 Ke8-f8 25.Nc3-e2 Qh6-h7 26.Rg1-c1 Rc7-c5 27.Ne2-f4 Qh7-g7 28.Rc1-g1 f6-f5 29.Rg1-d1 f5xe4 30.Qd3xe4 0.30/16 ] 22...Qf4-h6 Diagram
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[ 22...Qf4-e5 23.f2-f4 Qe5-c5 24.f4-f5$ ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 22...Qf4-g5 23.f2-f4 Diagram
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33.Rg1-e1 Qh6-g6 34.Qd3-d5 0.36/16 ] 23...Rc8xc5 Diagram [ 23...d6xc5!? should be considered 24.Nd2-c4 Rc8-b8$ ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 23...d6xc5 24.Nd2-c4 Rc8-b8 25.f2-f4 Bd7-c8 Diagram 264
Qg5-c5 24.f4-f5 Qc5-b4 25.Rf1-b1 Qb4-c5 26.Rb1-f1 Qc5-b4 0.09/17 ] (Diagram 265) 23.c4-c5 White threatens to win material: c5xb6 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 23.f2-f4 Ke8-f8 24.f4-f5 Rc8-c5 25.Nd2-b3 Rc5-e5 26.Nb3-d4 d6-d5 27.c4xd5 e6xd5 28.Ne2-c3 Rg8-g3 29.Rf1-f3 d5xe4 30.Nc3xe4 Rg3xf3 31.Nd4xf3 Bd7xf5 32.Nf3xe5 f6xe5
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26.f4-f5 Ke8-f8 27.Ne2-f4 Rg8-g3 28.Qd3-d1 Qh6-h7 29.f5xe6 Bc8xe6 30.Qd1-e2 Be6xc4 31.Qe2xc4 Rg3-e3 32.Rf1-e1 Re3xe1 33.Rg1xe1 Be7-d6 34.Nf4-d5 Qh7-g6 35.Re1-d1 Kf8-g8 -0.05/17 ] 24.Nd2-c4 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 24.Nd2-c4 Qh6-g6 25.Nc4xb6 f6-f5 26.e4-e5 Diagram
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Rc5xe5 27.Rf1-c1 f5-f4 28.Qd3-d2 f4-f3 29.g2xf3 Re5-g5 30.Qd2xa5 Qg6-d3 31.Qa5-a8+ Be7-d8 32.Rg1xg5 Rg8xg5 33.Nb6xd7 Ke8xd7 34.Qa8-c6+ Kd7-e7 35.Qc6-e4 Qd3xe4 36.f3xe4 Rg5-e5 37.f2-f3 Ke7-d7 38.Rc1-g1 Diagram (Diagram 269) f7-f5 39.Ne2-d4 f5xe4 40.Rg1-g7+ Kd7-c8 41.Kh1-g2 d6-d5 42.Kg2-f2 Bd8-b6 0.58/15 ] 24...Ke8-f8 Diagram [ 24...Qh6-g6!? Diagram
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25...Bd7-e8 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 25...Bd7-e8 26.f2-f4 Kf8-g7 Diagram (Diagram 276)
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+ +lkr+ + + lp+ N pp+ q pP+ +r+ P+ + P p + +Q+ +P + +N+P+ + + +RRK
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34.Qd2-d6+ Kf8-g7 Diagram (Diagram 280)
(Diagram 278) 26.f2-f4 Diagram [ 26.Rf1-c1 f6-f5 27.e4xf5 Rc5xf5+- ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 26.f2-f4 f6-f5 27.e4xf5 Rc5xf5 Diagram (Diagram 279) 28.Rf1-c1 Rf5-c5 29.Rc1xc5 d6xc5 30.Nb6-c8 Qh6-f6 31.Qd3-d2 Qf6-f5 32.Nc8xe7 Kf8xe7 33.Rg1-d1 Ke7-f8
35.Rd1-c1 Qf5-e4 36.Qd6-e5+ Qe4xe5 37.f4xe5 f7-f6 38.Rc1xc5 Be8-f7 39.Ne2-f4 f6xe5 1.09/15 ] (Diagram 281) 26...f6-f5 Diagram [ 26...Qh6-h7 27.f4-f5+- ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 26...Qh6-h7 27.f4-f5 Diagram Kf8-g7 28.Rf1-f4 Kg7-f8 29.f5xe6 f7xe6 30.Rg1-f1 Qh7-g7 31.Rf4-g4
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27.e4xf5+- Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 27.e4xf5 Rc5xf5 28.Rf1-c1 Qh6-h8 29.Rc1-c8 Kf8-g7 30.Nb6-c4 Rf5-d5 31.Qd3-f3 Be7-f6 32.Ne2-c3 Rd5-c5 33.Rc8xc5 d6xc5 34.Nc4xa5 Kg7-f8 35.Nc3-e4 Diagram (Diagram 285) Bf6-d4 36.Rg1-c1 Qh8-g7 37.Ne4xc5 1.14/15 ] 27...Rc5xf5 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 27...e6xf5 28.Rf1-e1 Be7-d8
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29.Nb6-c4 Bd8-c7 30.Re1-d1 Qh6-e6 31.Nc4xd6 Bc7xd6 32.Qd3xd6+ Qe6xd6 33.Rd1xd6 Rc5-c4 34.Rd6-d4 Diagram (Diagram 287) Rc4-c2 35.Rg1-e1 Rg8-g6 36.Kh1-g1 Rg6-e6 37.Kg1-f1 Kf8-e7 38.Rd4-d3 Be8-d7 39.Kf1-f2 Rc2-a2 40.Rd3-d4 1.00/13 ] 28.Rf1-c1 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 28.Rf1-c1 Rf5-c5 29.Rc1xc5 d6xc5 30.Nb6-c8 Qh6-g6 31.Qd3xg6 f7xg6 32.Rg1-c1 Be8-d7 33.Nc8xe7
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Kf8xe7 34.Rc1xc5 Ke7-d6 35.Rc5-c1 Rg8-e8 36.Kh1-g1 Diagram (Diagram 289) e6-e5 37.Kg1-f2 e5xf4 38.Ne2xf4 Re8-e4 39.Rc1-d1+ Kd6-c7 40.Nf4-d5+ Kc7-b7 1.17/16 ] (Diagram 290) 28...Kf8-g7 Diagram [ 28...Rf5-c5 29.Rc1xc5 d6xc5+- ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 28...Rf5-c5 29.Rc1xc5 d6xc5 30.Nb6-c8 Qh6-g6 31.Qd3xg6
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
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+ +lkr+ + + lp+ N pp+ q pP+ +r+ P+ + P p + +Q+ +P + +N+P+ + R + RK
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Rg8xg6 32.Rg1-c1 Be8-d7 33.Nc8xe7 Kf8xe7 34.Rc1xc5 Ke7-d6 35.Rc5-c1 Rg6-g8 36.Kh1-h2 Rg8-c8 Diagram
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Be8xa4 35.Ne2-c3 Ba4-b3 36.Nc3xd5 Bb3xd5 37.Ne7xd5 Qb6-b7 38.Rg1-d1 a5-a4 39.Rc1-b1 Qb7-c6 40.Rb1-b6 Qc6-c2 41.Nd5-e3 2.82/15 ]
(Diagram 291) (Diagram 293) 37.Rc1-d1+ Kd6-c7 38.Ne2-c3 f7-f5 39.Nc3-e2 1.04/14 ]
29...Rf5-c5 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 29...Rf5-c5 30.Rc1xc5 Diagram
(Diagram 292) (Diagram 294) 29.g2-g4 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 29.Nb6-c8 Rf5-d5 30.Qd3xd5 e6xd5 31.Nc8xe7 Qh6-f6 32.Ne7xg8 Qf6-d8 33.b5-b6 Qd8xb6 34.Ng8-e7
d6xc5 31.Nb6-c4 Be7-d8 32.Qd3-e3 Qh6-h7 33.f4-f5 e6xf5 34.Nc4-d6 Be8-d7 35.Nd6xf5+ Bd7xf5 36.g4xf5+
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
+ +l+r+ + + lpk N pp+ q pP+ +r+ P+ + PPp + +Q+ +P + +N+ + + R + RK
+ +l+r+ + + lpk N pp+ q pPR + + P+ + PPp + +Q+ +P + +N+ + + + + RK
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Kg7-h8 37.Rg1xg8+ Qh7xg8 38.Qe3-h6+ Qg8-h7 39.Qh6-d6 Qh7-g8 40.Qd6xc5 Kh8-h7 41.Qc5-d4 Qg8-g5 42.b5-b6 Qg5-e7 43.Ne2-f4 Bd8xb6 44.Qd4xb6 Qe7-e4+ Diagram
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37.Kh1-g1 Be4-d5 38.f4xg5+ Kf6xg5 39.Rd1-c1 Rg8-f8 40.a4-a5 Rf8-a8 41.Kg1-f2 Bd5xc4 42.Rc1xc4 Ra8xa5 43.Ne2-c3 Ra5-a8 44.Nc3-e4+ Kg5-g6 45.Ne4xc5 Be7xc5+ 46.Rc4xc5 1.71/16 Diagram
(Diagram 295) (Diagram 297) 45.Nf4-g2 Qe4xf5 1.85/14 ] 30.Rc1xc5 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 30.Rc1xc5 d6xc5 31.Nb6-c4 Diagram Qh6-g6 32.Qd3xg6+ f7xg6 33.Nc4xa5 g6-g5 34.Rg1-d1 Kg7-f6 35.Na5-c4 Be8-g6 36.b5-b6 Bg6-e4+
] 30...d6xc5 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 30...d6xc5 31.Nb6-c8 Be7-d8 32.Rg1-c1 Qh6-f6 33.Kh1-g2 Bd8-c7 34.Nc8-d6 Qf6-e7 35.Qd3-c3+ f7-f6 36.Nd6xe8+ Rg8xe8 37.Qc3xc5
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Rd8xe8 37.Qd7xe8 Bc5xg1 38.Kh1xg1 Qf6-a1+ 39.Kg1-f2 Qa1xa4 40.Qe8-b8 Qa4-a3 41.Qb8-e5+ Kg7-g8 42.Qe5-g5+ Kg8-f8 43.Qg5-d8+ Kf8-g7 44.Qd8-d4+ Kg7-g8 45.b5-b6 Qa3xh3 46.b6-b7 Qh3-h2+ 47.Kf2-e3 Qh2-h3+ 48.Ke3-d2 3.43/15 ] 32...Qh6-g6 Diagram [ 32...Qh6-h7 doesn't change the outcome of the game 33.f4-f5 ( 33.Qd8xe8?! is easily refuted Qh7-d3 34.Rg1-g2 Qd3xh3+ 35.Kh1-g1 Qh3-e3+ 36.Kg1-f1 c5-c4= ) 33...c5-c4 34.Qd8xe8+- ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 32...Qh6-f6 Diagram
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33.Qd8xe8 Qf6-b2 34.Rg1-g2 Bf8-d6 35.Qe8-d7 Bd6xf4 36.Nc8-d6 Rg8-f8 37.Rg2-f2 Qb2-b1+ 38.Ne2-g1 Qb1-b4 39.b5-b6 Qb4-d4 40.Nd6-f5+ e6xf5 41.Qd7xd4+ c5xd4 42.Rf2xf4 Rf8-b8 3.08/13 ]
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33.f4-f5 Diagram [ 33.Qd8xe8 Qg6-d3 34.Rg1-g2 Qd3xh3+ 35.Kh1-g1 Qh3-e3+ 36.Kg1-f1 c5-c4= ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 33.f4-f5 Qg6-f6 34.Qd8xe8 Diagram c5-c4 35.Qe8-d7 Bf8-c5 36.Ne2-f4 Kg7-h8 37.Nc8-d6 Bc5xd6 38.Qd7xd6 Rg8-d8 39.Qd6-c5 Qf6-d4 40.Qc5-e7 e6-e5 41.Nf4-h5 Qd4-d5+ 42.Kh1-h2
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Rd8-g8 43.Rg1-g2 e5-e4 44.b5-b6 c4-c3 45.b6-b7 e4-e3 46.Rg2-c2 4.35/12 ]
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33...Qg6-h6 Diagram [ 33...Qg6-f6 there is nothing better in the position 34.Qd8xe8 c5-c4+- ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 33...Qg6-f6 34.Qd8xe8 Kg7-h7 35.b5-b6 Bf8-d6 36.Qe8-c6 Bd6-b8 37.Qc6xc5 e6xf5 38.b6-b7 Rg8-g5 39.Rg1-f1 Qf6-b2 40.Qc5-e7 Qb2-b3 41.Ne2-g1 Qb3-g3 42.Qe7xf7+ Diagram Kh7-h6 4.78/13 ] 34.g4-g5 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 34.g4-g5 Qh6-h5 35.Rg1-g4 Kg7-h7
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36.Qd8xe8 Bf8-h6 37.g5-g6+ f7xg6 38.Qe8-e7+ Kh7-h8 39.f5xg6 Rg8xg6 40.Qe7-e8+ Kh8-g7 41.Nc8-e7 Rg6xg4 42.Qe8xh5 Rg4xa4 43.Qh5xc5 Ra4-b4 44.Qc5-h5 Kg7-f8 45.Ne7-c6 Rb4-b1+ 46.Kh1-g2 Kf8-g7 47.Nc6xa5 Rb1-b4 48.Na5-c6 9.76/14 ] 34...Qh6-h5 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 34...Qh6-h5 35.Rg1-g4 Kg7-h8 36.Ne2-f4 Qh5-h7 37.g5-g6 f7xg6 38.Rg4xh4 e6xf5 39.Rh4xh7+ Kh8xh7 40.Qd8xe8 Bf8-h6 41.Qe8-d7+ Rg8-g7 42.Qd7-d6 Diagram Bh6xf4 43.Qd6xf4 Rg7-f7 44.Kh1-g2
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35.Rg1-g4 Diagram [ 35.Qd8xe8?! is a useless try Qh5xe2 36.Qe8-c6 Qe2-d3 37.f5-f6+ Kg7-h8= ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 35.Rg1-g4 Kg7-h8 36.Ne2-f4 Qh5xg4 Diagram (Diagram 311) 37.h3xg4 Bf8-g7 38.Qd8xa5 Be8xb5 39.a4xb5 Rg8xc8 40.f5-f6 Bg7-f8 41.b5-b6 Kh8-g8 42.b6-b7 Rc8-b8 43.Qa5-c7 Bf8-d6 44.Qc7xd6 Rb8xb7
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35...e6xf5 Diagram [ 35...Kg7-h8 the last chance for counterplay 36.Qd8xe8 Bf8-d6+- ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 35...Kg7-h7 36.Qd8xe8 Bf8-h6 37.g5-g6+ f7xg6 38.Qe8-e7+ Kh7-h8 39.f5xg6 Rg8xg6 40.Qe7-e8+ Kh8-g7 41.Nc8-e7 Rg6xg4 42.Qe8xh5 Rg4xa4 43.Qh5xc5 Ra4-b4 44.Qc5-h5 a5-a4 45.Qh5-g6+ Kg7-f8 46.Qg6xe6 Bh6-d2 47.Ne7-f5 Rb4-b1+ 48.Kh1-g2 10.34/14 ]
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
+NQllr+ + + +pk + + + + pPp +pPq P+ + +Rp + + + +P + +N+ + + + + +K
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36.Ne2-f4 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 36.Ne2-f4 Rg8-h8 37.Nf4xh5+ Diagram
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Kg5-h5 45.Ne7xc8 f7-f5 46.Nc8-e7 f5xg4 47.h3xg4+ Kh5xg4 48.c7-c8Q+ Kg4-f4 49.Qc8xc5 Kf4-e4 50.Kh1-g2 Ke4-d3 51.Qc5xa5 Kd3-d4 52.Ne7-c6+ Kd4-c4 53.Kg2-f3 Kc4-b3 54.Qa5-b4+ Kb3-c2 55.Qb4-c4+ Kc2-d2 18.26/14 ] 37.Qd8-f6+ [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 37.Qd8-f6+ Kg7-h7 38.Rg4xh4+ Bf8-h6 #3/9 ] 37...Kg7-h7 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 37...Kg7-h7 38.Rg4xh4+ Bf8-h6 #2/1 ]
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Rh8xh5 38.Qd8-f6+ Kg7-g8 39.Qf6xf5 c5-c4 40.Rg4-e4 Be8-d7 41.Qf5xd7 Rh5xg5 42.Qd7-d8 Rg5-g3 43.Nc8-e7+ Kg8-h7 44.Re4xh4+ Bf8-h6 45.Rh4xh6+ Kh7xh6 46.Ne7-f5+ Kh6-g6 47.Nf5xg3 16.30/13 ] 36...Qh5-h8 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 36...Kg7-h8 37.Nf4xh5 Bf8-g7 38.Nh5xg7 Be8-c6+ 39.b5xc6 Rg8xd8 40.Ng7xf5 Kh8-h7 41.c6-c7 Rd8xc8 42.Rg4xh4+ Kh7-g6 Diagram 43.Nf5-e7+ Kg6xg5 44.Rh4-g4+
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(Diagram 316) 38.Rg4xh4+ Diagram [ 38.Rg4xh4+ Bf8-h6 39.Rh4xh6# Diagram (Diagram 317) ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 38.Rg4xh4+ Bf8-h6 #2/9 Diagram (Diagram 318) ] 1-0
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
+N+llrq + + +p+k + + Q + pPp +pP P+ + NRp + + + +P + + + + + + + +K
+N+l+rq + + +p+k + + Q R pPp +pP P+ + N + + + + +P + + + + + + + +K
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E67
Vassily Ivanchuk Artur Yusupov Brussel Brussels (9)
1991
E67: King's Indian: Fianchetto: 6...Nbd7 1.c2-c4 e7-e5 2.g2-g3 d7-d6 3.Bf1-g2 g7-g6 4.d2-d4 Nb8-d7 Diagram (Diagram 320)
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5.Nb1-c3 Bf8-g7 6.Ng1-f3 Ng8-f6 7.0-0 0-0 8.Qd1-c2 Rf8-e8 9.Rf1-d1 c7-c6 10.b2-b3 Qd8-e7 11.Bc1-a3 e5-e4 12.Nf3-g5 e4-e3 13.f2-f4 Nd7-f8 14.b3-b4 Bc8-f5 15.Qc2-b3 White prepares the advance b5 h7-h6 Diagram (Diagram 321) 16.Ng5-f3 Nf6-g4 17.b4-b5N [RR 17.d4-d5 Ng4-f2 18.Nf3-d4 Bf5-d3 19.d5xc6 Bg7xd4 20.Rd1xd3 Nf2xd3 21.Nc3-d5 Qe7-d8 22.c6xb7 Ra8-b8 23.Ra1-d1 Nd3xf4 24.Nd5xf4 Qd8-f6
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
r+lqklnr pppn+p+p + p +p+ + + p + +PP + + + + + P PP +PPLP RNLQK NR
r+ +rnk+ pp+ qpl +pp npp + + +lN PPP P + LQN p P P+ +P+LP R +R+ K
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25.Rd1-f1 Qf6-g5 26.c4-c5 Re8-e7 27.c5-c6 Nf8-e6 28.Nf4-d5 Re7-e8 29.Ba3-b2 Kg8-g7 30.Nd5-c7 Qg5-e5 31.Nc7xe8+ Rb8xe8 Romanishin,O (2525)-Shchekachev,A (2265)/Gyor 1990/EXT 1997/1-0 (32) ] 17...g6-g5 18.b5xc6 b7xc6 19.Nf3-e5 g5xf4 20.Ne5xc6 Qe7-g5 last book move last book move 21.Ba3xd6 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 21.h2-h4 Qg5-h5 22.Ba3xd6 f4xg3 23.Bd6xg3 Ng4-f2 24.Rd1-f1 Nf8-e6 25.Nc3-d5 Ne6xd4 26.Nd5-e7+ Kg8-f8 27.Nc6xd4 Bg7xd4 28.Bg2xa8 Diagram
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Re8xa8 29.Ne7xf5 Qh5xf5 30.Qb3-b7 Ra8-d8 31.Ra1-c1 Kf8-g7 32.Rc1-b1 a7-a5 0.61/14 ] 21...Nf8-g6 Diagram [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 21...f4xg3 22.h2xg3 Qg5-h5 23.Kg1-f1 Ng4-h2+ 24.Kf1-g1 Nh2-g4 25.Kg1-f1 0.28/14 ]
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22.Nc3-d5 [ 22.h2-h4 Diagram (Diagram 324) Qg5-f6 23.c4-c5 f4xg3 24.Bd6xg3 Ng6-f4 25.Bg3xf4 Bf5-e6= ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 22.h2-h4 Qg5-f6 23.c4-c5 f4xg3 24.Bd6xg3 Ng4-f2 25.Qb3-b7 Nf2xd1 26.Ra1xd1 Ng6xh4
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27.Nc3-d5 Qf6-g5 28.Bg3xh4 Qg5xh4 29.Rd1-f1 Bf5-e4 30.Qb7xf7+ Kg8-h8 31.Qf7-f4 Qh4xf4 32.Rf1xf4 Be4xd5 33.Bg2xd5 Re8-f8 34.Rf4-g4 Rf8-f2 0.65/13 ] 22...Qg5-h5 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 22...Qg5-h5 23.h2-h4 Ng4-f2 24.Bd6xf4 Nf2xd1 25.Qb3xd1 Ra8-c8 26.Nc6-e5 Ng6xe5 27.Bf4xe5 Qh5-g6 28.Be5xg7 Qg6xg7 29.Ra1-c1 Qg7xg3 30.Nd5-f6+ Kg8-f8 31.Qd1-f1 Bf5-e4 32.Nf6xe8 Kf8xe8 33.a2-a3 Ke8-f8 34.c4-c5 h6-h5 35.Rc1-c4 a7-a5 36.Rc4-c1 Qg3xh4 37.Bg2xe4 Qh4xe4 0.03/15 ] 23.h2-h4 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 23.h2-h4 Diagram (Diagram 325) Ng4-f2 24.Bd6xf4 Nf2xd1 25.Qb3xd1 Ra8-c8 26.Bf4-c7 Bf5-g4 27.Qd1-a4 Qh5-f5 28.Nc6xa7 Qf5-f2+ 29.Kg1-h1 Qf2xe2 30.Ra1-f1 Bg7xd4 31.Na7xc8 Re8xc8 32.Bc7-b6 Bd4xb6 33.Nd5xb6 Rc8-d8 34.c4-c5 Bg4-e6 0.04/14 Diagram ] 23...Ng6xh4?? another bit of territory lost [ 23...f4xg3 24.Bd6xg3 Ng6xh4 Diagram ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 23...Ng4-f2
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26.Qb3xd1 Bf5-e4 27.Ra1-c1 Be4xg2 28.Kg1xg2 Re8-e4 29.Qd1-f1 Bg7xd4 30.Qf1-f3 Qh5xf3+ 31.Kg2xf3 Ra8-e8 32.Nc6xd4 Re4xd4 33.Bf4xh6 Rd4-d2 34.a2-a4 Rd2-a2 35.Bh6xe3 Ra2xa4 0.30/14 ] 24.g3xh4 Diagram [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 24.g3xh4 Bf5-e4 25.Bd6xf4 Qh5xh4 26.Rd1-f1 Re8-e6 27.Qb3-b7 Ra8-e8 28.Nc6-e7+ Re6xe7 29.Nd5xe7+ Diagram
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Re8xe7 30.Qb7-b8+ Kg8-h7 31.Bf4-g3 Qh4-h5 32.Qb8-d8 Be4xg2 33.Kg1xg2 Re7-e4 34.Qd8-d5 Qh5-g6 35.Rf1xf7 Ng4-f6 36.Qd5-b7 Nf6-h5 37.Rf7xg7+ Nh5xg7 38.Qb7xa7 Re4-f4 1.63/14 ] (Diagram 329) 24...Qh5xh4 Diagram [ 24...Kg8-h8 25.Rd1-f1 Qh5xh4 26.Rf1xf4 ( 26.Bd6xf4?! Bf5-e4+- );Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 24...Bf5-e4 25.Rd1-f1 Qh5xh4 26.Bd6xf4 Re8-e6 27.Qb3-b7 Ra8-e8 28.Nc6-e7+ Re8xe7 29.Nd5xe7+ Re6xe7 30.Qb7-b8+ Kg8-h7 31.Bf4-g3 Qh4-h5 32.Qb8-d8 Be4xg2 33.Kg1xg2 Re7-e4 34.Qd8-d5 Qh5xd5 35.c4xd5 Re4xd4 36.Rf1xf7
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28.Bd6xe5+ Ng4xe5 29.d4xe5 Re8-g8 30.Nf5xe3 Diagram (Diagram 333) f4xe3 31.Nd5xe3 Ra8-e8 32.Qb3-c3 f7-f6 33.e5xf6 Qh2-f4+ 34.Bg2-f3 Re8xe3 35.Qc3-d4 Re3xf3+ 36.e2xf3 Qf4xf3+ 37.Kf1-e1 Rg8-e8+ 38.Ke1-d2 7.65/12 Diagram ] 25...Kg8-h8 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 25...Kg8-h8 Diagram 26.Ne7xf5 Qh4-h2+ 27.Kg1-f1 Re8-e6 28.Nc6-e7 Re6xe7 29.Rd1-b1 Bg7xd4 30.Qb3-d1 Bd4xa1 31.Nf5xe7
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33.Rb1xe1 Ra8-d8 34.c4-c5 Ba1-c3 35.Re1-d1 Bc3-f6 36.Ne7-f5 Kh8-h7 37.c5-c6 Ng4-f2 38.Rd1-b1 Diagram
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Kh7-g6 39.c6-c7 Rd8-c8 40.Rb1-b8 2.93/15 ] 26.Ne7xf5 Diagram [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 26.Ne7xf5 Qh4-f2+ 27.Kg1-h1 Qf2xe2 28.Rd1-f1 Ng4-f2+ 29.Kh1-g1 Qe2-g4 30.Qb3-c2 Nf2-h3+ 31.Kg1-h2 Nh3-f2 32.Nc6-e7 Qg4-h5+ 33.Kh2-g1 f4-f3 34.Nf5xg7 Qh5-g4 35.Rf1xf2 Diagram (Diagram 337)
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e3xf2+ 36.Qc2xf2 Kh8xg7 37.Bd6-e5+ f7-f6 38.Qf2xf3 Diagram (Diagram 338) Qg4xf3 39.Bg2xf3 f6xe5 40.Bf3xa8 e5xd4 41.Ra1-d1 Re8xa8 42.Rd1xd4 Ra8-e8 43.Rd4-d7 Kg7-f6 44.Ne7-d5+ Kf6-e5 45.Kg1-f2 a7-a5 46.Rd7-f7 4.45/12 ] (Diagram 339) 26...Qh4-h2+ Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 26...Qh4-f2+ 27.Kg1-h1 Qf2xe2 28.Rd1-f1 Ng4-f2+ 29.Kh1-g1
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Qe2-g4 30.Qb3-c2 Nf2-h3+ 31.Kg1-h2
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Nh3-f2 32.Nc6-e7 Diagram
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Qg4-h5+ 33.Kh2-g1 f4-f3 34.Nf5xg7 Qh5-g4 35.Rf1xf2 e3xf2+ 36.Qc2xf2 Kh8xg7 37.Bd6-e5+ f7-f6 38.Qf2xf3 Qg4xf3 39.Bg2xf3 f6xe5 40.Bf3xa8 e5xd4 Diagram
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41.Ra1-d1 Re8xa8 42.Rd1xd4 Ra8-b8 43.Rd4-d6 Kg7-f7 44.Ne7-d5 Rb8-c8 45.Nd5-e3 h6-h5 46.Rd6-d7+ Kf7-e6 47.Rd7xa7 4.55/13 ] 27.Kg1-f1 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 27.Kg1-f1 Diagram Bg7-f6 28.c4-c5 7.75/1 ] 27...Re8-e6 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 27...Ng4-f2 28.Nc6-e7 Diagram
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Re8xe7 29.Nf5xe7 Nf2-e4 30.Qb3xe3 Ne4-g3+ 31.Qe3xg3 f4xg3 32.Ne7-f5 Ra8-d8 33.Bd6xg3 Qh2-h5 34.Nf5xg7 Kh8xg7 35.c4-c5 Diagram
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Qh5-g6 36.Bg3-d6 Rd8-e8 37.Bg2-f3 h6-h5 38.Kf1-f2 h5-h4 39.Rd1-g1 4.89/12 ] 28.Qb3-b7 Diagram [ 28.Nc6-a5 Ra8-d8 29.Nf5xg7 ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 28.Nc6-e7 Re6xe7 Diagram 29.Rd1-b1 Bg7xd4 30.Qb3-d1 Bd4xa1 31.Nf5xe7 Qh2-h4 32.Qd1-e1 Qh4xe1+ 33.Rb1xe1 Ra8-d8 34.Bd6xf4 Ba1-c3 35.Re1-b1 Diagram Rd8-d2 36.Ne7-d5 Bc3-d4
28...Re6-g6= Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 28...Re6-g6 29.Qb7xa8+ Kh8-h7 30.Qa8-g8+ Kh7xg8 31.Nf5-e7+ Kg8-h7 32.Ne7xg6 f7xg6 33.Nc6-e5 f4-f3 34.e2xf3 e3-e2+ 35.Kf1xe2 Qh2xg2+ Diagram 36.Ke2-d3 Ng4-f2+ 37.Kd3-e3 Nf2xd1+ 38.Ra1xd1 Qg2-c2 39.Rd1-d3 Bg7xe5 Diagram 40.Bd6xe5 Qc2xc4 41.f3-f4 Qc4-c1+ 42.Ke3-e2 h6-h5 43.d4-d5 Qc1-c2+
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29.Qb7xa8+ Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 29.Qb7xa8+ Kh8-h7 30.Qa8-g8+ Kh7xg8 31.Nf5-e7+ Kg8-h7 32.Ne7xg6 f7xg6 33.Nc6-e5 f4-f3 34.e2xf3 Diagram
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e3-e2+ 35.Kf1xe2 Qh2xg2+ 36.Ke2-d3 Ng4-f2+ 37.Kd3-e3 Nf2xd1+ 38.Ra1xd1 Qg2-c2 39.Rd1-d3 Bg7xe5 40.Bd6xe5 Qc2xc4 41.f3-f4 Qc4-c1+ 42.Ke3-e2 Qc1-b2+ 43.Ke2-e3 h6-h5 44.d4-d5 Qb2-c1+ 45.Ke3-d4 Qc1-g1+ 46.Rd3-e3 Qg1-d1+ 47.Kd4-c5 Qd1-c2+ 48.Be5-c3 Qc2xa2 -0.81/18 Diagram
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] 30.Qa8-g8+!? Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 30.Qa8-g8+ Kh7xg8 (Diagram 356) 31.Nf5-e7+ Kg8-h7 32.Ne7xg6 f7xg6 33.Nc6-e5 f4-f3 34.e2xf3 e3-e2+ 30.Qa8-g8+ Kh7xg8 31.Nf5-e7+ 35.Kf1xe2 Qh2xg2+ 36.Ke2-d3 Kg8-h7 32.Ne7xg6 f7xg6 33.Nc6-e5 Ng4-f2+ 37.Kd3-e3 Nf2xd1+ f4-f3 34.e2xf3 e3-e2+ 35.Kf1xe2 38.Ra1xd1 Qg2-c2 39.Rd1-d3 Bg7xe5 Qh2xg2+ 36.Ke2-d3 Ng4-f2+ 40.Bd6xe5 Qc2xc4 41.f3-f4 Qc4-c1+ 42.Ke3-e2 Qc1-b2+ 43.Ke2-e3 h6-h5 37.Kd3-e3 Nf2xd1+ 38.Ra1xd1 Qg2-c2 39.Rd1-d3 Bg7xe5 40.Bd6xe5 44.d4-d5 Qb2-c1+ 45.Ke3-e2 Qc2xc4 41.f3-f4 Qc4-c1+ 42.Ke3-e2 Qc1-c2+ 46.Ke2-e3 Qc2-c5+ Qc1-b2+ 43.Ke2-e3 h6-h5 44.d4-d5 47.Ke3-e2 h5-h4 48.d5-d6 Qc5-c2+ Qb2-c1+ 45.Ke3-f3 Qc1-f1+ 46.Kf3-e3 49.Rd3-d2 Qc2-c4+ 50.Ke2-e3
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30...Kh7xg8 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 30...Kh7xg8 1.18/1 ]
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Nf2xd1+ 38.Ra1xd1 Qg2-c2 39.Rd1-d3 Bg7xe5 40.d4xe5 Qc2xc4 41.Rd3-b3 Qc4-c6 42.f3-f4 Kh7-g7 43.Rb3-a3 Qc6-c1+ 44.Ke3-e2 a7-a6 45.Ra3-b3 Kg7-f7 46.Rb3-b7+ Kf7-e6 47.Rb7-e7+ Diagram
(Diagram 360) (Diagram 362) had to be tried to avoid defeat Kg8-h7 32.Ne7xg6= ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 31.Nf5-e7+ Kg8-h7 32.Ne7xg6 Diagram f7xg6 33.Nc6-e5 f4-f3 34.e2xf3 e3-e2+ 35.Kf1xe2 Qh2xg2+ 36.Ke2-d3 Ng4-f2+ 37.Kd3-e3
Ke6-d5 -0.79/17 ] a transit from better to worse 31...Kg8-h7-+ Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 31...Kg8-h7 32.Ne7xg6 f7xg6 33.Nf5xg7 Ng4-f2 34.Bd6xf4 Qh2xf4 35.Bg2-f3 Nf2xd1 36.Ng7-e8 Nd1-c3
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37.Ra1-c1 Qf4xd4 38.Kf1-g2 Qd4-d2 39.Rc1-f1 Diagram (Diagram 364) Nc3xe2 40.Ne8-f6+ Kh7-g7 41.Nf6-e8+ Kg7-h8 42.c4-c5 Ne2-d4+ 43.Kg2-g3 Nd4-f5+ 44.Kg3-h3 e3-e2 -4.36/14 ] (Diagram 365) 32.Ne7xg6 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 32.Ne7xg6 f7xg6 33.Nf5xg7 Ng4-f2 34.Bd6xf4 Qh2xf4 35.Rd1-b1 Nf2-h3+
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36.Kf1-e1 Qf4-g3+ 37.Ke1-d1 Diagram (Diagram 366) Qg3xg2 38.Ng7-e6 Qg2-e4 39.Kd1-c1 Qe4xe6 40.Rb1-b7+ Kh7-g8 41.Kc1-b2 Qe6xc4 42.Ra1-c1 Qc4xe2+ 43.Rc1-c2 Qe2-g4 44.Rb7-b8+ Kg8-f7 45.Rb8-b7+ Kf7-e6 46.Rc2-c6+ Ke6-d5 47.Rc6-c5+ Kd5-e4 48.Rc5-e5+ Ke4-f3 -5.75/15 ] 32...f7xg6 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 32...f7xg6 33.Nf5xg7 Diagram
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Ng4-f2 34.Bd6xf4 Qh2xf4 35.Rd1-b1 Nf2-h3+ 36.Kf1-e1 Qf4-f2+ 37.Ke1-d1 Qf2xg2 38.Ng7-e6 Qg2-e4 39.Rb1-b5 Qe4-h1+ 40.Kd1-c2 Qh1xa1 41.Rb5-b7+ Kh7-g8 42.Rb7xa7 Nh3-f2 43.a2-a3 Qa1-d1+ 44.Kc2-c3 Nf2-e4+ 45.Kc3-b4 Qd1-e1+ 46.Kb4-b5 Qe1xe2 47.Ra7-g7+ Kg8-h8 48.d4-d5 -5.04/14 ] 33.Nf5xg7? [ 33.Nf5xh6 Kh7xh6 34.c4-c5-+ ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 33.Nf5xg7 Diagram Ng4-f2 34.Bd6xf4 Qh2xf4 35.Rd1-b1 Nf2-h3+ 36.Kf1-e1 Qf4-f2+ 37.Ke1-d1 Qf2xg2 38.Ng7-e6 Qg2-e4 39.Rb1-b5
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] 33...Ng4-f2 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 33...Ng4-f2 34.Bd6xf4 Qh2xf4 35.Rd1-b1 Nf2-h3+ 36.Kf1-e1 Qf4-f2+ 37.Ke1-d1 Qf2xg2 38.Ng7-e6 Qg2-e4 39.Kd1-c1 Qe4xe6 40.Rb1-b7+ Kh7-g8 41.Kc1-b2 Diagram
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Qe6xc4 42.Ra1-c1 Qc4xe2+ 43.Rc1-c2 Qe2-g4 44.Rb7-b8+ Kg8-f7 45.Rb8-b7+ Kf7-e6 46.Rc2-c6+ Ke6-d5 47.Rc6-c5+ Kd5-e4 48.Rc5-e5+ Ke4-f3 -5.17/15 ]
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43.Rc1-c2 Qe2-g4 44.Rc2-c7 Qg4xd4+ 45.Kb2-b1 Qd4-d3+ 46.Kb1-b2 Qd3-d2+ 47.Kb2-a3 Qd2-d6+ 48.Ka3-b2 Qd6-f6+ 49.Kb2-b3 Qf6-e6+ 50.Kb3-b2 Qe6-e5+ 51.Kb2-c1 Qe5-e8 52.Rc7-g7+ Kg8-f8 53.Rg7-h7 Qe8-c6+ 54.Kc1-b2 Qc6-g2+ Diagram
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34.Bd6xf4 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 34.Bd6xf4 Diagram (Diagram 372) Qh2xf4 35.Rd1-b1 Nf2-h3+ 36.Kf1-e1 Qf4-f2+ 37.Ke1-d1 Qf2xg2 38.Ng7-e6 Qg2-e4 39.Kd1-c1 Qe4xe6 40.Rb1-b7+ Kh7-g8 41.Kc1-b2 Qe6xc4 42.Ra1-c1 Qc4xe2+
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55.Kb2-b3 -5.28/18 ] 34...Qh2xf4 [ 34...Qh2xf4 35.Ng7-h5 Combination ; ∆34...-- 35.Bf4xh2 Wins material ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 34...Qh2xf4 35.Rd1-c1 Nf2-d3+ 36.Kf1-g1 Nd3xc1 37.Ra1xc1 Kh7xg7 38.Bg2-f1 Qf4-g4+ 39.Kg1-h2 Qg4xd4 Diagram
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40.c4-c5 Qd4-b2 41.Rc1-d1 Qb2-e5+ 42.Kh2-g1 Qe5xc5 43.Bf1-g2 Qc5-c2 44.Rd1-d7+ Kg7-f6 45.Bg2-f3 Qc2xa2 46.Rd7-d6+ Kf6-f5 47.Rd6-d3 Qa2-e6 48.Kg1-g2 Qe6-e5 49.Rd3-d5 -3.94/15 ] 35.Ng7-e6 Diagram [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 35.Rd1-c1 Nf2-d3+ 36.Kf1-g1 Nd3xc1 37.Ra1xc1 Kh7xg7 38.Bg2-f1 Qf4-g4+ 39.Kg1-h2 Qg4xd4 40.c4-c5 Qd4-b2 Diagram
+ + + + p + + k + + +pp + P + + + + + + + + p + Pq +P+ K + R +L+
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41.Rc1-d1 Qb2-e5+ 42.Kh2-g1 Qe5xc5 43.Bf1-g2 Qc5-c2 44.Rd1-d7+ Kg7-f6 45.Bg2-f3 Qc2xa2 46.Rd7-d6+ Kf6-f5 47.Kg1-g2 a7-a5 48.Rd6-d5+ Kf5-e6 49.Rd5-d3 a5-a4
+ + + + p + + +k + +N+pp + + + + +PP q + + + p + P+ +PnL+ R +R+K+
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White threatens to win material: Ne6xf4 35...Qf4-h2 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 35...Qf4-h2 36.Rd1-b1 Nf2-h3 37.Kf1-e1 Qh2xg2 38.Ke1-d1 Qg2-e4 39.Kd1-c1 Qe4xe6 40.Rb1-b7+ Kh7-g8 41.Kc1-b2 Qe6xc4 42.Ra1-c1 Qc4xe2+ 43.Rc1-c2 Qe2-g4 44.Rc2-c7 Qg4xd4+ 45.Kb2-b1 Qd4-d3+ 46.Kb1-b2 Qd3-d2+ 47.Kb2-a3 Qd2-a5+ 48.Ka3-b2 Diagram (Diagram 377) Qa5-e5+ 49.Kb2-a3 Qe5-d6+ 50.Ka3-b2 Qd6-f6+ 51.Kb2-b3 -5.20/17 ] (Diagram 378) 36.Rd1-b1 [ 36.Ne6-f8+ Kh7-g7 37.Nf8-e6+ Kg7-f6 38.Ne6-f4 Qh2xf4 39.Kf1-g1 Nf2xd1 40.Ra1xd1 Qf4-f2+ 41.Kg1-h2 Qf2xe2 42.Rd1-f1+ Kf6-g5 43.Kh2-h1 Qe2xc4 44.Rf1-g1 Qc4xd4 45.Bg2-f3+ Kg5-f4 46.Bf3-e2 Qd4-d5+ 47.Kh1-h2 Qd5xa2 48.Rg1-g4+ Kf4-e5 49.Rg4-g2-+ ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 36.Rd1-b1 Nf2-h3 37.Kf1-e1
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Qh2xg2 38.Ke1-d1 Qg2-e4 39.Kd1-c1 Qe4xe6 40.Rb1-b7+ Kh7-g8 41.Kc1-b2 Qe6xc4 42.Ra1-c1 Qc4xe2+ 43.Rc1-c2 Qe2-g4 44.Rc2-c7 Qg4xd4+ 45.Kb2-b1 Qd4-d3+ 46.Kb1-b2 Qd3-e2+ ] 47.Kb2-b1 Qe2-f1+ 48.Kb1-c2 Qf1-f5+ 49.Kc2-b2 Qf5-f2+ 50.Kb2-b3 -5.35/18 Diagram (Diagram 379) ] 36...Nf2-h3 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 36...Nf2-h3 37.Kf1-e1 Qh2xg2 38.Ke1-d1 Qg2-e4 39.Kd1-c1 Qe4xe6
+ + +k+ pRR + + + + +pp + + + + + + + + +K+ p +n P+ + q + + + + +
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40.Rb1-b7+ Kh7-g8 41.Kc1-b2 Qe6xc4 42.Ra1-c1 Qc4xe2+ 43.Rc1-c2 Qe2-g4 44.Rc2-c7 Qg4xd4+ 45.Kb2-b1 Qd4-d3+ 46.Kb1-b2 Qd3-d2+ 47.Kb2-b1 Qd2-d1+ 48.Kb1-b2 Qd1-e2+ 49.Kb2-b1 Qe2-f1+ 50.Kb1-c2 Qf1-f2+ 51.Kc2-b3 -5.31/16 ] 37.Rb1-b7+ Diagram [ 37.Kf1-e1 does not solve anything Qh2xg2 38.Ke1-d1 Qg2-e4-+ ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 37.Kf1-e1 Qh2xg2 38.Ke1-d1 Qg2-e4 39.Kd1-c1 Qe4xe6 40.Rb1-b7+ Kh7-g8 41.Kc1-b2 Qe6xc4 42.Ra1-c1 Qc4xe2+ 43.Rc1-c2 Qe2-g4 44.Rc2-c7 Qg4xd4+ 45.Kb2-b1 Qd4-d3+ 46.Kb1-b2 Qd3-d2+ 47.Kb2-b1 Qd2-d1+ 48.Kb1-b2 Qd1-e2+ 49.Kb2-b1 Qe2-f1+ 50.Kb1-c2 Qf1-f2+ 51.Kc2-b3 -5.46/17
(Diagram 380) 37...Kh7-g8 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 37...Kh7-g8 38.Rb7-g7+ Kg8-h8 39.Kf1-e1 Qh2-g1+ 40.Bg2-f1 Qg1-f2+ 41.Ke1-d1 Qf2xf1+ 42.Kd1-c2 Qf1xa1 Diagram 43.Rg7xa7 Nh3-f2 44.Ra7-a8+
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Kh8-h7 45.Ra8-a7+ Kh7-g8 46.d4-d5 Qa1-d1+ 47.Kc2-c3 Qd1xe2 48.Ra7-g7+ Kg8-h8 49.Rg7-f7 h6-h5 50.Ne6-f4 Qe2xa2 51.Rf7-d7 Qa2-d2+ 52.Kc3-b3 e3-e2 53.Nf4xg6+ Kh8-g8 54.Ng6-e7+ Kg8-g7 55.Ne7-c6+ Kg7-g6 56.Rd7-d6+ Kg6-f5 57.Nc6-e7+ Kf5-e4 58.Rd6-e6+ Ke4-f3 59.Re6-f6+ Kf3-e4 -5.70/14 ] (Diagram 382) 38.Rb7-b8+ Diagram [ 38.Rb7-g7+ does not win a prize Kg8-h8 39.Kf1-e1 Qh2-g1+ 40.Bg2-f1 Nh3-g5
+ + +k+ pR+ + + + +N+pp + + + + +PP + + + + p +n P+ +P+Lq R + +K+
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41.Ne6xg5 Qg1-f2+ 42.Ke1-d1 Qf2xf1+ 43.Kd1-c2 Qf1xe2+ 44.Kc2-b3 Qe2-d3+ 45.Kb3-b4 Kh8xg7-+ ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 38.Rb7-b8+ Qh2xb8 39.Bg2-d5 Qb8-h2 40.Ne6-f4+ Kg8-g7 41.Nf4xh3 Qh2xh3+ 42.Kf1-g1 Qh3-g4+ 43.Bd5-g2 Qg4xe2 44.Ra1-f1 Qe2xc4 45.Bg2-f3 Diagram
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Qc4xd4 46.Rf1-e1 Qd4-f4 47.Kg1-g2 h6-h5 48.Re1-e2 h5-h4 49.Bf3-b7 Qf4-g4+ 50.Kg2-f1 Qg4-g3 51.Re2-c2 Qg3-f4+ 52.Kf1-e2 Qf4-f2+ 53.Ke2-d3 -6.00/15 ] 38...Qh2xb8 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64:
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38...Qh2xb8 39.Bg2-d5 Qb8-h2 40.Ne6-f4+ Kg8-g7 41.Nf4xh3 Qh2xh3+ 42.Kf1-g1 Qh3-g4+ 43.Bd5-g2 Qg4xe2 44.Ra1-f1 Qe2xc4 45.Bg2-f3 Qc4xd4 46.Rf1-e1 Qd4-f4 47.Re1-f1 h6-h5 48.Bf3-e2 Qf4-g3+ 49.Kg1-h1 g6-g5 50.a2-a4 g5-g4 51.a4-a5 Kg7-g6 52.Be2-d3+ Kg6-g5 53.Bd3-e2 Qg3-e5 -6.17/18 ] 39.Bg2xh3 [ 39.Bg2-d5 desperation Qb8-h2 40.Ne6-f4+ Kg8-g7 41.Nf4xh3 Qh2xh3+ 42.Bd5-g2-+ ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 39.Bg2-d5 Qb8-h2 40.Ne6-f4+ Kg8-g7 41.Nf4xh3 Qh2xh3+ 42.Kf1-g1 Qh3-g4+ 43.Bd5-g2 Qg4xe2 44.Ra1-f1 Qe2xc4 45.Bg2-f3 Qc4xd4 46.Rf1-e1 Qd4-f4 47.Re1-f1 h6-h5 48.Bf3-e2 Qf4-g3+ 49.Kg1-h1 g6-g5 50.a2-a4 g5-g4 51.a4-a5 Kg7-g6 52.Be2-d3+ Kg6-g5 53.Rf1-f5+ Kg5-h4 54.Bd3-f1 Qg3-e1 -6.07/19 ] 39...Qb8-g3 [ 39...Qb8-g3 40.Ra1-b1 Qg3-f2# ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 39...Qb8-g3 40.Bh3-g2 Qg3-f2# -#2/11 ] 0-1
E53
Vassily Ivanchuk Anatoly Karpov 05 05, Linares
1991
E54: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: Main Line: 7...dxc4 8 Bxc4 1.d2-d4 Ng8-f6 2.c2-c4 e7-e6 3.Nb1-c3 Bf8-b4 4.e2-e3 0-0 Diagram
rnlq rk+ pppp+ppp + +pn + + + + + lPP + + + N P + PP + PPP R LQKLNR
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5.Bf1-d3 d7-d5 6.Ng1-f3 c7-c5 7.0-0 c5xd4 8.e3xd4 d5xc4 9.Bd3xc4 b7-b6 10.Bc1-g5 Bc8-b7 11.Ra1-c1 Nb8-c6 12.a2-a3 Bb4-e7 13.Qd1-d3 Nf6-d5 [RR 13...Ra8-c8 14.Rf1-d1 Nf6-d5 15.Bc4xd5 Be7xg5 16.Nf3xg5 Qd8xg5 17.Bd5-e4 h7-h6 18.Qd3-e3 Rf8-d8 19.Qe3xg5 h6xg5 20.d4-d5 e6xd5 21.Rd1xd5 Rd8xd5 22.Be4xd5 Nc6-a5 23.Bd5-a2 Na5-c4 24.Nc3-b5 Nc4-d6 25.Rc1xc8+ Nd6xc8 26.f2-f3 Kg8-f8 27.Kg1-f2 Bb7-c6 28.Ba2-c4 Portisch,L (2635)Karpov,A (2705)/Milan 1975/MCL/½-½ (34) ] 14.Bc4xd5 e6xd5N [RR 14...Be7xg5 15.Nf3xg5 Qd8xg5 16.Bd5-e4 Rf8-d8 (RR 16...h7-h6 17.Qd3-e3 Ra8-c8 18.d4-d5 Qg5xe3 19.f2xe3 e6xd5 20.Be4xd5 Nc6-a5 21.b2-b4 Na5-c6 22.Nc3-b5 Nc6-d8
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23.Rc1xc8 Bb7xc8 24.Nb5-d6 Bc8-e6 25.e3-e4 f7-f6 26.Rf1-c1 Be6xd5 27.e4xd5 Nd8-f7 28.Nd6-c8 Rf8-d8 29.Nc8xa7 Rd8xd5 30.Na7-c8 Rd5-d3 31.a3-a4 Anton,T (2175)-Baratosi,D (2329)/Amara 2007/CBM 117 ext/1-0 (41) ) 17.Be4xh7+ Kg8-f8 18.Bh7-e4 ( RR 18.Qd3-e3 Qg5-f6 19.Bh7-e4 Qf6xd4 20.Nc3-b5 Qd4-d7 21.Qe3-h3 a7-a6 22.Nb5-c3 Qd7-d4 23.Rf1-d1 Qd4-e5 24.Qh3-e3 Qe5-c7 25.Nc3-a4 Rd8xd1+ 26.Rc1xd1 Ra8-d8 27.Rd1-f1 Nc6-d4 ½-½ Jerez Perez,A (2300)-Estremera Panos,S (2430)/St Cugat 1997/EXT 2001 ) 18...Rd8xd4 19.Qd3-e3 Qg5xe3 20.f2xe3 Rd4-d7 21.Nc3-b5 Ra8-c8 22.Rf1-d1 Nc6-e5 23.Be4xb7 ½-½ Ibragimov,I (2555)Supatashvili,K (2465)/Ekaterinburg 1997/CBM 057 ext ] 15.Bg5xe7 Nc6xe7 16.Rf1-e1 Ra8-c8 Diagram
+rq rk+ pl+ nppp p + + + + +p+ + + P + + P NQ+N+ P + PPP + R R K
Nc7-e6 32.b2-b4 a5xb4 33.a3xb4 0.31/19 ] 21...Ba6xb5 Diagram [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 21...Rf8-e8 22.Qd3-b3 Ne7-f5 23.Nb5xa7 Ba6-c4 24.Qb3-c3 Nf5-h4 25.Nf3-e5 Nh4xg2 26.Kg1xg2 Qd8-g5+ 27.Kg2-h3 Diagram
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Re8xe5 28.d4xe5 Qg5-f5+ 29.Kh3-g3 Qf5-g5+ 30.Kg3-h2 Qg5-f4+ 31.Kh2-h3 Qf4-f5+ 32.Kh3-g3 0.17/18
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] (Diagram 388) 22.Qd3xb5 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 22.a4xb5 Rf8-e8 23.Nf3-e5 Qd8-d6 24.g2-g3 f7-f6 25.Ne5-c6 Qd6-d7 26.Kg1-g2 Ne7-c8 27.Nc6-b4 Nc8-d6 28.Nb4xd5 Diagram (Diagram 389)
17.h2-h4 h7-h6 18.h4-h5 Rc8-c7 19.Nc3-b5 Rc7xc1 20.Re1xc1 Bb7-a6 last book move 21.a3-a4 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 21.Qd3-b3 Ba6xb5 22.Qb3xb5 Qd8-d6 23.Nf3-e5 Rf8-d8 24.Qb5-a4 a7-a5 25.Qa4-b5 Qd6-e6 26.Rc1-c7 f7-f6 27.Ne5-d3 Ne7-f5 28.Rc7-c6 Nf5xd4 29.Rc6xe6 Nd4xb5 30.Re6xb6 Nb5-c7 31.Rb6-b7
Nd6xb5 29.Qd3-c4 Kg8-h7 30.f2-f3 Nb5-d6 31.Qc4-d3+ Nd6-f5 32.Nd5-f4 0.30/17 ] 22...Ne7-f5 last book move [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 22...Qd8-d6 23.a4-a5 Rf8-d8 24.Nf3-e5 Ne7-f5 25.Qb5-d3 Nf5-e7 26.Qd3-a6 Qd6-b8 27.a5xb6 a7xb6 28.Qa6-b5 Qb8-a7 29.Rc1-e1 Qa7-b7
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Kf7-e6 0.35/18 ] 24.Nf3-e5 [ 24.Rc1-c3 Qd8-d6$ Diagram 389
30.Qb5-d3 f7-f6 31.Ne5-g6 Ne7xg6 32.Qd3xg6 Qb7-d7 0.31/17 ] 23.g2-g3 Covers h4 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 23.Rc1-e1 Nf5-e7 24.Nf3-e5 Qd8-c7 25.g2-g3 Rf8-c8 26.Kg1-g2 Qc7-d8 27.Qb5-d3 f7-f6 28.Ne5-g6 Ne7xg6 29.h5xg6 Qd8-d7 30.Qd3-e3 Kg8-h8 31.Qe3-e6 Qd7xe6 32.Re1xe6 0.26/17 ] 23...Nf5-e7 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 23...Rf8-e8 24.g3-g4 a7-a6 25.Qb5-c6 Nf5-e7 26.Qc6-c7 Qd8-c8 27.Nf3-e5 f7-f6 28.Qc7xc8 Re8xc8 29.Rc1xc8+ Diagram Ne7xc8 30.Ne5-c6 a6-a5 31.Kg1-g2 Kg8-f7 32.Kg2-f3 Nc8-d6 33.Kf3-f4
+ + rk+ p + npp p q + p +Q+p+ +P P+ P + + + R +NP P + P + + + + K
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; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 24.Kg1-g2 Qd8-d6 25.Qb5-a6 Ne7-f5 26.Qa6-e2 Qd6-d7 27.Qe2-e5 Rf8-e8 28.Rc1-c7 Qd7-d8 29.Qe5-f4 Re8-e7 30.Rc7-c1 Nf5-d6 31.Nf3-e5 Qd8-e8 32.b2-b3 a7-a5 33.Qf4-f3 Nd6-e4 34.Qf3-f5 Ne4-c5 35.Rc1-c3 Nc5-e4 0.37/19 ] 24...Qd8-d6 Diagram [ 24...Ne7-f5 25.Qb5-d3 Nf5-e7 26.Qd3-c2$ ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 24...Ne7-f5 25.Qb5-d3 Nf5-d6 26.Qd3-f3 Nd6-e4 27.Kg1-g2 Ne4-f6 28.Qf3-f5 Qd8-e7 29.Rc1-c8 Qe7-b7 30.Rc8xf8+ Kg8xf8
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31.b2-b4 Kf8-g8 32.b4-b5 Nf6-e4 33.Ne5-c6 Ne4-c3 34.Qf5-f3 Nc3-e4 0.32/19 ]
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25.Qb5-a6 Diagram [ 25.a4-a5 b6xa5 26.Qb5xa5 f7-f6 ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 25.a4-a5 Diagram
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Ne7-f5 26.Qb5-d3 Nf5-e7 27.a5-a6 Rf8-b8 28.Qd3-b5 Rb8-f8 29.Kg1-g2 Rf8-d8 30.Qb5-d3 Rd8-e8 31.Qd3-e2 Re8-d8 32.Qe2-g4 f7-f6 33.Ne5-d3 Rd8-e8 0.39/17 ] White threatens to win material: Qa6xa7 25...Ne7-f5 Diagram [ 25...Qd6-b4 26.Qa6-d3 f7-f6 27.Ne5-g6 Ne7xg6 28.h5xg6$ ;
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Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 25...f7-f6 26.Ne5-d3 Qd6-d7 27.a4-a5 Rf8-b8 28.Nd3-f4 Ne7-f5 29.a5xb6 a7xb6 30.Qa6-d3 Rb8-e8 31.Rc1-a1 Kg8-f7 32.Nf4-g6 Kf7-g8 33.Kg1-g2 Nf5-e7 34.Ng6xe7+ Qd7xe7 35.Qd3-f5 Qe7-f7 0.21/19 ]
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Black threatens to win material: Nf5xd4 26.Qa6-d3 Diagram [ 26.Qa6xa7 Nf5xd4 27.Rc1-e1 Qd6-b4∓ ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 26.Qa6-d3 Nf5-e7 27.Kg1-g2 f7-f6 28.Ne5-f3 Diagram Rf8-d8 29.Rc1-e1 Ne7-c6 30.Re1-e3 Qd6-b4 31.b2-b3 Qb4-d6 32.Nf3-h4
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Qd6-d7 33.Nh4-g6 Rd8-c8 34.Qd3-d1 Qd7-d6 35.Qd1-c2 Qd6-d7 0.29/20 ]
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27.Kg1-g2 Diagram White threatens to win material: Qd3xf5 26...Nf5-e7 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 26...Nf5-e7 Diagram (Diagram 398) 27.Kg1-g2 f7-f6 28.Ne5-f3 Rf8-d8 29.Rc1-e1 Ne7-c6 30.b2-b3 Nc6-b4 31.Qd3-g6 Nb4-c6 32.Qg6-f5 Nc6-e7 33.Qf5-g4 f6-f5 34.Qg4-h4 Ne7-c6 35.Nf3-e5 Rd8-c8 Diagram 36.Qh4-f4 Nc6xe5 37.d4xe5 0.29/20 ] 27.Qd3-f3 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64:
(Diagram 400) f7-f6 28.Ne5-f3 Qd6-d7 29.Nf3-h4 Rf8-e8 30.b2-b3 Re8-c8 31.Rc1-e1 Rc8-d8 32.b3-b4 Rd8-c8 33.b4-b5 Rc8-c4 34.Nh4-g6 Ne7xg6 35.h5xg6 Rc4-c8 36.Qd3-e3 h6-h5 37.Qe3-e7 Qd7xe7 38.Re1xe7 0.33/17 ] 27...a7-a5 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 27...f7-f6 Diagram 28.Ne5-d3 Ne7-c6 29.Qf3-e3 Qd6-d7 30.Nd3-f4 Rf8-e8 31.Qe3-c3 Re8-c8 32.Qc3-d3 Rc8-d8 33.Kg1-g2 Nc6-b4
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34.Qd3-b5 Qd7-e7 35.Kg2-g1 Qe7-d6 36.Nf4-g6 a7-a6 37.Qb5-e2 Qd6-d7 0.26/20 ]
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Re8-d8 37.Ng6-e7+ Kg8-f8 38.Ne7-f5 Rd8-d2 39.Nf5xg7 Nb3-d4 40.Ra7-b7 0.30/19 Diagram (Diagram 404)
(Diagram 402) 28.Kg1-g2 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 28.Kg1-g2 Diagram
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(Diagram 403) Qd6-e6 29.Rc1-c7 Rf8-e8 30.Qf3-f4 f7-f6 31.Ne5-g6 Ne7-f5 32.Rc7-b7 Qe6-e4+ 33.Qf4xe4 d5xe4 34.Rb7xb6 Nf5xd4 35.Rb6-a6 Nd4-b3 36.Ra6-a7
28...f7-f6 Black threatens to win material: f6xe5 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 28...Qd6-e6 Diagram 29.Rc1-c7 Rf8-e8 30.Qf3-f4 f7-f6 31.Ne5-g6 Ne7-f5 32.Rc7-b7 Qe6-e4+
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36.Ra6-a7 Re8-d8 37.Ng6-e7+ Kg8-f8 38.Ne7-f5 Rd8-d2 39.Nf5xg7 Nb3-d4 40.Ra7-b7 0.43/20 ] 29.Ne5-d3 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 29.Ne5-d3 Diagram
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Rf8-c8 30.Rc1xc8+ Ne7xc8 31.Nd3-f4 Nc8-e7 32.Qf3-e2 Qd6-d7 33.Qe2-a6 Qd7-c6 34.b2-b3 Kg8-h7 35.Qa6-d3+ Kh7-g8 36.Qd3-f3 Kg8-f7 37.Qf3-g4 Qc6-d6 38.Qg4-e2 Qd6-d7 39.Qe2-a6 Qd7-c7 40.Qa6-d3 Qc7-d7 41.Qd3-f3 Kf7-g8 42.Qf3-e2 Kg8-f7 43.Qe2-a6 0.39/21 Diagram ]
33.Qf4xe4 d5xe4 34.Rb7xb6 Nf5xd4
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29...Rf8-c8 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 29...Rf8-c8 30.Rc1xc8+ Ne7xc8 31.Nd3-f4 Nc8-e7 32.Qf3-e2 Qd6-d7 33.Qe2-a6 Qd7-c6 34.b2-b3 Kg8-h7 35.Qa6-e2 Diagram (Diagram 411) Qc6-d7 36.Qe2-c2+ Kh7-g8 37.Qc2-d3 Kg8-f7 38.Qd3-a6 Qd7-c7 39.Qa6-b5 Qc7-c6 40.Qb5-e2 Qc6-d6 41.Qe2-d3 Qd6-c7 42.Qd3-e3 Qc7-d6 43.Qe3-c3 Qd6-d7 44.Qc3-f3 Kf7-g8 45.Qf3-e2 Ne7-f5 46.Qe2-d3 Nf5-e7 47.Qd3-a6 Qd7-c6 48.Qa6-d3 Qc6-d7
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] (Diagram 413) 30.Rc1-e1 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 30.Rc1xc8+ Diagram (Diagram 414) Ne7xc8 31.Nd3-f4 Nc8-e7 32.Qf3-e2 Qd6-d7 33.Qe2-a6 Qd7-c6 34.b2-b3 Kg8-h7 35.Qa6-d3+ Kh7-g8 36.Qd3-f3 Kg8-f7 37.Qf3-g4 Qc6-d6 38.Qg4-e2 Ne7-c6 39.Qe2-d3 Nc6-e7 40.Qd3-e3
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Qd6-d7 41.Qe3-c3 Ne7-c6 42.Qc3-e3 Kf7-g8 43.Qe3-d3 Nc6-b4 0.39/20 Diagram (Diagram 415) ] (Diagram 416) 30...Rc8-c4 Diagram [ 30...Ne7-c6 ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 30...Ne7-c6 Diagram 31.Qf3-e3 Qd6-d7 32.Nd3-f4 Rc8-b8 33.Qe3-d3 Nc6-b4 34.Qd3-e2 b6-b5
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35.a4xb5 Rb8xb5 36.Re1-a1 Kg8-h8
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37.Ra1-c1 Rb5-b8 38.Rc1-c5 Rb8-e8 39.Qe2-f3 Re8-e1 40.Nf4xd5 0.36/18 ]
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31.Nd3-f4 Diagram [ 31.Qf3-e3!? Kg8-f7 32.b2-b3 ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 31.Qf3-e3 Kg8-f7 32.b2-b3 Diagram
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Rc4-c8 33.Nd3-f4 Qd6-d7 34.Qe3-e2 Ne7-f5 35.Qe2-d3 Rc8-e8 36.Re1xe8 Kf7xe8 37.Nf4-g6 Ke8-f7 38.Qd3-a6 Nf5xd4 39.Qa6xb6 Nd4-c6 40.Qb6-c5 Nc6-e5 41.Ng6xe5+ f6xe5 42.Qc5xa5 e5-e4 43.Qa5-c5 Diagram Qd7-f5 0.70/19 ] 31...Rc4xd4= [ 31...Rc4xa4?? Black will not be able to digest the
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pawn 32.Qf3-e3+- ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 31...Rc4xd4 32.Re1-e6 Diagram (Diagram 422) Qd6-d7 33.Re6xb6 Rd4xa4 34.Qf3-c3 Kg8-f7 35.b2-b3 Ra4xf4 36.g3xf4 Diagram (Diagram 423) Qd7-g4+ 37.Qc3-g3 Qg4xh5 38.Qg3-f3 Qh5xf3+ 39.Kg2xf3 Ne7-f5 40.Kf3-g4 Kf7-g6 41.Rb6-b5 h6-h5+ 42.Kg4-h3 d5-d4 43.Rb5xa5 Nf5-e7
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44.Ra5-a7 Ne7-d5 45.f4-f5+ Kg6xf5 46.Ra7xg7 0.20/18 ] 32.Nf4-g6 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 32.Re1-e6 Qd6-d7 33.Re6xb6 Rd4xa4 34.Qf3-c3 Kg8-f7 35.Kg2-h2 Qd7-f5 36.Rb6-b7 Ra4xf4 37.g3xf4 Qf5xf4+ 38.Qc3-g3 Qf4-f5 39.Qg3-h4 Qf5-c8 40.Rb7-b5 Qc8-c2 41.Qh4-f4 Qc2-d1 42.Rb5xa5 Qd1xh5+ 43.Kh2-g2 Qh5-g5+ 44.Qf4xg5 f6xg5 0.14/17 Diagram ] 32...Ne7xg6 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 32...Ne7xg6 33.h5xg6 Qd6-c6 34.Qf3-e3 Rd4-e4 Diagram 35.Re1-c1 Qc6-e8 36.Qe3xb6 Qe8xg6 37.Qb6xa5 Diagram
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Qg6-f5 38.Qa5-a7 Re4-b4 39.Rc1-c7
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Qf5-e4+ 40.Kg2-h2 Qe4-g4 41.b2-b3 Rb4xb3 42.Qa7-a8+ Kg8-h7 43.Qa8xd5 Rb3-b1 44.Qd5-d3+ Qg4-g6 45.Qd3xg6+ Kh7xg6 Diagram
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46.a4-a5 Rb1-a1 47.Rc7-a7 Kg6-f5 48.Kh2-g2 g7-g5 49.a5-a6 Kf5-e6 50.Ra7-a8 Ra1-a2 51.Ra8-e8+ Ke6-d7 0.11/20 ] 33.h5xg6 Diagram [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 33.h5xg6 Diagram
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Qd6-c6 34.Qf3-e3 Rd4-e4 35.Re1-c1 Qc6-e8 36.Qe3xb6 Qe8xg6 37.Qb6xa5 Qg6-f5 38.Qa5-a7 Re4-b4 39.Rc1-c7 Qf5-e4+ 40.Kg2-h2 Qe4-g4 41.b2-b3 Rb4xb3 42.Qa7-a8+ Kg8-h7
43.Qa8xd5 Rb3-b1 44.Qd5-d3+ Qg4-g6 45.Qd3xg6+ Kh7xg6 46.a4-a5 Rb1-a1 Diagram
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47.Rc7-a7 Kg6-f5 48.Kh2-g2 g7-g5 49.a5-a6 Kf5-e6 50.Kg2-f3 0.04/18 ]
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White has new doubled pawns: g3+g6 33...Kg8-f8 [ 33...Qd6-c6 34.Qf3-e3 Rd4-e4 35.Re1-c1= ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 33...Qd6-c6 34.Qf3-e3 Rd4-e4 35.Re1-c1 Qc6-e8 36.Qe3xb6 Qe8xg6 37.Qb6xa5 Qg6-f5 38.Qa5-a7 Re4-b4 39.Rc1-c7 Diagram Qf5-e4+ 40.Kg2-h2 Qe4-g4 41.b2-b3 Rb4xb3 42.Qa7-a8+ Kg8-h7 43.Qa8xd5 Rb3-b1 44.Qd5-d3+
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431
Qg4-g6 45.Qd3xg6+ Kh7xg6 46.a4-a5 Rb1-a1 47.Rc7-a7 Kg6-f5 48.Kh2-g2 g7-g5 49.a5-a6 Kf5-e6 50.Kg2-f3 0.15/19 ] 34.Qf3-f5 White has a mate threat [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 34.Qf3-f5 Rd4-c4 35.Re1-e6 Diagram
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Qd6-d8 36.Qf5-d3 Kf8-g8 37.Qd3-e3 Rc4-e4 38.Qe3xb6 Qd8xb6 39.Re6xb6 Kg8-f8 40.b2-b3 d5-d4 41.Kg2-f3 Re4-e8 42.Rb6-b7 Kf8-g8 43.Rb7-d7 Kg8-f8 44.Rd7xd4 Re8-b8 45.Rd4-d3 Kf8-e7 46.Rd3-e3+ Ke7-d6 47.Kf3-f4 Kd6-c5 48.Re3-c3+ Kc5-d6 49.Kf4-f5 0.41/21 ] 34...Rd4-c4 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 34...Rd4-c4
35.Re1-e6 Qd6-d8 36.Qf5-d3 Kf8-g8 37.Qd3-e3 Rc4-e4 38.Qe3xb6 Qd8xb6 39.Re6xb6 Kg8-f8 40.b2-b3 Diagram
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d5-d4 41.Kg2-f3 Re4-e8 42.Rb6-b7 Kf8-g8 43.Rb7-d7 Kg8-f8 44.Rd7xd4 Re8-b8 45.Rd4-d3 Kf8-e7 46.Rd3-e3+ Ke7-d6 47.Kf3-f4 Kd6-c5 48.Re3-c3+ Kc5-d6 0.52/18 ] 35.g3-g4 [ 35.Re1-e6!? Diagram
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looks like a viable alternative Qd6-d8 36.Qf5-d3= ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 35.Re1-e6 Qd6-d8 36.Qf5-d3 Rc4-c8 37.Qd3-b5 Rc8-b8 38.b2-b3 d5-d4 39.Qb5-c4 Qd8-d7 40.Re6-d6 Qd7-e8
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41.Rd6xd4 Rb8-c8 42.Qc4-d3 Qe8-c6+ 43.Kg2-h2 Rc8-e8 44.f2-f3 Qc6-c5 45.Rd4-d8 h6-h5 46.Kh2-g2 Qc5-c6 47.Qd3-d2 Qc6-c5 0.47/18 ] 35...Qd6-f4 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 35...Rc4-c5 36.Qf5-e6 Diagram
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Qd6xe6 37.Re1xe6 Rc5-c4 38.Re6xb6 Rc4xg4+ 39.Kg2-f3 Rg4xg6 40.Rb6-a6 Rg6-g5 41.Ra6xa5 Rg5-f5+ Diagram
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42.Kf3-e2 Rf5-f4 Diagram 43.b2-b3 Rf4-b4 44.Ra5xd5 Rb4xb3 45.a4-a5 Rb3-a3 46.Rd5-b5 Kf8-e7 47.Rb5-b7+ Ke7-d6 -0.20/15 Diagram
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Gata Kamsky Vassily Ivanchuk 51/346 Linares 51/346
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C89: Closed Ruy Lopez: Marshall Attack 1.e2-e4 e7-e5 2.Ng1-f3 Nb8-c6 3.Bf1-b5 a7-a6 4.Bb5-a4 Diagram (Diagram 440) Ng8-f6 5.0-0 Bf8-e7 6.Rf1-e1 b7-b5 7.Ba4-b3 0-0 8.c2-c3 d7-d5 9.e4xd5 Nf6xd5 10.Nf3xe5 Nc6xe5 11.Re1xe5 c7-c6 12.d2-d4 Be7-d6 13.Re5-e2 Bc8-g4 14.f2-f3 Bg4-h5 15.Bb3xd5 c6xd5 16.Nb1-d2 f7-f5 Diagram (Diagram 441) 17.Qd1-b3 Bh5-f7 18.Nd2-f1 f5-f4 19.Bc1-d2N [RR 19.a2-a4 b5-b4 20.c3xb4 Qd8-b6 21.Qb3-d1 Rf8-e8 22.Re2xe8+ Ra8xe8 23.b4-b5 Bd6-e5 24.Kg1-h1 Be5xd4 25.Bc1xf4 Bd4xb2 26.Ra1-b1 Bb2-c3 27.Qd1-d3 d5-d4
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28.b5xa6 Qb6-c6 29.Qd3-b5 Bf7-d5 30.Nf1-g3 Qc6-e6 31.Ng3-e4 Bd5-c6 32.Qb5-b6 h7-h6 33.a6-a7 Kg8-h7 Wahls,M (2550)-Enklaar,B (2400)/ Velden 1995/EXT 1997/1-0 (44) ] 19...Qd8-d7 20.Ra1-e1 a6-a5 last book move 21.a2-a3 [Houdini 2. 0c Pro x64: 21.h2-h3 a5-a4 22.Qb3-d1 Bf7-g6 23.Qd1-c1 Ra8-c8 24.Nf1-h2 Bg6-d3 25.Re2-e6 h7-h5 26.Nh2-f1 a4-a3 27.b2xa3 Rc8-a8 28.Qc1-b2 Bd6xa3 29.Qb2-b3 Bd3-c4 30.Qb3-c2 -0.13/14 ] 21...a5-a4 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 21...Qd7-c6 22.h2-h3 Bf7-g6
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23.Nf1-h2 a5-a4 24.Qb3-a2 Bg6-d3 25.Re2-e6 Bd3-f5 26.Re6-e2 h7-h5 27.Nh2-f1 Bf5-d3 Diagram
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28.Re2-e6 Ra8-d8 29.Bd2-c1 Bd3-f5 30.Re6-e2 Rf8-f7 31.Nf1-d2 Bf5-d3 32.Re2-e6 -0.05/16 ]
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22.Qb3-d1 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 22.Qb3-a2 Qd7-c6 23.g2-g4 Bf7-g6 24.Bd2-c1 Bg6-d3 25.Re2-e6 Rf8-f7 26.Nf1-d2 Ra8-d8 27.h2-h3 Rd8-c8 28.h3-h4 Diagram Rc8-d8 29.h4-h5 Rd8-c8 30.Kg1-g2 -0.05/16 ] 22...Bf7-g6 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 22...Ra8-b8 23.Qd1-c1 Qd7-c7 24.h2-h4 Bf7-g6 25.Re2-e6
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Bg6-d3 26.Nf1-h2 h7-h5 27.Nh2-f1 Qc7-b6 28.Re1-e5 Bd3-f5 29.Re6xd6 Qb6xd6 30.Bd2xf4 -0.03/14 ] 23.Bd2-c1 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 23.Qd1-c1 Bg6-d3 24.Re2-e6 Ra8-c8 25.h2-h3 h7-h5 26.Nf1-h2 Rc8-c6 27.Kg1-h1 Rf8-c8 28.Kh1-g1 Rc8-f8 29.Kg1-h1 -0.09/15 ] 23...Rf8-f7 last book move [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 23...Ra8-c8 24.Qd1-d2 Bg6-f5 25.h2-h3 Qd7-f7 26.Kg1-h1 Qf7-g6 27.Qd2-d1 Rc8-c7 28.Nf1-h2 h7-h5 29.Nh2-f1 Rc7-d7 Diagram (Diagram 445) 30.Bc1-d2 Rd7-d8 31.Qd1-a1 Qg6-g5 32.Qa1-a2 Bf5-d3 33.Re2-e6 Bd3-c4 -0.18/15 ] 24.h2-h3 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 24.Qd1-d2 Diagram (Diagram 446) Rf7-f6 25.Re1-d1 Ra8-c8 26.Qd2-e1 Bg6-f5 27.h2-h3 Rf6-g6 28.Kg1-h1 Rg6-f6 29.Nf1-h2 Rf6-h6 30.Qe1-f2 Bd6-b8 31.Rd1-e1 -0.07/15 ] 24...Bg6-f5 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 24...Ra8-c8 Diagram 25.Qd1-d2 Rf7-f6 26.Nf1-h2 h7-h5
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r+ + +k+ + +q+rpp + l +l+ +p+p+ + p+ P p + P P +P+ P QR+PP + L RNK
+r+ +k+ + +q+rpp + l +l+ +p+p+ + p+ P p + P P +P+P P +R+P+ + LQRNK
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29.Kh1-g1 Qd7-c6 30.Re2-e6 Bg6-f5 31.Re6-e2 Qc6-b7 32.Re1-d1 Bf5-g6 33.Rd1-e1 Bg6-h7 34.Qd2-d1 Bh7-f5 35.h3-h4 Qb7-f7 36.Kg1-h1 Qf7-f6 -0.08/15 ] 25.Nf1-h2 [ 25.Bc1-d2 Rf7-f6! Diagram
r+ + +k+ + +q+ pp + l r + +p+p+l+ p+ P p + P P +P+P P LR+P+ + +QRNK
448
; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 25.Qd1-d2 Ra8-f8 26.Re1-d1 Rf8-e8 27.Re2xe8+ Qd7xe8 28.Rd1-e1 Rf7-e7 29.Re1xe7 Qe8xe7 30.Qd2-f2 Bf5-d3 31.Bc1-d2 Diagram (Diagram 449)
447
27.Nh2-f1 Rf6-f8 28.Kg1-h1 Rc8-d8
Bd3-c4 32.Qf2-e1 Qe7-f7 33.Qe1-h4 Bd6-c7 34.Qh4-g4 Qf7-f6 35.Qg4-c8+ Bc7-d8 -0.06/15 ] 25...h7-h5∓ [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 25...h7-h5 26.Nh2-f1 Diagram (Diagram 450) Rf7-f8 27.Bc1-d2 Rf8-f6 28.Bd2-c1 Qd7-f7 29.h3-h4 Rf6-g6 30.Kg1-h1 Ra8-c8 31.Kh1-g1 Qf7-d7 32.Re2-f2 Rc8-c7 33.Rf2-e2 -0.13/16 ] 26.Re2-f2 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 26.Qd1-d2 Rf7-f8 27.Re1-d1 Qd7-f7 28.Kg1-h1 Qf7-f6 29.Re2-e1 Bd6-c7 30.Qd2-e2 Qf6-c6 31.Qe2-e7 Ra8-e8 32.Qe7-c5
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
+ + +k+ + + q pp + l + + +p+p+ + p+ P p + P Pl+P+P P L QP+ + + +NK
r+ + +k+ + +q+rp + l + + +p+p+l+p p+ P p + P P +P+P P +R+P+ + LQRNK
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+ r rk+ + +q+ p + l + + +p+p+l+p p+ P p + P P +P+P P +R+P+ + LQRNK
451
452
[ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 27.Rf2-e2 Diagram (Diagram 451) (Diagram 453)
Qc6-d7 33.Nh2-f1 -0.13/15 ] 26...Ra8-f8 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 26...Rf7-f8 27.Nh2-f1 Ra8-d8 28.Rf2-e2 Diagram (Diagram 452) Qd7-f7 29.Kg1-h1 Rd8-d7 30.Nf1-d2 Qf7-g6 31.Nd2-f1 Bd6-c7 32.Re2-e7 Bc7-d8 33.Re7xd7 Bf5xd7 34.Re1-e5 -0.20/15 ] 27.Nh2-f1
Rf8-c8 28.Kg1-h1 Rf7-f8 29.Bc1-d2 Bf5-d3 30.Re2-e6 Bd3-f5 31.Re6-e2 Bf5-d3 -0.23/14 Diagram (Diagram 454) ] 27...Rf7-f6 Diagram [ 27...Rf8-c8 28.Bc1-d2∓ ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 27...Qd7-d8 Diagram 28.Rf2-e2 Rf7-c7 29.Kg1-h1 Rc7-c8
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120 32.b2-b3 Rf8-c8 33.Bc1-b2 Diagram
+ + rk+ + +q+rp + l + + +p+p+l+p p+ P p + P P +P+P P +R+PN + LQR K
+r+ rk+ + +q+ p + l + + +p+p+ +p p+ P p + P Pl+P+P P LR+PN + +QR +K
+ q rk+ + + +rp + l + + +p+p+l+p p+ P p + P P +P+P P + RP+ + LQRNK
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rr+ +k+ + + + p + l q + +p+p+l+p p+ P p + PPP +P+P L +R+P+ + +QRN+K
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Qf6-g5 34.Nf1-d2 Rc8-f8 35.Qd1-c1 a4xb3 36.Nd2xb3 -0.13/16 ] 454
+ + rk+ + +q+ p + l r + +p+p+l+p p+ P p + P P +P+P P + RP+ + LQRNK 455
30.Re2-d2 Rc8-b8 31.Rd2-e2 Qd8-f6
457
28.Nf1-h2 [ 28.Re1-e5 Bd6xe5 29.d4xe5 Rf6-g6 30.Bc1xf4 Bf5xh3= Diagram (Diagram 458) ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 28.Kg1-h1 Diagram Qd7-d8 29.Qd1-e2 Rf6-e6 30.Qe2-d2 Re6-g6 31.Rf2-e2 Kg8-h7 32.Nf1-h2 Kh7-h8 33.Qd2-d1 Kh8-h7 34.Nh2-f1 Kh7-h8 35.Qd1-d2 Kh8-g8 36.Qd2-d1
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+ + rk+ + +q+ p + + +r+ +p+pP +p p+ + L + P P +P+l P + RP+ + +Q+NK
+ + rk+ + +q+ p + l r + +p+p+l+p p+ P p + P P +P+P P + RP+ + LQRN+K
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Bd6-c7 37.Nf1-h2 Qd8-f6 38.Re2-e8 -0.11/16 ] 28...Kg8-h8 Diagram [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 28...Qd7-f7 29.Kg1-h1 Qf7-g6 30.Rf2-d2 Rf8-d8 31.Nh2-f1 Rf6-f8 32.Rd2-e2 Rd8-d7 33.Re2-d2 Rd7-c7 34.Rd2-e2 Diagram (Diagram 460) Rc7-c8 35.Nf1-h2 Qg6-g5 36.Nh2-f1 Qg5-g6 37.Nf1-h2 -0.23/14 ] 29.b2-b3 Diagram [ 29.Re1-e5 Bd6xe5 30.d4xe5 Rf6-g6 31.Bc1xf4 Bf5xh3! ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64:
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+ + r k + +q+ p + l r + +p+p+l+p p+ P p + P P +P+P P + RPN + LQR K
460
461
29.Kg1-h1 Diagram (Diagram 462) Rf6-g6 30.Rf2-e2 Qd7-d8 31.Nh2-f1 Kh8-g8 32.Qd1-d2 Kg8-h7 33.Nf1-h2 Kh7-h8 34.Qd2-d1 Diagram (Diagram 463) Kh8-h7 35.Nh2-f1 Kh7-h8 36.Qd1-d2 Kh8-g8 37.Qd2-d1 Qd8-d7 38.Nf1-h2 Qd7-c6 39.Qd1-d2 Qc6-d7 40.Nh2-f1 Qd7-d8 41.Qd2-d1 -0.11/16 ] 29...Rf8-c8∓ Diagram [Houdini 2.0c
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122 31.Kg1-h1 Diagram
+ + r k + +q+ p + l r + +p+p+l+p p+ P p + P P +P+P P + RPN + LQR +K
+ q r k + + + p + l +r+ +p+p+l+p p+ P p + P P +P+P P +R+PN + LQR +K
+ + r k + +q+ p + l r + +p+p+l+p p+ P p + PPP +P+P + + RPN + LQR K
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463
+ + r k + +q+ p + l +r+ + +p+l+p p+ P p + P P +P+P + + RPN + LQR +K
465
Qd7-b5 32.Rf2-e2 Kh8-g8 33.h3-h4 Rf8-d8 34.Qd1-d2 Bf5-d3 35.Re2-e6 Rg6xe6 36.Re1xe6 Bd3-f5 37.Qd2-e2 Qb5-c6 -0.40/14 ]
+r+ + k + +q+ p + l r + +p+p+l+p p+ P p + PPP +P+P + + RPN + LQR K
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Pro x64: 29...Rf6-g6 30.b3xa4 b5xa4
30.Bc1-b2 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 30.b3xa4 b5xa4 31.Qd1-d2 Qd7-c6 32.Bc1-b2 Rf6-g6 33.Kg1-h1 Rc8-b8 34.Rf2-e2 Kh8-h7 35.Bb2-c1 Rb8-c8 36.Bc1-b2 Kh7-g8 37.h3-h4 Rc8-b8 38.Bb2-c1 Rg6-f6 Diagram 39.Kh1-g1 Rf6-g6 40.Bc1-b2 Qc6-b5 41.Kg1-h1 Bf5-d3 -0.45/15 ] 30...Kh8-h7 Diagram [ 30...Rf6-g6 Diagram
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
r + +k+ + + + p +ql r + + +p+l+p p+ P p P P P +P+ + QR+PN + L R +K
+r+ + k + +q+ p + l r + +p+p+l+p p+ P p + PPP +P+P L + RPN + +QR K
+r+ + k + +q+ p + l +r+ +p+p+l+p p+ P p + PPP +P+P L + RPN + +QR K 31.Kg1-h1∓ ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64:
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30...Rf6-g6 31.Kg1-h1 Bd6-e7 32.Rf2-e2 Be7-h4 33.Re1-g1 Rg6-b6 34.Nh2-f1 Bh4-e7 35.Qd1-d2 Be7-d6 36.Qd2-d1 a4xb3 37.Qd1xb3 Bf5-d3 38.Re2-e1 Diagram
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Bd3-c4 39.Qb3-c2 -0.51/14 ]
469
+r+ + + + +q+ pk + l r + +p+p+l+p p+ P p + PPP +P+P L + RPN + +QR K
471
31.Nh2-f1 Diagram [ 31.Rf2-e2 Rf6-g6 32.Kg1-h1 Rg6-h6∓ ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 31.Kg1-h1 Diagram Kh7-g8 32.Rf2-e2 Rf6-g6 33.Nh2-f1 Kg8-h7 34.Nf1-h2 Qd7-c6 35.b3xa4 b5xa4 36.Re2-f2 Qc6-b5 37.Nh2-f1 Kh7-g8 38.Bb2-a1 Qb5-d7 39.Qd1-d2 Rc8-b8 40.Qd2-a2 Qd7-c6 -0.45/15 ]
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
+r+ + + + +q+ pk + l r + +p+p+l+p p+ P p + PPP +P+P L + RPN + +QR +K
+r+ + + + +q+ pk + l r + +p+p+l+p p+ P p + PPP +P+P L + RP+ + +QRNK
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31...Rf6-f8 Diagram [ 31...Rf6-g6!?∓ ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 31...Rf6-g6 32.Kg1-h1 Diagram (Diagram 474) Bd6-e7 33.Rf2-d2 Be7-h4 34.Re1-e2 Kh7-h8 35.Re2-e5 Kh8-g8 36.Re5-e2 a4xb3 37.Qd1xb3 Rc8-c4 38.Re2-e5 Bh4-f6 39.Re5-e1 -0.51/15 ] 32.Rf2-e2 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 32.Rf2-d2 Kh7-g8 33.Re1-e2 Rc8-b8 34.Kg1-h1 Qd7-c6 35.Re2-e1 Rb8-c8 36.h3-h4 Rf8-f6 37.Rd2-f2 a4xb3 38.Qd1xb3 Bf5-d3 39.Bb2-c1
+r+ + + + +q+ pk + l +r+ +p+p+l+p p+ P p + PPP +P+P L + RP+ + +QRN+K
+r+ r + + +q+ pk + l + + +p+p+l+p p+ P p + PPP +P+P L + RP+ + +QRNK
474
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Qc6-b7 -0.34/14 ] (Diagram 476) 32...Rc8-c7 Diagram [ 32...Kh7-g8 Diagram (Diagram 477) 33.Nf1-d2∓ ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 32...Kh7-g8 33.b3xa4 b5xa4 34.Nf1-d2 Bf5-d3 35.Re2-e6 Rc8-b8 36.Qd1-c1 Bd3-f5 37.Re6-e2 Qd7-b5 38.Bb2-a1 Bf5-d3 39.Re2-e6 Qb5-c6 40.c3-c4 d5xc4 41.Nd2-e4 -0.37/14 ]
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
+r+ r + + +q+ pk + l + + +p+p+l+p p+ P p + PPP +P+P L +R+P+ + +QRNK
+r+ rk+ + +q+ p + l + + +p+p+l+p p+ P p + PPP +P+P L +R+P+ + +QRNK
+ + r + + rq+ pk + l + + +p+p+l+p p+ P p + PPP +P+P L +R+P+ + +QRNK 33.Nf1-h2 [ 33.Nf1-d2 Kh7-g6! ;
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Qd7-f5 35.b3xa4 b5xa4 36.Qd1xa4 Rf8-b8 37.Bb2-a1 Rc7-e7 38.Re1xe7 Bd6xe7 39.Qa4-a7 Rb8-e8 40.Qa7-a4 Qf5-g6 41.c3-c4 Be7-h4 -0.19/13 ] 33...Rf8-c8 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 33...Rf8-f6 Diagram
+ + + + + rq+ pk + l r + +p+p+l+p p+ P p + PPP +P+P L +R+PN + +QR K
480
34.Kg1-h1 a4xb3 35.Qd1xb3 Bf5-d3 36.Re2-e8 Qd7-f5 37.Qb3-d1 Bd3-c4 38.Qd1-d2 Rf6-g6 39.Nh2-f1 Qf5-f7 40.Re8-d8 Rc7-e7 41.h3-h4 Diagram Bd6-c7 -0.36/14 ] 34.Nh2-f1 [ 34.b3-b4 Qd7-d8! Diagram
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126 Diagram
+ R + + + + rqpk + l +r+ +p+p+ +p +lP p P P P +P+ L Q +P+ + + RN+K
+r+ + + + rq+ pk + l + + +p+p+l+p p+ P p + PPP +P+P L +R+PN + +QR K
+rq + + + r + pk + l + + +p+p+l+p pP P p + P P +P+P L +R+PN + +QR K ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 34.Kg1-h1
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b5-b4 35.a3xb4 a4-a3 36.Bb2xa3 Rc7xc3 37.Re2-a2 Rc3-d3 38.Qd1-a1 Rd3xb3 39.b4-b5 Bd6-c7 40.Ba3-c5 Qd7xb5 41.Ra2-a7 Rb3-b2 42.Nh2-f1 Rb2-e2 43.Qa1-c3 Qb5-b2 44.Qc3xb2 Re2xb2 -0.41/14 ] 34...b5-b4∓ Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 34...a4xb3 35.Qd1xb3 Qd7-c6 36.Nf1-d2 Rc8-a8 37.Nd2-f1 Ra8-a7 38.Bb2-c1 Rc7-c8 39.h3-h4 Ra7-a8 40.Nf1-d2 Ra8-a4 41.Bc1-b2 Rc8-a8 42.Qb3-a2 Ra4-a6 43.Qa2-b3 Ra6-a7 44.Qb3-d1 Kh7-h8 45.Qd1-b3 Bd6xa3 46.Bb2xa3 Ra7xa3 -0.22/15 ] (Diagram 485)
483
35.a3xb4 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 35.c3xb4 Bf5-c2 36.Qd1-a1 a4xb3 37.Nf1-d2 Rc8-a8 38.Bb2-c3 Kh7-g8 39.Re2-e6 Rc7-a7 40.Nd2-b1 Bc2-f5 41.Re6-e2 Qd7-c6 42.Bc3-d2 Bf5-d3 43.Re2-e6 -0.47/14 ] (Diagram 486) 35...a4-a3 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 35...a4-a3 36.Bb2xa3 Rc7xc3 37.Re2-a2 Qd7-b5 38.Re1-e2 Rc8-a8
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
+r+ + + + rq+ pk + l + + + +p+l+p pp P p + PPP +P+P L +R+P+ + +QRNK
+r+ + + + rq+ pk + l + + + +p+l+p pP P p + +PP +P+P L +R+P+ + +QRNK
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39.Re2-e1 Rc3-c7 40.Qd1-d2 Rc7-a7 41.Re1-a1 Kh7-g8 42.Qd2-f2 Bf5-d3 43.h3-h4 Ra8-c8 44.Ra1-e1 -0.39/14 ] (Diagram 487) 36.Bb2xa3 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 36.Bb2-c1 Rc7xc3 37.Bc1xa3 Qd7-a7 38.Ba3-b2 Rc3-d3 39.Qd1-a1 Qa7xa1 40.Re1xa1 Rd3xb3 41.Bb2-a3 Bf5-d3 42.Re2-e6 Diagram Bd6xb4 43.Ba3xb4 Rb3xb4 44.Re6-e5 Rb4xd4 45.Re5xh5+ Kh7-g6 46.Rh5-e5 -0.41/13 ] 36...Rc7xc3 White has a cramped
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487
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position [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 36...Rc7xc3 37.Re2-a2 Qd7-b5 38.Re1-e2 Kh7-g8 39.Ba3-b2 Rc3-d3 40.Re2-d2 Bd6xb4 41.Rd2xd3 Bf5xd3 42.Ra2-a7 Rc8-c2 43.Bb2-a1 Kg8-h7 44.Ra7-f7 Diagram (Diagram 489) Bb4-d6 -0.34/14 ] 37.Kg1-h2 [ 37.Re2-a2 Diagram Qd7-a7∓ ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 37.Re2-a2 Qd7-a7 38.Kg1-h1 Rc3-d3 39.Qd1-b1 Rc8-f8 40.Ba3-b2 Qa7-b6 41.Qb1-a1 Rd3xb3 42.Nf1-d2 Rb3-e3
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+ + + + + + +Rpk + + + + +q+p+ +p l P p + +P+l+P+P +r+ +P+ L +Q+NK
+r+ + + + +q+ pk + l + + + +p+l+p P P p + LPr +P+P R+ + +P+ + +QRNK
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43.Bb2-c3 Rf8-c8 -0.25/13 Diagram (Diagram 491) ] 37...Rc8-a8 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 37...Bf5-d3 38.Re2-a2 Kh7-g8 39.Ra2-a1 Qd7-b5 40.Kh2-h1 Bd6xb4 41.Ba3xb4 Qb5xb4 42.Re1-e5 Qb4xd4 43.Re5xh5 Diagram (Diagram 492) Rc3-c2 44.Ra1-a5 Rc2-c1 -0.47/12 ] 38.Ba3-b2? [ 38.Re2-a2!?∓ ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 38.Re2-a2
+r+ + + + + + pk q l + + + +p+l+p P P p + + L rP+P R+ N +P+ Q + R +K
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492
Rc3-d3 39.Qd1-a1 Diagram (Diagram 493) Qd7-a7 40.Qa1-c1 Qa7-b6 41.Qc1-b2 Qb6xd4 42.Qb2xd4 Rd3xd4 43.Ba3-b2 Ra8xa2 44.Bb2xd4 Bd6xb4 45.Re1-e5 Bf5-d3 46.Re5xh5+ Kh7-g6 -0.40/14 ] 38...Rc3-d3-+ [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 38...Rc3-d3 39.Qd1-c1 Rd3xb3 40.Kh2-g1 Rb3xb4 41.Bb2-c3 Ra8-c8 42.Qc1-d2 Rb4-b3 43.Bc3-a1 Bf5-d3 44.Qd2-d1 Rb3-a3 45.Re2-d2 Bd3-g6 46.Rd2-e2 Bd6-b4 47.Nf1-d2 -1.15/16
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] 39.Qd1-c1 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 39.Qd1-c1 Rd3xb3 40.Kh2-g1 Bd6xb4 41.Nf1-d2 Rb3-d3 42.Qc1-d1 Ra8-a2 43.Qd1-c1 Qd7-a4 44.Kg1-h2 Qa4-a5 45.Re1-d1 Rd3-e3 46.Re2-f2 Qa5-b6 47.Kh2-g1 Diagram
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Bf5-d3 -1.37/13 ]
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495
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Rb3-a3 45.Re2-d2 Bd3-g6 46.Rd2-e2 Bd6-b4 47.Nf1-d2 -1.15/14 Diagram (Diagram 497) ] 40.Re2-c2? [ 40.Qc1-a1-+ ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 40.Qc1-a1 Diagram
(Diagram 495) (Diagram 498) 39...Ra8-c8 [ 39...Rd3xb3 Diagram 40.Kh2-g1 Rb3xb4-+ ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 39...Rd3xb3 40.Kh2-g1 Rb3xb4 41.Bb2-c3 Ra8-c8 42.Qc1-d2 Rb4-b3 43.Bc3-a1 Bf5-d3 44.Qd2-d1
Bd6xb4 41.Re1-c1 Rc8xc1 42.Qa1xc1 Rd3xb3 43.Qc1-d1 Rb3-d3 44.Qd1-a1 Bb4-d6 45.Kh2-g1 Rd3-b3 46.Re2-e1 Qd7-b7 47.Bb2-c1 Qb7-c7
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+r+ + + + +q+ pk + + +l+ + +p+ +p l P p + r + +P+P + NR+P+ L +QR K
+r+ + + + +q+ pk + l + + + +p+l+p P P p + +P+r+P+P L +R+PK Q + RN+
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48.Nf1-d2 Rb3-e3 49.Bc1-b2 Bf5-d3 -0.57/15 ] 40...Rc8xc2 [ 40...Bd6xb4?! is the less attractive alternative 41.Rc2xc8 Qd7xc8 42.Re1-e5 Rd3xb3 43.Re5xd5 Qc8xc1 44.Bb2xc1! ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 40...Rc8xc2 41.Qc1xc2 Rd3xf3 42.Qc2-e2 Rf3xh3+ 43.Kh2-g1 f4-f3 44.g2xf3 Bd6xb4 45.Re1-a1 Qd7-c7 46.Ra1-a4 Bb4-c3 47.Bb2xc3 Qc7xc3 48.Qe2-e3 Rh3xf3 49.Qe3xc3 Rf3xc3 50.b3-b4 Rc3-b3 51.Ra4-a5 Rb3xb4 52.Ra5xd5 Kh7-g6 53.Nf1-e3 Bf5-e4 54.Rd5-d7 Rb4-b7 55.Rd7-d6+ Kg6-g5 -2.37/15 Diagram
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] 41.Qc1xc2 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 41.Qc1xc2 Rd3xf3 42.Qc2-e2 Rf3xh3+ 43.Kh2-g1 f4-f3 44.g2xf3 Bd6xb4 45.Re1-a1 Qd7-d6 46.Ra1-a4 Qd6-b6 47.Ra4-a6 Qb6-c7 48.Qe2-g2 Bb4-d6 49.Qg2-e2 Bf5-c8 50.Ra6-a8 h5-h4 51.Bb2-a3 Bd6-f4 52.Qe2-d3+ g7-g6 -1.46/12 ] 41...Bf5-g6?? letting the wind out of his own sails [ 41...Rd3xf3 42.Qc2-e2 Diagram
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Rf3xh3+ ( 42...Rf3xb3?! is clearly weaker 43.Qe2xh5+ Kh7-g8 44.Re1-e8+ Bd6-f8 45.Bb2-c1 ) 43.Kh2-g1 f4-f3 44.g2xf3 Qd7-d8-+ ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 41...Rd3xf3
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42.Qc2-e2 Rf3xh3+ 43.Kh2-g1 f4-f3 44.g2xf3 Bd6xb4 45.Re1-a1 Qd7-c7 46.Ra1-a4 Bb4-c3 47.Bb2xc3 Qc7xc3 48.Qe2-e3 Rh3xf3 49.Qe3xc3 Rf3xc3 50.b3-b4 Rc3-b3 51.Kg1-g2 h5-h4 52.Kg2-f2 Kh7-g6 53.Nf1-e3 -1.36/13 ] 42.Qc2-f2 [ 42.Qc2-c1!?∓ Diagram
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; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 42.Qc2-c1 Rd3xb3 43.Nf1-d2 Rb3xb4 44.Qc1-c3 Qd7-c7 45.Re1-e6 Rb4-b8 46.Qc3xc7 Bd6xc7 47.Bb2-c3 Bg6-f5 48.Re6-e7 Diagram
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(Diagram 502) Bc7-d6 49.Re7-a7 Rb8-c8 50.Bc3-a5 Kh7-g6 51.h3-h4 -0.40/16 ] 42...Bd6xb4-+ [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 42...Rd3xb3 43.Re1-c1 Rb3xb4 44.Kh2-g1 Rb4-c4 45.Qf2-d2 Qd7-c8 46.Rc1-c3 Rc4xc3 47.Qd2xc3 Qc8-a6 48.Qc3-c1 Bg6-d3 49.Nf1-d2 Bd6-b4 Diagram (Diagram 503) 50.Nd2-b3 -0.59/14 ] 43.Re1-e5 [ 43.Re1-c1!?-+ ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 43.Re1-a1 Rd3xb3 44.Qf2-e2 Bb4-d6 45.Qe2-f2 Bg6-d3 46.Bb2-c1
Qd7-f7 47.Kh2-g1 Qf7-g6 48.Ra1-a7 Rb3-c3 49.Bc1-d2 Rc3-c7 50.Ra7xc7 Bd6xc7 51.Bd2-b4 Diagram (Diagram 504) Bc7-d8 -0.63/16 ] 43...Rd3-d1 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 43...Rd3-d1 44.Qf2-e2 Rd1-e1 45.Qe2xe1 Bb4xe1 46.Re5xe1 Qd7-b5 47.Bb2-c3 Bg6-c2 48.Re1-c1 Qb5xb3 49.Bc3-d2 Qb3-d3 50.Bd2xf4 Qd3xd4 51.Bf4-d6 Qd4-f6 52.Bd6-g3 Qf6-b2 53.Rc1-e1 d5-d4 54.Bg3-f4 Bc2-g6 55.Nf1-d2 d4-d3 56.h3-h4 Bg6-f7 57.Re1-b1 Qb2-d4
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58.Kh2-g3 -1.49/17 ] 44.Qf2-e2 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 44.Qf2-e2 Rd1-e1 45.Qe2xe1 Bb4xe1 46.Re5xe1 Qd7-b5 47.Bb2-c3 Bg6-c2 48.Re1-c1 Qb5xb3 49.Bc3-d2 Qb3-d3 50.h3-h4 Qd3-f5 51.g2-g3 f4xg3+ 52.Kh2xg3 Bc2-d3 53.Bd2-f4 Qf5-g6+ 54.Bf4-g5 Qg6-d6+ 55.Kg3-g2 -1.64/13 ] 44...Rd1-b1 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 44...Rd1-e1 45.Qe2xe1 Bb4xe1 46.Re5xe1 Qd7-b5 47.Bb2-c3 Bg6-c2 48.Re1-c1 Qb5xb3 49.Bc3-d2 Qb3-d3 50.h3-h4 Qd3-f5 51.g2-g3 f4xg3+ 52.Kh2xg3 Bc2-d3 53.Bd2-f4 Qf5-g6+ 54.Bf4-g5 Qg6-d6+ 55.Kg3-g2 -1.39/13 ] 45.Re5-g5? [ 45.h3-h4-+ ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 45.h3-h4 Bb4-e1 46.Bb2-a3 Be1xh4 47.Ba3-c5 Bh4-f6 48.Re5-e6 Rb1xb3 49.Re6-d6 Qd7-f5 50.Qe2-f2 Rb3-b1 51.Kh2-g1 Qf5-g5 52.Qf2-e2 h5-h4 53.Kg1-h1 Qg5-f5 54.Kh1-g1 Bg6-f7 -1.25/14 ] 45...Qd7-c6 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 45...Qd7-c6 46.Qe2-f2 Qc6-c2 47.Qf2xc2 Bg6xc2 48.Rg5xh5+ Kh7-g8 49.Rh5xd5 Rb1xb2 50.Rd5-b5 Rb2xb3 51.d4-d5 Bb4-d6 52.Rb5-a5 Rb3-d3 53.Ra5-a6 Bd6-e7 54.Ra6-a2 Bc2-b3 55.Ra2-d2 Rd3xd2 56.Nf1xd2 Bb3xd5 57.Kh2-g1
Bd5-b7 58.Kg1-f2 Kg8-f7 59.Nd2-e4 Bb7-c6 60.Ne4-c3 Kf7-e6 61.Kf2-e2 Ke6-e5 62.Ke2-d3 Bc6-e8 63.Nc3-e4 Be8-b5+ 64.Kd3-c3 -3.14/17 ] 46.Rg5-e5 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 46.h3-h4 Qc6-c2 47.Qe2xc2 Bg6xc2 48.Rg5xh5+ Kh7-g8 49.Rh5xd5 Rb1xb2 50.Kh2-h3 Bc2xb3 51.Rd5-e5 Bb4-d6 52.Re5-e1 Kg8-f7 53.Kh3-h2 g7-g6 54.Kh2-g1 Bb3-d5 55.Re1-a1 Bd6-f8 56.Ra1-a7+ Kf7-e6 57.Ra7-a6+ Ke6-f5 -3.06/15 ] 46...Qc6-c2 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 46...Qc6-c2 47.Qe2xc2 Bg6xc2 48.Re5xh5+ Kh7-g8 49.Rh5xd5 Rb1xb2 50.Rd5-b5 Rb2xb3 51.d4-d5 Bb4-d6 52.Rb5-a5 Rb3-d3 53.Ra5-a6 Bd6-e7 54.Ra6-a2 Bc2-b3 55.Ra2-d2 Rd3xd2 56.Nf1xd2 Bb3xd5 57.Kh2-g1 Bd5-b7 58.Kg1-f2 Kg8-f7 59.Nd2-e4 Bb7-c6 60.Ne4-c3 Kf7-e6 61.Kf2-e2 Ke6-e5 62.Ke2-d3 Bc6-e8 63.Nc3-e4 Be8-b5+ 64.Kd3-c3 -3.25/16 ] 47.Re5xh5+ [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 47.Qe2xc2 Bg6xc2 48.Re5xh5+ Kh7-g8 49.Rh5xd5 Rb1xb2 50.Rd5-b5 Rb2xb3 51.d4-d5 Bb4-d6 52.Rb5-a5 Rb3-d3 53.Ra5-a6 Bd6-e7 54.Ra6-a2 Bc2-b3 55.Ra2-d2 Rd3xd2 56.Nf1xd2 Bb3xd5 57.Kh2-g1 Bd5-b7 58.Kg1-f2 Kg8-f7 59.Nd2-e4 Bb7-c6 60.Ne4-c3 Kf7-e6 61.Kf2-e2 Ke6-e5 62.Ke2-d3 Bc6-e8 63.Nc3-e4 Be8-b5+ 64.Kd3-c3 -3.49/17 ] 47...Kh7-g8 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 47...Kh7-g8 48.Qe2xc2 Bg6xc2 49.Rh5xd5 Rb1xb2 50.Rd5-b5 Rb2xb3 51.h3-h4 Bb4-c3 52.Rb5xb3 Bc2xb3 53.g2-g3 f4xg3+ 54.Kh2xg3 Bc3xd4 55.Nf1-d2 Bb3-d5 56.Kg3-f4 Bd4-f6 57.h4-h5 Kg8-f7 58.Nd2-e4 Bf6-d4 59.Kf4-g5 Kf7-e6 60.Kg5-f4 Bd5-c6 61.Ne4-g5+ Ke6-d5 62.Ng5-e4 Bc6-d7 -3.24/15 ] 48.Qe2-e6+ [ 48.Qe2xc2 is not the saving move Bg6xc2 49.Rh5xd5
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56.Qd5-f5+ Kf8-e7 57.Qf5-e4+ Rb1xb2-+ ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: Ke7-d8 58.Qe4-d5+ Kd8-c7 48.Qe2xc2 Bg6xc2 49.Rh5xd5 59.Qd5-f7+ Kc7-b6 60.Qf7-e6+ Rb1xb2 50.Rd5-b5 Rb2xb3 51.h3-h4 Kb6-a5 61.Qe6-e5+ Qf1-b5 Bb4-c3 52.Rb5xb3 Bc2xb3 53.g2-g3 62.Qe5xg7 Bb4-d6 63.h3-h4 Rb2xb3 f4xg3+ 54.Kh2xg3 Bc3xd4 55.Nf1-d2 64.Qg7-g6 Qb5-d5 -5.70/14 ] Bb3-d5 56.Kg3-f4 Kg8-f7 57.h4-h5 Kf7-e6 58.Nd2-e4 Bd5-c4 59.Ne4-g5+ 50...Qc2-c6 [ 50...Qc2xb2?! Ke6-d5 60.Ng5-e4 Bd4-e5+ is impossible 51.Qf7-h5+ Kh8-g8 61.Kf4-f5 -3.54/16 ] 48...Bg6-f7 52.Qh5xd5+ Kg8-f8 53.Qd5-f5+ [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 48...Bg6-f7 Kf8-e7 54.Qf5-e5+ Ke7-d8 49.Qe6-f5 Qc2xf5 50.Rh5xf5 Rb1xb2 55.Qe5-d5+ Kd8-c7 56.Qd5-c4+ 51.Kh2-g1 Bb4-d6 52.Nf1-h2 Bf7-e6 Kc7-d7 57.Qc4-b5+ Kd7-e6 53.Rf5-g5 Rb2-b1+ 54.Kg1-f2 Bd6-e7 58.Qb5-e5+ Ke6-f7 59.Qe5-f5+ 55.Rg5-h5 Be7-f6 56.Nh2-g4 Bf6xd4+ Kf7-e8 60.Qf5-b5+ Ke8-f7 61.Qb5-f5+ 57.Kf2-e2 Rb1xb3 58.h3-h4 Rb3-a3 Kf7-g8 62.Qf5-d5+ Kg8-h7 59.Rh5-g5 Kg8-f7 60.Ng4-e5+ 63.Qd5-h5+ Kh7-g8 64.Qh5-d5+= ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 50...Qc2-c6 Bd4xe5 61.Rg5xe5 Ra3-a2+ 62.Ke2-f1 Kf7-f6 63.Re5-e2 d5-d4 51.Kh2-g1 Qc6-b5 52.Kg1-h2 Rb1xb2 53.Qf7-h5+ Kh8-g8 54.Qh5-f5 Qb5-c6 64.Re2xa2 Be6xa2 -4.56/16 ] 55.Kh2-g1 Bb4-c3 56.Qf5xf4 Qc6-f6 49.Rh5-h8+ [ 49.Qe6-e5 cannot undo what has already been done Bf7xh5 57.Qf4xf6 g7xf6 58.Kg1-h2 Bc3xd4 59.Kh2-g3 Kg8-g7 60.h3-h4 Kg7-g6 ( 49...Rb1xb2?! 50.Rh5-g5 Qc2-h7 51.Qe5-b8+ Bb4-f8 52.Qb8xf4-+ ; 61.Kg3-h3 Bd4-e5 62.g2-g4 Rb2xb3 63.Nf1-d2 Rb3-a3 64.Kh3-g2 -5.99/15 49...Qc2xb2 50.Qe5-b8+ Bb4-f8 51.Rh5-h8+ Kg8xh8 52.Qb8xf8+ ] 51.Bb2-c3 [ 51.Qf7-f5 is still a small Bf7-g8 53.Qf8xf4-+ ; 49...Rb1xf1 chance Rb1xb2 52.Kh2-g1-+ ; 50.Qe5-b8+ Bb4-f8 51.Rh5-h8+ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 51.h3-h4 Kg8xh8 52.Qb8xf8+ Bf7-g8 Rb1xb2 52.Kh2-h3 Qc6-c8+ 53.Qf8xf4-+ ) 50.Qe5xd5+ Kg8-f8-+ ; 53.Kh3-h2 Qc8-d8 54.Kh2-h3 Rb2-b1 55.Qf7-h5+ Kh8-g8 56.Nf1-h2 Bb4-d2 Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 49.Qe6-e5 Bb4-f8 50.Qe5-f5 Qc2xf5 51.Rh5xf5 57.Qh5-g4 Bd2-e3 58.b3-b4 Rb1xb4 59.h4-h5 Be3xd4 60.Nh2-f1 Bd4-f6 Rb1xb2 52.Kh2-g1 Bf8-d6 53.Nf1-h2 61.Kh3-h2 Qd8-d6 62.Qg4-c8+ Bf6-d8 Bf7-e6 54.Rf5-g5 Rb2-b1+ 55.Kg1-f2 Bd6-e7 56.Rg5-h5 Be7-f6 57.Nh2-g4 63.Nf1-d2 Rb4-b2 64.Qc8-c3 Bd8-f6 -6.32/16 ] 51...Bb4xc3 [Worse is Bf6xd4+ 58.Kf2-e2 Rb1xb3 59.h3-h4 Rb3-a3 60.Rh5-g5 Kg8-f7 61.Ng4-e5+ 51...Qc6xc3 52.Qf7-h5+ Kh8-g8 Bd4xe5 62.Rg5xe5 Ra3-a2+ 53.Qh5xd5+ Kg8-h7 54.Qd5-e4+ Kh7-g8 55.Qe4xb1 Qc3xd4 63.Ke2-f1 Kf7-f6 64.Re5-e2 d5-d4 65.Re2xa2 Be6xa2 -4.80/17 ] 56.Qb1-c2+- ; 51...Rb1xf1?! 52.Bc3xb4 49...Kg8xh8 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: Qc6-c1 53.Qf7-e8+ Kh8-h7 49...Kg8xh8 -5.10/1 ] 50.Qe6xf7 54.Qe8-h5+ Kh7-g8 55.Qh5xd5+ [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 50.Qe6xf7 Kg8-h7 56.Qd5-f5+ Kh7-h8 Qc2-c6 51.Kh2-g1 Qc6-b5 52.Kg1-h2 57.Qf5-h5+ Kh8-g8 58.Qh5-d5+ Rb1xb2 53.Qf7-h5+ Kh8-g8 54.Qh5-f5 Kg8-h7 59.Qd5-e4+ Kh7-h6 Qb5xf1 55.Qf5xd5+ Kg8-f8 60.Qe4-e6+ Kh6-h7 61.Qe6-f5+
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games Kh7-h6 62.Qf5-e6+ Kh6-h7 63.Qe6-f5+= ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 51...Bb4xc3 52.Qf7-h5+ Kh8-g8 53.Qh5-e5 Rb1xf1 54.Qe5-e2 Rf1-c1 55.Qe2-e5 Rc1-d1 56.Qe5xf4 Bc3xd4 57.h3-h4 Qc6-f6 58.Qf4-g4 Qf6-e5+ 59.f3-f4 Bd4-g1+ 60.Kh2-h3 Rd1-d3+ 61.g2-g3 Qe5-e4 62.Qg4-g5 Rd3xb3 63.Qg5-d8+ Kg8-h7 64.Qd8-c7 Qe4-h1+ 65.Kh3-g4 Qh1-f3+ 66.Kg4-f5 Qf3xg3 -9.23/14 ] 52.Qf7-f8+ [ 52.Qf7xf4 doesn't get the bull off the ice Rb1xf1 53.h3-h4 Rf1-d1-+ ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 52.Qf7-h5+ Kh8-g8 53.Qh5-e5 Rb1xf1 54.Qe5-e2 Rf1-c1 55.Qe2-e5 Rc1-d1 56.Qe5xf4 Bc3xd4 57.h3-h4 Qc6-f6 58.Qf4-g4 Qf6-e5+ 59.f3-f4 Bd4-g1+ 60.Kh2-h3 Rd1-d3+ 61.g2-g3 Qe5-e4 62.Qg4-g5 Rd3xb3 63.Qg5-d8+ Kg8-h7 64.Qd8-c7 Qe4-h1+ 65.Kh3-g4 Qh1-f3+ 66.Kg4-f5 Qf3xg3 -9.23/15 ] 52...Kh8-h7 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 52...Kh8-h7 -4.52/1 ] 53.Qf8-f5+ [ 53.Qf8xf4 a fruitless try to alter the course of the game Rb1xf1 54.Qf4-e3 Qc6-d6+ 55.f3-f4 Qd6xf4+ 56.Qe3xf4 Rf1xf4-+ ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 53.Qf8xf4 Rb1xf1 54.Qf4-e5 Rf1-d1 55.h3-h4 Bc3xd4 56.Qe5-g5 Qc6-g6 57.Kh2-g3 Qg6xg5+ 58.h4xg5 Rd1-b1 59.Kg3-g4 Rb1xb3 60.f3-f4 Bd4-f2 61.f4-f5 d5-d4 62.Kg4-f4 d4-d3 63.Kf4-f3 Bf2-d4 64.g2-g3 Rb3-b1 65.g5-g6+ Kh7-h6 -10.49/17 ] 53...Qc6-g6 [ 53...Qc6-g6 54.Qf5xf4 Rb1xf1 55.Qf4-h4+ Qg6-h6 56.Qh4xh6+ Kh7xh6-+ ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 53...Qc6-g6 54.Qf5xf4 Rb1xf1 55.Qf4-h4+ Qg6-h6 56.Qh4xh6+ Kh7xh6 57.Kh2-g3 Bc3xd4 58.Kg3-f4 Rf1-b1 59.Kf4-f5 Bd4-c3 60.g2-g4 Rb1xb3 61.h3-h4 g7-g6+ 62.Kf5-f4 Bc3-e1 63.Kf4-e5 Rb3xf3 64.h4-h5
134 g6xh5 65.g4xh5 Rf3-d3 66.Ke5-e6 Kh6xh5 67.Ke6-f5 Rd3-e3 68.Kf5-f4 d5-d4 -11.15/17 ] 0-1
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E43
Artur Yusupov Vassily Ivanchuk Bruxelles 52/573 (8)
1991
E43: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 4...b6 1.d2-d4 Ng8-f6 2.c2-c4 e7-e6 3.Nb1-c3 Bf8-b4 4.e2-e3 b7-b6 Diagram
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5.Bf1-d3 Bc8-b7 6.Ng1-f3 0-0 7.0-0 c7-c5 8.Bc1-d2 c5xd4 9.e3xd4 d7-d5 10.c4xd5 Nf6xd5 11.Ra1-c1 [ RR 11.Nc3-e4 Nb8-c6 12.Ra1-c1 Bb4-e7 13.Bd2-e3 Ra8-c8 14.a2-a3 Rc8-c7 15.Qd1-e2 Qd8-a8 16.Ne4-c3 Nd5xc3 17.Rc1xc3 Be7-f6 18.Rf1-c1 Rc7-c8 19.Qe2-c2 g7-g6 20.Qc2-a4 Nc6-e7 21.Rc3xc8 Ne7xc8 22.Nf3-e1 Nc8-e7 23.Bd3-a6 Ne7-d5 24.Ba6xb7 Qa8xb7 25.Qa4-c6 Qb7xc6 Stettler,M (2263)-Schmidt,J (2319)/ Germany 2006/EXT 2007/½-½ (34) ] 11...Nb8-c6N [RR 11...Nd5-f6 12.a2-a3 Bb4-e7 13.Rf1-e1 Nb8-c6
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14.Bd2-f4 Ra8-c8 15.Bd3-b1 Nc6-a5 16.Nf3-e5 Na5-c4 17.Ne5xc4 Rc8xc4 18.Bf4-e5 Rc4-c8 19.Qd1-d3 g7-g6 20.Qd3-h3 Nf6-d7 21.Be5-g3 Nd7-f6 22.Bg3-e5 Nf6-d7 23.Be5-g3 Nd7-f6 24.Bg3-e5 Nf6-d7 ½-½ Bareev,E (2675)-Timman,J (2635)/Wijk aan Zee 1995/CBM 045 ] 12.Rf1-e1 Ra8-c8 13.Re1-e4 Nc6-e7 14.Nc3xd5 Ne7xd5 15.Re4-h4 g7-g6 16.Rc1xc8 Qd8xc8 Diagram
+q+ rk+ pl+ +p+p p +p+p+ + +n+ + l P + R + +L+N+ PP L PPP + +Q+ K
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Pro x64: 21.Bd3-h7+ Kg8-g7 22.Qh3xh5 Be7xg5 23.Qh5xg5+ Kg7xh7 24.Qg5-h4+ Kh7-g8 25.Qh4-g3+ Kg8-h7 26.Qg3-h3+ Kh7-g7 27.Qh3-g4+ Kg7-h8 28.Qg4-h4+ Kh8-g7 29.Bd2-h6+ Kg7-h8 30.Bh6-f4+ Kh8-g8 31.Qh4-g5+ Kg8-h7 32.Qg5-h5+ Kh7-g8 33.Qh5-g4+ Diagram
(Diagram 507)
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28.Bd2-h6+ Rf7-g7 29.Qg6-f5+ Kf8-e8 30.Be6xd5 Rg7-e7 31.Bd5-e6 Re7xe6 32.Qf5xe6+ Qc7-e7 33.Qe6-c6+ Ke8-f7 34.Qc6-f3+ Kf7-g6 35.Bh6-e3 Bb4-d6 36.Qf3-g4+ Kg6-f7 37.Qg4-f5+ Kf7-e8 38.a2-a3 0.13/16 ] 21.Bd3-h7+ Diagram [Houdini 2.0c
Kg8-h7 34.Qg4-h4+ Kh7-g7 35.Qh4-g3+ Kg7-h7 36.Qg3-h3+ Kh7-g7 37.Qh3-g4+ Kg7-h8 38.Qg4-h5+ Kh8-g8 39.Qh5-g4+ -0.06/17 ] 21...Kg8-g7 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64:
17.Nf3-g5 Bb4-e7 18.Qd1-g4 Bb7-a6 19.Qg4-h3 h7-h5 20.Rh4xh5 last book move last book move g6xh5 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 20...g6xh5 21.Bd3-h7+ Kg8-g7 22.Qh3xh5 Be7-b4 23.Ng5xf7 Rf8xf7 24.Qh5-h6+ Kg7-h8 25.Bh7-f5+ Kh8-g8 26.Qh6-g6+ Kg8-f8 27.Bf5xe6 Qc8-c7 Diagram
508
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+q+ rk+ p + lp+L lp +p+ + + +n+ Np + P + + + + + +Q PP L PPP + + + K
136
509
21...Kg8-g7 22.Qh3xh5 Be7xg5 23.Qh5xg5+ Kg7xh7 24.Qg5-h4+ Kh7-g8 25.Qh4-g5+ Kg8-h7 26.Qg5-h4+ 0.00/18 ] 22.Qh3xh5 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 22.Qh3xh5 Be7xg5 23.Qh5xg5+ Kg7xh7 24.Qg5-h4+ Kh7-g8 25.Qh4-g3+ Kg8-h7 26.Qg3-h3+ Kh7-g7 27.Qh3-g4+ Kg7-h7 28.Qg4-h5+ Kh7-g8 29.Qh5-g5+ Kg8-h7 30.Qg5-h4+ -0.06/17 ] 22...Nd5-f6 [ 22...Be7-b4!? Diagram
+q+ r + p + +pkL lp +p+ + + +n+ NQ l P + + + + + + PP L PPP + + + K
+ + + + pkl +Q+ lp + + + + + + + + P + + + + + + PPqL PPP + + + K
510
511
(Diagram 510) 23.Ng5xf7 Rf8xf7 24.Qh5-h6+ Kg7-h8 25.Bh7-f5+ Kh8-g8 26.Bf5xe6 Qc8-c2 27.Be6xf7+ Kg8xf7 28.Qh6-h5+ Kf7-e7 29.Qh5-e5+ Ke7-d7 30.Qe5xd5+ Bb4-d6 31.Qd5-f7+ Kd7-c8 32.Qf7-e6+ Kc8-c7 33.Qe6-f7+ Kc7-b8 34.Qf7-e8+ Kb8-b7 35.Qe8-f7+ Bd6-c7 Diagram (Diagram 511) 36.Qf7-f3+ Kb7-b8 37.Qf3-f8+ Ba6-c8∓ ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 22...Be7-b4 23.Ng5xf7 Rf8xf7
24.Qh5-h6+ Kg7-h8 25.Bh7-f5+ Kh8-g8 26.Qh6-g6+ Kg8-f8 27.Bf5xe6 Qc8-c7 28.Bd2-h6+ Rf7-g7 29.Qg6-f5+ Kf8-e8 30.Be6xd5 Rg7-e7 31.Bd5-e6 Re7xe6 32.Qf5xe6+ Qc7-e7 33.Qe6-c6+ Ke8-f7 34.Qc6-f3+ Kf7-g6 35.Bh6-e3 Bb4-d6 36.Qf3-g4+ Kg6-f7 37.Qg4-f5+ Diagram (Diagram 512) Kf7-g7 38.Qf5-g4+ Kg7-f7 39.Qg4-f5+ 0.16/14 ] 23.Ng5xe6+= [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 23.Ng5xe6+
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+ + + + p + qk+ lp l + + + + +Q+ + P + + + + L + PP + PPP + + + K
137 28.Qh4-g3+ Kg7-h8 29.Qg3-h3+ Kh8-g7 30.Bf5xe6 Qc8xe6 31.Qh3xe6 Diagram 512
f7xe6 24.Qh5-h6+ Kg7-h8 25.Bh7-f5+ Kh8-g8 26.Qh6-g5+ Kg8-h8 27.Qg5-h4+ Kh8-g7 28.Qh4-g3+ Kg7-h8 29.Qg3-h3+ Kh8-g7 30.Bf5xe6 Qc8xe6 31.Qh3xe6 Rf8-e8 32.Bd2-g5 Ba6-b5 33.h2-h4 a7-a6 34.Qe6xb6 Be7-d8 35.Qb6-b7+ Kg7-g6 36.Bg5-e3 Re8-e7 Diagram
+ l + + +Q+ r + p+ + nk+ +l+ + + + P + P + + L + PP + PP+ + + + K
513
37.Qb7-f3 Re7-h7 38.Qf3-g3+ Kg6-f7 39.Be3-d2 Nf6-e4 40.Qg3-b8 Bd8-e7 41.Qb8-f4+ Ne4-f6 2.30/16 ] 23...f7xe6 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 23...f7xe6 24.Qh5-h6+ Kg7-h8 25.Bh7-f5+ Kh8-g8 26.Qh6-g5+ Kg8-h8 27.Qg5-h4+ Kh8-g7
+ + r + p + l k lp +Qn + + + + + + P + + + + + + PP L PPP + + + K
514
Rf8-e8 32.Bd2-g5 Ba6-b5 33.h2-h4 a7-a6 34.Qe6xb6 Be7-d8 35.Qb6-b7+ Kg7-g6 36.Bg5-e3 Re8-e7 37.Qb7-f3 Re7-h7 38.Qf3-g3+ Kg6-f7 39.Be3-d2 Nf6-e4 40.Qg3-b8 Bd8-e7 41.Qb8-f4+ Ne4-f6 2.54/17 ]
+q+ r + p + l kL lp +pn + + + + +Q + P + + + + + + PP L PPP + + + K
515
24.Qh5-h6+ [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 24.Qh5-h6+ Diagram Kg7-h8 25.Bh7-f5+ Kh8-g8 26.Qh6-g5+ Kg8-h8 27.Qg5-h4+ Kh8-g7 28.Qh4-g3+ Kg7-h8 29.Qg3-h3+ Kh8-g8 30.Bf5xe6+
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+q+ r + p + l kL lp +pn Q + + + + + P + + + + + + PP L PPP + + + K
138
516
Qc8xe6 31.Qh3xe6+ Rf8-f7 32.d4-d5 Ba6-b5 33.Bd2-c3 Bb5-d7 34.Qe6-e5 Be7-f8 35.f2-f3 Bf8-g7 36.g2-g4 Nf6xg4 37.Qe5-b8+ Rf7-f8 38.Qb8xa7 Bg7xc3 39.b2xc3 Ng4-e5 Diagram
+ + rk+ Q +l+ + p + + + + +Pn + + + + + + P +P+ P+ + + P + + + K
517
40.Kg1-g2 Kg8-h7 41.Qa7-c7 Rf8-g8+ 42.Kg2-f2 Rg8-g5 43.d5-d6 2.24/14 ] 24...Kg7-h8 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 24...Kg7-h8 Diagram (Diagram 518) 25.Bh7-f5+ Kh8-g8 26.Qh6-g5+ Kg8-h8 27.Qg5-h4+ Kh8-g7 28.Qh4-g3+ Kg7-h8 29.Qg3-h3+
+q+ r k p + l +L lp +pn Q + + + + + P + + + + + + PP L PPP + + + K
518
Kh8-g8 30.Bf5xe6+ Qc8xe6 31.Qh3xe6+ Rf8-f7 32.d4-d5 Ba6-b5 Diagram
+ + +k+ p + lr+ p +Qn + +l+P+ + + + + + + + + + PP L PPP + + + K
519
33.Bd2-c3 Bb5-d7 34.Qe6-e5 Be7-f8 35.f2-f3 Bf8-g7 36.g2-g4 Nf6xg4 37.Qe5-b8+ Rf7-f8 38.Qb8xa7 Bg7xc3 39.b2xc3 Ng4-e5 40.Kg1-g2 Kg8-h7 41.Qa7-c7 Rf8-g8+ 42.Kg2-f2 Rg8-g5 43.d5-d6 2.46/15 Diagram (Diagram 520) ] 25.Bh7-f5+ [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 25.Bh7-f5+ Diagram Kh8-g8 26.Qh6-g5+ Kg8-h8
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+ + + + + Ql+ +k p P + + + + n r + + + + + P +P+ P+ + K P + + + +
+q+ r k p + l + lp +pn Q + + +L+ + P + + + + + + PP L PPP + + + K
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520
521
27.Qg5-h4+ Kh8-g7 28.Qh4-g3+ Kg7-h8 29.Qg3-h3+ Kh8-g7 30.Bf5xe6 Diagram (Diagram 522) Qc8xe6 31.Qh3xe6 Rf8-e8 32.Bd2-g5 Ba6-b5 33.h2-h4 a7-a6 34.Qe6xb6 Be7-d8 35.Qb6-b7+ Kg7-g6 36.Bg5-e3 Re8-e7 37.Qb7-f3 Re7-h7 38.Qf3-g3+ Kg6-f7 39.Be3-g5 Rh7-h8 40.Qg3-e5 Rh8-e8 2.36/16 ] 25...Kh8-g8 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 25...Kh8-g8 Diagram 26.Qh6-g5+ Kg8-h8 27.Qg5-h4+
+q+ r + p + l k lp +Ln + + + + + + P + + + + + +Q PP L PPP + + + K
+q+ rk+ p + l + lp +pn Q + + +L+ + P + + + + + + PP L PPP + + + K
522
523
Kh8-g7 28.Qh4-g3+ Kg7-h8 29.Qg3-h3+ Kh8-g8 30.Bf5xe6+ Qc8xe6 31.Qh3xe6+ Rf8-f7 32.d4-d5 Ba6-b5 33.Bd2-c3 Bb5-d7 34.Qe6-e5 Be7-f8 35.f2-f3 Bf8-g7 36.g2-g4 Nf6-e8 37.Qe5-e2 Bg7-h6 38.h2-h4 Bh6-f4 39.Kg1-g2 Ne8-f6 40.Qe2-c4 Bf4-d6 Diagram (Diagram 524) 41.h4-h5 2.43/14 ] 26.Qh6-g5+ [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 26.Qh6-g5+ Diagram Kg8-h8 27.Qg5-h4+ Kh8-g7
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
+ + +k+ p +l+r+ p l n + + +P+ + +Q+ +PP + L +P+ PP + +K+ + + + +
+q+ rk+ p + l + lp +pn Q + + +L+ + P + + + + + + PP L PPP + + + K
+q+ rk+ p + l + lp +pn + + + +LQ + P + + + + + + PP L PPP + + + K 28.Qh4-g3+ Kg7-h8 29.Qg3-h3+
140 Kh8-g8 30.Bf5xe6+ Qc8xe6 31.Qh3xe6+ Rf8-f7 32.d4-d5 Ba6-b5 Diagram 524
+ + +k+ p + lr+ p +Qn + +l+P+ + + + + + + + + + PP L PPP + + + K 525
526
527
33.Bd2-c3 Bb5-d7 34.Qe6-e5 Be7-f8 35.f2-f3 Bf8-g7 36.g2-g4 Nf6-e8 37.Qe5-e2 Bg7-f8 38.Qe2-d3 Bf8-d6 39.Kg1-g2 Kg8-f8 40.h2-h4 Kf8-e7 41.Qd3-e3+ Ke7-f8 42.g4-g5 2.24/15 ] 26...Kg8-h8 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 26...Kg8-h8 Diagram
+q+ r k p + l + lp +pn + + + +LQ + P + + + + + + PP L PPP + + + K
528
27.Qg5-h4+ Kh8-g7 28.Qh4-g3+ Kg7-h8 29.Qg3-h3+ Kh8-g8 30.Bf5xe6+ Qc8xe6 31.Qh3xe6+ Rf8-f7 32.d4-d5 Ba6-b5 33.Bd2-c3 Bb5-d7 34.Qe6-e5 Be7-f8 35.f2-f3
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
141
Bf8-g7 36.g2-g4 Nf6-e8 37.Qe5-e2 Bg7-f8 38.Qe2-d3 Bf8-d6 39.Kg1-g2 Kg8-f8 40.h2-h4 Kf8-e7 41.Qd3-e3+ Ke7-f8 Diagram
+ +nk + p +l+r+ p l + + + +P+ + + + +PP + L QP+ PP + +K+ + + + +
529
531
Rf7-d7 43.Bc3xg7 Kg6xg7 44.Kg1-f2 2.34/17 ]
42.g4-g5 2.46/16 ]
+q+ r k p + l + lp +pn + + + +LQ + P + + + + + + PP L PPP + + + K
+ + +k+ p + lr+ lp +Qn + + +P+ + + + + + + + + + PP L PPP + + + K
530
27.Qg5-h4+ Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 27.Qg5-h4+ Kh8-g7 28.Qh4-g3+ Kg7-h8 29.Qg3-h3+ Kh8-g8 30.Bf5xe6+ Qc8xe6 31.Qh3xe6+ Rf8-f7 32.d4-d5 Diagram Ba6-b5 33.Bd2-c3 Bb5-d7 34.Qe6-e5 Be7-f8 35.f2-f3 Bf8-g7 36.g2-g4 Kg8-h7 37.g4-g5 Nf6-h5 38.Qe5-e4+ Bd7-f5 39.Qe4-e8 Kh7-g6 40.h2-h4 Bf5-d7 41.Qe8-e4+ Bd7-f5 42.Qe4-a4
+q+ r k p + l + lp +pn + + + +L+ + P + Q + + + + PP L PPP + + + K
532
27...Kh8-g8 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 27...Kh8-g7 28.Qh4-h6+ Diagram (Diagram 533) Kg7-g8 0.15/14 ] (Diagram 534) 28.Qh4-g5+ Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 28.Qh4-g3+ Kg8-h8 29.Qg3-h3+ Kh8-g8 30.Bf5xe6+
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+q+ r + p + l k lp +pn Q + + +L+ + P + + + + + + PP L PPP + + + K
+q+ rk+ p + l + lp +pn + + + +L+ + P + Q + + + + PP L PPP + + + K
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Qc8xe6 31.Qh3xe6+ Rf8-f7 32.d4-d5 Ba6-b5 33.Bd2-c3 Bb5-d7 34.Qe6-e5 Be7-f8 35.f2-f3 Bf8-g7 Diagram (Diagram 535) 36.g2-g4 Nf6-e8 37.Qe5-e2 Bg7-f8 38.Qe2-d3 Bf8-d6 39.Kg1-g2 Kg8-f8 40.h2-h4 Diagram (Diagram 536) Kf8-e7 41.Qd3-e3+ Ke7-f8 2.24/15 ] 28...Kg8-h8 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 28...Kg8-h8 0.15/17 Diagram
+ + +k+ p +l+rl p + n + + +PQ + + + + + + L +P+ PP + +PP + + + K
+ +nk + p +l+r+ p l + + + +P+ + + + +PP + LQ+P+ PP + +K+ + + + +
+q+ rk+ p + l + lp +pn + + + +LQ + P + + + + + + PP L PPP + + + K
535
536
537
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
+q+ r k p + l + lp +pn + + + +LQ + P + + + + + + PP L PPP + + + K
143
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] 29.Qg5-h4+ [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 29.Qg5-h6+ Diagram
+q+ r k p + l + lp +pn Q + + +L+ + P + + + + + + PP L PPP + + + K
539
Kh8-g8 -0.14/18 ] 29...Kh8-g8?? hands over the advantage to the opponent [ 29...Kh8-g7 30.Qh4-g3+ Kg7-h8 31.Qg3-h3+ Kh8-g8 Diagram (Diagram 540) 32.Bf5xe6+ Qc8xe6 33.Qh3xe6+ Rf8-f7+- ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 29...Kh8-g8 30.Qh4-g3+ Kg8-h8 31.Qg3-h3+ Kh8-g8 32.Bf5xe6+ Qc8xe6 33.Qh3xe6+ Rf8-f7 34.d4-d5 Ba6-b5 35.d5-d6 Diagram
+q+ rk+ p + l + lp +pn + + + +L+ + P + + + + + +Q PP L PPP + + + K
+ + +k+ p + lr+ p PQn + +l+ + + + + + + + + + + PP L PPP + + + K
540
541
Bb5-d7 36.Qe6-e5 Nf6-g4 37.Qe5-d5 Be7-h4 38.g2-g3 Bh4-f6 39.Qd5-a8+ Kg8-g7 40.Qa8xa7 Bf6xb2 41.Qa7xb6 0.15/26 ] 30.Qh4-g3++[ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 30.Qh4-g3+ Kg8-h8 Diagram (Diagram 542) 31.Qg3-h3+ Kh8-g8 32.Bf5xe6+ Qc8xe6 33.Qh3xe6+ Rf8-f7 34.d4-d5 Ba6-b5 Diagram 35.d5-d6 Bb5-d7 36.Qe6-e5 Nf6-g4 37.Qe5-d5 Be7-h4 38.g2-g3 Bh4-f6 39.Qd5-a8+ Kg8-g7 40.Qa8xa7
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
+q+ r k p + l + lp +pn + + + +L+ + P + + + + + Q PP L PPP + + + K
+ + +k+ p + lr+ p +Qn + +l+P+ + + + + + + + + + PP L PPP + + + K
144 Ne8-f6 40.Qe2-d3 Bg7-h6 41.Kg1-g2 Diagram 542
+ + +k+ p +l+r+ p + n l + +P+ + + + +P+ + LQ+P+ PP + +KP + + + +
544
Kg8-g7 42.Bc3-e5 Bh6-g5 2.06/13 ] 543
Bf6xb2 41.Qa7xb6 1.89/11 ] 30...Kg8-h8 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 30...Kg8-h8 31.Qg3-h3+ Kh8-g8 32.Bf5xe6+ Qc8xe6 33.Qh3xe6+ Rf8-f7 34.d4-d5 Ba6-b5 35.Bd2-c3 Bb5-d7 36.Qe6-e5 Be7-f8 37.f2-f3 Bf8-g7 38.g2-g4 Nf6-e8 39.Qe5-e2 Ne8-f6 40.Qe2-d3 Bg7-h6 41.Kg1-g2 Kg8-g7 42.Bc3-e5 Bh6-g5 2.29/12 ] 31.Qg3-h3+ Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 31.Qg3-h3+ Kh8-g8 32.Bf5xe6+ Qc8xe6 33.Qh3xe6+ Rf8-f7 34.d4-d5 Ba6-b5 35.Bd2-c3 Bb5-d7 36.Qe6-e5 Be7-f8 37.f2-f3 Bf8-g7 38.g2-g4 Nf6-e8 39.Qe5-e2
+q+ r k p + l + lp +pn + + + +L+ + P + + + + + +Q PP L PPP + + + K
545
31...Kh8-g7 Diagram [ 31...Kh8-g8 doesn't get the bull off the ice 32.Bf5xe6+ Diagram (Diagram 546) Qc8xe6 33.Qh3xe6+ Rf8-f7+- ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 31...Kh8-g8 32.Bf5xe6+ Qc8xe6 33.Qh3xe6+ Rf8-f7 34.d4-d5 Ba6-b5 35.Bd2-c3 Bb5-d7 36.Qe6-e5 Be7-f8 37.f2-f3 Bf8-g7 38.g2-g4 Nf6-e8 39.Qe5-e2
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
+q+ rk+ p + l + lp +Ln + + + + + + P + + + + + +Q PP L PPP + + + K
145
546
Ne8-f6 40.Qe2-d3 Bg7-h6 41.Kg1-g2 Kg8-g7 Diagram
+ + + + p +l+rk p + n l + +P+ + + + +P+ + LQ+P+ PP + +KP + + + +
547
42.Bc3-e5 Bh6-g5 2.29/14 ] (Diagram 548) 32.Qh3-g3+ Diagram [ 32.Bf5xe6 and White has reached his goal Nf6-g8 33.Qh3-g3+ ( 33.Be6xc8 Ba6xc8 34.Qh3-g3+ Kg7-f7+- ) 33...Kg7-h7 34.Be6xc8 Ba6xc8 35.d4-d5+Diagram ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 32.Bf5xe6 Qc8xe6 33.Qh3xe6 Rf8-e8 34.Bd2-g5 Ba6-b5 35.h2-h4 a7-a6 36.Qe6xb6
+q+ r + p + l k lp +pn + + + +L+ + P + + + + + +Q PP L PPP + + + K
+l+ rn+ p + l +k p + + + + +P+ + + + + + + + + Q PP L PPP + + + K
548
549
Be7-d8 37.Qb6-b7+ Kg7-g6 38.Bg5-e3 Re8-e7 39.Qb7-f3 Re7-h7 40.Qf3-g3+ Kg6-f7 41.Be3-d2 Rh7-h8 42.Qg3-b8 Nf6-d7 43.Qb8-f4+ Bd8-f6 44.g2-g3 2.27/15 ] (Diagram 550) 32...Kg7-h8= Twofold repetition [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 32...Kg7-h8 Diagram 33.Qg3-h3+ Kh8-g7 34.Bf5xe6 Qc8xe6 35.Qh3xe6 Rf8-e8 36.Bd2-g5 Ba6-b5 37.h2-h4 a7-a6 38.Qe6xb6 Be7-d8 39.Qb6-b7+ Kg7-g6
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
+q+ r + p + l k lp +pn + + + +L+ + P + + + + + Q PP L PPP + + + K
+q+ r k p + l + lp +pn + + + +L+ + P + + + + + Q PP L PPP + + + K
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551
40.Bg5-e3 Re8-e7 41.Qb7-f3 Re7-h7 42.Qf3-g3+ Kg6-f7 43.Be3-d2 Rh7-h8 44.Qg3-b8 Nf6-d7 45.Qb8-f4+ Bd8-f6 46.g2-g3 0.15/16 ] 33.Qg3-h3+ Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 33.Qg3-h3+ Kh8-g7 34.Bf5xe6 Qc8xe6 35.Qh3xe6 Rf8-e8 36.Bd2-g5 Ba6-b5 37.h2-h4 a7-a6 38.Qe6xb6 Be7-d8 39.Qb6-b7+ Kg7-g6 40.Bg5-e3 Re8-e7 41.Qb7-f3 Re7-h7 42.Qf3-g3+ Kg6-f7 43.Be3-d2 Rh7-h8 44.Qg3-b8 Nf6-d7 45.Qb8-f4+ Bd8-f6 46.g2-g3 -0.14/17 ] 33...Kh8-g7 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 33...Kh8-g7 Diagram
+q+ r k p + l + lp +pn + + + +L+ + P + + + + + +Q PP L PPP + + + K
+q+ r + p + l k lp +pn + + + +L+ + P + + + + + +Q PP L PPP + + + K
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34.Bf5xe6 Qc8xe6 35.Qh3xe6 Rf8-e8 36.Bd2-g5 Ba6-b5 37.h2-h4 a7-a6 38.Qe6xb6 Be7-d8 39.Qb6-b7+ Kg7-g6 40.Bg5-e3 Re8-e7 41.Qb7-f3 Re7-h7 42.Qf3-g3+ Kg6-f7 43.Be3-d2 Rh7-h8 44.Qg3-b8 Nf6-d7 45.Qb8-f4+ Bd8-f6 46.g2-g3 0.15/13 ] 34.Bf5xe6 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 34.Bf5xe6 Qc8xe6 35.Qh3xe6 Rf8-e8 36.Bd2-g5 Ba6-b5 37.h2-h4 a7-a6 38.Qe6xb6 Be7-d8 39.Qb6-b7+ Kg7-g6 Diagram 40.Bg5-e3 Re8-e7 41.Qb7-f3 Re7-h7 42.Qf3-g3+ Kg6-f7 43.Be3-d2 Rh7-h8 44.Qg3-b8 Nf6-d7 45.Qb8-f4+ Bd8-f6
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Kg6-f7 43.Be3-d2 Rh7-h8 44.Qg3-b8 Nf6-d7 45.Qb8-f4+ Bd8-f6 46.g2-g3 2.49/15 ] 555
34...Qc8xe6 Diagram [ 34...Nf6-g8 a fruitless try to alter the course of the game 35.Qh3-g3+ ( 35.Be6xc8 Ba6xc8 36.Qh3-g3+ Kg7-f7+- ) 35...Kg7-h7 36.Be6xc8 Ba6xc8 37.Qg3-c7+- ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 34...Qc8xe6 Diagram (Diagram 556) 35.Qh3xe6 Rf8-e8 36.Bd2-g5 Ba6-b5 37.h2-h4 a7-a6 38.Qe6xb6 Be7-d8 39.Qb6-b7+ Kg7-g6 40.Bg5-e3 Re8-e7 41.Qb7-f3 Re7-h7 42.Qf3-g3+
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35.Qh3xe6 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 35.Qh3xe6 Rf8-e8 36.Bd2-g5 Ba6-b5 37.h2-h4 a7-a6 38.Qe6xb6 Be7-d8 39.Qb6-b7+ Kg7-g6 40.Bg5-e3 Re8-h8 41.Qb7-c8 Bb5-d7 42.Qc8xa6 Rh8xh4 43.d4-d5 Kg6-f7 44.Qa6-b7 Kf7-g6 45.d5-d6 2.42/14 ] 35...Be7-d8 [ 35...Rf8-e8 doesn't improve anything 36.Bd2-g5 Nf6-g8 37.h2-h4+- ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 35...Rf8-e8 Diagram 36.Bd2-g5 Ba6-b5 37.h2-h4 a7-a6
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38.Qe6xb6 Be7-d8 39.Qb6-b7+ Kg7-g6 40.Bg5-e3 Re8-h8 41.Qb7-a8 Bb5-c4 42.g2-g4 Bc4-d5 43.h4-h5+ Kg6-f7 44.Qa8-c8 Rh8-g8 45.g4-g5 Bd8-e7 46.g5-g6+ Kf7-g7 2.07/15 ] 36.g2-g4 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 36.g2-g4 Ba6-b7 37.g4-g5 Rf8-g8 38.f2-f3 Bb7-d5 39.Qe6-e5 Kg7-f7 40.Kg1-f2 Rg8-e8 41.Qe5-b8 Nf6-g8 42.Qb8xa7+ Diagram Ng8-e7 43.Bd2-b4 Bd5-e6 44.h2-h4 Kf7-g6 45.Bb4xe7 Re8xe7 46.Qa7-a8 Bd8-c7 47.Qa8-e4+ Kg6-g7 48.d4-d5 2.70/14 ] 36...Rf8-e8 Diagram [ 36...Ba6-b7
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is not much help 37.g4-g5 Rf8-g8 38.h2-h4+- ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 36...Ba6-b7 37.g4-g5 Rf8-g8 38.f2-f3 Bb7-d5 39.Qe6-e5 Kg7-f7 40.Kg1-f2 Rg8-e8 41.Qe5-b8 Nf6-g8 42.Qb8xa7+ Ng8-e7 43.Bd2-b4 Diagram (Diagram 562) Bd5-e6 44.h2-h4 Kf7-g6 45.Bb4xe7 Re8xe7 46.Qa7-a8 Bd8-c7 47.Qa8-e4+ Kg6-g7 2.49/12 ] 37.Qe6-f5 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 37.Qe6-f5 Ba6-c4 38.g4-g5 Bc4xa2
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39.g5xf6+ Bd8xf6 40.Bd2-h6+ Kg7-f7 41.Bh6-g5 Re8-e6 42.f2-f4 Kf7-g7 43.Bg5xf6+ Re6xf6 44.Qf5-e5 Ba2-e6 45.d4-d5 Be6-f5 46.d5-d6 Bf5-e6 47.Kg1-g2 Kg7-f7 48.Kg2-f3 Rf6-f5 49.Qe5-e4 3.40/14 ] 37...Ba6-c4 [ 37...Re8-g8 doesn't improve anything 38.g4-g5 Bd8-e7 39.g5xf6+ Be7xf6 40.Qf5-d7+ Kg7-h8+ 41.Kg1-h1+- ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 37...Re8-e2 38.d4-d5 Nf6-h7 Diagram 39.Bd2-c3+ Bd8-f6 40.d5-d6 Bf6xc3 41.b2xc3 Nh7-f6 42.g4-g5 Re2-e1+ 43.Kg1-g2 Nf6-h5 44.Qf5-d7+ Kg7-g6 45.Qd7xa7 Ba6-f1+ 46.Kg2-f3
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Bf1-e2+ 47.Kf3-e3 Be2-g4+ 48.Ke3-d4 Kg6xg5 49.Qa7xb6 Nh5-f4 50.c3-c4 Re1-d1+ 51.Kd4-c3 3.08/13 ] 38.g4-g5 [ 38.g4-g5 Diagram
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Nf6-e4 39.Bd2-f4 Bd8xg5 40.Bf4-e5+ Bg5-f6 41.Qf5xe4 Bf6xe5 42.d4xe5 Bc4xa2 43.f2-f4+- ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 38.g4-g5 Diagram (Diagram 566) Bc4xa2 39.g5xf6+ Bd8xf6 40.Bd2-h6+ Kg7-f7 41.Bh6-g5 Re8-e6 42.f2-f4 Kf7-g7 43.Bg5xf6+ Re6xf6 44.Qf5-e5 Ba2-e6 45.d4-d5 Diagram
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Be6-f5 46.d5-d6 Bf5-e6 47.Kg1-g2 Kg7-f7 48.Kg2-f3 Rf6-f5 49.Qe5-e4 3.40/11 ] 1-0
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Ng8-f6 5.0-0 Bf8-e7 6.Rf1-e1 b7-b5 7.Ba4-b3 0-0 8.c2-c3 d7-d5 9.e4xd5 Nf6xd5 10.Nf3xe5 Nc6xe5 11.Re1xe5 c7-c6 12.Re5-e1 Be7-d6 13.d2-d3 Qd8-h4 14.g2-g3 Qh4-h3 15.Re1-e4 Bc8-d7 16.Nb1-d2 g7-g5 Diagram [RR 16...Ra8-e8 17.Re4xe8 Rf8xe8 18.Nd2-e4 Bd6-c7 19.Bc1-d2 Bd7-g4 20.Qd1-f1 Qh3-h5 21.Ra1-e1 h7-h6 22.Bb3xd5 c6xd5 23.Ne4-f6+ g7xf6 24.Re1xe8+ Kg8-g7 25.f2-f3 Bg4xf3 26.Bd2xh6+ Kg7-h7 27.Re8-e3 Bf3-e4 28.d3xe4 Qh5xh6 29.Re3-e2 Qh6-h5 30.Qf1-f5+ Qh5xf5 31.e4xf5 Gainullin,Y-Paley,A (1974)/ Penza 2006/EXT 2007/1-0 (35) ] (Diagram 569)
17.Re4-e2 f7-f5 18.c3-c4N [RR 18.Nd2-e4 f5xe4 19.d3xe4 Bd7-g4 9 C89 20.e4xd5 c6-c5 21.Qd1-f1 Qh3-h5 Vassily Ivanchuk 22.Re2-e3 c5-c4 23.Bb3-c2 Bd6-c5 Gata Kamsky 24.Bc1-d2 Bc5xe3 25.Bd2xe3 Ra8-e8 56/379 Tilburg 56/379 1992 26.Ra1-e1 Bg4-f3 27.d5-d6 Bf3-c6 28.Qf1-e2 Qh5-h3 29.Qe2-f1 Qh3-e6 C89: Closed Ruy Lopez: Marshall 30.Bc2-d1 Qe6-d5 31.f2-f3 Qd5xd6 Attack 32.Be3-d4 Re8xe1 Anand,V (2670)1.e2-e4 e7-e5 2.Ng1-f3 Nb8-c6 Kamsky,G (2655)/Dortmund 1992/CBM 3.Bf1-b5 a7-a6 4.Bb5-a4 Diagram 029/½-½ (58) ] 18...f5-f4 19.Qd1-f1
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f4xg3 20.h2xg3 Qh3-h5 last book move 21.c4xd5 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 21.c4xd5 Bd6xg3 22.Qf1-g2 Qh5xe2 23.Qg2xg3 c6-c5 24.Nd2-e4 Ra8-e8 25.Bc1xg5 Rf8-f3 26.Qg3-h4 Rf3-h3 27.Qh4-f4 Rh3-f3 28.Qf4-d2 Qe2xd2 29.Bg5xd2 c5-c4 30.Bb3-d1 Rf3xd3 31.Ne4-f6+ Kg8-f7 32.Bd2-c3 Rd3xc3 33.Nf6xe8 Rc3-d3 34.Bd1-h5+ Kf7-f8 3.05/12 Diagram
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] 21...Bd7-g4 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 21...Bd6xg3 Diagram 22.Qf1-g2 Qh5xe2 23.Qg2xg3 Rf8-f7 24.d5xc6 Bd7-e6 25.Nd2-e4 Be6xb3 26.a2xb3 Qe2-d1+ 27.Kg1-g2 g5-g4
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28.Qg3-e5 Ra8-f8 29.Qe5-g5+ Kg8-h8 30.Bc1-e3 Qd1xd3 31.Qg5xg4 Rf8-g8 32.Ne4-g5 Qd3-d5+ 33.Kg2-h2 Qd5-d6+ 34.Qg4-g3 Qd6-h6+ 3.07/13 ] 22.d5xc6+ Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 22.d5xc6+ Kg8-g7 23.Re2-e3 Ra8-c8 24.Nd2-e4 Bd6-e7 25.Bc1-d2 Rc8xc6 26.Bd2-c3+ Kg7-g6 27.Bb3-d1 Bg4xd1 28.Ra1xd1 h7-h6 29.Rd1-c1 Kg6-h7 30.a2-a3 g5-g4 31.Qf1-e2 Qh5-f5 32.Rc1-e1 Kh7-g8 5.61/16 ] (Diagram 572) 22...Kg8-g7 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 22...Kg8-h8 23.Re2-e3 Bd6-c5 24.Nd2-e4 Bc5-d4 25.Bc1-d2 Ra8-e8 26.Bb3-d1 h7-h6 27.Bd1xg4 Qh5xg4 28.Bd2-c3 Bd4xc3 29.b2xc3 Re8-c8 30.a2-a4 Rc8xc6 31.a4xb5 a6xb5 32.Ra1-a7 Qg4-f5 33.Kg1-h2 6.00/14 ] 23.Re2-e4 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 23.Re2-e3 Ra8-c8 24.Nd2-e4 Bd6-e7 25.Bc1-d2 Rc8xc6 26.Bd2-c3+ Kg7-g6 27.Bb3-d1 Bg4xd1 28.Ra1xd1 h7-h6 29.Rd1-c1 Kg6-h7 30.a2-a3 g5-g4 31.Qf1-e2 Qh5-f5 32.Rc1-e1 Kh7-g8 5.61/15 ] 23...Bd6xg3 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 23...Bd6xg3
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24.f2xg3 Rf8xf1+ 25.Nd2xf1 Bg4-f3 26.Re4-e7+ Kg7-f6 27.Bc1xg5+ Qh5xg5 28.Re7-f7+ Kf6-g6 29.Rf7xf3 Diagram
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Ra8-c8 30.Nf1-e3 Rc8xc6 31.Bb3-f7+ Kg6-g7 32.d3-d4 Rc6-f6 33.Ra1-f1 Rf6xf3 34.Rf1xf3 Qg5-d8 35.Bf7-d5 Qd8-a5 36.Ne3-f5+ Kg7-f6 37.Kg1-g2 Kf6-g5 38.Rf3-f1 Qa5-d2+ 39.Rf1-f2 Qd2-d3 40.a2-a3 3.94/16 ] 24.f2xg3 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 24.f2xg3 Diagram Rf8xf1+ 25.Nd2xf1 Bg4-f3 26.Re4-e7+ Kg7-f6 27.Bc1xg5+ Qh5xg5 28.Re7-f7+ Kf6-g6 29.Rf7xf3
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Ra8-c8 30.Bb3-f7+ Kg6-g7 31.Nf1-e3 Rc8xc6 32.d3-d4 Rc6-f6 33.Ra1-f1 Rf6xf3 34.Rf1xf3 Qg5-d8 35.Bf7-d5 Qd8-a5 36.Ne3-f5+ Kg7-f6 37.Rf3-f1 Qa5-d8 38.Bd5-e4 Qd8-b6 39.Kg1-g2 Qb6-e6 40.Nf5-d6+ Kf6-e7 3.94/14 ] 24...Rf8xf1+ last book move [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 24...Rf8xf1+ Diagram (Diagram 576) 25.Nd2xf1 Bg4-f3 26.Re4-e7+ Kg7-f8 27.Re7-f7+ Kf8-e8 28.Bc1xg5 Qh5-h1+ 29.Kg1-f2 Qh1-g2+
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30.Kf2-e3 Qg2-e2+ 31.Ke3-f4 Qe2-f2 32.Rf7-e7+ Ke8-f8 33.Nf1-d2 Bf3-d1+ 34.Kf4-e5 Qf2xg3+ 35.Bg5-f4 Qg3-e1+ 36.Nd2-e4 Diagram
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Kf8xe7 37.Ra1xd1 Qe1-e2 38.Bf4-g5+ Ke7-e8 39.Rd1-d2 Qe2-e1 3.07/11 ] 25.Nd2xf1 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 25.Nd2xf1 Ra8-e8 Diagram (Diagram 578) 26.Bc1-d2 Re8xe4 27.d3xe4 Bg4-f3 28.Bb3-d5 Qh5-h1+ 29.Kg1-f2 Bf3-g4 30.Kf2-e3 Qh1-g1+ 31.Ke3-d3 Bg4-h3
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32.Kd3-c2 Bh3xf1 33.c6-c7 Bf1-d3+ 34.Kc2xd3 Qg1xg3+ 35.Bd2-e3 Qg3xc7 36.Be3xg5 Qc7-g3+ 37.Bg5-e3 Qg3-h3 38.Ra1-c1 a6-a5 39.Rc1-c7+ Kg7-f6 40.Rc7-f7+ Kf6-e5 41.Rf7-e7+ Ke5-d6 42.Re7-a7 Qh3-h2 3.10/12 ] 25...Qh5-h3 [ 25...Bg4-f3 Diagram
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cannot change destiny 26.Re4-e7+ Kg7-f6 27.Bc1xg5+ Qh5xg5 28.Re7-f7+ Kf6-g6 29.Rf7xf3+- ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 25...Ra8-e8 26.Bc1-d2 Re8xe4 27.d3xe4 Bg4-f3 28.Bb3-d5 Qh5-h1+ 29.Kg1-f2 Bf3-g4 30.Kf2-e3 Qh1-g1+ 31.Ke3-d3 Bg4-h3
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32.Kd3-c2 Bh3xf1 33.c6-c7 Bf1-d3+ 34.Kc2xd3 Qg1xg3+ Diagram
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35.Bd2-e3 Qg3xc7 36.Be3xg5 h7-h5 37.Ra1-g1 Qc7-h2 38.Bg5-e3+ Kg7-f6 39.Be3-d4+ Kf6-e7 40.Rg1-g7+ Ke7-e8 41.Rg7-g6 3.14/13 ] 26.Re4-e7+ [ 26.Bc1xg5?! Diagram
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succumbs to Bg4-f3 27.Re4-e7+ Kg7-g6= ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 26.Bb3-d5 Ra8-f8 27.Re4-e7+ Kg7-g6 28.Bd5-g2 Diagram Rf8xf1+ 29.Kg1xf1 Qh3xg3 30.Re7-e3 Qg3-f4+ 31.Kf1-g1 Qf4-d4 32.a2-a4 b5-b4 33.Bg2-e4+ Bg4-f5 34.c6-c7 Qd4-c5 35.Be4xf5+ Kg6xf5
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36.d3-d4 Qc5xc7 37.Re3-e5+ Kf5-g4 38.Bc1xg5 Kg4-g3 39.Kg1-h1 Qc7-d7 40.Ra1-g1+ Diagram
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Kg3-f2 41.Bg5-e3+ Kf2-e2 42.Kh1-h2 Qd7xa4 43.d4-d5 Ke2-d3 44.d5-d6 Qa4-d7 45.Rg1-c1 4.31/15 ] 26...Kg7-h6 Diagram [ 26...Kg7-g6 Diagram (Diagram 584) is not much help 27.Bb3-d5 Ra8-f8 28.Bd5-g2 Rf8xf1+ 29.Kg1xf1 Qh3xg3 30.Re7-e3 Qg3-f4+ 31.Kf1-e1+- ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 26...Kg7-g6
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27.Bb3-d5 Ra8-f8 28.Bd5-g2 Diagram
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Qh3-h5 29.Bc1-e3 Bg4-f3 30.Bg2xf3 Qh5xf3 31.c6-c7 Qf3-f6 32.Re7-d7 Diagram (Diagram 586) Rf8-c8 33.Ra1-c1 h7-h6 34.Be3-d4 Qf6-e6 35.Rd7-d8 h6-h5 36.Nf1-e3 3.87/15 ] 27.Bb3-d5 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 27.Bb3-d5 Ra8-f8 28.Bd5-g2 Diagram Rf8xf1+ 29.Kg1xf1 Qh3xg3 30.Re7-e3 Qg3-f4+ 31.Kf1-g1 Qf4-d4 32.Bg2-e4 Bg4-e6 33.a2-a4 b5xa4
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34.Ra1-a3 Kh6-g7 35.Kg1-g2 h7-h5
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36.Re3-e2 Be6-g4 37.Re2-c2 Qd4-e5 38.c6-c7 h5-h4 39.Kg2-h1 Bg4-c8 40.Ra3xa4 Diagram
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Kf6-e7 5.00/18 ]
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34.Ra1-a3 Kh6-g7 35.Kg1-g2 h7-h5 36.Re3-e2 Be6-g4 37.Re2-c2 Qd4-e5 38.c6-c7 h5-h4 39.Kg2-h1 Bg4-c8 40.Ra3xa4 Diagram h4-h3 41.Bc1-e3 Kg7-f6 42.Rc2-f2+
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28.Bc1-d2 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 28.Bd5-g2 Rf8xf1+ 29.Kg1xf1 Diagram (Diagram 593) Qh3xg3 30.Re7-e3 Qg3-f4+ 31.Kf1-g1 Qf4-d4 32.Bg2-e4 Bg4-e6 33.a2-a4 b5xa4 34.Kg1-g2 Kh6-g7 35.Ra1-a3 h7-h5 36.Re3-e2 Be6-g4 Diagram 37.Re2-c2 Qd4-e5 38.c6-c7 h5-h4 39.Kg2-h1 Bg4-c8 40.Ra3xa4 h4-h3 41.Bc1-e3 Kg7-f6 42.Rc2-f2+ Kf6-e7
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4.78/17 ] 28...Bg4-f3 Diagram [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 28...Bg4-f3 29.Bd5xf3 Rf8xf3 30.Re7-e3 Rf3-f8 31.Nf1-h2 Qh3-c8 32.Re3-e5 Rf8-f5 33.Nh2-g4+ Kh6-h5 34.Ng4-f6+ Kh5-g6 35.Re5xf5 Qc8xf5 36.Nf6-e4 Diagram (Diagram 595) Qf5-e5 37.Bd2-c3 Qe5-c7 38.Ra1-f1 Kg6-h5 39.Rf1-f5 h7-h6 40.Rf5-f6 b5-b4 41.Bc3-d4 a6-a5 42.Kg1-g2 4.81/17 Diagram
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] 29.Bd5xf3 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro
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x64: 29.Bd5xf3 Rf8xf3 30.Re7-e2 Kh6-g6 31.c6-c7 h7-h6 32.Re2-e3 Rf3-f8 33.Ra1-e1 Qh3-f5 34.Bd2-c3 Qf5-c5 35.Bc3-e5 Kg6-h7 36.Nf1-d2 Rf8-e8 37.Nd2-b3 Diagram
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Kg6-h7 42.Kg1-h2 4.31/15 ]
Qc5-d5 38.d3-d4 Re8-c8 39.Re1-f1 Kh7-g8 40.Kg1-h2 4.11/14 ]
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29...Rf8xf3 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 29...Rf8xf3 30.Re7-e2 Kh6-g6 31.c6-c7 h7-h6 32.Re2-e3 Rf3-f8 33.Ra1-e1 Qh3-f5 34.Bd2-c3 Qf5-c5 35.Bc3-e5 Rf8-c8 36.g3-g4 h6-h5 37.d3-d4 Qc5-d5 Diagram 38.g4xh5+ Kg6xh5 39.Re3-h3+ Kh5-g6 40.Nf1-e3 Qd5-e6 41.Rh3-f3
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30.Re7-e2 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 30.Re7-e3 Rf3-f8 31.Nf1-h2 Kh6-g7 32.Ra1-e1 Rf8-c8 33.Bd2-c3+ Kg7-g8 34.g3-g4 Qh3-h6 35.Re3-e6 Qh6-f8 36.d3-d4 Qf8-d8 37.Re6-e5 b5-b4 38.Re5-e8+ Qd8xe8 Diagram (Diagram 602) 39.Re1xe8+ Rc8xe8 40.Bc3xb4 Kg8-f7 41.Kg1-f2 Kf7-e6 42.Nh2-f3 4.27/16 ] 30...Kh6-g6 Diagram [ 30...Qh3-c8 doesn't change anything anymore
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31.Ra1-c1 Qc8-c7 32.Kg1-g2+- ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 30...Qh3-g4 31.Ra1-c1 Rf3-f8 32.Re2-e4 Qg4-f5 33.Bd2-e3 Kh6-g7 34.c6-c7 Qf5-h3 35.Be3-d4+ Kg7-g8 36.Bd4-f6 Qh3-f5 37.Rc1-c6 Rf8-c8 38.Re4-e5 Qf5-d7 39.Re5xg5+ Diagram (Diagram 604) Kg8-f8 40.Rg5-c5 Qd7xd3 41.Bf6-e5 Kf8-e8 42.Rc6-e6+ Ke8-f7 43.Re6xa6 Diagram Kf7-e7 44.Be5-f6+ Ke7-d7 4.31/15 ] 31.c6-c7 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64:
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33.Ra1-e1 Qh3-f5 34.Bd2-c3 Qf5-c5 35.Bc3-e5 Qc5-d5 36.Nf1-d2 Rf8-c8 37.Re3-f3 a6-a5 38.a2-a3 Qd5-c5+ 39.Kg1-g2 Qc5-c2 40.Rf3-f6+ Kg6-h5 41.Rf6-f2 Rc8xc7 42.Be5xc7 Qc2xc7 43.Nd2-e4 4.28/15 ] 31...Rf3-f8 [ 31...Qh3-d7 Diagram
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does not improve anything 32.Re2-e7! White should return some of the goodies he has collected Qd7-h3 33.Re7-e3+- ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 31...h7-h6 32.Re2-e3 Rf3-f8 33.Ra1-e1 Qh3-f5 34.Bd2-c3 Diagram
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(Diagram 608) Qf5-c5 35.Bc3-e5 Qc5-d5 36.Nf1-d2 Rf8-c8 37.Re3-f3 Diagram (Diagram 609) a6-a5 38.a2-a3 Qd5-c5+ 39.Kg1-g2 Qc5-c2 40.Rf3-f6+ Kg6-h5 41.Rf6-f2 Rc8xc7 42.Be5xc7 Qc2xc7 43.Nd2-e4 4.17/15 Diagram ] 32.Ra1-e1 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 32.Ra1-e1 Qh3-c8 33.Re2-e7 h7-h6 34.Bd2-c3 Qc8-f5 35.Kg1-h2 Diagram Qf5-f2+ 36.Kh2-h3 Qf2-f3 37.Re7-g7+ Diagram
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Pro x64: 33.Re2-e6+ Rf8-f6 34.Re1-c1 Qd7xe6 35.c7-c8Q h7-h6 36.Qc8xe6 Rf6xe6 37.Nf1-e3 Re6-d6 38.Kg1-f2 h6-h5 39.Bd2-b4 Rd6-f6+ 40.Kf2-e2 Rf6-e6 41.d3-d4 h5-h4 42.g3xh4 g5xh4 43.d4-d5 Re6-e4 44.Bb4-c3 h4-h3 45.Ke2-f3 Re4-a4 46.Rc1-h1 b5-b4 47.Bc3-d4 b4-b3 7.75/14 Diagram
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Kg6-h5 38.Nf1-e3 Rf8-f4 39.Kh3-h2 Qf3-f2+ 40.Ne3-g2 Rf4-f8 41.Rg7-e7 Qf2-c5 42.Re1-e4 Qc5-d6 43.Bc3-b4 Qd6-f6 44.Re7-e6 4.71/13 ] 32...Qh3-d7 Diagram [ 32...h7-h6 hoping against hope 33.Bd2-a5 Rf8-c8+- ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 32...h7-h6 33.Bd2-a5 Qh3-g4 34.Ba5-c3 Qg4-h3 35.Re2-e6+ Kg6-h5 36.Re6-f6 Rf8xf6 37.Bc3xf6 Qh3-c8 38.Re1-e7 Kh5-g6 39.Bf6-c3 h6-h5 40.Nf1-e3 a6-a5 41.Bc3xa5 Kg6-f6 42.Ne3-d5+ Kf6-f5 43.Ba5-c3 4.97/14 ] 33.Re2-e6+ Diagram [Houdini 2.0c
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] 33...Kg6-h5 [ 33...Rf8-f6 there is nothing else anyway 34.Re1-c1 Qd7-c8+- ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 33...Rf8-f6 34.Re1-c1 Qd7xe6 35.c7-c8Q h7-h6 36.Qc8xe6 Rf6xe6
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37.Nf1-e3 Re6-d6 38.Kg1-f2 h6-h5 39.Bd2-b4 Rd6-e6 40.Ne3-d5 Kg6-f5 41.Rc1-c5 Kf5-g6 42.Rc5-c8 Kg6-f5 43.Rc8-f8+ Kf5-e5 44.Nd5-e3 Re6-f6+ 45.Rf8xf6 Ke5xf6 46.Ne3-d5+ Kf6-e5 7.92/15 Diagram
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40.Re4-e5+ Kh5-h4 41.Re6xh6+ Kh4-g3 42.Qc8-h3+ Kg3-f2 43.Qh3-f3# #10/18 ] 34...Kh5xg4 Diagram [ 34...Kh5-h4 is no salvation 35.Re6-h6+ Kh4xg4 36.Nf1-h2+ Kg4-g3 37.Re1-e3+ Kg3-f4 38.Re3-f3+ Kf4-e5 39.Rf3xf8 Qd7-d4+ 40.Kg1-h1 Qd4xd3 41.Nh2-g4+ Ke5-d4 42.Rf8-d8+ Diagram
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] 34.g3-g4+! Deflection: g5 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 34.g3-g4+ Diagram (Diagram 617) Kh5xg4 35.Re1-e4+ Rf8-f4 36.Nf1-h2+ Kg4-h5 37.Bd2xf4 Qd7-g7 38.c7-c8Q g5xf4+ 39.Kg1-h1 h7-h6
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Kd4-e4 43.Ng4-f2+ Ke4-e5 44.Nf2xd3+ Ke5-e4 45.c7-c8Q Ke4-f3 46.Rh6-f6+ Kf3-e2 47.Nd3-c1+ Ke2-d1 48.Rf6-f1# ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 34...Kh5-h4 35.Re6-h6+ Kh4xg4 36.Re1-e4+ Rf8-f4 37.Nf1-h2+ Kg4-f5
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38.Bd2-c3 Rf4-f1+ 39.Nh2xf1 Qd7xd3 40.c7-c8Q+ Diagram
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Kf5xe4 41.Qc8-g4+ Ke4-d5 42.Qg4-e6+ Kd5-c5 43.Qe6-c6# #9/19 ]
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40.Re4-e5 Qg5xe5 41.Re6xe5+ Kh5-h6 42.Qc8-f8+ Kh6-g6 43.Qf8-g8+ Kg6-f6 44.Nh2-g4# ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 35...Rf8-f4 36.Nf1-h2+ Kg4-h5 37.Bd2xf4 Qd7-g7 38.c7-c8Q g5xf4+ 39.Kg1-h1 h7-h6 40.Re4-e5+ Kh5-h4 41.Re6xh6+ Diagram
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35.Re1-e4+ [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 35.Re1-e4+ Rf8-f4 36.Nf1-h2+ Kg4-h5 37.Bd2xf4 Qd7-g7 38.c7-c8Q g5xf4+ 39.Kg1-h1 h7-h6 40.Re4-e5+ Kh5-h4 41.Re6xh6+ Kh4-g3 42.Qc8-h3+ Diagram Kg3-f2 43.Qh3-f3# #9/18 ] 35...Kg4-f3 [ 35...Rf8-f4 doesn't do any good 36.Nf1-h2+ Kg4-h5 37.Bd2xf4 Qd7-g7 38.c7-c8Q g5xf4+ 39.Kg1-h1 Qg7-g5
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Kh4-g3 42.Qc8-h3+ Kg3-f2 43.Qh3-f3# #8/21 ] 36.Bd2-e1 [ 36.Bd2-e1 Qd7-d4+ 37.Re4xd4 g5-g4 38.Nf1-d2# ; 36.Nf1-h2+ Kf3-g3 37.Re4-g4+ Diagram Kg3-h3 38.Re6-h6# ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 36.Nf1-h2+ Kf3-g3 Diagram
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9.Qd1-d2 Bc8-e6 10.0-0-0 [RR 10.a2-a3 Qd8-e7 11.0-0 g6-g5 12.b2-b4 c5xb4 13.a3xb4 Ra8-d8 14.d3-d4 h7-h5 15.d4-d5 Rd8-d7 624 16.Rf1-d1 Ng8-h6 17.Be3xb6 Qe7xb4 18.Bb6xa7 0-0 19.Qd2-e3 c6xd5 20.Ba7-c5 Qb4-b7 21.Ra1-a7 Qb7-c8 22.Ra7xd7 Be6xd7 23.Nc3xd5 1-0 Sokolov,A (2632)-Meynard,T (2234)/Montpellier 2006/CBM 111 ext ] 10...Ng8-e7 11.Be3-h6 0-0 12.g2-g4N [RR 12.Kc1-b1 b6-b5 13.Bh6xg7 Kg8xg7 14.Nf3-h2 Qd8-a5 15.Nh2-g4 b5-b4 16.Qd2-h6+ Kg7-g8 17.Nc3-e2 Qa5xa2+ 18.Kb1-c1 b4-b3 19.c2-c4 37.Re4-g4+ Kg3-h3 38.Re6-h6# Be6xc4 20.d3xc4 Qa2-a1+ 21.Kc1-d2 #3/15 ] Ra8-d8+ 22.Ne2-d4 Rd8xd4+ 1-0 23.Kd2-e2 Qa1xb2+ 24.Ke2-f3 Qb2-c2 25.Rd1xd4 c5xd4 0-1 Sigrist,A (1922)-Bentley,J (2211)/Dos Hermanas 10 B31 2004/CBM 099 ext ] 12...Ne7-c8 Vassily Ivanchuk 13.Bh6xg7 Kg8xg7 14.Nf3-h4 Nc8-d6 15.Nh4-g2 Nd6-b5 16.f2-f4 Viswanathan Anand GP, final play off, blitz g/5 (1 1994 Nb5-d4 Diagram
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B31: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5 g6 1.e2-e4 c7-c5 2.Ng1-f3 Nb8-c6 3.Bf1-b5 g7-g6 4.Bb5xc6 Diagram d7xc6 5.d2-d3 Bf8-g7 6.h2-h3 e7-e5 7.Bc1-e3 b7-b6 8.Nb1-c3 f7-f6
(Diagram 626) 17.Rd1-f1 b6-b5 last book move last book move 18.Kc1-b1 [ 18.f4-f5!? is worth looking at b5-b4 19.Nc3-e2
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Nd4xe2+ 20.Qd2xe2 Be6xa2 21.f5xg6 h7xg6 22.h3-h4! ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 18.f4-f5 b5-b4 19.Nc3-e2 Nd4xe2+ 20.Qd2xe2 Be6xa2 21.Ng2-e3 Qd8-d4 22.g4-g5 f6xg5 23.Rh1-g1 c5-c4 24.Ne3xc4 Ba2xc4 25.d3xc4 Ra8-d8 Diagram
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26.Rg1xg5 a7-a5 27.Rg5-g3 a5-a4 28.Kc1-b1 Rf8-f6 29.h3-h4 Qd4-c5 30.f5xg6 Rf6xf1+ 31.Qe2xf1 h7xg6 32.h4-h5 0.17/14 ] 18...Qd8-a5∓ Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 18...c5-c4 19.Nc3-e2 Nd4xe2 20.Qd2xe2 c4xd3 21.c2xd3 Qd8-d4 22.f4xe5 Qd4xe5 23.Rf1-c1 c6-c5
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19.b2-b3 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 19.b2-b3 Ra8-d8 20.f4-f5 Be6-d7 21.g4-g5 f6xg5 22.f5-f6+ Kg7-g8 23.Qd2xg5 c5-c4 24.Ng2-e3 c4xd3 25.c2xd3 Rf8-f7 26.Kb1-b2 b5-b4 27.Nc3-a4 Bd7-e6 28.Ne3-c4 Be6xc4 29.d3xc4 0.04/15 ]
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19...c5-c4 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 19...Ra8-d8 20.f4-f5 Be6-d7 21.g4-g5 f6xg5 22.f5-f6+ Kg7-g8 23.Qd2xg5 c5-c4 24.Kb1-b2 c4xd3 25.c2xd3 b5-b4 26.Nc3-a4 Nd4-e6 27.Qg5-h4 Bd7-e8 28.Ng2-e3 Rd8xd3 29.Ne3-c4
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Qa5-d8 30.Kb2-b1 c6-c5 31.Na4-b2 -0.01/14 ] 20.Rf1-f2 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 20.f4-f5 b5-b4 21.Nc3-d1 c4xd3 22.c2xd3 Be6-f7 23.Ng2-e3 Ra8-d8 24.g4-g5 Bf7xb3 25.g5xf6+ Rf8xf6 26.a2xb3 Qa5-a1+ 27.Kb1xa1 Nd4xb3+ 28.Ka1-b2 Nb3xd2 29.Ne3-g4 Nd2xf1 30.Ng4xf6 Kg7xf6 31.Rh1xf1 Rd8xd3 32.f5xg6+ Diagram
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Kf6xg6 0.01/12 ] 20...b5-b4 Black threatens to win material: b4xc3 [ 20...Ra8-e8 21.Nc3-d1 Diagram
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(Diagram 631) Qa5xd2 22.Rf2xd2 c4xb3 23.a2xb3∓ ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 20...Ra8-d8 21.f4xe5 f6xe5 22.Rh1-f1 Rf8xf2 23.Rf1xf2 Kg7-g8 24.Ng2-e3 c4xd3 25.c2xd3 Qa5-b4 26.Ne3-c2 Qb4-d6 27.Qd2-g5 Nd4xc2 28.Rf2xc2 Rd8-f8 29.Qg5-d2 Kg8-g7 -0.36/14 ] 21.Nc3-e2 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 21.Nc3-e2 c4-c3 22.Qd2-d1 Be6xb3 23.a2xb3 Nd4-b5 24.Ne2-g1 Nb5-a3+ 25.Kb1-c1 Na3-b5 26.Kc1-b1 Nb5-a3+ -0.24/17 ] 21...c4-c3 [ 21...c4xb3?! 22.c2xb3 Nd4-b5 23.Rh1-c1= Diagram ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 21...c4-c3
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Qa3xc1+ 24.Rh1xc1 Nd4xe2 25.Rf2xe2 a7-a5 26.Rc1-f1 a5-a4 27.f4-f5 Be6-d7 28.Ng2-e3 Diagram
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a4xb3 29.a2xb3 Rf8-h8 30.Ne3-c4 c6-c5 -0.02/14 ] 22.Ne2xd4 [ 22.Qd2-d1 Nd4-b5 23.f4-f5 Nb5-a3+ 24.Kb1-a1∓ Diagram
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; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 22.Qd2-d1 Be6xb3 23.a2xb3 Nd4-b5 24.Ne2-g1 Nb5-a3+ 25.Kb1-c1 Na3-b5 26.Kc1-b1 Nb5-a3+ -0.24/16 ] 22...e5xd4?? forfeits the advantage [ 22...c3xd2 Diagram 23.Nd4xe6+ Kg7-g8 24.Ne6xf8 Ra8xf8 25.Rf2xd2 Qa5-c5-+ ;
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Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 22...c3xd2 23.Nd4xe6+ Kg7-g8 24.Ne6xf8 Ra8xf8 25.Rf2xd2 Qa5-b6 26.Rd2-e2 a7-a5 27.f4xe5 f6xe5 28.Ng2-e3 Qb6-d4 29.Ne3-c4 Rf8-a8 30.Rh1-f1 a5-a4 31.Re2-d2 a4xb3 32.c2xb3 Diagram
r+ + +k+ + + + +p +p+ +p+ + + p + pNqP+P+ +P+P+ +P P+ R + + +K+ +R+
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Kg8-g7 33.g4-g5 c6-c5 34.h3-h4 Ra8-a6 35.Rf1-f3 -0.71/16 ] 23.Qd2-c1= [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 23.Qd2-c1 Diagram Be6-d7 24.f4-f5 Ra8-b8 25.Rh1-e1 Qa5-a3 26.Qc1xa3 b4xa3 27.Rf2-f3 Rf8-e8 28.f5xg6 h7xg6 29.Ng2-f4 Rb8-b6 30.Re1-f1 Re8-h8 31.Kb1-c1
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r+ + r + p +l+ kp +p+ pp+ q + +P+ p pP+P+ +PpP+ +P P+P+ RN+ +KQ + +R
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a7-a5 32.Rf3-f2 Diagram
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+ +r+ + p +l+ kp rp+ pp+ + + +P+ + pPNPP pPpP+ + P+P+ R + +K+ +R+
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26.e4xf5 Ra8-e8 27.g5xf6+ Kg7xf6 28.Qc1-f4 Kf6-e7 29.Rh1-e1+ Ke7-d8 30.Re1xe8+ Rf8xe8 31.f5-f6 Kd8-c8 32.f6-f7 Re8-f8 33.Qf4-h6 Kc8-c7 Diagram
Rb6-b8 33.Nf4-e2 0.16/17 ] 23...Qa5-c5 [ 23...Be6-d7 24.f4-f5= Diagram (Diagram 640)
(Diagram 642) ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 23...Be6-d7 24.f4-f5 Ra8-b8 25.Rh1-e1 Qa5-a3 26.Qc1xa3 b4xa3 27.h3-h4 Rb8-b6 28.Ng2-f4 Rf8-e8 29.Re1-f1 Diagram Bd7-c8 30.Kb1-c1 Rb6-b7 31.Nf4-e2 g6xf5 32.g4xf5 0.18/15 ] 24.f4-f5 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 24.f4-f5 Be6-d7 25.g4-g5 g6xf5
34.Rf2-f6 Qc5-e7 35.Qh6-f4+ Kc7-c8 36.Qf4xd4 Rf8xf7 Diagram 37.Rf6xf7 Qe7xf7 38.Qd4xa7 0.36/15 ] White threatens to win material: f5xe6 24...Be6-g8? [ 24...Be6-d7!? deserves consideration 25.Ng2-f4
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a7-a5 26.f5xg6 h7xg6$ ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 24...Be6-d7 25.g4-g5 g6xf5 26.e4xf5 Ra8-e8 27.g5xf6+ Kg7xf6 28.Qc1-f4 Kf6-e7 29.Rh1-e1+ Ke7-d8 30.Re1xe8+ Diagram
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Rf8xe8 31.f5-f6 Kd8-c8 32.f6-f7 Re8-f8 33.Qf4-h6 Kc8-c7 34.Rf2-f6 Qc5-e7 35.Qh6-f4+ Kc7-c8 36.Qf4xd4 Rf8xf7 37.Rf6xf7 Qe7xf7 38.Qd4xa7 0.55/13 Diagram ] 25.g4-g5 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 25.g4-g5 Diagram Qc5-e7 26.g5xf6+ Rf8xf6 27.Qc1-g5 Kg7-h8 28.f5xg6 Rf6-e6 29.Qg5xe7 Re6xe7 Diagram
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32.Rh1-g1 Bg8-e6 33.Rg2-g5 Be6-d7 34.Rg5-h5 Re8-f8 35.Rg1-f1 Kh8-g8 1.46/15 ] 25...a7-a5 Diagram [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 25...Qc5-e7 26.g5xf6+ Rf8xf6 27.Qc1-g5 Diagram
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Kg7-h8 Re6xe7 Ra8-e8 Be6-d7 Kh8-g8
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30.Ng2-f4 Re7-g7 31.Rf2-g2 Ra8-e8
28.f5xg6 Rf6-e6 29.Qg5xe7 30.Ng2-f4 Re7-g7 31.Rf2-g2 32.Rh1-g1 Bg8-e6 33.Rg2-g5 34.Rg5-h5 Re8-f8 35.Rg1-f1 1.46/14 ]
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26.Rh1-e1 Diagram [ 26.g5xf6+ Rf8xf6 27.Qc1-g5+- ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 26.g5xf6+ Kg7xf6 Diagram 27.f5xg6+ Kf6-e7 28.Rf2xf8 Ra8xf8 29.g6-g7 Rf8-a8 30.Ng2-h4 Ke7-d7
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31.Nh4-f5 a5-a4 32.Qc1-h6 a4xb3 33.a2xb3 Qc5-e5 Diagram
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34.Rh1-f1 Kd7-c7 35.Qh6-g5 Qe5-a5 36.Qg5-e7+ Kc7-b6 2.24/12 ] (Diagram 654) 26...f6xg5?? Diagram [ 26...a5-a4 27.g5xf6+ Rf8xf6$ ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 26...a5-a4 27.g5xf6+ Diagram Rf8xf6 28.e4-e5 Rf6xf5 29.Rf2xf5 a4xb3 30.c2xb3 Bg8xb3 31.a2xb3 Diagram c3-c2+ 32.Qc1xc2 Ra8-a1+ 33.Kb1xa1 Qc5xc2 34.Rf5-f4 Qc2xg2
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Qd2-c3+ 37.Ka1-b1 Qc3xb3+ 38.Kb1-c1 Qb3-c3+ 39.Kc1-b1 b4-b3 40.Rd4-d7+ Kg7-f8 41.Re4-e2 Kf8-e8 42.e5-e6 Qc3-f6 -0.34/12 ]
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does not save the day 28.e4-e5 Qd6-c7 29.e5-e6 Bg8xe6 30.Re1xe6+- ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 27...Kg7-h8 Diagram
the position is going down the drain 27.Qc1xg5+- Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 27.Qc1xg5 Kg7-h8 28.Ng2-f4 Qc5-e5 29.Qg5-h6 Rf8-f6 30.Nf4xg6+ Rf6xg6 31.f5xg6 Qe5-g3 32.g6-g7+ Qg3xg7 Diagram
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33.Qh6xc6 Ra8-b8 34.Rf2-f5 a5-a4 35.b3xa4 Rb8-b7 36.a4-a5 Qg7-g3 37.Qc6-f6+ Rb7-g7 38.Re1-f1 Qg3-e3 39.a5-a6 h7-h6 4.61/13 ] 27...Kg7-h8 Diagram [ 27...Qc5-d6
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28.Ng2-f4 Qc5-e5 29.Qg5-h6 Rf8-f6 30.Nf4xg6+ Rf6xg6 31.f5xg6 Qe5-g3 32.g6-g7+ Qg3xg7 33.Qh6xc6 Ra8-b8 34.Rf2-f5 Rb8-b7 35.Rf5xa5 Rb7-f7 36.Qc6-d6 Rf7-f2 37.Re1-c1 Rf2-g2 38.Ra5-f5 Rg2-g3 39.Qd6xb4 Rg3xh3 40.Rc1-f1 Rh3-h2 41.Qb4-d6 4.97/14 ] 28.Ng2-f4 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 28.Ng2-f4 Diagram Qc5-e5 29.Qg5-h6 Rf8-f6 30.Nf4xg6+ Rf6xg6 31.f5xg6 Qe5-g3 32.g6-g7+
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
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Qg3xg7 33.Qh6xc6 Ra8-d8 34.Qc6-a6 Rd8-b8 35.Rf2-f5 a5-a4 36.Qa6xa4 Qg7-g3 37.Re1-f1 Bg8-e6 38.Rf5-f6 Qg3-d6 39.Qa4-a7 Rb8-g8 40.Rf6-h6 Rg8-g7 41.Qa7-a8+ Rg7-g8 42.Qa8-b7 4.42/13 ]
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Rf8-f6 30.Nf4xg6+ Rf6xg6 31.f5xg6 Qe5-g3 32.g6-g7+ Qg3xg7 33.Qh6xc6 Ra8-b8 34.Rf2-f5 Rb8-b7 35.Rf5xa5 Rb7-f7 36.Qc6-d6 Rf7-f2 37.Re1-c1 Rf2-g2 38.Ra5-f5 Rg2-g3 39.Qd6xb4 Rg3xh3 40.Rc1-f1 Rh3-h2 41.Qb4-d6 4.97/14 Diagram
(Diagram 663) (Diagram 665) 28...g6xf5 [ 28...Qc5-e5 is one last hope 29.Qg5-h6 Rf8-f6 30.Nf4xg6+ Rf6xg6 31.f5xg6 Qe5-g3 32.g6-g7+ Qg3xg7 33.Qh6xc6 Ra8-a7+- ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 28...Qc5-e5 29.Qg5-h6 Diagram
] 29.Qg5-h6 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 29.Qg5-h6 Bg8xb3 30.Nf4-g6+ Diagram Kh8-g8 31.Re1-g1 Ra8-a7 32.Ng6xf8+ Kg8-f7 33.a2xb3 Qc5-e5
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34.Rf2xf5+ Qe5xf5 35.e4xf5 Kf7-e8 36.Rg1-e1+ Ra7-e7 37.Qh6xc6+ Ke8-f7 38.Qc6-d5+ Kf7xf8 39.Qd5-d8+ Kf8-g7 40.Qd8xe7+ Kg7-h6 41.Qe7-h4+ Kh6-g7 42.Re1-e7+ Kg7-g8 43.Qh4-g3+ Kg8-h8 #16/14 Diagram (Diagram 667) ] 29...Bg8-f7 Diagram [ 29...Bg8xb3 cannot undo what has already been done 30.Re1-g1 Ra8-a7 31.Nf4-g6+ Kh8-g8 32.Ng6-e5+ Kg8-h8 33.a2xb3
+ + + k + + R +p + + + + p + +P+ p p + + +PpP+ QP +P+ + + +K+ + +
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Qc5-d6 34.Ne5-g6+ Kh8-g8 35.Ng6-e7+ Diagram (Diagram 669) Kg8-f7 36.Rf2xf5+ Qd6-f6 37.Rf5xf6+ Kf7-e8 38.Qh6xf8+ Ke8-d7 39.Ne7-d5 c6xd5 40.Rg1-g7# ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 29...Bg8xb3 30.Nf4-g6+ Kh8-g8 31.Re1-g1 Ra8-a7 32.Ng6xf8+ Kg8-f7 33.a2xb3 Qc5-e5 34.Rf2xf5+ Qe5xf5 35.e4xf5 Kf7-e8 36.Rg1-e1+ Ra7-e7 37.Qh6xc6+ Ke8-f7 38.Qc6-d5+ Kf7xf8 39.Qd5-d8+ Kf8-g7 40.Qd8xe7+ Kg7-h6 41.Qe7-h4+
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r+ + r + + + +k+ +p+Q+ + p q +p+ p pPN + +PpP+ +P P+P+ + + +K+ + R ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 30.Qh6-f6+
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Vassily Ivanchuk Garry Kasparov Euwe Amsterdam, Euwe (4)
] 1-0
1994
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B93: Sicilian Najdorf: 6 f4 1.e2-e4 c7-c5 2.Ng1-f3 d7-d6 3.d2-d4 c5xd4 4.Nf3xd4 Diagram
Kh8-g8 31.Re1-g1+ Bf7-g6 32.Rg1xg6+ h7xg6 33.Qf6xg6+ Kg8-h8 34.Qg6-h6+ Kh8-g8 35.Rf2-g2+ Kg8-f7 36.Qh6-e6# #7/9 Diagram
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Ng8-f6 5.Nb1-c3 a7-a6 6.f2-f4 Qd8-c7 7.Qd1-f3 g7-g6 8.Bc1-e3 Bf8-g7 9.h2-h3 [RR 9.f4-f5 Nb8-d7 10.Qf3-h3 b7-b5 11.a2-a3 Bc8-b7 12.Bf1-d3 Nd7-e5 13.Be3-h6 Bg7xh6 14.Qh3xh6 Qc7-b6 15.0-0-0 0-0-0 16.Qh6-e3 Nf6-g4 17.Qe3-g1 g6xf5 18.Nc3-d5 Bb7xd5 19.e4xd5 f5-f4 20.Bd3-f5+ Kc8-b7 21.Rd1-f1 Ng4-f6 22.Rf1xf4 Kb7-a7 23.Nd4-c6+ Ne5xc6 Radulov,I (2490)-Timman,J (2605)/ Indonesia 1983/MCD/½-½ (38) ] 9...e7-e5N [RR 9...b7-b5 10.e4-e5 Bc8-b7 11.e5xf6 Bb7xf3 12.f6xg7 Rh8-g8 13.Nd4xf3 Rg8xg7 14.0-0-0 Nb8-d7 15.g2-g4 Ra8-c8 16.Rh1-h2 b5-b4 17.Nc3-e4 Qc7-c6 18.Bf1-d3 Rg7-g8 19.Kc1-b1 Qc6-b7 20.Rh2-e2 Ke8-f8 21.Be3-d4 a6-a5 22.Nf3-g5 f7-f6 23.Ng5xh7+ Kf8-f7 24.Rd1-e1 Rowson,J (2305)-McShane,L (2130)/ Richmond 1994/EXT 2001/1-0 (32) ;RR
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9...0-0 10.Bf1-d3 Nb8-c6 11.0-0 Bc8-d7 12.Qf3-f2 (RR 12.Ra1-e1 Ra8-e8 13.Qf3-f2 e7-e5 14.Nd4-f3 Qc7-c8 15.Qf2-h4 Nf6-h5 16.f4-f5 Qc8-d8 17.Nc3-d5 Qd8xh4 18.Nf3xh4 Nh5-f6 19.Nd5-b6 Bd7-c8 20.a2-a3 Nc6-e7 21.f5xg6 h7xg6 22.Be3-g5 Nf6-h7 23.Nb6xc8 Ne7xc8 24.Bg5-d2 Bg7-f6 25.Nh4-f3 Kg8-g7 26.g2-g4 Bf6-d8 Resika,N (2250)-Chase,C (2320)/Boylston 1994/EXT 2000/1-0 (52) ) 12...b7-b5 13.a2-a3 Nc6xd4 14.Be3xd4 Bd7-c6 15.Ra1-e1 e7-e5 16.Bd4-e3 e5xf4 17.Be3xf4 Nf6-d7 18.Qf2-d2 Rf8-e8 19.Kg1-h1 Ra8-d8 20.Re1-e2 Nd7-c5 21.b2-b4 Nc5-d7 22.Nc3-d5 Bc6xd5 23.e4xd5 Nd7-e5 24.Re2-f2 Graf,P (2134)-Litwin,J (2183)/ Polanica Zdroj 2006/CBM 113 ext/½-½ (78) ] 10.f4xe5 d6xe5 11.Be3-h6 Bg7xh6 12.Qf3xf6 0-0 13.Nc3-d5 Qc7-a5+ 14.b2-b4 Qa5-d8 15.Nd5-e7+ Qd8xe7 16.Qf6xe7 e5xd4 Diagram
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17.Bf1-c4 Nb8-c6 18.Qe7-c5 last book move last book move Bh6-e3 [ 18...Rf8-e8 does not win a prize 19.0-0 Bc8-e6 20.Bc4xe6 Re8xe6 21.a2-a4+- ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 18...Rf8-e8 19.0-0 Bc8-e6 20.Bc4xe6
Re8xe6 21.a2-a4 Bh6-e3+ 22.Kg1-h1 Ra8-e8 23.b4-b5 Nc6-d8 24.Qc5-c4 Kg8-g7 25.Kh1-h2 Re6xe4 26.Qc4-c7 Diagram
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a6xb5 27.a4xb5 Re4-e7 28.Qc7-g3 Nd8-e6 29.Qg3-e5+ Kg7-g8 1.98/13 ] 19.Rh1-f1 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 19.Rh1-f1 Bc8-d7 20.Qc5-d6 Bd7-e8 21.e4-e5 Be3-g5 22.e5-e6 Bg5-e7 23.Qd6-c7 Be7xb4+ 24.Ke1-d1 f7xe6 25.Rf1xf8+ Bb4xf8 26.Bc4xe6+ Kg8-h8 27.Qc7xb7 Ra8-b8 28.Qb7xa6 2.46/13 ] (Diagram 679) 19...Nc6-d8 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 19...Bc8-d7 20.Qc5-d6 Bd7-e8 21.e4-e5 Be3-g5 22.e5-e6 Bg5-e7 23.Qd6-c7 Be7xb4+ 24.Ke1-d1 f7xe6 25.Rf1xf8+ Bb4xf8 26.Bc4xe6+ Kg8-h8 27.Qc7xb7 Ra8-b8 28.Qb7xa6 2.74/13 ] (Diagram 680) 20.Rf1-f3 [ 20.Bc4-d5!? keeps an even firmer grip Rf8-e8+- ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 20.Qc5-e7 Nd8-e6 21.h3-h4 Ra8-a7 22.Bc4-d5 a6-a5 23.b4-b5
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
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Ne6-f4 24.Qe7-c7 Nf4xg2+ 25.Ke1-e2 Kg8-h8 26.Rf1xf7 Ng2-f4+ 27.Ke2-e1 2.81/12 ] 20...Bc8-e6 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 20...Bc8-e6 21.Rf3xe3 d4xe3 22.Bc4xe6 Nd8xe6 23.Qc5xe3 a6-a5 24.b4-b5 Ra8-d8 25.c2-c3 Rf8-e8 26.Ke1-f2 Diagram (Diagram 681) f7-f6 27.Ra1-e1 Rd8-d6 28.h3-h4 b7-b6 29.c3-c4 1.86/14 ] 21.Rf3xe3 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 21.Bc4-d3 Diagram Rf8-e8 22.Rf3xe3 d4xe3 23.Qc5xe3
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r+ n rk+ +p+ +p+p p+ +l+p+ + Q + + P pP+ + + +LlR+P P+P+ +P+ R + K +
681
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Nd8-c6 24.Qe3-b6 Re8-e7 25.a2-a4 Re7-d7 26.0-0-0 Nc6-d4 27.Kc1-b2 Ra8-c8 1.90/12 ] 21...d4xe3 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 21...d4xe3 Diagram (Diagram 683) 22.Bc4xe6 Nd8xe6 23.Qc5xe3 a6-a5 24.b4-b5 Ra8-d8 25.c2-c3 Rf8-e8 26.Ke1-f2 Rd8-d7 27.Ra1-f1 Re8-c8 28.e4-e5 Rc8-c5 29.b5-b6 Rc5-d5 30.Kf2-e2 h7-h5 1.81/15 ] 22.Bc4xe6 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 22.Bc4-d3 Nd8-c6 23.a2-a3 Rf8-d8 24.Qc5xe3
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a6-a5 25.b4-b5 Nc6-e5 26.Ra1-d1 Be6-c4 27.a3-a4 Ra8-c8 28.Ke1-f1 Bc4xd3+ 29.c2xd3 Rc8-c2 Diagram
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30.Qe3-g5 1.63/15 ] 22...Nd8xe6 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 22...Nd8xe6 Diagram (Diagram 685) 23.Qc5xe3 a6-a5 24.b4-b5 Ra8-d8 25.c2-c3 Rf8-e8 26.Ke1-f2 Rd8-d7 27.Ra1-f1 Re8-c8 28.e4-e5 Rc8-c5 29.b5-b6 Rc5-d5 30.Kf2-e2 Rd7-d8 31.g2-g3 a5-a4 32.c3-c4 Rd5-d4 33.Rf1-c1 1.72/18 ] 23.Qc5xe3
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Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 23.Qc5xe3 a6-a5 24.b4-b5 Ra8-d8 25.c2-c3 Rf8-e8 26.Ke1-f2 Rd8-d7 27.Ra1-f1 Re8-c8 28.e4-e5 Rc8-c5 29.b5-b6 Rc5-d5 30.Kf2-e2 Rd7-d8 31.g2-g3 a5-a4 32.c3-c4 Rd5-d4 33.Rf1-c1 1.50/18 ]
r+ + rk+ +p+ +p+p p+ +n+p+ + + + + P +P+ + + + Q +P P+P+ +P+ R + K +
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23...a6-a5 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 23...a6-a5 Diagram (Diagram 687) 24.b4-b5 Ra8-d8 25.c2-c3 Rf8-e8 26.Ke1-f2 f7-f6 27.Ra1-e1 Rd8-d6 28.h3-h4 b7-b6 29.e4-e5 f6xe5
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
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30.Qe3xe5 Rd6-d2+ 31.Re1-e2 Rd2-d3 32.a2-a4 Re8-f8+ 33.Kf2-g1 1.62/16 ] 24.b4-b5 Diagram [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 24.b4-b5 Ra8-d8 25.c2-c3 Rf8-e8 26.Ke1-f2 Rd8-d7 27.Ra1-f1 Re8-c8 28.e4-e5 Rc8-c5 29.b5-b6 Rc5-d5 30.Kf2-e2 Rd7-d8 31.g2-g3 a5-a4 32.c3-c4 Rd5-d4 33.Rf1-c1 1.50/15 ]
r+ + rk+ +p+ +p+p + +n+p+ pP+ + + + +P+ + + + Q +P P+P+ +P+ R + K +
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+r+ rk+ +p+ +p+p + +n+p+ pP+ + + + +P+ + + P Q +P P+ + +P+ + +RK +
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29.b5-b6 Rc5-b5 30.h3-h4 Rb5-b2 31.Rf1-f2 Rd7-d1+ 32.Kg1-h2 Rd1-b1 Diagram
+ + +k+ +p+ +p+p P +n+p+ p + + + + +P+ P + P Q + Pr + RPK +r+ + +
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33.Rf2xb2 Rb1xb2 1.52/15 ] (Diagram 691) 25.0-0-0 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 25.0-0-0 Diagram
24...Ra8-c8 Diagram [ 24...Ra8-d8 hardly improves anything 25.Ra1-d1 Rd8-c8 26.c2-c3+- Diagram ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 24...Ra8-d8 25.c2-c3 Rf8-e8 26.Ke1-f2 Rd8-d7 27.Ra1-f1 Re8-c8 28.Kf2-g1 Rc8-c5
(Diagram 692) Rf8-e8 26.Qe3-b6 Re8-e7 27.Qb6xa5 Re7-c7 28.Rd1-d2 Rc7-c4 29.Qa5-b6 Rc8-c7 30.Qb6-e3 Diagram
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
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Rb4xb6 33.Rd2-d7 Ne6-g5 34.Qf3-e3 2.37/17 ] 25...Rc8-c5 [ 25...Rf8-e8 doesn't improve anything 26.Qe3-a7 Ne6-c5 Diagram
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27.Qa7xa5+- ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 25...Rf8-e8 Diagram
693
Rc4-b4 31.b5-b6 Rc7-c4 32.Qe3-f3
+r+r+k+ +p+ +p+p + +n+p+ pP+ + + + +P+ + + + Q +P P+P+ +P+ + KR+ +
695
26.Qe3-b6 Re8-e7 27.Qb6xa5 Re7-c7 28.Rd1-d2 Rc7-c4 29.Qa5-b6 Rc8-c7 30.Qb6-e3 Rc4-b4 31.b5-b6 Rc7-c6 32.Rd2-d7 Rc6xb6 33.Qe3-f3 Rb4-b1+ 34.Kc1-d2 Ne6-g5 35.Qf3-f4 2.12/15 ] 26.Rd1-d5 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 26.Rd1-d5 Rc5-c7 27.Qe3-f2 a5-a4 28.Kc1-b2 Rc7-e7 29.Qf2-d2 Rf8-c8
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
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30.Rd5-d7 a4-a3+ 31.Kb2xa3 Rc8xc2 32.Qd2xc2 Diagram
+ + +k+ +p+Rrp+p + +n+p+ +P+ + + + +P+ + K + + +P P+Q+ +P+ + + + +
+r+ +k+ Qp+ +p+ + +n+pp +P+ P + p+r+ + + P + + +P KPR +P+ + + + +
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+ + rk+ + + +p+p p +n+p+ pPrR+ + + +P+ + + + Q +P P+P+ +P+ + K + +
Re7xd7 33.Qc2-c8+ Ne6-f8 34.Ka3-b4 f7-f6 35.Qc8-c4+ Kg8-g7 36.b5-b6 h7-h6 37.h3-h4 h6-h5 2.33/16 ]
+ + rk+ +p+ +p+p + +n+p+ pPrR+ + + +P+ + + + Q +P P+P+ +P+ + K + +
697
26...b7-b6 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 26...Rc5-c7 27.Qe3-f2 a5-a4 28.Kc1-b2 Rc7-c4 29.a2-a3 h7-h6 30.e4-e5 Rf8-c8 31.Rd5-d7 Rc4-f4 32.Qf2-a7 Rf4-c4 33.Rd7-d2 Diagram Rc8-c7 34.g2-g3 Kg8-g7 35.Qa7-e3 Rc7-c8 2.24/14 ] 27.Qe3-g3 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 27.Qe3-f2 h7-h6 28.Rd5xc5
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Ne6xc5 29.Qf2-f6 Rf8-b8 30.g2-g4 a5-a4 31.Qf6-d6 Rb8-b7 32.e4-e5 Nc5-e6 33.Kc1-b2 Kg8-g7 34.Kb2-a3 Ne6-c5 35.Qd6-f6+ Kg7-h7 2.50/15 Diagram (Diagram 700) ] (Diagram 701) 27...Rc5-c7 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 27...Rc5-c4 28.Qg3-d6 Rf8-c8 29.Rd5-d2 Kg8-g7 30.Qd6xb6
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
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Ne6-g5 31.e4-e5 Ng5-e4 32.Rd2-e2 Ne4-c3 33.Qb6-f6+ Diagram (Diagram 702) Kg7-h6 34.Re2-f2 Rc4-b4 35.Qf6-f3 Rb4-b1+ 36.Kc1-d2 Rb1-d1+ 37.Qf3xd1 Nc3xd1 38.Kd2xd1 Rc8-c5 39.b5-b6 Rc5-b5 40.Rf2-f6 Kh6-g7 41.Rf6-d6 Rb5xe5 42.b6-b7 Re5-b5 43.Rd6-d7 Kg7-f6 44.Kd1-e2 Rb5-b2 2.37/15 ] 28.Qg3-d6 Diagram [ 28.Qg3-f2 seems even better Ne6-c5+- Diagram ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 28.Rd5-d6
+r+ + + + + +pkp + + Qp+ pP+ P + +r+ + + + n + +P P+P+R+P+ + K + +
+ + rk+ + r +p+p p +n+p+ pP+R+ + + +P+ + + + + QP P+P+ +P+ + K + +
+ + rk+ + r +p+p p + +p+ pPnR+ + + +P+ + + + + +P P+P+ QP+ + K + + Diagram
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Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
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Rf8-c8 29.Qg3-f2 Ne6-c5 30.Qf2-d2 Rc7-b7 31.e4-e5 Nc5-e4 32.Rd6-d8+ Rc8xd8 33.Qd2xd8+ Kg8-g7 34.Qd8-d4 Ne4-c5 35.e5-e6+ f7-f6 36.Qd4-d6 Nc5-e4 37.Qd6-c6 Ne4-c5 38.Kc1-d2 f6-f5 2.57/15 ]
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28...Rf8-c8 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 28...Rf8-b8 Diagram
r + +k+ + r +p+p p Qn+p+ pP+R+ + + +P+ + + + + +P P+P+ +P+ + K + +
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37.Rd2-d6 Rb5-c5 38.Kc1-b2 Rc5-b5+ 39.Kb2-a3 2.02/16 ]
+r+ +k+ + r +p+p p Qn+p+ pP+R+ + + +P+ + + + + +P P+P+ +P+ + K + +
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29.Rd5-d2 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 29.Rd5-d2 Rc7-b7 30.Qd6-d5 Rb7-c7 31.h3-h4 h7-h5 32.Qd5-d6 Rc7-b7 33.g2-g3 Kg8-h7 34.Kc1-b2 Ne6-c5 35.Rd2-d4 Diagram (Diagram 709)
(Diagram 707) 29.Rd5-d2 Rb8-b7 30.Qd6-d5 h7-h6 31.e4-e5 Rb7-b8 32.Qd5-f3 Rb8-c8 33.Qf3-f2 Rc7-b7 34.Qf2-e3 Rc8-c4 35.Qe3xh6 Rc4-c5 36.Qh6-e3 Rc5xb5
Nc5-e6 36.Rd4-d5 Rc8-c4 37.e4-e5 Rc4-b4+ 38.Kb2-c1 1.86/17 ] 29...Rc7-b7 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 29...Rc7-b7 30.Qd6-d5 Diagram Rb7-c7 31.h3-h4 h7-h5 32.Qd5-d6
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
+r+ + + +r+ +p+k p Q +p+ pPn + +p + RP+ P + + + P PKP+ + + + + + +
+r+ +k+ + r +p+p p Qn+p+ pP+ + + + +P+ + + + + +P P+PR +P+ + K + +
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Rc3-e3 35.Qd6-e5 Re3-f3 36.c2-c4 a5-a4 37.Qe5-d6 a4-a3+ 38.Kb2-c2 1.79/15 ] 30.g2-g4 Diagram [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 30.Qd6-d5 Rb7-c7 31.h3-h4 h7-h5 32.Qd5-d6 Rc7-b7 33.g2-g3 Rc8-c5 34.Rd2-d5 Rc5-c4 35.e4-e5 Kg8-g7 36.Rd5-d3 Rb7-c7 37.Qd6xb6 Rc4xc2+ 38.Kc1-b1 1.80/14 ]
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712
30...Ne6-c5 Diagram [ 30...Rc8-c5 Diagram (Diagram 713)
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Rc7-b7 33.g2-g3 Rc8-c3 34.Kc1-b2
does not save the day 31.Rd2-d5 Rc5-c4 32.e4-e5+- ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 30...Rc8-c5 31.h3-h4 Rc5-c4 32.Qd6-d5 Rb7-c7 33.Qd5-a8+ Kg8-g7 34.Qa8-b8 Rc4xe4 35.Qb8xb6 Re4xg4 36.Qb6xa5 Rc7-c5 37.Qa5-b6 Rg4xh4 38.Rd2-d7 Rh4-e4 39.Qb6-b7 Re4-f4 40.a2-a4 Ne6-d4 41.Rd7-c7 1.72/14 ] (Diagram 714) 31.Qd6-f6 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 31.e4-e5 Rb7-b8 32.Qd6-d5 Rc8-c7 33.Qd5-f3 Rc7-e7 34.Rd2-d5 Rb8-e8 35.Rd5-d6 Re7xe5 36.Rd6xb6
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
+ + +k+ +r+ +p+p p Qn+p+ pPr + + + +P+P+ + + + +P P+PR + + + K + +
+r+ +k+ +r+ +p+p p Q +p+ pPn + + + +P+P+ + + + +P P+PR + + + K + +
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Re5-e1+ 37.Kc1-d2 Re1-a1 38.Qf3-c6 Nc5-e4+ 39.Kd2-d3 Diagram (Diagram 715) Ra1-d1+ 40.Kd3-c4 2.10/14 ] 31...h7-h6 [ 31...Rb7-b8 is not the saving move 32.Rd2-d4+- Diagram (Diagram 716) ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 31...Rb7-b8 Diagram 32.Rd2-d4 Rc8-f8 33.Kc1-b2 Rf8-e8 34.e4-e5 Re8-e6 35.Qf6-f4 Re6-e8
+ +r+k+ + + +p+p RQ+ +p+ pP+ + + + +n+P+ + +K+ +P P+P+ + + r + + +
rr+ +k+ + + +p+p p + Qp+ pPn + + + RP+P+ + + + +P P+P+ + + + K + +
rr+ +k+ + + +p+p p + Qp+ pPn + + + +P+P+ + + + +P P+PR + + + K + +
715
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36.Rd4-d6 Re8-e6 37.Rd6-c6 Rb8-e8
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38.Qf4-d4 Kg8-g7 39.Rc6-d6 Diagram
+ +r+ + + + +pkp p Rr+p+ pPn P + + Q +P+ + + + +P PKP+ + + + + + +
718
Re8-c8 40.Qd4-f2 Rc8-e8 41.h3-h4 Nc5-e4 42.Qf2xb6 Re6xe5 2.26/16 ] 32.e4-e5 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 32.Rd2-d8+ Diagram
+rR +k+ +r+ +p+ p + Qpp pPn + + + +P+P+ + + + +P P+P+ + + + K + +
719
r + +k+ + Q +p+ p + + + pPn P p P+K+ +P+ + + + + +P+ + + + + + +
+r+ +k+ +r+ +p+ p + Qpp pPn P + + + +P+ + + + +P P+PR + + + K + +
720
721
Rc8-c4 34.h4-h5 Rc4xg4 35.Qf6-f3 Rg4-g1+ 36.Kc1-b2+- ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 32...Nc5-e6 Diagram (Diagram 722)
Rc8xd8 33.Qf6xd8+ Kg8-h7 34.e4-e5 Nc5-e6 35.Qd8-d5 Ne6-c5 36.Qd5-d6 Kh7-g7 37.h3-h4 Kg7-h7 38.Qd6-c6 g6-g5 39.h4xg5 h6xg5 40.Kc1-b2 Kh7-g8 41.Kb2-c3 Rb7-d7 42.Kc3-c4 Rd7-b7 43.a2-a4 Rb7-b8 44.Qc6-c7 2.67/19 Diagram ] 32...Rc8-e8 [ 32...Nc5-e6 hardly improves anything 33.h3-h4
33.Qf6-f3 Rb7-c7 34.Qf3-f2 Ne6-c5 35.Qf2-e3 g6-g5 36.Rd2-d6 Nc5-e6 37.Qe3-d3 Rc7-c3 38.Qd3-d2 Rc8-c4 39.Rd6xb6 Ne6-d4 40.Kc1-d1 Rc3xh3 41.Qd2-g2 Rh3-f3 2.47/16 ] 33.h3-h4 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 33.Rd2-d8 Re8xd8 Diagram 34.Qf6xd8+ Kg8-h7 35.Qd8-d6 Kh7-g7 36.h3-h4 Kg7-h7 37.Qd6-c6
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
+r+ +k+ +r+ +p+ p +nQpp pP+ P + + + +P+ + + + +P P+PR + + + K + +
+ r +k+ +r+ +p+ p + Qpp pPn P + + + +P+ + + + +P P+P+ + + + K + +
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Nc5-e6 37.Qf5-f6+ Kg7-h7 38.Rd2-d6 Re8-g8 39.Qf6-f3 Rg8-b8 40.Kc1-b2 Rb7-c7 41.Qf3-f2 Rc7-b7 Diagram 723
g6-g5 38.h4xg5 h6xg5 39.Kc1-b2 Kh7-g8 40.Kb2-c3 Rb7-d7 41.Kc3-c4 Rd7-b7 42.a2-a4 Rb7-b8 43.Qc6-c7 2.67/17 ] 33...Kg8-h7 [ 33...Rb7-b8 cannot change what is in store for White 34.Qf6-f4 Re8-e6 35.Qf4xh6+- ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 33...Rb7-b8 34.Qf6-f4 Re8-e6 35.Rd2-d6 Rb8-e8 36.h4-h5 g6-g5 37.Qf4-d4 Kg8-g7 38.Qd4-d5 Re8-c8 39.Qd5-c4 Diagram Rc8-b8 40.Kc1-b2 Rb8-e8 41.a2-a4 Re8-c8 2.37/17 ] 34.h4-h5 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 34.h4-h5 g6xh5 35.Qf6-f5+ Kh7-g7 36.g4xh5
r + + + +r+ +p+k p Rn+ p pP+ P +P + + + + + + + + PKP+ Q + + + + +
725
42.c2-c3 Kh7-g7 43.a2-a4 Kg7-h7 44.Qf2-f6 Rb8-e8 45.Qf6-f3 Ne6-c5 46.Qf3-f4 Re8-e6 3.59/17 ] 34...g6-g5 Diagram [ 34...Re8-g8 doesn't change the outcome of the game 35.Qf6-c6+- ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 34...Re8-g8 35.g4-g5 Nc5-e6 Diagram 36.Qf6-f3 Rb7-c7 37.h5xg6+ Rg8xg6 38.g5xh6 Rg6xh6 39.Rd2-d6 Kh7-g7 40.Qf3-g3+ Rh6-g6 41.Qg3-f2 Rc7-c5 42.Rd6xb6 Rc5xe5 43.Rb6-b7 Rg6-f6 44.Qf2-g3+ Re5-g5 45.Qg3-e3 Kg7-f8
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
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46.Kc1-b2 Rf6-f4 47.Rb7-b8+ Kf8-g7 48.Qe3-c3+ Rf4-d4 49.Qc3xa5 3.61/15 ]
+ +r+ + +r+ +p+k p + Q p pPn P pP + + +P+ + + + + P+PR + + + K + +
727
35.Rd2-d6 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 35.Rd2-d6 Nc5-e6 36.Qf6-f3 Re8-e7 37.Qf3-f2 Ne6-f4 38.Rd6xb6 Rb7-c7 39.Rb6-d6 Rc7-c3 40.Qf2-e1 Rc3-c4 41.b5-b6 Rc4-a4 42.Qe1-e3 Kh7-g7 43.a2-a3 Nf4-e6 44.Qe3-f3 Ra4-f4 45.Qf3-g2 Ne6-c5 46.Qg2-d5 Nc5-b7 47.Rd6-d7 Re7xd7 48.Qd5xd7 4.83/18 Diagram ] 35...Re8-e6 [ 35...Nc5-e6 does not help much 36.Qf6-f3 Re8-e7
+ + + + +n+Q+pk P + + p p + P pP + + rP+ P + + + +P+ + + + K + +
+ +r+ + +r+ +p+k p R Q p pPn P pP + + +P+ + + + + P+P+ + + + K + +
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Rb7-d7 43.Kb2-c1 Rd7-b7 44.Kc1-d2 Rb7-b8 45.Kd2-e2 Kg7-f6 46.Ke2-e3 Kf6-e6 47.c2-c4 Ke6-f6 48.d6-d7+ Kf6-e7 49.d7-d8B+ Rb8xd8 50.Qc6xb6 Nc5-e6 51.c4-c5 Rd8-d4 52.c5-c6 Rd4xg4 53.Qb6-a7+ Ke7-d6 54.Qa7xf7 Rg4-g3+ 55.Ke3-e4 5.76/18 ] 37.a2-a3 [ 37.Rd6-c6 and White can already relax Rb7-e7 38.Qd8xb6
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] 39.Rd6xb6 [ 39.Rd6xb6 Re7-d7 40.Qd8-b8+- ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 39.Rd6xb6 Re6xb6 40.Qd8xb6 Re7xe5 41.Qb6-d6 f7-f6 42.Qd6-c7+ Kg7-g8 43.b5-b6 Kg8-f8 44.b6-b7 Nc5xb7 45.Qc7xb7 Re5-e6 46.Qb7-h7 Re6-b6+ Diagram 47.Kb2-c1 f6-f5 48.Qh7xf5+ Kf8-e7 49.Qf5-e4+ Rb6-e6 50.Qe4-b4+
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C16: French: 3 Nc3 Bb4 4 e5: Lines without ...c5 1.e2-e4 Notes by Raymond Keene. e7-e6 2.d2-d4 Diagram
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d7-d5 3.Nb1-c3 Bf8-b4 4.e4-e5 b7-b6 5.a2-a3 Bb4-f8 Diagram (Diagram 742) Black has chosen an anti-intuitive system in which he not only postpones the development of his pieces, but also retreats to the back rank the only piece he has so far developed. This is the kind of defence calculated to enrage the classically minded Kasparov. The virtues of Black's system are its solidity and the potential mobility of his queenside pawn mass. 6.Ng1-f3 Ng8-e7 7.h2-h4 h7-h6 8.h4-h5 Diagram Played to cramp Black's kingside, but Black, following the Nimzowitsch example, has not yet committed himself to castling on either flank. a7-a5 [RR
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8...c7-c5 9.Nc3-e2 Bc8-a6 10.c2-c3 Nb8-c6 11.b2-b4 Ba6-c4 12.d4xc5 b6xc5 13.Ne2-f4 Bc4xf1 14.Ke1xf1 Ne7-c8 15.b4-b5 Nc6-a5 16.Qd1-a4 Qd8-b6 17.g2-g4 Na5-c4 18.Nf4-d3 Bf8-e7 19.Rh1-g1 Qb6-a5 20.Qa4xa5 Nc4xa5 21.Bc1-e3 Nc8-b6 22.a3-a4 Ra8-c8 23.Kf1-e2 Georgiadis,I (2413)Dizdar,G (2543)/Dresden 2007/CBM 118/½-½ (33) ] 9.Bf1-b5+ c7-c6 10.Bb5-a4 An artificial decision. In the further course of play this bishop becomes a target for Black's advancing pawns thus involving White in a serious loss of time and space. It seems more
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games sensible to play 10 Bd3 with the plan of Ne2 and c3. After 10 Bd3 White can meet 10...c5 with 11 Nb5 Nec6 12 dxc5 bxc5 13 c4, exploiting his lead in development. Black's best after 10 Bd3 is doubtless 10...Ba6 when White could try 11 Bf4 Bxd3 12 cxd3 sacrificing pawn structure for dynamic chances in the c-file. Nb8-d7N [RR 10...Bc8-a6 11.Nc3-e2 b6-b5 12.Ba4-b3 Nb8-d7 13.c2-c3 c6-c5 14.Bb3-c2 Ne7-c6 15.Bc1-e3 Bf8-e7 16.Rh1-h3 Qd8-c8 17.Rh3-g3 Ke8-f8 18.Ke1-f1 b5-b4 19.Kf1-g1 c5xd4 20.c3xd4 b4xa3 21.b2xa3 Ra8-b8 22.Ne2-f4 Kf8-g8 23.Nf3-e1 Nd7-b6 24.Qd1-g4 Be7-f8 25.Ne1-f3 Papa,S (2364)-Kupper,P (2311)/Switzerland 2004/CBM 099 ext/ 1-0 (43) ] 11.Nc3-e2 b6-b5 12.Ba4-b3 c6-c5 13.c2-c3 Ne7-c6 14.0-0 Qd8-c7 In spite of his lack of development, Black's position is rich in resources. He clearly, for example, possesses the initiative on the queen's flank. Kasparov's next move is a further waste of time. His plan should be to attack Black's position by utilising the White f-pawn as a battering ram. To that end White's most promising course is 15 Nh2 followed immediately by f4 and f5 when White's knights, after due preparation with Be3, can then gallop directly to aggressive squares such as f4 and g4. 15.Rf1-e1 c5-c4 16.Bb3-c2 Nd7-b6 last book move last book move 17.Bc1-f4 [ 17.Qd1-d2 Bf8-e7 ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 17.Qd1-d2 Diagram (Diagram 744) b5-b4 18.Qd2-f4 b4-b3 19.Bc2-b1 Nc6-e7 20.Qf4-g4 Bc8-d7 21.Ne2-f4 Nb6-a4 22.Re1-e2 Ra8-d8 23.Bc1-e3 Qc7-b7 24.Qg4-g3 Na4-b6 0.51/16 ]
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17...Bf8-e7 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 17...Bc8-a6 18.Qd1-b1 b5-b4 19.a3xb4 a5xb4 20.Bc2-h7 Bf8-e7 21.Bf4-e3 b4-b3 22.Ne2-f4 Be7-d8 23.Nf3-d2 Qc7-d7 24.Nd2-f3 Bd8-e7 25.Re1-e2 0.02/14 ]
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18.Bf4-g3 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 18.Qd1-d2 Bc8-b7 19.Bf4-h2 b5-b4 20.Bc2-b1 b4-b3 21.a3-a4 0-0 22.Qd2-f4 Rf8-e8 23.Qf4-g4 Ra8-d8 24.Ne2-f4 Rd8-d7 0.20/14 ] 18...Ra8-b8 [ 18...b5-b4 19.Qd1-d2$ Diagram ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 18...b5-b4 19.a3xb4 a5xb4 20.Ra1xa8 Nb6xa8
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27.Bf4-e3 0-0 28.Nh3-f4 Nb6-a4 0.16/15 ] (Diagram 750)
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26.Qd2-e2 Rf8-e8 -0.11/14 Diagram (Diagram 752) ] (Diagram 753) A mysterious defensive move. The only justification I can see for it is that Black wishes to remove his queen from the potential long term range of White's dark-squared bishop. 20.Nh2-g4 [ 20.Ne2-f4!? Diagram ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 20.Ne2-f4
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he would maintain the balance of the position. In particular, Black could not then complete his mobilisation with 24... O-O on account of possible sacrifices against the h6-pawn introduced with 25 Bf4. Note, however, that White cannot sacrifice at once with 25 Nxh6+ gxh6 26 Qxh6 on account of 26...Nd3. [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 23...Bc8-a6 24.Qd1-d2 Diagram Nb6-d7 25.Bg3-f4 Rb8-a8 26.Re1-c1 Nb4-d3 27.Bb1xd3 c4xd3 28.Ra1xa6 Ra8xa6 29.Qd2xd3 Ra6-a2 30.Qd3-b3 Qd8-a5 31.Rc1-c8+ Be7-d8 -0.36/13 ] 24.b2-b3 Diagram
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25...Qd8xa8 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 25...Qd8xa8 Diagram (Diagram 775) 26.Bg3-f4 Qa8-b7 27.Bf4-c1 Bd7-c6 28.Ne2-c3 Qb7-a7 29.b3xc4 d5xc4 30.Ng4-e3 0-0 31.Qd1-e2 Rf8-d8
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32.Re1-d1 Qa7-b7 33.f2-f3 Qb7-a6 -0.24/14 ] 26.b3xc4 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 26.Bg3-f4 Qa8-a3 27.b3xc4 Diagram
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d5xc4 28.Bb1-e4 Nb6-d5 29.Ng4-e3 Qa3-a6 30.Be4xd5 Nb4xd5 31.Qd1-c1 Nd5xe3 32.Qc1xe3 0-0 33.Re1-b1 Bd7-c6 34.Ne2-c3 -0.30/14 ] 26...Nb6xc4 Black's knights have seized dominating posts.. . [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 26...d5xc4 27.Qd1-d2 Bd7-c6 28.Ng4-e3 0-0 29.Re1-c1 Qa8-a6 30.Ne2-f4 Rf8-d8 31.Qd2-c3 Bc6-b5 32.Qc3-d2 Nb4-c6 33.Nf4-e2 -0.26/14 ] 27.Ne2-c1?
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Diagram [ 27.Bg3-f4!?∓ ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 27.Bg3-f4 Qa8-a7 28.Qd1-c1 Nc4-a3 29.Qc1-c3 Qa7-a6 30.Qc3-f3 Na3xb1 31.Re1xb1 Bd7-b5 32.Ne2-c3 Bb5-d3 33.Rb1-c1 0-0 34.Ng4-e3 -0.28/13 Diagram
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Kd8-d7 38.Qa8xh8 Nb5-c3 39.Qh8xg7 Nc3-e2+ 40.Kg1-h2 Qe1xf1 41.Qg7xh6 Qf1-g1+ 42.Kh2-h3 Qg1-h1+ 43.Bg3-h2 Kd7-e8 44.Qh6-h8+ Ke8-d7 -0.82/16 ]
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27...Bd7-a4-+ Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 27...Bd7-a4 28.Qd1-e2 Diagram Qa8-a7 29.Ng4-e3 Nc4-a3 30.Nc1-a2 Nb4xa2 31.Bb1xa2 Qa7xd4 32.Ba2xd5 Ba4-b5 33.Qe2-f3 Qd4-c3 34.Ne3-f1 Qc3xe1 35.Bd5-c6+ Ke8-d8 36.Bc6xb5 Na3xb5 37.Qf3-a8+
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White's pieces are in a terrible tangle and it suddenly transpires that he cannot defend his pawn on d4. 28.Qd1-e2 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 28.Qd1-e2 Qa8-a7 29.Ng4-e3 Nc4-a3 30.Nc1-a2 Qa7xd4 31.Na2xb4 Qd4xb4 32.Bb1-d3 Ba4-b5 33.Bd3xb5+ Qb4xb5 34.Qe2-g4 0-0 35.Re1-c1 Rf8-b8 36.Rc1-c7 Qb5-b4 37.Qg4xb4 Be7xb4 38.Kg1-f1
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28...Qa8-a7 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 28...Qa8-a7 29.Ng4-e3 Nc4-a3 30.Nc1-a2 Nb4xa2 31.Bb1xa2 Qa7xd4 32.Ba2xd5 Ba4-b5 33.Qe2-f3 Qd4-c3 34.Ne3-f1 Qc3xe1 35.Bd5-c6+ Ke8-d8 36.Bc6xb5 Na3xb5 37.Qf3-a8+ Kd8-d7 38.Qa8xh8 Nb5-c3 39.Qh8xg7 Nc3-e2+ 40.Kg1-h2 Qe1xf1 41.Qg7xh6 Qf1-g1+ 42.Kh2-h3 Qg1-h1+ 43.Bg3-h2 Kd7-e8 44.Qh6-h8+ Ke8-d7 -0.82/14 ]
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(Diagram 782) 29.Ng4-e3 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 29.Ng4-e3 Diagram
Qd4-c3 34.Ne3-f1 Qc3xe1 35.Bd5-c6+ Diagram (Diagram 784)
(Diagram 783) Nc4-a3 30.Nc1-a2 Qa7xd4 31.Na2xb4 Qd4xb4 32.Bb1-d3 0-0 33.Re1-c1 Ba4-b5 34.Bd3xb5 Qb4xb5 35.Qe2-g4 Rf8-b8 36.Rc1-c7 Qb5-b4 37.Qg4xb4 Be7xb4 38.Kg1-h2 -0.89/14 ] 29...Qa7xd4 Diagram [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 29...Nc4-a3 30.Nc1-a2 Nb4xa2 31.Bb1xa2 Qa7xd4 32.Ba2xd5 Ba4-b5 33.Qe2-f3
Ke8-d8 36.Bc6xb5 Na3xb5 37.Qf3-a8+ Kd8-d7 38.Qa8xh8 Nb5-c3 39.Qh8xg7 Nc3-e2+ 40.Kg1-h2 Qe1xf1 41.Qg7xh6 Qf1-g1+ 42.Kh2-h3 Qg1-h1+ 43.Bg3-h2 Kd7-e8 44.Qh6-h8+ Ke8-d7 -0.82/14 ] 30.Ne3xc4 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 30.Nc1-d3 Nc4-a3 31.Nd3xb4 Qd4xb4 32.Bb1-d3 Ba4-b5
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33.Bd3xb5+ Qb4xb5 34.Qe2-g4 0-0 35.Re1-c1 Rf8-b8 36.Rc1-c7 Qb5-b4 37.Qg4xb4 Be7xb4 38.Kg1-f1 Na3-b5 -0.89/13 ]
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31.Qe2-f1? A counsel of despair. [ 31.Qe2-e4 Qd4xe4 32.Bb1xe4-+ ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 31.Qe2-f3 0-0 32.Bg3-f4 Diagram
(Diagram 786) (Diagram 788) 30...d5xc4 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 30...d5xc4 31.Qe2-f3 0-0 32.Bg3-f4 Nb4-c2 33.Re1-f1 Rf8-b8 34.Nc1-e2 Qd4-d3 35.Qf3-g4 Kg8-h8 36.Rf1-c1 Rb8-d8 37.Rc1-f1 Ba4-b3 38.Ne2-c1 Qd3-d5 39.Nc1-e2 Rd8-b8 40.Rf1-c1 Qd5-d3 41.Bf4-h2 Rb8-d8 42.Ne2-f4 Qd3-e4 43.Nf4-g6+
Ba4-c6 33.Qf3-g3 Kg8-h8 34.Nc1-e2 Qd4-b2 35.Qg3-e3 Rf8-d8 36.Qe3-c1 Nb4-d3 37.Qc1xb2 Nd3xb2 38.Re1-c1 Be7-c5 39.Kg1-f1 Kh8-g8 40.f2-f3 Bc6-b7 -1.20/14 ] 31...0-0 At long last Black completes his mobilisation. This is one of the later instances of castling
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in a grandmaster game and with Black's king now in safety, Kasparov decided to resign. White is only a pawn down, but the advance of Black's passed c-pawn will inevitably cost White a piece. [ 31...0-0 Diagram
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Vassily Ivanchuk Veselin Topalov It (cat.19), (Russia) (8)
B84
1996
(Diagram 790) 32.Re1-e4 Qd4-d7 33.Nc1-a2 Nb4xa2 34.Bb1xa2 c3-c2 35.Bg3-f4 0-0 36.Ba2-c4 Ba4-c6 37.Re4-e1 Qd7-d4 38.Bf4-c1 Be7-b4 39.Re1-e3
B85: Sicilian Scheveningen: 6 Be2 a6, lines with early Be3 1.e2-e4 c7-c5 2.Ng1-f3 d7-d6 3.d2-d4 c5xd4 4.Nf3xd4 Diagram Ng8-f6 5.Nb1-c3 a7-a6 6.Bf1-e2
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e7-e6 7.0-0 Bf8-e7 8.f2-f4 0-0 9.Kg1-h1 Qd8-c7 10.a2-a4 Nb8-c6 11.Bc1-e3 Rf8-e8 12.Be2-f3 Ra8-b8 13.g2-g4 Be7-f8 14.g4-g5 Nf6-d7 15.Bf3-g2 Nc6xd4 16.Be3xd4 b7-b5 17.a4xb5 Diagram
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Giovanardi,R (2015)-Lagrotteria,S (2180)/Cesenatico 1998/EXT 2000/0-1 (41) ] 19...e6-e5 20.Bd4-e3 e5xf4 last book move 21.Be3xf4 The isolani on d6 becomes a target [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 21.Rf1xf4 Nd7-e5 22.Nc3-d5 Bc8-e6 23.Nd5-c7 Qd8xg5 24.Qd1-e1 Qg5-g6 25.Nc7xe8 Rb8xe8 26.Ra7-b7 Bf8-e7 27.Qe1-g3 Qg6xg3 28.h2xg3 Diagram
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a6xb5 18.Ra1-a7 Qc7-d8 19.b2-b4N [RR 19.Bd4-e3 b5-b4 20.Nc3-e2 d6-d5 21.Ne2-d4 Bc8-b7 22.e4-e5 Bf8-c5 23.Ra7-a1 Qd8-b6 24.Rf1-f3 Rb8-a8 25.Ra1-c1 Ra8-a2 26.Rf3-h3 g7-g6 27.Qd1-g1 Re8-a8 28.b2-b3 Qb6-a5 29.Rh3-f3 Ra8-c8 30.Qg1-f2 Ra2-a1 31.Qf2-d2 Ra1xc1+ 32.Qd2xc1 Bc5xd4 33.Be3xd4 Nd7-c5
Be7-g5 29.Rb7xb5 Re8-c8 30.Kh1-g1 Bg5xf4 31.g3xf4 0.11/15 ] 21...Nd7-e5 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 21...Qd8-b6 Diagram (Diagram 795) 22.Qd1-a1 Rb8-b7 23.Ra7-a5 Nd7-e5 24.Ra5xb5 Qb6-c6 25.Rb5xb7 Bc8xb7 26.Qa1-a7 Re8-a8 27.Qa7-f2 Qc6xc3 28.Bf4xe5 Qc3-c4 29.Be5-d4 Ra8-a2 30.Bd4-c3 Bb7xe4 31.Bg2xe4 Qc4xe4+ 32.Kh1-g1 0.24/16 ] 22.Nc3-d5 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 22.Bf4xe5 Diagram d6xe5 23.Rf1xf7 Qd8xg5 24.Nc3-d5 Bc8-e6 25.Rf7-f1 Re8-d8 26.Qd1-f3 Kg8-h8 27.c2-c3 Qg5-g6 28.Qf3-e2 Bf8-d6 29.Bg2-f3 Rd8-f8 30.Rf1-d1 Rb8-d8 0.08/14 ] 22...Bc8-g4
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[ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 22...Bc8-b7 23.Qd1-d2 Ne5-c4 24.Qd2-d3 Bf8-e7 25.h2-h4 f7-f6 26.Nd5-e3 Nc4xe3 27.Bf4xe3 Qd8-d7 28.Be3-d4 Qd7-g4 29.g5xf6 Qg4xh4+ 30.Kh1-g1 g7xf6 31.c2-c4 b5xc4 32.Qd3xc4+ Kg8-h8 0.17/14 ] 23.Qd1-d2 last book move. Black has a cramped position [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 23.Qd1-e1 Ne5-c6 24.Ra7-a6 Qd8-c8 25.Ra6-a1 Bg4-e6 26.Qe1-f2 Nc6-e5 27.Ra1-a7 Rb8-b7 28.Rf1-a1 Ne5-c6 29.Ra7xb7 Qc8xb7 30.Bf4-d2 Nc6-e5 31.Bd2-e3 0.19/15 ] 23...Ne5-c6 [ 23...Bg4-e6 Diagram
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24.Nd5-c7 Re8-e7 25.Nc7xe6 f7xe6 26.Ra7xe7 Qd8xe7 27.Bf4xe5 d6xe5 28.Bg2-h3$ ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 23...Bg4-h5 24.Bf4-g3 Kg8-h8 25.h2-h4 Ne5-c6 26.Ra7-a6 Qd8-d7 27.Rf1-a1 Nc6-e5 28.Qd2-f2 Ne5-c4 29.Qf2-f5 Re8-e6 30.Bg2-f3 0.18/13 Diagram
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] 24.g5-g6 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 24.Ra7-a6 Nc6-e5 25.Rf1-a1 Bg4-e6 26.Ra6-a7 Ne5-c6 27.Ra7-a3 Qd8-d7 28.Ra3-a6 Nc6-e5 29.Bf4-g3 Rb8-c8 0.26/14 Diagram ] 24...Nc6xa7? [ 24...f7-f6 25.g6xh7+ Kg8-h8 ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64:
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24...f7-f6 25.Ra7-a6 Bg4-d7 26.g6xh7+ Kg8xh7 27.Bg2-f3 Qd8-c8 28.Rf1-a1 Kh7-h8 29.Nd5-b6 Qc8-c7 30.Nb6xd7 Qc7xd7 31.c2-c3 Nc6-e5 Diagram
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32.Bf4xe5 Re8xe5 33.Ra6-a7 Rb8-b7 0.32/15 ] 25.g6xf7++[ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 25.g6xf7+ Diagram
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h7-h6 32.Nf4-e6 Rd8-d7 33.Ne6-g5 g7-g6 34.Kh1-g2 Rb8-c8 35.c2-c3 Rd7-c7 36.Rf1-c1 2.75/16 ] 25...Kg8-h8 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 25...Kg8-h8 26.Bf4-g5 Na7-c6 27.Bg5xd8 Re8xd8 28.Qd2-e3 Bg4-e6 29.Bg2-h3 Be6xd5 30.e4xd5 Nc6-e5 31.Qe3-a7 Rb8-a8 32.Qa7-c7 h7-h6 33.Kh1-g2 g7-g6 34.Bh3-e6 Kh8-h7 35.Rf1-e1 Rd8-b8 36.h2-h3 h6-h5 37.h3-h4 2.80/18 ] (Diagram 802) 26.Bf4-g5 [ 26.f7xe8B?! Diagram (Diagram 803) Qd8xe8 27.Nd5-e3 Bg4-e6 ; 26.f7xe8R?! is clearly inferior Qd8xe8 27.Nd5-e3 Bg4-e6$ ; 26.f7xe8Q?! is the weaker alternative Qd8xe8 27.Nd5-c3 Qe8-d8$ Diagram (Diagram 804)
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Qd7-c7 30.e4-e5 Bg4-e6 31.Bg2-e4 h7-h5 32.Nb6-d5 Qc7-d7 Diagram (Diagram 809) 33.Qf2-h4 Be6-g4 34.Nd5-b6 Qd7-c7 35.Rf1-f4 Qc7xb6 36.Rf4xg4 Re8xe5 37.Qh4xh5 Re5xe4 38.Rg4xe4 Qb6-c6 39.Qh5-g6 d6-d5 40.Qg6-e6+ Qc6xe6 41.Re4xe6 Bf8xb4 42.Kh1-g2 Kg8-f7 43.Re6-b6 Bb4-c5 44.Rb6-b7+ Kf7-g6 45.Rb7-d7 d5-d4 46.Bg5-e7 Bc5xe7 47.Rd7xe7 Na7-c8 48.Re7-d7 Diagram Kg6-f5 49.Rd7xd4 2.87/17 ]
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27...Rb8xe8?! Diagram [ 27...Qd7xe8 28.e4-e5! Decoy: e5 d6xe5 29.Nd5-f6+- ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 27...Rb8xe8 28.Qd2-f2 Kh8-g8 Diagram (Diagram 811) 29.Nd5-b6 Qd7-c7 30.e4-e5 Bg4-e6 31.Bg2-e4 h7-h5 32.Nb6-d5 Qc7-d7 33.Qf2-h4 Be6-g4 34.Nd5-b6 Qd7-c7 35.Rf1-f4 Qc7xb6 36.Rf4xg4 Re8xe5 37.Qh4xh5 Re5xe4 38.Rg4xe4 Qb6-c6 39.Qh5-g6 d6-d5 40.Qg6-e6+ Diagram
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Be6-g4 34.Nd5-b6 Qd7-c7 35.Rf1-f4 Qc7xb6 36.Rf4xg4 Re8xe5 37.Qh4xh5 Re5xe4 38.Rg4xe4 Qb6-c6 39.Qh5-g6 d6-d5 40.Qg6-e6+ Qc6xe6 41.Re4xe6 Bf8xb4 42.Kh1-g2 Kg8-f7 43.Re6-e5 d5-d4 44.Re5-d5 Bb4-c3 45.Rd5-d7+ Kf7-g6 46.Bg5-e7 Na7-c6 47.Be7-c5 Kg6-h7 2.05/18 Diagram (Diagram 817) ] 28...Kh8-g8 Diagram [ 28...h7-h6 does not help much 29.e4-e5! Deflection: f8 Qd7-f5 A) 30.Qf2xf5?! Diagram (Diagram 818) Bg4xf5 31.Rf1xf5 h6xg5+- ; B) 30.Qf2xa7?! is much weaker Qf5xg5 31.Nd5-f4 Re8-d8$ ( 31...d6xe5 32.Qa7-f7 e5xf4 33.Qf7xe8 ); C) 30.Bg5-e3 Qf5xf2 31.Rf1xf2 ( 31.Be3xf2 Na7-c6+- Diagram ) 31...d6xe5 32.Be3xa7+- ;Houdini 2. 0c Pro x64: 28...Kh8-g8 29.Nd5-b6 Diagram
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Qd7-c7 30.e4-e5 Bg4-e6 31.Bg2-e4 h7-h5 32.Nb6-d5 Qc7-d7 33.Qf2-h4 Be6-g4 34.Nd5-b6 Diagram
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Qd7-c7 35.Rf1-f4 Qc7xb6 36.Rf4xg4 Re8xe5 37.Qh4xh5 Re5xe4 38.Rg4xe4 Qb6-c6 39.Qh5-g6 d6-d5 40.Qg6-e6+ Qc6xe6 41.Re4xe6 Bf8xb4 42.Kh1-g2 Kg8-f7 43.Re6-b6 Bb4-c5 44.Rb6-b7+ Kf7-g6 2.21/15 ] (Diagram 822) 29.e4-e5! Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 29.Nd5-b6 Diagram Qd7-c7 30.e4-e5 Bg4-e6 31.Bg2-e4
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h7-h5 32.Nb6-d5 Qc7-d7 33.Qf2-h4 Be6-g4 34.Nd5-b6 Qd7-c7 35.Rf1-f4 Qc7xb6 36.Rf4xg4 Re8xe5 37.Qh4xh5 Re5xe4 38.Rg4xe4 Qb6-c6 39.Qh5-g6 d6-d5 40.Qg6-e6+ Qc6xe6 41.Re4xe6 Bf8xb4 42.Kh1-g2 Kg8-f7 Diagram (Diagram 824) 43.Re6-b6 Bb4-c5 44.Rb6-b7+ Kf7-g6 1.94/15 ] Mate attack 29...h7-h6?? the final mistake, not that it matters anymore [ 29...d6xe5 Diagram
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214 30.Qf2xf8# Mate attack ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 29...Bg4-e6 30.Nd5-f4 h7-h6 Diagram 824
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30.Nd5-b6 Combination ; 29...Re8xe5
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31.Nf4xe6 Qd7xe6 32.Bg5xh6 g7xh6 33.Qf2xa7 Qe6xe5 34.Qa7-b7 Bf8-g7 35.Rf1-g1 Kg8-h8 36.Bg2-c6 Re8-e7 37.Qb7-b8+ Kh8-h7 38.Qb8xb5 Qe5xb5 39.Bc6xb5 d6-d5 40.Bb5-d3+ Kh7-g8 41.Kh1-g2 0.85/14 Diagram
+ + +k+ + + r l + + + p + +p+ + P + + + + +L+ + +P+ +KP + + + R ] 30.Nd5-b6 [ 30.Bg5-e7 makes it even easier for White Bg4-f5 ( 30...Bf8xe7?? 31.Qf2-f7+ Kg8-h8 32.Bg2-e4+- ) 31.e5xd6 Na7-c6+- ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 30.Bg5xh6 d6xe5 31.Bg2-e4 Diagram
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Bg4-h5 32.Qf2-h4 Qd7-g4 33.Qh4xg4 Bh5xg4 34.Rf1-g1 Bg4-e6 Diagram
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35.Bh6xg7 Bf8xg7 36.Nd5-f6+ Kg8-f7 37.Nf6xe8 Bg7-f8 38.Ne8-c7 Be6-h3 39.Rg1-g3 Bh3-d7 40.Rg3-f3+ Kf7-g7 3.27/13 ] 30...Qd7-c7 [ 30...Qd7-f5 31.Bg2-d5+ Kg8-h7 32.Qf2xf5+ Bg4xf5 33.Rf1xf5 h6xg5+- ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 30...Qd7-f5 31.Bg2-d5+ Kg8-h7 32.Qf2xf5+ Bg4xf5 33.Rf1xf5 h6xg5 34.Rf5-f7 Bf8-e7 35.e5xd6 Be7-d8 36.Rf7xa7 Bd8xb6 37.Ra7-b7 Bb6-d4 38.d6-d7 Re8-d8 Diagram 39.Bd5-c6 Kh7-g8 40.Rb7xb5 Bd4-f6
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41.c2-c4 Kg8-f7 42.c4-c5 Kf7-e7 43.Kh1-g2 Bf6-e5 44.Rb5-b7 2.91/15 ] 31.Bg2-d5+ Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 31.Bg2-d5+ Diagram
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Kg8-h8 32.Qf2xf8+ Re8xf8 33.Rf1xf8+ Kh8-h7 34.Bd5-e4+ Bg4-f5 35.Be4xf5+ g7-g6 36.Nb6-d5 Qc7-b7 37.Bf5-e4 Kh7-g7 38.Nd5-f6 Diagram (Diagram 833) Qb7xe4+ 39.Nf6xe4 Kg7xf8 40.Bg5xh6+ Kf8-e7 41.e5xd6+ Ke7-e6 42.Kh1-g2 Na7-c6 43.c2-c3 Ke6-d5
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44.Kg2-f3 Nc6-e5+ 45.Kf3-f4 Ne5-d7 46.Bh6-g7 Kd5-e6 47.Bg7-d4 Ke6-d5 48.h2-h4 Nd7-f8 49.Ne4-g5 Nf8-e6+ 50.Ng5xe6 Kd5xe6 51.Bd4-c5 7.74/14 Diagram
+ + + + + + + + + Pk+p+ +pL + + P + K P + P + + + + + + + + + + ] (Diagram 835) 31...Kg8-h7 Diagram [ 31...Kg8-h8 a last effort to resist the inevitable 32.Qf2-h4 Bf8-e7 ( 32...Qc7xb6 fails to the following pretty mating combination 33.Bg5xh6 Qb6-g1+ Diagram
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34.Kh1xg1 Bg4-e6 35.Bh6xg7+ Kh8xg7 36.Qh4-f6+ Kg7-g8 37.Qf6-g6+ Bf8-g7 38.Qg6xe8+ Kg8-h7 39.Bd5-e4+ Be6-f5 40.Be4xf5+ Kh7-h6 41.Qe8-g6# ) 33.Bg5xe7 Qc7xe7 34.Qh4xg4 Qe7xe5+- ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 31...Kg8-h8 32.Qf2xf8+ Re8xf8 33.Rf1xf8+ Kh8-h7 34.Bd5-e4+ Bg4-f5 35.Be4xf5+ g7-g6 36.Nb6-d5 Qc7-b7 37.Bf5-e4 Diagram Kh7-g7 38.Nd5-f6 Qb7xe4+ 39.Nf6xe4 Kg7xf8 40.Bg5xh6+ Kf8-e7 41.e5xd6+ Ke7-e6 42.Kh1-g2 Na7-c6 43.c2-c3 Ke6-d5 44.Kg2-f3 Nc6-e5+
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45.Kf3-f4 Ne5-d7 46.Bh6-g7 Kd5-e6 47.Bg7-d4 Ke6-d5 48.h2-h4 Nd7-f8 49.Ne4-g5 Nf8-e6+ 50.Ng5xe6 Kd5xe6 7.98/15 ]
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32.Bd5-e4+ Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 32.Bd5-e4+ g7-g6 33.Nb6-d5 Bg4-f5 34.Nd5xc7 Re8xe5 35.Be4xf5 Re5xf5 36.Qf2-g1 h6xg5 37.Rf1xf5 g6xf5 38.Qg1xa7 Kh7-g6 39.Nc7xb5 d6-d5 40.Qa7-b6+ Kg6-h5 41.Nb5-c3 d5-d4 42.Qb6xd4 Kh5-g6 43.Kh1-g2 Bf8-g7 13.68/12 ] 32...Kh7-g8 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 32...g7-g6 33.Nb6-d5 Bg4-f5 34.Nd5xc7 Re8xe5 35.Be4xf5 Re5xf5
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36.Qf2-g1 h6xg5 37.Rf1xf5 g6xf5 38.Qg1xa7 Diagram
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Kh7-g6 39.Nc7xb5 d6-d5 40.Qa7-b6+ Kg6-h5 41.Nb5-c3 d5-d4 42.Qb6xd4 Kh5-g6 43.Kh1-g2 Bf8-g7 13.74/13 ] 33.Nb6-d5 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 33.Nb6-d5 Diagram (Diagram 841) g7-g6 34.Nd5xc7 Bg4-f5 35.Nc7xe8 Na7-c8 36.Be4xf5 Bf8-g7 37.Ne8xg7 g6xf5 38.e5xd6 Kg8-h8 39.Ng7xf5 Kh8-h7 40.Bg5xh6 Nc8-b6 41.Qf2xb6 Kh7-g6 42.d6-d7+ Kg6-h7 43.Qb6xb5
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Kh7-g6 44.d7-d8Q 44.41/14 ] 33...Qc7-d7 Diagram [ 33...Na7-c6 doesn't get the bull off the ice 34.Nd5xc7 Nc6xe5 35.Nc7xe8 Bg4-f3+ 36.Be4xf3 Ne5-g6 37.Bf3-d5+ Kg8-h7 38.Bd5-e4 h6xg5 39.Qf2xf8 Kh7-h6 40.Qf8xg7+ Diagram
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Kh6-h5 41.Ne8-f6+ Kh5-h4 42.Qg7-h7# ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 33...Bg4-h3 34.Nd5xc7 Bh3xf1 35.Be4-d5+ Kg8-h8 36.Nc7xe8 Bf1-g2+ 37.Bd5xg2 Kh8-g8 38.Bg2-d5+ Kg8-h7 39.Qf2-f5+ g7-g6 40.Qf5xf8 h6xg5 41.Qf8-g7# #8/15 ]
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34.Nd5-e7+!! Diagram [ 34.Nd5-e7+ Bf8xe7 35.Qf2-f7+ Kg8-h8 36.Qf7-g6 Bg4-f5 37.Rf1xf5 Kh8-g8 38.Be4-d5+ Qd7-e6 39.Bd5xe6+ Kg8-h8 40.Qg6xe8+ Kh8-h7 41.Be6-f7 h6xg5 42.Qe8-g8+ Kh7-h6 43.Qg8-h8# ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 34.Nd5-e7+ Diagram
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Bf8xe7 35.Qf2-f7+ Kg8-h8 36.Bg5xe7 Bg4-f5 37.Rf1xf5 Qd7-c6 38.Be4xc6 Re8xe7 39.Qf7xe7 Na7xc6 40.Rf5-f8+ Kh8-h7 Diagram 41.Qe7-e8 d6xe5 42.Rf8-h8# #9/15 ] Mate attack 1-0
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13.d4-d5 Qd8-b6 14.Bf1-g2 0-0-0 15.0-0 b5-b4 16.Nc3-a4 Qb6-b5 Diagram 846
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D44
17.a2-a3 e6xd5 18.a3xb4 c5xb4 19.Bg5-e3 Nd7-c5 20.Qd1-g4+ 1996 Rd8-d7 last book move 21.Qg4-g7 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 21.Be3xc5 D44: Semi-Slav: Botvinnik System Bf8xc5 22.Na4xc5 Qb5xc5 23.Qg4-g7 1.d2-d4 d7-d5 2.c2-c4 c7-c6 Rh8-d8 24.Bg2-h3 Kc8-c7 25.Bh3xd7 3.Nb1-c3 Ng8-f6 4.Ng1-f3 e7-e6 Rd8xd7 26.Qg7-g5 Qc5-d4 27.Qg5-e3 Diagram Qd4xf6 28.Qe3-c5+ Diagram 5.Bc1-g5 d5xc4 6.e2-e4 b7-b5 Qf6-c6 29.Qc5xb4 d5-d4 30.f2-f3 7.e4-e5 h7-h6 8.Bg5-h4 g7-g5 d4-d3 31.Rf1-f2 Kc7-b8 32.Ra1-e1 9.Nf3xg5 h6xg5 10.Bh4xg5 Nb8-d7 Qc6-d5 33.h2-h4 Rd7-d8 34.Re1-e7 11.e5xf6 Bc8-b7 12.g2-g3 c6-c5 Rd8-g8 35.Kg1-h2 a7-a5 36.Qb4-b6
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d3-d2 37.Rf2-f1 1.35/15 ] 21...Bf8xg7 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 21...Bf8xg7 22.f6xg7 Rh8-g8 23.Na4xc5 Rd7-c7 24.Nc5xb7 Rc7xb7 25.Rf1-d1 Rb7-d7 26.Be3-d4 (RR 26.Be3xa7 Rg8xg7 27.Ba7-d4 Rg7-g4 28.Bg2-h3 f7-f5 29.Bh3xg4 f5xg4 30.Ra1-a8+ Kc8-c7 31.Rd1-a1 c4-c3 32.Bd4-e5+ Kc7-b6 33.Be5-d4+ Kb6-c7 34.Bd4-e5+ Kc7-b6 35.Be5-d4+ Kb6-c7 ½-½ Kuljasevic,D (2365)-Cernousek,L (2294)/Saint Vincent 2002/CBM 090 ext (35) ) 26...f7-f5 27.h2-h4 a7-a6 28.h4-h5 Rg8xg7 29.Bd4xg7 Rd7xg7 30.Rd1xd5 Qb5-b6 31.Kg1-f1 Qb6-f6 32.Ra1-c1 Qf6xb2 33.Rc1xc4+ Rg7-c7 34.Rc4xc7+ Diagram (Diagram 850) Kc8xc7 35.Rd5-c5+ Kc7-d6 36.Rc5xf5 Qb2-b1+ -0.29/15 ] (Diagram 851) 22.f6xg7 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 22.f6xg7 Rh8-g8 23.Na4xc5 Rd7-c7 24.Nc5xb7 Rc7xb7 25.Rf1-d1 Rb7-d7 26.Be3-d4 f7-f5 27.h2-h4 a7-a6
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28.h4-h5 Rg8xg7 29.Bd4xg7 Rd7xg7 30.Rd1xd5 Qb5-b6 31.Kg1-f1 Qb6-f6 32.Ra1-c1 Qf6xb2 33.Rc1xc4+ Rg7-c7 34.Rc4xc7+ Kc8xc7 35.Rd5-c5+ Kc7-d6 36.Rc5xf5 Qb2-b1+ -0.38/16 ] 22...Rh8-g8 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 22...Rh8-g8 23.Na4xc5 Rd7-c7 24.Nc5xb7 Rc7xb7 25.Rf1-d1 Rb7-d7 26.Be3-d4 f7-f5 27.h2-h4 a7-a6 28.h4-h5 Rg8xg7 29.Bd4xg7 Rd7xg7 30.Rd1xd5 Qb5-b6 31.Rd5xf5 Rg7xg3 32.Ra1-a5 Rg3-d3 33.Ra5-c5+ Kc8-d7 34.Rc5xc4 Rd3-d1+ 35.Bg2-f1 Qb6-h6 36.Rf5-f4 Qh6xh5 37.Rf4-d4+
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Rd1xd4 38.Rc4xd4+ Kd7-c6 39.Rd4xb4 Qh5-e5 40.Bf1-g2+ Kc6-c5 -0.28/17 ] 23.Na4xc5 Diagram [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 23.Na4xc5 Rd7-c7 24.Nc5xb7 Rc7xb7 25.Rf1-d1 Rb7-d7 26.Be3-d4 f7-f5 27.h2-h4 a7-a6 28.h4-h5 Rg8xg7 29.Bd4xg7 Rd7xg7 Diagram
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30.Rd1xd5 Qb5-b6 31.Kg1-f1 Qb6-f6 32.Ra1-b1 Rg7-h7 33.Rb1-c1 Qf6xb2 34.Rc1xc4+ Rh7-c7 35.Rc4xc7+ Kc8xc7 36.Rd5-c5+ Kc7-d6 37.Rc5xf5 Qb2-b1+ -0.42/16 ]
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(Diagram 853) 23...d5-d4N [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 23...Rd7-c7 Diagram (Diagram 854) 24.Nc5xb7 Rc7xb7 25.Rf1-d1 Rb7-d7 26.Bg2-h3 f7-f5 27.Bh3xf5 Rg8xg7 28.Be3xa7 Rg7-f7 29.Bf5xd7+ Qb5xd7 30.Ba7-d4 Qd7-g4 31.h2-h3 Qg4-e4 32.Ra1-a8+ Kc8-d7 33.Kg1-h2 Rf7-e7 34.h3-h4 Qe4-g4 35.Ra8-a7+ Kd7-d6 36.Ra7-a6+ Kd6-c7 -0.25/15 ;RR 23...Rg8xg7 24.Nc5xd7 Qb5xd7 25.Ra1xa7
Rg7-g6 26.Rf1-a1 Rg6-e6 27.Be3-d4 Re6-e2 28.h2-h4 Re2-d2 29.Bd4-e3 Rd2xb2 30.Ra1-a5 b4-b3 31.Ra5-c5+ Kc8-d8 32.Ra7xb7 Qd7xb7 33.Rc5xd5+ Qb7xd5 34.Bg2xd5 Rb2-b1+ 35.Kg1-g2 b3-b2 36.Bd5-e4 Rb1-d1 37.Be3-g5+ Kd8-e8 38.Bg5-f6 Ponomariov,R (2734)-Shirov,A (2723)/ Wijk aan Zee 2003/CBM 093/0-1 (42) ] 24.Bg2xb7+ [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 24.Bg2xb7+ Diagram Rd7xb7 25.Nc5xb7 Qb5-b6 26.Be3xd4 Qb6xd4 27.Rf1-d1 Qd4xg7 28.Ra1xa7 Kc8-b8 29.Rd1-a1 Rg8-e8 30.Nb7-d6 Re8-e1+ 31.Ra1xe1
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222 38.Kg1-g2 Ka6-b5 39.Re3-e5+ Kb5-c6 40.Re5-e7 Kc6-c5 41.Re7-c7+ Kc5-b5 0.53/19 ] 855
Kb8xa7 32.Nd6xc4 Qg7-d4 33.b2-b3 f7-f5 34.Re1-e3 f5-f4 35.Re3-f3 f4xg3 36.h2xg3 Diagram
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Ka7-a6 37.Rf3-e3 Qd4-d1+ 38.Kg1-g2 Ka6-b5 39.Re3-e5+ Kb5-c6 40.Re5-e7 Kc6-c5 41.Re7-c7+ Kc5-b5 0.40/18 ] 24...Rd7xb7 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 24...Rd7xb7 25.Nc5xb7 Qb5-b6 26.Be3xd4 Qb6xd4 27.Rf1-d1 Qd4xg7 28.Ra1xa7 Kc8-b8 29.Rd1-a1 Rg8-e8 30.Nb7-d6 Re8-e1+ 31.Ra1xe1 Kb8xa7 32.Nd6xc4 Qg7-d4 33.b2-b3 f7-f5 34.Re1-e3 f5-f4 35.Re3-f3 f4xg3 36.h2xg3 Ka7-a6 37.Rf3-e3 Qd4-d1+
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25.Nc5xb7 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 25.Nc5xb7 Qb5-b6 26.Be3xd4 Qb6xd4 27.Rf1-d1 Qd4xg7 28.Ra1xa7 Kc8-b8 29.Rd1-a1 Rg8-e8 30.Nb7-d6 Re8-e1+ 31.Ra1xe1 Kb8xa7 32.Nd6xc4 Qg7-d4 33.b2-b3 f7-f5 Diagram
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34.Re1-e3 f5-f4 35.Re3-f3 f4xg3 36.h2xg3 Ka7-a6 37.Rf3-e3 Qd4-d1+ 38.Kg1-g2 Ka6-b5 39.Re3-e5+ Kb5-c6 40.Re5-e7 Kc6-c5 41.Re7-c7+ Kc5-b5 0.39/19 ]
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26.Be3xd4 Qb6xd4 27.Rf1-d1 Qd4xg7 28.Ra1xa7 Kc8-b8 29.Rd1-a1 Rg8-e8 30.Nb7-d6 Re8-e1+ 31.Ra1xe1 Kb8xa7 32.Nd6xc4 Qg7-d4 33.b2-b3 f7-f5 Diagram
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[ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 26.Be3xd4 Qb6xd4 27.Rf1-d1 Qd4xg7 28.Ra1xa7 Kc8-b8 29.Rd1-a1 Rg8-e8 30.Nb7-d6 Re8-e1+ 31.Ra1xe1 Diagram
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Kb8xa7 32.Nd6xc4 Qg7-d4 33.b2-b3 f7-f5 34.Re1-e3 f5-f4 35.Re3-f3 f4xg3 36.h2xg3 Ka7-a6 37.Rf3-e3 Ka6-b5 38.Re3-e5+ Kb5-c6 Diagram
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Diagram (Diagram 865) 28.Ra1xa7 Kc8-b8 29.Rd1-a1 Rg8-e8 30.Nb7-d6 Re8-e1+ 31.Ra1xe1 Diagram (Diagram 866) Kb8xa7 Qd4-d5 Ka7-b8 Ka7-b7 Kb7-c6
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27.Rf1-d1 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 27.Rf1-d1 Qd4xb2 28.Nb7-d6+ Kc8-b8 29.Rd1-b1 Qb2xg7 30.Rb1xb4+ Kb8-a8 31.Rb4-a4 Qg7-d4 32.Nd6-b5 Diagram (Diagram 867) Qd4-b2 33.Ra4xa7+ Ka8-b8 34.Nb5-d6 c4-c3 35.Nd6-c4 Qb2-b4 36.Nc4-e5 Qb4-b5 37.Ra7-a8+ Kb8-b7 38.Ra8xg8 Qb5xe5 39.Ra1-b1+ Kb7-c7 40.Rb1-c1 Kc7-d7 Diagram 41.h2-h4 Qe5-e2 42.Rg8-f8 Qe2-f3
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43.h4-h5 Kd7-e7 0.38/13 ] (Diagram 869) 27...Qd4xb2 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 27...Qd4xb2 Diagram (Diagram 870) 28.Nb7-d6+ Kc8-b8 29.Rd1-b1 Qb2xg7 30.Rb1xb4+ Kb8-a8 31.Rb4-a4 Qg7-d4 Diagram 32.Nd6xc4 Rg8-b8 33.h2-h4 Rb8-b4 34.Ra4xa7+ Qd4xa7 35.Ra1xa7+ Ka8xa7 36.Nc4-d6 f7-f6 37.h4-h5
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Ka7-b6 40.g3-g4 Kb6-c6 41.f2-f3 Kc6-d5 42.Kg1-f2 Kd5-e6 43.Kf2-e3 Ke6-f7 0.49/14 ] 28.Nb7-d6+ Diagram [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 28.Nb7-d6+ Kc8-b8 29.Rd1-b1 Qb2xg7 Diagram
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30.Rb1xb4+ Kb8-a8 31.Rb4-a4 Qg7-d4 32.Nd6xc4 Rg8-b8 33.h2-h4 Rb8-b4 34.Ra4xa7+ Qd4xa7 35.Ra1xa7+ Ka8xa7 36.Nc4-d6 f7-f6 37.h4-h5 Rb4-b8 38.h5-h6 Rb8-h8 39.Nd6-f5 Ka7-b7 Diagram (Diagram 873) 40.g3-g4 Kb7-c6 41.f2-f3 Kc6-d5 42.Kg1-f2 Kd5-e6 43.Kf2-e3 Ke6-f7 0.39/18 ] (Diagram 874) 28...Kc8-b8 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 28...Kc8-b8 29.Rd1-b1 Diagram (Diagram 875) Qb2xg7 30.Rb1xb4+ Kb8-a8 31.Rb4-a4 Qg7-d4 32.Nd6xc4 Rg8-b8 33.h2-h4 Rb8-b4 34.Ra4xa7+ Qd4xa7 35.Ra1xa7+ Diagram Ka8xa7 36.Nc4-d6 f7-f6 37.h4-h5
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Qc6-e4 43.Rc1-h1 Qe4-h7 44.Rh1-e1 Diagram (Diagram 890) Kd6-d5 45.Rf3-f6 Kd5-d4 46.g3-g4 1.13/17 ] (Diagram 891) last book move. 32...Kc7xd6 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 32...Kc7xd6 33.Rb4xb8 Diagram Qg7-c3 34.Kg1-g2 Qc3-c2
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Qc2-e4+ 37.Rf7-f3 Kc6-c7 38.Rd8-d1 c4-c3 39.Rd1-c1 c3-c2 40.h2-h4 Qe4-c6 41.h4-h5 Kc7-d6 42.h5-h6 Qc6-e4 43.Rc1-h1 Qe4-h7 44.Rh1-e1 Kd6-d5 45.Rf3-f6 Kd5-d4 46.g3-g4 1.26/18 ] 33.Rb4xb8 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 33.Rb4xb8 Diagram
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Qg7-h7 34.h2-h4 c4-c3 35.Rb8-b6+ Kd6-d5 36.Ra7-c7 Qh7-e4 37.Rb6-b5+ Kd5-d6 38.Rb5-c5 Qe4-e1+ 39.Kg1-g2 Qe1-e4+ 40.Kg2-h2 Qe4-c2 41.Rc7-c6+ Kd6-d7 42.Rc5xc3 Qc2xf2+ 43.Kh2-h3 Qf2-f5+ 44.Kh3-g2 Qf5-e4+ 45.Kg2-f2 Qe4-d4+ 46.Kf2-f3 Qd4-d5+ 47.Kf3-g4 f7-f5+ 48.Kg4-g5 1.15/14 ] 33...Qg7-g4 Diagram [ 33...Qg7-h7!? ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 33...Qg7-h7 34.h2-h4 c4-c3 35.Rb8-b6+ Kd6-d5 36.Ra7-c7 Qh7-e4 37.Rb6-b5+ Kd5-d6 38.Rb5-c5 Qe4-e1+ 39.Kg1-g2 Qe1-e4+ 40.Kg2-h2 Qe4-c2 41.Rc7-c6+ Kd6-d7 42.Rc5xc3 Qc2xf2+ 43.Kh2-h3 Qf2-f5+ 44.Kh3-g2 Qf5-e4+ 45.Kg2-f2 Qe4-d4+ 46.Kf2-f3 Qd4-d5+ 47.Kf3-g4 f7-f5+ 48.Kg4-g5 1.20/15 ] 34.Rb8-d8++- Diagram [ 34.Ra7xf7?! c4-c3 35.Rb8-d8+ Kd6-c6 ;
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Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 34.Rb8-d8+ Kd6-e6 35.Ra7-c7 Ke6-f6 36.h2-h4 Kf6-g7 37.Rd8-d7 Kg7-g6 38.Rd7xf7 Qg4-d1+ 39.Kg1-g2 Qd1-d5+ 40.Rf7-f3 Qd5-e4 41.Rc7-c8 Diagram
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Kg6-h6 42.Rc8-c5 Kh6-g7 43.g3-g4 Qe4-d4 44.Rc5-c7+ Kg7-g6 45.Kg2-h3 Qd4-e4 46.h4-h5+ Kg6-h6 47.Rf3-f5 1.77/17 ] (Diagram 896) 34...Kd6-c6 Diagram [ 34...Kd6-e6 35.Ra7-c7+- ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 34...Kd6-e6 35.Ra7-c7 Ke6-f6
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15.Nc3xe4 d5xe4 16.Nf3-g5 Rf6-f5 17.Ng5xe4 Be7-f6 18.Ne4xf6+ Rf5xf6 19.Ra1-d1 Qd8-e8 20.Be2-d3 Nc6-e7 21.Be3xa7 Ne7-d5 22.Qe1-h4 Rf6-h6 23.Qh4-g3 Bd7-c6 24.c2-c4 Nd5-c3 25.Ba7-d4 Rc8-c7 26.Bd4xc3 Grijalva,R (2104)-Netolitzky,G (2228)/ Internet ICC 2000/EXT 2001/1-0 (38) ] 12.Qd1-e1 Ra8-c8 13.Ra1-d1 Qd8-c7 14.b2-b4 Nc5-d7 15.Nc3-b5 Qc7-b8 16.Be2-d3 f7-f6 17.Qe1-h4 Diagram (Diagram 905) last book move last book move f6-f5 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 17...g7-g6 18.Qh4-h3 f6-f5 19.Qh3-h6 a7-a6 20.Nb5-d6 Be7xd6 21.Nf3-g5 Rf8-f7 22.e5xd6 Qb8xd6 23.Ng5xf7 Be8xf7 24.c2-c3 b7-b5 25.Bd3-c2 Qd6-e7 26.Rf1-e1 Qe7-f6 27.Rd1-d3 e6-e5 28.f4xe5 Nd7xe5 1.03/14 ] 18.Qh4-h3 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 18.Be3xa7 Qb8-a8 19.Qh4-f2 Nc6xa7 20.Qf2xa7 Qa8xa7+ 21.Nb5xa7 Rc8-a8 22.Na7-b5 Be8-f7 23.Nf3-d4 Diagram Be7-d8 24.c2-c4 Nd7-b6 25.c4-c5 Nb6-a4 26.Bd3-e2 Na4-b2 27.Rd1-d2 1.00/14 ]
qr+lrk+ pp+nl pp +n+pp + +N+pP + P + P Q P +LLN+ +P+ +PP + +R+RK
r+ + rk+ +p+nllpp + +p+ + +N+pPp+ P N P + P +L+ + +P+ +PP + +R+RK
qr+lrk+ pp+nl pp +n+p+ + +N+pPp+ P + P + P +LLN+Q +P+ +PP + +R+RK 18...Nd7-b6 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64:
905
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18...a7-a5 19.c2-c4 g7-g6 20.c4xd5 e6xd5 21.Bd3-b1 a5xb4 22.Rd1xd5 b4xa3 23.Rf1-d1 Rc8-d8 24.Nb5-d6 Diagram
q rlrk+ +p+nl +p +nN +p+ + +RPp+ + + P + p + LN+Q + + +PP +L+R+ K
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Nc6-b4 25.Rd5-a5 Nd7-f6 26.Be3-c5 Nf6-d5 27.Nf3-g5 Be7xg5 28.Bc5xb4 Nd5xb4 29.Qh3-b3+ Be8-f7 30.Qb3xb4 Bg5-e7 31.Ra5xa3 Be7xd6 32.Rd1xd6 Rd8xd6 33.e5xd6 0.96/13 ] 19.Be3xb6 [ 19.g2-g4 Be8-d7+- ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 19.g2-g4 Nb6-c4 20.Bd3xc4 d5xc4 21.g4xf5 Rf8xf5 22.Nb5-d4 Nc6xd4 23.Nf3xd4 Be8-g6 24.Nd4xe6 Rf5-h5 25.Qh3-f3 Rc8-c6 26.Ne6-g5 Kg8-h8 27.Rd1-d2 Rh5xg5+ 28.f4xg5 Qb8xe5 1.31/13 ] 19...a7xb6 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 19...a7xb6 20.c2-c4 d5xc4 21.Bd3xc4 Nc6-d8 22.Rd1xd8 Rc8xd8 23.Nf3-d4 Be8xb5 24.Bc4xe6+ Kg8-h8 25.Nd4xb5 g7-g6 26.Qh3-e3 Rf8-e8 27.Be6-f7 Re8-f8 28.Bf7-b3 Rd8-c8 29.Qe3xb6 Rf8-d8 30.Qb6-e6 Be7-h4 31.Qe6-f7 1.33/13 ] 20.g2-g4 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 20.c2-c4 d5xc4 21.Bd3xc4 Nc6-d8 22.Rd1xd8 Rc8xd8 23.Nf3-d4 Be8xb5 24.Bc4xe6+ Kg8-h8 25.Nd4xb5 g7-g6 Diagram 26.Qh3-e3 Rf8-e8 27.Be6-f7 Re8-f8
q r r k +p+ l +p p +L+p+ +N+ Pp+ P + P + P + + +Q + + +PP + + +RK
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28.Bf7-b3 Rd8-c8 29.Qe3xb6 Rf8-d8 30.Qb6-e6 Be7-h4 31.Qe6-f7 1.00/14 ]
qr+lrk+ +p+ l pp pn+p+ + +N+pPp+ P + PP+ P +L+N+Q +P+ + P + +R+RK
910
20...g7-g6 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 20...g7-g6 Diagram (Diagram 911) 21.g4xf5 e6xf5 22.Qh3-g2 Kg8-h8 23.Rd1-e1 h7-h6 24.Rf1-f2 Be8-f7 25.Qg2-h3 h6-h5 26.Qh3-g2 Nc6-a7 27.Nf3-g5 1.05/13 ] 21.g4xf5 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 21.g4xf5 e6xf5 22.Qh3-g2 Kg8-h8 23.Qg2-d2 Be8-d7 24.Bd3-e2 Bd7-e6 25.Qd2-e3 Kh8-g7 26.Qe3xb6 Kg7-g8 27.c2-c3 Rf8-e8
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236
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28.a3-a4 Be7-d8 29.Qb6-e3 0.88/15 Diagram
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] 21...e6xf5 [ 21...g6xf5? Diagram (Diagram 913) 22.Nb5-d4 Nc6xd4 23.Nf3xd4+- ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 21...e6xf5 22.Qh3-g2 Kg8-h8 23.Qg2-f2 Nc6-a7 24.Nb5-d4 Rf8-g8 25.Nd4-e6 Rc8-c3 26.Nf3-g5 Na7-c8 27.Qf2-h4 h7-h5 28.Rd1-a1 0.83/14 Diagram ] 22.Rf1-f2 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 22.Qh3-g2 Kg8-h8 23.Qg2-f2 Nc6-a7 24.Nb5-d4 Be8-f7 25.e5-e6 Bf7-e8
qr+lrk+ +p+ l +p pn+p+ + +N+pPp+ P + P + P +L+N+Q +P+ + P + +R+RK
qn+l+rk +p+ l + p +N+p+ + +pPpNp P + P Q P rL+ + +P+ + P R + +RK
913
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26.Nf3-e5 Rc8-c3 27.Rd1-a1 Qb8-d6 28.Qf2-d2 Rc3-c8 29.Ra1-d1 Na7-c6 0.92/14 ] 22...Nc6-d8 Diagram [ 22...Be8-d7 23.Rf2-g2 ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 22...Rf8-f7 23.Qh3-g2 Rf7-g7 24.Nf3-g5 Be7xg5 Diagram (Diagram 915) 25.Qg2xg5 Nc6-e7 26.Nb5-d6 Rc8-c3 27.Bd3-b5 Be8-c6 28.a3-a4 Qb8-c7 29.Qg5-f6 Bc6-d7 30.Bb5xd7 Qc7xd7 31.b4-b5 0.93/14 ] 23.Nb5-d4 [ 23.Nf3-d4 Diagram Kg8-h8 24.Rf2-g2 Rc8-c6+- ;
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qr+l+k+ +p+ + rp pn+ +p+ +N+pPpl P + P + P +L+ + +P+ RQP + +R+ K
qrnlrk+ +p+ l +p p + +p+ +N+pPp+ P + P + P +L+N+Q +P+ R P + +R+ K
qrnlrk+ +p+ l +p p + +p+ +N+pPp+ P N P + P +L+ +Q +P+ R P + +R+ K Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 23.Nf3-d4
237 Kg8-h8 24.Bd3-f1 Be8-f7 25.Bf1-g2 Diagram 915
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qrn r k +p+ ll+p p + +p+ +N+pPp+ P N P + P + + +Q +P+ RLP + +R+ K
918
Nd8-e6 26.Nd4xe6 Bf7xe6 27.Bg2xd5 Rf8-d8 28.Qh3-b3 Be6xd5 29.Rd1xd5 Rd8xd5 30.Qb3xd5 Rc8-d8 31.Qd5-e6 Be7-h4 32.Rf2-e2 Rd8-d1+ 33.Kg1-g2 1.28/15 ] 23...Kg8-h8 Diagram [ 23...Rc8-c3!? 24.Bd3xf5 Rc3xa3 25.Bf5-e6+ Be8-f7 26.Be6xf7+ Rf8xf7+- ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 23...Be8-d7 Diagram (Diagram 919) 24.Rf2-g2 Rc8-c3 25.Bd3xf5 Rc3xf3 26.Qh3xf3 Bd7xf5 27.Nd4xf5 Rf8xf5 28.Qf3xd5+ Diagram
917
(Diagram 920) Kg8-h8 29.Rg2-g4 Qb8-a7 30.Rd1-d3 b6-b5+ 31.Qd5-d4 Qa7-a6 32.Qd4-d7 Nd8-c6 33.Rd3-h3 Qa6-a8 34.Qd7-d5 0.60/13 ] (Diagram 921) 24.Rf2-g2+- Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 24.Bd3-b5 Diagram Be8-c6 25.Nf3-h4 Be7xh4 26.Qh3xh4
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qrn rk+ +p+ll +p p + +p+ + +pPp+ P N P + P +L+N+Q +P+ R P + +R+ K
q n +k+ +p+ l +p p + +p+ + +QPr+ P + P + P + + + +P+ +RP + +R+ K
qrnlr k +p+ l +p p + +p+ + +pPp+ P N P + P +L+N+Q +P+ R P + +R+ K
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qrnlr k +p+ l +p p + +p+ +L+pPp+ P N P + P + +N+Q +P+ R P + +R+ K
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Qb8-c7 27.Bb5-e2 Qc7-f7 28.b4-b5 Bc6-d7 29.Be2-f3 Kh8-g8 30.Rf2-d2 Rc8-c4 31.Kg1-g2 Rf8-e8 0.90/14 ] 920
qrnlr k +p+ l +p p + +p+ + +pPp+ P N P + P +L+N+Q +P+ +RP + +R+ K 921
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24...Rc8-c3 Diagram [ 24...Qb8-c7 25.Nd4xf5 Nd8-e6 26.Qh3-h6+- ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 24...Rc8-c3 Diagram (Diagram 924) 25.Nf3-h4 Be7xh4 26.Qh3xh4 Rc3-c7 27.Qh4-h6 Rf8-g8 28.Bd3xf5 b6-b5 29.Qh6-g5 Rc7-g7 30.Bf5-g4 Nd8-c6 31.e5-e6 Nc6xd4 32.Rd1xd4 Diagram Qb8-a7 33.Qg5-e5 1.66/13 ]
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239 25.Nf3-h4 Diagram
q nlr k +p+ l +p p + +p+ + +pPp+ P N P + P rL+N+Q +P+ +RP + +R+ K
q +l+rk +p+ + rp + +P+p+ +p+p+ Q P R PL+ P + + + +P+ +RP + + + K
q nlr k +p+ l +p p + +p+ + +pPp+ P N P + P rL+N+Q +P+ +RP + +R+ K 25.Nf3-h4 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64:
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q nlr k +p+ l +p p + +p+ + +pPp+ P N P N P rL+ +Q +P+ +RP + +R+ K
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Be7xh4 26.Qh3xh4 Rc3-c7 27.Qh4-h6 Rf8-g8 28.Bd3-e2 Qb8-c8 29.Qh6-g5 Rg8-f8 30.Be2-f3 Diagram
+qnlr k +pr + +p p + +p+ + +pPpQ P N P + P + +L+ +P+ +RP + +R+ K
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Qc8-d7 31.Rg2-d2 Rc7-c3 32.Rd2-d3 Rc3xd3 33.Rd1xd3 1.26/14 ] 25...Nd8-c6 [ 25...Rc3xa3?? the pawn is indigestible 26.Nh4xg6+ Diagram (Diagram 929) Be8xg6 27.Rg2xg6+- ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 25...Be7xh4 26.Qh3xh4 Rc3-c7 27.Qh4-h6 Diagram
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q nlr k +p+ l +p p + +N+ + +pPp+ P N P + r +L+ +Q +P+ +RP + +R+ K
q nlr k +pr + +p p + +pQ + +pPp+ P N P + P +L+ + +P+ +RP + +R+ K
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Kh8-g8 28.Bd3xf5 Rc7-e7 29.Qh6-h4 Qb8-c7 30.Bf5-h3 Kg8-h8 31.Nd4-f3 b6-b5 32.Nf3-g5 Qc7-c4 1.43/13 ] 26.Nd4-e6 Diagram [ 26.Nd4-b5 Rc3xd3 27.Rd1xd3 Nc6xe5 28.f4xe5 Qb8xe5 29.Nh4xg6+ Be8xg6+- ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 26.Nd4-b5 Rc3xd3 Diagram (Diagram 931) 27.c2xd3 Rf8-g8 28.d3-d4 Qb8-d8 29.Nh4-f3 Nc6xb4 30.Nb5-c3 Nb4-c6 31.Nf3-g5 Be7xg5 32.Rg2xg5 Qd8-d7 33.Qh3-e3 Qd7-e6 Diagram
q +lr k +p+ l +p pn+ +p+ +N+pPp+ P + P N P +r+ +Q +P+ +RP + +R+ K
+ +l+rk +p+ + +p pn+q+p+ + +pPpR + P P + P N Q + + + + P + +R+ K
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34.Rd1-b1 Nc6-a5 35.Qe3-f3 h7-h6 36.Rg5-g2 2.28/14 ] (Diagram 933) 26...Rf8-g8 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 26...Rf8-g8 27.Nh4xf5 Be8-d7 28.Nf5xe7 Nc6xe7 29.Qh3-h4 Bd7xe6 30.Qh4xe7 Qb8-c8 31.Bd3-f5 Rc3-c6 32.Qe7-f6+ Rg8-g7 33.Rd1xd5 Be6xd5 34.Bf5xc8 Diagram Rc6xf6 35.e5xf6 Rg7-c7 36.Rg2-d2 Rc7xc8 37.Rd2xd5 Kh8-g8 38.Rd5-d7 Diagram
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q +lr k +p+ l +p pn+N+p+ + +pPp+ P + P N P rL+ +Q +P+ +RP + +R+ K
+L+ + k +p+ + rp pr+ Qp+ + +lP + P + P + P + + + +P+ +RP + + + K
+r+ +k+ +p+R+ +p p + Pp+ + + + + P + P + P + + + +P+ + P + + + K Rc8-c6 39.Rd7-g7+ Kg8-h8
241 40.Rg7xb7 Rc6xf6 41.a3-a4 Rf6-c6 42.b4-b5 Rc6-f6 43.c2-c4 Rf6-d6 44.Kg1-f1 Kh8-g8 45.Kf1-e2 2.04/16 ] 933
q +l+rk +p+ l +p pn+N+p+ + +pPp+ P + P N P rL+ +Q +P+ +RP + +R+ K 934
935
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27.Nh4xf5! Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 27.Nh4xf5 Be8-d7 28.Nf5xe7 Nc6xe7 29.Qh3-h4 Bd7xe6 30.Qh4xe7 Qb8-c8 31.Bd3-f5 Rc3-c6 32.Qe7-f6+ Rg8-g7 Diagram
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33.Rd1xd5 Be6xd5 34.Bf5xc8 Rc6xf6 35.e5xf6 Rg7-c7 36.Rg2-d2 Rc7xc8 37.Rd2xd5 Kh8-g8 38.Rd5-d7 Rc8-c6 39.Rd7-g7+ Kg8-h8 40.Rg7xb7 Rc6xf6 41.a3-a4 Rf6-c6 42.b4-b5 Rc6-f6 43.c2-c4 Kh8-g8 44.Kg1-g2 Rf6xf4 45.Rb7xb6 Rf4xc4 46.a4-a5
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1.59/16 Diagram
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q +l+rk +p+ l +p pn+N+p+ + +pPN+ P + P + P rL+ +Q +P+ +RP + +R+ K
939
puts the final touch 27...Qb8-c8?? Diagram [ 27...g6xf5 28.Rg2xg8+ Kh8xg8 29.Qh3-h6 Mate attack ; ∆27...-- 28.Nf5xe7 Threat Nc6xe7 29.Qh3-h4 Combination ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 27...Be8-d7 28.Nf5xe7 Diagram (Diagram 940) Nc6xe7 29.Qh3-h4 Bd7xe6 30.Qh4xe7 Qb8-c8 31.Bd3-f5 Rc3-c6 32.Qe7-f6+ Diagram
q + +rk +p+lN +p pn+N+p+ + +pP + P + P + P rL+ +Q +P+ +RP + +R+ K
+q+ +rk +p+ + +p pr+lQp+ + +pPL+ P + P + P + + + +P+ +RP + +R+ K
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941
Rg8-g7 33.Rd1xd5 Be6xd5 34.Bf5xc8 Rc6xf6 35.e5xf6 Rg7-c7 36.Rg2-d2 Rc7xc8 37.Rd2xd5 Kh8-g8 38.Rd5-d7 h7-h6 39.Rd7xb7 Rc8-c6 40.b4-b5 Rc6xf6 41.Kg1-g2 Kg8-f8 42.a3-a4 Rf6-e6 43.Kg2-f3 Kf8-e8 44.c2-c4 Ke8-d8 45.h2-h3 2.08/17 ] (Diagram 942) the pressure is too much, Black crumbles 28.Rg2-g3 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 28.Rg2-g3 h7-h5 29.Nf5-h6 Be7-h4 30.Qh3xh4 Qc8xe6 31.Nh6xg8 Kh8xg8 32.Qh4xh5
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243
942
Nc6-e7 33.Qh5-h4 Be8-d7 34.f4-f5 Ne7xf5 35.Qh4-d8+ Kg8-g7 36.Bd3xf5 Rc3xg3+ 37.h2xg3 g6xf5 38.c2-c4 d5-d4 39.Rd1xd4 Bd7-e8 40.Qd8-c7+ Be8-f7 41.Rd4-d8 Qe6xc4 42.Qc7xb6 Qc4-c1+ 43.Kg1-g2 Diagram
+ R + + +p+ +lk Q + + + + + Pp+ P + + + P + + P + + +K+ + q + + Qc1-b2+ 5.18/13 ] 28...h7-h5 [ 28...Qc8xe6?? is refuted by the following mate in 3 29.Qh3xh7+!! Diagram Decoy: h7 Kh8xh7 30.Rg3-h3+ Be7-h4 31.Rh3xh4# Diagram ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 28...h7-h5 29.Nf5-h6 Be7-h4 Diagram 30.Qh3xh4 Qc8xe6 31.Nh6xg8
943
+ +l+rk +p+ l +Q pn+q+p+ + +pPN+ P + P + P rL+ R +P+ + P + +R+ K
+ +l+r+ +p+ + +k pn+q+p+ + +pPN+ P + P R P rL+ + +P+ + P + +R+ K
+q+l+rk +p+ + + pn+N+pN + +pP +p P + P l P rL+ RQ +P+ + P + +R+ K
944
945
946
Kh8xg8 32.Qh4xh5 Nc6-e7 33.Qh5-h4
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Be8-d7 34.f4-f5 Ne7xf5 35.Qh4-d8+ Kg8-h7 36.Bd3xf5 Rc3xg3+ 37.h2xg3 g6xf5 38.Qd8-f6 Qe6xf6 39.e5xf6 Kh7-g6 40.Rd1xd5 Bd7-a4 41.Rd5-d6 Ba4xc2 42.Rd6xb6 Bc2-e4 43.Kg1-f2 Kg6-f7 44.Kf2-e3 5.56/15 Diagram
+ + + + +p+ +k+ R + P + + + +p+ P +l+ + P + K P + + + + + + + +
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] 29.Nf5-h6 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 29.Nf5-h6 Be7-h4 30.Qh3xh4 Qc8xe6 31.Nh6xg8 Kh8xg8 32.Qh4xh5 Nc6-e7 33.Qh5-h4 Qe6-f7 34.Rg3-h3 Qf7-g7 35.Qh4-f6 Ne7-c6 36.Qf6-d6 Rc3xa3 37.Qd6xd5+ Diagram
+ +l+k+ +p+ + q pn+ +p+ + +QP + P + P + r +L+ +R +P+ + P + +R+ K
+q+l+rk +p+ l + pn+N+pN + +pP +p P + P + P rL+ RQ +P+ + P + +R+ K
948
949
(Diagram 948) Qg7-f7 38.Qd5xf7+ Be8xf7 39.Bd3-f1 Ra3-a2 40.b4-b5 Nc6-b4 4.84/12 ] (Diagram 949) 29...Rg8-g7 [ 29...Rg8-f8 cannot change what is in store for White 30.Ne6xf8 Qc8xh3 31.Nf8xg6+ Be8xg6 32.Rg3xh3 Rc3xa3+- ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 29...Rg8-g7 Diagram 30.f4-f5 Rg7-h7 31.f5xg6 Rc3xd3 32.g6-g7+ Rh7xg7 33.Rd1xd3 Be8-g6 34.Rd3xd5 h5-h4 35.Ne6xg7 Qc8xh3
+q+l+ k +p+ l r pn+N+pN + +pP +p P + P + P rL+ RQ +P+ + P + +R+ K
950
36.Rg3xh3 Kh8xg7 37.Nh6-g4 Bg6-f5
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245
38.Ng4-f2 Bf5xh3 39.Nf2xh3 Kg7-g6 40.Rd5-d7 Kg6-f5 41.Rd7xb7 Be7-d8 42.Rb7-d7 b6-b5 43.Rd7-d6 6.00/13 ] 30.Bd3-f5 Diagram [ 30.f4-f5 secures the win Rg7-h7 31.f5xg6 Rc3xd3 32.g6-g7+ ( 32.Rg3xd3?! Rh7xh6 33.Ne6-f4 Qc8xh3 34.Rd3xh3 d5-d4= ; 32.c2xd3 Rh7xh6 33.Qh3-f5 Be8xg6 34.Rg3xg6 Rh6xg6+ 35.Qf5xg6 Qc8-g8 36.Qg6xg8+ Kh8xg8+- ; 32.Rd1xd3 Rh7xh6 33.Qh3-f5 Be8xg6 34.Rg3xg6 Rh6xg6+ 35.Qf5xg6 Qc8-g8 36.Qg6xg8+ Kh8xg8 37.Rd3xd5 h5-h4+- ) 32...Rh7xg7 33.Rd1xd3+( 33.c2xd3 Rg7xg3+ 34.h2xg3 Nc6-d4 );Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 30.f4-f5 Diagram
+q+l+ k +p+ l r pn+N+pN + +pPP+p P + + + P rL+ RQ +P+ + P + +R+ K
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Rg7-h7 31.Qh3xh5 g6-g5 32.Qh5-h3 Nc6xe5 33.Ne6xg5 Be7xg5 34.Rg3xg5 Be8-f7 35.Qh3-e3 Ne5-f3+ 36.Qe3xf3 Rh7xh6 37.Qf3-f4 Rc3-c6 38.Qf4-d4+ Rh6-f6 39.Rd1-e1 Qc8-f8 40.Rg5-g3 Qf8-h6 41.Re1-e7 Kh8-h7 42.Re7xb7 Qh6-c1+ 43.Bd3-f1 4.37/12 ] 30...Rc3xg3+ Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 30...Rc3xg3+ 31.Qh3xg3 Rg7-h7 32.Ne6-f8 Qc8-a8 33.Nf8xh7 Kh8xh7 34.Nh6-g8 h5-h4 35.Qg3-g2
+q+l+ k +p+ l r pn+N+pN + +pPL+p P + P + P r + RQ +P+ + P + +R+ K
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g6xf5 36.Ng8-f6+ Diagram
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Be7xf6 37.e5xf6 Be8-g6 38.Qg2xd5 Qa8-e8 39.Qd5-d7+ Qe8-f7 40.Kg1-f2 b6-b5 41.Qd7xf7+ Bg6xf7 42.Rd1-g1 Kh7-h6 43.Rg1-g7 Nc6-d8 44.Kf2-e3 Kh6-h5 45.Rg7-g5+ Kh5-h6 46.Rg5xf5 2.30/15 ] (Diagram 954) 31.Qh3xg3 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 31.Qh3xg3 Rg7-h7 32.Ne6-f8 Qc8-a8 33.Nf8xh7 Kh8xh7 34.Nh6-g8 g6xf5 35.Ng8-f6+ Be7xf6 36.e5xf6 Be8-g6 37.Rd1xd5 Qa8-c8 38.Qg3-d3
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h5-h4 39.Rd5-d7+ Kh7-h6 40.Rd7-g7 Qc8-f8 41.Rg7xb7 Qf8xf6 42.Rb7xb6 Bg6-h5 43.b4-b5 Qf6-g6+ 44.Kg1-f2 2.29/14 Diagram
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] (Diagram 956) 31...Qc8-b8?? simply worsens the situation [ 31...Rg7-h7 32.Ne6-f8! Discovered attack: e6, f5-c8 Qc8-a8 33.Nf8xh7 Kh8xh7+- ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 31...Rg7-h7 32.Ne6-f8 Qc8-c7 Diagram 33.Nf8xh7 Kh8xh7 34.Rd1xd5 h5-h4
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35.Qg3-g2 b6-b5 36.Nh6-g4 g6xf5 37.Ng4-f6+ Be7xf6 38.e5xf6 Be8-g6 39.Rd5xb5 Qc7-f7 40.Rb5-b6 1.67/11 ] 32.Rd1xd5 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 32.Rd1xd5 b6-b5 33.Ne6xg7 Kh8xg7 34.Bf5xg6 Be8xg6 35.Nh6-f5+ Kg7-h7 36.Nf5xe7 Nc6xe7 37.Rd5-d7 Qb8-e8 38.e5-e6 Kh7-g8 39.Rd7xe7 Qe8xe7 40.Qg3xg6+ Qe7-g7 41.Qg6xg7+ Kg8xg7 42.Kg1-f2 Kg7-f6 43.f4-f5 Kf6-e7 44.Kf2-e3 Diagram h5-h4 45.Ke3-d4 4.88/12 ] 32...Rg7-h7 [ 32...b6-b5 33.Bf5-d3 Qb8-a7+ 34.Kg1-f1 Qa7xa3 Diagram 35.Ne6xg7 Qa3-c1+ 36.Kf1-e2
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h5-h4+- ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 32...b6-b5 33.Ne6xg7 Kh8xg7 34.Bf5xg6 Be8xg6 35.Nh6-f5+ Kg7-h7 36.Nf5xe7 Nc6xe7 37.Rd5-d7 Qb8-e8 38.e5-e6 Diagram (Diagram 960) Kh7-g8 39.Rd7xe7 Qe8xe7 40.Qg3xg6+ Qe7-g7 41.Qg6xg7+ Kg8xg7 42.Kg1-f2 Kg7-f6 43.f4-f5 Kf6-e7 44.Kf2-e3 h5-h4 45.Ke3-d4 5.16/13 ] 33.Bf5xg6 Diagram [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 33.Bf5xg6 Qb8-c8 34.Bg6-f5 Be8-f7 35.Ne6-g5
+ +q+ + +p+Rn +k + +P+l+ +p+ + +p P + P + P + + Q +P+ + P + + + K Bf7xd5 Nc6-d8 Bf6xg5 Nc6-e7 Rh6-h8 Kg7-h6
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36.Bf5xc8 Rh7xh6 37.e5-e6 38.f4-f5 Be7-f6 39.Qg3-d6 40.Qd6xd5 Nd8-c6 41.Bc8xb7 42.Qd5-d6 Kh8-g7 43.Bb7-e4 44.Qd6xb6 Rh8-f8 45.Qb6-c7 46.Qc7-e5 Diagram
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Bg5-f6 47.Qe5-d6 Rf8-g8+ 48.Kg1-f2 8.41/13 ] (Diagram 962) 33...Rh7xh6 [ 33...Be8-d7 praying for a miracle 34.Nh6-f7+ Rh7xf7 35.Rd5xd7 Qb8-g8 36.Rd7xb7 Nc6-d8+- ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64:
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33...Qb8-c8 34.Bg6-f5 Be8-f7 35.Ne6-g5 Bf7xd5 36.Bf5xc8 Rh7xh6 37.e5-e6 Nc6-d8 38.f4-f5 Be7-f6 39.Qg3-d6 Bf6xg5 40.Qd6xd5 Nd8-c6 41.Bc8xb7 Nc6-e7 42.Qd5-d6 Kh8-g7 43.Bb7-e4 Rh6-h8 44.Qd6xb6 Rh8-f8 45.Qb6-c7 Kg7-h6 46.Qc7-e5 Bg5-f6 47.Qe5-d6 Rf8-g8+ 48.Kg1-f2 8.65/14 ] 34.Bg6-f7!! Clearance: g6 [ 34.Bg6-f7 Be7-g5 35.Qg3xg5 Diagram
q +l+ k +p+ +L+ pn+N+ r + +RP Qp P + P + P + + + +P+ + P + + + K
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Yasser Seirawan Vassily Ivanchuk FIDE WCH k.o
1997
E70: King's Indian: Miscellaneous lines with 4 e4, including 5 Nge2 and 5 Bd3 0-0 6 Nge2 1.d2-d4 Ng8-f6 2.c2-c4 g7-g6 3.Nb1-c3 Bf8-g7 4.e2-e4 d7-d6 Diagram
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Rh6-g6 36.Qg5xg6 Be8xf7 37.Qg6-g7# ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 34.Bg6-f7 Be7-g5 35.Qg3xg5 Diagram Rh6-g6 36.Qg5xg6 Be8xf7 #4/15 ] 1-0
(Diagram 965) 5.Bf1-d3 e7-e5 6.d4-d5 a7-a5 7.Ng1-e2 Nb8-a6 8.f2-f3 [RR 8.0-0 Nf6-d7 9.a2-a3 Na6-c5 10.Bd3-c2 Nd7-b6 11.b2-b3 0-0 12.Ra1-b1 f7-f5 13.e4xf5 g6xf5 14.Bc1-e3 Nc5-d7 15.f2-f4 a5-a4 16.f4xe5 a4xb3 17.Bc2xb3 Bg7xe5 18.Nc3-b5 Nd7-c5 19.Ne2-f4 Bc8-d7 20.Rf1-f3 Rf8-f7 21.Nb5-d4 Qd8-h4 22.Rf3-h3 Qh4-e7 Kasimdzhanov,R (2653)-Kozul,Z (2565)/ Bled 2002/EXT 2003/1-0 (68) ] 8...Nf6-d7 [RR 8...Na6-c5 9.Bc1-e3 Nf6-d7 10.Nc3-a4 b7-b6 11.Na4xc5 Nd7xc5 12.Ne2-c3 Bc8-d7 13.Bd3-c2
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0-0 14.0-0 f7-f5 15.e4xf5 g6xf5 16.Qd1-d2 f5-f4 17.Be3-f2 Qd8-g5 18.Kg1-h1 Qg5-h5 19.Qd2-e2 Rf8-f6 20.g2-g4 f4xg3 21.Bf2xg3 Ra8-f8 22.Bc2-d1 Bd7-g4 23.Qe2-d2 Tran T Thu,T-Ngo Dieu Hoa/Vung Tau 2004/EXT 2005/0-1 (57) ] 9.Bc1-e3 Bg7-h6 10.Qd1-d2N [RR 10.Be3-f2 0-0 11.g2-g4 f7-f5 12.e4xf5 Nd7-c5 13.Ne2-g3 Nc5xd3+ 14.Qd1xd3 g6xf5 15.g4xf5 Na6-b4 16.Qd3-e4 Qd8-g5 17.Ra1-d1 Bc8xf5 18.Ng3xf5 Qg5xf5 19.Ke1-e2 Ra8-e8 20.Rh1-g1+ Kg8-h8 21.Qe4xf5 Rf8xf5 22.Rg1-g3 Bh6-f4 23.Rg3-g4 Bf4xh2 24.Rd1-h1 Bh2-f4 Schlehoefer,R (2335)-Opalka,G (2225)/Ruhrgebiet 1997/EXT 2002/1-0 (45) ] 10...Bh6xe3 11.Qd2xe3 c7-c6 12.Qe3-h6 Nd7-c5 13.Ra1-d1 Qd8-b6 14.Bd3-b1 Ke8-e7 15.f3-f4 e5xf4 16.Rh1-f1 Rh8-f8 Diagram
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24.Nc3-d5 Bc8-b7 25.Nd5xb4 Ke8-e7 26.Rd6-d4 Ra8-b8 27.b2-b3 f7-f5 28.Rf1-f2 Bb7-a8 29.Rf2-d2 2.67/13 Diagram
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] 17...f7-f6 [ 17...Ke7-e8 Diagram (Diagram 968)
(Diagram 966) last book move last book move 17.Qh6xf4 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 17.Qh6xf4 Nc5-d7 18.d5xc6 b7xc6 19.Qf4xd6+ Ke7-e8 20.Ne2-d4 Qb6-b8 21.Nd4xc6 Qb8xd6 22.Rd1xd6 Na6-b4 23.Nc6xb4 a5xb4
does not improve anything 18.e4-e5+- ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 17...Nc5-d7 18.d5xc6 b7xc6 19.Qf4xd6+ Ke7-e8 20.Ne2-d4 Qb6-b8 21.Nd4xc6 Qb8xd6 22.Rd1xd6 Na6-b4 23.Nc6xb4 a5xb4 24.Nc3-d5 Bc8-b7 25.Nd5xb4 Ke8-e7 26.Rd6-d4 Ra8-b8
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27.b2-b3 f7-f5 28.Nb4-d5+ Bb7xd5 29.Rd4xd5 f5-f4 30.Ke1-e2 Diagram
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Nd7-f6 2.91/13 ] 18.d5xc6 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 18.d5xc6 Bc8-e6 19.Qf4xd6+ Ke7-e8 20.Ne2-d4 Ra8-d8 21.Qd6xd8+ Qb6xd8 22.Nd4xe6 Qd8-c8 23.Rd1-d8+ Qc8xd8 24.Ne6xd8 Ke8xd8 25.c6xb7 Kd8-d7 26.e4-e5 f6-f5 27.g2-g4 Kd7-e6 28.g4xf5+ g6xf5 29.Nc3-e4 Nc5xe4 30.Bb1xe4 Ke6xe5 31.Be4-h1 Na6-c5 32.Ke1-d2 f5-f4 33.Bh1-d5 Rf8-b8 3.43/14 ] 18...Qb6xc6 [ 18...Bc8-e6 what else? 19.Qf4xd6+ Ke7-e8+- ;Houdini 2.0c
Pro x64: 18...Bc8-e6 19.Qf4xd6+ Ke7-f7 20.Rf1xf6+ Kf7-g7 21.c6xb7 Qb6xd6 22.Rd1xd6 Kg7xf6 23.b7xa8Q Rf8xa8 24.Nc3-d5+ Kf6-e5 25.Rd6-b6 Ra8-b8 26.Rb6xb8 Na6xb8 27.Ne2-c3 Nb8-d7 28.Ke1-d2 Nd7-f6 29.Nd5xf6 Ke5xf6 30.Nc3-d5+ Kf6-e5 Diagram
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31.Kd2-e3 Be6-c8 32.h2-h3 g6-g5 33.Bb1-c2 3.76/14 ] 19.Ne2-d4 [ 19.Nc3-d5+ Diagram (Diagram 971) might be the shorter path Ke7-d8 20.Ne2-d4+- ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 19.Ne2-d4 Qc6-d7 20.Nc3-d5+ Ke7-d8 21.Nd5-b6 Qd7-e7 22.Nb6xa8 g6-g5 23.Qf4-d2 Bc8-g4 24.Qd2xa5+ Kd8-e8 25.Rd1-d2 Nc5xe4 26.Bb1xe4 Qe7xe4+ 27.Ke1-f2 Ke8-f7 28.Na8-b6 Na6-c5 29.Kf2-g1 Kf7-g8 30.Nb6-d5 f6-f5 31.Qa5-c7 Qe4-e5 6.83/15 Diagram (Diagram 972) ] 19...Qc6-e8 [ 19...Qc6-d7 no good, but what else? 20.Nc3-d5+ Ke7-d8+- ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 19...Qc6-d7
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27.Rd6xf6 Rf8xf6 28.Nb6-d5+ Diagram 972
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Diagram (Diagram 973) 20.Nc3-d5+ Ke7-d8 21.Nd5-b6 Qd7-e7 22.Nb6xa8 g6-g5 23.Qf4-d2 Bc8-g4 24.Qd2xa5+ Kd8-e8 25.Na8-b6 Bg4xd1 26.Ke1xd1 Qe7-e5 27.Qa5-b5+ Ke8-d8 28.Nd4-f3 Qe5-e6 29.Nb6-d5 5.77/12 ] 20.Nc3-d5+ Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 20.Nc3-d5+ Ke7-d7 21.Nd4-b5 Qe8-e6 22.Nd5-b6+ Kd7-e8 23.Nb6xa8 Ke8-e7 24.Na8-b6 g6-g5 25.Qf4-f3 Bc8-d7 26.Rd1xd6 Qe6-e5
Ke7-d8 29.Qf3xf6+ Qe5xf6 30.Rf1xf6 Bd7xb5 31.c4xb5 Na6-c7 32.Rf6-f8+ Nc7-e8 33.e4-e5 10.62/13 ] (Diagram 975) 20...Ke7-d8 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 20...Ke7-d7 21.Nd4-b5 Qe8-e6 22.Nd5-b6+ Kd7-e8 23.Nb6xa8 Ke8-e7 24.Na8-b6 g6-g5 25.Qf4-f3 Qe6-g4 26.Nb5xd6 Diagram Bc8-e6 27.Nb6-d5+ Ke7-d8 28.Qf3xg4 Be6xg4 29.Rd1-d2 Nc5-d7
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30.e4-e5 Nd7xe5 31.Rf1xf6 Rf8xf6 32.Nd5xf6 Bg4-e6 33.Nf6xh7 Kd8-c7 34.b2-b3 g5-g4 35.Nh7-f6 Na6-b4 36.Ke1-f2 11.01/14 ] 21.Qf4xd6+ Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 21.Qf4xd6+ Bc8-d7 22.Nd4-b5 Kd8-c8 23.Nb5-c7 Qe8-d8 24.Nc7xa8 b7-b5 25.Na8-b6+ Kc8-b7 26.Nb6xd7 Nc5xd7 27.Nd5xf6 Nd7xf6 28.Qd6xd8 Rf8xd8 29.Rd1xd8 Nf6-g4 30.c4xb5 Na6-c7 31.Rf1-f7 Ng4-e5 32.Rf7xh7 a5-a4 33.Bb1-c2 Diagram Ne5-c4 34.Bc2xa4 Nc4xb2 35.Rd8-d7 15.81/14 ] 21...Bc8-d7 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c
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Pro x64: 21...Bc8-d7 22.Nd4-b5 Kd8-c8 23.Nb5-c7 Qe8-d8 24.Nc7xa8 b7-b5 25.Na8-b6+ Kc8-b7 26.Nb6xd7 Nc5xd7 27.Nd5xf6 b5xc4 28.Nf6xd7 Diagram (Diagram 979) Rf8xf1+ 29.Ke1xf1 Qd8-c7 30.e4-e5 Qc7xd6 31.Rd1xd6 Na6-b4 32.Nd7-c5+ Kb7-c7 33.Nc5-e6+ Kc7-b7 34.Bb1-e4+ Kb7-b8 35.Rd6-d8+ Kb8-a7 36.Rd8-d7+ Ka7-a6 37.Rd7xh7 Nb4xa2 38.Be4xg6 16.39/15 ]
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22.Nd4-b5 Diagram [ 22.Nd4-b5 Kd8-c8 Diagram (Diagram 981) 23.Nb5-c7+- ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 22.Nd4-b5 Kd8-c8 Diagram (Diagram 982) 23.Nb5-c7 Qe8-d8 24.Nc7xa8 b7-b5 25.Na8-b6+ Kc8-b7 26.Nb6xd7 Nc5xd7 Diagram 27.Nd5xf6 Rf8xf6 28.Qd6xd7+ Qd8xd7 29.Rd1xd7+ Kb7-c6
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b5xc4 32.Ra6xa5 Kd7-d6 33.e4-e5+ Kd6-e7 Diagram
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17 34.Ra5-a7+ Ke7-e6 35.Ra7xh7 g6-g5 36.Rh7-g7 Ke6xe5 37.Rg7xg5+ Ke5-d4 38.Rg5-g4+ 15.65/13 Diagram (Diagram 986) ] 1-0
Vassily Ivanchuk Peter Svidler Linares (10)
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D85
04.03.1998
D85: Exchange Grünfeld: Unusual White 7th moves and lines with 7 Nf3 1.d2-d4 Ng8-f6 2.c2-c4 g7-g6 3.Nb1-c3 d7-d5 4.c4xd5 Diagram Nf6xd5 5.e2-e4 Nd5xc3 6.b2xc3 Bf8-g7 7.Ng1-f3 c7-c5 8.Ra1-b1 0-0 9.Bf1-e2 c5xd4 10.c3xd4 Qd8-a5+ 11.Bc1-d2 Qa5xa2 12.0-0 b7-b6
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13.Qd1-c1 Bc8-b7 14.Be2-c4 Qa2-a4 15.Bc4-b5 Qa4-a2 16.Bb5-c4 Qa2-a4 Diagram
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17.Bc4-b5 Qa4-a2 18.Rf1-e1 Rf8-c8 19.Qc1-d1 e7-e6 20.h2-h4N [RR 20.Qd1-e2 Nb8-c6 21.Qe2-e3 e6-e5 22.d4-d5 Nc6-d4 23.Nf3xd4 e5xd4 24.Qe3-f4 Bg7-f8 25.Rb1-a1 Qa2-c2 26.Bb5-d7 Rc8-c5 27.Bd2-b4 d4-d3 28.Bb4xc5 Bf8xc5 29.Re1-c1 Qc2-b2 30.Rc1-d1 a7-a5 31.Ra1-b1 Qb2-c3 32.Bd7-b5 a5-a4 33.Rd1xd3 Qc3-c2 34.Rb1-f1 a4-a3 Khalifman,A (2505)Epishin,V (2475)/Vilnius 1988/CBM 007/ ½-½ (41) ;RR 20.Bb5-a4 Nb8-c6
21.d4-d5 e6xd5 22.Ba4-b3 Qa2-a3 23.e4xd5 Nc6-d4 24.Nf3xd4 Bg7xd4 25.Qd1-g4 (RR 25.Re1-e4 Qa3-c5 26.Bd2-e1 Bd4-f6 27.Qd1-f3 Kg8-g7 28.Re4-f4 Qc5-d6 29.Be1-b4 Qd6-d8 30.Bb4-d2 g6-g5 31.Rf4-f5 Rc8-c7 32.Qf3-g3 Ra8-c8 33.h2-h4 Kg7-h8 34.Bd2xg5 Bf6xg5 35.h4xg5 Qd8-e7 36.Rf5-e5 Qe7-b4 37.Bb3-c2 Qb4-c3 38.Bc2-d3 Qc3-d4 39.d5-d6 Rc7-c3 Chernin,A (2615)-Dvoirys,S (2590)/ Podolsk 1993/CBM 038/1-0 (51) ) 25...Bd4-c3 26.Bd2-c1 Qa3-b4 27.Re1-e4 Qb4-b5 28.Qg4-d1 Rc8-e8 29.Re4xe8+ Qb5xe8 30.Bc1-b2 Bc3xb2 31.Rb1xb2 Qe8-e5 32.Rb2-e2 Qe5-d6 33.Qd1-d4 a7-a5 34.h2-h4 h7-h5 Khenkin,I (2612)-Van Wely,L (2646)/France 2000/EXT 2001/0-1 (44) ] 20...h7-h5 last book move 21.Qd1-e2 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 21.Rb1-c1 a7-a5 22.Rc1xc8+ Bb7xc8 23.Re1-e2 Qa2-b2 24.Bb5-c4 a5-a4 25.Bd2-e1 Qb2-a3 26.Re2-a2 Qa3-d6 27.Ra2xa4 Ra8xa4 28.Qd1xa4 Qd6-c6 29.Qa4-b5 Qc6xb5 30.Bc4xb5 Bc8-d7 31.Bb5-d3 Nb8-c6 32.e4-e5 Bg7-f8 0.06/14 ] 21...Nb8-c6 Diagram [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 21...Nb8-c6 22.Qe2-e3 Nc6-a5 23.Bd2-b4 Na5-c4 24.Qe3-d3 a7-a6 25.Re1-e2 Qa2xb1+ 26.Qd3xb1 a6xb5 27.Re2-e1 Diagram (Diagram 990) Ra8-a4 28.Bb4-e7 Ra4-a5 29.Be7-b4 Ra5-a4 30.Bb4-e7 0.25/16 ] (Diagram 991) 22.Bb5-c4 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 22.Qe2-e3 Nc6-a5 23.Bd2-b4 Na5-c4 24.Qe3-d3 a7-a6 25.Re1-e2 Qa2xb1+ 26.Qd3xb1 a6xb5 27.Re2-e1 Ra8-a4 28.Bb4-e7 Diagram
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r+r+ +k+ +l+ +pl p +p+p+ +p+ + +p LnPP+ P + + +N+ + + PP+ +Q+ R K
r+r+ +k+ pl+ +pl pn+p+p+ +L+ + +p + PP+ P + + +N+ q+ LQPP+ +R+ R K
+r+ +k+ +l+ Lpl p +p+p+ +p+ + +p r+nPP+ P + + +N+ + + PP+ +Q+ R K
256
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Ra8-c8 31.Be7-b4 0.07/16 ] 22...Qa2-a4 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 22...Qa2-a3 23.d4-d5 e6xd5 24.Bc4xd5 Qa3-e7 25.Bd2-g5 Qe7-e8 26.Bg5-f4 Nc6-d8 27.Nf3-g5 Qe8-d7 28.Qe2-a2 Bb7xd5 29.e4xd5 Rc8-c5 30.d5-d6 Rc5-a5 31.Qa2-b3 Nd8-c6 32.Rb1-c1 Ra8-c8 0.09/15 ] 23.Rb1-a1 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 23.Bc4-b5 Qa4-a2 -0.10/16 ] 23...Qa4-c2 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 23...Qa4-c2 24.Bc4-d3 Qc2-b2 25.Ra1-a4 b6-b5 26.Bd3xb5 a7-a5 27.d4-d5 e6xd5 28.e4xd5 Nc6-b4 29.d5-d6 Bb7xf3 30.g2xf3 Nb4-c2 31.d6-d7 Nc2xe1 32.d7xc8Q+ Ra8xc8 33.Bb5-d7 Bg7-c3 34.Bd7xc8 Bc3xd2 35.Qe2-d1 Ne1xf3+ 36.Qd1xf3 Qb2-c1+ Diagram
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+L+ +k+ + + +p+ + + +p+ p + + +p R+ + + P + + +Q+ + l P + + q + K 992
Ra4-a5 29.Qb1-b3 Rc8-a8 30.Kg1-h2
993
37.Kg1-g2 Qc1xc8 38.Ra4-d4 Bd2-c3 39.Rd4-e4 Bc3-b4 40.Qf3-f6 Bb4-c5 41.Qf6-e5 Qc8-b7 42.f2-f3 Qb7-b6 0.09/19 ] 24.Bc4-d3 Diagram [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 24.Bc4-d3 Qc2-b2 25.Ra1-a4 b6-b5 26.Bd3xb5 a7-a5 27.d4-d5 e6xd5 28.e4xd5 Nc6-b4 29.d5-d6 Bb7xf3 30.g2xf3 Nb4-c2 31.d6-d7 Nc2xe1 32.d7xc8Q+ Ra8xc8 33.Bb5-d7 Qb2xd2 34.Qe2xd2 Ne1xf3+ 35.Kg1-g2 Nf3xd2 36.Bd7xc8 Bg7-c3 37.Bc8-b7
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257
Kg8-g7 38.Bb7-d5 Kg7-f6 39.Ra4-a3 Diagram
+ + + + + + +p+ + + kp+ p +L+ +p + + + P R l + + + n PK+ + + + +
994
Bc3-b4 40.Ra3-a2 Kf6-g7 41.Kg2-h3 Kg7-f6 0.03/17 ]
r+r+ +k+ pl+ +pl pn+p+p+ + + + +p + PP+ P + +L+N+ +qLQPP+ R + R K
995
24...Qc2-b2 Now all is on d4 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 24...Qc2-b2 25.Ra1-a4 b6-b5 26.Bd3xb5 a7-a5 27.d4-d5 e6xd5 28.e4xd5 Nc6-b4 29.d5-d6 Bb7xf3 30.g2xf3 Nb4-c2 31.d6-d7 Nc2xe1 32.d7xc8Q+ Ra8xc8 33.Bb5-d7 Qb2xd2 34.Qe2xd2 Ne1xf3+ 35.Kg1-g2 Nf3xd2 36.Bd7xc8 Bg7-c3 37.Bc8-b7 Kg8-g7 38.Bb7-d5 Kg7-f6 39.Ra4-a3 Diagram Bc3-b4 40.Ra3-a2 Kf6-g7 41.Ra2-a1
+ + + + + + +p+ + + kp+ p +L+ +p + + + P R l + + + n PK+ + + + +
996
Kg7-f6 42.Ra1-c1 a5-a4 0.22/17 ] 25.Ra1-a4 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 25.Ra1-a4 Diagram
r+r+ +k+ pl+ +pl pn+p+p+ + + + +p R+ PP+ P + +L+N+ q LQPP+ + + R K
997
b6-b5 26.Bd3xb5 a7-a5 27.d4-d5 e6xd5 28.e4xd5 Nc6-b4 29.d5-d6 Bb7xf3 30.g2xf3 Nb4-c2 31.d6-d7 Nc2xe1 32.d7xc8Q+ Ra8xc8 33.Bb5-d7 Qb2xd2 34.Qe2xd2 Ne1xf3+ 35.Kg1-g2 Nf3xd2 36.Bd7xc8 Bg7-c3 37.Bc8-b7 Kg8-g7 38.Bb7-d5 Kg7-f6 39.Ra4-a3 Bc3-b4 Diagram 40.Ra3-a2 Kf6-g7 41.Ra2-a1 Bb4-c3 0.15/17 ] 25...b6-b5 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 25...Qb2-b3
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258
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26.Re1-a1 b6-b5 27.Bd3xb5 a7-a5 28.Kg1-h2 Rc8-d8 29.e4-e5 Ra8-c8 30.Bd2-g5 Rd8-d7 31.Ra1-a3 Qb3-d5 32.Ra3-a1 Rd7-c7 33.Bb5xc6 Bb7xc6 34.Ra4xa5 0.12/13 ] 26.Bd3xb5 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 26.Bd3xb5 a7-a5 27.d4-d5 e6xd5 28.e4xd5 Nc6-a7 29.Bb5-d3 Bb7xd5 30.Re1-b1 Bd5xf3 31.g2xf3 Qb2-f6 32.Ra4xa5 Na7-c6 33.Ra5xa8 Rc8xa8 34.Qe2-e4 Ra8-a2 35.Bd2-g5 Qf6-d4 Diagram
+ + +k+ + + +pl +n+ +p+ + + + Lp + qQ+ P + +L+P+ r+ + P + +R+ + K
r+r+ +k+ pl+ +pl +n+p+p+ +L+ + +p R+ PP+ P + + +N+ q LQPP+ + + R K
999
1000
(Diagram 999) 36.Bg5-e3 Qd4xe4 37.Bd3xe4 Nc6-d4 38.Be4-d5 Ra2-a5 39.Rb1-b8+ Kg8-h7 0.05/15 ] (Diagram 1000) 26...Rc8-d8 Will d4 fall? [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 26...a7-a5 Diagram (Diagram 1001) 27.d4-d5 e6xd5 28.e4xd5 Nc6-a7 29.Bb5-a6 Bb7xa6 30.Qe2xa6 Na7-b5 31.Qa6-b7 Ra8-b8 32.Qb7-e7 Qb2-b3 33.Ra4xa5 Qb3xd5 34.Qe7-g5
r+r+ +k+ +l+ +pl +n+p+p+ pL+ + +p R+ PP+ P + + +N+ q LQPP+ + + R K Qd5-d7 Diagram
1001
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rr+ +k+ + +q+pl + + +p+ Rn+ + Qp + + + P + + +N+ + L PP+ + + R K
259
1002
35.Re1-e7 Qd7-d3 36.Re7-e3 Qd3-c4 37.Nf3-e5 -0.04/14 ] 27.Bd2-g5 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 27.d4-d5 e6xd5 28.e4-e5 Rd8-e8 29.Qe2-d3 a7-a6 30.Re1-b1 Nc6xe5 31.Nf3xe5 Qb2xe5 32.Bb5xe8 Qe5xe8 Diagram
r+ +q+k+ +l+ +pl p+ + +p+ + +p+ +p R+ + + P + +Q+ + + L PP+ +R+ + K
1003
33.Ra4-a3 Qe8-d7 34.Ra3-b3 Bb7-c6 35.Rb3-b8+ Ra8xb8 36.Rb1xb8+ Kg8-h7 37.Qd3xa6 d5-d4 38.Rb8-b6 Bc6-e4 39.Qa6-c4 Bg7-f8 0.39/14 Diagram ] 27...Qb2xe2 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 27...Qb2xe2 28.Bb5xe2 Rd8-d7
+ + l + + +q+p+k R + +p+ + + + +p +Qpl+ P + + + + + L PP+ + + + K
r+ r +k+ pl+ +pl +n+p+p+ +L+ + Lp R+ PP+ P + + +N+ q +QPP+ + + R K
1004
1005
Diagram (Diagram 1006) 29.Re1-b1 Bg7xd4 30.Rb1xb7 Bd4xf2+ 31.Kg1xf2 Rd7xb7 Diagram (Diagram 1007) 32.Bg5-f6 Rb7-b4 33.Ra4-a6 Ra8-c8 34.Nf3-g5 Rb4-b3 35.Bf6-a1 Rb3-b8 36.g2-g3 Rb8-b6 37.Ra6-a3 e6-e5 38.Be2-c4 Rb6-b7 0.26/17 ] 28.Bb5xe2 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 28.Bb5xe2 Rd8-d7 29.Re1-b1
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r+ + +k+ pl+r+pl +n+p+p+ + + + Lp R+ PP+ P + + +N+ + +LPP+ + + R K
r+ + +k+ pr+ +p+ +n+p+p+ + + + Lp R+ +P+ P + + +N+ + +LKP+ + + + +
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Ra8-c8 30.Be2-b5 a7-a6 31.Bb5xc6 Rc8xc6 32.Nf3-e5 Bg7xe5 33.d4xe5 Rc6-c2 34.Ra4-b4 Diagram (Diagram 1008) Bb7-c8 35.Bg5-e3 a6-a5 36.Rb4-a4 Rd7-b7 37.Rb1-a1 Rb7-b4 38.Ra4xa5 Rb4xe4 0.18/17 ] (Diagram 1009) 28...Rd8-d7 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 28...Rd8-d7 29.Re1-b1 Bg7xd4 30.Rb1xb7 Bd4xf2+
+ + +k+ +l+r+p+ p+ +p+p+ + + P Lp R +P+ P + + + + +r+ PP+ +R+ + K
r+ r +k+ pl+ +pl +n+p+p+ + + + Lp R+ PP+ P + + +N+ + +LPP+ + + R K
1008
1009
31.Kg1xf2 Rd7xb7 32.Bg5-d2 a7-a5 33.Bd2-c3 Ra8-d8 34.Nf3-e5 Nc6xe5 Diagram (Diagram 1010) 35.Bc3xe5 Rb7-b4 36.Ra4xa5 Rb4xe4 37.g2-g3 Kg8-h7 38.Be5-c3 Rd8-c8 0.22/16 ] (Diagram 1011) 29.Re1-b1 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 29.Bg5-e3 a7-a5 30.Re1-c1 Ra8-c8 31.g2-g3 Bg7-f8 32.Kg1-g2
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+ r +k+ +r+ +p+ + +p+p+ p + n +p R+ +P+ P + L + + + +LKP+ + + + +
r+ + +k+ pl+r+pl +n+p+p+ + + + Lp R+ PP+ P + + +N+ + +LPP+ + + R K
261
1010
1011
Bf8-b4 33.Ra4-a2 Kg8-g7 34.Ra2-c2 Bb4-a3 35.Rc1-a1 Ba3-b4 36.Be3-f4 Nc6xd4 37.Rc2xc8 Nd4xe2 0.18/15 Diagram (Diagram 1012) ] (Diagram 1013) last book move 29...Nc6-d8 Diagram [ 29...Bg7xd4 30.Nf3xd4 Nc6xd4 31.Ra4xd4 Rd7xd4 32.Rb1xb7 Rd4xe4 33.Be2-f3$ ;Houdini 2.0c Pro
+R+ + + +l+r+pk + +p+p+ p + + +p l +PL P + + +NP + +nPK+ R + + +
r+ + +k+ pl+r+pl +n+p+p+ + + + Lp R+ PP+ P + + +N+ + +LPP+ +R+ + K
1012
1013
x64: 29...Bg7xd4 Diagram (Diagram 1014) 30.Rb1xb7 Bd4xf2+ 31.Kg1xf2 Rd7xb7 32.Bg5-f6 Rb7-b4 33.Ra4-a6 Rb4-b6 34.Ra6-a3 a7-a5 35.Bf6-c3 Ra8-c8 36.Nf3-e5 Nc6xe5 37.Bc3xe5 Rb6-b4 38.Ra3xa5 Rb4xe4 39.g2-g3 0.22/14 ] 30.Be2-d3 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 30.e4-e5 Bb7-d5 31.Nf3-d2 Diagram Nd8-c6 32.Be2-f3 Bd5xf3 33.Nd2xf3 a7-a5 34.Ra4-c4 Nc6-b4 35.Nf3-d2
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r+ + +k+ pl+r+p+ +n+p+p+ + + + Lp R+ lP+ P + + +N+ + +LPP+ +R+ + K
r+ n +k+ pl+r+pl + +p+p+ + + + Lp R+ PP+ P + + +N+ + +LPP+ +R+ + K
r+ n +k+ p +r+pl + +p+p+ + +lP Lp R+ P + P + + + + + NLPP+ +R+ + K Diagram
262
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r+ + +k+ + +r+pl + +p+p+ p + P Lp nRP + P + + + + + N PP+ +R+ + K
1017
Bg7-f8 36.Nd2-e4 Rd7-b7 37.Ne4-f6+ Kg8-g7 38.Bg5-d2 Ra8-b8 39.f2-f3 a5-a4 0.21/16 ] 1015
r+ n +k+ pl+r+pl + +p+p+ + + + Lp R+ PP+ P + +L+N+ + + PP+ +R+ + K 1016
1018
30...f7-f5 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 30...Nd8-c6 31.Bd3-b5 Diagram (Diagram 1019) a7-a6 32.Bb5-f1 a6-a5 33.Bf1-b5 Rd7-c7 34.Rb1-c1 Rc7-c8 35.d4-d5 e6xd5 Diagram 36.e4xd5 Nc6-e5 37.Nf3xe5 Bg7xe5 38.Bb5-c6 Bb7xc6 39.d5xc6 Kg8-g7 40.Rc1-e1 0.24/15 ] 31.d4-d5 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 31.d4-d5
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r+ + +k+ pl+r+pl +n+p+p+ +L+ + Lp R+ PP+ P + + +N+ + + PP+ +R+ + K
r+r+ +k+ +l+ +pl +n+ +p+ pL+p+ Lp R+ +P+ P + + +N+ + + PP+ + R + K
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r+ n +k+ pl+r+ l + +p+p+ + +P+pLp R+ +P+ P + +L+N+ + + PP+ +R+ + K
r+ + + + +R+ + l + + +k+ r + p + p+ + + P R + LP+ + + PK+ + + + +
1021
1022
Diagram (Diagram 1021) f5xe4 32.Bd3xe4 Bb7xd5 33.Be4xg6 a7-a5 34.Bg6xh5 Bd5-c6 35.Ra4-a3 a5-a4 36.Bh5-e8 Rd7-d5 37.Be8xc6 Nd8xc6 38.Bg5-e3 e6-e5 39.Kg1-f1 Nc6-d4 40.Rb1-b4 Nd4xf3 41.g2xf3 Rd5-a5 42.Kf1-g2 Kg8-f7 43.Rb4-b7+ Kf7-g6 0.48/15 Diagram ] 31...f5xe4 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 31...f5xe4 32.Bd3xe4 Diagram Bb7xd5 33.Be4xg6 a7-a5 34.Bg6xh5 Bd5-c6 35.Ra4-a3 a5-a4 36.Bh5-e8
r+ n +k+ pl+r+ l + +p+p+ + +P+ Lp R+ +L+ P + + +N+ + + PP+ +R+ + K
1023
Rd7-d5 37.Be8xc6 Nd8xc6 38.Bg5-e3
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e6-e5 39.Kg1-f1 Nc6-d4 40.Rb1-d1 Kg8-f7 41.Be3xd4 e5xd4 42.Nf3-g5+ Kf7-g6 43.Ng5-e6 Bg7-e5 44.g2-g4 Diagram
r+ + + + + + + + + +N+k+ + +rl + p+ p +PP R + + + + + P + + +R+K+
1024
Be5-d6 45.h4-h5+ Kg6-f6 0.62/16 ] 32.Bd3xe4 [Less advisable is 32.Ra4xe4 Bb7xd5 33.Re4-e3 Kg8-h7! ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 32.Bd3xe4 Bb7xd5 33.Be4xg6 Diagram
r+ n +k+ p +r+ l + +p+L+ + +l+ Lp R+ + + P + + +N+ + + PP+ +R+ + K
1025
a7-a5 34.Bg6xh5 Bd5-c6 35.Ra4-a3 a5-a4 36.Bh5-e8 Rd7-d5 37.Be8xc6 Diagram Nd8xc6 38.Bg5-e3 e6-e5 39.Kg1-f1 Nc6-d4 40.Rb1-d1 Kg8-f7 41.Be3xd4
r+ n +k+ + + + l +L+p+ + + +r+ L p+ + + P R + +N+ + + PP+ +R+ + K
1026
e5xd4 42.Nf3-g5+ Kf7-g6 43.Ng5-e6 Bg7-e5 44.g2-g4 Be5-d6 45.h4-h5+ Kg6-f6 0.46/17 ] 32...Bb7xd5 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 32...Bb7xd5 33.Be4xg6 Nd8-f7 34.Bg6xh5 Nf7xg5 35.Nf3xg5 Bg7-f6 36.Ra4-a6 Bf6xg5 37.h4xg5 Bd5-c4 38.Ra6-a4 Bc4-d5 39.Bh5-g4 a7-a5 40.Rb1-b5 Rd7-a7 41.Rb5-b6 Ra8-e8 42.f2-f3 Kg8-g7 43.Kg1-f2 Kg7-g6 0.66/16 ] 33.Be4xg6 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 33.Be4xg6 Nd8-f7 34.Bg6xh5 Nf7xg5 35.Nf3xg5 Bg7-f6 36.Ra4-a6 Bf6xg5 37.h4xg5 Kg8-g7 38.Bh5-f3 Ra8-c8 39.Rb1-a1 Rc8-c2 40.Bf3xd5 e6xd5 41.f2-f4 d5-d4 42.f4-f5 d4-d3 43.Ra6xa7 Diagram (Diagram 1027) Rd7xa7 44.Ra1xa7+ Kg7-f8 0.57/15 ] (Diagram 1028) 33...Rd7-b7 Diagram [ 33...Bd5-c6 Diagram 34.Ra4-a3 ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 33...a7-a5 34.Bg6xh5 Bd5-c6 35.Ra4-a3 a5-a4 36.Bh5-e8 Rd7-d5 37.Be8xc6 Nd8xc6 38.Bg5-e3 Nc6-e5
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+ + + + R +r+ k + + + + + + +PP + + + + + +p+ + +r+ +P+ R + + K
r+ n +k+ p +r+ l + +p+L+ + +l+ Lp R+ + + P + + +N+ + + PP+ +R+ + K
r+ n +k+ p +r+ l +l+p+L+ + + + Lp R+ + + P + + +N+ + + PP+ +R+ + K
1027
r+ + +k+ + + + + + lp+ + + +r+ + p+ + +PP + + L + R+ + P + +R+ + K
1030
a4-a3 42.Kg1-g2 Ra8-c8 43.h4-h5 Kg8-f7 44.h5-h6 0.48/14 ] 1028
r+ n +k+ pr+ + l + +p+L+ + +l+ Lp R+ + + P + + +N+ + + PP+ +R+ + K 1029
39.Nf3xe5 Bg7xe5 40.g2-g4 Be5-d6
1031
34.Rb1xb7 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 34.Rb1xb7 Nd8xb7 35.Bg6xh5 a7-a5 36.Bg5-d2 Ra8-d8 37.Bd2-e3 Bd5-c6 38.Ra4-a2 Bc6-d5 39.Ra2-a3 Bg7-f8 40.Ra3-a4 Bf8-b4 41.Nf3-g5 e6-e5 42.Ng5-f3 Bd5-c6 43.Ra4-a1 0.55/17 ] 34...Nd8xb7 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 34...Nd8xb7 35.Bg6xh5 a7-a5 36.Bg5-d2 Ra8-d8 37.Bd2-e3 Bd5-c6 38.Ra4-a2 Bc6-d5 39.Ra2-a3 Bg7-f8 40.Ra3-a4 Bf8-b4 41.Nf3-g5 Nb7-d6 42.Be3-b6 Rd8-a8 43.Bh5-e2
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266
Nd6-f5 44.g2-g3 Kg8-g7 0.66/17 ]
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35.Bg5-e3 Diagram [ 35.Bg6xh5 Nb7-c5 36.Ra4-g4 Bd5xf3 37.g2xf3 a7-a5 ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 35.Bg6xh5 a7-a5 36.Bg5-e7 Ra8-c8 37.Be7-a3 Rc8-c2 38.Nf3-g5 e6-e5 39.Bh5-g4 Bd5-b3 40.Ra4-e4 Rc2-a2 41.Ba3-e7 Bb3-d5 42.Bg4-e6+ Bd5xe6 43.Ng5xe6 a5-a4 44.Ne6xg7 Kg8xg7 45.Re4xe5 Ra2-a1+ 46.Kg1-h2 a4-a3 47.Re5-b5 0.61/16 ] (Diagram 1033) 35...a7-a5 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 35...a7-a5 Diagram (Diagram 1034) 36.Nf3-g5 Nb7-d6 37.Be3-c5 Bg7-e5 38.f2-f4 Nd6-b7 39.Bc5-e3 Be5-b2 40.Bg6-f7+ Kg8-g7 41.Bf7xe6 Bd5xe6 42.Ng5xe6+ Kg7-g6 43.Kg1-f2 Kg6-f5 44.Ne6-g5 Bb2-f6 45.Kf2-f3 Ra8-d8 46.g2-g3 Bf6-g7 47.Ng5-e4 Rd8-d3 0.46/16 ] 36.Bg6xh5 Diagram [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 36.Nf3-g5 Nb7-d6 37.Be3-c5 Bg7-e5 38.f2-f4 Nd6-b7 39.Bc5-e3 Be5-b2 40.Bg6-f7+ Kg8-g7 41.Bf7xe6 Bd5xe6
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42.Ng5xe6+ Diagram (Diagram 1035) Kg7-g6 43.Kg1-f2 Kg6-f5 44.Ne6-g5 Ra8-c8 45.Kf2-f3 Bb2-g7 46.Ng5-e4 0.51/15 ] (Diagram 1036) 36...Bd5-c6 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 36...Nb7-d6 37.Be3-d2 Diagram Nd6-c4 38.Bd2-e1 Ra8-f8 39.Kg1-h2 Bg7-f6 40.Nf3-g5 Bf6xg5 41.h4xg5 Nc4-b2 42.Ra4-a3 Nb2-c4 43.Ra3-a1
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Nc4xa5 46.Ra1xa5 Kg8-g7 47.Ra5-a7+ Kg7-h6 0.44/15 ] 37.Ra4-g4 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 37.Ra4-f4 Nb7-d6 38.Nf3-g5 e6-e5 39.Rf4-g4 Bc6-d7 40.Rg4-g3 Nd6-f5 41.Bh5-f3 Ra8-f8 42.Bf3-d5+ Kg8-h8 43.Rg3-f3 a5-a4 44.g2-g3 Nf5xe3 45.Rf3xe3 Rf8-c8 46.Ng5-f7+ Kh8-h7 47.Nf7xe5 Bd7-f5 48.f2-f4 Rc8-c2 49.Kg1-f1 0.63/16 ]
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37...Bc6xf3 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 37...Bc6xf3 38.g2xf3 Nb7-d6 39.Bh5-g6 Nd6-f5 40.h4-h5 Nf5xe3 41.f2xe3 Ra8-a7 42.Bg6-c2 Ra7-c7 43.Bc2-b3 Kg8-h7 44.Bb3xe6 Kh7-h6 45.Kg1-f2 Kh6xh5 46.Rg4-a4 Rc7-c2+ 47.Kf2-g3 Bg7-e5+ 48.f3-f4 Be5-c3 49.Be6-d5 0.56/17 ] 1037
Rf8-f5 44.g2-g4 Rf5xg5 45.Be1xa5
(Diagram 1039) 38.Rg4xg7+ Decoy: e5 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 38.g2xf3 Nb7-d6 39.Bh5-g6 Nd6-f5 40.h4-h5 Nf5xe3 41.f2xe3 Ra8-b8 42.Rg4-e4 Rb8-b6 43.Kg1-f2 Bg7-f8 44.f3-f4 Diagram Kg8-g7 45.Kf2-f3 Kg7-h6 46.Bg6-f7 Bf8-g7 47.Bf7xe6 Kh6xh5 0.49/15 ] 38...Kg8xg7 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 38...Kg8xg7 39.Bh5xf3 Diagram
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Rb8-b1+ 42.Kg1-h2 a4-a3 43.Be3-d4+ Kg7-f7 44.Kh2-g3 a3-a2 45.h4-h5 a2-a1Q 46.Bd4xa1 Rb1xa1 47.Kg3-h4 Ra1-a2 48.g2-g4 Ra2xf2 49.Kh4-g3 Rf2-a2 50.Bf3-e4 Ra2-a3+ Diagram
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51.Kg3-f4 Kf7-g7 52.g4-g5 Ra3-h3 53.Be4-f3 e6-e5+ 54.Kf4-e4 0.11/17 ] 39.Bh5xf3 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 39.Bh5xf3 a5-a4 40.Bf3xb7 Ra8-b8 Diagram (Diagram 1043)
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a5-a4 40.Bf3xb7 Ra8-b8 41.Bb7-f3
41.Bb7-f3 Rb8-b1+ 42.Kg1-h2 a4-a3 43.Be3-d4+ Kg7-f7 44.Kh2-g3 a3-a2 45.h4-h5 a2-a1Q 46.Bd4xa1 Rb1xa1 47.Kg3-h4 Ra1-a2 48.g2-g4 Ra2xf2 49.Kh4-g3 Rf2-a2 50.Bf3-e4 Ra2-a3+ 51.Kg3-f4 Kf7-g7 52.g4-g5 Ra3-h3 53.Be4-f3 e6-e5+ 54.Kf4-e4 0.05/18 ] 39...Ra8-b8 Diagram [ 39...a5-a4 40.Bf3xb7 Ra8-b8 41.Be3-d4+ Kg7-f7 42.Bb7-f3$ ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 39...a5-a4 40.Bf3xb7 Ra8-b8 41.Bb7-f3 Rb8-b1+ 42.Kg1-h2 a4-a3 43.Be3-d4+ Kg7-f7 44.Kh2-g3 a3-a2 45.h4-h5 a2-a1Q 46.Bd4xa1 Rb1xa1 47.Kg3-h4 Ra1-a2 48.g2-g4 Ra2xf2 49.Kh4-g3 Rf2-a2 50.g4-g5 Ra2-a4
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51.Bf3-e2 Ra4-a5 52.Kg3-f4 Ra5-f5+ 53.Kf4-g4 0.07/16 ]
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40.Be3-f4 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 40.Be3-f4 Rb8-d8 41.Bf3xb7 Diagram (Diagram 1045) a5-a4 42.Bf4-e5+ Kg7-f7 43.g2-g4 Rd8-d1+ 44.Kg1-g2 Rd1-e1 45.Be5-c3 Re1-c1 46.Bc3-h8 a4-a3 47.h4-h5 Kf7-g8 48.Bh8-f6 a3-a2 49.Bb7-e4 Kg8-f7 50.Bf6-h8 Rc1-c5 51.Bh8-b2 Rc5-b5 52.Bb2-a1 Rb5-b1 53.Ba1-c3 Rb1-c1 54.Bc3-e5 Rc1-c5 55.Be5-a1 Rc5-c1 56.Ba1-d4 Rc1-e1
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57.Kg2-f3 Re1-d1 58.Bd4-c3 Rd1-c1 59.Bc3-b2 Rc1-h1 60.Kf3-e2 a2-a1Q 61.Bb2xa1 Rh1xa1 62.h5-h6 Ra1-g1 63.f2-f3 Kf7-f6 64.Ke2-e3 Rg1-e1+ 65.Ke3-d4 Re1-d1+ 66.Be4-d3 e6-e5+ 67.Kd4-e4 0.52/20 ] 40...Rb8-d8 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 40...Rb8-d8 Diagram
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41.Bf3xb7 a5-a4 42.Bf4-e5+ Kg7-f7 43.g2-g4 Rd8-d1+ 44.Kg1-g2 Rd1-e1 45.Be5-c3 Re1-c1 46.Bc3-h8 a4-a3 47.h4-h5 Kf7-g8 48.Bh8-f6 a3-a2 49.Bb7-e4 Kg8-f7 50.Bf6-h8 Rc1-c5 51.Bh8-b2 Rc5-b5 52.Bb2-a1 Rb5-b1 53.Ba1-c3 Rb1-c1 54.Bc3-e5 Rc1-c5
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55.Be5-a1 Rc5-c1 56.Ba1-d4 Rc1-e1 57.Kg2-f3 Re1-d1 58.Bd4-c3 Rd1-c1 59.Bc3-b2 Rc1-h1 60.Kf3-e2 a2-a1Q 61.Bb2xa1 Rh1xa1 62.h5-h6 Ra1-g1 63.f2-f3 Kf7-f6 64.Ke2-e3 Rg1-e1+ 65.Ke3-d4 Re1-d1+ 66.Be4-d3 e6-e5+ 67.Kd4-e4 0.58/20 ] 41.Bf3xb7 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 41.Bf3xb7 Diagram
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a5-a4 42.Bf4-e5+ Kg7-f7 43.g2-g4 Rd8-d1+ 44.Kg1-g2 Rd1-e1 45.Be5-c3 Re1-c1 46.Bc3-h8 a4-a3 47.h4-h5 Kf7-g8 48.Bh8-f6 a3-a2 49.Bb7-e4 Kg8-f7 50.Bf6-h8 Rc1-c5 51.Bh8-b2 Rc5-b5 52.Bb2-a1 Rb5-b1 53.Ba1-c3 Rb1-c1 54.Bc3-e5 Diagram (Diagram 1048) Rc1-c5 55.Be5-a1 Rc5-c1 56.Ba1-d4 Rc1-e1 57.Kg2-f3 Re1-d1 58.Bd4-c3 Rd1-c1 59.Bc3-b2 Rc1-h1 60.Kf3-e2 a2-a1Q 61.Bb2xa1 Rh1xa1 62.h5-h6 Ra1-g1 63.f2-f3 Kf7-f6 64.Ke2-e3 Rg1-e1+ 65.Ke3-d4 Re1-d1+ 66.Be4-d3 e6-e5+ 67.Kd4-e4 0.52/19 ] 41...a5-a4 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 41...a5-a4 Diagram 42.Bf4-e5+ Kg7-f7 43.g2-g4 a4-a3 44.h4-h5 Rd8-d1+ 45.Kg1-g2 Rd1-e1
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46.Be5-d4 Re1-d1 47.Bd4-h8 Kf7-g8 48.Bh8-e5 Rd1-e1 49.Be5-f6 Kg8-f7 50.g4-g5 a3-a2 51.f2-f3 a2-a1Q 52.Bf6xa1 Re1xa1 53.h5-h6 Ra1-a5 54.f3-f4 Ra5-a3 55.Bb7-e4 Kf7-g8 56.g5-g6 Ra3-e3 57.Be4-f3 Re3-c3 58.Kg2-f2 Rc3-b3 59.Kf2-g3 Rb3-b8 60.Bf3-e4 0.61/19 ] 42.Bf4-e5+ [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 42.Bf4-e5+ Kg7-f7 Diagram 43.g2-g4 a4-a3 44.Kg1-g2 a3-a2 45.Bb7-e4 Rd8-b8 46.h4-h5 Rb8-b5 47.Be5-c3 Rb5-c5 48.Bc3-a1 Rc5-c1 49.Ba1-h8 Rc1-c5 50.Bh8-b2 Rc5-b5 51.Bb2-a1 Rb5-b1 52.Ba1-c3 Rb1-c1
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53.Bc3-e5 a2-a1Q 54.Be5xa1 Rc1xa1 55.h5-h6 Ra1-a4 56.f2-f3 Ra4-a5 57.Kg2-g3 Ra5-c5 58.Kg3-f4 Kf7-f6 59.Be4-d3 e6-e5+ 60.Kf4-e4 Rc5-c3 0.58/19 ] 42...Kg7-g8?? further deteriorates the position [ 42...Kg7-f7 ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 42...Kg7-f7 43.g2-g4 a4-a3 44.Kg1-g2 a3-a2 45.Bb7-e4 Rd8-b8 46.h4-h5 Rb8-b5 47.Be5-a1 Rb5-b1 48.Ba1-c3 Rb1-c1 49.Bc3-e5 a2-a1Q 50.Be5xa1 Rc1xa1 51.h5-h6 Ra1-a4 52.f2-f3 Kf7-f6 53.Kg2-g3 Ra4-c4 54.Kg3-h4 Rc4-c5 55.f3-f4 0.57/18 ] 43.h4-h5+[ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 43.h4-h5 Rd8-d1+ 44.Kg1-h2 Rd1-b1 45.Bb7-a6 Rb1-e1 46.f2-f4 a4-a3 47.Ba6-c8 Re1xe5 48.f4xe5 Kg8-f7 49.h5-h6 a3-a2 50.Bc8xe6+ Kf7xe6 51.h6-h7 a2-a1Q 52.h7-h8Q Ke6-f5 53.Qh8-g7 Kf5-e6 54.Qg7-f6+ Ke6-d5 55.Qf6-d6+ Kd5-e4 56.Qd6-g6+ Ke4-d5 57.Qg6-f7+ Kd5-c6 58.Qf7-e6+ Kc6-c5 59.Qe6-d6+ Kc5-b5 60.Qd6-d5+ Kb5-b6 61.g2-g4 Qa1-e1 62.Qd5-d4+ Kb6-c7 63.g4-g5 Qe1-e2+ 64.Kh2-g3 Qe2-e1+ 65.Kg3-g4 Qe1-e2+ 66.Kg4-f5 Qe2-f3+ 67.Kf5-g6 Qf3-c6+ 2.25/20 ] 43...Rd8-d1+ [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64:
43...Rd8-d1+ 44.Kg1-h2 Rd1-b1 45.Bb7-a6 Rb1-e1 46.f2-f4 a4-a3 47.Ba6-c4 Kg8-f7 48.Bc4xe6+ Kf7xe6 49.h5-h6 Re1xe5 50.f4xe5 a3-a2 51.h6-h7 a2-a1Q 52.h7-h8Q Qa1-b2 53.Qh8-f6+ Ke6-d5 54.Kh2-h3 Qb2-a1 55.g2-g4 Kd5-e4 56.Qf6-f5+ Ke4-d5 57.Kh3-h4 Kd5-c5 58.Qf5-f8+ Kc5-c4 59.Qf8-f7+ Kc4-b4 60.Qf7-b7+ Kb4-c3 61.Qb7-c6+ Kc3-d2 2.19/18 ] 44.Kg1-h2 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 44.Kg1-h2 a4-a3 45.Bb7-e4 Rd1-e1 46.f2-f3 a3-a2 47.h5-h6 Re1xe4 48.f3xe4 Kg8-h7 49.Be5-g7 e6-e5 50.Bg7xe5 Kh7xh6 51.Kh2-g3 Kh6-g5 0.91/1 ] 44...Rd1-e1 [ 44...Rd1-b1 doesn't get the cat off the tree 45.Bb7-a6+- ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 44...Rd1-b1 45.Bb7-a6 Rb1-e1 46.f2-f4 a4-a3 47.Ba6-c4 Kg8-f7 48.Bc4xe6+ Kf7xe6 49.h5-h6 Re1xe5 50.f4xe5 a3-a2 51.h6-h7 a2-a1Q 52.h7-h8Q Qa1-b2 53.Qh8-f6+ Ke6-d5 54.Kh2-h3 Qb2-a1 55.Qf6-f7+ Kd5-c6 56.Qf7-e6+ Kc6-c5 57.Qe6-d6+ Kc5-b5 58.Qd6-d5+ Kb5-b6 59.g2-g4 Qa1-c1 60.Qd5-d6+ Kb6-b5 61.Qd6-b8+ Kb5-a6 62.Qb8-b3 Qc1-f1+ 63.Kh3-g3 Qf1-g1+ 64.Kg3-f4 Qg1-f2+ 65.Kf4-e4 Qf2-e2+ 66.Ke4-f5 Qe2-f2+ 67.Kf5-g6 2.18/17 ] 45.f2-f4 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 45.f2-f4 a4-a3 46.Bb7-c8 Re1xe5 47.f4xe5 Kg8-f7 48.h5-h6 a3-a2 49.Bc8xe6+ Kf7xe6 50.h6-h7 a2-a1Q 51.h7-h8Q Ke6-f5 52.Qh8-f6+ Kf5-e4 53.Qf6-g6+ Ke4-d5 54.Qg6-f7+ Kd5-c6 55.Qf7-e6+ Kc6-c5 56.Qe6-d6+ Kc5-b5 57.Qd6-d5+ Kb5-b6 58.g2-g4 Qa1-e1 59.Qd5-d4+ Kb6-b5 60.g4-g5 Qe1-e2+ 61.Kh2-g3 Qe2-e1+ 62.Kg3-g4 Qe1-e2+ 63.Kg4-f5 Qe2-f3+ 64.Qd4-f4 Qf3-h3+ 65.Qf4-g4 Qh3-f1+ 66.Kf5-e6 Qf1-c1
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games 67.Qg4-e2+ Kb5-c6 68.Qe2-e4+ Kc6-c5 2.25/20 ] 45...Re1xe5 [ 45...Kg8-f7 cannot undo what has already been done 46.Bb7-c8 Re1-b1 47.h5-h6+- ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 45...Kg8-f7 46.Bb7-c8 a4-a3 47.Bc8xe6+ Kf7xe6 48.h5-h6 Re1xe5 49.f4xe5 a3-a2 50.h6-h7 a2-a1Q 51.h7-h8Q Ke6-f5 52.Qh8-h3+ Kf5-e4 53.Qh3-g4+ Ke4-d5 54.Qg4-d7+ Kd5-e4 55.Qd7-h7+ Ke4-d5 56.Qh7-g8+ Kd5-c6 57.Qg8-e6+ Kc6-c5 58.Qe6-d6+ Kc5-b5 59.Qd6-d5+ Kb5-b6 60.g2-g4 Qa1-e1 61.Qd5-d4+ Kb6-c7 62.g4-g5 Qe1-e2+ 63.Kh2-g3 Qe2-e1+ 64.Kg3-g4 Qe1-e2+ 65.Kg4-f5 Qe2-f3+ 66.Kf5-g6 Qf3-c6+ 67.Qd4-d6+ 2.32/18 ] 46.f4xe5 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 46.f4xe5 a4-a3 47.Bb7-c8 Kg8-f7 48.h5-h6 a3-a2 49.Bc8xe6+ Kf7xe6 50.h6-h7 a2-a1Q 51.h7-h8Q Ke6-f5 52.Qh8-h5+ Kf5-e6 53.Qh5-e8+ Ke6-d5 54.Qe8-g8+ Kd5-c6 55.Qg8-e6+ Kc6-c5 56.Qe6-d6+ Kc5-b5 57.Qd6-d5+ Kb5-b6 58.g2-g4 Qa1-e1 59.Qd5-d4+ Kb6-b5 60.g4-g5 Qe1-e2+ 61.Kh2-g3 Qe2-e1+ 62.Kg3-g4 Qe1-e2+ 63.Kg4-f5 Qe2-f3+ 64.Qd4-f4 Qf3-h3+ 65.Qf4-g4 Qh3-f1+ 66.Kf5-e6 Qf1-c1 67.Ke6-f6 2.22/18 ] 46...a4-a3 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 46...a4-a3 47.Bb7-c8 Kg8-f7 48.h5-h6 a3-a2 49.Bc8xe6+ Kf7xe6 50.h6-h7 a2-a1Q 51.h7-h8Q Ke6-f5 52.Qh8-h5+ Kf5-e6 53.Qh5-e8+ Ke6-d5 54.Qe8-g8+ Kd5-c6 55.Qg8-c8+ Kc6-d5 56.Qc8-d7+ Kd5-e4 57.Qd7-b7+ Ke4-d4 58.e5-e6 Qa1-e1 59.Qb7-g7+ Kd4-d5 60.Qg7-f6 Kd5-d6 61.Qf6-f8+ Kd6-d5 62.Qf8-f5+ Kd5-c6 63.Qf5-f3+ Kc6-c5 64.e6-e7 Qe1-e5+ 65.g2-g3 Kc5-d6 66.Qf3-f7 Qe5-h8+ 67.Kh2-g2 Qh8-b2+ 68.Kg2-f3 Qb2-c3+
272 69.Kf3-g4 Qc3-b4+ 70.Kg4-g5 Qb4-d2+ 71.Kg5-g6 Qd2-d3+ 72.Kg6-h6 Qd3-e3+ 2.19/19 ] 47.Bb7-c8 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 47.Bb7-c8 Kg8-f7 48.h5-h6 a3-a2 49.Bc8xe6+ Kf7xe6 50.h6-h7 a2-a1Q 51.h7-h8Q Ke6-f5 52.Qh8-h5+ Kf5-e6 53.Qh5-e8+ Ke6-d5 54.Qe8-g8+ Kd5-c6 55.Qg8-c8+ Kc6-d5 56.Qc8-d7+ Kd5-e4 57.Qd7-b7+ Ke4-d4 58.e5-e6 Qa1-e1 59.Qb7-g7+ Kd4-d5 60.Qg7-f6 Kd5-d6 61.Qf6-f8+ Kd6-d5 62.Qf8-f5+ Kd5-c6 63.Qf5-f3+ Kc6-c5 64.e6-e7 Qe1-e5+ 65.g2-g3 Kc5-d6 66.Qf3-f7 Qe5-h8+ 67.Kh2-g2 Qh8-b2+ 68.Kg2-f3 Qb2-c3+ 69.Kf3-g4 Qc3-b4+ 70.Kg4-g5 Qb4-d2+ 71.Kg5-g6 Qd2-d3+ 72.Kg6-h6 Qd3-e3+ 2.16/20 ] 47...Kg8-f7 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 47...Kg8-f7 48.h5-h6 a3-a2 49.Bc8xe6+ Kf7xe6 50.h6-h7 a2-a1Q 51.h7-h8Q Ke6-f5 52.Qh8-f6+ Kf5-e4 53.Qf6-g6+ Ke4-d5 54.Qg6-f7+ Kd5-c6 55.Qf7-e6+ Kc6-c5 56.Qe6-d6+ Kc5-b5 57.Qd6-d5+ Kb5-b6 58.g2-g4 Qa1-e1 59.Qd5-d4+ Kb6-b5 60.g4-g5 Qe1-e2+ 61.Kh2-g3 Qe2-e1+ 62.Kg3-g4 Qe1-e2+ 63.Kg4-f5 Qe2-f3+ 64.Qd4-f4 Qf3-h3+ 65.Qf4-g4 Qh3-f1+ 66.Kf5-e6 Qf1-c1 67.Ke6-f6 2.20/21 ] 48.h5-h6 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 48.h5-h6 a3-a2 49.Bc8xe6+ Kf7xe6 50.h6-h7 a2-a1Q 51.h7-h8Q Ke6-f5 52.Qh8-h5+ Kf5-e6 53.Qh5-e8+ Ke6-d5 54.Qe8-g8+ Kd5-c6 55.Qg8-e6+ Kc6-c5 56.Qe6-d6+ Kc5-b5 57.Qd6-d5+ Kb5-b6 58.g2-g4 Qa1-c1 59.Qd5-d8+ Kb6-b5 60.Qd8-b8+ Kb5-a6 61.Qb8-a8+ Ka6-b6 62.Qa8-e4 Qc1-d2+ 63.Kh2-g3 Kb6-c7 64.Qe4-c4+ Kc7-d8 65.Qc4-g8+ Kd8-c7 66.Qg8-f7+ Kc7-b8 67.Qf7-f8+ Kb8-b7 68.Qf8-e7+ Kb7-c8 69.g4-g5
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67.Qg4-e2+ Kb5-c6 68.Qe2-e4+ Qd2-e1+ 70.Kg3-g4 Qe1-e4+ Kc6-c5 2.16/18 ] 50.h6-h7 71.Kg4-h5 Qe4-f3+ 72.Kh5-h6 Qf3-h1+ 73.Kh6-g7 2.16/22 ] [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 50.h6-h7 48...a3-a2 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: a2-a1Q 51.h7-h8Q Ke6-f5 48...a3-a2 49.Bc8xe6+ Kf7xe6 52.Qh8-h5+ Kf5-e6 53.Qh5-e8+ 50.h6-h7 a2-a1Q 51.h7-h8Q Ke6-f5 Ke6-d5 54.Qe8-g8+ Kd5-c6 52.Qh8-h5+ Kf5-e6 53.Qh5-e8+ 55.Qg8-e6+ Kc6-c5 56.Qe6-d6+ Ke6-d5 54.Qe8-g8+ Kd5-c6 Kc5-b5 57.Qd6-d5+ Kb5-b6 58.g2-g4 55.Qg8-e6+ Kc6-c5 56.Qe6-d6+ Qa1-c1 59.Qd5-d8+ Kb6-b5 Kc5-b5 57.Qd6-d5+ Kb5-b6 58.g2-g4 60.Qd8-b8+ Kb5-a6 61.Qb8-a8+ Qa1-c1 59.Qd5-d8+ Kb6-b5 Ka6-b6 62.Qa8-e4 Qc1-d2+ 60.Qd8-b8+ Kb5-a6 61.Qb8-a8+ 63.Kh2-g3 Kb6-c7 64.Qe4-c4+ Kc7-d8 Ka6-b6 62.Qa8-e4 Qc1-d2+ 65.Qc4-g8+ Kd8-c7 66.Qg8-f7+ 63.Kh2-g3 Kb6-c7 64.Qe4-c4+ Kc7-d8 Kc7-b8 67.Qf7-f8+ Kb8-b7 68.Qf8-e7+ 65.Qc4-g8+ Kd8-e7 66.Qg8-g7+ Kb7-c8 69.g4-g5 Qd2-e1+ 70.Kg3-g4 Ke7-e8 67.Qg7-g6+ Ke8-d7 Qe1-e4+ 71.Kg4-h5 Qe4-f3+ 68.Qg6-f7+ Kd7-c8 69.Qf7-f8+ Kc8-b7 72.Kh5-h6 Qf3-h1+ 73.Kh6-g7 2.11/19 70.Qf8-e7+ Kb7-c8 71.g4-g5 Qd2-e1+ ] 50...a2-a1Q [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 72.Kg3-g4 Qe1-e4+ 73.Kg4-h5 50...a2-a1Q 51.h7-h8Q Qa1-e1 Qe4-f3+ 74.Kh5-h6 Qf3-h1+ 52.Qh8-f6+ Ke6-d5 53.e5-e6 Kd5-d6 75.Kh6-g7 2.20/21 ] 49.Bc8xe6+! 54.Qf6-f8+ Kd6-d5 55.Qf8-f5+ Kd5-d6 takes home the point [Houdini 2.0c Pro 56.Qf5-f6 Qe1-e4 57.Kh2-h3 Qe4-h7+ x64: 49.Bc8xe6+ Kf7xe6 50.h6-h7 58.Kh3-g4 Qh7-h1 59.e6-e7+ Kd6-d7 a2-a1Q 51.h7-h8Q Ke6-d5 60.g2-g3 Qh1-g1 61.Qf6-f8 Qg1-d1+ 62.Kg4-g5 Qd1-d2+ 63.Kg5-g6 52.Qh8-g8+ Kd5-c6 53.Qg8-e6+ Kc6-c5 54.Qe6-d6+ Kc5-b5 Qd2-d6+ 64.Kg6-h5 Qd6-d5+ 65.Kh5-h4 Qd5-h1+ 66.Kh4-g5 55.Qd6-d5+ Kb5-b6 56.g2-g4 Qa1-e1 57.Qd5-d4+ Kb6-b5 58.g4-g5 Qh1-c1+ 67.Kg5-g6 Qc1-c6+ 68.Qf8-f6 Qc6-c4 69.Kg6-g7 Qc4-a4 Qe1-e2+ 59.Kh2-g3 Qe2-e1+ 60.Kg3-g4 Qe1-e2+ 61.Kg4-f5 70.Qf6-e5 Qa4-g4+ 71.Kg7-f8 2.12/20 Qe2-f3+ 62.Qd4-f4 Qf3-h3+ 63.Qf4-g4 ] 51.h7-h8Q [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: Qh3-f1+ 64.Kf5-e6 Qf1-c1 51.h7-h8Q Qa1-b2 52.Qh8-f6+ 65.Qg4-e2+ Kb5-c6 66.Qe2-e4+ Ke6-d5 53.Kh2-h3 Qb2-a1 54.Qf6-f7+ Kc6-c5 2.13/17 ] 49...Kf7xe6 Kd5-c6 55.Qf7-e6+ Kc6-c5 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 49...Kf7xe6 56.Qe6-d6+ Kc5-b5 57.Qd6-d5+ 50.h6-h7 a2-a1Q 51.h7-h8Q Ke6-f5 Kb5-b6 58.g2-g4 Qa1-c1 59.Qd5-d6+ 52.Qh8-h5+ Kf5-e6 53.Qh5-e8+ Kb6-b5 60.Qd6-b8+ Kb5-a6 Ke6-d5 54.Qe8-g8+ Kd5-c6 61.Qb8-b3 Qc1-f1+ 62.Kh3-g3 55.Qg8-e6+ Kc6-c5 56.Qe6-d6+ Qf1-g1+ 63.Kg3-f4 Qg1-f2+ 64.Kf4-g5 Kc5-b5 57.Qd6-d5+ Kb5-b6 58.g2-g4 Qf2-d2+ 65.Kg5-f6 Qd2-f2+ 2.14/16 ] Qa1-e1 59.Qd5-d4+ Kb6-b5 60.g4-g5 51...Ke6-d5 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 51...Qa1-b2 52.Qh8-f6+ Ke6-d5 Qe1-e2+ 61.Kh2-g3 Qe2-e1+ 53.Kh2-h3 Qb2-a1 54.Qf6-f7+ Kd5-c6 62.Kg3-g4 Qe1-e2+ 63.Kg4-f5 Qe2-f3+ 64.Qd4-f4 Qf3-h3+ 65.Qf4-g4 55.Qf7-e6+ Kc6-c5 56.Qe6-d6+ Kc5-b5 57.Qd6-d5+ Kb5-b6 58.g2-g4 Qh3-f1+ 66.Kf5-e6 Qf1-c1
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games Qa1-c1 59.Qd5-d6+ Kb6-b5 60.Qd6-b8+ Kb5-a6 61.Qb8-b3 Qc1-f1+ 62.Kh3-g3 Qf1-g1+ 63.Kg3-f4 Qg1-f2+ 64.Kf4-g5 Qf2-d2+ 65.Kg5-f6 Qd2-f2+ 2.37/17 ] 52.Qh8-g8+ [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 52.Qh8-g8+ Kd5-c6 53.Qg8-e6+ Kc6-c5 54.Qe6-d6+ Kc5-b5 55.Qd6-d5+ Kb5-b6 56.g2-g4 Qa1-c1 57.Qd5-d8+ Kb6-b5 58.Qd8-b8+ Kb5-a6 59.Qb8-a8+ Ka6-b6 60.Qa8-e4 Qc1-d2+ 61.Kh2-g3 Kb6-c7 62.Qe4-c4+ Kc7-d8 63.Qc4-g8+ Kd8-e7 64.Qg8-g7+ Ke7-e8 65.Qg7-g6+ Ke8-d7 66.Qg6-f7+ Kd7-c8 67.Qf7-f8+ Kc8-b7 68.Qf8-e7+ Kb7-c8 69.g4-g5 Qd2-e1+ 70.Kg3-f4 Qe1-f1+ 71.Kf4-g4 Qf1-d1+ 72.Kg4-f5 Qd1-f1+ 73.Kf5-g6 Qf1-b1+ 74.Kg6-g7 2.51/19 ] 52...Kd5-e4 [ 52...Kd5-c5 is no salvation 53.Qg8-c8+ Kc5-d5 54.Qc8-d7+ Kd5-c5 55.Qd7-e7+ Kc5-c6 56.Qe7-d6+ Kc6-b5 57.Qd6-d5+ Kb5-b6 58.e5-e6+- ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 52...Kd5-c5 53.Qg8-c8+ Kc5-b6 54.Qc8-b8+ Kb6-c6 55.Qb8-d6+ Kc6-b5 56.Qd6-d5+ Kb5-b6 57.g2-g4 Qa1-c1 58.Qd5-d8+ Kb6-b5 59.Qd8-b8+ Kb5-a6 60.Qb8-a8+ Ka6-b6 61.Qa8-e4 Qc1-d2+ 62.Kh2-g3 Kb6-c7 63.Qe4-c4+ Kc7-d8 64.Qc4-g8+ Kd8-c7 65.Qg8-f7+ Kc7-b8 66.Qf7-f8+ Kb8-b7 67.Qf8-e7+ Kb7-c8 68.g4-g5 Qd2-e1+ 69.Kg3-f4 Qe1-f1+ 70.Kf4-g4 Qf1-c4+ 71.Kg4-f5 Qc4-d3+ 72.Kf5-f6 Qd3-f1+ 73.Kf6-g7 2.59/19 ] 53.Qg8-g6+ [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 53.Qg8-g6+ Ke4-d5 54.Qg6-f7+ Kd5-c6 55.Qf7-e6+ Kc6-b5 56.Qe6-d5+ Kb5-b6 57.g2-g4 Qa1-c1 58.Qd5-d8+ Kb6-b5 59.Qd8-b8+ Kb5-a6 60.Qb8-a8+ Ka6-b6 61.Qa8-e4 Qc1-d2+ 62.Kh2-g3 Kb6-c7
274 63.Qe4-c4+ Kc7-d8 64.Qc4-g8+ Kd8-c7 65.Qg8-f7+ Kc7-b8 66.Qf7-f8+ Kb8-b7 67.Qf8-e7+ Kb7-c8 68.g4-g5 Qd2-e1+ 69.Kg3-f4 Qe1-f1+ 70.Kf4-g4 Qf1-c4+ 71.Kg4-f5 Qc4-d3+ 72.Kf5-f6 Qd3-f1+ 73.Kf6-g7 2.51/18 ] 53...Ke4-d5 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 53...Ke4-d5 54.Qg6-f7+ Kd5-c6 55.Qf7-e6+ Kc6-c5 56.Qe6-d6+ Kc5-b5 57.Qd6-d5+ Kb5-b6 58.g2-g4 Qa1-c1 59.Qd5-e4 Qc1-d2+ 60.Kh2-g3 Kb6-c7 61.Qe4-c4+ Kc7-d7 62.Qc4-f7+ Kd7-c8 63.Qf7-f8+ Kc8-b7 64.Qf8-e7+ Kb7-c8 65.g4-g5 Qd2-d3+ 66.Kg3-f4 Qd3-f1+ 67.Kf4-g4 Qf1-c4+ 68.Kg4-f5 Qc4-d3+ 69.Kf5-f6 Qd3-f1+ 70.Kf6-g7 2.59/17 ] 54.Qg6-f7+ [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 54.Qg6-f7+ Kd5-c6 55.Qf7-e6+ Kc6-b7 56.Qe6-d5+ Kb7-c8 57.e5-e6 Qa1-h8+ 58.Kh2-g1 Qh8-a1+ 59.Kg1-f2 Qa1-f6+ 60.Kf2-g3 Qf6-g7+ 61.Kg3-f4 Qg7-c7+ 62.Kf4-g4 Qc7-g7+ 63.Kg4-f3 Qg7-f6+ 64.Kf3-e3 Qf6-c3+ 65.Ke3-e4 Qc3-c2+ 66.Ke4-e5 Qc2-c7+ 67.Ke5-f6 Qc7-f4+ 68.Kf6-g6 Qf4-g4+ 69.Kg6-f7 Qg4-f4+ 70.Kf7-e7 2.52/18 ] 54...Kd5-e4 [ 54...Kd5-c6 cannot change destiny 55.e5-e6 Qa1-h8+ 56.Kh2-g3 Qh8-e5+ 57.Kg3-g4 Qe5-d4+ 58.Kg4-h5 Qd4-e5+ 59.Kh5-g6 Qe5-e4+ 60.Kg6-h6 Qe4-e3+ 61.Kh6-g7 Qe3-g5+ 62.Kg7-f8 Qg5-e5+- ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 54...Kd5-c6 55.Qf7-e6+ Kc6-b7 56.Qe6-d5+ Kb7-c8 57.e5-e6 Qa1-h8+ 58.Kh2-g1 Qh8-a1+ 59.Kg1-f2 Qa1-f6+ 60.Kf2-g3 Qf6-g7+ 61.Kg3-f4 Qg7-f6+ 62.Kf4-e3 Qf6-c3+ 63.Ke3-e4 Qc3-c2+ 64.Ke4-e5 Qc2-c7+ 65.Ke5-f6 Qc7-f4+ 66.Kf6-g6 Qf4-g4+ 67.Kg6-f7 Qg4-f4+ 68.Kf7-e7 Qf4-b4+ 2.26/17 ] 55.Qf7-g6+
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games [ 55.e5-e6 and the result of the game is clear: White will win Qa1-e5+ 56.Kh2-h3 Qe5-h8+ 57.Kh3-g3+- ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 55.e5-e6 Qa1-e1 56.Qf7-f6 Ke4-d5 57.e6-e7 Kd5-c5 58.Qf6-g5+ Kc5-c6 59.Qg5-g6+ Kc6-d7 60.e7-e8R Qe1xe8 61.Qg6xe8+ Kd7xe8 62.Kh2-g3 Ke8-f7 63.Kg3-h4 Kf7-g6 64.Kh4-g4 Kg6-f6 65.Kg4-h5 Kf6-e5 66.g2-g4 Ke5-d4 67.g4-g5 6.20/15 ] 55...Ke4-d5 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 55...Ke4-d5 0.06/16 ] 56.Qg6-f7+ [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 56.Qg6-f5 Qa1-b2 57.Qf5-f7+ Kd5-c6 58.Qf7-e6+ Kc6-b7 59.Qe6-d5+ Kb7-b6 60.e5-e6 Qb2-h8+ 61.Kh2-g3 Qh8-g7+ 62.Kg3-f3 Qg7-f6+ 63.Kf3-e3 Qf6-c3+ 64.Ke3-e4 Qc3-e1+ 65.Ke4-f4 Qe1-f2+ 66.Qd5-f3 Qf2-b2 67.Kf4-f5 Qb2-b1+ 68.Kf5-f6 Qb1-a1+ 2.13/17 ] 56...Kd5-e4 [ 56...Kd5-c6 the last chance for counterplay 57.e5-e6 Qa1-h8+ 58.Kh2-g3 Qh8-e5+ 59.Kg3-g4 Qe5-d4+ 60.Qf7-f4 Qd4-g7+ 61.Qf4-g5 Qg7-d4+ 62.Kg4-f5 Qd4-c3+- ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 56...Kd5-e4 57.e5-e6 Qa1-e1 58.Qf7-f6 Ke4-d5 59.e6-e7 Kd5-c5 60.Qf6-g5+ Kc5-c6 61.Qg5-g6+ Kc6-d7 62.e7-e8R Qe1xe8 63.Qg6xe8+ Kd7xe8 64.Kh2-g3 Ke8-f7 65.Kg3-h4 Kf7-g6 66.Kh4-g4 Kg6-f6 67.Kg4-h5 Kf6-f7 68.Kh5-g5 Kf7-f8 69.Kg5-f6 Kf8-e8 70.g2-g4 Ke8-f8 0.06/15 ] 57.e5-e6 [Houdini 2. 0c Pro x64: 57.e5-e6 Qa1-e1 58.Qf7-f6 Ke4-d5 59.e6-e7 Kd5-c5 60.Qf6-g5+ Kc5-c6 61.Qg5-g6+ Kc6-d7 62.e7-e8R Qe1xe8 63.Qg6xe8+ Kd7xe8 64.Kh2-g3 Ke8-f7 65.Kg3-h4 Kf7-g6 66.Kh4-g4 Kg6-f6 67.Kg4-h5 Kf6-f7 68.Kh5-g5 Kf7-f8 69.Kg5-f6 Kf8-e8 70.g2-g4
275 Ke8-f8 6.47/16 ] 57...Qa1-h8+ [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 57...Qa1-e1 58.Qf7-f6 Ke4-d5 59.e6-e7 Kd5-c5 60.Qf6-g5+ Kc5-c6 61.Qg5-g6+ Kc6-d7 62.e7-e8R Qe1xe8 63.Qg6xe8+ Kd7xe8 64.Kh2-g3 Ke8-f7 65.Kg3-h4 Kf7-g6 66.Kh4-g4 Kg6-f6 67.Kg4-h5 Kf6-f7 68.g2-g4 Kf7-f6 69.Kh5-h6 Kf6-f7 70.g4-g5 Kf7-g8 71.Kh6-g6 Kg8-f8 72.Kg6-h7 Kf8-f7 73.g5-g6+ Kf7-f6 74.g6-g7 Kf6-f5 75.g7-g8Q 6.54/17 ] 58.Kh2-g3 [ 58.Kh2-g3 Ke4-e3 59.e6-e7 Qh8-e5+ 60.Kg3-g4 Qe5-d4+ 61.Kg4-h5 Qd4-e5+ 62.Kh5-h6 Qe5-h2+ 63.Kh6-g7 Qh2xg2+ 64.Kg7-f8+- ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 58.Kh2-g3 Qh8-b8+ 59.Kg3-g4 Qb8-c8 60.Qf7-f5+ Ke4-d4 61.e6-e7 Qc8-e8 62.Kg4-g5 Qe8xe7+ 63.Qf5-f6+ Qe7-e5+ 64.Qf6xe5+ Kd4xe5 65.g2-g3 Ke5-e6 66.g3-g4 Ke6-f7 67.Kg5-h6 Kf7-f8 68.Kh6-g6 Kf8-e8 69.Kg6-f6 Ke8-f8 70.g4-g5 Kf8-g8 7.08/15 ] 1-0
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C45
Liviu Dieter Nisipeanu Vassily Ivanchuk Ch World FIDE (play-off), (US (4)
1999
C45: Scotch Game 1.e2-e4 e7-e5 2.Ng1-f3 Nb8-c6 3.d2-d4 e5xd4 4.Nf3xd4 Diagram (Diagram 1051) Bf8-c5 5.Nd4xc6 Qd8-f6 6.Qd1-d2 d7xc6 7.Nb1-c3 Qf6-e7 8.Bf1-e2 [ RR 8.Qd2-g5 Ng8-f6 (RR 8...f7-f6 9.Qg5-g3 Bc8-e6 10.Bf1-d3 0-0-0 11.Bc1-d2 h7-h5 12.h2-h4 Ng8-h6 13.f2-f3 Nh6-f7 14.0-0-0 Nf7-e5
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
r+lqklnr pppp+ppp +n+ + + + + + + + NP+ + + + + + PPP+ PPP RNLQKL+R
276 14.Qd2xf2 1-0 1051
15.Bd3-e2 Be6-c4 16.Qg3-e1 Bc5-d4 17.Kc1-b1 Qe7-c5 18.Bd2-c1 Rh8-e8 19.Be2xc4 Ne5xc4 20.Nc3-e2 Bd4xb2 21.Bc1xb2 Qc5-b5 22.Qe1-c3 Nc4xb2 23.Rd1xd8+ Cernousek,L (2411)Ivanov,M (2450)/Brno 2007/CBM 119 ext/0-1 (44) ) 9.Bc1-e3 Bc5xe3 10.Qg5xe3 Bc8-e6 11.h2-h3 Nf6-d7 12.Bf1-e2 f7-f6 13.0-0-0 0-0 14.Kc1-b1 Rf8-e8 15.Be2-h5 Re8-d8 16.Nc3-e2 Kg8-h8 17.Bh5-g4 Nd7-e5 18.Bg4xe6 Qe7xe6 19.b2-b3 a7-a5 20.Rd1xd8+ Ra8xd8 21.Qe3-a7 Ne5-f7 22.Ne2-c3 Qe6-e5 Leko,P (2694)-Svidler,P (2713)/Linares 1999/CBM 070/½-½ ] 8...Ng8-f6 9.0-0 Nf6xe4N [RR 9...Bc8-e6 10.e4-e5 Nf6-d7 11.Qd2-f4 h7-h6 12.Nc3-a4 0-0-0 13.Na4xc5 Qe7xc5 14.Bc1-e3 Qc5xe5 15.Qf4xe5 Nd7xe5 16.Be3xa7 Rd8-d2 17.Rf1-e1 Be6-c4 18.Be2xc4 Ne5xc4 19.b2-b3 Nc4-a3 20.c2-c4 b7-b6 21.c4-c5 b6-b5 22.Re1-e7 Rd2-d7 23.Ra1-e1 Rh8-d8 24.Re7xd7 Juan-Vasta,E (2367)/Dos Hermanas 2003/EXT 2004/0-1 (50) ] 10.Nc3xe4 Qe7xe4 11.Rf1-e1 0-0 12.Be2-d3 Qe4-d5 13.b2-b4 Bc5xf2+ last book move last book move
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A04
Veselin Topalov Vassily Ivanchuk XVI Ciudad de 99 (13)
09.03.1999
A30: Symmetrical English: Double Fianchetto and Hedgehog 1.Ng1-f3 c7-c5 2.c2-c4 Nb8-c6 3.d2-d4 c5xd4 4.Nf3xd4 Diagram
r+lqklnr pp+ppppp +n+ + + + + + + +PN + + + + + + PP +PPPP RNLQKL+R
1052
e7-e6 5.g2-g3 Bf8-b4+ 6.Nb1-c3 Qd8-a5 7.Nd4-b5 d7-d5 [RR 7...Ng8-f6 8.a2-a3 Bb4xc3+ 9.Nb5xc3 Nf6-e4 10.Bc1-d2 Qa5-f5 11.f2-f4 Ne4xc3 12.Bd2xc3 Qf5-e4 13.Rh1-g1 Qe4-e3 14.Rg1-g2 0-0 15.Qd1-d6 b7-b6 16.g3-g4 Bc8-a6 17.Rg2-g3 Qe3-c5 18.Qd6xc5 b6xc5 19.e2-e4 f7-f6 20.0-0-0 e6-e5 21.Rd1-d6 e5xf4 22.Rg3-f3 Ivanchuk,V (2741)-Eljanov,P (2658)/Fuegen 2006/CBM 115/1-0 (41) ] 8.a2-a3 Bb4xc3+ 9.b2xc3N [ RR 9.Nb5xc3 d5-d4 10.b2-b4 Nc6xb4 11.a3xb4 Qa5xa1 12.Nc3-b5 Ng8-f6 13.Nb5-c7+ Ke8-e7 14.Nc7xa8 Bc8-d7 15.Bf1-g2 Rh8xa8 16.0-0 Qa1-c3 17.b4-b5 Qc3xc4 18.Bc1-a3+
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
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Ke7-e8 19.Bg2xb7 Ra8-b8 20.Bb7-c6 Nf6-d5 21.Bc6xd5 Qc4xd5 22.Qd1-a4 Rb8xb5 23.Qa4xa7 f7-f6 Lerner,K (2550)-Huzman,A (2390)/Kujbyshev 1986/MCL/0-1 (41) ] 9...Ng8-f6 10.Bf1-g2 0-0 11.Qd1-b3 d5xc4 12.Qb3xc4 e6-e5 13.Nb5-d6 Bc8-e6 14.Qc4-d3 e5-e4 15.Nd6xe4 Nf6xe4 16.Bg2xe4 Diagram
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+ r rk+ pp+ +ppp + +l+ + q + + + + +L+ + P P + P Q +KP P R L + +R
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Ra8-d8 17.Qd3-c2 Nc6-d4 18.Qc2-b2 last book move last book move Nd4xe2 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 18...Nd4xe2 19.Ke1xe2 Rf8-e8 20.f2-f3 f7-f5 21.Be4xb7 Qa5xc3 22.Ke2-f1 Be6-c4+ 23.Kf1-g2 Re8-e2+ 24.Qb2xe2 Bc4xe2 27.Ra2-f2 Qc3xa3 28.Rh1-c1 Qa3-b3 25.Ra1-a2 Be2-b5 26.Bc1-f4 Bb5-c4 29.Bb7-c6 Bc4-b5 30.Bc6-b7 -1.26/15 27.Ra2-f2 Qc3xa3 28.Rh1-c1 Qa3-b3 ] 19...Rf8-e8 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 29.Bb7-c6 Bc4-b5 30.Rf2-d2 Rd8xd2+ 19...Rf8-e8 Diagram 31.Bf4xd2 Bb5xc6 32.Rc1xc6 -1.27/16 Diagram (Diagram 1056) (Diagram 1054) ] 19.Ke1xe2 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 19.Ke1xe2 Diagram Rf8-e8 20.f2-f3 f7-f5 21.Be4xb7 Qa5xc3 22.Ke2-f1 Be6-c4+ 23.Kf1-g2 Re8-e2+ 24.Qb2xe2 Bc4xe2 25.Ra1-a2 Be2-b5 26.Bc1-f4 Bb5-c4
20.f2-f3 f7-f5 21.Be4xb7 Qa5xc3 22.Ke2-f1 Be6-c4+ 23.Kf1-g2 Re8-e2+ 24.Qb2xe2 Bc4xe2 25.Ra1-a2 Be2-b5 26.Bc1-g5 Bb5-c4 27.Ra2-f2 Rd8-d4 28.Bg5-c1 Qc3-b3 29.Bb7-c6 Bc4-b5 -1.09/14 ] 20.Qb2-b4 [ 20.f2-f3 f7-f5 21.Qb2-b4 Qa5-a6+ 22.Ke2-f2 f5xe4 23.Bc1-f4
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
+ rr+k+ pp+ +ppp + +l+ + q + + + + +L+ + P P + P Q +KP P R L + +R
278
1056
e4xf3 24.Rh1-e1-+ ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 20.f2-f3 f7-f5 21.Be4xb7 Qa5xc3 22.Ke2-f1 Be6-c4+ 23.Kf1-g2 Re8-e2+ 24.Qb2xe2 Bc4xe2 25.Ra1-a2 Be2-b5 26.Ra2-b2 Bb5-a4 27.Rb2-f2 Ba4-c6 28.Bb7xc6 Qc3xc6 29.Rh1-e1 Rd8-d3 30.Bc1-b2 Kg8-f7 -1.21/13 ] 20...Qa5-h5+ [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 20...Qa5-h5+ 21.f2-f3 f7-f5 22.Ke2-f2 f5xe4 23.Qb4xe4 Be6-d5 24.Qe4-g4 Qh5xg4 25.f3xg4 Bd5xh1 26.Bc1-f4 Bh1-d5 27.Bf4-e3 b7-b6 28.Ra1-c1 Re8-f8+ 29.Kf2-g1 Bd5-f3 30.g4-g5 Rd8-d1+ 31.Rc1xd1 Bf3xd1 32.Be3-f4 Kg8-f7 33.Kg1-f2 Bd1-g4 -6.42/13 Diagram (Diagram 1057) ] 21.f2-f3 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 21.f2-f3 f7-f5 22.Ke2-f2 f5xe4 23.Qb4xe4 Be6-d5 24.Qe4-g4 Qh5xg4 25.f3xg4 Bd5xh1 26.Bc1-f4 Bh1-d5 27.Bf4-e3 b7-b6 28.Ra1-c1 Re8-f8+ 29.Kf2-g1 Bd5-f3 30.g4-g5 Rd8-d1+ 31.Rc1xd1 Bf3xd1 32.Be3-f4 Kg8-f7 33.Kg1-f2 Bd1-g4 -6.46/14 ] 21...f7-f5 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 21...f7-f5 22.Qb4-a5 Qh5-h3 23.Ke2-f2 f5xe4 24.Bc1-g5 e4xf3
+ + r + p + +kpp p + + + + + + P + + Ll+ P P + P + + K P + + + +
+ rr+k+ pp+ +ppp + +l+ + + + + +q Q +L+ + P P +PP + +K+ P R L + +R
1057
1058
25.Ra1-g1 Rd8-d5 26.Qa5-a4 Re8-f8 27.Bg5-f4 Rd5-d3 28.Qa4-e4 Rd3xc3 29.a3-a4 b7-b6 30.a4-a5 Be6-c4 31.a5xb6 a7xb6 32.Qe4-e7 Bc4-d5 -4.74/11 ] (Diagram 1059) 22.g3-g4 [ 22.Qb4-a5 Rd8-d5 23.Be4xd5 Be6xd5+ Diagram 24.Ke2-d2 Qh5xf3 25.Rh1-e1 Qf3-g2+ 26.Kd2-d3 Re8xe1 27.Qa5-d8+ Kg8-f7 28.Qd8-c7+ Kf7-g6 29.Qc7xg7+ Kg6xg7 30.Bc1-h6+ Kg7xh6 31.Ra1xe1
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
+ rr+k+ pp+ + pp + +l+ + + + +p+q Q +L+ + P P +PP + +K+ P R L + +R
+ +r+k+ pp+ + pp + + + + Q +l+p+q + + + + P P +PP + +K+ P R L + +R
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Bd5-e4+ 32.Kd3-c4 Qg2-a2+ 33.Kc4-b4 Qa2-b2+ 34.Kb4-c4 b7-b5+ 35.Kc4-c5 Diagram (Diagram 1061) Qb2xc3+ 36.Kc5-d6 Qc3xe1 37.Kd6-e6-+ ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 22.Be4-d3 Be6-d5+ 23.Ke2-d1 Qh5xf3+ 24.Kd1-c2 Qf3xh1 25.a3-a4 Qh1xh2+ 26.Kc2-b1 Qh2xg3 27.Bd3xf5 Re8-e1 28.Bf5-c2 Qg3-f2 29.Bc2-b3 Qf2-d2 30.Bb3xd5+ Diagram Rd8xd5 31.Qb4-b2 h7-h5 32.Ra1-a2
+ + + + p + + +p + + + k +pK +p+ + +l+ + P P + P q + + P + + R +
+ r +k+ pp+ + pp + + + + + +L+ + PQ + + + + P + + + q + + RKL r +
1061
1062
Qd2xb2+ 33.Ra2xb2 b7-b6 -5.71/13 ] 22...Qh5-h3 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 22...Qh5-h3 23.g4xf5 Be6xf5 24.Rh1-f1 Re8xe4+ 25.Qb4xe4 Bf5xe4 26.Rf1-f2 Be4-d3+ 27.Ke2-d1 Bd3-g6+ Diagram (Diagram 1063) 28.Bc1-d2 Qh3-h4 29.Rf2-g2 Qh4-f4 30.Kd1-e1 Qf4xf3 31.Rg2xg6 Qf3-e4+ 32.Bd2-e3 Qe4xe3+ -10.60/11 ] 23.g4xf5 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 23.g4xf5 Be6xf5 24.Rh1-f1 Re8xe4+ 25.Qb4xe4 Diagram
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
+ r +k+ pp+ + pp + + +l+ + + + + + + + + P P +P+q + + R P R LK+ +
+ r +k+ pp+ + pp + + + + + + +l+ + +Q+ + P P +P+q + +K+ P R L +R+
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+ r +k+ pp+ + pp + + + + + + +l+ + +Q+ + P P +P+q + +K+ P R L +R+
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Rd8xd2+ 34.Rb2xd2 Bg6-h5+ 35.Kd1-c2 Qf1xe1 36.Rd2-d8+ Kg8-f7 37.Rd8-d7+ Diagram 1064
Bf5xe4 26.Rf1-f2 Be4-d3+ 27.Ke2-d1 Bd3-g6+ 28.Bc1-d2 Qh3-h4 29.Rf2-g2 Qh4-f4 30.Kd1-c1 Qf4xf3 31.Rg2xg6 h7xg6 32.Ra1-a2 Qf3-h1+ 33.Kc1-c2 Qh1xh2 34.Kc2-c1 -11.36/12 ] 23...Be6xf5 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 23...Be6xf5 24.Rh1-f1 Re8xe4+ 25.Qb4xe4 Diagram
+ + + + pp+R+kpp + + + + + + + +l + + + + P P + + +K+ + P + + q +
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Kf7-f6 -11.54/12 ] (Diagram 1067) 24.Qb4-c4+ [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 24.Ke2-f2 Diagram
(Diagram 1065) (Diagram 1068) Bf5xe4 26.Rf1-f2 Be4-d3+ 27.Ke2-d1 Bd3-g6+ 28.Bc1-d2 Qh3-h4 29.Rf2-g2 Qh4-f4 30.Ra1-a2 Qf4xf3+ 31.Rg2-e2 Qf3-f5 32.Ra2-b2 Qf5-f1+ 33.Re2-e1
Bf5xe4 25.Qb4-c4+ Kg8-h8 26.Qc4-e2 Be4-d3 27.Qe2xe8+ Rd8xe8 28.Ra1-a2 Bd3-f1 29.Rh1-g1
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
+ rr+k+ pp+ + pp + + + + + + +l+ Q +L+ + P P +P+q + +K+ P R L + +R
+ rr+k+ pp+ + pp + + + + + + +l+ Q +L+ + P P +P+q + + K P R L + +R
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+ +r+ k pp+ + pp + + + + + + + + + + + + P P +P+q R+ + K P + L +lR
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+ rr+ k pp+ + pp + + + + + + +l+ +Q+L+ + P P +P+q + +K+ P R L + +R
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Diagram
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32.Kf1-g1 Qe2-d1+ 33.Kg1-h2 Qd1xc1 34.Kh2-g2 Qc1xc3 35.a3-a4 Qc3-c2+ 36.Kg2-h3 Qc2xa4 -15.78/12 Diagram
(Diagram 1069) Qh3xh2+ 30.Kf2xf1 Qh2xa2 31.Rg1-g2 Qa2-c4+ 32.Kf1-g1 Re8-e1+ 33.Kg1-f2 Re1xc1 34.Kf2-g3 Qc4xc3 35.a3-a4 Rc1-f1 36.Kg3-h4 Qc3-f6+ 37.Rg2-g5 Rf1xf3 -16.33/14 ] 24...Kg8-h8 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 24...Kg8-h8 Diagram 25.Ke2-f2 Bf5xe4 26.Qc4-e2 Be4-d3 27.Qe2xe8+ Rd8xe8 28.Ra1-a2 Bd3-f1 29.Rh1-g1 Qh3xh2+ 30.Kf2xf1 Qh2xa2 31.Rg1-g3 Qa2-e2+
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(Diagram 1071) ] (Diagram 1072) 25.Rh1-e1 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 25.Ke2-f2 Diagram Bf5xe4 26.Qc4-e2 Be4-d3 27.Qe2xe8+ Rd8xe8 28.Ra1-a2
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
+ +r+ k pp+ + pp + + + + + + + + q+ + + + + + +PRK + + + + + + + +
+ rr+ k pp+ + pp + + + + + + +l+ +Q+L+ + P P +P+q + +K+ P R L + +R
+ rr+ k pp+ + pp + + + + + + +l+ +Q+L+ + P P +P+q + + K P R L + +R
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Qh2xa2 31.Rg1-g2 Qa2-c4+ 32.Kf1-g1 Re8-e1+ 33.Kg1-f2 Re1xc1 34.Kf2-g3 Qc4xc3 35.a3-a4 Rc1-f1 36.Kg3-h4 Qc3-f6+ 37.Rg2-g5 Rf1xf3 -16.33/14 ] 25...Re8xe4+! Diagram [ 25...Re8xe4+ 26.Qc4xe4 Qh3xh2+ 27.Ke2-e3 Bf5xe4-+ ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 25...Bf5xe4 26.Qc4xe4 Re8xe4+ 27.f3xe4 Qh3xh2+ 28.Ke2-f3 Rd8-f8+ 29.Kf3-e3 Qh2-f2+ 30.Ke3-d3 Qf2xe1 31.Bc1-e3 Qe1xa1 32.Be3-d4 Qa1xa3 33.e4-e5 Qa3-b3 34.Kd3-d2 h7-h5 35.Bd4-e3 Qb3-e6 36.Be3-d4 h5-h4 37.Bd4-c5 Rf8-d8+ Diagram
+ r + k pp+ + p + +q+ + + L P + + + + p + P + + + K + + + + + + 38.Bc5-d4 Qe6xe5 39.Kd2-c2 Qe5-f5+ Diagram (Diagram 1075)
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Bd3-f1 29.Rh1-g1 Qh3xh2+ 30.Kf2xf1
40.Kc2-d2 -20.03/14 ] (Diagram 1076) Mate attack 0-1
1074
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
+ r + k pp+ + p + + + + + + +q+ + L + p + P + + +K+ + + + + + +
+ r + k pp+ + pp + + + + + + +l+ +Q+r+ + P P +P+q + +K+ P R L R +
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rnlqk+ r ppppp lp + + np+ + + +p+ + + + + +P+ +NP P+PPPPLP RNLQK +R
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g6-g5 last book move last book move [ RR 11...Qe8-f7 12.Bb2-c3 g6-g5 13.e2-e4 f5xe4 14.Nd2xe4 Bc8-g4 15.Ne4xf6+ e7xf6 16.d4-d5 c6-c5 17.Nf3-d2 Ra8-e8 18.Nd2-e4 Bg4-f5 19.g3-g4 Bf5-h7 20.Qc2-d3 Re8-e5 21.f2-f4 g5xf4 22.Rf1xf4 f6-f5 23.Qd3-g3 Qf7-g6 24.Bc3xe5 Bg7xe5 25.Re1-f1 b7-b6 26.Rf4xf5 Lputian,S (2630)-Malaniuk,V (2615)/Kropotkin 1995/CBM 047/1-0 (41) ] 12.a2-a3 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 12.Bb2-a3 Diagram (Diagram 1078)
Bc8-e6 13.e2-e4 f5xe4 14.Nd2xe4 20 A04 Qe8-g6 15.Ne4xf6+ Qg6xf6 Vassily Ivanchuk 16.Qc2-e4 Na6-c7 17.Ba3-b2 Qf6-f5 Christian Braun 18.Qe4-e2 b7-b5 19.Bb2-c3 b5xc4 Frankfurt Simul 19.06.2000 20.b3xc4 0.43/13 ;RR 12.e2-e4 f5xe4 13.Nd2xe4 Nf6xe4 14.Qc2xe4 Rf8-f7 A87: Dutch Defence: Leningrad 15.Bb2-c3 Bc8-f5 16.Qe4-e3 Qe8-d7 System: 5 Nf3 17.d4-d5 c6-c5 18.Bc3xg7 Kg8xg7 1.Ng1-f3 f7-f5 2.g2-g3 Ng8-f6 19.h2-h4 g5-g4 20.Nf3-d2 Na6-b4 3.Bf1-g2 g7-g6 4.b2-b3 Bf8-g7 21.f2-f3 Nb4-c2 22.Qe3-c3+ Kg7-g8 Diagram 23.Re1-e2 Nc2-d4 24.Re2-f2 Bf5-g6 5.Bc1-b2 0-0 6.0-0 d7-d6 7.d2-d4 25.Qc3-e3 Nd4-f5 26.Qe3-e6 Qd7xe6 Qd8-e8 8.c2-c4 c7-c6 9.Nb1-d2 Sorokin,M (2517)-Potapov,P (2384)/ h7-h6 10.Qd1-c2 Nb8-a6 11.Ra1-e1 Dresden 2007/CBM 118/1-0 (50) ]
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
r+l+qrk+ pp+ p l n+pp n p + + +pp +PP + + LP+ +NP P+QNPPLP + + RRK
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12...Qe8-g6N [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 12...Na6-c7 Diagram
r+l+qrk+ ppn p l +pp n p + + +pp +PP + + PP+ +NP LQNPPLP + + RRK
1079
13.b3-b4 Diagram [ 13.c4-c5 Nf6-d5 ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 13.c4-c5 Bc8-e6 14.Nd2-c4 Ra8-d8 15.c5xd6 e7xd6 16.Nf3-d2 Na6-c7 17.Nc4-a5 Rd8-b8 18.Nd2-c4 Rf8-d8 Diagram
r r +k+ ppn + l +pplnqp N + +pp +NP + + PP+ + P LQ+PPLP + + RRK
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19.f2-f3 Nc7-d5 20.e2-e4 f5xe4 21.f3xe4 Rd8-d7 22.Rf1-f2 0.44/14 ]
r+l+ rk+ pp+ p l n+pp nqp + + +pp PPP + + P + +NP LQNPPLP + + RRK
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13.e2-e3 Qe8-f7 14.Nd2-b1 Bc8-d7 15.Nb1-c3 a7-a5 16.Nf3-d2 g5-g4 17.Qc2-d3 Ra8-c8 18.b3-b4 a5xb4 19.a3xb4 0.19/13 ;RR 12...Qe8-h5 13.e2-e3 Na6-c7 14.b3-b4 Bc8-d7 15.Nd2-b3 Rf8-f7 16.Qc2-d1 Nf6-e4 13...Na6-c7 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 17.Nf3-d2 Qh5xd1 18.Re1xd1 Ne4xd2 13...Bc8-e6 14.Nd2-b3 Ra8-b8 19.Rd1xd2 f5-f4 20.e3xf4 g5xf4 15.Nf3-d2 g5-g4 16.e2-e4 f5xe4 21.Rf1-e1 Ra8-f8 22.g3xf4 Bg7-f6 17.Nd2xe4 Na6-c7 18.Ne4xf6+ 23.d4-d5 Rf7-g7 24.Bb2xf6 Rf8xf6 Qg6xf6 19.Bg2-e4 d6-d5 20.c4xd5 25.Re1-e3 Rf6xf4 26.Nb3-a5 c6xd5 Be6xd5 21.Nb3-c5 Nc7-b5 27.c4xd5 Arkhangelsky,M (2295)-Anic, 22.Be4xd5+ c6xd5 23.Nc5-e6 0.46/14 D (2415)/Paris 1993/TD/0-1 (41) ] ] 14.e2-e3 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64:
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
285
14.a3-a4 Bc8-d7 15.Re1-a1 Ra8-e8 16.e2-e3 Re8-c8 17.Nd2-b3 b7-b6 18.Nf3-d2 g5-g4 19.Qc2-d3 Nc7-a6 20.Bb2-c3 Na6-c7 21.b4-b5 0.42/14 ] 14...Bc8-d7 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 14...a7-a5 15.b4xa5 Ra8xa5 16.c4-c5 Bc8-e6 17.Nd2-c4 Be6xc4 18.Qc2xc4+ Qg6-f7 19.Qc4-c2 Nf6-e4 20.Nf3-d2 Diagram
+ + rk+ +pn pql +pp + p r P +pp + Pn+ + P + P P LQN PLP + + RRK
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Ne4xd2 21.Qc2xd2 Ra5-b5 22.a3-a4 Rb5-b3 23.c5xd6 e7xd6 24.Qd2-c2 Rf8-a8 0.21/13 ] 15.Re1-e2 [ 15.Qc2-b3 Bd7-e6$ Diagram
r+ + rk+ ppn p l +pplnqp + + +pp PPP + + PQ+ PNP L N PLP + + RRK
r+ + +k+ ppnlprl +pp nqp + + +pp PPP + + P + PNP LQNRPLP + + +RK
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(Diagram 1083) 16.c4-c5 Diagram ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 15.Nd2-b3 b7-b6 16.Nf3-d2 Ra8-c8 17.a3-a4 g5-g4 18.h2-h3 g4xh3 19.Bg2xh3 Nf6-g4 20.Bh3-g2 Qg6-h5 21.Nd2-f3 a7-a5 22.b4xa5 0.40/12 ] 15...Rf8-f7 Diagram [ 15...a7-a5 16.b4xa5 Ra8xa5 17.a3-a4= ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 15...Ra8-c8 16.a3-a4 Qg6-f7 17.Nf3-e1 Qf7-h5 18.Ne1-f3 Bd7-e6 19.Rf1-e1 Qh5-g6 20.e3-e4 f5-f4 21.d4-d5 c6xd5 22.c4xd5 Nc7-a6 0.16/13 ] 16.Rf1-e1 Diagram [ 16.Rf1-c1 Ra8-c8$ ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64:
(Diagram 1085) Bd7-e6 Be6-d5 Bd5xg2 Ra8-c8
17.Nd2-c4 Nf6-e4 18.Nf3-d2 19.a3-a4 Ne4xd2 20.Nc4xd2 21.Kg1xg2 Nc7-d5 22.b4-b5 23.c5xd6 e7xd6 0.37/13 ] (Diagram 1086)
16...Ra8-f8 Diagram [ 16...a7-a5 17.b4xa5 Ra8xa5 18.c4-c5$ ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 16...Ra8-c8 17.a3-a4 b7-b6 18.Qc2-b3 Nf6-e4
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
r+ + +k+ ppnlprl +pp nqp + P +pp P P + + P + PNP LQNRPLP + + +RK
r+ + +k+ ppnlprl +pp nqp + + +pp PPP + + P + PNP LQNRPLP + + R K
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19.b4-b5 Bg7-h8 20.Qb3-c2 Rf7-f8 21.h2-h4 a7-a6 22.Nd2xe4 f5xe4 23.b5xc6 Bd7xc6 24.h4xg5 h6xg5 0.22/13 ] (Diagram 1087) 17.h2-h3 Diagram [ 17.Nd2-b3 Nc7-e6$ ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 17.a3-a4 Qg6-h5 18.h2-h3 Qh5-g6 19.b4-b5 Rf8-c8 Diagram 20.Bb2-a1 c6xb5 21.a4xb5 Nc7xb5 22.Qc2-b3 Nb5-c7 23.Qb3xb7 Nf6-e4 24.Re1-b1 0.45/13 ] Consolidates g4 17...Qg6-h5
+ + rk+ ppnlprl +pp nqp + + +pp PPP + + P + PNP LQNRPLP + + R K
+r+ +k+ ppnlprl +pp nqp +P+ +pp P+PP + + + + PNPP LQNRPL+ + + R K
+ + rk+ ppnlprl +pp nqp + + +pp PPP + + P + PNPP LQNRPL+ + + R K [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 17...Rf8-c8
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Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
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Diagram
+r+ +k+ ppnlprl +pp nqp + + +pp PPP + + P + PNPP LQNRPL+ + + R K
+r+ +k+ ppnlprl +pp n p + + +ppq PPPP + + + + PNPP LQNRPL+ + + R K
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Diagram 18.a3-a4 Rf7-f8 19.Nf3-h2 Qg6-f7 20.b4-b5 c6xb5 21.a4xb5 d6-d5 22.Nh2-f3 Nf6-e4 23.Nd2xe4 f5xe4 24.Nf3-e5 Bg7xe5 25.d4xe5 a7-a5 0.18/13 Diagram
+r+ rk+ +pnlpq+ + + + p pP+pP p +P+p+ + + + P PP LQ+RPL+ + + R K
+ + rk+ +pn pr+ p+p+l+qp P +pPpp PP+n+ + + + P PP +QNRPL+ L + R K
1091
Ne4xd2 25.Re2xd2 d5xc4 0.43/13 ] 18...g5-g4= Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 18...Bg7-h8 19.Nh2-f1 d6-d5 20.Qc2-a4 Rf8-a8 21.Nd2-f3 Nf6-e4 22.Nf1-d2 a7-a5 23.b4xa5 b7-b5 24.c4xb5 c6xb5 25.Qa4-c2 0.24/13 Diagram
] 18.Nf3-h2 [ 18.a3-a4 Rf8-c8$ Diagram (Diagram 1092) ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 18.Bb2-a1 Qh5-g6 19.a3-a4 a7-a6 20.a4-a5 Bd7-e6 21.Nf3-h2 d6-d5 22.Nh2-f3 Nf6-e4 23.Nf3-e5 Bg7xe5 24.d4xe5
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(Diagram 1094) ] Black wins space 19.h3-h4 Diagram [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 19.Qc2-a4 Nc7-a6 20.b4-b5 c6xb5 21.Qa4-a5
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
r+ + +kl + nlpr+ + + + p Pp+p+ppq + Pn+ + P + PNPP LQNRPL+ + + R K
+ + rk+ ppnlprl +pp n p + + +p+q PPP +p+ P + P PP LQNRPLN + + R K
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b5xc4 22.Bg2xb7 Na6-b8 23.h3xg4 f5xg4 24.Qa5xh5 Nf6xh5 25.Nd2xc4 Nh5-f6 26.e3-e4 Bd7-b5 27.Re2-c2 Diagram (Diagram 1096) Bb5-a4 28.Rc2-c1 Nb8-d7 29.Nc4-e3 h6-h5 30.Rc1-c7 Nf6-e8 0.06/15 ] (Diagram 1097) 19...Nf6-e8 Diagram [ 19...Rf8-c8!?= Diagram must be considered ;Houdini 2.0c Pro
n + rk+ pL+ prl + p n p +l+ + + +NPP+p+ P + + P LR+ P N + + R K
+ + rk+ ppnlprl +pp n p + + +p+q PPP +pP P + P P LQNRPLN + + R K
+r+ +k+ ppnlprl +pp n p + + +p+q PPP +pP P + P P LQNRPLN + + R K
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x64: 19...Nc7-e6 20.Nh2-f1 Qh5-g6
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
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21.Nd2-b3 d6-d5 22.Nb3-c5 Ne6xc5 23.b4xc5 Nf6-e4 24.Nf1-d2 b7-b5 25.c4xd5 c6xd5 Diagram
+ + rk+ p +lprl + + +qp +pPp+p+ + Pn+pP P + P P LQNRPL+ + + R K
+ +nrk+ +pnlprl p+pp + p Q + +p+q PPP +pP P + P P L NRPLN + + R K
1099
+l+nrk+ +p+ +rl pQp+p+qp N Pp+p+ P Pn+pP P + P P L NRPL+ + + R K
26.Kg1-h2 Qg6-c6 27.Bb2-c3 Ne4xc3 28.Qc2xc3 0.20/14 ]
+ +nrk+ ppnlprl +pp + p + + +p+q PPP +pP P + P P LQNRPLN + + R K
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] (Diagram 1103) 20...d6-d5 [ 20...Bd7-e6 Diagram
20.c4-c5 Diagram [ 20.Qc2-a4 a7-a6 ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 20.Qc2-a4 a7-a6 21.Qa4-a5 Diagram (Diagram 1101) Qh5-g6 22.Qa5-b6 Bd7-c8 23.Nd2-b3 e7-e6 24.Nh2-f1 d6-d5 25.Nf1-d2 Ne8-d6 26.Nb3-a5 Nc7-e8 27.c4-c5 Nd6-e4 0.69/15 Diagram
(Diagram 1104) 21.Nd2-c4$ ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 20...Bd7-e6 21.Nh2-f1 Qh5-g6 22.Nd2-c4 Be6xc4 23.Qc2xc4 Ne8-f6 24.Qc4-c2 Nf6-e4 25.Nf1-d2 d6-d5 26.a3-a4 h6-h5 27.Kg1-h2 e7-e6 28.Qc2-b3 Rf7-e7 29.Nd2xe4 Diagram
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
290 [ 21.Qc2-a4!? Diagram
+ +nrk+ ppnlprl +pp + p + P +p+q P P +pP P + P P LQNRPLN + + R K
+ +nrk+ ppn prl +ppl+ p + P +p+q P P +pP P + P P LQNRPLN + + R K
+ + rk+ ppn r l +p+p+q+ + Pp+p+p PP PN+pP +Q+ P P L +RPLK + + R +
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+ +nrk+ ppnlprl +p+ + p + Pp+p+q QP P +pP P + P P L NRPLN + + R K
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; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 21.Qc2-a4 a7-a6 22.Qa4-a5 Nc7-e6 23.Qa5-b6 1104 Bd7-c8 24.Nd2-b3 Ne8-f6 25.Nb3-a5 Ne6-d8 26.Nh2-f1 Nf6-e4 27.Nf1-d2 Qh5-g6 28.Qb6-c7 Nd8-e6 29.Qc7-b8 Diagram
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Ql+ rk+ +p+ prl p+p+n+qp N Pp+p+ P Pn+pP P + P P L NRPL+ + + R K
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h6-h5 30.Na5xb7 0.72/16 ] (Diagram 1108) 21...Nc7-e6 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 21...Ne8-f6 22.Nb3-c1 Rf8-a8 23.Nc1-d3 Rf7-f8 24.Nh2-f1 Nf6-e4 25.Nf1-d2 Nc7-e6 26.a3-a4
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
+ +nrk+ ppnlprl +p+ + p + Pp+p+q P P +pP PN+ P P LQ+RPLN + + R K
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+ +nrk+ pp+lprl +p+n+ p + Pp+p+q P P +pP PN+ P P LQ+RPLN + + R K
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a7-a5 27.b4xa5 Ra8xa5 28.Qc2-b3 Ra5-a7 29.Qb3-b6 Diagram
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] Rf8-a8 30.Re1-a1 Qh5-f7 31.a4-a5 Bg7-h8 32.Ra1-a4 Bh8-g7 33.Ra4-a3 Bg7-h8 34.Nd2xe4 f5xe4 0.29/16 ]
(Diagram 1112) 22...Ne8-f6 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 22...Ne8-c7 Diagram
(Diagram 1110) (Diagram 1113) 22.Nb3-c1 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 22.Nb3-a5 Ne6-d8 23.Qc2-a4 Ne8-f6 24.Nh2-f1 Nf6-e4 25.Nf1-d2 Bd7-c8 26.Na5-b3 a7-a6 27.Nb3-a5 Nd8-e6 28.Qa4-b3 Qh5-g6 29.Kg1-h2 Ne6-c7 30.Nd2xe4 f5xe4 0.44/16 Diagram
23.Nc1-d3 Rf8-a8 24.Nh2-f1 Rf7-f8 25.a3-a4 Qh5-g6 26.Nf1-d2 f5-f4 27.g3xf4 a7-a5 28.b4xa5 Bg7-f6 29.Nd2-b3 Qg6-h5 30.a5-a6 Ra8xa6 0.48/16 ] 23.Nc1-d3 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 23.Nh2-f1 Nf6-e4 24.Nf1-d2
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
+ +nrk+ pp+lprl +p+n+ p + Pp+p+q P P +pP P + P P LQ+RPLN + N R K
+ + rk+ ppnlprl +p+n+ p + Pp+p+q P P +pP P + P P LQ+RPLN + N R K
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Diagram (Diagram 1114) Rf8-a8 25.Nc1-b3 Ra8-b8 26.Nb3-a5 Rf7-f8 27.a3-a4 Qh5-g6 28.Nd2xe4 Diagram (Diagram 1115) f5xe4 29.Kg1-h2 Ne6-c7 30.Qc2-b3 Qg6-f7 31.Re2-d2 0.32/15 ] 23...Nf6-e4 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 23...Rf8-d8 24.Qc2-a4 a7-a6 25.Nh2-f1 Rf7-f8 26.Nf1-d2 Nf6-e4
+ + rk+ pp+lprl +p+n+ p + Pp+p+q P Pn+pP P + P P LQNRPL+ + N R K
r + rk+ pp+lp l +p+n+qp N Pp+p+ PP PN+pP + + P P LQ+RPL+ + + R K
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27.Qa4-a5 Bd7-c8 28.a3-a4 Qh5-f7 29.Qa5-b6 Qf7-g6 30.b4-b5 c6xb5 31.a4xb5 0.49/15 ] 24.Nh2-f1 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 24.Qc2-b3 a7-a6 25.Nh2-f1 Diagram (Diagram 1116) Qh5-g6 26.a3-a4 Rf8-e8 27.Nf1-d2 Re8-f8 28.Kg1-h2 Kg8-h7 29.Re1-b1 Kh7-g8 30.Bb2-a1 a6-a5 31.Nd2xe4 f5xe4 0.47/14 ] 24...a7-a6 Diagram [ 24...Rf8-d8 Diagram 25.Qc2-b3$ ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 24...Rf8-a8 25.a3-a4 Rf7-f8 Diagram
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
+ + rk+ +p+lprl p+p+n+ p + Pp+p+q P Pn+pP PQ+NP P L +RPL+ + + RNK
+ r +k+ pp+lprl +p+n+ p + Pp+p+q P Pn+pP P +NP P LQ+RPL+ + + RNK
r+ + rk+ pp+lp l +p+n+ p + Pp+p+q PP Pn+pP + +NP P LQ+RPL+ + + RNK
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28.Qc2-a4 30.Qa4-c2 32.Nd3-e5 34.Re2-d2
a7-a6 29.Kg1-h2 Rb8-d8 Bg7-h8 31.Nd2xe4 f5xe4 Bh8xe5 33.d4xe5 Qf7-f5 Bd7-e8 0.33/15 ]
+ + rk+ +p+lprl p+p+n+ p + Pp+p+q P Pn+pP P +NP P LQ+RPL+ + + RNK
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25.Nf1-d2 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 25.Re1-d1 Diagram
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26.a4-a5 Qh5-f7 27.Nf1-d2 Ra8-b8
+ + rk+ +p+lprl p+p+n+ p + Pp+p+q P Pn+pP P +NP P LQ+RPL+ + +R+NK
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Qh5-g6 26.Nf1-d2 Bd7-c8 27.Nd2-b3 Rf8-e8 28.Nd3-e5 Bg7xe5 29.d4xe5 Re8-d8 30.a3-a4 Bc8-d7 31.Nb3-a5 Bd7-c8 32.Qc2-d3 Rf7-f8 33.Re2-e1 0.56/15 ] 25...Bg7-f6 Diagram [ 25...Rf8-a8 26.Re1-d1 ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 25...Bd7-c8 26.a3-a4 Qh5-g6 27.Qc2-b3 Bc8-d7 28.Kg1-h2 Kg8-h7
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
+ + rk+ +p+lprl p+p+n+ p + Pp+p+q P Pn+pP P +NP P LQNRPL+ + + R K
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29.Qb3-c2 Qg6-h5 30.Re1-d1 Kh7-g6 31.Kh2-g1 Kg6-h7 32.Kg1-h2 Kh7-g6 0.42/13 ]
+ + rk+ +p+lpr+ p+p+nl p + Pp+p+q P Pn+pP P +NP P LQNRPL+ + + R K
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26.Nd3-f4 Diagram [ 26.Nd3-e5 Bf6xe5 27.d4xe5 Rf8-d8 ;Houdini 2. 0c Pro x64: 26.Qc2-a4 Rf7-g7 27.Nd3-e5 Bf6xe5 28.d4xe5 Qh5-e8 29.Qa4-c2 Rg7-f7 30.Qc2-d1 Rf7-g7 31.Kg1-h2 Rg7-f7 32.Qd1-b3 a6-a5 33.Nd2xe4 f5xe4 34.Qb3-c2 Diagram Qe8-a8 0.61/15 ] 26...Ne6xf4 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 26...Ne6xf4 27.e3xf4 Qh5-g6 28.Qc2-b3 Bf6-g7 29.Qb3-a4 Bg7-f6 30.Re1-d1 e7-e6 31.Nd2xe4 d5xe4
+ +qrk+ +p+lpr+ +p+n+ p p PpP + P +p+pP P + P P LQ+RPLK + + R +
+ + rk+ +p+lpr+ p+p+nl p + Pp+p+q P PnNpP P + P P LQNRPL+ + + R K
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32.Qa4-b3 Rf8-d8 33.Re2-e3 Rf7-e7 34.Qb3-c4 h6-h5 35.a3-a4 Kg8-h7 36.Rd1-e1 0.35/14 ] 27.e3xf4 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 27.e3xf4 Diagram (Diagram 1125) Qh5-g6 28.Qc2-b3 Bf6-g7 29.Qb3-a4 Bg7-f6 30.Re1-d1 e7-e6 31.Qa4-c2 Rf8-d8 32.Re2-e3 Rf7-e7 33.a3-a4 Bd7-e8 34.Rd1-e1 Be8-d7 35.Nd2xe4 d5xe4 36.Qc2-b3 Bd7-e8 37.Qb3-c4 Qg6-g7 38.Re1-d1 Be8-f7 0.41/15 ] 27...Kg8-h8 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64:
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
+ + rk+ +p+lpr+ p+p+ l p + Pp+p+q P PnPpP P + + P LQNRPL+ + + R K
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+ r +k+ +p+lprl p+p+ + p + Pp+q+ PP PpPpP + + Q P L R PL+ + + R K
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27...Qh5-g6 Diagram
+ + rk+ +p+lpr+ p+p+ lqp + Pp+p+ P PnPpP P + + P LQNRPL+ + + R K
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28.Qc2-b3 Bf6-h8 29.Re1-d1 Bd7-e6 30.h4-h5 Qg6-f6 31.Rd1-e1 Rf7-g7 32.Nd2xe4 d5xe4 33.d4-d5 Be6xd5 34.Bb2xf6 Bd5xb3 35.Bf6xg7 Bh8xg7 36.Re2-d2 Bb3-d5 0.26/15 ] 28.Nd2-b3 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 28.Nd2xe4 f5xe4 29.Qc2-b3 Kh8-g8 30.Qb3-e3 Qh5-f5 31.Re2-c2 Bf6-g7 32.a3-a4 Bg7-f6 33.Re1-d1 Bf6-g7 34.Rc2-e2 Rf8-d8 35.Rd1-e1 Rd8-f8 36.Re2-d2 Rf8-d8 Diagram 37.Rd2-c2 Rf7-f8 38.Rc2-e2 Bd7-e8 39.Qe3-b3 0.48/15 ] 28...e7-e6 [ 28...Bd7-e6 29.Nb3-c1$ ;
+ + r k +p+lpr+ p+p+ l p + Pp+p+q P PnPpP PN+ + P LQ+RPL+ + + R K
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Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 28...Qh5-g6 Diagram (Diagram 1129) 29.Nb3-c1 Bd7-e6 30.Nc1-d3 Kh8-g8 31.a3-a4 Kg8-g7 32.Nd3-e5 Bf6xe5 33.d4xe5 a6-a5 34.b4-b5 Rf8-d8 35.Bb2-d4 Rf7-f8 36.Re2-e3 0.27/15 ] 29.Nb3-c1 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 29.Nb3-d2 Qh5-g6 30.Nd2xe4 Diagram d5xe4 31.Qc2-c4 Kh8-g8 32.Bb2-c1 Rf8-d8 33.Re2-e3 Rf7-e7 34.Bc1-b2 Bd7-e8 35.a3-a4 Qg6-g7 36.Re1-d1
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
+ + r k +p+lpr+ p+p+ lqp + Pp+p+ P PnPpP PN+ + P LQ+RPL+ + + R K
+ + r k +p+l+r+ p+p+plqp + Pp+p+ P PNPpP P + + P LQ+RPL+ + + R K
296
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Be8-f7 0.41/15 ] 29...Rf7-g7 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 29...Rf8-a8 30.Qc2-b3 Rf7-e7 31.Nc1-d3 Kh8-g8 32.Nd3-e5 Bf6xe5 33.f4xe5 Bd7-e8 34.a3-a4 a6-a5 35.b4xa5 Ra8xa5 36.Bb2-c1 Ra5-a8 37.Bc1-e3 Qh5-g6 38.Bg2xe4 f5xe4 0.39/15 ] 30.Nc1-d3 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 30.a3-a4 Kh8-g8 31.a4-a5 Rg7-e7 32.Re2-e3 Re7-g7 33.Nc1-d3 Rf8-d8 34.Bb2-a1 Qh5-f7 35.Nd3-e5 Bf6xe5 36.f4xe5 f5-f4 37.g3xf4 Qf7xf4 38.Bg2xe4 d5xe4 Diagram 39.Re3xe4 0.50/15 ] 30...Rg7-g8 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64:
+ r +k+ +p+l+ r p+p+p+ p P P P + P PpqpP + + R + +Q+ P + L + R K
+ + r k +p+l+ r p+p+pl p + Pp+p+q P PnPpP P +N+ P LQ+RPL+ + + R K
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30...Kh8-g8 Diagram (Diagram 1133) 31.Nd3-e5 Rg7-e7 32.Bb2-c1 Rf8-d8 33.Qc2-b3 Bd7-e8 34.Qb3-e3 Be8-f7 35.a3-a4 Bf7-g6 36.Re2-c2 Bg6-e8 37.Rc2-b2 Be8-g6 38.Bg2xe4 d5xe4 0.43/15 ] 31.Nd3-e5 Diagram [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 31.Qc2-c1 Rg8-g7 32.Bb2-a1 Kh8-g8 33.Qc1-e3 Rf8-a8 34.Re1-b1 Ra8-f8 35.Nd3-e5 Bf6xe5 36.d4xe5 Rg7-e7 37.Re2-e1 Qh5-g6 38.Re1-d1 Kg8-g7 39.Bg2xe4 f5xe4 0.54/16 ]
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
+ + rk+ +p+l+ r p+p+pl p + Pp+p+q P PnPpP P +N+ P LQ+RPL+ + + R K
+ + rrk +p+l+ + p+p+pl p + PpNp+q P PnPpP P + + P LQ+RPL+ + + R K
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31...Bd7-e8 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 31...Rg8-g7 32.a3-a4 Kh8-g8 33.Qc2-b3 Bf6xe5 34.d4xe5 Rf8-a8 35.a4-a5 Ra8-f8 36.Re1-d1 Rf8-d8 37.Bb2-d4 Qh5-g6 38.Bg2xe4 f5xe4 39.Kg1-g2 Qg6-f5 40.Qb3-c3 0.46/16 ]
+ +lrrk +p+ + + p+p+pl p + PpNp+q P PnPpP P + + P LQ+RPL+ + + R K
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32...Bf6xh4? Diagram [ 32...Rg8-g7!? ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 32...Rg8-g7 33.a3-a4 Kh8-g8 34.Qc2-d3 Be8-g6 35.Qd3-b3 Bg6-h7 36.Re2-a2 Rf8-e8 37.Qb3-e3 Re8-c8 38.Bg2xe4 f5xe4 39.b4-b5 Bf6xe5 40.f4xe5 c6xb5 41.a4xb5 a6xb5 42.Qe3xh6 Qh5xh6 43.Bc1xh6 0.43/16 ]
+ +lrrk +p+ + + p+p+p+ p + PpNp+q P PnPpl P + + P +Q+RPL+ + L R K
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(Diagram 1135) 32.Bb2-c1 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 32.Qc2-c1 Bf6xe5 33.d4xe5 Rg8-g7 34.a3-a4 Kh8-g8 35.Re1-d1 Qh5-f7 36.Bb2-d4 Qf7-e7 37.Qc1-e3 Be8-g6 38.Re2-c2 Qe7-d7 39.Bd4-b2 Rg7-f7 40.Bg2xe4 f5xe4 0.57/15 ]
33.g3xh4+- [ 33.Bg2xe4 f5xe4 Diagram 34.Qc2-a2 Bh4-e7∓ ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 33.g3xh4 Qh5xh4 34.Re2-e3 h6-h5 35.Qc2-e2 Qh4-f6 36.Bg2xe4 f5xe4 37.Re3-c3 h5-h4 38.Kg1-h2
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
+ +lrrk +p+ + + p+p+p+ p + PpN +q P PpPpl P + + P +Q+RP + + L R K
298
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Be8-h5 39.Kh2-g2 Kh8-h7 40.a3-a4 h4-h3+ 41.Kg2-h1 a6-a5 42.b4-b5 Rf8-c8 43.Kh1-h2 1.70/15 ] 33...Qh5xh4 [ 33...g4-g3 34.f2-f3 ( 34.Bg2xe4?! g3xf2+ 35.Kg1xf2 Qh5xh4+ 36.Kf2-e3 f5xe4= ) 34...Ne4-f6 35.Kg1-f1+- ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 33...Qh5xh4 Diagram
+ +lrrk +p+ + + p+p+p+ p + PpNp+ P PnPpq P + + + +Q+RPL+ + L R K
1138
34.Re2-e3 h6-h5 35.Bg2xe4 f5xe4 36.Re3-g3 Qh4-f6 37.Rg3-g2 Qf6-f5 38.Kg1-h2 h5-h4 39.Re1-g1 Be8-h5 40.a3-a4 Kh8-h7 41.Bc1-d2 h4-h3 42.Rg2-g3 Qf5-f6 43.Qc2-b3 Qf6-h4 44.b4-b5 a6xb5 45.a4xb5 1.68/16 ] 34.Bc1-e3 Diagram [ 34.Re2-e3!?
h6-h5+- ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 34.Re2-e3 h6-h5 35.Bg2xe4 f5xe4 36.Re3-g3 Qh4-f6 37.Rg3-g2 h5-h4 38.Ne5xg4 Qf6-f5 39.Ng4-e5 Rg8xg2+ 40.Kg1xg2 Rf8-g8+ 41.Kg2-h2 Diagram
+ +l+rk +p+ + + p+p+p+ + + PpNq+ P PpP p P + + + +Q+ P K + L R +
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h4-h3 42.Bc1-e3 Rg8-g2+ 43.Kh2-h1 Kh8-g7 44.Re1-g1 Rg2xg1+ 45.Kh1xg1 1.96/13 ]
+ +lrrk +p+ + + p+p+p+ p + PpNp+ P PnPpq P + L + +Q+RPL+ + + R K
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34...Be8-h5 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 34...g4-g3 35.f2-f3 Ne4-f6 36.Qc2-a4 Rg8-g7 37.Kg1-f1 Nf6-d7 38.Ne5-d3 Be8-f7 39.Qa4-b3 Kh8-g8 40.a3-a4 Rf8-d8 41.Qb3-c3 h6-h5 42.Re1-d1 Qh4-h2 43.Be3-g1 Qh2-h4 44.Nd3-e5
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
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Nd7xe5 45.f4xe5 1.30/17 ] 35.Kg1-f1 Diagram [ 35.Re1-a1 Rg8-g7+- ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 35.Qc2-b3 Bh5-e8 36.Qb3-d3 Be8-h5 37.Re2-b2 Rf8-c8 38.Qd3-b3 Rc8-e8 39.Rb2-c2 Re8-d8 40.Rc2-a2 g4-g3 41.f2-f3 Ne4-f6 42.Kg1-f1 Kh8-g7 43.a3-a4 Qh4-h2 2.00/13 ]
+ + rrk +p+ + + p+p+p+ p + PpNp+l P PnPpq P + L + +Q+RPL+ + + RK+
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35...Qh4-h2 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 35...Kh8-g7 36.Qc2-b3 Rf8-a8 37.Re2-b2 Qh4-h2 38.Rb2-c2 Bh5-f7 39.Rc2-e2 Ra8-d8 40.Be3-c1 Rd8-c8 41.Qb3-d3 Rc8-a8 42.a3-a4 Ra8-c8 43.Bg2xe4 d5xe4 1.74/13 ] 36.a3-a4 [ 36.Qc2-d3 Rg8-g7 ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 36.Qc2-d3 Rf8-c8 37.Qd3-b3 Rc8-f8 38.Qb3-c2 Rg8-g7 39.Re1-b1 Rf8-g8 40.Rb1-d1 Rg8-f8 41.Rd1-c1 Rg7-g8 42.Rc1-b1 Rg8-g7 43.Rb1-d1 Rf8-g8 44.Re2-e1 g4-g3 45.f2-f3 Ne4-f2 1.78/13 ] 36...Bh5-e8 [ 36...Rg8-g7 ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 36...Rf8-c8 37.Qc2-d3 Rg8-g7 38.Qd3-b3 Rc8-f8 39.Qb3-c2 Rg7-e7 40.Qc2-d3 Re7-g7 41.Be3-c1 g4-g3 42.f2-f3 Kh8-g8 43.f3xe4 Bh5xe2+ 44.Re1xe2 f5xe4 1.50/13 ] 37.Re2-d2 [ 37.Be3-d2 h6-h5 38.Bd2-c1 h5-h4∓ ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 37.Re1-d1 Ne4-f6 38.Qc2-b3 Nf6-e4 39.Re2-e1
h6-h5 40.Bg2xe4 f5xe4 41.Kf1-e2 g4-g3 42.Re1-h1 Qh2-g2 43.Rd1-g1 1.81/12 ] 37...h6-h5? [ 37...Ne4xd2+ 38.Be3xd2 h6-h5-+ ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 37...g4-g3 38.Ne5-f3 Qh2-h5 39.Nf3-e5 Qh5-h2 40.Ne5-f3 0.24/15 ] 38.Bg2xe4?? with this move White loses his initiative [ 38.Rd2-d1+the advantage is on the side of White ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 38.Rd2-d1 Ne4-f6 39.f2-f3 h5-h4 40.Be3-g1 Qh2xf4 41.Bg2-h1 h4-h3 42.Ne5-d3 Qf4-g3 43.Bg1-h2 Qg3-h4 44.Bh2-e5 g4-g3 45.Nd3-f4 g3-g2+ 46.Nf4xg2 h3xg2+ 47.Bh1xg2 Be8-f7 48.Qc2-f2 Qh4-g5 49.Kf1-e2 Rg8-g7 50.Re1-h1+ Kh8-g8 0.20/14 ] 38...f5xe4 Exerts pressure on the isolated pawn [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 38...f5xe4 39.f4-f5 g4-g3 40.f2-f4 Qh2-h3+ 41.Rd2-g2 h5-h4 42.Be3-c1 Rf8xf5 43.Kf1-g1 Be8-h5 44.Re1-f1 Rf5-f8 45.Qc2-b3 Rf8-e8 46.Rf1-e1 Rg8-g7 47.Rg2-c2 Rg7-e7 48.b4-b5 a6xb5 49.a4xb5 -0.15/13 ] 39.Kf1-e2 [ 39.Qc2-b3!?$ and White has air to breath ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 39.f4-f5 g4-g3 40.f2-f4 Qh2-h3+ 41.Rd2-g2 h5-h4 42.Be3-c1 Rf8xf5 43.Kf1-g1 Be8-h5 44.Re1-f1 Rf5-f8 45.Bc1-e3 Rf8-f5 46.Qc2-c3 Rg8-f8 47.Qc3-d2 Kh8-h7 48.Qd2-b2 Bh5-e8 49.Qb2-e2 Be8-h5 50.Qe2-d2 Rf8-g8 51.Qd2-b2 Rg8-f8 52.Qb2-d2 Rf8-g8 -0.07/13 ] 39...g4-g3∓ [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 39...g4-g3 40.Rd2-d1 Rf8xf4 41.Ke2-d2 Rf4xf2+ 42.Be3xf2 g3xf2 43.Re1-f1 Qh2-f4+ 44.Kd2-c3 Rg8-g3+ 45.Ne5-d3 h5-h4 46.Rf1xf2 e4xd3 47.Qc2-d2 Qf4xd2+ 48.Rd1xd2 Be8-g6 49.Rf2-f6 h4-h3 50.Rf6xe6 Kh8-g7 51.Re6-e7+ Kg7-h6 52.Rd2-h2 Kh6-g5 53.a4-a5 Kg5-g4 54.Re7-g7 Kg4-f4 55.Rg7xb7 Bg6-f5 56.Kc3-d2 Rg3-g2+ 57.Rh2xg2
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games h3xg2 -0.41/17 ] 40.Ke2-d1 [ 40.Rd2-d1!? Rf8xf4 41.Re1-f1∓ ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 40.Rd2-d1 Rf8xf4 41.Ke2-d2 Rf4xf2+ 42.Be3xf2 g3xf2 43.Re1-f1 Qh2-f4+ 44.Kd2-c3 Rg8-g3+ 45.Ne5-d3 h5-h4 46.Rf1xf2 e4xd3 47.Qc2-d2 Qf4xd2+ 48.Rd1xd2 Be8-g6 49.Rf2-f6 h4-h3 50.Rf6xe6 Kh8-g7 51.Re6-e5 Kg7-h6 52.Rd2-h2 Bg6-e4 53.Re5-e7 Kh6-g5 54.Re7xb7 Kg5-f4 55.Kc3-d2 -0.39/15 ] 40...g3-g2-+ [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 40...g3-g2 41.f2-f3 h5-h4 42.Be3-g1 Qh2-g3 43.f4-f5 e6xf5 44.Bg1-f2 Qg3-f4 45.Qc2-c3 Be8-h5 46.Kd1-c1 Bh5xf3 47.Bf2-e3 Qf4-h2 48.Be3-g1 Qh2-h3 49.Rd2-f2 Rf8-e8 50.Rf2-e2 -0.79/13 ] 41.f2-f3 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 41.f2-f3 h5-h4 42.Be3-g1 Qh2-g3 43.f4-f5 e6xf5 44.Bg1-f2 Qg3-f4 45.Qc2-c3 Be8-h5 46.Bf2-e3 Qf4-h2 47.Be3-g1 Qh2-g3 48.Bg1-f2 Bh5xf3+ 49.Kd1-c1 Qg3-f4 50.Bf2-e3 Qf4-g3 51.Be3-f2 Qg3-f4 -1.05/14 ] 41...h5-h4 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 41...h5-h4 42.f3xe4 Rf8xf4 43.Kd1-c1 Rf4xe4 44.Kc1-b2 Qh2-h3 45.Ne5-c4 Rg8-g4 46.Nc4-e5 Rg4-g3 47.Ne5-c4 Re4xe3 48.Nc4xe3 g2-g1Q 49.Re1xg1 Rg3xg1 50.Rd2-d3 Qh3-f3 -1.22/12 ] 42.f3xe4 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 42.Be3-g1 Qh2-g3 43.f4-f5 e6xf5 44.Bg1-f2 Qg3-f4 45.Qc2-b3 Be8-h5 46.Bf2-e3 Bh5xf3+ 47.Kd1-c2 Qf4-h2 48.Be3-g1 Qh2-g3 49.Bg1-f2 Qg3-f4 50.Bf2-e3 Qf4-h2 -0.91/13 ] 42...Be8-h5+ [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 42...Rf8xf4 43.Be3xf4 Be8-h5+ 44.Kd1-c1 Qh2xf4 45.e4xd5 g2-g1Q 46.Re1xg1 Rg8xg1+ 47.Kc1-b2 e6xd5 48.Kb2-a2 h4-h3 49.Qc2-b2 Bh5-g6 50.Ne5xg6+ Rg1xg6 51.Rd2-f2 Qf4-h4 52.Qb2-d2 Kh8-g8 53.Ka2-b2 Rg6-g3 -1.29/14 ] 43.Kd1-c1 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64:
300 43.Kd1-c1 h4-h3 44.Qc2-d3 Qh2-h1 45.Be3-g1 h3-h2 46.Qd3-e3 d5xe4 47.Kc1-b2 Rg8-g7 48.Qe3-f2 h2xg1Q 49.Re1xg1 Bh5-f3 50.Ne5-c4 Rf8xf4 51.a4-a5 Rg7-g8 52.Rd2-c2 Qh1-h2 53.Nc4-d6 Rg8-f8 54.Qf2-e3 Kh8-h7 -1.21/15 ] 43...h4-h3 Is this a dangerous pawn? [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 43...h4-h3 44.Qc2-d3 Qh2-h1 45.Be3-g1 h3-h2 46.Qd3-e3 d5xe4 47.Kc1-c2 Rg8-g7 48.Kc2-b2 Bh5-f3 49.Rd2-c2 h2xg1Q 50.Re1xg1 Qh1-h2 51.Kb2-b3 Qh2xf4 52.Qe3-f2 Kh8-h7 -1.05/13 ] 44.e4xd5? [ 44.Kc1-b1 Rf8xf4 45.Be3xf4 Qh2xf4-+ ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 44.Qc2-d3 Qh2-h1 45.Be3-g1 h3-h2 46.Qd3-e3 d5xe4 47.f4-f5 Rg8-g7 48.Bg1xh2 Qh1xh2 49.Qe3-h6+ Kh8-g8 50.Qh6xe6+ Bh5-f7 51.Ne5xf7 Rf8xf7 52.Qe6-e8+ Rf7-f8 53.Qe8-e6+ Kg8-h8 54.f5-f6 Rg7-h7 55.Rd2-d1 Qh2-f4+ 56.Kc1-c2 Rf8xf6 57.Qe6xe4 Qf4xe4+ 58.Re1xe4 Rf6-f1 -1.11/13 ] 44...e6xd5 [ 44...Qh2-g3 45.Ne5-d3 h3-h2 46.Rd2xg2 Qg3xg2 47.Qc2xg2 Rg8xg2 48.d5xc6 b7xc6-+ ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 44...Qh2-g3 45.Ne5-d3 h3-h2 46.Rd2xg2 Qg3xg2 47.Qc2xg2 Rg8xg2 48.d5xc6 Rg2-e2 49.Re1-h1 Bh5-f3 50.Rh1xh2+ Re2xh2 51.c6xb7 Bf3xb7 52.b4-b5 a6xb5 53.a4xb5 Rf8-a8 54.Nd3-f2 Ra8-a5 55.c5-c6 Ra5xb5 56.c6xb7 Rb5xb7 57.Kc1-c2 Kh8-g7 58.Kc2-c3 Rb7-c7+ 59.Kc3-d3 -4.38/13 ] 45.f4-f5?? causes even greater problems [ 45.Kc1-b2 Qh2-g3 46.Be3-f2 Qg3xf4 47.Ne5-d3-+ ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 45.Qc2-d3 Qh2-g3 46.Be3-f2 Qg3xd3 47.Rd2xd3 h3-h2 48.Rd3-h3 h2-h1Q 49.Rh3xh1 g2xh1Q 50.Re1xh1 Rf8-f5 51.Rh1-h2 Rg8-g7 52.Kc1-d2 Rg7-h7 53.Bf2-g3
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games Kh8-g7 54.Rh2-g2 Kg7-f6 55.Bg3-h4+ Kf6-e6 56.Bh4-g5 Rh7-h8 57.Kd2-c3 -0.24/14 ] 45...Qh2-g3-+ [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 45...Qh2-g3 46.Ne5-d3 h3-h2 47.Rd2xg2 Qg3xg2 48.Qc2xg2 Rg8xg2 49.Nd3-f4 Bh5-f3 50.Nf4xg2 Bf3xg2 51.Be3-f4 h2-h1Q 52.Re1xh1+ Bg2xh1 53.Bf4-e5+ Kh8-g8 54.f5-f6 Kg8-f7 55.Kc1-d2 Bh1-e4 56.Kd2-e3 Rf8-g8 57.Ke3-f4 Rg8-g1 58.Kf4-e3 Rg1-b1 -6.33/13 ] 46.Be3-f2 [ 46.Ne5-d3 doesn't do any good h3-h2 47.Rd2xg2 Qg3xg2 48.Qc2xg2 Rg8xg2 49.Nd3-f4-+ ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 46.Ne5-d3 h3-h2 47.Rd2xg2 Qg3xg2 48.Qc2xg2 Rg8xg2 49.Nd3-f4 Bh5-f3 50.Nf4xg2 Bf3xg2 51.Be3-f4 h2-h1Q 52.Re1xh1+ Bg2xh1 53.Bf4-e5+ Kh8-g8 54.f5-f6 Kg8-f7 55.Kc1-d2 Bh1-e4 56.Kd2-e3 Rf8-g8 57.Ke3-f4 Rg8-g1 58.Kf4-e3 Rg1-b1 -6.88/14 ] 46...Qg3-f4 [ 46...Qg3-a3+ and Black wins 47.Kc1-b1 h3-h2-+ ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 46...Qg3-a3+ 47.Kc1-b1 h3-h2 48.Rd2-d3 Qa3xb4+ 49.Kb1-a2 Qb4xe1 50.Bf2xe1 g2-g1Q 51.Rd3-h3 h2-h1Q 52.Rh3xh1 Qg1xh1 53.Qc2-c1 Rg8-g2+ 54.Ka2-a3 Kh8-g8 55.Qc1-e3 Rf8xf5 56.a4-a5 Qh1-f1 -8.22/12 ] 47.Ne5-d3 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 47.Ne5-d3 Qf4xf5 48.Bf2-g1 Qf5-g5 49.Kc1-b2 Qg5-h4 50.Qc2-c1 h3-h2 51.Bg1xh2 Qh4xh2 52.Re1-g1 Bh5-f3 53.Nd3-f2 Rf8-e8 54.Kb2-c3 Rg8-f8 55.Nf2-d3 Bf3-e4 56.Kc3-b3 Be4xd3 57.Rd2xd3 Rf8-f2 -1.53/13 ] 47...Qf4xf5 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 47...Qf4xf5 48.Bf2-g1 Qf5-g5 49.Kc1-b2 Qg5-h4 50.Qc2-c1 h3-h2 51.Bg1xh2 Qh4xh2 52.Re1-g1 Bh5-f3 53.Nd3-f2 Rf8-e8 54.Nf2-d3 Bf3-e4 55.Qc1-d1 Rg8-g3 56.Nd3-e5 Re8-f8 57.a4-a5 Kh8-g7 58.Qd1-c1 Kg7-h7 -1.53/16 ] 48.Bf2-g1 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64:
301 48.Bf2-g1 Qf5-g5 49.Kc1-b2 Qg5-h4 50.Qc2-c1 h3-h2 51.Bg1xh2 Qh4xh2 52.Re1-g1 Bh5-f3 53.Nd3-f2 Rf8-e8 54.Nf2-d3 Bf3-e4 55.Qc1-d1 Re8-f8 56.Nd3-f2 Rf8-f3 57.Rd2-e2 Be4-f5 58.Qd1-e1 Qh2-f4 -1.83/15 ] 48...Rg8-g3 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 48...Qf5-g5 49.Kc1-b2 Qg5-h4 50.Qc2-c1 h3-h2 51.Bg1xh2 Qh4xh2 52.Re1-g1 Bh5-f3 53.Nd3-e5 Bf3-e4 54.Qc1-e1 Rg8-g3 55.Rd2-f2 Rf8xf2+ 56.Qe1xf2 Be4-f5 57.Ne5-f7+ Kh8-g7 58.Nf7-d6 -1.57/14 ] 49.Nd3-f2 [ 49.Kc1-b2!?∓ ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 49.Kc1-b2 Bh5-g6 50.Rd2-f2 Qf5-c8 51.Rf2xf8+ Qc8xf8 52.Qc2-f2 Qf8xf2+ 53.Nd3xf2 Rg3-f3 54.Re1-e2 Bg6-f5 55.Nf2xh3 Bf5xh3 56.Re2-f2 Rf3xf2+ 57.Bg1xf2 Kh8-g7 58.Kb2-c3 Kg7-f6 59.Kc3-d3 Kf6-f5 -1.19/13 ] 49...Qf5-f4-+ [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 49...Qf5xc2+ 50.Rd2xc2 Rg3-a3 51.Nf2xh3 Rf8-f1 52.Kc1-d2 Ra3xh3 53.Rc2-c1 Rh3-f3 54.a4-a5 Bh5-g6 55.Rc1-d1 Kh8-g7 56.Re1-e3 Rf3-f4 57.Re3-e1 Bg6-e4 58.Rd1-a1 Kg7-g6 59.Kd2-e2 Rf1-f3 60.Ke2-d2 Kg6-g5 -2.75/15 ] 50.Kc1-b2? [ 50.Re1-e6 Rg3-e3 51.Re6-d6-+ ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 50.Re1-e6 Rf8-e8 51.Re6xe8+ Bh5xe8 52.Kc1-b2 Be8-g6 53.Qc2-d1 Qf4-h6 54.Qd1-e2 Bg6-e4 55.Bg1-h2 Qh6-e3 56.Qe2-h5+ Be4-h7 57.Qh5-e5+ Qe3xe5 58.d4xe5 Bh7-f5 59.Nf2xh3 Bf5xh3 60.Rd2-d1 Rg3-e3 61.Bh2-f4 -1.79/13 ] 50...Bh5-g6 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 50...Bh5-g6 51.Qc2-d1 Qf4-f3 52.Qd1xf3 Rf8xf3 53.Nf2xh3 Rf3-b3+ 54.Kb2-a1 Rb3-a3+ 55.Rd2-a2 Ra3xa2+ 56.Ka1xa2 Rg3xh3 57.Ka2-b2 Kh8-g7 58.Re1-e3 Rh3-h1 59.Re3-e1 Bg6-e4 60.Kb2-c3 Kg7-f6 61.Kc3-d2 Kf6-f5 62.Kd2-e3 Rh1-h3+ 63.Ke3-f2 Rh3-b3 64.b4-b5 a6xb5 65.a4xb5 Rb3xb5
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54.Rg2-e2 Rh3-d3 55.Bg1-e3 Rd3xd1 66.Re1-a1 Rb5-b2+ 67.Kf2-g3 56.Be3xf4 Rd1xe1 57.Bf4-e5+ Kh8-g8 Rb2-b3+ 68.Kg3-f2 -2.48/14 ] 58.Re2xe1 Rf8-f2+ 59.Kb2-a3 Rf2-f3+ 51.Qc2-d1 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 60.Ka3-a2 Rf3-f2+ 61.Ka2-b3 Rf2-f3+ 51.Qc2-d1 Qf4-f3 52.Qd1xf3 Rf8xf3 62.Kb3-b2 Rf3-f2+ 63.Kb2-a3 -0.07/15 53.Nf2xh3 Rf3-b3+ 54.Kb2-a1 Rb3-a3+ 55.Rd2-a2 Ra3xa2+ ] 53...Bg6-e4 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 56.Ka1xa2 Rg3xh3 57.Ka2-b2 Kh8-g7 53...Bg6-e4 54.Rg2-e2 Rh3-d3 58.Kb2-c1 Rh3-b3 59.b4-b5 c6xb5 55.Bg1-e3 Rd3xd1 56.Be3xf4 Rd1xe1 60.a4xb5 Rb3xb5 61.Kc1-d2 Kg7-f6 57.Bf4-e5+ Kh8-h7 58.Re2xe1 62.Kd2-e3 Bg6-e4 63.Re1-a1 Kf6-f5 Rf8-f2+ 59.Kb2-a3 Kh7-g6 64.Ke3-e2 Rb5-b2+ 65.Ke2-e3 Kf5-g4 60.Re1-g1+ Be4-g2 61.a4-a5 Kg6-f5 66.Ra1-e1 a6-a5 -2.89/15 ] 62.Ka3-b3 Kf5-e6 63.Kb3-c3 Bg2-e4 51...Rg3-f3 [ 51...Qf4-h4 52.Qd1-e2 64.Rg1-g7 Rf2-f3+ 65.Kc3-b2 Rf3-f7 Rf8-e8 53.Qe2-d1-+ ;Houdini 2.0c Pro 0.06/16 ] x64: 51...Qf4-f3 52.Qd1xf3 Rf8xf3 ½-½ 53.Nf2xh3 Rf3-b3+ 54.Kb2-a1 Rb3-a3+ 55.Rd2-a2 Ra3xa2+ 56.Ka1xa2 Rg3xh3 57.Ka2-b2 Kh8-g7 21 B14 58.Kb2-c1 Rh3-b3 59.b4-b5 c6xb5 Vassily Ivanchuk 60.a4xb5 Rb3xb5 61.Kc1-d2 Kg7-f6 Jaan Ehlvest 62.Kd2-e3 a6-a5 63.Re1-a1 Bg6-e4 FIDE World Ch (2.4) 02.12.2000 64.Bg1-h2 Kf6-f5 65.Ra1-g1 a5-a4 -2.78/16 ] 52.Nf2xh3? [ 52.Nf2-d3 B14: Caro-Kann: Panov-Botvinnik Bg6xd3 53.Rd2xd3∓ ;Houdini 2.0c Pro Attack with 5...e6 and 5...g6 x64: 52.Nf2-d3 Qf4-g3 53.Nd3-e5 1.c2-c4 c7-c6 2.e2-e4 d7-d5 Rf3-f1 54.Ne5xg6+ Qg3xg6 3.e4xd5 Ng8-f6 4.Nb1-c3 Diagram 55.Rd2-c2 Qg6-g5 56.Rc2-e2 Qg5-h4 57.Qd1-d2 Rf1xe1 58.Re2xe1 h3-h2 (Diagram 1142) 59.Bg1xh2 Qh4xh2 60.Re1-g1 Rf8-g8 61.Qd2-f2 Rg8-g3 62.Qf2-f8+ Kh8-h7 c6xd5 5.d2-d4 e7-e6 6.Ng1-f3 63.Qf8-f7+ Rg3-g7 64.Qf7-f5+ Kh7-h6 Bf8-b4 7.c4xd5 Nf6xd5 8.Qd1-c2 65.Qf5-f2 Qh2-g3 66.Qf2-e2 Rg7-g4 Qd8-c7 9.Bc1-d2 Nb8-d7 [RR 67.Qe2-e6+ Kh6-g5 68.Qe6-e7+ 9...Bb4-e7 10.Ra1-c1 Bc8-d7 Kg5-f5 -1.16/15 ] 52...Rf3xh3?? 11.Nc3xd5 Qc7xc2 12.Nd5-c7+ stumbles just before the finish line Qc2xc7 13.Rc1xc7 b7-b6 14.Nf3-e5 [ 52...Qf4-g3-+ and Black has Be7-d6 15.Rc7-c1 a7-a6 16.Bf1-e2 triumphed ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: Ra8-a7 17.0-0 0-0 18.Ne5xd7 52...Qf4-g3 53.Nh3-f2 Rf3-a3 Ra7xd7 19.Bd2-e3 b6-b5 20.Be2-f3 54.Nf2-d3 Ra3xd3 55.Rd2xd3 Qg3xd3 h7-h6 21.Rf1-d1 Bd6-e7 22.g2-g3 56.Qd1xd3 Bg6xd3 57.Kb2-c3 Bd3-e4 Be7-g5 23.Be3xg5 h6xg5 24.d4-d5 58.Kc3-d2 Kh8-g7 59.Kd2-e2 Kg7-g6 Christiansen,L (2665)-Stripunsky,A 60.Bg1-h2 Rf8-f3 61.Re1-g1 Rf3-b3 (2586)/Framingham 2001/EXT 2005/ 62.b4-b5 a6xb5 63.a4xb5 Rb3xb5 ½-½ (48) ] 10.Bf1-d3 Bb4xc3 11.b2xc3 Nd5-f6 12.a2-a4N [RR -1.87/13 ] 53.Rd2xg2= [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 53.Rd2xg2 Bg6-e4 12.0-0 b7-b6 13.Rf1-e1 (RR
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13.Ra1-e1 Bc8-b7 14.Nf3-e5 Nd7xe5 15.Re1xe5 Ra8-c8 16.Rf1-e1 Nf6-g4 17.Re5-h5 h7-h6 18.Rh5-h3 h6-h5 19.c3-c4 b6-b5 20.c4-c5 a7-a6 21.a2-a4 Bb7-c6 22.a4xb5 a6xb5 23.Qc2-b2 Ke8-f8 24.Rh3-g3 Ng4-f6 25.d4-d5 Bc6xd5 26.Bd2-c3 Rh8-h6 27.Qb2-d2 Kf8-e7 Friedel,J (2466)Cyborowski,L (2580)/Cappelle la Grande 2007/CBM 117 ext/1-0 (35) ) 13...Bc8-b7 14.Nf3-e5 Ra8-c8 15.Ra1-c1 Nd7xe5 16.Re1xe5 h7-h6 17.Qc2-d1 Qc7-e7 18.Re5-e3 Nf6-d5 19.Re3-g3 g7-g5 20.c3-c4 Nd5-f4 21.Bd3-f1 Rc8-d8 22.Qd1-a4+ Qe7-d7 23.Qa4xa7 Rd8-a8 24.Qa7xb6 Ra8xa2 25.Bd2xf4 g5xf4 26.Rg3-b3 Bb7-c8 Malaniuk,V (2522)-Olszewski,M (2409)/Grodzisk Mazowiecki 2007/CBM 119 ext/1-0 ] 12...b7-b6 13.0-0 Bc8-b7 14.Nf3-h4 0-0 15.f2-f4 Bb7-d5 16.Nh4-f3 Bd5-c4 Diagram
r+ + rk+ p qn+ppp p +pn + + + + + P+lP P + + PL+N+ +QL +PP R + +RK Nd7xe5 23.f4xe5 Nf6-d5 24.c3-c4 Qc7xc4 25.Qf3xf7+ Kg8-h8 26.Bd2xa5 Qc4xd4+ 27.Kg1-h1 Rd8-e8 28.Rb1-b7 Qd4xe5 29.Rb7xa7 0.03/14 ] 18...Ra8-c8 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 18...Rf8-d8 19.a4-a5 b6xa5 20.Ra1-a2 Nf6-d5 21.Rf1-a1 f7-f6 22.Ne5xd7 Rd8xd7 23.f4-f5 e6xf5 24.Qd3xf5 Diagram
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Ra8-d8 25.Ra2xa5 Nd5xc3 26.Qf5-e6+ Kg8-h8 27.Ra5xa7 0.03/13 ] 19.Rf1-f3 [ 19.a4-a5 b6-b5 20.Qd3xb5 Nd7xe5 21.Qb5xe5
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Qc7xe5 22.d4xe5 Nf6-e4$ ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 19.a4-a5 Diagram
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Nd7xe5 20.f4xe5 Nf6-d5 21.a5xb6 a7xb6 22.Ra1-a3 Qc7-c4 23.Qd3-g3 Kg8-h8 24.Ra3-a7 Rc8-c7 25.Ra7xc7 Qc4xc7 26.Qg3-d3 Rf8-c8 27.Qd3-f3 Kh8-g8 28.c3-c4 Qc7xc4 29.Qf3xf7+ Kg8-h8 0.16/14 ] 19...Nf6-d5= [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 19...Rf8-d8 20.Ra1-e1 Nd7-c5 21.Qd3-b1 g7-g6 22.Qb1-c2 Nc5-b7 23.f4-f5 e6xf5 24.Bd2-g5 Qc7-e7 25.Qc2-b3 Nb7-d6 26.Bg5xf6 Qe7xf6 27.Rf3-h3 Nd6-e4 0.01/14 ] 20.Qd3-b5 White threatens
to win material: Qb5xd7 [ 20.Rf3-h3 h7-h6= ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 20.Rf3-h3 h7-h6 21.a4-a5 b6xa5 22.Rh3-g3 Nd7xe5 23.f4xe5 Kg8-h8 24.Rg3-f3 f7-f6 25.Rf3-h3 Rf8-f7 26.Qd3-a6 f6xe5 27.Qa6xe6 Nd5-f4 28.Bd2xf4 Rf7xf4 29.Qe6xe5 Qc7xe5 30.d4xe5 0.07/14 ] 20...Rf8-d8 Diagram [ 20...Nd7xe5 21.f4xe5 Qc7-c4 22.Rf3-g3= ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 20...Nd7xe5 Diagram
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21.f4xe5 Qc7-c4 22.Rf3-g3 Kg8-h8 23.Rg3-h3 h7-h6 24.Ra1-f1 Rc8-c7 25.Qb5xc4 Rc7xc4 26.Rh3-f3 Rc4xa4 27.Rf3xf7 Rf8xf7 28.Rf1xf7 Ra4-a1+ 29.Rf7-f1 Ra1-a2 30.c3-c4 Ra2xd2 31.c4xd5 -0.12/16 ] (Diagram 1148) 21.Ra1-f1 [ 21.Ra1-c1 h7-h6= Diagram (Diagram 1149) ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 21.a4-a5 b6xa5 22.Qb5-d3 g7-g6 23.Qd3-a6 Qc7-b6 24.Qa6xa5 f7-f6 25.Ne5-d3 Qb6xa5 26.Ra1xa5 Nd5xc3 27.Rf3-e3 Nd7-b8 28.Nd3-c5 -0.03/13 ] 21...f7-f5
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Black has a new backward pawn: e6 [ 21...f7-f6 22.Ne5xd7 Qc7xd7 23.Rf1-e1! Diagram (Diagram 1150) ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 21...Nd7-f8 22.Rf1-e1 f7-f6 23.Ne5-g4 Qc7-c4 24.Rf3-g3 Kg8-h8 25.Ng4-f2 Qc4-a2 26.Qb5-d3 f6-f5 27.a4-a5 Nf8-g6 28.a5xb6 Diagram Ng6xf4 29.Bd2xf4 Nd5xf4 -0.22/14 ] 22.Bd2-e1 [ 22.a4-a5!?= Diagram is worth consideration ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 22.a4-a5 Nd7xe5 23.f4xe5
+rr +k+ p +q+ pp p +pp + +Q+n+ + P+ P P + + P +R+ + L +PP + + R K
+rr + k p + + pp P +p+n+ + +n+p+ + P P + + PQ+ R q+ L NPP + + R K
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Qc7-c4 24.Qb5xc4 Rc8xc4 25.a5xb6
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a7xb6 26.Rf1-a1 Rd8-c8 27.Ra1-a6 Kg8-f7 28.Rf3-h3 h7-h6 29.Kg1-f2 b6-b5 30.Ra6-a5 Nd5xc3 31.Bd2xc3 Rc4xc3 32.Rh3xc3 Rc8xc3 33.Ra5xb5 -0.21/15 ] 22...Nd7xe5∓ [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 22...Nd7xe5 Diagram
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23.f4xe5 Qc7-c4 24.Be1-d2 a7-a6 25.Qb5xc4 Rc8xc4 26.Rf1-a1 Rd8-c8 27.Ra1-a3 Rc8-c7 28.h2-h3 h7-h5 29.Kg1-f2 h5-h4 30.g2-g4 h4xg3+ 31.Rf3xg3 Kg8-f7 32.h3-h4 Rc7-c8 33.h4-h5 f5-f4 34.Rg3-f3 -0.56/18 ] 23.f4xe5 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 23.f4xe5 Qc7-c4 24.Be1-d2 a7-a6 25.Qb5xc4 Rc8xc4 26.Rf1-a1 Rd8-c8 27.Ra1-a3 Rc8-c7 28.h2-h3 h7-h5 29.Kg1-f2 h5-h4 30.g2-g4 h4xg3+ 31.Rf3xg3 Kg8-f7 32.h3-h4 Rc7-c8 33.Kf2-e2 -0.60/17 ] (Diagram 1154) 23...Qc7-c4 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 23...Qc7-c4 24.Be1-d2 a7-a6 25.Qb5xc4 Rc8xc4 Diagram 26.Rf1-a1 Rd8-c8 27.Ra1-a3 Rc8-c7 28.h2-h3 h7-h5 29.Kg1-f2 h5-h4 30.g2-g4 h4xg3+ 31.Rf3xg3 Kg8-f7 32.h3-h4 Rc7-c8 33.h4-h5 f5-f4
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34.Rg3-f3 -0.55/17 ] (Diagram 1156) 24.Be1-h4 Diagram [ 24.Be1-d2 a7-a6 25.Qb5xc4 Rc8xc4∓ ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 24.Be1-d2 Diagram (Diagram 1157) a7-a6 25.Qb5xc4 Rc8xc4 26.Rf1-a1 Rd8-c8 27.Ra1-a3 g7-g6 28.g2-g3 g6-g5 29.Kg1-g2 h7-h6 Diagram 30.h2-h4 g5-g4 31.Rf3-d3 Kg8-h7
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24...Qc4xb5 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 24...Qc4xb5 25.a4xb5 Rd8-d7 Diagram 1157
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26.Rf1-c1 Nd5-c7 27.Rc1-b1 Rd7-d5 28.Bh4-e1 Nc7xb5 29.Rf3-f2 Diagram (Diagram 1161) h7-h6 30.Rb1-b3 Nb5-c7 31.Rb3-a3 a7-a5 32.Rf2-b2 Rc8-b8 33.Ra3-b3 b6-b5 34.c3-c4 Rd5xd4 35.Be1xa5 Rd4xc4 36.Ba5xc7 Rc4xc7 37.Rb3xb5 Rb8xb5 38.Rb2xb5 Kg8-f7 39.Rb5-b6 -0.75/17 ] 25.a4xb5 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64:
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25.a4xb5 Rd8-d7 26.Bh4-e1 Nd5-c7 27.c3-c4 Rd7xd4 28.Rf3-f4 Rc8-d8 29.h2-h4 g7-g6 30.Be1-b4 Kg8-f7 31.Bb4-d6 Diagram
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Rd4xf4 32.Rf1xf4 Rd8-d7 33.Kg1-f2 Nc7-e8 34.Bd6-b4 Rd7-d3 35.g2-g4 Rd3-b3 36.Bb4-d6 Rb3-c3 37.g4xf5 e6xf5 -0.93/16 Diagram (Diagram 1163) ] 25...Rd8-d7 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 25...Rd8-d7 Diagram 26.Bh4-e1 Nd5-c7 27.c3-c4 Rd7xd4
+ +n+ + p + +k+p p L +p+ +P+ Pp+ +P+ R P + r + + + + K + + + + +
+rr +k+ p + + pp p +p+ + +P+nPp+ + P + L + P +R+ + + +PP + + +RK
+r+ +k+ p +r+ pp p +p+ + +P+nPp+ + P + L + P +R+ + + +PP + + +RK 28.Rf3-f4 Rc8-d8 29.h2-h4 g7-g6
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30.Be1-b4 Nc7-e8 31.g2-g4 Kg8-f7 32.g4xf5 g6xf5 33.Kg1-g2 Rd4xf4 34.Rf1xf4 Rd8-d3 35.h4-h5 Rd3-e3 36.Bb4-d6 h7-h6 37.Rf4-f1 Re3-e4 -0.71/19 ]
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Rd7-d5 28.Bh4-e1 Nc7xb5 29.Rf3-f2 h7-h6 30.Rb1-b3 Kg8-h7 31.Rf2-b2 Nb5-c7 32.Rb3-a3 Rd5-b5 33.Rb2-e2 a7-a5 34.c3-c4 Rb5-b1 Diagram
26.Rf1-c1 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 26.Bh4-e1 Nd5-c7 27.c3-c4 Rd7xd4 28.Rf3-f4 Diagram
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Rc8-d8 29.h2-h4 g7-g6 30.Be1-b4 Nc7-e8 31.g2-g4 Kg8-f7 32.g4xf5 g6xf5 33.Kg1-g2 Rd4xf4 34.Rf1xf4 Rd8-d3 35.h4-h5 Rd3-e3 36.Bb4-d6 -0.66/17 ] 26...Rc8-c4 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 26...Nd5-c7 27.Rc1-b1
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35.Kg1-f2 Rb1-c1 36.Re2-b2 Rc1xc4 37.Rb2xb6 Rc4-c2+ 38.Kf2-f3 -0.71/16 ] (Diagram 1170) 27.Bh4-e1 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 27.Bh4-e1 Diagram Nd5-c7 28.Rc1-b1 Rd7-d5 29.Rb1-a1 Nc7xb5 30.Ra1-a6 Rd5-d7 31.h2-h4 g7-g6 32.Be1-d2 Kg8-g7 33.Kg1-f2
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Rc4-c8 34.Rf3-g3 f5-f4 35.Rg3-f3 Rd7-f7 36.g2-g4 -0.54/17 ] (Diagram 1172) 27...Nd5-c7 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 27...Rc4-a4 28.Rf3-f2 Rd7-c7 29.Rf2-c2 Nd5-e3 30.Rc2-e2 Ne3-c4 31.Rc1-d1 Rc7-d7 32.Rd1-b1 Ra4-a5 33.Rb1-b4 Diagram Rd7-c7 34.g2-g3 Kg8-f7 35.Kg1-g2 Ra5-a1 36.Be1-f2 -0.45/16 ] 28.h2-h3? [ 28.Rc1-b1 Rd7-d5 29.Rb1-a1 Nc7xb5 30.Kg1-f1∓ Diagram
+ + +k+ p +r+ pp p +p+ + +P+nPp+ +rP + + + P +R+ + + +PP + R L K
+ + +k+ p +r+ pp p +p+ + rP+ Pp+ RnP + + + P + + + +R+PP + + L K
+ + +k+ p nr+ pp p +p+ + +P+ Pp+ +rP + + + P +R+ + + +PP + R L K
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; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 28.Rc1-b1 Rd7-d5 29.Rb1-a1 Nc7xb5 30.Ra1-a6 Rd5-d7 31.h2-h4 g7-g6 32.Be1-d2 Kg8-g7 33.Kg1-f2 Rc4-c8 34.Rf3-g3 f5-f4 35.Rg3-f3 Rd7-f7 36.g2-g4 -0.54/15 ] 28...Rd7xd4!-+ Diagram [ 28...Nc7xb5?! Diagram
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29.Be1-d2∓ Diagram (Diagram 1177) ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 28...Rd7xd4 Diagram 29.Rc1-a1 Diagram Rc4-a4 30.Rf3-d3 Rd4xd3 31.Ra1xa4
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+ + +k+ p n + pp p +p+ + +P+ Pp+ +rr + + + P +R+P + + +P+ + R L K
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Nc7xb5 32.Ra4-a6 Rd3-e3 33.c3-c4
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Re3xe1+ Diagram
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34.Kg1-f2 Diagram
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Re1xe5 35.c4xb5 Re5xb5 36.Ra6xa7 Rb5-b2+ 37.Kf2-f3 e6-e5 38.g2-g4 Rb2-b3+ 39.Kf3-f2 f5-f4 40.Ra7-e7 Diagram (Diagram 1182) Rb3xh3 Diagram 41.Re7xe5 Rh3-g3 42.Re5-e6 b6-b5 -1.78/16 ] Deflection: c3 0-1
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E97: King's Indian: Classical Main Line (6...e5 7 0-0 Nc6): 8 Be3 and 8 d5 Ne7, not 9 Ne1 1.Ng1-f3 Ng8-f6 2.c2-c4 g7-g6 3.Nb1-c3 Bf8-g7 4.e2-e4 Diagram
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0-0 5.d2-d4 d7-d6 6.Bf1-e2 e7-e5 7.0-0 Nb8-c6 8.d4-d5 Nc6-e7 9.b2-b4 Nf6-h5 10.Rf1-e1 f7-f5 11.Nf3-g5 Nh5-f6 12.Be2-f3 c7-c6 13.Bc1-e3 Kg8-h8 14.b4-b5 c6xd5 15.c4xd5 f5xe4 16.Ng5xe4 Ne7-f5 17.Ne4xf6 Diagram [RR 17.a2-a4 Nf6xe4 18.Nc3xe4 Nf5xe3 19.Re1xe3 Bc8-f5 20.Re3-c3 a7-a6 21.Ra1-b1 Qd8-a5 22.Rc3-c4 Bg7-h6 23.h2-h3 Bf5xe4 24.Bf3xe4 Qa5-b6 25.Be4-f3 a6-a5 26.Qd1-c2 Ra8-e8 27.Rb1-e1 Re8-e7 28.Re1-e4 Re7-f7 29.Rc4-c8 Kh8-g7 30.Rc8xf8 Rf7xf8 31.Re4-c4 Rf8-f7 Bareev,E (2698)-Cvitan,O (2511)/Bihac 1999/EXT 2000/1-0 (60) ] 17...Bg7xf6 18.Nc3-e4 Nf5xe3N [ RR 18...Bf6-h4 19.a2-a4 Nf5xe3 20.Re1xe3 Bc8-f5 21.Qd1-b3 Ra8-c8 22.Qb3-b4 Rc8-c2 23.Ra1-f1 Bh4-e7
24.Re3-c3 Rc2xc3 25.Qb4xc3 Qd8-b6 26.Qc3-d3 Rf8-c8 27.h2-h3 Qb6-c7 28.Qd3-e3 b7-b6 29.Rf1-a1 Qc7-c2 30.g2-g4 Qc2-b2 31.Ra1-a3 Bf5xe4 32.Bf3xe4 Be7-h4 33.Ra3-b3 Kantsler,B (2507)-Avrukh,B (2600)/Tel Aviv 2001/CBM 081 ext/0-1 (56) ] 19.Re1xe3 Bc8-f5 20.Ra1-c1 Bf6-g5 last book move 21.Ne4xg5 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 21.Ne4xg5 Qd8xg5 22.Rc1-c7 Ra8-b8 23.Bf3-e2 Rf8-c8 24.Qd1-c1 Qg5-d8 25.Re3-c3 Kh8-g8 26.h2-h3 Rc8xc7 27.Rc3xc7 Rb8-c8 28.Rc7xc8 Qd8xc8 29.Qc1-g5 Qc8-c2 30.Be2-f1 Qc2-c7 31.Qg5-e3 Qc7-b6 32.Qe3xb6 a7xb6 33.g2-g4 -0.04/17 Diagram (Diagram 1187) ] 21...Qd8xg5 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 21...Qd8xg5 Diagram (Diagram 1188) 22.Rc1-c7 Ra8-b8 23.Bf3-e2 Rf8-c8 24.Qd1-c1 Qg5-d8 25.Re3-c3 Kh8-g8 26.h2-h4 Rc8xc7 27.Rc3xc7 Rb8-c8 28.Rc7xc8 Qd8xc8 29.Qc1-a3 Qc8-c2 30.Be2-f1 Qc2-c5 31.Qa3xc5 d6xc5
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Bc8-d7 28.Qc2-c3 Qd8-c8 29.Qc3xc8 Bd7xc8 30.Kg1-f1 a7-a6 31.b5xa6 b7xa6 32.a4-a5 Kg7-f6 33.Kf1-e2 Bc8-g4+ 34.Ke2-e3 Bg4-d7 35.Be4-d3 Bd7-c8 0.08/16 ] 23.Rc3xc8 last book move [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 23.a2-a4 Kh8-g7 24.Rc3-c7+ Rc8xc7 25.Rc1xc7+ Rf8-f7 26.Rc7xf7+ Kg7xf7 27.g2-g3 Kf7-g7 28.Kg1-g2 Qg5-d8 29.g3-g4 Bf5-d7 30.Qd1-c1 a7-a6 31.Qc1-a3 a6xb5 32.Qa3xd6 b5xa4 33.Qd6xe5+ Qd8-f6 34.Qe5-c7 -0.08/16 ] 23...Rf8xc8 Diagram [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 23...Rf8xc8 24.Rc1xc8+ Bf5xc8 25.Bf3-e4 Kh8-g7 26.a2-a4 Bc8-d7 27.Qd1-c2 Qg5-d8 28.Qc2-c3 Qd8-c8 29.Qc3xc8 Bd7xc8 Diagram
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(Diagram 1190)
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30.Kg1-f1 Kg7-f6 31.Kf1-e2 a7-a6 32.b5xa6 b7xa6 33.a4-a5 Bc8-g4+ 34.Ke2-d3 Bg4-d7 35.Kd3-e3 Bd7-b5 36.Be4-d3 Bb5xd3 37.Ke3xd3 0.07/18 ] 24.Rc1xc8+ [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 24.Rc1xc8+ Diagram Bf5xc8 25.Bf3-e4 Kh8-g7 26.Qd1-c2 Qg5-d8 27.a2-a4 Bc8-d7 28.Qc2-c3
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25.Bf3-e4 Kh8-g7 26.Qd1-c2 Qg5-d8 27.a2-a4 Bc8-d7 28.Qc2-c3 Qd8-c8 29.Qc3xc8 Bd7xc8 30.Kg1-f1 Kg7-f6 31.Kf1-e2 Bc8-f5 32.Ke2-e3 Bf5-d7 33.h2-h3 a7-a6 34.b5xa6 b7xa6 35.Be4-c2 Bd7-f5 36.Bc2xf5 Kf6xf5 37.g2-g4+ Diagram (Diagram 1194)
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Qd8-c8 29.Qc3xc8 Bd7xc8 30.Kg1-f1
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[ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 25...Qg5-d8 Diagram (Diagram 1196) 26.h2-h3 Bc8-d7 27.a2-a4 Kh8-g7 28.Qc2-c3 b7-b6 29.Bf3-g4 Bd7xg4 30.h3xg4 Qd8-e7 31.g4-g5 h7-h5 32.g5xh6+ Kg7xh6 33.Qc3-d3 Qe7-c7 34.Kg1-h2 Kh6-g7 35.Qd3-e4 Qc7-c1 0.03/18 ] 26.h2-h4 Diagram [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 26.h2-h3 Bc8-d7 27.a2-a4 Kh8-g7 28.Qc2-c3 b7-b6 29.Bf3-g4 Bd7xg4 30.h3xg4 h7-h6 31.f2-f4 Qd8-e7 32.f4xe5
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26...Bc8-f5 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 26...Bc8-d7 27.a2-a4 Kh8-g7 28.h4-h5 Bd7-f5 Diagram (Diagram 1198) 29.Bf3-e4 Bf5xe4 30.Qc2xe4 g6xh5 31.Qe4-f5 h7-h6 32.Qf5xh5 Qd8-c8 33.Qh5-h4 Qc8-c1+ 34.Kg1-h2 Qc1-g5 35.Qh4-g3 a7-a6 36.b5xa6 b7xa6 -0.01/16 ] 27.Bf3-e4 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64:
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27.Bf3-e4 Qd8-d7 28.Be4xf5 g6xf5 29.a2-a4 Kh8-g7 30.a4-a5 Kg7-f6 31.a5-a6 b7-b6 32.Qc2-c6 Kf6-e7 33.f2-f3 f5-f4 34.Kg1-f2 h7-h6 35.Qc6-b7 h6-h5 0.00/16 ] 27...Bf5xe4 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 27...Qd8-d7 Diagram (Diagram 1200) 28.Be4xf5 Diagram g6xf5 29.a2-a4 Kh8-g7 30.a4-a5 Kg7-f6 31.a5-a6 b7-b6 32.Qc2-c6 Kf6-e7 33.f2-f3 Diagram f5-f4 34.Kg1-f2 Diagram
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h7-h6 35.Qc6-b7 h6-h5 0.09/16 ] ½-½
20.Qd2-e3 Bf6-d4 21.Qe3-f3 Nf8-g6 22.d5xe6 f7xe6 23.Nc3-a4 Qb6-a5 24.Qf3-b3 Kg8-h8 25.Na4-c3 Ng6-e5 26.Bc4xe6 Rd8-d6 27.Nc3-a4 b7-b5 23 C11 Kosintseva,N (2340)-Chebotarev,O Ruslan Ponomariov (2425)/Vladimir 2002/CBM 087 ext/0-1 Vassily Ivanchuk (55) ] 13...Nd7-f6 14.Nf3-e5 Rf8-d8 FIDE WCh KO Final (1) 16.01.2002 15.Bf1-c4 Bc8-d7 16.Bc4-b3 Bd7-e8 Diagram C13: French: Classical System: 4 Bg5 Be7, Alekhine-Chatard Attack 1.e2-e4 e7-e6 2.d2-d4 d7-d5 3.Nb1-c3 Ng8-f6 4.Bc1-g5 d5xe4 1205 Diagram (Diagram 1204) 5.Nc3xe4 Bf8-e7 6.Bg5xf6 Be7xf6 7.Ng1-f3 0-0 8.Qd1-d2 Bf6-e7 9.0-0-0 Qd8-d5 10.Ne4-c3 Qd5-a5 11.a2-a3 [RR 11.Bf1-d3 Nb8-d7 12.Qd2-f4 Nd7-f6 13.Kc1-b1 c7-c5 14.d4xc5 Qa5xc5 15.Rh1-f1 Qc5-b4 ½-½ Nestorovic,N (2424)-Lajthajm,B (2511)/Zlatibor 2007/CBM 120 ext ] 11...Nb8-d7 12.Kc1-b1 Qa5-b6 13.Qd2-e3N [RR 13.Kb1-a1 Nd7-f6 14.Bf1-d3 Bc8-d7 15.Nf3-e5 Rf8-d8 16.g2-g4 c7-c5 17.Ne5xd7 Nf6xd7 18.d4-d5 Nd7-f8 19.Bd3-c4 Be7-f6
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19.Ne5-c4 Qb6-a6 20.Nc4-d2 b7-b5 21.d4-d5 e6-e5 22.Nd2-f3 Bf8-c5 23.Qe3-e2 Qa6-b6 24.Rd1-d2 a7-a6 25.Nf3xe5 Nd7xe5 26.Qe2xe5 Bc5xf2 0.34/15 ] 19.Qe3-f3 Diagram [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 19.Nc3xd5 e6xd5 20.Qe3-f3 Qb6-d6 21.g4-g5 Bf8-e7 22.h2-h4 f7-f6 23.g5xf6 Be7xf6 24.Ne5-g4 c7-c6 25.Ng4xf6+ Qd6xf6 26.Qf3xf6 g7xf6 27.Re1-e7 Be8-g6 28.Rd1-g1 Kg8-f8 29.Re7xb7 Rd8-b8 30.Rb7xb8+ Ra8xb8 31.Bb3-a4 Rb8-b6 0.80/15 Diagram
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(Diagram 1207) a7-a5 26.h2-h4 a5-a4 27.Ne5-c4 Qb6-c7 0.45/13 ] 20...Qb6-c7 [ 20...f7-f6 Diagram
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(Diagram 1209) 19...c7-c6 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 19...Nd5xc3+ 20.Qf3xc3 a7-a5 21.Qc3-e3 a5-a4 22.Bb3-c4 Bf8-d6 23.f2-f4 Bd6xe5 24.Qe3xe5 Qb6-d6 25.f4-f5 Qd6xe5 26.Re1xe5 e6xf5 27.g4xf5 Be8-c6 28.Re5-e7 0.32/13 ] 20.Nc3-e4 [ 20.h2-h4 ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 20.g4-g5 Nd5-e7 21.Qf3-f4 Ra8-c8 22.Qf4-e4 Ne7-f5 23.Nc3-e2 Nf5-d6 24.Qe4-f3 Nd6-f5 25.Qf3-f4
21.Ne5-c4 Qb6-c7 22.Ne4-c5 Bf8xc5 23.d4xc5 ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 20...f7-f6 21.Ne5-c4 Qb6-c7 22.Ne4-c5 Bf8xc5 23.d4xc5 Be8-f7 24.Nc4-d6 b7-b6 25.Nd6xf7 Qc7xf7 26.c2-c4 Nd5-e7 27.Rd1-d6 Diagram e6-e5 28.Re1-d1 Rd8-f8 0.58/15 ] 21.c2-c4 [ 21.g4-g5+- ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 21.g4-g5 Diagram
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a7-a5 22.Qf3-g3 Ra8-a7 23.Bb3-a2
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22.c4-c5 Nb6-d7 23.Qf3-c3 h7-h6 24.f2-f4 a7-a5 25.Re1-f1 a5-a4 26.Bb3-c2 Bf8-e7 27.Ne5-c4 Nd7-f6 28.Nc4-b6 Nf6xg4 29.Nb6xa8 Rd8xa8 0.26/14 ] 22.Ne4-g5+Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 22.Ne4-g5 Ne7-c8 23.c4-c5 Rd8-d5 24.Qf3-e4 g7-g6 25.Bb3xd5 c6xd5 26.Qe4-f4 h7-h6 27.Ng5-f3 g6-g5 28.Qf4-e3 b7-b6 29.Rd1-c1 b6xc5 30.d4xc5 Nc8-e7 Diagram (Diagram 1213) 31.Nf3-d4 Ne7-c6 32.Nd4xc6 Be8xc6 33.f2-f4 Bf8-e7 34.f4-f5 1.96/16 ] 22...Ne7-c8 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 22...Ne7-c8 23.c4-c5 Rd8-d5 24.Qf3-e4 g7-g6 25.Bb3xd5 c6xd5 26.Qe4-f4 h7-h6 27.Ng5-f3 Be8-a4
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28.g4-g5 Ba4xd1 Diagram (Diagram 1215) 29.Re1xd1 b7-b6 30.g5xh6 b6xc5 31.d4xc5 a7-a5 32.Nf3-g5 Bf8xh6 33.Qf4xf7+ Qc7xf7 34.Ng5xf7 Bh6-g7 35.f2-f4 Ra8-a7 36.Nf7-g5 Bg7xe5 37.f4xe5 2.15/15 ] 23.c4-c5 [ 23.c4-c5 Rd8-d5 24.Qf3-e4+- ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 23.c4-c5 Rd8-d5 Diagram 24.Qf3-e4 Diagram g7-g6 25.Bb3xd5 c6xd5 26.Qe4-f4 h7-h6 27.Ng5-f3 g6-g5 28.Qf4-e3 b7-b6 Diagram
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29.Rd1-c1 b6xc5 30.d4xc5 Diagram
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Vassily Ivanchuk Ruslan Ponomariov FIDE WCh KO Final (2)
17.01.2002
D20: Queen's Gambit Accepted: 3 e3 and 3 e4 1.d2-d4 d7-d5 2.c2-c4 d5xc4 3.e2-e4 Ng8-f6 4.e4-e5 Nf6-d5 Diagram (Diagram 1221) 5.Bf1xc4 Nd5-b6 6.Bc4-d3 Nb8-c6 7.Ng1-e2 Bc8-g4 The backward pawn on d4 becomes a target 8.f2-f3 Bg4-e6 9.Nb1-c3 Be6-c4 10.Bd3xc4 Nb6xc4 11.0-0 [RR 11.Qd1-b3 Nc4-b6 12.e5-e6 f7xe6 13.Bc1-e3 Qd8-d7 14.0-0 g7-g6 15.Rf1-d1 Nc6-a5 16.Qb3-b4 Na5-c6 17.Qb4-b3 Nc6-a5 18.Qb3-b4 Na5-c6 19.Qb4-b5 a7-a6 20.Qb5-b3 Nc6-a5 21.Qb3-b4 Na5-c6 22.Qb4-b3 Nc6-a5 23.Qb3-b4 Na5-c6 24.Qb4-b3 ½-½ Mamedyarov, S (2709)-Bacrot,E (2717)/Wijk aan Zee 2006/CBM 111 ] 11...e7-e6 12.a2-a3N [ RR 12.f3-f4 Qd8-d7 13.Qd1-d3
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Nc4-b6 14.f4-f5 0-0-0 15.Bc1-g5 Bf8-e7 16.Bg5xe7 Qd7xe7 17.Qd3-g3 g7-g6 18.f5-f6 Qe7-b4 19.a2-a3 Qb4-c4 20.Ra1-d1 Rd8-d7 21.Qg3-e3 Qc4-b3 22.d4-d5 Nb6-c4 23.Qe3-h3 Qb3-b6+ 24.Kg1-h1 Nc6xe5 25.b2-b3 Qb6xb3 26.d5xe6 f7xe6 Chow,A (2300)-Shamkovich,L (2405)/ Chicago 1990/EXT 1997/0-1 (34) ;RR 12.Qd1-b3 Nc4-b6 13.Bc1-e3 Nc6-b4 14.Ra1-c1 a7-a5 15.Nc3-a4 Nb6xa4 16.Qb3xa4+ c7-c6 17.Ne2-c3 Nb4-d5 18.Be3-f2 Bf8-e7 19.Qa4-b3 Be7-g5 20.Rc1-e1 b7-b5 21.Nc3xd5 Qd8xd5 22.Qb3xd5 c6xd5 23.g2-g3 Ra8-c8 24.f3-f4 Bg5-e7 25.Re1-c1 Ke8-d7 26.Bf2-e3 Rc8-c4 Dao Thien Hai (2537)-Filippov,A (2481)/Cebu City 2007/CBM 120 ext/½-½ (53) ] 12...Qd8-d7 13.Kg1-h1 Diagram (Diagram 1222) Bf8-e7 14.Qd1-b3 Nc4-b6 15.Bc1-e3 0-0 16.Ra1-c1 a7-a5 17.Rf1-d1 a5-a4 18.Qb3-c2 Rf8-d8 last book move last book move 19.Ne2-f4 [ 19.Be3-f2 Be7-g5 20.Rc1-b1 Nc6-a5= ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 19.Be3-f2 Diagram
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Ra8-c8 20.Kh1-g1 h7-h6 21.Nc3xa4 Nb6xa4 22.Qc2xa4 Nc6xe5 23.Qa4-b3 Ne5-g6 24.Qb3xb7 Rc8-b8 25.Qb7-a7 Rb8xb2 26.Rc1xc7 Qd7-d6 27.Ne2-c3 Qd6xa3 28.Qa7xa3 Be7xa3 29.Rd1-a1 0.16/15 ] 19...Ra8-a5 Diagram [ 19...Nb6-c4 20.Be3-f2 Be7-g5 21.Nc3-e2! ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 19...Nb6-c4 20.Be3-g1 Be7-g5 21.Nc3-e2 Nc4-b6 22.Qc2-e4 Nb6-d5 23.Rc1-c2 Bg5xf4 24.Ne2xf4 Nc6-a5 25.Nf4xd5 Diagram e6xd5 26.Qe4-f4 Na5-c4 27.Bg1-f2 Qd7-e6 28.Kh1-g1 h7-h6 29.Bf2-e1 g7-g5 30.Qf4-g4 Nc4-e3 -0.22/16 ]
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324 28.Na4-c3 Rb5-a5 29.Nc3xd5 Ra5xd5 -0.10/15 ] 21.Qe4-c2= Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 21.Rc1-c2 Nb6-c4 22.Be3-f2 Qd7-e8 23.Qe4-e2 Nc4-b6 24.Nc3-e4 Nb6-d5 25.Nf4-d3 Qe8-f8 26.Kh1-g1 Qf8-h6 27.h2-h3 Be7-g5 28.Nd3-c5 0.34/14 Diagram
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20.Qc2-e4 [ 20.Nc3-e4 Nb6-d5 21.Nf4xd5 Qd7xd5= ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 20.Nc3-e4 Nb6-d5 21.Nf4xd5 Ra5xd5 22.Qc2xa4 Nc6xd4 23.Qa4xd7 Rd5xd7 24.Be3xd4 Rd7xd4 25.Rd1xd4 Rd8xd4 26.Kh1-g1 c7-c6 27.Kg1-f2 h7-h6 28.Kf2-e3 Rd4-d8 29.f3-f4 Kg8-h7 30.b2-b4 Kh7-g6 31.g2-g3 0.13/15 ] 20...g7-g6 Prevents intrusion on h5 [ 20...h7-h6 21.h2-h4= ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 20...h7-h6 21.Nf4-h5 Be7-g5 22.Be3xg5 h6xg5 23.Qe4-e2 Qd7-e7 24.Qe2-f2 Nb6-d5 25.Nc3-e4 Ra5-b5 26.Ne4-c5 Nc6-a5 27.Nc5xa4 Na5-b3
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+ r +k+ +ppqlp+p nn+p+p+ r + P + p+ P N + P N LP+ P +Q+PP + RR+ +K
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] 23.Rc1-c2 Diagram [ 23.Rd1-d2 Qe8-a8$ ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 23.g2-g3 Qe8-d8 24.d4-d5 Nb6xd5 25.Nc3xd5 e6xd5 26.e5-e6 f7xe6 27.Be3-d2 e6-e5 28.Nf4-e6 Qd8-a8 29.Bd2xa5 Qa8xa5 30.Qe2-e3 Rd7-d6 31.Rc1-c5 Qa5-b6 0.27/14 ]
+ +q+k+ +pprlp+p nn+p+p+ r + P + p+ P N + P N LP+ PR+Q+PP + +R+ +K
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23...Nb6-d5 Diagram [ 23...Qe8-a8!?= should not be overlooked ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 23...Kg8-g7 24.Nc3-e4 Qe8-d8 25.Rc2-d2 Kg7-g8 Diagram 26.Kh1-g1 h7-h6 27.Kg1-h1 g6-g5 28.Nf4-h5 Nb6-d5 29.f3-f4 Ra5-a8 30.Qe2-f3 g5xf4 31.Nh5xf4 0.21/14 ] 24.Nc3xd5 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64:
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
+ q +k+ +pprlp+p nn+p+p+ r + P + p+ PNN + P + LP+ P RQ+PP + +R+ +K
+ +q+k+ +pprlp+p +n+p+p+ r +nP + p+ P N + P N LP+ PR+Q+PP + +R+ +K
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24.Nf4xd5 Diagram (Diagram 1234) e6xd5 25.f3-f4 Be7-f8 26.f4-f5 g6xf5 27.Qe2-d3 Qe8-e6 28.Rc2-f2 Nc6-e7 29.g2-g4 f5-f4 30.Rf2xf4 Ne7-g6 31.Rf4-f5 c7-c5 32.Rd1-f1 c5xd4 33.Be3xd4 Diagram (Diagram 1235) Bf8-c5 34.Qd3-e3 Bc5xd4 35.Qe3xd4 0.67/16 ] 24...e6xd5 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64:
+ +q+k+ +pprlp+p +n+p+p+ r +NP + p+ P + + P N LP+ PR+Q+PP + +R+ +K
+ + lk+ +p+r+p+p + +q+n+ r +pPR+ p+ L +P+ P NQ+ + P + + P + + +R+K
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24...e6xd5 25.Nf4-d3 Be7-f8 26.Kh1-g1 Ra5-b5 27.Rc2-c3 Rd7-d8 28.Rd1-c1 Qe8-d7 29.Be3-g5 Bf8-e7 30.Bg5xe7 Diagram (Diagram 1236) Qd7xe7 31.Qe2-f2 Rd8-e8 32.Nd3-c5 b7-b6 33.Nc5xa4 0.41/15 ] (Diagram 1237) 25.Rd1-c1 Diagram [ 25.Kh1-g1 Rd7-d8$ ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 25.Nf4-d3 Be7-f8 26.Rc2-c3 Ra5-a6
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
+ r +k+ +ppqLp+p +n+ +p+ +r+pP + p+ P + + P RN+P+ P +Q+PP + R + K
+ +q+k+ +pprlp+p +n+ +p+ r +pP + p+ P N + P + LP+ PR+Q+PP + +R+ +K
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+ +qlk+ +ppr+p+p r+n+ +p+ + +pP + p+ P + + P RNLP+ P +Q+PP + +R+ +K
r+ r lk+ +pp + +p +n+qpp+ + +pP + p+ P P + P RN+ + PQ+ LPP + +R+ K
1238
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Diagram (Diagram 1238) 27.Qe2-c2 f7-f6 28.f3-f4 Qe8-e6 29.Kh1-g1 Ra6-a8 30.Be3-f2 Rd7-d8 Diagram (Diagram 1239) 31.Qc2-e2 Rd8-e8 32.Rd1-c1 0.50/15 ] 25...f7-f6 [ 25...Rd7-d8 26.Kh1-g1$ Diagram ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 25...Be7-f8
+ +q+k+ +pprlp+p +n+ +p+ r +pP + p+ P N + P + LP+ PR+Q+PP + R + +K
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Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
+ rq+k+ +pp lp+p +n+ +p+ r +pP + p+ P N + P + LP+ PR+Q+PP + R + K
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26.Rc2-c3 Rd7-d8 27.Nf4-d3 Ra5-a8 28.Qe2-f2 Bf8-e7 29.Kh1-g1 Ra8-a6 30.Nd3-c5 Be7xc5 31.Rc3xc5 Diagram
+ rq+k+ +pp +p+p r+n+ +p+ + RpP + p+ P + + P + LP+ P + QPP + R + K
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+ r +k+ +pp q +p +n+P+p+ +r+p+ + p+ + + + P +NQPP PR+ +KP + + R +
+ +q+k+ +pprl +p +n+ pp+ r +pP + p+ P + + P +NLP+ PR+Q+PP + R + +K
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x64: 26...Ra5-a8 27.Be3-f2 Rd7-d8 28.Rc1-e1 g6-g5 29.Kh1-g1 Qe8-g6 30.Rc2-c1 f6-f5 31.e5-e6 Be7-f6 32.Nd3-c5 Nc6xd4 33.Qe2-d3 Qg6-g7 34.Nc5xb7 Rd8-e8 35.Nb7-c5 0.50/15 Diagram
Qe8-e6 32.Be3-g5 Rd8-e8 33.Bg5-f6 Ra6-b6 0.35/16 ] 26.Nf4-d3 Diagram [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 26.Rc1-e1 (Diagram 1245) f6xe5 27.d4xe5 Be7-h4 28.g2-g3 Bh4-g5 29.e5-e6 Rd7-d8 30.Nf4-d3 Bg5xe3 31.Qe2xe3 Qe8-e7 32.Kh1-g2 ] 27.d4xe5 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro Ra5-b5 Diagram x64: 27.d4xe5 Rd7-d8 28.Be3-f2 33.Qe3-f4 d5-d4 34.Qf4-e4 Rb5-b3 d5-d4 29.Rc2-c4 Qe8-f7 30.e5-e6 35.Rc2-c4 Rd8-a8 36.Rc4xc6 b7xc6 Qf7-f5 31.Bf2-g3 Rd8-c8 32.Kh1-g1 37.Qe4xd4 0.56/14 ] 26...f6xe5 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro Ra5-a8 33.Rc1-e1 Diagram
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
329 Rd8-d5 36.Rc5xd5 Qf5xd5 0.67/15 ]
r+ +r+k+ + p + qp + +Pl + + Np+pp p+ n + + P +Q+P+ P + LPP + R R K
+ +q+k+ +pprl +p +n+ +p+ r +pp + p+ P + + P +NLP+ PR+Q+PP + R + +K
r+r+ +k+ +pp l +p +n+P+p+ + + +q+ p+Rp + + P +N+PL P +Q+PP + + R K
1245
+ +q+k+ +pprl +p +n+ +p+ r +pP + p+ + + + P +NLP+ PR+Q+PP + R + +K
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27...d5-d4 [ 27...Rd7-d8 28.Kh1-g1 Diagram 1246
+ rq+k+ +pp l +p +n+ +p+ r +pP + p+ + + + P +NLP+ PR+Q+PP + R + K 1247
Be7-g5 34.Bg3-f2 Rc8-d8 35.Rc4-c5
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; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 27...Rd7-d8 28.Be3-f2 Diagram (Diagram 1250) Be7-g5 29.Rc1-e1 d5-d4 30.e5-e6 Qe8-e7 31.f3-f4 Bg5-f6 32.Kh1-g1 Bf6-g7 33.Rc2-c4 Diagram Ra5-a8 34.Qe2-e4 Rd8-f8 35.Qe4-d5 Rf8-f5 0.59/14 ] 28.Be3-h6 [ 28.Be3-d2 Ra5-a6 Diagram ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 28.Be3-f2
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
+ rq+k+ +pp l +p +n+ +p+ r +pP + p+ + + + P +N+P+ PR+QLPP + R + +K
+ r +k+ +pp q lp +n+P+p+ r + + + p+Rp P + P +N+ + P +QLPP + + R K
+ +q+k+ +pprl +p r+n+ +p+ + + P + p+ p + + P +N+P+ PRLQ+PP + R + +K Diagram
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+ +q+k+ +pprl +p +n+ +p+ r + P + p+ p + + P +N+P+ PR+QLPP + R + +K
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Rd7-d8 29.Rc2-c4 Qe8-f7 30.e5-e6 Qf7-f5 31.Bf2-g3 Rd8-c8 32.Kh1-g1 Ra5-a8 33.Rc1-e1 Be7-g5 34.Bg3-f2 Rc8-d8 35.Rc4-c5 Rd8-d5 36.Rc5xd5 Qf5xd5 0.67/15 ] 28...g6-g5 Diagram [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 28...Rd7-d5 29.Bh6-f4 Be7-f8 30.Bf4-g3 Rd5-d8 31.Bg3-h4 Rd8-a8 32.f3-f4 Qe8-e6 33.Rc2-c4 Ra8-e8 34.Qe2-c2 Diagram
+ +rlk+ +pp + +p +n+q+p+ r + P + p+Rp P L P +N+ + PQ+ +PP + R + +K
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Qe6-f5 35.Bh4-f6 0.47/14 ] 29.Rc2xc6 [ 29.Qe2-d2!? Ra5-d5 30.Bh6xg5 Nc6xe5 31.Nd3xe5 Diagram Rd5xe5 32.Bg5-f4$ ;Houdini 2.0c Pro
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
+ +q+k+ +pprl +p +n+ + L r + P p p+ p + + P +N+P+ PR+Q+PP + R + +K
+ +q+k+ +pprl +p + + + + + +rN L p+ p + + P + +P+ PRQ +PP + R + +K
331
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x64: 29.Qe2-d2 Ra5-b5 30.Bh6xg5 Nc6xe5 31.Nd3xe5 Rb5xe5 32.Bg5-f4 Re5-e6 33.Rc2xc7 d4-d3 34.Rc7-c8 Rd7-d8 35.Rc8xd8 Diagram (Diagram 1257) Qe8xd8 36.Bf4-e3 Re6-c6 37.g2-g4 Rc6xc1+ 38.Qd2xc1 Qd8-d5 39.Kh1-g2 Be7-f6 40.Be3-d2 Bf6-d4 0.50/14 ] 29...b7xc6= [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 29...b7xc6 30.Qe2-d2 Diagram Ra5-b5 31.Bh6xg5 Be7xg5 32.Qd2xg5+ Qe8-g6 33.Qg5-d2
+ Rq+k+ +p+ l +p + +r+ + + + + + p+ + L + P +p+P+ P Q +PP + R + +K
+ +q+k+ + prl +p +p+ + L r + P p p+ p + + P +N+P+ P Q +PP + R + +K
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Rd7-e7 34.f3-f4 Diagram (Diagram 1259) Qg6-e4 35.Rc1-e1 Qe4-f5 36.Re1-c1 Qf5-e4 37.Rc1-e1 0.21/13 ] 30.Rc1xc6 Black wins the exchange [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 30.Qe2-d2 Ra5-b5 31.Bh6xg5 Be7xg5 32.Qd2xg5+ Qe8-g6 33.Qg5-d2 Rd7-d8 34.Rc1-e1 c6-c5 35.e5-e6 Rd8-e8 36.e6-e7 h7-h6 37.Qd2-c2 Qg6-f7 38.f3-f4 Qf7-b3 39.Qc2-e2 Qb3-f7 40.Qe2-g4+ Kg8-h7 0.21/14 ] 30...Be7-d6? e5 seems the pivot of the position
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
+ + +k+ + p r +p +p+ +q+ +r+ P + p+ p P + P +N+ + P Q +PP + R + +K [
332
1259
+r+q+ + + + + +k + + + + + + NQ+p p+ ppP + P + + + P + +PP + + + +K
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30...Be7-d8= Diagram
+ lq+k+ + pr+ +p +R+ + L r + P p p+ p + + P +N+P+ P +Q+PP + + + +K
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is the best option Black has ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 30...Be7-d8 31.f3-f4 Rd7-d6 32.Rc6xd6 c7xd6 33.Qe2-g4 d6xe5 34.Bh6xg5 h7-h5 35.Qg4-c8 e5-e4 36.Bg5xd8 Ra5-d5 37.Nd3-e5 Rd5xd8 38.Qc8-f5 Rd8-c8 39.Qf5-g5+ Kg8-h7 40.Qg5-f5+ Diagram (Diagram 1261) Kh7-h8 41.Qf5-f6+ Kh8-g8 42.Qf6-g5+ Diagram Kg8-h7 0.07/16 ] 31.f3-f4+- Diagram
+r+q+k+ + + + + + + + + + + N Qp p+ ppP + P + + + P + +PP + + + +K
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[ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 31.f3-f4 Rd7-f7 32.Rc6-c1 Bd6-f8 33.Bh6xg5 Qe8-e6 34.Bg5-d8 Ra5-a8 35.Bd8-f6 Ra8-b8 36.Qe2-f3 Qe6-f5 37.g2-g4 Qf5-c8 38.f4-f5 c7-c5 39.g4-g5 Qc8-b7 40.Kh1-g2 Qb7xf3+ 41.Kg2xf3 Rb8-b3 Diagram (Diagram 1263) 42.Kf3-e4 0.78/17 ] 31...Rd7-f7 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 31...Rd7-f7 32.Rc6-c1 Bd6-f8 33.Bh6xg5 Qe8-e6 34.Bg5-d8 Ra5-a8 35.Bd8-f6 Ra8-e8 36.Qe2-f3 Qe6-b3
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
+ + lk+ + + +r+p + + L + + p PPP p+ p + + Pr+N+K+ P + + P + R + +
+ +q+k+ + pr+ +p +Rl + L r + P p p+ p P + P +N+ + P +Q+PP + + + +K
333
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37.f4-f5 Bf8-h6 38.Rc1-d1 Bh6-f8 39.Qf3-g4+ Bf8-g7 40.Nd3-c5 Diagram (Diagram 1265) Qb3xb2 41.Nc5-e6 h7-h5 42.Qg4-g5 0.87/17 ] (Diagram 1266) 32.Rc6-c1 32.Rc6-c1 34.Bg5-d8 36.Qe2-f3
[Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: Bd6-f8 33.Bh6xg5 Qe8-e6 Ra5-a8 35.Bd8-f6 Ra8-b8 Qe6-f5 37.g2-g4 Qf5-c8
+ +r+k+ + p +rlp + + L + + N PP+ p+ p +Q+ Pq+ + + P + +PP + +R+ +K
+ +q+k+ + p +r+p +Rl + L r + P p p+ p P + P +N+ + P +Q+PP + + + +K
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38.f4-f5 c7-c5 39.g4-g5 Qc8-b7 40.Kh1-g2 Qb7xf3+ 41.Kg2xf3 Rb8-b3 42.Kf3-e4 0.78/17 ] 32...Rf7xf4? Diagram [ 32...Bd6-f8 33.Bh6xg5 Qe8-e6+- ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 32...Bd6-f8 33.Bh6xg5 Qe8-e6 34.Bg5-d8 Ra5-a8 35.Bd8-f6 Ra8-e8 36.Qe2-f3 Qe6-b3 37.f4-f5 Bf8-h6 38.Rc1-d1 Bh6-f8 39.Qf3-g4+ Bf8-g7 40.Nd3-c5 Qb3xb2 41.Nc5-e6 Diagram h7-h5 42.Qg4-g5 0.87/15 ] 33.Nd3xf4+- [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 33.Nd3xf4 Ra5xe5 34.Qe2-c4+ Qe8-f7 35.Nf4-d3 Re5-f5 36.g2-g3
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
+ +r+k+ + p +rlp + +NL + + + PP+ p+ p +Q+ P + + + q + +PP + +R+ +K
+ +q+k+ + p + +p + l + L r + P p p+ p r + P +N+ + P +Q+PP + R + +K
334 46.Kh1-g2 Kd5-e4 47.Bf8-b4 Ke4-e3 48.Rd1-e1+ Ke3-d4 Diagram 1267
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Rf5-f3 37.Nd3-c5 Bd6xc5 38.Qc4xf7+ Kg8xf7 39.Rc1xc5 Kf7-e6 40.Bh6xg5 Rf3-f2 41.Rc5-c6+ Ke6-d5 42.Rc6xc7 d4-d3 43.Kh1-g1 Rf2xb2 44.Rc7xh7 Rb2-a2 45.h2-h4 Ra2xa3 46.Kg1-f2 Ra3-c3 47.Kf2-e3 a4-a3 48.Ke3-d2 Rc3-b3 49.Rh7-a7 Kd5-e4 50.Bg5-f6 2.39/16 ] 33...Ra5xe5 Diagram [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 33...Ra5xe5 34.Qe2-c4+ Qe8-f7 35.Nf4-d3 Re5-f5 36.g2-g3 Rf5-f3 37.Nd3-c5 Bd6xc5 38.Qc4xf7+ Kg8xf7 39.Rc1xc5 Kf7-e6 40.Rc5xc7 d4-d3 41.Bh6xg5 Rf3-f5 42.Bg5-h6 Rf5-f2 43.Rc7-c1 Rf2xb2 44.Rc1-d1 Rb2-b3 45.Bh6-f8 Ke6-d5
+ + + + + + + +p + + + + + + + + pL k + + Pr+p+ P + + +KP + + R +
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49.h2-h3 Rb3-b2+ 50.Kg2-f3 d3-d2 51.Re1-d1 Kd4-d3 52.g3-g4 Rb2-c2 2.50/19 ]
+ +q+k+ + p + +p + l + L + + r p p+ p N + P + + + P +Q+PP + R + +K
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34.Qe2-c4+ [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 34.Qe2-c4+ Diagram (Diagram 1271) Qe8-f7 35.Nf4-d3 Re5-f5 36.g2-g3 Rf5-f3 37.Nd3-c5 Bd6xc5 38.Qc4xf7+ Kg8xf7 39.Rc1xc5 Kf7-e6 40.Rc5xc7 d4-d3 41.Bh6xg5 Rf3-f5 42.Bg5-h6 Rf5-f2 43.Rc7-c1 Rf2xb2 44.Rc1-d1
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
+ +q+k+ + p + +p + l + L + + r p p+Qp N + P + + + P + +PP + R + +K
335
1271
Rb2-b3 45.Bh6-f8 Ke6-d5 46.Kh1-g2 Kd5-e4 47.Bf8-b4 Ke4-e3 48.Rd1-e1+ Ke3-d4 49.h2-h3 Diagram
+ + + + + + + +p + + + + + + + + pL k + + Pr+p+ PP + + +K+ + + R +
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Rb3-b2+ 50.Kg2-f3 d3-d2 51.Re1-d1 Kd4-d3 52.g3-g4 Rb2-c2 2.27/17 ] 34...Qe8-f7 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 34...Qe8-f7 35.Nf4-d3 Re5-f5 36.g2-g3 Rf5-f3 37.Nd3-c5 Bd6xc5 38.Qc4xf7+ Kg8xf7 39.Rc1xc5 Kf7-e6 40.Rc5xc7 Diagram d4-d3 41.Bh6xg5 Rf3-f5 42.Bg5-h6 Rf5-f2 43.Rc7-c1 Rf2xb2 44.Rc1-d1 Rb2-b3 45.Bh6-f8 Ke6-d5 46.Kh1-g2 Kd5-e4 47.Bf8-b4 Ke4-e3 48.Rd1-e1+ Ke3-d4 49.h2-h3 Rb3-b2+ 50.Kg2-f3
+ + + + + R + +p + +k+ L + + + p p+ p + + P + +rP P + + P + + + +K
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d3-d2 51.Re1-d1 Kd4-d3 52.g3-g4 Rb2-c2 2.50/19 ] 35.Nf4-d3 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 35.Nf4-d3 Re5-f5 36.g2-g3 Diagram
+ + +k+ + p +q+p + l + L + + +rp p+Qp + + P +N+ P P + + P + R + +K
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Rf5-f3 37.Nd3-c5 Bd6xc5 38.Qc4xf7+ Kg8xf7 39.Rc1xc5 Kf7-e6 40.Rc5xc7 d4-d3 41.Bh6xg5 Rf3-f5 42.Bg5-h6 Rf5-f2 43.Rc7-c1 Rf2xb2 44.Rc1-d1 Rb2-b3 45.Bh6-f8 Ke6-d5 46.Kh1-g2 Kd5-e4 47.Bf8-b4 Ke4-e3 48.Rd1-e1+ Ke3-d4 49.h2-h3 Rb3-b2+ 50.Kg2-f3 d3-d2 51.Re1-d1 Kd4-d3 52.g3-g4 Rb2-c2 2.27/18 ] 35...Re5-f5 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 35...Re5-f5 36.g2-g3 Rf5-f3 37.Nd3-c5 Bd6xc5
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
336
38.Qc4xf7+ Kg8xf7 39.Rc1xc5 Kf7-e6 40.Rc5xc7 d4-d3 41.Bh6xg5 Diagram
+ + + + + R + +p + +k+ + + + + L p+ + + + P +p+rP P + + P + + + +K
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Rf3-f5 42.Bg5-h6 Rf5-f2 43.Rc7-c1 Rf2xb2 44.Rc1-d1 Rb2-b3 45.Bh6-f8 Ke6-d5 46.Kh1-g2 Kd5-e4 47.Bf8-b4 Ke4-e3 48.Rd1-e1+ Ke3-d4 49.h2-h3 Rb3-b2+ 50.Kg2-f3 d3-d2 51.Re1-d1 Kd4-d3 52.g3-g4 Rb2-c2 2.47/17 ] 36.Qc4xf7+ Diagram [ 36.g2-g3!?+and White can already relax ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 36.g2-g3 Diagram
+ + +k+ + p +q+p + l + L + + +rp p+Qp + + P +N+ P P + + P + R + +K
+ + + + + + + +p + + k + + + + + p+ +RL + + + + P r+ + + P + + + +K
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(Diagram 1276) Rf5-f3 37.Nd3-c5 Bd6xc5 38.Qc4xf7+ Kg8xf7 39.Rc1xc5 Rf3-f2 40.Bh6xg5 Rf2xb2 41.Rc5xc7+ Kf7-e6 42.Rc7-e7+ Ke6-f5 43.Bg5-c1 Rb2-c2 44.Bc1-f4 Rc2-a2 45.Re7-e5+ Kf5-g6 46.Re5-g5+ Kg6-f6 47.Rg5-d5 Ra2xa3 48.Rd5-d6+ Kf6-e7 49.Rd6xd4 Ra3-a2 50.Rd4-e4+ Ke7-f6 1.76/15 Diagram (Diagram 1277) ]
+ + +k+ + p +Q+p + l + L + + +rp p+ p + + P +N+ + P + +PP + R + +K
36...Kg8xf7 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 36...Kg8xf7 37.h2-h4 g5xh4 38.Kh1-g1 h4-h3 39.g2xh3 Kf7-g6
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Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
337
40.Bh6-d2 Rf5-f3 41.Nd3-c5 Rf3-g3+ 42.Kg1-f1 Rg3xh3 Diagram
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43.Rc1-c4 h7-h5 44.Nc5-e4 Bd6-e5 45.Rc4xa4 Rh3-h1+ 46.Kf1-e2 Rh1-h2+ 47.Ke2-d3 Kg6-f5 48.Ne4-c5 h5-h4 49.Ra4-a8 h4-h3 50.Ra8-f8+ Kf5-g4 51.Rf8-g8+ Kg4-f3 52.a3-a4 Rh2-g2 53.Rg8-f8+ Kf3-g3 0.96/19 ] 37.h2-h4! the decision [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 37.h2-h4 g5xh4 38.Kh1-g1 h4-h3 39.g2xh3 Kf7-g6 40.Bh6-d2 Rf5-f3 41.Nd3-c5 Rf3-g3+ 42.Kg1-f1 Rg3xh3 43.Rc1-c4 h7-h5 44.Nc5-e4 Bd6-e5 45.Rc4xa4 Rh3-h1+ 46.Kf1-e2 Rh1-h2+ 47.Ke2-d3 Kg6-f5 48.Ne4-c5 h5-h4 49.Ra4-a8 h4-h3 50.Ra8-f8+ Kf5-g4 51.Rf8-g8+ Kg4-f3 52.a3-a4 Rh2-g2 53.Rg8-f8+ Kf3-g3 0.78/20 ] 37...g5xh4 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 37...g5xh4 38.Kh1-g1 h4-h3 39.g2xh3 Kf7-g6 40.Bh6-d2 Rf5-f3 41.Nd3-c5 Rf3-g3+ 42.Kg1-f1 Rg3xh3 43.Rc1-c4 h7-h5 44.Nc5-e4 Bd6-e5 45.Rc4xa4 Rh3-h1+ 46.Kf1-e2 Rh1-h2+ 47.Ke2-d3 Kg6-f5 48.Ne4-c5 h5-h4 49.Ra4-a8 h4-h3 50.Ra8-f8+ Kf5-g4 51.Rf8-g8+ Kg4-f3 52.a3-a4 Rh2-g2 53.Rg8-f8+ Kf3-g3 0.88/20 ] 38.Kh1-g1 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 38.Kh1-g1 Diagram
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h4-h3 39.g2xh3 Kf7-g6 40.Bh6-d2 Rf5-f3 41.Nd3-c5 Rf3-g3+ 42.Kg1-f1 Rg3xh3 43.Rc1-c4 h7-h5 44.Nc5-e4 Bd6-e5 45.Rc4xa4 Rh3-h1+ 46.Kf1-e2 Rh1-h2+ 47.Ke2-d3 Kg6-f5 48.Ne4-c5 Rh2-h3+ 49.Kd3-c2 h5-h4 50.Nc5-d3 Rh3-h2 51.Ra4-a7 h4-h3 52.Nd3xe5 Kf5xe5 53.Ra7xc7 Rh2-g2 54.Rc7-e7+ Ke5-f5 0.91/19 ] 38...Kf7-e6 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 38...h4-h3 39.g2xh3 Kf7-g6 40.Bh6-d2 Rf5-f3 41.Nd3-c5 Rf3-g3+ 42.Kg1-f2 Rg3xh3 43.Rc1-g1+ Kg6-f6 44.Rg1-f1 Diagram Rh3-h4 45.Nc5xa4 Kf6-e6 46.b2-b4
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Rh4-h2+ 47.Kf2-e1 Rh2-h3 48.Bd2-c1 h7-h5 49.Na4-c5+ Bd6xc5 50.b4xc5 h5-h4 51.a3-a4 Rh3-c3 52.Bc1-b2 Rc3-c4 0.82/16 ] 39.Rc1-c4 Diagram [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 39.Rc1-c4 c7-c5 40.Rc4xa4 Ke6-d5 41.Ra4-a7 c5-c4 42.Nd3-b4+ Kd5-e4 43.Ra7-d7 Bd6xb4 44.a3xb4 c4-c3 45.b2xc3 d4xc3 46.Rd7-b7 Rf5-h5 47.Bh6-c1 Rh5-d5 48.Kg1-f2 c3-c2 49.Rb7-c7 Ke4-d3 50.Rc7-e7 Kd3-c4 51.Re7xh7 Rd5-d1 52.Rh7-c7+ Kc4-d3 53.Bc1-e3 Rd1-b1 54.Rc7-d7+ Diagram
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(Diagram 1283) Kd3-c4 55.Rd7-c7+ Kc4-d3 56.Rc7-d7+ 1.01/19 ] (Diagram 1284) 39...h4-h3 [ 39...Ke6-d5 40.Rc4xa4 c7-c5 41.Ra4-a8+- ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 39...c7-c5 40.Rc4xa4 Ke6-d5 41.Ra4-a7 c5-c4 42.Nd3-b4+ Kd5-e6 43.Nb4-c6 Bd6-c5 44.Nc6-d8+ Ke6-d5 45.Ra7-d7+ Kd5-e4 46.Nd8-b7 c4-c3 47.Nb7xc5+ Diagram Rf5xc5 48.b2xc3 d4xc3 49.Rd7xh7 Ke4-d3 50.Rh7-d7+ Kd3-e2 51.a3-a4
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Rc5-f5 52.Rd7-d4 Rf5-f1+ 53.Kg1-h2
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games Rf1-f2 54.Rd4xh4 c3-c2 55.Kh2-g3 Rf2-f1 56.a4-a5 c2-c1Q 57.Bh6xc1 Rf1xc1 1.08/17 ] 40.g2xh3 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 40.g2xh3 Ke6-d5 41.Rc4xa4 Rf5-f3 42.Nd3-f2 Bd6-g3 43.Kg1-g2 Rf3-b3 44.Bh6-c1 Bg3-h4 45.Nf2-g4 Rb3-g3+ 46.Kg2-h2 Rg3-f3 47.Ra4-a5+ c7-c5 48.b2-b4 Rf3-c3 49.Ra5xc5+ Rc3xc5 50.b4xc5 h7-h5 51.c5-c6 Kd5xc6 52.Ng4-e5+ Kc6-d5 53.Ne5-f3 Bh4-e7 54.Nf3-d2 Be7-g5 55.Kh2-g3 d4-d3 56.Kg3-f3 1.58/19 ] 40...Ke6-d5 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 40...Ke6-d5 41.Rc4xa4 Rf5-f3 42.Nd3-f2 d4-d3 43.Ra4-a5+ c7-c5 44.b2-b4 Rf3-g3+ 45.Kg1-f1 Rg3-f3 46.b4xc5 Bd6xc5 47.Kf1-e1 Kd5-c4 48.Nf2-e4 Bc5-e3 49.Ne4-d2+ Be3xd2+ 50.Ke1xd2 Rf3-f2+ 51.Kd2-e1 Rf2-h2 52.Bh6-f4 Rh2xh3 53.Ke1-d2 h7-h5 54.Ra5-a7 h5-h4 55.Ra7-c7+ Kc4-d5 56.Bf4-e3 Rh3-f3 57.Kd2xd3 h4-h3 58.Rc7-c2 Kd5-e5 59.a3-a4 1.70/16 ] 41.Rc4xa4 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 41.Rc4xa4 Rf5-f3 42.Nd3-f2 Bd6-g3 43.Kg1-g2 Rf3-b3 44.Bh6-c1 Bg3-h4 45.Nf2-g4 Rb3-g3+ 46.Kg2-h2 Rg3-f3 47.Ra4-a5+ c7-c5 48.b2-b4 Rf3-c3 49.Ra5xc5+ Rc3xc5 50.b4xc5 h7-h5 51.c5-c6 Kd5xc6 52.Ng4-e5+ Kc6-d5 53.Ne5-f3 Bh4-e7 54.Nf3-d2 Be7-g5 55.Kh2-g3 d4-d3 56.Kg3-f3 1.67/16 ] 41...Kd5-e4 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 41...Rf5-f3 42.Nd3-f2 c7-c5 43.Ra4-a8 d4-d3 44.Bh6-d2 c5-c4 45.Ra8-a5+ Kd5-d4 46.Kg1-g2 Rf3-g3+ 47.Kg2-f1 Rg3-f3 48.Kf1-e1 Rf3-g3 49.Nf2-g4 Rg3-g1+ 50.Ke1-f2 1.65/14 ] 42.Nd3-f2+ [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 42.Nd3-f2+ Ke4-f3 43.Ra4-c4 Rf5-e5 44.Rc4-c1 Re5-h5 45.Bh6-d2 Rh5-e5 46.Nf2-h1 Re5-e2 47.Rc1-f1+ Kf3-e4 48.Nh1-f2+ Ke4-d5 49.Rf1-d1 Bd6-g3 50.Nf2-d3 Kd5-c4 51.Bd2-f4 Bg3xf4
339 52.Nd3xf4 Re2-e4 53.Rd1-c1+ Kc4-b3 54.Nf4-d5 Re4-e5 55.Nd5-f6 Re5-g5+ 56.Kg1-h2 Kb3xb2 57.Rc1xc7 Kb2xa3 58.Rc7xh7 1.70/19 ] 42...Ke4-f3 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 42...Ke4-f3 43.Ra4-c4 Rf5-e5 44.Rc4-c1 Re5-h5 45.Bh6-d2 Kf3-e2 46.Nf2-e4 Rh5xh3 47.Rc1-f1 Rh3-b3 48.Rf1-f2+ Ke2-d3 49.Ne4xd6 c7xd6 50.Bd2-f4 d6-d5 51.Kg1-g2 Kd3-c4 52.Rf2-d2 d4-d3 53.Kg2-f3 h7-h5 54.Bf4-g3 Rb3-b7 55.Bg3-e5 h5-h4 56.Kf3-e3 Rb7-e7 57.b2-b3+ Kc4xb3 58.Rd2xd3+ Kb3-c4 59.Rd3-c3+ Kc4-b5 1.59/20 ] 43.Ra4xd4 [ 43.Bh6-d2!? Kf3-e2 44.Nf2-e4+- ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 43.Ra4-c4 Rf5-e5 44.Rc4-c1 Re5-h5 45.Bh6-d2 Kf3-e2 46.Nf2-e4 Rh5xh3 47.Ne4xd6 c7xd6 48.Bd2-b4 Rh3-g3+ 49.Kg1-h2 Rg3-g6 50.Kh2-h3 Ke2-f3 51.Rc1-f1+ Kf3-e2 52.Rf1-e1+ Ke2-f3 53.Bb4-d2 Rg6-g3+ 54.Kh3-h4 Rg3-g2 55.Bd2-c1 h7-h6 56.Kh4-h5 1.26/15 ] 43...Bd6-c5 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 43...Bd6-c5 44.Rd4-d2 Rf5-f6 45.Rd2-c2 Bc5-d4 46.Bh6-c1 Kf3-g3 47.Kg1-f1 Bd4xf2 48.Rc2-c3+ Kg3-h4 49.Kf1-e2 Bf2-g3 50.a3-a4 Kh4xh3 51.Rc3-c5 Kh3-g4 52.a4-a5 Rf6-e6+ 53.Ke2-d3 h7-h5 54.Rc5-g5+ Kg4-h4 55.b2-b4 Bg3-e1 56.Rg5-c5 Kh4-g3 57.Rc5-c4 Re6-f6 58.Bc1-g5 Rf6-f3+ 59.Kd3-e4 0.65/15 ] 44.Rd4-d2 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 44.Rd4-d2 Rf5-f6 45.Rd2-c2 Bc5-d4 46.Bh6-c1 Kf3-g3 47.Kg1-f1 Bd4xf2 48.Rc2-c3+ Kg3-h4 49.Kf1-e2 Bf2-g3 50.a3-a4 Kh4xh3 51.Rc3-c5 Kh3-g4 52.a4-a5 Rf6-e6+ 53.Ke2-d3 h7-h5 54.Rc5-g5+ Kg4-h4 55.b2-b4 Bg3-e1 56.Rg5-c5 Kh4-g3 57.Rc5-c4 Re6-f6 58.Bc1-g5 Rf6-f3+ 59.Kd3-e4 0.57/16 ] 44...Rf5-f6 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 44...Rf5-f6 45.Rd2-c2 Bc5-d4 46.Bh6-c1 Kf3-g3 47.Kg1-f1 Bd4xf2
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games 48.Rc2-c3+ Kg3-h4 49.Kf1-e2 Bf2-g3 50.a3-a4 Kh4xh3 51.Rc3-c5 Kh3-g4 52.a4-a5 Rf6-e6+ 53.Ke2-d3 h7-h5 54.Rc5-g5+ Kg4-h4 55.b2-b4 Bg3-e1 56.Rg5-c5 Kh4-g3 57.Rc5-c4 Re6-f6 58.Bc1-g5 Rf6-f3+ 59.Kd3-e4 0.65/19 ] 45.Bh6-g5 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 45.Rd2-c2 Bc5-d4 46.Bh6-c1 Kf3-g3 47.Kg1-f1 Bd4xf2 48.Rc2-c3+ Kg3-h4 49.Kf1-e2 Bf2-g3 50.a3-a4 Kh4xh3 51.Rc3-c5 Rf6-e6+ 52.Ke2-d3 Kh3-g4 53.a4-a5 Re6-g6 54.b2-b4 h7-h5 55.b4-b5 Bg3-d6 56.Rc5-c6 0.66/16 ] 45...Rf6-g6 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 45...Rf6-g6 46.h3-h4 h7-h6 47.Kg1-f1 h6xg5 48.Rd2-d3+ Kf3-f4 49.Nf2-h3+ Kf4-e4 50.Rd3-c3 g5-g4 51.Nh3-g5+ Ke4-d5 52.Kf1-g2 Bc5-d6 53.Rc3-c1 Rg6-h6 54.Rc1-h1 Bd6-f4 55.a3-a4 Rh6-b6 56.Rh1-b1 Rb6-b3 57.a4-a5 Rb3-g3+ 58.Kg2-f2 Rg3-d3 59.a5-a6 Rd3-d2+ 60.Kf2-f1 Bf4xg5 61.h4xg5 0.61/19 ] 46.Kg1-f1 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 46.h3-h4 h7-h6 47.Kg1-f1 h6xg5 48.Rd2-d3+ Kf3-f4 49.Nf2-h3+ Kf4-e4 50.Rd3-c3 g5-g4 51.Nh3-g5+ Ke4-d5 52.Kf1-g2 Bc5-d6 53.Rc3-c1 Rg6-h6 54.Rc1-h1 Bd6-f4 55.a3-a4 Rh6-b6 56.Rh1-b1 Rb6-b3 57.a4-a5 Rb3-g3+ 58.Kg2-f2 Rg3-d3 59.a5-a6 Rd3-d2+ 60.Kf2-f1 Bf4xg5 61.h4xg5 0.52/18 ] 46...Rg6xg5 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 46...Rg6xg5 47.Rd2-d3+ Kf3-f4 48.b2-b4 Bc5-a7 49.Rd3-d7 Rg5-g3 50.a3-a4 Ba7xf2 51.Kf1xf2 Rg3xh3 52.Rd7-f7+ Kf4-e5 53.Rf7xc7 Rh3-b3 54.b4-b5 Rb3-b4 55.a4-a5 Rb4xb5 56.a5-a6 Rb5-b2+ 57.Kf2-g3 h7-h5 58.a6-a7 Rb2-a2 59.Rc7-h7 Ra2-a3+ 60.Kg3-h4 Ke5-d5 0.61/15 ] 47.Rd2-d3+ [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 47.Rd2-d3+ Kf3-f4 48.b2-b4 Bc5-a7 49.Rd3-d7 Rg5-g3 50.a3-a4 Ba7xf2 51.Kf1xf2 Rg3xh3 52.Rd7-f7+ Kf4-e5 53.Rf7xc7 Rh3-b3 54.b4-b5 Rb3-b4
340 55.a4-a5 Rb4xb5 56.a5-a6 Rb5-b2+ 57.Kf2-g3 h7-h5 58.a6-a7 Rb2-a2 59.Rc7-h7 Ra2-a3+ 60.Kg3-h4 Ke5-d5 0.53/16 ] 47...Kf3-f4 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 47...Kf3-f4 48.b2-b4 Bc5-a7 49.Rd3-d7 Rg5-g3 50.a3-a4 Ba7xf2 51.Kf1xf2 Rg3xh3 52.Rd7-f7+ Kf4-e5 53.Rf7xc7 Ke5-d6 54.Rc7-b7 Kd6-c6 55.Rb7-e7 Rh3-a3 56.b4-b5+ Kc6-b6 57.Re7-e6+ Kb6-a5 58.Re6-a6+ Ka5-b4 0.57/15 ] 48.Rd3-c3 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 48.b2-b4 Bc5-a7 49.Rd3-d7 Rg5-g3 50.a3-a4 Ba7xf2 51.Kf1xf2 Rg3xh3 52.Rd7-f7+ Kf4-e5 53.Rf7xc7 Ke5-d6 54.Rc7-b7 Kd6-c6 55.Rb7-e7 Rh3-a3 56.b4-b5+ Kc6-b6 57.Re7-e6+ Kb6-a5 58.Re6-a6+ Ka5-b4 0.50/16 ] 48...Bc5-b6 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 48...Bc5-b6 49.a3-a4 Rg5-a5 50.b2-b3 Ra5-a8 51.Nf2-d3+ Kf4-e3 52.Nd3-b4+ Ke3-d2 53.Rc3-d3+ Kd2-c1 54.Nb4-d5 Kc1-c2 55.Kf1-e2 Ra8-e8+ 56.Nd5-e3+ Kc2-b2 57.h3-h4 Bb6-a5 58.Rd3-d5 Ba5-b4 0.39/17 ] 49.b2-b4 [ 49.a3-a4 Rg5-f5 50.Nf2-d1 h7-h5 ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 49.a3-a4 Rg5-f5 50.Nf2-d1 Rf5-d5 51.Kf1-e2 Rd5-e5+ 52.Ke2-d3 Re5-e1 53.Kd3-d2 Re1-e4 54.Rc3-a3 Bb6-a5+ 55.Nd1-c3 Re4-e3 56.Kd2-c2 c7-c6 57.Ra3-b3 h7-h5 58.h3-h4 0.33/15 ] 49...Rg5-d5 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 49...Kf4-e5 50.Rc3-f3 Bb6-d4 51.Nf2-g4+ Ke5-d5 52.Kf1-e2 Kd5-c4 53.Ng4-e3+ Bd4xe3 54.Ke2xe3 c7-c5 55.Ke3-f4 Rg5-d5 56.b4xc5 Rd5xc5 57.Rf3-e3 Rc5-d5 58.Re3-e4+ Kc4-b3 0.25/15 ] 50.Rc3-d3 White threatens to win material: Rd3xd5 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 50.Rc3-c2 Kf4-g3 51.Nf2-e4+ Kg3-f3 52.Ne4-d2+ Kf3-e3 53.Nd2-c4+ Ke3-e4 54.Nc4xb6 c7xb6 55.Kf1-e2 Rd5-g5 56.Rc2-c4+ Ke4-d5
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games 57.Rc4-f4 b6-b5 58.Rf4-f7 Rg5-g3 59.Rf7-f3 Rg3-g5 60.Ke2-f2 h7-h5 61.Rf3-d3+ Kd5-c4 0.32/17 ] 50...Rd5-f5 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 50...Rd5-f5 51.Nf2-d1 c7-c5 52.Kf1-e2 c5xb4 53.a3xb4 Kf4-e5 54.Ke2-d2 Rf5-f4 55.Kd2-c3 Rf4-h4 56.Nd1-e3 Bb6xe3 57.Rd3xe3+ Ke5-d5 58.Kc3-b3 Rh4-f4 59.Re3-c3 Rf4-f1 60.b4-b5 Rf1-b1+ 61.Kb3-a4 h7-h5 62.Rc3-d3+ Kd5-c4 0.36/16 ] 51.Nf2-d1 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 51.Nf2-d1 c7-c5 52.Kf1-e2 c5xb4 53.a3xb4 Kf4-e5 54.Ke2-d2 Rf5-f4 55.Kd2-c3 Rf4-h4 56.Nd1-e3 Bb6xe3 57.Rd3xe3+ Ke5-d5 58.Kc3-b3 Rh4-f4 59.Re3-c3 Rf4-f1 60.b4-b5 Rf1-b1+ 61.Kb3-a4 h7-h5 62.Rc3-d3+ Kd5-c4 0.31/18 ] 51...c7-c5 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 51...c7-c5 52.Kf1-e2 c5xb4 53.a3xb4 Kf4-e5 54.Ke2-d2 Rf5-f4 55.Kd2-c3 Rf4-h4 56.Nd1-e3 Bb6xe3 57.Rd3xe3+ Ke5-d5 58.Kc3-b3 Rh4-f4 59.Re3-c3 Rf4-f1 60.b4-b5 Rf1-b1+ 61.Kb3-a4 h7-h5 62.Rc3-d3+ Kd5-c4 0.36/16 ] 52.Nd1-c3 [ 52.Kf1-e2 c5xb4 53.a3xb4 Rf5-g5$ ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 52.Kf1-e2 c5xb4 53.a3xb4 Kf4-e5 54.Ke2-d2 Rf5-f4 55.Kd2-c3 Rf4-h4 56.Nd1-e3 Bb6xe3 57.Rd3xe3+ Ke5-d5 58.Kc3-b3 Rh4-f4 59.Re3-c3 Rf4-f1 60.b4-b5 Rf1-b1+ 61.Kb3-a4 h7-h5 62.Rc3-d3+ Kd5-c4 0.31/17 ] 52...c5xb4= [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 52...c5xb4 53.a3xb4 Kf4-e5+ 54.Kf1-e1 Rf5-f4 55.b4-b5 Ke5-e6 56.Nc3-d5 Rf4-d4 57.Rd3xd4 Bb6xd4 58.Nd5-c7+ Ke6-d6 59.Nc7-a6 Kd6-d5 60.Ke1-e2 Kd5-c4 61.Na6-c7 Bd4-b6 62.Nc7-a8 Kc4xb5 63.Na8xb6 Kb5xb6 64.Ke2-d3 Kb6-c5 65.Kd3-e4 Kc5-c4 66.h3-h4 h7-h5 67.Ke4-e5 0.18/18 ] 53.a3xb4 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 53.a3xb4 Kf4-e5+ 54.Kf1-e1 Rf5-f4 55.b4-b5 Ke5-e6 56.Nc3-d5
341 Rf4-d4 57.Rd3xd4 Bb6xd4 58.Nd5-c7+ Ke6-d6 59.Nc7-a6 Kd6-d5 60.Ke1-e2 Kd5-c4 61.Na6-c7 Bd4-b6 62.Nc7-a8 Kc4xb5 63.Na8xb6 Kb5xb6 64.Ke2-d3 Kb6-c5 65.Kd3-e4 Kc5-c4 66.h3-h4 h7-h5 67.Ke4-e5 0.13/20 ] 53...Kf4-e5+ [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 53...Kf4-e5+ 54.Kf1-e1 Rf5-f4 55.b4-b5 Ke5-e6 56.Nc3-d5 Rf4-d4 57.Rd3xd4 Bb6xd4 58.Nd5-c7+ Ke6-d6 59.Nc7-a6 Kd6-d5 60.Ke1-e2 Kd5-c4 61.Na6-c7 Bd4-b6 62.Nc7-a8 Kc4xb5 63.Na8xb6 Kb5xb6 64.Ke2-d3 Kb6-c5 65.Kd3-e4 Kc5-c4 66.h3-h4 h7-h5 67.Ke4-e5 Kc4-d3 68.Ke5-f5 Kd3-d4 0.17/19 ] 54.Kf1-e1 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 54.Kf1-e1 Rf5-f4 55.b4-b5 Ke5-e6 56.Nc3-d5 Rf4-d4 57.Rd3xd4 Bb6xd4 58.Nd5-c7+ Ke6-d6 59.Nc7-a6 Kd6-d5 60.Ke1-e2 Kd5-c4 61.Na6-c7 Bd4-b6 62.Nc7-a8 Kc4xb5 63.Na8xb6 Kb5xb6 64.Ke2-d3 Kb6-c5 65.Kd3-e4 Kc5-c4 66.h3-h4 h7-h5 67.Ke4-e5 Kc4-d3 68.Ke5-f5 Kd3-d4 0.13/19 ] 54...Rf5-f4 Black threatens to win material: Rf4xb4 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 54...Rf5-f4 55.b4-b5 Rf4-c4 56.Ke1-e2 Rc4-c5 57.Ke2-f3 Bb6-a5 58.Rd3-e3+ Ke5-d4 59.Nc3-e2+ Kd4-c4 60.Re3-e4+ Kc4xb5 61.Ne2-d4+ Kb5-a6 62.Re4-e6+ Ka6-b7 63.Kf3-e4 Rc5-c7 64.Nd4-f5 Ba5-b4 65.Re6-f6 Rc7-c4+ 66.Nf5-d4 0.14/17 ] 55.Rd3-d5+ [ 55.b4-b5 Ke5-e6= ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 55.b4-b5 Ke5-e6 56.Nc3-d5 Rf4-d4 57.Rd3xd4 Bb6xd4 58.Nd5-c7+ Ke6-d6 59.Nc7-a6 Kd6-d5 60.Ke1-e2 Kd5-c4 61.Na6-c7 Bd4-b6 62.Nc7-a8 Kc4xb5 63.Na8xb6 Kb5xb6 64.Ke2-d3 Kb6-c5 65.Kd3-e4 Kc5-c4 66.h3-h4 Kc4-c5 67.Ke4-e5 h7-h5 68.Ke5-e4 Kc5-c4 69.Ke4-e5 0.13/15 ] 55...Ke5-e6= [Houdini 2.0c
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games Pro x64: 55...Ke5-e6 56.Rd5-b5 Bb6-c7 57.Ke1-e2 Rf4-h4 58.Rb5-b7 Bc7-e5 59.Nc3-d1 Rh4xh3 60.Nd1-f2 Rh3-b3 61.Nf2-d3 Be5-d6 62.Rb7xh7 Ke6-d5 63.Rh7-h6 Bd6xb4 64.Rh6-h5+ Kd5-d6 65.Rh5-f5 Kd6-c6 66.Nd3xb4+ Rb3xb4 67.Rf5-f6+ 0.05/16 ] 56.Rd5-b5 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 56.Rd5-b5 Bb6-c7 57.Ke1-e2 Rf4-h4 58.Rb5-b7 Bc7-e5 59.Nc3-d1 Rh4xh3 60.Nd1-f2 Rh3-b3 61.Nf2-d3 Be5-d6 62.Rb7xh7 Ke6-d5 63.Rh7-h6 Bd6xb4 64.Rh6-h5+ Kd5-d6 65.Rh5-f5 Kd6-c6 66.Nd3xb4+ Rb3xb4 67.Rf5-f6+ 0.01/17 ] 56...Bb6-c7 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 56...Bb6-c7 57.Ke1-e2 Rf4-h4 58.Rb5-b7 Bc7-e5 59.Nc3-d1 Rh4xh3 60.Nd1-f2 Rh3-b3 61.Nf2-d3 Be5-d6 62.Rb7xh7 Ke6-d5 63.Rh7-h6 Bd6xb4 64.Rh6-h5+ Kd5-d6 65.Rh5-h6+ Kd6-d5 66.Rh6-h5+ 0.05/17 ] 57.Nc3-d5 White threatens to win material: Nd5xc7 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 57.Ke1-e2 Rf4-h4 58.Rb5-b7 Bc7-e5 59.Nc3-d1 Rh4xh3 60.Nd1-f2 Rh3-b3 61.Nf2-d3 Be5-d6 62.Rb7xh7 Ke6-d5 63.Rh7-h6 Bd6xb4 64.Rh6-b6 Kd5-d4 65.Nd3xb4 Rb3-e3+ 66.Ke2-d2 0.03/15 ] 57...Rf4-e4+ [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 57...Rf4-e4+ 58.Ke1-f2 Bc7-d6 59.Nd5-e3 Re4-f4+ 60.Kf2-e2 Rf4xb4 61.Rb5xb4 Bd6xb4 62.Ke2-f3 Bb4-c5 63.Ne3-g2 Ke6-e5 64.Ng2-f4 Bc5-b6 65.Nf4-d3+ Ke5-d4 66.Nd3-c1 h7-h6 67.Kf3-g2 Kd4-c5 68.Nc1-b3+ Kc5-d6 69.Nb3-c1 Kd6-c5 70.Nc1-b3+ 0.03/20 ] 58.Ke1-f2 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 58.Ke1-f2 Bc7-d6 59.Nd5-e3 Re4-f4+ 60.Kf2-e2 Rf4xb4 61.Rb5xb4 Bd6xb4 62.Ke2-f3 Bb4-c5 63.Ne3-g2 Ke6-e5 64.Ng2-f4 Bc5-b6 65.Nf4-d3+ Ke5-d4 66.Nd3-c1 h7-h6 67.Kf3-g2 Kd4-c5 68.Nc1-b3+ Kc5-d6 69.Nb3-c1 Kd6-c5
342 70.Nc1-b3+ -0.01/19 ] 58...Bc7-d6 Attacking the isolated pawn on b4 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 58...Bc7-d6 59.Nd5-e3 Re4-f4+ 60.Kf2-e2 Rf4xb4 61.Rb5xb4 Bd6xb4 62.Ke2-f3 Bb4-c5 63.Ne3-c4 Ke6-d5 64.Nc4-b2 h7-h6 65.Kf3-g2 Kd5-d4 66.Nb2-a4 Bc5-a7 67.Kg2-h1 Kd4-d5 68.Na4-c3+ Kd5-c6 0.03/18 ] ½-½
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Ruslan Ponomariov Vassily Ivanchuk FIDE WCh KO Final (5)
21.01.2002
C88: Closed Ruy Lopez: Anti-Marshall Systems 1.e2-e4 e7-e5 2.Ng1-f3 Nb8-c6 3.Bf1-b5 a7-a6 4.Bb5-a4 Diagram
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Ng8-f6 5.0-0 Bf8-e7 6.Rf1-e1 b7-b5 7.Ba4-b3 0-0 8.h2-h3 Bc8-b7 9.d2-d3 d7-d6 10.a2-a3 Nc6-b8 11.Nb1-d2 Nb8-d7 12.Nd2-f1 Rf8-e8 13.Nf1-g3 c7-c6 14.Nf3-h2 d6-d5 15.Qd1-f3 g7-g6 [RR 15...Nd7-c5 16.Bb3-a2 Nc5-e6 17.c2-c3 d5xe4 18.d3xe4 Be7-f8 19.Re1-d1 Qd8-c7 20.Nh2-g4 Nf6xg4 21.Qf3xg4 c6-c5
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games 22.Ba2-d5 Ra8-d8 23.Bc1-e3 c5-c4 24.Ng3-f5 g7-g6 25.Nf5-h6+ Bf8xh6 26.Be3xh6 Bb7xd5 27.e4xd5 Ne6-c5 28.Qg4-h4 Rd8-d6 29.Rd1-d2 Nc5-b3 30.Ra1-d1 Lauk,U (2424)-Nyback,T (2567)/Jyvaskyla 2007/CBM 119 ext/ 0-1 (40) ] 16.Bb3-a2 Be7-f8 17.Bc1-g5N [RR 17.h3-h4 h7-h5 18.Bc1-g5 Bf8-g7 19.Ra1-d1 Qd8-c7 20.c2-c3 a6-a5 21.Nh2-f1 b5-b4 22.Nf1-e3 Qc7-d6 23.Ne3-c2 b4xc3 24.b2xc3 Ra8-b8 25.d3-d4 Bb7-a8 26.Bg5-c1 Nf6-g4 27.Nc2-e3 Ng4xe3 28.Qf3xe3 Qd6-e7 29.Qe3-g5 Qe7-f8 30.e4xd5 c6xd5 31.Ng3-f1 e5xd4 Nijboer,F (2586)-Fressinet,L (2636)/ Wijk aan Zee 2004/CBM 099/0-1 (53) ; RR 17.Bc1-e3 Bf8-g7 18.Ra1-d1 Qd8-e7 19.c2-c3 h7-h6 20.Nh2-g4 Nf6xg4 21.h3xg4 d5-d4 22.Be3-d2 c6-c5 23.Ng3-e2 Nd7-f8 24.Qf3-h3 Bb7-c8 25.c3xd4 c5xd4 26.Ba2-d5 Ra8-a7 27.Bd2xh6 Bc8xg4 28.Qh3xg4 Bg7xh6 29.Qg4-h3 Kg8-g7 30.g2-g3 Nf8-h7 31.Kg1-g2 Nh7-f6 Djukic,N (2504)-Lekic,D (2364)/Bar 2005/CBM 105 ext/1-0 (42) ] 17...h7-h6 Diagram
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(Diagram 1287) 18.Bg5-d2 Bf8-g7 19.Nh2-g4 Nf6xg4 20.h3xg4 last book move last book move Nd7-c5 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 20...Qd8-h4 21.e4xd5 c6xd5 22.g4-g5 h6xg5 23.Ba2xd5 Bb7xd5 24.Qf3xd5 Nd7-f6 25.Qd5-f3 Ra8-c8 26.c2-c3 Re8-e6 27.a3-a4 b5xa4 28.Ng3-e4 g5-g4 29.Qf3-e3 Nf6xe4 30.Qe3xe4 Re6-b6 31.g2-g3 -0.13/15 ] 21.Ra1-d1 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 21.Ng3-e2 Nc5-e6 22.Bd2-e3 d5-d4 23.Be3-d2 c6-c5 24.Ba2-d5 Qd8-d7 25.c2-c4 d4xc3 26.b2xc3 Bb7xd5 27.e4xd5 Diagram
Ne6-f4 28.Ne2xf4 e5xf4 29.Ra1-b1 Ra8-d8 30.Re1xe8+ Rd8xe8 31.Bd2xf4 Bg7xc3 32.Bf4xh6 0.14/14 ] (Diagram 1289) 21...Ra8-c8 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 21...Nc5-e6 Diagram (Diagram 1290) 22.Ng3-e2 24.Ba2-b3 26.Bb3-a2 28.Qg3-f3
a6-a5 23.Qf3-e3 d5-d4 25.Qe3-g3 c6-c5 27.Bd2xg5 Qd8-f6 29.Qf3xf6
Ne6-g5 a5-a4 h6xg5 Bg7xf6
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
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344 25.Ng3-e2 Rc8-d8 26.e4xd5 c6xd5 27.Bd2-e3 Ne6-g5 28.Qf3-g3 Rd8-d7 29.Qg3-h4 d5-d4 30.Be3xg5 Diagram 1289
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30.Ba2-d5 -0.11/15 ] 22.Ng3-f1 [ 22.Bd2-e3 Nc5-e6= ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 22.Ng3-e2 Nc5-e6 23.Qf3-g3 Qd8-f6 24.f2-f3 Qf6-e7 25.Qg3-f2 d5xe4 26.Ba2xe6 Qe7xe6 27.d3xe4 c6-c5 28.g4-g5 h6xg5 29.Bd2xg5 b5-b4 30.Qf2-e3 a6-a5 0.15/14 ] 22...Nc5-e6 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 22...Nc5-e6 23.Qf3-h3 Ne6-g5 24.Qh3-g3 Qd8-d6 25.Qg3-h4 Qd6-f6 26.Qh4-g3 Ng5-e6 27.Qg3-h2 Ne6-d4 28.Nf1-e3 Qf6-f4 29.c2-c3 Qf4xh2+ 30.Kg1xh2 -0.05/15 ] 23.Qf3-g3 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 23.c2-c3 Qd8-d6 24.Nf1-g3 a6-a5
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h6xg5 31.Qh4xg5 d4xc3 32.Ne2xc3 -0.06/14 ]
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23...Kg8-h7 [ 23...c6-c5!?! is an interesting alternative ;Houdini 2. 0c Pro x64: 23...c6-c5 Diagram (Diagram 1293) 24.Qg3-h2 Ne6-d4 25.Rd1-c1 d5xe4 26.d3xe4 g6-g5 27.Nf1-g3 Qd8-d7 28.Bd2-e3 Qd7xg4 29.c2-c3 Nd4-e6 30.f2-f3 Qg4-h4 31.Ng3-f5 Qh4xh2+
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
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32.Kg1xh2 -0.11/14 ] 24.Nf1-h2 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 24.c2-c3 c6-c5 25.Qg3-f3 d5xe4 26.d3xe4 Qd8-f6 27.Qf3xf6 Bg7xf6 28.Ba2-d5 Bb7-c6 29.Nf1-e3 Ne6-f4 30.Bd5xf7 Re8-d8 31.Ne3-d5 Nf4xd5 Diagram
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32.e4xd5 Bc6xd5 33.Bd2-g5 Bd5xf7 34.Bg5xf6 Rd8xd1 35.Re1xd1 0.17/13 ] 24...f7-f6 Controls g5 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 24...Kh7-g8 Diagram 25.Nh2-f1 0.11/15 ] 25.Nh2-f3 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 25.Qg3-h3 a6-a5 26.Nh2-f1 Diagram Ne6-d4 27.c2-c3 Nd4-e6 28.Qh3-f3 a5-a4 29.Nf1-g3 Qd8-d7 30.Bd2-e3
+rqr+k+ +l+ +pl p+p+n+pp +p+pp + + +P+P+ P +P+ Q LPPL PPN + +RR K
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Ne6-g5 31.Qf3-e2 c6-c5 32.Be3xg5 f6xg5 33.e4xd5 Bb7xd5 34.Ba2xd5 Qd7xd5 0.23/14 ] 25...c6-c5 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 25...a6-a5 26.Qg3-h3 a5-a4 27.g2-g3 c6-c5 28.g4-g5 Ne6xg5 29.Bd2xg5 f6xg5 30.Ba2xd5 Bb7xd5 31.e4xd5 Diagram (Diagram 1297) g5-g4 32.Qh3xg4 Qd8xd5 33.Qg4-e4 Rc8-d8 34.Kg1-g2 0.24/14 ] 26.Qg3-h2 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 26.Qg3-h3 c5-c4 27.e4xd5 Bb7xd5 28.d3xc4 Diagram
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
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b5xc4 29.g4-g5 f6xg5 30.Bd2xg5 Ne6xg5 31.Nf3xg5+ Qd8xg5 32.Rd1xd5 Re8-f8 33.Rd5-d6 Qg5-f4 34.Re1-f1 Rc8-d8 35.Rd6xa6 Rd8-d2 36.Qh3-e6 Rf8-f6 37.Qe6xc4 Qf4xc4 38.Ba2xc4 Rf6xa6 39.Bc4xa6 Rd2xc2 0.36/15 ] 26...Ne6-d4 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 26...c5-c4 27.d3xc4 b5xc4 28.e4xd5 Bb7xd5 Diagram 29.Bd2-e3 Qd8-a5 30.c2-c3 Qa5-b5 31.Ba2-b1 Rc8-d8 32.Be3-c1 Bd5xf3 33.g2xf3 Ne6-g5 34.Bc1xg5 f6xg5 35.Qh2-h5 Qb5-b6 36.Bb1-e4 Re8-f8 0.09/14 ]
+rqr+ + + + + lk p+ +nppp + +lp + +p+ +P+ P + +N+ LPPL PPQ + +RR K
+rqr+ + +l+ + lk p+ + ppp +pppp + + nP+P+ P +P+N+ LPPL PPQ + +RR K
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27.Nf3xd4 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 27.c2-c3 Nd4xf3+ 28.g2xf3 Qd8-d7 29.Kg1-g2 Re8-h8 30.Bd2-e3 Kh7-g8 31.Qh2-g3 Rh8-h7 32.f3-f4 Kg8-h8 33.f4xe5 Diagram (Diagram 1301) f6xe5 34.e4xd5 Bb7xd5+ 35.Ba2xd5 Qd7xd5+ 36.Qg3-f3 Qd5-e6 37.Re1-h1 0.35/15 ] 27...c5xd4 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 27...c5xd4 28.Rd1-c1 Qd8-d7 29.Qh2-h4 Re8-h8 30.Bd2-b4 Bb7-a8 31.Ba2-b3 Rh8-e8 32.Bb4-d2 Re8-f8
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+r+ + k +l+q+ lr p+ + ppp +pppP + + +P+P+ P PPL Q LP + PK+ + +RR +
+rqr+ + +l+ + lk p+ + ppp +pppp + + NP+P+ P +P+ + LPPL PPQ + +RR K
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33.Rc1-d1 Rf8-f7 34.Rd1-a1 Qd7-d6 35.Bd2-b4 Qd6-e6 36.a3-a4 Bg7-f8 Diagram (Diagram 1303) 37.Bb4xf8 Rf7xf8 38.a4xb5 a6xb5 0.18/15 ] (Diagram 1304) 28.c2-c3 Diagram [ 28.Ba2-b3 Qd8-d6$ ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 28.Rd1-c1 Qd8-d7 29.Qh2-h4 Diagram
l+r+ l + + + +r+k p+ +qppp +p+pp + PL pP+PQ +L+P+ + PP+ PP+ R + R K
+rqr+ + +l+ + lk p+ + ppp +p+pp + + pP+P+ P +P+ + LPPL PPQ + +RR K
+r+r+ + +l+q+ lk p+ + ppp +p+pp + + pP+PQ P +P+ + LPPL PP+ + R R K
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Rc8-c7 30.Ba2-b3 Re8-c8 31.Bd2-a5
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Rc7-c5 32.Ba5-d2 Qd7-e6 33.g4-g5 f6xg5 34.Bd2xg5 h6-h5 35.Rc1-d1 Rc5-c7 0.19/16 ]
+rqr+ + +l+ + lk p+ + ppp +p+pp + + pP+P+ P PP+ + LP L PPQ + +RR K
+r+ l + +lrq+ +k p+ + ppp +p+ p + + pP+P+ PL+P+ +Q P + PP+ + LRR K
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+rqr+ + +l+ + lk p+ + ppp +p+pp + + +P+P+ P pP+ + LP L PPQ + +RR K
28...d4xc3 Diagram [ 28...Qd8-d7 29.Qh2-h4 a6-a5= Diagram
+r+r+ + +l+q+ lk + + ppp pp+pp + + pP+PQ P PP+ + LP L PP+ + +RR K
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x64: 29.Bd2xc3 a6-a5 30.e4xd5 Diagram (Diagram 1310)
; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 28...Qd8-d7 29.Qh2-h3 d4xc3 30.Bd2xc3 d5-d4 31.Bc3-b4 Bg7-f8 32.Bb4-d2 Rc8-c2 33.Bd2-c1 Re8-c8 34.Ba2-b3 Rc2-c7 Diagram 35.Qh3-h4 g6-g5 36.Qh4-h5 Bf8-d6 37.Bc1-d2 0.11/15 ] 29.b2xc3 Diagram [ 29.Bd2xc3 and White could well hope to play on a6-a5 30.e4xd5= ;Houdini 2.0c Pro
b5-b4 31.a3xb4 a5xb4 32.Bc3xb4 Bb7xd5 33.Ba2xd5 Qd8xd5 34.Bb4-c3 Rc8-a8 35.Rd1-d2 Ra8-a4 36.Qh2-h3 Re8-d8 37.b2-b4 Ra4-a3 Diagram (Diagram 1311) 38.Re1-c1 Rd8-c8 39.Rd2-c2 0.21/14 ] 29...d5xe4∓ [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64:
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
+rqr+ + +l+ + lk + + ppp pp+Pp + + + +P+ P LP+ + LP + PPQ + +RR K
+ r + + + + + lk + + ppp + +qp + P + +P+ r LP+ +Q + R PP+ + + R K
+rqr+ + +l+ + lk p+ + ppp +p+pp + + +P+P+ P PP+ + L+ L PPQ + +RR K 29...d5xe4 Diagram
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+rqr+ + +l+ + lk p+ + ppp +p+ p + + +p+P+ P PP+ + L+ L PPQ + +RR K
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30.d3xe4 Qd8-e7 31.Qh2-h3 Re8-d8 32.Qh3-e3 Qe7-d7 33.f2-f3 Qd7-d3 34.Qe3-b6 Qd3-c2 35.Ba2-b1 Qc2-b2 36.Bd2xh6 Rd8xd1 37.Re1xd1 Qb2-b3 38.Rd1-c1 Kh7xh6 39.Qb6xb7 Qb3xa3 -0.08/13 ] 30.d3xe4 Diagram [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 30.Qh2-h3 Qd8xd3 Diagram
+r+r+ + +l+ + lk p+ + ppp +p+ p + + +p+P+ P Pq+ +Q L+ L PP+ + +RR K
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31.Qh3-h4 g6-g5 32.Qh4-h5 Re8-e7 33.Ba2-b3 Qd3-d8 34.Bd2xg5 Qd8-e8 35.Qh5xe8 Diagram Re7xe8 36.Bg5-d2 Rc8-c7 37.a3-a4 b5xa4 38.Bb3xa4 Re8-d8 39.Ba4-c2 Rc7-d7 40.Bd2-e3 Rd7xd1 41.Re1xd1 Rd8xd1+ 42.Bc2xd1 -0.37/15 ]
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
+r+Q+ + +l+ r lk p+ + p p +p+ p L + +p+P+ PLP + + + + PP+ + +RR K
+rqr+ + +l+ + lk p+ + ppp +p+ p + + +P+P+ P P + + L+ L PPQ + +RR K
350
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30...Qd8-e7 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 30...Qd8-e7 Diagram (Diagram 1317) 31.Qh2-h3 Re8-d8 32.Qh3-e3 Rd8-d7 33.Bd2-c1 Rc8-d8 34.Rd1xd7 Qe7xd7 35.f2-f3 Qd7-d3 36.Qe3-b6 Bb7-a8 37.Qb6-a5 Qd3-d6 38.Bc1-e3 Rd8-c8 39.Qa5-b4 Qd6xb4 40.c3xb4 Rc8-c2 41.Ba2-d5 -0.14/17 ] 31.a3-a4 Diagram [ 31.Qh2-h3 Re8-d8∓ ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 31.Qh2-h3 Diagram Re8-d8 32.Qh3-e3 Rd8-d7 33.Bd2-c1
+r+r+ + +l+ q lk p+ + ppp +p+ p + + +P+P+ P P + + L+ L PPQ + +RR K
+r+r+ + +l+ q lk p+ + ppp +p+ p + + +P+P+ P P + + L+ L PPQ + +RR K
+r+r+ + +l+ q lk p+ + ppp +p+ p + + +P+P+ P P + +Q L+ L PP+ + +RR K Rc8-d8 34.Rd1xd7 Qe7xd7
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35.Qe3-b6 Rd8-c8 36.Ba2-e6 Qd7-c6 37.Qb6xc6 Rc8xc6 38.Be6-d5 Rc6-c7 39.Bd5xb7 Rc7xb7 40.Re1-d1 Bg7-f8 -0.14/15 ]
+r+r+ + +l+ q lk p+ + ppp +p+ p + P+ +P+P+ + P + + L+ L PPQ + +RR K
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36.Re1-e2 Rc8-d8 37.Bd2-e3 a4-a3 38.Kg1-g2 Kh7-h8 39.Rb1-h1 Rd3-d1 40.Re2-e1 Rd1xe1 Diagram
31...b5xa4∓ Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 31...b5xa4 32.Qh2-h3 Re8-d8 33.Qh3-e3 Bb7-c6 34.Bd2-c1 Bc6-d7 35.Ba2-d5 Bd7xg4 36.Rd1-d3 Bg4-e6 37.c3-c4 Diagram
+rr + + + + q lk p+ +lppp + +Lp + p+P+P+ + + +RQ + + + PP+ + L R K
+r+r+ + +l+ q lk p+ + ppp + + p + p+ +P+P+ + P + + L+ L PPQ + +RR K
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Be6xd5 38.c4xd5 Rc8-c2 39.Bc1-a3 Qe7-b7 40.Rd3-c3 Rc2xc3 41.Qe3xc3 Qb7-b3 -0.45/15 ] 32.Qh2-h3 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 32.g2-g3 Re8-d8 33.f2-f3 Rd8-d7 34.Qh2-f2 Rd7-d3 35.Rd1-b1 Qe7-d7
+ r + k +l+q+ l p+ + ppp + + p + + +P+P+ p P LPP L+ + QK+ + + r +R
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41.Qf2xe1 -0.41/14 ] 32...Re8-d8 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 32...Re8-d8 33.Qh3-e3 Bb7-c6 34.Bd2-c1 Bc6-d7 35.Ba2-d5 Bd7xg4 36.Rd1-d3 Bg4-e6 37.c3-c4 Be6xd5 38.c4xd5 Rc8-c2 39.Bc1-a3 Qe7-b7 40.Rd3-c3 Rc2xc3 41.Qe3xc3 Qb7-b3 -0.45/15 ] 33.Qh3-f3 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 33.Qh3-e3 a4-a3 34.c3-c4 Rd8-d4 35.f2-f3 Rc8-d8 36.Re1-e2 Bb7-c6 37.Rd1-b1 Qe7-d7 38.Bd2-a5
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
+rr + + +l+ q lk p+ + ppp + + p + p+ +P+P+ + P + +Q L+ L PP+ + +RR K
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Rd4-d1+ 39.Rb1xd1 Qd7xd1+ 40.Re2-e1 Rd8-d3 41.Qe3-f2 Diagram
+ + + + + + + lk p+l+ ppp L + p + +P+P+P+ p +r+P+ L+ + QP+ + +qR K
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+ + + + +lr q lk + + ppp p + p + p+ +P+P+ + P Q + L+ + PP+ + LrR K
+ + + + + r q lk + +lppp p +Lp + + +P+P+ L P QP+ + + +P+ + +R+ K
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Diagram Qd1-a4 -0.49/13 ] 33...Rc8-c7 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 33...a6-a5 34.Bd2-c1 Rc8-c7 35.Qf3-e3 Rd8xd1 Diagram
(Diagram 1328) ] 34.Bd2-c1 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 34.Qf3-e2 a4-a3 35.f2-f3 a6-a5 36.Kg1-h2 Bg7-f8 37.Re1-h1 Diagram
(Diagram 1326) (Diagram 1329) 36.Re1xd1 Bb7-c8 37.f2-f3 Bc8-e6 38.Ba2-d5 a4-a3 39.Bc1xa3 Diagram Qe7xa3 40.Bd5xe6 Rc7-c6 41.Be6-d5 Rc6xc3 42.Qe3-a7 Qa3-a4 43.Rd1-d2 Rc3-c1+ 44.Kg1-f2 Qa4-b4 45.Qa7-e3 a5-a4 46.g2-g3 -0.51/14
Rc7-d7 38.Kh2-g3 Qe7-c5 39.Bd2-e3 Diagram Qc5xc3 40.Rd1-b1 Bb7-c6 41.Rb1-c1 Qc3-d3 42.Qe2-e1 Bc6-b7 43.g4-g5 f6xg5 44.Be3xg5 -0.45/15 ]
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353 34...a6-a5 35.Qf3-e3 Diagram
+ + + + + + + lk + + ppp + +Lp + pq +P+P+ + + QPP + R K + + r + +
+ r l + +lr q +k + + ppp p + p + + +P+P+ p P +P+ L+ LQ+PK + +R+ +R
+ r l + +l+r+ +k + + ppp p q p + + +P+P+ p P LPK L+ +Q+P+ + +R+ +R 34...Rc7-d7 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64:
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Rd8xd1 36.Re1xd1 Bb7-c8 37.f2-f3 Bc8-e6 38.Ba2-d5 a4-a3 39.Bc1xa3 Qe7xa3 40.Bd5xe6 Rc7-c6 41.Be6-d5 Rc6xc3 42.Qe3-a7 Qa3-a4 43.Rd1-d2 Rc3-c1+ 44.Kg1-f2 Qa4-b4 45.Qa7-e3 a5-a4 46.g2-g3 -0.51/14 ] 35.Ba2-b1 [ 35.Qf3-e2!?∓ ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 35.Qf3-e2 Diagram
+ r + + +l+rq lk p+ + ppp + + p + p+ +P+P+ + P + + L+ +QPP+ + LRR K
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a6-a5 36.Kg1-h2 Qe7-e8 37.Rd1xd7 Qe8xd7 38.f2-f3 Qd7-d3 39.Qe2-b2 Bb7-a8 40.Qb2-b6 Rd8-c8 41.Qb6-e6 Qd3xc3 42.Re1-d1 Qc3-c2 43.Qe6-d7 Kh7-h8 -0.40/15 ] 35...Qe7-e6 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 35...Rd7xd1
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
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36.Re1xd1 Diagram
+ r + + +l+ q lk p+ + ppp + + p + p+ +P+P+ + P +Q+ + + PP+ +LLR+ K
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a6-a5 37.Rd1xd8 Qe7xd8 38.Bb1-a2 Qd8-d6 39.Kg1-h1 a4-a3 40.Kh1-h2 a5-a4 41.Qf3-e3 Bg7-f8 42.f2-f3 Qd6-d7 43.Qe3-a7 Kh7-h8 44.Qa7-b6 Kh8-g7 45.Qb6-a7 Kg7-h8 46.Qa7-b6 -1.07/15 ] 36.Rd1xd7 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 36.Rd1xd7 Rd8xd7 37.Qf3-e2 Qe6-b3 38.Bc1-e3 a4-a3 39.Re1-c1 Bb7-c6 40.Bb1-a2 Qb3-b5 41.Ba2-c4 Qb5-b2 42.Rc1-c2 Qb2-b8 43.Be3-c1 Bg7-f8 44.Bc4-e6 Rd7-c7 45.Rc2-a2 Qb8-b1 46.Qe2-e3 Qb1xe4 47.Qe3xe4 Bc6xe4 48.Bc1xa3 Bf8xa3 49.Ra2xa3 Diagram (Diagram 1334) Rc7-c6 50.Be6-a2 -0.98/17 ] 36...Rd8xd7 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 36...Qe6xd7 37.Bb1-c2 Qd7-b5 38.Bc1-a3 Qb5-c4 39.Re1-b1 Bb7-c8 40.Qf3-e3 Bc8xg4 41.Rb1-b7 Rd8-d7 42.Rb7-b4 Qc4-a2 43.Qe3-c1 h6-h5 44.Rb4xa4 Diagram Bg7-h6 45.Ba3-f8 Bh6xc1 46.Ra4xa2 -0.93/16 ] 37.Bb1-c2 [ 37.Qf3-e2 Diagram Qe6-b3 38.Bb1-c2 Qb3-a2-+ ;
+ + + + + r + +k p+ +Lppp + + p + + +l+P+ R P + + + + PP+ + + + K
+ + + + + +r+ lk p+ + pp+ + + p +p R+ +P+l+ L P + + q+L+ PP+ + Q + K
+ + + + +l+r+ lk p+ +qppp + + p + p+ +P+P+ + P + + + +QPP+ +LL R K Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 37.Qf3-e2
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Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
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Qe6-b3 38.Bc1-e3 a4-a3 39.Re1-c1 Bb7-c6 40.Bb1-a2 Qb3-b5 41.Ba2-c4 Qb5-b2 42.Rc1-c2 Qb2-b8 43.Be3-c1 Bg7-f8 44.Bc4-e6 Rd7-c7 45.Rc2-a2 Qb8-b1 46.Qe2-e3 Diagram
+ + l + + r + +k p+l+Lppp + + p + + +P+P+ p P Q + R+ + PP+ +qL + K
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Qb1xe4 47.Qe3xe4 Bc6xe4 48.Bc1xa3 Bf8xa3 49.Ra2xa3 Rc7-c6 50.Be6-a2 -0.88/16 ] 37...Bb7-c6 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 37...Bb7-c6 Diagram
+ + + + + +r+ lk p+l+qppp + + p + p+ +P+P+ + P +Q+ +L+ PP+ + L R K
48.Kg1-f2 e5-e4 49.Kf2-e3 Kh7-g6 50.f3-f4 a5-a4 51.g2-g3 -1.60/17 ] 38.Re1-d1 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 38.Bc2-d1 Bc6-b5 39.Bd1-e2 Qe6-a2 40.Kg1-h2 Qa2-b3 41.Re1-h1 Rd7-c7 42.Bc1-e3 Bb5xe2 43.Qf3xe2 a4-a3 44.Qe2xa6 Rc7xc3 45.Qa6-a7 a3-a2 46.Rh1-a1 Rc3-c2 47.Qa7-e7 Kh7-g8 -1.71/15 ]
+ + + + + +r+ lk p+l+qppp + + p + p+ +P+P+ + P +Q+ +L+ PP+ + LR+ K
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38...Qe6-a2 [ 38...Rd7xd1+ 39.Qf3xd1 Qe6-c4 40.Bc1-a3 Qc4xc3 41.Bc2xa4 Bc6xe4 42.Ba4-b3-+ ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 38...Rd7xd1+ Diagram
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(Diagram 1340) 39.Qf3xd1 Qe6-c4 40.Bc1-a3 Qc4xc3 41.Bc2xa4 Bc6xe4 42.Ba4-b3 Be4-b7 43.Qd1-c2 Qc3-d4 44.Qc2-c4 Qd4xc4 45.Bb3xc4 a6-a5 46.f2-f3 f6-f5 47.g4xf5 g6xf5 48.Kg1-f2 e5-e4 49.Kf2-e3 Kh7-g6 50.f3-f4 a5-a4 51.g2-g3 -1.60/17 Diagram (Diagram 1341)
38.Re1-d1 Rd7xd1+ 39.Qf3xd1 Qe6-c4 40.Bc1-a3 Qc4xc3 41.Bc2xa4 Bc6xe4 42.Ba4-b3 Be4-b7 43.Qd1-c2 Qc3-d4 44.Qc2-c4 Qd4xc4 45.Bb3xc4 a6-a5 46.f2-f3 f6-f5 47.g4xf5 g6xf5
] 39.Rd1xd7 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 39.Rd1xd7 Bc6xd7 40.Qf3-d1 Bd7-e8 41.Bc1-e3 Qa2-c4 42.Kg1-h2 Be8-c6 43.Qd1-d6 Bc6xe4
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
+ + + + + + + lk p+l+qppp + + p + p+ +P+P+ + P +Q+ +L+ PP+ + Lr+ K
+ + + + +l+ + l + + +kp + + +p+ p+L+pP + L + K P + + + + + + + +
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44.Bc2xe4 Qc4xe4 45.Qd6xa6 Qe4xg4 46.c3-c4 Qg4-h5+ 47.Kh2-g1 Qh5-d1+ Diagram (Diagram 1342) 48.Kg1-h2 f6-f5 49.Qa6-a7 Qd1-c2 50.Be3-c5 Qc2xc4 51.Bc5-f8 Qc4-h4+ 52.Kh2-g1 Qh4-f6 53.Bf8xg7 Qf6xg7 54.Qa7xa4 Qg7-c7 55.Qa4-a1 Kh7-g7 56.Qa1-d1 h6-h5 57.Qd1-d2 Qc7-b6 58.Qd2-d7+ Kg7-f6 -1.58/19 ] 39...Bc6xd7 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 39...Bc6xd7 40.Qf3-d1 Bd7-e8 41.Bc1-e3 Qa2-c4 42.Kg1-h2
+ + + + + + + lk Q+ + ppp + + p + p+P+ + + + + L + + + PP+ + +q+ K
+ + + + + +R+ lk p+l+ ppp + + p + p+ +P+P+ + P +Q+ q+L+ PP+ + L + K
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Be8-c6 43.Qd1-d6 Bc6xe4 44.Bc2xe4 Qc4xe4 45.Qd6xa6 Qe4xg4 46.c3-c4 Qg4-h5+ 47.Kh2-g1 Qh5-d1+ 48.Kg1-h2 f6-f5 49.Qa6-a7 Qd1-c2 50.Be3-c5 Qc2xc4 51.Bc5-f8 Qc4-h4+ 52.Kh2-g1 Qh4-f6 53.Bf8xg7 Qf6xg7 54.Qa7xa4 Qg7-c7 55.g2-g3 h6-h5 56.Qa4-a6 Qc7-c1+ 57.Kg1-g2 Qc1-d2 58.Qa6-b7+ Kh7-h6 59.Qb7-e7 Qd2-d5+ 60.f2-f3 Qd5-d2+ 61.Kg2-h3 -1.31/19 ] 40.Qf3-d1 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 40.Qf3-d1 Bd7-e8 41.f2-f3 Diagram Qa2-a1 42.c3-c4 Bg7-f8 43.Bc1-e3 Qa1-c3 44.Qd1-d3 Qc3xd3 45.Bc2xd3
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
+ + + + + +l+ lk p+ + ppp + + p + p+ +P+P+ + P +Q+ q+L+ PP+ + L + K
+ +l+ + + + + lk p+ + ppp + + p + p+ +P+P+ + P +P+ q+L+ +P+ + LQ+ K
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Kh7-g8 46.Kg1-f2 Kg8-f7 47.Bd3-b1 Kf7-e6 48.Bb1-a2 a4-a3 49.Kf2-e2 Ke6-d7 50.Ke2-d2 Kd7-c6 -1.41/19 ] 40...Bd7-b5 [ 40...Bd7-c6 41.Qd1-d3-+ ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 40...Bd7-e8 41.f2-f3 Qa2-a1 42.c3-c4 a4-a3 43.Bc2-b3 Bg7-f8 44.Qd1-d2 a6-a5 45.Kg1-f2 g6-g5 46.Kf2-e2 Bf8-c5 47.Ke2-d1 a5-a4 48.Bb3-a2 Diagram Kh7-g7 49.Qd2-d5 Qa1xa2 50.Qd5xc5 -1.25/17 ] 41.Bc1-e3 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 41.Kg1-h2 Bb5-c6 42.Qd1-d3 Bc6-e8 43.c3-c4 Bg7-f8 44.Kh2-g1 Qa2-a1 45.Bc2-b1
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42.Kg1-h2 Bb5-c6 43.Qd1-d6 Bc6xe4 44.Bc2xe4 Qc4xe4 45.Qd6xa6 Qe4xg4 46.c3-c4 Qg4-h5+ 47.Kh2-g1 Qh5-d1+ 48.Kg1-h2 f6-f5 49.Qa6-a7 Qd1-c2 50.Be3-c5 Qc2xc4 51.Bc5-f8 Qc4-h4+ 52.Kh2-g1 Qh4-f6 53.Bf8xg7 Qf6xg7 Diagram 54.Qa7xa4 Qg7-c7 55.g2-g3 h6-h5 56.Qa4-a6 Qc7-c1+ 57.Kg1-g2 Qc1-d2 58.Qa6-b7+ Kh7-h6
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59.Qb7-e7 Qd2-d5+ 60.f2-f3 Qd5-d2+ 61.Kg2-h3 -1.25/17 ] 42.Kg1-h2 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 42.Kg1-h2 Diagram
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[ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 42...Bb5-e8 43.Qd1-a1 Bg7-f8 44.Qa1-d1 a4-a3 45.Bc2-b3 Qc4xe4 46.Qd1-d8 Qe4-c6 47.c3-c4 Qc6-e6 48.Qd8-b8 Bf8-d6 49.Qb8-b6 e5-e4+ 50.g2-g3 Be8-f7 51.c4-c5 Bd6xg3+ 52.Kh2xg3 Qe6xb3 53.Qb6xb3 Bf7xb3 54.Be3-d4 -1.59/15 ]
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Bb5-c6 43.Qd1-d6 Bc6xe4 44.Bc2xe4 Qc4xe4 45.Qd6xa6 Qe4xg4 46.c3-c4 Qg4-h5+ 47.Kh2-g1 Qh5-d1+ 48.Kg1-h2 f6-f5 49.Qa6-a7 Qd1-c2 50.Be3-c5 Qc2xc4 51.Bc5-f8 Qc4-h4+ 52.Kh2-g1 Qh4-f6 53.Bf8xg7 Qf6xg7 54.Qa7xa4 Qg7-c7 55.Qa4-a1 Kh7-g7 56.Qa1-d1 h6-h5 57.Qd1-d2 Qc7-c5 58.Qd2-d7+ Kg7-h6 59.Qd7-d8 f5-f4 60.Qd8-h8+ Kh6-g5 -1.42/17 ] 42...Bb5-c6 Diagram
43.Qd1-a1 [ 43.Qd1-d3 Qc4xd3 44.Bc2xd3 a4-a3-+ ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 43.Qd1-d6 Bc6xe4 44.Bc2xe4 Qc4xe4 45.Qd6xa6 Qe4xg4 46.c3-c4 Qg4-h5+ 47.Kh2-g1 Qh5-d1+ 48.Kg1-h2 f6-f5 49.Qa6-a7 Qd1-c2 50.Be3-c5 Qc2xc4 51.Bc5-f8 Qc4-h4+ 52.Kh2-g1 Qh4-f6 53.Bf8xg7 Qf6xg7 54.Qa7xa4 Qg7-c7 55.Qa4-a1 Kh7-g7 56.Qa1-d1 h6-h5 57.Qd1-d2 Qc7-c5 58.Qd2-d7+ Kg7-h6 59.Qd7-d8 f5-f4 60.Qd8-h8+ Kh6-g5 61.Qh8-d8+ Kg5-f5 -1.42/16 ] 43...Bg7-f8 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 43...a6-a5 44.Qa1-a3 Qc4-e2 45.Bc2xa4 Bc6xe4 46.c3-c4 Qe2xc4 47.Ba4-b3 Qc4-f1 48.f2-f3 Be4-c6 49.Qa3xa5 Bc6xf3 50.g2xf3 Qf1-e2+ 51.Kh2-g3 Qe2xe3 52.Bb3-d5 h6-h5 53.g4xh5 Qe3-g5+ 54.Kg3-f2 Qg5xh5 55.Qa5-a2 Qh5-h4+ 56.Kf2-g2 Qh4-g5+ 57.Kg2-f2 f6-f5 58.Qa2-e2 Qg5-h4+
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games 59.Kf2-g2 Qh4-d4 60.Qe2-c4 Qd4-d2+ 61.Kg2-g3 Bg7-f6 -1.89/17 ] 44.Bc2-b1 [ 44.Qa1-b2 Bc6-b5-+ ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 44.Qa1-b1 Qc4xc3 45.Qb1-a2 Qc3-b4 46.Qa2-f7+ Bf8-g7 47.Qf7-a2 Bc6xe4 48.Qa2xa4 Qb4xa4 49.Bc2xa4 Bg7-f8 50.Kh2-g3 a6-a5 51.f2-f3 Be4-d3 52.Kg3-f2 Kh7-g7 53.Be3-b6 Bf8-b4 54.Kf2-e3 Bd3-c4 -1.65/17 ] 44...a4-a3 [ 44...Qc4-e2 seems even better 45.Kh2-g3-+ ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 44...Qc4-e2 45.Kh2-g3 a4-a3 46.Be3-c1 Bf8-c5 47.Bc1xa3 -2.82/17 ] 45.f2-f3 [ 45.Qa1-a2 doesn't change the outcome of the game Qc4xa2 46.Bb1xa2 Bc6xe4-+ ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 45.Qa1-a2 Qc4xa2 46.Bb1xa2 Bc6xe4 47.Kh2-g1 h6-h5 48.g4xh5 g6xh5 49.Kg1-f1 Kh7-g6 50.g2-g3 Be4-d3+ 51.Kf1-e1 Kg6-f5 52.Ke1-d2 Bd3-e4 53.Kd2-e2 Be4-c6 54.Ke2-d2 Kf5-e4 55.Kd2-c2 Bc6-d5 56.f2-f3+ -2.31/15 ] 45...Qc4-b3 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 45...Qc4-b3 46.Qa1-a2 Bc6-a4 47.Kh2-h3 a6-a5 48.Kh3-g3 Kh7-h8 49.Kg3-h2 Qb3xa2 50.Bb1xa2 Ba4-c2 51.Be3-c1 Kh8-g7 52.Kh2-g1 a5-a4 53.Ba2-d5 Bc2-b3 54.Kg1-f2 Bf8-c5+ 55.Kf2-e2 Bb3xd5 56.e4xd5 a3-a2 57.Bc1-b2 Kg7-f7 58.Ke2-d2 Kf7-e7 59.Kd2-d3 Ke7-d7 60.Bb2-a1 Kd7-d6 61.Kd3-c4 Bc5-a3 62.g2-g3 Ba3-c5 63.Ba1-b2 g6-g5 64.Bb2-a1 Bc5-a3 65.Kc4-b5 Kd6xd5 66.c3-c4+ Kd5-d6 67.Kb5xa4 -2.63/19 ] 46.Qa1-a2 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 46.Qa1-a2 Bc6-a4 47.Kh2-h3 a6-a5 48.Kh3-g3 Kh7-h8 49.Kg3-h2 Qb3xa2 50.Bb1xa2 Ba4-c2 51.Be3-c1 Kh8-g7 52.Kh2-g1 a5-a4 53.Ba2-d5 Bc2-b3 54.Kg1-f2 a3-a2 55.Bc1-b2 Bb3xd5 56.e4xd5 Bf8-c5+ 57.Kf2-e1 Kg7-f7 58.Ke1-e2 Kf7-e7 59.Ke2-d3 Ke7-d7 60.Bb2-a1 Kd7-d6 61.Kd3-c4 Bc5-a3
359 62.g2-g3 Ba3-c5 63.Ba1-b2 g6-g5 64.Bb2-a1 Bc5-a3 65.Kc4-b5 Kd6xd5 66.c3-c4+ Kd5-d6 67.Kb5xa4 -2.82/18 ] 46...Bc6-a4 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 46...Bc6-a4 47.Kh2-h3 a6-a5 48.Kh3-g3 Kh7-h8 49.Kg3-h2 Qb3xa2 50.Bb1xa2 Ba4-c2 51.Be3-c1 Kh8-g7 52.Kh2-g1 a5-a4 53.Ba2-d5 Bc2-b3 54.Kg1-f2 Bf8-c5+ 55.Kf2-e2 Bb3xd5 56.e4xd5 a3-a2 57.Bc1-b2 Kg7-f7 58.Ke2-d2 Kf7-e7 59.Kd2-d3 Ke7-d7 60.Bb2-a1 Kd7-d6 61.Kd3-c4 Bc5-a3 62.g2-g3 Ba3-c5 63.Ba1-b2 a4-a3 64.Bb2-a1 Bc5-f2 65.Kc4-b3 Kd6xd5 66.Kb3xa2 -2.63/18 ] 47.Kh2-g3 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 47.Kh2-h3 a6-a5 48.Kh3-g3 Kh7-h8 49.Kg3-h2 Qb3xa2 50.Bb1xa2 Ba4-c2 51.Be3-c1 Kh8-g7 52.Kh2-g1 a5-a4 53.Ba2-d5 Bc2-b3 54.Kg1-f2 a3-a2 55.Bc1-b2 Bf8-c5+ 56.Kf2-e2 Bb3xd5 57.e4xd5 Kg7-f7 58.Ke2-d2 Kf7-e7 59.Kd2-d3 Ke7-d6 60.Kd3-c4 h6-h5 61.g4xh5 g6xh5 62.Bb2-a1 h5-h4 -2.62/16 ] 47...Kh7-g7 [ 47...Kh7-h8-+ and Black can celebrate victory ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 47...a6-a5 48.Be3-c1 Kh7-g7 49.Kg3-h2 Qb3xc3 50.Qa2-d5 Qc3-b3 51.Bb1-a2 Qb3xd5 52.e4xd5 Ba4-b5 53.Kh2-g3 Bf8-c5 54.Bc1-d2 a5-a4 55.Bd2-c3 Bb5-d3 56.Bc3-d2 Bd3-e2 57.Bd2-c3 Be2-b5 58.Bc3-d2 -2.77/15 ] 48.Qa2-d2∓ [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 48.Qa2-d2 Qb3-d1 49.Be3xh6+ Kg7-f7 50.Bb1-a2+ Kf7-e8 51.Qd2xd1 Ba4xd1 52.Bh6xf8 Ke8xf8 53.Kg3-f2 Kf8-e7 54.Kf2-e3 Ke7-d6 55.Ke3-d3 Kd6-c5 56.Ba2-f7 Bd1-a4 57.Bf7-a2 Ba4-b5+ 58.c3-c4 Bb5-a4 59.Kd3-c3 a6-a5 60.Ba2-b1 Ba4-e8 61.Kc3-b3 -0.82/17 ] 48...g6-g5 [ 48...Qb3xb1?! 49.Be3xh6+ Kg7-f7 50.Qd2-d5+ Kf7-e8 51.Qd5-e6+ Bf8-e7 52.Qe6-c8+ Ke8-f7 53.Qc8-c4+
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games Kf7-e8 54.Qc4-c8+ Ke8-f7 55.Qc8-c4+ Kf7-e8 56.Qc4-c8+= ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 48...Qb3-d1 49.Be3xh6+ Kg7-f7 50.Bb1-a2+ Kf7-e8 51.Qd2-e3 Bf8-e7 52.g4-g5 Ba4-b3 53.g5xf6 Be7xf6 54.Ba2xb3 Qd1xb3 55.Qe3-c5 Bf6-e7 56.Qc5xe5 Qb3-d1 57.Bh6-f4 Qd1-e1+ 58.Kg3-h2 Qe1-h4+ 59.Kh2-g1 a3-a2 60.Qe5-b8+ Ke8-f7 61.Qb8-b3+ Kf7-f6 62.Qb3-b6+ Kf6-g7 63.Bf4-e5+ Kg7-h7 64.c3-c4 Qh4-e1+ 65.Kg1-h2 a2-a1Q 66.Be5xa1 Qe1xa1 67.Qb6-c7 Qa1-g7 68.e4-e5 Be7-b4 69.Qc7xg7+ Kh7xg7 70.Kh2-g3 a6-a5 -0.69/18 ] 49.Bb1-a2 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 49.Bb1-a2 Qb3-d1 50.Qd2-d5 Qd1xd5 51.e4xd5 Kg7-f7 52.Kg3-f2 Kf7-e8 53.Be3-b6 Ba4-c2 54.Kf2-e3 Bf8-d6 55.c3-c4 Ke8-d7 56.Ke3-d2 Bc2-g6 57.Kd2-c3 Bd6-c7 58.Bb6-c5 e5-e4 59.f3xe4 Bg6xe4 60.Bc5xa3 Bc7-e5+ 61.Kc3-b4 Be4xg2 62.Ba2-b1 Bg2-f3 63.Bb1-f5+ Kd7-c7 64.Kb4-a5 -0.25/19 ] 49...Qb3-b7 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 49...Qb3-b7 50.Qd2-d5 Qb7xd5 51.e4xd5 Kg7-f7 52.Kg3-f2 Kf7-e8 53.Be3-b6 Ke8-d7 54.c3-c4 Bf8-d6 55.Kf2-e3 Ba4-c2 56.Ke3-d2 Bc2-g6 57.Kd2-c3 Bd6-c7 58.Bb6-c5 e5-e4 59.f3xe4 Bg6xe4 60.Bc5xa3 Bc7-e5+ 61.Kc3-b4 Be4xg2 62.Ba2-b1 Bg2-f3 63.Bb1-f5+ Kd7-c7 64.Kb4-a5 -0.15/20 ] 50.Qd2-d3 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 50.Qd2-d5 Qb7xd5 51.e4xd5 Ba4-c2 52.c3-c4 Bf8-b4 53.Kg3-f2 Kg7-f7 54.Be3-b6 f6-f5 55.g4xf5 Bc2xf5 56.c4-c5 Kf7-e7 57.Kf2-e3 Bb4-c3 58.c5-c6 Ke7-d6 59.g2-g4 Bf5-h7 60.c6-c7 Bc3-d4+ 61.Ke3-d2 Kd6-d7 62.Bb6xd4 e5xd4 63.d5-d6 -0.20/18 ] 50...Ba4-e8 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 50...Qb7-b5 51.Qd3-d5 Qb5xd5
360 52.e4xd5 Ba4-c2 53.c3-c4 Bf8-b4 54.Kg3-f2 Kg7-f7 55.Be3-b6 Kf7-e7 56.c4-c5 f6-f5 57.g4xf5 Bc2xf5 58.Kf2-e3 Bb4-c3 59.c5-c6 Ke7-d6 60.g2-g4 Bf5-h7 61.c6-c7 Bc3-d4+ 62.Ke3-d2 Kd6-d7 63.Bb6xd4 e5xd4 64.d5-d6 -0.26/17 ] 51.Qd3-d5 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 51.Qd3-d5 Qb7-f7 52.Kg3-f2 Bf8-e7 53.c3-c4 Qf7-f8 54.Qd5-b7 Be8-f7 55.Qb7xa6 Qf8-b8 56.Qa6-b6 Qb8xb6 57.Be3xb6 Kg7-f8 58.Kf2-e2 Kf8-e8 59.Ke2-d3 Ke8-d7 60.Kd3-c3 Kd7-c6 61.Bb6-f2 Be7-c5 62.Bf2-e1 Bf7-e6 63.Kc3-b3 Be6-g8 64.Be1-d2 Kc6-d6 65.Bd2-e1 -0.38/19 ] 51...Qb7xd5 [ 51...Qb7-f7 52.Be3-b6∓ ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 51...Qb7-f7 52.c3-c4 Qf7-e7 53.c4-c5 Be8-f7 54.Qd5-d2 Qe7-c7 55.Ba2xf7 Qc7xf7 56.c5-c6 a3-a2 57.c6-c7 Qf7xc7 58.Qd2xa2 a6-a5 59.Qa2-a4 Bf8-b4 60.Kg3-h2 Qc7-b7 61.Kh2-g1 Qb7-c8 62.Qa4-b5 Qc8-c7 63.Kg1-f1 Qc7-d8 64.Qb5-b7+ Kg7-g6 65.Kf1-e2 Qd8-d6 -0.49/18 ] 52.e4xd5 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 52.e4xd5 Be8-g6 53.c3-c4 Bf8-b4 54.Kg3-f2 Kg7-f8 55.Be3-b6 Kf8-e7 56.c4-c5 Bb4-c3 57.Ba2-b3 Bg6-d3 58.d5-d6+ Ke7-d7 59.Kf2-e3 Bd3-b5 60.Ke3-e4 Bc3-b2 61.Ke4-d5 Bb5-c6+ 62.Kd5-c4 e5-e4 63.f3xe4 Bc6xe4 64.Bb3-a4+ Be4-c6 65.Ba4xc6+ Kd7xc6 66.Kc4-b3 -0.17/18 ] 52...a6-a5 [ 52...h6-h5!?∓ ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 52...h6-h5 53.g4xh5 Be8xh5 54.Kg3-f2 Kg7-f7 55.c3-c4 Bf8-b4 56.Be3-b6 Kf7-e7 57.c4-c5 Bh5-g6 58.Ba2-b3 Bg6-d3 59.Kf2-e3 Bd3-b5 60.Ke3-e4 Bb5-f1 61.Bb3-a4 Bb4-c3 62.d5-d6+ Ke7-e6 63.Ba4-b3+ Ke6-d7 64.Ke4-f5 -0.25/17 ] 53.c3-c4= [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 53.Be3-b6 Bf8-d6 54.c3-c4 Bd6-b4 55.Kg3-f2 Kg7-f7 56.c4-c5 Kf7-e7 57.Kf2-e3
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games Be8-g6 58.d5-d6+ Ke7-d7 59.Ba2-b3 Bg6-e8 60.Bb3-a4+ Kd7-e6 61.Ba4-b3+ Ke6-d7 62.Bb3-a4+ -0.02/19 ] 53...Bf8-b4 An ideal square for the black bishop. [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 53...Bf8-b4 54.Kg3-f2 Kg7-f8 55.Be3-b6 Kf8-e7 56.c4-c5 Be8-b5 57.Kf2-e3 Bb4-c3 58.d5-d6+ Ke7-d7 59.Ke3-e4 Bc3-d4 60.Ke4-d5 Bb5-c6+ 61.Kd5-c4 Kd7-e6 62.Kc4-d3+ Ke6-d7 63.Kd3-c4 Kd7-e6 0.02/19 ] 54.c4-c5 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 54.Kg3-f2 Kg7-f8 55.Be3-b6 Kf8-e7 56.c4-c5 Be8-b5 57.Kf2-e3 Bb4-c3 58.d5-d6+ Ke7-d7 59.Ke3-e4 Bc3-d4 60.Ke4-d5 Bb5-c6+ 61.Kd5-c4 Kd7-e6 62.Kc4-d3+ Ke6-d7 63.Kd3-c4 Kd7-e6 -0.02/19 ] 54...Kg7-f8 [ 54...Bb4-e1+ 55.Be3-f2 Be1xf2+ 56.Kg3xf2= ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 54...Kg7-f8 55.c5-c6 Kf8-e7 56.Kg3-f2 Ke7-d6 57.Kf2-e2 Kd6-c7 58.Ke2-d3 h6-h5 59.g4xh5 Be8xh5 60.Kd3-c4 Bh5-g6 61.Be3-c5 Bg6-d3+ 62.Kc4xd3 Bb4xc5 63.Kd3-c4 Bc5-d6 64.Ba2-b1 Bd6-e7 65.Bb1-a2 Be7-b4 66.Kc4-b3 Bb4-d6 67.Kb3-a4 g5-g4 68.Ka4xa5 g4xf3 69.g2xf3 -0.15/20 ] 55.Kg3-f2 [ 55.c5-c6 Kf8-e7= ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 55.c5-c6 Kf8-e7 56.Kg3-f2 Ke7-d6 57.Kf2-e2 Kd6-c7 58.Ke2-d3 h6-h5 59.g4xh5 Be8xh5 60.Kd3-c4 Bh5-g6 61.Be3-c5 Bg6-d3+ 62.Kc4xd3 Bb4xc5 63.Kd3-c4 Bc5-f8 64.Ba2-b1 Bf8-e7 65.Bb1-a2 Be7-b4 66.Kc4-b3 Bb4-d6 67.Kb3-a4 g5-g4 68.Ka4xa5 g4xf3 69.g2xf3 -0.21/20 ] 55...Be8-b5 [ 55...Kf8-e7 56.c5-c6! ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 55...Kf8-e7 56.c5-c6 Ke7-d6 57.Kf2-e2 Kd6-c7 58.Ke2-d3 h6-h5 59.g4xh5 Be8xh5 60.Kd3-c4 Bh5-g6 61.Be3-c5 Bg6-d3+ 62.Kc4xd3 Bb4xc5 63.Kd3-c4 Bc5-d6 64.Ba2-b1 Bd6-e7 65.Bb1-a2 Be7-b4 66.Kc4-b3 Bb4-d6 67.Kb3-a4 f6-f5
361 68.Ba2-b1 g5-g4 69.f3xg4 -0.16/19 ] 56.c5-c6= White advances the passed pawn [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 56.c5-c6 Kf8-e7 57.Be3-a7 Bb4-d6 58.Kf2-e3 a5-a4 59.Ba7-b6 Bb5-a6 60.g2-g3 Ba6-f1 61.Ke3-d2 Bf1-b5 62.Kd2-e3 Bb5-a6 63.Bb6-a7 Ba6-f1 64.Ba7-b6 Bf1-b5 65.Bb6-a7 e5-e4 66.Ke3xe4 Bd6xg3 67.Ke4-e3 Bg3-f4+ 68.Ke3-d4 Bf4-d6 69.Kd4-e4 Bb5-e2 70.Ba7-b6 Be2-d1 71.Bb6-f2 Bd1-b3 -0.13/23 ] 56...Kf8-e7 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 56...Kf8-e7 57.Be3-a7 Bb4-d6 58.Kf2-e3 a5-a4 59.Ba7-b6 Bb5-a6 60.g2-g3 Ba6-f1 61.Bb6-a7 Bf1-b5 62.Ba7-b6 Bd6-b4 63.Bb6-a7 Bb5-a6 64.Ba7-b6 Ba6-f1 65.Bb6-a7 Bf1-b5 66.Ba7-b6 Bb5-a6 67.Ke3-e4 Bb4-d6 68.Ke4-e3 Ba6-f1 -0.08/22 ] 57.Be3-a7 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 57.Be3-b6 Bb5-a6 58.Kf2-e3 a5-a4 59.Ke3-e4 Bb4-d6 60.Ke4-e3 Ba6-f1 61.g2-g3 Bf1-a6 62.Bb6-a7 Ba6-b5 63.Ba7-b6 Bb5-f1 64.Bb6-a7 Ke7-d8 65.Ba7-b6+ Kd8-c8 66.Ba2-b1 Bd6-c7 67.Bb6-c5 Bf1-c4 68.d5-d6 -0.14/21 ] 57...Ke7-d8 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 57...Bb4-d6 58.Ba7-b6 a5-a4 59.Kf2-e3 Bb5-a6 60.g2-g3 Ba6-f1 61.Bb6-a7 Bf1-b5 62.Ba7-b6 Bd6-b4 63.Bb6-a7 Bb5-a6 64.Ke3-e4 Ba6-f1 65.Ke4-e3 Bb4-d6 66.Ba7-b6 Bf1-a6 67.Bb6-a7 Ke7-d8 68.Ba7-b6+ Kd8-c8 69.Bb6-a5 Bd6-e7 70.Ke3-e4 Be7-c5 71.Ke4-f5 Ba6-e2 72.Kf5xf6 Be2xf3 73.Kf6xe5 Bf3xg4 -0.08/20 ] 58.Ba7-b6+ [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 58.Ba7-b6+ Kd8-e8 59.Kf2-e3 Bb5-f1 60.Ke3-f2 Bf1-a6 61.Kf2-e3 Ke8-e7 62.Ke3-e4 a5-a4 63.Ke4-e3 Bb4-d6 64.Bb6-a7 Ba6-f1 65.g2-g3 Bf1-b5 66.Ba7-b6 Bd6-b4 67.Bb6-a7 Bb5-a6 68.Ba7-b6 Bb4-d6 69.Bb6-a7 Ke7-d8 70.Ba7-b6+ Kd8-c8 71.Bb6-a5 Ba6-f1 72.Ba5-b6 Bf1-b5 73.Ke3-e4 Bb5-a6 74.Ke4-e3 Ba6-b5
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games 75.Ke3-e4 -0.13/23 ] 58...Kd8-c8 [ 58...Kd8-e8 59.Kf2-e3= ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 58...Kd8-e8 59.Kf2-e3 Bb5-f1 60.Ke3-f2 Bf1-a6 61.Kf2-e3 Ke8-e7 62.Ke3-e4 a5-a4 63.Ke4-e3 Bb4-d6 64.g2-g3 Ba6-f1 65.Bb6-a7 Ke7-d8 66.Ba7-b6+ Kd8-c8 67.Bb6-a5 Bf1-b5 68.Ba5-b6 Bb5-a6 69.Bb6-a5 Ba6-f1 70.Ba5-b6 Bf1-b5 71.Ke3-e4 Bb5-a6 72.Ke4-e3 Ba6-f1 73.Bb6-a5 -0.08/21 ] 59.Kf2-e3 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 59.Kf2-e3 Bb5-f1 60.Ke3-e4 Bf1xg2 61.Ba2-c4 Bb4-d6 62.Bb6xa5 Bg2-h1 63.Bc4-a6+ Kc8-b8 64.Ba6-c4 Kb8-c8 65.Bc4-a6+ -0.02/22 ] 59...a5-a4 [ 59...Bb5-f1!?= is worthy of consideration ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 59...Bb5-f1 60.Ke3-e4 Bf1xg2 61.Ba2-c4 Bb4-d6 62.Bb6xa5 Bg2-h1 63.Bc4-a6+ Kc8-b8 64.Ba6-c4 Kb8-c8 65.Bc4-a6+ 0.02/19 ] 60.Ke3-e4 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 60.Ke3-e4 Bb4-d2 61.Ke4-f5 e5-e4 62.f3xe4 Bd2-c3 63.Kf5-e6 Bc3-e5 64.Bb6-c5 Kc8-c7 65.d5-d6+ Kc7xc6 66.d6-d7 Be5-c7 67.Bc5-e7 Bb5-d3 68.Ba2-d5+ Kc6-b6 69.d7-d8Q Bc7xd8 70.Be7xd8+ Kb6-b5 71.Bd8-e7 a3-a2 72.Bd5xa2 Bd3xe4 73.Ba2-d5 Be4-c2 74.Ke6xf6 Bc2-d1 75.Bd5-e6 Bd1-b3 76.Be6-f5 Bb3-d5 77.Bf5-d3+ Kb5-c6 1.17/16 ] 60...Bb5-e2?? leads to further unpleasantness [ 60...Bb4-c3 ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 60...Bb4-c3 61.Ke4-f5 Bc3-b2 62.Kf5xf6 Bb2-d4 63.Bb6-a5 e5-e4+ 64.Kf6-e6 e4xf3 65.g2xf3 Bd4-c5 66.c6-c7 Bb5-d7+ 67.Ke6-e5 Bc5-e3 68.d5-d6 Be3-f4+ 69.Ke5-d5 Kc8-b7 70.Ba5-c3 Bf4-e3 71.Bc3-b4 Be3-c1 72.Ba2-c4 Bd7-c6+ 73.Kd5-d4 Bc6-d7 74.Bb4-c5 Bc1-b2+ 75.Kd4-e4 1.23/18 ] 61.Ke4-f5+- [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 61.Ke4-f5 Be2-b5 62.Kf5xf6 Bb4-c3 63.Kf6-e6 Bc3-b4 64.Ke6xe5
362 Bb4-d2 65.Ke5-e6 Bd2-f4 66.Bb6-a5 Bf4-c1 67.Ba5-b4 Bc1-b2 68.Bb4-f8 Bb2-c1 69.Bf8xh6 Bb5-f1 70.d5-d6 Bf1xg2 71.Ke6-e7 1.82/15 ] 61...e5-e4 [ 61...Be2-b5 62.Kf5xf6 Bb4-c3 63.Kf6-e6+- ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 61...Be2-f1 62.Kf5-e6 Bf1-b5 63.Ke6xf6 Bb4-c3 64.Kf6-e6 Bc3-b4 65.Ke6xe5 Bb4-d2 66.Ke5-e6 Bd2-f4 67.Bb6-a5 Bf4-c1 68.Ba5-b4 Kc8-d8 69.Bb4-d6 Bb5-a6 70.Bd6-e5 Ba6-b5 71.Ba2-b1 Bc1-b2 72.c6-c7+ Kd8-c8 1.92/16 ] 62.Kf5-e6 [ 62.f3xe4 keeps an even firmer grip Bb4-d6 63.Kf5xf6+- ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 62.f3xe4 Bb4-d6 63.Kf5xf6 Bd6-c7 64.Bb6-c5 Bc7-d8+ 65.Kf6-e5 Be2-b5 66.Bc5xa3 Bd8-b6 67.Ba2-b1 Kc8-c7 68.Bb1-c2 Bb6-a5 69.Ba3-d6+ Kc7-d8 70.Ke5-e6 Bb5-e2 71.Bc2xa4 Be2xg4+ 72.Ke6-f6 Ba5-c7 73.e4-e5 3.21/15 ] 62...e4xf3?? an oversight. But Black was lost anyway.. [ 62...Be2-b5+- ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 62...Be2-b5 63.f3xe4 Bb4-c3 64.Bb6-c5 Kc8-c7 65.d5-d6+ Kc7xc6 66.d6-d7 Bc3-a5 67.Bc5-e7 Kc6-b7 68.Be7xf6 Bb5-e2 69.d7-d8Q Be2xg4+ 70.Ke6-e5 Ba5xd8 71.Bf6xd8 Bg4-d1 72.Ba2-d5+ Kb7-c8 73.Bd8-e7 a3-a2 74.Bd5xa2 Kc8-d7 75.Be7-a3 Bd1-b3 76.Ba2-b1 Bb3-f7 77.Ke5-d4 1.96/17 ] 63.d5-d6 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 63.d5-d6 Bb4xd6 64.Ke6xd6 Kc8-b8 65.c6-c7+ Kb8-b7 66.Kd6-c5 Be2-b5 67.Ba2-e6 Bb5-d7 68.Be6xd7 f3xg2 69.c7-c8Q# #7/21 ] 63...Bb4xd6 [ 63...Kc8-b8 is not the saving move 64.d6-d7 Bb4-e7 65.Ke6xe7 Be2-a6 66.d7-d8Q+ Ba6-c8 67.Qd8-c7+ Kb8-a8 68.Qc7xc8# ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 63...Bb4xd6 64.Ke6xd6 Kc8-b8 65.c6-c7+ Kb8-b7 66.Kd6-c5 Be2-b5 67.Ba2-e6 Bb5-d7 68.Be6xd7 f3xg2
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69.c7-c8Q# #6/22 ] 64.Ke6xd6 [ 64.Ke6xd6 Kc8-b8 65.Ba2-e6 Kb8-a8 66.c6-c7 Ka8-b7 67.c7-c8Q+ Kb7xb6 68.Qc8-c7+ Kb6-b5 69.Qc7-c5+ Kb5-a6 70.Be6-c8# ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 64.Ke6xd6 Kc8-b8 65.c6-c7+ Kb8-b7 66.Kd6-c5 Be2-b5 67.Ba2-e6 Bb5-d7 68.Be6xd7 f3xg2 69.c7-c8Q# #6/19 ] 1-0
12.Nd4-f3 Nb8-c6 13.e4-e5 b7-b6 14.Rf1-d1 d6xe5 15.f4xe5 Qd8-c7 16.Bc1-f4 Nd7-c5 17.Bd3-c2 Nc6-b4 18.Bc2-e4 Nc5xe4 19.Nc3xe4 Bc8-b7 20.Ne4-d6 Be7xd6 21.e5xd6 Bb7xf3 22.Qe2xf3 Qc7-d7 23.Qf3-c3 e6-e5 24.Bf4xe5 Nb4-c6 Sax,G (2545)Fedorowicz,J (2500)/New York 1986/ EXT 1997/1-0 (34) ] 10...Nb8-d7 11.Qd1-e2 g7-g6 12.Bc1-d2 Be7-f8 13.Ra1-d1 Nf6-h5 14.Nd4-f3 White prepares e5 b7-b6 15.e4-e5 B42 Bc8-b7 16.Nf3-g5 Diagram
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Vassily Ivanchuk Francisco Vallejo-Pons SuperGM Linares ESP (10) 06.03.2002 B42: Sicilian: Kan Variation: 5 Bd3 1.e2-e4 c7-c5 2.Ng1-f3 e7-e6 3.d2-d4 c5xd4 4.Nf3xd4 Diagram
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a7-a6 5.Bf1-d3 Ng8-f6 6.0-0 d7-d6 7.c2-c4 Bf8-e7 8.Nb1-c3 0-0 9.f2-f4 [ RR 9.Rf1-e1 Bc8-d7 10.Bd3-f1 Nb8-c6 11.Bc1-e3 Nc6xd4 12.Be3xd4 Bd7-c6 13.f2-f3 Qd8-a5 14.a2-a3 Rf8-e8 15.Qd1-d2 Qa5-d8 16.Re1-d1 Nf6-d7 ½-½ Tukmakov,V (2560)Dzindzichashvili,R (2500)/Baku 1972/ URS-ch ] 9...Rf8-e8 10.Kg1-h1N [RR 10.Qd1-e2 Nf6-d7 11.Kg1-h1 g7-g6
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Nh5-g7 17.Bd3-e4 Qd8-c7 18.Qe2-f3 last book move last book move Bb7xe4 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 18...Ra8-a7 19.e5xd6 Bf8xd6 20.Be4xb7 Qc7xb7 21.Nc3-e4 Bd6-e7 22.Bd2-b4 Nd7-c5 23.Ne4xc5 b6xc5 24.Bb4-c3 Ng7-f5 25.Qf3-e2 Qb7-c7 26.Ng5-e4 Ra7-b7 27.Bc3-e5 0.47/14 ] 19.Nc3xe4 Diagram [ 19.Qf3xe4?! Ra8-d8= ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 19.Ng5xe4 Diagram (Diagram 1353) Qc7xc4 20.b2-b3 Qc4-c7 21.Ne4xd6 Bf8xd6 22.e5xd6 Qc7-b8 23.Bd2-e1 Re8-c8 24.Nc3-e4 a6-a5 25.Be1-c3
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
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Ng7-f5 26.Rd1-d2 a5-a4 27.b3-b4 b6-b5 28.Rf1-c1 Qb8-b6 0.61/14 ]
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19...h7-h6 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 19...h7-h6 Diagram (Diagram 1355) 20.e5xd6 Qc7-c8 21.Bd2-c3 Qc8xc4 22.Ng5-h3 Ng7-f5 23.b2-b3 Qc4-b5 24.g2-g4 Nf5-h4 25.Qf3-f2 Qb5-c6 26.Rd1-d4 f7-f5 27.Rd4-c4 Qc6-d5 28.Qf2xh4 f5xe4 29.Nh3-f2 e4-e3+ 30.Nf2-e4 Ra8-c8 0.32/16 ] 20.e5xd6 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 20.Ng5-h3 Qc7xc4 21.e5xd6 Ng7-f5 22.Bd2-c3
r+ +rlk+ + qn+pn pp pp+pp + + P N +P+NP + + + +Q+ PP L +PP + +R+R+K
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Ra8-c8 23.Nh3-f2 h6-h5 24.b2-b3 Qc4-c6 25.Qf3-d3 a6-a5 26.Kh1-g1 Bf8-h6 27.Qd3-f3 Bh6-f8 28.Bc3-e5 Bf8-g7 29.Be5xg7 Kg8xg7 0.12/15 ] 20...Qc7-d8 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 20...Qc7-c8 21.Bd2-c3 Qc8xc4 22.Ng5-h3 Ng7-f5 23.b2-b3 Qc4-b5 24.g2-g4 Nf5-h4 25.Qf3-f2 Qb5-c6 26.Rd1-d4 f7-f5 27.Rd4-c4 Qc6-d5 28.Qf2xh4 f5xe4 29.Nh3-f2 e4-e3+ 30.Nf2-e4 Ra8-c8 0.32/15 ] 21.Qf3-h3 [ 21.Ng5xf7 Diagram (Diagram 1356) Kg8xf7 22.Bd2-c3 Ra8-c8 ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 21.g2-g4 h6xg5 22.f4xg5 Kg8-h8 23.Bd2-c3 Qd8-c8 24.Qf3xf7 Qc8xc4 25.Qf7xg6 Qc4xa2 26.Bc3xg7+ Bf8xg7 27.Qg6-h5+ 1.22/15 Diagram (Diagram 1357) ] 21...h6xg5 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 21...h6xg5 22.f4xg5 Ng7-f5 23.Bd2-c3 Bf8-g7 24.Bc3xg7 Kg8xg7 25.g2-g4 Re8-h8 26.Qh3-c3+ Kg7-g8 27.g4xf5 e6xf5 28.Ne4-f6+ Nd7xf6 Diagram 29.g5xf6 Rh8-h4 30.Rf1-e1 Qd8-d7
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33.Re1-e7 Qd7-a4 34.Qf3-d5 Qa4-c4 35.d6-d7 Qc4xd5+ 36.Rd1xd5 Kg8-f8 37.Rd5xc5 0.92/16 ] 22.f4xg5 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 22.f4xg5 Ng7-f5 23.Bd2-c3 Bf8-g7 24.Bc3xg7 Nf5xg7 25.Rf1-f4 Ng7-f5 26.g2-g4 e6-e5 27.Rf4-f3 Nf5-d4 28.Rf3xf7 Kg8xf7 29.Qh3-h7+ Kf7-e6 Diagram
r+ qr+ + + +n+ +Q pp Pk+p+ + + p P +PnN+P+ + + + + PP + + P + +R+ +K
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30.Qh7xg6+ Nd7-f6 31.Ne4xf6 Re8-h8 32.Nf6-g8+ Ke6-d7 33.Qg6-f7+ Kd7-c8 34.Ng8-e7+ Kc8-d7 35.Ne7-f5+ Kd7-c8 36.g5-g6 Qd8-d7 37.Qf7-d5 Qd7-b7 38.d6-d7+ Kc8-b8 39.Nf5xd4 Qb7xd5+ 40.c4xd5 e5xd4 41.Rd1xd4 Diagram (Diagram 1360) 1358
Kb8-b7 0.63/15 ] 22...e6-e5?? terrible, but what else could Black do to save the game? [ 22...Ng7-f5 23.g2-g4 A) 23...Nf5xd6?? taking the pawn will cause Black grave problems 24.Bd2-c3 e6-e5 25.Qh3-f3+- ( 25.Rd1xd6?! is clearly worse Bf8xd6 26.Ne4xd6 Re8-e7 ); B) 23...Bf8-g7 Diagram ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 22...Ng7-f5 23.Bd2-c3 Bf8-g7 24.Bc3xg7 Nf5xg7 25.Ne4-f6+ Nd7xf6 26.g5xf6 Ng7-h5 27.g2-g4 Nh5xf6 28.Qh3-f3 Diagram
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
rk + + r + +P+ + pp + +P+ + +P+ + + R +P+ + + + + PP + + P + + + +K
r+ qr+k+ + +n+pl pp Pp+p+ + + +nP +P+N+P+ + + + +Q PP L + P + +R+R+K
r+ qr+k+ + + +p+ pp Ppnp+ + + + + +P+ +P+ + + +Q+ PP + + P + +R+R+K
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e6-e5 31.Qd4-d5 e5-e4 32.Rf1-g1 Kg8-g7 33.Qd5-d4+ Kg7-g8 34.Rg1-g3 Ra7-d7 35.Kh1-g2 e4-e3 36.Rg3xe3 Re8xe3 37.Qd4xe3 Rd7xd6 0.11/15 ] 23.Qh3xd7!!+Diagram [ 23.Qh3xd7 Qd8xd7 24.Ne4-f6+ Kg8-h8 25.Nf6xd7 Bf8xd6 Diagram
r+ +r+ k + +N+pn pp l +p+ + + p P +P+ + + + + + + PP L +PP + +R+R+K
1363
26.Rf1xf7+- ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 23.Qh3xd7 Diagram
1362
Nf6xg4 29.Qf3xg4 Ra8-a7 30.Qg4-d4
r+ qrlk+ + +Q+pn pp P +p+ + + p P +P+N+ + + + + + PP L +PP + +R+R+K
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Qd8xd7 24.Ne4-f6+ Diagram Kg8-h8 Diagram 25.Nf6xd7 Bf8xd6 Diagram 26.Rf1xf7 Ng7-e6 27.Bd2-e3 Diagram Bd6-e7 28.Nd7xe5 Diagram
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
r+ +rlk+ + +q+pn pp P Np+ + + p P +P+ + + + + + + PP L +PP + +R+R+K
r+ +rl k + +q+pn pp P Np+ + + p P +P+ + + + + + + PP L +PP + +R+R+K
r+ +r+ k + +N+pn pp l +p+ + + p P +P+ + + + + + + PP L +PP + +R+R+K
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r+ +r+ k + +N+R+ pp ln+p+ + + p P +P+ + + + + L + PP + +PP + +R+ +K
r+ +r+ k + + lR+ pp +n+p+ + + N P +P+ + + + + L + PP + +PP + +R+ +K
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Be7xg5 29.Be3xg5 Ne6xg5 30.Ne5xg6+ Diagram 1367
(Diagram 1370) Kh8-g8 31.Rf7-b7 Diagram (Diagram 1371) Ra8-b8 32.Rb7xb8 Diagram Re8xb8 33.g2-g3 Diagram Ng5-e4 34.Kh1-g2 b6-b5 35.Kg2-f3 Rb8-e8 36.c4xb5 Kg8-g7 37.b5xa6 Ne4-g5+ Diagram 38.Kf3-f4 Kg7xg6 39.Rd1-d6+
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
r+ +r+ k + + +R+ pp + +N+ + + + n +P+ + + + + + + PP + +PP + +R+ +K
r+ +r+k+ +R+ + + pp + +N+ + + + n +P+ + + + + + + PP + +PP + +R+ +K
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r + +k+ + + + + pp + +N+ + + + n +P+ + + + + + P PP + + P + +R+ +K
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+ +r+ + + + + k P+ + +N+ + + + n + + + + + + +KP PP + + P + +R+ +
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Diagram
R +r+k+ + + + + pp + +N+ + + + n +P+ + + + + + + PP + +PP + +R+ +K
(Diagram 1375) 1372
Ng5-e6+ 40.Kf4-e5 3.58/15 Diagram (Diagram 1376) ] (Diagram 1377) Decoy: d7 1-0
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+ +r+ + + + + + P+ R +k+ + + + n + + K + + + + P PP + + P + + + +
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r+ qrlk+ + +Q+pn pp P +p+ + + p P +P+N+ + + + + + PP L +PP + +R+R+K
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Aleksander Delchev Vassily Ivanchuk 4th IECC Istanbul TUR (8)
07.06.2003
B52: Sicilian: Moscow Variation with 3... Bd7 1.e2-e4 c7-c5 2.Ng1-f3 d7-d6 3.Bf1-b5+ Bc8-d7 4.Bb5xd7+ Diagram
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rn qklnr pp+Lpppp + p + + + p + + + +P+ + + + +N+ PPPP PPP RNLQK +R
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Qd8xd7 5.c2-c4 Ng8-f6 6.Nb1-c3 g7-g6 7.0-0 Bf8-g7 8.d2-d4 c5xd4 9.Nf3xd4 0-0 10.f2-f3 Rf8-c8 11.b2-b3 d6-d5 12.e4xd5 Nf6xd5 13.Nc3xd5 e7-e6 14.Bc1-e3 [RR 14.Bc1-h6 e6xd5 15.Bh6xg7 Kg8xg7 16.c4-c5 Nb8-a6 17.Nd4-c2 Na6xc5 18.Qd1-d4+ f7-f6 19.Nc2-e3 Nc5-e6 20.Qd4-h4 Rc8-c5 21.Ra1-d1 d5-d4 22.Ne3-g4 Ra8-f8 23.Rf1-e1 Rc5-h5 24.Qh4-g3 Rh5-d5 25.Rd1-d2 Qd7-d6 26.Qg3-h4 h7-h5 27.Ng4-f2 g6-g5 28.Qh4-e4 Rd5-e5 Kamsky,G (2705)Gelfand,B (2733)/Elista 2007/CBM 119/ 0-1 (53) ] 14...e6xd5 15.c4xd5 [RR 15.Ra1-c1 d5xc4 16.Rc1xc4 Rc8xc4 17.b3xc4 Nb8-c6 18.Nd4xc6 Qd7xc6 19.Qd1-d5 Qc6xd5 20.c4xd5 Ra8-d8 21.Be3xa7 Rd8xd5 22.Rf1-b1 Rd5-a5 23.Ba7-e3 b7-b5 24.Be3-b6 Ra5-a6
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25.Bb6-e3 Ra6-a3 26.Be3-b6 Ra3xa2 27.Rb1xb5 h7-h5 28.Bb6-e3 Bg7-f6 29.Rb5-d5 Ra2-e2 Priborsky,I (2331)Jasny,S (2325)/Czechia 2007/EXT 2008/½-½ (44) ] 15...Nb8-a6 last book move last book move 16.Ra1-c1N Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 16.Qd1-e1 Rc8-c5 17.Ra1-d1 Rc5xd5 18.Nd4-c2 Na6-c7 19.Rd1xd5 Nc7xd5 20.Qe1-d2 Qd7-f5 21.Rf1-d1 Nd5xe3 22.Nc2xe3 Qf5-c5 23.b3-b4 Qc5-b6 24.f3-f4 Ra8-e8 25.Rd1-e1 Qb6-d4 26.Qd2xd4 Bg7xd4 -0.21/15 ;RR 16.Qd1-d2 Qd7xd5 17.Ra1-c1 Rc8-e8 18.Rf1-d1 Ra8-d8 19.Nd4-c2 Qd5xd2 20.Rd1xd2 Rd8xd2 21.Be3xd2 Bg7-e5 22.Rc1-e1 ½-½ Coenen,N (2389)-Colovic,A (2408)/Izmir 2004/CBM 102 ext ]
r+r+ +k+ pp+q+plp n+ + +p+ + +P+ + + N + + +P+ LP+ P+ + +PP + RQ+RK
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16...Rc8xc1 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 16...Rc8xc1 17.Qd1xc1 Qd7xd5 18.Nd4-e2 Ra8-d8 19.Be3xa7 Na6-b4 20.Qc1-c4 Qd5xc4 21.b3xc4 Rd8-d2 Diagram (Diagram 1380) 22.Ne2-c1 Rd2-c2 23.Ba7-f2 Rc2xc4 24.Rf1-d1 Bg7-f8 25.h2-h4 Rc4-c2 26.a2-a4 Kg8-g7 27.Bf2-d4+ f7-f6
+ + +k+ Lp+ +plp + + +p+ + + + + nP+ + + + + +P+ P+ rN+PP + + +RK
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-0.23/17 ]
r+ + +k+ pp+q+plp n+ + +p+ + +P+ + + N + + +P+ LP+ P+ + +PP + rQ+RK
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17.Qd1xc1 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 17.Be3xc1 Qd7xd5 18.Nd4-c2 Qd5-a5 19.Bc1-a3 Ra8-c8 20.Qd1-d7 Qa5-b6+ 21.Kg1-h1 Qb6-c7 22.Qd7xc7 Na6xc7 Diagram (Diagram 1382) 23.Nc2-e3 Rc8-e8 24.Ba3-c1 Nc7-b5 25.Ne3-c4 b7-b6 26.a2-a4 Nb5-c3 27.Nc4-d6 Re8-e2 -0.30/17 ] 17...Na6-b4 Black threatens to win material: Nb4xd5 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 17...Qd7xd5 18.Nd4-e2 Ra8-d8
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19.Be3xa7 Na6-b4 20.Ba7-f2 Nb4xa2 21.Qc1-c4 b7-b5 22.Qc4xd5 Rd8xd5 23.Rf1-e1 Rd5-d3 24.Bf2-c5 Bg7-f8 25.b3-b4 Na2xb4 26.Bc5xf8 Kg8xf8 27.Re1-b1 Rd3-d2 28.Rb1xb4 Rd2xe2 29.Rb4xb5 -0.19/17 ] 18.Qc1-d2 White threatens to win material: Qd2xb4 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 18.Rf1-d1 Nb4xd5 19.Be3-f2 Ra8-e8 20.Qc1-d2 Bg7-f6 21.h2-h4 Re8-d8 22.h4-h5 a7-a6 23.Nd4-e2 Bf6-e5 24.h5xg6 h7xg6 25.f3-f4 Be5-g7 26.Bf2-d4 b7-b6 -0.13/16 ] 18...Nb4xd5 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 18...Nb4xd5 19.Nd4-c2 Qd7-b5 20.Be3-d4 Bg7xd4+ 21.Qd2xd4 Ra8-c8 22.Nc2-e3 Nd5xe3 23.Qd4xe3 Qb5-a5 Diagram
+r+ +k+ pp+ +p+p + + +p+ q + + + + + + + +P+ QP+ P+ + +PP + + +RK
1383
Qb6-c6 -0.20/17 ] 19...Qd7-e7 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 19...Qd7-b5 20.Be3-f2 Ra8-e8 21.Ne2-d4 Diagram
+ +r+k+ pp+ +plp + + +p+ +q+n+ + + N + + +P+ +P+ P+ Q LPP + + +RK
1384
Qb5-b4 Diagram (Diagram 1383) (Diagram 1385) 24.a2-a4 Qa5-d5 25.Rf1-e1 b7-b6 26.Qe3-e7 Qd5xb3 27.Qe7xa7 Qb3-b2 28.Qa7-d7 Rc8-c2 -0.19/17 ] 19.Nd4-e2 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 19.Nd4-c2 Qd7-f5 20.Rf1-d1 Nd5xe3 21.Nc2xe3 Qf5-c5 22.b3-b4 Qc5-b5 23.Ne3-d5 Ra8-e8 24.Rd1-c1 Qb5-e2 25.Rc1-d1 Qe2-c4 26.Nd5-e3 Qc4-b5 27.Rd1-e1 Qb5-b6 28.Kg1-h1
22.Qd2xb4 Nd5xb4 23.Nd4-b5 Diagram (Diagram 1386) a7-a6 Diagram 24.Nb5-d6 Re8-e2 25.Rf1-d1 Re2xa2 Diagram
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+ +r+k+ pp+ +plp + + +p+ + +n+ + q N + + +P+ +P+ P+ Q LPP + + +RK
+ +r+k+ pp+ +plp + + +p+ +N+ + + n + + + +P+ +P+ P+ + LPP + + +RK
+ +r+k+ +p+ +plp p+ + +p+ +N+ + + n + + + +P+ +P+ P+ + LPP + + +RK
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+ + +k+ +p+ +plp p+ N +p+ + + + + n + + + +P+ +P+ r+ + LPP + +R+ K
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26.Nd6xb7 Bg7-c3 27.Bf2-c5 Ra2-e2 28.Rd1-d6 Kg8-g7 29.Bc5xb4 Diagram 1386
+ + + + +N+ +pkp p+ R +p+ + + + + L + + + +Pl +P+ + +r+PP + + + K 1387
Bc3xb4 Diagram (Diagram 1390) 30.Rd6xa6 -0.16/17 ] ½-½
1389
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
+ + + + +N+ +pkp p+ R +p+ + + + + l + + + +P+ +P+ + +r+PP + + + K
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rnl+klnr pppp+ppp + + + + + + + + +L+Pp q + + + + PPPP +PP RNLQ+KNR
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(2355)-Rantanen,Y (2440)/Helsinki 1984/MCL ; B) 7.Ng1-f3 Qh4-f6 28 C33 8.Nb1-c3 Ng8-h6 9.Nc3-e2 g7-g5 10.h2-h4 g5-g4 11.Nf3-g5 f4-f3 Vassily Ivanchuk 12.Ne2-f4 Be6xc4 13.Qd3xc4 Nd7-b6 Predrag Nikolic 5th IECC Playoff Final (1) 30.05.2004 14.Qc4-c3 d6-d5 15.Nf4xd5 Nb6xd5 16.e4xd5 Nh6-f5 17.Bc1-f4 Nf5xh4 18.Qc3-e3+ Bf8-e7 19.Rh1xh4 h7-h6 C33: King's Gambit Accepted: 3 Nc3 20.Rh4-h5 h6xg5 21.Bf4xg5 and 3 Bc4 1.e2-e4 e7-e5 2.f2-f4 e5xf4 3.Bf1-c4 Westerinen,H (2410)-Norri,J (2325)/ Qd8-h4+ 4.Ke1-f1 Diagram Finland 1991/EXT 2000/1-0 ] 7.Ng1-f3 Qh4-g4 8.Nb1-c3 Bf8-e7 9.h2-h3 (Diagram 1391) Qg4-g6 10.Bc1xf4 0-0 11.Ra1-e1 Nf6-h5 12.Bf4-h2 Nh5-g3+ d7-d6 5.d2-d4 Bc8-e6 6.Qd1-d3 13.Bh2xg3 Qg6xg3 14.Nc3-e2 Ng8-f6N [RR 6...Nb8-d7 A) RR Qg3-g6 15.Ne2-f4 last book move. 7.Nb1-c3 c7-c6 8.Ng1-f3 Qh4-f6 White threatens to win material: Nf4xg6 9.h2-h4 (RR 9.Bc1-d2 Be6xc4 last book move Qg6-h6 Diagram 10.Qd3xc4 Nd7-b6 11.Qc4-e2 0-0-0 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 15...Qg6-h6 12.a2-a4 d6-d5 13.a4-a5 Nb6-c4 16.g2-g3 Be6-d7 17.Kf1-g2 Nb8-c6 14.e4xd5 c6xd5 15.Nf3-e5 Nc4xe5 18.e4-e5 d6xe5 19.Nf3xe5 Nc6xe5 16.d4xe5 Qf6-f5 17.a5-a6 b7-b6 20.Re1xe5 Be7-g5 21.Nf4-d5 Bd7-c6 18.Qe2-f3 Ng8-e7 19.Bd2xf4 g7-g5 22.Rh1-e1 Bg5-f6 23.Re5-e4 Ra8-d8 20.Bf4-g3 Bf8-g7 21.Nc3-b5 Qf5xf3+ 24.Nd5xf6+ Qh6xf6 0.14/14 ] 22.g2xf3 Ne7-f5 23.Nb5xa7+ Kc8-d7 Weinwurm,W (2127)-Ljubarskij,J (Diagram 1392) (2290)/Lignano Sabbiadoro 2005/CBM 108 ext/1-0 (61) ) 9...Ng8-h6 10.Nc3-e2 16.g2-g3 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro Be6xc4 11.Qd3xc4 0-0-0 12.Bc1xf4 x64: 16.Nf4xe6 f7xe6 17.h3-h4 Rd8-e8 13.Bf4-g5 ½-½ Pirttimaki,T Nb8-c6 18.Kf1-g1 Rf8-f7 19.Rh1-h3
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rn + rk+ ppp lppp + pl+ q + + + + +LPPN + + +Q+N+P PPP+ +P+ + + RK+R
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Ra8-f8 20.Bc4-b5 Nc6-b4 21.Qd3-c4 c7-c5 22.Bb5-d7 Diagram
+ + rk+ pp+Llrpp + pp+ q + p + + nQPP+ P + + +N+R PPP+ +P+ + + R K
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d6-d5 23.e4xd5 e6xd5 0.11/12 ] (Diagram 1394) Prevents intrusion on h4 16...Nb8-d7 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 16...Be6-d7 17.Kf1-g2 Nb8-c6 18.e4-e5 d6xe5 19.Nf3xe5 Nc6xe5 20.Re1xe5 Be7-g5 21.Nf4-d5 Bd7-c6 22.Rh1-e1 Diagram Bg5-f6 23.Re5-e4 Ra8-d8 24.Nd5xf6+ Qh6xf6 0.11/13 ] 17.Kf1-g2 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 17.Bc4-b3 c7-c6 18.Kf1-g2 Be6xb3
rn + rk+ ppp lppp + pl+ q + + + + +LPPN + + +Q+NPP PPP+ + + + + RK+R
r+ + rk+ ppp +ppp +l+ + q + +NR l +LP + + + +Q+ PP PPP+ +K+ + + R +
1394
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19.a2xb3 Be7-g5 20.Nf3xg5 Qh6xg5 21.h3-h4 Qg5-g4 22.Rh1-f1 Ra8-e8 23.b3-b4 a7-a6 24.Re1-a1 Nd7-f6 0.17/13 ] 17...Nd7-b6 [ 17...Be6xc4 18.Qd3xc4 c7-c6 19.Qc4-b3 ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 17...Be6xc4 18.Qd3xc4 c7-c6 19.Rh1-f1 Ra8-b8 20.Qc4-b3 Be7-d8 21.h3-h4 Rf8-e8 22.e4-e5 d6xe5 23.Nf3xe5 Nd7xe5 24.Re1xe5 Re8xe5 25.d4xe5 Bd8-b6 26.Rf1-d1 0.21/14 ] 18.Bc4xe6+[ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 18.Bc4xe6 Diagram f7xe6 19.Qd3-b3 d6-d5 20.e4xd5 Rf8xf4 21.g3xf4 Nb6xd5 22.f4-f5
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375
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Nd5-f4+ 23.Kg2-g3 Be7-d6 24.Kg3-f2 Ra8-f8 25.f5xe6 Bd6-e7 26.Rh1-h2 b7-b6 27.Re1-e5 Nf4-g6 28.Re5-e3 Ng6-h4 29.Kf2-e2 Qh6-h5 30.Qb3-d3 0.76/16 Diagram
+ + rk+ p p l pp p +P+ + + + + +q + P + n + +QRN+P PPP+K+ R + + + +
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] 18...f7xe6 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 18...f7xe6 Diagram
r+ + rk+ ppp l pp n pp+ q + + + + + PPN + + +Q+NPP PPP+ +K+ + + R +R
1398
29.Kf2-e2 Qh6-h5 30.Qb3-d3 0.73/15 ] 19.Rh1-f1 [ 19.Qd3-b3 d6-d5 20.e4xd5 Rf8xf4 Diagram
r+ + +k+ ppp l pp n +p+ q + +P+ + + P r + +Q+ +NPP PPP+ +K+ + + R +R
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21.g3xf4 Nb6xd5 ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 19.Qd3-b3 d6-d5 20.e4xd5 Rf8xf4 21.g3xf4 Nb6xd5 22.f4-f5 Nd5-f4+ 23.Kg2-g3 Be7-d6 24.Kg3-f2 Ra8-f8 25.f5xe6 Diagram
(Diagram 1398) (Diagram 1400) 19.Qd3-b3 d6-d5 20.e4xd5 Rf8xf4 21.g3xf4 Nb6xd5 22.f4-f5 Nd5-f4+ 23.Kg2-g3 Be7-d6 24.Kg3-f2 Ra8-f8 25.f5xe6 Bd6-e7 26.Rh1-h2 b7-b6 27.Re1-e5 Nf4-g6 28.Re5-e3 Ng6-h4
Bd6-e7 26.Rh1-h2 b7-b6 27.Re1-e5 Nf4-g6 28.Re5-e3 Ng6-h4 29.Kf2-e2 Qh6-h5 30.Qb3-d3 0.74/14 ] 19...c7-c5? [ 19...g7-g5!?
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is noteworthy 20.Nf4-e2 c7-c5$ Diagram
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23.Re1xf1 Qg5-g6 24.d4-d5 Ra8-c8 25.c2-c4 Be7-g5 26.Qd3-f3 h7-h6 27.h3-h4 Bg5-d2 28.Ne6-f8 Rc8xf8 29.Qf3xf8+ Kg8-h7 30.Qf8-f5 Diagram 1401
; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 19...g7-g5 20.Nf4-e2 Qh6-g6 21.Nf3-d2 Ra8-c8 22.Ne2-c3 c7-c6 23.Rf1xf8+ Rc8xf8 24.Re1-f1 Rf8xf1 25.Qd3xf1 Be7-f6 26.Nc3-e2 Kg8-g7 27.Qf1-f3 Qg6-e8 0.17/14 ] 20.d4-d5 [ 20.d4xc5 Diagram (Diagram 1402) d6xc5 21.Nf3-e5 Qh6-g5+- ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 20.Nf3-h2 e6-e5 21.Nh2-g4 Qh6-g5 22.Nf4-e6 Rf8xf1
+ + + + pp+ + pk n p +qp + pPpQ+ +P+P+NP + + + P PP l +K+ + + +R+
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Nb6xc4 31.b2-b3 Qg6xf5 32.Rf1xf5 1.47/15 ] 20...Rf8xf4 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 20...c5-c4 Diagram (Diagram 1404) 21.Qd3-e3 e6xd5 22.e4xd5 23.Nf3-d4 Ra8-e8 24.b2-b3 25.Qe3-e6 Qh6-f6 26.c2-c3 27.Qe6-e4 g7-g5 28.Nf4-e6 Diagram
Rf8-f7 Re8-f8 a7-a6 0.68/15
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] 21.g3xf4 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 21.g3xf4 Diagram
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+ + +k+ +p+ +Rp pn +r+ + + lpP +p +p+ + + + + + +P PP+ +KN R + + +
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23.f4-f5+- ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 21...Qh6xf4 22.a2-a4 Nb6xa4 23.d5xe6 Diagram
(Diagram 1406) (Diagram 1408) Qh6xf4 22.a2-a4 Nb6xa4 23.d5xe6 Na4-b6 24.e4-e5 d6-d5 25.Nf3-h2 Qf4-g5+ 26.Nh2-g4 c5-c4 27.Qd3-f5 Qg5-d2+ 28.Qf5-f2 Qd2xf2+ 29.Ng4xf2 Ra8-e8 30.Re1-a1 a7-a6 31.Nf2-g4 h7-h5 32.Ng4-h2 Be7-c5 33.Rf1-f7 Re8xe6 Diagram 34.Rf7xb7 Re6xe5 35.Ra1xa6 0.48/14 ] 21...Qh6xf4 Diagram [ 21...Qh6-g6+ 22.Kg2-h2 e6xd5
Na4-b6 24.e4-e5 d6-d5 25.Nf3-h2 Qf4-g5+ 26.Nh2-g4 Diagram (Diagram 1409) c5-c4 27.Qd3-g3 Qg5-d2+ 28.Qg3-f2 Qd2xf2+ 29.Ng4xf2 Ra8-e8 30.Re1-a1 a7-a6 31.Nf2-g4 h7-h5 32.Ng4-h2 Be7-c5 33.Rf1-f7 Re8xe6
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
r+ + +k+ pp+ l pp + pP+ + + p + + n+ +Pq + + +Q+N+P PP+ +K+ + + RR+
r+ + +k+ pp+ l pp n +P+ + + ppP q + + +N+ + +Q+ +P PP+ +K+ + + RR+
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34.Rf7xb7 Re6xe5 35.Ra1xa6 0.65/15
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r+ + +k+ pp+ l pp n pp+ + + pP+ + P+ +Pq + + +Q+N+P PP+ +K+ + + RR+
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Diagram
] (Diagram 1412) (Diagram 1410) 22.d5xe6 Diagram [ 22.a2-a4 Nb6xa4 23.d5xe6 ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 22.a2-a4 Diagram
30.Qg3-g4 Qe6xg4+ 31.h3xg4 d5-d4 32.Rf1-f7 Nb6-d5 33.Kg2-g3 c5-c4 34.Re1-f1 0.55/14 ] (Diagram 1413)
(Diagram 1411) Nb6xa4 23.d5xe6 Na4-b6 24.e4-e5 d6-d5 25.Nf3-h2 Qf4-g5+ 26.Qd3-g3 Qg5-h6 27.Nh2-g4 Qh6xe6 28.Ng4-f6+ Kg8-h8 29.Nf6-h5 Ra8-g8
22...Ra8-f8? Diagram [ 22...Qf4-h6 Diagram 23.e4-e5 d6-d5 24.Nf3-d2 ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 22...Qf4-h6 23.e4-e5 d6-d5 24.Nf3-h2 Qh6xe6
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
+ + +rk pp+ l pp n +q+ + + ppP +N + + + + + + + QP PP+ +K+ + + RR+
r+ + +k+ pp+ l pp n pP+ + + p + + + +Pq + + +Q+N+P PPP+ +K+ + + RR+
r+ + +k+ pp+ l pp n pP+ q + p + + + +P+ + + +Q+N+P PPP+ +K+ + + RR+
379 27.e5-e6 d5-d4 28.Nh2-g4 Ra8-e8 29.b2-b3 Nc4-a3 30.Re1-e2 Na3-b5 31.Rf5-f7 Nb5-c3 Diagram 1412
+ +r+k+ pp+ lRpp + +P+ + + p + + + p +N+ +Pn + +P P+P+R+K+ + + + + 1413
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32.Re2-f2 Nc3xa2 0.63/15 ]
+ + rk+ pp+ l pp n pP+ + + p + + + +Pq + + +Q+N+P PPP+ +K+ + + RR+
1416
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25.Qd3-f5 Qe6xf5 26.Rf1xf5 Nb6-c4
23.b2-b4 Diagram [ 23.e4-e5!? d6-d5 24.Nf3-h2 Qf4-g5+ 25.Kg2-h1 Rf8xf1+ 26.Re1xf1 Qg5xe5 27.Qd3-b5+- ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 23.e4-e5 Diagram (Diagram 1417) Nb6-c8 24.Nf3-h2 Qf4-g5+ 25.Nh2-g4 Rf8-d8 26.Qd3-f5 Qg5xf5 27.Rf1xf5 d6xe5 28.Rf5xe5 b7-b6 29.Re1-f1
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
+ + rk+ pp+ l pp n pP+ + + p P + + + q + + +Q+N+P PPP+ +K+ + + RR+
380
1417
Rd8-d2+ 30.Rf1-f2 Rd2-d8 31.Re5-h5 Rd8-d6 32.Rf2-e2 Rd6-d8 33.Ng4-e5 Nc8-d6 34.Re2-d2 1.94/14 ]
+ + rk+ pp+ l pp n pP+ + + p + + P +Pq + + +Q+N+P P+P+ +K+ + + RR+
1418
23...Rf8-f6 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 23...Qf4-h6 24.e4-e5 Diagram (Diagram 1419) Qh6xe6 25.e5xd6 Qe6xd6 26.b4xc5 Qd6xd3 27.c2xd3 Be7xc5 28.Nf3-g5 Diagram Rf8-c8 29.Rf1-f5 Bc5-d6 30.Re1-e2 h7-h6 31.Ng5-f7 Bd6-b4 32.Re2-e4 a7-a5 33.Kg2-g3 0.56/14 ]
+ + rk+ pp+ l pp n pP+ q + p P + P + + + + +Q+N+P P+P+ +K+ + + RR+
+ + rk+ pp+ + pp n + + + + l + N + + + + + +P+ +P P+ + +K+ + + RR+
+ + +k+ pp+ l pp n pPr + + p + + P +Pq + + +Q+N+P P+P+ +K+ + + RR+ 24.Qd3-b5 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64:
1419
1420
1421
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
381
24.Qd3-b5 Rf6xe6 Diagram
+ + +k+ pp+ l pp n pr+ + +Qp + + P +Pq + + + +N+P P+P+ +K+ + + RR+
1422
25.b4xc5 d6xc5 26.Nf3-d4 Qf4-g5+ 27.Kg2-h1 Qg5-h5 28.Qb5-b3 c5-c4 29.Qb3-g3 Diagram
+ + +k+ pp+ l pp n +r+ + + + + +q +pNP+ + + + + QP P+P+ + + + + RR+K
1423
Qh5-e5 30.Qg3xe5 Re6xe5 31.Rf1-f5 Nb6-d7 32.Kh1-g2 b7-b6 33.Nd4-c6 Re5-e6 34.Re1-d1 Nd7-f6 35.Nc6xe7+ Re6xe7 36.e4-e5 Nf6-e8 37.Rd1-d5 g7-g6 38.Rf5-f4 Ne8-c7 39.Rd5-d8+ Nc7-e8 40.Rf4-e4 Kg8-f7 41.Re4xc4 Re7xe5 42.Rd8-d7+ Re5-e7 43.Rd7xe7+ Diagram Kf7xe7 0.90/16 ] 24...Rf6xe6 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 24...Rf6xe6 Diagram
+ +n+ + p + Rk+p p + +p+ + + + + +R+ + + + + + +P P+P+ +K+ + + + +
+ + +k+ pp+ l pp n pr+ + +Qp + + P +Pq + + + +N+P P+P+ +K+ + + RR+
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25.b4xc5 d6xc5 26.Nf3-d4 Re6-g6+ 27.Kg2-h1 Qf4-b8 28.Nd4-f5 Be7-f8 29.Qb5-b3+ c5-c4 30.Qb3-f3 h7-h6 31.e4-e5 Qb8-c8 32.e5-e6 Rg6xe6 33.Re1xe6 Qc8xe6 34.Nf5xh6+ Qe6xh6 35.Qf3xf8+ Kg8-h7 36.Qf8-f5+ Kh7-h8 37.Kh1-h2 c4-c3 38.Qf5-e4 Qh6-d2+ Diagram (Diagram 1426) 39.Kh2-g3 Qd2-g5+ 40.Qe4-g4 1.00/13 ] 25.b4xc5 [ 25.Qb5-e8+ Diagram Qf4-f8 26.Qe8xf8+ Be7xf8 27.b4xc5
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
+ + + k pp+ + p n + + + + + + + + +Q+ + + p + +P P+Pq + K + + +R+
+ +Q+k+ pp+ l pp n pr+ + + p + + P +Pq + + + +N+P P+P+ +K+ + + RR+
382
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d6xc5 28.e4-e5 ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 25.b4xc5 d6xc5 26.Nf3-d4 Qf4-g5+ 27.Kg2-h1 Qg5-h5 28.Qb5-b3 c5-c4 29.Qb3-g3 Qh5-e5 30.Qg3xe5 Re6xe5 31.Rf1-f5 Nb6-d7 32.Kh1-g2 b7-b6 33.Nd4-c6 Re5-e6 34.Re1-d1 Nd7-f6 35.Nc6xe7+ Re6xe7 36.e4-e5 Nf6-e8 37.Rd1-d5 g7-g6 38.Rf5-f4 Ne8-c7 39.Rd5-d8+ Nc7-e8 40.Rf4-e4 Kg8-f7 Diagram 41.Re4xc4 Re7xe5 42.Rd8-d7+ Re5-e7 43.Rd7xe7+ Kf7xe7 0.91/15 Diagram ] 25...Be7-h4?? causes further problems for ? [ 25...d6xc5
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26.Qb5-e8+ Qf4-f8 27.Qe8xf8+ Be7xf8 ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 25...d6xc5 26.Nf3-d4 Qf4-g5+ 27.Kg2-h1 Qg5-h5 28.Qb5-b3 c5-c4 29.Qb3-g3 Qh5-e5 30.Qg3xe5 Re6xe5 31.Rf1-f5 Be7-f6 32.Rf5xe5 Bf6xe5 33.Nd4-e6 Nb6-a4 Diagram (Diagram 1430) 34.Re1-f1 Be5-f6 35.e4-e5 Bf6-e7 36.Kh1-g2 Na4-c3 37.Rf1-f4 b7-b5 38.Ne6-d4 Be7-c5 39.e5-e6 g7-g5 40.Rf4-g4 Kg8-f8 41.Nd4-c6 h7-h6 42.h3-h4 Nc3-d5 43.Kg2-f3 Nd5-e3
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
+ + +k+ pp+ + pp + +N+ + + + l + n+p+P+ + + + + +P P+P+ + + + + R +K
383
1430
1.04/17 ] 26.Nf3xh4+- Diagram [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 26.Nf3xh4 Diagram
+ + +k+ pp+ + pp n pr+ + +QP + + + +Pq N + + + +P P+P+ +K+ + + RR+
1431
Qf4-g5+ 27.Kg2-h2 Qg5-e5+ 28.Kh2-h1 Qe5-c3 29.Qb5-b3 Qc3xb3 30.a2xb3 d6xc5 31.Kh1-g2 g7-g6 32.Nh4-f3 h7-h6 33.Nf3-d2 Kg8-g7 Diagram (Diagram 1432) 34.Re1-a1 a7-a6 35.Ra1-d1 Re6-e5 36.Nd2-c4 Nb6xc4 37.Rd1-d7+ Kg7-g8 38.b3xc4 Re5xe4 39.Rd7xb7 Re4xc4 4.97/13 ]
+ + + + pp+ + k n +r+pp + p + + + +P+ + +P+ + +P +PN +K+ + + RR+
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26...Qf4xh4 Diagram [ 26...Qf4-g5+ Diagram (Diagram 1434) is not much help 27.Kg2-h2 Qg5-e5+ 28.Kh2-h1+- ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 26...Qf4-g5+ 27.Kg2-h2 Qg5-e5+ 28.Kh2-h1 Qe5-c3 29.Qb5-b3 Qc3xb3 30.a2xb3 d6xc5 31.Kh1-g2 g7-g6 32.Nh4-f3 h7-h6 33.Nf3-d2 Kg8-g7 34.Re1-a1 a7-a6 Diagram 35.Ra1-d1 Re6-e5 36.Nd2-c4 Nb6xc4 37.Rd1-d7+ Kg7-g8 38.b3xc4 Re5xe4 39.Rd7xb7 Re4xc4 5.17/14 ]
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
+ + +k+ pp+ + pp n pr+ + +QP + q + +P+ N + + + +P P+P+ +K+ + + RR+
+ + + + +p+ + k pn +r+pp + p + + + +P+ + +P+ + +P +PN +K+ R + +R+
384
1434
27.Qb5-b3 Qh4-g5+ 28.Kg2-h1 Qg5-e7 29.c5xb6 a7xb6 30.e4-e5 d6-d5 31.Qb3xd5 Qe7-e8 32.Qd5xb7 h7-h6 33.Re1-e3 Diagram
+ +q+k+ +Q+ + p p +r+ p + + P + + + + + + + R +P P+P+ + + + + +R+K
1437
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Re6xe5 34.Rf1-g1 g7-g5 35.Re3xe5 Qe8xe5 36.Rg1-d1 Qe5-e8 37.Qb7xb6 Qe8-e4+ 38.Kh1-g1 6.16/13 ] 27...d6-d5 [ 27...Qh4-g5+ does not solve anything 28.Kg2-h1 Qg5-e7 29.c5xb6 a7xb6 30.e4-e5+- ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 27...Qh4-e7 28.c5xb6 Diagram (Diagram 1438)
+ + +k+ pp+ + pp n pr+ + +QP + + + +P+ q + + + +P P+P+ +K+ + + RR+ 27.Qb5-b3 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64:
1436
a7xb6 29.e4-e5 d6-d5 30.Qb3xd5 Qe7-e8 31.Qd5xb7 h7-h6 32.Qb7-e4 b6-b5 33.Re1-e3 b5-b4 34.Re3-f3 Qe8-g6+ 35.Qe4xg6 Re6xg6+ 36.Rf3-g3 Rg6-e6 37.Rg3-e3 Re6-a6 38.Rf1-a1 6.84/14 ] 28.c5xb6 [ 28.c5xb6 Qh4-g5+ 29.Kg2-h1 Re6xb6 30.Qb3xd5+ Qg5xd5 31.e4xd5+- ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 28.c5xb6 Qh4-g5+ 29.Kg2-h1 Re6xb6 30.Qb3xd5+ Qg5xd5 31.e4xd5 h7-h5 32.Re1-e7 g7-g5 33.Re7-e5 g5-g4 34.h3xg4 h5-h4 35.Re5-g5+ Kg8-h7 36.Rf1-f7+ Kh7-h6 37.Rg5-g7 Rb6-b2 38.g4-g5+ Kh6-h5 39.Rf7xb7 Rb2xc2
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
385 3.Ng1-f3 Bf8-b4+ 4.Nb1-d2 Diagram
+ + +k+ pp+ q pp P pr+ + + + + + + +P+ + +Q+ + +P P+P+ +K+ + + RR+
1438
rnlqk+ r pppp+ppp + +pn + + + + + lPP + + + + +N+ PP NPPPP R LQKL+R
1440
40.d5-d6 Rc2xa2 41.d6-d7 Ra2-d2 42.Rg7-g8 Rd2-d1+ 43.Kh1-g2 Rd1-d2+ Diagram
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b7-b6 5.g2-g3 Bc8-b7 6.Bf1-g2 0-0 7.0-0 c7-c5 8.a2-a3 Bb4xd2 9.Bc1xd2 c5xd4 10.Bd2-b4 Rf8-e8 11.Qd1xd4 [RR 11.Bb4-d6 Nf6-e4 12.Qd1xd4 Nb8-a6 13.b2-b4 Ra8-c8 1439 14.Ra1-c1 Ne4xd6 15.Qd4xd6 Na6-c7 16.Rf1-d1 Re8-e7 17.Qd6-d3 Bb7xf3 18.Bg2xf3 Nc7-e8 19.Bf3-b7 Rc8-c7 20.Bb7-a6 Rc7-c6 21.Qd3-b3 Qd8-b8 22.Qb3-a4 Rc6-c7 23.Qa4-b5 Ne8-f6 24.f2-f3 d7-d5 25.c4-c5 h7-h5 Karpov,A (2660)-Andersson,U (2555)/ Madrid 1973/MCL/1-0 (38) ] 11...Nb8-c6 12.Qd4-d6 Ra8-c8N [RR 12...Nc6xb4 13.Qd6xb4 Qd8-c7 14.Ra1-c1 Ra8-c8 15.Qb4-d2 Qc7-b8 16.Qd2-e3 d7-d5 17.Nf3-e5 d5xc4 18.Bg2xb7 Qb8xb7 19.Ne5xc4 Re8-d8 20.Qe3-f4 Qb7-d5 ½-½ Kostic,V (2335)-Eisterer,H (2300)/ Austria 1989/TD ] 13.Rf1-d1 Nc6xb4 14.Qd6xb4 Qd8-c7 15.Ra1-c1 d7-d5 E16 16.Nf3-d4 a7-a6 Diagram
Vassily Ivanchuk Rustam Kasimdzhanov WCC , tiebreak 25/10 (3.4) 24.06.2004 E16: Queen's Indian: 4 g3 Bb7 5 Bg2 Bb4+ 1.d2-d4 Ng8-f6 2.c2-c4 e7-e6
(Diagram 1441) 17.b2-b3 Re8-d8 18.Qb4-e1 d5xc4 last book move last book move 19.Rc1xc4 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 19.Rc1xc4 Qc7-b8 20.Bg2xb7 Rc8xc4
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
+r+r+k+ +lq +ppp pp +pn + + +p+ + QPN + + P + + P P +PPLP + RR+ K
386
1441
21.Nd4-c6 Rc4xc6 22.Bb7xc6 Rd8xd1 23.Qe1xd1 g7-g6 24.Kg1-g2 Kg8-g7 25.Qd1-d4 Qb8-c7 26.Bc6-f3 e6-e5 27.Qd4-e3 Qc7-d6 28.b3-b4 Qd6-e6 29.Bf3-e4 Nf6xe4 30.Qe3xe4 0.03/16 ] 19...Qc7-e7 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 19...Qc7-b8 20.Bg2xb7 Rc8xc4 21.Nd4-c6 Rd8xd1 22.Qe1xd1 Rc4xc6 23.Bb7xc6 g7-g6 24.Kg1-g2 Kg8-g7 25.Qd1-d4 Diagram
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Qb8-c7 26.Bc6-e4 e6-e5 27.Qd4-d3 Qc7-c1 28.a3-a4 Qc1-c5 0.05/15 ] 20.Rc4xc8 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 20.Nd4-c6 Bb7xc6 21.Rd1xd8+ Qe7xd8 22.Bg2xc6 b6-b5 23.Rc4-c1
+rr +k+ +l+ qppp pp +pn + + + + + +RN + + PP+ + P + +PPLP + +RQ K
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g7-g6 24.a3-a4 b5-b4 25.Rc1-c4 Qd8-d6 26.Qe1-c1 Diagram
+r+ +k+ + + +p+p p+Lqpnp+ + + + + PpR+ + + +P+ + P + +PP P + Q + K
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a6-a5 27.Kg1-g2 Kg8-g7 28.f2-f3 e6-e5 0.00/15 ] 20...Rd8xc8 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 20...Rd8xc8 21.Bg2xb7 Qe7xb7 22.Rd1-c1 g7-g6 23.Nd4-f3 Kg8-g7 24.Rc1xc8 Qb7xc8 25.Qe1-d2 Qc8-c5 26.b3-b4 Qc5-c4 27.Kg1-g2 Nf6-e4 28.Qd2-d1 Ne4-c3 29.Qd1-d6 0.09/13 ] 21.Rd1-c1? [ 21.Qe1-b4!? would keep White alive Qe7xb4 22.a3xb4 Bb7xg2 23.Kg1xg2= ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 21.Bg2xb7 Qe7xb7 22.Rd1-c1 g7-g6 23.Nd4-f3 Kg8-g7 24.Rc1xc8 Qb7xc8
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
387
25.Qe1-d2 Qc8-c5 26.b3-b4 Qc5-c4 27.Kg1-g2 Nf6-e4 28.Qd2-d1 Ne4-c3 29.Qd1-d6 -0.05/14 ] 21...Qe7xa3∓ [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 21...Qe7xa3 Diagram
+r+ +k+ +l+ +ppp pp +pn + + + + + + N + + qP+ + P + +PPLP + R Q K
1445
22.Rc1xc8+ Bb7xc8 23.Qe1-c3 Bc8-d7 24.e2-e3 h7-h6 25.Bg2-f1 Qa3-c5 26.Qc3xc5 b6xc5 27.Nd4-f3 Bd7-b5 28.Nf3-e5 Nf6-e4 29.f2-f3 Bb5xf1 30.f3xe4 Bf1-b5 31.Kg1-f2 f7-f6 32.Ne5-g6 -0.53/15 ] 22.Rc1xc8+ Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 22.Bg2-c6 Qa3-e7 23.Qe1-d2 g7-g6 24.Rc1-c4 b6-b5 25.Bc6xb7 Qe7xb7 26.Rc4xc8+ Qb7xc8 27.Qd2-f4 Nf6-d5 28.Qf4-d6 Qc8-c1+ 29.Kg1-g2 Qc1-d2 -0.60/13 ] (Diagram 1446) 22...Bb7xc8 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 22...Bb7xc8 23.Qe1-c3 Bc8-d7 24.e2-e3 h7-h6 25.h2-h3 Qa3-d6 26.g3-g4 e6-e5 27.Nd4-f3 e5-e4 28.Qc3-d4 Qd6xd4 29.Nf3xd4 Kg8-f8 30.Bg2-f1 b6-b5 31.Kg1-g2 Nf6-d5 -0.50/14 ] 23.Qe1-c3 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 23.e2-e3 Diagram Bc8-d7 24.Qe1-c3 Qa3-c5 25.Qc3xc5
+R+ +k+ +l+ +ppp pp +pn + + + + + + N + + qP+ + P + +PPLP + + Q K
+l+ +k+ + + +ppp pp +pn + + + + + + N + + qP+ + P + +PPLP + + Q K
+l+ +k+ + + +ppp pp +pn + + + + + + N + + qP+ P P + + PLP + + Q K
1446
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b6xc5 26.Nd4-f3 Bd7-b5 27.Nf3-e5
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
388
Kg8-f8 28.f2-f4 Nf6-d5 29.Kg1-f2 f7-f6 30.Ne5-c4 Kf8-e7 31.Bg2-e4 Bb5xc4 32.b3xc4 -0.60/15 ] 23...Bc8-d7 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 23...Bc8-d7 24.Nd4-c6 Qa3-c5 25.Qc3xc5 b6xc5 26.Nc6-a5 Bd7-b5 27.Na5-b7 Nf6-d7 28.Bg2-f3 Kg8-f8 29.Nb7-d6 Nd7-e5 30.Kg1-g2 Ne5xf3 31.Kg2xf3 Diagram
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Kf8-e7 32.Nd6-e4 Bb5-c6 33.Kf3-f4 Bc6xe4 34.Kf4xe4 -0.54/17 ] (Diagram 1450) 24.Bg2-c6 [ 24.Nd4-c6!?∓ ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 24.Nd4-c6 Qa3-c5 25.Qc3xc5 b6xc5 26.Nc6-a5 Bd7-b5 27.Na5-b7 Nf6-d7 28.Bg2-f3 Kg8-f8 29.Nb7-d6 Nd7-e5 30.Kg1-g2 Diagram (Diagram 1451) Ne5xf3 31.Kg2xf3 Kf8-e7 32.Nd6-e4 Bb5-c6 33.Kf3-f4 Bc6xe4 34.Kf4xe4 -0.61/15 ] 24...Qa3-c5-+ [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 24...Qa3-c5 25.Qc3xc5 b6xc5 26.Bc6xd7 Diagram c5xd4 27.Bd7-c6 a6-a5 28.Kg1-g2 Kg8-f8 29.Kg2-f3 Kf8-e7 30.Bc6-b5
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+ + k + + + +ppp p+ Np+ + +lp n + + + + + +P+ +LP + +PPKP + + + +
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Ke7-d6 31.Bb5-d3 Kd6-e5 32.h2-h3
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g7-g6 33.e2-e3 Nf6-d5 34.Bd3-f1 d4xe3 35.f2xe3 Nd5-c3 36.Bf1-d3 f7-f5 37.g3-g4 Nc3-e4 38.Bd3xe4 f5xe4+ 39.Kf3-e2 -0.99/19 ] 25.Qc3xc5 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 25.Qc3xc5 b6xc5 26.Bc6xd7 c5xd4 27.Bd7-c6 Diagram
+ + +k+ + + +ppp p+L+pn + + + + + + p + + +P+ + P + +PP P + + + K
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a6-a5 28.Kg1-g2 Kg8-f8 29.Kg2-f3 Kf8-e7 30.Bc6-b5 Ke7-d6 31.Bb5-d3 Kd6-e5 32.h2-h3 g7-g6 33.e2-e3 Nf6-d5 34.Bd3-f1 d4xe3 35.f2xe3 Nd5-c3 36.Bf1-d3 f7-f5 37.g3-g4 Nc3-e4 38.Bd3xe4 f5xe4+ 39.Kf3-e2 -1.13/19 Diagram
+ + + + + + + +p + +p+p+ p + k + + +p+P+ +P+ P +P + +K+ + + + + +
+ + +k+ + +l+ppp ppL+pn + + Q + + + N + + +P+ + P + +PP P + + + K
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(Diagram 1454) ] (Diagram 1455) 25...b6xc5 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 25...b6xc5 Diagram (Diagram 1456) 26.Bc6xd7 28.Kg1-g2 30.Bc6-b5 31.Bb5-d3
c5xd4 27.Bd7-c6 a6-a5 Kg8-f8 29.Kg2-f3 Kf8-e7 Ke7-d6 Diagram Kd6-e5 32.h2-h3 g7-g6
+ + +k+ + +l+ppp p+L+pn + + p + + + N + + +P+ + P + +PP P + + + K
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33.e2-e3 Nf6-d5 34.Bd3-f1 d4xe3 35.f2xe3 Nd5-c3 36.Bf1-d3 f7-f5 37.g3-g4 Nc3-e4 38.Bd3xe4 f5xe4+ 39.Kf3-e2 -0.93/17 ] 26.Bc6xd7 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 26.Bc6xd7 Diagram
+ + +k+ + +L+ppp p+ +pn + + p + + + N + + +P+ + P + +PP P + + + K
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+ + + + + + + +p + +p+p+ p + k + + +p+P+ +P+ P +P + +K+ + + + + +
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Diagram (Diagram 1461) 27.Nd4-c6∓ ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 26...c5xd4 27.Bd7-c6 a6-a5 Diagram
c5xd4 27.Bd7-c6 a6-a5 28.Kg1-g2 Kg8-f8 29.Kg2-f3 Kf8-e7 30.Bc6-b5 Ke7-d6 31.Bb5-d3 Kd6-e5 32.h2-h3 g7-g6 33.e2-e3 Nf6-d5 34.Bd3-f1 d4xe3 35.f2xe3 Nd5-c3 36.Bf1-d3 f7-f5 37.g3-g4 Nc3-e4 38.Bd3xe4 f5xe4+ 39.Kf3-e2 -0.93/18 Diagram ] 26...c5xd4 [Instead of 26...Nf6xd7
(Diagram 1462) 28.Kg1-g2 Kg8-f8 29.Kg2-f3 Kf8-e7 30.Bc6-b5 Ke7-d6 31.Bb5-d3 Kd6-e5 32.h2-h3 g7-g6 33.e2-e3 Nf6-d5 34.h3-h4 d4xe3 35.f2xe3 h7-h5 36.Bd3-c4 Nd5-c3 37.Bc4-d3 f7-f5 38.Bd3-f1 Nc3-e4 -0.90/19 ]
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27.Bd7-c6 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 27.Bd7-c8 a6-a5 28.Bc8-a6 Kg8-f8 29.Kg1-g2 Nf6-e4 30.Ba6-d3 Ne4-c5 31.Bd3-c4 Kf8-e7 32.f2-f3 Ke7-d6 33.Kg2-f2 Kd6-e5 34.h2-h4 h7-h6 35.h4-h5 Ke5-d6 36.g3-g4 -0.89/16 Diagram (Diagram 1463) ] 27...a6-a5 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 27...a6-a5 Diagram 28.Kg1-g2 Kg8-f8 Diagram 29.Kg2-f3 Kf8-e7 30.Bc6-b5 Ke7-d6 31.Bb5-d3 Kd6-e5 32.h2-h3 g7-g6
+ + + + + + +pp + kp+ p p n + +P +Lp +P+ +P+ +P+ + +PK + + + + +
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+ + k + + + +ppp +L+pn + p + + + + p + + +P+ + P + +PPKP + + + + 33.e2-e3 Diagram
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+ + +k+ + + +ppp +L+pn + p + + + + p + + +P+ + P + +PP P + + + K
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Nf6-d5 Diagram
+ + + + + + +p+p + +p+p+ p +nk + + p + + +P+LPKPP + + P + + + + + 34.Bd3-f1 d4xe3 35.f2xe3 h7-h5 36.g3-g4 -0.89/17 ] (Diagram 1468) 0-1
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Alexander Morozevich Vassily Ivanchuk 36th Olympiad (4.1) 18.10.2004 B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation 1.e2-e4 c7-c6 2.d2-d4 d7-d5 3.e4-e5 Bc8-f5 4.f2-f4 e7-e6 5.Ng1-f3 Diagram (Diagram 1469) c6-c5 6.Bc1-e3 c5xd4 [RR 6...Qd8-b6 7.Nb1-c3 a7-a6 8.Nc3-a4 Qb6-a5+ 9.c2-c3 c5-c4 10.Bf1-e2 Bf8-e7 11.0-0 h7-h5 12.b2-b3 b7-b5 13.Na4-c5 Qa5xc3 14.Be3-d2 Qc3-c2 15.Qd1-e1 Be7xc5 16.d4xc5 Nb8-c6 17.b3xc4 b5xc4 18.Qe1-g3 Ke8-f8 19.Ra1-c1 Qc2-b2 20.Qg3-f2 Ng8-e7 21.Bd2-c3 Bromberger,S (2491)Maslak,K (2501)/Olomouc 2005/CBM 107 ext/0-1 (64) ;RR 6...Nb8-c6 7.d4xc5 Qd8-a5+ 8.Qd1-d2 Qa5xd2+ 9.Ke1xd2 Bf5-e4 10.c2-c3 Ng8-e7 11.Bf1-b5 Ra8-c8 12.b2-b4 Ne7-f5 13.Kd2-e2 a7-a6 14.Bb5xc6+ Rc8xc6 15.Nb1-d2 Be4xf3+ 16.Nd2xf3 Bf8-e7
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17.g2-g4 Nf5xe3 18.Ke2xe3 b7-b6 19.Nf3-d4 Rc6-c8 20.c5-c6 f7-f6 21.Ke3-d3 Neubauer,J (2076)-Raaber, A (1498)/Schweinfurt 2007/CBM 118 ext/1-0 (40) ] 7.Nf3xd4 Ng8-e7N [RR 7...Bf5-g6 8.Bf1-b5+ Nb8-d7 9.0-0 Bf8-c5 10.Qd1-d2 Ng8-e7 11.Nb1-c3 0-0 12.Nc3-a4 Bc5xd4 13.Be3xd4 a7-a6 14.Bb5xd7 Qd8xd7 15.Na4-b6 Qd7-c6 16.Nb6xa8 Rf8xa8 17.c2-c3 b7-b5 18.a2-a4 b5xa4 19.Qd2-d1 Ne7-f5 20.Qd1xa4 Nf5xd4 21.c3xd4 Qc6-b6 22.Rf1-f2 Moussard,J (1670)Cabanes,K (1550)/Clichy 2003/EXT 2004/1-0 (41) ] 8.Bf1-b5+ Nb8-d7 9.0-0 a7-a6 10.Bb5-e2 g7-g5 11.g2-g4 g5xf4 12.g4xf5 Ne7xf5 13.Nd4xf5 f4xe3 14.Nb1-c3 Rh8-g8+ 15.Kg1-h1 last book move last book move Qd8-g5 Diagram [Inferior is 15...e6xf5 16.Qd1xd5 Qd8-e7 17.Rf1xf5 ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 15...Qd8-g5 16.Nf5-g3 Qg5xe5 17.Qd1-d3 Rg8-g7 18.Ra1-d1 0-0-0 19.Rf1-f3 Bf8-c5 20.Nc3-a4 Bc5-a7 21.c2-c4 Kc8-b8 22.c4xd5 Nd7-f6 23.Qd3-c3 Diagram Qe5xc3 24.Na4xc3 Nf6xd5 25.Nc3xd5 e6xd5 -0.27/13 ] Black has a mate threat 16.Be2-f3?
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16.Nf5-g3 Diagram (Diagram 1472)
is a viable option Qg5xe5 17.Qd1-d3! ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 16.Nf5-g3 Rg8-g7 17.Qd1-d4 0-0-0 18.Ra1-d1 Bf8-c5 19.Qd4-a4 Nd7xe5 20.b2-b4 Bc5-e7 21.b4-b5 Qg5-h4 22.Qa4xh4 Be7xh4 -0.07/12 ] 16...Nd7xe5-+ Diagram [ 16...Qg5xf5 is much worse 17.Bf3-h5 Qf5-g5 18.Bh5xf7+ Ke8-d8 19.Bf7xg8 Qg5xg8 20.Qd1-d3$ ; 16...e6xf5 17.Qd1xd5 Qg5-e7 18.Ra1-d1 Nd7xe5 19.Qd5-a5 Ne5xf3
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394 20.Rf1-g1 Nc6-e5 21.Qd3-e2 Kc8-b8 22.Ra1-e1 Qg5-f4 Diagram 1472
20.Nc3-d5= ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 16...Nd7xe5 17.Nf5-d4 Bf8-c5 18.Nd4-b3 Bc5-a7 19.Qd1-e2 0-0-0 20.Rf1-g1 Qg5-f4 21.Bf3-h5 f7-f5 22.Ra1-f1 Rg8xg1+ 23.Rf1xg1 Kc8-b8 24.Rg1-g7 -0.97/13 ]
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17.Qd1-e2 [ 17.Nc3xd5 0-0-0 ( 17...e6xf5 again, Black cannot capture the knight 18.Nd5-c7+ Ke8-e7 19.Nc7xa8+- ; 17...Qg5xf5 18.Nd5-c7+ Ke8-e7 19.Nc7xa8+- ; 17...e6xd5 18.Qd1xd5 Qg5xf5 19.Qd5xb7 ) 18.Nf5xe3 Bf8-c5-+ ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 17.Nf5-g3 0-0-0 18.Qd1-d4 Ne5-c6 19.Qd4-d3 Bf8-d6
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23.Bf3-h5 Bd6-c5 24.Re1-f1 -0.83/13 ] 17...Qg5xf5 [ 17...e6xf5?! 18.Rf1-g1 Diagram
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Ne5-g4 19.Nc3xd5= ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 17...Qg5xf5 18.Bf3xd5 Qf5-h3 19.Bd5-g2 Qh3-g4 20.Ra1-e1 Bf8-h6 21.Bg2xb7 Qg4xe2 22.Re1xe2 Ra8-b8 23.Nc3-e4 Rg8-g7 24.Ne4-c5 a6-a5 25.b2-b3 Rb8-d8 26.Bb7-g2 Rd8-d2 27.Rf1-e1 Ke8-e7 28.a2-a3 f7-f5 -1.81/15 ] 18.Bf3xd5 Diagram [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 18.Bf3xd5 Qf5-h3 19.Bd5-g2 Qh3-g4 20.Ra1-e1
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Bf8-h6 21.Bg2xb7 Qg4xe2 22.Re1xe2 Ra8-b8 23.Bb7xa6 f7-f5 24.b2-b3 Ke8-e7 25.Re2-g2 Rg8xg2 26.Kh1xg2 Rb8-g8+ 27.Kg2-h1 Rg8-d8 28.Kh1-g2 Rd8-d2+ 29.Ba6-e2 Rd2xc2 -1.77/15 ]
r+ +klr+ +p+ +p+p p+ +p+ + + +Lnq+ + + + + + N p + PPP+Q+ P R + +R+K
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r+ +klr+ +p+ +p+p p+ +p+ + + + n + + + +q+ + N p + PPP+Q+LP + + RR+K Ra8-d8 Rd8-d7 Nc4xb2 Rd7-d6 Nb2xd1
18...Qf5-h3 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 18...Qf5-h3 Diagram
r+ +klr+ +p+ +p+p p+ +p+ + + +Ln + + + + + + N p +q PPP+Q+ P R + +R+K
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19.Bd5-g2 Qh3-g4 20.Ra1-e1 Ra8-d8 21.h2-h3 Qg4xe2 22.Re1xe2 Rd8-d7 23.Re2xe3 Ne5-c4 24.Re3-e2 Nc4xb2 25.Nc3-d5 Bf8-g7 26.Nd5-b6 Rd7-d6 27.Nb6-c8 Rd6-d1 28.Rf1xd1 Nb2xd1 29.Bg2xb7 -1.84/15 ] 19.Bd5xb7 Diagram [ 19.Bd5-g2 Qh3-g4
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21.h2-h3 Qg4xe2 22.Re1xe2 23.Re2xe3 Ne5-c4 24.Re3-e2 25.Nc3-d5 Bf8-g7 26.Nd5-b6 27.Nb6-c8 Rd6-d1 28.Rf1xd1 29.Bg2xb7 -1.83/13 ]
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19...Ra8-a7 [ 19...Ra8-d8 makes it even easier for Black 20.Bb7-g2 Qh3-g4 21.Ra1-d1-+ ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 19...Ra8-d8 Diagram 20.Ra1-d1 Rd8xd1 21.Rf1xd1 f7-f5 22.Bb7-g2 Qh3-g4 23.h2-h3 Qg4xe2 24.Nc3xe2 Ke8-f7 25.Bg2-b7 a6-a5
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26.Kh1-h2 Kf7-f6 27.Bb7-h1 -2.13/12 ] 20.Bb7-f3 Diagram [ 20.Bb7-g2 Qh3-h6 21.Ra1-e1 Bf8-c5-+ ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 20.Bb7-f3 Bf8-h6 21.Ra1-d1 Qh3-h4 22.Rd1-d6 Ne5-g4 23.Nc3-e4 Ke8-e7 24.Rd6-c6 Bh6-f4 25.Bf3xg4 Qh4xg4 26.Qe2xg4 Diagram
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Rg8xg4 27.Rf1-e1 Rg4-h4 28.Re1-e2 Ra7-d7 -1.18/14 ] 20...Bf8-h6 Diagram [ 20...Ne5xf3?! 21.Rf1xf3 Qh3-g4 22.h2-h3! ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 20...Rg8-g3 Diagram 21.Bf3-h5 Qh3-h4 22.Rf1-f6 Ne5-g6
+ +klr+ r + +p+p p+ +p+ + + + n + + + + + + N pL+q PPP+Q+ P R + +R+K
+ +kl + r + +p+p p+ +p+ + + + n + + + + + + N pLrq PPP+Q+ P R + +R+K
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23.Rf6-f3 Rg3xf3 24.Bh5xf3 Bf8-d6 25.Ra1-d1 Bd6-f4 26.Qe2-g2 f7-f5 27.Nc3-e2 Ra7-g7 28.Bf3-c6+ Ke8-f8 29.Bc6-d7 Kf8-e7 -1.17/12 ] (Diagram 1484) 21.Nc3-e4 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 21.Ra1-d1 Diagram (Diagram 1485) Qh3-h4 22.Rd1-d6 Ne5-g4 23.Nc3-e4 Ke8-e7 24.Rd6-c6 Bh6-f4 25.Bf3xg4 Qh4xg4 26.Qe2xg4 Rg8xg4 27.Rf1-e1
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Rg4-h4 28.Re1-e2 Ra7-d7 -1.18/13 ] (Diagram 1486) 21...Ke8-e7 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 21...Rg8-g7 Diagram (Diagram 1487) 22.Ra1-d1 f7-f5 23.Ne4-c5 Ke8-e7 24.Rd1-d4 f5-f4 25.Rd4-e4 Qh3-f5 26.Rf1-d1 Ra7-c7 27.b2-b4 Rc7xc5 28.b4xc5 Ne5xf3 29.Qe2xf3 Qf5xc5 30.c2-c4 Ke7-f6 31.Re4xf4+ Bh6xf4 32.Qf3xf4+ Kf6-e7 -1.20/13 ]
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Bh6-f4 23.Bf3-h5-+ ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 22.Ra1-d1 Diagram
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Qh3-h4 23.Ne4-c5 Bh6-f4 24.b2-b4 a6-a5 25.a2-a3 Rg8-g5 26.Nc5-e4 Rg5-g7 27.Ne4-c5 Ke7-f8 28.Bf3-e4 a5xb4 29.a3xb4 Ra7-a2 -1.50/13 Diagram
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] (Diagram 1491) 22...f7-f5 Black threatens to win material: f5xe4 [ 22...a6-a5 Diagram secures victory 23.Ne4-g3 Bh6-f4-+ ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 22...Ra7-b7
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Diagram (Diagram 1493) 23.Ne4-f6 Ne5xf3 24.Nf6xg8+ Ke7-f8 25.Qe1-e2 Nf3xh2 26.Qe2xh2 Qh3xh2+ 27.Kh1xh2 Kf8xg8 28.b2-b3 Rb7-d7 29.Rf1-d1 Rd7-c7 30.c2-c4 Kg8-g7 31.Rd1-g1+ Kg7-f6 32.Kh2-g3 e3-e2 33.Ra1-e1 Bh6-e3 -0.76/11 ] 23.Qe1-b4+= Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 23.Qe1-b4+ Ke7-f7 24.Ne4-d6+ Kf7-f6 25.Nd6-e4+ Kf6-f7 26.Ne4-d6+ -0.08/10 ] 23...Ke7-f7 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro
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x64: 23...Ke7-f7 24.Ne4-d6+ Diagram (Diagram 1495) Kf7-f6 25.Nd6-e4+ Kf6-f7 26.Ne4-d6+ 0.23/11 ] (Diagram 1496) 24.Qb4-d4 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 24.Ne4-d6+ Kf7-f6 25.Nd6-e4+ Kf6-f7 -0.08/13 ] White threatens to win material: Qd4xa7 24...Ne5xf3 Diagram [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 24...Ne5xf3
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25.Qd4-f6+ Kf7-e8 26.Qf6xe6+ Ke8-f8 27.Qe6-c8+ Kf8-g7 28.Qc8-c3+ Kg7-g6 29.Qc3-c6+ Kg6-h5 30.Ne4-f6+ Kh5-h4 31.Qc6xf3 Qh3xf3+ 32.Rf1xf3 Rg8-g6 33.Rf3xf5 Bh6-g5 34.Nf6-d5 Ra7-b7 35.Ra1-d1 e3-e2 36.Rd1-d4+ Kh4-h5 37.Rd4-e4 Rb7xb2 Diagram
+ + + + + + + +p p+ + +r+ + +N+Rlk + +R+ + + + + + PrP+p+ P + + + +K
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38.Re4xe2 Rb2xa2 39.Kh1-g2 Kh5-h6 40.Kg2-f3 Ra2-a1 41.c2-c4 Ra1-c1 42.Re2-g2 Rc1xc4 43.Rf5-f7 a6-a5 -0.09/12 ] 25.Qd4-f6+ Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 25.Qd4-f6+ Kf7-e8 26.Qf6xe6+ Ke8-f8 27.Qe6-c8+
+ + +r+ r + +k+p p+ +p+ l + + +p+ + QN+ + + + pn+q PPP+ + P R + +R+K
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Kf8-g7 28.Qc8-c3+ Kg7-g6 29.Qc3-c6+ Kg6-h5 30.Ne4-f6+ Kh5-h4 31.Qc6xf3 Qh3xf3+ 32.Rf1xf3 Diagram
+ + +r+ r + + +p p+ + N l + + +p+ + + + k + + pR+ PPP+ + P R + + +K Rg8-f8 Bg5xf6 Kh5-h6 Kh5-h6
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33.Rf3xf5 Bh6-g5 34.Ra1-g1 35.Rf5-f4+ Kh4-h5 36.Rf4-f5+ 37.Rf5-f3 Kh6-h5 38.Rf3-f5+ -0.20/14 ] (Diagram 1502)
25...Kf7-e8 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 25...Kf7-e8 26.Qf6xe6+ Ke8-f8 27.Qe6-c8+ Kf8-g7 28.Qc8-c3+ Kg7-g6 29.Qc3-c6+ Kg6-h5
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
+ + +r+ r + +k+p p+ +pQ l + + +p+ + +N+ + + + pn+q PPP+ + P R + +R+K
401
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30.Ne4-f6+ Kh5-h4 31.Qc6xf3 Qh3xf3+ 32.Rf1xf3 Rg8-f8 33.Rf3xf5 Bh6-g5 34.Ra1-g1 Bg5xf6 35.Rg1-f1 Ra7-g7 36.Rf5xf6 Rf8xf6 37.Rf1xf6 Rg7-c7 38.Rf6-e6 Rc7xc2 39.Re6xe3 Rc2xb2 40.a2-a3 Kh4-g4 Diagram
+ + + + + + + +p p+ + + + + + + + + + +k+ P + R + r + + P + + + +K
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+ +k+r+ r + + +p p+ +pQ l + + +p+ + +N+ + + + pn+q PPP+ + P R + +R+K
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30.Ne4-f6+ Kh5-h4 31.Qc6xf3 Qh3xf3+ 32.Rf1xf3 Rg8-f8 33.Rf3xf5 Bh6-g5 34.Ra1-g1 Bg5xf6 35.Rg1-f1 Ra7-g7 36.Rf5xf6 Rf8xf6 37.Rf1xf6 Rg7-c7 38.Rf6-e6 Rc7xc2 39.Re6xe3 Rc2xb2 40.a2-a3 Kh4-g4 41.h2-h3+ Kg4-f4 42.Re3-e6 a6-a5 43.Kh1-g1 -0.33/9 ]
+ +k+r+ r + + +p p+ +Q+ l + + +p+ + +N+ + + + pn+q PPP+ + P R + +R+K
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41.h2-h3+ Kg4-f4 42.Re3-e6 a6-a5 43.Kh1-g1 -0.16/1 ] (Diagram 1504) 26.Qf6xe6+ Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 26.Qf6xe6+ Ke8-f8 27.Qe6-c8+ Kf8-g7 28.Qc8-c3+ Kg7-g6 29.Qc3-c6+ Kg6-h5
26...Ke8-f8 Black has a mate threat [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 26...Ke8-f8 27.Qe6-c8+ Diagram Kf8-g7 28.Qc8-c3+ Kg7-g6 29.Qc3-c6+ Kg6-h5 30.Ne4-f6+ Kh5-h4 31.Qc6xf3 Qh3xf3+ 32.Rf1xf3 Rg8-f8 33.Rf3xf5 Bh6-g5 34.Ra1-g1
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
+Q+ kr+ r + + +p p+ + + l + + +p+ + +N+ + + + pn+q PPP+ + P R + +R+K
402
+ + +r+ r + +k+p p+ + + l + + +p+ +Q+N+ + + + pn+q PPP+ + P R + +R+K
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Bg5xf6 35.Rg1-f1 Ra7-g7 36.Rf5xf6 Rf8xf6 37.Rf1xf6 Rg7-c7 38.Rf6-e6 Rc7xc2 39.Re6xe3 Rc2xb2 40.a2-a3 Kh4-g4 41.h2-h3+ Kg4-f4 42.Re3-e6 Diagram
+ + + + + + + +p p+ +R+ + + + + + + + k + P + + +P r + + + + + + +K
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33.Rf1xf3= ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 27.Qe6-c8+ Kf8-g7 28.Qc8-c3+ Kg7-g6 29.Qc3-c6+ Kg6-f7 Diagram
+ + +r+ r + +k+p p+Q+ + l + + +p+ + +N+ + + + pn+q PPP+ + P R + +R+K
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30.Qc6-f6+ Kf7-e8 31.Qf6-e6+ -0.20/11 Diagram a6-a5 43.Kh1-g1 -0.17/10 ] 27.Qe6-f6+?? Diagram [ 27.Qe6-c8+ is the best chance Kf8-f7 28.Qc8-c4+ Diagram (Diagram 1508) Kf7-g7 29.Qc4-c3+ Kg7-g6 30.Qc3-c6+ Kg6-h5 31.Ne4-f6+ Kh5-h4 32.Qc6xf3 Qh3xf3+
(Diagram 1510) ] (Diagram 1511) 27...Ra7-f7-+ Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 27...Ra7-f7 28.Qf6-d8+ Kf8-g7 29.Rf1-g1+ Bh6-g5
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
+ +k+r+ r + + +p p+ +Q+ l + + +p+ + +N+ + + + pn+q PPP+ + P R + +R+K
+ + kr+ r + + +p p+ + Q l + + +p+ + +N+ + + + pn+q PPP+ + P R + +R+K
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28.Qf6-d6+ Diagram [ 28.Qf6-d8+ doesn't change anything anymore Kf8-g7 29.Rf1-g1+ Bh6-g5 30.Rg1xg5+ Nf3xg5 31.Ne4xg5 Rg8xd8 32.Ng5xh3 Rd8-d2-+ ;
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Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 28.Qf6-d8+ Kf8-g7 Diagram 1511
30.Rg1xg5+ Nf3xg5 31.Ne4xg5 Rg8xd8 32.Ng5xh3 Rd8-d2 33.Ra1-g1+ Kg7-h6 34.b2-b4 Rf7-g7 35.Rg1-e1 e3-e2 36.Nh3-g1 Rd2-d1 37.Ng1-f3 Rd1xe1+ 38.Nf3xe1 Rg7-g4 39.a2-a3 Kh6-g5 40.c2-c4 Rg4xc4 41.Kh1-g2 -6.15/12 ] (Diagram 1512)
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29.Rf1-g1+ Bh6-g5 30.Rg1xg5+ Nf3xg5 31.Ne4xg5 Rg8xd8 32.Ng5xh3 Rd8-d2 33.Ra1-e1 f5-f4 34.Nh3-g5 Rf7-f5 35.Re1-g1 Rd2xc2 36.Ng5-f3+ Kg7-f6 37.Nf3-d4 Rc2xb2 38.Nd4xf5 Kf6xf5 39.Rg1-f1 Kf5-e4 40.Rf1-c1 f4-f3 41.a2-a3 Rb2-g2 42.Rc1-c7 e3-e2 43.Rc7-e7+ Ke4-f5 44.a3-a4 Kf5-f4 45.a4-a5 f3-f2 -6.33/13 ] 28...Kf8-g7 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 28...Kf8-g7 29.Qd6-g3+ Qh3xg3 30.Ne4xg3 Nf3-h4 31.Rf1-g1 Bh6-g5
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
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404
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32.Ra1-d1 Kg7-h6 33.a2-a3 f5-f4 34.Rd1-d6+ Diagram
+ + +r+ + + +r+p p+ R + k + + + l + + p n P + p N PP+ + P + + + RK
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Rg8-g6 35.Ng3-e4 Nh4-f3 -5.63/11 ] 29.Rf1-g1+ [ 29.Qd6-g3+ a fruitless try to alter the course of the game Qh3xg3 30.Ne4xg3 Nf3-h4-+ ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 29.Qd6-g3+ Diagram (Diagram 1516) Qh3xg3 30.Ne4xg3 Nf3-h4 31.Ng3-h5+ Kg7-f8 32.Rf1-d1 Rf7-c7 33.c2-c3 Kf8-f7 34.Rd1-d4 Nh4-f3 35.Rd4-d5 Kf7-g6 36.Nh5-g3 f5-f4 37.Rd5-d6+ Kg6-g5 38.Ra1-f1
+ + +r+ + + +rkp p+ + + l + + +p+ + +N+ + + + pnQq PPP+ + P R + +R+K
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-6.11/12 ] 29...Kg7-h8 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 29...Kg7-h8 30.Rg1xg8+ Kh8xg8 31.Qd6-g3+ Qh3xg3 32.Ne4xg3 f5-f4 33.Ng3-e2 Rf7-c7 34.c2-c3 Rc7-b7 35.b2-b3 Rb7-g7 -6.45/9 ] 30.Ne4-f6 Diagram [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 30.Rg1xg8+ Diagram
+ + +Rk + + +r+p p+ Q + l + + +p+ + +N+ + + + pn+q PPP+ + P R + + +K
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Kh8xg8 31.Qd6-b8+ Kg8-g7 32.Qb8-g3+ Qh3xg3 33.Ne4xg3 f5-f4 34.Ng3-e2 Rf7-c7 35.Ra1-c1 Kg7-f6 36.c2-c3 Rc7-g7 Diagram 37.a2-a3 Kf6-f5 38.c3-c4 Kf5-e4 39.Rc1-d1 Nf3-d2 -7.27/10 ] 0-1
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
+ + + + + + + rp p+ + k l + + + + + + p + + P pn+ PP +N+ P + R + +K
405
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r+lqklnr pp+ppppp +n+ + + + + + + + NP+ + + + + + PPP+ PPP RNLQKL+R
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Nf6-g4 12.Na3-c2 b5xc4 13.Bf1xc4 Ng4xe3 14.Nc2xe3 Bf8-e7 15.0-0 0-0 16.Bc4-d3 f7-f5 17.Ra1-c1 1519 0-1 Sigfusson,S (2381)-Shirov,A (2723)/ Reykjavik 2003/CBM 093 ext ] 9...Bc8-d7N [RR 9...Ng8-f6 10.c2-c4 A) RR 10...Nf6xe4 11.c4xb5 a6-a5 12.Nb4-d5 (RR 12.Nb4-a6 Bc8-b7 13.Qd1-a4 f7-f5 14.b5-b6+ Bb7-c6 15.Qa4xa5 Ke8-f7 16.Bf1-b5 Ne4-c5 17.Bb5-c4+ Bc6-d5 18.Bc4xd5+ Ne7xd5 19.Qa5-d2 Nd5xb6 20.Na6xc5 d6xc5 21.Qd2-c2 e5-e4 22.Bc1-e3 Qd8-d3 23.Qc2xd3 e4xd3 24.Ke1-d2 f5-f4 25.Be3xf4 c5-c4 26.Bf4-e5 Bf8-b4+ Cheng,X (2239)Chjumachenko,A (2320)/ 31 B32 Hendersonville 2006/EXT 2007/½-½ Vassily Ivanchuk (39) ) 12...Bc8-b7 13.Bf1-c4 Ra8-c8 Teimour Radjabov 14.Nd5-e3 d6-d5 15.Bc4-b3 d5-d4 36th Olympiad (6) 20.10.2004 16.Ne3-c4 Ne7-g6 17.0-0 Bf8-c5 18.Qd1-h5 0-0 19.Nc4xe5 Ng6xe5 B32: Sicilian: Löwenthal and 20.Qh5xe5 Bc5-d6 21.Qe5-h5 Rc8-c5 Kalashnikov Variations 22.Qh5-h3 Ne4-g5 23.Bc1xg5 Rc5xg5 1.e2-e4 c7-c5 2.Ng1-f3 Nb8-c6 24.g2-g3 Qd8-f6 25.f2-f3 Nygren,K 3.d2-d4 c5xd4 4.Nf3xd4 Diagram (2247)-Yu,Y (2205)/Taby 2007/CBM e7-e5 5.Nd4-b5 d7-d6 6.Nb1-c3 119 ext/0-1 (33) ; B) 10...b5xc4 a7-a6 7.Nb5-a3 b7-b5 8.Nc3-d5 11.Na3xc4 Ne7-g6 12.Bc1-g5 Bf8-e7 Nc6-e7 9.Nd5-b4 [RR 9.Bc1-e3 13.Bg5xf6 g7xf6 14.Nb4-d5 Bc8-e6 Ne7xd5 10.e4xd5 Ng8-f6 11.c2-c4 15.Nc4-b6 Ra8-b8 16.Qd1-a4+ Ke8-f8
+ + +rk + + +r+p p+ Q N l + + +p+ + + + + + + pn+q PPP+ + P R + + RK
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
406
17.Qa4xa6 Be6xd5 18.Nb6xd5 Rb8xb2 19.Bf1-c4 Ng6-f4 20.0-0 Rh8-g8 21.Nd5xf4 e5xf4 22.Qa6-a3 Qd8-b6 23.Qa3-f3 Qb6-d4 24.Bc4-d5 Simek,P (2271)-Kovaleva,N (2150)/ Pardubice 2006/CBM 113 ext/1-0 (44) ] 10.c2-c4 a6-a5 11.Nb4-c2 Ng8-f6 12.Na3xb5 Bd7xb5 13.c4xb5 Nf6xe4 14.Bc1-e3 d6-d5 15.b5-b6 f7-f5 16.Qd1-e2 Ke8-f7 Diagram
r+ q l r + + nkpp P + + + p +ppp+ + +n+ + + + L + PPN+QPPP R + KL+R
rr+ + + + +qlkpp Pn+ n + pQ+p+ + + +p+ + + +LN + PP + LPP +KR + +R
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17.0-0-0 Qd8-d7 18.Kc1-b1 last book move last book move Qd7-e6 [ 18...Ra8-b8!?$ might be a viable alternative ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 18...Ra8-b8 19.f2-f3 Ne4-f6 20.Be3-f2 Ne7-c6 21.Qe2-b5 Bf8-e7 22.Nc2-e3 Rh8-d8 23.Rd1-c1 Rd8-c8 24.Bf1-d3 e5-e4 25.f3xe4 f5xe4 0.39/13 Diagram
r+ + l r + + nkpp P +q+ + p +ppp+ + +nP + + + L + PPN+Q+PP +K+R+L+R
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Nf6xd5 26.Qb5xd5 0.37/12 ] 19...Ne4-d6 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 19...Ne4-f6 Diagram (Diagram 1524)
(Diagram 1522) ] 19.f2-f3 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 19.f2-f4 Diagram (Diagram 1523) e5xf4 20.Be3-d4 Ne7-c6 21.Qe2-b5 Ra8-b8 22.Bf1-e2 Kf7-g8 23.Bd4-g1 Ne4-f6 24.Be2-f3 h7-h5 25.Bf3xd5
20.Qe2-b5 Ra8-b8 21.f3-f4 e5-e4 22.Bf1-e2 g7-g6 23.Rd1-c1 Bf8-h6 24.Qb5xa5 Qe6-d6 25.g2-g3 Kf7-g7 26.Qa5-a7 0.50/13 ] 20.f3-f4 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 20.Be3-f2 Ra8-b8 21.Qe2-a6 Nd6-c8 22.f3-f4 e5-e4 23.b6-b7 Qe6xa6 24.Bf1xa6 Nc8-d6 25.Bf2-a7 Rb8xb7 26.Ba6xb7 Nd6xb7 27.Nc2-e3 Kf7-e6 28.Ba7-d4
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
r+ + l r + + nkpp P +qn + p +ppp+ + + + + + + LP+ PPN+Q+PP +K+R+L+R
407
1524
Ne7-c6 0.64/12 ] 20...Nd6-c4 [ 20...g7-g6 21.f4xe5 Qe6xe5 22.Be3-d4 Qe5xe2 23.Bf1xe2 ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 20...g7-g6 21.f4xe5 Qe6xe5 22.Nc2-e1 Qe5-e4+ 23.Rd1-d3 Bf8-g7 24.Be3-c5 Nd6-b7 25.Bc5xe7 Qe4xe7 26.Rd3xd5 Rh8-d8 27.Rd5xd8 Ra8xd8 28.Ne1-f3 Rd8-c8 29.Qe2xe7+ Kf7xe7 30.Bf1-b5 0.61/13 ] 21.f4xe5+Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 21.f4xe5 Nc4xb6 22.Qe2-f2 Nb6-c4 23.Nc2-d4 Qe6xe5 24.Be3-f4 Qe5-f6 25.Bf1xc4 d5xc4 26.Qf2-c2 Kf7-g8 27.Qc2xc4+ Diagram (Diagram 1525) Qf6-f7 28.Qc4xf7+ Kg8xf7 29.Rh1-f1 Ra8-d8 30.Rd1-d3 a5-a4 31.Bf4-e5 Rh8-g8 32.Rf1-c1 g7-g6 0.88/13 ] (Diagram 1526) 21...Ra8-b8 [ 21...Nc4xb6 22.Be3xb6 Qe6xb6 23.Nc2-d4+- Diagram ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 21...Nc4xb6 22.Qe2-f2 Nb6-c4 23.Nc2-d4 Qe6xe5 24.Be3-f4 Qe5-f6 25.Bf1xc4 d5xc4 26.Qf2-c2 Kf7-g8 27.Rh1-e1 a5-a4
r+ + lkr + + n pp + + q + p + +p+ +QN L + + + + + PP + +PP +K+R+ +R
r+ + l r + + nkpp P +q+ + p +pPp+ +n+ + + + + L + PPN+Q+PP +K+R+L+R
r+ + l r + + nkpp q + + + p +pPp+ + N + + + + + + PP +Q+PP +K+R+L+R 28.Qc2xc4+ Qf6-f7 29.Qc4xf7+
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Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
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Kg8xf7 30.Nd4-e6 Ra8-a7 31.Bf4-b8 Ra7-a8 32.Bb8-g3 1.10/12 ] 22.g2-g4! White takes the lead [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 22.Be3-f2 Diagram
r + l r + + nkpp P +q+ + p +pPp+ +n+ + + + + + + PPN+QLPP +K+R+L+R
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Ne7-c6 23.Rd1xd5 Qe6xd5 24.Qe2xc4 Qd5xc4 25.Bf1xc4+ Kf7-g6 26.Rh1-e1 Bf8-e7 27.Bc4-d5 Rh8-c8 28.a2-a3 a5-a4 29.Bd5-e6 Rc8-d8 30.Kb1-a2 1.14/13 ] 22...f5-f4? Diagram [ 22...f5xg4 23.Bf1-g2 Combination ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 22...Qe6xe5 23.Be3-d4 Diagram
r + l r + + nkpp P + + + p +pqp+ +nL +P+ + + + + PPN+Q+ P +K+R+L+R
r + l r + + nkpp P +q+ + p +pP + +n+ pP+ + + L + PPN+Q+ P +K+R+L+R
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(Diagram 1529) Qe5xe2 24.Bf1xe2 Ne7-c6 25.Rh1-f1 Nc6xd4 26.Be2xc4 d5xc4 27.Rd1xd4 Rb8xb6 28.Nc2-e3 c4-c3 29.Rf1xf5+ Kf7-g8 30.Ne3-c4 Rb6-b8 31.Rd4-d7 c3xb2 32.Rf5xa5 0.63/11 ] (Diagram 1530) 23.Qe2-f3 [ 23.Qe2-f2 keeps an even firmer grip Nc4xe3 24.Qf2xf4+ Kf7-g8 25.Nc2xe3 Qe6xb6+- ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 23.Qe2-f3 Diagram Nc4xe3 24.Qf3xf4+ Kf7-g8 25.Qf4xe3 Rb8xb6 26.Bf1-h3 Rb6-b8 27.Rh1-f1 h7-h6 28.Nc2-d4 Qe6-g6+ 29.Qe3-d3
r + l r + + nkpp P +q+ + p +pP + +n+ pP+ + + LQ+ PPN+ + P +K+R+L+R Qg6-e4 30.e5-e6 a5-a4 31.Rf1-f3
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Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
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Rb8-b4 32.Rd1-f1 Kg8-h7 33.Nd4-c2 Rb4-b8 1.46/13 ] 23...g7-g5 Diagram [ 23...Nc4xe3 24.Qf3xf4+ Kf7-g8 25.Nc2xe3 Qe6xb6 26.Rd1-d2+- ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 23...Nc4xe3 24.Qf3xf4+ Kf7-g8 25.Qf4xe3 Rb8xb6 26.Bf1-h3 Rb6-b8 27.Rh1-f1 h7-h6 28.Nc2-d4 Qe6-g6+ 29.Qe3-d3 Diagram
r + lkr + + n p + + +qp p +pP + + N +P+ + +Q+ +L PP + + P +K+R+R+
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Qg6-e4 30.e5-e6 a5-a4 31.Kb1-a1 Rb8-c8 32.Qd3-a6 h6-h5 33.g4-g5 Qe4-e5 34.Qa6-d3 Qe5xg5 1.63/12 ]
r + l r + + nk+p P +q+ + p +pP p +n+ pP+ + + LQ+ PPN+ + P +K+R+L+R
r + l r +q+ + k Pn+P+ p p + + p +Q+RpPP + + + + PPN+ + + +KL + +R
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(Diagram 1533) 24.Bf1xc4 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 24.Bf1xc4 d5xc4 25.h2-h4 Qe6-c6 26.Qf3-f1 Kf7-g8 27.Rd1-d6 Qc6-e4 28.Rd6-d4 Qe4-b7 29.Be3-c1 Ne7-c6 30.Qf1xc4+ Kg8-g7 31.Rd4-e4 h7-h6 32.e5-e6 Diagram (Diagram 1534) Bf8-b4 33.Nc2xb4 a5xb4 34.e6-e7 Nc6xe7 35.Qc4-d4+ Kg7-g6 36.Qd4-d6+ Kg6-f7 37.Qd6xb4 Ne7-d5 2.48/15 ] 24...d5xc4 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 24...d5xc4 Diagram
r + l r + + nk+p P +q+ + p +pP p +L+ pP+ + + LQ+ PPN+ + P +K+R+ +R
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Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
r + l r + + nk+p P +q+ + p + P p +p+ pP+ + + LQ+ PPN+ + P +K+R+ +R
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r + l r +q+ + kp Pn+ + + p + P p +Q+RpPP + + + + PPN+ + + +KL + +R
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25.h2-h4 Kf7-g8 26.Be3-f2 Qe6-c6 27.Qf3-c3 h7-h5 28.Rh1-g1 Bf8-g7 29.g4xh5 Rh8xh5 30.Rg1xg5 Rh5xg5 31.h4xg5 Qc6-e6 32.Nc2-a3 Bg7xe5 33.Qc3xc4 Kg8-f7 34.Rd1-d7 Rb8-h8 35.Bf2-e1 Rh8-h2 2.61/14 ]
r + l r + + nk+p P +q+ + p + P p +p+ pP+ + + LQ+ PPN+ + P +K+R+ +R
37.Qd6xb4 2.42/14 Diagram
r + + r +q+ nk+ P + + p + + + p Q +RpPP + + + + PP + + + +KL + +R
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25.h2-h4 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 25.h2-h4 Qe6-c6 26.Qf3-f1 Kf7-g8 27.Rd1-d6 Qc6-e4 28.Rd6-d4 Qe4-b7 29.Be3-c1 Ne7-c6 30.Qf1xc4+ Kg8-g7 31.Rd4-e4 Diagram h7-h6 32.e5-e6 Bf8-b4 33.Nc2xb4 a5xb4 34.e6-e7 Nc6xe7 35.Qc4-d4+ Kg7-g6 36.Qd4-d6+ Kg6-f7
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] (Diagram 1540) 25...Qe6-c6 Diagram [ 25...Kf7-g8 Diagram (Diagram 1541) cannot undo what has already been done 26.Be3-f2 Qe6-c6 27.Qf3-c3 g5xh4 28.Qc3xa5+- ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 25...Kf7-g8 26.Be3-f2 Qe6-c6 Diagram
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
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r + lkr + + n +p P +q+ + p + P p +p+ pPP + + LQ+ PPN+ + + +K+R+ +R
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411 29.g4xh5 Rh8xh5 30.Rg1xg5 Rh5xg5 31.h4xg5 Ne7-g6 32.Qc3xa5 Bg7xe5 33.Qa5-c5 Qc6-e4 Diagram 1540
r + +k+ + + + + P + +n+ + Q l P +p+qp + + + + + PPN+ L + +K+R+ + 1541
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34.Rd1-d7 f4-f3 2.44/12 ]
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27.Qf3-c3 h7-h5 28.Rh1-g1 Bf8-g7
26.e5-e6+! here's the full point [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 26.Qf3-f1 Diagram (Diagram 1545) Kf7-g8 27.Rd1-d6 Qc6-e4 28.Rd6-d4 Qe4-b7 29.Be3-c1 Ne7-c6 30.Qf1xc4+ Kg8-g7 31.Rd4-e4 h7-h6 32.e5-e6 Bf8-b4 33.Nc2xb4 a5xb4 34.e6-e7 Nc6xe7 35.Qc4-d4+ Kg7-g6
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
r + l r + + nk+p Pq+ + + p + P p +p+ pPP + + L + PPN+ + + +K+R+Q+R
412
1545
36.Qd4-d6+ Kg6-f7 37.Qd6xb4 2.42/11 ] 26...Kf7-g6 Diagram [ 26...Qc6xe6 27.h4xg5 Diagram
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Zwischenzug ; 26...Kf7xe6 Diagram (Diagram 1547) 27.h4xg5 Zwischenzug ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 26...Kf7-g8 27.Qf3-f2 Ne7-g6 28.Be3-d4 g5xh4 29.Qf2-d2 Qc6xe6 30.Qd2xa5 Bf8-g7 31.Rh1-e1 Qe6-f7 32.Qa5-a7 Qf7xa7 33.b6xa7 Rb8-d8 34.Bd4-c3 2.03/11 Diagram
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] 27.Qf3-f2 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 27.Qf3-f2 h7-h6 28.h4xg5
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Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
413
Bf8-g7 29.g5xh6 Rh8xh6 30.Rh1-h5 Rh6xh5 31.g4xh5+ Kg6-h7 32.Qf2xf4 Rb8-f8 33.Qf4-g4 c4-c3 34.Rd1-g1 Diagram
+ + r + + + n lk Pq+P+ + p + + +P + + +Q+ + p L + PPN+ + + +K+ + R
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Rb8-b7 31.Kb1-a1 Bf8-g7 32.Bd4xg7 Rb7xg7 33.Qf2-d4 Rg7-e7 34.Rh1-h6 f4-f3 35.Qd4-d8+ Qc6-e8 Diagram
Rf8-g8 35.b2-b3 Bg7-h8 36.Qg4-c4 Rg8xg1+ 37.Be3xg1 Qc6-g2 4.82/13 ]
r + l r + + n +p Pq+P+k+ p + + p +p+ pPP + + L + PPN+ Q + +K+R+ +R
r + l r + + n + Pq+P+kp p + + p +p+ pPP + + L + PPN+ Q + +K+R+ +R
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27...Qc6xe6 [ 27...h7-h6 Diagram (Diagram 1552) does not solve anything 28.Be3-d4 Bf8-g7 29.Bd4xg7 Kg6xg7 30.Qf2-d4+ Kg7-g8 31.h4xg5+- ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 27...Kg6-g7 28.h4xg5 Ne7-g6 29.Be3-d4+ Kg7-g8 30.Rd1-e1
+ Qq+kr + + r +p P +P+nR p + + P +p+ +P+ + + +p+ PPN+ + + K + R +
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36.Qd8-d5 f3-f2 37.Re1-f1 Re7xe6 38.Rf1xf2 Qe8-c6 39.Qd5-f5 Qc6-d7 40.Nc2-e3 4.49/11 ] 28.Be3-d4 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 28.Be3-d4 Rh8-g8 29.h4xg5 Ne7-d5 30.Qf2-h4 Kg6-f7 31.Qh4xh7+ Rg8-g7 32.g5-g6+ Qe6xg6 33.Bd4xg7 Qg6xh7 34.Rh1xh7 Bf8xg7 35.Rd1xd5 Kf7-g6 36.Rh7-h5 Rb8xb6 37.Rd5-g5+ Kg6-f7 38.Rg5-b5 Rb6-d6 39.Kb1-c1 Bg7-h6 40.Rb5xa5 f4-f3+ 41.g4-g5 5.86/11 Diagram
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
+ + + + + + +k+ + r + l R + + PR +p+ + + + + +p+ PPN+ + + + K + +
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]
r + l r + + n +p P +q+k+ p + + p +pL pPP + + + + PPN+ Q + +K+R+ +R
r + + r + + n lp P +q+k+ p + + p +pL pPP + + + + PPN+ Q + +K+R+ +R
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33.Rg1xg5+ Ne7-g6 34.Rd4-d6 Qe6-f7 35.Qf4-e5+ Kg7-g8 36.Rd6xg6+ Diagram 1555
28...Bf8-g7 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 28...Rh8-g8 29.h4xg5 Ne7-d5 30.Qf2-h4 Kg6-f7 31.Qh4xh7+ Rg8-g7 32.g5-g6+ Qe6xg6 33.Bd4xg7 Qg6xh7 34.Rh1xh7 Bf8xg7 35.Rd1xd5 Kf7-g8 36.Rh7-h1 Rb8xb6 37.Nc2-d4 c4-c3 38.b2-b3 Rb6-g6 39.Kb1-c2 Rg6xg4 6.48/12 ]
r + +kr + + +q+p P + +R+ p + Q R +p+ + P + + + + PPN+ + + +K+ + +
h7xg6 37.Qe5xb8+ Kg8-h7 38.Qb8-c7 Kh7-g8 39.Qc7-g3 Qf7-f1+ 40.Qg3-e1 Qf1xe1+ 41.Nc2xe1 7.13/12 ] 29...Rb8-d8 Diagram [ 29...h7-h6 Diagram (Diagram 1558)
(Diagram 1556) 29.h4xg5 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 29.Rh1-e1 Qe6xg4 30.Re1-g1 Bg7xd4 31.Rd1xd4 Qg4-e6 32.Qf2xf4 Kg6-g7
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a last effort to resist the inevitable 30.Rh1-e1 Qe6-f7 31.Bd4xg7 Kg6xg7+- ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 29...h7-h6 30.Bd4xg7 Kg6xg7
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
r + + r + + n l P +q+kp p + + P +pL pP+ + + + + PPN+ Q + +K+R+ +R
415
+ r + r + + n lp P +q+k+ p + + P +pL pP+ + + + + PPN+ Q + +K+R+ +R
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Diagram
r + + r + + n k P +q+ p p + + P +p+ pP+ + + + + PPN+ Q + +K+R+ +R
+ r + r + + n lp P +q+k+ p + + P +pL pP+ + + + + PPN+ Q + +K+ R +R
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37.Nd4-e6+ Rg6xe6 38.Re4xe6 Qd6-d3+ 39.Kb1-a1 Qd3-d5 40.g5-g6 h7-h6 41.Qe1-h4 9.42/12 Diagram
31.Qf2-c5 Kg7-g8 32.g5xh6 Rh8-h7 33.Rd1-d6 Qe6-f7 34.Qc5xa5 Qf7-f8 35.Qa5-g5+ Kg8-h8 36.Rd6-f6 Qf8-c8 37.Qg5-e5 Kh8-g8 38.Qe5xf4 Kg8-h8 39.Rf6-e6 6.23/12 ]
(Diagram 1562) ]
(Diagram 1560) (Diagram 1563) 30.Rd1-e1 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 30.Rd1-e1 Diagram Qe6-d5 31.Bd4xg7 Kg6xg7 32.Re1xe7+ Kg7-g8 33.Qf2-e1 Qd5-d6 34.b6-b7 Kg8-f8 35.Re7-e4 Rh8-g8 36.Nc2-d4 Rg8-g6
30...Qe6-d6 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 30...Qe6-d5 31.Bd4xg7 Kg6xg7 32.Re1xe7+ Kg7-g8 33.Qf2-e1 Qd5-d6 34.b6-b7 Kg8-f8 35.Re7-e4 Rh8-g8 36.Nc2-d4 Diagram
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
+ r k + +P+ + + + +R+Pp p +q+ + +p+ pPQ + + + + PP + + + K + + +R
+ r + r + + n lp P +q+k+ p + + P +pL pP+ + + + + PPN+ Q + +K+ R +R
+ r kr+ +P+ + +p + q + + p + + P +pNRpP+ + + + + PP + + + +K+ Q +R Rg8-g6 37.Nd4-e6+ Rg6xe6
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38.Re4xe6 Qd6-d3+ 39.Kb1-a1 Qd3-d5 40.g5-g6 h7-h6 41.Qe1-h4 9.71/13 ] 31.Bd4-c5 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 31.Bd4-c5 Qd6-d5 32.Bc5xe7 Rd8-d7 33.Qf2-h2 h7-h6 34.Qh2-h5+ Kg6-h7 35.g5xh6 Qd5xh5 36.h6xg7 Kh7xg7 37.g4xh5 Kg7-f7 38.Be7-g5 Rd7-b7 39.Nc2-d4 Diagram
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Rb7xb6 40.h5-h6 Kf7-g6 41.Bg5xf4 10.05/11 ] 31...Qd6-d2 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 31...Qd6-d5 32.Bc5xe7 Rd8-d7 33.Qf2-h2 h7-h6 34.Qh2-h5+ Kg6-h7 35.g5xh6 Qd5xh5 36.h6xg7 Rh8-e8 37.Rh1xh5+ Kh7xg7 38.Rh5-g5+ Kg7-f7 39.Rg5-f5+ Kf7-g6 40.Be7-h4 Re8-b8 41.Rf5xf4 Rb8xb6 42.Rf4xc4 Rd7-d2 43.Rc4-e4 Rb6-b8 44.Re4-e6+ Kg6-g7 45.Bh4-f6+ Kg7-f7 10.37/12 ] 32.Re1-e6+ [ 32.Re1-e6+ Kg6-f7 33.Re6xe7+ Kf7-g8 34.Qf2xd2 Rd8xd2 35.b6-b7+- ; 32.Re1xe7?? is not directly advisable because of the following mate in 2 Qd2-d1+ Clearance: d2 33.Rh1xd1 Rd8xd1# ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 32.Re1-e6+ Bg7-f6 33.Re6xf6+ Kg6-g7 34.Qf2xd2 Rd8xd2 35.Bc5xe7 Rd2-d7 36.Be7-d6 Rh8-e8 37.Bd6xf4 Kg7-g8 38.Nc2-e3 Re8-c8 39.Ne3-f5 Rc8-d8 40.g5-g6
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
417
h7xg6 41.Rf6xg6+ Kg8-f7 42.Rg6-g7+ Kf7-e6 43.b6-b7 Rd7-d1+ 44.Rh1xd1 Rd8xd1+ 45.Kb1-c2 13.21/12 Diagram
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rnlqkl r ppp +ppp + +pn + + + + L + Pp+ + + N + + PPP+ PPP R +QKLNR
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22.Nc6-e7+ Bf6xe7 23.c2xd3 Qb6-b7 24.Qd2-e3 Qb7-d5 25.b2-b3 Qd5-b7 26.Rd1-e1 Rd8-c8 Diermair,A (2391)Moser,E (2416)/Austria 2007/EXT 2008/ ] ½-½ (112) ;RR 12.Nc3-e2 0-0 1-0 13.c2-c3 Nb8-d7 14.Ne2-f4 Nd7-f6 15.Qd1-e2 c5xd4 16.Nf3xd4 Bb7xg2 17.Nf4xg2 Qd8-c7 18.a2-a4 b5-b4 32 C11 19.c3xb4 Be7xb4 20.Ra1-c1 Qc7-b6 21.Nd4-c6 Bb4-c5 22.Nc6-e5 Rf8-c8 Vassily Ivanchuk Sergey Volkov 23.Ng2-f4 Bc5-d4 24.Ne5-c4 Qb6-a7 21st European Club Cup (6) 2005 25.Nc4-d6 Rc8xc1 26.Rf1xc1 Qa7-d7 Arakhamia Grant,K (2435)-Luther,T C13: French: Classical System: 4 Bg5 (2586)/Triesen 2007/CBM 118 ext/½-½ Be7, Alekhine-Chatard Attack (49) ] 12...b5-b4 13.d5xe6 b4xc3 1.e2-e4 e7-e6 2.Nb1-c3 d7-d5 14.e6xf7+ Ke8-f8 15.Qd1-e2 c3xb2 3.d2-d4 Ng8-f6 4.Bc1-g5 d5xe4 16.Ra1-d1 Qd8-b6 17.Rf1-e1 Diagram Diagram (Diagram 1567) 5.Nc3xe4 Bf8-e7 6.Bg5xf6 g7xf6 7.Ng1-f3 f6-f5 8.Ne4-c3 a7-a6 9.g2-g3 b7-b5 10.Bf1-g2 Bc8-b7 11.0-0 c7-c5 12.d4-d5N [RR 12.Rf1-e1 c5xd4 13.Nf3xd4 Bb7xg2 14.Kg1xg2 Ra8-a7 15.Re1-e3 Ra7-d7 16.Re3-d3 Be7-f6 17.Nc3-e2 0-0 18.Qd1-d2 Qd8-b6 19.Ra1-d1 Rf8-d8 20.Kg2-g1 Nb8-c6 21.Nd4xc6 Rd7xd3
(Diagram 1568) Qb6-f6 last book move last book move 18.c2-c3 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 18.c2-c3 Bb7-e4 19.Qe2xb2 Nb8-c6 20.Nf3-h4 Ra8-d8 21.Rd1xd8+ Nc6xd8 22.Bg2xe4 f5xe4 23.Re1xe4 Nd8xf7 24.Re4-f4 Qf6-e5 25.Qb2-b7 Rh8-g8 26.Rf4-f3 Be7-f6 27.Nh4-f5 Qe5-e6 28.Qb7-b8+ Qe6-e8 29.Qb8-a7 Qe8-b5 30.Nf5-d6
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
rn + k r +l+ lP+p pq + + + + p +p+ + + + + + + +NP PpP+QPLP + +RR K
418
1568
Qb5-b1+ 31.Kg1-g2 -0.10/15 Diagram
+ + kr+ Q + +n+p p+ N l + + p + + + + + + + P +RP P+ + PKP +q+ + +
1569
] 18...Bb7-e4 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 18...Bb7-e4 Diagram (Diagram 1570) 19.Qe2xb2 Nb8-c6 20.Nf3-h4 Ra8-d8 21.Rd1xd8+ Nc6xd8 22.Bg2xe4 f5xe4 23.Re1xe4 Nd8xf7 24.Re4-f4 Qf6-e5 25.Nh4-f3 Qe5-e6 26.Qb2-b7 Rh8-g8 27.Rf4-e4 Qe6-d6 28.Re4-e1 Be7-d8 -0.09/16 ] 19.Nf3-h4 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 19.Qe2xb2 Diagram Nb8-c6 20.Nf3-h4 Ra8-d8
rn + k r + + lP+p p+ + q + + p +p+ + +l+ + + P +NP Pp +QPLP + +RR K
rn + k r + + lP+p p+ + q + + p +p+ + +l+ + + P +NP PQ + PLP + +RR K
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21.Rd1xd8+ Nc6xd8 22.Bg2xe4 f5xe4 23.Re1xe4 Nd8xf7 24.Re4-f4 Qf6-e5 25.Qb2-b7 Rh8-g8 26.Rf4-f3 Be7-f6 27.Nh4-f5 Qe5-e6 28.Qb7-b8+ Qe6-e8 29.Qb8-a7 Qe8-b5 30.Nf5-d6 Qb5-b1+ 31.Kg1-g2 -0.10/16 ] 19...Nb8-c6 [ 19...Qf6xf7 20.Bg2xe4 f5xe4 21.Qe2xe4 Be7xh4 22.Qe4xa8+- ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 19...Be4xg2 20.Kg1xg2 Ra8-a7 21.Qe2xb2 Kf8xf7 22.Qb2-b3+ Kf7-g7 23.Rd1-d5 Rh8-g8 24.Nh4xf5+ Kg7-h8 25.Rd5-e5 Nb8-c6 26.Nf5xe7 Nc6xe7 27.Re5xc5 Qf6-g6 28.Qb3-e6 Ra7-b7 29.c3-c4 Kh8-g7 30.Qe6-e5+
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
419
Qg6-f6 31.Qe5-g5+ Qf6xg5 32.Rc5xg5+ Ne7-g6 -0.07/13 ] 20.Bg2xe4 [ 20.Qe2xb2!? Diagram
r+ + k r + + lP+p p+n+ q + + p +p+ + +l+ N + P + P PQ + PLP + +RR K
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is interesting Be4xg2 21.Kg1xg2$ ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 20.Bg2xe4 f5xe4 21.Qe2xe4 Ra8-d8 22.Rd1-b1 Rd8-d2 23.Nh4-f3 Rd2-d6 24.Rb1xb2 Kf8xf7 25.Rb2-b6 Kf7-g7 26.Rb6xc6 Diagram
+ + + r + + l kp p+Rr q + + p + + + +Q+ + + P +NP P+ + P P + + R K
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Rd6xc6 27.Qe4xe7+ Qf6xe7 28.Re1xe7+ Kg7-f6 29.Re7-e5 h7-h6 30.Kg1-g2 Rh8-d8 31.Re5-h5 Kf6-g7 32.Nf3-h4 Rc6-e6 33.Rh5xc5 0.00/15 ] 20...f5xe4 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 20...f5xe4 Diagram 21.Qe2xe4 Ra8-b8 22.Rd1-b1 c5-c4
r+ + k r + + lP+p p+n+ q + + p + + + +p+ N + P + P Pp +QP P + +RR K
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23.Re1-e2 Be7-a3 24.Re2-e3 Nc6-e7 25.Re3-f3 Qf6-d6 26.Qe4xc4 h7-h5 27.Rf3-d3 Qd6-c6 28.Qc4-f4 Qc6-b7 29.c3-c4 Ba3-c5 30.Rd3-d7 Qb7xd7 31.Qf4xb8+ Qd7-c8 32.Qb8xb2 Kf8xf7 0.05/13 ] 21.Qe2xe4 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 21.Qe2xe4 Diagram
r+ + k r + + lP+p p+n+ q + + p + + + +Q+ N + P + P Pp + P P + +RR K
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Ra8-b8 22.Rd1-b1 c5-c4 23.Re1-e2 Be7-a3 24.Re2-e3 Nc6-e7 25.Re3-f3 Qf6-d6 26.Qe4xc4 h7-h5 27.Rf3-d3 Qd6-f6 28.Rd3-f3 Qf6-d6 29.Rf3-d3 -0.08/14 ] 21...Ra8-d8 Diagram [ 21...Ra8-b8 22.Rd1-b1= ;Houdini 2. 0c Pro x64: 21...Ra8-b8 22.Rd1-b1
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
420
Diagram
r + k r + + lP+p p+n+ q + + p + + + +Q+ N + P + P Pp + P P +R+ R K
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c5-c4 23.Re1-e2 Be7-a3 24.Re2-e3 Nc6-e7 25.Re3-f3 Qf6-d6 26.Qe4xc4 h7-h5 27.Rf3-d3 Qd6-f6 28.Rd3-f3 Qf6-c6 29.Qc4-d4 0.00/13 ]
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22.Rd1-b1= White threatens to win material: Rb1xb2 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 22.Rd1-b1 Rd8-d2 23.Nh4-f3 Rd2-d6 24.Rb1xb2 Kf8xf7 25.Rb2-b6 Kf7-g7 26.Rb6xc6 Rd6xc6 27.Qe4xe7+ Qf6xe7 Diagram 28.Re1xe7+ Kg7-f6 29.Re7-e5 Rh8-b8 30.Re5-h5 Kf6-g6 31.g3-g4 Kg6-g7 32.Nf3-h4 Rc6-c7 33.Nh4-f5+ Kg7-f6 34.Nf5-d6 Kf6-g6 0.00/15 ]
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22...Rd8-d2 Diagram [ 22...Kf8xf7 23.Rb1xb2 Rh8-g8 24.Rb2-b6 Qf6xh4 25.Qe4-f5+ ( 25.Qe4xc6?! is clearly weaker Rd8-d6 26.Re1xe7+ Qh4xe7 27.Qc6xd6 Qe7-e1+ 28.Kg1-g2 Qe1-e4+ 29.f2-f3 Qe4-c2+ 30.Kg2-h3 Qc2-f5+ 31.g3-g4 Qf5xf3+ 32.Qd6-g3 Qf3xg3+ 33.Kh3xg3 h7-h5+Diagram
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) 25...Kf7-e8 26.Rb6xc6+- Diagram ; 22...Qf6xc3 23.Qe4xc6 Be7xh4 24.Qc6-h6+ Kf8xf7 25.Qh6-h5+ ( 25.Qh6xh4?! Rh8-e8 26.Qh4xh7+ Kf7-f8 27.Qh7-h6+ Kf8-f7 28.Qh6-h5+ Kf7-f8 29.Qh5-h6+ Kf8-f7 30.Qh6-h5+
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
+ rk+r+ + + l +p p+R+ + + + p +Q+ + + + q + P + P P+ + P P + + R K
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Diagram
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Kf7-f8 31.Re1xe8+ Rd8xe8 32.Qh5-h6+ Kf8-f7 33.Qh6-h5+ Kf7-f8= ) 25...Kf7-g7 26.Qh5xh4+- ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 22...Rd8-b8 Diagram (Diagram 1582) 23.Re1-e2 Kf8xf7 24.Qe4-d5+ Kf7-f8 25.Re2-e6 Qf6-f7 26.Qd5xc6 Be7xh4 27.g3xh4 Kf8-g7 Diagram 28.Rb1xb2 Rb8xb2 29.Qc6-g2+ Kg7-f8 30.Qg2-a8+ Kf8-g7 31.Qa8-g2+ Kg7-f8 0.08/12 ]
r + + r + + +qkp p+Q+R+ + + p + + + + + P + P + + Pp + P P +R+ + K
+ + k r + + lP+p p+n+ q + + p + + + +Q+ N + P + P Pp r P P +R+ R K Black has a mate threat 23.Nh4-f3
1583
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Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
422
White threatens to win material: Nf3xd2 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 23.Nh4-f3 Rd2-d6 24.Rb1xb2 Kf8xf7 Diagram
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+ + + r + + + +p p+r+ k + + p R + + + + + + P +NP P+ + P P + + + K
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Kg6-g7 32.Nf3-h4 Rc6-c7 33.Nh4-f5+ Kg7-f6 34.Nf5-d6 Kf6-g6 0.18/16 Diagram
25.Rb2-b6 Kf7-g7 26.Rb6xc6 Rd6xc6 27.Qe4xe7+ Qf6xe7 Diagram
+ + + r + + q kp p+r+ + + + p + + + + + + + P +NP P+ + P P + + R K
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r + + + + r + +p p+ N +k+ + p + +R + + +P+ + P + + P+ + P P + + + K
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] 28.Re1xe7+ Kg7-f6 29.Re7-e5 Rh8-b8 30.Re5-h5 Kf6-g6 31.g3-g4 Kg6-g7 32.Nf3-h4 Rc6-c7 33.Nh4-f5+ Kg7-f6 34.Nf5-d6 Kf6-g6 0.00/15 ] 23...Rd2-d6 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 23...Rd2-d6 24.Rb1xb2 Kf8xf7 25.Rb2-b6 Kf7-g7 26.Rb6xc6 Rd6xc6 27.Qe4xe7+ Qf6xe7 28.Re1xe7+ Kg7-f6 29.Re7-e5 Diagram Rh8-b8 30.Re5-h5 Kf6-g6 31.g3-g4
(Diagram 1589) 24.Rb1xb2 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 24.Rb1xb2 Diagram (Diagram 1590) Kf8xf7 25.Rb2-b6 Kf7-g7 26.Rb6xc6 Rd6xc6 27.Qe4xe7+ Qf6xe7 28.Re1xe7+ Kg7-f6 29.Re7-e5
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
+ + k r + + lP+p p+nr q + + p + + + +Q+ + + P +NP Pp + P P +R+ R K
+ + k r + + lP+p p+nr q + + p + + + +Q+ + + P +NP PR + P P + + R K
423
1589
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Rh8-b8 30.Re5-h5 Kf6-g7 31.Nf3-e5 Rc6-c7 32.Ne5-d3 c5-c4 33.Nd3-b4 Rc7-e7 34.Rh5-c5 Rb8-e8 35.Nb4xa6 Re7-e2 36.Rc5-c7+ Kg7-g6 0.04/14 Diagram (Diagram 1591) ]
+ +r+ + + R + +p N+ + +k+ + + + + +p+ + + + P + P P+ +rP P + + + K
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28.Rb6xc6 Rd6xc6 29.Qe4xe7+ Qf6xe7 30.Re2xe7+ Diagram (Diagram 1593) Rf8-f7 31.Re7-e5 Rc6-f6 32.f2-f4 c5-c4 33.Re5-g5+ Kg7-f8 34.Rg5-c5 Rf7-b7 35.Rc5-c8+ Kf8-g7 36.Rc8xc4 0.11/13 ]
(Diagram 1592)
(Diagram 1594)
24...Kf8xf7 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 24...Kf8xf7 25.Rb2-b6 Kf7-g7 26.Re1-e2 Rh8-e8 27.Nf3-h4 Re8-f8
Black wins a piece 25.Rb2-b6 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 25.Rb2-e2 Qf6xc3 Diagram
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
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+ + + r + + lk+p p+nr q + + p + + + +Q+ + + P +NP PR + P P + + R K
+ + + r + + lk+p p+nr + + + p + + + +Q+ + + q +NP P+ +RP P + + R K
424 28.Qe4-g4+ Qf6-g6 29.Qg4-c8+ Be7-f8 30.Nf3-h4 Diagram 1593
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Qg6-h5 31.Re3-e8 Nc6-d8 32.Nh4-f5 0.01/12 ]
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26.Re2-e3 Qc3-f6 27.Kg1-g2 Kf7-g8
White threatens to win material: Rb6xa6 25...Kf7-e8 Black king safety improved [ 25...Kf7-g7!?= Diagram (Diagram 1598) is an interesting idea ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 25...Kf7-g7 Diagram 26.Qe4-g4+ Kg7-f8 27.Rb6xc6 Rd6xc6 28.Nf3-e5 Rc6-c7 29.Ne5-d7+ Rc7xd7 30.Qg4xd7 Kf8-f7
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
+ + + r + + l kp pRnr q + + p + + + +Q+ + + P +NP P+ + P P + + R K
+ + + r + + l kp pRnr q + + p + + + +Q+ + + P +NP P+ + P P + + R K
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31.Qd7-d5+ Kf7-g7 32.Qd5-d7 Kg7-f7 33.Qd7-d5+ 0.21/12 ] 26.Re1-e3 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 26.Nf3-g5 Qf6xg5 27.Rb6xc6 Rd6xc6 28.Qe4xc6+ Ke8-f8 29.Qc6-c8+ Kf8-g7 30.Qc8-d7 Kg7-f8 31.h2-h4 Qg5-g7 Diagram
Pro x64: 26...Rh8-f8 27.Rb6xa6 Rf8-f7 28.Ra6-a8+ Nc6-d8 29.a2-a4 Ke8-f8 30.a4-a5 h7-h5 31.Qe4-a4 Kf8-g7 32.Qa4-c2 Rd6-a6 33.Qc2-e4 Diagram
(Diagram 1600)
Qf6-c6 34.Qe4xc6 Ra6xc6 0.34/11 ]
32.Qd7-c8+ Kf8-f7 33.Qc8-e6+ Kf7-f8 34.Re1-e4 a6-a5 35.Re4-f4+ Kf8-e8 36.Qe6-c8+ Be7-d8 37.Qc8xc5 0.42/12 ] 26...Rh8-f8 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c
(Diagram 1602)
(Diagram 1603) 27.Qe4xh7 [ 27.Rb6xa6 Rf8-f7 28.Ra6-a8+ Nc6-d8 29.Kg1-g2= ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 27.Rb6xa6
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
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+ +kr + + + l +p pRnr q + + p + + + +Q+ + + P RNP P+ + P P + + + K
426
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Rf8-f7 28.Ra6-a8+ Diagram (Diagram 1604) Nc6-d8 29.a2-a4 Ke8-f8 30.a4-a5 h7-h5 31.Qe4-a4 Kf8-g7 32.Qa4-c2 Diagram (Diagram 1605) Rd6-a6 33.Qc2-e4 Qf6-c6 34.Qe4xc6 Ra6xc6 0.17/12 ] 27...Rf8-f7 [ 27...Qf6-f5!? should be investigated more closely 28.Qh7xf5 Rf8xf5 29.Rb6xa6 Ke8-d7$ ;Houdini 2.0c Pro
R+ +k+ + + + lr+p +nr q + + p + + + +Q+ + + P RNP P+ + P P + + + K
R+ n + + + + lrk + r q + P p + +p + + + + + P RNP +Q+ P P + + + K
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x64: 27...Qf6-f5 28.Qh7xf5 Rf8xf5 29.Rb6xa6 Ke8-d7 30.h2-h4 Be7-d8 31.Kg1-g2 Rd6-g6 32.Re3-d3+ Kd7-c7 33.Ra6-a4 Kc7-b6 34.g3-g4 Kb6-b5 35.Ra4-e4 0.25/12 ] 28.Qh7-g8+ Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 28.Qh7-g8+ Rf7-f8 29.Qg8-b3 Qf6-f7 30.Rb6xa6 Qf7xb3 31.a2xb3 Ke8-d7 32.Kg1-g2 Be7-f6 33.Ra6-b6 Rf8-e8 34.Re3xe8 Kd7xe8 35.b3-b4 c5xb4 36.c3xb4 Ke8-d7 37.b4-b5 Nc6-b4 Diagram 38.Rb6-b7+ Kd7-e6 0.33/13 ] 28...Rf7-f8 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 28...Rf7-f8 29.Qg8-b3 Qf6-f7
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
+ + + + + +k+ + R r l + +P+ + + n + + + + + +NP + + PKP + + + +
+ +k+Q+ + + lr+ pRnr q + + p + + + + + + + P RNP P+ + P P + + + K
427
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+ +kr + + + lq+ pRnr + + + p + + + + + + +QP RNP P+ + P P + + + K
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Diagram (Diagram 1608) 30.Rb6xa6 Qf7xb3 31.a2xb3 Ke8-d7 32.h2-h4 Be7-f6 33.Ra6-b6 Rf8-e8 34.Rb6-b7+ Kd7-d8 35.Re3xe8+ Kd8xe8 36.c3-c4 Rd6-d7 37.Rb7xd7 Ke8xd7 38.Kg1-g2 Nc6-d4 0.45/12 ] (Diagram 1609) 29.Qg8-c4 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 29.Qg8-b3 Diagram Qf6-f7 30.Rb6xa6 Qf7xb3 31.a2xb3
+ +kr + + + l + pRnr q + + p + + + + + + +QP RNP P+ + P P + + + K
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Ke8-d7 32.h2-h4 Be7-f6 33.Kg1-g2
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
428
Rf8-b8 34.Ra6-a3 Rb8-h8 35.Nf3-e1 Kd7-c7 36.f2-f4 Rd6-d2+ 37.Kg2-f3 Kc7-b6 38.Ra3-a1 0.38/13 ]
+ +kr + + + l + pRnr q + + p + + +Q+ + + + P RNP P+ + P P + + + K
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29...a6-a5? Diagram [ 29...Rf8-f7 30.Qc4xc5 Ke8-f8 31.Qc5-h5+- ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 29...Rf8-f7 30.Qc4xc5 Rd6-d1+ 31.Kg1-g2 Qf6xf3+ 32.Re3xf3 Be7xc5 33.Rb6xc6 Bc5-e7 34.h2-h4 a6-a5 35.h4-h5 Rd1-d2 36.a2-a4 Rf7-h7 37.Rf3-f5 Be7-d8 38.h5-h6 Ke8-d7 39.Rc6-g6 0.40/12 ]
+ +kr + + + l + Rnr q + p p + + +Q+ + + + P RNP P+ + P P + + + K
+ + + + + k l + +n+ q + + +Q+ +P P+ + + + + P RNP r + P + + + + K
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(Diagram 1612) 30.Kg1-g2 Diagram [ 30.Qc4-b5!?+- ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 30.Qc4-b5 c5-c4 31.h2-h4 Ke8-d8 32.Qb5xc4 Kd8-c7 33.Qc4-b5 Rf8-b8 34.Rb6xb8 Nc6xb8 35.Qb5xa5+ Rd6-b6 36.h4-h5 Nb8-c6 37.Qa5-d5 Rb6-b2 38.a2-a4 Diagram (Diagram 1613) Kc7-b6 1.56/12 ] 30...Rf8-f7 [ 30...Qf6-f5 31.h2-h3 Rf8-f6 32.Qc4-g8+ Rf6-f8 33.Qg8-b3 ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 30...Qf6-f5 31.h2-h4 Rf8-f7 32.Rb6-b5
+ +kr + + + l + Rnr q + p p + + +Q+ + + + P RNP P+ + PKP + + + +
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Ke8-f8 33.Rb5xc5 Qf5-d7 34.h4-h5
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
429
Rd6-f6 35.Rc5xc6 Qd7xc6 36.Qc4xc6 Rf6xc6 37.Nf3-e5 Rc6-h6 38.Ne5xf7 Kf8xf7 39.g3-g4 Be7-g5 0.37/12 ] 31.Qc4xc5 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 31.Rb6-b5 Ke8-f8 32.Rb5xc5 Be7-d8 33.Qc4-e2 Rf7-e7 34.Re3xe7 Qf6xe7 35.Qe2-c4 Qe7-d7 36.Nf3-g5 Kf8-g7 37.Qc4-e4 Rd6-g6 38.Rc5-d5 0.71/13 ]
+ +k+ + + + lr+ Rnr q + p Q + + + + + + + P RNP P+ + PKP + + + +
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31...Ke8-f8 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 31...Ke8-f8 32.h2-h4 Kf8-g7 33.Qc5-h5 Be7-d8 34.Rb6-b5 Qf6-h6 35.Qh5-c5 Rd6-e6 36.Re3xe6 Qh6xe6 37.h4-h5 Diagram
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+ + k + + + lr+ Rnr q + p Q + + + + + + + P RNP P+ + PKP + + + +
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1617
(Diagram 1616) Bd8-e7 38.Nf3-g5 Be7xg5 39.Qc5xg5+ Kg7-h7 40.Qg5-d5 Qe6xd5+ 41.Rb5xd5 0.54/14 ] (Diagram 1617) 32.Qc5-h5 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 32.h2-h4 Kf8-g7 33.Qc5-h5 Diagram Be7-d8 34.Rb6-b5 Qf6-h6 35.Qh5-c5 Rd6-e6 36.Re3xe6 Qh6xe6 37.h4-h5 Kg7-h7 38.Qc5-d5 Qe6xd5 39.Rb5xd5 Kh7-h6 40.c3-c4 0.44/12 ] 32...Kf8-g8 [ 32...Kf8-g7 Diagram
+ + + + + + lrk Rnr q + p + + +Q + + + P + P RNP P+ + PK+ + + + +
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Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
+ + + + + + lrk Rnr q + p + + +Q + + + + + P RNP P+ + PKP + + + +
430
1619
33.Re3-e4 Qf6-h6 34.Qh5-g4+ Kg7-h8 35.Re4-e3+- ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 32...Kf8-g7 33.Re3-e4 Qf6-h6 34.Re4-g4+ Kg7-f8 35.Qh5xh6+ Rd6xh6 36.Nf3-d4 Rf7-f6 37.Rb6-b5 Nc6xd4 38.c3xd4 Rf6-c6 39.Rg4-f4+ Kf8-g7 40.Rb5xa5 Rc6-c2 41.Ra5-a7 Rh6-e6 42.d4-d5 0.47/12 ] 33.Qh5-g4+ Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 33.h2-h4 Kg8-g7 34.Re3-e4 Qf6-h6 35.Qh5-g4+ Kg7-h7 36.Rb6-b5 Rf7-g7 37.Nf3-g5+ Be7xg5 38.h4xg5 Qh6-g6 39.Rb5-f5 Kh7-g8 40.Qg4-h3 0.51/11 ] (Diagram 1620) 33...Rf7-g7 [ 33...Qf6-g6 34.Qg4-a4 Qg6-f6 35.Rb6-b5+- ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 33...Qf6-g6 Diagram (Diagram 1621) 34.Qg4xg6+ Rd6xg6 35.h2-h4 Be7-c5 36.Re3-e8+ Kg8-g7 37.Rb6-b5 Bc5-e7 38.c3-c4 Rg6-g4 39.Nf3-g5 Be7xg5 40.Rb5xg5+ Rg4xg5 41.h4xg5 Nc6-b4 42.a2-a3 Nb4-d3 43.f2-f4 Kg7-g6 0.34/13 ] 34.Qg4-c4+ Diagram [ 34.Qg4-c8+
+ + +k+ + + lr+ Rnr q + p + + + + + +Q+ + P RNP P+ + PKP + + + +
+ + +k+ + + lr+ Rnr +q+ p + + + + + +Q+ + P RNP P+ + PKP + + + +
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Nc6-d8 35.Rb6-b5 Rd6-c6+- ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 34.Qg4-c8+ Diagram (Diagram 1622) Be7-f8 35.h2-h4 Rg7-f7 36.c3-c4 Nc6-b4 37.Rb6xd6 Qf6xd6 38.Nf3-g5 Qd6-d7 39.Re3-e8 Qd7xc8 40.Re8xc8 Rf7-f5 41.a2-a3 Nb4-c2 42.g3-g4 Rf5-e5 43.a3-a4 Kg8-g7 44.Rc8-c7+ Kg7-g6 45.Rc7-c6+ Kg6-g7 0.70/13 ] 34...Rg7-f7 Diagram [ 34...Kg8-h8+- ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 34...Kg8-f8 35.h2-h4 Be7-d8 36.Rb6-b5 Qf6-f7
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
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+ + +k+ + + l r Rnr q + p + + + +Q+ + + + P RNP P+ + PKP + + + +
431
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37.Qc4-e4 Qf7-g6 38.Rb5-f5+ Rg7-f7 39.Rf5xf7+ Qg6xf7 40.c3-c4 Rd6-f6 Diagram (Diagram 1624) 41.Re3-e1 Kf8-g7 42.Qe4-d5 Bd8-b6 43.h4-h5 a5-a4 44.g3-g4 Nc6-b4 45.Qd5xf7+ Rf6xf7 0.67/13 ] (Diagram 1625) 35.Qc4-g4+ [ 35.Rb6-b5 Kg8-h8+- ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 35.Rb6-b5 a5-a4 36.Rb5-g5+ Kg8-f8 37.Qc4-g4
+ l k + + + +q+ +n+ r + p + + + +P+Q+ P + + RNP P+ + PK+ + + + +
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Qf6-h8 38.Rg5-h5 Rd6-h6 39.Rh5xh6 Qh8xh6 40.Qg4xa4 Be7-c5 41.Nf3-d4 Bc5xd4 42.c3xd4 Qh6-d6 0.92/12 ] 35...Rf7-g7 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 35...Rf7-g7 36.Qg4-c8+ Diagram (Diagram 1626) Kg8-h7 37.c3-c4 Be7-d8 38.Rb6-b7 Rg7xb7 39.Qc8xb7+ Qf6-g7 40.Qb7-b1+ Qg7-g6 41.Qb1-b3 Kh7-h6 42.c4-c5 Rd6-f6 43.h2-h4 Bd8-c7 44.Qb3-b7 Qg6-f7 45.a2-a3 0.20/16 ] 36.Qg4-c8+ [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 36.Qg4-e4 Rg7-f7 37.h2-h4
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
+Q+ +k+ + + l r Rnr q + p + + + + + + + + P RNP P+ + PKP + + + +
432
1626
Be7-f8 38.Qe4-g4+ Qf6-g6 39.Qg4xg6+ Rd6xg6 40.Nf3-g5 Bf8-c5 41.Re3-e8+ Kg8-g7 42.Ng5xf7 Bc5xb6 43.Nf7-g5 Rg6-f6 44.Ng5-e4 Rf6-f5 45.Re8-e6 0.61/13 ] 36...Be7-f8 Diagram [ 36...Nc6-d8 37.Rb6xd6 Qf6xd6 38.Qc8-c4+ Kg8-f8 39.Nf3-d4+- ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 36...Kg8-h7 37.c3-c4 Qf6-g6 38.h2-h4 Nc6-a7 39.Rb6xd6 Na7xc8 40.Rd6xg6 Rg7xg6 41.Nf3-e5 Rg6-g8 42.h4-h5 Kh7-h6 43.Ne5-c6 Be7-d6 44.c4-c5 Bd6-c7 45.Nc6-e7 Nc8xe7 46.Re3xe7 0.79/12 ]
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(Diagram 1627) 37.Re3-e8 [ 37.h2-h4 Diagram (Diagram 1628) Rg7-f7+- ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 37.h2-h4 Rg7-f7 38.c3-c4 Nc6-b4 39.Rb6xd6 Qf6xd6 40.Nf3-g5 Qd6-d7 41.Re3-e8 Qd7xc8 42.Re8xc8 Rf7-f5 43.a2-a3 Diagram Nb4-c2 44.g3-g4 Rf5-e5 45.a3-a4 Nc2-e1+ 46.Kg2-g3 Ne1-d3 0.74/12 ] 37...Rg7-g6? [ 37...Rg7-f7 38.Qc8-g4+ Qf6-g7 ;Houdini 2.0c Pro
+R+ lk+ + + + + + + + + p + +rN nP+ + P P + + P + + PK+ + + + + x64: 37...Rg7-f7 Diagram
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Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
+Q+Rlk+ + + +r+ Rnr q + p + + + + + + + + P +NP P+ + PKP + + + +
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38.Qc8-g4+ Qf6-g6 39.Qg4xg6+ Rd6xg6 40.Nf3-d2 Rf7-c7 41.Nd2-e4 Kg8-f7 42.Re8-a8 Kf7-g7 43.f2-f3 Bf8-e7 44.Ra8-a6 Rc7-c8 45.Rb6-b7 Rg6-e6 46.h2-h4 Kg7-g6 47.c3-c4 Kg6-f5 48.Rb7-b5+ Re6-e5 0.54/13 ] 38.h2-h4+- [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 38.Nf3-h4 Rg6-g5 39.c3-c4 Rg5-e5 40.Re8xf8+ Qf6xf8 41.Rb6xc6 Rd6xc6 42.Qc8xc6 Re5-e2 43.Qc6-d5+ Qf8-f7 44.Qd5-d8+ Qf7-f8 45.Qd8-g5+ Qf8-g7 Diagram (Diagram 1631) 46.Qg5xa5 1.62/10 ] 38...Qf6-f7 [ 38...Rd6-e6 39.Nf3-g5 Re6xe8 40.Qc8xe8 Kg8-g7 41.Qe8-d7+ Qf6-e7+- ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 38...Rd6-e6 39.Nf3-g5 Re6xe8 40.Qc8xe8 Kg8-g7 41.Rb6-b7+ Bf8-e7 42.f2-f4 Rg6-h6 43.c3-c4 Qf6-f8 44.Qe8-d7 Qf8-g8 45.Qd7-d5 a5-a4 46.f4-f5 Qg8xd5+ 47.c4xd5 1.39/11 ] 39.Rb6-b7 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 39.Rb6-b7 Qf7-f6 40.Nf3-g5 Rd6-d8 41.Qc8-c7 Qf6-g7 42.Qc7xg7+ Rg6xg7 43.Rb7xg7+ Kg8xg7 44.Ng5-e6+ Kg7-f7 45.Ne6xd8+ Kf7xe8 46.Nd8xc6 a5-a4
+ + +k+ + + + q + + + + p + + Q +P+ + N + + + P P+ +rPKP + + + +
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47.h4-h5 Ke8-f7 48.g3-g4 Bf8-d6 49.Kg2-f3 Kf7-f6 50.Kf3-e4 Kf6-g5 51.Nc6-e5 Bd6-e7 52.f2-f4+ Kg5-h6 53.f4-f5 Kh6-g5 54.c3-c4 6.53/14 ] 39...Qf7-f6 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 39...Qf7-f6 40.Nf3-g5 Rd6-d8 41.Qc8-c7 Qf6-g7 42.Qc7xg7+ Rg6xg7 43.Rb7xg7+ Kg8xg7 44.Ng5-e6+ Kg7-f7 45.Ne6xd8+ Kf7xe8 46.Nd8xc6 a5-a4 47.h4-h5 Bf8-g7 48.Nc6-d4 Bg7-f8 49.g3-g4 Bf8-a3 50.g4-g5 Ba3-b2 51.Nd4-b5 Bb2-c1 52.g5-g6 Ke8-f8 53.Kg2-f3 Kf8-g7 54.Nb5-d4 Kg7-h6 55.Kf3-g4 6.73/16 ] 40.Nf3-g5 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 40.Nf3-g5 Rd6-d8 41.Qc8-c7 Qf6-g7 42.Qc7xg7+ Rg6xg7 43.Rb7xg7+ Kg8xg7 44.Ng5-e6+ Kg7-f7 45.Ne6xd8+ Kf7xe8 46.Nd8xc6 a5-a4 47.h4-h5 Ke8-f7 48.c3-c4 Kf7-g7 49.Kg2-f3 Kg7-h6 50.g3-g4 5.74/11 ] 40...Nc6-e5 [ 40...Rd6-d8 is still a small chance 41.Qc8-c7 Qf6-g7 42.Qc7xg7+ Rg6xg7 43.Rb7xg7+ Kg8xg7 44.Ng5-e6+ Kg7-f7 45.Ne6xd8+ Kf7xe8 46.Nd8xc6 Bf8-g7+- ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 40...Rd6-d8 41.Qc8-c7 Qf6-g7 42.Qc7xg7+ Rg6xg7 43.Rb7xg7+ Kg8xg7
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games 44.Ng5-e6+ Kg7-f7 45.Ne6xd8+ Kf7xe8 46.Nd8xc6 a5-a4 47.h4-h5 Bf8-g7 48.Nc6-d4 Ke8-f7 49.Kg2-f3 Bg7-f8 50.Kf3-f4 Kf7-f6 51.c3-c4 Bf8-h6+ 52.Kf4-e4 6.22/12 ] 41.Rb7-f7!! Deflection: f7 [ 41.Rb7-f7 Ne5xf7 42.Re8xf8+ Kg8-g7 43.Rf8-g8+ Kg7-h6 44.Qc8-f8+ Rg6-g7 45.Ng5xf7+ Qf6xf7 46.Rg8-h8+ Kh6-g6 47.Qf8xd6+ Kg6-f5 48.Rh8-h6+- ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 41.Rb7-f7 Ne5xf7 42.Re8xf8+ Kg8-g7 43.Rf8-g8+ Kg7-h6 44.Qc8-f8+ Kh6-h5 45.Ng5xf7 Rd6-c6 46.Rg8-h8+ Kh5-g4 47.Nf7-e5+ Kg4-f5 48.Ne5xc6 Qf6xf8 49.Rh8xf8+ Kf5-e6 50.h4-h5 Rg6-g7 51.Nc6-d4+ Ke6-d5 52.Kg2-f3 Kd5-c4 53.Rf8-c8+ Kc4-d5 54.g3-g4 Rg7-f7+ 55.Nd4-f5 Kd5-e6 56.h5-h6 Ke6-f6 57.c3-c4 10.60/11 ] 1-0
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23.Rb4xb7+ Kd7-e6 Aerni,A (2024)Lurje,P (2169)/Basel 2007/CBM 116 ext/1-0 ] 9...Nb4-c6 10.Ng1-e2 f7-f5N [ RR 10...e6-e5 11.Nc3-b5 e5xf4 12.Nb5-c7+ Ke8-d7 13.Ne2xf4 Bf8xd6 14.Nc7xa8 Kd7-e7 15.Qd1-h5 g7-g6 16.Qh5-h6 Bc8-e6 17.0-0-0 Qd8-g8 18.Rd1xd6 Ke7xd6 19.Rh1-d1+ Nc6-d4 20.e3xd4 Qg8xa8 21.d4xc5+ 33 A45 Kd6xc5 22.Nf4xe6+ f7xe6 23.Qh6-e3+ Vassily Ivanchuk Kc5-b5 24.a2-a4+ Kb5-a6 25.Qe3-e2+ Sadkowsky,D (2304)Baadur Jobava Memorial: Elite (2) 07.05.2005 Lobzhanidze,D (2462)/Belgium 2006/ EXT 2007/1-0 ] 11.Nc3-b5 Ke8-f7 12.Nb5-c7 Ra8-b8 13.g2-g4 f5xg4 A45: Trompowsky Attack 1.d2-d4 Ng8-f6 2.Bc1-g5 Nf6-e4 14.Ne2-g3 Nc6-b4 last book move last 3.Bg5-f4 d7-d5 4.e2-e3 Diagram book move 15.a2-a3 Diagram [ 15.Ng3xe4!? might be the shorter (Diagram 1632) path Kf7-g8+- ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 15.Ng3xe4 c5-c4 16.a2-a3 Nb4-c6 17.Qd1-e2 Kf7-g8 18.Qe2xc4 Qd8-d7 c7-c5 5.Bf1-d3 Nb8-c6 6.Bd3xe4 d5xe4 7.d4-d5 Nc6-b4 8.Nb1-c3 19.Ne4-c5 Qd7-f7 20.Qc4-e4 Qf7-f5 21.Qe4xf5 e6xf5 22.Nc7-e6 b7-b6 e7-e6 9.d5-d6 [RR 9.d5xe6 Bc8xe6 10.a2-a3 Qd8xd1+ 11.Ra1xd1 3.05/12 Diagram Nb4xc2+ 12.Ke1-d2 Be6-b3 13.Kd2-c1 Nc2xa3 14.b2xa3 Bb3xd1 (Diagram 1633) 15.Kc1xd1 0-0-0+ 16.Kd1-c2 c5-c4 17.Ng1-e2 Bf8xa3 18.Rh1-a1 Ba3-c5 ] 19.Nc3xe4 Bc5-b4 20.Ra1xa7 f7-f5 15...Nb4-d5 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 15...Nb4-d5 Diagram 21.Ra7-a4 f5xe4 22.Ra4xb4 Kc8-d7
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
rl+ lkr p + + pp pnPN+ + + N +p+ + + Lp+ P + P + PP+ P P R + K +R
rlq l r ppN +kpp + Pp+ + + p + + n +pLp+ P + P N PP+ P P R +QK +R
rlq l r ppN +kpp + Pp+ + + pn+ + + +pLp+ P + P N PP+ P P R +QK +R
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16.Ng3xe4 Nd5xf4 17.e3xf4 Qd8-d7
18.Qd1xg4 Qd7-c6 19.f2-f3 Bf8xd6 20.Nc7xe6 Bc8xe6 21.Ne4-g5+ Kf7-e7 22.Qg4xe6+ Ke7-d8 23.0-0-0 Kd8-c7 24.Qe6-f7+ Kc7-b6 25.Qf7-b3+ Kb6-a5 26.Ng5-e6 Rh8-e8 27.Qb3-c3+ Ka5-b6 28.Kc1-b1 Re8-e7 29.f4-f5 Rb8-e8 30.a3-a4 a7-a6 31.Qc3-c4 1.91/14 ] 16.Ng3xe4 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 16.Ng3xe4 Nd5xf4 17.e3xf4 Qd8-d7 18.Rh1-g1 h7-h5 19.Qd1-d3 Rh8-h6 20.0-0-0 Kf7-g8 21.Ne4xc5 Qd7-f7 22.Qd3-d2 Bc8-d7 23.Kc1-b1 Bd7-c6 24.Rd1-e1 2.05/14 ]
rlq l r ppN +kpp + Pp+ + + pn+ + + +NLp+ P + P + PP+ P P R +QK +R
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16...Nd5xf4 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 16...Nd5xf4 17.e3xf4 Qd8-d7 18.Qd1xg4 Qd7-c6 19.f2-f3 Bf8xd6 20.Nc7xe6 Bc8xe6 21.Ne4-g5+ Kf7-e7 22.Qg4xe6+ Ke7-d8 23.0-0-0 Kd8-c7 24.Qe6-f7+ Kc7-b6 25.Qf7-b3+ Kb6-a5 26.Ng5-e6 Rh8-e8 27.Qb3-c3+ Ka5-b6 28.Kc1-b1 Re8-e7 29.f4-f5 Rb8-e8 30.a3-a4 a7-a6 31.Qc3-c4 1.90/14 ] 17.e3xf4 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 17.e3xf4 Qd8-d7 18.Rh1-g1 h7-h5 19.Qd1-d3 Kf7-g8 20.0-0-0 Rh8-h6 21.Ne4xc5 Qd7-c6 22.b2-b4 Bc8-d7 23.Rg1-e1 Diagram Rb8-d8 24.Kc1-b2 1.69/11 ]
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
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436
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17...Kf7-g8 [ 17...Bc8-d7 Diagram
r q l r ppNl+kpp + Pp+ + + p + + + +NPp+ P + + + PP+ P P R +QK +R
rlq lkr ppN + pp + Pp+ + + p + + + +NPQ+ P + + + PP+ P P R + K +R
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18...h7-h5 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 18...h7-h5 Diagram
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is no salvation 18.Qd1xg4 h7-h5 19.Qg4-e2+- ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 17...Qd8-d7 18.Rh1-g1 h7-h5 19.Qd1-d3 Kf7-g8 20.0-0-0 Rh8-h6 21.Ne4xc5 Qd7-c6 22.b2-b4 Bc8-d7 23.Rg1-e1 Rb8-d8 24.Kc1-b2 2.02/12 ] 18.Qd1xg4 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 18.f4-f5 Bc8-d7 19.f5xe6 Bd7-c6 20.Nc7-d5 h7-h5 21.e6-e7 Qd8-a5+ 22.c2-c3 c5-c4 23.d6-d7 Bc6xd7 24.e7xf8Q+ Kg8xf8 25.Nd5-e3 Qa5-c7 26.0-0 Rh8-h6 27.Qd1-d4 Bd7-e6 28.Qd4xa7 Kf8-g8 29.Ra1-d1 Rb8-f8 30.Ne4-d6 3.86/13 ]
rlq lkr ppN + p + Pp+ + + p + +p + +NPQ+ P + + + PP+ P P R + K +R
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19.Qg4-g3 h5-h4 20.Qg3-d3 b7-b5 21.0-0-0 Rh8-h6 22.Rh1-g1 b5-b4 23.a3-a4 Rb8-b7 24.Kc1-b1 Rb7xc7 25.d6xc7 Qd8xc7 26.Ne4-d6 c5-c4 27.Qd3-d4 Bf8xd6 28.Qd4xd6 Qc7xd6 29.Rd1xd6 Kg8-f7 30.Rd6-c6 2.56/14 Diagram (Diagram 1641) ] 19.Qg4-g3 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 19.Qg4-g3 h5-h4 20.Qg3-d3 b7-b5 21.0-0-0 Rh8-h6 22.Rh1-g1
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
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b5-b4 23.Nc7-a6 Bc8xa6 24.Qd3xa6 Qd8-b6 25.Qa6xb6 a7xb6 26.a3-a4 Rb8-d8 27.Kc1-b1 Rd8-d7 28.Kb1-a2 Kg8-f7 29.Ne4-g5+ Kf7-f6 2.04/15 ]
rlq lkr ppN + p + Pp+ + + p + +p + +NP + P + + Q PP+ P P R + K +R
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19...b7-b5 [ 19...h5-h4 Diagram (Diagram 1643) cannot change what is in store for White 20.Qg3-d3 b7-b6 21.0-0-0+- ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 19...h5-h4 20.Qg3-d3 b7-b5 21.0-0-0 Rh8-h6 22.Rh1-g1 b5-b4 23.Nc7-a6 Bc8xa6 24.Qd3xa6 Qd8-b6 25.Qa6xb6 a7xb6 26.a3xb4 c5xb4 27.Kc1-d2 Rb8-d8
rlq lkr ppN + p + Pp+ + + p + + + +NP p P + + Q PP+ P P R + K +R
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28.Kd2-e3 Rd8-d7 Diagram
+ + lk+ + +r+ p p Pp+ r + + + + p +NP p + + K + PP+ P P + +R+ R
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29.h2-h3 b4-b3 30.c2xb3 2.37/14 ] 20.Rh1-g1 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 20.Rh1-g1 Rh8-h6 21.0-0-0 b5-b4 22.Ne4xc5 b4xa3 23.b2xa3 Bc8-d7 24.Qg3-g5 Kg8-h8 25.Qg5xd8 Rb8xd8 Diagram (Diagram 1645) 26.c2-c4 Bd7-a4 27.Nc5xa4 Bf8xd6 28.Nc7-b5 Bd6xf4+ 29.Kc1-c2 Rd8xd1 30.Rg1xd1 Bf4xh2 31.c4-c5 Rh6-f6 32.c5-c6 Rf6xf2+ 33.Rd1-d2 Rf2xd2+ 34.Kc2xd2 Kh8-g8 35.c6-c7
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
+ r l k p Nl+ p + Pp+ r + N + +p + + P + P + + + +P+ P P + KR+ R
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+ r l k p Nl+ p + Pp+ r + N + +p +P+ P + P + + + + + P P + KR+ R
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Bh2-f4+ Diagram
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36.Kd2-c2 Bf4xc7 37.Nb5xc7 Kg8-f7 38.Na4-c5 3.63/17 ] 20...Rh8-h6 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 20...Rh8-h6 21.0-0-0 b5-b4 22.Ne4xc5 b4xa3 23.b2xa3 Bc8-d7 24.Qg3-g5 Kg8-h8 25.Qg5xd8 Rb8xd8 26.c2-c4 Diagram
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Rf2xd2+ 34.Kc2xd2 Kh8-g8 35.c6-c7 Bh2-f4+ 36.Kd2-c2 Bf4xc7 37.Nb5xc7 Kg8-f7 38.Na4-c5 3.98/16 ] (Diagram 1649) 21.0-0-0 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 21.0-0-0 Diagram
(Diagram 1647)
(Diagram 1650)
Bd7-a4 27.Nc5xa4 Bf8xd6 28.Nc7-b5 Bd6xf4+ 29.Kc1-c2 Rd8xd1 30.Rg1xd1 Bf4xh2 31.c4-c5 Rh6-f6 32.c5-c6 Rf6xf2+ 33.Rd1-d2 Diagram
b5-b4 22.Ne4xc5 b4xa3 23.b2xa3 Bc8-d7 24.Qg3-g5 Kg8-h8 25.Qg5xd8 Rb8xd8 26.c2-c4 Bd7-a4 27.Nc5xa4 Bf8xd6 28.Nc7-b5 Bd6xf4+ 29.Kc1-c2
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rlq lk+ p N + p + Pp+ r +pp + +p + +NP + P + + Q PP+ P P R + K R
rlq lk+ p N + p + Pp+ r +pp + +p + +NP + P + + Q PP+ P P + KR+ R
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Rd8xd1 30.Rg1xd1 Bf4xh2 31.c4-c5 Rh6-f6 32.c5-c6 Rf6xf2+ 33.Rd1-d2 Rf2xd2+ 34.Kc2xd2 Kh8-g8 35.c6-c7 Bh2-f4+ Diagram (Diagram 1651) 36.Kd2-c2 Bf4xc7 37.Nb5xc7 Kg8-f7 38.Na4-c5 3.76/16 ] (Diagram 1652) 21...Kg8-h8 [ 21...b5-b4 Diagram does not save the day 22.Ne4xc5 b4xa3 23.b2xa3+- ;Houdini 2.0c Pro
+ + +k+ p P + p + +p+ + +N+ + +p N+ + l + P + + + + K + + + + + +
rlq lk+ p N + p + Pp+ r +pp + +p + +NP + P + + Q PP+ P P + KR+ R
rlq lk+ p N + p + Pp+ r + p + +p p +NP + P + + Q PP+ P P + KR+ R x64: 21...b5-b4 22.Ne4xc5 b4xa3
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Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
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Diagram
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+ + l k + + + p p+ +p+ r +p+ q + + Q + p P P + +P +PN P + +K+R+ R
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33.Nd2-e4 Rh6-g6 5.24/13 ] 23.b2xa3 Bc8-d7 24.Qg3-g5 Kg8-h8 25.Qg5-e5 Rb8-b6 26.Rg1-g5 Rh6-f6 27.Rg5xh5+ Kh8-g8 28.Rh5-g5 Rf6-f5 29.Rg5xf5 e6xf5 30.Qe5-d5+ Kg8-h7 31.Nc7-e6 Bd7xe6 32.Nc5xe6 Qd8-f6 33.Qd5-e5 3.79/14 Diagram
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rlq l k p N + p + Pp+ r +pN + +p + + P + P + + Q PP+ P P + KR+ R
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22...b5-b4 Diagram [ 22...Bc8-d7 does not improve anything 23.Qg3-e3+- ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 22...Bc8-d7 Diagram (Diagram 1658)
] 22.Ne4xc5 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 22.d6-d7 Bc8xd7 23.Nc7-a6 h5-h4 24.Qg3-d3 Qd8-b6 25.Na6xb8 Qb6xb8 26.Qd3xd7 Qb8xf4+ 27.Ne4-d2 c5-c4 28.h2-h3 c4-c3 29.b2xc3 a7-a6 30.Kc1-b1 Qf4-e5 31.Qd7-d4 Diagram Qe5-h2 32.Rg1-h1 Qh2-c7
23.Qg3-c3 h5-h4 24.Rg1-g5 a7-a5 25.Kc1-b1 b5-b4 26.a3xb4 a5xb4 27.Qc3-e5 Rh6-f6 28.Nc7xe6 Bd7xe6 29.Nc5xe6 Qd8-d7 30.f4-f5 b4-b3 31.c2-c4 Qd7-a7 32.Rg5-h5+ Kh8-g8 33.c4-c5 Qa7-a2+ 34.Kb1-c1 4.70/13 ] 23.a3xb4 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro
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r q l k p Nl+ p + Pp+ r +pN + +p + + P + P + + Q PP+ P P + KR+ R
rlq l k p N + p + Pp+ r + N + +p p + P + P + + Q PP+ P P + KR+ R
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x64: 23.d6-d7 b4xa3 24.b2xa3 Diagram (Diagram 1660) h5-h4 25.Qg3-g5 Bc8xd7 26.Rd1xd7 Qd8xg5 27.Rg1xg5 Bf8xc5 Diagram (Diagram 1661) 28.Rg5xc5 Rh6-f6 29.Rc5-e5 Rf6xf4 30.Re5-h5+ Kh8-g8 31.Rd7xg7+ Kg8xg7 32.Nc7xe6+ Kg7-f6 33.Ne6xf4 Rb8-c8 34.Rh5-h7 Kf6-f5 35.Rh7xh4 6.55/13 ]
rlq l k p NP+ p + +p+ r + N + +p + + P + P + + Q +P+ P P + KR+ R
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23...Rb8xb4 Diagram [ 23...Bc8-d7
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Diagram
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does not win a prize 24.Qg3-g5+- ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 23...Bc8-d7 24.Qg3-g5 Kh8-h7 25.Nc7-a6 Rb8-a8 26.Nc5xd7 Qd8xd7 27.Na6-c5 Qd7-f7 28.d6-d7 Bf8-e7 29.Qg5-e5 Ra8-f8 30.Kc1-b1 Kh7-h8 Diagram
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31.Rg1-e1 Be7-d8 32.Nc5xe6 Rh6xe6 33.Qe5xe6 Qf7xf4 34.Qe6-e5 Qf4-g4 35.f2-f4 Qg4xf4 36.Qe5xf4 Rf8xf4 6.08/14 ] 24.d6-d7 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 24.d6-d7 Bc8xd7 25.Rd1xd7 Qd8-f6 26.Nc7xe6 Qf6xb2+ 27.Kc1-d1 Rb4-b8 28.Ne6xf8 Rb8xf8 29.Nc5-d3
+lq l k p N + p + Pp+ r + N + +p r + P + + + + Q PP+ P P + KR+ R
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Qb2-c3 30.Qg3xg7+ Qc3xg7 31.Rg1xg7 Diagram
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a7-a6 32.Kd1-d2 a6-a5 33.Nd3-e5 Rh6-d6+ 34.Kd2-e3 Rd6xd7 35.Rg7xd7 Kh8-g8 36.Rd7-a7 Rf8-c8 37.c2-c4 7.65/13 ] (Diagram 1667) 24...Rb4-c4 Diagram [ 24...Bc8xd7 otherwise it's curtains at once 25.Rd1xd7 Qd8-f6+- ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 24...Bc8xd7 25.Rd1xd7 Qd8-f6 26.Nc7xe6 Qf6xb2+ 27.Kc1-d1 Rb4-b8 28.Ne6xf8 Rb8xf8 29.Nc5-d3
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
+lq l k p NP+ p + +p+ r + N + +p r + P + + + + Q PP+ P P + KR+ R
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h5-h4 30.Qg3xg7+ Qb2xg7 31.Rg1xg7 a7-a5 32.c2-c4 Rf8-d8 Diagram
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33.Kd1-c2 Rd8xd7 34.Rg7xd7 Rh6-g6 35.c4-c5 Kh8-g8 36.h2-h3 Rg6-c6 37.Rd7-a7 Kg8-f8 38.Ra7xa5 Kf8-e7 39.Nd3-e5 7.79/14 ] (Diagram 1669) 25.Nc5xe6 Diagram [ 25.Nc5xe6 Diagram Qd8xd7 26.Rd1xd7 ( 26.Ne6xf8 Rc4xc2+ Diagram 27.Kc1xc2 Qd7xc7+ 28.Kc2-d2
+lq l k p NP+ p + +p+ r + N + +p +r+ P + + + + Q PP+ P P + KR+ R
+lq l k p NP+ p + +N+ r + + + +p +r+ P + + + + Q PP+ P P + KR+ R
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26...Bc8xd7 27.Ne6xf8+- ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 25.Nc7xe6 Bc8xd7 Diagram
+ q l k p +l+ p + +N+ r + N + +p +r+ P + + + + Q PP+ P P + KR+ R
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26.Ne6xd8 Bd7-e8 27.Nd8-e6 Rc4xc5 28.Ne6xc5 Rh6-g6 29.Qg3-e3 Be8-f7 30.Rg1xg6 Bf7xg6 31.Nc5-e6 Bf8-e7 32.Qe3xa7 Diagram
+ + + k Q + l p + +N+l+ + + + +p + + P + + + + + PP+ P P + KR+ + Be7-f6 33.Rd1-g1 Bg6-f5 34.Ne6xg7 19.82/11 ] (Diagram 1674) 1-0
+lq l k p NP+ p + +N+ r + + + +p +r+ P + + + + Q PP+ P P + KR+ R
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Walter Arencibia Vassily Ivanchuk Memorial: Elite (5)
10.05.2005
D12: Slav Defence: 3 Nf3 Nf6 4 e3 Bf5 1.d2-d4 d7-d5 2.c2-c4 c7-c6 3.Ng1-f3 Ng8-f6 4.e2-e3 Bc8-f5 Diagram (Diagram 1675) 5.Nb1-c3 e7-e6 6.Bf1-d3 Bf5-g6 7.0-0 Nb8-d7 8.Qd1-e2 Bf8-b4 9.Bc1-d2 a7-a5 10.a2-a3 Bb4xc3 11.Bd2xc3 0-0 [RR 11...Nf6-e4 12.c4xd5 e6xd5 13.Bd3xe4 Bg6xe4 14.b2-b4 a5-a4 15.b4-b5 0-0 16.b5xc6 b7xc6 17.Bc3-b4 Rf8-e8 18.Ra1-c1 Re8-e6 19.Nf3-d2 Be4-f5 20.Rc1-c3 Qd8-g5 21.Qe2-f3 Re6-g6 22.Qf3-g3 Qg5-h5 23.Qg3-c7 Bf5-h3 24.g2-g3 Bh3xf1 25.Nd2xf1 Qh5-f5 26.Rc3xc6 Dorfman,J (2595)-Dreev,A (2697)/playchess.com INT 2006/CBM 110 ext/0-1 (43) ] 12.Bd3xg6N [RR 12.b2-b4 a5xb4 13.a3xb4 Qd8-c7 14.Nf3-d2 b7-b5 15.c4-c5 Nf6-e4
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445 Rb8-d8 23.Ra1-b1 Rd8-d6 24.Qc2-f2 Rd6-d8 Diagram 1675
16.Bd3xe4 d5xe4 17.Nd2-b3 Nd7-f6 ½-½ Hofman,R (2220)-Bang,A (2280)/ Berlin West 1988/TD ] 12...h7xg6 13.Nf3-d2 a5-a4 14.f2-f3 Rf8-e8 15.e3-e4 e6-e5 16.c4xd5 Nf6xd5 17.Rf1-d1 Diagram
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Nd5xc3 18.b2xc3 last book move last book move b7-b5 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 18...Qd8-e7 19.Nd2-c4 Re8-d8 20.Nc4-e3 Ra8-c8 21.Ra1-a2 b7-b5 22.Ne3-g4 Rc8-a8 23.Ng4-e3 Nd7-b6 24.Qe2-d3 Rd8-d6 25.Ra2-b2 0.07/14 ] 19.Nd2-f1 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 19.Kg1-h1 Ra8-b8 20.Nd2-f1 Qd8-c7 21.Nf1-e3 Nd7-f6 22.Qe2-c2
+ rr+k+ + q +pp +p+ np+ +p+ p + p+ PP+ + P P NP+ + + QPP +R+R+ +K
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25.Qf2-d2 e5xd4 26.c3xd4 0.09/14 ]
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19...Qd8-e7 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 19...Qd8-c7 20.Nf1-e3 Ra8-d8 21.Ra1-b1 Nd7-f6 22.d4xe5 Re8xe5 23.Rd1xd8+ Qc7xd8 24.c3-c4 Qd8-d6 25.c4xb5 Diagram (Diagram 1679) Re5xb5 26.Rb1xb5 c6xb5 27.Qe2xb5 Qd6xa3 28.Qb5-b8+ Qa3-f8 0.05/13 ] 20.Qe2-b2 [ 20.Nf1-e3!?$ ;Houdini 2. 0c Pro x64: 20.Nf1-e3 Nd7-b6
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21.Qe2-a2 Re8-d8 22.Ra1-b1 Ra8-c8 23.Kg1-h1 Rd8-d7 24.h2-h3 Rc8-d8 25.Rb1-b4 Qe7-g5 26.Qa2-e2 e5xd4 27.c3xd4 0.10/14 ] 20...Nd7-b6= [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 20...Nd7-f6 21.Qb2-b4 Qe7-c7 22.Nf1-e3 Ra8-d8 23.Qb4-c5 Rd8-c8 24.Qc5-b4 Re8-d8 25.Qb4-c5 e5xd4 26.c3xd4 Qc7-f4 27.Rd1-e1 Nf6-d7 28.Qc5-e7 0.05/13 ] 21.Nf1-e3 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 21.Qb2-b4 Diagram (Diagram 1680) Qe7xb4 22.c3xb4 e5xd4 23.Rd1xd4 Re8-d8 24.Rd4xd8+ Ra8xd8 25.Nf1-e3 Rd8-d3 26.Kg1-f2 Rd3-b3 27.Kf2-e2 f7-f6 28.Ra1-c1 Rb3xa3 29.Rc1xc6 Ra3-a2+ 30.Ke2-d3 Nb6-d7 31.Rc6-c7 Nd7-e5+ 32.Kd3-c3 -0.07/14 Diagram (Diagram 1681) ] 21...f7-f5 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 21...Ra8-d8 Diagram 22.Rd1-e1 Rd8-d7 23.Ra1-d1 Re8-d8 24.Rd1-d2 Nb6-c4 25.Ne3xc4 b5xc4 26.Re1-d1 Qe7-g5 27.d4-d5 c6xd5 28.Rd2xd5 Qg5-e3+ 29.Kg1-h1
r+ +r+k+ + + qpp np+ +p+ +p+ p + pQ PP+ + P P +P+ + + +PP R +R+NK
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+ rr+k+ + + qpp np+ +p+ +p+ p + p+ PP+ + P P NP+ Q + +PP R +R+ K
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-0.08/13 ] 22.Qb2-a2+ [Houdini 2.0c
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Pro x64: 22.Ra1-c1 e5xd4 23.c3xd4 f5xe4 24.f3-f4 Qe7-d6 25.g2-g3 Nb6-d5 26.Ne3xd5 Qd6xd5 27.Rc1-c5 Qd5-b3 28.Qb2-c1 Ra8-c8 29.Rd1-e1 Diagram
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23.e4xf5 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 23.e4xf5 e5xd4 24.f5xg6+ Kh7xg6 25.Qa2-b1+ Kg6-f7 26.Ne3-f5 Qe7-f6 27.Nf5xd4 Kf7-g8 28.Qb1-f5 Qf6xf5 29.Nd4xf5 Re8-e5 30.g2-g4 Re5-c5 31.Rd1-d3 Nb6-d5 32.Ra1-e1 Kg8-h7 33.Re1-c1 Nd5-f4 34.Rd3-d2 Ra8-e8 0.40/14 ] 23...e5xd4 Diagram [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 23...g6xf5 24.Ne3xf5 Qe7-f6 25.Qa2-c2 Kh7-g8 26.d4xe5 Re8xe5 27.Nf5-d6 Ra8-d8 28.Qc2-a2+ Nb6-d5 29.Nd6-e4 Qf6-f7 30.Qa2-f2 Qf7-f4 31.Rd1-e1 Re5-h5 32.h2-h3 0.32/14 Diagram
Qb3-d3 -0.10/12 ] 22...Kg8-h7 [ 22...Kg8-h8!?= Diagram
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should be examined more closely ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 22...Kg8-h8 23.d4-d5 f5-f4 24.Ne3-g4 c6xd5 25.e4xd5 e5-e4 26.f3xe4 Qe7xe4 27.Ra1-b1 f4-f3 28.g2xf3 Qe4xf3 29.Qa2-g2 Qf3xc3 30.Rb1xb5 Nb6-c4 31.Rb5-c5 Diagram Ra8-b8 32.Rc5-c7 -0.19/14 ]
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(Diagram 1686) ] (Diagram 1687) 24.Ne3-f1?? White has let it slip away [ 24.f5xg6+!? Kh7xg6 25.Qa2-b1+ Kg6-f7 26.Ne3-f5 ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 24.f5xg6+ Diagram Kh7xg6 25.Qa2-b1+ Kg6-f7 26.Ne3-f5 Qe7-f6 27.Nf5xd4 Kf7-g8 28.Qb1-f5 Qf6xf5 29.Nd4xf5 Re8-e5 30.g2-g4 Re5-c5 31.Rd1-d3 Nb6-d5 32.Ra1-e1 Kg8-h7 Diagram
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33.Re1-c1 Nd5-f4 34.Rd3-d2 Ra8-e8 0.40/13 ] 24...Nb6-d5 Diagram [ 24...g6xf5 25.c3xd4 Qe7-f6 26.Qa2-f2∓ ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 24...g6xf5 Diagram
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25.Rd1xd4 Nb6-c4 26.Rd4-f4 Qe7-f6 27.Rf4xc4 b5xc4 28.Qa2xc4 Ra8-d8 29.Ra1-b1 Rd8-b8 Diagram (Diagram 1691) 30.Rb1-d1 Rb8-b3 31.Qc4xa4 Rb3xc3 32.Nf1-g3 Qf6-g5 33.Qa4-a7 c6-c5 34.a3-a4 Qg5-e3+ 35.Kg1-h1 -0.95/13 ]
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25.Rd1-e1 Diagram [ 25.f5xg6+ Diagram (Diagram 1693) Kh7-h8 26.Rd1-e1 Qe7-h4= ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 25.f5xg6+ Kh7-h8 26.Rd1-e1 Qe7-h4 27.g2-g3 Qh4-f6 28.c3xd4 Qf6xd4+ 29.Qa2-f2 Qd4-d3 30.Qf2-c5 Qd3xg6 31.Nf1-d2 Nd5-f4 32.Re1xe8+ Ra8xe8 33.Nd2-e4 Diagram Nf4-h3+ 34.Kg1-f1 Re8-d8 35.Ra1-e1 Rd8-d3 36.Kf1-g2 0.06/15 ] 25...Qe7xe1 Diagram [ 25...Qe7-c5
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26.f5xg6+ Kh7xg6 27.c3xd4 Qc5xd4+
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Diagram
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28.Kg1-h1∓ ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 25...Qe7xe1 26.Ra1xe1 Re8xe1 27.f5xg6+ Kh7xg6 28.c3xd4 Kg6-f6 29.Qa2-d2 Ra8-e8 30.Kg1-f2 Re8-e2+ 31.Qd2xe2 Diagram
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Re1xe2+ 32.Kf2xe2 Nd5-f4+ 33.Ke2-f2 b5-b4 34.a3xb4 a4-a3 35.Nf1-d2 Kf6-e6 36.Kf2-e3 Nf4xg2+ Diagram 37.Ke3-d3 a3-a2 38.Nd2-b3 Ng2-e1+ 39.Kd3-c3 Ne1xf3 40.Kc3-b2 Nf3xh2 41.Kb2xa2 Nh2-f3 42.Ka2-b2 g7-g5 43.Kb2-c3 -0.41/17 ] 26.Ra1xe1 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c
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Pro x64: 26.f5xg6+ Kh7xg6 27.Ra1xe1 Re8xe1 Diagram (Diagram 1700) 28.c3xd4 Kg6-f6 29.Qa2-d2 Ra8-e8 30.Kg1-f2 Re8-e2+ 31.Qd2xe2 Re1xe2+ 32.Kf2xe2 Nd5-f4+ 33.Ke2-f2 b5-b4 34.a3xb4 a4-a3 35.Nf1-d2 Kf6-e6 36.Kf2-e3 Nf4xg2+ 37.Ke3-d3 a3-a2 38.Nd2-b3 Diagram Ng2-e1+ 39.Kd3-c3 Ne1xf3 40.Kc3-b2 Nf3xh2 41.Kb2xa2 Nh2-f3 42.Ka2-b2 g7-g5 43.Nb3-c5+ Ke6-d5 -0.47/16 ]
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451 Pro x64: 26...Re8xe1 27.f5xg6+ Diagram 1700
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Kh7xg6 28.c3xd4 Kg6-f6 29.Qa2-d2 Ra8-e8 30.Kg1-f2 Re8-e2+ Diagram
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26...Re8xe1 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c
31.Qd2xe2 Re1xe2+ 32.Kf2xe2 Nd5-f4+ 33.Ke2-f2 b5-b4 34.a3xb4 a4-a3 35.Nf1-d2 Kf6-e6 36.Kf2-e3 Nf4xg2+ 37.Ke3-d3 a3-a2 38.Nd2-b3 Ng2-e1+ 39.Kd3-c3 Ne1xf3 40.Kc3-b2 Nf3xh2 41.Kb2xa2 Nh2-f3 42.Ka2-b2 g7-g5 43.Nb3-c5+ Ke6-d5 -0.31/14 ] 27.Qa2-f2? [ 27.f5xg6+!? Diagram and White can hope to live Kh7xg6 28.c3xd4! ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 27.f5xg6+ Kh7xg6 28.c3xd4 Kg6-f6
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Re1-a1 31.Kg1-h2 Ra1xa3 32.Nf1-g3 Re8-e6 33.Ng3-e4 Diagram 1706
29.Qa2-d2 Ra8-e8 30.Kg1-f2 Re8-e2+ 31.Qd2xe2 Re1xe2+ 32.Kf2xe2 Diagram (Diagram 1707) Nd5-f4+ 33.Ke2-f2 b5-b4 34.a3xb4 a4-a3 35.Nf1-d2 Kf6-e6 36.Kf2-e3 Nf4xg2+ 37.Ke3-d3 a3-a2 38.Nd2-b3 Ng2-e1+ 39.Kd3-c3 Ne1xf3 40.Kc3-b2 Nf3xh2 41.Kb2xa2 Nh2-f3 42.Ka2-b2 g7-g5 43.Nb3-c5+ Ke6-d5 -0.40/15 ] 27...Ra8-e8-+ Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 27...Ra8-e8 28.f5xg6+ Kh7xg6 29.c3xd4 Kg6-f7 30.h2-h3
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Re6-g6 34.f3-f4 Rg6-h6 35.Ne4-g5+ Kf7-g8 36.Qf2-e1 Ra3-e3 37.Qe1-a5 Re3-e8 38.Qa5-a7 Rh6-f6 -1.37/16 ] (Diagram 1709) 28.Qf2xd4 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 28.f5xg6+ Kh7xg6 29.c3xd4 Kg6-f7 30.h2-h3 Re1-a1 31.Kg1-h2 Ra1xa3 32.Nf1-g3 Re8-e6 33.Ng3-e4 Re6-g6 34.f3-f4 b5-b4 35.Ne4-g5+ Kf7-e7 36.Qf2-c2 Diagram Rg6-h6 37.Qc2-c5+ Ke7-d7
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38.Qc5-a7+ Nd5-c7 -1.26/13 ] 28...Kh7-g8 Diagram [ 28...g6xf5 with excellent chances for Black 29.Qd4-h4+ Kh7-g6-+ ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 28...g6-g5 29.f5-f6 g7xf6 30.h2-h4 Re1-c1 31.Qd4-d3+ Kh7-h8 32.Qd3-g6 Re8-e1 33.h4xg5 Re1xf1+ 34.Kg1-h2 f6xg5 35.Qg6xc6 Rf1-d1 36.Qc6-h6+ Kh8-g8 37.Qh6xg5+ Kg8-f7 38.Qg5-f5+ Kf7-e7 39.Qf5-e5+ Ke7-d7 40.Qe5-f5+ Kd7-c6 41.Qf5-e6+ Kc6-c5 -1.68/13 ] 29.f5xg6= Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 29.f5xg6 Nd5-e3 30.h2-h4 Re1xf1+ 31.Kg1-h2 Ne3-d5 32.c3-c4
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33.c4xb5 c6xb5 34.Qd4-b2 35.Qb2xb5 Rd1-d4 36.Kh2-h3 37.Qb5-c5 Re8-d8 38.Qc5-b5 39.Qb5-b7 Diagram
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Rc8-e8 40.Qb7-a7 Re8-d8 41.Qa7-c7 Nf6-h5 Diagram (Diagram 1713) 42.g2-g3 Rd4-d3 43.Qc7-e7 Nh5-f6 44.Kh3-g2 Rd8-c8 -0.45/18 ] 29...Nd5-e3 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 29...Nd5-e3 30.h2-h4 Re1xf1+ 31.Kg1-h2 Ne3-d5 32.c3-c4 Nd5-f6 33.c4xb5 c6xb5 34.Qd4-b2
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Rf1-d1 35.Qb2xb5 Rd1-d4 36.Kh2-h3 Kg8-h8 37.Qb5-c5 Re8-d8 38.Qc5-c7 Nf6-h5 39.g2-g3 Diagram (Diagram 1715) Rd4-d3 40.Qc7-e7 Nh5-f6 41.Kh3-g2 Rd8-c8 -0.36/18 Diagram (Diagram 1716) ] 30.h2-h3 Controls g4 [ 30.h2-h4 Re1xf1+ 31.Kg1-h2 Rf1-f2= Diagram ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 30.h2-h4
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Re1xf1+ 31.Kg1-h2 Ne3-d5 32.c3-c4 Nd5-f6 33.c4xb5 c6xb5 34.Qd4-b2 Rf1-d1 35.Qb2xb5 Rd1-d4 36.Kh2-h3 Kg8-h8 37.Qb5-c5 Re8-d8 38.Qc5-b5 Rd8-c8 39.Qb5-b7 Rc8-e8 40.Qb7-b5 Re8-d8 41.Kh3-g3 Nf6-d5 42.h4-h5 Nd5-e3 43.Qb5-e5 -0.44/17 ] 30...Re1xf1+ Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 30...Re1xf1+ 31.Kg1-h2 Rf1-e1 32.Qd4-d7 Ne3-f1+ 33.Kh2-g1 Nf1-d2+ 34.Kg1-h2 Nd2xf3+ 35.g2xf3 Re8-e2+ 36.Kh2-g3 Re1-g1+ 37.Kg3-f4 Rg1xg6 38.Qd7-d8+ Kg8-h7 39.Qd8-d4 Rg6-f6+ 40.Kf4-g3 Re2-b2 41.Qd4-c5 Rb2-d2 42.Qc5-e3 Rf6-g6+ 43.Kg3-h4 Rd2-g2 44.Qe3-e4 c6-c5 45.Qe4-d3 Diagram (Diagram 1719) c5-c4 46.Qd3-f5 Rg2-g1 47.Qf5-e4 Rg1-d1 48.f3-f4 Rd1-d3 -0.49/17 ] (Diagram 1720) 31.Kg1-h2 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 31.Kg1-h2 -1.87/1 ] 31...Rf1-d1 Black threatens to win material: Rd1xd4 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 31...Rf1-e1 Diagram
+ + + + + + + pk + + +r+ +pp + + p+ + + K P PQ+P+P + + +r+ + + + +
+ +r+k+ + + + p +p+ +P+ +p+ + + p+ Q + + P P nP+P + + +P+ + + +rK
+ +r+k+ + + + p +p+ +P+ +p+ + + p+ Q + + P P nP+P + + +PK + + r + 32.Qd4-d7 Ne3-f1+ 33.Kh2-g1
1719
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Nf1-d2+ 34.Kg1-h2 Nd2xf3+ 35.g2xf3 Re8-e2+ 36.Kh2-g3 Re1-g1+ 37.Kg3-f4 Rg1xg6 38.Qd7-d8+ Kg8-h7 39.Qd8-d4 Rg6-f6+ 40.Kf4-g3 Rf6-e6 41.Kg3-f4 Re2-b2 42.Qd4-c5 Re6-f6+ 43.Kf4-e3 Rb2-b3 44.h3-h4 Rf6-e6+ 45.Ke3-d4 g7-g6 46.h4-h5 -0.47/17 ] 32.Qd4-h4?? Diagram [ 32.Qd4-a7 would hold out Ne3-f1+ 33.Kh2-g1 Nf1-d2+ 34.Kg1-h2! ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 32.Qd4-a7 Diagram
+ +r+k+ Q + + p +p+ +P+ +p+ + + p+ + + + P P nP+P + + +PK + +r+ +
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1723
1722
Ne3-f1+ 33.Kh2-g1 Nf1-d2+ 34.Kg1-h2 Kg8-h8 35.Qa7-c5 Nd2-f1+ 36.Kh2-h1 Nf1-e3+ 37.Kh1-h2 Rd1-d5 38.Qc5xc6 Re8-d8 39.Qc6-e6 Ne3-f1+ 40.Kh2-g1 Nf1-g3 41.Qe6-e7 Ng3-f5 42.Qe7-c7 Nf5-h4 43.Qc7-g3 Rd5-d1+ 44.Kg1-h2 Nh4-f5 45.Qg3-g4 Nf5-h6 46.Qg4-g5 -0.56/16 Diagram (Diagram 1723) ] (Diagram 1724) 32...Ne3-f1+-+ [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 32...Ne3-f1+ 33.Kh2-h1 Re8-e2 34.Qh4-h7+ Kg8-f8 35.Qh7-h8+
+ +r+k+ + + + p +p+ +P+ +p+ + + p+ + + Q P P nP+P + + +PK + +r+ +
1724
Kf8-e7 36.Qh8xg7+ Ke7-d6 37.Qg7-f6+ Kd6-c7 38.Qf6-d4 Diagram (Diagram 1725) Rd1xd4 39.c3xd4 Kc7-d6 40.g6-g7 Re2-e8 41.Kh1-g1 Nf1-e3 42.Kg1-f2 Ne3-f5 43.g2-g4 Nf5xg7 44.h3-h4 Ng7-e6 45.Kf2-e3 Kd6-d5 -7.57/11 ] 33.Kh2-g1 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 33.Kh2-h1 Re8-e2 34.Qh4-h7+ Diagram Kg8-f8 35.Qh7-h8+ Kf8-e7 36.Qh8xg7+ Ke7-d6 37.Qg7-f6+
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1725
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Kd6-c7 38.Qf6-d4 Rd1xd4 39.c3xd4 Kc7-d6 40.g6-g7 Re2-e8 41.Kh1-g1 Nf1-e3 42.Kg1-f2 Ne3-f5 43.g2-g4 Nf5xg7 44.h3-h4 Ng7-e6 45.Kf2-e3 Kd6-d5 -7.56/12 ] 33...Nf1-e3+ [ 33...Re8-e2 and Black wins 34.Qh4-h7+ Kg8-f8 35.Qh7-h8+ Kf8-e7 36.Qh8xg7+ Ke7-d6 37.Qg7-f6+ Kd6-c7 38.Qf6-f4+ Kc7-b7-+ Diagram ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 33...Re8-e2 34.Qh4-h7+ Diagram Kg8-f8 35.Qh7-h8+ Kf8-e7 36.Qh8xg7+ Ke7-d6 37.Qg7-f6+ Kd6-c7 38.Qf6-f4+ Kc7-b7 39.Qf4-g4
+ + + + +k+ + + +p+ +P+ +p+ + + p+ + Q + P P +P+P + +r+P+ + +r+nK
+ + +k+ + + + pQ +p+ +P+ +p+ + + p+ + + + P P +P+P + +r+P+ + +r+nK
1727
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Nf1-e3+ 40.Kg1-h2 Ne3xg4+ 41.h3xg4 Re2-a2 42.f3-f4 Rd1-d8 43.f4-f5 Rd8-g8 44.g4-g5 Ra2-f2 45.Kh2-g3 Rf2xf5 Diagram (Diagram 1729) 46.Kg3-g4 Rf5-f2 47.Kg4-g3 Rf2-c2 48.Kg3-g4 Rg8xg6 49.Kg4-f5 Rg6-g8 50.c3-c4 b5xc4 51.g2-g4 c4-c3 52.Kf5-f4 Rc2-a2 53.g5-g6 Rg8xg6 -12.80/16 ] 34.Kg1-h2 Diagram [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 34.Kg1-h2 -0.09/17 ] 34...Ne3-f1+ [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64:
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+ + +r+ +k+ + + +p+ +P+ +p+ +rP p+ + + + P P + K + + +P+ + + + +
+ +r+k+ + + + p +p+ +P+ +p+ + + p+ + + Q P P nP+P + + +PK + +r+ + 34...Ne3-f5 Diagram (Diagram 1731)
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1731
Ne3xg4+ 43.h3xg4 Re2-a2 44.f3-f4 Rd1-d8 45.f4-f5 Rd8-g8 46.g4-g5 Ra2-f2 47.Kh2-g3 Rf2xf5 48.Kg3-g4 Rf5-f2 49.Kg4-g3 Rf2-c2 50.Kg3-g4 Rg8xg6 51.Kg4-f5 Rg6-g8 52.c3-c4 b5xc4 53.g2-g4 c4-c3 54.Kf5-f4 Rc2-a2 55.g5-g6 Rg8xg6 -0.09/16 Diagram
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1732
35.Qh4-f4 Re8-f8 36.h3-h4 Rd1-e1 37.Qf4-c7 Re1-e6 38.h4-h5 Nf5-e3 39.Qc7-d7 Re6-f6 40.Qd7-e7 Ne3-d5 41.Qe7-c5 Rf6-f5 42.h5-h6 Rf5-h5+ 43.Kh2-g1 Rh5xh6 44.Qc5xc6 Nd5-f4 ] 35...Re8-e2 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 45.Qc6xb5 Rh6xg6 -1.73/18 ] 35...Re8-e2 36.Qh4-h7+ Kg8-f8 35.Kh2-g1 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 37.Qh7-h8+ Kf8-e7 38.Qh8xg7+ 35.Kh2-g1 Re8-e2 36.Qh4-h7+ Kg8-f8 Ke7-d6 39.Qg7-f6+ Kd6-c7 40.Qf6-f4+ 37.Qh7-h8+ Kf8-e7 38.Qh8xg7+ Kc7-b7 41.Qf4-g4 Nf1-e3+ 42.Kg1-h2 Ke7-d6 39.Qg7-f6+ Kd6-c7 40.Qf6-f4+ Ne3xg4+ 43.h3xg4 Re2-a2 44.f3-f4 Kc7-b7 41.Qf4-g4 Nf1-e3+ 42.Kg1-h2 Rd1-d8 45.f4-f5 Rd8-g8 46.g4-g5
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Ra2-f2 47.Kh2-g3 Rf2xf5 48.Kg3-g4 Rf5-f2 49.Kg4-g3 Rf2-c2 50.Kg3-g4 Rg8xg6 51.Kg4-f5 Rg6-g8 52.c3-c4 b5xc4 53.g2-g4 c4-c3 54.Kf5-f4 Rc2-a2 55.g5-g6 Rg8xg6 -12.87/17 Diagram
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1733
] 36.Qh4-h7+ [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 36.Qh4-h7+ Kg8-f8 37.Qh7-h8+ Kf8-e7 38.Qh8xg7+ Ke7-d6 39.Qg7-f6+ Kd6-c7 40.Qf6-f4+ Kc7-b7 41.Qf4-g4 Nf1-e3+ 42.Kg1-h2 Ne3xg4+ 43.h3xg4 Re2-a2 44.f3-f4 Rd1-d8 45.f4-f5 Rd8-g8 46.g4-g5 Ra2-f2 47.Kh2-g3 Rf2xf5 48.Kg3-g4 Rf5-f2 49.Kg4-g3 Diagram (Diagram 1734) Rf2-c2 50.Kg3-g4 Rc2xc3 51.Kg4-f5 Rc3xa3 52.Kf5-f6 Rg8-f8+ 53.Kf6-g7 Rf8-f5 54.Kg7-h7 Rf5xg5 55.g6-g7 Rg5xg2 56.Kh7-g8 b5-b4 57.Kg8-f7 Ra3-f3+ 58.Kf7-g8 b4-b3 -13.79/18 ] 36...Kg8-f8 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 36...Kg8-f8 -2.00/1 ] 37.Qh7-h8+ [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 37.Qh7-h8+ Diagram Kf8-e7 38.Qh8xg7+ Ke7-d6 39.Qg7-f6+ Kd6-c7 40.Qf6-f4+ Kc7-b7 41.Qf4-g4 Nf1-e3+ 42.Kg1-h2
+ + +r+ +k+ + + +p+ +P+ +p+ + P p+ + + + P P + K + + rP+ + + + +
+ + k + + + + pQ +p+ +P+ +p+ + + p+ + + + P P +P+P + +r+P+ + +r+nK
+ + k Q + + + p +p+ +P+ +p+ + + p+ + + + P P +P+P + +r+P+ + +r+nK
1734
1735
1736
Ne3xg4+ 43.h3xg4 Re2-a2 44.f3-f4
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Rd1-d8 45.f4-f5 Rd8-g8 46.g4-g5 Ra2-f2 47.Kh2-g3 Rf2xf5 48.Kg3-g4 Rf5-f2 49.Kg4-g3 Rf2-c2 50.Kg3-g4 Rc2xc3 51.Kg4-f5 Rc3xa3 52.Kf5-f6 Rg8-f8+ 53.Kf6-g7 Rf8-f5 54.g2-g4 Rf5xg5 55.Kg7-f6 Rg5xg4 56.Kf6-f5 Ra3-g3 -13.24/19 ] 37...Kf8-e7 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 37...Kf8-e7 -2.20/1 ]
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1737
38.Qh8xg7+ [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 38.Qh8xg7+ Ke7-d6 39.Qg7-f6+ Kd6-c7 40.Qf6-f4+ Kc7-b7 41.Qf4-g4 Nf1-e3+ 42.Kg1-h2 Ne3xg4+ 43.h3xg4 Re2-a2 44.f3-f4 Rd1-d8 45.f4-f5 Rd8-g8 46.g4-g5 Ra2-f2 47.Kh2-g3 Rf2xf5 48.Kg3-g4 Rf5-f2 49.Kg4-g3 Rf2-c2 50.Kg3-g4 Rc2xc3 51.Kg4-f5 Rc3xa3 52.Kf5-f6 Rg8-f8+ 53.Kf6-g7 Rf8-f5 54.g2-g4 Rf5xg5 55.Kg7-f6 Rg5xg4 56.Kf6-f5 Ra3-g3 -13.24/18 ] 38...Ke7-d6 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 38...Ke7-d6 39.Qg7-f6+ Kd6-c7 40.Qf6-f4+ Kc7-b7 41.Qf4-g4 Nf1-e3+ 42.Kg1-h2 Ne3xg4+ 43.h3xg4 Re2-a2 44.f3-f4 Rd1-d8 45.f4-f5 Rd8-g8 46.g4-g5 Ra2-f2 47.Kh2-g3 Rf2xf5 48.Kg3-g4 Rf5-f2 49.g2-g3 Rf2-c2 50.c3-c4 b5xc4 51.Kg4-f5 c4-c3 52.Kf5-e4 Rg8xg6 53.Ke4-f5 Rg6-g8 54.Kf5-e4 Rg8xg5
55.Ke4-f4 Rg5-d5 56.g3-g4 Rc2-f2+ 57.Kf4-e3 -11.92/14 ] 39.Qg7-f6+ [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 39.Qg7-f8+ Kd6-c7 40.Qf8-f4+ Kc7-b7 41.Qf4-g4 Nf1-e3+ 42.Kg1-h2 Ne3xg4+ 43.h3xg4 Re2-a2 44.f3-f4 Rd1-d8 45.f4-f5 Rd8-g8 46.g4-g5 Ra2-f2 47.Kh2-g3 Rf2xf5 48.Kg3-g4 Rf5-f2 49.Kg4-g3 Rf2-c2 50.Kg3-g4 Rc2xc3 51.Kg4-f5 Rc3xa3 52.Kf5-f6 Rg8-f8+ 53.Kf6-g7 Rf8-f5 54.g2-g4 Rf5xg5 55.Kg7-f6 Rg5xg4 56.Kf6-f5 Ra3-g3 -13.24/15 ] 39...Kd6-c7 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 39...Kd6-c7 40.Qf6-f4+ Kc7-b7 41.Qf4-g4 Nf1-e3+ 42.Kg1-h2 Ne3xg4+ 43.h3xg4 Re2-a2 44.f3-f4 Rd1-d8 45.f4-f5 Rd8-g8 46.g4-g5 Ra2-f2 47.Kh2-g3 Rf2xf5 48.Kg3-g4 Rf5-f2 49.g2-g3 Rf2-c2 50.c3-c4 b5xc4 51.Kg4-f5 Rc2-f2+ 52.Kf5-e5 Rg8xg6 -11.04/13 ] 40.Qf6-f7+ [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 40.Qf6-g7+ Kc7-b6 41.Qg7-d4+ Rd1xd4 42.c3xd4 Nf1-e3 43.g2-g4 Ne3-c4 44.d4-d5 c6xd5 45.f3-f4 Nc4xa3 46.Kg1-f1 Re2-e8 47.f4-f5 Na3-c4 48.f5-f6 Nc4-e5 49.h3-h4 Ne5xg6 50.h4-h5 Ng6-e5 51.Kf1-e2 Ne5xg4+ 52.Ke2-d2 Ng4xf6 53.h5-h6 Kb6-c5 54.Kd2-c2 b5-b4 55.Kc2-b2 a4-a3+ 56.Kb2-c2 a3-a2 57.Kc2-b2 Re8-e2+ 58.Kb2-a1 -11.40/14 ] 40...Kc7-b6 [ 40...Kc7-b6 41.Qf7-d7 Rd1xd7 42.g6-g7 Rd7xg7 43.Kg1xf1 Rg7xg2 44.h3-h4 Re2-a2 45.c3-c4 Rg2-c2 46.c4-c5+ Kb6xc5 47.h4-h5 Ra2-a1# ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 40...Kc7-b6 41.Qf7-d7 Rd1xd7 42.Kg1xf1 Re2-a2 43.Kf1-g1 Rd7-d2 44.g6-g7 Rd2xg2+ 45.Kg1-h1 Rg2-h2+ 46.Kh1-g1 Rh2-d2 47.g7-g8Q Ra2-a1# -#8/16 ] 0-1
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E12 14...Qc8-c6 15.Bf1-e2 Qc6xe4 Baadur Jobava 16.Ke1-f1 Ra8-a7 17.Be2-f3 Qe4-d3+ 18.Qb3xd3 Rd8xd3 19.Na4xb6 Vassily Ivanchuk Memorial: Elite (9) 14.05.2005 Ra7-c7 20.Ra1-e1 Ke7-f8 21.b2-b3 Bf6-d4 22.Nb6-a4 Rd3-d2 23.Re1-e2 E12: Queen's Indian: Unusual White 0.05/14 ] 4th moves, 4 a3, 4 Nc3 Bb7 5 a3 and 4 Nc3 Bb7 1.d2-d4 Ng8-f6 2.c2-c4 e7-e6 3.Ng1-f3 b7-b6 4.Bc1-g5 h7-h6 1739 Diagram
rnlqkl r p pp+pp p +pn p + + + L +PP + + + + +N+ PP +PPPP RN+QKL+R
1738
5.Bg5-h4 Bf8-e7 6.Nb1-c3 c7-c5 7.e2-e4 c5xd4 8.Nf3xd4 d7-d6 9.Nd4-b5 a7-a6 10.Bh4xf6 Be7xf6 11.Nb5xd6+ Ke8-e7 12.Nd6xc8+ Qd8xc8 13.Nc3-a4N [RR 13.Bf1-e2 Rh8-d8 14.Qd1-c1 Qc8-c5 15.0-0 Nb8-c6 16.Rf1-d1 Rd8xd1+ 17.Qc1xd1 Bf6xc3 18.b2xc3 Ra8-d8 19.Qd1-c2 Nc6-e5 20.Ra1-d1 Rd8xd1+ 21.Qc2xd1 Ne5xc4 22.Qd1-a4 Nc4-a5 23.Be2xa6 Qc5xc3 24.g2-g3 Ke7-f6 25.Ba6-f1 g7-g5 26.Qa4-e8 Kf6-g7 27.Qe8-d8 Qc3-c5 Pantsulaia,L (2578)-Volokitin,A (2666)/ Beersheba 2005/CBM 110/½-½ ] 13...Rh8-d8 14.Qd1-b3 last book move. White threatens to win material: Qb3xb6 last book move Nb8-d7 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64:
r+qr + + + +nkpp pp +pl p + + + + N+P+P+ + +Q+ + + PP + PPP R + KL+R
15.Qb3-a3+ Diagram [ 15.Bf1-d3 Nd7-c5 16.Na4xc5 b6xc5! ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 15.Qb3-b4+ Diagram
r+qr + + + +nkpp pp +pl p + + + + NQP+P+ + + + + + PP + PPP R + KL+R
1740
Ke7-e8 16.Bf1-e2 Qc8-c6 17.0-0 Bf6-e7 18.Qb4-b3 Ke8-f8 19.Ra1-d1 Kf8-g8 20.Rf1-e1 Ra8-c8 21.Be2-f1 Nd7-c5 22.Na4xc5 Be7xc5 23.a2-a3 Rd8xd1 24.Qb3xd1 Qc6-c7 25.e4-e5
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Rc8-d8 0.20/12 ]
r+qr + + + +nkpp pp +pl p + + + + N+P+P+ + Q + + + PP + PPP R + KL+R
1741
15...Nd7-c5 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 15...Nd7-c5 Diagram
r+qr + + + + kpp pp +pl p + n + + N+P+P+ + Q + + + PP + PPP R + KL+R
Rc4-c3+ 24.Kf3-g4 Rc3xa3 25.Bf1xa6 Ra3xa2 26.h2-h4 Ra2-a4 27.e4-e5 Kd8-e7 28.Ba6-b5 -0.48/14 ] 16...Qc8-c6 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 16...Qc8-c6 17.Na4xc5 Qc6xc5 18.Qa3xc5+ b6xc5 19.Ra1-d1 Bf6xb2 20.0-0 Ke7-f6 21.g2-g3 Bb2-d4 22.Rd1-b1 Diagram
r+ r + + + + +pp p+ +pk p + p + + +PlP+ + + + + P P+ +LP P +R+ +RK
1743
1742
16.Bf1-e2 Qc8-c6 17.Na4xc5 Qc6xc5 18.Ra1-c1 Qc5xa3 19.b2xa3 Ra8-c8 20.g2-g3 b6-b5 21.f2-f4 Bf6-d4 22.Rc1-b1 b5xc4 23.Rb1-b7+ Rd8-d7 24.Rb7xd7+ Ke7xd7 25.Ke1-d2 c4-c3+ 26.Kd2-c2 Rc8-b8 27.Rh1-b1 Rb8xb1 28.Kc2xb1 -0.40/17 ] 16.Bf1-e2 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 16.Na4xc5 Qc8xc5 17.Ra1-d1 Qc5xa3 18.b2xa3 Bf6-c3+ 19.Ke1-e2 Bc3-a5 20.f2-f4 Ra8-c8 21.g2-g3 Rc8xc4 22.Rd1xd8 Ke7xd8 23.Ke2-f3
Ra8-b8 23.Kg1-g2 Bd4-c3 24.Be2-h5 Rb8xb1 25.Rf1xb1 g7-g6 26.Bh5-f3 Rd8-d2 27.a2-a3 Bc3-d4 -0.39/18 ] 17.Na4xc5 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 17.Na4xc5 Diagram (Diagram 1744) Qc6xc5 18.Qa3xc5+ b6xc5 19.Ra1-d1 Bf6xb2 20.0-0 Bb2-c3 21.g2-g3 Ra8-b8 22.Rd1xd8 Ke7xd8 23.Rf1-d1+ Kd8-c7 24.Rd1-d3 Rb8-b2 25.Rd3xc3 Rb2xe2 26.Rc3-f3 f7-f6 27.Rf3-a3 Kc7-b6 -0.50/17 ] 17...Qc6xc5 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 17...Qc6xc5 Diagram (Diagram 1745) 18.Qa3xc5+ b6xc5 19.Ra1-d1 Bf6xb2 20.0-0 Bb2-c3 21.g2-g3 Ra8-b8 22.Rd1xd8 Ke7xd8 23.Rf1-d1+
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r+ r + + + + kpp ppq+pl p + N + + +P+P+ + Q + + + PP +LPPP R + K +R
r+ r + + + + kpp pp +pl p + q + + +P+P+ + Q + + + PP +LPPP R + K +R
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Bc3-d4 24.Rd1-d2 g7-g6 25.Kg1-g2 Kd8-c7 26.f2-f4 f7-f6 27.Be2-d1 Kc7-c6 -0.34/17 ] 18.b2-b4 [ 18.Qa3xc5+!? has some apparent merit b6xc5 19.Ra1-b1∓ ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 18.Qa3xc5+ Diagram (Diagram 1746) b6xc5 19.Ra1-d1 Bf6xb2 20.0-0 Bb2-c3 21.Rd1-d3 Rd8xd3 22.Be2xd3 Ra8-d8 23.Rf1-d1 Ke7-f6 24.Kg1-f1 Kf6-e5 25.g2-g3 g7-g5 26.Kf1-g2 a6-a5 27.h2-h3 Bc3-d4 28.Rd1-b1 -0.40/16 ] 18...Qc5-g5-+ Diagram
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1746
[ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 18...Qc5-c6 19.Ra1-c1 Qc6xe4 20.Qa3-e3 Qe4xe3 21.f2xe3 a6-a5 22.b4-b5 Ra8-c8 23.Rh1-f1 Rd8-d5 24.c4xd5 Rc8xc1+ 25.Ke1-d2 Rc1xf1 26.Be2xf1 Diagram
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e6xd5 27.g2-g3 Ke7-e6 28.Bf1-h3+ Ke6-d6 -0.50/15 ] (Diagram 1748) 19.Ra1-d1 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 19.Ra1-b1 Qg5xg2 20.Be2-f3 Qg2-g5 21.Ke1-f1 Bf6-d4 22.Rh1-g1 Qg5-f4 23.Rg1-g2 Ra8-c8 24.Qa3-b3 Ke7-f8
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25.a2-a4 Kf8-g8 26.Rb1-d1 Bd4-f6 27.a4-a5 Rd8xd1+ 28.Qb3xd1 b6xa5 -0.68/15 ] 19...Qg5xg2 Diagram [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 19...Qg5xg2 20.b4-b5+ Ke7-e8 21.Rd1xd8+ Ra8xd8 22.Be2-f3 Qg2-g5 23.b5xa6 Qg5-d2+ 24.Ke1-f1 Bf6-e7 25.Qa3-e3 Be7-c5 26.Qe3-e2 Qd2-a5 27.a6-a7 Qa5xa7 28.Kf1-g2 Qa7-e7 Diagram
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1749
29.h2-h4 Bc5-d4 30.e4-e5 Qe7-c5 31.Rh1-d1 Bd4xe5 32.Rd1xd8+ Ke8xd8 33.Qe2-e3 Be5-d4 -0.64/17 ] 20.b4-b5+ [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 20.b4-b5+ Diagram Ke7-e8 21.Rd1xd8+ Ra8xd8
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1751
22.Be2-f3 Qg2-g5 23.b5xa6 Qg5-d2+ 24.Ke1-f1 Bf6-d4 25.Bf3-e2 Bd4-c5 26.Qa3-g3 Qd2xa2 27.a6-a7 b6-b5 28.c4xb5 Bc5xa7 Diagram (Diagram 1752) 29.Rh1-g1 Rd8-d2 30.Qg3-g4 Ba7-c5 31.Qg4-f4 Bc5-b6 32.Qf4-g4 g7-g5 33.h2-h4 h6-h5 34.Qg4-f3 g5-g4 -0.82/17 ] 20...Ke7-e8 Diagram [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 20...Ke7-e8 21.Rd1xd8+ Ra8xd8 22.Be2-f3 Qg2-g5 23.b5xa6 Qg5-d2+ 24.Ke1-f1 Bf6-e7 25.Qa3-e3 Be7-c5 26.Qe3-e2
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1752
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Diagram
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1753
Qd2-a5 27.a6-a7 Qa5xa7 28.Kf1-g2 Qa7-e7 29.Rh1-d1 Qe7-g5+ 30.Kg2-f1 Ke8-f8 31.Rd1xd8+ Qg5xd8 32.Kf1-g2 Qd8-g5+ Diagram (Diagram 1754) 33.Kg2-f1 Bc5-d4 34.Qe2-d1 e6-e5 -0.63/15 ] 21.Rd1xd8+ [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 21.Rd1xd8+ Ra8xd8 22.Be2-f3 Diagram Qg2-g5 23.b5xa6 Qg5-d2+ 24.Ke1-f1 Bf6-e7 25.Qa3-e3 Be7-c5 26.Qe3-e2
r+ rk+ + + + +pp pp +pl p +P+ + + +P+P+ + Q + + + P+ +LPqP + +RK +R
+ rk+ + + + +pp pp +pl p +P+ + + +P+P+ + Q + +L+ P+ + PqP + + K +R Diagram
1755
1756
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
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466
1757
Qd2-a5 27.a6-a7 Qa5xa7 28.Kf1-g2 ] Qa7-e7 29.Rh1-d1 Qe7-g5+ 30.Kg2-f1 Ke8-f8 31.Rd1xd8+ Qg5xd8 32.Kf1-g2 Qd8-g5+ 33.Kg2-f1 Bc5-d4 34.Qe2-d1 e6-e5 -0.87/16 ] 21...Ra8xd8 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 21...Ra8xd8 22.Be2-f3 Qg2-g5 23.b5xa6 Qg5-d2+ 24.Ke1-f1 Bf6-e7 25.Qa3-e3 Be7-c5 26.Qe3-e2 Qd2-a5 27.a6-a7 Diagram
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1758
Qa5xa7 28.Kf1-g2 Qa7-e7 29.Rh1-d1 Qe7-g5+ 30.Kg2-f1 Ke8-f8 31.Rd1xd8+ Qg5xd8 32.Kf1-g2 Qd8-g5+ 33.Kg2-f1 Bc5-d4 34.Qe2-d1 e6-e5 -0.62/17 Diagram
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22.Be2-f3 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 22.Be2-f3 Diagram (Diagram 1761) Qg2-g5 23.b5xa6 Qg5-d2+ 24.Ke1-f1 Bf6-d4 25.Bf3-e2 Bd4-c5 26.Qa3-g3 Qd2xa2 27.a6-a7 Diagram (Diagram 1762) Qa2xa7 28.Qg3xg7 Qa7-a2 29.Qg7-f6 Rd8-d4 30.Rh1-g1 Qa2-b1+ 31.Kf1-g2 Qb1xe4+
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467
1761
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1763
34.Rg1-g7 Diagram
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1762
32.Kg2-h3 Qe4-f5+ 33.Qf6xf5 e6xf5 34.Rg1-e1 Ke8-f8 35.Kh3-g3 Rd4-d2 36.h2-h4 Kf8-g7 37.f2-f4 Kg7-g6 38.h4-h5+ Kg6-f6 -0.63/16 ] 22...Qg2-g5 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 22...Qg2-g5 23.b5xa6 Qg5-d2+ 24.Ke1-f1 Diagram (Diagram 1763) Bf6-d4 25.Bf3-e2 Bd4-c5 26.Qa3-g3 Qd2xa2 27.a6-a7 Qa2xa7 28.Qg3xg7 Qa7-a2 29.Qg7-f6 Rd8-d4 30.Rh1-g1 Qa2-b1+ 31.Kf1-g2 Qb1xe4+ 32.Kg2-h3 Qe4-f5+ 33.Qf6xf5 e6xf5
+ +k+ + + + +pR p + + p + l +p+ +Pr + + + + + +K + +LP P + + + +
1764
Ke8-e7 35.Be2-h5 Ke7-f6 36.Rg7xf7+ Kf6-e5 37.Kh3-g3 Rd4xc4 38.Rf7-h7 Rc4-c3+ 39.Bh5-f3 -0.52/18 ] (Diagram 1765) 23.b5xa6 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 23.b5xa6 Qg5-d2+ Diagram (Diagram 1766) 24.Ke1-f1 Bf6-d4 25.Bf3-e2 Bd4-c5 26.Qa3-g3 Qd2xa2 27.a6-a7 Qa2xa7 28.Qg3xg7 Qa7-a2 29.Qg7-f6 Rd8-d4
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
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1765
1766
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30.Rh1-g1 Qa2-b1+ Diagram (Diagram 1767) 31.Kf1-g2 Qb1xe4+ 32.Kg2-h3 Qe4-f5+ 33.Qf6xf5 e6xf5 34.Rg1-e1 Diagram (Diagram 1768) Ke8-f8 35.Kh3-g2 Rd4-d2 36.h2-h3 Kf8-g7 -0.67/16 ] 23...Qg5-d2+ [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 23...Bf6-e7 24.Qa3-b2 Diagram Qg5-a5+ 25.Ke1-f1 Qa5xa6
+ rk+ + + + lpp Pp +p+ p + + + q +P+P+ + + + +L+ PQ + P P + + K +R 26.Qb2xg7 Be7-c5 27.Qg7-g8+
1769
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
469
Ke8-e7 28.Qg8-g3 Diagram
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1770
Qa6xa2 29.Rh1-g1 Qa2xc4+ 30.Kf1-g2 Qc4-d4 31.e4-e5 Qd4-c4 32.Qg3-g7 Qc4-f4 33.Rg1-a1 b6-b5 34.Ra1-b1 -0.54/15 ] 24.Ke1-f1 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 24.Ke1-f1 Bf6-d4 25.Bf3-e2 Bd4-c5 26.Qa3-g3 Qd2xa2 27.a6-a7 Qa2xa7 28.Qg3xg7 Qa7-a2 29.Qg7-f6 Rd8-d4 30.Rh1-g1 Diagram
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1771
Qa2-b1+ 31.Kf1-g2 Qb1xe4+ 32.Kg2-h3 Qe4-f5+ 33.Qf6xf5 e6xf5 34.Rg1-e1 Ke8-f8 35.Kh3-g2 Rd4-d2 36.h2-h4 Kf8-g7 37.Re1-g1 -0.69/1 ] 24...Bf6-d4 Diagram [ 24...Bf6-e7
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1772
25.Qa3-e3 Be7-c5 26.Qe3-e2-+ ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 24...Bf6-d4 Diagram
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1773
25.Bf3-e2 Bd4-c5 26.Qa3-g3 Qd2xa2 27.a6-a7 Qa2xa7 28.Qg3xg7 Qa7-a2 29.Qg7-f6 Rd8-d4 30.Rh1-g1 Qa2-b1+ 31.Kf1-g2 Qb1xe4+ 32.Kg2-h3 Qe4-f5+ 33.Qf6xf5 e6xf5 34.Rg1-e1 Ke8-f8 35.Kh3-g2 Rd4-d2 36.h2-h4 Kf8-g7 37.Re1-g1 -0.52/16 ] 25.Bf3-e2∓ Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 25.Bf3-e2 Diagram Bd4-c5 26.Qa3-g3 Qd2xa2 27.a6-a7 Qa2xa7 28.Qg3xg7 Qa7-a2 29.Qg7-f6 Rd8-d4 30.Rh1-g1 Qa2-b1+ 31.Kf1-g2
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
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470
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Qb1xe4+ 32.Kg2-h3 Qe4-f5+ 33.Qf6xf5 e6xf5 34.Rg1-e1 Ke8-f8 35.Kh3-g3 Rd4-d2 36.h2-h4 Rd2-a2 37.f2-f4 Kf8-g7 38.h4-h5 -0.63/18 ] (Diagram 1776) 25...Bd4-c5 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 25...Bd4-c5 26.Qa3-g3 Qd2xa2 27.a6-a7 b6-b5 28.c4xb5 Bc5xa7 29.Rh1-g1 Rd8-d2 30.Qg3-f3 Qa2-b2 31.h2-h4 Ke8-f8 32.h4-h5 Ba7-c5 33.Qf3-f4 Kf8-g8 34.Qf4-g4 Diagram Bc5-d6 35.Qg4-f3 -0.64/16 ] 26.Qa3-g3 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64:
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1776
1777
26.Qa3-g3 Qd2xa2 27.a6-a7 Qa2xa7 28.Qg3xg7 Diagram (Diagram 1778) Qa7-a2 29.Qg7-f6 Rd8-d4 30.Rh1-g1 Qa2-b1+ Diagram (Diagram 1779) 31.Kf1-g2 Qb1xe4+ 32.Kg2-h3 Qe4-f5+ 33.Qf6xf5 e6xf5 34.Rg1-e1 Ke8-f8 35.Kh3-g3 Rd4-d2 36.h2-h4 Kf8-g7 37.f2-f4 Rd2-a2 38.h4-h5 -0.63/14 Diagram
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
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471 26...Qd2xa2 27.a6-a7 Qa2xa7 28.Qg3xg7 Qa7-a2 29.Qg7-f6 Diagram 1778
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1781
Rd8-d4 30.Rh1-g1 Qa2-b1+ 31.Kf1-g2 Diagram
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] 26...Qd2xa2 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64:
Qb1xe4+ 32.Kg2-h3 Qe4-f5+ 33.Qf6xf5 e6xf5 34.Rg1-g7 Ke8-e7 35.Be2-h5 Ke7-f6 36.Rg7xf7+ Kf6-e5 37.Kh3-g3 Rd4xc4 38.Bh5-d1 Rc4-c3+ 39.Kg3-g2 -0.55/14 ] 27.Qg3xg7?? Diagram [ 27.a6-a7 Qa2xa7 28.Qg3xg7∓ ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 27.a6-a7 Qa2xa7 28.Qg3xg7 Qa7-a2 29.Qg7-f6 Rd8-d2 30.Qf6-f4 f7-f5 31.Qf4-b8+ Ke8-f7 32.Qb8-c7+
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472
Bc5-e7 33.Be2-h5+ Kf7-f8 34.Qc7xb6 Qa2xc4+ 35.Kf1-g2 Qc4xe4+ 36.Bh5-f3 Qe4-e5 37.Rh1-c1 Qe5-g7+ 38.Kg2-f1 Qg7-b2 39.Qb6xb2 Rd2xb2 40.Rc1-c7 Diagram
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Be7-d6 41.Rc7-h7 Bd6-c5 42.Bf3-e2 -0.57/12 ]
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1784
White has lost his nerve... understandable when you consider his position 27...Rd8-d1+!!-+ Deflection: e2 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 27...Rd8-d1+ 28.Kf1-g2 Rd1xh1 29.Kg2xh1 Qa2xe2 30.a6-a7 Qe2xe4+ 31.Qg7-g2 Qe4-b1+ 32.Qg2-g1 Qb1-a2 33.Qg1-g8+ Bc5-f8 34.Qg8-g3
Qa2xa7 35.Qg3-f4 Diagram
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1785
Bf8-c5 36.h2-h4 Ke8-e7 37.Qf4xh6 Qa7-b7+ 38.Kh1-h2 Qb7-f3 39.Qh6-g5+ Ke7-d7 40.Qg5-g2 Bc5-d6+ 41.Kh2-g1 Qf3-d1+ 42.Qg2-f1 Qd1-g4+ 43.Qf1-g2 Qg4xh4 44.Qg2-f3 f7-f5 45.Qf3-b7+ Bd6-c7 -5.15/15 ] 28.Kf1-g2 [ 28.Be2xd1 Qa2xf2# Mate attack Deflection Pinning ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 28.Kf1-g2 Diagram (Diagram 1786) Rd1xh1 29.Kg2xh1 Qa2xe2 30.a6-a7 Qe2xe4+ 31.Qg7-g2 Qe4-b1+ 32.Qg2-g1 Qb1-a2 33.Qg1-g8+ Bc5-f8 34.Qg8-g3 Qa2xa7 35.Qg3-f4 Bf8-c5 36.h2-h4 Ke8-e7 37.Qf4xh6 Qa7-b7+ 38.Kh1-g1 Qb7-f3 39.Qh6-g5+ Ke7-e8 40.Qg5-g8+ Ke8-d7 41.Qg8-g2 Qf3-d1+ 42.Qg2-f1 Qd1-g4+ 43.Qf1-g2 Qg4xh4 -5.19/16 ] 28...Rd1xh1 Diagram [ 28...Qa2xe2?! is easily refuted 29.Rh1xd1 Qe2xd1 30.Qg7-g8+ Bc5-f8 31.Qg8-g3= ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 28...Rd1xh1 Diagram 29.Kg2xh1 Qa2xe2 30.a6-a7 Qe2xe4+ 31.Qg7-g2 Qe4-b1+
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
+ +k+ + + + +pQ Pp +p+ p + l + + +P+P+ + + + + + q+ +LPKP + +r+ +R
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473
1786
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32.Qg2-g1 Qb1-a2 33.Qg1-g8+ Bc5-f8 34.Qg8-g4 Qa2xa7 35.Qg4-f4 Bf8-c5 36.Kh1-g2 Qa7-a8+ 37.Kg2-g3 Qa8-a1 38.Qf4-b8+ Ke8-e7 39.Qb8-b7+ Ke7-f8 40.Kg3-g2 Qa1-d4 -4.87/12 Diagram (Diagram 1788) ] 29.Qg7-h8+ [ 29.Kg2xh1 the only chance to get some counterplay Qa2xe2 30.a6-a7 Qe2xe4+ 31.Qg7-g2 Qe4-b1+ 32.Qg2-g1-+ ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 29.Kg2xh1
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+ +k+ + + + +pQ Pp +p+ p + l + + +P+P+ + + + + + q+ +LPKP + + + +r
1788
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Diagram (Diagram 1790) Qa2xe2 30.a6-a7 Qe2xe4+ 31.Qg7-g2 Qe4-b1+ 32.Qg2-g1 Qb1-a2 33.Qg1-g8+ Bc5-f8 34.Qg8-g3 Qa2xa7 35.Qg3-f4 Bf8-c5 36.Kh1-g2 Qa7-a8+ 37.Kg2-g3 Qa8-a1 38.Qf4-b8+ Ke8-e7 39.Qb8-b7+ Ke7-f8 40.Kg3-g2 Qa1-d4 -4.84/13 ] 29...Ke8-d7 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 29...Ke8-d7 30.Qh8-a8 Qa2xe2 31.Qa8-b7+ Kd7-e8 32.Qb7-b8+
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
+ +k+ + + + +pQ Pp +p+ p + l + + +P+P+ + + + + + q+ +LP P + + + +K
474
1790
Ke8-e7 33.Qb8-c7+ Ke7-f8 34.Qc7-b8+ Kf8-g7 35.Qb8-g3+ Kg7-h7 36.Kg2xh1 Bc5xf2 37.Qg3xf2 Qe2xf2 38.h2-h4 Qf2xh4+ 39.Kh1-g1 Qh4xe4 40.a6-a7 Qe4-b1+ 41.Kg1-g2 Qb1-a2+ 42.Kg2-f3 Qa2xa7 43.Kf3-e4 Qa7-a3 44.Ke4-d4 Qa3-f3 45.Kd4-e5 Qf3-c3+ 46.Ke5-d6 Qc3xc4 47.Kd6-e5 Qc4-c3+ 48.Ke5-e4 Kh7-g6 -15.55/14 ]
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1791
30.a6-a7 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 30.Qh8-g7 Qa2xe2 31.Kg2xh1 Qe2xf2 32.h2-h3 Bc5-d4 33.e4-e5 Qf2-e1+ 34.Kh1-h2 Bd4xe5+ 35.Qg7xe5 Qe1xe5+ 36.Kh2-g2 Qe5-e4+ 37.Kg2-f1 Qe4xc4+ Diagram
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1792
38.Kf1-e1 Qc4xa6 39.Ke1-d2 Qa6-a2+ 40.Kd2-c3 Qa2-h2 41.h3-h4 Qh2xh4 42.Kc3-d3 Qh4-g5 43.Kd3-e2 h6-h5 -15.78/16 ]
+ + + Q P +k+p+ p +p+ p + l + + +P+P+ + + + + + q+ +LPKP + + + +r
1793
30...Qa2xe2 Diagram [ 30...Qa2xe2 31.Qh8-c8+ Kd7xc8 32.a7-a8Q+ Kc8-c7 33.Qa8-a7+ Kc7-d6 34.Qa7-b8+ Kd6-e7 35.Qb8-c7+ Ke7-f6 36.Qc7-f4+ Kf6-g6 37.Qf4-g3+ Kg6-h7 38.Kg2xh1 Bc5xf2-+ ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 30...Qa2xe2 31.Qh8-c8+ Kd7xc8 32.a7-a8Q+ Kc8-c7 33.Qa8-a7+ Kc7-d8 34.Qa7-b8+ Kd8-e7 35.Qb8-c7+ Ke7-f6 36.Qc7-f4+ Diagram
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
+ + + + + + +p+ p +pk p + l + + +P+PQ + + + + + + +qPKP + + + +r
475
1794
Kf6-g7 37.Qf4-g3+ Kg7-h7 38.Kg2xh1 Bc5xf2 Diagram
+ + + + + + +p+k p +p+ p + + + + +P+P+ + + + + Q + +ql P + + + +K
1795
39.Kh1-g2 Bf2xg3+ 40.Kg2xg3 Qe2xe4 41.Kg3-f2 Qe4xc4 42.Kf2-e3 e6-e5 Diagram (Diagram 1796) 43.h2-h3 Kh7-g6 44.Ke3-f3 Qc4-f4+ 45.Kf3-e2 f7-f5 46.Ke2-d3 e5-e4+ 47.Kd3-d4 e4-e3+ 48.Kd4-d3 Qf4-f3 49.Kd3-c3 Qf3xh3 50.Kc3-d3 Diagram f5-f4 -17.32/16 ] 0-1
+ + + + + + +p+k p + + p + + p + +q+ + + + + K + + + + P + + + +
+ + + + + + + + p + +kp + + +p+ + + + + + +Kp +q + + + + + + + +
+ + + Q P +k+p+ p +p+ p + l + + +P+P+ + + + + + + +qPKP + + + +r
1796
1797
1798
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
476
36
B58 Budapest 2006/CBM 113 ext/½-½ (42) ;RR 10.Rf1-e1 Ra8-c8 11.Qd1-d2 Vassily Ivanchuk Neuris Delgado Ramirez Nc6-a5 12.Be2-d3 Na5-c4 13.Bd3xc4 Memorial: Elite (10) 15.05.2005 Rc8xc4 14.Ra1-d1 Qd8-b6 15.Bg5xf6 g7xf6 16.Re1-e3 Kg8-h8 17.Nf3-h4 B58: Classical Sicilian: 6 Be2 f6-f5 18.Re3-h3 f5xe4 19.Qd2-h6 1.e2-e4 c7-c5 2.Ng1-f3 d7-d6 Be6xh3 20.g2xh3 Rf8-g8+ 21.Kg1-f1 Be7-g5 22.Qh6-h5 Rc4xc3 23.b2xc3 3.d2-d4 c5xd4 4.Nf3xd4 Diagram Qb6-b5+ 0-1 Lana Prieto,J-Juan Roldan,J (2255)/Asturias 1996/EXT 2001 ] 10...h7-h6 11.Bg5xf6 Be7xf6 1799 12.Nc3-d5 Be6xd5 13.Qd1xd5 Qd8-b6 14.Qd5-a2 Nc6-e7 15.c2-c3 Qb6-c6 16.Be2-d3 Rf8-d8 Diagram
rnlqklnr pp+ pppp + p + + + + + + + NP+ + + + + + PPP+ PPP RNLQKL+R
Ng8-f6 5.Nb1-c3 Nb8-c6 6.Bf1-e2 e7-e5 7.Nd4-f3 Bf8-e7 8.Bc1-g5 [ RR 8.0-0 ] 8...Bc8-e6 9.0-0 [RR 9.Qd1-d2 0-0 10.Ra1-d1 Nf6-e8 11.Bg5xe7 Qd8xe7 12.Nc3-d5 Qe7-d7 13.0-0 h7-h6 14.b2-b4 Ra8-d8 15.b4-b5 Nc6-e7 16.Nf3xe5 d6xe5 17.Nd5xe7+ Kg8-h8 18.Qd2xd7 Rd8xd7 19.Rd1xd7 Be6xd7 20.Rf1-d1 Bd7-e6 21.Rd1-d8 g7-g6 22.b5-b6 a7-a6 23.Be2xa6 1-0 Mateus,M (2130)Paez,G/Cartagena de Indias 2007/ CBM 119 ext ] 9...0-0 10.a2-a3N [RR 10.Qd1-d2 Qd8-a5 11.Rf1-d1 Ra8-d8 12.Bg5xf6 Be7xf6 13.Nc3-d5 Qa5xd2 14.Rd1xd2 Be6xd5 15.Rd2xd5 Nc6-b4 16.Rd5-d2 d6-d5 17.a2-a3 d5xe4 18.a3xb4 e4xf3 19.Rd2xd8 Rf8xd8 20.Be2xf3 e5-e4 21.Bf3xe4 Bf6xb2 22.Ra1-b1 b7-b6 23.Be4-d3 Bb2-f6 24.b4-b5 Kg8-f8 Ohme,M (2123)-Szabo,B (2040)/
r+ r +k+ pp+ npp +qp l p + + p + + +P+ + P PL+N+ QP + PPP R + +RK
1800
17.Rf1-e1 last book move last book move Ra8-c8 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 17...Qc6-d7 18.Ra1-d1 Ne7-g6 19.g2-g3 b7-b5 20.Re1-e3 Ra8-b8 21.b2-b4 Ng6-f4 22.Bd3-f1 Qd7-g4 23.a3-a4 a7-a6 24.Bf1-g2 Nf4xg2 25.Kg1xg2 Rb8-c8 26.a4xb5 a6xb5 0.07/16 ] 18.Ra1-d1 Diagram [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 18.a3-a4 a7-a6 19.a4-a5 Ne7-g6 20.g2-g3 Ng6-f8 21.Qa2-d5 Qc6xd5 22.e4xd5 Nf8-d7 23.Bd3-f5 Rc8-c5 24.Re1-d1 Diagram Rc5-b5 25.Bf5xd7 Rd8xd7 0.15/14 ] 18...b7-b5 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 18...a7-a6 19.Bd3-c2 Rc8-c7 20.Re1-e3 Ne7-c8 21.Bc2-b3 Nc8-b6
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
+ r +k+ +p+n+pp p+ p l p P rPpL+ + + + + + P +NP P + P P R +R+ K
+rr +k+ pp+ npp +qp l p + + p + + +P+ + P PL+N+ QP + PPP + +RR K
477
1801
1802
22.a3-a4 a6-a5 23.g2-g3 Qc6-d7 24.Re3-d3 Qd7-g4 25.Bb3-d5 Diagram (Diagram 1803) Nb6xd5 26.Qa2xd5 0.05/15 ] 19.Bd3-c2 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 19.Rd1-d2 Rc8-b8 20.Bd3-c2 a7-a5 21.Bc2-b3 Rd8-f8 22.Qa2-b1 a5-a4 23.Bb3-a2 Qc6-b6 24.Qb1-d3 Rb8-d8 25.Re1-d1 Rd8-d7 26.c3-c4 b5-b4 27.a3xb4 Qb6xb4 0.24/15 ] 19...Rc8-c7 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 19...Qc6-b6 20.Re1-e3 a7-a5
+ r +k+ +pr +pp n p l p p +Lp + P+ +P+q+ + PR+NP QP + P P + +R+ K
1803
21.a3-a4 b5-b4 22.Bc2-b3 Rd8-f8 23.Re3-d3 Rc8-c6 24.Bb3-d5 Ne7xd5 25.Qa2xd5 b4xc3 26.Rd3xc3 Rc6xc3 27.b2xc3 Rf8-c8 28.Qd5xd6 Qb6xd6 29.Rd1xd6 Rc8xc3 0.07/14 ] 20.Bc2-b3 White threatens to win material: Bb3xf7 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 20.a3-a4 a7-a6 21.a4xb5 a6xb5 22.Bc2-d3 Rd8-a8 23.Qa2-b3 Rc7-b7 24.Rd1-a1 Ra8-a4 25.Re1-d1 Ne7-g6 26.g2-g3 Diagram (Diagram 1804) Bf6-d8 27.Bd3-c2 Ra4xa1 28.Rd1xa1 Ng6-f8 29.Qb3-d5 Qc6xd5 30.e4xd5 0.33/16 ] 20...Ne7-c8 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 20...Rd8-f8 Diagram (Diagram 1805) 21.Rd1-d2 Qc6-c5 22.Re1-d1 Rc7-d7 23.Bb3-e6 Rd7-d8 24.Be6-d5 Qc5-b6 25.Qa2-b3 Rd8-b8 26.a3-a4 Ne7xd5 27.Rd2xd5 b5xa4 28.Qb3xa4 Qb6xb2 29.Rd5xd6 Rf8-c8 0.16/15 ] 21.g2-g3 Secures h4 [ 21.a3-a4 Nc8-b6 22.a4-a5 Nb6-c4$ Diagram ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 21.a3-a4 Nc8-b6 22.a4xb5 Qc6xb5 23.Bb3-c2
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
+ + +k+ +r+ +pp +qp lnp +p+ p + r+ +P+ + +QPL+NP P + P P R +R+ K
+ + rk+ p r npp +qp l p +p+ p + + +P+ + PLP +N+ QP + PPP + +RR K
+ r +k+ p r +pp +qp l p Pp+ p + +n+P+ + +LP +N+ QP + PPP + +RR K
478
1804
Nb6-d7 26.Bd3-c2 Qa4-b5 27.Rd1xd6 Rd8-b8 28.b2-b4 Rc7xc3 29.Bc2-d3 Qb5-a4 0.21/15 ] 21...g7-g6 [ 21...Nc8-b6 22.Bb3-d5 Qc6-d7 23.Qa2-b3= Diagram
+ r +k+ p rq+pp n p l p +p+Lp + + +P+ + PQP +NP P + P P + +RR K
1807
1805
; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 21...Nc8-b6 22.Bb3-d5 Qc6-d7 23.Re1-e3 h6-h5 24.h2-h4 Qd7-g4 25.Qa2-b3 a7-a6 26.Kg1-g2 Nb6-a4 27.Qb3-c2 Na4-c5 28.Nf3-h2 Diagram
1806
a7-a5 24.Bc2-d3 Qb5-a4 25.Qa2-b1
+ r +k+ + r +pp p+ p l + +pnLp +p + +P+qP P P R P PQ+ PKN + +R+ +
1808
Qg4-d7 29.Nh2-f3 Qd7-g4 30.Nf3-h2 0.00/16 ] 22.h2-h4 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 22.a3-a4 Nc8-b6 23.a4xb5 Diagram Qc6xb5 24.Rd1-d2 a7-a5 25.Re1-a1
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
+ r +k+ p r +p+ nqp lpp +P+ p + + +P+ + +LP +NP QP + P P + +RR K
479 27.Bb3-d5 Nb6xd5 28.Rd2xd5 Rc7-b7 29.Nf3-d2 a5-a4 30.Rd5-a5 Qc6-b6 31.Nd2-c4 Qb6-c6 32.Ra1-d1 0.25/15 ] 1809
Kg8-g7 26.h2-h4 Qb5-c6 27.Bb3-d5 Nb6xd5 28.Rd2xd5 Rc7-b7 29.Nf3-d2 a5-a4 30.Rd5-a5 Qc6-b6 31.Nd2-c4 Qb6-c6 32.Ra1-d1 0.25/15 ] 22...Kg8-g7 [ 22...Nc8-b6 23.Nf3-h2$ ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 22...Nc8-b6 Diagram
+ r +k+ p r +p+ nqp lpp +p+ p + + +P+ P PLP +NP QP + P + + +RR K
1810
23.Nf3-h2 h6-h5 24.Nh2-f1 a7-a5 25.Bb3-d5 Qc6-d7 26.Nf1-e3 Bf6-g7 27.Kg1-g2 a5-a4 28.Qa2-b1 Bg7-h6 29.Qb1-d3 Bh6xe3 30.Qd3xe3 Nb6-c4 31.Bd5xc4 b5xc4 0.03/15 ] 23.Nf3-h2 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 23.a3-a4 Nc8-b6 24.a4xb5 Qc6xb5 25.Rd1-d2 a7-a5 26.Re1-a1 Qb5-c6
+nr + + p r +pk +qp lpp +p+ p + + +P+ P PLP + P QP + P N + +RR K
1811
23...Nc8-b6 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 23...a7-a5 24.Bb3-d5 Qc6-d7 25.Nh2-f1 Nc8-b6 Diagram
+ r + + + rq+pk n p lpp pp+Lp + + +P+ P P P + P QP + P + + +RRNK
1812
26.Nf1-e3 h6-h5 27.Qa2-b3 Kg7-g8 28.Qb3-c2 Bf6-g7 29.Bd5-a2 Nb6-c4 30.Ba2xc4 b5xc4 31.Qc2-e2 Qd7-b5 32.Ne3-d5 0.31/16 ] 24.Nh2-g4 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 24.Bb3-d5 Qc6-d7 25.Nh2-f1 a7-a5 26.h4-h5 Nb6xd5 27.Qa2xd5 Bf6-g5 28.h5xg6 f7xg6 29.Nf1-d2 Bg5-f6 30.Nd2-b3 Diagram
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
+ r + + p r +pk nqp lpp +p+ p + + +P+ P PLP + P QP + P N + +RR K
+ r + + + rq+ k + p lpp pp+Qp + + +P+ + PNP + P P + P + + +RR K
480
1813
1814
a5-a4 31.Nb3-a5 Rc7-c5 32.Qd5-b7 Rc5-c7 33.Qb7-b6 0.20/16 ] (Diagram 1815) 24...Qc6-d7 Diagram [ 24...Nb6-c4 25.Ng4-e3$ ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 24...Nb6-c4 25.Qa2-b1 Qc6-d7 26.Bb3xc4 Diagram (Diagram 1816) b5xc4 27.Ng4-e3 Rd8-b8 28.Rd1-d2 Qd7-c6 29.Ne3-d5 Diagram Rc7-b7 30.Re1-d1 Rb8-d8 31.Qb1-c2
+ r + + p r +pk nqp lpp +p+ p + + +P+NP PLP + P QP + P + + +RR K
+ r + + p rq+pk + p lpp +p+ p + +L+P+NP P P + P P + P + +Q+RR K
r + + + p r +pk +qp lpp + +Np + +p+P+ P P P + P P R P + +Q+ R K Rb7-b3 0.24/14 ]
1815
1816
1817
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
+ r + + p rq+pk n p lpp +p+ p + + +P+NP PLP + P QP + P + + +RR K
481
1818
Black threatens to win material: Qd7xg4 25.Ng4-e3 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 25.Ng4xf6 Kg7xf6 26.Rd1-d3 Diagram
+ r + + p rq+p+ n p kpp +p+ p + + +P+ P PLPR+ P QP + P + + + R K
1819
Kf6-g7 27.Kg1-g2 a7-a5 28.h4-h5 a5-a4 29.Bb3-d5 Nb6xd5 30.Rd3xd5 g6xh5 31.Re1-h1 Qd7-g4 32.f2-f3 Qg4-g5 33.Qa2-b1 Rc7-c5 34.Qb1-d3 Rc5xd5 35.Qd3xd5 0.05/15 ] 25...Qd7-h3 Diagram [ 25...h6-h5 26.Kg1-g2$ Diagram ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 25...a7-a5 26.Re1-e2 h6-h5 27.Kg1-g2 a5-a4 28.Bb3-d5 Kg7-g8 29.Qa2-b1 Bf6-g7 30.Qb1-d3 Bg7-h6 31.Re2-d2 Kg8-g7
+ r + + p rq+pk n p lp+ +p+ p +p + +P+ P PLP N P QP + PK+ + +RR +
1820
32.Bd5-a2 Diagram
+ r + + + rq+pk n p +pl +p+ p +p p+ +P+ P P PQN P LP R PK+ + +R+ +
1821
Bh6xe3 33.Qd3xe3 Nb6-c4 34.Ba2xc4 Rc7xc4 35.Rd2xd6 Qd7xd6 36.Rd1xd6 Rd8xd6 0.25/15 ] (Diagram 1822) 26.Rd1-d3 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 26.a3-a4 b5xa4 27.Bb3xa4 Bf6-g5 28.Ne3-g2 Bg5-f6 29.Ba4-b3 Qh3-d7 30.Ng2-e3 Rc7-c5 31.h4-h5 a7-a5 32.h5xg6 f7xg6 33.Bb3-e6 Qd7-e7 34.Qa2-b3 a5-a4 35.Qb3xb6 Diagram Qe7xe6 36.Ne3-d5 Qe6-d7
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
+ r + + p r +pk n p lpp +p+ p + + +P+ P PLP N Pq QP + P + + +RR K
+ r + + + + q k Q pLlpp + r p + p+ +P+ + + P N P P + P + + +RR K
482
1822
1823
+ r + + p r +pk n p lpp +p+ p + + +P+ P PLPRN Pq QP + P + + + R K
+ r + + p rq+pk n p lpp +p+ p + + +P+ P PLPRN P QP + P + + + R K
1824
1825
37.Qb6-a6 0.68/16 ] (Diagram 1824) 26...Rd8-f8 Diagram [ 26...Qh3-c8 27.Re1-d1 ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 26...Qh3-d7 Diagram (Diagram 1825) 27.Re1-d1 Qd7-c6 28.Ne3-d5 Nb6xd5 29.Bb3xd5 Qc6-d7 30.Qa2-b3 a7-a5 31.h4-h5 g6xh5 32.Rd3-f3 a5-a4 33.Qb3-c2 Qd7-g4 34.Qc2-d3 h5-h4 0.42/15 ]
+ + r + p r +pk n p lpp +p+ p + + +P+ P PLPRN Pq QP + P + + + R K
1826
27.Qa2-b1 Diagram [ 27.a3-a4 b5xa4
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
483
28.Bb3xa4 Bf6-e7 Diagram
+ + r + p r lpk n p +pp + + p + L+ +P+ P + PRN Pq QP + P + + + R K
1827
; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 27.a3-a4 Diagram
+ + r + p r +pk n p lpp +p+ p + P+ +P+ P +LPRN Pq QP + P + + + R K
1828
b5xa4 28.Bb3xa4 Qh3-e6 29.Ba4-b3 Qe6-d7 30.Kg1-g2 Bf6-e7 31.Ne3-d5 Nb6xd5 32.Bb3xd5 f7-f5 33.e4xf5 Qd7xf5 34.Rd3-f3 Qf5-c8 35.Rf3xf8 Be7xf8 36.c3-c4 Qc8-f5 37.b2-b4 0.88/15 ] (Diagram 1829) 27...Bf6-e7 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 27...Rf8-d8 Diagram 28.Qb1-d1 Bf6-e7 29.Qd1-e2 h6-h5
+ + r + p r +pk n p lpp +p+ p + + +P+ P PLPRN Pq P + P + +Q+ R K
+ r + + p r +pk n p lpp +p+ p + + +P+ P PLPRN Pq P + P + +Q+ R K
1829
1830
30.Rd3-d2 Qh3-d7 31.Re1-d1 Rc7-c5 32.Bb3-d5 Rd8-f8 33.Kg1-g2 Kg7-g8 34.Qe2-d3 Rf8-c8 35.Kg2-g1 0.59/15 ] (Diagram 1831) 28.Qb1-d1 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 28.Qb1-c2 Qh3-d7 29.Qc2-e2 h6-h5 30.Kg1-g2 Rc7-c5 31.Rd3-d1 Rc5-c8 32.Re1-h1 a7-a6 33.Ne3-d5 Nb6xd5 34.Bb3xd5 Diagram f7-f5 35.Qe2-e3 f5xe4 36.Qe3xe4 0.64/15 ] 28...Qh3-c8 [ 28...Nb6-c4 29.Qd1-e2 Diagram
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
+ + r + p r lpk n p +pp +p+ p + + +P+ P PLPRN Pq P + P + +Q+ R K
+r+ r + + +qlpk p+ p +p+ +p+Lp +p + +P+ P P P + P P +QPK+ + +R+ +R
+ + r + p r lpk n p +pp +p+ p + + +P+ P PLPRN Pq P + P + + +QR K
484
1831
+ + r + p r lpk + p +pp +p+ p + +n+P+ P PLPRN Pq P +QP + + + R K
1834
; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 28...Rc7-c8 29.Rd3-d2 a7-a6 30.Qd1-f3 Nb6-d7 31.Bb3-a2 Nd7-f6 32.Re1-d1 Rc8-d8 1832 33.Ba2-d5 Kg7-g8 34.Bd5-c6 Diagram
+ r rk+ + + lp+ p+Lp npp +p+ p + + +P+ P P P NQPq P R P + + +R+ K
1835
1833
Kg8-g7 35.Ne3-d5 Nf6xd5 36.Rd2xd5 0.48/14 ] 29.Rd3-d2 [ 29.h4-h5 Qc8-d7 ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 29.Ne3-d5 Nb6xd5 30.Bb3xd5 Diagram (Diagram 1836) Qc8-h3 31.Qd1-e2 h6-h5 32.Qe2-e3 Qh3-g4 33.Kg1-h2 f7-f5 34.e4xf5 Diagram
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
+q+ r + p r lpk + p +pp +p+Lp + + +P+ P P PR+ P P + P + + +QR K
+ + r + p r l k + p +p+ +p+LpP+p + + +qP P PRQ P P + P K + + R +
485
1836
+qr + + p r lpk + p +pp +p+np + + +P+ P PLP + P P R P + + +QR K
1838
] 30...Rd8-f8 Diagram [ 30...Nb6-c4 Diagram 1837
Qg4xf5 35.Rd3-d2 Rc7-c5 36.f2-f3 Be7-f6 37.b2-b3 Bf6-e7 38.b3-b4 Rc5-c7 39.Re1-d1 0.71/16 ] 29...Rf8-d8 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 29...Rc7-c5 30.Qd1-f3 Nb6-c4 31.Bb3xc4 b5xc4 32.Ne3-d5 Qc8-d7 33.Re1-d1 Rf8-b8 34.Qf3-e2 Rc5-c6 35.Qe2-e3 Kg7-h7 36.a3-a4 Be7-d8 37.Nd5-b4 Bd8-b6 0.56/13 ] 30.Qd1-f3 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 30.Ne3-d5 Nb6xd5 Diagram 31.Bb3xd5 h6-h5 32.a3-a4 b5xa4 33.Qd1-f3 Rd8-f8 34.Re1-a1 Qc8-h3 35.Qf3-e3 Qh3-g4 36.Kg1-h2 Qg4-d7 37.Kh2-g2 Qd7-b5 38.Ra1-d1 0.64/14
+qr + + p r lpk + p +pp +p+ p + +n+P+ P PLP NQP P R P + + + R K
1839
31.Bb3xc4 b5xc4 32.Qf3-e2 ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 30...Nb6-c4 31.Bb3xc4 b5xc4 Diagram (Diagram 1840) 32.Re1-d1 Qc8-d7 33.Ne3-d5 Rc7-b7 34.Kg1-g2 Qd7-c6 35.Nd5-b4 Qc6-c7 36.Qf3-e3 Qc7-d7 37.Nb4-d5 Qd7-c6 38.Qe3-e2 h6-h5 39.Kg2-g1 Kg7-g8 40.Qe2-e3 Be7-f8 41.Nd5-f6+ Kg8-h8 0.52/16 ] 31.Re1-d1 Diagram [ 31.h4-h5
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
+qr + + p r lpk + p +pp + + p + +p+P+ P P P NQP P R P + + + R K
+q+ r + p r lpk n p +pp +p+ p + + +P+ P PLP NQP P R P + + + R K
486
1840
1841
+q+ r + p r lpk n p +pp +p+ p +P + +P+ + PLP NQP P R P + + + R K
+r+ + + p rR+pk + + +pp + + p +q P+p+P+ + + P Q P P + PK+ + +R+ +
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Diagram (Diagram 1842) Nb6-c4 32.Bb3xc4 b5xc4 ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 31.h4-h5 Qc8-d7 32.Qf3-e2 Be7-g5 33.Re1-d1 Bg5xe3 34.Rd2xd6 Qd7-h3 35.Qe2xe3 Qh3xh5 36.Kg1-g2 Nb6-c4 37.Bb3xc4 b5xc4 38.Rd6-d7 Rf8-c8 39.a3-a4 Diagram Qh5-g4 40.Rd7-d6 0.66/14 ] 31...h6-h5 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 31...Qc8-d7 32.Qf3-e2 Rc7-c5 33.h4-h5 Qd7-h3 34.Bb3-a2 a7-a5
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35.Qe2-f3 Nb6-c4 36.Ba2xc4 b5xc4
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37.Rd2-e2 Qh3xh5 38.Qf3xh5 g6xh5 39.Ne3-f5+ Kg7-f6 40.Nf5xd6 Be7xd6 41.Rd1xd6+ Kf6-g7 0.63/14 ] 32.Qf3-e2 Diagram [ 32.Rd2xd6?! Be7xd6 33.Rd1xd6 f7-f6= ;Houdini 2. 0c Pro x64: 32.Rd1-e1 Rc7-c5 33.Rd2-d1 Qc8-b7 34.Bb3-d5 Qb7-d7 35.Qf3-e2 Rc5-c7 36.Bd5-b3 a7-a6 37.Qe2-f3 Rc7-c8 38.Re1-f1 Kg7-h7 39.Ne3-d5 Nb6xd5 40.Bb3xd5 0.60/14 Diagram
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(Diagram 1846) 32...a7-a6 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 32...Rc7-c5 33.Rd2-d3 Qc8-h3 34.Bb3-a2 Qh3-d7 35.Kg1-g2 Qd7-c8 36.Qe2-f3 Nb6-c4 37.Ba2xc4 b5xc4 38.Rd3-d2 Qc8-d7 39.Ne3-d5 Rf8-b8 40.Qf3-e3 Be7-d8 0.57/14 ] 33.Rd1-a1 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 33.Kg1-g2 Diagram (Diagram 1847) Qc8-d7 34.Rd2-d3 Rc7-c8 35.Ne3-d5 Nb6xd5 36.Bb3xd5 f7-f5 37.e4xf5 Qd7xf5 38.Qe2-e3 Rc8-c5 39.Rd3-d2 Qf5-g4 40.b2-b4 Rc5-c8 41.Qe3-a7
Rc8-e8 42.f2-f3 0.68/14 ] 33...Rc7-c5 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 33...Qc8-b7 Diagram (Diagram 1848) 34.Bb3-d5 Qb7-a7 35.Ra1-d1 Rc7-c8 36.Qe2-f3 Nb6-d7 37.Bd5-a2 Nd7-f6 38.Ne3-d5 Nf6xd5 39.Ba2xd5 Qa7-b6 40.Kg1-g2 Kg7-h7 41.Rd2-d3 0.58/14 ] 34.Kg1-h2 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 34.Bb3-d5 Qc8-d7 35.Ra1-e1 Nb6-a4 36.Bd5-b3 Na4-b6 37.Qe2-d3 Rf8-c8 38.Bb3-d5 Be7-f6 39.Qd3-e2 Kg7-g8 40.Qe2-f3 Bf6-g7 41.Re1-d1
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] 35.Ne3-d5+- [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 35.a3-a4 Nd7-f6 36.f2-f3 Diagram
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Qb7-d7 36.Ra1-d1 Be7-d8 Kg7-g8 38.Bd5-a2 Rc5-c6 Nb6-c4 40.Ba2xc4 Rc6xc4 Bd8-c7 42.Nb4xa6 0.55/14
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43.Nb4-d5 Rb6-c6 44.b2-b4 Nc5-e6 45.Qe3-a7 Rf8-e8 0.91/15 ] 36.a3-a4 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 36.Ra1-d1 Qc8-b7 37.Nd5-b4 Bd8-e7 38.Qe2-f3 Nd7-f6 39.Nb4-d5 Nf6xd5 40.Bb3xd5 Qb7-d7 41.Qf3-e3 Kg7-h7 42.Kh2-g2 Qd7-g4 43.f2-f3 0.83/14 Diagram
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] (Diagram 1854) 36...Qc8-b7 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 36...Bd8-c7 Diagram 37.Qe2-f3 Qc8-d8 38.Kh2-g2 Nd7-b6
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39.a4xb5 a6xb5 40.Nd5xb6 Bc7xb6 41.Qf3-d3 Bb6-c7 42.Bb3-d5 Bc7-b8 43.Qd3-e3 Qd8-d7 44.Rd2-d1 Qd7-g4 45.f2-f3 Qg4-d7 46.Ra1-a6 Kg7-g8 0.97/14 ] 37.a4xb5 Diagram [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 37.Ra1-a3 Nd7-b6 38.Nd5xb6 Qb7xb6 39.a4xb5 a6xb5 40.Bb3-d5 Rc5-c8 41.Ra3-b3 Rc8-c5 42.Qe2-e3 Qb6-c7 43.Rd2-d1 Qc7-d7 44.Rd1-a1 f7-f5 45.Kh2-g1 f5xe4 46.Qe3xe4 0.92/14 ] 37...a6xb5 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 37...a6xb5 38.Rd2-d3 Rc5-c8 39.Rd3-d1 Nd7-c5 40.Bb3-c2 Kg7-h7 41.Kh2-g2 Kh7-g8 42.b2-b4 Nc5-d7
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43.Ra1-a3 Nd7-f6 44.Nd5xf6+ Bd8xf6 45.Rd1xd6 Bf6-e7 46.Rd6-d1 0.94/15 ]
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38.Ra1-d1 [ 38.Rd2-d3 Nd7-b6 ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 38.Rd2-d3 Rc5-c8 39.Rd3-d1 Nd7-c5 40.Bb3-c2 Kg7-h7 41.Ra1-a3 b5-b4 42.Nd5xb4 Bd8-c7 43.Ra3-a1 Rf8-d8 44.Qe2-c4 Kh7-g7 45.Qc4-d5 Qb7-b5 1.01/15 Diagram (Diagram 1858) ] 38...Rc5-c8 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 38...Qb7-a7 39.Qe2-e3 Qa7-a5 40.Bb3-c2 Rc5-c8 41.Qe3-e2 Qa5-a7
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42.Qe2xb5 Nd7-f6 43.Qb5-e2 Qa7-b7 44.Nd5-b4 Nf6-g4+ 45.Kh2-g2 Bd8-b6 46.Qe2-b5 Qb7-a7 47.Rd1-f1 Bb6-c5 48.Qb5-a6 Qa7-b8 49.Nb4-d3 Bc5-b6 50.Rf1-d1 Qb8-c7 51.Nd3-b4 Rc8-b8 52.Nb4-d5 Qc7-c5 53.b2-b4 0.92/15 ] 39.Bb3-c2 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 39.Nd5-b4 Nd7-c5 40.Bb3-d5 Qb7-d7 41.Bd5-a2 Bd8-e7 42.Qe2-e3 f7-f5 43.e4xf5 Qd7xf5 44.Ba2-d5 Rc8-c7 45.Nb4-c6 Rf8-c8 46.Nc6xe7 Rc7xe7 47.b2-b4 Nc5-a4 0.76/15 ] (Diagram 1859) 39...Nd7-f6 [ 39...Rc8-a8 40.Rd1-b1 ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 39...Rc8-a8 Diagram (Diagram 1860) 40.Kh2-g2 Nd7-c5 41.Qe2-e3 Nc5-e6 42.Bc2-b1 Kg7-g8 43.b2-b4 g6-g5 44.h4xg5 Bd8xg5 45.f2-f4 Bg5-d8 46.Rd2-a2 e5xf4 47.g3xf4 Bd8-h4 0.58/15 ] 40.Nd5xf6 Diagram [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 40.Kh2-g2 Nf6xd5 41.Rd2xd5 b5-b4 42.Bc2-d3 Rc8-c5 43.Bd3-a6 Qb7-b8 44.Rd5xc5 d6xc5 45.Qe2-c4 b4xc3 46.b2xc3
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Bd8-e7 47.Rd1-d7 Rf8-e8 48.Ba6-b7 Qb8-a7 49.Bb7-c6 0.64/14 ] (Diagram 1861) 40...Bd8xf6 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 40...Bd8xf6 41.Bc2-b3 b5-b4 42.Bb3-d5 Qb7-b6 43.c3-c4 Rc8-c7 44.Rd2-d3 Kg7-h7 45.Rd1-a1 Bf6-g7 46.Qe2-e3 Qb6-c5 47.Kh2-g2 Bg7-h6 48.Qe3-e1 Rf8-b8 49.Ra1-a6 Rc7-d7 50.Rd3-f3 Kh7-g7 51.Qe1-d1 0.71/17 ] 41.Rd2xd6 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 41.Bc2-b3 b5-b4 42.Bb3-d5 Diagram Qb7-b6 43.c3-c4 Rc8-c7 44.Rd2-d3
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Kg7-h7 45.Rd3-b3 Bf6-g7 46.Rd1-a1
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492 49.Re5xd5 Kg7-g8 50.Qf2-d4 Rf8-e8 51.e4-e5 Qb8-c7 52.Kh2-g2 Qc7-c6 53.Qd4-f4 Kg8-g7 0.98/14 ] 45.Ba4-d7 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 45.Kh2-g2 Qb8-c7 46.Qe2-d3 Rd8xd5 47.c4xd5 Rc8-d8 48.Ba4-c6 Be7-c5 49.Rd1-c1 Qc7-b6 50.Qd3-e2 Bc5-d4 51.Rc1-c2 Qb6-c7 52.Qe2-c4 Qc7-d6 53.Qc4-b3 f7-f5 54.Qb3-d3 f5xe4 55.Qd3xe4 1.12/16 ] 45...Rc8-c5 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 45...Rc8-c5 46.Bd7-b5 Rc5xd5 47.e4xd5 Be7-c5 48.Kh2-g2 f7-f5 49.Rd1-a1 e5-e4 50.Ra1-a6 Rd8-d6 51.Bb5-c6 Rd6-f6 52.Ra6-a5 Qb8-d6 53.Ra5-b5 Rf6-f7 54.Qe2-d2 f5-f4 55.g3xf4 Rf7xf4 56.Rb5-b7+ Rf4-f7 57.Rb7xf7+ Kg7xf7 1.04/18 ] 46.Bd7-b5 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 46.Bd7-h3 Rd8xd5 47.Rd1xd5 Rc5xd5 48.e4xd5 Be7-c5 49.b2-b3 Bc5-d4 50.Kh2-g2 Qb8-d6 51.Qe2-d3 Qd6-f6 52.f2-f3 Qf6-d6 53.Qd3-d2 Bd4-c3 54.Qd2-f2 Bc3-d4 55.Qf2-e2 f7-f5 56.Qe2-d2 Kg7-f7 57.f3-f4 Bd4-c3 0.96/15 ] 46...Rc5-c8 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 46...Rc5xd5 47.e4xd5 Be7-c5 48.Kh2-g2 f7-f5 49.Rd1-a1 e5-e4 50.Ra1-a6 Rd8-d6 51.Bb5-c6 Rd6-f6 52.Ra6-a5 Qb8-d6 53.Ra5-b5 Rf6-f7 54.Qe2-d2 f5-f4 55.g3xf4 Rf7xf4 56.Rb5-b7+ Rf4-f7 57.Rb7xf7+ Kg7xf7 1.04/17 ] 47.Qe2-d2 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 47.Rd1-a1 Be7-c5 48.Kh2-g2 Qb8-c7 49.Ra1-a6 Bc5-d4 50.Qe2-d2 Rc8-a8 51.Rd5-d7 Rd8xd7 52.Ra6xa8 Qc7-b7 53.Ra8-e8 Rd7-c7 54.f2-f3 Rc7-e7 55.Bb5-c6 1.28/16 ] 47...Qb8-b6 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 47...Rd8xd5 48.e4xd5 Qb8-d6 49.Rd1-e1 Qd6-f6 50.Qd2-e3 e5-e4 51.Re1-e2 Be7-c5 52.Qe3xe4 Bc5xf2 53.d5-d6 Bf2-d4 54.d6-d7 Rc8-d8 55.b2-b3 Bd4-c5 56.Qe4-f4 1.28/14 ] 48.Kh2-g2 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 48.Rd1-a1
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games Qb6-f6 49.Kh2-g2 Be7-c5 50.Ra1-a6 Bc5-b6 51.b2-b3 Rd8xd5 52.e4xd5 e5-e4 53.Qd2-f4 Qf6-d4 54.d5-d6 Rc8-d8 55.d6-d7 f7-f5 56.Bb5-c6 Qd4-c5 57.Bc6-a4 Qc5-d4 58.Ba4-b5 Qd4-c5 59.Qf4-d2 1.32/16 ] 48...Rc8-a8 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 48...Rc8-a8 49.Qd2-e2 Be7-c5 50.Bb5-c6 Ra8-b8 51.Rd5xd8 Rb8xd8 52.Bc6-d5 Rd8-d6 53.Rd1-a1 Bc5-d4 54.Ra1-a8 Rd6-f6 55.f2-f3 Qb6-c5 56.Qe2-d2 Bd4-e3 57.Qd2-e1 Be3-d4 1.19/15 ] 49.b2-b3 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 49.Qd2-e2 Be7-c5 50.Bb5-c6 Ra8-b8 51.Rd5xd8 Rb8xd8 52.Bc6-d5 Rd8-d6 53.Rd1-a1 Bc5-d4 54.Ra1-a8 Rd6-f6 55.f2-f3 Qb6-c5 56.Qe2-d2 Bd4-e3 57.Qd2-e1 Be3-d4 0.95/16 ] 49...Rd8xd5 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 49...Rd8xd5 50.e4xd5 Be7-d6 51.Bb5-a4 Qb6-c7 52.Rd1-e1 Bd6-c5 53.Re1-e2 f7-f6 54.Qd2-d3 Ra8-a7 55.Re2-e1 f6-f5 56.Qd3-d2 Qc7-d6 57.f2-f3 Bc5-d4 58.Re1-e2 Ra7-a8 59.Qd2-g5 Bd4-c5 60.Kg2-h3 1.19/15 ] 50.e4xd5 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 50.e4xd5 Be7-d6 51.Bb5-a4 Qb6-c7 52.Rd1-e1 Bd6-c5 53.Re1-e2 f7-f6 54.Qd2-d3 Ra8-a7 55.Re2-e1 Ra7-a8 56.Qd3-e4 Qc7-d6 57.f2-f4 Bc5-d4 58.f4-f5 g6xf5 59.Qe4xf5 0.93/18 ] 50...Be7-d6 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 50...Be7-d6 51.Bb5-a4 Qb6-c7 52.Rd1-e1 Bd6-c5 53.Re1-e2 f7-f6 54.Qd2-d3 f6-f5 55.Qd3-d2 Qc7-d6 56.f2-f3 Bc5-d4 57.Qd2-g5 Ra8-h8 58.Ba4-c6 Rh8-d8 59.Re2-e1 Bd4-c3 0.95/16 ] 51.Bb5-a4 [ 51.Rd1-e1 Qb6-d4 52.Qd2xd4 e5xd4+- ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 51.Rd1-e1 Ra8-a3 52.Bb5-a4 Qb6-c7 53.Re1-e4 f7-f5 54.Re4-e2 e5-e4 55.Qd2-d4+ Bd6-e5 56.Qd4-e3 Be5-d6 57.Qe3-d2 Kg7-h7 58.Qd2-g5 Kh7-g7 59.Qg5-c1 Bd6-e5 0.86/16 ]
493 51...Ra8-a7 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 51...Qb6-c7 52.Rd1-f1 Bd6-c5 53.Rf1-e1 f7-f6 54.Qd2-c2 Ra8-a6 55.Qc2-e2 Bc5-d4 56.Qe2-d3 Qc7-d6 57.Re1-e2 Ra6-a5 58.Re2-a2 Ra5-a8 59.Qd3-c2 Ra8-a5 60.Qc2-e2 Ra5-a8 61.Qe2-d2 Ra8-a5 62.Qd2-e2 Ra5-a8 0.91/14 ] 52.Rd1-e1 [ 52.f2-f3 Ra7-e7 ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 52.Qd2-e2 f7-f6 53.Qe2-d2 Ra7-a6 54.Qd2-c2 Bd6-c5 55.Ba4-e8 f6-f5 56.Be8-d7 Qb6-d6 57.Bd7-e6 Ra6-a3 58.Rd1-e1 e5-e4 59.Qc2-b2+ Kg7-h7 1.00/14 ] 52...Ra7-e7 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 52...Qb6-c7 53.Qd2-b2 Qc7-c5 54.Qb2-e2 Qc5-c7 55.Qe2-d2 f7-f6 56.Qd2-c2 Bd6-c5 57.f2-f4 Bc5-d4 58.f4-f5 g6xf5 59.Qc2xf5 Ra7xa4 60.b3xa4 Qc7xc4 61.Qf5-d7+ Kg7-g6 62.Qd7-e8+ Kg6-g7 63.Qe8-e7+ Kg7-g6 1.04/15 ] 53.Qd2-b2 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 53.Ba4-b5 e5-e4 54.Re1-e2 f7-f5 55.Bb5-c6 Qb6-c5 56.Re2-e1 Bd6-e5 57.Qd2-g5 Be5-d4 58.Qg5-f4 Re7-a7 59.Re1-e2 Bd4-c3 60.Re2-e3 0.99/15 ] 53...Bd6-c5 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 53...Qb6-d4 54.Qb2xd4 e5xd4 55.Re1-d1 Bd6-c5 56.d5-d6 Bc5xd6 57.Rd1xd4 Bd6-c5 58.Rd4-d5 Re7-c7 59.Kg2-f3 f7-f5 60.Ba4-b5 Kg7-f6 61.Kf3-e2 Kf6-e7 62.f2-f4 Ke7-f6 63.Ke2-f3 Rc7-c8 64.Bb5-d7 Rc8-c7 0.83/18 ] 54.Re1xe5 [ 54.Ba4-c6!? ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 54.Re1-e2 Bc5-d4 55.Qb2-c1 Qb6-d6 56.Re2-a2 Re7-a7 57.Qc1-d2 Qd6-c5 58.Qd2-e2 Ra7-a8 59.Qe2-d2 Qc5-d6 60.Qd2-g5 Qd6-c5 61.Qg5-d2 Qc5-d6 0.92/16 ] 54...Bc5-d4 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 54...Bc5-d4 55.Qb2xd4 Qb6xd4 56.Re5xe7 g6-g5 57.h4xg5 h5-h4 58.Re7-e3 h4xg3 59.Re3xg3 Qd4-e4+ 60.Kg2-f1 Kg7-g6 61.Rg3-e3 Qe4-d4 62.Re3-f3 Kg6xg5 63.Ba4-d7 Qd4-e4
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games 64.Kf1-g2 Qe4-e7 65.Bd7-f5 Qe7-e5 66.Bf5-d3 Qe5-d4 67.Bd3-h7 f7-f6 68.Bh7-b1 Qd4-b2 69.Bb1-e4 Qb2-d4 70.Rf3-f5+ Kg5-g6 71.Rf5-f4+ Kg6-f7 0.90/18 ] 55.Qb2xd4! better than holding on to the material [Houdini 2. 0c Pro x64: 55.Qb2xd4 Qb6xd4 56.Re5xe7 g6-g5 57.h4xg5 h5-h4 58.Ba4-e8 h4xg3 59.Kg2xg3 Kg7-g6 60.Be8xf7+ Kg6xg5 61.Bf7-e6 Qd4-d3+ 62.Kg3-g2 Qd3-e4+ 63.Kg2-h2 Qe4-c2 64.Re7-g7+ Kg5-f6 65.Rg7-f7+ Kf6-e5 66.Rf7-f3 Ke5-d6 67.Kh2-g3 Qc2-g6+ 68.Kg3-f4 Qg6-f6+ 69.Kf4-e4 Qf6-e5+ 70.Ke4-d3 0.88/14 ] 55...Qb6xd4 [ 55...Qb6xd4 56.Re5xe7 Combination ; ∆55...-- 56.Qd4xb6 Wins material ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 55...Qb6xd4 56.Re5xe7 g6-g5 57.h4xg5 h5-h4 58.Ba4-e8 h4xg3 59.Kg2xg3 Kg7-g6 60.Be8xf7+ Kg6xg5 61.Bf7-e6 Qd4-d3+ 62.Kg3-g2 Qd3-e4+ 63.Kg2-h2 Qe4-c2 64.Re7-g7+ Kg5-f6 65.Rg7-f7+ Kf6-e5 66.Rf7-f3 Ke5-d6 67.Kh2-g3 Qc2-g6+ 68.Kg3-f4 Qg6-f6+ 69.Kf4-e4 Qf6-e5+ 70.Ke4-d3 1.02/15 ] 56.Re5xe7 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 56.Re5xe7 g6-g5 57.h4xg5 h5-h4 58.Ba4-e8 h4xg3 59.Kg2xg3 Kg7-g6 60.Be8xf7+ Kg6xg5 61.Bf7-e6 Qd4-d3+ 62.Kg3-g2 Qd3-e4+ 63.Kg2-h2 Qe4-c2 64.Re7-g7+ Kg5-f6 65.Rg7-f7+ Kf6-e5 66.Rf7-f3 Ke5-d6 67.Kh2-g3 Qc2-g6+ 68.Kg3-f4 Qg6-f6+ 69.Kf4-e4 Qf6-e5+ 70.Ke4-d3 0.82/16 ] 56...Kg7-f6 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 56...g6-g5 57.h4xg5 Kg7-g6 58.Re7-e3 Kg6xg5 59.Re3-f3 f7-f6 60.Ba4-d7 Qd4-d2 61.Rf3-e3 0.88/18 ] 57.Re7-e3 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 57.Re7-e3 Kf6-g7 58.Ba4-c6 Qd4-d1 59.Bc6-d7
494 f7-f5 60.Re3-f3 Qd1-d4 61.Bd7-b5 Kg7-f7 62.Rf3-e3 Kf7-g7 63.Re3-e6 f5-f4 64.Re6-e2 f4xg3 65.f2xg3 Qd4-d3 0.85/17 ] 57...Kf6-g7 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 57...Kf6-g7 58.Ba4-c6 Qd4-d1 59.Re3-f3 Qd1-d4 60.Rf3-f4 Qd4-d3 61.Bc6-a4 f7-f5 62.Rf4-f3 Qd3-d4 63.Ba4-b5 Kg7-f7 64.Rf3-e3 Kf7-g7 65.Bb5-a4 f5-f4 66.Re3-e7+ Kg7-f8 67.Re7-e8+ Kf8-g7 68.Re8-e2 Qd4-d1 69.Re2-e7+ Kg7-f6 70.Re7-e4 f4xg3 71.Re4-e6+ Kf6-f7 72.f2xg3 Qd1-c2+ 73.Kg2-f3 Qc2-c3+ 74.Kf3-f4 Qc3-d4+ 75.Kf4-f3 Qd4-d1+ 76.Kf3-f2 Qd1-d2+ 77.Kf2-f3 Qd2-d3+ 78.Kf3-f4 Qd3-d4+ 79.Kf4-f3 0.93/20 ] 58.Ba4-d7 [ 58.Re3-e1 f7-f5 ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 58.Ba4-c6 Qd4-d1 59.Re3-e8 f7-f5 60.Re8-e7+ Kg7-h6 61.Re7-e3 Qd1-d4 62.Re3-f3 Kh6-g7 63.Bc6-b5 Kg7-f7 64.Rf3-e3 Kf7-g7 65.Bb5-a4 f5-f4 66.Re3-e7+ Kg7-f6 67.Re7-e6+ Kf6-g7 68.f2-f3 Qd4-d2+ 69.Kg2-h3 Qd2-f2 70.Re6-e7+ Kg7-f8 0.85/18 ] 58...Kg7-f8 [ 58...f7-f5 59.Bd7-e6 ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 58...f7-f5 59.Bd7-e6 Kg7-f6 60.Be6-c8 Kf6-g7 61.Bc8-d7 f5-f4 62.g3xf4 Qd4xf4 63.Bd7-e6 Qf4-d4 64.Re3-f3 Kg7-h7 65.Kg2-g3 Kh7-g7 66.Kg3-h3 Qd4-d1 67.Kh3-g2 Qd1-d4 68.Kg2-h3 Qd4-d1 0.80/16 ] 59.Bd7-h3 [ 59.Bd7-e8 Qd4-d1 ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 59.Bd7-c6 Kf8-g7 60.Re3-e7 Kg7-f6 61.Re7-e8 Qd4-c5 62.Re8-e1 Qc5-d6 63.Bc6-b5 Kf6-f5 64.Bb5-e8 Kf5-f6 65.Re1-e3 Kf6-g7 66.Be8-c6 Kg7-f6 67.Re3-e1 Qd6-c5 68.Bc6-b5 Qc5-d6 69.Re1-e3 Qd6-c5 70.Bb5-c6 Qc5-d6 71.Re3-e1 0.98/18 ] 59...Kf8-g7 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 59...f7-f5 60.Kg2-g1 Qd4-d1+ 61.Bh3-f1 f5-f4 62.Re3-d3 Qd1-c2 63.g3xf4 Kf8-e7 64.Rd3-e3+ Ke7-d6
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games 65.Kg1-g2 Kd6-c5 66.Bf1-e2 Qc2-f5 67.Kg2-g3 Qf5-b1 68.Be2-f3 Qb1-g1+ 69.Bf3-g2 Qg1-d1 70.f2-f3 Qd1-c2 0.67/19 ] 60.Kg2-g1 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 60.Bh3-c8 Qd4-a7 61.Re3-f3 Qa7-d4 62.Bc8-a6 f7-f5 63.Ba6-b5 Kg7-f7 64.Rf3-e3 Kf7-g7 65.Bb5-a4 f5-f4 66.Re3-e7+ Kg7-f6 67.Re7-e6+ Kf6-g7 68.Re6-e2 Qd4-d1 69.Re2-e7+ Kg7-f6 70.Re7-e6+ Kf6-g7 71.g3xf4 Qd1-g4+ 72.Kg2-f1 Qg4xh4 0.85/19 ] 60...f7-f5 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 60...Qd4-d1+ 61.Bh3-f1 Kg7-f8 62.Kg1-g2 Qd1-d4 63.Bf1-e2 Kf8-g7 64.Be2-d3 Kg7-f6 65.Bd3-e4 Qd4-c5 66.Re3-e2 Qc5-d4 67.Be4-c2 Qd4-c5 68.Bc2-e4 Qc5-d4 0.80/17 ] 61.Bh3-f1 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 61.Bh3-f1 Qd4-c5 62.Re3-d3 Qc5-d6 63.Kg1-g2 Kg7-f7 64.Bf1-e2 Qd6-e5 65.Rd3-e3 Qe5-b2 66.Kg2-h3 Qb2-d2 67.Kh3-h2 Qd2-e1 68.Kh2-g2 Qe1-d2 69.Be2-f1 Qd2-d4 70.Bf1-e2 Qd4-b2 71.Kg2-h3 0.75/18 ] 61...Kg7-f7? [ 61...f5-f4 62.Re3-d3 Qd4-b6 ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 61...f5-f4 62.Re3-d3 Qd4-b6 63.g3xf4 Qb6-d6 64.Rd3-f3 Qd6-e7 65.Rf3-g3 Qe7xh4 66.Bf1-e2 Qh4xf4 67.Be2xh5 g6-g5 68.Rg3-e3 Qf4-h4 69.Re3-e7+ Kg7-f8 70.Re7-e8+ Kf8-g7 71.Bh5-e2 Kg7-f7 72.Re8-e6 Qh4-h3 73.Be2-d1 0.74/17 ] 62.Re3-d3+- [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 62.Re3-d3 Qd4-a7 63.d5-d6 Kf7-e8 64.Rd3-d5 Qa7-a8 65.Rd5-e5+ Ke8-d8 66.c4-c5 Qa8-a5 67.Re5-d5 Qa5-a8 68.Bf1-c4 f5-f4 69.g3xf4 Qa8-a1+ 70.Kg1-g2 Qa1-a8 71.f4-f5 g6xf5 72.Kg2-g3 Qa8-a1 73.Rd5xf5 Qa1-g1+ 74.Kg3-f4 Qg1xf2+ 75.Kf4-g5 Qf2-d4 76.Kg5xh5 Qd4-h8+ 77.Kh5-g5 Qh8-g7+ 78.Kg5-f4 Qg7-d4+ 79.Kf4-g3 Qd4-e3+ 80.Kg3-g4 Qe3-d4+ 81.Kg4-f3 Qd4-c3+ 82.Kf3-e4 Qc3-e1+
495 83.Ke4-d5 Qe1-h1+ 84.Kd5-e6 Qh1-e4+ 85.Rf5-e5 Qe4-g4+ 86.Ke6-d5 Qg4xh4 1.65/19 ] 62...Qd4-a7 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 62...Qd4-a7 63.d5-d6 Kf7-e8 64.Rd3-d5 Qa7-a8 65.Rd5-e5+ Ke8-d8 66.c4-c5 Qa8-a5 67.Re5-d5 Qa5-a8 68.Bf1-c4 f5-f4 69.g3xf4 Qa8-a1+ 70.Kg1-g2 Qa1-a8 71.f4-f5 g6xf5 72.Kg2-g3 Qa8-a1 73.Rd5xf5 Qa1-g1+ 74.Kg3-f4 Qg1xf2+ 75.Kf4-g5 Qf2-d4 76.Kg5xh5 Qd4-h8+ 77.Kh5-g5 Qh8-g7+ 78.Kg5-f4 Qg7-d4+ 79.Kf4-g3 Qd4-e3+ 80.Kg3-g4 Qe3-d4+ 81.Kg4-f3 Qd4-c3+ 82.Kf3-e4 Qc3-e1+ 83.Ke4-d5 Qe1-h1+ 84.Kd5-e6 Qh1-e4+ 85.Rf5-e5 Qe4-g4+ 86.Ke6-d5 Qg4xh4 1.77/16 ] 63.d5-d6 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 63.d5-d6 Kf7-e8 64.Rd3-d5 Qa7-a8 65.Rd5-e5+ Ke8-d8 66.c4-c5 Qa8-a5 67.Re5-d5 Qa5-a8 68.Bf1-c4 f5-f4 69.g3xf4 Qa8-a1+ 70.Kg1-g2 Qa1-a8 71.f4-f5 g6xf5 72.Kg2-g3 Qa8-a1 73.Rd5xf5 Qa1-g1+ 74.Kg3-f4 Qg1xf2+ 75.Kf4-g5 Qf2-d4 76.Kg5xh5 Qd4-h8+ 77.Kh5-g5 Qh8-g7+ 78.Kg5-f4 Qg7-d4+ 79.Kf4-g3 Qd4-e3+ 80.Kg3-g4 Qe3-d4+ 81.Kg4-f3 Qd4-c3+ 82.Kf3-e4 Qc3-e1+ 83.Ke4-d5 Qe1-h1+ 84.Kd5-e6 Qh1-e4+ 85.Rf5-e5 Qe4-g4+ 86.Ke6-d5 Qg4xh4 1.65/21 ] 63...Kf7-e8 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 63...Kf7-e8 64.Rd3-d5 Qa7-a8 65.Rd5-e5+ Ke8-d8 66.c4-c5 Qa8-a5 67.Re5-d5 Qa5-a8 68.Bf1-c4 f5-f4 69.g3xf4 Qa8-a1+ 70.Kg1-g2 Qa1-a8 71.f4-f5 g6xf5 72.Kg2-g3 Qa8-a1 73.Rd5xf5 Qa1-g1+ 74.Kg3-f4 Qg1xf2+ 75.Kf4-g5 Qf2-d4 76.Kg5xh5 Qd4-h8+ 77.Kh5-g5 Qh8-g7+ 78.Kg5-f4 Qg7-d4+ 79.Kf4-g3 Qd4-e3+ 80.Kg3-g4 Qe3-d4+
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games 81.Kg4-f3 Qd4-c3+ 82.Kf3-e4 Qc3-e1+ 83.Ke4-d5 Qe1-h1+ 84.Kd5-e6 Qh1-e4+ 85.Rf5-e5 Qe4-g4+ 86.Ke6-d5 Qg4xh4 1.77/20 ] 64.Rd3-d5 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 64.Rd3-d5 Qa7-a8 65.Rd5-e5+ Ke8-d8 66.c4-c5 Qa8-a5 67.Re5-d5 Qa5-a8 68.Bf1-c4 f5-f4 69.g3xf4 Qa8-a1+ 70.Kg1-g2 Qa1-a8 71.f4-f5 g6xf5 72.Kg2-g3 Qa8-a1 73.Rd5xf5 Qa1-g1+ 74.Kg3-f4 Qg1xf2+ 75.Kf4-g5 Qf2-d4 76.Kg5xh5 Qd4-h8+ 77.Kh5-g5 Qh8-g7+ 78.Kg5-f4 Qg7-d4+ 79.Kf4-g3 Qd4-e3+ 80.Kg3-g4 Qe3-d4+ 81.Kg4-f3 Qd4-c3+ 82.Kf3-e4 Qc3-e1+ 83.Ke4-d5 Qe1-h1+ 84.Kd5-e6 Qh1-e4+ 85.Rf5-e5 Qe4-g4+ 86.Ke6-d5 Qg4xh4 1.65/19 ] 64...Qa7-a8 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 64...Ke8-d8 65.c4-c5 Qa7-a8 66.Bf1-c4 f5-f4 67.g3xf4 Qa8-a1+ 68.Kg1-g2 Qa1-a8 69.f4-f5 g6xf5 70.Kg2-g3 Qa8-a1 71.Rd5xf5 Qa1-g1+ 72.Kg3-f4 Qg1xf2+ 73.Kf4-g5 Qf2-d4 74.Kg5xh5 Qd4-h8+ 75.Kh5-g5 Qh8-g7+ 76.Kg5-f4 Qg7-d4+ 77.Kf4-g3 Qd4-e3+ 78.Kg3-g4 Qe3-d4+ 79.Kg4-f3 Qd4-c3+ 80.Kf3-e4 Qc3-e1+ 81.Ke4-d5 Qe1-h1+ 82.Kd5-e6 Qh1-e4+ 83.Rf5-e5 Qe4-g4+ 84.Ke6-d5 Qg4xh4 1.77/16 ] 65.Rd5-e5+ [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 65.Rd5-e5+ Ke8-d8 66.c4-c5 Qa8-a5 67.Re5-d5 Qa5-a8 68.Bf1-c4 f5-f4 69.g3xf4 Qa8-a1+ 70.Kg1-g2 Qa1-a8 71.f4-f5 g6xf5 72.Kg2-g3 Qa8-a1 73.Rd5xf5 Qa1-g1+ 74.Kg3-f4 Qg1xf2+ 75.Kf4-g5 Qf2-d4 76.Kg5xh5 Qd4-h8+ 77.Kh5-g5 Qh8-g7+ 78.Kg5-f4 Qg7-d4+ 79.Kf4-g3 Qd4-e3+ 80.Kg3-g4 Qe3-d4+ 81.Kg4-f3 Qd4-c3+ 82.Kf3-e4 Qc3-e1+ 83.Ke4-d5 Qe1-h1+
496 84.Kd5-e6 Qh1-e4+ 85.Rf5-e5 Qe4-g4+ 86.Ke6-d5 Qg4xh4 1.65/20 ] 65...Ke8-d8 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 65...Ke8-d8 66.c4-c5 Qa8-a5 67.Re5-d5 Qa5-a8 68.Bf1-c4 f5-f4 69.g3xf4 Qa8-a1+ 70.Kg1-g2 Qa1-a8 71.f4-f5 g6xf5 72.Kg2-g3 Qa8-a1 73.Rd5xf5 Qa1-g1+ 74.Kg3-f4 Qg1xf2+ 75.Kf4-g5 Qf2-d4 76.Kg5xh5 Qd4-h8+ 77.Kh5-g5 Qh8-g7+ 78.Kg5-f4 Qg7-d4+ 79.Kf4-g3 Qd4-e3+ 80.Kg3-g4 Qe3-d4+ 81.Kg4-f3 Qd4-c3+ 82.Kf3-e4 Qc3-e1+ 83.Ke4-d5 Qe1-h1+ 84.Kd5-e6 Qh1-e4+ 85.Rf5-e5 Qe4-g4+ 86.Ke6-d5 Qg4xh4 1.77/19 ] 66.c4-c5 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 66.c4-c5 Qa8-a5 67.Re5-d5 Qa5-a8 68.Bf1-c4 f5-f4 69.g3xf4 Qa8-a1+ 70.Kg1-g2 Qa1-a8 71.f4-f5 g6xf5 72.Kg2-g3 Qa8-a1 73.Rd5xf5 Qa1-g1+ 74.Kg3-f4 Qg1xf2+ 75.Kf4-g5 Qf2-d4 76.Kg5xh5 Qd4-h8+ 77.Kh5-g5 Qh8-g7+ 78.Kg5-f4 Qg7-d4+ 79.Kf4-g3 Qd4-e3+ 80.Kg3-g4 Qe3-d4+ 81.Kg4-f3 Qd4-c3+ 82.Kf3-e4 Qc3-e1+ 83.Ke4-d5 Qe1-h1+ 84.Kd5-e6 Qh1-e4+ 85.Rf5-e5 Qe4-g4+ 86.Ke6-d5 Qg4xh4 1.65/18 ] 66...Qa8-a1 [ 66...Qa8-a5 67.Re5-d5 Qa5-a8+- ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 66...Qa8-a5 67.Re5-d5 Qa5-a8 68.Bf1-c4 Kd8-c8 69.Kg1-h2 Kc8-d8 70.Rd5-e5 Qa8-c6 71.Kh2-g1 f5-f4 72.g3xf4 Qc6-b7 73.Re5-g5 Qb7-e4 74.f4-f5 Qe4-b1+ 75.Kg1-g2 g6xf5 76.Rg5xh5 Qb1-e4+ 77.f2-f3 Qe4-e5 78.Bc4-b5 Qe5-g7+ 79.Kg2-h3 f5-f4 80.Rh5-g5 1.60/16 ] 67.Re5-e7 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 67.Re5-e7 Qa1-c1 68.Re7-c7 f5-f4 69.g3xf4 Kd8-e8 70.f4-f5 Qc1-f4 71.f5xg6 Qf4-g4+ 72.Bf1-g2 Qg4xg6 73.Rc7-e7+ Ke8-f8 74.Re7-e4 Qg6-g7
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games 75.c5-c6 Qg7-a1+ 76.Kg1-h2 Qa1-f6 77.d6-d7 Kf8-f7 78.Re4xb4 Kf7-g7 79.Kh2-g1 Qf6-d6 80.Rb4-f4 Qd6-d1+ 81.Bg2-f1 Qd1-d6 82.b3-b4 Qd6-g6+ 83.Bf1-g2 Qg6-b1+ 84.Kg1-h2 Qb1-d3 85.Bg2-f1 Qd3-d6 86.Kh2-g3 Qd6-g6+ 87.Kg3-h3 Qg6-e6+ 88.Kh3-g3 5.67/18 ] 67...Qa1-c1 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 67...Qa1-c1 68.Re7-c7 f5-f4 69.g3xf4 Kd8-e8 70.f4-f5 Qc1-f4 71.f5xg6 Qf4-g4+ 72.Bf1-g2 Qg4xg6 73.Rc7-e7+ Ke8-f8 74.Re7-e4 Qg6-g7 75.c5-c6 Qg7-a1+ 76.Kg1-h2 Qa1-f6 77.d6-d7 Kf8-f7 78.Re4xb4 Kf7-g7 79.Kh2-g1 Qf6-d6 80.Rb4-f4 Qd6-d1+ 81.Bg2-f1 Qd1-d6 82.b3-b4 Qd6-g6+ 83.Bf1-g2 Qg6-b1+ 84.Kg1-h2 Qb1-d3 85.Bg2-f1 Qd3-d6 86.Kh2-g3 Qd6-g6+ 87.Kg3-h3 Qg6-e6+ 88.Kh3-g3 5.35/19 ] 68.Re7-c7 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 68.Re7-c7 f5-f4 69.g3xf4 Kd8-e8 70.f4-f5 Qc1-f4 71.f5xg6 Qf4xh4 72.Bf1-b5+ Ke8-d8 73.Rc7-e7 Qh4-g4+ 74.Kg1-h2 Qg4-h4+ 75.Kh2-g2 Qh4-g4+ 76.Kg2-f1 Qg4-h3+ 77.Kf1-e1 Qh3-c3+ 78.Ke1-e2 Qc3-c2+ 79.Ke2-f1 Qc2-b1+ 80.Re7-e1 Qb1xg6 81.Re1-e8+ Qg6xe8 82.Bb5xe8 Kd8xe8 83.c5-c6 Ke8-d8 84.Kf1-g2 Kd8-c8 85.Kg2-g3 Kc8-d8 86.Kg3-h4 Kd8-c8 87.Kh4xh5 Kc8-d8 88.Kh5-g5 4.15/15 ] 68...f5-f4 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 68...f5-f4 69.g3xf4 Kd8-e8 70.f4-f5 Qc1-f4 71.f5xg6 Qf4-g4+ 72.Bf1-g2 Qg4xg6 73.Rc7-e7+ Ke8-f8 74.Re7-e4 Qg6-g7 75.c5-c6 Qg7-a1+ 76.Kg1-h2 Qa1-f6 77.d6-d7 Qf6-d6+ 78.f2-f4 Kf8-g7 79.Re4xb4 Qd6-f6 80.Kh2-g3 Qf6-g6+ 81.Kg3-f2 Qg6-f6 82.Kf2-e3 Qf6xh4 83.Rb4-b7 Qh4-d8 4.86/16 ] 69.g3xf4 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 69.g3xf4 Kd8-e8 70.f4-f5 Qc1-f4 71.f5xg6 Qf4-g4+ 72.Bf1-g2 Qg4xg6
497 73.Rc7-e7+ Ke8-f8 74.Re7-e4 Qg6-g7 75.c5-c6 Qg7-a1+ 76.Kg1-h2 Qa1-f6 77.d6-d7 Qf6-d6+ 78.f2-f4 Kf8-g7 79.Re4xb4 Qd6-f6 80.Kh2-g3 Qf6-g6+ 81.Kg3-f2 Qg6-f6 82.Rb4-e4 Qf6xh4+ 83.Kf2-f3 Qh4-g4+ 84.Kf3-e3 Qg4-d1 85.b3-b4 Qd1-b3+ 86.Ke3-e2 4.85/15 ] 69...Qc1-d1 [ 69...Kd8-e8 70.f4-f5! finishing the game Qc1-f4 71.Rc7-e7+ Ke8-f8 72.f5xg6 Qf4-g4+ 73.Bf1-g2 Qg4xg6+- ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 69...Kd8-e8 70.f4-f5 Qc1-f4 71.f5xg6 Qf4-g4+ 72.Bf1-g2 Qg4xg6 73.Rc7-e7+ Ke8-f8 74.Re7-e4 Qg6-g7 75.c5-c6 Qg7-a1+ 76.Kg1-h2 Qa1-f6 77.d6-d7 Qf6-d6+ 78.Kh2-g1 Kf8-f7 79.Re4xb4 Kf7-f6 80.Rb4-f4+ Kf6-e7 81.Rf4-e4+ Ke7-f6 82.Re4-e8 Qd6-d1+ 83.Kg1-h2 Qd1-d6+ 84.Kh2-h3 4.77/16 ] 70.c5-c6 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 70.c5-c6 Qd1-g4+ 71.Bf1-g2 Qg4-d1+ 72.Kg1-h2 Qd1-d4 73.Rc7-g7 Qd4xf4+ 74.Kh2-g1 Qf4-c1+ 75.Bg2-f1 Qc1xc6 76.Rg7-g8+ Kd8-d7 77.Bf1-h3+ Kd7xd6 78.Rg8xg6+ Kd6-c7 79.Rg6xc6+ Kc7xc6 80.Bh3-f5 Kc6-d5 81.Bf5-g6 Kd5-e5 82.Bg6xh5 Ke5-f5 83.Kg1-g2 Kf5-f6 84.Bh5-e2 Kf6-g6 85.Kg2-g3 Kg6-f6 86.Kg3-f4 Kf6-f7 87.Kf4-e5 Kf7-g6 88.f2-f4 5.75/17 ] 70...Qd1-g4+ [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 70...Qd1-g4+ 71.Bf1-g2 Qg4-d1+ 72.Kg1-h2 Qd1-d4 73.Rc7-g7 Qd4xf4+ 74.Kh2-g1 Qf4-c1+ 75.Bg2-f1 Qc1xc6 76.Rg7-g8+ Kd8-d7 77.Bf1-h3+ Kd7xd6 78.Rg8xg6+ Kd6-c7 79.Rg6xc6+ Kc7xc6 80.Bh3-f5 Kc6-d5 81.Bf5-g6 Kd5-e5 82.Bg6xh5 Ke5-f5 83.Kg1-g2 Kf5-f6 84.Bh5-e2 Kf6-g6 85.Kg2-g3 Kg6-f6 86.Kg3-f4 Kf6-f7 87.Kf4-e5 Kf7-g6 88.f2-f4 5.86/18 ] 71.Bf1-g2 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 71.Bf1-g2 Qg4-d1+ 72.Kg1-h2 Qd1-d4
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games 73.Rc7-g7 Qd4xf4+ 74.Kh2-g1 Qf4-c1+ 75.Bg2-f1 Qc1xc6 76.Rg7-g8+ Kd8-d7 77.Bf1-h3+ Kd7xd6 78.Rg8xg6+ Kd6-c7 79.Rg6xc6+ Kc7xc6 80.Bh3-f5 Kc6-d5 81.Bf5-g6 Kd5-e5 82.Bg6xh5 Ke5-f5 83.Kg1-g2 Kf5-f6 84.Bh5-e2 Kf6-g6 85.Kg2-g3 Kg6-f5 86.Be2-d3+ Kf5-f6 87.h4-h5 Kf6-g5 88.Bd3-e2 Kg5-h6 89.f2-f4 Kh6-g7 90.f4-f5 5.73/16 ] 71...Qg4xf4 [ 71...Qg4-d1+ there is nothing better in the position 72.Kg1-h2 Qd1-d2+- ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 71...Qg4-d1+ 72.Kg1-h2 Qd1-d4 73.Rc7-g7 Qd4xf4+ 74.Kh2-g1 Qf4-c1+ 75.Bg2-f1 Qc1xc6 76.Rg7-g8+ Kd8-d7 77.Bf1-h3+ Kd7xd6 78.Rg8xg6+ Kd6-c7 79.Rg6xc6+ Kc7xc6 80.Bh3-f5 Kc6-d5 81.Bf5-g6 Kd5-e5 82.Bg6xh5 Ke5-f5 83.Kg1-g2 Kf5-f6 84.Bh5-e2 Kf6-g6 85.Kg2-g3 Kg6-f5 86.Be2-d3+ Kf5-f6 87.h4-h5 Kf6-g5 88.Bd3-e2 Kg5-h6 89.f2-f4 Kh6-g7 90.f4-f5 5.84/17 ] 72.Bg2-h3 [ 72.Bg2-h3 Qf4-c1+ 73.Kg1-g2 Kd8-e8 74.Rc7-c8+ Ke8-f7 75.d6-d7 Qc1-e1 76.d7-d8Q Qe1-e4+ 77.Kg2-g1 Qe4-e1+ 78.Bh3-f1 Qe1-e7 79.Rc8-c7 Qe7xc7 80.Bf1-c4+ Kf7-g7 81.Qd8xc7+ Kg7-f6 82.Qc7-d6+ Kf6-g7 83.Qd6-d8 Kg7-h7 84.Qd8-g8+ Kh7-h6 85.Qg8-h8# ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 72.Bg2-h3 Qf4xd6 73.Rc7-d7+ Qd6xd7 74.Bh3xd7 Kd8-e7 75.Kg1-g2 Ke7-d6 76.Kg2-f3 Kd6-e7 77.Kf3-e4 g6-g5 78.h4xg5 Ke7-d8 79.Ke4-d5 Kd8-e7 80.g5-g6 Ke7-f6 81.c6-c7 Kf6xg6 82.c7-c8Q Kg6-g7 83.Bd7-e6 Kg7-h7 84.Qc8-b7+ Kh7-g6 85.Qb7xb4 Kg6-f6 86.Qb4-f4+ Kf6-g6 87.Be6-f7+ Kg6-g7 88.Bf7xh5 Kg7-h7 89.b3-b4 16.74/17 ] 1-0
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Sergey Karjakin Vassily Ivanchuk 6th European Individual Championship (9) B35: Sicilian: Accelerated Dragon with 5 Nc3: main line 1.e2-e4 c7-c5 2.Ng1-f3 Nb8-c6 3.d2-d4 c5xd4 4.Nf3xd4 Diagram
r+lqklnr pp+ppppp +n+ + + + + + + + NP+ + + + + + PPP+ PPP RNLQKL+R
1864
g7-g6 5.Nb1-c3 Bf8-g7 6.Bc1-e3 Ng8-f6 7.Bf1-c4 Qd8-a5 8.0-0 0-0 9.Nd4-b3 Qa5-c7 10.Be3-g5 a7-a6 11.Bc4-e2 d7-d6 [RR 11...e7-e6 12.Qd1-d2 b7-b5 13.a2-a3 Ra8-b8 ( RR 13...Bc8-b7 14.Nb3-c5 Nc6-e5 15.Nc5xb7 Qc7xb7 16.Qd2-f4 Nf6-h5 17.Be2xh5 g6xh5 18.Bg5-h6 Ne5-g6 19.Qf4-d2 Bg7xh6 20.Qd2xh6 b5-b4 21.Nc3-e2 Qb7xe4 22.Ne2-g3 Qe4-f4 23.Qh6xh5 Rf8-c8 24.a3xb4 Qf4xb4 25.c2-c3 Qb4-h4 26.Qh5xh4 Ng6xh4 27.Ra1-a4 Nh4-g6 28.Rf1-a1 Huerga Leache,M (2440)-Tallarico Tallarico,O (2195)/Mondariz 2007/CBM 120 ext/1-0 (56) ) 14.Rf1-d1 b5-b4 15.a3xb4 Nc6xb4 16.Bg5-f4 e6-e5 17.Bf4-g5 d7-d6 18.Nb3-a5 Bc8-e6 19.b2-b3 h7-h6 20.Bg5xf6 Bg7xf6 21.Be2-c4 Bf6-g5 22.Qd2-e2 Be6-c8 23.Nc3-d5 Nb4xd5 24.Bc4xd5 Rb8-b5
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
499
25.Na5-c4 Kg8-g7 26.Nc4-b2 Anand,V (2784)-Van Wely,L (2636)/ Wijk aan Zee 1999/CBM 069/1-0 (60) ] 12.Bg5xf6 e7xf6 13.Qd1-d2N [RR 13.Nc3-d5 Qc7-d8 14.f2-f4 f6-f5 15.e4xf5 Bg7xb2 16.Ra1-b1 Bb2-g7 17.f5xg6 h7xg6 18.a2-a4 Bc8-e6 19.Be2-f3 Ra8-c8 20.Kg1-h1 Rf8-e8 21.Qd1-d2 Nc6-e7 22.Nd5xe7+ Re8xe7 23.Nb3-d4 Be6-c4 24.Rf1-d1 d6-d5 25.f4-f5 Qd8-d6 26.a4-a5 Rc8-e8 27.Rb1-b6 Qd6-f4 Bruned,Y (2328)-Moreno Ruiz,J (2503)/Collado Villalba 2005/CBM 108 ext/0-1 (58) ] 13...Nc6-e7 14.Ra1-d1 f6-f5 15.Be2-f3 Bg7-e5 16.e4xf5 Bc8xf5 Diagram
r+ + rk+ +pq np+p p+ p +p+ + + ll+ + + + + +NN +L+ PPPQ PPP + +R+RK
1865
17.Nb3-d4 Bf5-d7 18.Nc3-d5 Ne7xd5 19.Bf3xd5 Bd7-c6 20.Bd5-b3 last book move last book move Qc7-b6 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 20...Rf8-e8 21.f2-f4 Be5xd4+ 22.Qd2xd4 Re8-e4 23.Qd4xd6 Qc7-b6+ 24.Kg1-h1 Re4-e2 25.Bb3-d5 Qb6xb2 26.f4-f5 Bc6xd5 27.Qd6xd5 g6-g5 Diagram 28.Rd1-d2 Re2xd2 29.Qd5xd2 h7-h6 30.Qd2-d7 Ra8-b8 31.Qd7-d6 Rb8-e8 32.Qd6xh6 -0.11/14 ] 21.Kg1-h1 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64:
r+ + +k+ +p+ +p+p p+ + + + + +Q+Pp + + + + + + + + PqP+r+PP + +R+R+K
1866
21.f2-f4 Be5-f6 22.c2-c3 Ra8-e8 23.f4-f5 d6-d5 24.Rf1-f2 g6-g5 25.Qd2-d3 g5-g4 26.Rf2-f4 h7-h5 27.Rf4-f2 Re8-e7 -0.03/14 ]
r+ + rk+ +p+ +p+p pqlp +p+ + + l + + N + + +L+ + + PPPQ PPP + +R+R+K
1867
21...Ra8-d8 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 21...d6-d5 22.f2-f4 Be5-f6 23.f4-f5 g6-g5 24.Rf1-e1 Rf8-e8 25.c2-c3 Qb6-c7 26.Nd4-c2 Re8xe1+ 27.Rd1xe1 Qc7-d7 28.Nc2-b4 Qd7xf5 29.Nb4xd5 -0.03/14 ] 22.f2-f4 White threatens to win material: f4xe5 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 22.c2-c3 Be5xd4 23.c3xd4 a6-a5 24.Rd1-c1 a5-a4 25.Bb3-c4 Rf8-e8 26.d4-d5 Bc6-d7 27.Rf1-e1 Re8xe1+
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
+ r rk+ +p+ +p+p pqlp +p+ + + l + + N + + +L+ + + PPPQ PPP + +R+R+K
500
1868
28.Rc1xe1 Rd8-c8 29.Re1-e7 Rc8xc4 30.Re7xd7 Rc4-d4 0.00/15 ] 22...Be5-f6 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 22...Qb6xd4 23.Qd2xd4 Be5xd4 24.Rd1xd4 Rf8-e8 25.Kh1-g1 Re8-e4 26.Rd4xe4 Bc6xe4 27.Rf1-d1 d6-d5 28.Kg1-f2 Kg8-g7 29.Rd1-d4 b7-b5 30.a2-a4 Rd8-c8 31.c2-c3 Rc8-d8 32.Bb3-a2 b5xa4 33.Rd4xa4 0.03/15 ] 23.Nd4-f3 Diagram [ 23.f4-f5 g6-g5= ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 23.f4-f5 Diagram (Diagram 1869) g6-g5 24.h2-h4 h7-h6 25.Rf1-e1 d6-d5 26.Nd4-f3 Kg8-g7 27.c2-c3 g5xh4 28.Qd2-f4 Rf8-e8 29.Qf4-g4+ Kg7-h8 30.Qg4-h5 Re8xe1+ 31.Rd1xe1 Kh8-g7 32.Qh5-g4+ Kg7-h8 33.Nf3-e5 -0.01/13 ] (Diagram 1870) 23...a6-a5 [ 23...Bf6xb2? Diagram (Diagram 1871) is inferior since it leads to 24.Rd1-b1 Bc6xf3 25.Rb1xb2 Bf3xg2+ 26.Qd2xg2+- ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64:
+ r rk+ +p+ +p+p pqlp lp+ + + +P+ + N + + +L+ + + PPPQ +PP + +R+R+K
+ r rk+ +p+ +p+p pqlp lp+ + + + + + + P + +L+ +N+ PPPQ +PP + +R+R+K
+ r rk+ +p+ +p+p pqlp +p+ + + + + + + P + +L+ +N+ PlPQ +PP + +R+R+K
1869
1870
1871
23...Bc6-e4 24.Nf3-g5 d6-d5 25.c2-c3
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
501
Rf8-e8 26.Ng5xe4 d5xe4 27.Qd2-e2 e4-e3 28.f4-f5 Rd8xd1 29.Rf1xd1 Kg8-g7 30.f5xg6 h7xg6 31.Kh1-g1 Re8-d8 32.Rd1xd8 Bf6xd8 33.Bb3-d5 Bd8-f6 34.a2-a4 -0.30/14 ] 24.f4-f5 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 24.c2-c3 Diagram
+ r rk+ +p+ +p+p qlp lp+ p + + + + + P + +LP +N+ PP Q +PP + +R+R+K
1872
d6-d5 25.Nf3-d4 Rf8-e8 26.Nd4xc6 b7xc6 27.f4-f5 g6-g5 28.Rf1-e1 Qb6-c7 29.g2-g3 Rd8-b8 30.Kh1-g2 Qc7-d7 31.Bb3-a4 Qd7-b7 32.Rd1-b1 Qb7-c7 -0.18/14 ] 24...a5-a4 Diagram [ 24...Bf6xb2 25.c2-c3 d6-d5 26.Qd2-h6+- ( 26.Qd2xb2?! is the weaker alternative a5-a4 ); Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 24...a5-a4 25.Bb3-d5 Diagram (Diagram 1873) Qb6xb2 26.f5xg6 h7xg6 27.Bd5xc6 b7xc6 28.Qd2-f4 c6-c5 29.Qf4xa4 Rd8-a8 30.Qa4-b3 Ra8xa2 31.Rd1xd6 Qb2xb3 32.c2xb3 Kg8-g7 33.Nf3-e1 Bf6-e5 34.Rd6-d7 Ra2-a1 35.g2-g3 Be5-d4 36.b3-b4 Ra1-a2 37.b4xc5 Bd4xc5 -0.39/15 ] 25.Bb3-c4 [ 25.Bb3-d5 Diagram Qb6xb2 26.f5xg6 h7xg6 27.Bd5xc6 b7xc6! ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64:
+ r rk+ +p+ +p+p qlp lp+ + +L+P+ p+ + + + + + +N+ PPPQ +PP + +R+R+K
+ r rk+ +p+ +p+p qlp lp+ + + +P+ p+ + + + +L+ +N+ PPPQ +PP + +R+R+K
+ r rk+ +p+ +p+p qlp lp+ + +L+P+ p+ + + + + + +N+ PPPQ +PP + +R+R+K
1873
1874
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25.Bb3-d5 Qb6xb2 26.f5xg6 h7xg6
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
502
27.Bd5xc6 b7xc6 28.Qd2-f4 c6-c5 29.Qf4xa4 Rd8-a8 30.Qa4-b3 Ra8xa2 31.Qb3xb2 Bf6xb2 32.Rd1xd6 Bb2-h8 33.Rd6-d2 Rf8-e8 34.Nf3-g5 Diagram
+ +r+kl + + +p+ + + +p+ + p + N + + + + + + + + r+PR +PP + + +R+K
1876
f7-f5 35.Rd2-d6 -0.41/13 ] 25...Qb6xb2 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 25...d6-d5 26.Bc4-d3 Qb6xb2 27.Qd2-h6 Bf6-g7 28.Qh6-h4 Rd8-d6 29.Rf1-e1 Qb2-f6 30.Qh4-g4 Rd6-d8 31.Nf3-e5 Diagram
+ r rk+ +p+ +plp +l+ qp+ + +pNP+ p+ + +Q+ + +L+ + P+P+ +PP + +RR +K
1877
28.Nf3-g1 g6-g5 29.Rd1-c1 Qc2-b2 30.Rc1-c7 b7-b5 31.Rf1-c1 Qb2-e5 32.Qd5-d3 Rf8-e8 33.Ng1-f3 Qe5-b2 34.Qd3-d5 Diagram
+ rr+k+ + R +p+p + p l + +p+Q+Pp p+ + + + + + +N+ Pq + +PP + R + +K
1878
Re8-e7 35.Rc7-c2 -0.84/14 ]
+ r rk+ +p+ +p+p +lp lP+ + + + + p+L+ + + + + +N+ PqPQ +PP + +R+R+K
1879
26...h7xg6 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 26...h7xg6 Diagram (Diagram 1880)
Rf8-e8 32.Ne5xc6 Re8xe1+ 33.Rd1xe1 Qf6xc6 34.f5xg6 h7xg6 35.Re1-e7 Rd8-e8 -0.94/13 ] 26.f5xg6 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 26.Bc4-d5 Bc6xd5 27.Qd2xd5 Qb2xc2
27.Bc4-d5 Bc6xd5 28.Qd2xd5 Qb2xc2 29.Nf3-e1 Qc2-c3 30.Qd5xb7 Kg8-g7 31.Ne1-d3 Rf8-h8 Diagram 32.h2-h3 Rh8-e8 33.Qb7-f3 Re8-e7 34.Rd1-c1 Qc3-d4 35.Rc1-c6
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
+ r rk+ +p+ +p+ +lp lp+ + + + + p+L+ + + + + +N+ PqPQ +PP + +R+R+K
+ r + r +Q+ +pk + p lp+ + + + + p+ + + + + qN+ + P+ + +PP + +R+R+K
503
1880
1881
Rd8-b8 -0.64/16 ] 27.Nf3-g5 [ 27.Bc4-d5!?∓ Diagram (Diagram 1882) ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 27.Bc4-d5 Diagram (Diagram 1883) Kg8-g7 28.Bd5xc6 b7xc6 29.Nf3-d4 Bf6xd4 30.Qd2xd4+ Qb2xd4 31.Rd1xd4 d6-d5 32.Rd4xa4 Rd8-a8 33.Ra4xa8 Rf8xa8 34.Rf1-a1 Ra8-a3 35.Kh1-g1 d5-d4 36.h2-h3 Ra3-c3
+ r rk+ +p+ +p+ +lp lp+ + +L+ + p+ + + + + + +N+ PqPQ +PP + +R+R+K
+ r rk+ +p+ +p+ +lp lp+ + +L+ + p+ + + + + + +N+ PqPQ +PP + +R+R+K
1882
1883
37.Ra1-d1 Rc3xc2 38.Rd1xd4 Rc2xa2 39.Rd4-d7 c6-c5 -0.73/15 Diagram (Diagram 1884) ] 27...Rd8-d7-+ [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 27...d6-d5 Diagram (Diagram 1885) 28.Bc4-d3 Qb2-d4 29.Ng5-f3 Qd4-g4 30.c2-c3 Rd8-e8 31.Qd2-b2 Re8-e3 32.Nf3-d4 Bf6xd4 33.c3xd4 Rf8-e8 34.Qb2-b4 f7-f5 35.Kh1-g1 Diagram a4-a3 36.Qb4-c5 Qg4-h4 -1.12/15 ]
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
504 Diagram
+ + + + + +R+pk + + +p+ + p + + + + + + + + + +P r+ + +P+ + + + K
+ r rk+ +p+ +p+ +l+ lp+ + +p+ N p+L+ + + + + + + PqPQ +PP + +R+R+K
+ +r+k+ +p+ + + +l+ +p+ + +p+p+ pQ P +q+ + +Lr + P+ + +PP + +R+RK 28.Bc4-d3 [ 28.Bc4-d5 Bc6xd5
1884
1885
+ + rk+ +p+r+p+ + p lp+ + +l+ N p+ + + + + + + + PqPQ +PP + +R+R+K
1887
29.Qd2xd5 Bf6xg5 30.Qd5xg5 Qb2xa2∓ ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 28.h2-h4 Diagram
+ + rk+ +p+r+p+ +lp lp+ + + + N p+L+ + P + + + + PqPQ +P+ + +R+R+K
1888
1886
Kg8-g7 29.Bc4-d5 Bc6xd5 30.Qd2xd5 Qb2-e5 31.Qd5-c4 Bf6xg5 32.h4xg5 b7-b5 33.Qc4-d4 Qe5xd4 34.Rd1xd4 Rf8-c8 35.Rf1-f2 Rd7-c7 36.c2-c4 Rc7xc4 37.Rd4xd6 Rc4-c2 38.Rf2xc2 Rc8xc2 -1.36/13 ] 28...Kg8-g7 Diagram [ 28...Rf8-e8 keeps an even firmer grip 29.Bd3-c4-+ Diagram ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 28...Rf8-e8 29.Bd3-c4 d6-d5 30.Bc4-d3 Bf6-e5
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
+ +r+k+ +p+r+p+ +lp lp+ + + + N p+L+ + + + + + + PqPQ +PP + +R+R+K
505
1889
31.Qd2-f2 f7-f5 32.Rf1-e1 Rd7-g7 33.Ng5-f3 Be5-f6 34.Re1xe8+ Bc6xe8 Diagram
+ +l+k+ +p+ + r + + lp+ + +p+p+ p+ + + + + +L+N+ PqP+ QPP + +R+ +K
1890
35.Rd1-e1 Rg7-e7 36.Re1xe7 Bf6xe7 37.Qf2-e1 -1.91/13 ] (Diagram 1891) 29.Qd2-f4 [ 29.Rd1-b1 Qb2-e5 30.Ng5-f3-+ Diagram ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 29.Ng5-e4 Bf6-e5 30.Qd2-g5 Diagram f7-f6 31.Ne4xf6 Rf8xf6 32.Rf1xf6 Be5xf6 33.Qg5xg6+ Kg7-f8 34.Rd1-f1 Diagram
+ + r + +p+r+pk +lp lp+ + + + N p+ + + + + +L+ + PqPQ +PP + +R+R+K
+ + r + +p+r+pk +lp lp+ + + q + p+ + + + + +L+N+ P+PQ +PP +R+ +R+K
+ + r + +p+r+pk +lp +p+ + + l Q p+ +N+ + + +L+ + PqP+ +PP + +R+R+K
1891
1892
1893
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
+ + k + +p+r+ + +lp lQ+ + + + + p+ + + + + +L+ + PqP+ +PP + + +R+K
506
1894
Rd7-f7 35.Bd3-c4 d6-d5 36.Bc4-e2 Qb2xa2 37.Be2-h5 d5-d4 38.Qg6-g3 Qa2-e6 39.Qg3-b8+ Qe6-e8 40.Qb8-d6+ Qe8-e7 41.Qd6-b8+ Kf8-g7 42.Qb8-g3+ Kg7-h8 43.Bh5xf7 Qe7xf7 -2.09/14 ] 29...Rf8-h8 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 29...Rf8-h8 Diagram
+ + + r +p+r+pk +lp lp+ + + + N p+ + Q + + +L+ + PqP+ +PP + +R+R+K
1895
30.h2-h3 Qb2-e5 31.Ng5-e4 Qe5xf4 32.Rf1xf4 Bf6-e5 33.Rf4-f1 Rd7-e7 34.Ne4-g5 f7-f5 35.Ng5-f3 Be5-f6 36.Kh1-h2 Re7-e3 37.Rd1-e1 Rh8-e8 38.Re1xe3 Re8xe3 39.Rf1-b1 a4-a3 40.Bd3-c4 -2.35/15 ] 30.Ng5-f3 Diagram [ 30.h2-h3
+ + + r +p+r+pk +lp lp+ + + + N p+ + Q + + +L+ + PqP+ +PP + +R+R+K
1896
doesn't improve anything Bf6xg5 31.Qf4xg5 Rh8xh3+ 32.Kh1-g1 Qb2-d4+ 33.Rf1-f2 Rh3-h4-+ ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 30.h2-h3 Diagram
+ + + r +p+r+pk +lp lp+ + + + N p+ + Q + + +L+ +P PqP+ +P+ + +R+R+K
1897
Qb2-e5 31.Ng5-e4 Qe5xf4 32.Rf1xf4 Bf6-e5 33.Rf4-f1 Rh8-h5 34.Kh1-g1 Rd7-e7 35.Ne4-f2 Rh5-h4 36.c2-c4 f7-f5 37.Bd3-e2 Re7-e8 -2.45/13 ] (Diagram 1898) 30...Qb2xa2 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 30...Qb2xa2 31.Bd3-e4 Bc6xe4 32.Qf4xe4 Rh8-h5 33.c2-c4
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
+ + + r +p+r+pk +lp lp+ + + + + p+ + Q + + +L+N+ PqP+ +PP + +R+R+K
507
1898
Rh5-c5 34.Nf3-d2 Bf6-e5 35.Qe4-e3 f7-f5 36.Rd1-b1 Diagram
+ + + + +p+r+ k + p +p+ + r lp+ p+P+ + + + + Q + q+ N +PP +R+ +R+K
1899
f5-f4 37.Qe3-d3 Rd7-e7 38.Nd2-e4 Rc5xc4 39.Ne4xd6 Rc4-c2 -2.65/15 ] (Diagram 1900) 31.Rd1-e1 [ 31.Bd3-e4 doesn't change anything anymore Bc6xe4 32.Qf4xe4 Rh8-h5-+ ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 31.Bd3-e4 Bc6xe4 32.Qf4xe4 Diagram a4-a3 33.Qe4-g4 Qa2-e6 34.Qg4-a4 a3-a2 35.c2-c4 a2-a1R 36.Rd1xa1 Diagram
+ + + r +p+r+pk +lp lp+ + + + + p+ + Q + + +L+N+ q+P+ +PP + +R+R+K
+ + + r +p+r+pk + p lp+ + + + + p+ +Q+ + + + +N+ q+P+ +PP + +R+R+K
+ + + r +p+r+pk + pqlp+ + + + + Q+P+ + + + + +N+ + + +PP R + +R+K Bf6xa1 37.Qa4xa1+ Qe6-f6
1900
1901
1902
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
508
38.Qa1-b1 Rd7-e7 39.Rf1-d1 Re7-e2 40.Qb1xb7 Qf6-f4 41.Qb7-d5 Qf4-g4 42.Nf3-g5 Re2-f2 -2.72/14 ] 31...Qa2-b2 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 31...Qa2-b2 32.Re1-e2 Qb2-b6 33.c2-c4 a4-a3 34.Re2-f2 Bc6xf3 35.Qf4xf3 Bf6-d4 36.Rf2-e2 Bd4-e5 37.h2-h3 f7-f5 38.Bd3-b1 Qb6-c5 39.Re2-e3 Rh8-a8 40.Rf1-e1 Rd7-e7 -3.12/14 ] 32.c2-c3 Diagram [ 32.Bd3-e4 doesn't get the bull off the ice Qb2-b4 33.c2-c4 Bc6xe4 ( 33...Qb4xc4 34.Nf3-d2 Qc4-d4 35.Be4xc6 Qd4xf4 36.Rf1xf4 b7xc6 37.Rf4xa4-+ ) 34.Re1xe4 a4-a3-+ Diagram
+ + + r +p+r+pk + p lp+ + + + + qP+RQ + p + +N+ + + +PP + + +R+K
1903
; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 32.Re1-e2 Diagram (Diagram 1904) a4-a3 33.c2-c4 Qb2-c3 34.Bd3-b1 Bc6xf3 35.Rf1xf3 Rh8-h4 36.g2-g4 Qc3-a1 37.Qf4-c1 Rh4xg4 38.Rf3xa3 Rg4xc4 39.Qc1xc4 Qa1xa3 Diagram 40.Kh1-g2 d6-d5 41.Qc4-f4 Qa3-d6 42.Qf4xd6 Rd7xd6 43.Kg2-f3 -2.82/13 ] 32...Qb2xc3 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 32...a4-a3 Diagram
+ + + r +p+r+pk +lp lp+ + + + + p+ + Q + + +L+N+ qP+R+PP + + +R+K
+ + + + +p+r+pk + p lp+ + + + + +Q+ + + q + + + + +R+ P +L+ + +K
+ + + r +p+r+pk +lp lp+ + + + + p+ + Q + + PL+N+ q + +PP + + RR+K
1904
1905
1906
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
+ + + r +p+r+pk +lp lp+ + + + + + + Q + p PL+N+ q + +PP + + RR+K
509
1907
33.Re1-e2 Qb2xc3 34.Bd3-b1 Rd7-e7 35.Re2-c2 Qc3-e3 36.Qf4-b4 Bc6xf3 37.g2xf3 Qe3-d3 38.Rc2-f2 Rh8-h4 39.Qb4-a5 Rh4-h5 40.Qa5-d8 Re7-e3 41.Qd8-c7 -5.12/12 ]
+ + + r +p+r+pk +lp lp+ + + + + p+ + Q + + qL+N+ + + +PP + + RR+K
1908
33.Re1-e3 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 33.Bd3-e4 a4-a3 34.Be4xc6 b7xc6 35.Re1-e2 Rd7-e7 36.Re2-f2 Qc3-c5 37.h2-h3 Qc5-d5 38.Qf4-a4 Re7-e3 39.Kh1-g1 Qd5-e4 40.Qa4-a7 Rh8-e8 -4.89/13 ] 33...Qc3-c5 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 33...Qc3-c5 Diagram 34.Bd3-b1 b7-b5 35.Re3-e1 a4-a3 36.Re1-c1 Bf6-c3 37.Qf4-g4 Rd7-a7
+ + + r +p+r+pk +lp lp+ + + + + p+ + Q + + qLRN+ + + +PP + + +R+K
+ + + r +p+r+pk +lp lp+ + q + + p+ + Q + + +LRN+ + + +PP + + +R+K
1909
1910
38.Bb1-a2 b5-b4 39.Nf3-h4 Bc6-d5 40.Ba2xd5 Qc5xd5 41.Rc1-d1 -4.73/13 ] 34.Bd3-e4 [ 34.Re3-e2 Diagram (Diagram 1911) doesn't get the cat off the tree a4-a3-+ ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 34.Bd3-b1 b7-b5 35.Re3-e1 a4-a3 36.Re1-c1 Qc5-b6 37.Rc1xc6 Qb6xc6 38.Qf4xf6+ Kg7xf6 39.Nf3-d4+ Kf6-g7 40.Nd4xc6 Rd7-c7 41.Rf1-c1 b5-b4 42.Bb1-a2 -4.43/12 ] 34...a4-a3 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 34...a4-a3 35.Be4xc6 b7xc6
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
+ + + r +p+r+pk +lp lp+ + q + + p+ + Q + + +L+N+ + +R+PP + + +R+K
510
1911
36.Re3-e2 Rd7-b7 37.Rf1-c1 g6-g5 38.Qf4-d2 Qc5-d5 39.Qd2xd5 c6xd5 40.Re2-a2 Diagram
+ + + r +r+ +pk + p l + + +p+ p + + + + p + +N+ R+ + +PP + R + +K
1912
g5-g4 41.Nf3-e1 Rb7-b3 42.Rc1-d1 Bf6-e5 43.g2-g3 Be5xg3 44.Ne1-d3 Bg3-e5 45.Nd3xe5 d6xe5 46.Rd1xd5 g4-g3 47.Rd5-d1 Rb3-b2 -6.17/15 ] 35.Be4xc6 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 35.Be4xc6 Diagram (Diagram 1913) b7xc6 36.Re3-e2 Rd7-b7 37.Rf1-c1 g6-g5 38.Qf4-d2 Qc5-d5 39.Qd2xd5 c6xd5 40.Re2-a2 g5-g4 41.Nf3-g1
+ + + r +p+r+pk +Lp lp+ + q + + + + Q + p + RN+ + + +PP + + +R+K
1913
Rb7-b3 42.h2-h3 d5-d4 43.Rc1-a1 Rh8-a8 44.h3xg4 d4-d3 45.Ra1-d1 Rb3-b2 46.Ra2-a1 Rb2-c2 -6.20/14 ] 35...b7xc6 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 35...b7xc6 36.Re3-e2 Rd7-b7 37.Rf1-c1 g6-g5 38.Qf4-d2 Qc5-d5 39.Qd2xd5 c6xd5 40.Re2-a2 g5-g4 41.Nf3-g1 Rb7-b3 42.h2-h3 d5-d4 43.Rc1-a1 Rh8-a8 44.h3xg4 Diagram
r+ + + + + + +pk + p l + + + + + + p +P+ pr+ + + R+ + +P+ R + + NK
1914
d4-d3 45.Ra1-d1 Rb3-b2 46.Ra2-a1 Rb2-c2 -5.86/13 ] 36.Re3-e2 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 36.Re3-e2 Rd7-b7 37.Rf1-c1 g6-g5 38.Qf4-d2 Qc5-d5 39.Qd2xd5 c6xd5 40.Re2-a2 g5-g4 41.Nf3-g1 Rb7-b3
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
+ + + r + +r+pk +pp lp+ + q + + + + Q + p + RN+ + + +PP + + +R+K
511
1915
42.h2-h3 Diagram
+ + + r + + +pk + p l + + +p+ + + + +p+ pr+ + +P R+ + +P+ + R + NK
1916
d5-d4 43.Rc1-a1 Rh8-a8 44.h3xg4 d4-d3 45.Ra1-d1 Rb3-b2 46.Ra2-a1 Rb2-c2 -6.03/14 ] 36...Rd7-a7 [ 36...Rd7-b7 and Black can already relax 37.Re2-d2 Bf6-b2 38.Qf4xd6 Qc5xd6 39.Rd2xd6 a3-a2-+ ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 36...Rd7-b7 37.Rf1-c1 g6-g5 Diagram (Diagram 1917) 38.Qf4-d2 Qc5-d5 39.Qd2xd5 c6xd5 40.Re2-a2 g5-g4 41.Nf3-g1 Rb7-b3 42.h2-h3 Bf6-b2 43.Rc1-d1 Rb3-b5
+ + + r +r+ +pk +pp l + + q + p + + Q + p + +N+ + +R+PP + R + +K
1917
44.Kh1-h2 Bb2-e5+ 45.Kh2-h1 Rb5-a5 -5.71/14 ] 37.g2-g4 [ 37.Rf1-c1 is the last straw Qc5-b5 38.Nf3-d4-+ ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 37.Re2-a2 Qc5-d5 38.Ra2-d2 Qd5-f5 39.Qf4xf5 g6xf5 40.Rd2-a2 Rh8-b8 41.Kh1-g1 c6-c5 42.Rf1-c1 Rb8-b2 43.Rc1-a1 Diagram
+ + + + r + +pk + p l + + p +p+ + + + + p + +N+ Rr + +PP R + + K
1918
Rb2xa2 44.Ra1xa2 Bf6-b2 45.Kg1-f2 Ra7-e7 46.Nf3-h4 -5.08/13 ] 37...a3-a2 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 37...a3-a2 38.Qf4-e3 Diagram a2-a1Q 39.Rf1xa1 Ra7xa1+ 40.Kh1-g2 Ra1-a2 41.Qe3-d3 Qc5-c3 42.Qd3-d1 Ra2xe2+ 43.Qd1xe2
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
+ + + r r + +pk +pp lp+ + q + + + + +P+ + + QN+ p+ +R+ P + + +R+K
512
1919
Qc3-b2 44.Qe2xb2 Bf6xb2 45.Kg2-f2 c6-c5 46.h2-h4 Bb2-e5 47.Kf2-e3 Be5-g3 48.Ke3-e4 Bg3xh4 49.Ke4-d5 Bh4-g3 Diagram
+ + + r + + +pk + p +p+ + pK+ + + + +P+ + + +Nl + + + + + + + +
1920
50.g4-g5 Bg3-f4 51.Kd5-e4 -10.86/13 ] 38.g4-g5 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 38.Kh1-g2 a2-a1Q 39.Rf1xa1 Diagram
+ + + r r + +pk +pp lp+ + q + + + + QP+ + + +N+ + +R+KP R + + +
1921
47.Kf2-e3 Be5-g3 48.h4-h5 g6xh5 49.g4xh5 Rh8xh5 50.Ke3-d3 Kg7-f6 -11.07/14 ] 38...a2-a1Q [ 38...a2-a1Q Diagram
+ + + r r + +pk +pp lp+ + q + P + + Q + + + +N+ + +R+ P q + +R+K
1922
39.Rf1xa1 Ra7xa1+ 40.Kh1-g2 Bf6xg5 41.Qf4-d4+ Qc5xd4 42.Nf3xd4 c6-c5-+ ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 38...a2-a1Q Diagram
(Diagram 1921)
(Diagram 1923)
Ra7xa1 40.Qf4-e3 Ra1-a2 41.Qe3-d3 Qc5-c3 42.Qd3-d1 Ra2xe2+ 43.Qd1xe2 Qc3-b2 44.Qe2xb2 Bf6xb2 45.Kg2-f2 c6-c5 46.h2-h4 Bb2-e5
39.g5xf6+ Qa1xf6 40.Qf4xf6+ Kg7xf6 41.Re2-d2 Kf6-g7 42.Rd2-g2 Qc5-d5 43.Rg2-d2 Qd5-c4 44.Kh1-g1 Ra7-a2 45.Rd2xa2 Diagram
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
+ + + r r + +pk +pp lp+ + q + P + + Q + + + +N+ + +R+ P q + +R+K
513
1923
r+lqklnr +ppp+ppp p+n+ + + + + p + L+ +P+ + + + +N+ PPPP PPP RNLQK +R
1925
Bc8-d7 7.Nb1-d2 g7-g6 8.Nd2-f1 Bf8-g7 9.Nf1-g3 0-0 10.0-0 Rf8-e8 [ RR 10...Qd8-e8 11.Ba4-c2 Kg8-h8 1924 12.h2-h3 d6-d5 13.e4xd5 Nf6xd5 14.Bc2-b3 Nd5-b6 15.Bc1-e3 f7-f5 16.Be3-c5 Rf8-f6 17.Rf1-e1 Bd7-e6 18.Bc5xb6 c7xb6 19.Nf3xe5 Be6xb3 20.Qd1xb3 Nc6xe5 21.d3-d4 Rf6-e6 22.d4xe5 Re6xe5 23.Re1xe5 Qe8xe5 24.Qb3xb6 Qe5-b5 25.Qb6xb5 Smirin,I (2659)-Ernst,S (2512)/Fuegen 2006/CBM 115/½-½ (45) ;RR 10...h7-h6 11.d3-d4 Rf8-e8 12.d4-d5 Nc6-b8 13.Ba4xd7 Nb8xd7 14.c3-c4 Nd7-c5 15.Qd1-c2 a6-a5 16.b2-b3 Qc4xa2 46.Rf1-f2 Qa2-e6 47.Rf2-b2 Kg8-h7 17.Ra1-b1 c7-c6 18.d5xc6 c6-c5 -12.60/12 ] b7xc6 19.Rf1-d1 Qd8-c7 20.Bc1-a3 0-1 Nf6-d7 21.Rd1-d2 Bg7-f8 22.Rb1-d1 Nc5-b7 23.h2-h4 Nd7-c5 24.h4-h5 Re8-d8 25.Kg1-h2 Kulovana,E (2199)38 C77 Berezjuk,S (2445)/Czechia 2007/EXT Vassily Ivanchuk 2008/0-1 (56) ] 11.Rf1-e1 Qd8-e7 Levon Aronian 12.h2-h3 Qe7-f8N [RR 12...Nc6-a5 Karabakh International (3) 04.10.2005 13.d3-d4 e5xd4 14.c3xd4 Bd7xa4 15.Qd1xa4 Na5-c6 16.Bc1-d2 Nf6-d7 C77: Ruy Lopez: 3...a6 4 Ba4 Nf6, 17.Qa4-c4 Nd7-b6 18.Qc4-d3 Qe7-f8 unusual lines 19.d4-d5 Nc6-e5 20.Nf3xe5 Bg7xe5 1.e2-e4 e7-e5 2.Ng1-f3 Nb8-c6 21.Ra1-c1 Ra8-c8 22.b2-b3 Nb6-d7 3.Bf1-b5 a7-a6 4.Bb5-a4 Diagram 23.f2-f4 Be5-g7 24.Bd2-e3 h7-h5 Ng8-f6 5.d2-d3 d7-d6 6.c2-c3 25.Be3-f2 Bg7-h6 26.Qd3-f3 Qf8-e7
+ + + r + + +pk +pp +p+ + + + + +q+ + + + + +N+ R+ + + P + + +RK
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
514
27.Rc1-d1 Cherniaev,A (2437)-Flear,G (2489)/Port Erin 2001/CBM 084 ext/1-0 (47) ] 13.d3-d4 Ra8-d8 14.Bc1-d2 Kg8-h8 15.Ra1-c1 b7-b5 16.Ba4-c2 Nc6-a5 17.Bc2-d3 Na5-b7 Diagram
+ rrq k +npl+plp p+ p np+ +p+ p + + PP+ + + PL+NNP PP L PP+ + RQR K
1926
18.b2-b4 a6-a5 last book move last book move 19.c3-c4 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 19.a2-a4 b5xa4 20.b4-b5 a4-a3 21.Rc1-a1 Bd7-e6 22.d4-d5 Be6-d7 23.Ra1xa3 Nb7-c5 24.Bd2-e3 Rd8-a8 25.Be3xc5 d6xc5 26.c3-c4 Qf8-d6 27.Qd1-c2 0.73/13 ] 19...b5xc4 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 19...a5xb4 20.c4xb5 Rd8-c8 21.Bd2xb4 e5xd4 22.Nf3xd4 Nf6-g4 23.Nd4-c6 Ng4-e5 24.Nc6xe5 Bg7xe5 Diagram (Diagram 1927) 25.Bd3-c4 Kh8-g8 26.Qd1-f3 Bd7-e6 27.Ng3-e2 Nb7-c5 28.Bb4xc5 d6xc5 29.Bc4xe6 Re8xe6 0.72/12 ] (Diagram 1928) 20.Rc1xc4 [ 20.Bd3xc4 a5xb4 21.Bc4-a6 Nb7-a5 22.Rc1xc7 e5xd4 ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 20.Bd3xc4 Diagram
+r+rq k +npl+p+p + p +p+ +P+ l + L +P+ + + +L+ NP P+ + PP+ + RQR K
+ rrq k +npl+plp + p np+ p + p + PpPP+ + + +L+NNP P+ L PP+ + RQR K
+ rrq k +npl+plp + p np+ p + p + PLPP+ + + + +NNP P+ L PP+ + RQR K
1927
1928
1929
e5xd4 21.Bc4-a6 Rd8-b8 22.Rc1xc7
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
515
Nb7-d8 23.Nf3xd4 a5xb4 24.Bd2-f4 Rb8-b6 25.Ba6-c4 Rb6-b7 26.Rc7xb7 Nd8xb7 27.Nd4-c2 Re8-c8 28.Bc4-b3 Nf6-e8 29.Nc2xb4 Nb7-c5 30.Nb4-d5 Bg7-e5 31.Qd1-d2 Kh8-g8 0.51/12 ] 20...c7-c6 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 20...Rd8-c8 21.d4xe5 d6xe5 22.b4xa5 Bd7-b5 23.Rc4-c3 Bb5xd3 24.Rc3xd3 Nb7-c5 25.Bd2-b4 Rc8-b8 26.Bb4xc5 Qf8xc5 27.Qd1-d2 Rb8-b5 28.a5-a6 Qc5-a7 29.Re1-c1 Kh8-g8 30.Rd3-c3 c7-c5 31.Qd2-d6 Re8-e6 0.58/13 ] 21.b4xa5 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 21.d4xe5 d6xe5 22.b4xa5 Bd7-e6 23.Rc4-c3 Nb7xa5 24.Qd1-a4 Rd8-a8 25.Qa4-c2 Re8-d8 26.Nf3xe5 Nf6-d7 27.Ne5xd7 Rd8xd7 28.e4-e5 Rd7-d5 29.Bd2-f4 Qf8-b4 30.Re1-e4 0.48/13 ] 21...Rd8-a8 Diagram [ 21...e5xd4!? 22.Qd1-c2 Rd8-a8 ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 21...e5xd4 Diagram
+ rrq k +n+l+plp +pp np+ P + + + +RpP+ + + +L+NNP P+ L PP+ + +QR K
1930
22.a5-a6 Nb7-c5 23.Rc4xd4 Rd8-a8 24.Bd3-f1 Bd7-c8 25.Bd2-g5 Bc8xa6 26.Bg5xf6 Bg7xf6 27.Bf1xa6 Ra8xa6 28.Rd4xd6 Bf6-c3 29.Re1-e3 Qf8-g7 30.e4-e5 0.29/12 ] 22.d4xe5+- [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 22.d4xe5 Diagram d6xe5 23.Qd1-c2 c6-c5 24.Re1-b1 Bd7-c8 25.Rc4-c3 Nf6-d7 26.Bd3-b5
r+ +rq k +n+l+plp +pp np+ P + p + +RPP+ + + +L+NNP P+ L PP+ + +QR K
r+ +rq k +n+l+plp +pp np+ P + P + +R+P+ + + +L+NNP P+ L PP+ + +QR K
1931
1932
Ra8-a7 27.Bd2-e3 Re8-d8 28.Bb5xd7 Bc8xd7 29.a5-a6 Nb7-d6 30.Rb1-b6 Rd8-b8 31.Rb6xb8 Qf8xb8 32.Rc3-a3 Kh8-g8 33.Be3xc5 1.10/14 ] 22...d6xe5 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 22...d6xe5 23.Qd1-c2 c6-c5 24.Re1-b1 Bd7-c8 25.Rc4-c3 Ra8-a7 26.a5-a6 Nb7-d6 27.Rc3xc5 Bc8xa6 28.Bd3xa6 Ra7xa6 29.Bd2-b4 Nf6-d7 Diagram 30.Rc5-c6 Nd7-b8 31.Rc6xd6 Ra6xd6 32.Bb4xd6 Qf8xd6 33.Qc2-c4 Kh8-g8 34.Qc4-d5 Qd6-c7 1.07/15 ] 23.Qd1-c2 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 23.Qd1-c2 c6-c5 24.Re1-b1
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
+ +rq k + +n+plp r+ n +p+ + R p + L +P+ + + + +NNP P+Q+ PP+ +R+ + K
516
1933
Bd7-c8 25.Bd3-e2 Nf6-d7 26.Rc4-a4 Nb7-d6 27.a5-a6 Ra8-a7 28.Bd2-e3 Qf8-e7 29.Be2-c4 Re8-d8 30.Rb1-d1 Nd6xc4 31.Qc2xc4 1.21/13 Diagram
+lr + k r +nqplp P+ + +p+ + p p + R+Q+P+ + + + LNNP P+ + PP+ + +R+ K
1934
r+ +rq k +n+l+plp +p+ np+ P + p + +R+P+ + + +L+NNP P+QL PP+ + + R K
r+ +rq k + +l+ lp + n pp+ P R p + + +P+ + + +Q+NNP P+ L PP+ +R+ + K
1935
1936
Ba2-e6 32.Rc5-c7 Re8-d8 33.Bd2-b4 0.94/13 ] 24.Bd2-b4 [ 24.Rc4-a4 Na5-b7 25.Ra4xa8 Re8xa8+- Diagram
] (Diagram 1937) (Diagram 1935) 23...Nb7xa5 [ 23...c6-c5 24.Re1-b1 Nb7xa5 25.Rc4xc5+- ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 23...c6-c5 24.Re1-b1 Bd7-c8 25.Rc4-c3 Nf6-d7 26.Bd3-b5 Nb7-d6 27.Bb5xd7 Bc8xd7 28.Rc3xc5 f7-f6 29.Qc2-d3 Diagram Bd7-e6 30.a5-a6 Be6xa2 31.Rb1-b2
; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 24.Rc4-a4 Na5-b7 25.Ra4xa8 Re8xa8 26.Nf3xe5 Bd7-e6 27.a2-a4 Nf6-h5 28.Ng3xh5 Bg7xe5 29.Nh5-f4 Nb7-c5 30.Nf4xe6 f7xe6 31.Bd2-b4 Be5-h2+ 32.Kg1-f1 Bh2-d6 33.Bb4-c3+ Kh8-g8 34.a4-a5 Bd6-c7 35.Bc3-b4 Bc7-d6 36.Re1-d1 1.31/14 ] 24...Qf8-g8 Diagram
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
r+ + q k +n+l+plp +p+ np+ + + p + + +P+ + + +L+NNP P+QL PP+ + + R K
517
1937
[ 24...c6-c5 25.Bb4xc5 Qf8-g8 26.Rc4-c3+- Diagram
r+ +r+qk + +l+plp + + np+ n L p + + +P+ + + RL+NNP P+Q+ PP+ + + R K
1938
; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 24...c6-c5 25.Bb4xc5 Qf8-g8 26.Rc4-c3 Na5-b7 27.Bc5-e3 Qg8-f8 28.Re1-b1 Bd7-a4 29.Qc2-d2 Nb7-d6 30.Rc3-c7 Nf6-d7 31.Ng3-e2 Re8-c8 32.Rb1-c1 Kh8-g8 0.88/14 Diagram (Diagram 1939) ] 25.Rc4-c5 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 25.Rc4-c5 Diagram Na5-b7 26.Rc5xe5 c6-c5 27.Re5xe8
r+r+ qk+ + Rn+plp + n +p+ + + p + l+ +P+ + + +LLN+P P+ QNPP+ + R + K
r+ +r+qk + +l+plp +p+ np+ n + p + LR+P+ + + +L+NNP P+Q+ PP+ + + R K
r+ +r+qk + +l+plp +p+ np+ n R p + L +P+ + + +L+NNP P+Q+ PP+ + + R K
1939
1940
1941
Qg8xe8 28.Bb4-d2 Bd7-c6 29.Bd3-c4
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
518
Nb7-d8 30.Bc4-b3 Nd8-e6 Diagram
r+ +q+ k + + +plp +l+nnp+ + p + + + +P+ + +L+ +NNP P+QL PP+ + + R K
r+ +r+qk +n+l+plp +p+ np+ + R p + L +P+ + + +L+NNP P+Q+ PP+ + + R K
1942
Bd7-e6 30.Bc4xe6 Qg8xe6 31.a2-a4 Ne8-d6 32.Re1-b1 Diagram
31.Nf3-e5 Bc6-b7 32.Re1-b1 Nf6-d7 33.Ne5xf7+ Qe8xf7 34.Bb3xe6 Qf7xe6 35.Rb1xb7 Ra8xa2 36.Qc2-d3 Bg7-d4 37.Ng3-e2 0.98/16 ] 25...Na5-b7 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 25...Na5-b7 Diagram
r+ +r+qk +n+l+plp +p+ np+ + R p + L +P+ + + +L+NNP P+Q+ PP+ + + R K
r+ + + k +n+ + lp + nqpp+ + p + + P+ +P+ + + + +NNP +QL PP+ +R+ + K
1943
26.Rc5xe5 c6-c5 27.Re5xe8 Qg8xe8 28.Bb4-c3 Qe8-d8 29.Re1-b1 Ra8-a7 30.e4-e5 Nf6-d5 31.Bc3-d2 Qd8-e7 32.Qc2-b3 Bd7-c6 33.Bd3-c4 Qe7-e6 34.Nf3-g5 1.20/15 ] 26.Rc5xe5 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 26.Rc5xe5 c6-c5 27.Re5xe8 Nf6xe8 28.Bb4-d2 f7-f6 29.Bd3-c4
1944
1945
Qe6-e8 33.Rb1-a1 Qe8-e6 34.Bd2-f4 Nd6-c4 35.Ra1-b1 Nb7-d6 36.Rb1-d1 Ra8-b8 37.Bf4xd6 Nc4xd6 38.Qc2xc5 Nd6xe4 39.Ng3xe4 Qe6xe4 0.92/16 Diagram (Diagram 1946) ] 26...c6-c5 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 26...Re8-b8 Diagram 27.Nf3-g5 Nb7-d8 28.Re5-a5 Ra8xa5 29.Bb4xa5 Nd8-e6 30.Ng5xe6
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
r + + k + + + lp + + pp+ + Q + + P+ +q+ + + + +N+P + + PP+ + +R+ K
r+ +r+qk +n+l+plp +p+ np+ + + R + L +P+ + + +L+NNP P+Q+ PP+ + + R K
rr + +qk +n+l+plp +p+ np+ + + R + L +P+ + + +L+NNP P+Q+ PP+ + + R K Bd7xe6 31.Ba5-c7 Diagram
519
1946
1947
r + +qk + L +plp +p+lnp+ + + + + + +P+ + + +L+ NP P+Q+ PP+ + + R K
1949
Rb8-a8 32.a2-a4 Qg8-c8 33.Bc7-d6 Nf6-d7 34.e4-e5 Kh8-g8 35.f2-f4 Qc8-b7 0.99/14 ] 27.Bb4-c3 [ 27.Re5xe8 Nf6xe8 28.Bb4-c3 f7-f6+Diagram
r+ +n+qk +n+l+ lp + + pp+ + p + + + +P+ + + LL+NNP P+Q+ PP+ + + R K
1950
1948
; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 27.Re5xe8 Nf6xe8 28.Bb4-d2 f7-f6 29.Bd3-c4 Diagram (Diagram 1951) Bd7-e6 Ne8-d6 Qe8-e6 Nb7-d6
30.Bc4xe6 Qg8xe6 31.a2-a4 32.Re1-b1 Qe6-e8 33.Rb1-a1 34.Bd2-f4 Nd6-c4 35.Ra1-e1 36.Re1-d1 Ra8-b8 37.Bf4xd6
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
r+ +n+qk +n+l+ lp + + pp+ + p + + +L+P+ + + + +NNP P+QL PP+ + + R K
520
1951
Nc4xd6 38.Qc2xc5 Nd6xe4 39.Ng3xe4 Diagram
r + + k + + + lp + +qpp+ + Q + + P+ +N+ + + + +N+P + + PP+ + +R+ K
1952
Qe6xe4 0.82/14 ] 27...Bd7-e6 [ 27...Re8-b8 28.Re1-b1 Qg8-d8 29.Qc2-d2+- Diagram (Diagram 1953) ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 27...Re8-d8 28.Re1-b1 Diagram Ra8-a7 29.Nf3-g5 h7-h6 30.Ng5-f3 Qg8-f8 31.Qc2-d2 Qf8-d6 32.Bd3-c4 Qd6xd2 Diagram 33.Nf3xd2 Nb7-d6 34.Bc4-b3 Ra7-c7 35.Re5-e7 c5-c4 0.72/14 ] 28.Bd3-b5
rr q + k +n+l+plp + + np+ + p R + + +P+ + + LL+NNP P+ Q PP+ +R+ + K
r+ r +qk +n+l+plp + + np+ + p R + + +P+ + + LL+NNP P+Q+ PP+ +R+ + K
+ r + k rn+l+pl + + npp + p R + +L+P+ + + L +NNP P+ q PP+ +R+ + K
1953
1954
1955
[ 28.Qc2-b2 c5-c4 29.Bd3xc4 Be6xc4
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521
30.Re5xe8 Diagram
r+ +R+qk +n+ +plp + + np+ + + + + +l+P+ + + L +NNP PQ + PP+ + + R K
1956
Nf6xe8 31.Qb2xb7 Ra8xa2 32.Bc3xg7+ Ne8xg7+- ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 28.Qc2-b2 Diagram
r+ +r+qk +n+ +plp + +lnp+ + p R + + +P+ + + LL+NNP PQ + PP+ + + R K
1957
c5-c4 29.Bd3xc4 Be6xc4 30.Re5xe8 Nf6xe8 31.Bc3xg7+ Ne8xg7 32.Qb2xb7 Ra8xa2 33.Re1-d1 Qg8-f8 34.Qb7-c7 Bc4-b5 35.Rd1-d8 Bb5-e8 36.Nf3-d4 Kh8-g8 37.Ng3-e2 Ng7-e6 38.Nd4xe6 f7xe6 1.22/13 ] 28...Re8-c8 Diagram [ 28...Re8-d8 29.Bb5-c6 Ra8xa2+- ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 28...Ra8xa2 Diagram 29.Qc2-b1 Re8-a8 30.Bb5-c6 Ra2-a7 31.Qb1-b2 Qg8-f8 32.Re1-b1 Be6-c8
+ +r+qk +n+ +plp + +lnp+ +Lp R + + +P+ + + L +NNP r+Q+ PP+ + + R K
1958
33.Rb1-d1 Ra8-b8 34.Qb2-b6 Ra7-a3 35.Ng3-e2 Kh8-g8 36.Bc3-b2 0.79/13 ]
r+r+ +qk +n+ +plp + +lnp+ +Lp R + + +P+ + + L +NNP P+Q+ PP+ + + R K
1959
29.a2-a4 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 29.a2-a4 Nb7-d6 30.Bb5-e2 Be6-d7 31.a4-a5 Nd6-b5 32.Bc3-d2 Qg8-f8 33.Re1-c1 Nb5-d4 34.Nf3xd4 c5xd4 35.Re5-c5 Diagram (Diagram 1960) Qf8-e8 36.Qc2-d3 Rc8xc5 37.Rc1xc5 1.14/13 ] 29...Nb7-d6 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 29...Qg8-f8 30.Ng3-e2 Be6-d7 31.Re5-g5 Bd7xb5 32.a4xb5 h7-h6
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
r+r+ q k + +l+plp + + np+ P R + + + pP+ + + + + NP +QLLPP+ + R + K
r+r+ +qk +n+ +plp + +lnp+ +Lp R + P+ +P+ + + L +NNP +Q+ PP+ + + R K
522
1960
1961
33.Rg5-g3 c5-c4 34.Bc3xf6 Bg7xf6 35.e4-e5 Bf6-e7 36.Re1-d1 1.18/12 Diagram (Diagram 1962) ] 30.Bb5-f1 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 30.Bb5-e2 Be6-d7 31.Qc2-d2 Qg8-f8 32.Re1-d1 Nf6-e8 33.Re5-d5 Bd7xa4 34.Bc3xg7+ Kh8xg7 35.Rd1-c1 f7-f6 36.e4-e5 f6xe5 37.Nf3xe5 c5-c4 38.Be2xc4 Nd6xc4 39.Ne5xc4 1.28/12 ] 30...Nf6-e8 [ 30...Nd6-e8 31.Re1-d1 Ra8-b8 32.Bf1-b5+- ;Houdini 2.0c Pro
r+r+ q k +n+ lp+ + + +pp +P+ P + +p+ + + + + +NRP +Q+NPP+ + +R+ K
r+r+ +qk + + +plp + nlnp+ + p R + P+ +P+ + + L +NNP +Q+ PP+ + + RLK
1962
1963
x64: 30...Be6-d7 31.Re5-e7 Diagram (Diagram 1964) Bd7-c6 32.Nf3-g5 h7-h6 33.e4-e5 Nf6-d5 34.e5xd6 h6xg5 35.Bc3xg7+ Qg8xg7 36.d6-d7 Nd5xe7 37.d7xc8Q+ Ne7xc8 38.Qc2xc5 Bc6xa4 39.Qc5xg5 Nc8-d6 40.Qg5-d5 Qg7-f8 41.Ng3-e4 Nd6xe4 42.Re1xe4 Ba4-c2 1.22/13 Diagram ] 31.Re5xc5!! Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 31.Re5xc5 Rc8-d8 32.Re1-b1 Diagram f7-f6 33.Nf3-d4 Be6-a2 34.Rb1-b2
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
r+r+ +qk + +lRplp + n np+ + p + + P+ +P+ + + L +NNP +Q+ PP+ + + RLK
r+ + q k + + +p+ + + +p+ + +Q+ + + +R+ + + + + +P +l+ PP+ + + +LK
r+ rn+qk + + +plp + nl+p+ + R + + P+ +P+ + + L +NNP +Q+ PP+ +R+ +LK
523
1964
f6xe5 37.Nc6xe5 Rd7-d8 38.Ne5xf7+ Qg8xf7 39.a4-a5 Bg7xc3 40.Qc2xc3+ Kh8-g8 41.a5-a6 Ne8-f6 42.Rc5-c7 2.58/14 ]
r+r+n+qk + + +plp + nl+p+ + R + + P+ +P+ + + L +NNP +Q+ PP+ + + RLK
1967
1965
Discovered attack: c5, c3-d4. 31...Nd6-b7 Diagram [ 31...Rc8xc5 Diagram
1966
Ba2-f7 35.Nd4-c6 Rd8-d7 36.e4-e5
r+ +n+qk + + +plp + nl+p+ + r + + P+ +P+ + + L +NNP +Q+ PP+ + + RLK
1968
32.Bc3-d4 Discovered attack ; ∆31...-32.Rc5xc8 Threat A) 32...Nd6xc8 33.Bc3xg7+ Ne8xg7 ( 33...Qg8xg7 Diagram 34.Qc2-c6 Combination ; 33...Kh8xg7 34.Nf3-g5 Combination ) 34.Nf3-d4 Combination ; B) 32...Be6xc8 33.Bc3xg7+ Ne8xg7 ( 33...Qg8xg7
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
r+n+n+ k + + +pqp + +l+p+ + + + + P+ +P+ + + + +NNP +Q+ PP+ + + RLK
524
1969
34.e4-e5 Combination ; 33...Kh8xg7 34.Qc2-c3+ Combination ) 34.Qc2-c6 Combination ; C) 32...Ra8xc8 33.Nf3-d4 Diagram
+r+n+qk + + +plp + nl+p+ + + + + P+ NP+ + + L + NP +Q+ PP+ + + RLK
1970
Combination ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 31...Rc8-d8 32.Re1-b1 f7-f6 33.Nf3-d4 Be6-a2 34.Rb1-b2 Ba2-f7 35.Nd4-c6 Rd8-d7 36.e4-e5 f6xe5 37.Nc6xe5 Rd7-e7 38.Ne5xf7+ Qg8xf7 2.26/13 ] 32.Rc5xc8 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 32.Rc5xc8 Ra8xc8 33.Bc3xg7+ Qg8xg7 34.Qc2-d2 Qg7-c3 35.Qd2xc3+ Rc8xc3 36.Re1-b1 Rc3-c7 37.e4-e5 Be6-d5 38.Nf3-d4
r+r+n+qk +n+ +plp + +l+p+ + R + + P+ +P+ + + L +NNP +Q+ PP+ + + RLK
1971
Rc7-e7 39.f2-f4 f7-f6 40.a4-a5 f6xe5 41.f4xe5 Re7xe5 42.a5-a6 Nb7-d6 43.a6-a7 Re5-e3 44.Ng3-e2 Re3-a3 45.Nd4-b5 Nd6xb5 46.Rb1xb5 Ne8-c7 47.Rb5-b8+ Kh8-g7 2.68/17 ]
r+R+n+qk +n+ +plp + +l+p+ + + + + P+ +P+ + + L +NNP +Q+ PP+ + + RLK
1972
32...Ra8xc8 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 32...Ra8xc8 Diagram (Diagram 1973) 33.Bc3xg7+ Ne8xg7 34.Qc2-d2 Rc8-a8 35.Qd2-b4 Nb7-a5 36.Bf1-b5 Qg8-d8 37.Ng3-f1 Ra8-c8 38.Nf1-e3 Na5-b3 39.Re1-d1 Qd8-c7 40.Qb4-d6 2.59/15 ] 33.Re1-e3
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
+r+n+qk +n+ +plp + +l+p+ + + + + P+ +P+ + + L +NNP +Q+ PP+ + + RLK
525
1973
[ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 33.Bc3xg7+ Diagram
+r+n+qk +n+ +pLp + +l+p+ + + + + P+ +P+ + + + +NNP +Q+ PP+ + + RLK
+ +n+qk +nr + lp L+ +lpp+ + + + + P+ +P+ + + L RNNP +Q+ PP+ + + + K
1975
37.Nd4-b5 Rc7-c8 38.Re3-d3 Nb7-c5 39.Rd3-d5 Qg8-e6 40.a4-a5 1.83/13 ]
1974
Qg8xg7 34.Qc2-d2 Qg7-c3 35.Qd2xc3+ Rc8xc3 36.Re1-b1 Rc3-c7 37.Bf1-b5 Ne8-d6 38.e4-e5 Nd6xb5 39.a4xb5 Be6-d5 40.Nf3-d4 Kh8-g7 41.b5-b6 Rc7-c8 42.Ng3-e2 Rc8-e8 43.f2-f4 f7-f6 44.Rb1-b5 2.52/14 ] 33...Ne8-d6 Diagram [ 33...Nb7-a5 a fruitless try to alter the course of the game 34.Qc2-d2 Na5-c4 35.Bf1xc4 Rc8xc4 36.a4-a5+- ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 33...f7-f6 34.Bf1-a6 Rc8-c7 Diagram 35.Nf3-d4 Be6-c8 36.Ba6-f1 Bc8-d7
+r+ +qk +n+ +plp + nl+p+ + + + + P+ +P+ + + L RNNP +Q+ PP+ + + +LK
1976
34.Qc2-b2 [ 34.Bf1-a6!? Diagram (Diagram 1977) makes it even easier for White Rc8-a8 35.Bc3xg7+ Qg8xg7+- ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 34.Nf3-g5 f7-f6 35.Ng5xe6 Qg8xe6 36.Bf1-a6 Rc8-c6 37.Ba6-e2 h7-h5 38.Be2-b5 Rc6-c8 39.Bb5-a6 Rc8-a8 40.Ba6xb7 Nd6xb7 41.Ng3-e2 Nb7-c5 42.Ne2-f4 2.04/13 ] 34...Nb7-a5 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 34...Nb7-a5 35.Nf3-d2 Na5-c4
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+r+ +qk +n+ +plp L+ nl+p+ + + + + P+ +P+ + + L RNNP +Q+ PP+ + + + K
526
1977
36.Nd2xc4 Nd6xc4 37.Bf1xc4 Be6xc4 38.a4-a5 Rc8-a8 39.Qb2-b4 Bc4-e6 40.Re3-d3 Qg8-c8 41.Bc3xg7+ Kh8xg7 42.Qb4-b2+ f7-f6 43.e4-e5 f6-f5 44.Qb2-b4 Qc8-c1+ 45.Ng3-f1 2.27/15 ]
+r+ +qk + + +plp + nl+p+ n + + + P+ +P+ + + L RNNP Q + PP+ + + +LK
1978
35.Nf3-g5 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 35.Nf3-d2 h7-h5 36.Bf1-a6 Rc8-c6 37.Ba6-b5 Rc6-c8 38.Re3-d3 Nd6-c4 39.Nd2xc4 Na5xc4 40.Qb2-a1 Rc8-c5 41.Bc3xg7+ Diagram Qg8xg7 42.Rd3-d8+ Kh8-h7 43.Qa1xg7+ Kh7xg7 44.Ng3-e2 Nc4-e5 45.Rd8-d6 2.05/15 ] 35...Nd6-b7 [ 35...Nd6-c4 36.Bc3xg7+
+ + +qk + + +pL + +l+p+ +Lr + +p P+n+P+ + + +R+ NP + + PP+ Q + + K
1979
Qg8xg7 37.Qb2xg7+ Diagram
+r+ + k + + +pQp + +l+p+ n + + N P+n+P+ + + + R NP + + PP+ + + +LK
1980
Kh8xg7 38.Ng5xe6+ f7xe6+- ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 35...Nd6-c4 36.Bc3xg7+ Qg8xg7 37.Qb2xg7+ Kh8xg7 38.Ng5xe6+ f7xe6 39.Re3-c3 Kg7-f6 40.Bf1xc4 Rc8xc4 Diagram (Diagram 1981) 41.Rc3xc4 Na5xc4 42.Ng3-e2 Kf6-e5 43.f2-f3 g6-g5 44.Kg1-f2 h7-h6 45.Ne2-c1 Nc4-a5 46.Nc1-d3+ Ke5-d4 47.Kf2-e2 Na5-c4 48.Nd3-b4 Kd4-c5 49.Nb4-c2 2.02/15 ] 36.Ng5xe6 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro
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+ + + + + + + +p + +pkp+ n + + + P+r+P+ + + R + NP + + PP+ + + + K
527
1981
x64: 36.Ng5xe6 f7xe6 37.e4-e5 Rc8-a8 38.Ng3-e4 Qg8-c8 39.Ne4-d6 Qc8-c7 40.Bf1-b5 Nb7-d8 41.Qb2-b4 Na5-c6 42.Qb4-e4 Ra8-b8 43.Re3-d3 Qc7-b6 44.Rd3-d2 Qb6-c5 45.Qe4-c4 Qc5xc4 46.Nd6xc4 Kh8-g8 47.f2-f4 3.83/16 ]
+r+ +qk +n+ +plp + +N+p+ n + + + P+ +P+ + + L R NP Q + PP+ + + +LK
1982
+r+ +qk +n+ + lp + +p+p+ n + + + P+ +P+ + + L R NP Q + PP+ + + +LK
1983
37.e4-e5 Rc8-a8 38.Ng3-e4 Qg8-c8 39.Ne4-d6 Qc8-c7 40.Bf1-b5 Nb7-d8 41.Qb2-b4 Na5-c6 42.Qb4-e4 Ra8-b8 43.Re3-d3 Qc7-b6 44.Rd3-d2 Qb6-c5 45.Qe4-c4 Qc5xc4 46.Nd6xc4 Kh8-g8 47.f2-f4 3.73/16 ] 37...Qg8-d8 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 37...Rc8-a8 38.Ng3-e4 Qg8-c8 39.Qb2-b6 Qc8-c6 40.Qb6xc6 Na5xc6 41.Bf1-b5 Nc6-e7 42.Ne4-f6 Ne7-f5 43.Re3-e1 Ra8-c8 44.Re1-c1 Bg7-h6 45.Bb5-d7 Rc8-d8 3.65/14 ] (Diagram 1984) 38.Ng3-e4 38.Ng3-e4 40.Bc3-d4 42.Bd4-b2 44.Rc3-d3
[Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: Rc8-a8 39.Qb2-b5 Qd8-c7 Qc7-c6 41.Ne4-f6 Ra8-d8 Bg7-f8 43.Re3-c3 Bf8-c5 Qc6-c7 Diagram (Diagram 1985)
36...f7xe6 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 36...f7xe6 37.e4-e5 Rc8-a8 38.Ng3-e4 Qg8-c8 39.Ne4-d6 Qc8-c7 40.Bf1-b5 Nb7-d8 41.Qb2-b4 Na5-c6 42.Qb4-e4 Ra8-b8 43.Re3-d3 Qc7-b6 44.Rd3-d2 Qb6-c5 45.Qe4-c4 Qc5xc4 46.Nd6xc4 Kh8-g8 47.f2-f4 4.07/15 ] 37.e4-e5 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64:
45.Rd3xd8+ Qc7xd8 46.Bb2-c1 3.94/14 ] 38...Qd8-d1 [ 38...Qd8-c7+hoping against hope ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 38...Rc8-a8 39.Qb2-b5 Qd8-c7 40.Bc3-d4 Qc7-e7 41.Ne4-f6 Bg7-h6 42.Re3-d3 Bh6-g7 43.Rd3-c3 Ra8-f8 44.Qb5-b2 Rf8-d8 45.Qb2-d2 3.72/14 ]
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
+rq + k +n+ + lp + +p+p+ n + P + P+ + + + + L R NP Q + PP+ + + +LK
+ r + k +nq + +p + +pNp+ nQl P + P+ + + + + +R+ +P L + PP+ + + +LK
528
1984
1985
39.Ne4-d6! Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 39.Ne4-d6 Rc8-a8 40.Re3-d3 Qd1xa4 41.Nd6xb7 Na5-c4 42.Qb2-b4 Qa4xb4 43.Bc3xb4 Nc4xe5 44.Rd3-d8+ Diagram (Diagram 1986) Ra8xd8 45.Nb7xd8 Bg7-f6 46.Nd8xe6 Kh8-g8 47.f2-f4 Ne5-c6 48.Bb4-e1 Nc6-d4 49.Bf1-c4 Nd4xe6 50.Bc4xe6+ Kg8-g7 51.Kg1-f2 Bf6-h4+ 52.g2-g3 Bh4-e7 53.Be6-d5 Kg7-f6 54.Kf2-f3 6.05/17 ] Deflection: a5 39...Rc8-c7
r+ R + k +N+ + lp + +p+p+ + + n + L + + + + + + +P + + PP+ + + +LK
+r+ + k +n+ + lp + Np+p+ n + P + P+ + + + + L R +P Q + PP+ + +q+LK
1986
1987
[ 39...Nb7xd6 40.Qb2-d2 Diagram ( 40.Bc3xa5 Deflection ; 40.e5xd6 Passed pawn ) (Diagram 1988) Decoy Double attack ; ∆39...-40.Nd6xc8 Wins material ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 39...Rc8-a8 40.Re3-d3 Qd1xa4 41.Nd6xb7 Na5-c4 42.Qb2-b4 Qa4xb4 43.Bc3xb4 Nc4xe5 44.Rd3-d8+ Ra8xd8 45.Nb7xd8 Bg7-f6 46.Nd8xe6 Kh8-g8 47.f2-f4 Ne5-c6 48.Bb4-e1 Nc6-d4 49.Bf1-c4 Nd4xe6 50.Bc4xe6+ Kg8-f8
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
529 39
+r+ + k + + + lp + np+p+ n + P + P+ + + + + L R +P + Q PP+ + +q+LK
1988
Vassily Ivanchuk Ruben Felgaer Casino de Masters (1)
24.10.2005
B78: Sicilian Dragon: Yugoslav Attack, 9 Bc4 Bd7 10 0-0-0 Rc8 1.e2-e4 c7-c5 2.Ng1-f3 Nb8-c6 3.d2-d4 c5xd4 4.Nf3xd4 Diagram
51.Kg1-f2 Kf8-e7 52.Be6-d5 5.99/15 Diagram
+ + + + + + k +p + + lp+ + +L+ + + + P + + + + +P + + KP+ + + L +
B35
1989
] 40.Bc3xa5 [ 40.Bc3xa5 Qd1-c2 41.Qb2xc2 ( 41.Nd6xb7?! succumbs to Qc2xb2 42.Ba5xc7 Qb2xb7+- ) 41...Rc7xc2 42.Nd6xb7+- ;Houdini 2. 0c Pro x64: 40.Bc3xa5 Rc7-e7 41.Nd6xb7 Qd1xa4 42.Nb7-c5 Qa4-c6 43.Qb2-b6 Qc6xb6 44.Ba5xb6 Re7-e8 45.Re3-e1 Bg7-f8 46.Re1-a1 Bf8xc5 47.Bb6xc5 Re8-c8 48.Bc5-e3 Kh8-g8 49.Ra1-a6 Kg8-f7 50.Ra6-a7+ Kf7-g8 10.36/12 ] 1-0
r+lqklnr pp+ppppp +n+ + + + + + + + NP+ + + + + + PPP+ PPP RNLQKL+R
1990
g7-g6 5.Nb1-c3 Bf8-g7 6.Bc1-e3 Ng8-f6 7.Bf1-c4 0-0 8.Bc4-b3 d7-d6 9.f2-f3 Bc8-d7 10.h2-h4 Ra8-c8 11.Qd1-d2 h7-h5 12.0-0-0 Nc6-e5 13.Be3-g5 Rc8-c5 14.f3-f4 Ne5-c4 15.Qd2-d3 b7-b5 16.e4-e5 Nf6-h7 [ RR 16...d6xe5 17.Bg5xf6 Bg7xf6 18.Nd4xb5 Nc4xb2 19.Qd3xg6+ Bf6-g7 20.Kc1xb2 Qd8-c8 21.Rd1xd7 Qc8xd7 22.Qg6xh5 Rc5xb5 23.Nc3xb5 Qd7xb5 24.f4xe5 e7-e6 25.Rh1-e1 Rf8-c8 26.Re1-e3 Rc8-c5 27.Qh5-g5 Kg8-h7 28.Qg5-h5+ Kh7-g8 29.Qh5-g5 Kg8-h7 30.Qg5-h5+ ½-½ Klovans,J (2490)Gufeld,E (2525)/Daugavpils 1978/ MCD ] 17.Nd4xb5N Diagram [RR 17.e5xd6 Nh7xg5 18.d6xe7 Qd8xe7 19.h4xg5 Bd7-g4 20.Nd4xb5 Bg4-f5 21.Qd3-f3 Nc4xb2 22.Rh1-e1 Rc5xc3 23.Qf3xc3 Qe7-b7 24.Qc3-c5 Nb2xd1
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
530
25.Re1xd1 Qb7xg2 26.Nb5-d6 Bf5-g4 27.Rd1-g1 Qg2-f3 28.Qc5-c4 Qf3-e3+ 0-1 Kucherenko,D (2353)-Guivan,V (2204)/Alushta 2006/CBM 112 ext ]
+ q rk+ p +lppln + p +p+ +Nr P Lp +n+ P P +LNQ+ + PPP+ +P+ + KR+ +R
1991
17...Nh7xg5 18.h4xg5 Nc4-a5 19.Nb5xd6 Na5xb3+ 20.a2xb3 e7xd6 last book move 21.Qd3xd6 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 21.Qd3xd6 Rc5-c7 22.Nc3-d5 Rc7-b7 23.Nd5-e7+ Kg8-h7 24.g2-g4 Rf8-e8 25.Ne7-f5 Bd7xf5 26.Qd6xd8 Re8xd8 27.Rd1xd8 Bf5xg4 28.Kc1-d2 Diagram
+ R + + pr+ +plk + + +p+ + + P Pp + + Pl+ +P+ + + PPK + + + + + +R
+ q rk+ p rl+pl + Q +p+ + + P Pp + + P + +PN + + PP+ +P+ + KR+ +R
1992
1993
(Diagram 1992) Bg4-f5 29.Rh1-h2 a7-a5 30.Kd2-e3 Rb7-c7 31.Rd8-d2 Bg7-f8 32.c2-c4 Bf8-c5+ 33.Ke3-f3 -0.20/15 ] 21...Rc5-c7 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 21...Rc5-c7 22.Nc3-d5 Rc7-b7 23.Nd5-e7+ Kg8-h7 24.g2-g4 Rf8-e8 25.Ne7-f5 Bd7xf5 26.Qd6xd8 Re8xd8 27.Rd1xd8 Bf5xg4 28.Kc1-d2 Bg4-f5 29.Rh1-h2 a7-a5 30.Kd2-e3 Rb7-c7 31.Rd8-d2 Bg7-f8 32.Ke3-f3 Bf8-c5 0.00/13 ] 22.g2-g4 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 22.Nc3-d5 Rc7-b7 23.Nd5-e7+ Kg8-h7 24.g2-g4 Rf8-e8 25.Ne7-f5
Bd7xf5 26.Qd6xd8 Re8xd8 27.Rd1xd8 Bf5xg4 28.Kc1-d2 Bg4-f5 29.Rh1-h2 a7-a5 30.Kd2-e3 Rb7-c7 31.Rd8-d2 Bg7-f8 32.Ke3-f3 Bf8-c5 -0.18/14 ] (Diagram 1994) 22...Qd8-c8 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 22...Qd8-c8 23.g4xh5 g6xh5 24.Rd1-d2 Bd7-c6 25.Nc3-d5 Rc7-d7 26.Qd6-c5 Qc8-b7 27.Rh1-d1 Rf8-c8 28.Nd5-f6+ Bg7xf6 29.g5xf6 Rd7xd2 30.Rd1xd2 Bc6-f3 31.Qc5-e7 Qb7-b6 32.Kc1-b1 h5-h4 -0.26/15 ] 23.f4-f5
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+ q rk+ p rl+pl + Q +p+ + + P Pp + + PP+ +PN + + PP+ + + + KR+ +R
531
1994
[ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 23.g4xh5 g6xh5 24.Rd1-d2 Bd7-c6 25.Nc3-d5 Rc7-d7 26.Qd6-c5 Qc8-b7 27.Rh1-d1 Rf8-c8 28.Nd5-f6+ Bg7xf6 29.g5xf6 Rd7xd2 30.Rd1xd2 Bc6-f3 31.Qc5-g1+ Bf3-g4 32.Kc1-b1 Qb7-e4 -0.28/14 ] 23...Rc7xc3 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 23...Bd7-c6 24.f5-f6 Bc6xh1 25.f6xg7 Kg8xg7 26.g4xh5 Bh1-b7 27.Qd6-f6+ Kg7-h7 28.Rd1-d4 Qc8-h3 29.h5xg6+ Kh7-g8 Diagram
+ + rk+ plr +p+ + + QP+ + + P P + R + + +PN + +q PP+ + + + K + +
+q+ rk+ p +l+pl + Q +p+ + + PPPp + + +P+ +Pr + + PP+ + + + KR+ +R
1995
1996
(Diagram 1995) 30.Kc1-b1 Rc7-c8 31.b3-b4 Qh3-e6 32.g6xf7+ Qe6xf7 33.Rd4-d6 Qf7xf6 34.g5xf6 Rc8-d8 35.Rd6xd8 Rf8xd8 36.e5-e6 Bb7-c6 37.Kb1-a2 -0.48/14 ] (Diagram 1996) 24.b2xc3 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 24.b2xc3 Diagram (Diagram 1997) Qc8xc3 25.Qd6-d4 Qc3xd4 26.Rd1xd4 Bd7-c6 27.Rh1-e1 h5-h4 28.f5-f6 Bg7-h8 29.Rd4-d2 h4-h3
+q+ rk+ p +l+pl + Q +p+ + + PPPp + + +P+ +PP + + +P+ + + + KR+ +R 30.Rd2-h2 Bc6-g2 31.e5-e6 f7xe6
1997
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
532
32.Re1xe6 Rf8-d8 33.Re6-e3 Rd8-d5 34.Re3-e8+ Kg8-f7 35.Re8xh8 Rd5xg5 36.Rh2xh3 Bg2xh3 37.Rh8xh3 Rg5xg4 38.Rh3-h7+ Kf7xf6 39.Rh7xa7 g6-g5 40.Kc1-d2 Rg4-g2+ 41.Kd2-d3 g5-g4 42.b3-b4 g4-g3 43.Ra7-a6+ Kf6-e5 44.Ra6-g6 Rg2-g1 45.b4-b5 Rg1-d1+ 46.Kd3-e2 0.22/14 ] 24...Qc8xc3 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 24...Qc8xc3 25.Qd6-d4 Qc3xd4 26.Rd1xd4 Bd7-c6 27.Rh1-e1 h5-h4 28.f5-f6 Bg7-h8 29.Rd4-d2 h4-h3 30.Rd2-h2 Diagram
+ + rkl p + +p+ +l+ Pp+ + + P P + + +P+ +P+ + +p +P+ + R + K R +
1998
Bc6-g2 31.e5-e6 f7xe6 32.Re1xe6 Rf8-d8 33.Re6-e3 Rd8-d5 34.Re3-e8+ Kg8-f7 35.Re8xh8 Rd5xg5 36.Rh2xh3 Bg2xh3 37.Rh8xh3 Rg5xg4 38.Rh3-h7+ Kf7xf6 39.Rh7xa7 g6-g5 40.Kc1-d2 Rg4-g2+ 41.Kd2-d3 g5-g4 42.b3-b4 g4-g3 43.Ra7-a6+ Kf6-e5 44.Ra6-g6 Rg2-g1 45.b4-b5 Rg1-d1+ 46.Kd3-e2 0.36/15 Diagram
+ + + + + + + + + + +R+ +P+ k + + + + + + + + p +P+K+ + + +r+ +
+ + rk+ p +l+pl + Q +p+ + + PPPp + + +P+ +Pq + + +P+ + + + KR+ +R
1999
2000
h5-h4 28.f5-f6 Bg7-h8 29.e5-e6 f7xe6 30.Rd4-d2 h4-h3 31.Rd2-h2 Bc6-g2 32.Re1xe6 Rf8-d8 33.Re6-e3 Rd8-d5 34.Re3-e8+ Kg8-f7 35.Re8xh8 Rd5xg5 36.Rh2xh3 Bg2xh3 37.Rh8xh3 Rg5xg4 38.Rh3-h7+ Diagram (Diagram 2001)
(Diagram 1999) ] 25.Qd6-d4 last book move [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 25.Qd6-d4 Qc3xd4 26.Rd1xd4 Bd7-c6 27.Rh1-e1
Kf7xf6 39.Rh7xa7 g6-g5 40.Kc1-d2 Rg4-g2+ 41.Kd2-d3 g5-g4 42.b3-b4 g4-g3 43.Ra7-a6+ Kf6-e5 44.Ra6-g6 Rg2-g1 45.b4-b5 Rg1-d1+ 46.Kd3-e2 0.21/15 ] 25...Qc3xd4
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533
2001
Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 25...Qc3xd4 26.Rd1xd4 Bd7-c6 27.Rh1-e1 h5-h4 28.f5-f6 Bg7-h8 29.Rd4-d2 h4-h3 30.Rd2-h2 Bc6-g2 31.e5-e6 f7xe6 32.Re1xe6 Rf8-d8 33.Re6-e3 Rd8-d5 34.Re3-e8+ Kg8-f7 35.Re8xh8 Rd5xg5 36.Rh2xh3 Bg2xh3 37.Rh8xh3 Rg5xg4 38.Rh3-h7+ Kf7xf6 Diagram
+ + + + p + + +R + + kp+ + + + + + + +r+ +P+ + + +P+ + + + K + +
2002
39.Rh7xa7 g6-g5 40.Kc1-d2 Rg4-g2+ 41.Kd2-d3 g5-g4 42.b3-b4 g4-g3 43.Ra7-a6+ Kf6-e5 44.Ra6-g6 Rg2-g1 45.b4-b5 Rg1-d1+ 46.Kd3-e2 0.35/15 Diagram ]
+ + + + + + + + + + +R+ +P+ k + + + + + + + + p +P+K+ + + +r+ +
+ + rk+ p +l+pl + + +p+ + + PPPp + q +P+ +P+ + + +P+ + + + KR+ +R
2003
2004
26.Rd1xd4 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 26.Rd1xd4 Diagram (Diagram 2005) Bd7-c6 27.Rh1-e1 h5-h4 28.f5-f6 Bg7-h8 29.Rd4-d2 h4-h3 30.Rd2-h2 Bc6-g2 31.e5-e6 f7xe6 32.Re1xe6 Rf8-d8 33.Re6-e3 Rd8-d5 34.Re3-e8+ Kg8-f7 35.Re8xh8 Rd5xg5 36.Rh2xh3 Bg2xh3 37.Rh8xh3 Rg5xg4 38.Rh3-h7+ Kf7xf6 Diagram 39.Rh7xa7 g6-g5 40.Kc1-d2 Rg4-g2+ 41.Kd2-d3 g5-g4 42.b3-b4 g4-g3 43.Ra7-a6+ Kf6-e5 44.Ra6-g6 Rg2-g1
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
+ + rk+ p +l+pl + + +p+ + + PPPp + R +P+ +P+ + + +P+ + + + K + +R
+ + + + p + + +R + + kp+ + + + + + + +r+ +P+ + + +P+ + + + K + +
534
2005
2006
45.b4-b5 Rg1-d1+ 46.Kd3-e2 0.22/17 Diagram (Diagram 2007) ] 26...Bd7-c6 Black threatens to win material: Bc6xh1 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 26...Bd7-c6 27.Rh1-e1 h5-h4 28.f5-f6 Diagram (Diagram 2008) Bg7-h8 29.Rd4-d2 h4-h3 30.Rd2-h2 Bc6-g2 31.e5-e6 f7xe6 32.Re1xe6 Diagram
+ + + + + + + + + + +R+ +P+ k + + + + + + + + p +P+K+ + + +r+ +
+ + rk+ p + +pl +l+ Pp+ + + P P + R +Pp +P+ + + +P+ + + + K R +
+ + rkl p + + + + +RPp+ + + + P + + +P+ +P+ + +p +P+ +lR + K + + Rf8-d8 33.Re6-e3 Rd8-d5
2007
2008
2009
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
535
34.Re3-e8+ Kg8-f7 35.Re8xh8 Rd5xg5 36.Rh2xh3 Bg2xh3 37.Rh8xh3 Rg5xg4 38.Rh3-h7+ Kf7xf6 39.Rh7xa7 g6-g5 40.Kc1-d2 Rg4-g2+ 41.Kd2-d3 g5-g4 42.b3-b4 g4-g3 43.Ra7-a6+ Kf6-e5 44.Ra6-g6 Rg2-g1 45.b4-b5 Rg1-d1+ 46.Kd3-e2 0.28/18 Diagram
+ + + + + + + + + + +R+ +P+ k + + + + + + + + p +P+K+ + + +r+ +
2010
2012
36.Rh2xh3 Bg2xh3 37.Rh8xh3 Rg5xg4 38.Rh3-h7+ Kf7xf6 39.Rh7xa7 g6-g5 40.Kc1-d2 Rg4-g2+ 41.Kd2-d3 g5-g4 42.b3-b4 g4-g3 43.Ra7-a6+ Kf6-e5 44.Ra6-g6 Rg2-g1 45.Rg6-g5+ Ke5-f4 0.20/17 ] 27...Rf8-e8? Diagram [ 27...h5-h4 would allow Black to play on 28.f5-f6 Bg7-h8$ Diagram
] 27.Rh1-e1 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 27.Rh1-e1 Diagram
+ + rk+ p + +pl +l+ +p+ + + PPPp + R +P+ +P+ + + +P+ + + + K R +
+ + + R p + +k+ + + Pp+ + + + r + + +P+ +P+ + +p +P+ +lR + K + +
2011
h5-h4 28.f5-f6 Bg7-h8 29.e5-e6 f7xe6 30.Rd4-d2 h4-h3 31.Rd2-h2 Bc6-g2 32.Re1xe6 Rf8-d8 33.Re6-e3 Rd8-d5 34.Re3-e8+ Kg8-f7 35.Re8xh8 Rd5xg5 Diagram
+ + rkl p + +p+ +l+ Pp+ + + P P + R +Pp +P+ + + +P+ + + + K R +
2013
; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 27...h5-h4 28.f5-f6 Bg7-h8 29.e5-e6 f7xe6 30.Rd4-d2 h4-h3 31.Rd2-h2 Bc6-g2 32.Re1xe6 Rf8-c8 33.Re6-e3 Rc8-c5 34.Re3-e8+ Diagram Kg8-f7 35.Re8xh8 Rc5xg5
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
+ +R+kl p + + + + + Pp+ + r + P + + +P+ +P+ + +p +P+ +lR + K + +
536
+ +r+k+ p + +pl +lR Pp+ + + P P + + +Pp +P+ + + +P+ + + + K R +
2014
36.Rh2xh3 Bg2xh3 37.Rh8xh3 Rg5xg4 38.Rh3-h7+ Kf7xf6 39.Rh7xa7 g6-g5 40.Kc1-d2 Rg4-h4 41.Kd2-e3 Rh4-h3+ 42.Ke3-e4 Rh3-h4+ 43.Ke4-f3 Rh4-h3+ 44.Kf3-g2 0.25/14 ]
+ +r+k+ p + +pl +l+ +p+ + + PPPp + R +P+ +P+ + + +P+ + + + K R +
+ +r+ + p + +pk + + +p+ + + P P +P+ +l+ +P+ + +p +KR + + + + R +
2015
2016
2017
34.Kc2-c3 a7-a5 35.c4-c5 Re8-b8 36.Re1-a1 Rb8-b5 37.Kc3-c4 Rb5-b4+ 38.Kc4-d5 Bg4-e6+ 39.Kd5-d6 Rb4xb3 40.Ra1xa5 0.58/18 ]
28.f5-f6+- Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 28.f5-f6 h5-h4 29.Rd4-d6 Diagram (Diagram 2016) Bc6-g2 30.Rd6-d2 h4-h3 31.f6xg7 Kg8xg7 32.c2-c4 Bg2-f3 33.Kc1-c2 Bf3xg4 Diagram
(Diagram 2018) 28...Bg7-f8 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 28...h5-h4 Diagram 29.Rd4-d6 Bc6-g2 30.Rd6-d2 h4-h3 31.f6xg7 Kg8xg7 32.c2-c4 Bg2-f3 33.Kc1-c2 Bf3xg4 34.Kc2-c3 a7-a5 35.c4-c5 Re8-b8 36.Re1-a1 Rb8-b5 37.Kc3-c4 Rb5-b4+ 38.Kc4-d5
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
+ +r+k+ p + +pl +l+ Pp+ + + P Pp + R +P+ +P+ + + +P+ + + + K R +
+ +r+k+ p + +pl +l+ Pp+ + + P P + R +Pp +P+ + + +P+ + + + K R +
537
2018
2019
Bg4-e6+ 39.Kd5-d6 Rb4xb3 40.Ra1xa5 0.69/17 ] (Diagram 2020) 29.g4xh5 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 29.g4xh5 Bf8-a3+ 30.Kc1-b1 Ba3-c5 31.Rd4-c4 Bc5-f2 32.Re1-d1 Bc6-b5 33.Rc4-c7 Bf2-b6 34.Rc7-e7 g6xh5 35.c2-c4 Diagram Bb5-c6 36.Re7xe8+ Bc6xe8 37.Rd1-h1 Bb6-d4 38.Rh1xh5 Be8-d7 39.Kb1-c2 Bd7-f5+ 40.Kc2-d2 a7-a5 41.e5-e6 Bf5xe6 42.Kd2-d3 0.72/17 ] 29...g6xh5 Diagram [ 29...Bf8-c5
+ +rlk+ p + +p+ +l+ Pp+ + + P Pp + R +P+ +P+ + + +P+ + + + K R +
+ +r+k+ p + Rp+ l + P + +l+ P Pp +P+ + + +P+ + + + + + + +K+R+ +
+ +rlk+ p + +p+ +l+ Pp+ + + P PP + R + + +P+ + + +P+ + + + K R + 30.Rd4-c4 Bc5-f2 31.Re1-d1+- ;
2020
2021
2022
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
538
Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 29...Bf8-a3+ Diagram
+ +r+k+ p + +p+ +l+ Pp+ + + P PP + R + + lP+ + + +P+ + + + K R +
2023
30.Kc1-b1 Ba3-c5 31.Rd4-c4 Bc5-f2 32.Re1-d1 Bc6-b5 33.Rc4-c7 Bf2-b6 34.Rc7-e7 g6xh5 35.c2-c4 Bb5-c6 36.Re7xe8+ Bc6xe8 37.Rd1-h1 Bb6-d4 38.Rh1xh5 Be8-d7 39.Kb1-c2 Bd7-f5+ 40.Kc2-d2 Bf5-g6 41.Rh5-h1 Bd4xe5 42.Kd2-e3 0.68/16 ]
+ +rlk+ p + +p+ +l+ P + + + P Pp + R + + +P+ + + +P+ + + + K R +
2024
30.e5-e6! Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 30.e5-e6 Diagram Re8xe6 31.Re1xe6 f7xe6 32.g5-g6 Bc6-e8 33.f6-f7+ Be8xf7 34.g6xf7+ Kg8xf7 35.Rd4-f4+ Kf7-g7 36.Kc1-d2 Bf8-e7 37.Kd2-d3 h5-h4 38.Rf4-f3
+ +rlk+ p + +p+ +l+PP + + + + Pp + R + + +P+ + + +P+ + + + K R +
2025
Kg7-g6 39.Kd3-e4 Kg6-g5 40.Ke4-e5 Be7-c5 41.Ke5xe6 Kg5-g4 42.Rf3-f5 1.26/16 ]
+ +rlk+ p + +p+ +l+PP + + + + Pp + R + + +P+ + + +P+ + + + K R +
2026
it's all over 30...Bf8-c5?? Black crumbles in face of a dire situation [ 30...Re8xe6 31.Re1xe6 f7xe6 32.g5-g6 Passed pawn ; 30...f7xe6 31.g5-g6 Diagram (Diagram 2027) Passed pawn ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 30...f7xe6 31.g5-g6 Re8-b8 32.Re1xe6 Bf8-c5 33.Rd4-d3 Rb8-c8 34.Kc1-b2 h5-h4 35.Re6-e5 Bc5-f2
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
+ +rlk+ p + + + +l+pPP+ + + + +p + R + + +P+ + + +P+ + + + K R +
539
lr+ + + p + +Pk +l+ +P+ + + + R + + + + +PPR+ + K + + + + + + +
2027
36.Re5-e7 Bf2-g3 37.Re7-g7+ Kg8-f8 38.Rg7-h7 Bg3-e5+ 39.c2-c3 Kf8-g8 40.f6-f7+ Kg8-f8 41.Rh7xh4 Diagram
+r+ k + p + +P+ +l+ +P+ + + l + + + + R +PPR+ + K + + + + + + +
2029
Bg6-f5 39.Kc3-d2 Kg7-h7 40.Rc4-h4 Bf5-g4 41.b3-b4 Diagram
+ + + + p + + +k l R + + + + + +p P + +lR + + + + +PK + + + + + +
2028
2030
Bb6-c7 42.Rd6-a6 Bc7-f4+ 43.Kd2-d3 3.88/12 Diagram
Kf8-g7 42.Rh4-h5 Be5-b8 43.Rh5-g5 Diagram
(Diagram 2031) (Diagram 2029) ] Bb8-f4 44.Rg5-g4 Bf4-e5 45.Rg4-c4 a7-a5 46.Rd3-e3 1.29/15 ] 31.g5-g6! Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 31.g5-g6 f7xe6 32.f6-f7+ Kg8-g7 33.f7xe8Q Bc6xe8 34.Rd4-c4 Bc5-b6 35.Re1xe6 Be8xg6 36.Re6-d6 Bb6-e3+ 37.Kc1-b2 Be3-b6 38.Kb2-c3
(Diagram 2032) Mate threat 31...f7xg6 Diagram [ 31...f7xg6 32.f6-f7+ Passed pawn ; ∆31...-- 32.e6xf7+ Mate threat ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 31...f7xe6
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
+ + + + p + + +k R+ + + + + + + +p P + llR + +K+ + +P+ + + + + + +
+ +r+k+ p + +p+ +l+PPP+ + l + +p + R + + +P+ + + +P+ + + + K R +
540
2031
2032
32.f6-f7+ Kg8-g7 33.f7xe8Q Bc6xe8 34.Rd4-c4 Bc5-b6 35.Re1xe6 Be8xg6 36.Re6-d6 Bb6-e3+ 37.Kc1-b2 Diagram (Diagram 2033) Be3-b6 38.Kb2-c3 Bg6-e8 39.Kc3-d2 Be8-b5 40.Rc4-h4 Bb5-e8 41.c2-c4 Bb6-c5 42.Rd6-d5 Bc5-e7 43.Rh4-e4 4.01/13 ] 32.f6-f7+ [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 32.f6-f7+ Kg8-f8 33.f7xe8Q+ Diagram Bc6xe8 34.Rd4-d7 Kf8-g8 35.Rd7-d8 Kg8-f8 36.e6-e7+ Kf8-f7 37.Rd8-c8
+ + + + p + + k + R +l+ + + + +p +R+ + + +P+ l + KP+ + + + + + +
+ +r+k+ p + + + +l+PPp+ + l + +p + R + + +P+ + + +P+ + + + K R +
+ +Qk + p + + + +l+P+p+ + l + +p + R + + +P+ + + +P+ + + + K R + Bc5-d6 38.Re1-f1+ Kf7xe7
2033
2034
2035
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
541
39.Rf1-e1+ Ke7-f6 40.Rc8xe8 Kf6-f5 41.Re8-h8 Bd6-g3 42.Rh8-f8+ Kf5-g5 43.Re1-e6 h5-h4 44.Rf8-f6 Bg3-f4+ 45.Kc1-d1 h4-h3 46.Rf6xg6+ Kg5-f5 47.Rg6-f6+ Kf5-g4 48.Re6-e4 6.09/17 ] 32...Kg8-f8 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 32...Kg8-g7 33.f7xe8Q Bc6xe8 34.Rd4-d8 Kg7-f8 35.e6-e7+ Kf8-f7 36.Rd8-c8 Bc5-d6 37.Re1-f1+ Kf7xe7 38.Rf1-e1+ Diagram
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+ +Rk + p + + + +l+P+p+ + l + +p + R + + +P+ + + +P+ + + + K R +
2037
2036
Ke7-f6 39.Rc8xe8 Kf6-f5 40.Re8-h8 Bd6-g3 41.Rh8-f8+ Kf5-g5 42.Re1-e6 h5-h4 43.Rf8-f6 Bg3-f4+ 44.Kc1-d1 h4-h3 45.Rf6xg6+ Kg5-f5 46.Rg6-f6+ Kf5-g4 47.Re6-e4 6.21/18 ] 33.f7xe8Q+ [ 33.f7xe8R+ Diagram (Diagram 2037) might be the shorter path Bc6xe8 34.Rd4-c4 Bc5-d6 35.e6-e7+ Kf8-f7 36.Re1-f1+ Kf7-e6+- ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 33.f7xe8Q+ Bc6xe8 34.Rd4-d7 Kf8-g8 35.Rd7-d8 Kg8-f8 36.e6-e7+ Kf8-f7 37.Rd8-b8 h5-h4 38.Re1-f1+ Kf7xe7 Diagram 39.Rf1-e1+ Ke7-f7 40.Rb8xe8 Bc5-b4 41.Re1-e4 Bb4-d6 42.Re8-d8 Bd6-g3 43.Rd8-d3 g6-g5 44.Kc1-d2 Kf7-f6 45.Re4-a4 Kf6-f5 46.Ra4xa7 g5-g4
R +l+ + p + k + + + +p+ + l + + + + + p +P+ + + +P+ + + + K +R+
2038
47.Ra7-f7+ Kf5-g6 48.Rf7-f1 Bg3-e5 49.Rd3-d5 5.98/18 ] 33...Bc6xe8 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 33...Bc6xe8 34.Rd4-d7 Kf8-g8 35.Rd7-d8 Kg8-f8 36.e6-e7+ Kf8-f7 37.Rd8-b8 h5-h4 38.Re1-f1+ Kf7xe7 39.Rf1-e1+ Ke7-f7 40.Rb8xe8 Bc5-b4 41.Re1-e4 Bb4-d6 42.Re8-d8 Bd6-g3 43.Rd8-d3 g6-g5 44.Kc1-d2 Kf7-f6 45.Re4-a4 Kf6-f5 46.Ra4xa7 g5-g4 47.Ra7-f7+ Diagram Kf5-g6 48.Rf7-f1 Bg3-e5 49.Rd3-d5 6.33/17 ] 34.Rd4-d7! Decoy: d7 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 34.Rd4-d7 Kf8-g8 35.Rd7-d8
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+ R + + p + +k+ + + +p+ + + + + + +R+ p +P+ + l +P+ + + + K + +
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h5-h4 38.Re1-f1+ Kf7xe7 39.Rf1-e1+ Ke7-f7 40.Rb8xe8 Diagram 2040
Kg8-f8 36.e6-e7+ Kf8-f7 37.Rd8-b8 h5-h4 38.Re1-f1+ Kf7xe7 39.Rf1-e1+ Ke7-f7 40.Rb8xe8 Bc5-b4 41.Re1-e4 Bb4-d6 42.Re8-d8 Bd6-g3 Diagram (Diagram 2041) 43.Rd8-h8 g6-g5 44.Kc1-d2 Kf7-g7 45.Rh8-a8 Bg3-f2 46.Re4-e7+ Kg7-f6 5.78/15 ] 34...Bc5-b6 [ 34...Be8xd7 35.Re1-f1+ Decoy Double attack ( 35.e6xd7 Promotion Passed pawn );Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 34...Kf8-g8 35.Rd7-d8 Kg8-f8 36.e6-e7+ Kf8-f7 37.Rd8-b8
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Bc5-b4 41.Re1-e4 Bb4-d6 42.Re8-d8 Bd6-g3 43.Rd8-h8 g6-g5 44.Kc1-d2 Kf7-g7 45.Rh8-a8 Bg3-f2 46.Re4-e7+ Kg7-f6 5.86/16 ] 35.c2-c4 Diagram [ 35.Re1-f1+ makes sure everything is clear Kf8-g8 36.Rd7-e7 Be8-c6+- ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 35.c2-c4 Diagram Bb6-f2 36.Re1-f1 Be8xd7 37.Rf1xf2+ Kf8-e8 38.e6xd7+ Ke8xd7 39.Rf2-g2 Kd7-c6 40.Rg2xg6+ Kc6-c5 41.Rg6-h6 Kc5-b4 42.Kc1-c2 h5-h4 43.Rh6xh4 Kb4-c5 44.Rh4-h5+
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Kc5-c6 45.b3-b4 Kc6-b6 46.Rh5-h7 a7-a6 47.Rh7-h6+ Kb6-b7 7.36/13 Diagram
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] (Diagram 2045) 35...Kf8-g8 [ 35...Be8xd7 doesn't do any good 36.e6xd7 Kf8-f7 37.Re1-e8+- ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 35...Be8xd7 Diagram 36.e6xd7 Kf8-g7 37.Re1-e8 Bb6-c7 38.d7-d8Q Bc7xd8 39.Re8xd8 Kg7-f7 40.c4-c5 Kf7-e7 41.Rd8-g8 Ke7-d7 42.Rg8xg6 h5-h4 43.Rg6-h6 a7-a5
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44.Rh6xh4 Kd7-c6 45.Rh4-h5 Kc6-b5 46.Kc1-c2 Kb5-c6 47.Kc2-c3 Kc6-c7 48.Rh5-h6 7.14/14 ] 36.b3-b4 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 36.b3-b4 Bb6-f2 37.Re1-d1 Bf2-e3+ 38.Kc1-c2 Be3-b6 39.c4-c5 Be8xd7 40.e6xd7 Bb6-d8 41.Rd1-e1 Kg8-f7 42.Re1-e8 a7-a5 43.Re8xd8 Kf7-e7 44.Rd8-g8 Ke7xd7 45.b4xa5 g6-g5 46.Rg8xg5 h5-h4 47.a5-a6 Kd7-c6 48.a6-a7 Kc6-b7 49.Rg5-g7+ Kb7-a8 50.c5-c6 h4-h3 51.c6-c7 7.13/14 Diagram ] 36...Bb6-f2 [ 36...Be8xd7 does not help much 37.e6xd7 Kg8-f7 38.Re1-e8+- ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64:
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36...Bb6-f2 37.Re1-d1 Kg8-f8 38.Rd7-h7 Kf8-g8 39.Rh7-b7 Bf2-h4 40.Rb7xa7 Be8-c6 41.Rd1-f1 Bh4-g5+ 42.Kc1-c2 Bc6-g2 43.Rf1-f7 Bg2-e4+ 44.Kc2-c3 Bg5-h4 45.b4-b5 Bh4-d8 46.Rf7-g7+ Kg8-h8 8.02/16 ] 37.Re1-f1 Diagram [ 37.Re1-d1!? seems even better Bf2-e3+ 38.Kc1-c2 Be3-b6+- ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 37.Re1-d1 Bf2-e3+ 38.Kc1-c2 Be3-b6 39.c4-c5 Be8xd7 40.e6xd7 Bb6-d8 41.Rd1-e1 Kg8-f7 42.Re1-e8 Bd8-c7 43.Re8-c8 Bc7-d8 44.Rc8xd8 Kf7-e7 45.Rd8-g8 Ke7xd7 46.Rg8xg6 Kd7-c8 47.Rg6-h6 Kc8-b7 48.Rh6xh5 Kb7-b8 49.Rh5-h7 a7-a6 50.Kc2-d3 Kb8-c8 51.Kd3-d4 7.21/16 ] (Diagram 2048) 37...Bf2-g3 Diagram [ 37...Be8xd7 is the last straw 38.e6xd7 Bf2-e3+ 39.Kc1-c2 Be3-b6+- ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 37...Be8xd7 Diagram (Diagram 2049) 38.e6xd7 Bf2-b6 39.c4-c5 Bb6-d8 40.Kc1-d2 a7-a6 41.c5-c6 h5-h4 42.Kd2-e3 g6-g5 43.Ke3-e4 Kg8-g7
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44.Rf1-a1 Kg7-f6 45.Ra1xa6 Kf6-e7 46.Ke4-d5 g5-g4 47.Ra6-a2 Bd8-c7 48.Ra2-e2+ Ke7-f6 49.Re2-e6+ Kf6-f5 50.Re6-e8 h4-h3 51.Re8-f8+ Kf5-g5 52.d7-d8Q+ Bc7xd8 53.Rf8xd8 5.51/16 ] (Diagram 2050) 38.Rd7-d8 Diagram [ 38.Rd7-d8 Kg8-g7 39.Rd8xe8 Bg3-e5 40.e6-e7 Be5-d4 41.Re8-g8+ Kg7xg8 42.e7-e8Q+ Kg8-h7 43.Rf1-f7+ Kh7-h6 44.Qe8-f8+ Kh6-g5 45.Qf8-d8+ Bd4-f6 46.Qd8xf6+
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Kg5-g4 47.Qf6-f3+ Kg4-h4 48.Qf3-f2+ Kh4-h3 49.Rf7-f3+ Kh3-g4 50.Qf2-g3# ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 38.Rd7-d8 Kg8-h7 39.Rd8xe8 Bg3-d6 40.c4-c5 Bd6-e5 41.Re8-e7+ Kh7-h6 42.Re7xa7 Kh6-g5 43.e6-e7 Be5-f4+ 44.Rf1xf4 Kg5xf4 45.e7-e8Q Kf4-g4 46.Qe8xg6+ Kg4-f3 47.Qg6xh5+ Kf3-e4 48.Qh5-g4+ Ke4-e5 49.Ra7-e7+ Ke5-f6 50.Qg4-e6+ Kf6-g5 51.c5-c6 Kg5-f4 52.Qe6-f6+ Kf4-g4 53.Re7-g7+ Kg4-h3 19.84/13 Diagram
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(Diagram 2051) ] 40 (Diagram 2052) 1-0
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Vassily Ivanchuk Miguel Illescas-Cordoba Casino de Masters (2) 25.10.2005 A34: Symmetrical English: 2 Nc3, lines with ...d5 1.Ng1-f3 Ng8-f6 2.c2-c4 c7-c5 3.Nb1-c3 Nb8-c6 4.g2-g3 Diagram d7-d5 5.d2-d4 c5xd4 6.Nf3xd4 d5xc4 7.Nd4xc6 Qd8xd1+ 8.Nc3xd1 b7xc6 9.Bf1-g2 Nf6-d5 10.Nd1-e3 Bc8-a6 11.Ne3xd5 c6xd5 12.Bg2xd5
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Ra8-c8 13.Bc1-d2 e7-e6 14.Bd5-e4 Bf8-c5 15.Bd2-c3 0-0 Diagram
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20.Rh1-c1 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 20.g3-g4 f7-f6 21.h2-h4 h7-h6 22.g4-g5 h6xg5 23.h4xg5 f6xg5 24.Rh1-h7 Rd8-d7 25.Ke2-f1 Bc5-f8 26.Kf1-g2 Kg8-f7 27.f2-f3 Rd7-d8 0.26/13 Diagram
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16.e2-e3 Rf8-d8 17.Ra1-d1 Ba6-b5 18.Ke1-e2N [RR 18.Rd1xd8+ Rc8xd8 19.0-0 Bc5-e7 20.Be4-f3 Be7-f6 21.Bc3xf6 g7xf6 22.Rf1-d1 Rd8-b8 23.Rd1-d2 Kg8-f8 24.Kg1-g2 Kf8-e7 25.Bf3-e2 Rb8-c8 26.Rd2-c2 Ke7-d6 27.Kg2-f1 Rc8-b8 28.Kf1-e1 a7-a5 29.Be2-h5 Rb8-b7 30.a2-a3 f6-f5 31.Ke1-d2 f7-f6 32.Kd2-c1 a5-a4 Shevelev,A (2305)-Shevelev,A (2305)/ Paris 1996/EXT 1997/1-0 (80) ] 18...Bb5-a4 19.Rd1xd8+ Rc8xd8 last book move last book move
] 20...f7-f5 Black threatens to win material: f5xe4 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 20...f7-f6 Diagram
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21.h2-h4 h7-h6 22.g3-g4 Kg8-f7 23.h4-h5 Rd8-d6 24.Bc3-e1 Ba4-b5 25.Ke2-f3 Kf7-e7 26.Be1-c3 Bb5-e8 27.Kf3-f4 0.23/13 ] 21.Be4-f3 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 21.Be4-b7 Diagram
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Rd8-d6 22.Bc3-e5 Rd6-b6 23.Bb7-f3 Ba4-b5 24.Ke2-d2 Bc5-b4+ 25.Kd2-c2 Kg8-f7 26.Be5-d4 Rb6-a6 27.a2-a3 Bb4-e7 28.Kc2-c3 Ra6-d6 0.34/13 ] 21...Kg8-f7 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 21...h7-h6 22.Ke2-e1 Bc5-e7 23.Ke1-f1 Ba4-b5 24.Bf3-e2 Rd8-c8 25.Bc3-d4 Rc8-c6 26.Bd4xa7 Rc6-a6 27.Ba7-d4 Ra6xa2 28.Be2xc4 Bb5xc4+ 29.Rc1xc4 0.31/13 ] 22.Ke2-e1 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 22.Ke2-f1 Ba4-b5 23.Bf3-h5+ g7-g6 24.Bh5-e2 a7-a6 25.h2-h4 Bc5-e7 26.Bc3-d4 Be7-f6 27.Be2xc4 Bf6xd4 28.Bc4xb5 a6xb5 29.Rc1-c7+ Kf7-f6 30.e3xd4 Rd8xd4 31.Rc7xh7 0.28/13 ] 22...Ba4-b5 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 22...Rd8-c8 Diagram (Diagram 2058) 23.Bf3-h5+ g7-g6 24.Bh5-e2 Ba4-b5 25.Bc3-d2 Bb5-a6 26.Be2xc4 Bc5xe3 27.Bc4xe6+ Kf7xe6 28.Bd2xe3 Rc8xc1+ 29.Be3xc1 Ba6-c4 30.b2-b3 Bc4-d3 31.Bc1-f4 0.22/13 ] 23.Bf3-e2 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 23.Rc1-d1 Rd8-b8 24.Ke1-e2 Bb5-a4 25.Rd1-d2 Bc5-b4 26.Bc3-e5 Bb4xd2 27.Be5xb8 c4-c3 28.b2xc3 Bd2xc3
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29.Bb8xa7 Ba4-b5+ 30.Ke2-d1 Bb5-a4+ 31.Kd1-c1 0.15/13 ]
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23...a7-a6 Diagram [ 23...Rd8-c8!?$ deserves consideration ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 23...Rd8-c8 24.Bc3-e5 a7-a6 25.Ke1-f1 Bc5-b4 26.Kf1-g1 Bb4-e7 27.f2-f4 Be7-f6 28.Be5xf6 Kf7xf6 29.Kg1-f2 Rc8-b8 0.17/12 ] (Diagram 2060) 24.Bc3-d2 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 24.Bc3-d2 Bc5-e7 25.Be2xc4 Rd8-d7 26.Ke1-e2 g7-g5 27.Bc4xb5 a6xb5 28.f2-f4 g5-g4 29.Bd2-c3
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b5-b4 30.Bc3-e5 Diagram
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Be7-f6 31.Be5xf6 Kf7xf6 32.Rc1-c6 0.56/13 ]
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x64: 25.Be2xc4 Rd8-d7 26.Ke1-e2 Bd6-f8 27.f2-f4 Bf8-e7 28.b2-b3 Be7-a3 29.Rc1-c2 Ba3-f8 30.Bd2-a5 g7-g6 31.Rc2-d2 Rd7xd2+ Diagram
(Diagram 2062) (Diagram 2064) 24...Bc5-d6 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 24...Bc5-e7 25.Be2xc4 Diagram (Diagram 2063) Rd8-d7 26.Ke1-e2 g7-g5 27.Bc4xb5 a6xb5 28.f2-f4 g5-g4 29.Bd2-c3 Be7-f6 30.Bc3xf6 Kf7xf6 31.Rc1-c6 0.52/11 ] 25.Be2xc4 [Houdini 2.0c Pro
32.Ke2xd2 Bb5xc4 33.b3xc4 0.65/13 ] 25...Bd6-e5 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 25...Rd8-d7 26.Ke1-e2 Bd6-f8 27.Bc4xb5 a6xb5 Diagram 28.Bd2-c3 Bf8-e7 29.a2-a3 h7-h6 30.Bc3-d4 Be7-f6 31.Ke2-d3 Bf6xd4 32.e3xd4 0.56/12 ] 26.b2-b3 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 26.b2-b3
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Diagram (Diagram 2066) Kf7-f6 27.Ke1-e2 g7-g5 28.Bc4xb5 a6xb5 29.f2-f4 g5xf4 30.g3xf4 Be5-d6 31.a2-a4 b5xa4 32.b3xa4 e6-e5 33.a4-a5 Kf6-e6 34.a5-a6 Rd8-a8 35.Rc1-c6 Diagram (Diagram 2067) Ke6-d5 36.Rc6-b6 e5xf4 37.e3xf4 0.76/14 ] 26...Rd8-a8 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 26...Kf7-f6 Diagram
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27.Ke1-e2 g7-g5 28.Bc4xb5 a6xb5
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29.f2-f4 g5xf4 30.g3xf4 Be5-b2 31.Rc1-c2 Bb2-a1 32.Bd2-e1 Rd8-d7 33.Rc2-c6 Ba1-b2 0.72/12 ] 27.a2-a4 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 27.f2-f4 Diagram
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34.Bc3-e5 Ra8-c8 0.85/13 ]
Be5-b2 28.Rc1-c2 Bb2-f6 29.Ke1-f2 Ra8-a7 30.Bd2-a5 Ra7-d7 31.Bc4xb5 a6xb5 32.Rc2-c5 Bf6-d8 33.Ba5xd8 Rd7xd8 34.Kf2-e2 b5-b4 35.Rc5-c4 Rd8-a8 36.Rc4-c7+ Kf7-f6 0.74/13 ]
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28.Rc1xc4 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 28.Rc1xc4 Ra8-b8 29.b3-b4 Be5-d6 30.Ke1-e2 h7-h6 31.Bd2-c3 g7-g5 32.f2-f4 Rb8-b7 33.a4-a5 Kf7-e7 34.Ke2-d3 Ke7-d7 35.h2-h4 Diagram (Diagram 2073)
27...Bb5xc4 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 27...Bb5-e8 Diagram 28.f2-f4 Be5-f6 29.Ke1-e2 Bf6-b2 30.Rc1-c2 Bb2-f6 31.Ke2-f2 Bf6-e7 32.Bd2-c3 Be8-c6 33.Rc2-d2 a6-a5
g5xh4 36.g3xh4 Bd6-e7 0.75/16 ] 28...Ra8-b8 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 28...Kf7-e7 29.f2-f4 Be5-f6 30.Rc4-c6 Ra8-a7 31.Ke1-e2 a6-a5 32.Rc6-b6 Ke7-f7 33.Rb6-b5 Bf6-d8
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34.Bd2-c3 h7-h6 0.78/13 ] (Diagram 2075) 29.Rc4-b4 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 29.b3-b4 Be5-d6 30.Ke1-e2 Diagram (Diagram 2076) h7-h6 31.Bd2-c3 g7-g5 32.f2-f4 Rb8-b7 33.a4-a5 Kf7-e7 34.Ke2-d3 Ke7-d7 35.h2-h4 g5xh4 36.g3xh4 Bd6-e7 0.74/14 Diagram ] 29...g7-g5 [ 29...Rb8xb4 Diagram 30.Bd2xb4 Be5-c7 31.Ke1-e2+- ;
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Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 29...Rb8xb4 30.Bd2xb4 Be5-c7 31.Ke1-e2 e6-e5 32.Ke2-d3 a6-a5 33.Bb4-c3 Kf7-e6 34.f2-f4 e5xf4 35.e3xf4 g7-g6 36.Bc3-d4 Bc7-d6 0.74/13 Diagram
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Bd6-f8 41.Kd5-e5 Bf8-b4 42.Ke5xf5 Bb4-e7 43.Kf5-g6 h5-h4 44.Kg6-f5 h4xg3 45.h2xg3 Diagram
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Be7-f8 46.Kf5xg4 Kb7-c8 47.Be3-a7 Kc8-b7 48.Ba7-d4 0.84/15 ] ] 30.Rb4xb8 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 30.Ke1-e2 Diagram (Diagram 2080) g5-g4 31.Rb4xb8 Be5xb8 32.Ke2-d3 Kf7-e7 33.e3-e4 Ke7-d7 34.b3-b4 Bb8-d6 35.b4-b5 a6xb5 36.a4xb5 Kd7-c7 37.e4xf5 e6xf5 38.Kd3-c4 Kc7-b7 39.Bd2-e3 h7-h5 40.Kc4-d5
(Diagram 2082) 30...Be5xb8 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 30...Be5xb8 31.Ke1-e2 g5-g4 32.Ke2-d3 Kf7-e7 33.e3-e4 Ke7-d7 34.b3-b4 Bb8-d6 35.b4-b5 a6xb5 36.a4xb5 Kd7-c7 37.e4xf5 e6xf5 38.Kd3-c4 Diagram Kc7-b7 39.Bd2-e3 h7-h5 40.Kc4-d5
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Bd6-f8 41.Kd5-e5 Bf8-b4 42.Ke5xf5 Bb4-e7 43.Kf5-g6 h5-h4 44.Kg6-f5 h4xg3 45.h2xg3 Be7-f8 46.Kf5xg4 Kb7-c8 47.Be3-a7 Kc8-b7 48.Ba7-d4 0.89/14 ] (Diagram 2084) 31.Ke1-e2 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 31.Ke1-e2 g5-g4 32.Ke2-d3 Kf7-e7 33.e3-e4 Ke7-d7 34.b3-b4 Kd7-c6 35.Bd2-e3 h7-h5 36.e4xf5 e6xf5 37.Kd3-c4 Bb8-c7 38.b4-b5+ a6xb5+ 39.a4xb5+ Kc6-b7 40.Kc4-d5 Diagram
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Bc7-d8 41.Be3-f4 Kb7-b6 0.79/15 ] (Diagram 2086) 31...Kf7-e8 [ 31...g5-g4 Diagram (Diagram 2087) 32.Ke2-d3+- ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 31...e6-e5 32.Ke2-d3 Kf7-e6 33.Kd3-c4 Ke6-d6 34.b3-b4 Kd6-c6 35.b4-b5+ a6xb5+ 36.a4xb5+ Kc6-b7 37.Kc4-c5 e5-e4 38.Bd2-c3 Bb8-c7 39.h2-h3 Bc7-b6+ 40.Kc5-d5 0.86/13 ] 32.e3-e4! Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro
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x64: 32.f2-f4 Diagram (Diagram 2088) g5-g4 33.Ke2-d3 Ke8-d7 34.Bd2-c3 Kd7-c6 35.Kd3-c4 Bb8-c7 36.b3-b4 Bc7-d6 37.Bc3-d4 Bd6-f8 38.Bd4-e5 h7-h5 39.b4-b5+ a6xb5+ 40.a4xb5+ Kc6-b7 0.95/14 ] (Diagram 2089) Discovered attack: e3, d2-g5 32...g5-g4? [ 32...f5xe4 33.Bd2xg5 Discovered attack ; ∆32...-- 33.e4xf5
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Threat e6xf5 34.Bd2xg5 Zwischenzug ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 32...g5-g4 33.Ke2-d3 Diagram (Diagram 2090) Ke8-d7 34.b3-b4 Kd7-c6 35.Bd2-e3 f5xe4+ 36.Kd3xe4 Bb8-d6 37.Be3-d2 Bd6-f8 38.Ke4-e5 Kc6-d7 39.b4-b5 a6xb5 40.a4xb5 Bf8-g7+ 41.Ke5-e4 Kd7-c7 42.Bd2-e3 Kc7-b7 43.Be3-d4 0.83/16 ] 33.e4xf5 Diagram [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 33.Ke2-d3 Diagram Ke8-d7 34.b3-b4 Kd7-c6 35.Bd2-e3
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f5xe4+ 36.Kd3xe4 Bb8-d6 37.Be3-d2 h7-h5 38.Bd2-c3 Bd6-f8 39.f2-f4 g4xf3 40.Ke4xf3 Kc6-d5 41.b4-b5 Diagram (Diagram 2092) a6xb5 42.a4xb5 0.79/14 ] (Diagram 2093) 33...e6xf5 [ 33...Bb8-d6 is not much help 34.f5xe6 Ke8-e7 35.f2-f3 g4xf3+ 36.Ke2xf3 Diagram Ke7xe6 37.Kf3-e4+- ;Houdini 2.0c Pro
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34.Ke2-d3 Ke8-d7 35.b3-b4 Kd7-c6 36.Kd3-d4 Bb8-d6 37.Kd4-c4 Bd6-e7 38.Bd2-e3 h7-h5 39.b4-b5+ a6xb5+ 40.a4xb5+ Kc6-b7 41.Kc4-d5 h5-h4 0.79/15 ] 34.Bd2-f4 Diagram [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 34.Ke2-d3 Ke8-d7 35.b3-b4 Kd7-c6 36.Kd3-d4 Bb8-d6 37.Kd4-c4 Bd6-e7 38.Bd2-e3 h7-h5 39.Be3-d4 h5-h4 40.b4-b5+ a6xb5+ 41.a4xb5+ Kc6-b7 0.79/14 ]
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39.Ke3-d3 Kd5-c5 40.Kd3-c3 a6-a5 41.h2-h4 h7-h5 42.Kc3-d3 Kc5-d5 0.71/14 ] 35.Bf4-e3 Diagram [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 35.Bf4-e3 Ba7-b8 36.Ke2-d3 Bb8-e5 37.Kd3-c4 Be5-c7 38.b3-b4 Ke8-d8 39.b4-b5 a6xb5+ 40.Kc4xb5 Kd8-c8 41.a4-a5 h7-h5 42.a5-a6 Kc8-b8 43.Kb5-c6 Bc7-d8 44.Kc6-d5 h5-h4 45.Kd5-e6 f5-f4 46.g3xf4 Bd8-c7 47.Ke6-d5 2.18/18 ] (Diagram 2098)
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34...Bb8-a7 [ 34...Bb8xf4 Diagram 35.g3xf4 a6-a5 36.Ke2-d3+- ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 34...Bb8xf4 35.g3xf4 Ke8-e7 36.f2-f3 g4xf3+ 37.Ke2xf3 Ke7-e6 38.Kf3-e3 Ke6-d5
35...Ba7-b8 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 35...Ba7-b8 36.Ke2-d3 Bb8-e5 37.Kd3-c4 Ke8-d7 38.b3-b4 Kd7-c6 39.b4-b5+ a6xb5+ 40.a4xb5+ Kc6-d7 41.Kc4-d5 Diagram (Diagram 2099) Be5-b8 42.Kd5-c5 Bb8-e5 43.b5-b6 h7-h5 44.Kc5-b5 Be5-b8 45.b6-b7 Kd7-c7 46.Kb5-a6 Kc7-c6 47.Be3-c1 Kc6-d7 48.Ka6-b6 Bb8-d6 49.Bc1-e3 Bd6-b8 50.Be3-d4 f5-f4 51.Bd4-c3 f4xg3 52.h2xg3 Kd7-d6 2.24/19 ] 36.Ke2-d3 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 36.Ke2-d3 Diagram
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Ke8-d7 38.b3-b4 Kd7-c6 39.b4-b5+ a6xb5+ 40.a4xb5+ Kc6-d7 41.Kc4-d5 Be5-b8 42.Kd5-c5 Bb8-e5 43.b5-b6 h7-h5 44.Kc5-b5 Be5-b8 45.b6-b7 Kd7-c7 46.Kb5-a6 Kc7-c6 47.Be3-c1 Kc6-d7 48.Ka6-b6 Bb8-d6 49.Kb6-a7 Bd6-c5+ 50.Ka7-a6 2.06/17 ]
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37.Kd3-c4 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 37.Kd3-c4 Bb8-e5 38.b3-b4 h7-h5 39.Kc4-d5 Be5-d6 40.b4-b5 a6xb5 41.a4xb5 Bd6-b8 42.b5-b6 Bb8-d6 43.Be3-d2 Bd6-b8 44.Bd2-c1 Bb8-d6 45.Bc1-g5 Bd6-b8 46.Bg5-d2 Bb8-d6 47.Bd2-e1 Bd6-b8 48.Be1-c3 Bb8-d6 49.Bc3-d4 Bd6-b8 50.Bd4-b2 f5-f4 51.Bb2-d4 Bb8-d6 52.b6-b7 Bd6-b8 53.g3xf4 Bb8xf4 2.00/18 Diagram
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(Diagram 2104) 37...Kd7-e6 [ 37...h7-h5 is not the saving move 38.b3-b4+- ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 37...Bb8-e5 38.b3-b4 h7-h5 39.Kc4-d5 Be5-d6 40.b4-b5 a6xb5 41.a4xb5 Bd6-b8 42.b5-b6 Bb8-d6 43.Be3-d2 Bd6-b8 44.Bd2-c1 Bb8-d6 45.Bc1-g5 Bd6-b8 46.Bg5-e3 Bb8-d6 1.77/16 ] 38.b3-b4 Diagram [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 38.b3-b4 Ke6-d7 39.b4-b5 a6xb5+ 40.Kc4xb5 Kd7-c8 41.a4-a5 Kc8-b7 42.a5-a6+ Kb7-a8 43.Kb5-c6 Bb8-a7 44.Be3xa7 Ka8xa7 45.Kc6-d5 Ka7xa6 46.Kd5-e5 Diagram Ka6-b7 47.Ke5xf5 Kb7-c7 48.Kf5xg4
Kc7-d6 49.Kg4-f5 Kd6-d5 50.f2-f4 Kd5-d4 51.g3-g4 h7-h6 2.73/16 ] (Diagram 2106) 38...h7-h5 Diagram [ 38...Ke6-d7 doesn't change the outcome of the game 39.Kc4-d5+- ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 38...Ke6-d7 39.b4-b5 a6xb5+ 40.Kc4xb5 Diagram Kd7-c8 41.a4-a5 Kc8-b7 42.a5-a6+ Kb7-a8 43.Kb5-c6 Bb8-a7 44.Be3xa7 Ka8xa7 45.Kc6-d5 Ka7xa6 46.Kd5-e5 Ka6-b7 47.Ke5xf5 Kb7-c7 48.Kf5xg4 Kc7-d6 49.Kg4-f5 Kd6-d5 50.f2-f4
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Kd5-d4 51.g3-g4 h7-h6 2.80/17 ] (Diagram 2108) 39.b4-b5 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 39.b4-b5 a6xb5+ 40.Kc4xb5 Bb8-c7 41.a4-a5 Bc7xa5 42.Kb5xa5 Ke6-e5 43.Ka5-b4 Ke5-d5 44.Kb4-b5 f5-f4 45.g3xf4 h5-h4 46.Be3-c1 h4-h3 47.Bc1-e3 Kd5-e6 48.Kb5-c4 Ke6-f6 49.Kc4-d5 Kf6-f5 50.Kd5-d4 Kf5-f6 51.Kd4-e4 Kf6-f7 52.Be3-d4 Kf7-e7 53.f4-f5 Ke7-f7 54.Bd4-c5 3.84/15 ] 39...a6xb5+ [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 39...a6xb5+ 40.Kc4xb5 Bb8-c7
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41.a4-a5 Bc7xa5 42.Kb5xa5 Ke6-e5 43.Ka5-b5 Ke5-d5 44.Be3-c1 Kd5-d6 45.Bc1-f4+ Kd6-d5 46.Bf4-e3 f5-f4 47.g3xf4 h5-h4 48.Be3-c1 Diagram (Diagram 2110) h4-h3 49.Bc1-e3 Kd5-e6 50.Kb5-c4 Ke6-f6 51.Kc4-d5 Kf6-f5 52.Kd5-d4 Kf5-f6 53.Kd4-e4 Kf6-f7 54.Be3-d4 Kf7-e7 55.f4-f5 Ke7-f7 56.Bd4-c5 3.91/16 ] 40.Kc4xb5 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 40.Kc4xb5 Bb8-c7 41.a4-a5 Bc7xa5 42.Kb5xa5 Ke6-e5 43.Ka5-b5 Ke5-d5 44.Be3-c1 Kd5-d6 45.Bc1-f4+
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560 51.Kf5xg4 Kc8-b8 52.Bb6-e3 Bb4-a5 53.f2-f4 Kb8-c7 54.f4-f5 4.06/17 Diagram 2110
Kd6-d5 46.Bf4-e3 f5-f4 47.g3xf4 h5-h4 48.Be3-c1 h4-h3 49.Bc1-e3 Kd5-e6 50.Kb5-c4 Ke6-f6 51.Kc4-d5 Kf6-f5 52.Kd5-d4 Kf5-f6 53.Kd4-e4 Kf6-f7 54.Be3-d4 Kf7-e7 55.f4-f5 Diagram
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] 41.a4-a5 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 41.a4-a5 Kd5-e4 42.a5-a6 h5-h4 43.Kb5-b6 h4xg3 44.h2xg3 Ke4-f3 45.Kb6-b7 Bb8xg3 46.f2xg3 Kf3xe3 47.a6-a7 Ke3-f3 48.a7-a8Q Kf3xg3 49.Qa8-a3+ Kg3-f4 50.Qa3-c1+ Kf4-f3 2111 51.Qc1-f1+ Kf3-e4 52.Kb7-c6 Ke4-e5 53.Qf1-e2+ Ke5-f4 54.Qe2-f2+ Kf4-g5 55.Qf2-e3+ Diagram
Ke7-f7 56.Bd4-c5 Kf7-f6 57.Bc5-e3 Kf6-f7 58.Ke4-e5 3.85/16 ] 40...Ke6-d5 [ 40...Ke6-d7+- praying for a miracle ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 40...Ke6-d7 41.a4-a5 Bb8-d6 42.a5-a6 Kd7-c7 43.Be3-b6+ Kc7-b8 44.Kb5-c6 Bd6-b4 45.Kc6-d5 Bb4-f8 46.Kd5-e6 Kb8-c8 47.Ke6xf5 Bf8-e7 48.Kf5-g6 h5-h4 49.Kg6-f5 h4xg3 50.h2xg3 Be7-b4
(Diagram 2113) Kg5-f6 56.Kc6-d5 Kf6-g6 57.Kd5-e5 7.29/14 ] (Diagram 2114) 41...Kd5-e4 [ 41...f5-f4 hardly improves anything 42.Be3xf4 Bb8-a7 43.Bf4-e3+- ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 41...h5-h4 42.a5-a6 h4xg3 43.h2xg3 Kd5-e4 44.Kb5-b6 Ke4-f3 45.Kb6-b7 Bb8xg3 46.f2xg3 Kf3xe3 47.a6-a7 Ke3-f3 48.a7-a8Q Kf3xg3 49.Qa8-a3+ Kg3-f4 50.Qa3-c1+ Diagram Kf4-f3 51.Qc1-f1+ Kf3-e4 52.Kb7-c6
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Bg4xf3 11.g2xf3 Nc6-e5 12.Na4xb6 a7xb6 13.f3-f4 Ne5-d7 14.e4-e5 Nd7-c5 15.b2-b4 Nc5-e4 16.Be2-f3 f7-f5 17.Qd1-b3 Qd8-d7 18.0-0 Kg8-h8 19.Ra1-c1 g6-g5 20.Qb3-c4 Ra8-a3 21.Bf3xe4 Ashley,M (2500)Romanishin,O (2570)/Cannes 1998/ CBM 063 ext/½-½ (32) ] 7.Nf3-h4 Bf5-c8 8.e2-e4N Nd5-f6 9.Na4-c3 0-0 10.Bf1-e2 c7-c5 11.d4-d5 e7-e6 12.Nh4-f3 e6xd5 13.e4xd5 Bc8-f5 14.0-0 Nf6-e4 15.Qd1-b3 Qd8-b6 16.Nc3-a4 Qb6xb3 17.a2xb3 Diagram (Diagram 2117) Nb8-d7 18.Nf3-h4 Rf8-e8 19.Nh4xf5 g6xf5 20.Be2-b5 Ra8-d8 last book move 21.Bc1-e3 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 21.Bc1-e3 a7-a6 22.Bb5xd7 Rd8xd7 23.Ra1-d1 b7-b5 24.Na4xc5 Ne4xc5 25.Be3xc5 Re8-e5 26.Bc5-b6 Re5xd5 27.Rd1-a1 Bg7xb2 28.Ra1xa6 Rd5-d3 29.b3-b4 Bb2-d4 30.Bb6-c5 Bd4xc5 31.b4xc5 Rd3-c3 32.c5-c6 Rd7-d6 33.Rf1-b1 Kg8-g7 34.Kg1-f1 Rd6xc6 35.Ra6xc6 Rc3xc6 Diagram 36.Rb1xb5 -0.02/15 ] 21...a7-a6
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last book move [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 21...Bg7-e5 Diagram (Diagram 2119) 22.Rf1-d1 b7-b6 23.g2-g3 Re8-e7 24.Bb5-c6 Nd7-f6 25.f2-f3 Ne4-d6 26.Be3-g5 Kg8-g7 27.Na4-c3 h7-h6 28.Bg5-d2 0.10/13 ] 22.Bb5-d3 [ 22.Bb5xd7 Diagram Rd8xd7 23.Ra1-d1 b7-b5 24.Na4xc5 Ne4xc5 25.Be3xc5 Re8-e5= ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 22.Bb5xd7 Rd8xd7 23.Ra1-d1 b7-b5 24.Na4xc5 Ne4xc5 25.Be3xc5 Re8-e5 26.b3-b4
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Rd8xd5 24.Na4-b6 Rd5-d8 25.Bd3xe4 f5xe4 26.Be3xc5 Rd8-d3 27.b3-b4 Re8-d8 28.Rd1-c1 Bg7-h6 29.Rc1-c4 Rd3-d1 30.Bc5-e3 Bh6xe3 31.f2xe3 Rd8-d6 32.Rc4-c8+ Kg8-g7 -0.12/13 ] 23...Nf6xe4 Diagram [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 23...Nf6xe4 24.Rf1-d1 b7-b5 25.Na4xc5 Bg7xb2 26.Nc5xe4 Bb2xa1 27.Ne4-g3 Ba1-f6 28.d5-d6 Rd8-d7 29.Ng3xf5 a6-a5 30.g2-g4 a5-a4 31.b3xa4 b5xa4 32.Rd1-d2 a4-a3 33.Rd2-a2 Bf6-b2 34.Be3-c5 Re8-a8 35.Kg1-g2 Kg8-f8 36.h2-h3 Kf8-e8 37.Kg2-f3 Ra8-c8 38.Bc5-e3 -0.30/17 Diagram
Re5xd5 27.Rd1-a1 Bg7xb2 28.Ra1xa6 Bb2-d4 29.Ra6-a8+ (Diagram 2122) Kg8-g7 30.Ra8-c8 Rd7-d8 31.Rc8xd8 Rd5xd8 32.Rf1-c1 h7-h5 33.g2-g3 ] Bd4-e5 34.f2-f4 Be5-b2 0.02/15 ] 22...Nd7-f6 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: (Diagram 2123) 22...Bg7-d4 23.Ra1-d1 Bd4xe3 24.Rf1-d1 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 24.f2xe3 Ne4-d6 25.Bd3xf5 Nd6xf5 26.Rf1xf5 Re8xe3 27.Rf5-g5+ Kg8-f8 24.Rf1-d1 b7-b5 25.Na4-c3 Bg7xc3 28.Na4-c3 h7-h6 29.Rg5-f5 Kf8-g7 26.b2xc3 f5-f4 27.Be3-d2 Rd8xd5 28.Bd2-e1 Rd5xd1 29.Ra1xd1 Ne4-f6 30.Kg1-f2 Re3-e8 31.Rf5-f4 Nd7-e5 32.d5-d6 Rd8-d7 -0.02/12 ] 23.Bd3xe4 30.c3-c4 Kg8-g7 31.Rd1-a1 Re8-e2 [ 23.Ra1-d1 Rd8xd5 24.Bd3xe4 32.Be1-c3 Re2-c2 33.Bc3xf6+ Kg7xf6 Re8xe4! ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 34.Ra1xa6+ Kf6-f5 35.h2-h4 b5xc4 23.Ra1-d1 Diagram 36.b3xc4 Rc2xc4 -0.34/14 Diagram
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x64: 24...b7-b5 25.Na4-c3 Bg7xc3 26.b2xc3 f5-f4 27.Be3-d2 Rd8xd5 28.Bd2-e1 Rd5xd1 29.Ra1xd1 Ne4-f6 30.c3-c4 Kg8-g7 31.Rd1-a1 Re8-e2 32.Be1-c3 Re2-c2 Diagram
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33.Bc3xf6+ Kg7xf6 34.Ra1xa6+ Kf6-e5 35.Kg1-f1 b5xc4 36.b3xc4 Rc2xc4 37.Ra6-a7 Rc4-c1+ 38.Kf1-e2 Rc1-c2+ 39.Ke2-f3 -0.36/16 ]
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] 24...b7-b5 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro
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Black threatens to win material: b5xa4 25.Na4xc5 [ 25.Na4-c3 f5-f4 26.Be3-d2! ( 26.Be3xf4? Bg7xc3 27.b2xc3 Ne4xc3-+ );Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 25.Na4-c3 Diagram Bg7xc3 26.b2xc3 f5-f4 27.Be3-d2
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Rd8xd5 28.Bd2-e1 Rd5xd1 29.Ra1xd1 Ne4-f6 30.c3-c4 Kg8-g7 31.Rd1-a1 Re8-e2 32.Be1-c3 Re2-c2 33.Bc3xf6+ Kg7xf6 34.Ra1xa6+ Kf6-e5 35.Kg1-f1 b5xc4 36.b3xc4 Rc2xc4 37.Ra6-a7 Rc4-c1+ 38.Kf1-e2 Rc1-c2+ 39.Ke2-f3 -0.32/15 Diagram
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Rb1-b2+ 38.Ra2xb2 Be5xb2 -0.34/17 Diagram
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] 26.Nc5xe4 [ 26.Ra1xa6? is no good Ne4xc5 27.Ra6-a2 Diagram (Diagram 2131)
] 25...Bg7xb2∓ [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 25...Bg7xb2 26.Nc5xe4 Bb2xa1 27.Ne4-g3 Ba1-f6 28.d5-d6 Rd8-d7 29.Ng3xf5 a6-a5 30.Rd1-d2 a5-a4 31.b3xa4 Diagram b5xa4 32.Rd2-a2 Re8-e4 33.f2-f3 Re4-b4 34.h2-h3 Bf6-e5 35.Nf5-e7+ Kg8-f8 36.Ne7-c6 Rb4-b1+ 37.Kg1-f2
Bb2-f6-+ ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 26.Nc5xe4 Bb2xa1 27.Ne4-g3 Ba1-f6 28.d5-d6 Rd8-d7 29.Ng3xf5 a6-a5 30.Rd1-d2 a5-a4 31.b3xa4 b5xa4 32.Rd2-a2 Diagram Re8-e4 33.f2-f3 Re4-b4 34.h2-h3 Bf6-e5 35.Nf5-e7+ Kg8-f8 36.Ne7-c6 Rb4-b1+ 37.Kg1-f2 Rb1-b2+
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38.Ra2xb2 Be5xb2 -0.46/16 Diagram
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(Diagram 2133) ] 26...Bb2xa1 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 26...Bb2xa1 27.Ne4-g3 Ba1-f6 28.d5-d6 Diagram (Diagram 2134) Rd8-d7 29.Ng3xf5 a6-a5 30.Rd1-d2 a5-a4 31.b3xa4 b5xa4 Diagram 32.Rd2-a2 Re8-e4 33.f2-f3 Re4-c4 34.Be3-h6 Rc4-c5 35.g2-g4 Rc5-c4 36.Kg1-f2 -0.36/15 ] 27.Ne4-c5? [
27.Ne4-g3 f5-f4 28.Be3xf4∓
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Diagram
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; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 27.Ne4-g3 Ba1-f6 28.d5-d6 Rd8-d7 29.Ng3xf5 a6-a5 30.Rd1-d2 a5-a4 31.b3xa4 b5xa4 32.Rd2-a2 Re8-e4 33.f2-f3 Diagram
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Re4-b4 34.h2-h3 Bf6-e5 35.Nf5-e7+ Kg8-f8 36.Ne7-c6 Rb4-b1+ 37.Kg1-f2 Rb1-b2+ 38.Ra2xb2 Be5xb2 -0.42/16 ] 27...f5-f4!-+ Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 27...f5-f4 28.Be3xf4 Rd8xd5 29.Rd1xa1 Rd5xc5 30.g2-g3 Re8-e6 31.Bf4-e3 Rc5-c2 32.b3-b4 Kg8-g7 33.Ra1-a3 Kg7-g6 34.Kg1-g2 Diagram
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h7-h5 35.Be3-c5 Rc2-d2 36.h2-h3 f7-f6 37.Bc5-e3 Rd2-e2 38.Ra3-c3 Re6-e8 -1.28/19 ]
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the final blow 28.Be3xf4 Diagram [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 28.Be3xf4 Rd8xd5 29.Rd1xa1 Rd5xc5 30.g2-g3 Re8-e6 31.Bf4-e3 Rc5-c2 32.b3-b4 Kg8-g7 33.Ra1-a3 Kg7-g6 34.Kg1-g2 h7-h5 35.Be3-d4 f7-f6 36.Bd4-c5 Rc2-d2 37.h2-h3 Diagram Rd2-b2 38.g3-g4 h5xg4 39.h3xg4 Kg6-g5 -1.41/17 ] 28...Rd8xd5! Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 28...Rd8xd5 29.Rd1xa1 Rd5xc5 30.g2-g3 Re8-e6 31.Bf4-e3
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Rc5-c2 32.b3-b4 Kg8-g7 33.Ra1-a3 Kg7-g6 34.Kg1-g2 Diagram (Diagram 2142) f7-f6 35.h2-h3 Rc2-b2 36.Be3-c5 h7-h6 37.g3-g4 Rb2-d2 38.Bc5-e3 -1.36/18 ] (Diagram 2143) Mate attack 29.Rd1xa1 [ 29.Rd1xd5 Re8-e1# Diagram Mate attack ; ∆29.-- Rd5xd1# Diagram
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Mate threat ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 29.Rd1xa1 Diagram
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36.Be3-d2 f7-f6 37.h2-h3 Rc4-c2 38.Bd2-e3 Re6-e8 -1.33/16 ]
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Rd5xc5 30.g2-g3 Re8-e6 31.Bf4-e3 Rc5-c2 32.b3-b4 Kg8-g7 33.Ra1-a3 Kg7-g6 34.Kg1-g2 h7-h5 35.h2-h3 f7-f6 36.Be3-c5 Rc2-b2 37.g3-g4 h5xg4 38.h3xg4 Kg6-g5 -1.40/17 ] 29...Rd5xc5 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 29...Rd5xc5 Diagram (Diagram 2147) 30.g2-g3 Re8-e6 31.Bf4-e3 Rc5-c2 32.b3-b4 Kg8-g7 33.Ra1-a3 Kg7-g6 34.Kg1-g2 h7-h5 35.Ra3-d3 Rc2-c4
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30.g2-g3 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 30.h2-h3 Rc5-c2 31.Ra1xa6 Rc2-b2 32.Ra6-b6 Rb2xb3 33.Kg1-h2 Rb3-b2 34.Bf4-d6 Re8-e2 35.Bd6-a3 Rb2-b3 36.Ba3-c5 Diagram (Diagram 2149) Re2-c2 37.Bc5-d4 Kg8-f8 38.Rb6-h6 -1.17/15 ] 30...Rc5-c6 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 30...Re8-e6 31.Bf4-e3 Diagram Rc5-c2 32.b3-b4 Kg8-g7 33.Ra1-a3
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Rc2-c4 36.Be3-d2 f7-f6 37.h2-h3 Rc4-c2 38.Bd2-e3 Re6-e8 -1.31/16 ] 31.h2-h4 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 31.Bf4-e3 Kg8-g7 32.Kg1-g2 Kg7-g6 33.Ra1-a2 Re8-d8 34.b3-b4 Rd8-d3 35.Ra2-a1 Kg6-f5 36.Ra1-a2 h7-h6 37.Ra2-e2 Rc6-c4 38.Re2-a2 Rd3-d6 -1.09/16 ]
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31...f7-f6 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 31...Re8-e2 Diagram
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Kg7-g6 34.Kg1-g2 h7-h5 35.Ra3-d3
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32.Ra1-d1 a6-a5 33.Rd1-a1 Rc6-a6 34.Ra1-d1 a5-a4 35.b3xa4 b5xa4 36.Kg1-f1 Ra6-e6 37.Bf4-e3 Re2-c2 38.Rd1-a1 Re6-e4 -1.57/13 ] 32.h4-h5 [ 32.Bf4-e3 Re8-e6-+ ;
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Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 32.Bf4-e3 Kg8-f7 33.b3-b4 Kf7-g6 34.Kg1-g2 Rc6-c2 35.Be3-c5 Re8-e6 36.Ra1-a3 Rc2-b2 37.Kg2-f3 h7-h5 38.Ra3-d3 Rb2-e2 39.Kf3-g2 Re6-e8 40.Rd3-d7 Kg6-f5 41.Rd7-h7 -1.22/15 Diagram
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] 32...Kg8-f7 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 32...Re8-e2 33.Ra1-d1 Rc6-c2 34.Bf4-e3 Kg8-f7 Diagram (Diagram 2156) 35.b3-b4 Kf7-e6 36.Kg1-f1 Rc2-a2 37.Be3-c5 Re2-d2 Diagram 38.Rd1-e1+ Ke6-f5 39.Re1-e7
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Rd2-c2 40.Bc5-d4 h7-h6 41.Kf1-g2 -1.36/16 ] 33.Kg1-g2 Diagram [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 33.Kg1-g2 Re8-e2 34.b3-b4 Re2-b2 35.Ra1-d1 Kf7-e7 36.Rd1-e1+ Ke7-d7 37.Re1-d1+ Kd7-e6 38.Rd1-e1+ Ke6-f5 39.Re1-e7 Rc6-c2 40.Bf4-e3 Rb2xb4 41.Re7xh7 a6-a5 42.h5-h6 a5-a4 43.Kg2-f3 a4-a3 44.Rh7-a7 Diagram Rb4-b3 45.g3-g4+ Kf5-e5 46.h6-h7 Rc2-c8 Diagram 47.Ra7-c7 Rc8-d8 48.Rc7-e7+ Ke5-d5 -1.52/16 ] 33...Re8-d8 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64:
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Re2-b2 35.Ra1-d1 Kf7-e7 36.Rd1-e1+ Ke7-d7 37.Re1-d1+ Kd7-e6 38.Rd1-e1+ Ke6-f5 39.Re1-e7 Rc6-c2 40.Bf4-e3 Rb2xb4 41.Re7xh7 a6-a5 42.h5-h6 a5-a4 43.Kg2-f3 a4-a3 44.Rh7-a7 Rb4-b3 45.g3-g4+ Kf5-e5 46.h6-h7 Rc2-c8 47.Ra7-c7 Rc8-d8 48.Rc7-e7+ Ke5-d5 -1.40/16 ] 34.Bf4-e3 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 34.h5-h6 Diagram
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35.b3-b4 Rd3-d4 36.Ra1-b1 37.Rb1-e1 Rd5-d7 38.Re1-b1 39.Rb1-b3 Kf7-g6 40.Rb3-a3 41.Ra3xa6 Kg6-f7 42.Ra6-b6 43.Bf4-d6 Rb2-c2 44.Bd6-b4
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-1.33/17 ] 34...Kf7-e6 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 34...Rd8-d5 35.g3-g4 Diagram
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b5-b4 36.Kg2-f3 Rd5-d3 37.Ra1-b1 Rc6-c3 38.Rb1-a1 Rd3-d6 39.Ra1-b1 a6-a5 40.Kf3-e4 Rd6-d8 41.Be3-d4 Rd8-e8+ 42.Ke4-f4 Rc3-d3 43.Bd4-b6 Re8-e2 44.f2-f3 Re2-e5 45.Bb6-f2 Re5-e2 -1.52/16 ] 35.Ra1-e1 [ 35.b3-b4 Rd8-d3-+ ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 35.b3-b4 Ke6-f5 36.f2-f3 Rc6-c2+ 37.Kg2-h3 Rd8-d3 38.Ra1-e1 Rd3-b3 39.g3-g4+ Kf5-e5 40.Kh3-g3 Ke5-d5 41.Re1-d1+ Diagram (Diagram 2164) Kd5-c4 42.Be3-c5 Rb3-d3 43.Rd1-e1 a6-a5 44.Re1-e4+ Kc4-b3 -1.19/15 ] 35...Rd8-d3 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 35...Rd8-d5 36.h5-h6 Ke6-f7 37.b3-b4 Rc6-c2 38.Be3-f4 Rd5-d3 39.Re1-a1 Rc2-c6 40.Ra1-b1 Rc6-c4 41.Bf4-e3 Kf7-g6 42.Rb1-a1 Rc4-c6 43.Ra1-e1 Rc6-c2 Diagram 44.Be3-f4 Rd3-b3 45.Re1-e7 Rb3xb4 46.Re7-g7+ Kg6-f5 47.Rg7xh7 a6-a5 48.Rh7-e7 Rb4-b2 49.Bf4-e3 a5-a4 50.Be3-d4 -1.52/15 ] 36.b3-b4
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Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 36.b3-b4 Rd3-d5 37.g3-g4 Rc6-c4 38.Be3-c5+ Rd5-e5 39.Re1-a1 Rc4xg4+ 40.Kg2-f3 Ke6-f5 41.Ra1xa6 Rg4-c4 42.Ra6-b6 Rc4-c3+ 43.Kf3-g2 Kf5-e4 44.Bc5-e3 Rc3-c2 Diagram (Diagram 2166) 45.Rb6xf6 Re5xh5 46.Kg2-g3 Rh5-h1 47.Rf6-e6+ Ke4-f5 -1.05/15 ] 36...Ke6-d5 [ 36...Rd3-d5-+ Diagram and Black can already relax ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 36...Rc6-c2
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39.Kh3-g2 f6-f5 40.Ra1-a2 Kd5-c4 41.Be3-c5 Rc6-e6 42.Ra2-a1 h7-h6 43.Ra1-c1+ Rd3-c3 44.Rc1-d1 Re6-e2 45.Rd1-d6 a6-a5 -1.10/13 ] 37.Be3-c5? Diagram [ 37.Be3-f4 Kd5-c4 38.Re1-c1+ Rd3-c3-+ ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 37.Be3-f4 Kd5-c4 38.Re1-c1+ Rd3-c3 39.Rc1-e1 Rc3-c2 40.Re1-e4+ Kc4-b3 41.h5-h6 Rc6-c8 42.Re4-e7 Rc8-h8 43.Bf4-d6 Rh8-d8 44.Bd6-c5 -1.07/12 ]
+ + + + + + + +p p+r+ p + +pLk+ +P P + + + + +r+ P + + PK+ + + R + 37...Rc6xc5 [
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37...a6-a5 Diagram
(Diagram 2170)
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37.Kg2-h3 Ke6-d5 38.Re1-a1 Rc2-c6
ends the debate 38.h5-h6 f6-f5-+ ( 38...Rc6xc5 39.b4xc5 Kd5xc5 40.Re1-e7-+ );Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 37...a6-a5 38.h5-h6 f6-f5 39.Re1-e7 a5xb4 40.Bc5xb4 Kd5-c4 41.Bb4-a5 Rc6xh6 42.Re7-c7+ Kc4-b3 43.Rc7-c5 b5-b4 44.Rc5xf5 Kb3-a4 45.Rf5-c5 b4-b3 46.Ba5-c3 Diagram (Diagram 2171) Rh6-a6 -2.40/12 ] 38.b4xc5 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 38.b4xc5 Diagram Kd5xc5 39.Re1-e7 h7-h6 40.Re7-h7
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
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b5-b4 41.Rh7xh6 a6-a5 42.Rh6-h7
a5-a4 43.h5-h6 Rd3-d8 44.Rh7-c7+ Kc5-b6 45.Rc7-f7 a4-a3 46.Rf7xf6+ Kb6-b5 47.h6-h7 a3-a2 48.Rf6-d6 Rd8-c8 -0.53/11 ] 38...b5-b4 Diagram [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 38...Kd5xc5 39.Re1-e7 h7-h6 40.Re7-h7 b5-b4 41.Rh7xh6 a6-a5 42.Rh6-h7 a5-a4 43.h5-h6 Rd3-d8 44.Rh7-c7+ Kc5-b6 45.Rc7-f7 a4-a3 46.Rf7xf6+ Kb6-b5 47.h6-h7 a3-a2 48.Rf6-d6 Rd8-c8 -0.45/12 ]
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39.Re1-e7 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 39.Re1-e7 Kd5xc5 40.Re7xh7 a6-a5 41.h5-h6 Rd3-d8 42.Rh7-c7+ Kc5-b6 43.Rc7-f7 b4-b3 44.Rf7xf6+ Kb6-c5 45.Rf6-f7 a5-a4 46.Rf7-b7 Kc5-c4 47.h6-h7 a4-a3 48.Rb7-c7+ Kc4-b4 49.Rc7-b7+ Kb4-c3 50.Rb7-c7+ Kc3-b2 51.Rc7-d7 Rd8-c8 52.Rd7-c7 Rc8-e8 -0.34/15 ] (Diagram 2174) 39...Kd5xc5 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 39...Kd5-c6 40.Re7xh7 b4-b3 41.Rh7-h8 Kc6xc5 42.h5-h6 Rd3-d7 43.h6-h7 Rd7-c7 44.Rh8-b8 Rc7xh7 45.Rb8xb3 a6-a5 46.Rb3-f3 a5-a4 47.Rf3xf6 a4-a3 48.Rf6-a6 Diagram Kc5-b4 49.g3-g4 Kb4-b3 50.Ra6-b6+
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
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Kb3-c4 51.Rb6-a6 Kc4-b4 52.g4-g5 -0.09/11 ] 40.Re7xh7 [ 40.Re7-c7+ Kc5-b6 41.Rc7xh7 Rd3-d8-+ ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 40.h5-h6 a6-a5 41.Re7xh7 Rd3-d8 42.Rh7-g7 Rd8-h8 43.h6-h7 b4-b3 44.Rg7-b7 a5-a4 45.Kg2-f3 b3-b2 46.Rb7xb2 Rh8xh7 47.Rb2-c2+ Diagram
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40...b4-b3 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 40...a6-a5 41.h5-h6 Rd3-d8 42.Rh7-g7 Rd8-h8 43.h6-h7 a5-a4 44.Rg7-c7+ Kc5-b5 45.Rc7-b7+ Kb5-c4 46.Rb7-c7+ Kc4-d5 47.Rc7-b7 b4-b3 48.Kg2-f3 b3-b2 49.Rb7xb2 Rh8xh7 50.Rb2-b5+ Kd5-c4 51.Rb5-b6 a4-a3 52.Rb6-c6+ Kc4-b3 53.Rc6-b6+ Kb3-c3 54.Rb6xf6 Diagram
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(Diagram 2176) Kc5-b5 48.Rc2-b2+ Kb5-c4 49.Rb2-c2+ Kc4-b3 50.Rc2-c6 a4-a3 51.Rc6-b6+ Kb3-c4 52.Rb6-c6+ Kc4-b3 53.Rc6-b6+ -0.28/14 ]
a3-a2 -0.24/12 ] 41.Rh7-b7?? solves nothing [ 41.h5-h6 Diagram a6-a5 42.Rh7-h8-+ ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 41.h5-h6 Rd3-d8 42.Rh7-b7 Kc5-c4 43.h6-h7 a6-a5 44.Rb7-c7+
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
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Kc4-b4 45.Rc7-b7+ Kb4-c4 46.Rb7-c7+ -0.02/14 ] 41...a6-a5-+ Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 41...Kc5-c6 42.Rb7-b8 Kc6-c7 43.Rb8-e8 a6-a5 44.Re8-e7+ Rd3-d7 45.Re7-e1 a5-a4 46.Re1-b1 Kc7-b6 47.Kg2-f3 Rd7-h7 48.g3-g4 f6-f5 49.Rb1-g1 b3-b2 -0.99/13 ]
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42.h5-h6 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 42.h5-h6 a5-a4 43.h6-h7 Diagram Rd3-d8 44.Kg2-f3 Kc5-c6 45.Rb7-b4 Rd8-h8 46.Rb4xa4 Rh8xh7 47.Ra4-a1 Kc6-d5 48.Kf3-e3 Kd5-c4 49.Ra1-c1+ Kc4-b4 50.Rc1-b1 Rh7-h2 51.Ke3-e2 Kb4-c3 52.Rb1-c1+ Kc3-b2
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53.Rc1-d1 -0.54/14 ] 42...a5-a4 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 42...a5-a4 43.h6-h7 Rd3-d8 44.Kg2-f3 Kc5-c6 45.Rb7-b4 Rd8-h8 46.Rb4xa4 Rh8xh7 47.Ra4-a1 Kc6-d5 48.Ra1-b1 Kd5-c4 49.Kf3-e3 Rh7-e7+ 50.Ke3-d2 Re7-a7 51.Rb1-c1+ Kc4-d4 52.Rc1-d1 Ra7-a2+ 53.Kd2-c1+ Kd4-c3 -0.48/14 ] 43.g3-g4 [ 43.Kg2-f1 does not win a prize Rd3-d8 44.Kf1-e1 Rd8-h8-+ ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 43.h6-h7 Rd3-d8 44.Kg2-f3 Kc5-c6 45.Rb7-b4 Rd8-h8 46.Rb4xa4 Rh8xh7 47.Ra4-c4+ Kc6-b5 48.Rc4-c1 Kb5-b4 49.Rc1-b1 Kb4-c3 50.Rb1-c1+ Kc3-d3 51.Rc1-b1 Kd3-c2 -0.46/12 ] 43...Rd3-d8 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 43...Rd3-d8 44.h6-h7 Kc5-c6 45.Rb7-b4 Rd8-h8 46.Rb4xa4 Rh8xh7 47.Ra4-a1 b3-b2 48.Ra1-b1 Rh7-b7 49.f2-f4 Kc6-c5 50.Kg2-f2 Kc5-c4 51.g4-g5 Kc4-b3 52.Rb1-e1 f6xg5 53.f4xg5 Kb3-c2 54.Re1-e2+ Kc2-d3 55.Re2-e3+ Kd3-c2 -1.09/13 ] 44.f2-f4 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 44.h6-h7 Kc5-c6 45.Rb7-b4 Rd8-h8 46.Rb4xa4 Rh8xh7 47.Ra4-c4+ Kc6-b5 48.Rc4-c1 Kb5-b4 49.Rc1-b1 Rh7-c7 50.Kg2-f3 Rc7-c2 51.Kf3-e3 b3-b2 52.f2-f4 Rc2-c3+ 53.Ke3-d2 -0.81/11 ]
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games 44...Rd8-h8 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 44...Rd8-h8 45.g4-g5 f6xg5 46.f4xg5 Rh8-g8 47.Kg2-h3 Rg8xg5 48.Kh3-h4 Rg5-g1 49.Kh4-h5 Kc5-c4 50.Rb7-c7+ Kc4-d4 51.Rc7-b7 Rg1-h1+ 52.Kh5-g6 Kd4-c4 53.Rb7-c7+ Kc4-d5 54.Rc7-b7 Rh1-g1+ 55.Kg6-f5 Rg1-f1+ 56.Kf5-g6 -1.29/14 ] 45.g4-g5 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 45.g4-g5 f6xg5 46.f4xg5 Rh8-g8 47.Kg2-h3 Rg8xg5 48.Kh3-h4 Rg5-g1 49.Kh4-h5 Kc5-c4 50.Rb7-c7+ Kc4-d4 51.Rc7-b7 Rg1-h1+ 52.Kh5-g6 Kd4-c4 53.Rb7-c7+ Kc4-d5 54.Rc7-b7 Rh1-g1+ 55.Kg6-f5 Rg1-f1+ 56.Kf5-g6 -1.36/15 ] 45...f6xg5 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 45...f6xg5 46.f4xg5 Rh8-g8 47.Kg2-h3 Rg8xg5 48.Kh3-h4 Rg5-g1 49.Kh4-h5 Rg1-h1+ 50.Kh5-g6 Kc5-c4 51.Rb7-c7+ Kc4-d5 52.Rc7-b7 Rh1-g1+ 53.Kg6-f5 Rg1-f1+ 54.Kf5-g6 -1.29/12 ] 46.f4xg5 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 46.f4xg5 Rh8-g8 47.Kg2-h3 Rg8xg5 48.Kh3-h4 Rg5-g1 49.Kh4-h5 Rg1-h1+ 50.Kh5-g6 Kc5-c4 51.Rb7-c7+ Kc4-d5 52.Rc7-b7 Rh1-g1+ 53.Kg6-f5 Rg1-f1+ 54.Kf5-g6 -1.36/13 ] 46...Rh8-g8 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 46...Rh8-g8 47.Kg2-h3 Rg8xg5 48.Kh3-h4 Rg5-g1 49.Kh4-h5 Rg1-h1+ 50.Kh5-g6 Kc5-c4 51.Rb7-c7+ Kc4-d5 52.Rc7-b7 Rh1-g1+ 53.Kg6-f5 Rg1-f1+ 54.Kf5-g6 -1.41/13 ] 47.Rb7-g7 [ 47.Kg2-g3 a last effort to resist the inevitable Rg8xg5+ 48.Kg3-h4-+ ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 47.Kg2-g3 Rg8xg5+ 48.Kg3-h4 Rg5-g1 49.Kh4-h5 Rg1-h1+ 50.Kh5-g6 Kc5-c4 51.Rb7-c7+ Kc4-d5 52.Rc7-b7 Rh1-g1+ 53.Kg6-f5 Rg1-f1+ 54.Kf5-g6 -1.36/11 ] 47...b3-b2 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 47...b3-b2
578 48.Rg7xg8 b2-b1Q 49.Rg8-c8+ Kc5-d4 50.Rc8-d8+ Kd4-e5 51.Rd8-e8+ Ke5-f5 52.Re8-e7 a4-a3 53.Re7-f7+ Kf5xg5 54.h6-h7 Qb1-b2+ 55.Rf7-f2 Qb2-g7 56.Rf2-a2 Kg5-h6+ 57.Kg2-f1 Qg7-f7+ 58.Kf1-e1 Qf7-e7+ 59.Ke1-d2 Kh6xh7 -5.18/10 ] 48.Rg7xg8 [ 48.h6-h7 Rg8xg7 49.h7-h8Q Rg7xg5+ 50.Kg2-h2 b2-b1Q 51.Qh8-f8+ Kc5-d4 52.Qf8-f2+ Kd4-e5 53.Qf2-c5+ Ke5-f6 54.Qc5-f8+ Kf6-e6 55.Qf8-c8+ Ke6-e7 56.Qc8-c7+ Ke7-f6 57.Qc7-d6+ Kf6-f5 58.Qd6-d5+ Kf5-f4 59.Qd5-d2+ Kf4-f3 60.Qd2xg5 Qb1-b2+ 61.Kh2-g1 Qb2-d4+ 62.Kg1-h1 Qd4-e4 63.Kh1-g1 Qe4-e3+ 64.Qg5xe3+ Kf3xe3 65.Kg1-g2 a4-a3 66.Kg2-g3 Ke3-e4 67.Kg3-h4 a3-a2 68.Kh4-g3 a2-a1Q 69.Kg3-g2 Qa1-d4 70.Kg2-f1 Qd4-d2 71.Kf1-g1 Ke4-f3 72.Kg1-f1 Qd2-c1# ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 48.Rg7xg8 b2-b1Q 49.Rg8-c8+ Kc5-d4 50.Rc8-d8+ Kd4-e5 51.Rd8-e8+ Ke5-f5 52.Re8-e7 a4-a3 53.Re7-f7+ Kf5xg5 54.h6-h7 Qb1-b2+ 55.Rf7-f2 Qb2-g7 56.Rf2-a2 Kg5-h6+ 57.Kg2-f1 Qg7-f7+ 58.Kf1-e1 Qf7-e7+ 59.Ke1-d2 Kh6xh7 -5.24/11 ] 48...b2-b1Q [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 48...b2-b1Q 49.Rg8-c8+ Kc5-d4 50.Rc8-d8+ Kd4-e5 51.Rd8-e8+ Ke5-f5 52.Re8-e7 a4-a3 53.Re7-f7+ Kf5xg5 54.h6-h7 Qb1-b2+ 55.Rf7-f2 Qb2-g7 56.Rf2-a2 Kg5-h6+ 57.Kg2-f1 Qg7-f6+ 58.Kf1-e2 Qf6-a6+ 59.Ke2-d2 Kh6xh7 -4.85/9 ] 49.Rg8-g7 [ 49.Rg8-c8+ cannot change destiny Kc5-d4 50.Rc8-d8+ Kd4-e5-+ ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 49.Rg8-c8+ Kc5-d4 50.Rc8-d8+ Kd4-e5 51.Rd8-e8+ Ke5-f5 52.Re8-e7 a4-a3 53.Re7-f7+ Kf5xg5 54.h6-h7 Qb1-b2+ 55.Rf7-f2 Qb2-g7 56.Rf2-a2 Kg5-h6+ 57.Kg2-f1 Qg7-f6+ 58.Kf1-e2 Qf6-a6+
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
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59.Ke2-d2 Kh6xh7 -5.32/10 ] 49...a4-a3 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 49...a4-a3 50.Rg7-a7 a3-a2 51.Ra7-a5+ Kc5-b4 52.Ra5xa2 Qb1xa2+ 53.Kg2-f3 Qa2-f7+ 54.Kf3-g3 Kb4-c4 55.Kg3-g4 Kc4-d4 56.Kg4-g3 Kd4-e4 57.Kg3-g4 Qf7-g6 58.Kg4-h4 Ke4-f5 -7.16/11 ] 0-1
22.Kg1xf1 Kg8-f7 23.h2-h4 Bc8-g4 24.Kf1-e1 Kf7-e6 25.Rc3-c2 Bg4-f5 Atalik,S (2586)-Secer,A (2287)/Ankara 2007/CBM 117 ext/½-½ (48) ] 11...Nb8-d7 [RR 11...d5xc4 12.Rc3xc4 Nb8-d7 13.0-0 e6-e5 14.Qd1-c2 (RR 14.d4xe5 Nd7xe5 15.Nf3xe5 Qe7xe5 16.Qd1-d4 ½-½ Ljubojevic,L (2557)-Nikolic,P (2661)/Bled 2002/EXT 2003 ) 14...e5xd4 15.Rc4xd4 Nd7-f6 42 D56 16.Rf1-d1 Bc8-e6 17.b2-b4 Rf8-d8 Vassily Ivanchuk 18.a2-a3 Rd8xd4 19.Rd1xd4 a7-a5 20.Qc2-b2 a5xb4 21.Rd4xb4 b7-b5 Alexander Onischuk World Team Championship 2005 02.11.2005 (2) 22.e3-e4 Qe7-a7 23.e4-e5 Nf6-d5 24.Rb4-b3 Nd5-f4 25.Rb3-e3 Be6-d5 D56: Queen's Gambit Declined: Lasker 26.Be2-f1 Bacrot,E (2707)-Roiz,M Defence (2611)/Rishon Le Ziyyon 2006/CBM 114 ext/0-1 (43) ] 12.0-0 Rf8-e8N [RR 1.d2-d4 Ng8-f6 2.c2-c4 e7-e6 3.Ng1-f3 d7-d5 4.Nb1-c3 Bf8-e7 12...Rf8-d8 13.Qd1-b1 d5xc4 Diagram 14.Be2xc4 e6-e5 15.Qb1-e4 Rd8-e8 16.d4xe5 Nd7xe5 17.Nf3xe5 Qe7xe5 18.Qe4xe5 Re8xe5 ½-½ Minic,D-Maric, R/Skopje 1968/MCD ] 13.Qd1-c2 2181 d5xc4 14.Be2xc4 e6-e5 15.d4-d5 Nd7-b6 16.d5xc6 b7xc6 17.Rf1-c1 Diagram
rnlqk+ r ppp lppp + +pn + + +p+ + +PP + + + N +N+ PP +PPPP R LQKL+R
5.Bc1-g5 h7-h6 6.Bg5-h4 0-0 7.e2-e3 Nf6-e4 8.Bh4xe7 Qd8xe7 9.Ra1-c1 Ne4xc3 10.Rc1xc3 c7-c6 11.Bf1-e2 [RR 11.Qd1-b1 Nb8-d7 12.c4xd5 e6xd5 13.Bf1-d3 Nd7-f6 14.0-0 a7-a5 15.a2-a3 a5-a4 16.Nf3-e5 Nf6-g4 17.f2-f4 Ng4xe5 18.f4xe5 f7-f6 19.e5xf6 Rf8xf6 20.Rf1xf6 Qe7xf6 21.Qb1-f1 Qf6xf1+
(Diagram 2182) Nb6-d5 18.Rc3-b3 a7-a5 19.Qc2-e4 a5-a4 20.Rb3-a3 last book move last book move Bc8-d7 [ 20...Nd5-f6 21.Qe4-c2$ ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 20...Nd5-f6 21.Qe4-c2 Qe7-b4 22.e3-e4 Bc8-d7 23.h2-h3 c6-c5 24.Ra3-e3 Ra8-b8 25.b2-b3 Rb8-d8 26.Rc1-d1 a4xb3 27.a2xb3 0.09/13 Diagram (Diagram 2183) ] 21.Bc4xd5 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 21.Nf3-d2 Diagram Nd5-f6 22.Qe4-c2 Qe7-b4 23.Rc1-d1
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
r+l+r+k+ p + qpp np+ + p + + p + +L+ + + + R PN+ PPQ+ PPP + R + K
+ rr+k+ + +l+pp + + n p + p p + qL+P+ + +P+ RN+P +Q+ PP+ + +R+ K
r+ +r+k+ + +lqpp +p+ + p + +np + p+L+Q+ + R + P + PP N PPP + R + K
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Bd7-e6 26.Rd1-d2 Be6xc4 27.Be2xc4 Nf6-d5 0.17/12 ] 21...c6xd5 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 21...c6xd5 Diagram
r+ +r+k+ + +lqpp + + + p + +pp + p+ +Q+ + R + PN+ PP + PPP + R + K
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e5-e4 24.Bc4-e2 Re8-b8 25.Nd2-c4
22.Qe4xd5 Bd7-f5 23.Ra3-c3 Ra8-b8 24.b2-b3 Rb8-d8 25.Qd5-c5 a4xb3 26.Qc5xe7 Re8xe7 27.Rc3xb3 Re7-c7 28.Rc1-e1 Rc7-c5 29.e3-e4 Bf5-e6 30.Rb3-b2 Rd8-a8 31.Re1-a1 0.27/14 ] 22.Qe4xd5 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 22.Qe4xd5 Bd7-f5 23.Ra3-c3 Ra8-b8 24.b2-b3 Rb8-d8 25.Qd5-c5 a4xb3 26.Qc5xe7 Re8xe7 27.Rc3xb3 Re7-c7 28.Rc1-e1 Rc7-c5 29.e3-e4 Bf5-e6 30.Rb3-b2 Rd8-a8 31.Re1-a1 0.12/15 ] 22...Ra8-b8 Black threatens to win material: Rb8xb2 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 22...Bd7-f5 23.Ra3-c3 Ra8-b8 24.b2-b3 a4xb3 25.a2xb3 Rb8-d8 26.Qd5-c5 Rd8-d6 27.Qc5-b5 Re8-d8 28.h2-h3 Rd6-d1+ 29.Rc1xd1 Rd8xd1+ 30.Kg1-h2 f7-f6 31.b3-b4 Rd1-d8 32.Qb5-c5 Qe7-e6 0.22/14 ] 23.Ra3-c3 [ 23.Qd5-d2 Diagram (Diagram 2186) Rb8-b7 24.Ra3-c3 Bd7-g4$ ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 23.Qd5-d2 Rb8-b7 24.Ra3-c3 Bd7-g4 25.Rc3-c4
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r +r+k+ + +lqpp + + + p + + p + p+ + + + R + PN+ PP Q PPP + R + K
581
2186
Bg4xf3 26.g2xf3 Qe7-g5+ 27.Kg1-f1 Qg5-f5 28.Kf1-g2 Re8-b8 29.Rc1-c2 Diagram
r + +k+ +r+ +pp + + + p + + pq+ p+R+ + + + + PP+ PPRQ PKP + + + +
2187
Rb7-b6 30.Rc4-g4 Rb6-g6 31.Rc2-c4 h6-h5 0.20/14 ] 23...Bd7-g4 [ 23...Qe7-e6 24.Qd5xe6 Bd7xe6 25.Nf3xe5 Rb8xb2 26.a2-a3= ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 23...Bd7-f5 Diagram (Diagram 2188) 24.b2-b3 a4xb3 25.a2xb3 Rb8-d8 26.Qd5-c5 Rd8-d6 27.Qc5-b5 Re8-d8 28.h2-h3 Rd6-d1+ 29.Rc1xd1
r +r+k+ + + qpp + + + p + +Qpl+ p+ + + + + R PN+ PP + PPP + R + K
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Rd8xd1+ 30.Kg1-h2 f7-f6 31.b3-b4 Rd1-d8 32.Qb5-c5 Qe7-e6 0.22/14 ] 24.b2-b3 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 24.Rc3-c2 Qe7-f6 25.Nf3-d2 Bg4-e6 26.Qd5-c6 Be6xa2 27.Qc6xa4 Ba2-d5 28.e3-e4 Bd5-e6 29.Qa4-a3 Re8-d8 30.Qa3-e3 Qf6-g6 31.h2-h3 Rd8-d4 Diagram
r + +k+ + + +pp + +l+qp + + p + + rP+ + + + Q +P PRN PP+ + R + K
2189
32.Nd2-f3 Rd4xe4 33.Nf3xe5 Re4xe3 34.Ne5xg6 0.26/15 ] 24...a4xb3 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 24...Rb8-d8 Diagram 25.Qd5-e4 Bg4xf3 26.Qe4xf3 e5-e4 27.Qf3-e2 a4xb3 28.a2xb3 Qe7-b4 29.Qe2-c4 Qb4-b7 30.Qc4-c6 Qb7xc6
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+ rr+k+ + + qpp + + + p + +Qp + p+ + +l+ +PR PN+ P+ + PPP + R + K
582
2190
31.Rc3xc6 Rd8-b8 32.Rc6-c3 Re8-d8 33.Rc1-a1 Rd8-d3 0.40/15 ] 25.a2xb3 Diagram [Weaker is 25.Rc3xb3 Bg4-e6 26.Qd5xe5 Be6xb3 27.Qe5xe7 Re8xe7 28.a2xb3 Rb8xb3∓ ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 25.a2xb3 Qe7-f6 26.Qd5-e4 Bg4-f5 27.Qe4-a4 Rb8-a8 28.Qa4-c6 Qf6xc6 29.Rc3xc6 Ra8-b8 30.Rc6-c3 f7-f6 31.Nf3-d2 Re8-d8 32.Nd2-c4 Kg8-f7 33.f2-f3 0.33/14 ] (Diagram 2191) White has a new passed pawn: b3. 25...Rb8-b4 Diagram [ 25...Rb8-d8 26.Qd5-e4 f7-f5 27.Qe4-c4+ Kg8-h7 28.Nf3-e1 ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 25...Rb8-d8 26.Qd5-e4 f7-f5 27.Qe4-c6 Rd8-d6 Diagram (Diagram 2192) 28.Qc6-c7 Rd6-d7 29.Qc7-c5 Bg4xf3 30.Qc5xe7 Re8xe7 31.g2xf3 Rd7-d2 32.Rc3-c7 Kg8-f7 33.b3-b4 Rd2-b2 34.Kg1-g2 Rb2xb4 0.28/15 ] 26.Nf3-e1 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 26.Rc3-c7 Diagram Qe7-f6 27.Qd5-a5 Qf6-b6 28.Qa5xb6
r +r+k+ + + qpp + + + p + +Qp + + + +l+ +PR PN+ + + PPP + R + K
+ +r+k+ + + q p +Qr + p + + pp+ + + +l+ +PR PN+ + + PPP + R + K
+ +r+k+ + + qpp + + + p + +Qp + r + +l+ +PR PN+ + + PPP + R + K
2191
2192
2193
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
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583
+ qr+k+ +R+l+pp + + + p + + + + + NpQ + + +rP + + + PPP + R + K
2194
Rb4xb6 29.Nf3-d2 Re8-d8 30.Nd2-c4 Rb6xb3 31.Nc4xe5 Bg4-e6 32.Ne5-f3 Rd8-d7 33.Rc7xd7 Be6xd7 34.h2-h3 Diagram
+ + +k+ + +l+pp + + + p + + + + + + + + +r+ PN+P + + PP+ + R + K
+ r +k+ + + qpp + + + p + +Qp + r + +l+ +PR P + + + PPP + R N K
2195
Rb3-b2 35.Nf3-e5 Bd7-e6 36.Rc1-c7 Be6-d5 0.49/14 ] 26...Re8-d8 Diagram [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 26...e5-e4 27.Ne1-c2 Bg4-e6 28.Qd5-e5 Rb4xb3 29.Rc3-c7 Qe7-d8 30.Nc2-d4 Rb3-d3 31.Qe5-f4 Be6-d7 32.Rc7-b7 Diagram Rd3-d2 33.h2-h3 Qd8-e7 34.Qf4-c7 Re8-d8 35.Nd4-c6 0.32/15 ] Black threatens to win material: Rd8xd5 27.Qd5-a5 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 27.Qd5-c5 Qe7xc5 28.Rc3xc5
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e5-e4 29.Ne1-c2 Rb4xb3 30.Nc2-d4 Rb3-d3 31.Rc5-e5 Rd8-c8 32.Rc1-b1 Rd3-d1+ 33.Rb1xd1 Bg4xd1 34.h2-h4 Bd1-c2 35.Nd4xc2 Rc8xc2 Diagram (Diagram 2198) 36.Re5xe4 Kg8-f8 37.Re4-b4 Kf8-e7 38.Rb4-b7+ Ke7-e6 0.29/15 Diagram (Diagram 2199) ] 27...Rd8-b8 Diagram [ 27...Bg4-f5 28.Rc3-c5 Rb4xb3 29.Rc5xe5$ ;
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584 Diagram
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+ + + + +R+ +pp + +k+ p + + + + + + + P + + P + +r+ PP+ + + + K
+ r +k+ + + qpp + + + p Q + p + r + +l+ +PR P + + + PPP + R N K Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 27...Bg4-f5
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+ r +k+ + + qpp + + + p Q + pl+ r + + + +PR P + + + PPP + R N K
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28.Rc3-c7 Qe7-d6 29.Ne1-f3 Qd6-d1+ 30.Nf3-e1 Qd1-d6 31.Ne1-f3 0.20/13 ]
r + +k+ + + qpp + + + p Q + p + r + +l+ +PR P + + + PPP + R N K
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28.h2-h3 Diagram [ 28.Ne1-d3 Rb4-b5 29.Qa5-a4 Bg4-e6 ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 28.Ne1-d3 Diagram (Diagram 2203) Rb4-b5 29.Qa5-a4 Bg4-e6 30.Nd3-c5 Rb5-b4 31.Qa4-c6 Rb8-b6 32.Qc6-a8+ Rb6-b8 Diagram 33.Qa8-a2 Rb8-d8 34.Qa2-c2 Be6-d5
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r + +k+ + + qpp + + + p Q + p + r + +l+ +PRNP + + + PPP + R + K
Qr + +k+ + + qpp + +l+ p + N p + r + + + +PR P + + + PPP + R + K
585
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35.e3-e4 Bd5-c6 36.Qc2-e2 Rb4-d4 37.Rc3-d3 Rd4xd3 38.Nc5xd3 0.41/14 ] (Diagram 2205) White threatens to win material: h3xg4 28...Rb4-b5 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 28...Bg4-f5 29.Ne1-f3 Rb4-b5 Diagram 30.Qa5-c7 Qe7-e8 31.g2-g4 Bf5-d7 32.Rc3-c5 Rb5xc5 33.Rc1xc5 f7-f6 34.Nf3-d2 Bd7-e6 35.Rc5-c3 Rb8-c8 36.Qc7-a5 Rc8xc3 37.Qa5xc3 Diagram
r + +k+ + + qpp + + + p Q + p + r + +l+ +PR P +P + + PP+ + R N K
r + +k+ + + qpp + + + p Qr+ pl+ + + + + +PR PN+P + + PP+ + R + K
+ +q+k+ + + + p + +lp p + + p + + + +P+ +PQ P +P + N P + + + + K
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Be6-d5 38.Qc3-d3 Qe8-c6 0.24/15 ]
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586
29.Qa5-a1 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 29.Qa5-c7 Diagram
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2208
+ r +k+ + + +pp + +l+ p +r+ p + qN+P+ + +PR + +P Q+ + PP+ + R + K
2210
38.Rc3xc4 0.22/14 ] Qe7xc7 30.Rc3xc7 Bg4-f5 31.Ne1-f3 f7-f6 32.g2-g4 Bf5-e6 33.Rc7-e7 Be6-d5 34.Nf3-d2 Rb8-b7 35.Re7xb7 Rb5xb7 36.Rc1-c3 Rb7-a7 37.Rc3-d3 Bd5-a8 38.e3-e4 Kg8-f7 39.Kg1-g2 0.31/15 ] 29...Bg4-e6 Diagram [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 29...Bg4-f5 30.Ne1-f3 Diagram
r + +k+ + + qpp + + + p +r+ pl+ + + + + +PR PN+P + + PP+ Q R + K
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Bf5-e4 31.Nf3-d2 Be4-f5 32.e3-e4 Bf5-e6 33.Qa1-a2 Rb8-d8 34.Nd2-c4 Qe7-b4 Diagram 35.Qa2-e2 Rb5-c5 36.Qe2-b2 Rd8-d4 37.Qb2-a2 Be6xc4
r + +k+ + + qpp + +l+ p +r+ p + + + + + +PR P +P + + PP+ Q R N K
2211
Attacking the isolated pawn on b3. Black threatens to win material: Be6xb3 30.Ne1-f3 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 30.Rc3-c7 Qe7-b4 Diagram (Diagram 2212) 31.Ne1-f3 Rb5-a5 32.Qa1-b1 Rb8-d8 33.Rc1-c3 Ra5-b5 34.e3-e4 Be6xb3 35.Rc3-d3 Diagram Rd8xd3 36.Qb1xd3 Rb5-b8 37.Nf3-d2 Bb3-e6 0.10/13 ] 30...Be6xb3 [ 30...Qe7-e8!?= Diagram
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
r + +k+ + R +pp + +l+ p +r+ p + q + + + +P+ P +P + + PP+ Q R N K
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r +q+k+ + + +pp + +l+ p +r+ p + + + + + +PR PN+P + + PP+ Q R + K is worth looking at ;Houdini 2.0c Pro
587
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x64: 30...Qe7-e8 31.Rc3-c7 Be6xb3 32.e3-e4 Rb8-d8 33.Qa1-a7 Rd8-a8 34.Qa7-e3 Qe8-e6 35.Qe3-d3 Rb5-b4 36.Nf3-d2 Diagram
r+ + +k+ + R +pp + +q+ p + + p + r +P+ + +l+Q+ +P + N PP+ + R + K
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Ra8-a2 0.13/13 ] 31.Rc3-c8+ [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 31.Rc3-c8+ Kg8-h7 32.Rc1-c7 Diagram
2214
rR+ + + + R qppk + + + p +r+ p + + + + + +l+ PN+P + + PP+ Q + + K
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Qe7-e6 33.Rc8xb8 Rb5xb8 34.Qa1xe5 Rb8-a8 35.Rc7-e7 Qe6xe5 36.Nf3xe5 f7-f6 37.Ne5-c6 Bb3-d5 38.Nc6-d4 Kh7-g6 39.Nd4-e2 Kg6-h7 40.e3-e4 Bd5-c6 41.f2-f3 Ra8-a2 42.Ne2-d4 0.65/15 ] 31...Rb8xc8 Diagram [ 31...Kg8-h7 32.Rc8xb8 Rb5xb8 33.Nf3xe5 ;
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
588
Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 31...Kg8-h7 32.Rc1-c7 Qe7-b4 33.Rc8xb8 Rb5xb8 34.Nf3xe5 Rb8-d8 35.Qa1-b1+ Kh7-g8 36.Ne5-c6 Qb4-d6 37.Rc7-a7 Qd6xc6 38.Qb1xb3 Qc6-d5 39.Qb3xd5 Diagram
+ r +k+ R + +pp + + + p + +Q+ + + + + + + + P +P + + PP+ + + + K
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Rd8xd5 40.e3-e4 Rd5-d2 41.g2-g4 Kg8-f8 42.Kg1-g2 Rd2-c2 0.71/15 ]
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32.Rc1xc8++- Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 32.Rc1xc8+ Kg8-h7 33.Qa1-a8 Rb5-d5 34.Qa8-b8 Qe7-d6 35.Rc8-h8+ Kh7-g6 36.Nf3-h4+ Kg6-h5 37.Qb8xb3 Kh5xh4 38.e3-e4 Rd5-d3 39.Qb3xf7 Qd6-f6 40.g2-g3+ Kh4-g5 41.h3-h4+ Kg5-g4 42.Qf7xf6
g7xf6 43.Rh8xh6 f6-f5 44.e4xf5 Kg4xf5 45.Rh6-h8 e5-e4 46.Rh8-f8+ Kf5-g6 47.Rf8-g8+ Kg6-f6 48.h4-h5 e4-e3 49.Kg1-f1 Kf6-f5 50.h5-h6 1.19/13 ]
+R+ +k+ + + qpp + + + p +r+ p + + + + + +l+ PN+P + + PP+ Q + + K
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32...Kg8-h7 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 32...Kg8-h7 33.Qa1-a8 Diagram
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2220
Rb5-d5 34.Qa8-b8 Qe7-d6 35.Rc8-h8+ Kh7-g6 36.Nf3-h4+ Kg6-h5 37.Qb8xb3 Kh5xh4 38.e3-e4 Rd5-d3 39.Qb3xf7 Qd6-f6 40.g2-g3+ Kh4-g5 41.h3-h4+ Kg5-g4 42.Qf7xf6 g7xf6 43.Rh8xh6 f6-f5 44.e4xf5 Kg4xf5 45.Rh6-h8 e5-e4 46.Rh8-f8+ Kf5-g6 47.Rf8-g8+ Kg6-f6 48.h4-h5
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589
e4-e3 49.Kg1-f1 Diagram
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Kf6-f5 50.h5-h6 1.31/14 ] 33.Qa1-a8 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 33.Qa1-a8 Rb5-d5 34.Qa8-b8 Diagram
QR+ + + + + qppk + + + p + +rp + + + + + +l+ PN+P + + PP+ + + + K
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Qe7-d6 35.Rc8-h8+ Kh7-g6 36.Nf3-h4+ Kg6-h5 37.Qb8xb3 Kh5xh4 38.e3-e4 Rd5-d3 39.Qb3xf7 Qd6-f6 40.g2-g3+ Kh4-g5 41.h3-h4+ Kg5-g4 42.Qf7xf6 g7xf6 43.Rh8xh6 f6-f5 44.e4xf5 Kg4xf5 45.Rh6-h8 e5-e4 46.Rh8-f8+ Kf5-g6 47.Rf8-g8+ Kg6-f6 48.h4-h5 e4-e3 49.Kg1-f1 Kf6-f5 50.h5-h6 1.15/15 Diagram ]
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33...Rb5-d5 Diagram [ 33...Rb5-c5 34.Rc8-h8+ Kh7-g6+- ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 33...Rb5-d5 34.Qa8-b8 Diagram (Diagram 2225) Qe7-d6 35.Rc8-h8+ Kh7-g6 36.Nf3-h4+ Kg6-h5 37.Qb8xb3 Kh5xh4 38.e3-e4 Rd5-d3 39.Qb3xf7 Qd6-f6 40.g2-g3+ Kh4-g5 41.h3-h4+ Kg5-g4 42.Qf7xf6 g7xf6 43.Rh8xh6 f6-f5 44.e4xf5 Kg4xf5 45.Kg1-g2 Rd3-d2 46.Rh6-h8 e5-e4 47.Rh8-h5+ Kf5-g6 48.Rh5-c5 Kg6-h6 49.g3-g4
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590
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Kh6-g7 50.h4-h5 1.18/13 ]
Q+R+ + + + + qppk + + + p + +rp + + + + + +l+ PN+P + + PP+ + + + K
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QR+ + + + + qppk + + + p + +rp + + + + + +l+ PN+P + + PP+ + + + K
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Diagram [ 34...Qe7-d6 35.Rc8-h8+ Kh7-g6 36.Nf3-h4+ ( 36.Qb8xb3?! is no comparison Rd5-d1+ 37.Kg1-h2 e5-e4+ 38.g2-g3 e4xf3 ) 36...Kg6-h5 37.Qb8xb3 Kh5xh4 38.e3-e4+- ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 34...Qe7-d6 35.Rc8-h8+ Kh7-g6 36.Nf3-h4+ Kg6-h5 37.Qb8xb3 Kh5xh4 38.e3-e4 Rd5-d3 39.Qb3xf7 Qd6-f6 40.g2-g3+ Kh4-g5 41.h3-h4+ Kg5-g4 42.Qf7xf6 g7xf6 43.Rh8xh6 f6-f5 44.e4xf5 Kg4xf5 45.Rh6-h8 e5-e4 46.Rh8-f8+ Kf5-g6 47.Rf8-g8+ Kg6-f6 48.h4-h5 Diagram (Diagram 2228)
34.Qa8-b8 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 34.Qa8-b8 Diagram
e4-e3 49.Kg1-f1 Kf6-f5 50.h5-h6 1.31/12 ]
(Diagram 2227) (Diagram 2229) Qe7-d6 35.Rc8-h8+ Kh7-g6 36.Nf3-h4+ Kg6-h5 37.Qb8xb3 Kh5xh4 38.e3-e4 Rd5-d3 39.Qb3xf7 Qd6-f6 40.g2-g3+ Kh4-g5 41.h3-h4+ Kg5-g4 42.Qf7xf6 g7xf6 43.Rh8xh6 f6-f5 44.e4xf5 Kg4xf5 45.Rh6-h8 e5-e4 46.Rh8-f8+ Kf5-g6 47.Rf8-g8+ Kg6-f6 48.h4-h5 e4-e3 49.Kg1-f1 Kf6-f5 50.h5-h6 1.15/14 ] 34...Bb3-a4
35.e3-e4 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 35.Rc8-h8+ Kh7-g6 36.e3-e4 Rd5-d1+ 37.Kg1-h2 Qe7-d6 38.Qb8-g8 Kg6-f6 39.Rh8-h7 Kf6-e7 40.Qg8xg7 Qd6-f6 41.Qg7xf6+ Ke7xf6 42.Rh7xh6+ Diagram Kf6-g7 43.Rh6-a6 Ba4-c2 44.Nf3xe5 Bc2xe4 45.Ra6-a7 Be4-g6 46.g2-g4
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QR+ + + + + qppk + + + p + +rp + l+ + + + + + PN+P + + PP+ + + + K
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Kf6-g7 49.Nd7-c5 Rb1-c1 50.Nc5-e6+ Kg7-f6 51.Ne6-d4 Rc1-c3+ 52.f2-f3 1.98/13 ] 35...Rd5-b5 Diagram [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 35...Rd5-b5 36.Rc8-h8+ Kh7-g6 37.Qb8-g8 Kg6-f6 38.Kg1-h2 Rb5-c5 39.Qg8-h7 Ba4-d7 40.Rh8-a8 Kf6-e6 41.Qh7xg7 Bd7-b5 42.Qg7xh6+ f7-f6 43.Ra8-f8 Rc5-c6 Diagram
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44.Nf3-h4 Ke6-d7 45.Nh4-f5 2.40/13 ]
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36.Rc8-h8+ [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 36.Rc8-h8+ Kh7-g6 37.Qb8-g8 Kg6-f6 38.Rh8-h7 g7-g6 39.Qg8-h8+ Kf6-e6 40.Qh8-a8 Qe7-d7 41.Qa8-a6+ Ke6-e7 42.Nf3-h4 Diagram
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+ + + + + +qkp+R Q+ + +pp +r+ p + l+ +P+ N + + + +P + + PP+ + + + K
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Qd7-c6 43.Nh4xg6+ Ke7-d6 44.Qa6xc6+ Kd6xc6 45.Rh7xf7 Kc6-d6 46.Rf7-f6+ Kd6-d7 47.f2-f3 Ba4-b3 48.Kg1-h2 Bb3-c4 49.Rf6-a6 Kd7-c7 50.Kh2-g3 1.99/15 ] 36...Kh7-g6 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 36...Kh7-g6 37.Qb8-g8 Diagram
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37.Qb8-g8 Kg6-f6 38.Rh8-h7 g7-g6 39.Qg8-h8+ Kf6-e6 40.Qh8-a8 Qe7-d7 41.Qa8-a6+ Ke6-e7 42.Nf3-h4 Qd7-c6 43.Nh4xg6+ Diagram
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Ke7-d6 44.Qa6xc6+ Kd6xc6 45.Rh7xf7 Ba4-c2 46.Rf7-f6+ Kc6-d7 47.f2-f3 Bc2-d3 48.Kg1-f2 Bd3-c4 49.Kf2-g3 Rb5-a5 1.88/14 ] 37...Rb5-b1+?? Diagram [ 37...Kg6-f6+- ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 37...Kg6-f6 Diagram (Diagram 2236) 38.Rh8-h7 g7-g6 39.Kg1-h2 Rb5-c5 40.Qg8-g7+ Kf6-e6 41.Qg7xh6 Ke6-d6 42.Qh6-d2+ Kd6-c7 43.Qd2-a2 Ba4-e8 44.Qa2-a6 Qe7-d6 45.Qa6-a8 Qd6-e7 46.Rh7-h8 Kc7-d7 47.Qa8-a7+ Kd7-d6 48.Qa7-b6+ Kd6-d7 49.Nf3-g5 Rc5-c3 1.96/11 Diagram
Kg6-f6 38.Rh8-h7 g7-g6 39.Qg8-h8+ Kf6-e6 40.Qh8-a8 Qe7-d7 41.Qa8-a6+ Ke6-e7 42.Nf3-h4 Qd7-c6 (Diagram 2237) 43.Nh4xg6+ Ke7-d6 44.Qa6xc6+ Kd6xc6 45.Rh7xf7 Ba4-c2 46.Rf7-f6+ ] but even a better move would not have Kc6-d7 47.f2-f3 Bc2-d3 48.Kg1-f2 saved the game 38.Kg1-h2 Bd3-c4 49.Kf2-g3 Rb5-a5 2.09/1 ] 37.Qb8-g8 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 38.Kg1-h2
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Ba4-c6 45.e4-e5 Rb6-b2 46.Kh2-g3 Kc7-d7 47.h3-h4 Kd7-e7 48.Nf7-d6 Bc6-d5 49.h4-h5 4.41/13 ] 38...Ba4-d7 [ 38...Kg6-f6 does not solve anything 39.Rh8-h7 Kf6-e6 40.Qg8xg7 Ke6-d6 41.Rh7xh6+ Kd6-c7 42.Nf3xe5 Rb1-b6+- ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 38...Kg6-f6 39.Rh8-h7 Kf6-e6 40.Qg8xg7 Ke6-d6 41.Rh7xh6+ Kd6-c7 42.Nf3xe5 Rb1-b6 43.Qg7xf7 Qe7xf7 44.Ne5xf7 Ba4-c6 45.e4-e5 Rb6-b2 46.Kh2-g3 Bc6-d5 47.Nf7-g5 Rb2-e2 48.e5-e6 Kc7-d6 49.h3-h4 Re2-b2 50.h4-h5 Kd6-e7 51.Rh6-h7+ Ke7-f6 4.66/14 ] 39.Qg8-h7+ Diagram [ 39.Rh8-h7 and White has prevailed f7-f5 40.Nf3-h4+ Kg6-h5 41.Rh7xg7+- ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 39.Rh8-h7 f7-f5 40.Nf3-h4+ Kg6-h5 41.Rh7xg7 Rb1-b8 42.Rg7-g5+ Qe7xg5 43.Qg8-f7+ Kh5xh4 44.g2-g3+ Qg5xg3+ 45.f2xg3+ Kh4-g5 46.Qf7-e7+ Kg5-h5 47.g3-g4+ f5xg4 48.Qe7xe5+ Kh5-g6 49.Qe5xb8 Bd7-e6 50.Qb8-d6 Kg6-f7 51.h3xg4 Kf7-f6 52.Kh2-g3 9.34/11 ] 39...Kg6-f6 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c
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Pro x64: 39...Kg6-f6 40.Rh8-a8 Qe7-e6 41.Ra8-g8 Kf6-e7 42.Qh7xg7 Qe6-f6 43.Qg7-f8+ Ke7-e6 44.Rg8-g4 Rb1-b3 45.Qf8-c5 Rb3-b5 46.Qc5-a3 Bd7-c6 47.Nf3-h4 Ke6-d7 48.Qa3-d3+ Qf6-d6 49.Qd3-f3 Rb5-b2 50.Qf3xf7+ Qd6-e7 51.Qf7-f3 h6-h5 52.Nh4-f5 2.15/12 ]
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Bc6-d7 51.Qf3-d3 1.96/13 ] 40...Kf6-e6 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 40...Kf6-e6 41.Qh7xg7 Qe7-f6 42.Qg7-g3 Qf6-f4 43.Rg8-h8 Qf4xg3+ 44.Kh2xg3 f7-f6 45.Rh8xh6 Rb1-b3 46.h3-h4 Ke6-e7 47.Rh6-h7+ Ke7-e6 48.h4-h5 Bd7-c6 49.h5-h6 Bc6xe4 50.Rh7-a7 Be4xf3 51.g2xf3 Rb3-b2 52.h6-h7 Rb2-b8 53.Kg3-h4 Ke6-f5 54.Kh4-h5 1.23/15 Diagram
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40.Rh8-g8 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 40.Rh8-a8 Diagram Qe7-e6 41.Ra8-g8 Kf6-e7 42.Qh7xg7 ] Qe6-f6 43.Qg7-f8+ Ke7-e6 44.Rg8-g4 41.Qh7xg7 [ 41.Rg8xg7?! Qe7-f6$ ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 41.Qh7xg7 Rb1-b5 45.Qf8-a3 Bd7-c6 46.Nf3-h4 Ke6-d7 47.Qa3-d3+ Qf6-d6 48.Qd3-f3 Qe7-f6 42.Qg7-g3 Qf6-f4 43.Rg8-h8 Qf4xg3+ 44.Kh2xg3 f7-f6 45.Rh8xh6 Qd6-f8 49.Nh4-f5 Kd7-c7 50.Rg4-h4
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Rb1-b3 46.h3-h4 Ke6-e7 47.Rh6-h7+ Ke7-e6 48.h4-h5 Bd7-c6 49.h5-h6 Bc6xe4 Diagram
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50.Rh7-a7 Be4xf3 51.g2xf3 Rb3-b2 52.h6-h7 Rb2-b8 53.Kg3-h4 Ke6-f5 54.Kh4-h5 1.07/13 ] 41...Qe7-f6 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 41...Qe7-f6 42.Qg7-g3 Qf6-f4 43.Rg8-h8 Qf4xg3+ 44.Kh2xg3 f7-f6 45.Rh8xh6 Rb1-b3 46.h3-h4 Ke6-e7 47.Rh6-h7+ Ke7-e6 48.h4-h5 Bd7-c6 49.h5-h6 Bc6xe4 50.Rh7-a7 Be4xf3 51.g2xf3 Rb3-b2 52.h6-h7 Rb2-b8 53.Kg3-h4 Ke6-f5 54.Kh4-h5 0.99/16 ] 42.Qg7-g3 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 42.Qg7-g3
Qf6-f4 43.Rg8-h8 Qf4xg3+ 44.Kh2xg3 f7-f6 45.Rh8xh6 Rb1-b3 46.h3-h4 Ke6-e7 47.Rh6-h7+ Ke7-e6 48.h4-h5 Bd7-c6 49.h5-h6 Bc6xe4 50.Rh7-a7 Be4xf3 51.g2xf3 Rb3-b2 52.h6-h7 Rb2-b8 53.Kg3-h4 1.08/15 ] 42...Rb1-b5 [ 42...Rb1-b6+- ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 42...Bd7-c6 43.Nf3-d2 Rb1-e1 44.Qg3-b3+ Ke6-e7 45.Qb3-a3+ Qf6-d6 46.Qa3-a7+ Qd6-d7 47.Qa7-a5 Ke7-f6 48.Rg8-g3 Kf6-e6 49.Qa5-b4 0.92/11 ] 43.Rg8-a8 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 43.Rg8-a8 Bd7-c6 44.Ra8-a6 Rb5-c5 45.Nf3-d2 Qf6-f4 46.Qg3xf4 e5xf4 47.Nd2-b3 Rc5-c3 48.Nb3-d4+ Ke6-d7 49.Nd4xc6 Rc3xc6 50.Ra6xc6 Kd7xc6 51.g2-g4 f4xg3+ 52.Kh2xg3 Kc6-c5 53.Kg3-f4 Kc5-d4 54.h3-h4 h6-h5 55.e4-e5 Kd4-d5 1.47/15 ] 43...Ke6-e7 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 43...Bd7-c6 44.Ra8-a6 Rb5-c5 45.Nf3-d2 Qf6-f4 46.Qg3xf4 e5xf4 47.Nd2-b3 Rc5-c3 48.Nb3-d4+ Ke6-d7 49.Nd4xc6 Rc3xc6 50.Ra6xc6 Kd7xc6 51.g2-g4 f4xg3+ 52.Kh2xg3 Kc6-c5 53.Kg3-f4 Kc5-d4 54.h3-h4 f7-f6 55.h4-h5 Kd4-d3 1.36/13 ] 44.Qg3-g8 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 44.Qg3-g8 Qf6-f4+ 45.g2-g3 Qf4xf3 46.Qg8-d8+ Ke7-d6 47.Ra8-a6+ Kd6-c5 48.Qd8-c7+ Kc5-b4 49.Qc7-c2 Rb5-c5 50.Qc2-b2+ Qf3-b3 51.Qb2-d2+ Qb3-c3 52.Qd2xd7 Qc3-c2 53.Ra6-b6+ Kb4-c3 54.Qd7-f5 h6-h5 55.Qf5-f3+ Kc3-c4 56.Qf3xf7+ Kc4-c3 57.Qf7-f3+ Kc3-c4 58.Rb6-b8 Rc5-c7 59.Qf3-f5 Rc7-c5 60.h3-h4 Kc4-c3 61.Rb8-h8 Kc3-b4 62.Rh8xh5 2.63/16 ] 44...Qf6-f4+ [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 44...Qf6-f4+ 45.g2-g3 Qf4xf3 46.Qg8-d8+ Ke7-d6 47.Ra8-a6+ Kd6-c5 48.Qd8-c7+ Kc5-b4 49.Qc7-c2 Rb5-c5 50.Qc2-b2+ Qf3-b3 51.Qb2-d2+
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games Qb3-c3 52.Qd2xd7 Qc3-c2 53.Ra6-b6+ Kb4-c3 54.Qd7-f5 h6-h5 55.Qf5-f3+ Kc3-c4 56.Qf3xf7+ Kc4-c3 57.Qf7-f3+ Kc3-c4 58.Kh2-g2 h5-h4 59.g3xh4 Rc5-c7 60.h4-h5 Rc7-g7+ 61.Kg2-h2 2.74/15 ] 45.g2-g3 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 45.g2-g3 Qf4xf3 46.Qg8-d8+ Ke7-d6 47.Ra8-a6+ Kd6-c5 48.Qd8-c7+ Kc5-b4 49.Qc7-c2 Rb5-c5 50.Qc2-b2+ Qf3-b3 51.Qb2-d2+ Kb4-b5 52.Ra6-a8 Kb5-c4 53.Qd2xd7 Kc4-c3 54.Qd7-a7 Kc3-b4 55.Qa7-a6 Kb4-c3 56.Qa6xh6 Qb3-b4 57.Qh6-c1+ Kc3-b3 58.Qc1-b1+ Kb3-c3 59.Qb1-e1+ Kc3-c4 60.Qe1-e2+ Kc4-c3 61.h3-h4 Rc5-c6 62.h4-h5 2.69/15 ] 45...Qf4xf3 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 45...Qf4xf3 46.Qg8-d8+ Ke7-d6 47.Ra8-a6+ Kd6-c5 48.Qd8-c7+ Kc5-b4 49.Qc7-c2 Rb5-c5 50.Qc2-b2+ Qf3-b3 51.Qb2-d2+ Kb4-b5 52.Ra6-a8 Kb5-c4 53.Qd2xd7 Kc4-c3 54.Qd7-a7 Kc3-b4 55.Qa7-a6 Kb4-c3 56.Qa6xh6 Qb3-b4 57.Qh6-c1+ Kc3-b3 58.Qc1-b1+ Kb3-c3 59.Qb1-e1+ Kc3-c4 60.Qe1-e2+ Kc4-c3 61.h3-h4 Rc5-c6 62.h4-h5 2.52/13 ] 46.Qg8-d8+ [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 46.Qg8-d8+ Ke7-d6 47.Ra8-a6+ Kd6-c5 48.Qd8-c7+ Kc5-b4 49.Qc7-c2 Rb5-c5 50.Qc2-b2+ Qf3-b3 51.Qb2-d2+ Kb4-b5 52.Ra6-a8 Qb3-e6 53.Qd2-b2+ Kb5-c6 54.Ra8-a6+ Kc6-c7 55.Ra6xe6 Bd7xe6 56.Kh2-g2 h6-h5 57.Qb2-a1 Kc7-c6 58.Qa1-a7 Rc5-c4 59.Qa7-a5 Rc4-c5 60.Qa5-a6+ Kc6-c7 2.37/12 ] 46...Ke7-d6 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 46...Ke7-d6 47.Ra8-a6+ Kd6-c5 48.Qd8-c7+ Kc5-b4 49.Qc7-c2 Rb5-c5 50.Qc2-b2+ Kb4-c4 51.Ra6-a3 Qf3xe4 52.Qb2-a2+ Kc4-d4 53.Qa2-d2+ Kd4-c4
596 54.Qd2xd7 Qe4-c2 55.Qd7xf7+ Kc4-b4 56.Ra3-a2 Qc2-b1 57.Ra2-a6 Qb1-c2 58.Ra6xh6 e5-e4 59.Rh6-b6+ Kb4-c3 60.Qf7-f6+ Kc3-d3 61.Rb6-b4 Kd3-e2 62.Rb4-d4 Ke2-e1 2.14/10 ] 47.Ra8-a6+ [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 47.Ra8-a6+ Kd6-c5 48.Qd8-c7+ Kc5-b4 49.Qc7-c2 Rb5-c5 50.Qc2-b2+ Kb4-c4 51.Ra6-a3 Qf3xe4 52.Qb2-a2+ Kc4-d4 53.Qa2-d2+ Kd4-c4 54.Qd2xd7 Qe4-c2 55.Qd7xf7+ Kc4-b4 56.Ra3-a2 Qc2-b1 57.Ra2-a6 Qb1-c2 58.Ra6xh6 e5-e4 59.Rh6-b6+ Kb4-c3 60.Qf7-f6+ Kc3-d3 61.Rb6-b4 Kd3-e2 62.Rb4-d4 Ke2-e1 1.96/11 ] 47...Kd6-c5 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 47...Kd6-c5 48.Qd8-c7+ Kc5-b4 49.Qc7-c2 Rb5-c5 50.Qc2-b2+ Kb4-c4 51.Ra6-a3 Qf3xe4 52.Qb2-a2+ Kc4-d4 53.Qa2-d2+ Kd4-c4 54.Qd2xd7 Qe4-c2 55.Qd7xf7+ Kc4-b4 56.Ra3-a2 Qc2-b1 57.Ra2-a6 Qb1-c2 58.Ra6xh6 e5-e4 59.Rh6-b6+ Kb4-c3 60.Qf7-f6+ Kc3-d3 61.Rb6-b4 Rc5-d5 2.12/12 ] 48.Qd8-e7+?? throwing away the advantage [ 48.Qd8-c7+ Kc5-b4 A) 49.Qc7xd7?! Qf3xf2+ 50.Kh2-h1 A1) 50...Qf2xg3?? it may look tempting but Black must resist capturing the pawn 51.Qd7-d2+ ( 51.Ra6xh6?? the pawn is something White will choke on Qg3-f3+ 52.Kh1-g1 Qf3-e3+ 53.Kg1-h2 Qe3-f4+ 54.Kh2-g2 Qf4xe4+ 55.Kg2-f2 Qe4-f4+ 56.Kf2-e2 Qf4xh6-+ ; 51.Qd7xf7 Qg3xh3+ 52.Kh1-g1 Qh3-g4+ 53.Kg1-f2 Qg4-h4+ 54.Kf2-f3 Qh4-h3+ 55.Kf3-e2 Qh3-g2+ 56.Ke2-d3 Qg2-g3+ 57.Kd3-e2 Rb5-b8= ) 51...Qg3-c3 52.Ra6-a4+ Kb4xa4 53.Qd2xc3+- ; A2) 50...Qf2-f1+ 51.Kh1-h2 Qf1-f2+ 52.Kh2-h1 A2a) 52...Qf2xg3 again that pawn is deadly
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bait and will cause Black grave 60.Qd1-d5+ Ka2-b1 61.Qd5xd7 Qb2xf2+ 62.Kh2-h1 Qf2-f1+ problems 53.Qd7-d2+ ( 53.Ra6xh6 again, the pawn cannot be taken 63.Kh1-h2 Qf1-f2+ 64.Kh2-h1 Qg3-f3+ 54.Kh1-g1 Qf3-e3+ -0.04/14 ] 49...Kc4-c3 Black has a 55.Kg1-f1 Qe3-f4+ 56.Kf1-g1 mate threat [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: Qf4xh6-+ ; 53.Qd7xf7?! is easily 49...Kc4-c3 50.Ra4-a3+ Rb5-b3 refuted Qg3xh3+ 54.Kh1-g1 Qh3-g3+ 51.Qe7xe5+ Kc3-d2 52.Qe5-d5+ Kd2-c2 53.Qd5-c4+ Qf3-c3 55.Kg1-f1 Qg3-d3+ 56.Kf1-g1 Qd3-e3+ 57.Qf7-f2 Qe3-c1+ 58.Qf2-f1 54.Qc4-e2+ Kc2-c1 55.Qe2-f1+ Kc1-c2 56.Ra3-a2+ Rb3-b2 Qc1xf1+ 59.Kg1xf1 h6-h5= ) 53...Qg3-c3 54.Ra6-a4+ Kb4xa4 57.Qf1-e2+ Kc2-b1 58.Ra2xb2+ Qc3xb2 59.Qe2-d1+ Kb1-a2 55.Qd2xc3+- ; A2b) 52...Qf2-f1+ 53.Kh1-h2 Qf1-f2+= ; B) 49.Qc7-c2+- ; 60.Qd1-d5+ Ka2-b1 61.Qd5xd7 Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 48.Qd8-c7+ Qb2xf2+ 62.Kh2-h1 Qf2-f3+ Kc5-b4 49.Qc7-c2 Rb5-c5 63.Kh1-h2 Qf3-f2+ 64.Kh2-h1 0.05/12 50.Qc2-b2+ Qf3-b3 51.Qb2-d2+ ] 50.Ra4-a3+ [ 50.Qe7xd7?? Kb4-b5 52.Ra6-a5+ Kb5-c6 will give the opponent a chance to mate 53.Ra5xc5+ Kc6xc5 54.Qd2xd7 in 3 Qf3xf2+ 51.Kh2-h1 Rb5-b1+ Qb3-c4 55.h3-h4 Qc4xe4 56.Qd7-c7+ 52.Qd7-d1 Rb1xd1# ;Houdini 2.0c Pro Kc5-d4 57.Qc7-d6+ Kd4-c4 x64: 50.Ra4-a3+ Rb5-b3 51.Qe7xe5+ 58.Qd6xh6 Kc4-d5 59.Qh6-b6 Qe4-c2 Kc3-d2 52.Qe5-d5+ Kd2-c2 60.h4-h5 f7-f5 61.Kh2-g2 f5-f4 53.Qd5-c4+ Qf3-c3 54.Qc4-e2+ 1.19/13 ] 48...Kc5-c4= [Houdini 2.0c Kc2-c1 55.Qe2-f1+ Kc1-c2 Pro x64: 48...Kc5-c4 49.Ra6-a4+ 56.Ra3-a2+ Rb3-b2 57.Qf1-e2+ Kc2-b1 58.Ra2xb2+ Qc3xb2 Kc4-c3 50.Ra4-a3+ Rb5-b3 51.Qe7xe5+ Kc3-d2 52.Qe5-d5+ 59.Qe2-d1+ Kb1-a2 60.Qd1-d5+ Ka2-b1 61.Qd5xd7 Qb2xf2+ Kd2-c2 53.Qd5-c4+ Qf3-c3 54.Qc4-e2+ Kc2-c1 55.Qe2-f1+ 62.Kh2-h1 Qf2-f1+ 63.Kh1-h2 Qf1-f2+ 64.Kh2-h1 -0.04/13 ] 50...Rb5-b3 Kc1-c2 56.Ra3-a2+ Rb3-b2 57.Qf1-e2+ Kc2-b3 58.Ra2xb2+ [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 50...Rb5-b3 Qc3xb2 59.Qe2-d1+ Kb3-c3 51.Qe7xe5+ Kc3-d2 52.Qe5-d5+ 60.Qd1-f3+ Kc3-c2 61.Qf3-e2+ Kd2-c2 53.Qd5-c4+ Qf3-c3 Kc2-c1 62.Qe2-e1+ Kc1-c2 54.Qc4-e2+ Kc2-c1 55.Qe2-f1+ 63.Qe1-e2+ Kc2-c1 0.05/13 ] Kc1-c2 56.Ra3-a2+ Rb3-b2 49.Ra6-a4+ [ 49.Qe7xd7?? 57.Qf1-e2+ Kc2-b1 58.Ra2xb2+ mating quickly in 3 Qf3xf2+ 50.Kh2-h1 Qc3xb2 59.Qe2-d1+ Kb1-a2 Rb5-b1+ 51.Qd7-d1 Rb1xd1# ; 60.Qd1-d5+ Ka2-b1 61.Qd5xd7 Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 49.Ra6-a4+ Qb2xf2+ 62.Kh2-h1 Qf2-f1+ Kc4-c3 50.Ra4-a3+ Rb5-b3 63.Kh1-h2 Qf1-f2+ 64.Kh2-h1 0.05/11 51.Qe7xe5+ Kc3-d2 52.Qe5-d5+ ] 51.Qe7xe5+ [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: Kd2-c2 53.Qd5-c4+ Qf3-c3 51.Qe7xe5+ Kc3-d2 52.Qe5-d5+ 54.Qc4-e2+ Kc2-c1 55.Qe2-f1+ Kd2-c2 53.Qd5-c4+ Qf3-c3 Kc1-c2 56.Ra3-a2+ Rb3-b2 54.Qc4-e2+ Kc2-c1 55.Qe2-f1+ 57.Qf1-e2+ Kc2-b1 58.Ra2xb2+ Kc1-c2 56.Ra3-a2+ Rb3-b2 Qc3xb2 59.Qe2-d1+ Kb1-a2 57.Qf1-e2+ Kc2-b1 58.Ra2xb2+
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games Qc3xb2 59.Qe2-d1+ Kb1-a2 60.Qd1-d5+ Ka2-b1 61.Qd5xd7 Qb2xf2+ 62.Kh2-h1 Qf2-f1+ 63.Kh1-h2 Qf1-f2+ 64.Kh2-h1 -0.04/12 ] 51...Kc3-c2?? ruins a very nice position [ 51...Kc3-d2 the rescuing straw 52.Qe5-d5+ Kd2-c2 53.Ra3-a2+ Rb3-b2 54.Ra2xb2+ Kc2xb2 55.Qd5-d2+ Kb2-a3 56.Qd2xd7 Qf3xf2+ 57.Kh2-h1 Qf2-f1+ 58.Kh1-h2 Qf1-f2+ 59.Kh2-h1 Qf2-f1+ 60.Kh1-h2 Qf1-f2+= ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 51...Kc3-d2 52.Qe5-d5+ Kd2-c2 53.Ra3xb3 Qf3xf2+ 54.Kh2-h1 Qf2-f1+ 55.Kh1-h2 Qf1-f2+ 56.Kh2-h1 0.12/9 ] 52.Ra3-a2++- [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 52.Ra3-a2+ Kc2-d3 53.Qe5-d5+ Kd3-c3 54.Qd5-d2+ Kc3-c4 55.Qd2xd7 Rb3-a3 56.Ra2-b2 Ra3-b3 57.Qd7-a4+ Kc4-c5 58.Qa4xb3 Qf3xb3 59.Rb2xb3 Kc5-d4 60.Rb3-b4+ Kd4-c5 8.88/9 ] 52...Kc2-c1 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 52...Kc2-d3 53.Qe5-d5+ Kd3-c3 54.Qd5-d2+ Kc3-c4 55.Qd2xd7 Qf3-f6 56.Ra2-c2+ Qf6-c3 57.Rc2xc3+ Rb3xc3 58.Kh2-g2 f7-f6 59.Qd7-d5+ Kc4-b4 60.Qd5-d6+ Kb4-c4 61.Qd6xf6 Kc4-d3 8.82/9 ] 53.Qe5-a1+ [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 53.Qe5-a1+ Rb3-b1 54.Qa1-d4 Qf3-g2+ 55.Kh2xg2 Bd7xh3+ 56.Kg2xh3 Rb1-b2 57.Ra2xb2 f7-f6 #6/9 ] 53...Rb3-b1 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 53...Rb3-b1 54.Qa1-d4 Qf3-g2+ 55.Kh2xg2 Bd7xh3+ 56.Kg2xh3 Rb1-b2 57.Ra2xb2 f7-f6 #5/1 ] 54.Qa1-d4 [ 54.Qa1-d4 Qf3-g2+ 55.Kh2xg2 Bd7xh3+ 56.Kg2xh3 Rb1-b7 57.Qd4-d2+ Kc1-b1 58.Qd2-c2# ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 54.Qa1-d4 Qf3-g2+ 55.Kh2xg2 Bd7xh3+ 56.Kg2xh3 Rb1-b2
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Lazaro Bruzon Vassily Ivanchuk World Team Championship 2005 08.11.2005 (7) B92: Sicilian Najdorf: 6 Be2 1.e2-e4 c7-c5 2.Ng1-f3 d7-d6 3.d2-d4 c5xd4 4.Nf3xd4 Diagram
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Ng8-f6 5.Nb1-c3 a7-a6 6.Bf1-e2 e7-e5 7.Nd4-b3 Bf8-e7 8.g2-g4 h7-h6 9.Bc1-e3 [RR 9.f2-f4 b7-b5 10.g4-g5 Nf6-d7 11.Nc3-d5 Bc8-b7 12.Bc1-d2 Nb8-c6 13.g5xh6 Be7-h4+ 14.Ke1-f1 g7xh6 15.c2-c4 b5xc4 16.Be2xc4 e5xf4 17.Ra1-c1 Ra8-c8 18.Bc4-e2 Nd7-f6 19.Be2-g4 Nf6xd5 20.e4xd5 Nc6-e5 21.Bg4xc8 Bb7xc8 22.Rc1-c3 Bc8-g4 23.Qd1-c2 Qd8-d7 Bologan,V (2676)-Svidler,P (2695)/ Tomsk 2001/CBM 082 ext/0-1 (31) ;RR 9.h2-h4 b7-b5 10.Be2-f3 b5-b4 11.Nc3-d5 Nf6xd5 12.Qd1xd5 Ra8-a7 13.Bc1-e3 Bc8-e6 14.Qd5-d2 Ra7-b7 15.g4-g5 h6xg5 16.Be3xg5 Be7xg5 17.h4xg5 Rh8xh1+ 18.Bf3xh1 a6-a5 19.0-0-0 Rb7-d7 20.Kc1-b1 a5-a4
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games 21.Nb3-c1 Nb8-c6 22.f2-f4 e5xf4 23.Qd2xf4 Nc6-e5 Matlakov,M (2452)Korbut,E (2452)/St Petersburg 2007/ CBM 116 ext/0-1 (33) ] 9...Bc8-e6 10.Rh1-g1 Nb8-c6 11.Nc3-d5N [RR 11.Qd1-d2 d6-d5 (RR 11...a6-a5 12.a2-a4 Nc6-b4 13.f2-f4 Ra8-c8 14.Be2-b5+ Ke8-f8 15.Qd2-g2 Nf6xg4 16.Be3-c1 Qd8-b6 17.Nc3-d5 Nb4xd5 18.e4xd5 Rc8xc2 19.Bb5-e2 Be7-h4+ 20.Ke1-d1 Ng4-f2+ 21.Kd1xc2 Be6-f5+ 22.Be2-d3 Bf5xd3+ 23.Kc2-d2 Qb6-b4+ 0-1 Tagnon,N (2064)-Zhao Jun (2374)/Groningen 2002/EXT 2004 ) 12.e4xd5 Nf6xd5 13.Nc3xd5 Qd8xd5 14.0-0-0 Qd5xd2+ 15.Rd1xd2 Ra8-c8 16.Kc1-b1 Nc6-b4 17.Be2-f3 b7-b5 18.a2-a3 Nb4-c6 19.Nb3-c5 Be7xc5 20.Be3xc5 Nc6-a5 21.Bc5-b4 Na5-c4 22.Rd2-d3 a6-a5 23.Bb4-c3 0-0 24.g4-g5 Be6-f5 25.g5xh6 g7-g6 Chakanyuka,C (2067)Friedland,J (2199)/Oxford 2003/CBM 093 ext/½-½ (50) ] 11...Ra8-c8 12.Be2-f3 Be6xd5 13.e4xd5 Nc6-a5 14.Nb3-d2 Na5-c4 15.Nd2xc4 Rc8xc4 16.Bf3-e2 Rc4-e4 Diagram
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(Diagram 2247) 17.Qd1-d2 Nf6-d7 18.Be2-d3 last book move last book move Re4xe3+ [ 18...Re4-a4!?= must be considered ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 18...Re4-a4 19.b2-b3 Ra4-a5 20.Bd3-f5 Be7-g5 21.Bf5xd7+ Ke8xd7 22.c2-c4 b7-b5 23.Ra1-c1 Ra5-a3 24.c4-c5 d6xc5 25.Rc1xc5 Qd8-a5 26.Be3xg5 Diagram (Diagram 2248) h6xg5 27.b3-b4 Qa5-a4 -0.01/15 ] 19.f2xe3 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 19.Qd2xe3 Diagram
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Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
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Nd7-f6 22.Kf1-g2 Qd8-b6 23.Rg1-d1 Qb6-c5 24.Bd3-f5 g7-g6 25.Bf5-e4 Bg5-f4 0.37/14 ] 19...Be7-h4+ [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 19...Be7-h4+ Diagram
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20.Ke1-e2 0-0 21.c2-c4 e5-e4 22.Bd3xe4 Rf8-e8 23.Be4-f5 Bh4-g5 24.Rg1-g3 Nd7-e5 25.Qd2-d4 Qd8-c7 26.b2-b3 g7-g6 27.Bf5-d3 Qc7-a5 28.Ke2-f1 Bg5-h4 29.Rg3-h3 0.23/14 ] 20.Ke1-e2 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 20.Ke1-d1 Bh4-g5 21.c2-c4 Qd8-b6 22.Rg1-g3 0-0 23.Bd3-f5 Nd7-f6 24.b2-b4 g7-g6 25.Bf5-d3 e5-e4 26.Bd3-c2 Rf8-c8 0.33/14 ] 20...e5-e4 [ 20...0-0!? ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 20...0-0 21.c2-c4 e5-e4 22.Bd3xe4 Rf8-e8 23.Be4-f5 Bh4-g5 24.Rg1-g3 Nd7-e5 25.Qd2-d4 Qd8-c7 26.b2-b3 g7-g6 27.Bf5-d3 Qc7-a5 28.Ke2-f1 Bg5-h4 29.Rg3-h3 0.23/14 ] 21.Bd3xe4+- Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 21.Bd3xe4 0-0 22.Be4-f5 Rf8-e8 23.Bf5xd7 Qd8xd7 24.Qd2-d3 Qd7-e7 25.Ke2-f3 Bh4-f6 26.Kf3-g2 Bf6xb2 27.Ra1-f1 Bb2-f6 Diagram 28.Rf1-f3 b7-b5 29.Kg2-h1 Qe7-d7 30.c2-c3 Qd7-c7 31.Rg1-f1 0.35/16 ] 21...0-0 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 21...0-0 22.Be4-f5 Rf8-e8 23.Bf5xd7
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Qd8xd7 24.Qd2-d3 Qd7-e7 25.Ke2-f3 Bh4-f6 26.Kf3-g2 Bf6xb2 27.Ra1-f1 Bb2-f6 28.Rf1-f3 b7-b5 29.c2-c4 Diagram (Diagram 2253) Qe7-d7 30.h2-h3 b5-b4 31.Rg1-f1 Qd7-c7 0.42/15 ] 22.Ra1-f1 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 22.Be4-f5 Rf8-e8 23.Bf5xd7 Qd8xd7 24.Qd2-d3 Qd7-e7 25.Ra1-f1 Qe7-e5 26.b2-b4 Bh4-f6 27.h2-h3 Qe5-h2+ 28.Ke2-d1 Qh2xh3 29.e3-e4 Qh3-h2 30.Kd1-c1 b7-b5 0.45/13 ] 22...Rf8-e8 Diagram
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
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0.33/13 ] 23...Nd7-e5 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 23...Nd7-f6 24.c2-c4 g7-g6 25.Bf5-c2 b7-b5 26.c4xb5 a6xb5 27.Qd2-d4 Re8-e5 28.Bc2-b3 Qd8-a5 29.Ke2-d1 Nf6-e4 30.Kd1-c2 Diagram (Diagram 2257) Bh4-f2 31.Rg1-g2 0.39/15 ] 24.Qd2-b4 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 24.b2-b3 g7-g6 25.Bf5-e4 Qd8-e7 26.Be4-h1 Diagram Bh4-g5 27.Rg1-g3 Bg5-h4 28.Rg3-g2 Qe7-c7 29.Rg2-g1 Qc7-c5 30.Ke2-d1 Kg8-g7 31.Qd2-d4 0.45/14 ] 24...b7-b5
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[ 24...Qd8-e7 Diagram (Diagram 2259) 25.Qb4-d4+- ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 24...Qd8-e7 25.Ke2-d1 g7-g6 26.Bf5-e4 Bh4-g5 Diagram (Diagram 2260)
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26.Rg1-g3 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 26.Rg1-g3 Qd8-b6 27.Qb4-e4 g7-g6 28.Ke2-d1 Bg5-h4 29.Rg3-h3 Bh4-g5 30.Rf1-e1 Qb6-c7 31.Bd3-e2 Re8-c8 32.c2-c3 Diagram Qc7-b7 33.Re1-f1 Rc8-c5 34.Kd1-c1 b5-b4 35.c3-c4 0.57/13 ] 26...Qd8-b6 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 26...Qd8-d7 27.a2-a4 Ne5xd3 28.Ke2xd3 b5xa4 29.c2-c3
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b5-b4 35.c3-c4 0.57/16 Diagram (Diagram 2270) ] (Diagram 2271)
(Diagram 2269) 27.Qb4-e4 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 27.Qb4-e4 g7-g6 28.Ke2-d1 Bg5-h4 29.Rg3-h3 Bh4-g5 30.Rf1-e1 Qb6-c7 31.Bd3-e2 Re8-c8 32.c2-c3 Qc7-b7 33.Re1-f1 Rc8-c5 34.Kd1-c1
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+ +r+k+ + + +p+ p+ p +pp + +Pn l P +Q+P+ + + P +R qPKL+ P + + +R+ Qb2-a1+ 38.Kd1-d2 0.68/13 ]
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28.Ke2-d1 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 28.c2-c3 Qb6-a5 29.a2-a3 Diagram 2271
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Qa5-d8 30.Qe4-d4 Bg5-h4 31.Rg3-g2 Bh4-g5 32.Ke2-d1 Ne5xd3 33.Qd4xd3 Re8xe3 34.Qd3-d4 Qd8-e7 0.65/13 Diagram (Diagram 2275) ] 28...b5-b4 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 28...Qb6-d8 29.Qe4-d4 Qd8-a5 30.a2-a3 Re8-c8 31.Kd1-c1 b5-b4 32.a3xb4 Ne5xd3+ 33.Qd4xd3 Qa5-a1+ 34.Kc1-d2 Qa1xb2 35.Qd3-b3 Qb2-d4+ 36.Kd2-e1
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
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Rc8-e8 37.Rf1-f3 Qd4-a1+ 38.Ke1-f2 0.80/12 ] (Diagram 2277) 29.Kd1-c1 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 29.Kd1-c1 Re8-c8 30.Kc1-b1 a6-a5 31.Qe4-d4 Qb6-b7 32.h2-h3 a5-a4 33.Rg3-g2 Rc8-c5 34.Rg2-e2 Ne5xd3 35.c2xd3 Rc5xd5 36.Qd4-e4 Qb7-b5 Diagram 37.Qe4-c4 0.88/15 ] 29...a6-a5 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 29...Re8-c8 Diagram
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+ +r+k+ + + +p+ pq p +pp + +Pn l p +Q+P+ + +LP R PPP+ + P + K +R+
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Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
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30.Kc1-b1 a6-a5 31.b2-b3 Rc8-c5 32.Rg3-g2 a5-a4 33.Qe4-d4 Qb6-a5 34.Bd3-c4 Rc5-c8 35.Rg2-f2 a4xb3 36.c2xb3 Rc8-a8 37.h2-h3 Kg8-h7 1.08/13 ] 30.Kc1-b1 Diagram [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 30.Rf1-h1 Bg5-h4 31.Rg3-h3 Bh4-g5 32.Kc1-b1 Re8-c8 33.Rh1-c1 a5-a4 34.Rc1-e1 a4-a3 35.b2-b3 Qb6-c7 36.Bd3-c4 Diagram
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Rc8-e8 37.Qe4-d4 0.99/14 ] 30...a5-a4 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 30...a5-a4 31.Rf1-h1 b4-b3 32.h2-h4 b3xa2+ 33.Kb1xa2 Re8-b8 34.Qe4-d4 Bg5xe3 35.Qd4xb6 Be3xb6
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36.Bd3-e2 Bb6-d4 37.c2-c3 Bd4-f2 38.Rg3-g2 Bf2-e3 39.Be2-d1 Diagram
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Rb8-a8 40.Rh1-e1 Be3-f4 41.g4-g5 h6xg5 42.h4xg5 1.07/14 Diagram (Diagram 2284) ] 31.Qe4-d4 [ 31.Rf1-h1 Bg5-h4 32.Rg3-f3 Re8-b8+- ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 31.Rf1-h1 b4-b3 32.Qe4-d4 Qb6-a5 33.Rh1-d1 Re8-c8 34.Rg3-g2 b3xa2+ 35.Kb1-a1 Rc8-b8 36.c2-c3 a4-a3 37.b2-b4 Qa5-a4 38.Bd3-c2 Qa4-b5 39.Ka1xa2 0.88/12 Diagram ] 31...Qb6-a5 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64:
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
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31...Qb6-b7 32.b2-b3 a4xb3 33.a2xb3 Re8-a8 Diagram
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Bf6-g5 34.Rg2-e2 b4-b3 35.c2xb3 a4xb3 36.a2-a4 Re8-c8 37.h2-h3 Ne5-f3 38.Qd4-e4 Nf3-e5 39.Bd3-b5 1.05/13 Diagram
(Diagram 2286) 34.Bd3-e2 Ra8-c8 35.Rf1-c1 Rc8-c5 36.Rc1-d1 Diagram
(Diagram 2288) ]
(Diagram 2287) (Diagram 2289) Rc5-c8 37.Rg3-h3 Qb7-c7 38.Rd1-c1 Qc7-a5 39.Rc1-f1 Rc8-a8 40.Kb1-c1 Qa5-a3+ 41.Qd4-b2 Qa3-a7 0.85/15 ] 32.e3-e4 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 32.Rf1-d1 Bg5-f6 33.Rg3-g2
32...b4-b3 Diagram [ 32...Re8-c8 33.Bd3-e2+- ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 32...Re8-b8 33.Bd3-c4 Diagram Kg8-g7 34.h2-h3 Rb8-c8 35.Bc4-d3
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
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609 Bg5-d8 38.Qd4-f2 Qa5-c7 39.Bd3-c4 Qc7-b7 40.Bc4-d3 Qb7-c7 41.Bd3-c4 0.80/14 ] 2288
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Kg7-g8 36.Rg3-g2 a4-a3 37.b2-b3
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33.Bd3-e2 [ 33.Qd4-c3 b3xc2+ 34.Bd3xc2 Qa5-b6+- ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 33.c2-c3 Diagram
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Bg5-h4 34.Rg3-h3 b3xa2+ 35.Kb1xa2 Bh4-g5 36.Bd3-e2 Re8-b8 37.Rh3-g3 Qa5-d8 38.h2-h3 Qd8-c7 39.c3-c4 Rb8-b4 40.Rg3-a3 Kg8-g7 41.Ra3-f3 Kg7-g8 42.Rf3-c3 Kg8-h7 43.Ka2-a1 Qc7-b7 44.Rc3-a3 Kh7-g7 45.Ra3-a2 Qb7-c7 46.Qd4-f2 Ne5xc4 47.Qf2-d4+ Kg7-g8 48.Qd4-c3 Bg5-d2 49.Qc3-c2 Bd2-g5 50.Ra2xa4 1.01/13
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
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] 33...b3xa2+ Diagram [ 33...b3xc2+ 34.Kb1xc2 Re8-b8 35.Kc2-b1+- ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 33...b3xc2+ 34.Kb1xc2 Re8-b8 35.Kc2-b1 Rb8-b4 36.Qd4-c3 Qa5-b6 37.Kb1-a1 Rb4xe4 38.Qc3-c2 Re4-d4 39.Rf1-d1 Rd4-f4 40.h2-h3 Rf4-f2 41.Rd1-f1 Rf2-h2 42.Rg3-a3 Qb6-b7 43.Qc2-e4 Bg5-d8 44.Ra3xa4 Rh2xh3 0.46/13 ]
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34.Kb1xa2 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 34.Kb1-a1 Diagram (Diagram 2294) Re8-b8 35.h2-h3 Bg5-d2 36.c2-c3 Bd2-g5 37.Ka1xa2 Qa5-a8 38.c3-c4 Qa8-a6 39.Rg3-a3 Rb8-b4 40.Qd4-c3 Qa6-b7 41.Qc3-c2 Qb7-d7 42.Ka2-a1 1.00/13 ] 34...Re8-b8 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 34...Re8-b8 Diagram
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Bg5-d8 36.Rc3-a3 Rb8-b4 37.c2-c4 Bd8-g5 38.h2-h3 Kg8-g7 39.Qd4-f2 Rb4-b7 40.Qf2-e1 Qa5-c5 41.Qe1-c3 Rb7-b4 42.Ka2-a1 Bg5-d8 43.Be2-d3 Kg7-g8 Diagram (Diagram 2296)
(Diagram 2295) 35.Rg3-c3 Bg5-d8 36.Rc3-a3 Rb8-b4 37.c2-c4 Bd8-g5 38.h2-h3 Kg8-g7 39.Qd4-f2 Rb4-b7 40.Be2-d1 Ne5xc4 41.Ra3xa4 Qa5-b5 42.b2-b4 Qb5-e8 43.h3-h4 0.94/16 ] 35.Rg3-a3 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 35.Rg3-c3
44.Qc3-c2 Ne5xd3 45.Qc2xd3 Rb4xc4 46.Ra3-c3 1.03/14 ] 35...Rb8-b4 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 35...Rb8-b4 36.c2-c4 Kg8-g7 37.Ra3-f3 Kg7-g8 38.Rf3-h3 Kg8-g7 39.Ka2-a1 Rb4-b3 40.Rh3-f3 Rb3xf3 41.Be2xf3 Diagram
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
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611 Ne5xc4 44.Bf3-e2 Bf6xc3+ 45.Ka1-a2 Nc4-d2 46.Rf1-f4 Bc3-e5 0.69/15 ] 36.Qd4-c3 [ 36.c2-c4!?+- Diagram 2296
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; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 36.c2-c4 Kg8-g7 37.Ra3-f3 Kg7-g8 38.Rf3-c3 Qa5-c7 39.Rc3-a3 Kg8-g7 40.h2-h3 Qc7-a5 41.Qd4-f2 Rb4-b7 42.Qf2-e1 Qa5-c5 43.Qe1-c3 Rb7-b4 44.Ka2-a1 Bg5-d8 45.Be2-d3 Kg7-g8 46.Qc3-c2 Ne5xd3 47.Qc2xd3 Rb4xc4 48.Ra3-c3 1.04/14 ] 36...Qa5-b6 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 36...Qa5-b6 37.Be2-d3 Ne5xg4 38.h2-h3 Ng4-e5 39.Rf1-b1 Kg8-g7 40.b2-b3 a4xb3+ 41.Ra3xb3 Rb4xb3 42.Qc3xb3 Diagram (Diagram 2300)
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Bg5-f6 42.Qd4-c3 Qa5xc3 43.b2xc3
Qb6-f2 43.Qb3-a3 Bg5-f4 44.Rb1-b7 Qf2-g2 45.h3-h4 Qg2-h1 0.53/14 ] 37.Be2-d3 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 37.h2-h3 Kg8-g7 38.Rf1-b1 Diagram (Diagram 2301) Rb4xe4 39.Be2-d3 Re4-d4 40.Rb1-f1 Ne5xd3 41.c2xd3 Bg5-f6 42.Rf1xf6 Kg7xf6 43.Ra3xa4 Kf6-e5 44.Qc3-e1+ Ke5xd5 45.Ra4-a5+ Kd5-c6
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
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46.Qe1-e8+ Kc6-c7 47.Qe8xf7+ Kc7-c6 0.56/13 ] 37...Bg5-e3 Diagram [ 37...Kg8-g7 38.b2-b3 a4xb3+ 39.c2xb3$ ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 37...Ne5xg4 38.h2-h3 Ng4-e5 39.Rf1-b1 Diagram (Diagram 2302) Kg8-g7 40.b2-b3 a4xb3+ 41.Ra3xb3 Rb4xb3 42.Qc3xb3 Qb6-f2 43.Qb3-a3 Bg5-f4 44.Rb1-b7 Qf2-g2 45.h3-h4 Qg2-h1 0.53/13 ] 38.Rf1-b1 [ 38.Qc3-c8+ Diagram Kg8-g7 39.Rf1-b1 Be3-c5+- ;
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+Q+ +k+ + + +p+ q p +pp + +Pn + pr +P+P+ R +Ll + KPP+ + P + + +R+ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 38.Qc3-c8+
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Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
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Kg8-g7 39.Rf1-b1 Be3-c5 40.h2-h3 Qb6-a7 41.Qc8-a6 Qa7xa6 42.Bd3xa6 Rb4xe4 43.Ra3-c3 Re4-d4 44.Ba6-b5 Rd4xd5 45.Bb5xa4 Rd5-d4 46.Ba4-b5 Rd4-d2 47.b2-b4 Bc5-d4 0.84/13 ] 38...Be3-c5 [ 38...Ne5-c4! looks like a viable alternative 39.Qc3xc4 Rb4xc4 40.Bd3xc4 Qb6-b4 ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 38...Ne5-c4 39.Bd3xc4 Be3-d4 40.Qc3xb4 Qb6xb4 41.Bc4-d3 Qb4-a5 42.Rb1-f1 Bd4-c5 43.Ra3-c3 Kg8-g7 44.Rc3-c4 Qa5-b5 45.e4-e5 d6xe5 46.Rc4-f4 Qb5-d7 47.Rf4xf7+ Diagram
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Qd7xf7 48.Rf1xf7+ Kg7xf7 49.b2-b3 a4xb3+ 50.Ka2xb3 0.44/15 ] 39.b2-b3+- [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 39.Qc3-d2 Qb6-a7 40.Ka2-a1 Rb4-b8 41.Ra3-a2 Ne5xg4 42.c2-c3 Qa7-d7 43.Bd3-c2 Rb8-a8 44.Qd2-f4 Bc5-e3 45.Qf4-f3 Be3-b6 46.Qf3-d1 Ng4-e5 47.Ra2xa4 0.59/12 ] 39...a4xb3+ Diagram [ 39...Qb6-a7!? 40.b3xa4 Rb4xa4 41.Rb1-b8+ Qa7xb8 42.Ra3xa4 Ne5xg4+- ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 39...Qb6-a7 40.h2-h3 Kg8-g7 41.Qc3-d2 Ne5-f3 42.Qd2-e2 Nf3-d4 43.Qe2-d1 Qa7-d7 44.Qd1-d2 a4xb3+ 45.c2xb3 Qd7-e8 46.Qd2-c3 Qe8-e5
47.Ra3-a4 Qe5-h2+ 48.Rb1-b2 Rb4xa4+ 49.b3xa4 Qh2xh3 50.a4-a5 Qh3xg4 51.e4-e5 0.53/13 ]
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40.Rb1xb3 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 40.Rb1xb3 Diagram
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Rb4xb3 41.Qc3xb3 Qb6xb3+ 42.Ra3xb3 Ne5xg4 43.Bd3-e2 Ng4-f6 44.Be2-f3 g6-g5 45.Bf3-h1 g5-g4 46.c2-c3 Kg8-g7 47.Rb3-b2 Bc5-e3 48.Rb2-g2 h6-h5 49.Rg2-b2 Nf6-d7 50.Rb2-b7 Nd7-c5 1.49/17 ] 40...Kg8-g7 Diagram [ 40...Rb4xb3 41.Qc3xb3 ( 41.c2xb3 Bc5xa3 42.Ka2xa3 Qb6-f2∓ ; 41.Ra3xb3?! Qb6-a7+ 42.Ka2-b1 Ne5xg4+- )
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
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41...Qb6-d8 42.Ra3-a6+- ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 40...Rb4xb3 Diagram
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41.Qc3xb3 Qb6-d8 42.Ra3-a6 Qd8-c8 43.h2-h3 Kg8-h7 44.Qb3-a4 Qc8-b7 45.Bd3-f1 Kh7-g7 46.Qa4-b3 Qb7-c7 47.Ka2-b2 Bc5-d4+ 48.c2-c3 Bd4-e3 49.Ra6-a8 1.53/15 ]
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41.Rb3xb4 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 41.Rb3xb4 Bc5xb4 42.Qc3-b2 Qb6-c5 43.Ra3-a8 Kg7-h7 44.h2-h4 Kh7-g7 45.g4-g5 h6-h5 46.Qb2-b1 Qc5-c3 47.Qb1-f1 Ne5-d7 48.Ra8-a6 Qc3-c8 49.Ka2-b1 Bb4-c5 Diagram 50.Bd3-b5 Nd7-e5 51.Qf1-f6+ Kg7-g8 52.Qf6-e7 Qc8-g4 53.Ra6-a8+
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Kg8-h7 2.06/18 ] 41...Bc5xb4 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 41...Bc5xb4 42.Qc3-b2 Qb6-c5 43.Ra3-a8 Kg7-h7 44.h2-h4 Kh7-g7 45.g4-g5 h6-h5 46.Qb2-b1 Qc5-c3 47.Qb1-f1 Ne5-d7 48.Ra8-a6 Qc3-c8 49.Ka2-b1 Bb4-c5 50.Bd3-b5 Nd7-e5 51.Qf1-f6+ Kg7-g8 52.Qf6-e7 Qc8-g4 53.Ra6-a8+ Kg8-h7 2.20/17 ] 42.Qc3-b2 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 42.Qc3-b2 Qb6-c5 43.Ra3-a8 g6-g5 44.h2-h3 Kg7-g6 45.Ra8-a6 Kg6-h7 46.Qb2-b3 Kh7-g6 47.Ra6-a4 Bb4-c3 48.Bd3-c4 Bc3-d4 49.c2-c3 Bd4-e3 50.Bc4-e2 Kg6-g7 51.Ra4-a8 Be3-f4 52.Qb3-b8 2.01/19 ] 42...Qb6-c5 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 42...Qb6-c5 43.Ra3-a8 g6-g5 44.h2-h3 Kg7-g6 45.Ra8-a6 Kg6-h7 46.Qb2-b3 Kh7-g6 47.Ra6-a8 Bb4-c3 48.Ra8-g8+ Kg6-h7 49.Qb3-b8 Ne5xd3 50.c2xd3 Bc3-e5 2.07/17 ] 43.Ra3-a4 [ 43.Ra3-a8 makes it even easier for White Kg7-h7+- ;Houdini 2. 0c Pro x64: 43.Ra3-a8 g6-g5 44.h2-h3 Kg7-g6 45.Bd3-f1 Kg6-g7 46.Qb2-b3 Kg7-h7 47.Bf1-e2 Qc5-f2 48.Qb3xb4 Qf2xe2 49.Qb4-a4 Kh7-g7 50.Ra8-a7 Qe2-f2 51.Ra7-c7 Qf2-f3 52.Qa4-a6 1.99/16 ] 43...Bb4-e1? [ 43...Bb4-c3 44.Qb2-a3 Ne5xd3
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games 45.c2xd3 Qc5-f2+ 46.Ka2-b3 ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 43...Bb4-c3 44.Qb2-c1 Qc5-f2 45.Ka2-b3 Ne5xd3 46.c2xd3 Bc3-e5 47.Qc1-c2 Qf2-f3 48.Kb3-c4 Qf3xg4 49.d3-d4 Be5-f4 50.Ra4-a8 Qg4-h4 51.Ra8-a2 Qh4-g4 52.Qc2-c3 Bf4-g5 53.Qc3-b4 Qg4xe4 54.Qb4xd6 0.83/15 ] 44.h2-h3 [ 44.Qb2-b8 keeps an even firmer grip Be1-a5 45.Qb8-b5 Ba5-b6+- ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 44.Qb2-b8 Be1-a5 45.Qb8-b5 Ba5-b6 46.Qb5xc5 Bb6xc5 47.h2-h3 Kg7-f6 48.Ra4-a8 Ne5-f3 49.Ka2-b3 Nf3-g5 50.h3-h4 Ng5-f3 51.h4-h5 Kf6-e5 52.c2-c3 2.63/14 ] 44...Be1-f2? [ 44...Be1-c3 45.Qb2-c1 Ne5xd3 46.c2xd3 Qc5-f2+ 47.Ka2-b3 Bc3-e5+- ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 44...Be1-c3 45.Qb2-a3 Ne5xd3 46.c2xd3 Qc5-f2+ 47.Ka2-b3 Bc3-e5 48.Kb3-c4 Qf2-f3 49.Ra4-a7 Qf3xh3 50.d3-d4 Qh3-f1+ 51.Qa3-d3 Qf1-c1+ 52.Kc4-b5 Qc1-g1 53.Ra7-a4 Be5-f4 54.Qd3-e2 Qg1-b1+ 55.Ra4-b4 Qb1-a1 56.Qe2-f2 Bf4-g5 57.Qf2-f3 Qa1-a8 58.Qf3-e2 Qa8-b7+ 59.Kb5-c4 Qb7-a6+ 60.Rb4-b5 Qa6-c8+ 61.Kc4-b3 0.81/14 ] 45.Ra4-a8 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 45.Qb2-b4 Qc5-c7 46.Ra4-a8 Bf2-b6 47.Qb4-b5 Kg7-f6 48.Qb5-a6 Qc7-c5 49.Ra8-b8 Ne5xd3 50.Qa6xd3 Kf6-g7 51.Ka2-b3 Qc5-g1 52.c2-c3 Bb6-c5 53.Rb8-b7 Qg1-c1 54.h3-h4 Qc1-a1 55.Kb3-c2 Qa1-a2+ 56.Kc2-c1 Qa2-a1+ 57.Rb7-b1 2.29/17 ] 45...Kg7-f6 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 45...Kg7-f6 46.Qb2-a3 Qc5-c7 47.Qa3-a5 Qc7xa5+ 48.Ra8xa5 Ne5-f3 49.Ra5-a8 Nf3-g5 50.Ra8-h8 Ng5xh3 51.Rh8xh6 Nh3-g5 52.Rh6-h8 Bf2-c5 53.Rh8-e8 Ng5-f3 54.Ka2-b3 Kf6-g5 55.Re8-e7 f7-f6 56.Re7-g7 Nf3-e5 2.36/16 ] 46.Qb2-a3 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 46.Qb2-a3
615 Qc5-c7 47.Qa3-a5 Qc7xa5+ 48.Ra8xa5 Ne5-f3 49.Ra5-a8 Nf3-g5 50.Ra8-h8 Ng5xh3 51.Rh8xh6 Nh3-g5 52.Rh6-h8 Bf2-c5 53.Rh8-e8 Ng5-f3 54.Ka2-b3 Kf6-g5 55.Re8-e7 f7-f6 56.Re7-g7 Nf3-e5 2.17/15 ] 46...Qc5-c7 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 46...Qc5-c7 47.Qa3-a5 Qc7xa5+ 48.Ra8xa5 Ne5-f3 49.Ra5-a8 Nf3-g5 50.Ra8-h8 Ng5xh3 51.Rh8xh6 Nh3-g5 52.Rh6-h8 Bf2-c5 53.Rh8-e8 Ng5-f3 54.Ka2-b3 Kf6-g5 55.Re8-e7 f7-f6 56.Re7-g7 Nf3-e5 2.36/17 ] 47.Qa3-b4 [ 47.Qa3-a6 might be the shorter path Kf6-g5 48.Qa6-c8 Qc7xc8 49.Ra8xc8 Kg5-h4+- ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 47.Qa3-a5 Qc7xa5+ 48.Ra8xa5 Ne5-f3 49.Bd3-f1 Kf6-e5 50.Ra5-a8 Ke5-f4 51.Ra8-h8 Bf2-e3 52.Rh8xh6 Kf4xe4 53.Rh6-h8 Ke4xd5 54.Bf1-g2 Kd5-e4 55.Rh8-f8 f7-f5 56.Bg2xf3+ Ke4xf3 57.g4xf5 g6xf5 58.Rf8xf5+ Kf3-e4 2.45/15 ] 47...Bf2-b6 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 47...Bf2-a7 48.Ka2-b1 Kf6-g7 49.Qb4-b5 Kg7-f6 50.Bd3-e2 Kf6-g5 51.Qb5-b4 Ba7-c5 52.Qb4-b3 Bc5-d4 53.Ra8-a4 Bd4-c3 54.Ra4-a6 Kg5-h4 55.Be2-f1 2.29/15 ] 48.Ka2-b3 [ 48.Ra8-a6 makes it even easier for White Bb6-c5 49.Qb4-a5 Qc7xa5+ 50.Ra6xa5 Kf6-g5+- ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 48.Ka2-b1 Kf6-g7 49.Qb4-b5 Kg7-f6 50.Bd3-e2 Bb6-c5 51.Ra8-g8 Kf6-g5 52.Rg8-g7 Kg5-h4 53.Rg7-h7 Bc5-e3 54.Qb5-b3 Qc7-c5 2.39/14 ] 48...Kf6-g5 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 48...Kf6-g7 49.Bd3-e2 Bb6-d4 50.h3-h4 g6-g5 51.h4xg5 h6xg5 52.Ra8-e8 Bd4-b6 53.Kb3-b2 Bb6-a7 54.Qb4-d2 f7-f6 55.Kb2-c1 Ba7-c5 56.Qd2-c3 Qc7-a7 57.Re8-e6 Qa7-a2 1.83/15 ] 49.Qb4-d2+ [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 49.Qb4-d2+ Kg5-h4 50.Qd2xh6+ Kh4-g3 51.Ra8-a4 Bb6-c5 52.Qh6-c1
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games Qc7-b8+ 53.Kb3-a2 Qb8-e8 54.Ra4-a5 Kg3xh3 55.Qc1-f4 Ne5xd3 56.c2xd3 Bc5-b6 57.Ra5-a3 Bb6-c5 58.Qf4-f3+ Kh3-h4 59.Ra3-a6 Qe8-b5 60.Ra6-c6 2.26/14 ] 49...Kg5-h4 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 49...Kg5-h4 50.Qd2xh6+ Kh4-g3 51.Ra8-a4 Qc7-c5 52.Qh6-d2 Qc5-g1 53.Bd3-e2 Kg3xh3 54.Kb3-a2 Bb6-c5 55.g4-g5 Kh3-g3 56.Ka2-b2 Bc5-e3 57.Ra4-a3 2.19/14 ] 50.Kb3-a2 [ 50.Ra8-h8 and White can already relax Bb6-c5 51.Rh8xh6+ Kh4-g3 52.Qd2-e1+ Kg3-f3+- ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 50.Qd2xh6+ Kh4-g3 51.Ra8-a4 Qc7-c5 52.Qh6-d2 Qc5-g1 53.Bd3-e2 Kg3xh3 54.Kb3-a2 Bb6-c5 55.g4-g5 Qg1-f2 56.Ra4-a8 Bc5-e3 57.Ra8-h8+ Kh3-g3 2.48/12 ] 50...Bb6-c5 [ 50...Ne5xd3 51.Qd2xd3 Bb6-a7+- ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 50...Ne5xd3 51.Qd2xd3 Bb6-c5 52.c2-c3 Qc7-b7 53.Ra8-f8 Qb7-a7+ 54.Ka2-b1 Qa7-b6+ 55.Kb1-c2 Qb6-a7 56.Rf8-h8 Qa7-a2+ 57.Kc2-d1 Qa2-a1+ 58.Kd1-d2 Qa1-b2+ 59.Qd3-c2 Bc5-e3+ 60.Kd2-d3 Qb2xc2+ 61.Kd3xc2 Kh4xh3 62.Kc2-d3 Be3-g5 2.36/12 ] 51.Qd2-a5 [ 51.Qd2xh6+ secures the point Kh4-g3 52.Bd3-f1+- ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 51.Qd2xh6+ Kh4-g3 52.Bd3-e2 Qc7-b7 53.Ra8-a4 Qb7-c8 54.c2-c3 Qc8-b8 55.Ra4-a5 Kg3-f2 56.Qh6-d2 Kf2-g2 57.h3-h4 Kg2-g3 58.Qd2-e1+ Bc5-f2 2.90/12 ] 51...Qc7xa5+ [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 51...Qc7xa5+ 52.Ra8xa5 Kh4xh3 53.Bd3-e2 Kh3-g3 54.Ka2-b3 Kg3-f2 55.Be2-d1 Kf2-e3 56.c2-c4 Ke3xe4 57.Ra5-a2 Bc5-b6 58.Ra2-h2 Bb6-e3 59.Kb3-c3 Be3-d4+ 60.Kc3-b4 Bd4-e3 61.Kb4-b3 Ke4-d4 62.Bd1-e2 Be3-f4 63.Rh2-f2 Bf4-g5 64.Be2-f1 0.43/17 ] 52.Ra8xa5 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 52.Ra8xa5
616 Kh4xh3 53.Bd3-e2 Kh3-g3 54.Ka2-b3 Kg3-f2 55.Be2-d1 Kf2-e3 56.c2-c4 Ke3xe4 57.Ra5-a2 Bc5-e3 58.Ra2-a8 Be3-d4 59.Ra8-c8 Bd4-c5 60.Kb3-c3 Bc5-d4+ 61.Kc3-b4 Bd4-c5+ 62.Kb4-b5 Ke4-d4 0.34/17 ] 52...Kh4xh3 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 52...Kh4xh3 53.Bd3-e2 Kh3-g3 54.Ka2-b3 Kg3-f2 55.Be2-d1 Kf2-e3 56.c2-c4 Ke3xe4 57.Ra5-a2 Bc5-e3 58.Ra2-a8 Be3-d4 59.Kb3-b4 Ke4-d3 60.Ra8-a2 Bd4-c3+ 61.Kb4-b3 Kd3-d4 62.Ra2-a4 Bc3-d2 0.35/18 ] 53.Bd3-e2 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 53.Bd3-e2 Kh3-g3 54.Ka2-b3 Kg3-f2 55.Be2-d1 Kf2-e3 56.c2-c4 Ke3xe4 57.Ra5-a2 Bc5-e3 58.Ra2-a8 Be3-d4 59.Ra8-c8 Bd4-c5 60.Kb3-c3 Bc5-d4+ 61.Kc3-b4 Bd4-c5+ 62.Kb4-b5 Ke4-d4 0.32/17 ] 53...Kh3-g3 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 53...Kh3-g3 54.Ka2-b3 Kg3-f2 55.Be2-d1 Kf2-e3 56.c2-c4 Ke3xe4 57.Ra5-a2 Ke4-f4 58.Ra2-h2 Kf4-g5 59.Kb3-c3 Bc5-e3 60.Rh2-a2 Ne5xg4 61.Bd1xg4 Kg5xg4 0.35/17 ] 54.Ra5-a8 [ 54.Ka2-b3 Kg3-f4$ ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 54.Ka2-b3 Kg3-f2 55.Be2-d1 Kf2-e3 56.c2-c4 Ke3xe4 57.Ra5-a2 Bc5-e3 58.Ra2-a8 Be3-d4 59.Ra8-c8 Bd4-c5 60.Kb3-c3 f7-f6 61.Rc8-h8 Bc5-d4+ 62.Kc3-b4 Bd4-c5+ 63.Kb4-b5 0.33/15 ] 54...Kg3-f4= Black threatens to win material: Kf4xe4 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 54...Kg3-f2 55.Be2-b5 Ne5xg4 56.Bb5-e8 Ng4-e5 57.Be8xf7 h6-h5 58.Ra8-h8 Ne5xf7 59.Rh8-f8 Kf2-e3 60.Rf8xf7 Ke3xe4 61.Rf7-h7 Ke4xd5 62.Ka2-b3 Bc5-e3 63.Rh7-e7 Be3-f4 64.Re7-h7 Kd5-d4 65.Kb3-b4 d6-d5 -0.12/15 ] 55.Ra8-h8 White threatens to win material: Rh8xh6 [ 55.Ka2-b3 Kf4xe4 56.c2-c4 f7-f5 57.g4xf5 Ke4xf5= ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 55.Ka2-b3 Kf4xe4 56.Ra8-h8
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games Ke4xd5 57.Rh8xh6 Kd5-e4 58.g4-g5 Ke4-f4 59.Kb3-b2 Kf4xg5 0.13/14 ] 55...Kf4xe4 [ 55...Kf4-e3 56.Be2-b5! ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 55...Kf4-e3 56.Be2-f1 Ne5xg4 57.Rh8-h7 f7-f6 58.Bf1-d3 h6-h5 59.Ka2-b3 Ng4-e5 60.Rh7-h6 Bc5-d4 61.Kb3-b4 Ke3-f4 62.Kb4-b3 Kf4-e3 63.Kb3-b4 -0.11/15 ] 56.Rh8xh6 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 56.Rh8xh6 Ke4xd5 57.Ka2-b2 Kd5-e4 58.Rh6-h1 f7-f5 59.g4xf5 g6xf5 60.Kb2-c1 f5-f4 61.Kc1-d2 Bc5-f2 62.Be2-f1 f4-f3 63.Rh1-h8 Bf2-g3 64.Rh8-h3 Bg3-f2 65.Rh3-h2 Bf2-e3+ 66.Kd2-e1 Be3-b6 67.Bf1-a6 Ne5-g4 68.Ba6-d3+ Ke4-f4 69.Rh2-h8 0.11/15 ] 56...Ke4xd5 Black has a new backward pawn: d6 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 56...Ke4xd5 57.Ka2-b2 Kd5-e4 58.Rh6-h1 f7-f5 59.g4xf5 g6xf5 60.Kb2-c1 f5-f4 61.Kc1-d2 Bc5-f2 62.Rh1-b1 f4-f3 63.Rb1-b4+ Bf2-d4 64.Be2-f1 d6-d5 65.c2-c3 Ne5-c4+ 66.Bf1xc4 Bd4-e3+ 67.Kd2-e1 d5xc4 68.Rb4xc4+ Ke4-d3 69.Rc4-c6 Be3-d2+ 70.Ke1-f2 Bd2xc3 0.15/15 ] 57.Ka2-b3 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 57.Ka2-b2 Kd5-e4 58.Rh6-h1 f7-f5 59.g4xf5 g6xf5 60.Kb2-c1 f5-f4 61.Kc1-d2 Bc5-f2 62.Be2-f1 f4-f3 63.Rh1-h8 Bf2-g3 64.Rh8-h3 Bg3-f2 65.Kd2-d1 Bf2-c5 66.Rh3-h4+ Ke4-e3 0.15/14 ] 57...Kd5-e4 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 57...Kd5-e4 58.Kb3-c3 Ke4-f4 59.Rh6-h7 f7-f6 60.Rh7-e7 g6-g5 61.Re7-e6 f6-f5 62.g4xf5 Kf4xf5 63.Re6-e8 g5-g4 64.Be2-f1 Kf5-f4 65.Kc3-d2 d6-d5 66.Kd2-e2 Ne5-f3 67.Re8-d8 Nf3-d4+ 68.Ke2-d3 Nd4-c6 69.Rd8-c8 0.14/17 ] 58.Rh6-h7 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 58.Rh6-h4 Ke4-f4 59.Be2-d1 g6-g5 60.Rh4-h7 f7-f6 61.Rh7-h6 Ne5xg4 62.Bd1xg4 Kf4xg4 63.Rh6xf6 Kg4-g3 64.Kb3-c4 g5-g4 65.Kc4-d5 Kg3-g2
617 66.Kd5-e4 g4-g3 67.c2-c3 Kg2-h2 68.Rf6-h6+ Kh2-g2 69.Ke4-d5 Kg2-f3 70.Rh6-f6+ Kf3-g4 0.11/15 ] 58...Ke4-f4 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 58...f7-f5 59.g4xf5 g6xf5 60.Rh7-h3 f5-f4 61.Be2-d3+ Ne5xd3 62.c2xd3+ Ke4-f5 63.Kb3-c4 Bc5-e3 64.Kc4-d5 Kf5-g4 65.Rh3-h7 f4-f3 66.Rh7-g7+ Be3-g5 67.Rg7-f7 Bg5-f4 68.Rf7-g7+ Bf4-g5 69.Rg7-f7 0.02/15 ] 59.Kb3-c3 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 59.Rh7-g7 g6-g5 60.Rg7-h7 f7-f6 61.Rh7-h6 f6-f5 62.g4xf5 Kf4xf5 63.c2-c3 g5-g4 64.Be2-f1 g4-g3 65.Bf1-g2 Ne5-f7 66.Rh6-h4 Kf5-g5 67.Rh4-h1 Nf7-e5 68.Kb3-c2 0.18/14 ] 59...d6-d5 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 59...f7-f6 60.Rh7-e7 g6-g5 61.Re7-e6 f6-f5 62.g4xf5 Kf4xf5 63.Re6-e8 g5-g4 64.Be2-f1 Kf5-f4 65.Kc3-d2 d6-d5 66.Kd2-e2 Ne5-f3 67.Re8-d8 Nf3-d4+ 68.Ke2-d3 Nd4-c6 69.Rd8-c8 0.14/16 ] 60.Rh7-h8 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 60.Kc3-b3 g6-g5 61.Kb3-a4 f7-f6 62.Rh7-h6 Ne5xg4 63.Be2xg4 Kf4xg4 64.Rh6xf6 Bc5-d4 65.Rf6-f7 Kg4-g3 66.Ka4-b5 Bd4-c3 67.Kb5-c6 d5-d4 68.Kc6-d5 g5-g4 69.Kd5-e4 0.23/15 ] 60...Kf4-e3 Black threatens to win material: Ke3xe2 [ 60...Ne5xg4 61.Be2xg4 Kf4xg4$ ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 60...Ne5xg4 61.Be2xg4 Kf4xg4 62.Rh8-d8 g6-g5 63.Rd8xd5 Bc5-e3 64.Kc3-d3 Kg4-f4 65.Kd3-e2 f7-f5 66.Rd5-b5 Be3-g1 67.Rb5-b4+ Kf4-e5 68.Ke2-f3 Bg1-c5 69.Rb4-b5 g5-g4+ 70.Kf3-g3 0.10/15 ] 61.Rh8-e8?? not a good decision, because now the opponent is right back in the game [ 61.Be2-d1$ would be a reprieve ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 61.Be2-d1 f7-f5 62.g4xf5 g6xf5 63.Rh8-h3+ Ke3-e4 64.Bd1-e2 f5-f4 65.Be2-d3+ Ne5xd3 66.c2xd3+ Ke4-f5 67.d3-d4 Bc5-d6 68.Kc3-d3 Kf5-g4 69.Rh3-h6 Bd6-f8
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games 70.Rh6-f6 Bf8-e7 0.24/14 ] 61...Bc5-d4+-+ [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 61...Bc5-d4+ 62.Kc3-b4 Ke3xe2 63.c2-c3 Ke2-d3 64.c3xd4 Kd3xd4 65.g4-g5 Ne5-f3 66.Kb4-b5 Nf3xg5 67.Kb5-c6 Ng5-f3 68.Re8-a8 g6-g5 69.Kc6-d6 Nf3-d2 70.Ra8-f8 Nd2-e4+ 71.Kd6-c6 f7-f6 72.Rf8-d8 g5-g4 73.Rd8xd5+ Kd4-e3 74.Rd5-d1 g4-g3 75.Rd1-e1+ Ke3-f3 76.Re1-f1+ Kf3-g2 -0.87/15 ] 62.Kc3-b4 [ 62.Kc3-b3 Ke3xe2 63.c2-c3 Ke2-d3 64.c3xd4 Ne5xg4-+ ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 62.Kc3-b4 Ke3xe2 63.c2-c3 Ke2-d3 64.c3xd4 Kd3xd4 65.g4-g5 Ne5-f3 66.Kb4-b5 Nf3xg5 67.Kb5-c6 Ng5-f3 68.Re8-a8 g6-g5 69.Kc6-d6 Nf3-d2 70.Ra8-f8 Nd2-e4+ 71.Kd6-c6 f7-f6 72.Rf8-d8 g5-g4 73.Rd8xd5+ Kd4-e3 74.Rd5-d1 g4-g3 75.Rd1-e1+ Ke3-f3 76.Re1-f1+ Kf3-g2 -0.94/16 ] 62...Ke3xe2 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 62...Ke3xe2 63.c2-c3 Ke2-d3 64.c3xd4 Kd3xd4 65.g4-g5 Ne5-f3 66.Kb4-b5 Nf3xg5 67.Kb5-c6 Ng5-f3 68.Re8-a8 g6-g5 69.Kc6-d6 Nf3-d2 70.Ra8-f8 Nd2-e4+ 71.Kd6-c6 f7-f6 72.Rf8-d8 g5-g4 73.Rd8xd5+ Kd4-e3 74.Rd5-b5 g4-g3 75.Rb5-b2 f6-f5 76.Kc6-d5 Ke3-f4 77.Kd5-d4 Kf4-f3 78.Rb2-b3+ Kf3-g4 -0.93/17 ] 63.c2-c3 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 63.c2-c3 Ke2-d3 64.c3xd4 Kd3xd4 65.g4-g5 Ne5-f3 66.Kb4-b5 Nf3xg5 67.Kb5-c6 Ng5-f3 68.Re8-a8 g6-g5 69.Kc6-d6 Nf3-d2 70.Ra8-f8 Nd2-e4+ 71.Kd6-c6 f7-f6 72.Rf8-d8 g5-g4 73.Rd8xd5+ Kd4-e3 74.Rd5-d1 g4-g3 75.Rd1-e1+ Ke3-f3 76.Re1-f1+ Kf3-g2 -0.85/18 ] 63...Ke2-d3 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 63...Ke2-d3 64.c3xd4 Kd3xd4 65.g4-g5 Ne5-f3 66.Kb4-b5 Nf3xg5 67.Kb5-c6 Ng5-f3 68.Kc6-d6 g6-g5 69.Re8-a8 Nf3-d2 70.Ra8-f8 Nd2-e4+ 71.Kd6-c6 f7-f6 72.Rf8-d8 g5-g4
618 73.Rd8xd5+ Kd4-e3 74.Rd5-d1 g4-g3 75.Rd1-e1+ Ke3-f3 76.Re1-f1+ Kf3-g2 -0.86/17 ] 64.c3xd4 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 64.c3xd4 Kd3xd4 65.Re8-h8 Ne5xg4 66.Rh8-h1 Ng4-e3 67.Rh1-g1 Kd4-e4 68.Kb4-c3 d5-d4+ 69.Kc3-d2 Ne3-c4+ 70.Kd2-c2 f7-f5 71.Rg1xg6 f5-f4 72.Rg6-g8 f4-f3 73.Rg8-e8+ Nc4-e5 74.Re8-f8 d4-d3+ 75.Kc2-c3 Ke4-e3 76.Rf8-e8 Ke3-f4 77.Kc3-d2 f3-f2 78.Re8-f8+ Kf4-g3 -0.87/15 ] 64...Kd3xd4 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 64...Kd3xd4 65.g4-g5 Ne5-f3 66.Kb4-b5 Nf3xg5 67.Kb5-c6 Ng5-f3 68.Kc6-d6 g6-g5 69.Re8-b8 Nf3-d2 70.Rb8-b5 Nd2-e4+ 71.Kd6-c6 g5-g4 72.Rb5xd5+ Kd4-e3 73.Rd5-d1 g4-g3 74.Rd1-e1+ Ke3-f3 75.Re1-f1+ Ne4-f2 -0.74/14 ] 65.g4-g5 [ 65.Re8-f8 g6-g5-+ ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 65.Re8-a8 Ne5xg4 66.Ra8-a1 Ng4-e3 67.Ra1-g1 Kd4-e4 68.Kb4-c3 d5-d4+ 69.Kc3-d2 Ne3-c4+ 70.Kd2-d1 d4-d3 71.Rg1-g4+ Ke4-d5 72.Rg4-f4 f7-f5 73.Rf4-h4 g6-g5 74.Rh4-h5 g5-g4 75.Rh5xf5+ Kd5-e4 -0.66/13 ] 65...Ne5-f3 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 65...Ne5-f3 66.Kb4-b5 Nf3xg5 67.Kb5-c6 Ng5-f3 68.Kc6-d6 g6-g5 69.Re8-a8 Nf3-d2 70.Ra8-f8 Nd2-e4+ 71.Kd6-c6 f7-f6 72.Rf8-d8 g5-g4 73.Rd8xd5+ Kd4-e3 74.Rd5-d1 g4-g3 75.Rd1-e1+ Ke3-f3 76.Re1-f1+ Ne4-f2 -0.80/15 ] 66.Re8-e7 [ 66.Kb4-b5 Nf3xg5 67.Kb5-c6-+ ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 66.Kb4-b5 Nf3xg5 67.Kb5-c6 Ng5-f3 68.Kc6-d6 g6-g5 69.Re8-b8 Nf3-d2 70.Rb8-b5 Nd2-e4+ 71.Kd6-c6 g5-g4 72.Rb5xd5+ Kd4-e3 73.Rd5-f5 f7-f6 74.Rf5-f1 g4-g3 75.Rf1-e1+ Ke3-f3 76.Re1-f1+ Kf3-g2 77.Rf1-f4 -0.83/13 ] 66...Nf3xg5 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 66...Nf3xg5 67.Re7-a7 f7-f5 68.Ra7-g7 f5-f4 69.Rg7xg6 Ng5-e4
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70.Rg6-a6 f4-f3 71.Ra6-a3 f3-f2 ] 69.Re7-d7 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 72.Ra3-f3 Ne4-c5 73.Rf3-f7 Nc5-d3+ 69.Re7-d7 Ne4-c3 70.Rd7-g7 f5-f4 74.Kb4-b3 Kd4-e3 75.Kb3-c2 Nd3-e5 71.Rg7xg6 f4-f3 72.Rg6-f6 Kd4-e4 76.Rf7-f5 -1.79/13 ] 67.Kb4-b5 73.Rf6-e6+ Ke4-f4 74.Re6-f6+ Kf4-g4 [ 67.Re7-d7 cannot change destiny 75.Rf6-g6+ Kg4-f5 76.Rg6-g8 d5-d4 f7-f5-+ ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 77.Rg8-f8+ Kf5-g4 78.Rf8-g8+ Kg4-f4 67.Kb4-b3 f7-f5 68.Re7-a7 f5-f4 79.Rg8-f8+ Kf4-e3 80.Rf8-e8+ Ke3-d3 81.Re8-f8 Kd3-e2 82.Rf8-e8+ Ke2-d2 69.Kb3-c2 f4-f3 70.Kc2-d1 Ng5-e4 71.Ra7-a3 f3-f2 72.Kd1-e2 g6-g5 83.Re8-f8 -1.44/16 ] 69...Ne4-f6 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 69...Ne4-c3 73.Ra3-a4+ Kd4-e5 74.Ke2-f1 g5-g4 75.Ra4-a1 g4-g3 76.Ra1-d1 d5-d4 70.Rd7-g7 f5-f4 71.Rg7xg6 f4-f3 72.Rg6-f6 Kd4-e4 73.Rf6-e6+ Ke4-f4 77.Rd1-d3 Ke5-d5 78.Rd3-d1 Kd5-c4 -2.12/14 ] 67...Ng5-e4 74.Re6-f6+ Kf4-g4 75.Rf6-g6+ Kg4-f5 76.Rg6-g8 d5-d4 77.Rg8-f8+ Kf5-g4 [ 67...f7-f5!? seems even better 68.Re7-e1 f5-f4 69.Re1-d1+ Kd4-e5 78.Rf8-g8+ Kg4-f4 79.Rg8-f8+ Kf4-e3 70.Kb5-b4-+ ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 80.Rf8-e8+ Ke3-d3 81.Re8-f8 Kd3-e2 67...f7-f5 68.Kb5-c6 f5-f4 69.Re7-g7 82.Rf8-e8+ Ke2-d2 83.Re8-f8 f4-f3 70.Rg7xg6 f3-f2 71.Rg6-f6 -1.48/15 ] 70.Rd7-g7 [ 70.Rd7-f7 Ng5-e4 72.Rf6-f5 Kd4-c4 73.Rf5-f7 desperation Nf6-g4 71.Kc6-d6-+ ; d5-d4 74.Rf7-f4 d4-d3 75.Rf4xe4+ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 70.Rd7-f7 Kc4-c3 76.Re4-f4 d3-d2 77.Rf4-f3+ Nf6-g4 71.Kc6-d6 Ng4-e3 72.Rf7-g7 Kc3-d4 78.Rf3-f7 Kd4-e3 79.Rf7-e7+ f5-f4 73.Rg7xg6 f4-f3 74.Rg6-f6 Ke3-d3 80.Re7-d7+ Kd3-c3 81.Rd7-f7 Ne3-c4+ 75.Kd6-e6 Nc4-d2 76.Rf6-f5 d2-d1Q 82.Rf7xf2 Qd1-d4 -2.48/14 ] Nd2-e4 77.Rf5xd5+ Kd4-e3 78.Rd5-f5 f3-f2 79.Ke6-e5 Ne4-c3 80.Rf5-f6 68.Kb5-c6 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 68.Re7-d7 f7-f5 69.Kb5-c6 Ne4-c3 Ke3-e2 81.Rf6xf2+ -0.64/14 ] 70.Rd7-g7 f5-f4 71.Rg7xg6 f4-f3 70...Nf6-g4 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 72.Rg6-f6 Kd4-e4 73.Rf6-e6+ Ke4-f4 70...Nf6-g4 71.Kc6-d6 Ng4-e5 74.Re6-f6+ Kf4-g4 75.Rf6-g6+ Kg4-f5 72.Rg7-e7 Ne5-c4+ 73.Kd6-e6 f5-f4 76.Rg6-g8 d5-d4 77.Rg8-f8+ Kf5-g4 74.Re7-d7 Nc4-e3 75.Rd7-f7 g6-g5 78.Rf8-g8+ Kg4-f4 79.Rg8-f8+ Kf4-e3 76.Ke6-f6 g5-g4 77.Kf6-g5 f4-f3 80.Rf8-e8+ Ke3-d3 81.Re8-f8 Kd3-e2 78.Kg5-h4 Kd4-e4 79.Rf7-f8 d5-d4 82.Rf8-e8+ Ke2-f2 83.Re8-d8 Kf2-e3 80.Kh4-g3 d4-d3 81.Rf8-e8+ Ke4-d4 84.Rd8-e8+ Ke3-d3 -1.54/17 ] 82.Re8-d8+ Kd4-c3 83.Kg3-f2 Ne3-d1+ 84.Kf2-g3 f3-f2 -2.07/16 ] 68...f7-f5 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 71.Kc6-d6 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 68...f7-f5 69.Re7-d7 Ne4-c3 70.Rd7-g7 f5-f4 71.Rg7xg6 f4-f3 71.Kc6-d6 Ng4-e5 72.Rg7-e7 72.Rg6-f6 Kd4-e4 73.Rf6-e6+ Ke4-f4 Ne5-c4+ 73.Kd6-e6 f5-f4 74.Re7-d7 74.Re6-f6+ Kf4-g4 75.Rf6-g6+ Kg4-f5 Nc4-e3 75.Rd7-f7 g6-g5 76.Ke6-f6 76.Rg6-g8 d5-d4 77.Rg8-f8+ Kf5-g4 g5-g4 77.Kf6-g5 f4-f3 78.Kg5-h4 78.Rf8-g8+ Kg4-f4 79.Rg8-f8+ Kf4-e3 Kd4-e4 79.Rf7-f8 d5-d4 80.Kh4-g3 80.Rf8-e8+ Ke3-d3 81.Re8-f8 Kd3-e2 d4-d3 81.Rf8-e8+ Ke4-d4 82.Re8-d8+ 82.Rf8-e8+ Ke2-f2 83.Re8-d8 Kf2-e1 Kd4-c3 83.Kg3-f2 Ne3-d1+ 84.Kf2-g3 84.Rd8xd4 f3-f2 85.Rd4-f4 Nc3-e2 f3-f2 -2.22/17 ] 71...Ng4-e5 86.Rf4-f8 Ne2-d4+ 87.Kc6-d5 -1.49/18 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 71...Ng4-e5
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74.Rg8-d8 [ 74.Ke6-d6 doesn't get the 72.Rg7-e7 Ne5-c4+ 73.Kd6-e6 f5-f4 74.Re7-d7 Kd4-e4 75.Rd7xd5 f4-f3 bull off the ice f4-f3 75.Rg8-e8 f3-f2 76.Rd5-c5 Nc4-e3 77.Ke6-f6 Ke4-d4 76.Re8xe5+ Ke4-f3-+ ;Houdini 2.0c 78.Rc5-c6 f3-f2 79.Rc6-c1 Kd4-e4 Pro x64: 74.Rg8-e8 Ne5-d3 80.Rc1-a1 Ke4-d3 81.Kf6-g5 Kd3-d2 75.Ke6-f6+ Ke4-d4 76.Kf6xg6 f4-f3 82.Ra1-h1 Kd2-e2 83.Kg5xg6 Ke2-d3 77.Kg6-g5 f3-f2 78.Re8-f8 Kd4-e3 84.Kg6-g5 Kd3-e4 85.Rh1-c1 Ke4-f3 79.Kg5-g4 Ke3-e2 80.Rf8-e8+ Ke2-f1 86.Kg5-h5 Kf3-g3 87.Kh5-g5 Kg3-g2 81.Re8-e3 Nd3-c5 82.Kg4-f4 d5-d4 88.Kg5-f4 Ne3-d5+ 89.Kf4-e4 -1.78/15 83.Re3-e8 Nc5-b3 84.Kf4-e4 Kf1-e2 ] 72.Kd6-e6 [ 72.Rg7-b7 85.Ke4-d5+ Ke2-d3 86.Re8-f8 Kd3-e3 doesn't improve anything Ne5-c4+ 87.Rf8-e8+ Ke3-f3 88.Re8-f8+ Kf3-e3 89.Rf8-e8+ -1.90/14 ] 74...f4-f3 73.Kd6-e6 Kd4-e4-+ ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 72.Rg7-b7 f5-f4 73.Rb7-b5 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 74...f4-f3 Ne5-c4+ 74.Kd6-c6 f4-f3 75.Rb5xd5+ 75.Rd8-f8 d5-d4 76.Rf8-h8 f3-f2 Kd4-e4 76.Rd5-c5 Nc4-e3 -1.98/16 ] 77.Rh8-h4+ Ne5-g4 78.Rh4xg4+ 72...f5-f4 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: Ke4-f3 79.Rg4xd4 f2-f1Q 80.Ke6-e7 72...f5-f4 73.Rg7-h7 g6-g5 74.Rh7-h1 g6-g5 81.Rd4-a4 Qf1-b5 82.Ra4-a3+ f4-f3 75.Rh1-f1 g5-g4 76.Ke6-f5 Kf3-f4 83.Ra3-a2 Qb5-e5+ 84.Ke7-f8 Ne5-c4 77.Kf5-f4 Nc4-e3 78.Rf1-f2 g5-g4 85.Ra2-a4+ Qe5-e4 -6.12/13 ] Kd4-d3 79.Rf2-a2 d5-d4 80.Kf4-g3 75.Rd8xd5 [ 75.Rd8-f8 cannot change Kd3-e4 81.Ra2-b2 d4-d3 82.Rb2-b4+ what is in store for White d5-d4 Ke4-e5 83.Rb4-b3 Ke5-d4 76.Rf8-h8 f3-f2 77.Rh8-h4+ Ne5-g4 84.Rb3-b4+ Kd4-c3 85.Rb4-e4 78.Rh4xg4+ Ke4-f3 79.Rg4xd4 Ne3-c4 86.Re4xg4 d3-d2 -2.45/14 ] f2-f1Q-+ ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 73.Rg7-g8 [ 73.Rg7-h7 is no salvation 75.Rd8-f8 d5-d4 76.Rf8-h8 f3-f2 Ne5-d3-+ ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 77.Rh8-h4+ Ne5-g4 78.Rh4xg4+ 73.Rg7-h7 g6-g5 74.Rh7-g7 f4-f3 Ke4-f3 79.Rg4xd4 f2-f1Q 80.Ke6-e7 75.Rg7xg5 f3-f2 76.Rg5xe5 f2-f1Q g6-g5 81.Rd4-d5 g5-g4 82.Rd5-f5+ 77.Re5xd5+ Kd4-c4 78.Rd5-f5 Qf1-h3 Kf3-g2 83.Ke7-e6 Qf1xf5+ 84.Ke6xf5 79.Ke6-e5 Qh3-e3+ 80.Ke5-f6 Kc4-d4 g4-g3 85.Kf5-e5 Kg2-f3 86.Ke5-d5 81.Rf5-g5 Qe3-e4 82.Rg5-f5 Qe4-c6+ g3-g2 -6.36/14 ] 75...f3-f2 83.Kf6-g5 Qc6-g2+ 84.Kg5-f6 Qg2-g3 [ 75...Ne5-d3 keeps an even firmer grip 85.Rf5-a5 Qg3-f4+ 86.Kf6-g6 Qf4-g4+ 76.Rd5-a5 f3-f2 77.Ra5-a4+ Ke4-e3 87.Kg6-f6 Qg4-f3+ 88.Kf6-g5 Qf3-g2+ 78.Ra4-a1-+ ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 89.Kg5-f5 Qg2-c2+ 90.Kf5-f6 Kd4-e4 75...f3-f2 76.Rd5xe5+ Ke4-f4 91.Ra5-f5 Qc2-c7 92.Rf5-f1 Qc7-d6+ 77.Re5-a5 f2-f1Q 78.Ra5-a4+ Kf4-g5 93.Kf6-g5 Qd6-d5+ 94.Kg5-g6 79.Ra4-a5+ Qf1-f5+ 80.Ra5xf5+ g6xf5 -2.68/15 ] 73...Kd4-e4 [Houdini 2.0c 81.Ke6-d5 Kg5-g4 82.Kd5-d4 f5-f4 Pro x64: 73...f4-f3 74.Rg8-h8 f3-f2 83.Kd4-d3 f4-f3 84.Kd3-d2 Kg4-g3 75.Rh8-h4+ Kd4-d3 76.Rh4-h1 85.Kd2-e1 Kg3-g2 86.Ke1-d2 -6.17/12 Ne5-c4 77.Ke6xd5 g6-g5 78.Kd5-e6 ] 76.Rd5-d1 [ 76.Rd5xe5+ otherwise it's curtains at once Ke4-f4 77.Re5-a5-+ ; Nc4-e3 79.Ke6-e5 g5-g4 80.Ke5-f4 Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 76.Rd5xe5+ Kd3-e2 81.Rh1-a1 f2-f1Q+ 82.Ra1xf1 Ke4-f4 77.Re5-a5 f2-f1Q 78.Ra5-a4+ Ke2xf1 83.Kf4-g3 Kf1-e2 84.Kg3-f4 Kf4-g5 79.Ra4-a5+ Qf1-f5+ Ke2-f2 85.Kf4-e4 g4-g3 -5.01/13 ]
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games 80.Ra5xf5+ g6xf5 81.Ke6-d5 Kg5-g4 82.Kd5-d4 f5-f4 83.Kd4-d3 f4-f3 84.Kd3-d2 Kg4-g3 85.Kd2-e1 Kg3-g2 86.Ke1-d2 -6.20/13 ] 76...g6-g5 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 76...g6-g5 77.Rd1-a1 Ne5-d3 78.Ra1-a4+ Ke4-e3 79.Ra4-a7 f2-f1Q 80.Ra7-e7 Qf1-h3+ 81.Ke6-d5+ Ke3-f3 82.Kd5-d4 Qh3-h8+ 83.Kd4-c4 g5-g4 84.Re7-a7 Qh8-e5 85.Ra7-d7 -9.15/12 ] 77.Rd1-f1 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 77.Rd1-a1 Ne5-d3 78.Ke6-f6 g5-g4 79.Kf6-g5 g4-g3 80.Ra1-a4+ Ke4-e3 81.Ra4-g4 f2-f1Q 82.Rg4xg3+ Ke3-e4 83.Rg3-g4+ Nd3-f4 84.Rg4-h4 Qf1-g1+ 85.Kg5-f6 Qg1-d4+ 86.Kf6-f7 Qd4-c4+ 87.Kf7-f8 Qc4-c5+ 88.Kf8-e8 Qc5-e5+ 89.Ke8-f7 Qe5-f5+ -8.56/13 ] 0-1
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9...Bf8-g7 10.Bf1-e2 [RR 10.Nf3-d2 ] 10...0-0 11.0-0 Qd8xb6N [RR 11...Nd7xb6 12.Nf3-d2 (RR 12.Bc1-g5 h7-h6 13.Bg5-f4 Bc8-a6 14.Be2xa6 Ra8xa6 15.Qd1-e2 Ra6-a8 16.Rf1-d1 Qd8-c7 17.h2-h3 Qc7-b7 18.Nf3-d2 44 A57 Nf6-d7 19.Bf4-g3 Rf8-e8 20.Nd2-b1 c5-c4 21.Nb1-a3 Nd7-c5 22.e4-e5 Ivan Cheparinov Vassily Ivanchuk Nc5-d3 23.e5-e6 f7-f5 24.Na3-b5 FIDE World Cup (21) 30.11.2005 f5-f4 25.Bg3-h2 Re8-f8 26.b2-b3 Nd3-e5 Chiburdanidze,M (2513)A57: Benko/Volga Gambit Sedina,E (2380)/Moscow 2001/CBM 1.d2-d4 Ng8-f6 2.c2-c4 c7-c5 085 ext/½-½ (47) ) 12...Bc8-a6 3.d4-d5 b7-b5 4.c4xb5 a7-a6 13.Be2xa6 Ra8xa6 14.Qd1-e2 Ra6-a8 15.f2-f4 Qd8-d7 16.Nd2-c4 Rf8-b8 Diagram 17.Nc4-e3 Nf6-e8 18.Qe2-c2 Ne8-c7 (Diagram 2311) 19.b2-b3 e7-e6 20.d5xe6 Nc7xe6 21.Bc1-b2 Ne6-d4 22.Qc2-d1 Qd7-e6 5.b5-b6 d7-d6 6.Nb1-c3 Nb8-d7 23.Ra1-a3 f7-f5 24.Qd1-d3 Rb8-e8 25.Rf1-d1 f5xe4 26.Qd3-d2 7.a2-a4 a6-a5 8.e2-e4 g7-g6 9.Ng1-f3 [RR 9.Bf1-b5 Qd8xb6 Cherednichenko,S (2152)-Bogatyriova, 10.f2-f4 Bc8-a6 11.Ng1-f3 Ba6xb5 L (2204)/Kiev 1999/EXT 2002/0-1 (49) ] 12.a4xb5 Bf8-g7 13.Nf3-d2 Nf6-h5 12.Nf3-d2 Bc8-a6 13.Nc3-b5 Rf8-b8 14.Qd1-a4 Qb6-d8 15.Nd2-c4 Nd7-b6 14.Qd1-c2 Qb6-d8 15.Nd2-c4 16.Nc4xb6 Qd8xb6 17.0-0 0-0 Nd7-b6 16.Nc4-a3 Nf6-e8 Diagram 18.Bc1-e3 Bg7-d4 19.Be3xd4 c5xd4 Begins the manoeuvre Nf6-e8-c7-a6-b4 17.Ra1-b1 Ne8-c7 18.b2-b3 20.Nc3-e2 d4-d3+ 21.Ne2-d4 e7-e5 last book move last book move Ba6xb5 22.d5xe6 f7xe6 23.Kg1-h1 Nh5xf4 Roubalik,J (2122)-Pakhomov,A (2449)/ [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 18...Nc7xb5 Brno 2007/CBM 119 ext/0-1 (51) ] 19.Na3xb5 Nb6-d7 20.Bc1-e3 Bg7-e5
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
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21.Rb1-c1 Rb8-b7 22.f2-f4 Be5-g7 23.Be3-f2 Ra8-b8 24.Qc2-d2 Qd8-b6 25.f4-f5 Ba6xb5 26.Be2xb5 0.10/14 Diagram
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] 19.Na3xb5 White has the pair of bishops. The knight dominates [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 19.Be2xb5 Diagram (Diagram 2314) Nc7xb5 Qd8-b6 Nd7-e5 Ra8-b8
20.Na3xb5 Nb6-d7 21.h2-h3 22.Bc1-b2 Bg7xb2 23.Qc2xb2 24.Qb2-d2 Rb8-f8 25.Rb1-c1 26.Rf1-e1 Rf8-e8 27.Rc1-c2
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Re8-f8 0.27/15 ] 19...Nc7-a6 [ 19...Nc7xb5 Diagram
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20.Be2xb5 Bg7-d4 21.Bc1-b2 Bd4xb2 22.Rb1xb2$ ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 19...Nb6-d7 20.Nb5xc7 Qd8xc7 21.Bc1-e3 Ra8-a7 22.Rb1-c1 Bg7-e5 23.Be2-b5 Nd7-f6 24.h2-h3 Qc7-b6 25.Qc2-d3 Ra7-b7 26.Be3-d2 Qb6-c7 27.Rf1-e1 0.11/14 ] 20.Bc1-g5 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 20.h2-h4 Na6-b4 21.Qc2-d2 Nb6-d7 22.h4-h5 Bg7-e5 23.Qd2-g5 Nd7-f6 24.Qg5-h4 Qd8-f8 25.g2-g3 Nf6xh5 26.Be2xh5 g6xh5 27.Qh4xh5 Qf8-g7 28.Bc1-g5 Rb8-b7 29.Bg5-h6 0.24/15 ]
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
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20...Na6-b4 Black threatens to win material: Nb4xc2. Menacing [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 20...h7-h6 21.Bg5-d2 Na6-b4 22.Qc2-c1 Kg8-h7 23.Bd2xb4 a5xb4 24.Qc1-f4 Kh7-g8 25.Rb1-c1 Nb6-d7 26.h2-h4 Qd8-f8 27.Nb5-c7 Bg7-e5 28.Qf4-g4 0.17/15 ] 21.Qc2-d2 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 21.Qc2-c1 Nb6-d7 22.h2-h4 h7-h5 23.Qc1-e3 Qd8-f8 24.Rb1-c1 Rb8-b7 25.Rf1-d1 Ra8-b8 26.Rd1-e1 Bg7-e5 27.Bg5-h6 Be5-g7 0.14/14 Diagram
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] (Diagram 2317) 21...Qd8-d7 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 21...Nb6-d7 22.Rb1-c1 Bg7-f6 23.Bg5-h6 Qd8-b6 24.Qd2-e3 Bf6-b2 25.Rc1-d1 Bb2-e5 26.Rd1-c1 Nd7-f6 27.f2-f4 Be5-b2 0.03/13 Diagram (Diagram 2318) ] 22.f2-f4 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 22.h2-h4 h7-h5 23.Nb5-a3 Bg7-e5 24.Bg5-f4 Be5xf4 25.Qd2xf4 Rb8-f8 26.Na3-b5 Ra8-b8 27.Qf4-g5 Kg8-h7 28.Rf1-d1 f7-f5 29.Be2-f3 f5-f4
0.32/13 ] 22...Rb8-b7 Diagram [ 22...h7-h6 23.Bg5-h4 ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 22...h7-h6 Diagram (Diagram 2319) 23.Bg5-h4 Rb8-f8 24.f4-f5 g6-g5 25.Bh4-g3 Bg7-f6 26.h2-h4 Kg8-g7 27.h4xg5 h6xg5 28.Bg3-f2 Rf8-h8 29.Bf2-e3 Rh8-h4 30.Be3xg5 Rh4xe4 31.Bg5xf6+ e7xf6 0.10/13 ] 23.f4-f5 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 23.Rb1-c1 f7-f6 24.Bg5-h4 f6-f5 25.Be2-f3 Ra8-c8 26.Qd2-e2 Bg7-d4+ 27.Nb5xd4 c5xd4 28.Rc1xc8+ Qd7xc8
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
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29.e4xf5 Qc8xf5 30.Bh4xe7 d4-d3 31.Qe2-e1 d3-d2 32.Qe1-h4 Nb6xd5 33.Be7xd6 0.30/12 ] (Diagram 2321) 23...Qd7-e8 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 23...Bg7-e5 Diagram (Diagram 2322) 24.f5xg6 h7xg6 25.Rf1-f2 Ra8-f8 26.Bg5-f4 Be5-g7 27.Rb1-f1 Kg8-h7 28.Rf2-f3 f7-f5 29.Qd2-e3 Kh7-g8 30.Rf3-g3 0.25/13 ] 24.Rf1-f3 Diagram
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[Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 24.f5xg6 h7xg6 25.Qd2-f4 f7-f6 26.Be2-g4 Kg8-h7 27.Bg5-h4 Bg7-h6 28.Qf4-f3 Nb6-d7 29.Bh4-g3 Nb4-c2 30.Bg4-e6 Nc2-d4 31.Nb5xd4 c5xd4 32.Bg3-f2 0.38/13 ] (Diagram 2323) 24...Nb6-d7 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 24...Bg7-e5 25.f5xg6 h7xg6 26.Rb1-f1 Diagram f7-f6 27.Bg5-f4 Nb6-d7 28.Rf3-h3 Be5xf4 29.Qd2xf4 Qe8-f7 30.Be2-g4 Nd7-f8 31.Qf4-h6 Qf7-g7 32.Qh6-h4 Ra8-b8 33.Rf1-c1 Rb8-d8 34.Kg1-h1
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
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Rd8-b8 0.45/14 ] (Diagram 2325) 25.Rb1-f1 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 25.f5xg6 f7xg6 26.Rf3-f2 h7-h5 27.Rb1-f1 Bg7-e5 28.Bg5-f4 Kg8-h7 29.Bf4-h6 Nd7-f6 30.Qd2-e3 Qe8-f7 31.Bh6-f4 Diagram (Diagram 2326) Be5xf4 32.Qe3xf4 Ra8-d8 0.43/13 ] 25...Bg7-e5 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 25...Ra8-d8 26.f5xg6 f7xg6
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27.Rf3-h3 h7-h5 28.Rh3-g3 Rd8-b8
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
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29.Bg5-f4 Nd7-e5 30.Qd2-e3 Kg8-h7 31.Kg1-h1 Qe8-g8 32.h2-h3 Rb8-f8 0.39/12 Diagram
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26.Rf3-h3 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 26.f5xg6 f7xg6 27.Bg5-f4 Be5-g7 28.Rf3-f2 Nd7-f6 29.Be2-f3 Qe8-f7 30.e4-e5 Nf6xd5 31.e5xd6 Ra8-d8 32.Bf4-g5 Bg7-f6 33.Rf2-e2 Bf6xg5 34.Qd2xg5 0.63/14 Diagram ] 26...f7-f6 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 26...h7-h5 Diagram 27.Bg5-f4 Be5-f6 28.f5xg6 f7xg6 29.Rh3-g3 Kg8-h7 30.Kg1-h1 Bf6-g7
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31.Qd2-e3 Ra8-b8 32.Rg3-h3 Bg7-f6
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
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33.Qe3-g3 Kh7-h8 0.40/13 Diagram
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] 27.Bg5-e3 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 27.f5xg6 Diagram
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Qe8xg6 28.Rf1-f5 Kg8-h8 29.Bg5-e3 Ra8-b8 30.Rh3-h6 Qg6-f7 31.Rf5-h5 Rb8-g8 32.Be3-f4 Diagram (Diagram 2335) Rg8-g7 33.Rh5-h4 Kh8-g8 34.Be2-g4 Be5xf4 35.Qd2xf4 0.48/14 ] 27...g6-g5 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 27...g6-g5 28.Rh3-h5 Ra8-c8 Diagram 29.Nb5-a3 Kg8-g7 30.Na3-c4 Qe8-d8 31.h2-h4 h7-h6 32.Be3-f2 Qd8-c7
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33.Nc4xe5 Nd7xe5 34.Bf2-g3 Rc8-h8 35.Bg3xe5 d6xe5 36.h4xg5 Diagram (Diagram 2337) h6xg5 37.Rh5xh8 Kg7xh8 0.61/12 ] 28.g2-g4 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 28.Rh3-h5 Diagram (Diagram 2338) Ra8-c8 Qe8-d8 Qd8-c7 Rc8-h8
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Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
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h6xg5 37.Rh5xh8 Kg7xh8 0.39/13 ] 28...Ra8-c8 Diagram [ 28...Qe8-f7 Diagram (Diagram 2339) ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 28...Qe8-f8 Diagram (Diagram 2340) 29.Rh3-h5 Ra8-b8 30.Kg1-g2 Rb8-c8 31.Rf1-f3 Qf8-d8 32.Rf3-h3 Nd7-f8 33.Rh5-h6 Rc8-b8 34.Be2-c4 Kg8-f7 35.Be3-f2 0.12/12 ]
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Diagram
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c5-c4 30.Be2xc4 Qe8-d8+- ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 29.Rh3-h5 Qe8-f7 30.Rf1-f3 Qf7-g7 31.Rf3-h3 Nd7-f8 32.Kg1-g2 Kg8-f7 33.Rh5-h6 Rc8-b8 34.Be3-f2 Be5-f4 35.Qd2-e1 Bf4-e5 36.Qe1-c1 Kf7-e8 0.44/14 Diagram
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Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 29...Qe8-f7 30.Rh3-h5 Qf7-g7 31.h2-h4 g5xh4 32.Rh5xh4 Kg8-f7 33.Kg1-g2 Rc8-h8 34.Be3-h6 Qg7-g8 35.Rf1-h1 Kf7-e8 36.Bc4-e2 Qg8-f7 37.Bh6-e3 Nd7-b6 Diagram (Diagram 2346)
] (Diagram 2344) 29...Be5-d4? [ 29...Nd7-b6$ Diagram and Black is still in the game ;
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Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
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Rb7-b8 37.Qd2-e2 Rb8-b7 38.Qe2-b2 Rb7-c7 39.Rh5xh7 Qf7xh7 40.Rh3xh7 Kg8xh7 1.12/13 ] 30...c5xd4 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 30...c5xd4 31.Be3xd4 Diagram (Diagram 2348) Rc8-b8 32.Rf1-c1 Rb8-c8 33.Rh3-h5 Qe8-f8 34.Rc1-f1 h7-h6 35.Rf1-f3 Diagram Nd7-b6 36.Bd4xb6 Rb7xb6 37.Rf3-h3 Kg8-h7 38.Kg1-g2 Rb6-b8 39.Rh5xh6+ Qf8xh6 40.Rh3xh6+ Kh7xh6 1.19/12 ] 31.Be3xg5
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[ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 31.Be3xd4 Qe8-f7 32.Rh3-c3 Qf7-f8 33.Bc4-b5 Nd7-e5 34.Bd4xe5 d6xe5 35.Kg1-g2 Rb7-c7 36.Rc3xc7 Rc8xc7 37.Rf1-c1 Rc7xc1 38.Qd2xc1 Kg8-g7 39.Qc1-c7 0.88/13 ] 31...Nd7-e5 Diagram [ 31...d4-d3 32.Bg5-h6+- ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 31...Nd7-e5 32.Bg5-h4 Kg8-h8 33.Qd2xd4 Ne5xg4 Diagram 34.Bc4-e2 Ng4-e5 35.Rh3-c3 h7-h5 36.Bh4-g3 Diagram Rb7-c7 37.Rf1-c1 Rc7xc3 38.Rc1xc3 0.50/12 ] 32.Bg5-h6 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro
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32...d4-d3? Diagram [ 32...Ne5xc4 33.b3xc4 Qe8xa4+- ( 33...Rc8xc4?? 34.Bh6-g7 e7-e5 35.Bg7xf6+- ); Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 32...Ne5xc4 33.b3xc4 Diagram Qe8xa4 34.Bh6-g7 Kg8xg7 35.Qd2-h6+ Kg7-f7 36.Qh6xh7+ Kf7-e8 37.Qh7-g8+ Ke8-d7 38.Qg8-e6+ Kd7-c7 39.Qe6xe7+ Kc7-b6 40.Qe7xd6+ Kb6-a7 41.c4-c5
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Qa4-c2 42.c5-c6 Rb7-c7 43.Rh3-a3 Ka7-b6 44.Qd6-e6 Qc2-e2 45.h2-h3 d4-d3 46.Qe6xf6 Qe2xe4 0.34/12 ]
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33.g4-g5 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 33.g4-g5 Diagram (Diagram 2357) Qe8-f7 34.Rh3-g3 Kg8-h8 35.g5-g6 h7xg6 36.f5xg6 Ne5xg6 37.Rf1-f5 Qf7-h7 38.Rf5-h5 Rc8-g8 39.Bh6-g7+ Rg8xg7 40.Rh5xh7+ Kh8xh7 41.Bc4xd3 Ng6-e5 42.Bd3-e2 Rb7-c7 43.Qd2-f4 Rg7xg3+ 44.Qf4xg3 Rc7-c2 45.Kg1-f1 Rc2-c1+ 46.Kf1-g2
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Rc1-c2 47.Qg3-h4+ Kh7-g6 48.Qh4-g3+ 1.30/14 ] 33...Qe8-f7? Diagram [ 33...Ne5xc4 34.Qd2-g2 Kg8-h8 35.b3xc4 Rc8xc4+( 35...Qe8xa4 36.Bh6-g7+ Kh8-g8 37.g5xf6+- );Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 33...Kg8-f7 34.g5xf6 e7xf6 35.Rh3-g3 Qe8-h8 36.Rg3-g7+ Qh8xg7+ 37.Bh6xg7 Kf7xg7 38.Kg1-f2 Kg7-g8 39.h2-h3 Ne5xc4 40.b3xc4 Rc8xc4 41.Qd2-h6 Rb7-g7 42.Qh6xf6 Rc4xe4 43.Qf6xd6 1.61/11 ] (Diagram 2358) 34.Rh3-g3 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 34.Rh3-g3 Diagram (Diagram 2359) Kg8-h8 35.g5-g6 h7xg6 36.f5xg6 Ne5xg6 37.Rf1-f5 Qf7-h7 38.Rf5-h5 Rc8-g8 39.Bh6-g7+ Rg8xg7 40.Rh5xh7+ Kh8xh7 41.Bc4xd3 Ng6-e5 42.Bd3-e2 Rb7-c7 43.Qd2-f4 Rg7xg3+ 44.Qf4xg3 Rc7-c2 45.Kg1-f1 Rc2-c1+ 46.Kf1-g2 Rc1-c2 47.Qg3-h4+ Kh7-g6 48.Qh4-g3+ 1.30/15 ] 34...Kg8-h8 Diagram [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 34...Kg8-h8
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35.g5-g6 h7xg6 36.f5xg6 Ne5xg6 37.Rf1-f5 Qf7-h7 38.Rf5-h5 Rc8-g8 39.Bh6-g7+ Rg8xg7 40.Rh5xh7+ Diagram (Diagram 2360)
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Ne5xg6 37.Rf1-f5 Qf7-h7 38.Rf5-h5 Rc8-g8 39.Bh6-g7+ Rg8xg7 40.Rh5xh7+ Kh8xh7 41.Bc4xd3 Ng6-e5 42.Bd3-e2 Rb7-c7 43.Qd2-f4 Rg7xg3+ 44.Qf4xg3 Rc7-c2 45.Kg1-f1 Rc2-c1+ 46.Kf1-g2 Rc1-c2 47.Qg3-h4+ Kh7-g6 48.Qh4-g3+ 1.30/15 Diagram
Kh8xh7 41.Bc4xd3 Ng6-e5 42.Bd3-e2 Rb7-c7 43.Qd2-f4 Rg7xg3+ 44.Qf4xg3 Rc7-c2 45.Kg1-f1 (Diagram 2362) Rc2-c1+ 46.Kf1-g2 Rc1-c2 47.Qg3-h4+ Kh7-g6 48.Qh4-g3+ ] the knock-out blow 35...h7xg6 1.61/16 ] 35.g5-g6! Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro [ 35...h7xg6 36.f5xg6 Passed pawn ; x64: 35.g5-g6 h7xg6 36.f5xg6 ∆35...-- 36.g6xf7 Diagram
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35...h7xg6 36.f5xg6 Ne5xg6 37.Rf1-f5 Qf7-h7 38.Rf5-h5 Rc8-g8 39.Bh6-g7+ Rg8xg7 40.Rh5xh7+ Kh8xh7 41.Bc4xd3 Ng6-e5 42.Bd3-e2 Rb7-c7 43.Qd2-f4 Rg7xg3+ 44.Qf4xg3 Rc7-c2 45.Kg1-f1 Rc2-c1+ 46.Kf1-g2 Rc1-c2 47.Qg3-h4+ Kh7-g6 48.Qh4-g3+ Kg6-f7 1.61/15 ] 36.f5xg6 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 36.f5xg6 Diagram
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Ne5xg6 37.Rf1-f5 Qf7-h7 38.Rf5-h5 Rc8-g8 39.Bh6-g7+ Rg8xg7 40.Rh5xh7+ Kh8xh7 41.Bc4xd3 Ng6-e5 42.Bd3-e2 Rb7-c7 43.Qd2-f4 Rg7xg3+ 44.Qf4xg3 Rc7-c2 45.Kg1-f1 Rc2-c1+ 46.Kf1-g2 Rc1-c2 47.Qg3-h4+ Kh7-g6 48.Qh4-g3+ Kg6-f7 1.31/13 Diagram 2364
Wins material ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64:
(Diagram 2366) ] 36...Ne5xg6 [ 36...Qf7-e8 Diagram (Diagram 2367) is not much help 37.Bc4-b5 Rb7xb5 38.Bh6-f8 ( 38.a4xb5 Kh8-g8 39.b5-b6 Nb4-a6+- ) 38...Qe8xf8 39.g6-g7+ ( 39.a4xb5 Kh8-g7 40.Rg3-h3 Kg7-g8 ) 39...Qf8xg7
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40.Rg3xg7 Kh8xg7 41.a4xb5+- ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 36...Ne5xg6 37.Rf1-f5 Qf7-h7 Diagram
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39.Bh6-g7+ Rg8xg7 40.Rh5xh7+ Kh8xh7 41.Bc4xd3 Ng6-e5 42.Bd3-e2 Rb7-c7 43.Qd2-f4 Rg7xg3+ 44.Qf4xg3 Rc7-c2 45.Kg1-f1 Rc2-c1+ 46.Kf1-g2 Rc1-c2 47.Qg3-h4+ Kh7-g7 48.Qh4-f2 Kg7-f7 1.32/14 ]
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(Diagram 2368) 38.Rf5-h5 Rc8-g8 39.Bh6-g7+ Rg8xg7 40.Rh5xh7+ Kh8xh7 41.Bc4xd3 Ng6-e5 42.Bd3-e2 Rb7-c7 43.Qd2-f4 Rg7xg3+ 44.Qf4xg3 Rc7-c2 45.Kg1-f1 Rc2-c1+ 46.Kf1-g2 Rc1-c2 47.Qg3-h4+ Kh7-g6 48.Qh4-g3+ Kg6-f7 1.61/14 ] 37.Rf1-f5 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 37.Rf1-f5 Qf7-h7 38.Rf5-h5 Rc8-g8
37...Ng6-e5 [ 37...Qf7-h7 is one last hope 38.Rf5-h5 Kh8-g8+- ;Houdini 2. 0c Pro x64: 37...Qf7-h7 38.Rf5-h5 Rc8-g8 39.Bh6-g7+ Rg8xg7 40.Rh5xh7+ Kh8xh7 41.Bc4xd3 Ng6-e5 42.Rg3xg7+ Kh7xg7 43.Qd2-g2+ Kg7-f7 44.Bd3-e2 Rb7-c7 45.Qg2-h3 Diagram Kf7-g7 46.Qh3-e6 Kg7-f8 47.Kg1-g2
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Rc7-c2 1.43/12 ] 38.Bh6-f8! Mate attack [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 38.Bh6-g7+ Qf7xg7 39.Rf5-h5+ Kh8-g8 40.Rg3xg7+ Kg8xg7 41.Qd2-h6+ Kg7-f7 42.Qh6-h7+ Kf7-e8 43.Qh7-f5 Ne5-f3+ 44.Kg1-g2 Ke8-d8 45.Rh5-h8+ Kd8-c7 46.Rh8xc8+ Kc7-b6 47.Qf5xf3 Rb7-c7 48.Rc8xc7 Kb6xc7 49.Bc4xd3 Kc7-d8 50.h2-h4 Kd8-e8 51.Bd3-b1 Nb4-a6 52.Qf3-c3 Na6-c5 53.Qc3xa5 Ke8-f7 54.Qa5-c3 16.05/12 ] 38...Qf7-h7 Diagram [ 38...Rc8xf8 39.Qd2-h6+ Mate attack ; 38...Qf7xf8 39.Rf5-h5+ Mate attack ; ∆38...-- 39.Qd2-h6+ Mate threat ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 38...Qf7-h7 39.Bf8-g7+ Kh8-g8 40.Bg7xf6+ Ne5-g6 41.Rg3xg6+ Qh7xg6+ 42.Rf5-g5 e7xf6 43.Rg5xg6+ Rb7-g7 44.Rg6xg7+ Diagram
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40.Bg7xf6+ Ne5-g6 41.Rg3xg6+ Qh7xg6+ 42.Rf5-g5 e7xf6 43.Rg5xg6+ Rb7-g7 44.Rg6xg7+ Kg8xg7 45.Bc4xd3 Kg7-f7 46.Bd3-b5 Rc8-c2 47.Qd2-f4 7.51/9 ] (Diagram 2373)
(Diagram 2371) Kg8xg7 45.Bc4xd3 Rc8-e8 46.Bd3-b5 Re8-e7 47.h2-h4 Re7-e5 48.Qd2-g2+ Kg7-h6 49.Kg1-f2 Re5-e7 50.Qg2-g4 Re7-e5 51.Kf2-f3 Nb4-c2 9.15/14 ] 39.Bf8-g7+ Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 39.Bf8-g7+ Kh8-g8
39...Qh7xg7 Diagram [ 39...Kh8-g8 the last chance for counterplay 40.Bg7xf6+ Ne5-g6 41.Rg3xg6+ Qh7xg6+ 42.Rf5-g5 e7xf6 43.Rg5xg6+ Rb7-g7 44.Rg6xg7+ Kg8xg7 45.Bc4xd3 Rc8-b8+- ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 39...Kh8-g8
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40.Bg7xf6+ Ne5-g6 41.Rg3xg6+ Qh7xg6+ 42.Rf5-g5 e7xf6 43.Rg5xg6+ Rb7-g7 44.Rg6xg7+ Kg8xg7 45.Bc4xd3 Kg7-f7 46.Bd3-b5 Diagram
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Rc8-c2 47.Qd2-f4 7.81/9 ] (Diagram 2375) 40.Rf5-h5+ [ 40.Rg3xg7 Kh8xg7 41.Qd2-g2+ Kg7-f7+- ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 40.Rf5-h5+ Qg7-h7 41.Rh5xh7+ Kh8xh7 42.Qd2-g2 Ne5-f7 43.Qg2-h3+ Nf7-h6 44.Qh3xc8 d3-d2 45.Bc4-e2 Rb7-a7 46.Qc8-f8
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e7-e5 47.d5xe6 Ra7-c7 48.Qf8xf6 Rc7-c1+ 49.Kg1-f2 11.25/9 ] 40...Kh8-g8 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 40...Qg7-h7 41.Rh5xh7+ Kh8xh7 42.Qd2-g2 Ne5-f7 43.Qg2-h3+ Nf7-h6 44.Qh3xc8 Rb7-b6 45.Bc4xd3 Nb4xd3 46.Rg3xd3 Rb6-b4 47.Qc8-e6 Rb4-b7 48.Rd3-g3 10.16/9 ] 41.Rg3xg7+ [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 41.Rg3xg7+ Kg8xg7 42.Qd2-h6+ Kg7-f7 43.Qh6-h7+ Kf7-e8 44.Qh7-f5 Ne5-f3+ 45.Kg1-g2 Ke8-d8 46.Rh5-h8+ Kd8-c7 47.Rh8xc8+ Kc7-b6 48.Qf5xf3 Rb7-c7 49.Rc8xc7 Kb6xc7 50.Bc4xd3 Kc7-d8 51.h2-h4 Kd8-d7 52.Qf3-f5+ Kd7-c7 53.Bd3-b5 Kc7-b6 14.75/9 ] 41...Kg8xg7 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 41...Kg8xg7 42.Qd2-h6+ Kg7-f7 43.Qh6-h7+ Kf7-e8 44.Qh7-f5 Ne5-f3+ 45.Kg1-g2 Ke8-d8 46.Rh5-h8+ Kd8-c7 47.Rh8xc8+ Kc7-b6 48.Qf5xf3 Rb7-c7 49.Rc8xc7 Kb6xc7 50.Bc4xd3 Kc7-d8 51.h2-h4 Nb4xd3 52.Qf3xd3 Kd8-e8 53.Qd3-c3 f6-f5 54.e4xf5 Ke8-f7 15.39/10 ] 42.Qd2-h6+ [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 42.Qd2-h6+ Kg7-f7 43.Qh6-h7+ Kf7-e8 44.Qh7-f5 Ne5-f3+ 45.Kg1-g2 Ke8-d8 46.Rh5-h8+ Kd8-c7 47.Rh8xc8+
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games Kc7-b6 48.Qf5xf3 Rb7-c7 49.Rc8xc7 Kb6xc7 50.Bc4xd3 Kc7-d8 51.h2-h4 Kd8-e8 52.Bd3-b1 Nb4-a6 53.Qf3-c3 Na6-c5 54.Qc3xa5 Ke8-f7 55.Qa5-c3 14.02/11 ] 42...Kg7-f7 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 42...Kg7-f7 43.Qh6-h7+ Kf7-e8 44.Qh7-f5 Ne5-f3+ 45.Kg1-g2 Ke8-d8 46.Rh5-h8+ Kd8-c7 47.Rh8xc8+ Kc7-b6 48.Qf5xf3 Rb7-c7 49.Rc8xc7 Kb6xc7 50.Bc4xd3 Kc7-d8 51.h2-h4 Kd8-e8 52.Bd3-b1 Nb4-a6 53.Qf3-c3 Na6-c5 54.Qc3xa5 Ke8-f7 55.Qa5-c3 14.21/12 ] 43.Qh6-h7+ [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 43.Qh6-h7+ Kf7-e8 44.Qh7-f5 Ne5-f3+ 45.Kg1-g2 Ke8-d8 46.Rh5-h8+ Kd8-c7 47.Rh8xc8+ Kc7-b6 48.Qf5xf3 Rb7-c7 49.Rc8xc7 Kb6xc7 50.Bc4xd3 Kc7-d8 51.h2-h4 Kd8-e8 52.Bd3-b5+ Ke8-f8 53.h4-h5 Nb4-c2 54.Qf3-f2 Nc2-a3 55.h5-h6 Kf8-f7 56.Qf2-g3 Na3xb5 57.Qg3-g7+ Kf7-e8 58.a4xb5 f6-f5 59.h6-h7 17.23/13 ] 43...Kf7-e8 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 43...Kf7-e8 44.Qh7-f5 Ne5-f3+ 45.Kg1-g2 Ke8-d8 46.Rh5-h8+ Kd8-c7 47.Rh8xc8+ Kc7-b6 48.Qf5xf3 Rb7-c7 49.Rc8xc7 Kb6xc7 50.Bc4xd3 Kc7-d8 51.h2-h4 Nb4xd3 52.Qf3xd3 Kd8-e8 53.Qd3-b5+ Ke8-f7 54.Qb5xa5 Kf7-g7 55.Qa5-b5 Kg7-f8 56.Qb5-d7 Kf8-f7 57.a4-a5 Kf7-f8 58.a5-a6 Kf8-f7 59.b3-b4 16.87/14 ] 44.Qh7-f5 [ 44.Qh7-f5 Ne5-f3+ 45.Kg1-f2+- ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 44.Qh7-f5 Ne5-f3+ 45.Kg1-g2 Ke8-d8 46.Rh5-h8+ Kd8-c7 47.Rh8xc8+ Kc7-b6 48.Qf5xf3 Rb7-d7 49.Bc4-b5 Rd7-c7 50.Rc8xc7 Kb6xc7 51.Bb5xd3 Kc7-d8 52.h2-h4 Nb4xd3 53.Qf3xd3 Kd8-e8 54.Qd3-b5+ Ke8-f7 55.Qb5xa5 Kf7-g7 56.Qa5-b5 Kg7-f8 57.Qb5-d7 Kf8-f7 58.a4-a5 Kf7-f8
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5.Nb1-c3 d7-d5 6.Qd1-b3 0-0 7.Bf1-g2 Qd8-b6 8.0-0 Rf8-d8 9.h2-h3 [RR 9.c4-c5 Qb6xb3 10.a2xb3 Nb8-a6 11.Bc1-f4 Nf6-d7 12.Rf1-d1 e7-e5 13.Nf3xe5 Nd7xe5 14.Bf4xe5 Bg7xe5 15.d4xe5 Bc8-f5 16.Ra1-a5 Bf5-c2 17.Rd1-d4 Bc2xb3 18.f2-f4 Bb3-c4 19.e2-e4 Na6-b4 20.e4xd5 c6xd5 21.Rd4-d2 a7-a6 22.Ra5-a4 a6-a5 23.Ra4-a3 Kg8-g7 Aronian,L (2724)-Svidler,P (2740)/ Beersheba 2005/CBM 110/½-½ (35) ; RR 9.Qb3xb6 a7xb6 10.c4xd5 Nf6xd5 11.Nc3xd5 Rd8xd5 12.Rf1-d1 Bc8-e6 13.a2-a3 Rd5-b5 14.Bg2-f1 Nb8-d7 15.e2-e3 Rb5-f5 16.Nf3-h4 Rf5-a5 17.Bc1-d2 Ra5-a4 18.Bd2-c3
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games Nd7-f6 19.Nh4-f3 Nf6-e4 20.Bc3-e1 Be6-d5 21.Bf1-g2 Bd5-b3 22.Rd1-c1 c6-c5 23.Nf3-d2 Ne4xd2 Rausis,I (2521)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2573)/ France 2007/CBM 118 ext/½-½ (45) ] 9...Bc8-e6N [RR 9...Bc8-f5 10.c4xd5 ( RR 10.c4-c5 Qb6xb3 11.a2xb3 Nb8-a6 12.Bc1-f4 Nf6-d7 13.Nc3xd5 c6xd5 14.c5-c6 Na6-b4 15.c6xb7 Ra8-b8 16.Bf4xb8 Nd7xb8 17.Ra1xa7 Nb4-c6 18.Ra7-a8 Bf5-d7 19.Rf1-c1 e7-e6 20.b3-b4 Nc6-e7 21.Rc1-c7 Bg7-f8 22.Rc7xd7 Rd8xd7 23.Ra8xb8 Ne7-c6 24.Rb8-c8 1-0 Maletin,P (2541)-Pilavov,G (2550)/Sochi 2006/ EXT 2007 ) 10...Qb6xb3 11.a2xb3 Nf6xd5 12.Bc1-g5 Nb8-a6 13.e2-e4 Nd5xc3 14.b2xc3 Bf5xe4 15.Rf1-e1 Be4xf3 16.Bg2xf3 f7-f6 17.Bg5-f4 e7-e5 18.d4xe5 Na6-c5 19.e5xf6 Bg7xf6 20.Bf4-e5 Bf6xe5 21.Re1xe5 Nc5xb3 22.Ra1-a2 Rd8-e8 23.Ra2xa7 ½-½ Loginov,V (2499)-Balashov,Y (2581)/Elista 2001/CBM 083 ] 10.Nf3-g5 Be6-f5 11.Qb3xb6 a7xb6 12.c4xd5 Nf6xd5 13.e2-e4 Nd5xc3 14.b2xc3 Bf5-d7 15.f2-f4 Nb8-a6 16.g3-g4 White plans f5 Na6-c7 Diagram (Diagram 2377) 17.f4-f5 Nc7-b5 18.Bc1-b2 last book move last book move Bg7-h6 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 18...f7-f6 19.Ng5-f3 Nb5-d6 20.Rf1-e1 Nd6-c4 21.Bb2-c1 b6-b5 22.Bg2-f1 Ra8-a4 23.Kg1-g2 Rd8-a8 24.Bf1xc4+ Ra4xc4 25.Bc1-d2 Rc4-a4 26.f5xg6 h7xg6 -0.37/14 ] 19.h3-h4 Diagram [ 19.Ng5-f3 Bh6-e3+ 20.Kg1-h1 Nb5-d6! ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 19.Ng5-f3 Diagram Bh6-e3+ 20.Kg1-h1 c6-c5 21.Rf1-e1 Be3-f4 22.Bg2-f1 Ra8-a4 23.Bb2-c1
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Bf4xc1 24.Re1xc1 Nb5-d6 25.Bf1-d3 c5-c4 26.Bd3-c2 Ra4-a3 -0.30/13 ] (Diagram 2379) 19...f7-f6∓ [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 19...f7-f6 Diagram (Diagram 2380) 20.Ng5-e6 Bd7xe6 21.f5xe6 Bh6-d2 22.Rf1-f3 Nb5-d6 23.a2-a4 Ra8-a5 24.Kg1-f2 Nd6xe4+ 25.Kf2-e2 Bd2-h6 26.Bb2-a3 Ne4-d6 27.Ba3-b4 Ra5-a8 28.Rf3-f1 Kg8-g7 29.a4-a5 -0.49/15 ]
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
r+ r +k+ +p+lpp+p pp+ +pl +n+ +PN + PP+PP + P + + PL + +L+ R + +RK
r+ r +k+ +p+lp +p pp+ ppl +n+ +PN + PP+PP + P + + PL + +L+ R + +RK
640 23.Kg1-h1 Nd6-c4 24.Rf1-f3 Be3-d2 25.Rf3-f2 Nc4xb2 26.Rf2xd2 Nb2-c4 27.Rd2-c2 Diagram 2379
r+ r +k+ +p+lp +p pp+ p + + + +P+ +nPP+ P + P + + P+R+ +LN R + + +K 2380
20.Ng5-f3 [ 20.Ng5-h3 Bh6-d2 21.Rf1-f3 Nb5-d6∓ ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 20.Ng5-e6 Bd7xe6 21.f5xe6 Bh6-d2 22.Rf1-f3 Nb5-d6 23.a2-a4 Ra8-a5 24.Kg1-f2 Nd6xe4+ 25.Kf2-e2 Bd2-h6 26.Bb2-a3 Ne4-d6 27.Ba3-b4 Ra5-a8 28.Rf3-f1 Kg8-g7 29.a4-a5 -0.47/14 ] 20...g6xf5 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 20...Bh6-e3+ 21.Kg1-h2 Nb5-d6 22.Nf3-e1 Nd6-c4 23.Ne1-d3 c6-c5 24.d4-d5 Bd7-b5 25.Rf1-f3 g6xf5 26.g4xf5 Kg8-f7 27.Bg2-f1 Rd8-g8 28.Nd3-f2 Nc4-d2 -0.77/13 ] 21.e4xf5 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 21.g4xf5 Nb5-d6 22.Nf3-h2 Bh6-e3+
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b6-b5 28.Ra1-g1 Kg8-f7 29.Nh2-g4 -0.48/13 ]
r+ r +k+ +p+lp +p pp+ p l +n+ +P+ + P +PP + P +N+ PL + +L+ R + +RK
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21...Nb5-d6 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 21...Bh6-e3+ 22.Kg1-h1 Nb5-a3 23.Bb2-c1 Be3xc1 24.Ra1xc1 h7-h5 25.g4xh5 Kg8-f7 26.d4-d5 Na3-c4 27.Nf3-d4 c6-c5 28.Nd4-e6 Rd8-h8 29.Rf1-f2 Diagram Rh8xh5 30.Rf2-f4 Nc4-e3 31.Rc1-e1 Ne3xf5 -0.58/14 ] 22.Rf1-e1 [ 22.Bg2-h3 Bh6-e3+ 23.Kg1-g2 Kg8-f7∓ ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64:
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
r+ + + r +p+lpk+ p +Np + + pP+P+P +n+ + P + P + + P+ + RL+ + R + +K
641
2383
22.g4-g5 Bh6-g7 23.Rf1-e1 Rd8-e8 24.a2-a4 Bd7xf5 25.Bg2-f1 f6xg5 26.h4xg5 Bf5-c2 27.Bf1-h3 Ra8xa4 28.Bh3-e6+ Kg8-f8 29.Ra1xa4 Bc2xa4 Diagram
+ +rk + +p+ p lp ppnL+ + + + + P l+ P + + + P +N+ L + + + + + R K
2384
30.Re1-f1 Ba4-b5 31.c3-c4 -0.50/13 ] 22...Kg8-f7 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 22...Nd6-c4 Diagram (Diagram 2385) 23.Bb2-c1 Bh6xc1 24.Ra1xc1 h7-h5 25.Bg2-f1 Nc4-d6 26.g4xh5 Kg8-f7 27.Rc1-c2 Rd8-g8+ 28.Kg1-h2 Bd7xf5 29.Rc2-e2 e7-e6 30.Bf1-h3 Bf5xh3
r+ r +k+ +p+lp +p pp+ p l + + +P+ +nP +PP + P +N+ PL + +L+ R + R K
2385
31.Kh2xh3 Nd6-f5 32.Re1-g1 Rg8xg1 33.Nf3xg1 -0.78/15 ] 23.Bg2-h3 Diagram [ 23.g4-g5 Bh6-f8∓ ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 23.g4-g5 Bh6-g7 24.Bg2-h3 Bd7xf5 25.Bh3xf5 Nd6xf5 26.a2-a4 f6xg5 27.h4xg5 c6-c5 28.Nf3-e5+ Kf7-g8 29.Ne5-f3 c5xd4 30.Nf3xd4 Bg7xd4+ 31.c3xd4 Kg8-f7 32.Re1-f1 Kf7-g6 -0.44/12 ]
r+ r + + +p+lpk+p ppn p l + + +P+ + P +PP + P +N+L PL + + + R + R K
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23...Rd8-g8 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 23...Bh6-f4 24.Bb2-c1 Bf4xc1 25.Re1xc1 Rd8-g8 26.Kg1-f2 e7-e6 27.a2-a4 e6xf5 28.g4xf5 Ra8-e8 29.Nf3-d2 Bd7xf5 30.Bh3-f1 Rg8-g4 31.Bf1-c4+ Bf5-e6
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
642
32.Bc4xe6+ Re8xe6 Diagram
+ + + + +p+ +k+p ppnrp + + + + + P+ P +rP + P + + + N K + R R + +
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33.Rc1-f1 h7-h5 34.Ra1-e1 Re6xe1 35.Rf1xe1 Rg4xh4 -1.04/13 ]
r+ + +r+ +p+lpk+p ppn p l + + +P+ + P +PP + P +N+L PL + + + R + R K
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r+ + +r+ +p+lpk+p ppn p l + + +PP + P + P + P +N+L PL + + + R + R K
r+ + r + +p+ pk+ +p+ + + + + RnPp p P + + + P + + P+ + +K+ R L + +
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24...Bh6-f4 Diagram (Diagram 2391)
24.Kg1-f2 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 24.g4-g5 Diagram (Diagram 2389) Bd7xf5 25.Bh3xf5 Nd6xf5 26.Bb2-c1 Bh6-g7 27.Kg1-f2 f6xg5 28.h4xg5 b6-b5 29.Bc1-b2 Rg8-f8 30.Kf2-g2 h7-h5 31.Bb2-c1 b5-b4 32.Nf3-e5+ Bg7xe5 33.Re1xe5 Diagram Nf5-h4+ 34.Kg2-g3 -0.63/13 ] 24...Bh6-f4 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64:
25.Bb2-c1 Bf4xc1 26.Re1xc1 e7-e6 27.a2-a4 e6xf5 28.g4xf5 Ra8-e8 29.Nf3-d2 Bd7xf5 30.Bh3-f1 Rg8-g4 31.Bf1-c4+ Bf5-e6 32.Bc4xe6+ Re8xe6 33.Rc1-f1 h7-h5 34.Ra1-e1 Re6xe1 35.Rf1xe1 Rg4xh4 -1.04/13 ] 25.Nf3-e5+? Diagram [ 25.a2-a4 Diagram e7-e6 26.Bb2-a3 e6xf5 27.Ba3xd6 Bf4xd6 28.g4-g5∓ ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 25.a2-a4 h7-h5 26.g4-g5 Nd6xf5
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
r+ + +r+ +p+lpk+p ppn p + + + +P+ + P lPP + P +N+L PL + K + R + R +
r+ + +r+ +p+lpk+p ppn p + + + +P+ P+ P lPP + P +N+L L + K + R + R +
643
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27.Re1-e2 Bf4-g3+ 28.Kf2-g2 Bg3-d6 29.Re2-e4 Nf5-g3 30.Re4-e1 Bd7xh3+ 31.Kg2xh3 Ng3-f5 32.Re1-e4 Bd6-g3 33.Kh3-g2 Kf7-g6 Diagram (Diagram 2393) 34.g5xf6 Kg6xf6 -0.93/12 ] (Diagram 2394) 25...f6xe5 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 25...f6xe5 Diagram 26.d4xe5 Nd6-c4 27.e5-e6+ Kf7-f8
r+ + +r+ +p+ p + pp+ pk+ + + +nPp P+ PR+ P + P +Nl L + +K+ R + + +
r+ + +r+ +p+lpk+p ppn p + + + NP+ + P lPP + P + +L PL + K + R + R +
r+ + +r+ +p+lpk+p ppn + + + + pP+ + P lPP + P + +L PL + K + R + R +
2393
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28.e6xd7 Nc4xb2 29.Re1-e2 Nb2-d3+
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
644
30.Kf2-f3 Bf4-c7 31.Ra1-d1 Nd3-c5 32.Re2-d2 Ra8-d8 33.g4-g5 Diagram
+ r kr+ +plPp +p pp+ + + + n +PP + + + P + P +K+L P+ R + + + +R+ +
Nd6-c4 Nc4xb2 Nb2-d3 Ra8-d8 Bc7-e5 Na4xc3
+ rLkr+ +plPp +p + + + + +p+n+PP +p+ + P P + +K+ + +R+ + + + R +
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b6-b5 34.Bh3-g4 Bc7-e5 35.Bg4-h5 Nc5-a4 36.Rd2-c2 Na4xc3 37.Rd1-e1 Be5-d4 38.Bh5-e8 b5-b4 39.g5-g6 Rg8-g7 40.Kf3-g4 Bd4-b6 41.Kg4-g5 Bb6-c7 42.a2-a3 -2.19/14 ] 26.d4xe5 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 26.d4xe5 Diagram
r+ + +r+ +p+lpk+p ppn + + + + PP+ + + lPP + P + +L PL + K + R + R +
Nc3-d5 39.Rc2-e2 c6-c5 40.a2-a3 c5-c4 -2.47/16 Diagram
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27.e5-e6+ Kf7-f8 28.e6xd7 29.Kf2-f3 Bf4-c7 30.Re1-e2 31.Ra1-d1 Nd3-c5 32.Re2-d2 33.g4-g5 b6-b5 34.Bh3-g4 35.Bg4-h5 Nc5-a4 36.Bh5-e8 37.Rd1-e1 Be5-c7 38.Rd2-c2
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]
r+ + +r+ +p+lpk+p ppn + + + + PP+ + + lPP + P + +L PL + K + R + R +
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26...Nd6-c4 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 26...Nd6-c4 27.e5-e6+ Kf7-f8 28.e6xd7 Nc4xb2 29.Kf2-f3 Bf4-c7 30.Re1-e2 Nb2-d3 31.Ra1-d1 Nd3-c5 32.Re2-d2 Diagram (Diagram 2400) Ra8-d8 33.Bh3-f1 Bc7-d6 34.Bf1-c4 Rg8-h8 35.Bc4-e6 Nc5xd7 36.Be6xd7 Rd8xd7 37.c3-c4 Kf8-f7 38.Rd1-b1 e7-e6 39.f5xe6+ Kf7xe6 40.Rb1xb6
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
r+ + kr+ +plPp +p pp+ + + + n +P+ + + +PP + P +K+L P+ R + + + +R+ +
645
2400
r+ + kr+ +p+Pp +p pp+ + + + + +P+ +n+ lPP + P + +L PL + K + R + R +
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Rh8-f8+ 41.Kf3-g2 Rf8-f4 -2.45/16 ]
r+ + +r+ +p+lpk+p pp+ + + + + PP+ +n+ lPP + P + +L PL + K + R + R +
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27.e5-e6+ Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 27.e5-e6+ Kf7-f8 28.e6xd7 Diagram (Diagram 2402) Nc4xb2 29.Kf2-f3 Bf4-c7 30.Re1-e2 Nb2-d3 31.Ra1-d1 Nd3-c5 32.Re2-d2 Diagram Ra8-d8 33.g4-g5 b6-b5 34.Bh3-g4 Bc7-e5 35.Bg4-h5 Nc5-a4 36.Rd2-c2 Na4xc3 37.Rd1-e1 Be5-d4 38.Bh5-e8 b5-b4 39.Kf3-g4 -2.35/15 ] 27...Kf7-f8 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro
r+ + kr+ +plPp +p pp+ + + + n +P+ + + +PP + P +K+L P+ R + + + +R+ +
r+ + +r+ +p+lpk+p pp+P+ + + + +P+ +n+ lPP + P + +L PL + K + R + R + x64: 27...Kf7-f8 Diagram
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Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
r+ + kr+ +p+lp +p pp+P+ + + + +P+ +n+ lPP + P + +L PL + K + R + R +
646
2405
28.e6xd7 Nc4xb2 29.Kf2-f3 Bf4-c7 30.Re1-e2 Nb2-d3 31.Ra1-d1 Nd3-c5 32.Bh3-f1 Bc7-d6 33.f5-f6 Ra8-d8 34.g4-g5 Rd8xd7 35.Re2-d2 Rd7-d8 36.Bf1-h3 Kf8-f7 37.Bh3-f5 Rg8-h8 38.Kf3-g4 b6-b5 -2.12/16 ]
r+ + kr+ +p+lp +p pp+P+ + + + +P+ +n+ lPP + P + +L PL + K + R + R +
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28.e6xd7 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 28.e6xd7 Nc4xb2 29.Kf2-f3 Bf4-c7 30.Re1-e2 Nb2-d3 31.Ra1-d1 Nd3-c5 32.Bh3-f1 Bc7-d6 33.f5-f6 Ra8-d8 34.g4-g5 Diagram Rd8xd7 35.Re2-d2 Rd7-d8 36.Bf1-h3 Kf8-f7 37.Bh3-f5 Rg8-h8 38.Kf3-g4 b6-b5 -2.23/14 ] 28...Nc4xb2 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64:
+ r kr+ +p+Pp +p ppl P + + n + P + + + P + P +K+ P+ +R+ + + +R+L+
r+ + kr+ +p+Pp +p pp+ + + + + +P+ +n+ lPP + P + +L PL + K + R + R +
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28...Nc4xb2 29.Kf2-f3 Diagram (Diagram 2409) Bf4-c7 30.Re1-e2 Nb2-d3 31.Ra1-d1 Nd3-c5 32.Re2-d2 Ra8-d8 33.g4-g5 b6-b5 34.a2-a3 Bc7-e5 35.Bh3-f1 Be5-d6 36.f5-f6 Rd8xd7 37.Bf1-h3 Rd7-d8 -1.89/12 ] 29.Re1-e4 Diagram [ 29.Kf2-f3 Bf4-c7 30.Re1-e2 Nb2-d3-+ ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 29.Kf2-f3 Bf4-c7 30.Re1-e2 Nb2-d3 31.Ra1-d1 Nd3-c5 32.Bh3-f1 Bc7-d6 33.f5-f6 Ra8-d8 34.g4-g5 Rd8xd7 35.Re2-d2 Rd7-d8 36.Bf1-h3 Kf8-f7
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
r+ + kr+ +p+Pp +p pp+ + + + + +P+ + + lPP + P +K+L Pn + + + R + R +
647
2409
r+ + kr+ +p+Pp +p pp+ + + + + +P+ + +RlPP + P + +L Pn + K + R + + +
2411
37.Bh3-f5 Rg8-h8 Diagram
+ r + r +p+ pk+p ppl P + + n +LP + + + P + P +K+ P+ R + + + +R+ +
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38.Kf3-g4 b6-b5 -2.16/13 ]
r+ + kr+ +p+Pp +p ppl + + + + +P+ + +R+PP + P + +L Pn + K + R + + +
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34.Kd4-d3 Nc4-e5+ 35.Kd3-c2 e7xf6 36.Ra1-f1 Rg8-g6 37.Bh3-f5 Rg6-g7 38.Re4-e2 Ra8xa2+ Diagram
(Diagram 2411) (Diagram 2413) 29...Bf4-d6 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 29...Bf4-c7 30.Bh3-f1 Nb2-a4 31.f5-f6 e7-e5 32.g4-g5 Na4xc3 33.Re4-e1 Ra8-d8 34.Bf1-h3 Kf8-f7 35.Bh3-g4 e5-e4 36.Re1-e3 Bc7-e5 37.Bg4-h5+ Kf7-e6 38.Bh5-e8 Rg8-f8 39.Ra1-e1 b6-b5 -2.48/13 ] 30.Kf2-e3 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 30.Kf2-e3 b6-b5 31.g4-g5 Kf8-f7 32.f5-f6 Nb2-c4+ 33.Ke3-d4 c6-c5+
39.Kc2-b3 Ra2-a8 40.g5xf6 c5-c4+ 41.Kb3-c2 -1.98/12 ] 30...b6-b5 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 30...Bd6-c5+ 31.Ke3-d2 b6-b5 32.g4-g5 Nb2-c4+ Diagram 33.Kd2-e2 Nc4-d6 34.Re4-e5 Bc5-b6 35.f5-f6 e7xf6 36.Re5-e6 Diagram Nd6-c4 37.Re6xf6+ Kf8-e7 38.Rf6-h6 Rg8-h8 -1.98/13 ] 31.Ra1-b1 Diagram
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
+ + + + +p+P+krp + l p + +pp nLP + + + P + P + + r+K+R+ + + + +R+
r+ + kr+ +p+Pp +p +p+ + + +pl +PP +n+R+ P + P + +L P+ K + + R + + +
r+ + kr+ +p+P+ +p lpnRp + +p+ + P + + + P + P + +L P+ +K+ + R + + + [ 31.g4-g5 Nb2-c4+ 32.Ke3-e2
648 Nc4-e5-+ ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 31.g4-g5 Nb2-c4+ 32.Ke3-d4 Ra8-d8 33.f5-f6 e7xf6 34.Ra1-f1 Diagram 2413
+ r kr+ +p+P+ +p +pl p + +p+ + P +nKR+ P + P + +L P+ + + + + + +R+ 2414
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Rg8-g6 35.Bh3-f5 Bd6-e7 36.Kd4-d3 Diagram
+ r k + +p+Pl +p +p+ pr+ +p+ +LP +n+R+ P + PK+ + P+ + + + + + +R+
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Rg6-g7 37.Bf5-e6 b7-b6 38.Be6-f5 -1.83/12 ] (Diagram 2418) 31...Nb2-c4+ [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 31...Nb2-c4+ Diagram 32.Re4xc4 b5xc4 33.Rb1xb7 Kf8-g7 34.Bh3-g2 Kg7-f6 35.g4-g5+ Kf6-e5 36.Bg2xc6 Bd6-c5+ 37.Ke3-f3 Ra8-a3
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
r+ + kr+ +p+Pp +p +pl + + +p+ +P+ + +R+PP + P K +L Pn + + + +R+ + +
r+ + kr+ +p+Pp +p +pl + + +p+ +P+ +n+R+PP + P K +L P+ + + + +R+ + +
649
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38.Rb7-c7 Ra3xc3+ 39.Kf3-g4 Bc5-b6 40.Rc7-c8 Bb6-d8 41.Bc6-a4 h7-h6 42.Rc8-c6 h6xg5 43.h4xg5 Rc3-c1 44.Rc6-e6+ Ke5-d4 45.g5-g6 c4-c3 46.Ba4-b3 c3-c2 47.Re6-c6 Rc1-g1+ 48.Kg4-f3 Rg1-f1+ 49.Kf3-e2 -2.70/16 ] 32.Re4xc4 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 32.Re4xc4 Diagram (Diagram 2420) b5xc4 33.Rb1xb7 Kf8-g7 34.Bh3-f1 Kg7-f6 35.g4-g5+ Kf6xf5 36.Bf1xc4 Rg8-d8 37.Bc4-d3+ Kf5-e6 38.Bd3-c4+ Ke6-e5 39.Bc4-d3
r+ + kr+ +p+Pp +p +pl + + +p+ +P+ +R+ +PP + P K +L P+ + + + +R+ + +
2420
Bd6-c5+ 40.Ke3-f3 Ra8-a4 41.Kf3-g3 Ke5-d6 42.Bd3xh7 Rd8xd7 43.Rb7xd7+ Kd6xd7 44.h4-h5 Bc5-d6+ 45.Kg3-h3 Ra4xa2 46.h5-h6 Bd6-e5 47.Bh7-b1 Ra2-b2 48.Bb1-d3 Be5xc3 49.h6-h7 Kd7-e6 50.Kh3-g4 Rb2-g2+ 51.Kg4-h5 -2.82/16 Diagram
+ + + + + + p +P +p+k+ + + + + PK + + + + + lL+ + + + +r+ + + + +
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] 32...b5xc4 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 32...b5xc4 33.Rb1xb7 Kf8-g7 34.g4-g5 Rg8-d8 35.Bh3-g2 Ra8xa2 36.Bg2xc6 Ra2-h2 37.Ke3-d4 Rh2xh4+ 38.Bc6-e4 Rh4-g4 39.Kd4-d5 Rg4xg5 40.Kd5xc4 Kg7-f6 41.Kc4-d5 Rg5-g4 42.c3-c4 h7-h5
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
650
43.Be4-b1 Rg4-g2 44.c4-c5 Rg2-d2+ 45.Kd5-c4 Bd6xc5 46.Kc4xc5 Rd8xd7 47.Rb7-b6+ Kf6-e5 48.Rb6-e6+ Ke5-f4 49.f5-f6 Rd2-d5+ 50.Kc5-c4 Rd5-d4+ 51.Kc4-c5 e7xf6 52.Re6xf6+ Kf4-g5 -2.40/13 Diagram
+ + + + + +r+ + + + R + + K + kp + r + + + + + + + + + + +L+ + +
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47.Bb1-d3 Rb2-d2 48.Bd3-f5+ e7-e6 -2.71/14 ] 33...Kf8-g7 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 33...Kf8-g7 34.Bh3-f1 Diagram
] 33.Rb1xb7 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 33.Rb1xb7 Diagram
r+ + kr+ +R+Pp +p +pl + + + + +P+ +p+ +PP + P K +L P+ + + + + + + +
+ + + + + +kp +L +pl + + + + + PP + + + + + P + +K r+ + + + + + + +
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Kf8-g7 34.Bh3-f1 Kg7-f6 35.g4-g5+ Kf6xf5 36.Bf1xc4 Rg8-d8 37.Bc4-d3+ Kf5-e6 38.Bd3-c2 Bd6-c5+ 39.Ke3-f4 Ke6-d6 40.Bc2xh7 Ra8-a4+ 41.Kf4-g3 Rd8xd7 42.Rb7xd7+ Kd6xd7 43.h4-h5 Bc5-d6+ 44.Kg3-h3 Ra4xa2 Diagram 45.h5-h6 Bd6-e5 46.Bh7-b1 Ra2-b2
r+ + +r+ +R+Pp kp +pl + + + + +P+ +p+ +PP + P K + P+ + + + + + +L+
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Kg7-f6 35.g4-g5+ Kf6xf5 36.Bf1xc4 Rg8-d8 37.Bc4-d3+ Kf5-e6 38.Bd3-c4+ Ke6-e5 39.Bc4-d3 Bd6-c5+ 40.Ke3-f3 Ra8-a4 41.Kf3-g3 Ra4-a7 42.Rb7-b2 Ra7-a3 43.Rb2-e2+ Ke5-d6 44.Re2-c2 Bc5-d4 45.Bd3xh7 Rd8xd7 46.Bh7-f5 e7-e6 -2.50/16 ] 34.Bh3-g2 Diagram [ 34.g4-g5 a fruitless try to alter the course of the game Rg8-d8 35.a2-a4 Ra8xa4-+ ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64:
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
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34.g4-g5 Rg8-d8 35.h4-h5 Ra8xa2 36.h5-h6+ Kg7-f8 37.Bh3-f1 Ra2-h2 38.Bf1xc4 Rh2-h3+ 39.Ke3-e4 Rh3-h4+ 40.Ke4-d3 Rh4-h5 41.Bc4-e6 Rh5xg5 42.Rb7-b6 Rg5-g3+ Diagram
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46.Ba4-b3 c3-c2 47.Re6-c6 Rc1-g1+ 48.Kg4-f3 Rg1-f1+ 49.Kf3-e2 -2.57/16 ] 35.g4-g5+ Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 35.g4-g5+ Kf6-e5 36.Bg2xc6 Bd6-c5+ 37.Ke3-f3 Ra8-a3 38.Rb7-c7 Ra3xc3+ 39.Kf3-g4 Bc5-b6 40.Rc7-c8 Bb6-d8 41.Bc6-a4 h7-h6 42.Rc8-c6 h6xg5 43.h4xg5 Diagram
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43.Kd3-d4 c6-c5+ 44.Kd4-c4 Rg3-h3 45.f5-f6 Rh3xh6 -2.52/14 ]
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34...Kg7-f6 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 34...Kg7-f6 35.g4-g5+ Kf6-e5 36.Bg2xc6 Bd6-c5+ 37.Ke3-f3 Ra8-a3 38.Rb7-c7 Ra3xc3+ 39.Kf3-g4 Bc5-b6 40.Rc7-c8 Bb6-d8 41.Bc6-a4 h7-h6 42.Rc8-c6 h6xg5 43.h4xg5 Rc3-c1 44.Rc6-e6+ Ke5-d4 45.g5-g6 c4-c3
Rc3-c1 44.Rc6-e6+ Ke5-d4 45.g5-g6 c4-c3 46.Ba4-b3 c3-c2 47.Re6-c6 Rc1-g1+ 48.Kg4-f3 Rg1-f1+ 49.Kf3-e2 -2.71/14 ] (Diagram 2429) 35...Kf6xf5 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 35...Kf6-e5 36.Bg2xc6 Bd6-c5+ 37.Ke3-f3 Ra8-a3 38.Rb7-c7 Ra3xc3+ 39.Kf3-g4 Bc5-b6 40.Rc7-c8 Bb6-d8 41.Bc6-a4 h7-h6 42.Rc8-c6 h6xg5 43.h4xg5 Rc3-c1 44.Rc6-e6+ Diagram (Diagram 2430) Ke5-d4 45.g5-g6 c4-c3 46.Ba4-b3 c3-c2 47.Re6-c6 Rc1-g1+ 48.Kg4-f3 Rg1-f1+ 49.Kf3-e2 -2.57/15 ] 36.Bg2xc6 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 36.Bg2xc6 Diagram
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
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Ra8xa2 37.Bc6-d5 Bd6-c5+ 38.Ke3-f3 Rg8-f8 39.Bd5xc4 Ra2-f2+ 40.Kf3-g3 Rf2-f4 41.Bc4-d3+ Kf5-e6 42.d7-d8N+ Rf8xd8 43.Kg3xf4 Rd8xd3 44.Rb7-b3 Bc5-d4 45.h4-h5 Bd4xc3 46.Kf4-g4 Rd3-d4+ 47.Kg4-f3 Bc3-b4 48.g5-g6 h7xg6 49.h5xg6 Ke6-f6 50.Kf3-e3 Bb4-c5 -2.67/14 ] 36...Ra8-b8 [ 36...Ra8xa2 might be the shorter path 37.Bc6-e4+ Kf5-e6 38.Ke3-d4 Bd6-e5+ 39.Kd4xc4 Ra2-a4+ 40.Kc4-d3-+ ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 36...Ra8xa2 37.Bc6-e4+ Kf5-e6 38.Be4xh7 Rg8-f8 39.Ke3-d4 Ra2-h2 -2.39/14 ] 37.Ke3-d4 Diagram [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 37.Rb7xb8 Rg8xb8 38.Ke3-d4 Bd6-g3 39.h4-h5 Kf5xg5 40.a2-a4 Bg3-c7 41.Kd4xc4 e7-e6 42.Bc6-b5 Kg5-f6 43.Kc4-b4 Kf6-e7 44.c3-c4 Ke7-d8 45.c4-c5 Rb8-a8 46.c5-c6 h7-h6 47.Kb4-c5 Ra8-a5 48.Kc5-d4 -2.18/14 ] (Diagram 2433) 37...Kf5-g4 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 37...Rb8xb7 38.Bc6xb7 Bd6-g3 39.h4-h5 Kf5xg5 40.Kd4xc4 e7-e6 41.a2-a4 Kg5-f6 42.a4-a5 Kf6-e7 43.Bb7-c6 Ke7-d6 44.Bc6-b5 Diagram
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
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48.Bc6-h1 h5-h4 49.a4-a5 Kf6-e6 50.Bh1-c6 Rg3-b3+ 51.Kb5-c4 Diagram 2434
Kd6-c7 45.a5-a6 Bg3-f2 46.Kc4-b4 Rg8-d8 47.c3-c4 -1.91/14 ] 38.a2-a4 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 38.g5-g6 h7xg6 39.Kd4xc4 Rb8xb7 40.Bc6xb7 Rg8-d8 41.Bb7-c8 Kg4xh4 42.Kc4-d5 Bd6-a3 43.c3-c4 Kh4-g5 44.c4-c5 e7-e6+ 45.Kd5-d6 Kg5-f6 46.Kd6-c7 Kf6-e7 47.c5-c6 Ba3-d6+ 48.Kc7-b6 -1.57/14 ] 38...Kg4xh4 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 38...Rb8xb7 Diagram 39.Bc6xb7 Bd6-c7 40.Kd4xc4 Kg4xh4 41.Kc4-b5 Rg8xg5+ 42.Kb5-c6 Bc7-d8 43.c3-c4 Rg5-g6+ 44.Kc6-c5 Kh4-g5 45.Bb7-c6 Kg5-f6 46.Kc5-b5 h7-h5 47.c4-c5 Rg6-g3
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Rb3-b8 52.a5-a6 -2.53/14 ] 39.a4-a5 [ 39.g5-g6 h7xg6 40.Rb7xb8 Bd6xb8 41.a4-a5-+ ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 39.g5-g6 Diagram (Diagram 2437) Rb8xb7 40.Bc6xb7 h7xg6 41.a4-a5 Rg8-d8 42.Bb7-c6 Kh4-g5 43.Kd4xc4 Kg5-f6 44.a5-a6 Bd6-b8 45.Bc6-b5 e7-e5 46.Kc4-c5 Kf6-e7 47.c3-c4 e5-e4 48.Kc5-d4 Bb8-a7+ 49.Kd4xe4
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
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Ke7-d6 50.Bb5-a4 Kd6-c7 51.Ke4-d5 g6-g5 52.c4-c5 g5-g4 -1.94/13 ] 39...Rb8xb7 [Not 39...Kh4xg5 40.a5-a6 Rb8xb7 41.Bc6xb7-+ Diagram
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; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 39...Rb8xb7 40.Bc6xb7 Kh4xg5 41.Kd4xc4 Kg5-f6 42.Kc4-b5 Bd6-b8 43.c3-c4 Rg8-d8 44.Bb7-c6 h7-h5 45.Kb5-b6 e7-e5 46.Kb6-b7 Bb8-d6 47.Kb7-b6 Rd8-b8+ 48.Bc6-b7 Kf6-e7 49.Kb6-c6 Rb8-d8 50.c4-c5 Bd6-b8 51.Bb7-c8 e5-e4 -2.85/13 ] 40.Bc6xb7 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 40.Bc6xb7 Kh4xg5 41.Kd4xc4 Kg5-f6 42.Kc4-b5
Bd6-b8 43.c3-c4 Rg8-d8 44.Bb7-c6 h7-h5 45.Kb5-b6 e7-e5 46.Kb6-b7 Bb8-d6 47.Kb7-b6 Rd8-b8+ 48.Bc6-b7 Kf6-e7 49.Kb6-c6 Rb8-d8 50.c4-c5 Bd6-b8 51.Bb7-c8 e5-e4 -2.83/14 ] 40...Kh4xg5 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 40...Kh4xg5 41.Kd4xc4 Kg5-f6 42.Kc4-b5 Bd6-b8 43.c3-c4 Rg8-d8 44.Bb7-c6 h7-h5 45.Kb5-b6 e7-e5 46.Kb6-b7 Bb8-d6 47.Kb7-b6 Rd8-b8+ 48.Bc6-b7 Kf6-e7 49.Kb6-c6 Rb8-d8 50.c4-c5 Bd6-b8 51.Bb7-c8 e5-e4 -2.65/15 ] 41.a5-a6 [ 41.Kd4xc4 doesn't change the outcome of the game Kg5-f6-+ ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 41.Kd4xc4 Kg5-f6 42.Kc4-b5 Bd6-b8 43.Kb5-b6 e7-e5 44.Bb7-c6 Kf6-e7 45.c3-c4 e5-e4 46.Bc6xe4 Ke7xd7 47.a5-a6 Bb8-c7+ 48.Kb6-b5 Rg8-b8+ 49.Be4-b7 h7-h5 50.c4-c5 Rb8xb7+ 51.a6xb7 h5-h4 52.Kb5-c4 Kd7-c6 53.Kc4-d4 Kc6xb7 -3.03/13 ] 41...Bd6-b8 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 41...Bd6-b8 42.Kd4xc4 Kg5-f6 43.Bb7-c8 h7-h5 44.Kc4-b5 h5-h4 45.Kb5-b6 h4-h3 46.d7-d8R Rg8xd8 47.Bc8xh3 e7-e5 48.Bh3-g2 Rd8-d2 49.Bg2-e4 Rd2-b2+ 50.Kb6-c6 Bb8-a7 51.Be4-d3 Rb2-b8 52.Kc6-c7 Kf6-e6 53.Bd3-e4 -3.02/13 ] 42.Kd4xc4 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 42.Kd4xc4 Kg5-f6 43.Kc4-c5 e7-e5 44.Kc5-b6 Kf6-e7 45.Bb7-d5 Rg8-d8 46.Bd5-c6 h7-h5 47.Kb6-b7 h5-h4 48.c3-c4 Ke7-d6 49.Bc6-g2 Kd6xd7 50.c4-c5 Rd8-g8 51.Bg2-h3+ Kd7-e7 52.c5-c6 e5-e4 53.Bh3-c8 Bb8-a7 54.Bc8-d7 Ba7-e3 55.Bd7-f5 Ke7-d6 56.c6-c7 Rg8-g7 -3.26/14 ] 42...Kg5-f6 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 42...Kg5-f6 43.Kc4-c5 e7-e5 44.Bb7-e4 h7-h5 45.c3-c4 h5-h4 46.Kc5-c6 Kf6-e7 47.c4-c5 Ke7-d8 48.Be4-f5 Rg8-g5 49.Bf5-h3 Rg5-g3 50.Bh3-e6 h4-h3 51.Kc6-b7 h3-h2 52.Be6-d5 Kd8xd7
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games 53.Kb7xb8 Rg3-b3+ 54.Bd5xb3 h2-h1Q -2.92/12 ] 43.Kc4-b5 [ 43.Bb7-c6 does not save the day e7-e5-+ ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 43.Bb7-c8 h7-h5 44.Kc4-b5 h5-h4 45.Kb5-b6 h4-h3 46.d7-d8R Rg8xd8 47.Bc8xh3 e7-e5 48.Bh3-g2 Rd8-d2 49.Kb6-b7 Rd2-b2+ 50.Kb7-a8 Bb8-c7 51.Bg2-e4 Rb2-b8+ 52.Ka8-a7 Kf6-e6 53.c3-c4 Ke6-d6 -3.26/13 ] 43...e7-e5 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 43...e7-e5 44.Bb7-e4 h7-h5 45.Kb5-b6 Kf6-e7 46.Be4-f5 h5-h4 47.c3-c4 e5-e4 48.Bf5xe4 Ke7xd7 49.c4-c5 Bb8-c7+ 50.Kb6-b5 Rg8-b8+ 51.Kb5-c4 Rb8-e8 52.Be4-f5+ Kd7-e7 53.Bf5-g4 Re8-a8 54.Kc4-b5 Ra8-a7 55.Bg4-f5 Ke7-d8 56.Bf5-h3 Bc7-b8 57.Kb5-b6 -3.34/13 ] 44.Kb5-b6 [ 44.Bb7-e4 cannot undo what has already been done Rg8-d8 45.Kb5-c6 Kf6-e6-+ ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 44.Bb7-e4 h7-h5 45.Kb5-b6 Kf6-e7 46.Be4-f5 h5-h4 47.c3-c4 e5-e4 48.Bf5xe4 Ke7xd7 49.c4-c5 Bb8-c7+ 50.Kb6-b5 Rg8-b8+ 51.Kb5-c4 Rb8-e8 52.Be4-f5+ Kd7-e7 53.Bf5-g4 Re8-a8 54.Kc4-b5 Ra8-a7 55.Bg4-f5 Ke7-d8 56.Bf5-h3 Bc7-b8 57.Kb5-b6 -3.41/14 ] 44...Kf6-e7 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 44...Kf6-e7 45.Bb7-d5 Rg8-d8 46.Bd5-c6 h7-h5 47.Kb6-b7 h5-h4 48.c3-c4 Ke7-d6 49.Bc6-g2 Kd6xd7 50.c4-c5 Kd7-e6 51.Bg2-h3+ Ke6-d5 52.c5-c6 e5-e4 53.c6-c7 Bb8xc7 54.Kb7xc7 Rd8-a8 55.Kc7-b6 Ra8-b8+ 56.Kb6-c7 -3.31/12 ] 45.Bb7-c8 [ 45.Bb7-e4 doesn't change anything anymore Ke7xd7 46.Be4xh7 Rg8-g7-+ ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 45.Bb7-d5 Rg8-d8 46.Bd5-c6 h7-h5 47.Kb6-b7 h5-h4 48.c3-c4 Ke7-d6 49.Bc6-g2 Kd6xd7 50.c4-c5 Kd7-e6 51.Bg2-h3+ Ke6-d5 52.c5-c6 e5-e4 53.c6-c7 Bb8xc7 54.Kb7xc7 Rd8-a8
655 55.Kc7-b6 Ra8-b8+ 56.Kb6-c7 -3.38/13 ] 45...Rg8-g2 [ 45...Rg8-g2 46.Kb6-c5 Ke7-d8-+ ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 45...Rg8-g2 46.Kb6-c5 Ke7-d8 47.Bc8-b7 Bb8-a7+ 48.Kc5-d5 Kd8xd7 49.Kd5xe5 Rg2-g6 50.Ke5-f5 Kd7-c7 51.c3-c4 Kc7-b6 52.Kf5-f4 Kb6-c5 53.Kf4-f5 Kc5xc4 54.Bb7-f3 Kc4-c5 55.Bf3-e2 Rg6-g8 56.Be2-d1 Kc5-b6 -4.86/13 ] 0-1
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Ivan Sokolov Vassily Ivanchuk Corus Wijk aan Zee NED (2) 15.01.2006 E12: Queen's Indian: Unusual White 4th moves, 4 a3, 4 Nc3 Bb7 5 a3 and 4 Nc3 Bb7 1.d2-d4 Ng8-f6 2.c2-c4 e7-e6 3.Ng1-f3 b7-b6 4.Nb1-c3 Bf8-b4 Diagram
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5.Qd1-b3 c7-c5 6.a2-a3 Bb4-a5 7.Bc1-g5 Bc8-b7 8.d4xc5 [RR 8.e2-e3 0-0 9.Ra1-d1 d7-d5 10.Bf1-e2 Nb8-d7 11.0-0 c5xd4 12.Nc3-b5 h7-h6 13.Bg5-h4 Nd7-c5 14.Qb3-c2 d4-d3 15.Be2xd3 Nc5xd3
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games 16.Rd1xd3 a7-a6 17.c4xd5 a6xb5 18.d5xe6 Qd8-e8 19.Bh4xf6 f7xe6 20.Bf6-e5 Bb7-e4 21.Rd3-d7 Be4xc2 22.Rd7xg7+ Kg8-h8 Bareev,E (2707)Adams,M (2742)/Wijk aan Zee 2002/ CBM 087/½-½ ] 8...Nb8-a6 9.c5-c6 d7xc6N [RR 9...Bb7xc6 10.Qb3-c2 Ba5xc3+ 11.Qc2xc3 Na6-c5 12.Nf3-d2 0-0 13.f2-f3 e6-e5 (RR 13...h7-h6 14.Bg5-h4 d7-d6 15.b2-b4 Nc5-d7 16.e2-e3 a7-a5 17.Bf1-d3 a5xb4 18.a3xb4 Ra8xa1+ 19.Qc3xa1 Qd8-c7 20.0-0 Rf8-a8 21.Qa1-c3 Bc6-b7 22.Rf1-a1 Ra8xa1+ 23.Qc3xa1 d6-d5 24.Bh4-g3 Qc7-c8 25.Qa1-b2 Qc8-a8 26.c4xd5 Nf6xd5 27.e3-e4 Nd5-e7 28.Nd2-c4 Sokolov,I (2696)-Macieja,B (2592)/ Stepanakert 2005/CBM 110/1-0 (40) ) 14.e2-e4 (RR 14.e2-e3 Rf8-e8 15.b2-b4 Nc5-e6 16.Bg5-h4 Nf6-e4 17.Bh4xd8 Ne4xc3 18.Bd8-h4 a7-a5 19.b4-b5 Bc6-b7 20.Ra1-c1 Nc3-a4 21.Bf1-e2 Na4-c5 22.0-0 f7-f5 23.Rf1-d1 g7-g5 ½-½ Korotylev,A (2609)-Eljanov,P (2655)/Moscow 2006/ CBM 112 ) 14...Rf8-e8 15.Bg5-e3 d7-d6 16.Bf1-e2 Nf6-h5 17.g2-g3 Qd8-d7 18.Nd2-b3 Qd7-h3 19.Be2-f1 Qh3-e6 20.Nb3xc5 d6xc5 21.0-0-0 a7-a5 22.Bf1-e2 Ra8-d8 23.Rd1xd8 Re8xd8 24.Rh1-d1 Macieja,B (2592)Efimenko,Z (2637)/Khanty Mansiysk 2005/CBM 111/0-1 (46) ] 10.Qb3-c2 c6-c5 11.Ra1-d1 Qd8-c7 12.Bg5xf6 g7xf6 13.g2-g3 Ke8-e7 14.Bf1-g2 Na6-b4 15.Qc2-b3 Nb4-c6 16.0-0 Ra8-d8 17.Nc3-e4 Diagram
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Rd8xd1+ 21.Qb3xd1 Qc7-b8 22.Qd1-c1 a7-a6 23.Nb5-c3 Ba5xc3 24.Qc1xc3 Qb8-d8 25.Qc3-c2 Ke7-f8 26.e2-e4 f5xe4 27.Qc2xe4 Qd8-d1+ 28.Bg2-f1 Nc6-d4 29.Qe4xb7 Nd4xf3+ 30.Kg1-g2 0.18/14 Diagram
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] 18.Qb3-e3 [ 18.Qb3-c2!?$ Diagram (Diagram 2442)
(Diagram 2440) last book move last book move h7-h6 Covers g5 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 17...f6-f5 18.Ne4-c3 Rd8xd1 19.Rf1xd1 Rh8-d8 20.Nc3-b5
should not be overlooked ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 18.e2-e3 Rd8xd1 19.Rf1xd1 Rh8-d8 20.Rd1xd8 Nc6xd8 21.Qb3-c2 Qc7-d7 22.g3-g4 Bb7xe4 23.Qc2xe4 Qd7-d1+ 24.Bg2-f1 Qd1-c1
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
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25.Qe4-a8 Qc1xb2 26.Qa8xa7+ Ke7-e8 27.Qa7-c7 Qb2xa3 28.Qc7-f4 Qa3-b2 29.Qf4xh6 Nd8-c6 30.Qh6-h7 Ke8-f8 0.11/14 Diagram
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23.Rf1xd1 Ne5xc4 24.Qe3-b3 Nc4-d6 25.Qb3-a4 Rh8-d8 26.h2-h3 c5-c4 27.Nf3-d4 Ke7-f8 28.Nd4-c6 b6-b5 -0.31/12 ] 19...Qc7xe5 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 19...Qc7xe5 Diagram
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20.b2-b3 f6-f5 21.f2-f4 Qe5-b2 22.Rd1-b1 Qb2-d4 23.Qe3xd4 c5xd4 24.Ne4-f2 Bb7xg2 25.Kg1xg2 Ba5-d2 26.Nf2-d3 Bd2-e3 27.Nd3-e5 Rd8-c8 28.Rb1-d1 Rh8-g8 29.Ne5-f3 Rc8-d8 30.Nf3-e5 Rd8-c8 31.Ne5-f3 0.01/13 Diagram (Diagram 2445) ] 20.Rd1xd8 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 20.b2-b3 Diagram (Diagram 2446)
] 18...Nc6-e5 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 18...Nc6-e5 19.Nf3xe5 Qc7xe5 20.b2-b3 f6-f5 21.f2-f4 Qe5-b2 22.Rd1-b1 Qb2-d4 23.Qe3xd4 c5xd4 24.Ne4-f2 Bb7xg2 25.Kg1xg2 Ba5-d2 26.Nf2-d3 Bd2-e3 27.Nd3-e5 Rd8-c8 28.Rb1-d1 Rh8-g8 29.Ne5-f3 Rc8-d8 30.Nf3-e5 Rd8-c8 31.Ne5-f3 0.02/15 ] 19.Nf3xe5 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 19.Ne4-d2 Ba5xd2 20.Nf3xd2 Bb7xg2 21.Kg1xg2 Rd8-d4 22.Nd2-f3 Rd4xd1
f6-f5 21.f2-f4 Qe5-b2 22.Ne4-f2 Bb7xg2 23.Kg1xg2 Rh8-g8 24.Qe3-f3 Ke7-f6 25.a3-a4 Kf6-g7 26.Rd1-b1 Qb2-a2 27.Rf1-d1 Qa2-c2 28.Nf2-d3 Ba5-c3 -0.07/12 ] 20...Rh8xd8 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 20...Rh8xd8 21.Ne4xf6 Qe5xe3 22.f2xe3 Bb7-a6 23.Nf6-g4 Rd8-d2 24.Ng4xh6 f7-f5 25.b2-b3 Rd2xe2 26.Rf1-f2 Re2-e1+ 27.Rf2-f1 Re1xf1+ Diagram
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
+r+ +r+ p + kp+ p +p+ p + + +p+ +Pp P + PP+ lNP + +P+KP + +R+R+
+ r + r pl+ kp+ p +pp p l p q + +P+N+ + PP+ Q P + +PPLP + +R+RK
+ + + + p + k + lp +p+ N l p +p+ +P+ + + PP+ P P + + +LP + + +rK
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30.Nh6-g8 f5xg4 31.Ng8-e7+ Kg6-g5 32.Kf1-f2 Ba5-d2 33.Ne7-c6 Bd2-c1 34.a3-a4 Ba6-b7 35.Nc6xa7 Bb7xg2 36.Kf2xg2 Bc1xe3 -0.14/17 ] 21.Ne4xf6 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 21.Ne4xf6 Qe5xe3 22.f2xe3 Bb7-a6 23.Nf6-g4 Ba5-d2 24.Kg1-f2 Ba6xc4 25.Ng4-e5 Bc4-d5 26.g3-g4 Ke7-f6 27.Ne5-c6 Bd5xc6 28.Bg2xc6 Kf6-e5 29.Kf2-f3 c5-c4 Diagram
+ r + + p + +p+ pL+p+ p + + k + +p+ +P+ P + PK+ P lP+ P + + +R+
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30.a3-a4 f7-f5 -0.26/16 ] (Diagram 2449)
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28.Kg1xf1 Ke7-f6 29.g3-g4 Kf6-g6
21...Qe5xe3 [ 21...Ke7xf6 22.Qe3xh6+ Kf6-e7 23.Qh6-h4+ Ke7-e8 24.Bg2xb7 ; 21...Qe5xb2?! 22.Bg2xb7 Qb2xf6 23.Bb7-f3= ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 21...Qe5xe3 Diagram (Diagram 2450) 22.f2xe3 Bb7-a6 23.Nf6-g4 Ba5-d2 24.Kg1-f2 Ba6xc4 25.Ng4-e5 Bc4-d5 26.a3-a4 f7-f6 27.Bg2xd5 Rd8xd5 28.Ne5-c4 Rd5-f5+ 29.Kf2-g2 Rf5xf1 30.Kg2xf1 Bd2-a5 31.Kf1-f2 Ba5-b4 0.00/16 ] 22.f2xe3 Diagram [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 22.f2xe3
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
+ r + + pl+ kp+ p +pN p l p q + +P+ + + P + Q P P +PPLP + + +RK
+ r + + pl+ kp+ p +pN p l p + + +P+ + + P + q P P +PPLP + + +RK
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Bb7-a6 23.Nf6-g4 Ba5-d2 24.Kg1-f2 Ba6xc4 25.Ng4-e5 Bc4-d5 26.g3-g4 Ke7-f6 27.Ne5-c6 Bd5xc6 28.Bg2xc6 Kf6-e5 29.Kf2-f3 f7-f5 30.g4xf5 e6xf5 31.Rf1-g1 -0.16/16 ] (Diagram 2451) 22...Bb7-a6 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 22...Bb7-a6 23.Nf6-g4 Rd8-d2 24.Ng4xh6 Diagram f7-f5 25.b2-b3 Rd2xe2 26.Rf1-f2 Re2-e1+ 27.Rf2-f1 Re1xf1+ 28.Kg1xf1 Ke7-f6 29.g3-g4 b6-b5 30.c4xb5 Ba6xb5+ 31.Kf1-f2 Kf6-g6 32.Nh6-g8
+ r + + pl+ kp+ p +pN p l p + + +P+ + + P + P P P +P+LP + + +RK
+ + + + p + kp+ lp +p+ N l p + + +P+ + + P + P P P rP+LP + + +RK
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f5xg4 33.Ng8-e7+ Kg6-f6 34.Ne7-c8 a7-a6 35.Nc8-d6 Ba5-c7 36.Nd6xb5 a6xb5 Diagram (Diagram 2453) 37.Bg2-f1 b5-b4 38.a3xb4 c5xb4 39.h2-h4 g4xh3 40.Bf1xh3 -0.01/17 ] (Diagram 2454) Black threatens to win material: Ba6xc4 23.Nf6-g4 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 23.Nf6-g4 Diagram Rd8-d2 24.Ng4xh6 f7-f5 25.b2-b3
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
660 Re1xf1+ 28.Kg1xf1 Ke7-f6 Diagram
+ + + + + l + + + +pk + +pp + + + + +p+ PP+ P + + + KLP + + + +
+ r + + p + kp+ lp +pN p l p + + +P+ + + P + P P P +P+LP + + +RK
+ r + + p + kp+ lp +p+ p l p + + +P+ +N+ P + P P P +P+LP + + +RK
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Rd2xe2 26.Rf1-f2 Re2-e1+ 27.Rf2-f1
+ + + + p + + + lp +pk N l p +p+ +P+ + + PP+ P P + + +LP + + +K+
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29.g3-g4 b6-b5 30.c4xb5 Ba6xb5+ 31.Kf1-f2 Kf6-g6 32.Nh6-g8 f5xg4 33.Ng8-e7+ Kg6-f6 34.Ne7-c8 a7-a6 35.Nc8-d6 Ba5-c7 36.Nd6xb5 a6xb5 37.Bg2-f1 b5-b4 38.a3xb4 c5xb4 39.Bf1-e2 -0.09/16 ] 23...Rd8-d2 Diagram [ 23...Ba5-d2 Diagram
+ r + + p + kp+ lp +p+ p + p + + +P+ +N+ P + P P P lP+LP + + +RK
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24.Kg1-f2 f7-f6 25.Ng4xh6 Ba6xc4 26.Nh6-g4= ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 23...Ba5-d2 24.Kg1-f2 Ba6xc4 25.Ng4-e5 Bc4-d5 26.h2-h3 Ke7-f6 27.Ne5-g4+ Kf6-g7 28.e3-e4 Bd5-b7 29.e4-e5 Bb7-c8 30.Ng4-f6 Bd2-g5 31.Nf6-h5+ Kg7-g6 32.Nh5-f4+
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
661
Diagram
+lr + + p + +p+ p +p+kp + p P l + + N + P + + PP P +PKL+ + + +R+
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Kg6-f5 -0.24/16 ]
+ + + + p + kp+ lp +p+ p l p + + +P+ +N+ P + P P P rP+LP + + +RK
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+ + + + p + kp+ lp +p+ N l p + + +P+ + + P + P P P rP+LP + + +RK
+ + +N+ p + + + + +p+k+ llp +p+ + + +P+ PP+ P + + + KLP + + + +
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-0.17/13 ] 24...Ba5-c3 Diagram [ 24...Rd2-b2 Diagram 24.b2-b3 Consolidates c4 [Houdini 2. 0c Pro x64: 24.Ng4xh6 Diagram (Diagram 2460) f7-f5 25.b2-b3 Rd2xe2 26.Rf1-f2 Re2-e1+ 27.Rf2-f1 Re1xf1+ 28.Kg1xf1 Ke7-f6 29.g3-g4 b6-b5 30.c4xb5 Ba6xb5+ 31.Kf1-f2 Kf6-g6 32.Nh6-g8 Diagram f5xg4 33.Ng8-e7+ Kg6-f6 34.Ne7-c8 a7-a6 35.Nc8-d6 Ba5-c7 36.Nd6xb5 a6xb5 37.h2-h4 g4xh3 38.Bg2xh3
(Diagram 2462) 25.Ng4xh6 f7-f5 26.e3-e4= ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 24...Rd2xe2 25.Ng4xh6 f7-f5 26.Rf1-f2 Re2-e1+ 27.Rf2-f1 Re1xf1+ 28.Kg1xf1 Ke7-f6 29.g3-g4 b6-b5 30.c4xb5 Ba6xb5+ 31.Kf1-f2 Kf6-g6 32.Nh6-g8 f5xg4 Diagram 33.Ng8-e7+ Kg6-f6 34.Ne7-c8 a7-a6 35.Nc8-d6 Ba5-c7 36.Nd6xb5 a6xb5 37.h2-h4 g4xh3 38.Bg2xh3 -0.08/14
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
+ + + + p + kp+ lp +p+ p l p + + +P+ +N+ PP+ P P r +P+LP + + +RK
+ + +N+ p + + + + +p+k+ llp + + + + +p+ PP+ P + + + KLP + + + +
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+ + + + + l + + + +pk + +pp + + + + + + PP+ P +L + + K + + + + +
+ + + + p + kp+ lp +p+ p + p + + +P+ +N+ PPl P P + rP+LP + + +RK
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Diagram (Diagram 2464) ] (Diagram 2465) 25.Ng4xh6 Attacks the backward pawn on f7 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 25.Ng4xh6 Diagram f7-f6 26.Bg2-c6 Ke7-f8 27.Nh6-g4 Kf8-g7 28.a3-a4 Ba6-c8 29.Rf1-c1 Bc3-b2 30.Rc1-e1 Bb2-c3 31.Bc6-f3 Rd2-b2 32.Re1-d1 Rb2xb3 33.Kg1-g2
+ + + + p + kp+ lp +p+ N + p + + +P+ + + PPl P P + rP+LP + + +RK f6-f5 0.03/15 ] 25...f7-f5 Diagram
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Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
663
[ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 25...f7-f6 26.Rf1-c1 Diagram
+ + + + p + k + lp +pp N + p + + +P+ + + PPl P P + rP+LP + R + K
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Bc3-b2 27.Rc1-e1 Bb2-c3 28.Re1-c1 Bc3-b2 0.04/15 ]
+ + + + p + k + lp +p+ N + p +p+ +P+ + + PPl P P + rP+LP + + +RK
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26.g3-g4 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 26.g3-g4 Bc3-g7 27.Nh6-g8+ Ke7-f7 28.g4xf5 Rd2xe2 29.f5xe6+ Kf7xg8 30.Rf1-f7 Ba6-c8 31.Bg2-d5 Re2xe3 32.e6-e7 Bg7-d4 33.Rf7-f8+ Kg8-h7 34.Rf8xc8 Diagram Re3xe7+ 35.Kg1-g2 Re7-e3 36.Rc8-c7+ Kh7-h6 37.Rc7xa7 Re3xb3 38.Bd5-f3 Diagram Kh6-g5 39.Bf3-e2 Rb3-b2 40.Ra7-e7 Rb2-c2 41.Re7-e6 0.06/15 ]
+R+ + + p + P +k p + + + + pL+ + +Pl + + PP+ r + + + + P + + + K
+ + + + R + + + p + + k + p + + +Pl + + Pr+ +L+ + + +KP + + + +
+ + + + p + k + lp +p+ N + p +p+ +P+ +P+ PPl P + + rP+LP + + +RK
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White threatens to win material: g4xf5
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
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26...Bc3-g7 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 26...Bc3-g7 Diagram
+ + + + p + k l lp +p+ N + p +p+ +P+ +P+ PP+ P + + rP+LP + + +RK
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27.Nh6-g8+ Ke7-f7 28.g4xf5 Kf7xg8 29.f5xe6 Rd2xe2 30.Rf1-f7 Ba6-c8 31.Bg2-d5 Re2xe3 32.e6-e7 Bg7-d4 33.Rf7-f8+ Kg8-h7 34.Rf8xc8 Re3xe7+ 35.Kg1-g2 Re7-e3 36.Rc8-c7+ Kh7-h6 37.Rc7xa7 Re3xb3 38.Ra7-a8 Diagram
R+ + + + + + + + p + + k + pL+ + +Pl + + Pr+ + + + + +KP + + + +
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Rb3-b2+ 39.Kg2-h3 Kh6-g5 40.Ra8-g8+ Kg5-f5 41.Rg8-f8+ Kf5-g5 0.11/15 ] 27.g4-g5 [ 27.Nh6-g8+ Ke7-f8 28.g4xf5 e6xf5= Diagram ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 27.Nh6-g8+
+ + kN+ p + + l lp + + + + p +p+ +P+ + + PP+ P + + rP+LP + + +RK
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Ke7-f7 28.g4xf5 Kf7xg8 29.f5xe6 Rd2xe2 30.Rf1-f7 Ba6-c8 31.Bg2-d5 Re2xe3 32.e6-e7 Bg7-d4 33.Rf7-f8+ Diagram
+l+ Rk+ p + P + p + + + + pL+ + +Pl + + PP+ r + + + + P + + + K
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Kg8-h7 34.Rf8xc8 Re3xe7+ 35.Kg1-g2 Re7-e3 36.Rc8-c7+ Kh7-h6 37.Rc7xa7 Re3xb3 38.Bd5-f3 Kh6-g5 39.Bf3-e2 Rb3-b2 40.Ra7-e7 Rb2-c2 41.Re7-e6 0.06/15 ] 27...Rd2xe2 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 27...Rd2xe2 28.h2-h4 Diagram Bg7-e5 29.Bg2-c6 Re2xe3 30.Rf1-f3 Re3xf3 31.Bc6xf3 Ke7-f8 32.Kg1-g2 Diagram Kf8-g7 33.Bf3-c6 Be5-b2 34.a3-a4
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
+ + + + p + k l lp +p+ N + p +pP +P+ + P PP+ P + + +r+L+ + + +RK
+ + k + p + + + lp +p+ N + p lpP +P+ + P PP+ +L+ + + +K+ + + + +
665 34.h3-h4 Kf8-g7 35.e4-e5 Bb7-c8 36.Bg2-e4 Be3-f4 37.Kh1-g2 Bc8-g4 38.e5-e6 Bg4xe6 Diagram 2476
+ + + + p + + k p +l+ + + p + P +P+Ll P PP+ + + + + +K+ + + + + 2477
Ba6-c8 35.Kg2-f3 Bb2-e5 36.h4-h5 Be5-d4 -0.02/14 ] 28.e3-e4?? allows the opponent back into the game [ 28.Rf1-f2 and White hangs on Re2xe3 29.Rf2xf5= ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 28.h2-h4 Ba6-c8 29.Nh6-g8+ Ke7-f7 30.Rf1-d1 Re2xe3 31.Rd1-d8 Bg7-d4 32.Kg1-f1 Bc8-a6 33.Rd8-a8 Re3xb3 34.Ra8xa7+ Kf7xg8 35.Ra7xa6 Rb3-b2 36.Bg2-c6 Rb2-f2+ 37.Kf1-e1 -0.12/13 ] 28...Ba6-b7 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 28...Bg7-d4+ 29.Kg1-h1 Ba6-b7 30.h2-h3 Re2-e3 31.Rf1xf5 e6xf5 32.Nh6xf5+ Ke7-f8 33.Nf5xe3 Bd4xe3
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39.Kg2-f3 Bf4-d2 40.Be4-d5 Be6-f5 41.Bd5-e4 Diagram
+ + + + p + + k p + + + + p +lP +P+L+ P PP+ +K+ + l + + + + + +
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Bf5-c8 42.Be4-d5 Bd2-c1 43.a3-a4 Bc1-d2 -0.95/15 ] (Diagram 2480) 29.Rf1-f4 Diagram [ 29.Nh6-g8+ Ke7-f8 30.Ng8-f6 Bg7xf6 31.g5xf6 Bb7xe4 ( 31...f5xe4 32.Rf1-d1 ) 32.Bg2xe4 Re2xe4∓ ( 32...f5xe4?! 33.h2-h4= );Houdini 2.0c Pro x64:
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
+ + + + pl+ k l p +p+ N + p +pP +P+P+ + PP+ + + + +r+LP + + +RK
666
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29.Kg1-h1 Bb7xe4 30.Bg2xe4 Re2xe4 31.Kh1-g2 Bg7-d4 Diagram
+ + + + p + k + p +p+ N + p +pP +Plr+ + PP+ + + + + +KP + + +R+
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32.h2-h3 Ke7-f8 33.h3-h4 Kf8-g7 34.h4-h5 Re4-h4 Diagram (Diagram 2482) 35.Rf1xf5 Rh4xh5 36.Rf5-f4 Rh5xg5+ 37.Nh6-g4 e6-e5 38.Rf4-e4 Kg7-g6 39.Kg2-g3 Kg6-f5 40.Kg3-f3 Rg5-h5 41.Ng4-e3+ Bd4xe3 42.Re4xe3 Rh5-h3+ 43.Kf3-f2 Rh3xe3 44.Kf2xe3 a7-a6 45.b3-b4 a6-a5 46.b4-b5 a5-a4 -0.82/14 ] 29...Bg7-e5 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c
+ + + + p + + k p +p+ N + p +pPP +Pl + r PP+ + + + + +K+ + + +R+
+ + + + pl+ k l p +p+ N + p +pP +P+PR + PP+ + + + +r+LP + + + K
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Pro x64: 29...Bg7-e5 30.Rf4-f1 Be5-d4+ 31.Kg1-h1 Bb7xe4 32.Bg2xe4 Re2xe4 33.Kh1-g2 Re4-e2+ 34.Kg2-g3 Re2-b2 35.b3-b4 c5xb4 36.a3xb4 Rb2-b3+ 37.Kg3-g2 Rb3xb4 38.Rf1-e1 Rb4-b2+ 39.Kg2-h3 Rb2-f2 40.Kh3-g3 a7-a5 41.h2-h4 a5-a4 42.Re1-d1 Bd4-c5 43.Nh6-g8+ Ke7-f7 44.Ng8-h6+ Kf7-g6 45.Rd1-e1 f5-f4+ 46.Kg3-g4 Bc5-e3 47.h4-h5+ Kg6-g7 -1.17/13 ] 30.Rf4-f1 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 30.Rf4-f1 Be5-d4+ 31.Kg1-h1 Bb7xe4 32.Bg2xe4 Re2xe4 33.Kh1-g2 Re4-e2+ 34.Kg2-g3 Re2-b2 35.b3-b4
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
+ + + + pl+ k + p +p+ N + p lpP +P+PR + PP+ + + + +r+LP + + + K
667
2484
c5xb4 36.a3xb4 Rb2-b3+ 37.Kg3-g2 Rb3xb4 38.Rf1-e1 Rb4-b2+ 39.Kg2-h3 Rb2-f2 40.Kh3-g3 a7-a5 41.h2-h4 a5-a4 42.Re1-d1 Bd4-c5 43.Nh6-g8+ Ke7-f7 44.Ng8-h6+ Kf7-g6 45.Rd1-e1 Diagram
+ + + + + + + + p +p+kN + l +pP p+P+ + P + + + K + + r + + + R +
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f5-f4+ 46.Kg3-g4 Bc5-e3 47.h4-h5+ Kg6-g7 -1.32/18 ]
+ + + + pl+ k + p +p+ N + p lpP +P+P+ + PP+ + + + +r+LP + + +RK
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c5xb4 36.a3xb4 Rb2-b3+ 37.Kg3-g2 Rb3xb4 38.Rf1-e1 Rb4-b2+ 39.Kg2-h3 Rb2-f2 40.Kh3-g3 a7-a5 41.h2-h4 a5-a4 42.Re1-d1 Bd4-c5 43.Nh6-g8+ Ke7-f7 44.Ng8-h6+ Kf7-g6 45.Rd1-e1 f5-f4+ 46.Kg3-g4 Bc5-e3 47.h4-h5+ Kg6-g7 -1.17/18 ] 31.Bg2xe4 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 31.Bg2xe4 Be5-d4+ 32.Kg1-h1 Re2xe4 33.Kh1-g2 Re4-e2+ 34.Kg2-g3 Re2-b2 35.b3-b4 c5xb4 36.a3xb4 Rb2-b3+ 37.Kg3-g2 Rb3xb4 38.Rf1-e1 Rb4-b2+ 39.Kg2-h3 Rb2-f2 40.Kh3-g3 a7-a5 41.h2-h4 a5-a4 42.Re1-d1 Bd4-c5 43.Nh6-g8+ Ke7-f7 44.Ng8-h6+ Kf7-g6 45.Rd1-e1 f5-f4+ Diagram (Diagram 2487) 46.Kg3-g4 Bc5-e3 47.h4-h5+ Kg6-g7 -1.31/17 ] (Diagram 2488)
(Diagram 2486) 30...Bb7xe4 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 30...Be5-d4+ 31.Kg1-h1 Bb7xe4 32.Bg2xe4 Re2xe4 33.Kh1-g2 Re4-e2+ 34.Kg2-g3 Re2-b2 35.b3-b4
31...Re2xe4 [ 31...f5xe4?! Diagram 32.g5-g6 Be5-d4+ 33.Kg1-h1= ; 31...Be5xh2+ is clearly worse 32.Kg1-h1 f5xe4 33.g5-g6$ ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 31...Be5-d4+
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
+ + + + + + + + p +p+kN + l + P p+P+ p P + + + K + + r + + + R +
+ + + + p + k + p +p+ N + p lpP +P+L+ + PP+ + + + +r+ P + + +RK
+ + + + p + k + p +p+ N + p l P +P+p+ + PP+ + + + +r+ P + + +RK 32.Kg1-h1 Diagram
668
+ + + + p + k + p +p+ N + p +pP +PlL+ + PP+ + + + +r+ P + + +R+K
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Re2xe4 33.Kh1-g2 Re4-e2+ 34.Kg2-g3 Re2-b2 35.b3-b4 c5xb4 36.a3xb4 Rb2-b3+ 37.Kg3-g2 Rb3xb4 38.Rf1-e1 Rb4-b2+ 39.Kg2-h3 Rb2-f2 40.Kh3-g3 a7-a5 41.h2-h4 a5-a4 42.Re1-d1 Bd4-c5 43.Nh6-g8+ Ke7-f7 44.Ng8-h6+ Kf7-g6 45.Rd1-e1 f5-f4+ 46.Kg3-g4 Bc5-e3 47.h4-h5+ Kg6-g7 -1.16/16 ] 32.Kg1-g2 Diagram [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 32.Kg1-g2 Be5-d4 33.h2-h3 Ke7-f8 34.h3-h4 Kf8-g7 35.h4-h5 Re4-h4 36.Rf1xf5 Rh4xh5 37.Rf5-f4 Rh5xg5+ 38.Nh6-g4 e6-e5 39.Rf4-e4 Kg7-g6 40.Kg2-g3 Kg6-f5 41.Kg3-f3 Rg5-h5 42.Ng4-e3+ Bd4xe3 43.Re4xe3 Rh5-h3+ 44.Kf3-f2 Rh3xe3 45.Kf2xe3 a7-a6 46.b3-b4 a6-a5 47.b4-b5 a5-a4 -0.79/16 Diagram
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(Diagram 2491) ] (Diagram 2492) 32...Re4-h4 [ 32...Re4-e2+ 33.Kg2-f3 Re2xh2 34.Rf1-e1 Rh2-h3+ 35.Kf3-g2 Rh3-g3+ 36.Kg2-f2 Rg3xg5 37.Re1xe5-+ ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64:
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
+ + + + + + + + p + + + +Pp pk+ p+P+ + + P + K + + + + + + + + +
669
2491
+ + + + p +k+ + p +p+ + + p + + P+P+ + N +Pl +K+ + + + + + + + +
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Ba1-d4 45.Nh7-g5 -0.54/16 ]
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32...Be5-d4 33.h2-h3 Ke7-f8 34.h3-h4 Kf8-g7 35.h4-h5 Re4-h4 36.Rf1xf5 Rh4xh5 37.Rf5-f4 Rh5xg5+ 38.Nh6-g4 e6-e5 39.Rf4-e4 Kg7-g6 40.Kg2-g3 a7-a6 41.Re4-e1 b6-b5 42.Re1-h1 Kg6-f5 43.Rh1-f1+ Kf5-e4 44.Rf1-f6 -0.81/14 ] 33.Rf1-e1 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 33.Rf1-h1 Be5-f4 34.Rh1-e1 Rh4xh2+ 35.Kg2-f3 Bf4xg5 36.Nh6xf5+ Ke7-d7 37.Re1-d1+ Rh2-d2 38.Rd1xd2+ Bg5xd2 39.Nf5-h4 Bd2-c3 40.a3-a4 Diagram Kd7-d6 41.Nh4-g6 Bc3-f6 42.Kf3-e4 a7-a5 43.Ng6-f8 Bf6-a1 44.Nf8-h7
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33...Rh4xh2+ Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 33...Rh4xh2+ 34.Kg2-g1 Rh2-h5 35.Nh6xf5+ Ke7-d7 36.Re1xe5 Rh5xg5+ 37.Kg1-h2 Rg5xf5 38.Re5-e3 e6-e5 39.Kh2-g3 Kd7-e6 40.Re3-e1 Rf5-f8 41.a3-a4 Rf8-d8 42.Re1-h1 Diagram (Diagram 2495) Rd8-d3+ 43.Kg3-g4 e5-e4 44.Kg4-f4 e4-e3 45.Rh1-h6+ Ke6-e7 46.Kf4-f3 Rd3xb3 47.Kf3-e2 a7-a5 48.Rh6-c6 Ke7-d7 49.Rc6-h6 Rb3-b4 50.Ke2xe3
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Rb4xa4 51.Rh6xb6 Ra4xc4 52.Rb6-b7+ -0.62/21 ]
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34.Kg2-g1 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 34.Kg2-g1 Rh2-h5 35.Nh6xf5+ Ke7-d7 36.Re1xe5 Rh5xg5+ 37.Kg1-h2 Rg5xf5 38.Re5-e3 e6-e5 39.Kh2-g3 Kd7-e6 40.Re3-e1 Rf5-f8 41.a3-a4 Rf8-d8 42.Re1-h1 Rd8-d3+ 43.Kg3-g4 e5-e4 44.Kg4-f4 e4-e3 45.Rh1-h6+ Ke6-e7 46.Kf4-f3 Rd3xb3 47.Kf3-e2 a7-a5 48.Rh6-c6 Ke7-d7 49.Rc6-h6 Rb3-b4 50.Ke2xe3 Rb4xa4 51.Rh6xb6 Ra4xc4 52.Rb6-b7+ -0.71/20 ] 34...Rh2-h5 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64:
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34...Rh2-h5 35.Nh6xf5+ Ke7-d7 36.Re1xe5 Rh5xg5+ 37.Kg1-h2 Rg5xf5 38.Re5-e3 e6-e5 39.Kh2-g3 Kd7-e6 40.Re3-e1 Rf5-f8 41.a3-a4 Rf8-d8 42.Re1-h1 Rd8-d3+ 43.Kg3-g4 Diagram
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e5-e4 44.Kg4-f4 e4-e3 45.Rh1-h6+ Ke6-e7 46.Kf4-f3 Rd3xb3 47.Kf3-e2 a7-a5 48.Rh6-c6 Ke7-d7 49.Rc6-h6 Rb3-b4 50.Ke2xe3 Rb4xa4 51.Rh6xb6 Ra4xc4 52.Rb6-b7+ -0.62/18 ] 35.Nh6xf5+ [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 35.Nh6xf5+ Ke7-d7 36.Re1xe5 Rh5xg5+ 37.Kg1-h2 Rg5xf5 38.Re5-e3 e6-e5 39.Kh2-g3
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
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Kd7-e6 40.Re3-e1 Rf5-f8 41.a3-a4 Rf8-d8 42.Re1-h1 Rd8-d3+ 43.Kg3-g4 e5-e4 44.Kg4-f4 e4-e3 45.Rh1-h6+ Ke6-e7 46.Kf4-f3 Rd3xb3 47.Kf3-e2 a7-a5 48.Rh6-c6 Ke7-d7 49.Rc6-h6 Diagram
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Rb3-b4 50.Ke2xe3 Rb4xa4 51.Rh6xb6 Ra4xc4 52.Rb6-b7+ -0.71/16 ] 35...Ke7-d7 [ 35...e6xf5?! 36.Re1xe5+ Ke7-f7 37.Re5xf5+ Kf7-g6 38.Rf5-f3= ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 35...Ke7-d7 36.Re1xe5 Rh5xg5+ 37.Kg1-h2 Rg5xf5 38.Re5-e3 e6-e5 39.Kh2-g3 Kd7-e6 40.Re3-e1 Rf5-f8 41.a3-a4 Rf8-d8 42.Re1-h1 Rd8-d3+ 43.Kg3-g4 e5-e4 44.Kg4-f4 e4-e3 45.Rh1-h6+ Ke6-e7 46.Kf4-f3 Rd3xb3 47.Kf3-e2 a7-a5 48.Rh6-c6 Ke7-d7 49.Rc6-h6 Rb3-b4 50.Ke2xe3 Diagram (Diagram 2500) Rb4xa4 51.Rh6xb6 Ra4xc4 52.Rb6-b7+ -0.62/20 ] 36.Re1-d1+ [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 36.Re1xe5 Diagram Rh5xg5+ 37.Kg1-h2 e6xf5 38.b3-b4 c5xb4 39.a3xb4 Kd7-d6 40.Re5-e2 Rg5-g4 41.Re2-c2 Kd6-e6 42.Kh2-h3
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Ke6-d7 43.Rc2-d2+ Kd7-c7 44.Rd2-d5 Rg4xc4 45.Rd5xf5 Rc4xb4 46.Rf5-f7+ Kc7-b8 47.Rf7-f8+ Kb8-b7 48.Rf8-f7+ Kb7-a6 -0.65/17 ] 36...Kd7-c7 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 36...Kd7-c6 37.Nf5-e3 Rh5xg5+ 38.Kg1-f2 a7-a6 39.Rd1-h1 Be5-d4 40.Rh1-e1 Rg5-g7 41.Kf2-f3 Rg7-f7+ 42.Kf3-e4 Rf7-h7 43.Re1-f1 b6-b5 44.Rf1-f3 Rh7-h4+ 45.Ke4-d3 Bd4-e5 46.c4xb5+ a6xb5 -0.82/17 ] 37.Nf5-e3 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 37.Nf5-e3 Rh5xg5+ Diagram 38.Kg1-f2 Be5-d4 39.Rd1-d3 Kc7-d6 40.Kf2-f3 Rg5-g1 41.a3-a4 Rg1-h1
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
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40.Kf2-f3 Rg5-g1 41.a3-a4 Rg1-h1 42.Ne3-g4 Rh1-f1+ 43.Kf3-e2 Rf1-a1 44.Rd3-g3 Ra1-b1 45.Rg3-d3 Kd6-c6 2502 46.Ke2-f3 Rb1-f1+ 47.Kf3-e2 Rf1-g1 48.Ke2-f3 e6-e5 49.Ng4-e3 Rg1-h1 50.Ne3-f5 Rh1-f1+ 51.Kf3-g4 Rf1-g1+ 52.Kg4-f3 Rg1-f1+ 53.Kf3-g4 -0.84/19 ] 38...Rh5xg5+ [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 38...Kc7-d6 39.Kg1-g2 Kd6-e5 40.Ne3-f1 Rh5xg5+ 41.Nf1-g3 Rg5-g8 42.Rd3-d1 Ke5-f4 43.Rd1-f1+ Kf4-e3 44.Rf1-f3+ Ke3-d2 45.Kg2-h3 Kd2-d1 46.Ng3-e4 Kd1-c2 47.Kh3-h4 e6-e5 48.b3-b4 c5xb4 49.a3xb4 -0.86/17 ] 39.Kg1-f1 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 39.Kg1-f2 Kc7-d6 40.Kf2-f3 Rg5-g1 41.Kf3-f4 Rg1-a1 42.Kf4-f3 Ra1-h1 43.Ne3-g4 Rh1-e1 44.Kf3-f4 e6-e5+ 2503 45.Kf4-f5 Re1-f1+ 46.Kf5-g5 Rf1-h1 47.Rd3-f3 e5-e4 48.Rf3-f7 Rh1-h3 -0.82/17 ] 39...Kc7-c6 [ 39...Kc7-d6 40.Ne3-d1-+ ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 39...Kc7-d6 40.Ne3-d1 Rg5-h5 41.Kf1-g2 a7-a6 42.Nd1-e3 Kd6-e5 43.Ne3-d1 Rh5-g5+ 44.Kg2-f3 Rg5-g7 45.Rd3-d2 Rg7-f7+ 46.Kf3-g3 Ke5-f5 -0.93/14 ] 40.Ne3-c2 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 40.Kf1-e2 Rg5-g1 41.Ne3-d1 Rg1-g2+ 42.Ke2-f3 Rg2-h2 43.Nd1-e3 Rh2-h3+ 44.Kf3-e2 Rh3-h4 45.Ne3-g2 42.Ne3-g4 Rh1-f1+ 43.Kf3-e2 Rf1-a1 Rh4-h2 46.Rd3-g3 Bd4-e5 47.Rg3-g5 44.Rd3-g3 Ra1-b1 45.Rg3-d3 Kd6-c6 Kc6-d6 48.Ke2-d3 Rh2-h3+ 46.Ke2-f3 Rb1-f1+ 47.Kf3-e2 Rf1-g1 49.Ng2-e3 Be5-d4 -0.82/15 ] 48.Ke2-f3 e6-e5 49.Ng4-e3 Rg1-h1 40...e6-e5 [ 40...Rg5-g1+ 41.Kf1-e2 50.Ne3-f5 Rh1-f1+ 51.Kf3-g4 Rf1-g1+ Rg1-g2+ 42.Ke2-d1-+ ;Houdini 2.0c 52.Kg4-f3 Rg1-f1+ 53.Kf3-g4 -0.84/17 Pro x64: 40...Rg5-g1+ 41.Kf1-e2 ] 37...Be5-d4 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: Rg1-g2+ 42.Ke2-d1 Bd4-g7 43.Rd3-f3 37...Rh5xg5+ 38.Kg1-f2 a7-a6 Rg2-h2 44.Rf3-e3 Kc6-d6 45.Re3-e2 39.Rd1-h1 Be5-d4 40.Rh1-h3 Rg5-e5 Rh2-h1+ 46.Re2-e1 Rh1-h8 41.Kf2-e2 Kc7-d6 42.Ke2-d3 Bd4xe3 47.Re1-e3 Bg7-e5 48.Kd1-e2 a7-a6 43.Rh3xe3 Re5xe3+ 44.Kd3xe3 49.Re3-f3 Rh8-h7 50.Ke2-d3 -0.93/15 ] 41.Rd3-h3∓ [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: Kd6-e5 45.a3-a4 Ke5-f5 46.Ke3-d3 41.Rd3-h3 e5-e4 42.Nc2-e3 Bd4xe3 e6-e5 47.Kd3-e3 e5-e4 -0.76/15 ] 38.Rd1-d3 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 43.Rh3xe3 Kc6-d6 44.Re3xe4 Rg5-g3 38.Kg1-f2 Rh5xg5 39.Rd1-d3 Kc7-d6 45.b3-b4 Rg3xa3 46.b4-b5 Ra3-d3
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Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games 47.Kf1-e2 Rd3-d4 48.Ke2-e3 Rd4xe4+ 49.Ke3xe4 Kd6-e6 50.Ke4-f4 Ke6-e7 51.Kf4-e5 Ke7-d7 52.Ke5-d5 -0.63/16 ] 41...e5-e4 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 41...Rg5-g1+ 42.Kf1-e2 Rg1-g2+ 43.Ke2-d1 e5-e4 44.Rh3-h4 Rg2-g3 45.Rh4xe4 Rg3xb3 46.Kd1-e2 Bd4-b2 47.a3-a4 Rb3-c3 48.Ke2-d2 Kc6-d7 49.Re4-h4 Rc3-g3 50.Nc2-e3 Bb2-f6 51.Rh4-h7+ Rg3-g7 52.Rh7-h6 -0.72/15 ] 42.Rh3-h6+ [ 42.Rh3-h4 Rg5-g1+ 43.Kf1-e2 Rg1-g2+ 44.Ke2-d1 Rg2-g3∓ ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 42.Nc2-e3 Bd4xe3 43.Rh3xe3 Kc6-d6 44.Re3xe4 Rg5-g3 45.b3-b4 Rg3xa3 46.b4-b5 Ra3-d3 47.Kf1-e2 Rd3-d4 48.Ke2-e3 Rd4xe4+ 49.Ke3xe4 Kd6-e6 50.Ke4-f4 Ke6-e7 51.Kf4-e5 Ke7-d7 52.Ke5-d5 -0.63/15 ] 42...Kc6-d7-+ [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 42...Kc6-d7 43.Nc2xd4 c5xd4 44.Rh6-h4 Rg5-e5 45.Kf1-e2 Re5-e7 46.Rh4-h6 Kd7-c7 47.Rh6-h8 a7-a5 48.Rh8-h4 Re7-e6 49.b3-b4 Kc7-d6 50.Ke2-d2 a5xb4 51.a3xb4 Kd6-c6 52.Rh4-h7 Re6-f6 -0.59/18 ] 43.Rh6-h4? [ 43.Rh6-h7+ Kd7-d6 44.Rh7-h3-+ ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 43.Nc2xd4 c5xd4 44.Rh6-h4 Rg5-e5 45.Kf1-e2 Kd7-e6 46.b3-b4 Ke6-f6 47.Rh4-h6+ Kf6-g5 48.Rh6-h7 a7-a5 49.Rh7-d7 d4-d3+ 50.Ke2-e3 Kg5-f5 51.Rd7-d6 a5xb4 52.a3xb4 Re5-e6 -0.69/15 ] 43...Rg5-g1+ [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 43...Rg5-g1+ 44.Kf1-e2 Rg1-g2+ 45.Ke2-d1 e4-e3 46.Rh4-e4 Rg2-d2+ 47.Kd1-c1 Rd2-d3 48.b3-b4 Bd4-c3 49.b4-b5 Bc3-d4 50.Nc2-e1 Rd3-c3+ 51.Ne1-c2 Kd7-d6 52.Kc1-b1 Rc3-b3+ 53.Kb1-c1 Rb3-d3 54.Re4-e8 Kd6-d7 55.Re8-e4 Bd4-c3 56.Kc1-b1 Bc3-d2 57.Kb1-b2 Kd7-d6 58.Re4-e8 Bd2-c3+ 59.Kb2-c1 Bc3-d4 60.a3-a4 Kd6-d7 61.Re8-e4 Rd3-c3 62.Kc1-d1 Rc3xc4 63.Nc2xe3
673 Rc4xa4 -1.80/18 ] 44.Kf1-e2 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 44.Kf1-e2 Rg1-g2+ 45.Ke2-d1 e4-e3 46.Rh4-e4 Rg2-d2+ 47.Kd1-c1 Rd2-d3 48.b3-b4 Bd4-c3 49.b4-b5 Bc3-d4 50.Nc2-e1 Rd3-c3+ 51.Ne1-c2 Kd7-d6 52.Kc1-b1 Rc3-b3+ 53.Kb1-c1 Rb3-d3 54.Re4-e8 Kd6-d7 55.Re8-e4 Bd4-c3 56.Kc1-b1 Bc3-d2 57.Kb1-b2 Kd7-d6 58.Re4-e8 Bd2-c3+ 59.Kb2-c1 Bc3-d4 60.a3-a4 Kd6-d7 61.Re8-e4 Rd3-c3 62.Kc1-d1 Rc3xc4 63.Nc2xe3 Rc4xa4 -1.90/1 ] 44...Rg1-g2+ [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 44...Rg1-g2+ 45.Ke2-d1 e4-e3 46.Rh4-e4 Rg2-d2+ 47.Kd1-c1 Rd2-d3 48.b3-b4 Bd4-c3 49.b4-b5 Bc3-d4 50.Nc2-e1 Rd3-c3+ 51.Ne1-c2 Kd7-d6 52.Kc1-b1 Rc3-b3+ 53.Kb1-c1 Rb3-d3 54.Re4-e8 Kd6-d7 55.Re8-e4 Bd4-c3 56.Kc1-b1 Bc3-d2 57.Kb1-b2 Kd7-d6 58.Re4-e8 Bd2-c3+ 59.Kb2-c1 Bc3-d4 60.a3-a4 Kd6-d7 61.Re8-e4 Rd3-c3 62.Kc1-d1 Rc3xc4 63.Nc2xe3 Rc4xa4 -1.80/14 ] 45.Ke2-d1 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 45.Ke2-d1 e4-e3 46.Rh4-e4 Rg2-d2+ 47.Kd1-c1 Rd2-d3 48.b3-b4 Bd4-c3 49.b4-b5 Bc3-d4 50.Nc2-e1 Rd3-c3+ 51.Ne1-c2 Kd7-d6 52.Kc1-b1 Rc3-b3+ 53.Kb1-c1 Rb3-d3 54.Re4-e8 Kd6-d7 55.Re8-e4 Bd4-c3 56.Kc1-b1 Bc3-d2 57.Kb1-b2 Kd7-d6 58.Re4-e8 Bd2-c3+ 59.Kb2-c1 Bc3-d2+ 60.Kc1-b2 Bd2-c3+ -1.90/15 ] 45...e4-e3 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 45...e4-e3 46.Rh4-e4 Rg2-d2+ 47.Kd1-c1 Rd2-d3 48.b3-b4 Bd4-c3 49.b4-b5 Bc3-d4 50.Nc2-e1 Rd3-c3+ 51.Ne1-c2 Kd7-d6 52.Kc1-b1 Rc3-b3+ 53.Kb1-c1 Rb3-d3 54.Re4-e8 Kd6-d7 55.Re8-e4 Bd4-c3 56.Kc1-b1 Bc3-d2 57.Kb1-b2 Kd7-d6 58.Re4-e8 Bd2-c3+ 59.Kb2-c1 Bc3-d2+ 60.Kc1-b2 Bd2-c3+ -1.80/16 ] 46.Rh4-e4 [ 46.Rh4-h1 does not help
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games much Kd7-d6 47.Rh1-e1 Rg2-d2+ 48.Kd1-c1 Rd2-d3-+ ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 46.Rh4-e4 Rg2-d2+ 47.Kd1-c1 Rd2-d3 48.b3-b4 Bd4-c3 49.b4-b5 Bc3-d4 50.Nc2-e1 Rd3-c3+ 51.Ne1-c2 Kd7-d6 52.Kc1-b1 Rc3-b3+ 53.Kb1-c1 Rb3-d3 54.Re4-e8 Kd6-d7 55.Re8-e4 Bd4-c3 56.Kc1-b1 Bc3-d2 57.Kb1-b2 Kd7-d6 58.Re4-e8 Kd6-d7 59.Re8-e4 Kd7-d6 -1.90/17 ] 46...Rg2-d2+ [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 46...Rg2-d2+ 47.Kd1-c1 Rd2-d3 48.b3-b4 Bd4-c3 49.b4-b5 Bc3-d4 50.Nc2-e1 Rd3-c3+ 51.Ne1-c2 Kd7-d6 52.Kc1-b1 Rc3-b3+ 53.Kb1-c1 Rb3-d3 54.Re4-e8 Kd6-d7 55.Re8-e4 Bd4-c3 56.Kc1-b1 Bc3-d2 57.Kb1-b2 Kd7-d6 58.Re4-e8 Kd6-d7 59.Re8-e4 Kd7-d6 -1.80/18 ] 47.Kd1-c1 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 47.Kd1-c1 Rd2-d3 48.b3-b4 Bd4-c3 49.b4-b5 Bc3-d4 50.Nc2-e1 Rd3-c3+ 51.Ne1-c2 Kd7-d6 52.Kc1-d1 Rc3-d3+ 53.Kd1-c1 Bd4-c3 54.Re4-e8 Bc3-f6 55.Re8-e4 Bf6-g5 56.Re4-g4 Bg5-e7 57.Rg4-e4 -1.90/14 ] 47...a7-a5 [ 47...Rd2-d3!? keeps an even firmer grip 48.b3-b4-+ ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 47...Rd2-d3 48.b3-b4 Bd4-c3 49.b4-b5 Bc3-d4 50.Nc2-e1 Rd3-c3+ 51.Ne1-c2 Kd7-d6 52.Kc1-d1 Rc3-d3+ 53.Kd1-c1 Bd4-c3 54.Re4-e8 Bc3-f6 55.Re8-e4 Bf6-g5 56.Re4-g4 Bg5-e7 57.Rg4-e4 -1.81/15 ] 48.b3-b4 [ 48.Nc2-e1 Rd2-f2-+ ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 48.Nc2-e1 Rd2-f2 49.Kc1-d1 Kd7-d6 50.Kd1-c1 Kd6-c6 51.a3-a4 Kc6-b7 52.Re4-e7+ Kb7-a6 53.Re7-e6 Bd4-b2+ 54.Kc1-b1 Rf2-e2 55.Ne1-d3 Bb2-d4 56.Kb1-c1 Re2-g2 57.Nd3-e1 -1.45/15 ] 48...a5-a4 [ 48...Rd2-d3 and Black can already relax 49.b4xa5 b6xa5 50.a3-a4-+ ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 48...a5-a4 49.b4xc5 b6xc5 50.Nc2-e1 Kd7-d6 51.Re4-e8 Rd2-e2 52.Kc1-d1 Re2-b2
674 53.Re8-e4 Rb2-b3 54.Kd1-e2 Rb3xa3 55.Ne1-c2 Ra3-c3 56.Nc2xd4 c5xd4 57.Re4xd4+ Kd6-c5 58.Rd4-d5+ Kc5xc4 59.Rd5-a5 a4-a3 60.Ra5-a6 Kc4-b4 61.Ra6-b6+ Kb4-a4 62.Rb6-a6+ Ka4-b5 63.Ra6-a8 Kb5-b4 64.Ra8-a6 Kb4-b3 65.Ra6-b6+ Kb3-c2 66.Rb6-a6 Rc3-b3 67.Ke2-e1 Kc2-d3 68.Ra6-d6+ Kd3-e4 69.Rd6-e6+ Ke4-d4 70.Re6-d6+ Kd4-c3 71.Rd6-a6 Kc3-c2 -2.07/18 ] 49.b4xc5 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 49.b4xc5 b6xc5 50.Nc2-e1 Kd7-d6 51.Re4-e8 Rd2-e2 52.Kc1-d1 Re2-b2 53.Re8-e4 Rb2-b3 54.Kd1-e2 Rb3xa3 55.Ne1-c2 Ra3-c3 56.Nc2xd4 c5xd4 57.Re4xd4+ Kd6-c5 58.Rd4-d5+ Kc5xc4 59.Rd5-a5 a4-a3 60.Ra5-a6 Kc4-b4 61.Ra6-b6+ Kb4-a4 62.Rb6-a6+ Ka4-b5 63.Ra6-a8 Kb5-b4 64.Ra8-a6 Kb4-b3 65.Ra6-b6+ Kb3-c2 66.Rb6-a6 Rc3-b3 67.Ke2-e1 Kc2-d3 68.Ra6-d6+ Kd3-e4 69.Rd6-e6+ Ke4-d4 70.Re6-d6+ Kd4-c3 71.Rd6-a6 Kc3-c2 -2.05/13 ] 49...b6xc5 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 49...b6xc5 50.Nc2-e1 Kd7-d6 51.Re4-e8 Rd2-e2 52.Kc1-d1 Re2-b2 53.Ne1-c2 Rb2-b3 54.Kd1-e2 Rb3-c3 55.Nc2xd4 c5xd4 56.Re8-d8+ Kd6-c5 57.Rd8-c8+ Kc5-b6 58.Rc8-d8 Rc3-c2+ 59.Ke2-d1 Rc2xc4 60.Kd1-e2 Kb6-c7 61.Rd8-d5 Kc7-c6 62.Rd5-d8 Rc4-c2+ 63.Ke2-e1 Rc2-d2 64.Rd8-c8+ Kc6-b5 65.Rc8-b8+ Kb5-c4 66.Rb8-b4+ Kc4-d3 67.Rb4xa4 Rd2-e2+ 68.Ke1-d1 Re2-g2 -2.16/19 ] 50.Nc2-e1 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 50.Nc2-e1 Kd7-d6 51.Re4-e8 Rd2-e2 52.Kc1-d1 Re2-b2 53.Re8-e4 Rb2-b3 54.Kd1-e2 Rb3xa3 55.Ne1-c2 Ra3-c3 56.Nc2xd4 c5xd4 57.Re4xd4+ Kd6-c5 58.Rd4-d5+ Kc5xc4 59.Rd5-d7 a4-a3
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games 60.Rd7-c7+ Kc4-b3 61.Rc7-b7+ Kb3-c2 62.Rb7-a7 Kc2-b2 63.Ra7-b7+ Rc3-b3 64.Rb7-e7 a3-a2 -2.17/16 ] 50...Rd2-f2 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 50...Kd7-d6 51.Re4-e8 Rd2-e2 52.Kc1-d1 Re2-b2 53.Ne1-c2 Rb2-b3 54.Kd1-e2 Rb3-c3 55.Nc2xd4 c5xd4 56.Re8-d8+ Kd6-c5 57.Rd8-c8+ Kc5-b6 58.Rc8-d8 Rc3-c2+ 59.Ke2-d1 Rc2xc4 60.Kd1-e2 Kb6-c7 61.Rd8-d5 Kc7-c6 62.Rd5-d8 Rc4-c2+ 63.Ke2-e1 Rc2-d2 64.Rd8-a8 Kc6-b5 65.Ra8-b8+ Kb5-c4 66.Rb8-b4+ Kc4-d3 67.Rb4xa4 Rd2-e2+ 68.Ke1-d1 Re2-g2 -2.19/19 ] 51.Kc1-d1 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 51.Kc1-d1 Kd7-d6 52.Re4-e8 Rf2-b2 53.Ne1-f3 Rb2-a2 54.Re8-e4 Ra2xa3 55.Nf3xd4 c5xd4 56.Re4xd4+ Kd6-c5 57.Rd4-d8 Ra3-b3 58.Kd1-c2 Kc5xc4 59.Rd8-c8+ Kc4-b4 60.Rc8-e8 Rb3-c3+ 61.Kc2-b1 a4-a3 62.Re8-b8+ Kb4-c4 63.Rb8-e8 Kc4-d4 64.Kb1-a2 Kd4-d3 65.Re8-d8+ Kd3-c2 66.Rd8-e8 Kc2-d2 67.Re8-d8+ Rc3-d3 -2.54/18 ] 51...Kd7-d6 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 51...Kd7-d6 52.Re4-e8 Rf2-b2 53.Ne1-c2 Rb2-b3 54.Kd1-e2 Rb3-c3 55.Nc2xd4 c5xd4 56.Re8-d8+ Kd6-c5 57.Rd8-c8+ Kc5-b6 58.Rc8-d8 Rc3-c2+ 59.Ke2-d1 Rc2xc4 60.Kd1-e2 Kb6-c7 61.Rd8-d5 Kc7-c6 62.Rd5-d8 Rc4-c2+ 63.Ke2-e1 Rc2-d2 64.Rd8-b8 d4-d3 65.Rb8-e8 Rd2-e2+ 66.Ke1-d1 Kc6-d5 67.Re8-a8 Re2-a2 68.Ra8-a5+ Kd5-c6 -2.31/20 ] 52.Re4-e8 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 52.Re4-e8 Rf2-b2 53.Ne1-c2 Rb2-b3 54.Kd1-e2 Rb3-c3 55.Nc2xd4 c5xd4 56.Re8-d8+ Kd6-c5 57.Rd8-c8+ Kc5-b6 58.Rc8-d8 Rc3-c2+ 59.Ke2-d1 Rc2xc4 60.Kd1-e2 Kb6-c7 61.Rd8-d5 Kc7-c6 62.Rd5-d8 Rc4-c2+ 63.Ke2-e1
675 Rc2-d2 64.Rd8-a8 Kc6-b5 65.Ra8-b8+ Kb5-c4 66.Rb8-b4+ Kc4-d3 67.Rb4xa4 Rd2-e2+ -2.40/19 ] 52...Bd4-e5 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 52...Rf2-b2 53.Ne1-f3 Rb2-a2 54.Re8-e4 Ra2xa3 55.Nf3xd4 c5xd4 56.Re4xd4+ Kd6-c5 57.Rd4-d7 Ra3-a2 58.Rd7-c7+ Kc5-d6 59.Rc7-a7 a4-a3 60.Kd1-e1 Kd6-c5 61.Ra7-a8 Kc5xc4 62.Ra8-c8+ Kc4-b4 63.Rc8-b8+ Kb4-c5 64.Rb8-c8+ Kc5-d5 65.Rc8-d8+ Kd5-e5 66.Rd8-e8+ Ke5-f4 67.Re8-f8+ Kf4-e4 68.Rf8-a8 Ke4-d4 69.Ra8-d8+ Kd4-c4 70.Rd8-c8+ Kc4-b4 -2.19/19 ] 53.Ne1-d3 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 53.Ne1-d3 Rf2-d2+ 54.Kd1-c1 Be5-d4 55.Nd3-e1 Rd2-e2 56.Kc1-d1 Re2-b2 57.Ne1-f3 Rb2-a2 58.Re8-e4 Ra2xa3 59.Nf3xd4 c5xd4 60.Re4xd4+ Kd6-c5 61.Rd4-d7 Ra3-a2 62.Rd7-c7+ Kc5-d6 63.Rc7-a7 a4-a3 64.Kd1-e1 Kd6-c5 65.Ra7-a8 Kc5xc4 66.Ra8-c8+ Kc4-d3 67.Rc8-d8+ Kd3-e4 68.Rd8-e8+ Ke4-d4 69.Re8-a8 Kd4-d5 70.Ra8-d8+ Kd5-e5 71.Rd8-e8+ Ke5-f4 72.Re8-f8+ Kf4-e5 73.Rf8-e8+ Ke5-f4 -2.18/18 ] 53...Rf2-d2+ [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 53...Rf2-d2+ 54.Kd1-c1 Be5-d4 55.Nd3-e1 Rd2-e2 56.Kc1-d1 Re2-b2 57.Ne1-f3 Rb2-a2 58.Re8-e4 Ra2xa3 59.Nf3xd4 c5xd4 60.Re4xd4+ Kd6-c5 61.Rd4-d7 Ra3-a2 62.Rd7-c7+ Kc5-d6 63.Rc7-a7 a4-a3 64.Kd1-e1 Kd6-c5 65.Ra7-a8 Kc5xc4 66.Ra8-c8+ Kc4-d3 67.Rc8-d8+ Kd3-e4 68.Rd8-e8+ Ke4-d4 69.Re8-a8 Kd4-d5 70.Ra8-d8+ Kd5-e5 71.Rd8-e8+ Ke5-f4 72.Re8-f8+ Kf4-e5 73.Rf8-e8+ Ke5-f4 -2.09/18 ] 54.Kd1-c1 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 54.Kd1-c1 Be5-d4 55.Nd3-e1 Rd2-e2 56.Kc1-d1
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games Re2-b2 57.Ne1-f3 Rb2-a2 58.Re8-e4 Ra2xa3 59.Nf3xd4 c5xd4 60.Re4xd4+ Kd6-c5 61.Rd4-d7 Ra3-a2 62.Rd7-c7+ Kc5-d6 63.Rc7-a7 a4-a3 64.Kd1-e1 Kd6-c5 65.Ra7-a8 Kc5xc4 66.Ra8-c8+ Kc4-d3 67.Rc8-d8+ Kd3-e4 68.Rd8-e8+ Ke4-d4 69.Re8-a8 Kd4-d5 70.Ra8-d8+ Kd5-e5 71.Rd8-e8+ Ke5-f4 72.Re8-f8+ Kf4-e5 73.Rf8-e8+ Ke5-f4 -2.18/19 ] 54...Be5-d4 [ 54...Rd2xd3?! is much weaker 55.Re8-d8+ Kd6-e6 56.Rd8xd3= ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 54...Be5-d4 55.Nd3-e1 Rd2-e2 56.Kc1-d1 Re2-b2 57.Ne1-f3 Rb2-a2 58.Re8-e4 Ra2xa3 59.Nf3xd4 c5xd4 60.Re4xd4+ Kd6-c5 61.Rd4-d7 Ra3-a2 62.Rd7-c7+ Kc5-d6 63.Rc7-a7 a4-a3 64.Kd1-e1 Kd6-c5 65.Ra7-a8 Kc5xc4 66.Ra8-c8+ Kc4-d3 67.Rc8-d8+ Kd3-e4 68.Rd8-e8+ Ke4-d4 69.Re8-a8 Kd4-d5 70.Ra8-d8+ Kd5-e5 71.Rd8-e8+ Ke5-f4 72.Re8-f8+ Kf4-e5 73.Rf8-e8+ Ke5-f4 -2.09/20 ] 55.Nd3-e1 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 55.Nd3-e1 Rd2-e2 56.Kc1-d1 Re2-b2 57.Ne1-f3 Rb2-a2 58.Re8-e4 Ra2xa3 59.Nf3xd4 c5xd4 60.Re4xd4+ Kd6-c5 61.Rd4-d7 Ra3-a2 62.Rd7-c7+ Kc5-d6 63.Rc7-a7 a4-a3 64.Kd1-e1 Kd6-c5 65.Ra7-a8 Kc5xc4 66.Ra8-c8+ Kc4-d3 67.Rc8-d8+ Kd3-e4 68.Rd8-e8+ Ke4-d4 69.Re8-a8 Kd4-d5 70.Ra8-d8+ Kd5-e5 71.Rd8-e8+ Ke5-f4 72.Re8-f8+ Kf4-e5 73.Rf8-e8+ Ke5-f4 -2.18/19 ] 55...Rd2-h2 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 55...Rd2-h2 56.Kc1-d1 Rh2-b2 57.Ne1-f3 Rb2-a2 58.Re8-e4 Ra2xa3 59.Nf3xd4 c5xd4 60.Re4xd4+ Kd6-c5 61.Rd4-d7 Ra3-a2 62.Rd7-c7+ Kc5-d6 63.Rc7-a7 a4-a3 64.Kd1-e1 Kd6-c5 65.Ra7-a8 Kc5xc4
676 66.Ra8-c8+ Kc4-d3 67.Rc8-d8+ Kd3-e4 68.Rd8-e8+ Ke4-d4 69.Re8-a8 Kd4-d5 70.Ra8-d8+ Kd5-e5 71.Rd8-e8+ Ke5-f4 72.Re8-f8+ Kf4-e5 73.Rf8-e8+ Ke5-f4 -2.09/18 ] 56.Kc1-d1 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 56.Kc1-d1 Rh2-b2 57.Ne1-f3 Rb2-a2 58.Re8-e4 Ra2xa3 59.Nf3xd4 c5xd4 60.Re4xd4+ Kd6-c5 61.Rd4-d7 Ra3-a2 62.Rd7-c7+ Kc5-d6 63.Rc7-a7 a4-a3 64.Kd1-e1 Kd6-c5 65.Ra7-a8 Kc5xc4 66.Ra8-c8+ Kc4-d3 67.Rc8-d8+ Kd3-e4 68.Rd8-e8+ Ke4-d4 69.Re8-a8 Kd4-d5 70.Ra8-d8+ Kd5-e5 71.Rd8-e8+ Ke5-f4 72.Re8-f8+ Kf4-e5 73.Rf8-e8+ Ke5-f4 -2.18/17 ] 56...Rh2-b2 [ 56...Kd6-c7!? seems even better 57.Re8-e7+ Kc7-d8 58.Re7-e6 Rh2-d2+ 59.Kd1-c1-+ ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 56...Rh2-b2 57.Ne1-f3 Rb2-a2 58.Re8-e4 Ra2xa3 59.Nf3xd4 c5xd4 60.Re4xd4+ Kd6-c5 61.Rd4-d7 Ra3-a2 62.Kd1-e1 a4-a3 63.Rd7-a7 Kc5xc4 64.Ra7-c7+ Kc4-d4 65.Rc7-d7+ Kd4-c5 66.Rd7-d3 e3-e2 67.Rd3-e3 Kc5-d4 68.Re3-h3 Kd4-c4 69.Rh3-e3 Kc4-b4 70.Re3-e4+ Kb4-c3 71.Re4-e3+ Kc3-c4 72.Re3-e4+ Kc4-d3 73.Re4-e3+ Kd3-d4 74.Re3-h3 -1.96/17 ] 57.Ne1-c2 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 57.Ne1-f3 Rb2-a2 58.Re8-e4 Ra2xa3 59.Nf3xd4 c5xd4 60.Re4xd4+ Kd6-c5 61.Rd4-d8 Ra3-b3 62.Rd8-c8+ Kc5-d4 63.Rc8-d8+ Kd4xc4 64.Rd8-c8+ Kc4-d3 65.Rc8-d8+ Kd3-e4 66.Rd8-e8+ Ke4-d4 67.Re8-d8+ Kd4-c3 68.Rd8-c8+ Kc3-b4 69.Kd1-e2 a4-a3 70.Rc8-a8 Rb3-c3 71.Ra8-b8+ Kb4-c5 72.Rb8-c8+ Kc5-b4 73.Rc8-b8+ Kb4-c5 -1.97/16 ] 57...Rb2-b3 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 57...Rb2-b3
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games 58.Kd1-e2 Rb3-c3 59.Nc2xd4 c5xd4 60.Re8-d8+ Kd6-c5 61.Rd8-c8+ Kc5-b6 62.Rc8-d8 Rc3-c2+ 63.Ke2-d1 Rc2xc4 64.Kd1-e2 Kb6-c7 65.Rd8-d5 Kc7-c6 66.Rd5-d8 Rc4-c2+ 67.Ke2-e1 Rc2-d2 68.Rd8-a8 Kc6-b5 69.Ra8-b8+ Kb5-c4 70.Rb8-b4+ Kc4-d3 71.Rb4xa4 Rd2-c2 -2.19/17 ] 58.Re8-e4?? the position was bad, and this mistake simply hastens the end [ 58.Kd1-e2-+ ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 58.Kd1-e2 Rb3-c3 59.Nc2xd4 c5xd4 60.Re8-d8+ Kd6-c5 61.Rd8-c8+ Kc5-b6 62.Rc8-d8 Rc3-c2+ 63.Ke2-d1 Rc2xc4 64.Kd1-e2 Kb6-c7 65.Rd8-e8 Rc4-c2+ 66.Ke2-e1 Kc7-d6 67.Re8-a8 Kd6-d5 68.Ra8-a5+ Kd5-c4 69.Ra5xa4+ Kc4-d3 -2.17/14 ] 58...Rb3-d3+ [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 58...Rb3-d3+ 59.Kd1-c1 Bd4-e5 60.Nc2-e1 Rd3xa3 61.Ne1-f3 Be5-f6 62.Kc1-c2 Ra3-c3+ 63.Kc2-b1 Rc3-b3+ 64.Kb1-c2 Rb3-b2+ 65.Kc2-d3 a4-a3 66.Re4-f4 Rb2-b3+ 67.Kd3-c2 Rb3-c3+ 68.Kc2-b1 Kd6-e6 69.Kb1-a2 e3-e2 70.Nf3-e1 Rc3-e3 71.Ne1-g2 Bf6-e5 72.Rf4-g4 Ke6-f6 73.Rg4-g8 Re3-d3 74.Ng2-e1 Rd3-h3 -3.64/17 ] 59.Kd1-c1 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 59.Kd1-c1 Bd4-e5 60.Nc2-e1 Rd3xa3 61.Ne1-f3 Be5-f6 62.Kc1-c2 Ra3-c3+ 63.Kc2-b1 Rc3-b3+ 64.Kb1-c2 Rb3-b2+ 65.Kc2-d3 a4-a3 66.Re4-f4 Rb2-b3+ 67.Kd3-c2 Rb3-c3+ 68.Kc2-b1 Kd6-e6 69.Kb1-a2 e3-e2 70.Nf3-e1 Rc3-e3 71.Ne1-g2 Bf6-e5 72.Rf4-g4 Ke6-f6 73.Rg4-g8 Re3-d3 74.Ng2-e1 Rd3-h3 -3.73/18 ] 59...Bd4-e5 [ 59...Bd4-c3-+ and Black has it in the bag ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 59...Bd4-e5 60.Nc2-e1 Rd3xa3 61.Ne1-f3 Be5-f6 62.Kc1-c2 Ra3-c3+ 63.Kc2-b1 Rc3-b3+ 64.Kb1-c2 Rb3-b2+ 65.Kc2-d3 a4-a3 66.Re4-f4 Rb2-b3+
677 67.Kd3-c2 Rb3-c3+ 68.Kc2-b1 Kd6-e6 69.Kb1-a2 e3-e2 70.Nf3-e1 Rc3-e3 71.Ne1-g2 Bf6-e5 72.Rf4-g4 Ke6-f6 73.Rg4-g8 Re3-d3 74.Ng2-e1 Rd3-h3 -3.64/14 ] 60.Nc2xe3 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 60.Nc2-e1 Rd3xa3 61.Ne1-f3 Be5-f6 62.Kc1-c2 Ra3-c3+ 63.Kc2-b1 Rc3-b3+ 64.Kb1-c2 Rb3-b2+ 65.Kc2-d3 a4-a3 66.Re4-f4 Rb2-b3+ 67.Kd3-c2 Rb3-c3+ 68.Kc2-b1 Kd6-e6 69.Kb1-a2 e3-e2 70.Nf3-e1 Rc3-e3 71.Ne1-g2 Bf6-e5 72.Rf4-g4 Ke6-f6 73.Rg4-g8 Re3-d3 74.Ng2-e1 Rd3-h3 -3.73/15 ] 60...Rd3xe3 [ 60...Rd3xa3?! 61.Ne3-f5+ Kd6-e6 62.Nf5-h6= ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 60...Rd3xe3 61.Re4-g4 Re3xa3 62.Rg4-g6+ Kd6-d7 63.Rg6-a6 Ra3-c3+ 64.Kc1-b2 Rc3xc4+ 65.Kb2-a2 Rc4-f4 66.Ka2-a3 Rf4-b4 67.Ka3-a2 Be5-b2 68.Ka2-b1 c5-c4 69.Kb1-c2 a4-a3 70.Kc2-b1 c4-c3 71.Kb1-c2 Rb4-e4 72.Kc2-b3 Re4-e2 -5.48/14 ] 61.Re4xe3 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 61.Re4-h4 Re3xa3 62.Rh4-h6+ Kd6-d7 63.Kc1-b1 Ra3-c3 64.Rh6-a6 Rc3xc4 65.Kb1-a2 Rc4-f4 66.Ka2-a3 Rf4-b4 67.Ka3-a2 Be5-b2 68.Ka2-b1 c5-c4 69.Kb1-c2 a4-a3 70.Kc2-b1 c4-c3 71.Kb1-c2 Rb4-e4 72.Kc2-b3 Re4-e2 -5.47/15 ] 61...Be5-f4 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 61...Be5-f4 62.Kc1-b2 Bf4xe3 63.Kb2-c2 Be3-c1 64.Kc2-b1 Bc1-b2 65.Kb1-c2 Bb2xa3 66.Kc2-b1 Kd6-e5 67.Kb1-a1 Ba3-b4 68.Ka1-a2 Ke5-d4 69.Ka2-b2 Kd4xc4 70.Kb2-c1 a4-a3 71.Kc1-d1 a3-a2 72.Kd1-e2 a2-a1Q 73.Ke2-f3 Kc4-d4 74.Kf3-f4 c5-c4 75.Kf4-g4 Bb4-d2 76.Kg4-f5 c4-c3 77.Kf5-e6 c3-c2 78.Ke6-f6 Qa1-f1+ 79.Kf6-e7 Bd2-b4+ 80.Ke7-d7 Qf1-f5+ 81.Kd7-c7 Bb4-a5+ 82.Kc7-d6 c2-c1Q -21.64/19 ] 62.Kc1-d2 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64:
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games 62.Kc1-c2 Bf4xe3 63.Kc2-d1 Kd6-e5 64.Kd1-e2 Ke5-d4 65.Ke2-f3 Be3-c1 66.Kf3-g4 Bc1xa3 67.Kg4-f4 Kd4xc4 68.Kf4-f5 Ba3-b4 69.Kf5-e4 a4-a3 70.Ke4-e5 a3-a2 71.Ke5-f4 a2-a1Q 72.Kf4-f5 Kc4-d4 73.Kf5-f4 c5-c4 74.Kf4-f3 c4-c3 75.Kf3-f2 c3-c2 76.Kf2-f3 c2-c1Q 77.Kf3-g3 Qc1-c4 78.Kg3-h2 Bb4-d6+ 79.Kh2-h3 Qa1-h1+ 80.Kh3-g4 Kd4-e3+ 81.Kg4-g5 -21.68/21 ] 62...Bf4xe3+ [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 62...Bf4xe3+ 63.Kd2-d3 Be3-c1 64.Kd3-e2 Bc1xa3 65.Ke2-d3 Kd6-e5 66.Kd3-c3 Ba3-b4+ 67.Kc3-d3 a4-a3 68.Kd3-c2 Ke5-d4 69.Kc2-d1 Kd4xc4 70.Kd1-c2 Bb4-d2 71.Kc2-d1 a3-a2 72.Kd1-e2 a2-a1Q 73.Ke2-f2 Qa1-d4+ 74.Kf2-g2 Qd4-g4+ 75.Kg2-f2 Kc4-d4 76.Kf2-f1 Qg4-f3+ 77.Kf1-g1 c5-c4 78.Kg1-h2 c4-c3 79.Kh2-g1 c3-c2 -16.79/18 ] 63.Kd2xe3 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 63.Kd2-d3 Be3-c1 64.Kd3-e2 Bc1xa3 65.Ke2-d3 Kd6-e5 66.Kd3-c3 Ba3-b4+ 67.Kc3-d3 a4-a3 68.Kd3-c2 Ke5-d4 69.Kc2-b3 Kd4-d3 70.Kb3-a4 a3-a2 71.Ka4-b5 a2-a1Q 72.Kb5-b6 Kd3xc4 73.Kb6-b7 Kc4-d4 74.Kb7-b6 c5-c4 75.Kb6-b5 Qa1-a5+ 76.Kb5-c6 c4-c3 77.Kc6-b7 c3-c2 -18.18/19 ] 63...Kd6-e5 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 63...Kd6-e5 64.Ke3-d2 Ke5-d4 65.Kd2-c1 Kd4-c3 66.Kc1-d1 Kc3-d3 67.Kd1-c1 Kd3-d4 68.Kc1-b2 Kd4xc4 69.Kb2-c2 Kc4-d4 70.Kc2-c1 Kd4-c3 71.Kc1-d1 c5-c4 72.Kd1-e2 Kc3-b3 73.Ke2-f2 c4-c3 74.Kf2-g2 Kb3xa3 75.Kg2-f3 Ka3-b3 76.Kf3-e3 c3-c2 77.Ke3-f4 c2-c1Q+ 78.Kf4-g4 a4-a3 79.Kg4-f5 Kb3-b2 80.Kf5-e6 a3-a2 81.Ke6-e7 Qc1-c7+ 82.Ke7-e6 Qc7-c4+ 83.Ke6-f5 a2-a1Q 84.Kf5-g5 Qc4-c1+ 85.Kg5-g4 Qa1-a4+ 86.Kg4-f5 Qc1-c5+ 87.Kf5-g6 Qa4-a6+ 88.Kg6-f7 Qc5-a7+ 89.Kf7-f8
678 Qa6-c8# -#26/20 ] 64.Ke3-d3 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 64.Ke3-d3 Ke5-f4 65.Kd3-d2 Kf4-e4 66.Kd2-c3 Ke4-e3 67.Kc3-c2 Ke3-d4 68.Kc2-b2 Kd4xc4 69.Kb2-c2 Kc4-d4 70.Kc2-d2 c5-c4 71.Kd2-c2 c4-c3 72.Kc2-c1 Kd4-c5 73.Kc1-d1 Kc5-d5 74.Kd1-c1 Kd5-d4 75.Kc1-c2 Kd4-c4 76.Kc2-c1 Kc4-b3 77.Kc1-b1 Kb3xa3 78.Kb1-c2 Ka3-b4 79.Kc2-c1 Kb4-b3 80.Kc1-d1 a4-a3 81.Kd1-e1 a3-a2 82.Ke1-e2 c3-c2 83.Ke2-e3 a2-a1Q 84.Ke3-f4 Qa1-f6+ 85.Kf4-g3 c2-c1Q 86.Kg3-h2 Qf6-f2+ 87.Kh2-h3 Qc1-c8# -#24/43 ] 64...Ke5-f4 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 64...Ke5-f4 65.Kd3-d2 Kf4-e4 66.Kd2-c3 Ke4-e3 67.Kc3-c2 Ke3-d4 68.Kc2-b2 Kd4xc4 69.Kb2-c2 Kc4-d4 70.Kc2-d2 c5-c4 71.Kd2-c2 c4-c3 72.Kc2-c1 Kd4-c5 73.Kc1-d1 Kc5-d5 74.Kd1-c1 Kd5-d4 75.Kc1-c2 Kd4-c4 76.Kc2-c1 Kc4-b3 77.Kc1-b1 Kb3xa3 78.Kb1-c2 Ka3-b4 79.Kc2-c1 Kb4-b3 80.Kc1-d1 a4-a3 81.Kd1-e1 a3-a2 82.Ke1-e2 c3-c2 83.Ke2-e3 a2-a1Q 84.Ke3-f4 Qa1-f6+ 85.Kf4-g3 c2-c1Q 86.Kg3-h2 Qf6-f2+ 87.Kh2-h3 Qc1-c8# -#24/41 ] 65.Kd3-d2 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 65.Kd3-d2 Kf4-e4 66.Kd2-c3 Ke4-e3 67.Kc3-c2 Ke3-d4 68.Kc2-b2 Kd4xc4 69.Kb2-c2 Kc4-d4 70.Kc2-d2 c5-c4 71.Kd2-c2 c4-c3 72.Kc2-c1 Kd4-c5 73.Kc1-d1 Kc5-d5 74.Kd1-c1 Kd5-d4 75.Kc1-c2 Kd4-c4 76.Kc2-c1 Kc4-b3 77.Kc1-b1 Kb3xa3 78.Kb1-c2 Ka3-b4 79.Kc2-c1 Kb4-b3 80.Kc1-d1 a4-a3 81.Kd1-e1 a3-a2 82.Ke1-e2 c3-c2 83.Ke2-e3 a2-a1Q 84.Ke3-f4 Qa1-f6+ 85.Kf4-g3 c2-c1Q 86.Kg3-h2 Qf6-f2+ 87.Kh2-h3 Qc1-c8# -#23/42 ] 65...Kf4-e4 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 65...Kf4-e4 66.Kd2-c3 Ke4-e3 67.Kc3-c2 Ke3-d4 68.Kc2-b2 Kd4xc4 69.Kb2-c2 Kc4-d4 70.Kc2-d2 c5-c4 71.Kd2-c2 c4-c3
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games 72.Kc2-c1 Kd4-c5 73.Kc1-d1 Kc5-d5 74.Kd1-c1 Kd5-d4 75.Kc1-c2 Kd4-c4 76.Kc2-c1 Kc4-b3 77.Kc1-b1 Kb3xa3 78.Kb1-c2 Ka3-b4 79.Kc2-c1 Kb4-b3 80.Kc1-d1 a4-a3 81.Kd1-e2 a3-a2 82.Ke2-e3 c3-c2 83.Ke3-f4 a2-a1Q 84.Kf4-f5 c2-c1Q 85.Kf5-e6 Qc1-c6+ 86.Ke6-f5 Qc6-f6+ 87.Kf5-g4 Qa1-g1+ 88.Kg4-h3 Qf6-h6# -#24/37 ] 66.Kd2-e2 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 66.Kd2-c3 Ke4-e3 67.Kc3-c2 Ke3-d4 68.Kc2-b2 Kd4xc4 69.Kb2-c2 Kc4-d4 70.Kc2-d2 c5-c4 71.Kd2-c2 c4-c3 72.Kc2-c1 Kd4-c5 73.Kc1-d1 Kc5-d5 74.Kd1-c1 Kd5-d4 75.Kc1-c2 Kd4-c4 76.Kc2-c1 Kc4-b3 77.Kc1-b1 Kb3xa3 78.Kb1-c2 Ka3-b4 79.Kc2-c1 Kb4-b3 80.Kc1-d1 a4-a3 81.Kd1-e1 a3-a2 82.Ke1-e2 c3-c2 83.Ke2-e3 a2-a1Q 84.Ke3-f4 Qa1-f6+ 85.Kf4-g3 c2-c1Q 86.Kg3-h2 Qf6-f2+ 87.Kh2-h3 Qc1-c8# -#22/39 ] 66...Ke4-d4 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 66...Ke4-d4 67.Ke2-d2 Kd4xc4 68.Kd2-c2 Kc4-d4 69.Kc2-d2 c5-c4 70.Kd2-c2 c4-c3 71.Kc2-c1 Kd4-c5 72.Kc1-d1 Kc5-d5 73.Kd1-c1 Kd5-d4 74.Kc1-c2 Kd4-c4 75.Kc2-c1 Kc4-b3 76.Kc1-b1 Kb3xa3 77.Kb1-c2 Ka3-b4 78.Kc2-c1 Kb4-b3 79.Kc1-d1 a4-a3 80.Kd1-e2 a3-a2 81.Ke2-e3 c3-c2 82.Ke3-f4 a2-a1Q 83.Kf4-f5 c2-c1Q 84.Kf5-e6 Qc1-c6+ 85.Ke6-f7 Qa1-f6+ 86.Kf7-g8 Qc6-g2+ 87.Kg8-h7 Qf6-g7# -#22/32 ] 67.Ke2-d2 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 67.Ke2-d1 Kd4xc4 68.Kd1-c2 Kc4-d4 69.Kc2-d2 c5-c4 70.Kd2-c2 c4-c3 71.Kc2-c1 Kd4-c5 72.Kc1-d1 Kc5-d5 73.Kd1-c1 Kd5-d4 74.Kc1-c2 Kd4-c4 75.Kc2-c1 Kc4-b3 76.Kc1-b1 Kb3xa3 77.Kb1-c2 Ka3-b4 78.Kc2-c1 Kb4-b3 79.Kc1-d1 a4-a3 80.Kd1-e1 a3-a2 81.Ke1-e2 c3-c2 82.Ke2-e3 a2-a1Q 83.Ke3-f4 Qa1-f6+ 84.Kf4-g3 c2-c1Q 85.Kg3-h2 Qf6-f2+ 86.Kh2-h3
679 Qc1-c8# -#20/33 ] 67...Kd4xc4 Black threatens strongly Kd1 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 67...Kd4xc4 68.Kd2-c2 Kc4-d4 69.Kc2-d2 c5-c4 70.Kd2-c2 c4-c3 71.Kc2-c1 Kd4-c5 72.Kc1-d1 Kc5-d5 73.Kd1-c1 Kd5-d4 74.Kc1-c2 Kd4-c4 75.Kc2-c1 Kc4-b3 76.Kc1-b1 Kb3xa3 77.Kb1-c2 Ka3-b4 78.Kc2-c1 Kb4-b3 79.Kc1-d1 a4-a3 80.Kd1-e1 a3-a2 81.Ke1-e2 c3-c2 82.Ke2-e3 a2-a1Q 83.Ke3-f4 Qa1-f6+ 84.Kf4-g3 c2-c1Q 85.Kg3-h2 Qf6-f2+ 86.Kh2-h3 Qc1-c8# -#20/32 ] 68.Kd2-c2 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 68.Kd2-c2 Kc4-d4 69.Kc2-d2 c5-c4 70.Kd2-c2 c4-c3 71.Kc2-c1 Kd4-c5 72.Kc1-d1 Kc5-d5 73.Kd1-c1 Kd5-d4 74.Kc1-c2 Kd4-c4 75.Kc2-c1 Kc4-b3 76.Kc1-b1 Kb3xa3 77.Kb1-c2 Ka3-b4 78.Kc2-c1 Kb4-b3 79.Kc1-d1 a4-a3 80.Kd1-e1 a3-a2 81.Ke1-e2 c3-c2 82.Ke2-e3 a2-a1Q 83.Ke3-f4 Qa1-f6+ 84.Kf4-g3 c2-c1Q 85.Kg3-h2 Qf6-f2+ 86.Kh2-h3 Qc1-c8# -#19/33 ] 68...Kc4-d4 With the decisive threat Kc1 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 68...Kc4-d4 69.Kc2-d2 c5-c4 70.Kd2-c2 c4-c3 71.Kc2-c1 Kd4-c5 72.Kc1-d1 Kc5-d5 73.Kd1-c1 Kd5-d4 74.Kc1-c2 Kd4-c4 75.Kc2-c1 Kc4-b3 76.Kc1-b1 Kb3xa3 77.Kb1-c2 Ka3-b4 78.Kc2-c1 Kb4-b3 79.Kc1-d1 a4-a3 80.Kd1-e1 a3-a2 81.Ke1-e2 c3-c2 82.Ke2-e3 a2-a1Q 83.Ke3-f4 Qa1-f6+ 84.Kf4-g3 c2-c1Q 85.Kg3-h2 Qf6-f2+ 86.Kh2-h3 Qc1-c8# -#19/31 ] 69.Kc2-d2 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 69.Kc2-d2 c5-c4 70.Kd2-c2 c4-c3 71.Kc2-c1 Kd4-c5 72.Kc1-d1 Kc5-d5 73.Kd1-c1 Kd5-d4 74.Kc1-c2 Kd4-c4 75.Kc2-c1 Kc4-b3 76.Kc1-b1 Kb3xa3 77.Kb1-c2 Ka3-b4 78.Kc2-c1 Kb4-b3 79.Kc1-d1 a4-a3 80.Kd1-e1 a3-a2 81.Ke1-e2 c3-c2 82.Ke2-e3 a2-a1Q 83.Ke3-f4 Qa1-f6+ 84.Kf4-g3 c2-c1Q 85.Kg3-h2
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games Qf6-f2+ 86.Kh2-h3 Qc1-c8# -#18/29 ] 69...c5-c4?? releasing the pressure on the opponent [ 69...Kd4-e4 70.Kd2-e2 Ke4-d5= ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 69...c5-c4 70.Kd2-c2 c4-c3 71.Kc2-c1 Kd4-c5 72.Kc1-d1 Kc5-d5 73.Kd1-c1 Kd5-d4 74.Kc1-c2 Kd4-c4 75.Kc2-c1 Kc4-b3 76.Kc1-b1 Kb3xa3 77.Kb1-c2 Ka3-b4 78.Kc2-c1 Kb4-b3 79.Kc1-d1 a4-a3 80.Kd1-e2 a3-a2 81.Ke2-e3 c3-c2 82.Ke3-f4 a2-a1Q 83.Kf4-f5 c2-c1Q 84.Kf5-e6 Qc1-c6+ 85.Ke6-f7 Qa1-f6+ 86.Kf7-g8 Qc6-g2+ 87.Kg8-h7 Qf6-g7# -#19/26 ] 70.Kd2-c2= [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 70.Kd2-c2 c4-c3 71.Kc2-c1 Kd4-c5 72.Kc1-d1 Kc5-d5 73.Kd1-c1 Kd5-d4 74.Kc1-c2 Kd4-c4 75.Kc2-c1 Kc4-b3 76.Kc1-b1 Kb3xa3 77.Kb1-c2 Ka3-b4 78.Kc2-c1 Kb4-b3 79.Kc1-d1 a4-a3 80.Kd1-e1 a3-a2 81.Ke1-e2 c3-c2 82.Ke2-e3 a2-a1Q 83.Ke3-f4 Qa1-f6+ 84.Kf4-g3 c2-c1Q 85.Kg3-h2 Qf6-f2+ 86.Kh2-h3 Qc1-c8# -#17/36 ] 70...c4-c3 Don't underestimate that pawn [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 70...c4-c3 71.Kc2-c1 Kd4-c5 72.Kc1-d1 Kc5-d5 73.Kd1-c1 Kd5-d4 74.Kc1-c2 Kd4-c4 75.Kc2-c1 Kc4-b3 76.Kc1-b1 Kb3xa3 77.Kb1-c2 Ka3-b4 78.Kc2-c1 Kb4-b3 79.Kc1-d1 a4-a3 80.Kd1-e1 a3-a2 81.Ke1-e2 c3-c2 82.Ke2-e3 a2-a1Q 83.Ke3-f4 Qa1-f6+ 84.Kf4-g3 c2-c1Q 85.Kg3-h2 Qf6-f2+ 86.Kh2-h3 Qc1-c8# -#17/34 ] 71.Kc2-c1 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 71.Kc2-c1 Kd4-c5 72.Kc1-d1 Kc5-d5 73.Kd1-c1 Kd5-d4 74.Kc1-c2 Kd4-c4 75.Kc2-c1 Kc4-b3 76.Kc1-b1 Kb3xa3 77.Kb1-c2 Ka3-b4 78.Kc2-c1 Kb4-b3 79.Kc1-d1 a4-a3 80.Kd1-e1 a3-a2 81.Ke1-e2 c3-c2 82.Ke2-e3 a2-a1Q 83.Ke3-f4 Qa1-f6+ 84.Kf4-g3 c2-c1Q 85.Kg3-h2 Qf6-f2+ 86.Kh2-h3 Qc1-c8# -#16/36 ] 71...Kd4-c5 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64:
680 71...Kd4-c5 72.Kc1-d1 Kc5-d5 73.Kd1-c1 Kd5-d4 74.Kc1-c2 Kd4-c4 75.Kc2-c1 Kc4-b3 76.Kc1-b1 Kb3xa3 77.Kb1-c2 Ka3-b4 78.Kc2-c1 Kb4-b3 79.Kc1-d1 a4-a3 80.Kd1-e1 a3-a2 81.Ke1-e2 c3-c2 82.Ke2-e3 a2-a1Q 83.Ke3-f4 Qa1-f6+ 84.Kf4-g3 c2-c1Q 85.Kg3-h2 Qf6-f2+ 86.Kh2-h3 Qc1-c8# -#16/30 ] 72.Kc1-d1?? makes life more difficult [ 72.Kc1-b1 Kc5-d5 73.Kb1-c1-+ ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 72.Kc1-b1 Kc5-d5 73.Kb1-c1 Kd5-d4 74.Kc1-c2 Kd4-c4 75.Kc2-c1 Kc4-b3 76.Kc1-b1 Kb3xa3 77.Kb1-c2 Ka3-b4 78.Kc2-c1 Kb4-b3 79.Kc1-d1 a4-a3 80.Kd1-e1 a3-a2 81.Ke1-e2 c3-c2 82.Ke2-e3 a2-a1Q 83.Ke3-f4 Qa1-f6+ 84.Kf4-g3 c2-c1Q 85.Kg3-h2 Qf6-f2+ 86.Kh2-h3 Qc1-c8# -#15/34 ] 72...Kc5-d5-+ [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 72...Kc5-d5 73.Kd1-e2 Kd5-c4 74.Ke2-e3 Kc4-b3 75.Ke3-d3 c3-c2 76.Kd3-d2 Kb3-b2 77.Kd2-d3 c2-c1Q 78.Kd3-e4 Kb2xa3 79.Ke4-d4 Ka3-b3 80.Kd4-e4 a4-a3 81.Ke4-f5 a3-a2 82.Kf5-e6 a2-a1Q 83.Ke6-f5 Qc1-f1+ 84.Kf5-e6 Qa1-f6+ 85.Ke6-d7 Qf1-c4 86.Kd7-e8 Qc4-a4# -#15/25 ] 73.Kd1-c1 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 73.Kd1-e1 Kd5-c4 74.Ke1-e2 Kc4-b3 75.Ke2-d3 c3-c2 76.Kd3-d2 Kb3-b2 77.Kd2-d3 c2-c1Q 78.Kd3-e4 Kb2xa3 79.Ke4-d4 Ka3-b2 80.Kd4-d5 a4-a3 81.Kd5-e5 a3-a2 82.Ke5-e6 a2-a1Q 83.Ke6-f7 Qa1-a2+ 84.Kf7-e7 Qc1-g5+ 85.Ke7-d7 Qa2-d5+ 86.Kd7-e8 Qg5-d8# -#14/26 ] 73...Kd5-d4 [ 73...Kd5-d4 74.Kc1-d1 Kd4-d3-+ ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 73...Kd5-d4 74.Kc1-c2 Kd4-c4 75.Kc2-c1 Kc4-b3 76.Kc1-b1 Kb3xa3 77.Kb1-c2 Ka3-b4 78.Kc2-c1 Kb4-b3 79.Kc1-d1 a4-a3 80.Kd1-e1 a3-a2 81.Ke1-e2 c3-c2 82.Ke2-e3 a2-a1Q 83.Ke3-f4 Qa1-f6+ 84.Kf4-g3 c2-c1Q
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17.Ra1-c1 Bc8-e6 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 17...Nc6-e7 18.h2-h3 Ra7-c7 19.Rc1-d1 Rc7-b7 20.Rd2-c2 Rb7-c7 21.c4-c5 b6xc5 22.Nb3xc5 Rc7-c6 23.Nc5-b3 Qb8-b4 24.Rd1-c1 Bc8-e6 0.33/14 ] 18.Rc1-d1 Diagram [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 18.h2-h3 Nf6-d7 19.Nb3-a1 Nc6-d4 20.Na1-c2 Nd4xe2+ 21.Qe3xe2 Nd7-f6 22.Nc2-e3 Qb8-c7 23.b2-b3 Qc7-c5 Diagram (Diagram 2506)
a7-a6 5.Bf1-d3 Bf8-c5 6.Nd4-b3 Bc5-a7 7.Qd1-e2 d7-d6 8.Bc1-e3 Ng8-f6 9.Be3xa7 Ra8xa7 10.c2-c4 Nb8-c6 11.Nb1-c3 0-0 12.0-0 b7-b6 13.Qe2-e3N [RR 13.Rf1-d1 Qd8-c7 14.Rd1-d2 Rf8-d8 15.Ra1-d1 Qc7-b8 16.Bd3-b1 Ra7-d7 17.Nb3-d4 Bc8-b7 18.Nd4-c2 Nc6-e5 19.Nc2-e3 Ne5-g6 20.Qe2-f1 Qb8-a8 21.f2-f3 Bb7-c6 22.b2-b4 Qa8-a7 23.Qf1-f2 b6-b5 24.Bb1-c2 Qa7-b8 25.a2-a3 Ng6-e5 26.Bc2-b3 Qb8-c7 27.c4xb5 a6xb5 Herbrechtsmeier,C (2285)-Gerstner,W (2355)/Baden-Baden 1993/TD/0-1 (40) ] 13...Qd8-c7 14.Bd3-e2 Qc7-b8 15.Rf1-d1 Rf8-d8 16.Rd1-d2 e6-e5 Diagram
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Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
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27.Rd1-d3 Nc8-e7 28.Rd3-c3 d6-d5 0.15/13 ] 19...Ra7-b7 [ 19...b6-b5 20.Nc3-d5 b5xc4 21.Be2xc4 Be6xd5 22.Bc4xd5$ ( 22.e4xd5 Nc6-e7 ); Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 19...Nc6-e7 20.c4-c5 Be6xb3 21.c5xb6 Ra7-b7 22.a2xb3 Rb7xb6 23.Be2-c4 Qb8-c7 24.Rd2-d3 Qc7-b7 25.Rd1-c1 Rd8-c8 26.Rd3-d1 Rb6-c6 27.Qe3-g3 Qb7-b6 28.Rc1-c2 Rc6-c7 29.Rc2-d2 Rc7-d7 30.Rd1-c1 0.12/13 ] 20.Be2-f1 [ 20.Nc3-d5!? Be6xd5 21.c4xd5 ( 21.e4xd5?! Nc6-e7= );Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 20.Nc3-d5 Be6xd5 21.c4xd5 Nc6-e7 22.Rd1-c1 Rb7-c7 23.Be2xa6 Rc7-a7 24.Ba6-b5 Ra7xa2 25.Rd2-e2 Rd8-c8 26.Re2-c2 Diagram
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28.Qe3xe5 b5-b4 29.Qe5-d4 Qb8-d6 30.Bf1-d3 Rd8-a8 31.Rd2-e2 Rc6-c7 32.Bd3-b1 Rc7-c4 33.Qd4-d2 Ra8-c8 Diagram
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34.Bb1-f5 0.12/16 ] 22.Nc3-d5 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 22.Nc3-d5 Be6xd5 Diagram (Diagram 2514) 23.e4xd5 Nc6-e7 24.Nb3-a5 Rb7-b6 25.Na5-c6 Ne7xc6 26.d5xc6 d6-d5 27.Rd1-e1 Rb6xc6 28.Qe3xe5 b5-b4 29.Qe5-d4 Rd8-c8 30.Bf1-d3 Qb8-d6 31.Rd2-e2 Rc6-c1 32.Bd3-b1 -0.13/14
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] 22...Be6xd5 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 22...Be6xd5 23.e4xd5 Nc6-e7 24.Nb3-a5 Rb7-b6 25.Na5-c6 Ne7xc6 26.d5xc6 d6-d5 27.Rd2-c2 Rd8-c8 28.Rd1-c1 Diagram
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25.Na5-c6 Ne7xc6 26.d5xc6 d6-d5 27.Rd2-c2 Rd8-c8 28.Rd1-c1 d5-d4 29.Qe3-d2 Diagram
qr+ +k+ + + +pp rP+ n p +p+ p + + p + + + + + +P PPRQ PP+ + R +LK
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Qb8-c7 30.Qd2-a5 b5-b4 31.Rc2-c4 b4-b3 32.a2xb3 Rb6xb3 33.Rc4-c5 Qc7xa5 34.Rc5xa5 Rb3xb2 35.Ra5xe5 0.03/16 Diagram
d5-d4 29.c6-c7 d4xe3 30.c7xb8Q e3xf2+ 31.Kg1xf2 Rc8xb8 32.Rc2-c8+ Kg8-h7 33.Rc8xb8 Rb6xb8 34.Kf2-e3 Rb8-a8 35.a2-a3 b5-b4 36.a3xb4 (Diagram 2518) Nf6-d5+ 37.Ke3-e4 Nd5xb4 38.Rc1-c4 Ra8-a1 39.Rc4xb4 Ra1xf1 40.Ke4xe5 ] 23...Nc6-e7 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c f7-f6+ 41.Ke5-d6 Rf1-f2 0.13/16 Pro x64: 23...Nc6-e7 24.Nb3-a5 Rb7-b6 25.Na5-c6 Ne7xc6 26.d5xc6 Diagram ] 23.e4xd5 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: d6-d5 27.Rd1-e1 Rb6xc6 28.Qe3xe5 23.e4xd5 Nc6-e7 24.Nb3-a5 Rb7-b6 b5-b4 29.Qe5-d4 Diagram
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
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Rd8-c8 30.Bf1-d3 Qb8-d6 31.Rd2-e2 Rc6-c1 32.Bd3-f5 Rc8-c4 33.Qd4-e3 Rc1xe1+ 34.Re2xe1 d5-d4 0.00/15 Diagram (Diagram 2520) ] (Diagram 2521) 24.Nb3-a5 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 24.Nb3-a5 Diagram Rb7-b6 25.Na5-c6 Ne7xd5 26.Nc6xb8 Nd5xe3 27.f2xe3 Nf6-e4
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28.Nb8-c6 Rb6xc6 29.Rd2-d5 Rd8-c8
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
686
30.Bf1-d3 Ne4-f6 31.Rd5xb5 e5-e4 32.Bd3-f1 Rc8-a8 33.a2-a3 d6-d5 34.Rb5-b7 Rc6-c2 35.Rd1-d4 -0.01/15 ]
q r +k+ +r+ npp + p n p Np+Pp + + + + + + + Q +P PP R PP+ + +R+LK
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e5-e4 35.Rc1-c6 Kh7-g6 36.a2-a3 h6-h5 37.g2-g3 -0.09/14 ]
White threatens to win material: Na5xb7 24...Rb7-c7 Diagram [ 24...Rb7-b6!?! is an interesting idea ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 24...Rb7-b6 Diagram
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25.Na5-c6 Ne7xc6 26.d5xc6 d6-d5 27.Rd2-c2 Rd8-c8 28.Rd1-c1 d5-d4 29.c6-c7 d4xe3 30.c7xb8Q e3xf2+ 31.Kg1xf2 Rc8xb8 32.Rc2-c8+ Diagram Kg8-h7 33.Rc8xb8 Rb6xb8 34.Kf2-e3
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25.Na5-c6= Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 25.Na5-c6 Diagram (Diagram 2527) Ne7xd5 26.Nc6xb8 Nd5xe3 27.f2xe3 Rd8xb8 28.Rd2xd6 Kg8-h7 29.Bf1-d3+ e5-e4 30.Bd3-b1 Rb8-c8 31.Kg1-f2 Rc7-c5 32.g2-g3 Rc5-c7 33.Kf2-e2 Rc7-c5 34.Rd6-b6 Rc5-g5 35.g3-g4 h6-h5 36.Rb6-b7 Kh7-g8 37.a2-a3 h5xg4 38.h3xg4 Rg5xg4 39.Rb7xb5 0.05/15 Diagram
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2529
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37.Rd1xd8 h5xg4 38.h3xg4 Kh7-g6 0.13/15 ] (Diagram 2529) (Diagram 2531) 25...Ne7xc6 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 25...Ne7xd5 26.Nc6xb8 Nd5xe3 27.f2xe3 Rd8xb8 28.Rd2xd6 Kg8-h7 29.Bf1-d3+ e5-e4 30.Bd3-b1 Rb8-c8 Diagram
26.d5xc6 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 26.d5xc6 d6-d5 27.Qe3xe5 Diagram (Diagram 2532)
(Diagram 2530) 31.Kg1-f2 Rc7-c5 32.g2-g3 Rc5-c1 33.g3-g4 Rc1-c5 34.Kf2-g3 h6-h5 35.Rd6-d4 Rc8-e8 36.Rd4-d8 Re8xd8
Rd8-e8 28.Qe5-f4 Rc7xc6 29.Qf4xb8 Re8xb8 30.a2-a3 g7-g6 31.Rd2-d4 Diagram Rc6-c5 32.Rd4-b4 Nf6-d7 33.Rd1-e1
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688 Nf6-g8 36.Re7-a7 0.22/13 ]
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q r +k+ + r +pp +P+ n p +p+pQ + + + + + + + + +P PP R PP+ + +R+LK
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2531
q r +k+ + r +pp +Pp n p +p+ p + + + + + + + Q +P PP R PP+ + +R+LK
2534
26...Rc7xc6 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 26...Rc7xc6 27.Qe3xe5 Diagram 2532
q r +k+ + + +pp +rp n p +p+ Q + + + + + + + + +P PP R PP+ + +R+LK 2533
Kg8-g7 34.Re1-e7 Nd7-f6 35.a3-a4
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d6-d5 28.Qe5xb8 Rd8xb8 29.a2-a3 g7-g6 30.Rd2-d4 Rc6-c5 31.Rd4-b4 Diagram (Diagram 2536) Nf6-d7 32.Rd1-e1 Kg8-f8 33.g2-g3 f7-f5 34.Kg1-g2 Kf8-f7 35.Bf1-d3 Kf7-f6 36.f2-f4 Kf6-f7 0.35/14 ] 27.Qe3xe5 The isolani on b5 becomes a target [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 27.Qe3xe5 Diagram
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
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Nd7-f6 35.a3-a4 0.24/13 ]
q r +k+ + + +pp +rp n p +p+ Q + + + + + + + + +P PP R PP+ + +R+LK
q r +k+ + + +pp +rp n p + + Q + p + + + + + + +P PP R PP+ + +R+LK
2537
d6-d5 28.Qe5xb8 Rd8xb8 29.a2-a3 g7-g6 30.Rd2-d4 Rc6-c5 31.Rd4-b4 Nf6-d7 32.Rd1-e1 Kg8-g7 33.Re1-e7 Nd7-f6 34.a3-a4 Nf6-g8 35.Re7-a7 0.22/14 ] 27...b5-b4 Diagram [Not 27...d6xe5 28.Rd2xd8+ Qb8xd8 29.Rd1xd8+ Kg8-h7 30.Bf1xb5 Rc6-c1+ 31.Kg1-h2 ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 27...d6-d5 28.Qe5xb8 Diagram (Diagram 2538) Rd8xb8 29.a2-a3 g7-g6 30.Rd2-d4 Rc6-c5 31.Rd4-b4 Nf6-d7 32.Rd1-e1 Kg8-f8 33.g2-g3 Kf8-g7 34.Re1-e7
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28.Qe5-d4 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 28.Qe5-a5 Qb8-b6 29.Qa5xb6 Rc6xb6 30.Bf1-c4 g7-g6 31.g2-g3 d6-d5 32.Bc4xd5 Nf6xd5 33.Rd2xd5 Rd8xd5 34.Rd1xd5 Rb6-a6 35.Rd5-d4 Ra6xa2 36.Rd4xb4 Kg8-g7 37.Kg1-g2 Kg7-f6 38.Rb4-b6+ Kf6-e5 39.Rb6-b5+ Ke5-e6 40.Rb5-b6+ Ke6-d5 41.Rb6-b7 0.26/14 Diagram ] 28...Qb8-b6 Diagram [ 28...d6-d5 29.Bf1-d3= ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 28...d6-d5 29.Bf1-d3 Rd8-c8 30.Rd2-e2 Qb8-d6 31.Rd1-e1 g7-g6
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
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32.Qd4-e3 h6-h5 33.Qe3-e7 Rc8-a8 34.Qe7xd6 Rc6xd6 35.Bd3-b1 d5-d4 36.Re1-d1 Kg8-g7 37.Re2-e7 Ra8-c8 0.02/15 ]
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2542
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Kg8-g7 34.Kg1-f2 Ra8-a7 35.Rd2-d4 Ra7-d7 36.Rc1-c2 Rd7-a7 37.g2-g4 0.24/14 Diagram (Diagram 2544)
(Diagram 2542) 29.Bf1-c4 [ 29.Qd4xb6 Rc6xb6 30.Bf1-c4 g7-g6$ Diagram
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(Diagram 2543) ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 29.Qd4xb6 Rc6xb6 30.f2-f3 d6-d5 31.Bf1-c4 Rd8-a8 32.Bc4-b3 g7-g6 33.Rd1-c1
; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 29...Qb6-a5 30.Rd2-e2 d6-d5 31.Bc4-b3 Rd8-d7 32.Re2-e3 Rc6-c8 33.Re3-e5 Rc8-c5 34.Rd1-e1 Rd7-c7 35.Qd4-f4 Rc5-c6
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
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691
2544
2545
36.Qf4-d2 Rc6-c5 37.Re5-e7 Nf6-e4 38.Re7-e8+ Kg8-h7 39.Qd2-d4 0.16/14 Diagram (Diagram 2546) ]
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Kg8-h7 37.Rd8-d4 Ra6xa2 Diagram (Diagram 2548) 38.Rd4xb4 Kh7-g6 39.Kg1-f2 f7-f6 40.Rb4-b7 Kg6-f5 41.Kf2-f3 g7-g6 42.g2-g4+ Kf5-e6 43.Rb7-b6+ Ke6-e7 0.33/14 ]
(Diagram 2547) (Diagram 2549) 30.Rd2xd4 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 30.Rd2xd4 Rd8-b8 31.Bc4-b3 d6-d5 32.f2-f4 Rc6-e6 33.Bb3xd5 Nf6xd5 34.Rd4xd5 Re6-a6 35.Rd5-d8+ Rb8xd8 36.Rd1xd8+
30...Rc6-b6 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 30...Rd8-b8 31.Bc4-b3 d6-d5 32.f2-f4 Rc6-e6 33.Bb3xd5 Nf6xd5 34.Rd4xd5 Re6-a6 35.Rd5-d8+ Rb8xd8
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36.Rd1xd8+ Diagram (Diagram 2550) Kg8-h7 37.Rd8-d4 Ra6xa2 38.Rd4xb4 Kh7-g6 39.Kg1-f2 f7-f6 40.Rb4-b7 Kg6-f5 41.Kf2-f3 g7-g6 42.g2-g4+ Kf5-e6 43.Rb7-b6+ Ke6-e7 0.40/15 ] 31.Bc4-b3 In the style of Nimzovich [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 31.f2-f4 h6-h5 32.f4-f5 Diagram d6-d5 33.Bc4xd5 Rd8xd5 34.Rd4xd5 Nf6xd5 35.Rd1xd5 Rb6-a6 36.Rd5-b5 Ra6xa2 37.Rb5xb4 Ra2-a5 38.g2-g4
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2550
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Ra5-c5 39.Kg1-f2 Rc5-c2+ 40.Kf2-g3 h5xg4 41.h3xg4 g7-g6 42.f5-f6 Rc2-d2 43.Rb4-b7 0.38/14 ] 31...Kg8-f8 [ 31...d6-d5 32.Bb3xd5 Rd8xd5 33.Rd4xd5 Nf6xd5 34.Rd1xd5$ ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 31...d6-d5 Diagram (Diagram 2552) 32.Bb3xd5 Rd8xd5 33.Rd4xd5 Nf6xd5 34.Rd1xd5 Rb6-a6 35.Rd5-d4 Ra6xa2 36.Rd4xb4 g7-g6 37.Rb4-b7 Kg8-g7 38.f2-f4 Kg7-f6 39.Kg1-f2 Kf6-e6 40.Kf2-f3 h6-h5 41.b2-b4
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
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Ra2-a3+ 42.Kf3-e4 f7-f5+ 43.Ke4-d4 0.40/15 ] 32.g2-g4 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 32.Rd1-c1 Diagram
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2553
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33.Rd1-e1+ [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 33.f2-f4 Diagram d6-d5 33.g2-g3 g7-g6 34.Rc1-c5 Kf8-g7 35.Kg1-g2 Rd8-e8 36.Rc5-c2 Re8-a8 37.Rc2-c7 Kg7-g8 38.Kg2-g1 0.39/14 ] 32...Kf8-e7 Diagram [ 32...d6-d5 33.f2-f4 ( 33.Bb3xd5? Rb6-d6-+ );Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 32...g7-g5 33.f2-f4 d6-d5 Diagram 34.Kg1-g2 Kf8-g7 35.Rd1-e1 g5xf4 36.Rd4xf4 Rd8-a8 37.Re1-e7 Rb6-e6 38.Re7xe6 f7xe6 39.Rf4xb4 Nf6-e4 40.a2-a4 Ra8-f8 41.Rb4-b7+ Kg7-g6
(Diagram 2556) g7-g5 34.Rd1-f1 Rd8-c8 35.Rf1-e1+ Ke7-f8 36.Kg1-g2 d6-d5 37.Kg2-f3 g5xf4 38.Kf3xf4 Rc8-a8 39.Re1-e5 Ra8-a7 40.Re5-e1 Kf8-g7 41.Re1-c1 Ra7-d7 42.Rc1-c8 Rd7-a7 0.55/12 ] 33...Ke7-f8 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 33...Ke7-f8 34.Kg1-g2 Rd8-c8 Diagram 35.Re1-d1 d6-d5 36.Bb3xd5 Nf6xd5
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
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[ 34...d6-d5 35.f2-f4$ ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 34...d6-d5 Diagram 2557
37.Rd4xd5 Rb6-a6 38.Rd5-b5 Ra6xa2 39.Rb5xb4 Rc8-c7 40.Rb4-b8+ Kf8-e7 41.Rd1-e1+ Ke7-f6 42.Rb8-b6+ Kf6-g5 43.Kg2-g3 f7-f6 44.f2-f4+ Kg5-g6 45.f4-f5+ Kg6-f7 0.47/14 ] 34.Re1-c1 [ 34.Kg1-g2 Rd8-c8 ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 34.Kg1-g2 Diagram
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2559
35.f2-f4 g7-g5 36.Rc1-e1 Rb6-e6 37.Re1xe6 f7xe6 38.Rd4xb4 g5xf4 39.Rb4xf4 Kf8-e7 40.Rf4-b4 Rd8-c8 41.Kg1-f2 Ke7-d6 42.Rb4-b6+ Kd6-e5 43.Kf2-e3 Nf6-e4 0.35/15 ] (Diagram 2560)
(Diagram 2558) g7-g5 35.f2-f4 Kf8-g7 36.Kg2-f3 Rd8-d7 37.Rd4-d1 Rd7-a7 38.Rd1-d2 Rb6-c6 39.Rd2-d4 Ra7-b7 40.Bb3-a4 Rc6-a6 0.46/14 ] 34...Rd8-d7 Diagram
35.Rc1-c8+ Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 35.Rc1-c4 Rd7-b7 36.Rc4-c8+ Kf8-e7 37.f2-f4 Nf6-d7 38.Rd4-d1 Rb7-a7 39.Kg1-g2 Nd7-c5 40.Bb3-c4 Nc5-e6 41.Kg2-g3 g7-g6
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
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42.Bc4-d5 Rb6-b5 0.65/13 ]
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35...Kf8-e7 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 35...Kf8-e7 36.Rc8-c4 Rd7-b7 37.Rc4-c1 d6-d5 38.f2-f4 Rb7-d7 39.Kg1-f2 Rd7-a7 40.Kf2-f3 Rb6-b5 41.Rd4-d2 Rb5-b6 42.f4-f5 Ke7-e8 43.Rd2-e2+ Ke8-d7 0.50/15 ] (Diagram 2562) 36.h3-h4 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 36.Rc8-c4 Rd7-b7 37.Rc4-c1 d6-d5 38.f2-f4 Rb7-d7 39.Kg1-f2 Rd7-a7 40.Kf2-f3 Rb6-b5 41.Rd4-d2 Rb5-b6 42.f4-f5 Rb6-d6 43.Rc1-e1+ Ke7-f8
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0.50/14 ] 36...g7-g5? Diagram [ 36...d6-d5 ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 36...d6-d5 37.f2-f3 Ke7-d6 38.Kg1-f2 Kd6-e5 39.Rd4-d2 Ke5-f4 40.Rc8-c5 g7-g5 41.h4-h5 Kf4-e5 42.Kf2-g3 Ke5-d6 43.Rc5-a5 Kd6-e5 44.Rd2-e2+ Ke5-d6 0.55/13 ]
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2563
37.Rc8-h8+- [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 37.Rc8-h8 Diagram (Diagram 2564) Rd7-c7 38.Rh8xh6 Rc7-c5 39.h4xg5 Rc5xg5 40.f2-f3 d6-d5 41.Rh6-h8 Rg5-e5 42.Kg1-f2 Ke7-d6 43.Rh8-c8
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Rb6-b7 44.Rc8-c4 Rb7-e7 45.Rc4-c2 Re7-b7 46.Bb3-a4 Kd6-e7 47.Rc2-e2 1.44/16 ] 37...Rd7-d8 [ 37...Rd7-c7 38.Rh8xh6 Rc7-c5 39.Kg1-g2+- ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 37...Rd7-c7 38.Rh8xh6 Rb6-b5 39.Kg1-g2 Rc7-c5 40.h4-h5 Rb5-b8 41.f2-f3 Rc5-e5 42.Rd4-d2 d6-d5 43.Rd2-c2 d5-d4 44.Rc2-c7+ Diagram
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Ke7-f8 43.Re4-c4 Rb6-b7 44.Rc4-c8+ Ng7-e8 45.Rc8-b8 Rb7-d7 46.Rb8xb4 d6-d5 47.Kg1-f2 d5-d4 48.Bb3-a4 Rd7-d8 49.Rh7xh4 d4-d3 2.09/13 ] 38...Rd8-g8 [ 38...Rb6-b5 39.Bb3-a4 Rb5-a5 40.Rd4xb4+- Diagram
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; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 38...Rb6-b5 39.f2-f4 g5xh4 40.g4-g5 Nf6-g8 41.Rh6xh4 d6-d5 42.Rh4-h7 Ke7-e6 Nf6-d7 45.Rh6-h7 Re5-e2+ 43.Kg1-g2 f7-f6 44.g5-g6 f6-f5 46.Kg2-g3 1.34/14 ] 38.Rh8xh6 45.Bb3-a4 Rb5-b6 46.Kg2-f3 Ke6-f6 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 38.Rh8xh6 47.g6-g7 Rd8-a8 1.81/12 ] 39.f2-f3 Diagram [ 39.f2-f4!? Diagram g5xh4 39.g4-g5 Rd8-g8 40.f2-f4 might be the shorter path g5xh4 Nf6-e8 41.Rh6-h7 Ne8-g7 42.Rd4-e4+ 40.g4-g5 d6-d5+- ;Houdini 2.0c Pro
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x64: 39.f2-f4 g5xh4 40.g4-g5 Nf6-e8 41.Rh6-h7 Ne8-g7 42.Rd4-e4+ Ke7-f8 43.Re4-c4 Rb6-b7 44.Rc4-c8+ Ng7-e8 45.Rc8-b8 Rb7-d7 46.Rb8xb4 d6-d5 47.Kg1-f2 d5-d4 48.Bb3-a4 Rd7-d8 49.Rh7xh4 d4-d3 2.09/14 ] 39...g5xh4 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 39...d6-d5 40.Kg1-g2 g5xh4 41.Rh6xh4 Ke7-d6 42.Rd4-f4 Kd6-c5 43.Rh4-h1 Rb6-e6 44.Kg2-f2 Rg8-g5 45.Rh1-c1+ Kc5-b5 46.Rc1-c7 Nf6-e8 47.Rc7xf7 Rg5-e5 48.Rf7-b7+ Kb5-c5 49.Kf2-g3 1.56/13 ] 40.Rh6xh4 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 40.Kg1-f2 Rg8-g5 41.Rh6xh4 Rb6-b8 42.Rd4-d1 d6-d5 43.Bb3-c2 Rb8-a8 44.Rd1-e1+ Ke7-f8 45.Bc2-b3 Ra8-a5 46.Rh4-h8+ Kf8-g7 47.Re1-h1 Ra5-b5 48.Rh8-c8 Rb5-b7 49.Bb3-c2 Rb7-e7 1.40/15 ] 40...d6-d5 [ 40...Rg8-g5 41.Kg1-f2+- ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 40...Rb6-b5 41.Kg1-f2 Rg8-g5 42.Rh4-h8 Rb5-b7 43.Rh8-a8 Nf6-d7 44.Ra8-a6 Nd7-c5 45.Ra6xd6 Nc5xb3 46.a2xb3 Rg5-c5 47.Rd4-d2 Rb7-a7 1.27/13 ] 41.Kg1-f2 [ 41.Bb3xd5?! is much worse Rg8-d8 42.Rh4-h6 b4-b3 ( 42...Rd8xd5 43.Rh6xf6 Rd5xd4 44.Rf6xb6 ) 43.a2xb3 Nf6xd5 44.Rh6xb6 Nd5xb6 45.Rd4xd8 Ke7xd8= ;Houdini 2.0c Pro
x64: 41.Kg1-f2 Rb6-b7 42.Kf2-g3 Rb7-b5 43.Kg3-f4 Rg8-d8 44.g4-g5 Nf6-d7 45.Bb3xd5 Nd7-c5 46.Kf4-e3 b4-b3 47.a2-a3 Nc5-e6 48.Bd5xe6 Rd8xd4 49.Rh4xd4 Ke7xe6 1.64/14 ] 41...Rb6-b8 [ 41...Ke7-d6 42.Rd4-f4 Rg8-g6 43.Rf4-f5+- ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 41...Rg8-g5 42.Rh4-h8 Ke7-d6 43.Rd4-d1 Kd6-e7 44.Rh8-a8 Rg5-e5 45.Rd1-d4 Nf6-d7 46.Ra8-a7 Rb6-e6 47.Rd4xb4 Re5-e2+ 48.Kf2-g3 Re6-d6 49.Rb4-b7 Re2xb2 50.Bb3xd5 Rb2-d2 51.Bd5-c4 Rd2-c2 1.60/13 ] 42.Kf2-e3 [ 42.Bb3xd5 is the less attractive alternative Rg8-d8 43.Rh4-h5 Nf6xh5 44.g4xh5 Rb8-b5 45.Rd4-e4+ Ke7-f6= ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 42.Rh4-h1 Rg8-g5 43.Rh1-e1+ Ke7-d7 44.Rd4-f4 Rb8-b6 45.Bb3-a4+ Kd7-d8 46.Rf4-d4 Rb6-b7 47.Ba4-c2 Rb7-b5 48.Bc2-d3 Rb5-a5 49.Bd3-b1 Ra5-a4 50.a2-a3 1.91/13 ] 42...Ke7-d6 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 42...Rb8-b5 43.Rh4-h6 Rg8-g6 44.Rh6-h8 Ke7-d6 45.Rh8-a8 Rb5-b7 46.Ra8-a6+ Kd6-c7 47.Ra6-a5 Rg6-g8 48.Ke3-f4 Rg8-e8 49.Bb3xd5 Nf6xd5+ 50.Ra5xd5 1.73/14 ] 43.Rh4-h6 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 43.Rh4-h6 Kd6-e7 44.Ke3-f4 Rg8-g6 45.Rh6xg6 f7xg6 46.g4-g5 Nf6-d7 47.Bb3xd5 Rb8-b5 48.Rd4-d1 Rb5-c5 49.Rd1-e1+ Ke7-d6 50.Bd5-e4 Nd7-e5 51.Re1-d1+ Kd6-e6 52.Rd1-d8 Ne5-c6 53.Rd8-e8+ Ke6-f7 1.99/16 ] 43...Rb8-e8+ [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 43...Kd6-e7 44.Ke3-f4 Rg8-g6 45.Rh6xg6 f7xg6 46.g4-g5 Nf6-d7 47.Bb3xd5 Nd7-c5 48.Kf4-e3 b4-b3 49.a2-a4 Rb8-h8 50.Bd5-c6 Rh8-h2 51.Rd4-d2 Rh2-h5 52.Rd2-d5 2.11/14 ] 44.Ke3-f4 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 44.Ke3-f4 Rg8-g6 45.Rh6-h2 Kd6-c5 46.Rd4-d1 Re8-e7 47.g4-g5 Nf6-d7 48.Rd1xd5+
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games Kc5-b6 49.Rh2-h6 Nd7-c5 50.Bb3-c4 Kb6-c6 51.Kf4-f5 Nc5-e6 52.Rh6xg6 f7xg6+ 53.Kf5-f6 Ne6-f4 54.Kf6xe7 Nf4xd5+ 55.Bc4xd5+ Kc6xd5 2.33/16 ] 44...Kd6-c5 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 44...Rg8-g6 45.Rh6-h2 Re8-e5 46.Bb3-c2 Rg6-g8 47.Rd4xb4 Nf6-d7 48.Bc2-f5 Re5-e7 49.Rh2-h6+ Kd6-c7 50.Rb4-a4 Rg8-b8 51.Ra4-a7+ Rb8-b7 52.Ra7xb7+ Kc7xb7 53.Rh6-d6 Nd7-b6 2.36/13 ] 45.Rd4-d2 [ 45.Rh6xf6?! is the weaker alternative Kc5xd4 46.Rf6xf7 Rg8-f8 47.Rf7xf8 Re8xf8+ 48.Kf4-g3 Kd4-e5= ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 45.Rd4-d1 Rg8-g6 46.Rh6xg6 f7xg6 47.Kf4-g5 Re8-f8 48.Kg5xg6 d5-d4 49.Rd1-c1+ Kc5-b6 50.Rc1-c4 Nf6-d7 51.Rc4xd4 Nd7-e5+ 52.Kg6-g7 Rf8xf3 53.Rd4xb4+ Kb6-c5 54.Rb4-e4 Kc5-d6 55.Re4-d4+ Kd6-c7 56.Rd4-a4 Rf3-g3 57.Bb3-e6 Rg3-g2 58.Kg7-f6 2.56/14 ] 45...Rg8-g6 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 45...Rg8-g6 46.g4-g5 Rg6xh6 47.g5xh6 Kc5-d6 48.Kf4-f5 Re8-e6 49.Rd2-d1 Kd6-c5 50.f3-f4 Kc5-d6 51.Rd1-d2 Kd6-c5 52.Rd2-d3 Kc5-d6 53.Rd3-d1 Kd6-c5 54.Rd1-c1+ Kc5-d6 55.Bb3-a4 d5-d4 56.Rc1-c6+ Kd6-e7 57.Rc6-c7+ Ke7-f8 58.Ba4-b5 2.20/16 ] 46.Rh6-h1 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 46.g4-g5 Rg6xh6 47.g5xh6 Re8-h8 48.Kf4-g5 Nf6-h7+ 49.Kg5-f5 Rh8-d8 50.Kf5-e5 Rd8-e8+ 51.Ke5-f4 Nh7-f6 52.Rd2-d1 Nf6-h5+ 53.Kf4-g4 Nh5-f6+ 54.Kg4-g5 Nf6-h7+ 55.Kg5-f4 Nh7-f6 56.Kf4-f5 Re8-e6 57.Rd1-c1+ Kc5-d6 58.Bb3-a4 Nf6-h7 59.Rc1-c6+ Kd6-e7 60.Ba4-b5 Re6xc6 61.Bb5xc6 d5-d4 62.Bc6-e4 2.30/15 ] 46...Re8-g8 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 46...Re8-g8 47.Rh1-c1+ Kc5-b6 48.Rd2-c2 Nf6-d7 49.Bb3xd5 Rg6-f6+ 50.Kf4-e3 Nd7-e5 51.Rc2-c7 Rg8-e8 52.Bd5-e4 Kb6-b5
698 53.Rc7-b7+ Rf6-b6 54.Rb7xb6+ Kb5xb6 55.g4-g5 Re8-d8 56.f3-f4 2.03/13 ] 47.Rh1-c1+ [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 47.Rh1-e1 Kc5-d6 48.Re1-e5 Rg6-h6 49.Bb3xd5 Nf6xd5+ 50.Re5xd5+ Kd6-c6 51.Rd5-f5 Rg8-a8 52.Rf5xf7 Ra8xa2 53.g4-g5 Rh6-d6 54.Rd2-c2+ Kc6-b6 55.Rf7-f8 Rd6-d4+ 56.Kf4-e5 2.16/13 ] 47...Kc5-d6 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 47...Kc5-b6 48.Rd2-c2 Nf6-d7 49.Bb3xd5 Rg6-f6+ 50.Kf4-e3 Nd7-e5 51.Rc2-c7 Rg8-e8 52.Bd5-e4 Kb6-b5 53.Rc7-b7+ Rf6-b6 54.Rb7xb6+ Kb5xb6 55.g4-g5 Re8-d8 56.f3-f4 2.03/14 ] 48.Rd2-c2 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 48.Rd2-d4 Rg8-e8 49.Rd4xb4 Nf6-d7 50.Rb4-b5 Re8-e5 51.Bb3-c2 Rg6-e6 52.Bc2-f5 Re6-e7 53.b2-b4 Re5-e2 54.Rc1-d1 Re7-e5 55.Bf5-e4 Re5xe4+ 56.f3xe4 Re2xe4+ 57.Kf4-g3 Re4-e3+ 58.Kg3-f2 2.43/15 ] 48...Rg8-d8 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 48...Nf6-d7 49.Rc2-c6+ Kd6-e7 50.Bb3xd5 Rg6xc6 51.Rc1xc6 Rg8-h8 52.Bd5-b3 Rh8-h3 53.Bb3-a4 Nd7-f8 54.Rc6-c7+ Ke7-f6 55.g4-g5+ Kf6-g6 56.Ba4-c2+ Kg6-g7 57.Bc2-b3 Nf8-g6+ 58.Kf4-e4 2.32/14 ] 49.Rc2-c7 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 49.Rc2-c7 Nf6-d7 50.Rc7-c6+ Kd6-e7 51.Rc6xg6 f7xg6 52.Bb3xd5 Nd7-f8 53.Rc1-e1+ Ke7-d6 54.Bd5-b3 Kd6-c5 55.Kf4-g5 Rd8-d6 56.Re1-e7 Nf8-d7 57.f3-f4 Nd7-f6 58.Re7-e1 Nf6-d5 59.f4-f5 g6xf5 60.g4xf5 2.40/15 ] 49...Rd8-d7 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 49...Nf6-d7 50.Rc7-c6+ Kd6-e7 51.Rc6xg6 f7xg6 52.Bb3xd5 Nd7-f8 53.Rc1-e1+ Ke7-d6 54.Bd5-b3 Kd6-c5 55.Kf4-g5 Rd8-d6 56.Re1-e5+ Kc5-d4 57.Re5-b5 Nf8-e6+ 58.Kg5-h6 Ne6-c5 59.Rb5xb4+ Kd4-e3 2.37/15 ] 50.Rc1-c6+ [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 50.Rc1-c6+ Kd6-e7 51.Bb3-c2 Rg6-g7
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games 52.Kf4-e5 Nf6-e8 53.Rc7xd7+ Ke7xd7 54.Bc2-a4 Kd7-e7 55.Ke5xd5 Rg7-h7 56.Rc6-c4 Ne8-f6+ 57.Kd5-c6 Nf6-d7 58.Rc4-e4+ Ke7-f8 59.g4-g5 f7-f5 60.g5xf6 Nd7xf6 61.Re4xb4 Rh7-h6 62.Rb4-b7 Nf6-g4+ 63.Kc6-d5 Ng4-e3+ 64.Kd5-e5 Rh6-h2 2.89/16 ] 50...Kd6-e7 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 50...Kd6-e7 51.Rc7xd7+ Nf6xd7 52.Bb3xd5 Rg6xc6 53.Bd5xc6 Nd7-c5 54.Kf4-e3 Ke7-e6 55.Bc6-e4 b4-b3 56.a2-a3 2.30/1 ] 51.Bb3-c2 [ 51.Kf4-f5+- makes it even easier for White ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 51.Bb3-c2 Rg6-g7 52.Kf4-e5 Nf6-e8 53.Rc7xd7+ Ke7xd7 54.Bc2-a4 Kd7-e7 55.Ke5xd5 Rg7-h7 56.Rc6-c4 Ne8-f6+ 57.Kd5-c6 Nf6-d7 58.Rc4-e4+ Ke7-d8 59.Re4xb4 Rh7-h6+ 60.Kc6-b5 Nd7-e5 61.Ba4-d1 Kd8-c7 2.71/16 ] 51...d5-d4 [ 51...Rg6-h6 the only chance to get some counterplay 52.Bc2-f5 Rd7xc7 53.Rc6xc7+ Ke7-d6 54.Rc7xf7 Nf6-e8+- ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 51...Rg6-g7 52.Kf4-e5 Nf6-e8 53.Rc7xd7+ Ke7xd7 54.Rc6-a6 f7-f6+ 55.Ke5-d4 Kd7-e7 56.Bc2-f5 Ke7-f8 57.Ra6-a8 Kf8-e7 58.Ra8-c8 Rg7-g8 59.Rc8-b8 Rg8-h8 60.Rb8-b7+ Ke7-d6 61.Rb7xb4 2.60/13 ] 52.Rc7xd7+ [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 52.Rc7xd7+ Ke7xd7 53.Bc2xg6 Kd7xc6 54.Bg6xf7 Nf6-h7 55.Bf7-b3 Kc6-d6 56.g4-g5 Nh7-f8 57.Kf4-e4 d4-d3 58.Ke4xd3 Kd6-e5 59.Kd3-e3 Nf8-g6 60.Bb3-f7 Ng6-f8 61.f3-f4+ Ke5-f5 62.Bf7-c4 Kf5-g6 63.Bc4-d3+ Kg6-f7 64.f4-f5 Nf8-d7 65.Bd3-c4+ Kf7-g7 66.f5-f6+ Kg7-g6 67.Ke3-f4 4.68/14 ] 52...Ke7xd7 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 52...Ke7xd7 53.Bc2xg6 Kd7xc6 54.Bg6xf7 Nf6-h7 55.Bf7-b3 Kc6-d6 56.g4-g5 Nh7-f8 57.Kf4-e4 d4-d3 58.Ke4xd3 Kd6-e5 59.Kd3-e3 Nf8-g6 60.Bb3-c2 Ng6-f4 61.Bc2-e4
699 Nf4-e6 62.g5-g6 Ke5-f6 63.f3-f4 Ne6-c5 64.Be4-c2 Nc5-d7 65.f4-f5 Kf6-g7 66.Ke3-e4 Nd7-b6 4.79/17 ] 53.Bc2xg6 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 53.Bc2xg6 Kd7xc6 54.Bg6xf7 Nf6-h7 55.Bf7-b3 Kc6-d6 56.g4-g5 Nh7-f8 57.Kf4-e4 d4-d3 58.Ke4xd3 Kd6-e5 59.Kd3-e3 Nf8-g6 60.Bb3-c2 Ng6-f4 61.Bc2-e4 Nf4-e6 62.g5-g6 Ke5-f6 63.f3-f4 Ne6-c5 64.Be4-c2 Nc5-d7 65.f4-f5 Kf6-g7 66.Ke3-e4 Nd7-b6 3.94/15 ] 53...Kd7xc6 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 53...Kd7xc6 54.Bg6xf7 Nf6-h7 55.Bf7-b3 Kc6-d6 56.g4-g5 Nh7-f8 57.Kf4-e4 d4-d3 58.Ke4xd3 Kd6-e5 59.Kd3-e3 Nf8-g6 60.Bb3-c2 Ng6-f4 61.Bc2-e4 Nf4-e6 62.g5-g6 Ke5-f6 63.f3-f4 Ne6-c5 64.Be4-c2 Nc5-d7 65.f4-f5 Kf6-g7 66.Ke3-e4 Nd7-b6 3.87/16 ] 54.Bg6xf7 [ 54.Bg6xf7 Kc6-d6 55.g4-g5+- ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 54.Bg6xf7 Nf6-h7 55.Bf7-b3 Kc6-d6 56.g4-g5 Nh7-f8 57.Kf4-e4 d4-d3 58.Ke4xd3 Kd6-e5 59.Kd3-e3 Nf8-g6 60.Bb3-c2 Ng6-f4 61.Bc2-e4 Nf4-e6 62.g5-g6 Ke5-f6 63.f3-f4 Ne6-c5 64.Be4-c2 Nc5-d7 65.f4-f5 Kf6-g7 66.Ke3-e4 Nd7-f6+ 67.Ke4-e5 3.65/13 ] 1-0
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Vassily Ivanchuk Sergey Karjakin Corus Wijk aan Zee NED (13)29.01.2006 A28: English Opening: Four Knights Variation 1.c2-c4 e7-e5 2.Nb1-c3 Ng8-f6 3.Ng1-f3 Nb8-c6 4.e2-e3 Diagram Bf8-b4 5.Qd1-c2 Bb4xc3 6.Qc2xc3 Qd8-e7 7.a2-a3 d7-d5 8.d2-d4 e5xd4 9.Nf3xd4 Nc6xd4 10.Qc3xd4 c7-c5 11.Qd4-h4 Bc8-e6 12.c4xd5
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Nf6xd5 [RR 12...Be6xd5 13.Bf1-b5+ Nf6-d7 14.Qh4xe7+ Ke8xe7 15.0-0 Rh8-d8 16.e3-e4 Bd5-b3 17.Bc1-e3 c5-c4 18.Ra1-c1 Ra8-c8 19.Bb5xd7 Ke7xd7 20.Be3-d4 g7-g6 21.Rc1-c3 Rc8-c6 22.Rc3-h3 h7-h5 23.f2-f4 Rd8-e8 24.e4-e5 a7-a6 25.f4-f5 Bb3-c2 26.f5xg6 Bc2xg6 27.Rh3-f3 Wilschut,P (2202)-Pedersen,L (2053)/ Maastricht 2007/CBM 118 ext/1-0 (68) ] 13.Qh4xe7+N [RR 13.Bf1-b5+ Be6-d7 14.Qh4xe7+ Ke8xe7 15.Bb5-e2 Rh8-d8 16.e3-e4 Nd5-c7 17.Bc1-e3 Nc7-e6 18.Be2-c4 ½-½ Onischuk,A (2627)-Shirov,A (2746)/New Delhi/ Teheran 2000/CBM 080 ] 13...Nd5xe7 14.Bf1-b5+ Be6-d7 15.Bb5-e2 f7-f6 Diagram
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Rb7-c7 0.34/15 ] 21...c5xb4 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 21...c5-c4 Diagram
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16.e3-e4 Ke8-f7 17.Bc1-e3 Rh8-c8 18.f2-f3 Bd7-e6 19.Ra1-c1 b7-b6 20.Be2-a6 Rc8-d8 last book move last book move 21.b2-b4 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 21.Ke1-f2 Rd8-d6 22.b2-b4 c5xb4 23.a3xb4 Ra8-d8 24.Rc1-c7 Rd8-d7 25.Rc7xd7 Rd6xd7 26.Rh1-c1 f6-f5 27.e4xf5 Ne7xf5 28.Ba6-b5 Rd7-b7 29.Bb5-c6 Diagram
22.Rc1-c3 Rd8-d7 23.Ke1-f2 Ra8-d8 24.Ba6xc4 Be6xc4 25.Rc3xc4 Rd7-d3 26.Be3-c1 Rd8-d7 27.b4-b5 Ne7-g6 28.f3-f4 h7-h6 29.Rc4-c6 Ng6-e7 30.Rc6-c2 h6-h5 31.Rh1-e1 0.42/14 ] 22.a3xb4 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 22.a3xb4 Diagram Be6-c8 23.Ba6-e2 Bc8-e6 24.Ke1-f2 Rd8-c8 25.Be2-a6 Rc8xc1 26.Rh1xc1
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r+ r + + p + nkpp Lp +lp + + + + + P +P+ + + + LP+ + + +PP + R K +R
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Be6-c4 31.Bb5xc4+ Rc8xc4 32.Ra1xa7 f5xe4 0.40/16 ] 23...Bc8-e6 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 23...Bc8-e6 Diagram
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Ra8-d8 27.Kf2-g3 f6-f5 28.h2-h4 h7-h6 29.Ba6-b5 Rd8-c8 30.Rc1-a1 Be6-c4 31.Bb5xc4+ Rc8xc4 32.Ra1xa7 f5xe4 0.40/15 ] 22...Be6-c8 Black threatens to win material: Bc8xa6 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 22...Rd8-d7 23.Ke1-f2 Ra8-d8 24.Ba6-b5 Rd7-b7 25.Rc1-c3 Rd8-c8 26.Rc3xc8 Ne7xc8 27.Be3-f4 a7-a5 28.Bb5-c6 Rb7-a7 29.b4xa5 Nc8-e7 30.Bc6-b5 Ra7xa5 0.37/14 ] 23.Ba6-e2 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 23.Ba6-e2 Bc8-e6 24.Ke1-f2 Rd8-c8 25.Be2-a6 Rc8xc1 26.Rh1xc1 Ra8-d8 27.Kf2-g3 f6-f5 28.h2-h4 h7-h6 29.Ba6-b5 Rd8-c8 30.Rc1-a1
24.Ke1-f2 Rd8-c8 25.Be2-a6 Rc8xc1 26.Rh1xc1 Ra8-d8 27.Ba6-e2 Rd8-c8 28.b4-b5 Be6-b3 29.f3-f4 Rc8xc1 30.Be3xc1 f6-f5 31.Be2-d3 f5xe4 32.Bd3xe4 h7-h6 33.Bc1-b2 Ne7-d5 0.39/15 ] 24.Ke1-f2 Diagram [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 24.Ke1-f2 Rd8-c8 25.Be2-a6 Rc8xc1 26.Rh1xc1 Ra8-d8 27.Kf2-e2 g7-g5 28.g2-g3 Kf7-g7 29.h2-h4 g5xh4 30.g3xh4 Ne7-g6 31.Rc1-c6 Kg7-f7 32.Rc6-c7+ Rd8-d7 0.35/14 ] (Diagram 2575) White loses the right to castle 24...Ra8-c8 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 24...Rd8-c8 25.Be2-a6 Rc8xc1 26.Rh1xc1 Ra8-d8 27.Ba6-e2 Rd8-c8 28.b4-b5 Be6-b3 29.f3-f4 Rc8xc1 30.Be3xc1 f6-f5 31.Be2-d3 f5xe4 32.Bd3xe4 h7-h6 33.Bc1-b2 Ne7-d5 0.40/14 ] 25.Rc1-a1 White threatens to win material: Ra1xa7 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 25.b4-b5 Diagram
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
r+ r + + p + nkpp p +lp + + + + + P +P+ + + + LP+ + +LKPP + R + +R
+rr + + p + nkpp p +lp + + + + + P +P+ + + + LP+ + +LKPP + R + +R
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27.Rh1-c1 Nc8-d6 28.h2-h4 Be6-b3 29.Be3-f4 Nd6-b7 30.Bf4-b8 Nb7-c5 31.Rc1-a1 Bb3-a4 32.Be2-c4+ Kf7-g6 33.Bb8-f4 0.41/14 ] 25...Ne7-c6? Diagram [ 25...Rc8-c7!?$ ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 25...Rd8-d7 26.Rh1-c1 Diagram
+r+ + + p +rnkpp p +lp + + + + + P +P+ + + + LP+ + +LKPP R R + +
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g7-g5 27.Rc1xc8 Ne7xc8 28.Ra1-c1 Nc8-d6 29.Rc1-c6 h7-h6 30.h2-h4 Be6-b3 31.h4xg5 h6xg5 32.b4-b5 Bb3-e6 33.Be2-d3 Kf7-g7 34.Be3-d4 0.37/15 ] (Diagram 2579)
+rr + + p + nkpp p +lp + +P+ + + + +P+ + + + LP+ + +LKPP + R + +R Rd8-d7 26.Rc1xc8 Ne7xc8
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26.Be2-a6 [ 26.Rh1-c1 Nc6xb4 27.Ra1xa7+ Kf7-g8 28.Rc1xc8 Rd8xc8 29.Be3xb6 Rc8-c2+- ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 26.Rh1-c1 Diagram (Diagram 2580) Nc6xb4 27.Rc1xc8 Rd8xc8 28.Ra1xa7+ Kf7-g8 29.Be3xb6 Be6-c4 30.Be2-d1 Nb4-d3+ 31.Kf2-e3 Rc8-b8 32.Bb6-a5 Rb8-b2 33.Ra7-c7 Bc4-b5 34.Rc7-c8+ Kg8-f7 35.Rc8-c2 Rb2xc2 36.Bd1xc2 Nd3-c5 37.Ba5-e1 1.13/15 Diagram
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
703 26...Rc8-c7 Diagram
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] 26...Rc8-b8 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64:
+ r + + p r +kpp Lpn+lp + + + + + P +P+ + + + LP+ + + KPP R + + +R
2582
27.Rh1-c1 Rd8-d7 28.Ba6-b5 Nc6xb4 29.Bb5xd7 Rc7xd7 30.Kf2-g3 Nb4-a2 31.Rc1-c8 h7-h6 32.h2-h4 Rd7-e7 33.Rc8-a8 Be6-c4 34.h4-h5 Re7-c7 35.Be3-f4 Diagram
R+ + + + p r +kp p + p p + + + +P +l+PL + + + +PK n+ + +P+ R + + +
2583
Rc7-d7 36.Ra8-c8 b6-b5 37.Rc8-c7 0.77/14 ] 27.Ba6-b5 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 27.Ba6-b5 Diagram (Diagram 2584) Nc6-d4 28.Ra1xa7+ Kf7-g8 29.Bb5-d7 Rd8xd7 30.Ra7xd7 Be6xd7 31.Be3xd4 Kg8-f7 32.g2-g4
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
r r + + p + +kpp pn+lp + +L+ + + P +P+ + + + LP+ + + KPP R + + +R
704
r r + + p + +kpp p +lp + +L+ + + n +P+ + + + LP+ + + KPP R + + +R
2584
Rb8-b7 33.Rh1-c1 Bd7-b5 34.Kf2-g3 Bb5-d7 35.Bd4-e3 Bd7-b5 36.h2-h4 Kf7-e6 0.84/17 ] 27...Nc6xb4 Diagram [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 27...Nc6-d4 Diagram
r r + + p + +kpp p +lp + +L+ + + P nP+ + + + LP+ + + KPP R + + +R
r r + + R + +kpp p +lp + +L+ + + n +P+ + + + LP+ + + KPP + + + +R
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Rb8-a8 33.Ra7xa8 Rd8xa8 34.Be3xb6 Ra8-a2 35.Be2-f1 Nd7xb6 36.Rb4xb6 Be6-d7 37.Rb6-b7 0.68/15 ]
28.Ra1xa7+ Kf7-g8 29.Bb5-d7 Rd8xd7 30.Ra7xd7 Be6xd7 31.Be3xd4 Kg8-f7 32.Rh1-c1 Rb8-b7 33.Kf2-e3 Bd7-b5 34.g2-g4 Kf7-e6 35.h2-h4 Bb5-e8 36.g4-g5 h7-h6 37.g5xh6 g7xh6 0.78/16 ] 28.Ra1xa7+ Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 28.Ra1xa7+ Diagram Kf7-f8 29.Rh1-b1 Nb4-d3+ 30.Kf2-g3 Nd3-c5 31.Bb5-e2 Nc5-d7 32.Rb1-b4
(Diagram 2588) 28...Kf7-g8 Diagram [ 28...Kf7-f8!? 29.Rh1-b1 Nb4-c2 30.Be3-f4+- ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 28...Kf7-f8 Diagram 29.Rh1-b1 Nb4-d3+ 30.Kf2-g3 Nd3-c5 31.Bb5-e2 Nc5-d7 32.Kg3-f2 Be6-f7 33.Ra7-c7 Rb8-c8 34.Rb1-c1 Nd7-c5 35.Be3xc5+ b6xc5 36.Rc1xc5
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
r r + + R + +kpp p +lp + +L+ + + n +P+ + + + LP+ + + KPP + + + +R
r r k + R + + pp p +lp + +L+ + + n +P+ + + + LP+ + + KPP + + + +R
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Diagram (Diagram 2590) Rc8-a8 0.77/15 ] (Diagram 2591) 29.Ra7-e7+- [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 29.Ra7-e7 Diagram Be6-f7 30.Rh1-c1 Rb8-c8 31.Rc1xc8 Rd8xc8 32.Be3xb6 Rc8-c2+ 33.Kf2-g3 h7-h5 34.h2-h4 Diagram Nb4-c6 35.Re7-c7 Rc2-b2 36.Bb5xc6 Rb2xb6 37.Kg3-f4 Rb6-b2 38.g2-g3
r r +k+ + + R pp p +lp + +L+ + + n +P+ + + + LP+ + + KPP + + + +R
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Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
+ + +k+ + + Rlp L + p + +L+ + +p n +P+ P + + +PK +r+ +P+ + + + +
706
2593
Rb2-c2 39.Kf4-f5 Rc2-c5+ 40.Kf5-f4 1.07/16 ] 29...Be6-f7 Diagram [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 29...Be6-a2 30.Rh1-c1 Rb8-c8 31.Rc1xc8 Diagram
+Rr +k+ + + R pp p + p + +L+ + + n +P+ + + + LP+ l+ + KPP + + + +
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r r +k+ + + Rlpp p + p + +L+ + + n +P+ + + + LP+ + + KPP + + + +R
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35.Re7-c7 Rc2-b2 36.Bb5xc6 Rb2xb6 37.Kg3-f4 Rb6-b2 38.g2-g3 Rb2-c2 Diagram
+ + +k+ + R +lp +L+ p + + + + +p + +PK P + + +PP +r+ + + + + + +
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39.Kf4-f5 Rc2-c5+ 40.Kf5-f4 1.07/15 ] Rd8xc8 32.Be3xb6 Ba2-c4 33.Re7-e8+ Rc8xe8 34.Bb5xe8 Nb4-d3+ 35.Kf2-e3 Nd3-e5 36.Bb6-c5 g7-g5 37.Be8-a4 Kg8-f7 38.Ba4-d1 Kf7-e6 39.Ke3-d4 h7-h6 40.Bd1-a4 1.12/16 ] 30.Rh1-a1 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 30.Rh1-c1 Rb8-c8 31.Rc1xc8 Rd8xc8 32.Be3xb6 Rc8-c2+ 33.Kf2-g3 h7-h5 34.h2-h4 Nb4-c6
(Diagram 2597) 30...Rb8-a8 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 30...Rb8-c8 Diagram (Diagram 2598) 31.Ra1-a7 Rd8-f8 32.Re7-c7 Rc8xc7 33.Ra7xc7 Rf8-d8 34.Be3xb6 Rd8-b8 35.Rc7-d7 Bf7-e6 36.Rd7-d8+
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
r r +k+ + + Rlpp p + p + +L+ + + n +P+ + + + LP+ + + KPP R + + +
+rr +k+ + + Rlpp p + p + +L+ + + n +P+ + + + LP+ + + KPP R + + +
707
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Rb8xd8 37.Bb6xd8 Kg8-f7 38.Bd8-b6 Be6-c8 39.Bb6-e3 1.19/14 ]
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R+ r +k+ + + Rlpp p + p + +L+ + + n +P+ + + + LP+ + + KPP + + + +
2599
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Nc2-d4 38.Bb5-d3 Rd8-a8 Diagram (Diagram 2601)
(Diagram 2599) 39.Rb6-a6 1.18/15 ] 31.Re7-d7 Diagram [ 31.Ra1xa8 Diagram (Diagram 2600) Rd8xa8 32.Re7-b7 h7-h5+- ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 31.Ra1xa8 Rd8xa8 32.Re7-b7 h7-h6 33.Rb7xb6 Ra8-d8 34.Kf2-g3 Nb4-c2 35.Be3-c5 Nc2-e1 36.Bc5-d6 Ne1-c2 37.Kg3-f2
(Diagram 2602) 31...Rd8-c8 [ 31...Ra8-b8 Diagram (Diagram 2603) 32.Rd7xd8+ Rb8xd8 33.Be3xb6+- ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 31...Bf7-e8 32.Bb5-c4+ Kg8-h8 33.Rd7xd8
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
r+ + +k+ + + +lp R L p p + + + + + nP+ + + +L+P+ + + KPP + + + +
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r r +k+ + +R+lpp p + p + +L+ + + n +P+ + + + LP+ + + KPP R + + +
708 Kh8-g8 36.Kf2-g3 Rc8-c2 37.Be2-d1 Rc2-c8 38.Ra1-a3 Nb4-c2 39.Ra3-a7 Rc8-c3 Diagram 2601
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Ra8xd8 34.Be3xb6 Rd8-c8 35.Bc4-e2
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40.Kg3-f2 1.11/15 ] 32.Ra1xa8 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 32.Ra1xa8 Diagram
R+r+ +k+ + +R+lpp p + p + +L+ + + n +P+ + + + LP+ + + KPP + + + +
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Rc8xa8 33.Be3xb6 Ra8-a2+ 34.Kf2-g3 h7-h5 35.h2-h4 Ra2-b2 36.Bb6-d4 Rb2-c2 37.Bd4-e3 Rc2-b2 38.Rd7-d2 Rb2-b3 39.Be3-c5 Bf7-e6 40.Rd2-d4 Nb4-c2 41.Rd4-d8+ Kg8-h7 1.35/16 ] 32...Rc8xa8 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 32...Rc8xa8 33.Be3xb6 Diagram Ra8-a2+ 34.Kf2-g3 h7-h5 35.h2-h4
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
r+ + +k+ + +R+lpp L + p + +L+ + + n +P+ + + + +P+ + + KPP + + + +
709
2606
Ra2-b2 36.Bb6-d4 Rb2-c2 37.Bd4-g1 Diagram
+ + +k+ + +R+lp + + p + +L+ + +p n +P+ P + + +PK +r+ +P+ + + + L
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Rc2-b2 38.Rd7-c7 Rb2-d2 39.Bg1-c5 Nb4-d3 40.Bc5-e3 1.29/13 ] 33.Be3xb6 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 33.Be3xb6 Ra8-a2+ 34.Kf2-g3 h7-h5 35.h2-h4 Ra2-b2 36.Bb6-d4 Rb2-c2 37.Bd4-g1 Rc2-b2 38.Rd7-c7 Rb2-d2 39.Bg1-c5 Nb4-d3 40.Bc5-e3 1.10/14 ] 33...h7-h6 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 33...Ra8-a2+ 34.Kf2-g3 Diagram h7-h5 35.h2-h4 Ra2-b2 36.Bb6-d4 Rb2-c2 37.Bd4-e3 Bf7-e6 38.Rd7-b7 Be6-c8 39.Rb7-e7 Bc8-a6 40.Bb5-a4 Rc2-b2 1.17/14 ] 34.Kf2-g3 Diagram
+ + +k+ + +R+lpp L + p + +L+ + + n +P+ + + + +PK r+ + +PP + + + +
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[ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 34.Rd7-d8+ Diagram
r+ R +k+ + + +lp L + p p +L+ + + n +P+ + + + +P+ + + KPP + + + +
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Ra8xd8 35.Bb6xd8 Nb4-c2 36.Bb5-a4 Nc2-a3 37.Kf2-e3 Kg8-f8 38.Ke3-d3 Na3-c4 39.Kd3-d4 Nc4-d6 40.Ba4-c6 Nd6-c4 41.f3-f4 Bf7-g8 42.e4-e5 Diagram (Diagram 2610) f6xe5+ 43.f4xe5 Bg8-e6 1.29/15 ] 34...Ra8-c8 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 34...Nb4-c2 35.Bb6-f2 Ra8-c8 36.Rd7-d6 Nc2-b4 37.Bb5-d7 Diagram
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
710 Diagram
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r+ + +k+ + +R+lp L + p p +L+ + + n +P+ + + + +PK + + +PP + + + +
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Rc1-c2 40.Rb6-b7 Kg8-f8 41.Bd7-f5 Rc2-e2 42.Be3-d4 1.22/15 ] 35.Rd7-d6 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 35.Rd7-d8+ Rc8xd8 Diagram
+ r +k+ + + +lp L + p p +L+ + + n +P+ + + + +PK + + +PP + + + +
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Rc8-c1 38.Rd6-b6 Nb4-d3 39.Bf2-e3
36.Bb6xd8 Nb4-c2 37.Bd8-b6 Nc2-a3 38.Bb5-a4 Bf7-e6 39.Ba4-e8 Be6-f7 40.Be8-c6 Na3-c4 41.Bb6-d4 Nc4-e5 42.Bc6-b5 Bf7-c4 43.Bb5-e8 Bc4-f7 44.Be8-a4 Bf7-c4 45.f3-f4 Ne5-d3 1.13/15 ] 35...Bf7-e8 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 35...Bf7-e8 36.Bb5xe8 Rc8xe8 37.Bb6-c5 Re8-b8 38.Rd6-d7 Nb4-c6 39.Rd7-c7 Nc6-e5 40.Bc5-d4 Ne5-d3 41.Kg3-g4 Diagram
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
r + +k+ + R + p + + p p + + + + + LP+K+ + +n+P+ + + +PP + + + +
711 42.Kg3-f4 Nc2-e1 43.g2-g4 Ne1-d3+ 44.Kf4-f5 1.06/14 ] 37.Rd6xc6 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 37.Rd6xc6 Nb4xc6 38.Kg3-f2 g7-g5 39.g2-g3 Kg8-g7 40.f3-f4 Be8-g6 41.Kf2-e3 Bg6-f7 42.Bb6-c5 Bf7-e6 43.Bc5-d6 Kg7-f7 44.h2-h4 g5xh4 45.g3xh4 Nc6-a5 46.Bd6-c5 Na5-c4+ 47.Ke3-d4 Nc4-d2 48.Be2-h5+ Kf7-g7 49.Bc5-b4 Nd2-b3+ 50.Kd4-e3 1.33/18 Diagram
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Rb8-b4 42.Bd4-c3 Rb4-b3 43.h2-h4 Kg8-f8 44.Kg4-f5 Rb3-b5+ 45.Kf5-g4 h6-h5+ 46.Kg4-g3 1.08/15 ] 36.Bb5-e2 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 36.Bb5xe8 Rc8xe8 37.Bb6-c5 Re8-b8 38.Rd6-d7 Nb4-c6 39.Rd7-c7 Nc6-e5 40.Bc5-d4 Ne5-d3 41.Kg3-g4 Rb8-b4 42.Bd4-c3 Rb4-b3 43.h2-h4 Kg8-f8 44.Kg4-f5 Rb3-b5+ Diagram
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45.Kf5-g4 h6-h5+ 46.Kg4-g3 0.98/16 ] 36...Rc8-c6 [ 36...Kg8-f7 37.Bb6-e3+- ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 36...Kg8-f7 37.Bb6-e3 Nb4-c2 38.Be3-g1 Rc8-c7 39.h2-h4 Kf7-e7 40.Rd6-b6 Rc7-c3 41.Rb6-b7+ Ke7-f8
(Diagram 2618) 37...Nb4xc6 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 37...Nb4xc6 Diagram (Diagram 2619) 38.Kg3-f2 g7-g5 39.g2-g3 Be8-g6 40.Kf2-e3 Bg6-h5 41.h2-h3 Nc6-e5 42.Bb6-d4 Kg8-f7 43.Bd4-c5 Kf7-g7 44.Bc5-b4 Kg7-f7 45.g3-g4 Bh5-g6 46.Be2-d1 Ne5-c4+ 47.Ke3-d4 1.23/17 ] 38.Kg3-f4 Diagram [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 38.f3-f4 g7-g5 39.Kg3-f3 Kg8-g7 40.Kf3-e3 g5xf4+ 41.Ke3xf4 Be8-f7 42.Bb6-c5 Nc6-e5 43.Bc5-d4 Ne5-g6+ 44.Kf4-e3 Ng6-e5
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
+ +l+k+ + + + p LR+ p p + + + + n +P+ + + + +PK + +L+PP + + + +
+ +l+k+ + + + p Ln+ p p + + + + + +P+ + + + +PK + +L+PP + + + +
712
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45.h2-h3 Kg7-g6 46.Ke3-f4 Bf7-c4 47.Be2-d1 1.12/16 ] (Diagram 2620) 38...Nc6-e5 Diagram [ 38...g7-g5+ 39.Kf4-e3+- ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 38...g7-g5+ 39.Kf4-e3 Kg8-f7 40.Be2-c4+ Kf7-g6 41.Bc4-e6 Nc6-e5 42.Bb6-d4 Be8-d7 43.Be6-d5 Bd7-b5 44.h2-h3 Bb5-f1 45.Ke3-f2 Bf1-b5 46.Bd4-c3 h6-h5 47.Bc3-d4 h5-h4 48.Kf2-e3 1.05/16 Diagram
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] 39.Bb6-c7 [ 39.Kf4-e3 g7-g5+- ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 39.Kf4-e3 g7-g5
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
713
40.g2-g3 Be8-h5 41.Bb6-d4 Kg8-g7 42.Bd4-c5 Kg7-f7 43.h2-h3 Kf7-g7 44.Bc5-b4 Kg7-f7 45.g3-g4 Bh5-g6 46.Be2-d1 Ne5-c4+ 47.Ke3-d4 1.10/16 ] 39...Be8-d7 Diagram [ 39...Kg8-f7 40.Kf4-e3+- ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 39...g7-g5+ 40.Kf4-e3 Diagram
+ +l+k+ + L + + + + p p + + n p + +P+ + + + KP+ + +L+PP + + + +
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Kg8-f7 41.g2-g3 Kf7-e7 42.Ke3-d4 Ne5-c6+ 43.Kd4-c5 Ke7-d7 44.Bc7-b6 Nc6-e5 45.Bb6-a5 Be8-h5 46.Be2-b5+ Kd7-e7 47.f3-f4 Ne5-f3 48.Bb5-e2 Bh5-g4 1.02/16 ]
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41.Ke3-d4 Ne5-c6+ 42.Kd4-c5 Nc6-e7 43.g2-g3 Bd7-e6 44.f3-f4 f6-f5 45.e4-e5 Ne7-d5 46.Bc7-a5 Nd5-e3 47.Ba5-d2 Ne3-g4 48.h2-h3 1.20/15 ] 41.Ke3-d4 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 41.f3-f4 Ne5-c6 42.Bc7-d6+ Kf8-f7 43.f4-f5 g7-g5 44.h2-h3 Kf7-g7 45.g2-g4 Bd7-e8 46.Be2-c4 h6-h5 47.Bc4-d5 h5xg4 48.h3xg4 Nc6-e5 49.Bd6xe5 f6xe5 1.23/15 ] 41...Ne5-f7 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 41...Ne5-f7 42.Bc7-b6 g7-g5 Diagram (Diagram 2628) 43.Kd4-d5 Bd7-a4 44.g2-g3 Ba4-b3+ 45.Kd5-d4 Kf8-e7 46.Bb6-c5+ Ke7-d7 47.f3-f4 Nf7-d8 48.Kd4-e3 Nd8-e6 49.Bc5-b4 Ne6-d8 50.Bb4-c3 1.30/16 ] 42.Bc7-a5 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 42.Bc7-b6 g7-g5 43.Kd4-d5 Bd7-a4 44.g2-g3 Ba4-b3+ 45.Kd5-d4 Kf8-e7 46.Bb6-c5+ Ke7-d7 47.f3-f4 Nf7-d8 48.Kd4-e3 Nd8-e6 49.Bc5-b4 Kd7-c6 50.f4xg5 f6xg5 51.Bb4-c3 Kc6-d6 1.29/15 ] 42...Nf7-e5 Diagram [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 42...g7-g5 43.Ba5-c3 Nf7-d8 44.Kd4-e3 Kf8-e7 45.Bc3-b4+ Ke7-f7 46.f3-f4 g5xf4+ 47.Ke3xf4 Kf7-g6 48.Be2-c4 Nd8-e6+
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43.Ba5-b4+ [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 43.Ba5-c3 Ne5-c6+ 44.Kd4-d5 Nc6-e7+ 45.Kd5-d6 Kf8-e8 46.Bc3-d4 Ne7-c8+ 47.Kd6-c7 Nc8-e7 48.Bd4-f2 Bd7-e6 49.f3-f4 Diagram (Diagram 2630) f6-f5 50.Kc7-d6 Ke8-f7 51.e4-e5 Ne7-c8+ 52.Kd6-c5 1.32/15 ] 43...Kf8-e8 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 43...Kf8-f7 Diagram 44.Bb4-d2 Bd7-a4 45.Kd4-c5 Kf7-e6
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
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46.f3-f4 Ne5-c6 47.Bd2-e1 Nc6-d8 48.h2-h3 Ke6-e7 49.Kc5-d4 Nd8-e6+ 50.Kd4-e3 Ba4-c6 51.Be1-b4+ Ke7-d7 52.g2-g3 1.18/16 ] 44.Kd4-c5 ] 45.Bb4-d2 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 44.Bb4-d6 Diagram 45.Kc5-d6 Ng6-f4 46.Be2-f1 Nf4-e6 47.e4-e5 f6xe5 48.Kd6xe5 Ne6-d8 (Diagram 2632) 49.Ke5-d6 Nd8-f7+ 50.Kd6-d5 Nf7-d8 51.Bf1-d3 Nd8-c6 52.Bb4-c3 Ke8-f7 Ne5-c6+ 45.Kd4-e3 Ke8-f7 46.f3-f4 53.g2-g4 Nc6-e7+ 54.Kd5-e5 g7-g5 g7-g6 47.g2-g4 g6-g5 48.h2-h3 1.32/15 ] 45...Ng6-e5 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 45...Bd7-a4 46.f3-f4 Ng6-e7 Bd7-e6 49.Be2-b5 Nc6-a5 50.Bd6-b4 47.g2-g3 Ba4-b3 48.Be2-f3 Ke8-d7 Na5-b3 51.Bb5-c6 1.23/15 ] 44...Ne5-g6 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 49.Bd2-c3 Kd7-e6 50.f4-f5+ Ke6-d7 44...Ne5-c6 45.Bb4-a3 Nc6-e5 51.Bf3-e2 Bb3-f7 52.Be2-b5+ Kd7-c7
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games 53.Bc3-a5+ Kc7-b7 54.Ba5-d2 1.32/15 ] 46.Kc5-d6 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 46.f3-f4 Ne5-f7 47.Bd2-c3 Ke8-e7 48.Bc3-b4 Ke7-e8 49.Kc5-d5 Bd7-a4 50.Be2-h5 Ke8-d7 51.Bh5-g4+ Kd7-e8 52.Kd5-c4 Nf7-d8 53.e4-e5 f6xe5 54.f4xe5 Ba4-c6 55.e5-e6 g7-g6 1.56/15 ] 46...Bd7-a4 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 46...Ne5-c6 47.Bd2-e3 Nc6-e7 48.Be2-c4 Ne7-c8+ 49.Kd6-c7 Nc8-e7 50.g2-g3 h6-h5 51.Be3-g1 Ne7-c6 52.f3-f4 Nc6-b4 53.Bg1-c5 Nb4-c2 54.Bc4-d5 1.39/15 ] 47.f3-f4 [ 47.Bd2-c3 Ne5-g6+- ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 47.f3-f4 Ne5-f7+ 48.Kd6-c7 Nf7-d8 49.Be2-h5+ Nd8-f7 50.Bd2-b4 Ba4-b5 51.Bh5-g6 Bb5-f1 52.g2-g3 Bf1-c4 53.h2-h4 Bc4-b5 54.h4-h5 Bb5-c4 55.Kc7-c6 Bc4-e6 56.Bb4-a3 Ke8-d8 57.Ba3-f8 Nf7-h8 58.Bg6-h7 Be6-d7+ 59.Kc6-d5 1.56/18 ] 47...Ne5-f7+ [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 47...Ne5-f7+ 48.Kd6-c7 Nf7-d8 49.Be2-h5+ Nd8-f7 50.Bd2-b4 Ba4-b5 51.Bh5-g6 Bb5-f1 52.g2-g3 Bf1-c4 53.h2-h4 Bc4-b5 54.h4-h5 Bb5-c4 55.Kc7-c6 Bc4-e6 56.Bb4-a3 Ke8-d8 57.Ba3-f8 Nf7-h8 58.Bg6-h7 Be6-d7+ 59.Kc6-d5 1.64/17 ] 48.Kd6-c7 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 48.Kd6-c7 Nf7-d8 49.Be2-h5+ Nd8-f7 50.Bd2-b4 Ba4-b5 51.Bh5-g6 Bb5-f1 52.g2-g3 Bf1-c4 53.h2-h4 Bc4-b5 54.h4-h5 Bb5-e2 55.Kc7-c6 Be2-c4 56.Bb4-a3 Bc4-e6 57.Ba3-c5 Ke8-d8 58.Bc5-f8 Nf7-h8 59.Bg6-h7 Be6-d7+ 60.Kc6-d5 1.56/15 ] 48...Ba4-d7 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 48...Nf7-d8 49.Be2-h5+ Nd8-f7 50.Bd2-b4 Ba4-b5 51.Bh5-g6 Bb5-f1 52.g2-g3 Bf1-c4 53.h2-h4 Bc4-b5 54.h4-h5 Bb5-e2 55.Kc7-c6 Be2-c4 56.Bb4-a3 Bc4-e6 57.Ba3-c5 Ke8-d8 58.Bc5-f8 Nf7-h8 59.Bg6-h7 Be6-d7+ 60.Kc6-d5 1.64/14 ] 49.Bd2-b4 [Houdini 2.0c Pro
716 x64: 49.Bd2-b4 Bd7-a4 50.Bb4-c3 Ke8-e7 51.Bc3-d4 Ke7-e8 52.Bd4-c5 Ba4-d7 53.Bc5-g1 Bd7-a4 54.Bg1-d4 Ke8-e7 55.Bd4-c5+ Ke7-e8 56.h2-h3 Ba4-d7 57.Bc5-d4 Bd7-a4 58.h3-h4 Ke8-e7 59.Bd4-c3 Ke7-e8 60.Bc3-b4 g7-g5 61.g2-g3 g5xh4 62.g3xh4 Ba4-d7 63.Bb4-c5 1.60/16 ] 49...Bd7-a4 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 49...Bd7-a4 50.Bb4-c3 Ke8-e7 51.Bc3-d4 Ke7-e8 52.Bd4-g1 Ba4-d7 53.Bg1-f2 Bd7-a4 54.Be2-c4 Nf7-d8 55.Kc7-d6 Nd8-b7+ 56.Kd6-d5 Nb7-d8 1.67/17 ] 50.Be2-c4 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 50.Bb4-c3 Ke8-e7 51.g2-g3 Ba4-d7 52.Bc3-b4+ Ke7-e8 53.Bb4-c5 Bd7-a4 54.Be2-h5 Ba4-b5 55.Bh5-g6 Bb5-a4 56.g3-g4 Ba4-b5 57.h2-h3 Bb5-d3 58.Kc7-c6 1.65/15 ] 50...Nf7-h8 [ 50...Nf7-d8 51.Bc4-d5 Ba4-c2 52.Bb4-c3+- ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 50...Nf7-d8 51.Bc4-d5 Ba4-c2 52.Kc7-d6 Bc2-a4 53.Bb4-e1 Ba4-c2 54.Be1-f2 Bc2-d3 55.g2-g3 h6-h5 56.Bf2-c5 Bd3-b5 57.Bc5-g1 Bb5-d3 58.h2-h3 Bd3-b5 59.h3-h4 Nd8-f7+ 60.Kd6-c5 1.54/16 ] 51.g2-g3 [ 51.e4-e5 keeps an even firmer grip Nh8-g6 52.e5xf6 g7xf6+- ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 51.e4-e5 Nh8-g6 52.e5xf6 g7xf6 53.g2-g3 Ba4-d1 54.Kc7-d6 Bd1-g4 55.Bb4-c3 f6-f5 56.Bc4-f1 Ke8-f7 57.Bc3-b4 Ng6-f8 58.h2-h3 Bg4-f3 59.Bf1-c4+ Kf7-e8 60.Kd6-e5 Bf3-e4 1.85/16 ] 51...Nh8-f7 [ 51...Nh8-g6 52.Bb4-d6+- ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 51...Nh8-g6 52.Bb4-c5 Ng6-e7 53.e4-e5 f6xe5 54.f4xe5 g7-g6 55.e5-e6 Ne7-f5 56.Bc4-e2 h6-h5 57.Be2-d3 h5-h4 58.g3xh4 Nf5xh4 59.Kc7-d6 Nh4-f5+ 60.Kd6-e5 Nf5-e7 61.h2-h4 Ba4-c6 62.Bc5-e3 1.89/15 ] 52.h2-h4 [ 52.Bb4-c3 seems even better Nf7-d8+- ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64:
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games 52.Bb4-c3 Nf7-d8 53.e4-e5 f6xe5 54.Bc3xe5 g7-g6 55.Bc4-d3 g6-g5 56.f4-f5 Nd8-f7 57.Be5-d4 Nf7-d8 58.Kc7-d6 Nd8-f7+ 59.Kd6-e6 Ba4-d7+ 60.Ke6-d5 Bd7-a4 61.Bd4-c5 Ba4-b3+ 62.Kd5-d4 1.89/16 ] 52...Nf7-h8 [ 52...Nf7-d8 53.Bc4-d5 Ba4-c2 54.Bb4-a5+- ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 52...Nf7-d8 53.Bc4-e2 Nd8-f7 54.Be2-h5 Ba4-c2 55.Bh5-g6 Bc2-b3 56.h4-h5 Bb3-e6 57.Kc7-c6 Be6-c4 58.Bb4-a3 Bc4-e6 59.Ba3-c5 Ke8-d8 60.Bc5-f8 Nf7-h8 61.Bg6-h7 Be6-d7+ 62.Kc6-d5 1.64/17 ] 53.Bb4-d6 White prepares e5 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 53.e4-e5 Nh8-g6 54.e5-e6 Ng6-e7 55.h4-h5 Ne7-c6 56.Bb4-c5 Nc6-e7 57.Bc4-d3 Ne7-d5+ 58.Kc7-d6 Nd5-e7 59.g3-g4 Ne7-c8+ 60.Kd6-c7 Nc8-e7 61.Bd3-c4 Ne7-c6 62.Kc7-d6 Nc6-e7 63.f4-f5 Ne7-c6 64.Bc4-e2 Nc6-e5 65.Bc5-d4 1.92/16 ] 53...Nh8-g6 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 53...Nh8-f7 54.e4-e5 Nf7-d8 55.e5-e6 Nd8-c6 56.Bd6-c5 Nc6-e7 57.Bc4-d3 Ne7-d5+ 58.Kc7-d6 Nd5-e7 59.f4-f5 Ke8-d8 60.Bc5-b6+ Kd8-e8 61.Bb6-e3 Ne7-c8+ 62.Kd6-c7 Nc8-e7 63.Be3-f2 Ne7-d5+ 64.Kc7-d6 Nd5-c3 65.h4-h5 1.92/17 ] 54.Bc4-e2 [ 54.e4-e5 and White can already relax Ng6-e7 55.e5-e6 Ne7-f5+- ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 54.e4-e5 Ng6-e7 55.e5-e6 Ne7-c6 56.Bd6-c5 Nc6-e7 57.Bc4-d3 Ne7-d5+ 58.Kc7-d6 Nd5-e7 59.f4-f5 h6-h5 60.Bc5-f2 Ne7-c8+ 61.Kd6-c7 Nc8-e7 62.Bf2-g1 Ne7-d5+ 63.Kc7-d6 Nd5-c3 64.Bg1-f2 Ba4-b5 65.Bd3-c2 1.87/18 ] 54...Ng6-h8 [ 54...Ng6-e7 55.Bd6-a3+- ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 54...Ng6-e7 55.Bd6-c5 Ke8-f7 56.Be2-c4+ Kf7-e8 57.h4-h5 Ne7-c6 58.Bc4-e6 Nc6-e7 59.e4-e5 f6xe5 60.f4xe5 Ba4-c6 61.Kc7-d6 Ke8-f8 62.Be6-c4 Bc6-e4 63.e5-e6 1.49/15 ]
717 55.Be2-c4 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 55.e4-e5 f6xe5 56.Bd6xe5 Ke8-f8 57.Be5-d6+ Kf8-e8 58.Bd6-c5 Nh8-g6 59.f4-f5 Ng6-h8 60.Bc5-d4 Ke8-f8 61.g3-g4 Nh8-f7 62.Be2-f1 Ba4-b3 63.Bd4-c5+ Kf8-g8 1.84/15 ] 55...Nh8-g6 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 55...Nh8-g6 0.01/16 ] 56.e4-e5 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 56.e4-e5 Ng6-e7 57.e5-e6 Ne7-c6 58.Bd6-c5 Nc6-e7 59.Bc4-d3 Ne7-d5+ 60.Kc7-d6 Nd5-e7 61.f4-f5 Ke8-d8 62.Bc5-b6+ Kd8-e8 63.Bb6-d4 h6-h5 64.Bd4-f2 Ne7-c8+ 65.Kd6-c7 Nc8-e7 66.Bf2-c5 Ne7-d5+ 67.Kc7-d6 Nd5-e7 68.Bc5-f2 Ne7-c8+ 1.79/17 ] 56...f6xe5 [ 56...Ng6-e7 57.e5-e6+- ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 56...Ng6-e7 57.e5-e6 Ne7-c6 58.Bd6-c5 Nc6-e7 59.Bc4-d3 Ne7-d5+ 60.Kc7-d6 Nd5-e7 61.f4-f5 Ke8-d8 62.Bc5-b6+ Kd8-e8 63.Bb6-d4 h6-h5 64.Bd4-f2 Ba4-b3 65.Bf2-g1 Bb3-a4 66.Bg1-d4 Ne7-c8+ 67.Kd6-c7 Nc8-e7 68.Bd4-g1 Ne7-d5+ 69.Kc7-d6 Nd5-e7 70.Bg1-d4 1.86/16 ] 57.f4xe5 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 57.f4xe5 Ng6-h8 58.e5-e6 Nh8-g6 59.Bc4-d3 Ng6-e7 60.Bd6-c5 g7-g5 61.Bd3-e2 Ne7-g6 62.h4xg5 h6xg5 63.Kc7-d6 Ke8-f8 64.Be2-d3 Ng6-e7 65.Kd6-e5 Kf8-e8 66.Ke5-f6 Ne7-d5+ 67.Kf6xg5 Nd5-e7 68.g3-g4 Ba4-c6 69.Kg5-f6 Ne7-d5+ 70.Kf6-e5 Nd5-e7 71.g4-g5 Ke8-f8 72.g5-g6 3.10/18 ] 57...Ng6-e7 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 57...Ng6-f8 58.e5-e6 Nf8-g6 59.Bc4-d3 Ng6-e7 60.Bd6-c5 g7-g5 61.Bd3-e2 Ne7-g6 62.h4xg5 h6xg5 63.Kc7-d6 Ke8-f8 64.Be2-d3 Ng6-e7 65.Kd6-e5 Kf8-e8 66.Bd3-e2 Ke8-d8 67.Ke5-f6 Ne7-d5+ 68.Kf6xg5 Kd8-e8 69.Be2-d3 Nd5-e7 70.g3-g4 Ne7-d5 71.Bd3-g6+ Ke8-d8 72.Bg6-e4 Ba4-b3 73.Bc5-d6 Bb3-c4 3.14/17 ] 58.e5-e6 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 58.e5-e6 g7-g5 59.h4xg5 h6xg5
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games 60.Bd6-c5 Ne7-f5 61.Bc4-d3 Nf5-e7 62.Bd3-e2 Ne7-g6 63.Kc7-d6 Ke8-f8 64.Be2-d3 Ng6-e7 65.Kd6-e5 Kf8-e8 66.Ke5-f6 Ne7-d5+ 67.Kf6xg5 Nd5-e7 68.g3-g4 Ne7-d5 69.Bd3-g6+ Ke8-d8 70.Bg6-e4 Ba4-b3 71.Bc5-d6 Bb3-c4 3.07/14 ] 58...g7-g6 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 58...Ne7-f5 59.Bc4-d3 Nf5-e7 60.Bd6-c5 g7-g5 61.h4xg5 h6xg5 62.Bd3-e2 Ne7-g6 63.Kc7-d6 Ke8-f8 64.Be2-d3 Ng6-e7 65.Kd6-e5 Kf8-e8 66.Bd3-e2 Ke8-d8 67.Ke5-f6 Ne7-d5+ 68.Kf6xg5 Ba4-e8 69.Be2-d3 Be8-c6 70.g3-g4 Kd8-e8 71.Bd3-g6+ Ke8-d8 72.Bg6-h5 Bc6-e8 73.Kg5-f5 Nd5-c7 74.Kf5-f6 Nc7-d5+ 75.Kf6-f5 Nd5-c7 3.22/15 ] 59.Bd6-c5 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 59.Bd6-c5 Ne7-f5 60.Bc4-d3 h6-h5 61.Bc5-b4 Nf5-e7 62.Kc7-d6 Ke8-d8 63.Bb4-c5 Ne7-f5+ 64.Kd6-e5 Kd8-c7 65.Ke5-f6 Ba4-c6 66.e6-e7 Bc6-e8 67.Bd3-c2 Kc7-c8 68.Bc5-b4 Kc8-c7 69.Bb4-d2 Kc7-b7 70.Bd2-c1 Kb7-c7 71.Bc1-f4+ Kc7-c8 72.Bc2-d3 Kc8-b7 73.Bd3-e4+ Kb7-b6 74.Be4-d5 Kb6-c5 75.Bd5-f7 3.17/16 ] 59...Ne7-f5 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 59...h6-h5 60.Bc4-d3 Ne7-f5 61.Bc5-b4 Nf5-e7 62.Kc7-d6 Ke8-d8 63.Bb4-c5 Ne7-f5+ 64.Kd6-e5 Kd8-c7 65.Ke5-f6 Ba4-c6 66.e6-e7 Bc6-e8 67.Bd3-c2 Kc7-c8 68.Bc5-b4 Kc8-c7 69.Bb4-d2 Kc7-b7 70.Bd2-c1 Kb7-c7 71.Bc1-f4+ Kc7-c8 72.Bc2-d3 Kc8-b7 73.Bd3-e4+ Kb7-b6 74.Be4-d5 Kb6-c5 75.Bd5-f7 3.23/17 ] 60.Bc4-d3 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 60.Bc4-d3 h6-h5 61.Bc5-b4 Nf5-e7 62.Kc7-d6 Ke8-d8 63.Bb4-c5 Ne7-f5+ 64.Kd6-e5 Kd8-c7 65.Ke5-f6 Ba4-c6 66.e6-e7 Bc6-e8 67.Bd3-c2 Kc7-c8 68.Bc5-b4 Kc8-c7 69.Bb4-d2 Kc7-b7 70.Bd2-c1 Kb7-c7 71.Bc1-f4+ Kc7-c8 72.Bc2-d3 Kc8-b7 73.Bd3-e4+ Kb7-b6 74.Be4-d5 Kb6-c5 75.Bd5-f7 3.17/19 ] 60...Nf5-e7 [ 60...h6-h5 61.Bc5-b4+- ;
718 Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 60...h6-h5 61.Bc5-b4 Nf5-e7 62.Kc7-d6 Ke8-d8 63.Bb4-c5 Ne7-f5+ 64.Kd6-e5 Kd8-c7 65.Ke5-f6 Ba4-c6 66.e6-e7 Bc6-e8 67.Bd3-c2 Kc7-c8 68.Bc5-b4 Kc8-c7 69.Bb4-d2 Kc7-b7 70.Bd2-c1 Kb7-c7 71.Bc1-f4+ Kc7-c8 72.Bc2-d3 Kc8-b7 73.Bd3-e4+ Kb7-c8 74.Be4-c2 Kc8-b7 75.Bc2-b3 Nf5-d4 76.Bb3-f7 3.11/17 ] 61.Kc7-d6 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 61.Kc7-d6 Ke8-d8 62.Kd6-e5 g6-g5 63.h4xg5 h6xg5 64.Ke5-f6 Ne7-d5+ 65.Kf6xg5 Ba4-e8 66.g3-g4 Kd8-c7 67.e6-e7 Kc7-c6 68.Bc5-a3 Kc6-c7 69.Bd3-g6 Kc7-d7 70.Bg6-f5+ Kd7-c7 71.Bf5-e4 Nd5-c3 72.Be4-g6 Kc7-d7 73.Bg6-f5+ Kd7-c7 74.Kg5-f6 Nc3-d5+ 75.Kf6-e5 3.41/13 ] 61...h6-h5 [ 61...g6-g5+- there is nothing better in the position ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 61...g6-g5 62.h4xg5 h6xg5 63.Kd6-e5 Ke8-d8 64.Ke5-f6 Ne7-d5+ 65.Kf6xg5 Ba4-e8 66.g3-g4 Kd8-c7 67.e6-e7 Kc7-c6 68.Bc5-a3 Kc6-c7 69.Bd3-g6 Kc7-d7 70.Bg6-f5+ Kd7-c7 71.Bf5-e4 Nd5-c3 72.Be4-g6 Kc7-d7 73.Bg6-f5+ Kd7-c7 74.Kg5-f6 Nc3-d5+ 75.Kf6-e5 3.47/14 ] 62.Kd6-e5 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 62.Kd6-e5 Ba4-c6 63.Ke5-f6 Ne7-d5+ 64.Kf6xg6 Nd5-c3 65.Kg6xh5 Bc6-e4 66.Bd3-a6 Be4-c6 67.g3-g4 Nc3-e4 68.Bc5-b4 Ne4-f6+ 69.Kh5-g5 Nf6-d5 70.Bb4-c5 Nd5-c3 71.Bc5-d4 Nc3-e4+ 72.Kg5-f5 Ne4-d6+ 73.Kf5-f6 Nd6-e4+ 74.Kf6-e5 3.97/13 ] 62...Ne7-f5 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 62...Ba4-c6 63.Ke5-f6 Ne7-d5+ 64.Kf6xg6 Nd5-c3 65.Kg6xh5 Bc6-e4 66.Bd3-a6 Be4-c6 67.g3-g4 Nc3-e4 68.Bc5-b4 Ne4-f6+ 69.Kh5-g5 Nf6-d5 70.Bb4-c5 Nd5-c3 71.Bc5-d4 Nc3-e4+ 72.Kg5-f5 Ne4-d6+ 73.Kf5-f6 Nd6-e4+ 74.Kf6-e5 4.04/14 ] 63.Ke5-f6 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 63.Ke5-f6
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games Ba4-c6 64.e6-e7 Ke8-d7 65.Kf6-f7 Kd7-c7 66.Kf7-f8 Nf5xg3 67.Bd3xg6 Ng3-e2 68.Bc5-e3 Ne2-c3 69.Bg6xh5 Nc3-d5 70.Be3-f2 Nd5-f6 71.Bh5-e2 Nf6-e4 72.Bf2-d4 4.61/14 ] 63...Ba4-c6 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 63...Ke8-d8 64.Kf6-f7 Ba4-b3 65.Kf7xg6 Nf5-e7+ 66.Kg6-f7 Ne7-d5 67.Kf7-f8 Kd8-c7 68.e6-e7 Nd5xe7 69.Kf8xe7 Bb3-d1 70.Bd3-e4 Bd1-g4 71.Bc5-d4 Bg4-d1 72.Bd4-e5+ Kc7-b6 73.Ke7-d6 Bd1-g4 74.Be4-c6 Kb6-a6 75.Be5-d4 4.92/15 ] 64.e6-e7 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 64.e6-e7 Ke8-d7 65.Kf6-f7 Kd7-c7 66.e7-e8Q Bc6xe8+ 67.Kf7xe8 Kc7-c6 68.Bc5-g1 Nf5xg3 69.Bd3xg6 Kc6-d5 70.Ke8-f7 Kd5-c4 71.Bg1-h2 Ng3-f1 72.Bh2-f4 Kc4-d4 73.Kf7-e6 Nf1-e3 74.Bf4-e5+ Kd4-c5 75.Bg6xh5 Ne3-c2 76.Bh5-d1 Nc2-d4+ 77.Ke6-f6 4.86/15 ] 1-0
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rnlqkl r ppp pp+p + + +p+ + +p+ L +PPn+ + + N + + PP +PPPP R +QKLNR
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Nd7-f6 21.Bd5-b3 Nf6-e4 22.Rd1-e1 Ne4xc3 23.Rb1-b2 Aronian,L (2761)Svidler,P (2742)/Dortmund 2006/CBM 114/0-1 (47) ] 9.Qb1xb7 Be6-d5 10.Qb7-b5+ Nb8-d7N [RR 10...Qd8-d7 11.Ra1-b1 Qd7xb5 12.Rb1xb5 Nb8-d7 13.Ng1-f3 (RR 13.Ng1-e2 e7-e5 14.f2-f3 Bf8-g7 15.d4xc5 0-0 16.e3-e4 Bd5-c6 49 D80 17.Rb5-b1 Rf8-b8 18.Rb1-d1 Bc6-a4 Vassily Ivanchuk 19.Rd1-a1 Nd7xc5 20.Ne2-c1 Ba4-b5 Peter Svidler 21.Bh4-f2 Nc5-a4 22.Bf1-e2 Na4xc3 2006 Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP 25.02.2006 (6) 23.0-0 Bg7-h6 24.Be2-d1 Nc3xd1 25.Rf1xd1 c4-c3 26.Nc1-b3 Bb5-a4 27.Rd1-e1 Ba4xb3 Arutinian,D (2544)D80: Grünfeld: Unusual White 4th moves and 4 Bg5 Pashikian,A (2538)/Martuni 2007/CBM 1.d2-d4 Ng8-f6 2.c2-c4 g7-g6 119 ext/0-1 ) 13...e7-e6 14.Bf1-e2 3.Nb1-c3 d7-d5 4.Bc1-g5 Nf6-e4 Bf8-e7 15.Ke1-d2 c5xd4 16.e3xd4 Diagram a7-a6 17.Rb5-b1 g6-g5 18.Bh4-g3 g5-g4 19.Nf3-e1 h7-h5 20.h2-h3 (Diagram 2634) Nd7-f6 21.f2-f3 g4xf3 22.g2xf3 Rh8-g8 23.Bg3-f2 Be7-d6 24.Ne1-c2 5.Bg5-h4 Ne4xc3 6.b2xc3 d5xc4 Ke8-d7 25.Nc2-e3 Sargissian,G (2667)-Naiditsch,A (2676)/Germany 7.e2-e3 Bc8-e6 8.Qd1-b1 c7-c5 [RR 8...Qd8-d5 9.Ng1-f3 Nb8-d7 10.Bf1-e2 2006/CBM 116/½-½ (42) ] 11.Ng1-f3 Be6-f5 11.Qb1-b2 Bf8-g7 12.0-0 Ra8-b8 12.Qb5-a4 c5xd4 13.c3xd4 e7-e5 13.Qb2-b4 c7-c5 14.Qb4xc4 Qd8-c8 14.Ra1-c1 Increasing the Qd5xc4 15.Be2xc4 Ra8-c8 16.Bc4-d5 pressure on the isolated pawn on c4 e7-e6 Diagram Bf5-d3 17.Rf1-d1 Bd3-a6 18.Ra1-b1 15.Bf1xc4 Rb8-b4 16.Qa4-a6 b7-b6 19.Bh4-g3 c5xd4 20.e3xd4
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
rq+kl r p +n+p+p + +p+p+ + +l+ + Q+pP + L + + PN+ P+ + PPP + R KL+R
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Bd5-b7 17.Qa6-a5 last book move last book move f7-f6 [ 17...Rb4xc4?? capturing the bishop loses 18.Rc1xc4 Qc8-a8 19.Rc4-c7 Bb7xf3 20.g2xf3+- ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 17...Bb7-d5 Diagram
+q+kl r p +n+p+p + +p+p+ Q +l+ + rLP + L + + PN+ P+ + PPP + R K +R
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18.Nf3-d2 Bd5xg2 19.Rh1-g1 Bg2-a8 20.Ke1-e2 Qc8-b8 21.Bc4-a6 Ba8-b7 22.Bh4-g3 Qb8-a8 23.Ba6-b5 0.44/11 ] 18.Nf3-d2 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 18.Nf3-d2 g6-g5 19.a2-a3 Rb4-b6 20.0-0 Qc8-c6 21.d4-d5 Qc6-c5 22.Qa5xc5 Nd7xc5 23.Bh4-g3 Bb7xd5 24.Rf1-d1 Bf8-e7 25.Bc4xd5 e6xd5 26.Bg3-c7 Rb6-c6 0.32/12 ]
+q+kl r pl+n+ +p + +ppp+ Q + + + rLP + L + + P + P+ N PPP + R K +R
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18...Bb7xg2? Diagram [ 18...g6-g5 19.a2-a3 Rb4-b6 ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 18...g6-g5 19.a2-a3 Rb4-b6 20.Bh4-g3 Bb7xg2 21.Rh1-g1 Bg2-d5 22.e3-e4 Bd5xc4 23.Rc1xc4 Rb6-c6 24.Rc4xc6 Qc8xc6 25.Ke1-f1 Qc6-b6 26.Qa5-c3 Ke8-f7 27.Kf1-g2 Bf8-d6 28.Rg1-b1 0.27/11 ]
+q+kl r p +n+ +p + +ppp+ Q + + + rLP + L + + P + P+ N PlP + R K +R
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19.Rh1-g1+- [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 19.Rh1-g1 Bg2-h3 20.Bh4xf6 Rh8-g8 21.Bf6-h4 Rb4-b6 22.a2-a3 Qc8-c7 23.Bh4-g3 Qc7-c6 24.Qa5xa7 Rb6-b2 25.Bg3-h4 Bf8-e7 26.Bh4xe7 Ke8xe7 1.48/11 ] 19...Qc8-c6 [ 19...Bg2-d5 20.Bh4xf6! Decoy: c6
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
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Rb4xc4 21.Nd2xc4 Qc8-b8+( 21...Nd7xf6?? too greedy 22.Nc4-d6+ Bf8xd6 23.Rc1xc8+ Ke8-f7 Diagram
+R+ + r p + +k+p + lpnp+ Q +l+ + + P + + + + P + P+ + P P + + K R
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24.Qa5xa7+ Bd6-e7 25.Rc8xh8+- ); Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 19...Bg2-h3 20.Bh4xf6 Rh8-g8 21.Bf6-h4 Rb4-b6 22.a2-a3 Qc8-c7 23.Bh4-g3 Qc7-c6 24.Qa5xa7 Rb6-b2 25.Bg3-h4 Bh3-f5 26.Qa7-a5 Diagram
+ +klr+ + +n+ +p +q+p+p+ Q + +l+ +LP + L P + P + r N P P + R K R Bf8-e7 1.28/11 ] 20.Rg1xg2 [ 20.Qa5xa7 Rb4-a4 21.Qa7xa4 Qc6xa4 22.Rg1xg2 Ke8-f7∓ ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 20.Rg1xg2 Diagram Qc6xg2 21.Bc4xe6 Qg2-h1+
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+ +kl r p +n+ +p +q+ppp+ Q + + + rLP + L + + P + P+ N PRP + R K +
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22.Nd2-f1 Bf8-d6 23.Bh4-g3 Rb4-b6 24.Bg3xd6 Rb6-c6 25.Be6xd7+ Ke8xd7 26.Bd6-c5 Rh8-a8 27.Qa5-b5 Ra8-c8 28.Qb5-b3 Rc6-e6 29.Qb3-a4+ Qh1-c6 30.Qa4xa7+ Rc8-c7 3.66/10 ] 20...Qc6xg2 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 20...Qc6xg2 21.Bc4xe6 Qg2-h1+ 22.Nd2-f1 Bf8-d6 23.Bh4-g3 Rb4-b6 24.Bg3xd6 Rb6-c6 25.Be6xd7+ Ke8xd7 26.Bd6-c5 Rh8-a8 27.Qa5-b5 Diagram (Diagram 2642) Ra8-c8 28.Qb5-b3 Rc6-e6 29.Qb3-a4+ Qh1-c6 30.Qa4xa7+ Rc8-c7 3.94/11 ] 21.Bc4xe6 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 21.Bc4xe6 Diagram (Diagram 2643) Qg2-g1+ 22.Nd2-f1 Rb4-b2 23.Rc1-c8+ Ke8-e7 24.Qa5-d8+ Ke7xe6 25.Qd8-e8+ Ke6-d6 26.Bh4-g3+ Qg1xg3 27.Nf1xg3 f6-f5 28.Qe8-f7 Bf8-g7 3.45/9 ] 21...Bf8-d6 Diagram [ 21...Qg2-h1+ no good, but what else? 22.Nd2-f1 Bf8-d6+- ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 21...Qg2-h1+
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
r+ + + + p +k+ +p +r+ pp+ +QL + + + P + + + + P + P+ + P P + R KN+q
+ +kl r p +n+ +p + +Lpp+ Q + + + r P + L + + P + P+ N PqP + R K +
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+ +k+ r p +n+ +p + lLpp+ Q + + + r P + L + + P + P+ N PqP + R K +
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Rb8-b6 30.Bh4-g3 a7-a6 31.h2-h4 Diagram 2643
22.Nd2-f1 Bf8-d6 23.Bh4-g3 Rb4-b6 24.Bg3xd6 Rb6-c6 25.Be6xd7+ Ke8xd7 26.Bd6-c5 Rh8-a8 27.Qa5-b5 Ra8-c8 28.Qb5-b3 Rc6-e6 29.Qb3-a4+ Qh1-c6 30.Qa4xa7+ Rc8-c7 3.78/11 ] (Diagram 2644) 22.Rc1-c8+ Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 22.Rc1-c8+ Ke8-e7 23.Rc8xh8 Ke7xe6 24.Qa5-d8 Qg2-h1+ 25.Ke1-e2 Qh1-c6 26.Rh8xh7 Rb4-b8 27.d4-d5+ Ke6xd5 28.Qd8xd7 Qc6xd7 29.Rh7xd7
+ + + + + +R+ + pr l pp+ + +k+ + + + + P + + P L P+ NKP + + + + +
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Kd5-e6 32.Rd7xd6+ Rb6xd6 33.Bg3xd6 Ke6xd6 34.Ke2-d3 5.27/9 ] (Diagram 2646) 22...Ke8-e7 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 22...Ke8-e7 Diagram (Diagram 2647) 23.Rc8xh8 Ke7xe6 24.Qa5-d8 Qg2-h1+ 25.Ke1-e2 Qh1-c6 26.Rh8xh7 Rb4-b8 27.d4-d5+ Ke6xd5
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
+R+k+ r p +n+ +p + lLpp+ Q + + + r P + L + + P + P+ N PqP + + K +
+R+ + r p +nk +p + lLpp+ Q + + + r P + L + + P + P+ N PqP + + K +
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+ + + + + +R+ + pr l pp+ + +k+ + + + + + + + P L P+ NKP P + + + +
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r + + + p +Q+ +R +ql pp+ + +k+ + + + + L + + P + P+ NKP P + + + +
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28.Qd8xd7 Qc6xd7 29.Rh7xd7 Rb8-b6 30.Bh4-g3 a7-a6 Diagram
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32.Rd7xd6+ Rb6xd6 33.Bg3xd6 Ke6xd6 34.Ke2-d3 5.27/10 Diagram
(Diagram 2648) 31.h2-h4 Kd5-e6 32.Rd7xd6+ Rb6xd6 33.Bg3xd6 Ke6xd6 34.Ke2-d3 5.57/1 ] 23.Rc8xh8 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 23.Rc8xh8 Ke7xe6 24.Qa5-d8 Qg2-h1+ 25.Ke1-e2 Qh1-c6 26.Rh8xh7 Rb4-b8 27.d4-d5+ Ke6xd5 28.Qd8xd7 Diagram Qc6xd7 29.Rh7xd7 Rb8-b6 30.Bh4-g3 a7-a6 31.h2-h4 Kd5-e6
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(Diagram 2650) ] (Diagram 2651) 23...Ke7xe6 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 23...Ke7xe6 24.Qa5-d8 Qg2-h1+ Diagram 25.Ke1-e2 Qh1-c6 26.Rh8xh7 Rb4-b8 27.d4-d5+ Ke6xd5 28.Qd8xd7 Diagram
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
+ + + + + + + + p+ k pp+ + + + + + + + P + +KP + P+ N P + + + + +
+ + + R p +nk +p + lLpp+ Q + + + r P + L + + P + P+ N PqP + + K +
+ Q + R p +n+ +p + lkpp+ + + + + r P + L + + P + P+ N P P + + K +q
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Qc6xd7 29.Rh7xd7 Rb8-b6 30.Bh4-g3 a7-a6 31.h2-h4 Kd5-e6 32.Rd7xd6+ Rb6xd6 33.Bg3xd6 Ke6xd6 34.Ke2-d3 5.31/11 ] 24.Qa5-d8 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 24.Qa5-d8 Qg2-h1+ 25.Ke1-e2 Qh1-c6 26.Rh8xh7 Rb4-b8 27.d4-d5+ Ke6xd5 28.Qd8xd7 Qc6xd7 29.Rh7xd7 Diagram
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Rb8-b6 30.Bh4-g3 a7-a6 31.h2-h4 Kd5-e6 32.Rd7xd6+ Rb6xd6 33.Bg3xd6 Ke6xd6 5.00/9 ] 24...Qg2-g1+ Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 24...Qg2-h1+ 25.Ke1-e2 Qh1-c6 26.Rh8xh7 Rb4-b8 27.d4-d5+
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Ke6xd5 28.Qd8xd7 Qc6xd7 29.Rh7xd7 Rb8-b6 30.Bh4-g3 a7-a6 31.h2-h4 Kd5-e6 32.Rd7xd6+ Rb6xd6 33.Bg3xd6 Ke6xd6 5.24/10 ]
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25.Ke1-e2 Diagram [ 25.Ke1-e2 Diagram (Diagram 2657) Qg1-g4+ 26.f2-f3 Qg4xh4 Diagram 27.Qd8-g8+ Ke6-f5 Diagram 28.Rh8xh7 Qh4xh7 29.Qg8xh7+- ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 25.Ke1-e2 Qg1-g4+ 26.f2-f3 Qg4xh4 27.Rh8-e8+ Ke6-f5 28.Qd8xd7+ Kf5-g5
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31.Ke2xd2 Diagram
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Vassily Ivanchuk Francisco Vallejo-Pons 2006 Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP 10.03.2006 (13) D44: Semi-Slav: Botvinnik System 1.d2-d4 Ng8-f6 2.Ng1-f3 d7-d5 3.c2-c4 e7-e6 4.Nb1-c3 Bf8-b4 Diagram
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5.Bc1-g5 d5xc4 6.e2-e4 b7-b5 7.a2-a4 c7-c6 8.e4-e5 h7-h6 9.e5xf6 h6xg5 10.f6xg7 Rh8-g8 11.g2-g3 Bc8-b7 12.Bf1-g2 c6-c5 13.0-0 g5-g4 14.Nf3-h4 Bb7xg2 15.Nh4xg2 Rg8xg7 16.a4xb5 c5xd4 Diagram
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Rg7-e7 27.c6-c7 Ra8-c8 28.Qd5xd4 Kf8-f7 Diagram
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(Diagram 2666) 17.Nc3-e4 f7-f5N [RR 17...Qd8-b6 18.Ra1-c1 Nb8-d7 19.Rc1xc4 Nd7-e5 20.Rc4xb4 0-0-0 21.Ne4-d2 Rd8-h8 22.Nd2-c4 1-0 Sasikiran,K (2700)Perez Candelario,M (2515)/Calatrava 2007/CBM 117 ext ] 18.Ng2-f4 Ke8-f7 19.Ra1-c1 f5xe4 20.Rc1xc4 Bb4-c5 last book move last book move 21.Rc4xc5 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 21.Rc4xc5 Nb8-d7 22.Rc5-c6 Nd7-e5 23.Qd1-b3 Ne5xc6 24.Qb3xe6+ Kf7-f8 25.b5xc6 Qd8-e8 26.Qe6-d5
29.Qd4-d5+ Kf7-f6 30.Rf1-c1 Re7-e5 31.Rc1-c6+ Kf6-g5 2.46/10 ] 21...Nb8-d7 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 21...Nb8-d7 Diagram (Diagram 2668) 22.Rc5-c6 Nd7-e5 23.Qd1-b3 Ne5xc6 24.Qb3xe6+ Kf7-f8 25.b5xc6 Qd8-e8 26.Qe6-d5 Rg7-e7 27.c6-c7 Ra8-c8 28.Qd5xd4 Kf8-f7 29.Qd4-d5+ Kf7-f6 30.Rf1-c1 Re7-e5 31.Rc1-c6+ Kf6-g5 2.32/11 ] 22.Rc5-h5
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Nd7-e5 23.Qd1-b3 Ne5xc6 24.Qb3xe6+ Kf7-f8 25.b5xc6 Qd8-e8+- ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 22.Rc5-c6 Nd7-e5 23.Qd1-b3 Ne5xc6 24.Qb3xe6+ Kf7-f8 25.b5xc6 Qd8-e8 26.Qe6-d5 Rg7-e7 27.c6-c7 Ra8-c8 28.Qd5xd4 Kf8-f7 29.Qd4-d5+ Kf7-f6 30.Rf1-c1 Re7-e5 31.Rc1-c6+ Kf6-g5 2.43/9 ] 22...Nd7-f6? [ 22...Qd8-b6 23.Rh5-h6 Nd7-e5 ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 22...Qd8-b6 23.Rf1-e1 Nd7-f6 24.Rh5-e5 Ra8-e8 25.Nf4-h5 Nf6xh5 26.Re5xh5 e4-e3 27.f2xe3 d4xe3 28.Qd1-e2 Re8-d8
29.Qe2xe3 Qb6xe3+ 30.Re1xe3 Rd8-d2 31.Rh5-h6 Rd2xb2 32.Re3xe6 Rb2xb5 0.30/11 ] 23.Rh5-e5+[ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 23.Rh5-e5 Qd8-d7 24.Re5xe6 Ra8-e8 25.Re6-c6 Re8-e5 26.Qd1-a4 d4-d3 27.Qa4-c4+ Nf6-d5 28.Qc4-d4 Rg7-g5 Diagram
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29.Rf1-a1 Nd5-b6 30.Qd4xd7+ Nb6xd7 31.Ra1xa7 Re5-e7 32.b5-b6 d3-d2 33.Rc6-d6 Nd7xb6 34.Ra7xe7+ Kf7xe7 35.Rd6xd2 Rg5-c5 2.01/12 ] 23...Qd8-d6?? Diagram [ 23...Qd8-d7 24.Qd1-b3 Kf7-g8 25.Nf4xe6 Qd7-f7+- ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 23...Qd8-d7 24.Re5xe6 Ra8-e8 25.Re6-c6 Re8-e5 26.Qd1-a4 d4-d3 27.Rf1-c1 Nf6-d5 28.Nf4xd5 d3-d2 29.Rc1-d1 Qd7xd5 30.Qa4xa7+ Re5-e7 Diagram (Diagram 2671) 31.Qa7-e3 Re7-d7 32.Rc6-c2 Qd5xb5 33.Qe3-f4+ Kf7-g6 34.Qf4xe4+ Qb5-f5 35.Qe4xf5+ Kg6xf5 36.Rc2xd2 Rd7xd2 37.Rd1xd2 1.76/12 ] shortens the misery for Black 24.Re5xe6 [ 24.Re5xe6 Qd6xe6 25.Nf4xe6 Kf7xe6 26.Qd1xd4+- ;
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Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 24.Re5xe6 Diagram (Diagram 2673) Qd6xe6 25.Nf4xe6 Kf7xe6 26.Qd1xd4 Rg7-d7 27.Qd4-c4+ Ke6-f5 28.Rf1-a1 Ra8-d8 29.Kg1-g2 Kf5-g6 30.Ra1-a6 Kg6-g7 31.Qc4-c3 3.73/9 ] 1-0
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B80: Sicilian Scheveningen: 6 g3 and 6 Be3, including English Attack 1.e2-e4 c7-c5 2.Ng1-f3 d7-d6 3.d2-d4 c5xd4 4.Nf3xd4 Diagram (Diagram 2674) Ng8-f6 5.Nb1-c3 a7-a6 6.Bc1-e3 e7-e6 7.f2-f3 Bf8-e7 8.Qd1-d2 Nb8-c6 9.0-0-0 0-0 10.g2-g4 Nc6xd4 11.Be3xd4 b7-b5 12.g4-g5 Nf6-d7 13.h2-h4 Bc8-b7 14.a2-a3 Ra8-c8 15.Rh1-g1 Nd7-e5 16.Qd2-e3 Ne5-c4 17.Bf1xc4 Diagram (Diagram 2675) Rc8xc4 18.h4-h5N [RR 18.Kc1-b1 b5-b4 19.a3xb4 Rc4xb4 20.b2-b3 Bb7-a8 21.Bd4-c5 Rb4-b7 22.e4-e5 d6-d5 23.Bc5xe7 Qd8xe7 24.Kb1-b2 Rf8-c8 25.Rd1-d3 Rb7-c7 26.Rg1-a1 Ba8-b7 27.h4-h5 Rc7-c5 28.h5-h6
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a6-a5 29.Qe3-f4 Bb7-a6 30.Rd3-e3 Qe7-c7 31.Qf4-d4 Qc7-b7 32.Kb2-c1 Ba6-f1 Zontakh,A (2460)-Obodchuk,A (2430)/Policka 1995/EXT 1999/1-0 (83) ;RR 18.Rg1-g2 b5-b4 19.a3xb4 Rc4xb4 20.Bd4-c5 Rb4-c4 21.Bc5-a3 Qd8-c7 22.Rd1-d3 Rf8-c8 23.Rg2-d2 Rc4-c6 24.Kc1-b1 Be7-f8 25.f3-f4 Rc6-b6 26.f4-f5 a6-a5 27.f5xe6 f7xe6 28.Qe3-h3 Rc8-e8 29.Qh3-g3 Bb7-a6 30.Rd3-f3 Re8-b8 31.g5-g6 h7xg6 32.Rd2-f2 Ba6-c4 Yagupov,I (2474)Jojua,D (2125)/Batumi 2002/CBM 090/ 1-0 (50) ] 18...Rf8-e8 19.Kc1-b1 Qd8-c7 20.b2-b3 Rc4-c6 last book
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g7-g6 28.Kb1-b2 Re8-e2 29.Bd4-c3 d6-d5 30.Rd3-d2 Re2-e3 31.f3-f4 Bd8-c7 1.76/13 ] (Diagram 2677) 22.e4xd5 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 22.e4xd5 Bb7-c8 23.d5xc6 Qc7xc6 24.Qe3-c3 Bc8-b7 25.Qc3xc6 Bb7xc6 26.Rd1-d3 Be7-d8 27.h5-h6 g7-g6 28.Bd4-f2 Diagram (Diagram 2678) d6-d5 29.Rd3-e3 Bd8-e7 30.Kb1-b2 1.38/10 ] 22...Rc6xc2 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 22...Bb7-c8 23.d5xc6 Qc7xc6 24.Qe3-c3 Bc8-b7 25.Qc3xc6
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Bb7xc6 26.Rd1-d3 Be7-d8 27.h5-h6 g7-g6 28.Bd4-f2 d6-d5 29.Rd3-e3 Bd8-e7 30.Kb1-b2 1.70/11 ] 23.g5-g6 last book move [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 23.g5-g6 h7xg6 24.h5xg6 Re8-f8 25.g6xf7+ Kg8xf7 26.Rg1xg7+ Kf7-e8 27.Rd1-e1 Rf8-f7 28.Rg7xf7 Ke8xf7 29.Qe3-e6+ Kf7-e8 30.Qe6-g6+ Ke8-d8 31.Qg6xc2 Qc7xc2+ 32.Kb1xc2 Bb7xd5 33.f3-f4 Kd8-d7 34.f4-f5 Be7-h4 35.Re1-e2 Bh4-d8 36.f5-f6 Bd5-f7 37.Kc2-c3 2.19/10 ] 23...h7xg6 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 23...h7xg6 Diagram 24.h5xg6 Re8-f8 25.g6xf7+ Kg8xf7
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36.f5-f6 Bd5-f7 37.Kc2-c3 2.39/11 ] 24.h5xg6 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 24.h5xg6 Re8-f8 25.g6xf7+ Kg8xf7 26.Rg1xg7+ Kf7-e8 27.Rd1-e1 Rf8-f7 28.Rg7xf7 Ke8xf7 29.Qe3-e6+ Kf7-e8 30.Qe6-g6+ Ke8-d8 31.Qg6xc2 Diagram Qc7xc2+ 32.Kb1xc2 Bb7xd5 33.f3-f4 Kd8-d7 34.f4-f5 Be7-h4 35.Re1-e2
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Bh4-d8 36.f5-f6 Bd5-f7 37.Kc2-c3 2.20/9 ] 24...Re8-f8 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 24...Re8-f8 25.g6xf7+ Kg8xf7 26.Rg1xg7+ Kf7-e8 27.Rd1-e1 Rf8-f7 28.Rg7xf7 Ke8xf7 29.Qe3-e6+ Kf7-e8 30.Qe6-g6+ Ke8-d8 31.Qg6xc2 Qc7xc2+ Diagram
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32.Kb1xc2 Bb7xd5 33.f3-f4 Kd8-d7 34.f4-f5 Be7-h4 35.Re1-e2 Bh4-d8 36.f5-f6 Bd5-f7 37.Kc2-c3 2.38/10 ] 25.g6xf7+ Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 25.g6xf7+ Rf8xf7 26.Bd4xg7 Rc2-h2 27.Bg7-e5+ Kg8-f8 28.Be5xh2 Rf7-f6 29.Qe3-g5 Kf8-e8 30.Qg5-h5+ Ke8-d8 31.Rg1-g8+ Rf6-f8 32.Qh5-f7
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25...Rf8xf7 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 25...Rf8xf7 26.Bd4xg7 Rc2-h2 27.Bg7-e5+ Kg8-f8 28.Be5xh2 Rf7-f6 29.Qe3-g5 Kf8-e8 30.Qg5-h5+ Ke8-d8 31.Rg1-g8+ Diagram (Diagram 2685) Rf6-f8 32.Qh5-f7 Rf8xg8 33.Qf7xg8+ Kd8-d7 34.Rd1-c1 Qc7-b6 35.Rc1-e1 Qb6-c7 36.Bh2-f4 Qc7-d8 37.Qg8-e6+
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Kd7-e8 38.Bf4xd6 6.15/12 ] 26.Bd4xg7! Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 26.Bd4xg7 Rc2-e2 27.Qe3xe2 Qc7-d7 28.Bg7-h6+ Kg8-h8 29.Rg1-h1 Be7-f6 30.Qe2-e6 Qd7xe6 31.d5xe6 Rf7-h7 32.Bh6-e3 4.08/9 ]
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the end, the rest is history. 26...Rf7xg7 Diagram [ 26...Rc2-e2 what else? 27.Qe3xe2 Bb7-c8+- ( 27...Rf7xg7 Diagram succumbs to an attractive mate 28.Qe2-e6+ Kg8-f8 29.Rg1xg7 Qc7-c1+ 30.Rd1xc1 Kf8xg7 31.Rc1-g1+ Be7-g5 32.Rg1xg5+ Kg7-f8 33.Rg5-g8# );Houdini 2.0c Pro
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27.Bg7-e5+ Kg8-f8 28.Be5xh2 Bb7-c8 29.Qe3-h6+ Kf8-e8 30.Rg1-g8+ Rf7-f8 31.Rg8xf8+ Be7xf8 32.Rd1-e1+ Bf8-e7 33.Qh6-h8+ Ke8-f7 34.Qh8-h7+ Kf7-e8 35.Qh7-g8+ Ke8-d7 36.Qg8-f7 4.66/10 ] (Diagram 2689) 27.Qe3-e6+ Diagram [ 27.Rg1xg7+ Diagram Kg8xg7 28.Rd1-g1+ Rc2-g2 29.Rg1xg2+ Kg7-f8 30.Qe3-h6+
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Ke3xf4 38.Qb6xd6+ Kf4-e4 17.22/10 ] (Diagram 2693) 27...Kg8-h8 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 27...Kg8-f8 28.Rg1xg7 Rc2-c1+ 29.Rd1xc1 Qc7xc1+ 30.Kb1xc1 Kf8xg7 31.Qe6xe7+ Kg7-g6 32.Qe7xb7 a6-a5 33.Qb7xb5 Diagram Kg6-f6 34.Qb5xa5 Kf6-e5 35.Kc1-c2 Ke5-d4 36.f3-f4 Kd4-e3 37.Qa5-b6+ Ke3xf4 38.Qb6xd6+ Kf4-e4 17.47/11 Diagram
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+ + + k +lq l r p+ pQ+ + +p+P+ + + + + + PP+ +P+ +r+ + + +K+R+ R
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28.Rg1xg7 Diagram [ 28.Rg1-h1+ Diagram 2694
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+ + + k +lq l r p+ pQ+ + +p+P+ + + + + + PP+ +P+ +r+ + + +K+R+ +R Rg7-h7 29.Rh1xh7+ Kh8xh7 30.Qe6-f7+ Kh7-h6 31.Rd1-h1+ Rc2-h2 32.Rh1xh2+ Be7-h4 33.Rh2xh4+ Kh6-g5 34.Rh4-h5# ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 28.Rg1-h1+ Rc2-h2 29.Rh1xh2+ Diagram (Diagram 2698) Rg7-h7 30.Rh2xh7+ Kh8xh7 31.Qe6-f7+ Kh7-h6 32.Rd1-h1+ Be7-h4 33.Rh1xh4+ Kh6-g5 34.Rh4-h5# #7/12 Diagram
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Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
+ + + k +lq l r p+ pQ+ + +p+P+ + + + + + PP+ +P+ + + + R +K+R+ +
+ + + + +lq +Q+ p+ p + + +p+P+ kR + + + + PP+ +P+ + + + + +K+ + +
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] (Diagram 2700) 28...Kh8xg7 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 28...Rc2-b2+ 29.Kb1xb2 Be7-f6+ 30.Kb2-b1 Qc7xg7 31.Rd1-h1+ Qg7-h7+ 32.Rh1xh7+ Kh8xh7 33.Qe6xf6 Bb7-c8 34.Qf6-f7+ Kh7-h6 35.Qf7-f8+ Kh6-g5 36.Qf8xc8 a6-a5 37.Qc8-g4+ Kg5-h6 38.Qg4-e6+ Kh6-h5 39.Qe6xd6 Kh5-g5 40.Kb1-c2 Diagram Kg5-f5 41.Qd6-c5 Kf5-f4 42.Qc5xb5 16.39/13 ] 29.Rd1-g1+ Diagram
+ + + k +lq l R p+ pQ+ + +p+P+ + + + + + PP+ +P+ +r+ + + +K+R+ +
+ + + + + + + + + Q + + pp+P+ k + + + + PP+ +P+ +K+ + + + + + + [ 29.Rd1-g1+ Rc2-g2 30.Rg1xg2+ Be7-g5 31.Rg2xg5+ Kg7-f8 32.Rg5-g8# ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 29.Rd1-g1+ Rc2-g2 30.Rg1xg2+ Be7-g5 31.Rg2xg5+ Kg7-f8 32.Rg5-g8# #4/15 ] (Diagram 2702) 1-0
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Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
+ + + + +lq l k p+ pQ+ + +p+P+ + + + + + PP+ +P+ +r+ + + +K+ + R
737
2702
rnlqk+ r pppp+ppp + +pn + + + + + lPP + + + N + + PPQ+PPPP R L KLNR
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16.Qc2xd2 Ra8-d8 Diagram 52
E37
Evgeny Bareev Vassily Ivanchuk Memorial Havana CUB (4)
24.11.2006
E37: Nimzo-Indian: Classical: 4...d5 5 a3 Bxc3+ 6 Qxc3 Ne4 1.d2-d4 Ng8-f6 2.c2-c4 e7-e6 3.Nb1-c3 Bf8-b4 4.Qd1-c2 Diagram (Diagram 2703) d7-d5 5.a2-a3 Bb4xc3+ 6.Qc2xc3 Nf6-e4 7.Qc3-c2 c7-c5 8.d4xc5 Nb8-c6 9.c4xd5 e6xd5 10.Ng1-f3 Qd8-f6 11.e2-e3 Bc8-g4 12.Bf1-e2 0-0 13.0-0 Rf8-e8 14.Bc1-d2N [RR 14.h2-h3 Bg4-f5 15.Qc2-d1 Ra8-d8 16.Nf3-d4 Ne4xc5 17.Nd4xf5 Qf6xf5 18.b2-b4 Nc5-e6 19.Bc1-b2 d5-d4 20.Be2-d3 Qf5-g5 21.f2-f4 Qg5-h6 22.e3xd4 Ne6xf4 23.Bd3-c4 Nc6-e5 24.Bc4-b5 Re8-e6 25.Qd1-b3 Ne5-d3 26.Bb5xd3 Nf4xh3+ 27.g2xh3 Qh6-e3+ 28.Kg1-h2 Qe3-d2+ Koneru,H (2572)-Sethuraman,S (2380)/ Abu Dhabi 2007/CBM 119 ext/1-0 (33) ] 14...d5-d4 15.Ra1-d1 Ne4xd2
+ rr+k+ pp+ +ppp +n+ q + + P + + + p +l+ P + PN+ P QLPPP + +R+RK
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17.Qd2-c1 last book move last book move d4-d3 [ 17...Bg4-f5 18.Be2-b5 Bf5-g4 19.Bb5xc6 b7xc6 20.Rd1xd4 ( 20.Nf3xd4?! Bg4xd1 21.Rf1xd1 a7-a5 ) 20...Bg4xf3 21.Rd4-f4+( 21.g2xf3?! Rd8xd4 22.e3xd4 Qf6xf3= );Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 17...d4-d3 Diagram (Diagram 2705) 18.Rd1xd3 Rd8xd3 19.Be2xd3 Bg4xf3 20.g2xf3 Qf6xf3 21.Qc1-c4 Re8-e5 22.Qc4-f4 Qf3xf4 23.e3xf4
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
+ rr+k+ pp+ +ppp +n+ q + + P + + + + +l+ P +pPN+ P +LPPP + QR+RK Re5xc5 Kg8-g7 Rc4-c3 0.16/10
738
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24.Rf1-e1 g7-g6 25.Bd3-e4 26.Kg1-g2 Rc5-c4 27.b2-b4 28.Re1-e3 Rc3xe3 29.f2xe3 Diagram
+ + + + pp+ +pkp +n+ +p+ + + + + P +LP + P + P + + + +KP + + + +
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] 18.Rd1xd3 [ 18.Be2xd3? Bg4xf3 19.Bd3xh7+ Kg8xh7 20.g2xf3 Nc6-e5 21.Rd1xd8 Ne5xf3+ ( 21...Qf6xd8?! 22.Qc1-c2+ Kh7-g8 23.Qc2-e4-+ ; 21...Re8xd8 Diagram (Diagram 2707) 22.Qc1-c2+ Kh7-g8 23.f3-f4 Ne5-f3+ 24.Kg1-g2-+ ) 22.Kg1-h1 Re8xd8-+ ( 22...Qf6xd8?! 23.Qc1-d1 Nf3-d2
+ r + + pp+ +ppk + + q + + P n + + + + + P + PP+ P + P P + Q +RK
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24.Qd1-h5+ Kh7-g8 25.Rf1-d1-+ ); Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 18.Rd1xd3 Rd8xd3 19.Be2xd3 Bg4xf3 20.g2xf3 Qf6xf3 21.Qc1-c4 Re8-e5 22.Qc4-f4 Qf3xf4 23.e3xf4 Re5xc5 24.Rf1-e1 g7-g6 25.Bd3-e4 Kg8-g7 26.Kg1-g2 Rc5-c4 27.b2-b4 Rc4-c3 28.Re1-e3 Rc3xe3 29.f2xe3 -0.02/14 ] 18...Rd8xd3 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 18...Rd8xd3 19.Be2xd3 Bg4xf3 20.g2xf3 Qf6xf3 21.Qc1-c4 Re8-e5 22.h2-h4 Re5xe3 23.f2xe3 Qf3-g3+ 24.Kg1-h1 Qg3-h3+ 25.Kh1-g1 Qh3-g3+ 26.Kg1-h1 0.23/12 ] 19.Be2xd3 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 19.Be2xd3 Bg4xf3 20.g2xf3 Qf6xf3 21.Qc1-c4 Re8-e5 22.Qc4-f4 Qf3xf4 23.e3xf4 Re5xc5 24.Rf1-d1 g7-g6 Diagram (Diagram 2708) 25.Kg1-g2 Kg8-g7 26.Bd3-e4 Rc5-c4 0.00/12 ] 19...Bg4xf3 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 19...Bg4xf3 Diagram 20.g2xf3 Qf6xf3 21.Qc1-c4 Re8-e5 22.h2-h4 Re5xe3 23.f2xe3 Qf3-g3+ 24.Kg1-h1 Qg3-h3+ 25.Kh1-g1 Qh3-g3+ 26.Kg1-h1 0.16/13 ] 20.g2xf3
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
+ + +k+ pp+ +p+p +n+ +p+ + r + + + + P + P +L+ + P + P P + +R+ K
739
2708
+ +r+k+ pp+ +ppp +n+ q + + P + + + + + + P +LPP+ P + P P + Q +RK
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0.09/12 Diagram
+ +r+k+ pp+ +ppp +n+ q + + P + + + + + + P +LPl+ P + PPP + Q +RK
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[Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 20.g2xf3 Diagram
+ + +k+ ppQ +ppp +n+ + + + + + + + + + P P + P + PLq P + + + + K
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] 21.Bd3-e4 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 21.Bd3-e4 Diagram
(Diagram 2710) (Diagram 2712) Qf6xf3 21.Qc1-c4 Qf3-h3 22.Qc4-f4 Re8-e5 23.Rf1-c1 Qh3-h5 24.h2-h4 Re5xc5 25.Rc1xc5 Qh5xc5 26.Qf4-c7 Qc5-d5 27.Bd3-c2 Qd5-d2 -0.03/11 ] 20...Nc6-e5 Black threatens to win material: Ne5xd3 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 20...Qf6xf3 21.Qc1-c4 Qf3-h3 22.Qc4-f4 Re8-e5 23.Rf1-c1 Qh3-h5 24.h2-h4 Re5xc5 25.Rc1xc5 Qh5xc5 26.Qf4-c7 Qc5-d5 27.Bd3-c2 Qd5-d2
Ne5xf3+ 22.Be4xf3 Qf6xf3 23.Qc1-d1 Qf3-f6 24.Qd1-d4 Qf6-g5+ 25.Kg1-h1 Re8-d8 26.Rf1-g1 Rd8xd4 27.Rg1xg5 Rd4-d2 28.b2-b4 g7-g6 29.Kh1-g2 f7-f5 30.e3-e4 f5xe4 31.Rg5-e5 Kg8-f7 32.Re5xe4 Kf7-f6 33.Re4-e8 Kf6-f7 34.Re8-e1 0.11/14 Diagram ] 21...Ne5xf3+ [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 21...Ne5xf3+ 22.Be4xf3 Qf6xf3
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
+ +r+k+ pp+ +ppp + + q + + P n + + +L+ + P + PP+ P + P P + Q +RK
+ + + + pp+ +k+p + + +p+ + P + + P + + + P + + + + r PKP + + R + 23.Qc1-d1 25.Kg1-h1 27.Rg1xg5 29.Kh1-g2 31.Rg5-e5 33.Re4-e8 Diagram
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f7-f5 30.e3-e4 f5xe4 31.Rg5-e5 Kg8-f7 32.Re5xe4 Kf7-f6 33.Re4-e8 Kf6-f7 34.Re8-e1 0.12/13 ] 2713
Qf3-f5 24.Qd1-d4 Qf5-g5+ Re8-d8 26.Rf1-g1 Rd8xd4 Rd4-d2 28.b2-b4 g7-g6 f7-f5 30.e3-e4 f5xe4 Kg8-f7 32.Re5xe4 Kf7-f6 Kf6-f7 34.Re8-e1 0.24/14
+ +r+k+ pp+ +ppp + + q + + P + + + + + + P + PL+ P + P P + Q +RK
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22...Qf6xf3 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 22...Qf6xf3 23.Qc1-d1 Qf3-f5 24.Qd1-d4 Diagram (Diagram 2716)
(Diagram 2714) ] 22.Be4xf3 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 22.Be4xf3 Qf6xf3 23.Qc1-d1 Qf3-f6 24.Qd1-d4 Qf6-g5+ 25.Kg1-h1 Re8-d8 26.Rf1-g1 Rd8xd4 27.Rg1xg5 Rd4-d2 28.b2-b4 g7-g6 29.Kh1-g2
Qf5-g5+ 25.Kg1-h1 Re8-d8 26.Rf1-g1 Rd8xd4 27.Rg1xg5 Rd4-d2 28.b2-b4 g7-g6 29.Kh1-g2 f7-f5 30.e3-e4 f5xe4 31.Rg5-e5 Kg8-f7 32.Re5xe4 Kf7-f6 33.Re4-e8 Kf6-f7 34.Re8-e1 0.23/14 ] 23.Qc1-d1 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
+ +r+k+ pp+ +ppp + + + + + P +q+ + Q + + P + P + P + P P + + +RK
+ +r+k+ pp+ +ppp + + + + + P + + + + + + P + Pq+ P + P P + Q +RK
741
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x64: 23.Qc1-d1 Qf3-f5 24.Qd1-d4 Qf5-g5+ 25.Kg1-h1 Re8-d8 26.Rf1-g1 Rd8xd4 27.Rg1xg5 Rd4-d2 28.b2-b4 g7-g6 29.Kh1-g2 Diagram (Diagram 2718) f7-f5 30.e3-e4 f5xe4 31.Rg5-e5 Kg8-f7 32.Re5xe4 Kf7-f6 33.Re4-e8 Kf6-f7 34.Re8-e1 0.12/15 ] 23...Qf3-f5 Diagram [ 23...Qf3-f6 24.Qd1-d4 Qf6-g5+ 25.Kg1-h1$ ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 23...Qf3-f6 24.Qd1-d4 Qf6-g5+ 25.Kg1-h1 Diagram
+ + +k+ pp+ +p+p + + +p+ + P + R P + + + P + P + + r PKP + + + +
+ +r+k+ pp+ +ppp + + + + + P + + + + + + P + Pq+ P + P P + +Q+RK
+ +r+k+ pp+ +ppp + + + + + P + q + Q + + P + P + P + P P + + +R+K
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Re8-d8 26.Rf1-g1 Rd8xd4 27.Rg1xg5
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
742
Rd4-d2 28.b2-b4 Diagram
+ + +k+ pp+ +ppp + + + + + P + R P + + + P + P + + r P P + + + +K
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g7-g6 29.Kh1-g2 f7-f5 30.e3-e4 f5xe4 31.Rg5-e5 Kg8-f7 32.Re5xe4 Kf7-f6 33.Re4-e8 Kf6-f7 34.Re8-e1 0.23/13 ]
+ +r+k+ pp+ +ppp + + + + + P +q+ + + + + P + P + P + P P + +Q+RK
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24.b2-b4 [ 24.Qd1-d6 Qf5-g4+ 25.Qd6-g3 Qg4-c4= Diagram
+ +r+k+ pp+ +ppp + + + + + P + + +q+ + + P + P Q P + P P + + +RK
+ r +k+ +p+ +pp + + + p P +q+ + + +P+Q+ P + + + + + P P +R+ + K
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Qd5-c6 31.Rb1-b6 0.13/12 ] 24...h7-h6 Diagram [ 24...Qf5-g6+ 25.Kg1-h1 Qg6-e4+ 26.Kh1-g1 Qe4-g6+ 27.Kg1-h1 Qg6-e4+ 28.Kh1-g1 Qe4-g6+= ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 24...Qf5-g6+ Diagram (Diagram 2725)
(Diagram 2723) ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 24.Qd1-d6 h7-h6 25.b2-b4 a7-a5 26.b4xa5 Qf5-g5+ 27.Qd6-g3 Qg5xc5 28.Rf1-b1 Qc5-d5 29.Qg3-g4 Re8-d8 30.e3-e4 Diagram
25.Kg1-h1 Qg6-e4+ 26.Kh1-g1 Qe4-g6+ 27.Kg1-h1 0.12/13 ] 25.Rf1-e1 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 25.Qd1-d6 a7-a5 26.b4xa5 Qf5-g5+ 27.Qd6-g3 Qg5xc5 28.Rf1-b1 Qc5-d5 29.Qg3-g4 Re8-d8 30.e3-e4
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
+ +r+k+ pp+ +ppp + + +q+ + P + + P + + + P + P + + + P P + +Q+RK
+ +r+k+ pp+ +pp + + + p + P +q+ P + + + P + P + + + P P + +Q+RK
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+ r +k+ +p+ +pp Rq+ + p P + + + + +P+Q+ P + + + + + P P + + + K
+ +r+k+ pp+ +pp + + + p + P +q+ P + + + P + P + + + P P + +QR K
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Qd5-c6 31.Rb1-b6 0.13/11 Diagram (Diagram 2727) ] (Diagram 2728) 25...a7-a5 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 25...b7-b6 26.Qd1-d6 Re8-e6 27.Qd6-b8+ Kg8-h7 28.Qb8xa7 Re6-g6+ 29.Kg1-f1 b6xc5 30.b4xc5 Rg6-f6 31.f2-f4 Diagram Rf6-c6 32.Re1-d1 Rc6xc5 0.05/10 ] 26.e3-e4 [ 26.f2-f4!?$ Diagram
+ + + + Q + +ppk + + r p + P +q+ + + P + P + P + + + + P + + RK+
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Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
+ +r+k+ +p+ +pp + + + p p P +q+ P + + + P + P + + + P P + +QR K
+ +r+k+ +p+ +pp + + + p p P +q+ P + P + P + P + + + + P + +QR K
744
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; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 26.f2-f4 a5xb4 27.a3xb4 Diagram (Diagram 2732) Re8-e4 28.Qd1-c2 Qf5-g6+ 29.Qc2-g2 Re4xb4 30.Qg2xg6 f7xg6 Diagram (Diagram 2733) 31.Re1-d1 Rb4-c4 32.Rd1-d7 Rc4xc5 33.Rd7xb7 Rc5-c2 34.e3-e4 g6-g5 0.05/11 ] 26...Qf5-g6+= [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 26...Qf5-g6+ Diagram
+ +r+k+ +p+ +pp + + + p + P +q+ P + P + + + P + + + + P + +QR K
+ + +k+ +p+ + p + + +pp + P + + r + P + + + P + + + + P + + R K
+ +r+k+ +p+ +pp + + +qp p P + + P +P+ + P + + + + + P P + +QR K
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27.Kg1-f1 a5xb4 28.a3xb4 Re8xe4
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
745
29.Qd1-b1 Re4xe1+ 30.Qb1xe1 Qg6-c6 Diagram
+ + +k+ +p+ +pp +q+ + p + P + + P + + + + + + + + + P P + + QK+
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31.Kf1-g1 Qc6-d5 32.h2-h3 Qd5-g5+ 33.Kg1-f1 Qg5-h4 34.Kf1-g2 Qh4-f4 35.Qe1-b1 g7-g6 36.Qb1-e1 Qf4-d4 37.Qe1-e8+ Kg8-g7 -0.09/14 ] 27.Kg1-f1 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 27.Kg1-f1 a5xb4 28.a3xb4 Re8xe4 29.Re1xe4 Qg6xe4 30.Qd1-d7 f7-f5 31.Kf1-g1 f5-f4 32.Qd7-g4 Kg8-h7 33.b4-b5 Diagram (Diagram 2736) Qe4-b1+ 34.Kg1-g2 Qb1xb5 35.Qg4-f5+ Kh7-g8 36.Qf5-c8+ Kg8-h7 37.Qc8-f5+ Kh7-g8 -0.13/16 ] (Diagram 2737) 27...a5xb4 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 27...a5xb4 28.a3xb4 Diagram (Diagram 2738) Re8xe4 29.Qd1-b1 Re4xe1+ 30.Qb1xe1 Qg6-c6 31.Kf1-g1 Qc6-d5 32.h2-h3 Qd5-g5+ 33.Kg1-f1 Qg5-h4 34.Kf1-g2 Qh4-f4 35.Qe1-b1 g7-g6 36.Qb1-e1 Qf4-d4 37.Qe1-e8+
+ + + + +p+ + pk + + + p +PP + + + +qpQ+ + + + + + + P P + + + K
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Kg8-g7 -0.09/14 ] 28.a3xb4 Diagram
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
746
[ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 28.a3xb4 Re8xe4 29.Qd1-b1 Re4xe1+ 30.Qb1xe1 Qg6-c6 31.Kf1-g1 Qc6-d5 32.h2-h3 Qd5-g5+ 33.Kg1-f1 Qg5-h4 34.Kf1-g2 Qh4-f4 35.Qe1-b1 g7-g6 36.Qb1-e1 Qf4-d4 37.Qe1-e8+ Kg8-g7 -0.20/14 ]
+ +r+k+ +p+ +pp + + +qp + P + + P +P+ + + + + + + + P P + +QRK+
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28...Re8xe4 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 28...Re8xe4 Diagram
+ + +k+ +p+ +pp + + +qp + P + + P +r+ + + + + + + + P P + +QRK+
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+ + +k+ +p+ +pp + + +qp + P + + P +r+ + + + + + + + P P + +QRK+
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material: Qb1xe4 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 29.Re1xe4 Qg6xe4 30.Qd1-d8+ Kg8-h7 31.Qd8-d7 f7-f5 32.Kf1-g1 f5-f4 33.Qd7-g4 Qe4-g6 34.Qg4xg6+ Kh7xg6 35.Kg1-g2 Kg6-f5 36.Kg2-f3 Kf5-e5 37.h2-h4 -0.17/13 ] 29...Qg6-a6+ Diagram [ 29...Re4xe1+ 30.Qb1xe1 Qg6-c6 31.Qe1-e5! ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 29...Re4xe1+ 30.Qb1xe1 Qg6-c6 31.Kf1-g1 Qc6-d5 Diagram (Diagram 2742) 32.h2-h3 Qd5-g5+ 33.Kg1-f1 Qg5-h4 34.Kf1-g2 Diagram (Diagram 2743) Qh4-f4 35.Qe1-b1 g7-g6 36.Qb1-e1 Qf4-d4 37.Qe1-e8+ Kg8-g7 -0.10/14 ] (Diagram 2744)
29.Qd1-b1 Re4xe1+ 30.Qb1xe1 Qg6-c6 31.Kf1-g1 Qc6-d5 32.h2-h3 Qd5-g5+ 33.Kg1-f1 Qg5-h4 34.Kf1-g2 Qh4-f4 35.Qe1-b1 g7-g6 36.Qb1-e1 Qf4-d4 37.Qe1-e8+ Kg8-g7 -0.10/14 ] 29.Qd1-b1 White threatens to win
30.Kf1-g2= Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 30.Kf1-g2 Re4xe1 31.Qb1xe1 Qa6-g6+ 32.Kg2-h3 Qg6-f5+ 33.Kh3-g3 Qf5-g5+ 34.Kg3-f3 Qg5-f6+ 35.Kf3-g2 Qf6-f4 36.f2-f3 Qf4-g5+ 37.Kg2-f1 Qg5-d5
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
747 Diagram
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40.Qe1-e4 -0.18/12 ] 2743
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38.Kf1-g2 Qd5-a2+ 39.Kg2-g3 g7-g5
+ + +k+ +p+ +pp q+ + + p + P + + P +r+ + + + + + + + PKP +Q+ R +
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30...Re4-g4+ Diagram [ 30...Re4-e6 31.Re1xe6 Qa6xe6 32.h2-h3= ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 30...Re4-g4+ 31.Kg2-f3 Diagram (Diagram 2747) Rg4-g6 32.Re1-e8+ Kg8-h7 33.Qb1-e4 b7-b6 34.Re8-a8 Qa6-f1 35.Ra8-f8 Qf1-d1+ 36.Kf3-e3 Qd1-e1+ 37.Ke3-f3 Qe1-c3+ 38.Kf3-e2 Qc3-b2+ 39.Ke2-f3 b6xc5 40.b4xc5 Qb2-b3+ 41.Kf3-e2
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Qb3-a2+ -0.13/13 ]
+ + +k+ +p+ +pp q+ + + p + P + + P + +r+ + + + + + + PKP +Q+ R +
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31.Kg2-h3 White has a mate threat [ 31.Kg2-f3 Diagram (Diagram 2749) Rg4-g6 32.Re1-e8+ Kg8-h7= ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 31.Kg2-f3 Rg4-g6 32.Re1-e8+ Kg8-h7 33.Qb1-e4 b7-b6 34.Re8-a8 Qa6-f1 35.Ra8-f8 Qf1-d1+ 36.Kf3-e3 Qd1-e1+ 37.Ke3-f3 Qe1-c3+ 38.Kf3-e2 Qc3-b2+ 39.Ke2-f3 b6xc5 40.b4xc5 Qb2-b3+ 41.Kf3-e2 Qb3-a2+ 42.Ke2-f3 -0.07/11 ]
+ + +k+ +p+ +pp q+ + + p + P + + P + +r+ + + +K+ + + P P +Q+ R +
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31...Rg4-g6 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 31...Rg4-g6 32.Re1-e3 Qa6-c6 33.Re3-g3 Qc6-e6+ 34.Kh3-g2 Qe6-d5+ 35.Kg2-g1 Rg6-e6 36.Qb1-a1 g7-g6 37.Rg3-g4 Re6-e8 38.h2-h3 Re8-e2 39.Rg4-d4 Qd5-g5+ 40.Kg1-f1 Qg5-e7 41.Qa1-d1 Re2-a2 42.Kf1-g2 Qe7-e5 43.Rd4-d8+ Kg8-g7 -0.35/14 ]
+ + +k+ +p+ +pp q+ + +rp + P + + P + + + + + + +K + + P P +Q+ R +
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32.Qb1-f5? [ 32.Re1-e3!?! Diagram has some apparent merit ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 32.Re1-e3 Qa6-c4 33.Re3-g3 Rg6-f6 34.Rg3-e3 Rf6-e6 35.Re3xe6 Qc4xe6+ 36.Kh3-g3
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Qe6-e5+ 37.Kg3-g2 Qe5-d5+ 38.Kg2-g1 Qd5-g5+ 39.Kg1-f1 Qg5-e5 -0.23/10 ] 32...Qa6-c6∓ Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 32...Qa6-c6 33.Re1-e3 Qc6-g2+ 34.Kh3-h4 Qg2xh2+ 35.Re3-h3 Qh2-g1 36.Rh3-g3 Qg1-h1+ 37.Qf5-h3 Qh1-e4+ Diagram
+ + +k+ +p+ +pp + + +rp + P + + P +q+ K + + + RQ + + P + + + + +
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35.Re3-h3-+ ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 33.Re1-e3 Qc6-g2+ 34.Kh3-h4 Qg2xh2+ 35.Re3-h3 Qh2-g1 36.Rh3-g3 Qg1-h1+ 37.Rg3-h3 Qh1-e1 38.Rh3-g3 Qe1xb4+ Diagram
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38.Rg3-g4 Qe4-e7+ 39.Kh4-g3 Qe7-e5+ 40.Kg3-g2 Qe5-e4+ 41.Kg2-g3 Qe4xb4 42.Rg4xg6 f7xg6 43.Qh3-c8+ Kg8-h7 44.f2-f3 Qb4-b1 45.Qc8-b8 Qb1-b3 -1.19/13 ] 33.Re1-e4?? Diagram [ 33.Re1-e3 Qc6-g2+ 34.Kh3-h4 Qg2xh2+
+ + +k+ +p+ +pp + + +rp + P +Q+ q + + K + + + R + + P + + + + +
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39.Kh4-h3 Rg6-e6 40.Kh3-g2 g7-g6 41.Qf5-d5 Qb4-b2 -1.37/11 ] (Diagram 2755) a blunder in a bad position 33...Rg6-g5-+ [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 33...Rg6-g5 34.b4-b5 Qc6xb5 35.Qf5-f3 Qb5-d7+ 36.Kh3-h4 g7-g6 37.Re4-g4 Rg5xc5 38.Qf3-e3 Qd7-d6
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750
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39.Kh4-h3 Rc5-h5+ 40.Kh3-g2 Rh5xh2+ 41.Kg2-g1 h6-h5 Diagram
+ + +k+ +p+ +p+ + q +p+ + + + +p + + +R+ + + Q + + + P r + + + K
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42.Rg4-d4 Qd6-c7 -2.41/10 ] 34.Qf5-f3 [ 34.b4-b5 Qc6xb5 ( 34...Rg5xf5?! is clearly inferior 35.b5xc6 b7xc6 36.Kh3-g4 Rf5xc5 37.Re4-e8+ Kg8-h7 38.Re8-e7-+ ) 35.Qf5-f3 Qb5-d7+ 36.Kh3-h4 g7-g6-+ ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 34.b4-b5 Qc6xb5 35.Qf5-f3 Qb5-d7+ 36.Kh3-h4 Rg5xc5 37.Qf3-e3 Rc5-d5 38.Re4-e8+ Kg8-h7 39.f2-f4 g7-g6 40.Re8-e5 Diagram Rd5-d2 41.f4-f5 Rd2xh2+ 42.Kh4-g3 -1.92/9 ] 34...Qc6-d7+ [Houdini 2.0c
+ + + + +p+q+p+k + + +pp + +rR + + + P K + + Q + + + + P + + + +
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Pro x64: 34...g7-g6 35.Kh3-h4 Diagram
+ + +k+ +p+ +p+ +q+ +pp + P + r P +R+ K + + +Q+ + + P P + + + +
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Rg5-e5 36.Re4-e3 Re5-h5+ 37.Kh4-g3 Rh5-g5+ 38.Kg3-h4 Qc6-d7 39.Re3-e4 Rg5-h5+ 40.Qf3xh5 g6xh5 41.Kh4-g3 f7-f5 42.Re4-f4 Kg8-g7 43.Kg3-g2 Qd7-d5+ 44.Kg2-g3 Qd5-e5 -5.02/11 ] 35.Kh3-h4 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 35.Kh3-h4 Rg5-g1 36.c5-c6 b7xc6 37.Re4-g4 Rg1-d1 38.Qf3-e2 Rd1-d3 39.f2-f3 g7-g5+ 40.Kh4-g3 f7-f5 41.Rg4-c4 Rd3-d2 42.Qe2-e5 f5-f4+ 43.Rc4xf4 g5xf4+ 44.Qe5xf4 Diagram
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
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751
2759
Qd7-g7+ 45.Qf4-g4 h6-h5 46.Qg4xg7+ Kg8xg7 -5.41/14 ]
+ + +k+ +p+q+pp + + + p + P + r P +R+ K + + +Q+ + + P P + + + +
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35...Rg5-g1 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 35...Rg5-g1 Diagram (Diagram 2761) 36.c5-c6 b7xc6 37.Re4-g4 Rg1-d1 38.Qf3-e2 Rd1-d3 39.f2-f3 g7-g5+ 40.Kh4-g3 Qd7-d6+ 41.Kg3-h3 Rd3-d2 42.Qe2-e8+ Kg8-g7 43.Rg4-g2 -2.29/12 ] 36.Qf3-e3 [ 36.c5-c6 b7xc6 37.Re4-e5 Qd7-d8+ 38.Kh4-h3-+ ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 36.c5-c6 b7xc6 37.Re4-g4 Rg1-d1
+ + +k+ +p+q+pp + + + p + P + + P +R+ K + + +Q+ + + P P + + + r
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38.Qf3-e2 Rd1-d2 39.Qe2-e5 g7-g5+ 40.Kh4-h5 Rd2xf2 41.h2-h4 f7-f6 42.Qe5-e4 -1.87/11 ] 36...Qd7-f5 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 36...Qd7-f5 37.Re4-e8+ Kg8-h7 38.Re8-h8+ Kh7xh8 39.Qe3-e8+ Kh8-h7 40.Qe8-h8+ Kh7xh8 41.f2-f3 Qf5xf3 42.h2-h3 g7-g5# -#7/16 ]
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37.Re4-e8+ [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 37.Re4-e8+ Kg8-h7 38.Re8-h8+ Kh7xh8 39.Qe3-e8+ Kh8-h7 40.Qe8-h8+ Kh7xh8 41.f2-f3 Qf5xf3 42.h2-h3 g7-g5# -#6/22 Diagram ] 37...Kg8-h7 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 37...Kg8-h7 -0.61/1 ] 38.Qe3-e4
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752
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[ 38.Re8-h8+ doesn't do any good Kh7xh8 39.Qe3-e8+ Kh8-h7 40.Qe8-h8+ Kh7xh8 41.f2-f3 g7-g5+ 42.Kh4-h5 Qf5-g6# ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 38.Re8-h8+ Diagram
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Kh7xh8 39.Qe3-e8+ Kh8-h7 40.Qe8-h8+ Kh7xh8 41.f2-f3 Qf5xf3 42.h2-h3 g7-g5# -#5/20 ] 38...g7-g5+ Diagram [ 38...g7-g5+ 39.Kh4-h5 Qf5-g6+ Diagram 40.Qe4xg6+ f7xg6# ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 38...g7-g5+ 39.Kh4-h5 Diagram Qf5-g6+ 40.Qe4xg6+ f7xg6# -#3/9 ] 0-1
+ +R+ + +p+ +p+k + + +qp + P + pK P +Q+ + + + + + + + P P + + + r
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Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
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B90
Vassily Ivanchuk Veselin Topalov Morelia Morelia, Mexico (2)
18.02.2007
B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5 1.e2-e4 c7-c5 2.Ng1-f3 d7-d6 3.d2-d4 c5xd4 4.Nf3xd4 Diagram
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Pro x64: 19...Qd8xe7 20.Rd1-d2 Rf8-d8 21.Rf1-d1 Qe7-f7 22.Qc3-e3 Qf7-f6 23.h2-h3 h7-h6 24.c2-c3 Qf6-e7 25.Rd2-d3 Kg8-h8 26.Qe3-b6 Rd7-b7 0.61/14 Diagram
n r + k +r+ q p pQ pp+ p +p+ p + + +P+ + + PR+N+P PP + PP+ + +R+ K
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Ng8-f6 5.Nb1-c3 a7-a6 6.Bc1-e3 e7-e5 7.Nd4-f3 Bf8-e7 8.Bf1-c4 0-0 9.0-0 Bc8-e6 10.Bc4xe6 f7xe6 11.Nc3-a4 Nf6-g4 12.Qd1-d3 Ng4xe3 13.Qd3xe3 b7-b5 14.Na4-b6 Ra8-a7 15.Nb6-d5 Ra7-b7 16.Qe3-d2 Nb8-c6N Diagram [RR 16...Kg8-h8 17.Nd5xe7 Qd8xe7 18.Rf1-d1 Rb7-b6 19.Qd2-e3 Rb6-c6 20.c2-c3 Nb8-d7 21.a2-a4 Nd7-c5 22.a4xb5 a6xb5 23.Ra1-a5 Rf8-b8 24.Rd1-a1 h7-h6 25.Qe3-e2 b5-b4 26.Ra5-b5 Rc6-b6 ] 20.Rd1-d3 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 27.Rb5xb6 ½-½ Popovic,D (2551)20.Rd1-d2 Diagram Popovic,P (2474)/Zlatibor 2007/CBM 120 ext ] (Diagram 2771) (Diagram 2769) 17.Ra1-d1 Rb7-d7 18.Qd2-c3 Nc6-b8 19.Nd5xe7+ last book move last book move Qd8xe7 [Houdini 2.0c
Rd7-c7 21.Qc3-a3 Rf8-c8 22.Qa3xd6 Qe7xd6 23.Rd2xd6 Rc7xc2 24.Nf3xe5 Nb8-c6 25.Ne5-d3 e6-e5 26.Rf1-d1 Rc2-c4 27.Rd1-c1 Rc4xc1+ 28.Nd3xc1 Kg8-f7 29.Nc1-d3 Kf7-e7
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754 21...Rf8-d8 [ 21...Rd7-c7 22.Qc3-a3 Rc7xc2 23.Rd3xd6 ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 21...Rd7-c7 Diagram 2771
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0.71/12 ] 20...h7-h6 [ 20...Rd7-c7 Diagram
n + rk+ + r q pp p+ pp+ + +p+ p + + +P+ + + QR+N+ PPP+ PPP + + +RK
22.Qc3-d2 Nb8-c6 23.a2-a3 Rf8-f4 24.c2-c3 Rf4xe4 25.Rd3xd6 Re4-a4 26.Rd6-d7 Rc7xd7 27.Qd2xd7 Qe7xd7 28.Rd1xd7 e5-e4 29.Nf3-d2 Nc6-e5 0.56/12 ] 22.h2-h4 Diagram [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 22.h2-h3 Qe7-f6 23.a2-a4 Kg8-h7 24.Rd3-e3 Qf6-e7 25.a4xb5 a6xb5 26.Qc3-d3 Rd8-c8 27.Rd1-a1 Nb8-c6 28.Qd3xb5 Rd7-a7 29.Ra1xa7 Qe7xa7 0.69/13 ]
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21.Qc3-d2 ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 20...Rf8-f4 21.Rf1-e1 Rd7-d8 22.a2-a4 b5xa4 23.Qc3-a5 Rd8-c8 24.Qa5xa4 d6-d5 25.Nf3xe5 Qe7-c5 26.Ne5-f3 Qc5xc2 27.Qa4xc2 Rc8xc2 28.e4xd5 e6xd5 29.Rd3xd5 Rc2xb2 0.44/11 ] 21.Rf1-d1 [ 21.Rd3-d2 Rd7-c7 22.Qc3-a3 Nb8-c6 ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 21.Rd3-d2 Rf8-f4 22.Rf1-e1 g7-g6 23.Qc3-e3 Nb8-c6 24.Qe3-b6 Nc6-b4 25.a2-a3 Rd7-b7 26.Qb6xd6 Qe7xd6 27.Rd2xd6 Nb4xc2 0.66/11 ]
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(Diagram 2774) 22...Kg8-h7 Diagram [ 22...Rd7-c7 23.Qc3-d2 Rc7-d7 24.Qd2-e3 ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 22...Rd7-c7 23.Qc3-d2 Rc7-d7 24.h4-h5 Qe7-f7 25.Qd2-e3 Nb8-c6 26.Qe3-b6 Nc6-d4 27.Nf3xd4 e5xd4 28.Rd3xd4 Qf7xh5 29.Qb6xa6 Qh5-c5 30.a2-a4 Rd7-f7 31.Rd1-d2 b5xa4 32.Rd4xd6 Rd8-f8 33.Rd6-d4 Qc5-e5 34.Qa6xa4 0.49/12 Diagram ] 23.Rd1-d2 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 23.a2-a4 Qe7-f6 24.Rd1-e1 b5xa4 25.Qc3-b4 Rd7-c7 26.Qb4xa4
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755 Kh7-g8 29.c2-c3 0.54/12 Diagram
n r +k+ + +rq p p+ pp+ p +p+ p + + +P+ P + QR+N+ PPP+ PP+ + +R+ K
+ + rk+ + + +rp + +p+ p + + q + Q+ RP+ + + + + + PPR PP+ + + + K
n r + + + +rq pk p+ pp+ p +p+ p + + +P+ P + QR+N+ PPP+ PP+ + +R+ K
+ r +k+ + r q p p+npp+ p + + p +P Q+ +P+ + + PR+N+ P + PP+ + +R+ K
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] 2775
n r + + + +rq pk p+ pp+ p +p+ p + + +P+ P + QR+N+ PPPR PP+ + + + K
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23...Qe7-f8 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 23...g7-g6 24.a2-a4 Kh7-g7 25.Qc3-b3 Nb8-c6 26.a4xb5 a6xb5 27.h4-h5 b5-b4 28.h5xg6 Kg7xg6 29.c2-c3 Rd7-a7 30.c3xb4 Ra7-a1+ 31.Rd2-d1 0.50/12 ] 24.Qc3-b3 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 24.Rd3-e3 Qf8-f6 25.Rd2-d1 Qf6-e7 26.Qc3-a5 Rd8-c8 27.c2-c3 Qe7-d8 28.Qa5-a3 Rc8-c4 29.b2-b3 Rc4-c8 30.h4-h5 0.55/12 Diagram
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] 24...Qf8-e8 [ 24...Qf8-f6 25.c2-c4 ; Nb8-c6 27.Re1-d1 Qf6-e7 28.h4-h5
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nrq + + + +r+ pk p+ pp+ p +p+ p +P + +P+ + QPP RN+ P+ + PP+ + +R+ K
n r q + + +r+ pk p+ pp+ p +p+ p + + +P+ P +Q+R+N+ PPPR PP+ + + + K
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n r + + + +r+ pk p+ ppq p +p+ p + + +P+ P +Q+R+N+ PPPR PP+ + + + K
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n + + + +r+ + pk p+ +p+ p + + p +P + +P+ + + + +N+ PP + PP+ + +R+ K
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Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 24...Qf8-f6 Diagram
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Qe7-g5 Diagram (Diagram 2783)
(Diagram 2781) 25.c2-c4 b5xc4 26.Qb3xc4 Qf6-e7 27.Qc4-a4 Rd8-c8 28.h4-h5 Rc8-c1+ 29.Rd2-d1 Rd7-c7 30.Qa4-b4 Rc7-b7 31.Qb4xd6 Qe7xd6 32.Rd3xd6 Rc1xd1+ 33.Rd6xd1 Diagram Rb7xb2 34.Nf3xe5 Rb2xa2 0.48/12 ] 25.a2-a4 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 25.a2-a4 Qe8-f7 26.a4xb5 a6xb5 27.Qb3xb5 Rd7-b7 28.Qb5-a5 Qf7-e7 29.Nf3xe5 Rb7xb2 30.h4-h5
31.Ne5-c4 Rb2-b1+ 32.Rd2-d1 Qg5xa5 33.Nc4xa5 Rb1xd1+ 34.Rd3xd1 d6-d5 35.e4xd5 Rd8xd5 36.Rd1xd5 e6xd5 0.70/13 Diagram (Diagram 2784) ] 25...Qe8-g6 [ 25...d6-d5 26.Nf3xe5 ( 26.e4xd5 e5-e4 27.Rd3-e3 e4xf3 Diagram
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n r + + + + + pk + pp+ p Q + N qP + +P+ + + +R+ + rPR PP+ + + + K
n + + + + + + pk + + + p N +p+ +P + + + + + + + + +P+ PP+ + + + K
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n rq+ + + +r+ pk p+ +p+ p +p+P+ + P+ + + P +Q+ Rp+ PPR PP+ + + + K
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; 26.a4xb5?! is no comparison d5xe4 27.Rd3xd7 Nb8xd7 Diagram 2784
+ rq+ + + +n+ pk p+ +p+ p +P+ p + + +p+ P +Q+ +N+ PPR PP+ + + + K
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28.b5xa6 e4xf3 29.Qb3xf3 Nd7-b6 2785 30.Qf3-e4+ Kh7-g8 31.Rd2xd8 Qe8xd8+- ) 26...d5xe4 27.Ne5xd7 e4xd3 28.Nd7-c5 ( 28.Qb3xd3+? Kh7-h8-+ ) 28...b5xa4 29.Qb3-c4 ( 29.Qb3xe6?! Qe8xe6 30.Nc5xe6 Rd8-d6 ) 29...d3xc2 30.Qc4xc2+ Kh7-g8 31.Rd2xd8 Qe8xd8 32.Qc2xa4 Diagram ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 25...Qe8-f7 26.a4xb5 a6xb5 27.Qb3xb5 Rd7-b7 28.Qb5-a5 Qf7-e7 29.Nf3xe5 Rb7xb2 30.h4-h5 Qe7-g5 31.Ne5-c4 Diagram
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n q +k+ + + + p p+ +p+ p + N + + Q+ + + P + + + + P + PP+ + + + K
n r + + + + + pk + pp+ p Q + + qP +N+P+ + + +R+ + rPR PP+ + + + K
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Rb2-b1+ 32.Rd2-d1 Qg5xa5 33.Nc4xa5 Rb1xd1+ 34.Rd3xd1 d6-d5 35.e4xd5 Rd8xd5 36.Rd1xd5 e6xd5 0.95/12 Diagram (Diagram 2790) ] 26.a4xb5 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 26.Rd2-e2 Diagram
n + + + + + + pk + + + p N +p+ +P + + + + + + + + +P+ PP+ + + + K
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Ra7-a1+ 33.Re2-e1 Ra1xe1+ 34.Nf3xe1 Qe7xh4 0.79/13 ] (Diagram 2792) 26...a6xb5 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 26...a6xb5 27.Qb3-b4 Qg6-f7 28.Qb4xb5 Diagram (Diagram 2793)
(Diagram 2791) Qg6-e8 27.a4xb5 a6xb5 28.Qb3xb5 Qe8-e7 29.b2-b4 Rd7-b7 30.Qb5-c4 Rb7-c7 31.Qc4-b3 Rc7-a7 32.b4-b5
Rd7-b7 29.Qb5-a5 Qf7-e7 30.Nf3xe5 Rb7xb2 31.h4-h5 Qe7-g5 32.Ne5-c4 Rb2-b1+ 33.Rd2-d1 Qg5xa5 34.Nc4xa5 Rb1xd1+ 35.Rd3xd1 d6-d5
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
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36.e4xd5 Rd8xd5 37.Rd1xd5 e6xd5 0.95/12 Diagram (Diagram 2794) ] (Diagram 2795) 27.Rd3-e3 Diagram [ 27.Qb3-b4 Rd7-a7 28.Rd3xd6 Ra7-a1+ 29.Kg1-h2 Diagram Qg6-g4+- ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 27.Qb3-b4 Diagram Qg6-f7 28.h4-h5 Qf7-f4 29.Rd3-e3
n + + + + + + pk + + + p N +p+ +P + + + + + + + + +P+ PP+ + + + K
n r + + + +r+ pk + pp+qp +p+ p + + +P+ P +Q+R+N+ PPR PP+ + + + K
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Nb8-a6 30.Qb4xb5 Na6-c5 31.g2-g3 Qf4-g4 0.88/11 ]
n r + + + +r+ pk + pp+qp +p+ p + + +P+ P +Q+ RN+ PPR PP+ + + + K 27...Nb8-a6 Diagram [ Diagram
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(Diagram 2799) ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 27...Qg6-f7 28.c2-c3 Rd7-a7 29.Re3-e1 Nb8-a6 30.Qb3xb5 Qf7-c7 31.Re1-a1 Na6-c5 32.Ra1xa7 Qc7xa7 33.Nf3xe5 Nc5xe4 34.Ne5-c6 Diagram Qa7-a1+ 35.Kg1-h2 Ne4xd2 36.Nc6xd8 0.52/11 ] 28.Qb3xb5 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64:
n r + + + +r+qpk + pp+ p +p+ p + + +P+ P +Q+ RN+ PPR PP+ + + + K
+ r + + q + + pk +Npp+ p +Q+ + + + +n+ P + P + + P R PP+ + + + K
+ r + + + +r+ pk n+ pp+qp +p+ p + + +P+ P +Q+ RN+ PPR PP+ + + + K 28.Qb3xb5 Diagram
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+ r + + + +r+ pk n+ pp+qp +Q+ p + + +P+ P + + RN+ PPR PP+ + + + K
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Na6-c7 29.Qb5-c6 Qg6-f6 30.b2-b4 Nc7-e8 31.b4-b5 Rd7-c7 32.Qc6-a6 Rd8-b8 33.Re3-b3 Rc7-c4 34.b5-b6 Rc4xe4 35.Qa6-a7 Qf6-d8 36.Qa7-f7 Ne8-f6 37.b6-b7 d6-d5 38.Qf7xe6 Qd8-c7 39.Qe6-f5+ Kh7-h8 0.83/12 ] 28...Na6-c5 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 28...Na6-c7 29.Qb5-c6 Qg6-f6 30.b2-b4 Nc7-e8 31.b4-b5 Rd7-c7 32.Qc6-a6 Rd8-b8 33.h4-h5 Rc7-c4 34.Re3-b3 Qf6-f7 35.b5-b6 Diagram (Diagram 2803) Rc4xe4 36.b6-b7 Qf7-c7 37.Qa6-a7 Re4-g4 38.Rb3-b6 Kh7-g8 39.Kg1-h2 0.98/13 ] (Diagram 2804) 29.Qb5-c4 [ 29.Qb5-c6 Rd7-a7 30.Rd2xd6 Rd8xd6 31.Qc6xd6 Nc5xe4 32.Qd6xe5 Ne4-f6+- ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 29.h4-h5 Qg6xh5 30.b2-b4 Diagram Nc5-b7 31.Re3-a3 Rd7-f7 32.Qb5-c6 Rd8-f8 33.Rd2-d3 Qh5-g4 34.c2-c4 Diagram Kh7-g8 35.c4-c5 d6xc5 36.b4xc5 0.81/11 ] 29...Rd7-a7 [Houdini 2.0c
r +n+ + + + +qpk QP pp+ p + + p +P +r+P+ + +R+ +N+ +PR PP+ + + + K
+ r + + + +r+ pk + pp+qp +Qn p + + +P+ P + + RN+ PPR PP+ + + + K
+ r + + + +r+ pk + pp+ p +Qn p +q P +P+ + + + RN+ +PR PP+ + + + K
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Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
+ + r + +n+ +rpk +Qpp+ p + + p + PP+P+q+ R +R+N+ + + PP+ + + + K
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Pro x64: 29...Rd8-a8 30.Re3-e1 Qg6-f7 31.b2-b4 Nc5-b7 32.Qc4-d3 Rd7-c7 33.c2-c4 Rc7-c8 34.Re1-d1 Qf7-c7 35.Rd2-c2 Ra8-a4 36.Qd3-d2 Kh7-g8 0.89/12 ] 30.Re3-e1 [ 30.Rd2-d1 Qg6-e8+- Diagram
+ rq+ + r + + pk + pp+ p + n p + +Q+P+ P + + RN+ PP+ PP+ + +R+ K
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; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 30.b2-b4 Ra7-a1+ 31.Kg1-h2 Nc5-d7 32.Qc4-c3 Ra1-f1 33.Qc3-d3 Rf1-a1 34.Rd2-d1 Ra1-a8 35.Kh2-g1 Nd7-f6 36.b4-b5 Qg6-f7 37.b5-b6 Qf7-b7 38.Rd1-b1 Ra8-a6 39.Nf3xe5 Ra6xb6 40.Rb1xb6 Diagram Qb7xb6 1.13/11 ] 30...Qg6-e8 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64:
+ r + + +q+ + pk R ppn p + + N + + +P+ P + +QR + +P+ PP+ + + + K
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30...Nc5-b7 31.b2-b4 Qg6-e8 Diagram
+ rq+ + rn+ + pk + pp+ p + + p + PQ+P+ P + + +N+ +PR PP+ + + R K 32.Rd2-d3 34.Rd3-c3 36.Rc3-c6 38.Qb3-e3
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Rd8-c8 33.Qc4-b3 Qe8-e7 Rc8-a8 35.h4-h5 Ra7-a4 Nb7-d8 37.Rc6-b6 Qe7-c7 Nd8-c6 0.83/13 ] (Diagram 2810)
31.b2-b4 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 31.Nf3xe5 Diagram d6xe5 32.Rd2xd8 Qe8xd8 33.Qc4xc5 Qd8-d4 34.Qc5xd4 e5xd4 35.Re1-d1 e6-e5 36.c2-c3 d4xc3 37.b2xc3 Ra7-c7 38.Rd1-d3 Kh7-g6 39.Kg1-f1
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
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Kg6-f6 40.Rd3-d6+ Kf6-e7 1.12/11 ] (Diagram 2812) 31...Nc5-a4 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 31...Nc5-b7 32.Rd2-d3 Rd8-c8 33.Qc4-b3 Qe8-e7 34.Rd3-d2 Rc8-a8 35.Qb3-c4 Ra7-a3 36.Re1-d1 Kh7-g8 37.h4-h5 Qe7-f7 38.c2-c3 0.79/13 ] 32.Qc4-b3 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 32.Qc4-d3 Diagram Rd8-d7 33.c2-c4 Na4-b6 34.c4-c5 d6xc5 35.Qd3-b5 Qe8-d8 36.b4xc5 Rd7xd2 37.c5xb6 Ra7-a2 38.Nf3xd2
+ rq+ + r + + pk + pp+ p + + p + nP +P+ P + +Q+N+ +PR PP+ + + R K Qd8xd2 39.Re1-f1 1.05/12 ]
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Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
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32...Na4-b6 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 32...Qe8-e7 33.Re1-d1 Diagram
+ r + + r + q pk + pp+ p + + p + nP +P+ P +Q+ +N+ +PR PP+ + +R+ K
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Rd8-d7 34.h4-h5 Na4-b6 35.Rd2-d3 Nb6-a4 36.Nf3-d2 Na4-b6 37.Rd3-f3 Rd7-c7 38.Qb3-e3 Nb6-c4 39.Nd2xc4 Rc7xc4 1.02/13 ] 33.Re1-d1 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 33.Re1-d1 Ra7-d7 34.Rd2-d3 Qe8-g6 35.b4-b5 Qg6-f6 36.Rd1-a1 d6-d5 37.Qb3-b4 Nb6-c4 38.h4-h5 Qf6-f7 39.Nf3-d2 Nc4xd2 40.Rd3xd2 Qf7xh5 41.b5-b6 Rd7-b7 42.c2-c4 1.14/13 ] 33...Ra7-d7 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 33...Qe8-b5 34.Rd2xd6 Rd8xd6 35.Rd1xd6 Nb6-c4 36.Rd6-d3 Ra7-a1+ 37.Kg1-h2 Ra1-a4 38.c2-c3 Ra4-a8 39.Qb3-c2 g7-g6 40.Rd3-d1 Kh7-g7 41.Qc2-d3 Ra8-a7 42.Nf3-d2 1.68/12 ] (Diagram 2816) 34.Qb3-d3 Diagram [ 34.b4-b5!? Qe8-f7+- ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 34.Rd2-d3 Diagram Qe8-g6 35.b4-b5 Qg6xe4 36.Qb3xe6 Nb6-a4 37.Rd3-d4 Qe4xc2 38.Nf3xe5 Rd7-b7 39.Rd4xd6 Rd8xd6 40.Rd1xd6 Rb7xb5 41.Ne5-d3 Rb5-b1+ 42.Kg1-h2 Rb1-b8
+ rq+ + + +r+ pk n pp+ p + + p + P +P+ P +Q+ +N+ +PR PP+ + +R+ K
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43.Qe6-e4+ Kh7-g8 44.Rd6-d7 1.42/11 ] (Diagram 2818) 34...Rd8-c8 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 34...Rd8-c8 35.c2-c3 Rd7-c7 36.Rd2-c2 Kh7-g8 37.Rd1-a1 Qe8-d7 38.Ra1-a6 Nb6-c4 39.Rc2-a2 Qd7-f7 40.b4-b5 Rc8-b8 41.b5-b6 Nc4xb6 42.Qd3xd6 Nb6-c4 43.Qd6xe6 Rb8-b1+ 44.Kg1-h2 0.69/14 ] 35.c2-c3 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 35.Rd1-a1 Nb6-c4 36.Rd2-e2 Rd7-c7 37.Re2-e1 Qe8-b5 38.c2-c3
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+r+q+ + + +r+ pk n pp+ p + + p + P +P+ P + +Q+N+ +PR PP+ + +R+ K
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Qb5-b6 39.Ra1-a2 Rc7-f7 40.Re1-a1 Kh7-g8 41.Ra2-a8 0.70/12 ] (Diagram 2820) 35...Rd7-a7 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 35...Rd7-c7 36.Rd2-c2 Kh7-g8 37.Rd1-a1 Qe8-d7 38.Ra1-a6 Nb6-c4 39.Rc2-a2 d6-d5 40.Ra6-a8 Qd7-f7 41.b4-b5 Qf7-g6 42.Ra8xc8+ Rc7xc8 0.79/12 ] 36.Qd3-e3 [ 36.Rd2-c2 Qe8-a4+- ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 36.Rd2-c2 Diagram Qe8-a4 37.Nf3-d2 Kh7-g8 38.Rc2-c1
+r+q+ + + +r+ pk n pp+ p + + p + P +P+ P + PQ+N+ + R PP+ + +R+ K
+r+q+ + r + + pk n pp+ p + + p + P +P+ P + PQ+N+ + R PP+ + +R+ K
+r+q+ + r + + pk n pp+ p + + p + P +P+ P + PQ+N+ +R+ PP+ + +R+ K
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Qa4-d7 39.b4-b5 Qd7-c7 40.c3-c4
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
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Ra7-a2 41.c4-c5 d6xc5 42.Qd3-b3 Rc8-a8 43.Qb3xe6+ Kg8-h8 44.Nd2-c4 0.96/12 ] 36...Ra7-a6 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 36...Ra7-a6 37.Rd2-c2 Nb6-c4 38.Qe3-d3 Qe8-a4 39.Rd1-b1 Qa4-b5 40.Nf3-d2 Ra6-a8 41.Nd2xc4 Rc8xc4 42.Rb1-d1 Diagram
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Qa4-b5 41.Nf3-h4 Qb5-c6 42.Nh4-g6 Kh7-g8 43.Rc1-d1 Rc8-a8 0.60/14 ] 37...Nb6-c4 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 37...Nb6-c4 38.Rd2-a2 Ra6xa2 39.Qe2xa2 Qe8-c6 40.Qa2-e2 Qc6-a4 41.Rd1-c1 Kh7-g8 42.h4-h5 Qa4-a3 43.Qe2-c2 d6-d5 44.e4xd5 e6xd5 45.b4-b5 Qa3-c5 46.Rc1-e1 Qc5xb5 47.Nf3xe5 Nc4xe5 48.Re1xe5 0.57/15
Qb5-c6 43.Qd3xd6 Qc6xe4 0.69/13 ] ]
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37.Qe3-e2 [ 37.Rd2xd6 is clearly weaker Nb6-c4 38.Rd6xa6 Nc4xe3 Diagram 39.f2xe3 Qe8-g6∓ ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 37.Rd2-c2 Nb6-c4 38.Qe3-d3 Qe8-a4 39.h4-h5 Ra6-a7 40.Rd1-c1
+r+q+ + + + + pk r+ pp+ p + + p + Pn+P+ P + P +N+ + RQPP+ + +R+ K 38.Rd2-a2 38.Rd2-c2 40.Qe2-d3 42.Nh4-g6 44.Rc2-e2
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[Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: Qe8-a4 39.h4-h5 Kh7-g8 Ra6-a8 41.Nf3-h4 Qa4-d7 Ra8-a3 43.Qd3-f3 Rc8-a8 0.65/13 ] 38...Ra6-c6
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
767 50.Re5-e6 0.88/12 ] 39...Rc6-c7 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 39...Rc8-a8 40.Rd1-a1 Ra8-c8 41.Ra1-a2 Rc6-c7 42.Ra7xc7 Rc8xc7 43.Qe2-d3 Qe8-c6 44.Nf3-d2 Rc7-c8 45.h4-h5 Diagram
Diagram [ 38...Ra6xa2 39.Qe2xa2 Qe8-c6 40.Qa2-e2 ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 38...Ra6xa2 39.Qe2xa2 Qe8-c6 40.Qa2-e2 Nc4-a3 41.Rd1-c1 Rc8-b8 42.Qe2-e3 Na3-c4 43.Qe3-d3 Rb8-f8 44.Nf3-d2 Nc4xd2 45.Qd3xd2 d6-d5 46.Rc1-a1 d5xe4 0.60/12 ]
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Nc4xd2 46.Ra2xd2 Qc6xc3 47.Qd3xc3 Rc8xc3 48.Rd2xd6 Rc3-c1+ 49.Kg1-h2 Rc1-c2 39.Ra2-a7 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 50.Rd6xe6 Rc2xf2 51.Re6xe5 1.05/12 39.g2-g3 Diagram ] 40.Rd1-a1 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 40.Ra7xc7 Rc8xc7 41.Nf3-d2 Nc4-b2 42.Rd1-c1 Qe8-a4 43.h4-h5 2828 Qa4-a3 44.Nd2-b1 Qa3-b3 45.Qe2-e3 Nb2-a4 46.Qe3-d3 Qb3-b2 47.Rc1-d1 Rc7-c6 48.Rd1-d2 Qb2-c1+ 49.Kg1-h2 Kh7-g8 0.89/13 ]
+r+q+ + + + + pk +rpp+ p + + p + Pn+P+ P + P +NP R+ +QP + + +R+ K
Qe8-f7 40.b4-b5 Rc6-c5 41.Nf3-d2 Qf7-b7 42.Nd2xc4 Rc5xc4 43.Rd1xd6 Qb7xb5 44.Rd6xe6 Qb5-b1+ 45.Kg1-g2 Qb1xe4+ 46.Qe2xe4+ Rc4xe4 47.Ra2-a7 Rc8xc3 48.Re6-e7 Re4-g4 49.Re7xe5 Rc3-c2
(Diagram 2830) 40...Qe8-f7?? Diagram [ 40...Kh7-g8+- ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 40...Kh7-h8 41.Ra1-a6 Rc7-e7 42.Qe2-d3 Qe8-f7 43.Ra7-a8 Re7-e8 44.Ra8xc8 Re8xc8 45.Nf3-d2 Qf7-b7 46.Ra6-a2 Nc4xd2 47.Ra2xd2 1.06/12 ] leading to a quick end 41.Qe2xc4!! Deflection: c7 [ 41.Qe2xc4 Rc7xa7 42.Ra1xa7 Rc8xc4 43.Ra7xf7 Rc4xc3 44.b4-b5+- ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64:
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+r+q+ + R r + pk + pp+ p + + p + Pn+P+ P + P +N+ + +QPP+ R + + K
+r+ + + R r +qpk + pp+ p + + p + Pn+P+ P + P +N+ + +QPP+ R + + K
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41.Qe2xc4 Rc7xa7 42.Ra1xa7 Rc8xc4 43.Ra7xf7 Rc4xc3 44.b4-b5 Rc3-b3 45.Rf7-b7 Rb3-b1+ 46.Kg1-h2 Kh7-g6 47.b5-b6 Rb1-b4 48.Kh2-g3 Kg6-f6 49.h4-h5 Diagram (Diagram 2832) Rb4xe4 50.Rb7-d7 d6-d5 51.b6-b7 Re4-b4 52.Rd7-c7 Rb4-b2 5.22/12 ] 1-0
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Vladimir Kramnik Vassily Ivanchuk 16th Amber Tournament (Rapid) rapid (5) A17: English Opening: 1...Nf6 with ... Bb4 1.Ng1-f3 Ng8-f6 2.c2-c4 e7-e6 3.Nb1-c3 Bf8-b4 4.Qd1-c2 Diagram (Diagram 2833) 0-0 5.a2-a3 Bb4xc3 6.Qc2xc3 d7-d6 7.b2-b4 a7-a5 8.Bc1-b2 e6-e5 9.g2-g3 [RR 9.e2-e3 Bc8-g4 ½-½ Tratar,M (2476)-Czakon,J (2482)/ San Sebastian 2007/CBM 117 ext ] 9...a5xb4 10.a3xb4 Ra8xa1+ 11.Bb2xa1 b7-b5N [RR 11...b7-b6 12.Bf1-g2 Nb8-c6 13.0-0 Bc8-g4 14.b4-b5 Nc6-b8 15.h2-h3 Bg4-h5 16.d2-d3 Nb8-d7 17.Ba1-b2 Nd7-c5 18.Rf1-a1 Qd8-d7 19.g3-g4 Bh5-g6 20.Nf3-h4 Qd7-e7 21.Ra1-a7 Nf6-e8 22.Nh4xg6 f7xg6 23.d3-d4 e5xd4 24.Bg2-d5+ Kg8-h8 25.Qc3xd4 Qe7xe2 26.Ra7xc7 Van Wely,L (2700)Almasi,Z (2640)/Monte Carlo 2001/
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
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CBM 081 ext/½-½ (36) ] 12.c4xb5 Bc8-d7 13.e2-e3 Qd8-c8 14.Bf1-e2 Qc8-b7 Attacks the isolani on b5 15.d2-d3 Diagram
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Bd7xb5 16.0-0 last book move last book move Nb8-c6 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 16...Nb8-a6 17.Qc3-d2 Nf6-d5 18.Nf3-h4 Nd5xb4 19.e3-e4 Bb5-d7 20.d3-d4 Qb7xe4 21.d4xe5 Rf8-e8 22.Be2xa6 Nb4xa6 23.e5xd6 -0.29/11 ] 17.Rf1-b1 Diagram [ 17.Qc3-b3 e5-e4 18.Nf3-g5 Nc6-e5 19.Ba1xe5 d6xe5! ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 17.Qc3-b3 Diagram Qb7-a6 18.Ba1-c3 e5-e4 19.Rf1-a1
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Qa6-b7 20.Nf3-e1 Nc6-e5 21.Bc3xe5 d6xe5 22.Qb3-c3 Rf8-d8 23.Ra1-a5 c7-c6 24.Ra5-a2 -0.13/12 ]
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17...Qb7-a6 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 17...e5-e4 Diagram (Diagram 2837) 18.Nf3-e1 Nc6-e5 19.Qc3-c2 e4xd3 20.Ne1xd3 Bb5xd3 21.Be2xd3 Ne5-f3+ 22.Kg1-f1 Nf3xh2+ 23.Kf1-e2 Nh2-g4 24.f2-f3 Ng4-e5 25.Ba1xe5 d6xe5 26.Rb1-d1 Qb7xb4 27.Ke2-f2 Rf8-c8 28.Rd1-b1 Qb4-d6 -0.51/12 ] 18.Qc3-b3 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64:
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+ + rk+ +qp +ppp +np n + +l+ + + P +p+ + + QPPNP + +LP P LR+ + K
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2837
18.Ba1-b2 Nf6-d5 19.Qc3-d2 Nd5xb4 20.Rb1-a1 Qa6-b7 21.Ra1-b1 Rf8-a8 22.Nf3-g5 h7-h6 23.Ng5-e4 Nb4-d5 -0.30/12 ] 18...Rf8-a8 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 18...e5-e4 19.Nf3-e1 Nc6-e5 20.Ba1xe5 d6xe5 21.Rb1-c1 c7-c6 22.f2-f3 Rf8-d8 23.f3xe4 Nf6xe4 24.Rc1-d1 Ne4-d6 25.Qb3-b2 f7-f6 26.Rd1-a1 -0.31/10 ] 19.Nf3-d2 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 19.Nf3-e1 Qa6-a4 20.Qb3xa4 Ra8xa4 21.Be2-d1 Ra4-a8 22.Bd1-f3 Ra8-a2 23.Bf3-d1 Nc6-e7 24.Bd1-b3 Ra2-e2 25.e3-e4 Ne7-c6 26.Ba1-c3 Diagram
+ + +k+ + p +ppp +np n + +l+ p + P +P+ + +LLP+ P + +rP P +R+ N K
r+ + +k+ + p +ppp q+np n + +l+ p + P + + + +Q+PP P + NLP P LR+ + K
2838
2839
(Diagram 2838) Nf6-g4 27.Rb1-a1 -0.25/11 ] (Diagram 2839) 19...Qa6-a2 Black threatens to win material: Qa2xd2 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 19...Qa6-a3 20.Ba1-c3 Qa3xb3 21.Nd2xb3 Ra8-a3 22.Be2-f1 Bb5-a4 23.Nb3-d2 Ra3xc3 24.Rb1-a1 Nf6-d5 25.Ra1xa4 Nd5-b6 26.Ra4-a1 Nc6xb4 Diagram 27.Nd2-c4 g7-g6 28.Nc4xb6 c7xb6 29.Ra1-b1 Nb4xd3 30.Rb1xb6 d6-d5
+ + +k+ + p +ppp n p + + + + p + n + + + + rPP P + N P P R + +LK 31.Bf1xd3 Rc3xd3 32.Kg1-g2
2840
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
771
Kg8-g7 -0.32/13 ] 20.Ba1-c3 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 20.Qb3-d1 Ra8-a4 21.Ba1-c3 Nf6-d5 22.Bc3-b2 h7-h6 23.e3-e4 Nd5xb4 24.Bb2-c3 Bb5xd3 25.Rb1-a1 Bd3-c2 26.Qd1-c1 Qa2-e6 27.Ra1xa4 Bc2xa4 Diagram
+ + +k+ + p +pp +npq+ p + + p + ln +P+ + + L + P + NLP P + Q + K
2841
28.Bc3xb4 Nc6xb4 29.Qc1xc7 -0.36/12 ] 20...Qa2xb3 [ 20...Ra8-a3 Diagram
+ + +k+ + p +ppp +np n + +l+ p + P + + + rQLPP P q+ NLP P +R+ + K
2842
21.Qb3-d1 Nf6-d5 22.Bc3-b2! ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 20...Ra8-a3 21.Qb3xa2 Ra3xa2 22.Rb1-c1 e5-e4 23.Be2-d1 e4xd3 24.Bd1-b3 Ra2-a7 25.h2-h3 Nf6-d7 26.f2-f4 Nd7-b6 27.Kg1-f2 Nb6-a4 28.Bc3-d4 Nc6xd4
29.e3xd4 Diagram
+ + +k+ r p +ppp + p + + +l+ + + nP P P + +L+p+ PP + N K + + R + +
2843
Na4-b6 30.Kf2-e3 -0.50/13 ] 21.Rb1xb3 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 21.Nd2xb3 Ra8-a3 22.Be2-f1 Bb5-a4 23.Nb3-d2 Ra3xc3 24.Rb1-a1 Nf6-d5 25.Ra1xa4 Nd5-b6 26.Ra4-a1 Nc6xb4 27.Nd2-c4 g7-g6 28.Nc4xb6 c7xb6 29.Ra1-b1 Nb4xd3 30.Rb1xb6 d6-d5 31.Bf1xd3 Rc3xd3 32.Kg1-g2 Kg8-g7 -0.43/13 ] 21...Ra8-a2 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 21...Ra8-a2 22.Be2-f3 Nc6-e7 23.Bc3-b2 Bb5xd3 24.Rb3-a3 Ra2xa3 25.Bb2xa3 g7-g6 26.Kg1-g2 Kg8-g7 27.g3-g4 Nf6-d5 28.h2-h4 Nd5-c3 29.Ba3-b2 Ne7-d5 30.h4-h5 Kg7-f6 31.h5xg6 Diagram (Diagram 2844) f7xg6 -0.70/15 ] (Diagram 2845) 22.Be2-f1?? cause more grief [ 22.Be2-f3∓ ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 22.Rb3-b2 Diagram Ra2xb2 23.Bc3xb2 Nc6xb4 24.Nd2-c4 e5-e4 25.d3xe4 Nf6xe4 26.f2-f3 Ne4-d2 27.Nc4xd2 Bb5xe2 28.Kg1-f2 Be2-a6 29.Bb2-a3 Nb4-d3+
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
+ + + + + p +p+p + p kP+ + +np + P + +P+ + nlPL+ L N PK+ + + + +
+ + +k+ + p +ppp +np n + +l+ p + P + + + +RLPP P r+ NLP P + + + K
+ + +k+ + p +ppp +np n + +l+ p + P + + + + LPP P rR NLP P + + + K 30.Kf2-g2 Ba6-b5 Diagram
772
2844
+ + +k+ + p +ppp + p + + +l+ + + + + + + L +nPPP + N +KP + + + +
2847
31.g3-g4 Bb5-a4 32.Nd2-e4 Ba4-d7 -0.76/13 ] 22...Nf6-d5-+ [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 22...Nf6-d5 Diagram 2845
+ + +k+ + p +ppp +np + + +l+np + P + + + +RLPP P r+ N P P + + +LK 2846
2848
23.Bf1-g2 Nc6-e7 24.Bc3-b2 Bb5-a4 25.Rb3-a3 Ra2xb2 26.Ra3xa4 Nd5-b6 27.Ra4-a7 Rb2xd2 28.Ra7xc7 Rd2-d1+ 29.Bg2-f1 Kg8-f8 30.Rc7-b7 Ne7-c8 31.b4-b5 Rd1-b1 32.d3-d4 e5xd4 33.e3xd4 Rb1-d1 34.f2-f4 Rd1xd4 Diagram 35.Bf1-h3 Rd4-d1+ 36.Kg1-f2 Rd1-d2+ 37.Kf2-g1 Kf8-e8 38.Rb7-b8 Rd2-c2 39.Bh3-f5 Rc2-c5 40.Bf5-d3 g7-g6 41.Kg1-f2 Ke8-d7 Diagram 42.Rb8-b7+ Rc5-c7 -2.01/12 ]
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
+n+ k + +R+ +ppp n p + + +P+ + + + r P + + + + P + + + P + + +LK
Rn+ + + + +k+p+p n p +p+ +Pr + + + + P + + +L+ P + + K P + + + +
773
2849
2850
23.Bf1-g2 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 23.Bf1-g2 Nc6-e7 24.Bc3-b2 Bb5-a4 Diagram (Diagram 2851) 25.Rb3-a3 Ra2xb2 26.Ra3xa4 Nd5-b6 27.Ra4-a7 Rb2xd2 Diagram
+ + +k+ + p nppp + p + + + +np + lP + + + +R+PP P rL N PLP + + + K
+ + +k+ R p nppp n p + + + + p + P + + + + +PP P + r PLP + + + K
2851
2852
36.Rc7-c6 Ke8-d7 37.f2-f4 Rd1xd4 38.Kg2-f3 f7-f5 -2.20/13 ] 23...Nc6-e7 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 23...Nc6-e7 24.Bc3-b2 Bb5-a4 25.Rb3-a3 Ra2xb2 26.Ra3xa4 Nd5-b6 27.Ra4-a7 Rb2xd2 28.Ra7xc7 Rd2-d1+ Diagram (Diagram 2853)
(Diagram 2852) 28.Ra7xc7 Rd2-d1+ 29.Bg2-f1 Kg8-f8 30.Rc7-b7 Ne7-c8 31.b4-b5 Rd1-b1 32.d3-d4 e5xd4 33.e3xd4 Rb1-d1 34.Kg1-g2 d6-d5 35.Rb7-c7 Kf8-e8
29.Bg2-f1 Kg8-f8 30.Rc7-b7 Ne7-c8 31.b4-b5 Rd1-b1 32.d3-d4 e5xd4 33.e3xd4 Rb1-d1 34.f2-f4 Rd1xd4 35.Bf1-h3 Rd4-d1+ 36.Kg1-f2 Rd1-d2+ 37.Kf2-g1 Kf8-e8 38.Rb7-b8
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
+ + +k+ + R nppp n p + + + + p + P + + + + +PP P + + PLP + +r+ K
774
2853
+ + +k+ + p nppp + p + + +l+np + P + + + +RLPP P r+ N PLP + + + K
2855
Diagram
Rn+k+ + + + +ppp n p + + +P+ + + + + P + + + + PL + r + P + + + K
2854
Rd2-c2 39.Bh3-f5 Rc2-c5 40.Bf5-d3 g7-g6 41.Kg1-f2 Ke8-d7 42.Rb8-b7+ Rc5-c7 -2.17/15 ] (Diagram 2855) 24.Bc3-b2 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 24.Bc3-b2 Diagram (Diagram 2856) Bb5-a4 25.Rb3-a3 Ra2xb2 26.Ra3xa4 Nd5-b6 27.Ra4-a7 Rb2xd2 28.Ra7xc7 Rd2-d1+ 29.Bg2-f1 Kg8-f8
+ + +k+ + p nppp + p + + +l+np + P + + + +R+PP P rL N PLP + + + K
2856
30.Rc7-b7 Ne7-c8 31.b4-b5 Rd1-b1 32.d3-d4 e5xd4 33.e3xd4 Rb1-d1 34.Kg1-g2 d6-d5 35.Rb7-c7 Kf8-e8 36.Rc7-c6 Ke8-d7 37.f2-f4 Rd1xd4 38.Kg2-f3 Rd4-d2 39.h2-h4 Rd2-b2 Diagram (Diagram 2857) 40.Bf1-d3 g7-g6 -2.20/13 ] 24...Bb5-a4 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 24...Bb5-a4 25.Rb3-a3 Ra2xb2 26.Ra3xa4 Nd5-b6 27.Ra4-a7 Rb2xd2 28.Ra7xc7 Rd2-d1+ 29.Bg2-f1 Kg8-f8 30.Rc7-b7 Diagram
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
+n+ + + + +k+ppp nR+ + + +P+p+ + + + P P + + +KP r + + + + + +L+
+ + +k+ + p nppp + p + + +l+np + P + + + +R+PP P rL N PLP + + + K
+ + k + +R+ nppp n p + + + + p + P + + + + +PP P + + P P + +r+LK
775
2857
2858
e5xd4 33.e3xd4 Rb1-d1 34.f2-f4 Rd1xd4 35.Bf1-h3 Rd4-d1+ 36.Kg1-f2 Rd1-d2+ 37.Kf2-g1 Kf8-e8 38.Rb7-b8 Rd2-c2 39.Bh3-f5 Rc2-c5 40.Bf5-d3 g7-g6 41.Kg1-f2 Ke8-d7 42.Rb8-b7+ Rc5-c7 -2.17/17 ]
+ + +k+ + p nppp + p + + + +np + lP + + + +R+PP P rL N PLP + + + K
2860
25.Rb3-a3 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 25.Rb3-a3 Ra2xb2 26.Ra3xa4 Diagram
2859
Ne7-c8 31.b4-b5 Rd1-b1 32.d3-d4
+ + +k+ + p nppp + p + + + +np + RP + + + + +PP P r N PLP + + + K
2861
Nd5-b6 27.Ra4-a7 Rb2xd2 28.Ra7xc7 Rd2-d1+ 29.Bg2-f1 Kg8-f8 30.Rc7-b7 Diagram Ne7-c8 31.b4-b5 Rd1-b1 32.d3-d4 e5xd4 33.e3xd4 Rb1-d1 34.f2-f4 Rd1xd4 35.Bf1-h3 Rd4-d1+ 36.Kg1-f2
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
+ + k + +R+ nppp n p + + + + p + P + + + + +PP P + + P P + +r+LK
776
2862
Rd1-d2+ 37.Kf2-g1 Kf8-e8 38.Rb7-b8 Rd2-c2 39.Bh3-f5 Rc2-c5 40.Bf5-d3 g7-g6 41.Kg1-f2 Ke8-d7 42.Rb8-b7+ Rc5-c7 -2.20/18 ]
+ + +k+ + p nppp + p + + + +np + lP + + + R +PP P rL N PLP + + + K
2863
+ + +k+ + p nppp + p + + + +np + lP + + + R +PP P r N PLP + + + K
2864
Rd1-d2+ 37.Kf2-g1 Kf8-e8 38.Rb7-b8 Rd2-c2 39.Bh3-f5 Diagram
Rn+k+ + + + +ppp n p + + +P+ +L+ + + P + + + + P +r+ + P + + + K
2865
Rc2-c5 40.Bf5-d3 g7-g6 41.Kg1-f2 Rc5-c3 -2.17/15 ] 25...Ra2xb2 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 25...Ra2xb2 Diagram (Diagram 2864) 26.Ra3xa4 Nd5-b6 27.Ra4-a7 Rb2xd2 28.Ra7xc7 Rd2-d1+ 29.Bg2-f1 Kg8-f8 30.Rc7-b7 Ne7-c8 31.b4-b5 Rd1-b1 32.d3-d4 e5xd4 33.e3xd4 Rb1-d1 34.f2-f4 Rd1xd4 35.Bf1-h3 Rd4-d1+ 36.Kg1-f2
(Diagram 2866) 26.Ra3xa4 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 26.Ra3xa4 Diagram (Diagram 2867) Nd5-b6 27.Ra4-a7 Rb2xd2 28.Ra7xc7 Rd2-d1+ 29.Bg2-f1 Kg8-f8 30.Rc7-b7 Ne7-c8 31.b4-b5 Rd1-b1
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
+ + +k+ + p nppp + p + + + +np + lP + + + R +PP P r N PLP + + + K
+ + +k+ + p nppp + p + + + +np + RP + + + + +PP P r N PLP + + + K
777
2866
2867
32.d3-d4 e5xd4 33.e3xd4 Rb1-d1 34.f2-f4 Rd1xd4 35.Bf1-h3 Rd4-d1+ 36.Kg1-f2 Rd1-d2+ 37.Kf2-g1 Kf8-e8 38.Rb7-b8 Rd2-c2 39.Bh3-f5 Rc2-c5 40.Bf5-d3 g7-g6 41.Kg1-f2 Diagram
Rn+k+ + + + +p+p n p +p+ +Pr + + + + P + + +L+ P + + K P + + + +
+ + +k+ + p nppp n p + + + + p + RP + + + + +PP P r N PLP + + + K
2868
2869
Rd1xd4 35.Bf1-h3 Rd4-d1+ 36.Kg1-f2 Rd1-d2+ 37.Kf2-g1 Kf8-e8 38.Rb7-b8 Rd2-c2 39.Bh3-f5 Rc2-c5 40.Bf5-d3 g7-g6 41.Kg1-f2 Rc5-c3 -2.12/17 ] 27.Ra4-a7 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 27.Ra4-a7 Diagram
(Diagram 2868) (Diagram 2870) Rc5-c3 -2.31/16 ] 26...Nd5-b6 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 26...Nd5-b6 Diagram 27.Ra4-a7 Rb2xd2 28.Ra7xc7 Rd2-d1+ 29.Bg2-f1 Kg8-f8 30.Rc7-b7 Ne7-c8 31.b4-b5 Rd1-b1 32.d3-d4 e5xd4 33.e3xd4 Rb1-d1 34.f2-f4
Rb2xd2 28.Ra7xc7 Rd2-d1+ 29.Bg2-f1 Kg8-f8 30.Rc7-b7 Ne7-c8 31.b4-b5 Rd1-b1 32.d3-d4 e5xd4 33.e3xd4 Rb1-d1 34.d4-d5 Nb6xd5 35.Rb7-b8 Nd5-b6 36.Kg1-g2 d6-d5 37.Bf1-e2 Rd1-c1 38.Be2-g4 d5-d4
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
+ + +k+ R p nppp n p + + + + p + P + + + + +PP P r N PLP + + + K
778
2870
39.Kg2-f3 Rc1-c3+ 40.Kf3-e2 Kf8-e8 41.Bg4xc8 Nb6xc8 42.b5-b6 Ke8-d7 43.Rb8-b7+ Kd7-e6 -2.22/18 ]
+ + +k+ R p nppp n p + + + + p + P + + + + +PP P r N PLP + + + K
2871
27...Rb2xd2 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 27...Rb2xd2 28.Ra7xc7 Rd2-d1+ 29.Bg2-f1 Kg8-f8 30.Rc7-b7 Ne7-c8 31.b4-b5 Rd1-b1 32.d3-d4 e5xd4 33.e3xd4 Rb1-d1 34.d4-d5 Nb6xd5 35.Rb7-b8 Nd5-b6 Diagram (Diagram 2872) 36.Kg1-g2 g7-g6 37.Bf1-e2 Rd1-b1 38.h2-h3 Rb1-b3 39.Be2-g4 f7-f5 40.Bg4-e2 Rb3-b2 -2.13/16 ]
Rn+ k + + + +ppp n p + + +P+ + + + + + + + + + P + + P P + +r+LK
2872
28.Ra7xc7 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 28.Ra7xc7 Diagram
+ + +k+ + R nppp n p + + + + p + P + + + + +PP P + r PLP + + + K
2873
Rd2-d1+ 29.Bg2-f1 Kg8-f8 30.Rc7-b7 Ne7-c8 31.b4-b5 Rd1-b1 32.d3-d4 e5xd4 33.e3xd4 Rb1-d1 34.d4-d5 Nb6xd5 35.Rb7-b8 Nd5-b6 Diagram (Diagram 2874) 36.Kg1-g2 Kf8-e8 37.Bf1-e2 Rd1-d4 38.Kg2-f3 d6-d5 39.Kf3-e3 Rd4-a4 40.Rb8-b7 Nb6-c4+ 41.Be2xc4 d5xc4 -2.09/15 ] 28...Kg8-f8 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 28...Rd2-d1+ Diagram
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
Rn+ k + + + +ppp n p + + +P+ + + + + + + + + + P + + P P + +r+LK
+ + +k+ + R nppp n p + + + + p + P + + + + +PP P + r PLP + + + K
+ + +k+ + R nppp n p + + + + p + P + + + + +PP P + + PLP + +r+ K
779
2874
2875
31.b4-b5 Rd1-b1 32.d3-d4 e5xd4 33.e3xd4 Rb1-d1 34.d4-d5 Nb6xd5 35.Rb7-b8 Nd5-b6 36.Kg1-g2 d6-d5 37.Bf1-e2 Rd1-c1 38.Be2-g4 d5-d4 39.Kg2-f3 Rc1-c3+ 40.Kf3-e2 Kf8-e8 41.Bg4xc8 Nb6xc8 42.b5-b6 Ke8-d7 43.Rb8-b7+ Diagram
+n+ + + +R+k+ppp P + + + + + + + + p + + + r + P + +KP P + + + +
2877
Kd7-e6 -2.06/15 ]
2876
29.Bg2-f1 Kg8-f8 30.Rc7-b7 Ne7-c8
+ + k + + R nppp n p + + + + p + P + + + + +PP P + r PLP + + + K
2878
29.Rc7-b7 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 29.Bg2-h3 Rd2-d1+ 30.Kg1-g2 g7-g6 31.Rc7-b7 Nb6-d5 32.Rb7-b8+ Kf8-g7 33.Rb8-b7 Kg7-f6 34.Rb7-d7 Nd5xb4 35.Rd7xd6+ Kf6-g7 36.d3-d4 e5xd4 37.Rd6xd4 Rd1xd4 38.e3xd4 Nb4-d3 -2.00/14 ] 29...Rd2-d1+ Diagram
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
780
[ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 29...Rd2-d1+ 30.Bg2-f1 Ne7-c8 31.b4-b5 Rd1-b1 32.d3-d4 e5xd4 33.e3xd4 Rb1-d1 34.d4-d5 Nb6xd5 35.Rb7-b8 Nd5-b6 36.Kg1-g2 d6-d5 37.Bf1-e2 Rd1-c1 38.Be2-g4 d5-d4 39.Kg2-f3 Rc1-c3+ 40.Kf3-e2 Kf8-e8 41.Bg4xc8 Nb6xc8 42.b5-b6 Ke8-d7 43.Rb8-b7+ Kd7-e6 -2.06/15 Diagram
+n+ + + +R+ +ppp P +k+ + + + + + + p + + + r + P + +KP P + + + +
2879
Rn+ k + + + +ppp n p + + +P+ + + + + + + + + + P + + PKP + +r+L+
2881
d6-d5 37.Bf1-e2 Rd1-c1 38.Be2-g4 d5-d4 39.Kg2-f3 Rc1-c3+ 40.Kf3-e2 Kf8-e8 41.Bg4xc8 Nb6xc8 42.b5-b6 Ke8-d7 43.Rb8-b7+ Kd7-e6 -2.06/16 ] 31.b4-b5 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 31.b4-b5 Diagram
]
+ + k + +R+ nppp n p + + + + p + P + + + + +PP P + + PLP + +r+ K
35.Rb7-b8 Nd5-b6 36.Kg1-g2 Diagram
2880
30.Bg2-f1 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 30.Bg2-f1 -1.95/1 ] 30...Ne7-c8 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 30...Ne7-c8 31.b4-b5 Rd1-b1 32.d3-d4 e5xd4 33.e3xd4 Rb1-d1 34.d4-d5 Nb6xd5
+n+ k + +R+ +ppp n p + + +P+ p + + + + + + +PP P + + P P + +r+LK
2882
Rd1-b1 32.d3-d4 e5xd4 33.e3xd4 Rb1-d1 34.Kg1-g2 d6-d5 35.Rb7-c7 Kf8-e8 36.Rc7-c6 Ke8-d7 37.f2-f4 Rd1xd4 38.Kg2-f3 Rd4-d2 39.h2-h4 f7-f5 40.Kf3-e3 -2.09/14 ] 31...Rd1-a1 Diagram [ 31...Rd1-b1 makes it even easier for Black 32.d3-d4-+ ;
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
781
Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 31...Rd1-b1 32.d3-d4 e5xd4 Diagram
+n+ k + +R+ +ppp n p + + +P+ + + + p + + + + P P + + P P +r+ +LK
2883
+n+ k + +R+ +ppp n p + + +P+ p + + + + + + +PP P + + PKP r + +L+
2885
Pro x64: 32...Ra1-b1 33.d3-d4 e5xd4 Diagram 33.e3xd4 Rb1-d1 34.d4-d5 Nb6xd5 35.Rb7-b8 Nd5-b6 36.Kg1-g2 Rd1-d2 37.Kg2-f3 Kf8-e7 38.Kf3-e3 Rd2-a2 39.Rb8-b7+ Ke7-e8 40.Bf1-d3 g7-g6 41.h2-h4 Nb6-d5+ 42.Ke3-d4 Nc8-b6 -2.00/13 ]
+n+ k + +R+ +ppp n p + + +P+ p + + + + + + +PP P + + P P r + +LK
2884
32.Rb7-c7 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 32.Kg1-g2 Diagram Ra1-b1 33.d3-d4 e5xd4 34.e3xd4 Rb1-d1 35.d4-d5 Rd1xd5 36.Kg2-f3 Kf8-e8 37.Kf3-e3 Nb6-d7 38.Bf1-c4 Rd5-e5+ 39.Ke3-d4 Nc8-b6 40.f2-f4 -1.72/13 ] 32...g7-g6 [Houdini 2.0c
+n+ k + + R +ppp n p + + +P+ + + + p + + + + P P + + P P +r+ +LK
2886
34.e3xd4 Rb1-d1 35.Kg1-g2 Rd1xd4 36.Rc7-c6 Rd4-d2 37.Kg2-f3 Kf8-e8 38.Kf3-e3 Rd2-a2 39.Bf1-d3 g7-g6 40.Bd3-b1 Ra2-a3+ 41.Ke3-d4 Ke8-d7 -2.00/13 ] 33.h2-h4 [ 33.Kg1-g2 Ra1-b1-+ ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 33.Rc7-c6 Kf8-e7 34.Rc6-c7+ Ke7-e6 35.Kg1-g2 Ra1-a7 36.Rc7-c2 Ke6-d7 37.Kg2-f3 Nc8-e7 38.e3-e4 d6-d5 39.h2-h4 -1.82/12 Diagram ] 33...Ra1-b1 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 33...Ra1-b1 34.d3-d4 e5xd4
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
+ + + + r +knp+p n + +p+ +P+pp + + +P+ P + +P+KP +R+ P + + + +L+
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35.e3xd4 Rb1-d1 36.f2-f4 Rd1xd4 37.Rc7-c6 Rd4-b4 38.h4-h5 Rb4-b2 39.Bf1-h3 f7-f5 40.Bh3-f1 Diagram
+n+ k + + + + +p nRp +p+ +P+ +p+P + + P + + + + P r + + + + + +LK
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Kf8-f7 41.Rc6-c7+ Nc8-e7 42.Rc7-b7 Nb6-d5 43.h5xg6+ h7xg6 -2.21/16 ]
+n+ k + + R +p+p n p +p+ +P+ p + + + + P + +PP P + + P + +r+ +LK
+n+ k + + R +p+p n p +p+ +P+ + + + P + P + + + P + + P + + +r+LK
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44.Ke3-e4 Ke8-d7 45.Rb8-b7+ Kd7-e6 -2.32/14 ] 34...e5xd4 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 34...e5xd4 Diagram (Diagram 2891)
(Diagram 2889) 34.d3-d4 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 34.d3-d4 e5xd4 35.e3xd4 Rb1-d1 Diagram 36.Kg1-g2 Rd1xd4 37.Rc7-b7 d6-d5 38.h4-h5 Rd4-d2 39.Kg2-f3 g6xh5 40.Kf3-e3 Rd2-b2 41.Bf1-d3 Kf8-e8 42.f2-f3 Rb2-b4 43.Rb7-b8 d5-d4+
35.e3xd4 Rb1-d1 36.Kg1-g2 Rd1xd4 37.Rc7-b7 d6-d5 38.h4-h5 Rd4-d2 39.Kg2-f3 g6xh5 40.Kf3-e3 Rd2-b2 41.Bf1-d3 Kf8-e8 42.f2-f3 Rb2-b4 43.Rb7-c7 Nc8-d6 -2.24/15 ] 35.e3xd4 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 35.e3xd4 Rb1-d1 36.Rc7-c6 Kf8-e7 37.Rc6-c7+ Ke7-e6 38.d4-d5+ Rd1xd5 39.Bf1-h3+
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
+n+ k + + R +p+p n p +p+ +P+ + + + p + P + + P P + + P + +r+ +LK
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f7-f5 40.Rc7xh7 Rd5xb5 41.h4-h5 g6xh5 42.Rh7-h6+ Ke6-d7 43.Bh3-f1 Rb5-b3 44.Rh6xh5 Nc8-e7 45.Rh5-h6 Rb3-b2 46.Kg1-g2 Ne7-c6 -2.32/13 ] 35...Nc8-e7 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 35...Rb1-d1 36.Rc7-c6 Kf8-e7 Diagram
+n+ + + + + kp+p nRp +p+ +P+ + + + P + P + + + P + + P + + +r+LK
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37.f2-f4 Ke7-d7 38.Kg1-f2 f7-f5 39.Bf1-e2 Rd1xd4 40.h4-h5 g6xh5 41.Be2xh5 Rd4-c4 42.Bh5-f3 Rc4xc6 43.Bf3xc6+ Kd7-c7 44.Kf2-e3 Nc8-e7 -2.28/13 ] 36.Kg1-g2 [ 36.h4-h5 hardly improves anything Ne7-d5 37.Rc7-b7 Rb1-b4-+ ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 36.Rc7-b7
Ne7-d5 37.h4-h5 Rb1-d1 38.h5xg6 h7xg6 39.f2-f4 Rd1xd4 40.Kg1-f2 Rd4-d2+ 41.Kf2-f3 Rd2-a2 42.Bf1-e2 Kf8-g7 43.Be2-f1 Diagram
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Ra2-a3+ 44.Kf3-f2 Kg7-f6 45.Bf1-g2 Kf6-e6 -2.09/13 ] 36...h7-h5 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 36...Ne7-d5 37.Rc7-b7 h7-h5 38.Rb7-b8+ Kf8-e7 39.Rb8-b7+ Ke7-e6 40.Rb7-b8 Rb1-b2 41.Kg2-g1 Rb2-d2 42.Bf1-h3+ f7-f5 43.Kg1-g2 Ke6-f6 44.Rb8-f8+ Kf6-e7 45.Rf8-g8 Ke7-f7 46.Rg8-b8 Rd2xd4 47.Rb8-b7+ Kf7-e6 -2.41/15 ] 37.Rc7-b7 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 37.Bf1-e2 Diagram (Diagram 2894) Ne7-d5 38.Rc7-a7 Rb1-b2 39.Be2-d3 Rb2-b4 40.Bd3-f1 Rb4xd4 41.Kg2-f3 Kf8-e8 42.Kf3-e2 Nd5-c3+ 43.Ke2-f3 Rd4-d2 44.Ra7-c7 -2.43/13 ] 37...Nb6-d5 Diagram [ 37...Ne7-d5 and Black can already relax 38.Bf1-e2-+ ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 37...Ne7-d5 38.Rb7-b8+ Kf8-e7 39.Rb8-b7+ Ke7-e6 40.Rb7-b8 Rb1-b2 41.Kg2-f3 Rb2-b3+ 42.Kf3-g2 Rb3-b4 43.Rb8-e8+ Ke6-d7 44.Re8-f8 Kd7-e7 Diagram
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
+ + k + + R np+ n p +p+ +P+ + +p + P + P + + + P + +LPK+ +r+ + +
+ + R + + + kp+ n p +p+ +P+n+ +p r P + P + + + P + + PK+ + + +L+
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45.Rf8-b8 Rb4xd4 46.Rb8-b7+ Ke7-e6 -2.29/13 ] (Diagram 2896) 38.Rb7-b8+ [ 38.Bf1-e2 doesn't get the cat off the tree Rb1-b2 39.Kg2-f3 Rb2-b3+ 40.Kf3-g2 Ne7-f5-+ ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 38.Bf1-d3 Rb1-b4 39.Bd3-e4 Nd5-c3 40.Be4-c6 Ne7-f5 41.d4-d5 Rb4-b2 42.Rb7-b8+ Kf8-g7 43.b5-b6 Nf5-e3+ 44.Kg2-g1 Ne3-g4 45.b6-b7 Ng4xf2 46.Rb8-a8 Nf2-h3+ Diagram 47.Kg1-h1 -1.75/12 ] 38...Kf8-g7
+ + k + +R+ np+ + p +p+ +P+n+ +p + P + P + + + P + + PK+ +r+ +L+
R+ + + + +P+ +pk +Lp +p+ + +P+ +p + + + P + n + Pn r + + + + + + K
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[ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 38...Kf8-g7 39.Rb8-b7 Ne7-f5 40.Bf1-c4 Nf5-e3+ 41.f2xe3 Nd5xe3+ 42.Kg2-f3 Ne3xc4 43.Kf3-e4 Kg7-f6 44.Ke4-d5 Rb1-b4 45.Rb7-a7 Nc4-e3+ 46.Kd5-e4 Ne3-f5 -2.06/12 ] 39.Rb8-d8 [ 39.Bf1-c4 cannot undo what has already been done Rb1-b4 40.Bc4xd5 Ne7xd5-+ ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 39.Bf1-e2 Rb1-b2 40.Be2-f3 Kg7-f6 41.Kg2-g1 Kf6-e6 42.Bf3-g2 Nd5-c3 43.Bg2-h3+ Ke6-f6 44.Rb8-b6 Ne7-f5 45.Bh3xf5 Kf6xf5 46.Rb6xd6 Nc3xb5 47.Rd6-d7 f7-f6 48.Kg1-g2 Kf5-e4 -2.49/13 ] 39...Rb1-b2 [ 39...Ne7-f5
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games might be the shorter path 40.Bf1-e2-+ ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 39...Ne7-f5 40.Bf1-d3 Nf5xh4+ 41.g3xh4 Nd5-f4+ 42.Kg2-f3 Nf4xd3 43.Kf3-e3 Rb1-b3 44.Rd8xd6 Nd3-b2+ 45.Ke3-e4 Rb3xb5 46.Rd6-d7 Nb2-d1 47.f2-f3 Nd1-c3+ 48.Ke4-d3 Rb5-b3 49.Kd3-c4 -2.93/14 ] 40.Kg2-g1 [ 40.Rd8xd6 doesn't change anything anymore Ne7-f5 41.Rd6-d8 Nd5-e3+ 42.Kg2-g1 Ne3xf1 43.Kg1xf1 Rb2xb5-+ ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 40.Rd8xd6 Nd5-e3+ 41.Kg2-g1 Ne3xf1 42.Kg1xf1 Rb2xb5 43.Kf1-e2 Rb5-b2+ 44.Ke2-e1 Ne7-f5 45.Rd6-d7 Kg7-f6 46.d4-d5 Nf5-d4 47.Ke1-f1 Kf6-e5 48.f2-f4+ Ke5-f6 49.Rd7-a7 -2.36/12 ] 40...Ne7-f5 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 40...Ne7-f5 41.Bf1-d3 Nf5xd4 42.Rd8xd6 Nd4-f3+ 43.Kg1-f1 Nd5-f6 44.Bd3-e2 Nf6-e4 45.Rd6-d8 Nf3-h2+ 46.Kf1-e1 Ne4-c3 47.Rd8-e8 Nc3xe2 48.Re8xe2 Rb2xb5 49.Ke1-d2 Nh2-g4 50.Kd2-c3 Rb5-f5 51.f2-f4 Rf5-a5 52.Kc3-b4 -3.13/15 ] 41.Bf1-c4 [ 41.Bf1-d3 doesn't get the cat off the tree Nf5xd4 42.Rd8xd6 Nd4-f3+ 43.Kg1-f1 Nd5-f6-+ ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 41.Bf1-d3 Nf5xd4 42.Rd8xd6 Nd4-f3+ 43.Kg1-f1 Nd5-f6 44.Bd3-e2 Nf6-e4 45.Rd6-d8 Nf3-h2+ 46.Kf1-e1 Ne4-c3 47.Rd8-e8 Nc3xe2 48.Re8xe2 Rb2xb5 49.Ke1-d2 Nh2-g4 50.Kd2-c3 Rb5-f5 51.f2-f4 Rf5-a5 52.Kc3-b4 -3.26/12 ] 41...Rb2-b1+ [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 41...Nd5-f6 42.Bc4-d3 Nf5xd4 43.Rd8xd6 Nd4-f3+ 44.Kg1-g2 Nf3-e1+ 45.Kg2-f1 Ne1xd3 46.Rd6xd3 Rb2xb5 47.Kf1-e2 Nf6-g4 48.f2-f3 Ng4-e5 49.Rd3-c3 Kg7-f6 50.Ke2-e3 Rb5-b4 51.f3-f4 Ne5-g4+ 52.Ke3-f3 -3.64/14 ] 42.Kg1-h2 [ 42.Bc4-f1 does not improve anything Kg7-f6-+ ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 42.Bc4-f1 Nd5-f6 43.Kg1-g2 Rb1-b2 44.Bf1-d3
785 Nf6-g4 45.Bd3xf5 Ng4-e3+ 46.Kg2-g1 Ne3xf5 47.Rd8-b8 Nf5xd4 48.b5-b6 Kg7-f6 49.Kg1-f1 Kf6-e7 50.Rb8-b7+ Ke7-e6 51.Kf1-g2 d6-d5 52.Kg2-f1 Nd4-c6 53.Kf1-g2 d5-d4 54.Kg2-f3 d4-d3 -3.22/13 ] 42...Nd5-f6 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 42...Nd5-f6 43.Kh2-g2 Rb1-b2 44.Bc4-d3 Nf6-g4 45.Bd3xf5 Ng4-e3+ 46.Kg2-g1 Ne3xf5 47.Rd8-b8 Nf5xd4 48.b5-b6 Kg7-f6 49.Kg1-g2 Kf6-e6 50.Rb8-b7 d6-d5 51.Kg2-f1 Nd4-c6 52.Kf1-g2 d5-d4 53.Kg2-f3 d4-d3 -3.09/14 ] 43.f2-f3 [ 43.Bc4-d3 there is nothing else anyway Nf6-g4+ 44.Kh2-g2-+ ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 43.Kh2-h3 Nf5xd4 44.Rd8xd6 Nd4xb5 45.Rd6-d2 Nf6-e4 46.Rd2-a2 Nb5-d4 47.Bc4-d3 Rb1-e1 48.Kh3-g2 Ne4-c5 49.Bd3-c4 Re1-c1 -3.00/12 ] 43...Rb1-b2+ [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 43...Rb1-b2+ 44.Kh2-g1 Nf5xd4 45.Kg1-f1 Nd4xf3 46.Bc4-e2 Nf3-d4 47.Be2-d1 Nf6-e4 48.Rd8-a8 Ne4xg3+ 49.Kf1-e1 Ng3-f5 50.Bd1-a4 Nf5-e3 51.Ba4-d1 Nd4xb5 52.Bd1-f3 Nb5-d4 -6.74/13 ] 44.Kh2-h3 [ 44.Kh2-g1 praying for a miracle Nf5xd4 45.Kg1-f1 Nd4xf3 46.Bc4-d3-+ ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 44.Kh2-g1 Nf5xd4 45.Kg1-f1 Nd4xf3 46.Bc4-e2 Nf3-d4 47.Be2-d1 Nf6-e4 48.Rd8-b8 Ne4xg3+ 49.Kf1-e1 Rb2xb5 50.Rb8-d8 Ng3-f5 51.Ke1-d2 Rb5-b2+ 52.Kd2-d3 Rb2-h2 53.Rd8-d7 Rh2xh4 54.Rd7-c7 Rh4-h3+ 55.Kd3-c4 -6.72/14 ] 44...Nf5xd4 [ 44...Nf5xd4 45.g3-g4 Nd4xf3-+ ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 44...Nf5xd4 45.g3-g4 Nd4xf3 46.Kh3-g3 h5xg4 47.Kg3-f4 Nf3-e5 48.Rd8xd6 Ne5xc4 49.Rd6-d4 Nc4-a5 50.Kf4-g3 Rb2xb5 51.Rd4-a4 Na5-c6 52.Ra4-a6 Nc6-d4 53.Kg3-f4 Rb5-f5+ 54.Kf4-g3 Rf5-f3+ 55.Kg3-g2 -8.42/11
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games ]
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22.Rd1-e1 Bc8-h3 23.Bb2-c1 Qh5-g4 0-1 24.g2-g3 Bh3xf1 25.Kg1xf1 Rh6-h5 26.h2-h4 h7-h6 27.Kf1-g2 Ra8-f8 28.Nf3-h2 Erdos,V (2523)-Sulava,N 55 E11 (2544)/Differdange 2007/CBM 119 ext/ Vassily Ivanchuk ½-½ ] 14.Ra1-d1N [RR 14.Nf3-e1 Liviu Dieter Nisipeanu Qd8-g5 15.f2-f4 Qg5-e7 16.Ne1-f3 World Chess Cup (3.5) 02.12.2007 c7-c5 17.d5xc6 Bb7xc6 18.Nf3-d4 Bc6-b7 19.Be2-f3 Ra8-c8 20.Ra1-c1 E14: Queen's Indian: Classical a7-a6 21.Qc2-d3 Nd7-f6 22.Rc1-c2 Variation (4 e3) h7-h5 23.Nd4-b3 h5-h4 24.Bb2xf6 1.d2-d4 Ng8-f6 2.Ng1-f3 e7-e6 Qe7xf6 25.Nb3-d2 d6-d5 26.c4xd5 3.c2-c4 Bf8-b4+ 4.Nb1-d2 Diagram Rc8xc2 27.Qd3xc2 e6xd5 28.Bf3xe4 d5xe4 Sarno,S (2365)-Smyslov,V (2570)/Rome 1990/TD/½-½ (42) ;RR 14.d5xe6 Nd7-f8 15.c4-c5 b6xc5 2898 16.b4xc5 Ne4xc5 17.Qc2xf5 Nf8xe6 18.h2-h4 Qd8-e7 19.h4-h5 Bb7-e4 20.Qf5-h3 Ne6-g5 21.Nf3xg5 Rg6xg5 22.Be2-g4 Ra8-f8 23.f2-f4 Rg5-d5 24.Bb2-d4 Be4-f5 25.Bg4xf5 Rd5xf5 26.g2-g4 Rf5-d5 27.h5-h6 g7xh6 28.f4-f5 Nc5-b3 Hernandez Rios,I (2291)-Minzer,C (2432)/La Roda 2006/ CBM 111 ext/½-½ (81) ] 14...e6-e5 15.Be2-d3 c7-c6 16.Bd3xe4 f5xe4 17.Qc2xe4 Diagram
rnlqk+ r pppp+ppp + +pn + + + + + lPP + + + + +N+ PP NPPPP R LQKL+R
b7-b6 5.a2-a3 Bb4xd2+ 6.Qd1xd2 Bc8-b7 7.e2-e3 0-0 8.Bf1-e2 d7-d6 9.0-0 Nb8-d7 10.b2-b4 Nf6-e4 11.Qd2-c2 f7-f5 [RR 11...c7-c5 12.Nf3-d2 Ne4xd2 13.Qc2xd2 Qd8-g5 14.f2-f3 Rf8-d8 15.Rf1-d1 d6-d5 16.Qd2-b2 c5xb4 17.Qb2xb4 Bb7-a6 18.e3-e4 Qg5-g6 19.Qb4-a4 Ba6xc4 20.Be2xc4 d5xc4 21.Qa4xc4 Nd7-f8 22.Bc1-e3 f7-f5 23.e4xf5 ½-½ Gelfand, B (2665)-Anand,V (2735)/Dortmund 1996/CBM 054 ] 12.Bc1-b2 Rf8-f6 13.d4-d5 Rf6-g6 [RR 13...Rf6-h6 14.Ra1-d1 e6-e5 15.Be2-d3 c7-c6 16.Bd3xe4 f5xe4 17.Qc2xe4 c6xd5 18.c4xd5 Nd7-f6 19.Qe4-b1 Qd8-e8 20.e3-e4 Qe8-h5 21.Qb1-d3 Bb7-c8
(Diagram 2899) c6xd5 18.c4xd5 Nd7-f6 19.Qe4-c4 last book move last book move Ra8-c8 Black threatens to win material: Rc8xc4 [ 19...Qd8-d7!? 20.Nf3-e1 Ra8-c8∓ ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 19...Qd8-d7 Diagram (Diagram 2900) 20.Rf1-e1 Ra8-c8 21.Qc4-e2 Bb7xd5 22.g2-g3 Qd7-g4 23.Nf3-d2 Qg4xe2 24.Re1xe2 Rc8-c2 25.Bb2-a1 Bd5-e6 26.Rd1-e1 Rc2-a2 27.f2-f4 Be6-g4 28.Re2-g2 Bg4-h3 29.Rg2-e2 -0.63/12 ] 20.Qc4-b3= Diagram
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
r+ q +k+ pl+n+ pp ppp +r+ + +Pp + PP+Q+ + P + PN+ L + PPP + +R+RK
r+ + +k+ pl+q+ pp p p nr+ + +Pp + PQ+ + + P + PN+ L + PPP + +R+RK
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[ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 20.Qc4-b3 Qd8-c7 21.h2-h3 Qc7-c2 22.Qb3xc2 Rc8xc2 23.Rd1-d2 Rc2xd2 24.Nf3xd2 Nf6xd5 25.g2-g3 Nd5-c7 26.Rf1-c1 Nc7-e6 27.h3-h4 Kg8-f7 28.e3-e4 Rg6-g4 0.01/12 ] (Diagram 2901) 20...Qd8-d7 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 20...Qd8-c7 21.h2-h3 Qc7-d7 22.Bb2xe5 Bb7-a6 23.Nf3-h4 d6xe5 24.Nh4xg6 Ba6xf1 25.Ng6xe5 Qd7-d6 26.Kg1xf1 Qd6xe5 27.d5-d6+ Kg8-h8 28.Qb3-f7 -0.16/11 ]
+rq +k+ pl+ + pp p p nr+ + +Pp + P + + + PQ+ PN+ L + PPP + +R+RK
+r+ +k+ pl+q+ pp p p nr+ + +Pp + P + + + PQ+ PN+ L + PPP + +R+RK
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21.Nf3-e1? [ 21.Bb2xe5 Bb7-a6 22.Rf1-e1$ ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 21.Bb2xe5 d6xe5 22.Nf3xe5 Bb7xd5 23.Ne5xg6 h7xg6 24.Qb3-b2 Qd7-e7 25.Qb2-d4 Qe7-c7 26.f2-f3 Bd5-c4 27.Rd1-c1 b6-b5 28.Rf1-d1 0.08/10 ] 21...Bb7-a6 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 21...Bb7-a6 22.Rd1-d2 Ba6-c4 23.Qb3-d1 Qd7-f5 24.Qd1-f3 Qf5xf3 25.Ne1xf3 Bc4xf1 26.Kg1xf1 Nf6-e4 27.Rd2-e2 Diagram Rg6-h6 28.h2-h3 Kg8-f7 29.Nf3-d2 Ne4-f6 30.e3-e4 Rc8-c2 31.Bb2-a1 Rc2-a2 -1.71/13 ] 22.f2-f3 [ 22.Rd1-d2 Ba6xf1 Diagram
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
+r+ +k+ p + + pp p p +r+ + +Pp + P +n+ + P + PN+ L +RPPP + + +K+
+r+ +k+ p +q+ pp p p nr+ + +Pp + P + + + PQ+ P + L R PPP + + NlK
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+r+ +k+ p +q+ pp p p nr+ + +Pp + Pl+ + + PQ+ PP+ L + +PP + +RNRK
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+r+ +k+ p +q+ pp p p nr+ + +Pp + P + + + P + PP+ LQ+ +PP + +RNlK
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23.Kg1xf1-+ ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 22.Rd1-d2 Ba6-c4 23.Qb3-d1 Qd7-f5 24.Qd1-f3 Qf5xf3 25.Ne1xf3 Bc4xf1 26.Kg1xf1 Nf6-e4 27.Rd2-e2 Kg8-f7 28.Nf3-d2 Ne4xd2+ 29.Re2xd2 -1.36/11 ] 22...Ba6-c4 [ 22...Ba6-c4 23.Qb3-c2 Bc4xf1-+ ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 22...Ba6-c4 Diagram
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Diagram (Diagram 2907) a7-a6 Diagram (Diagram 2908) 30.Rd2-c2 Rf8-c8 31.Qg1-f2 -5.22/14
(Diagram 2905)
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23.Qb3-c2 Bc4xf1 Diagram 24.Qc2-f2 Qd7-a4 25.Rd1-d2 Bf1-c4 26.e3-e4 Rc8-f8 27.Qf2-e3 b6-b5 28.Kg1-h1 Qa4-b3 29.Qe3-g1
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
+ + rk+ p + + pp + p nr+ +p+Pp + Pl+P+ + Pq+ +P+ L R +PP + + N QK
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[RR 12.h2-h3 h7-h5 13.Bf1-d3 h5-h4 14.Nc3-d5 Be6xd5 15.e4xd5 e5-e4 16.Rh1-e1 Bf8-e7 17.Bd3-e2 Nd7-b6 2908 18.Be2-g4 Nb6-c4 19.Qd2-f2 Nf6xg4 20.h3xg4 h4-h3 21.Be3-d4 h3-h2 22.c2-c3 Qc7-b7 23.Qf2-e2 Ke8-f8 24.g4-g5 a6-a5 25.Qe2xe4 a5-a4 26.Nb3-c1 Be7xg5 Topalov,V (2801)Leko,P (2740)/Monte Carlo 2006/CBM 111 ext/0-1 (46) ;RR 12.f4-f5 Be6-c4 13.Bf1-e2 Bf8-e7 14.g2-g4 Bc4xe2 15.Qd2xe2 Qc7-c4 16.Qe2-g2 b5-b4 17.Nc3-d5 Nf6xd5 18.e4xd5 Be7-d8 19.g4-g5 a6-a5 20.Rd1-c1 Bd8-b6 21.Nb3-d2 Qc4-c7 22.Rh1-e1 a5-a4 23.c2-c3 b4-b3 24.a2-a3 Bb6xe3 25.Re1xe3 Nd7-b6 26.c3-c4 Nb6-d7 56 B90 Llaneza Vega,M (2438)-Onischuk,V Liviu Dieter Nisipeanu (2506)/Grodzisk Mazowiecki 2007/CBM Vassily Ivanchuk 119 ext/1-0 (59) ] 12...Bf8-e7 13.f4-f5 World Chess Cup (3.4) 02.12.2007 Be6-c4 14.g2-g4 Nf6xg4 15.Rh1-g1 h7-h5 16.h2-h3 Ng4xe3 17.Qd2xe3 B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White Diagram 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5 1.e2-e4 c7-c5 2.Ng1-f3 d7-d6 (Diagram 2910) 3.d2-d4 c5xd4 4.Nf3xd4 Diagram Ng8-f6 5.Nb1-c3 a7-a6 6.Bc1-e3 Rh8-h7 18.Bf1xc4 last book move e7-e5 7.Nd4-b3 Bc8-e6 8.Qd1-d2 last book move b5xc4 [Houdini 2.0c Nb8-d7 9.0-0-0 b7-b5 10.f2-f4 Pro x64: 18...Qc7xc4 19.Rd1-d2 Qd8-c7 11.Kc1-b1 Ra8-c8 12.a2-a3N Qc4-c6 20.Rg1-d1 Nd7-b6 21.Nb3-a5
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Qc6-c7 22.Qe3-d3 Ke8-f8 23.Rd2-g2 Nb6-c4 24.Na5xc4 Qc7xc4 25.Qd3-g3 h5-h4 0.19/12 ] 19.Nb3-d2 Diagram [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 19.Nc3-d5 Qc7-b7 20.Nb3-a5 Qb7-b5 21.Nd5xe7 Ke8xe7 22.Qe3-d2 Qb5-b6 23.Qd2-c3 Qb6-c7 24.Rg1-g2 Nd7-f6 Diagram
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22.Kb1-a1 Nd7-f6 23.Nf3-d2 Rb8-c8 24.Nd2-f3 Rc8-b8 25.Nf3-d2 0.23/13 Diagram
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] 20.Nd2-f3 [ 20.Qe3-f3 Qc7-c5= ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 20.Qe3-f3 Qc7-b7 21.Qf3-e2 Qb7-c6 22.Rg1-g2 h5-h4 23.Rd1-g1 Ke8-f8 24.Kb1-a1 25.Rg2-e2 Ke7-e8 26.Qc3-b4 c4-c3 Kf8-g8 25.Qe2-e3 Kg8-h8 26.Qe3-g5 27.Rd1xd6 c3xb2 28.Kb1xb2 0.48/11 ] d6-d5 0.32/12 ] 20...Rc8-b8 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 20...Qc7-b7 (Diagram 2912) 21.Kb1-a1 Ke8-f8 22.Qe3-e2 h5-h4 23.Nf3-d2 Qb7-c6 24.Ka1-a2 Nf6-h5 19...Nd7-f6 The knight blocks f5 25.Nc3-d5 Nh5-f4 26.Nd5xf4 e5xf4 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 19...Qc7-c5 27.Nd2-f3 Rc8-b8 28.Rd1-d5 Rh7-h5 20.Qe3-e2 h5-h4 21.Nd2-f3 Rc8-b8 -0.11/14 ] 21.Kb1-a2 [Houdini 2.0c
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Pro x64: 21.Nf3-g5 Diagram
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Rh7-h6 22.Kb1-a1 Qc7-b6 23.Qe3xb6 Rb8xb6 24.Ng5-f3 Ke8-f8 25.Ka1-a2 h5-h4 26.Nf3-d2 Rb6-c6 27.Nd2-f1 Rc6-b6 28.Nf1-e3 -0.06/13 ] 21...Qc7-b6 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 21...Be7-d8 22.Nf3-d2 Qc7-c6 23.Qe3-e2 Bd8-b6 24.Rg1-g2 Bb6-d4 25.Qe2xc4 Qc6-b7 26.Rd1-b1 Ke8-f8 27.Ka2-a1 h5-h4 28.Qc4-d3 Rh7-h6 -0.08/12 ] (Diagram 2915) Black has a mate threat 22.Qe3-c1 Diagram [ 22.Qe3xb6 Rb8xb6 23.Rg1-g2 Be7-d8= ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 22.Qe3xb6 Rb8xb6 23.Rg1-g2 Ke8-f8 24.Nf3-g5 Rh7-h6 25.Rd1-g1 Rb6-b8 26.Ng5-f3 Rh6-h7 27.Nf3-d2 Rb8-c8 28.Ka2-b1 h5-h4 29.Kb1-a2 Be7-d8 30.Nd2-f3 Bd8-b6 -0.05/12 ] (Diagram 2916) 22...Qb6-b7 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 22...Ke8-f8 23.Ka2-a1 h5-h4 24.Rg1-g2 Be7-d8 25.Qc1-b1 Qb6-c6 26.Rg2-d2 Bd8-c7 27.Nf3-g5 Rh7-h5 28.Rd1-g1 Diagram
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r +k+ + + + lppr pq p n + + + pP+p +p+P+ + P N +N+P KPP+ + + + QR+ R
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23.Nf3-g5 White threatens to win material: Ng5xh7 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 23.Rg1-e1 Ke8-f8 Diagram
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24.Ka2-a1 Kf8-g8 25.Re1-e3 Rh7-h6 26.Rd1-g1 h5-h4 27.Re3-e1 Rh6-h5 28.Re1-e2 Kg8-h8 29.Qc1-b1 -0.37/12 ] 23...Rh7-h8 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 23...Rh7-h6 24.Ka2-a1 Ke8-f8 25.h3-h4 Kf8-g8 26.Rg1-g3 a6-a5 27.Rd1-g1 Nf6-g4 28.Nc3-d5 Be7xg5 29.h4xg5 Diagram Rh6-h8 30.Rg3-c3 Qb7-b5 31.b2-b3 -0.44/13 ] 24.Rg1-g2 [ 24.h3-h4 Ke8-f8! Diagram ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 24.Ka2-a1
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Ke8-f8 25.Rd1-d2 Rh8-h6 26.h3-h4 Kf8-g8 27.Qc1-b1 Nf6-g4 28.Nc3-d5 Be7-d8 29.Qb1-a2 a6-a5 30.Rg1-d1 -0.29/12 ] 24...h5-h4∓ Diagram [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 24...Ke8-f8 25.Ka2-a1 Rh8-h6 26.Qc1-b1 a6-a5 Diagram (Diagram 2922) 27.Qb1-c1 h5-h4 28.Rd1-g1 Rh6-h5 29.Rg2-d2 Nf6-d7 30.Ng5-f3 Nd7-c5 -0.42/13 ] 25.Rd1-g1 Diagram [ 25.Ka2-b1∓ ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 25.Ka2-a1
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Diagram (Diagram 2924) Ke8-f8 26.Rd1-d2 Nf6-h5 27.Rg2-g4 Be7xg5 28.Rg4xg5 Rh8-h6 29.Nc3-d5 Nh5-f4 30.f5-f6 g7xf6 Diagram (Diagram 2925) 31.Rg5-f5 Nf4xh3 32.Rd2-g2 Nh3-g5 33.Nd5xf6 -0.46/11 ] 25...Rh8-h5 [ 25...d6-d5!? 26.e4xd5 Nf6xd5 27.Nc3xd5 Qb7xd5∓ Diagram
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; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 25...d6-d5 Diagram
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26.e4xd5 Nf6xd5 27.Ng5-e4 Nd5xc3+ 28.Ne4xc3 Be7-c5 29.Rg2xg7 Bc5xg1 30.Rg7xg1 Rh8-h5 31.Rg1-g8+ Ke8-e7 32.f5-f6+ Ke7xf6 33.Qc1-f1+ Rh5-f5 34.Rg8xb8 Qb7xb8 35.Nc3-d5+ Kf6-e6 36.Qf1xc4 Ke6-d6 37.b2-b4 Qb8-a7 -0.79/11 Diagram (Diagram 2929) ] 26.Ng5xf7= [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 26.Qc1-b1 Diagram d6-d5 27.Ng5xf7 Ke8xf7 28.Rg2xg7+
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Kf7-e8 29.Rg7xe7+ Qb7xe7 30.Nc3xd5 Nf6xd5 31.Rg1-g8+ Ke8-d7 32.Rg8xb8 Kd7-c7 33.Rb8-a8 Diagram (Diagram 2931) Kc7-b7 34.Ra8-g8 Nd5-f6 35.Qb1-d1 Rh5-h6 36.Rg8-d8 Rh6-h7 37.Ka2-b1 Nf6xe4 38.Qd1-d5+ Kb7-c7 -0.37/11 ] 26...Ke8xf7 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 26...Ke8xf7 Diagram 27.Rg2xg7+ Kf7-e8 28.Rg1-g6 Rh5-h7 29.Rg7xh7 Nf6xh7 30.Nc3-d5 Be7-g5 31.Rg6-g8+ Ke8-f7
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32.Rg8xb8 Qb7xb8 33.Qc1-f1 Nh7-f6 34.Nd5xf6 c4-c3 35.Qf1-c4+ Kf7xf6 36.b2-b3 Kf6-e7 37.Qc4xa6 Qb8-c7 38.a3-a4 Bg5-c1 39.Qa6-f1 Bc1-d2 40.Qf1-g2 Ke7-d7 41.Qg2-g6 Kd7-c6 -0.42/13 Diagram (Diagram 2933) ] 27.Rg2xg7+ Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 27.Rg2xg7+ Kf7-e8 28.Rg1-g6 Rh5-h7 29.Rg7xh7 Nf6xh7 30.Nc3-d5 Be7-g5 31.Rg6-g8+ Ke8-f7 32.Rg8xb8 Diagram
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Qb7xb8 33.Qc1-f1 Nh7-f6 34.Nd5xf6
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c4-c3 35.Qf1-c4+ Kf7xf6 36.b2-b3 Kf6-e7 37.Qc4xa6 Qb8-c7 38.a3-a4 Ke7-f6 39.a4-a5 Qc7-c5 40.Qa6-b6 Qc5xb6 41.a5xb6 -0.60/12 ]
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27...Kf7-f8 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 27...Kf7-e8 28.Rg1-g6 Diagram
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28.Rg1-g6 Praise the rook! [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 28.Nc3-d5 Nf6xd5 Diagram (Diagram 2940)
Rh5-h7 29.Rg7xh7 Nf6xh7 30.Nc3-d5 Be7-f8 31.Ka2-a1 Ke8-d7 32.Ka1-a2 Diagram
29.Rg7-g8+ Kf8-f7 30.Rg1-g7+ Kf7-f6 31.Rg7-g6+ Kf6-f7 32.Rg6-g7+ Diagram
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(Diagram 2941)
a6-a5 33.Ka2-b1 Qb7-b5 34.Kb1-a1 a5-a4 35.f5-f6 Rb8-b7 36.Rg6-g8 -0.52/13 ]
Kf7-f6 -0.21/15 ] 28...d6-d5 [ 28...Qb7-b6!? Diagram might be a viable alternative 29.Nc3-d5
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31.Rg6-g7+ Kf7-f6 32.Rg7-g6+ Kf6-f7 33.Rg6-g7+ Kf7-f6 34.Rg7-g6+ Kf6-f7= ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 28...Rh5-h7 Diagram
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29.Rg7xh7 Nf6xh7 30.Nc3-d5 Be7-g5 31.Qc1-a1 Kf8-f7 32.Rg6xd6 Nh7-f6 33.Rd6-b6 Qb7-a7 34.Rb6xb8 Qa7xb8 35.Qa1-d1 Qb8-d8 36.Qd1-e2 Nf6xd5 37.e4xd5 Qd8-f6 38.Qe2xc4 Qf6xf5 39.d5-d6+ Kf7-f6 40.Qc4-b3 -0.53/12 Diagram (Diagram 2944) ] 29.e4xd5 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 29.e4xd5 Diagram
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(Diagram 2945) 2942
Nf6-e8 30.f5-f6 Ne8xg7 31.Rg6xg7 Qb7xb2+ 32.Qc1xb2 Rb8xb2+ 33.Ka2xb2 Be7xf6 34.Rg7-g4 e5-e4 35.Rg4xe4 Rh5xd5 36.Re4-f4 Rd5-d6 37.Rf4xc4 Rd6-b6+ 38.Kb2-c1 Kf8-f7 39.Nc3-d5 Bf6-g5+ 40.Kc1-d1 Rb6-b2 41.Rc4-b4 Rb2-a2 42.Rb4-a4 Kf7-e6 43.Nd5-c7+ Ke6-d6 44.Nc7xa6 0.30/13 ] 29...Nf6xd5?? Diagram [ 29...Qb7-b6 Diagram 30.Rg7xe7 Kf8xe7 31.d5-d6+
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33.Rf6-e6+ Ke7-f8 ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 29...Nf6-e8 30.f5-f6 Ne8xg7 31.Rg6xg7 Qb7xb2+ 32.Qc1xb2 Rb8xb2+ 33.Ka2xb2 Be7xf6 34.Rg7-g4 e5-e4 35.Rg4xe4 Rh5xd5 36.Re4-f4 Rd5-d6 37.Rf4xc4 a6-a5 38.Kb2-b3 Rd6-b6+ 39.Kb3-a4 Bf6xc3 40.Rc4xc3 0.34/11 ]
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strolling merrily down the path to disaster. 30.Rg7-g8++- [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 30.Rg7-g8+ Kf8-f7 31.Rg6-g7+ Kf7-f6 32.Nc3xd5+ Qb7xd5 33.Qc1-g1 e5-e4 34.Rg8xb8 Be7-d6 35.Qg1-g6+ Kf6-e5 36.Rb8-e8+ Ke5-f4 37.Qg6xh5 Diagram (Diagram 2948) 2946
Kf4-e3 38.Qh5-g5+ Ke3-f3 39.Qg5-g2+ Kf3-e3 40.Qg2-g1+ Ke3-f3 41.f5-f6 c4-c3+ 42.b2-b3 11.82/9 ] 30...Kf8-f7 Diagram [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 30...Kf8-f7 Diagram 31.Rg6-g7+ Kf7-f6 32.Nc3xd5+ Qb7xd5 33.Qc1-g1 e5-e4 34.Rg8xb8 Be7-d6 35.Qg1-g6+ Kf6-e5 36.Rb8-e8+ Ke5-f4 37.Qg6xh5 Kf4-e3 Diagram
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r + +R+ +q+ lk+ p+ + +R+ + +npP+r +p+ + p P N + +P KPP+ + + + Q + +
+ +R+ + + + + R p+ l + + + +q+P+Q +p+p+ p P + k +P KPP+ + + + + + + 38.Qh5-g5+ Ke3-f3 39.Qg5-g2+
799 Kf3-e3 40.Qg2-g1+ Ke3-f3 41.f5-f6 c4-c3+ 42.b2-b3 12.10/1 ] 2948
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31.Rg6-g7+ Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 31.Rg6-g7+ Diagram
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Kf7-f6 32.Nc3xd5+ Qb7xd5 33.Qc1-g1 e5-e4 34.Rg8xb8 Be7-d6 35.Qg1-g6+ Kf6-e5 36.Rb8-e8+ Ke5-f4 37.Qg6xh5 Kf4-e3 38.Qh5-g5+ Ke3-f3 39.Qg5-g2+ Kf3-e3 40.Qg2-g1+ Ke3-f3 41.f5-f6 c4-c3+ 42.b2-b3 11.82/9 Diagram ] 31...Kf7-f6 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 31...Kf7-f6 32.Nc3xd5+ Qb7xd5 33.Qc1-g1 Rb8xb2+ 34.Ka2-a1
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Rb2-a2+ 35.Ka1xa2 e5-e4 36.Qg1-g6+ Kf6-e5 37.Rg7xe7+ Diagram (Diagram 2955) Ke5-f4 38.Qg6xh5 c4-c3+ 39.Ka2-a1 Qd5xg8 40.Qh5xh4+ Kf4-f3 41.Qh4xe4+ Kf3-g3 42.f5-f6 Qg8-g5 43.Qe4-d3+ Kg3-g2 44.Re7-e2+ Kg2-h1 45.Qd3xc3 Qg5-g1+ 46.Re2-e1 12.16/1 ] 32.Nc3xd5+ [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 32.Nc3xd5+ Qb7xd5 Diagram 33.Qc1-g1 Rb8xb2+ 34.Ka2-a1
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Rb2-a2+ 35.Ka1xa2 e5-e4 36.Qg1-g6+ Kf6-e5 37.Rg7xe7+ Ke5-f4 38.Qg6xh5 c4-c3+ 39.Ka2-a1 Qd5xg8 40.Qh5xh4+ Kf4-f3 41.Qh4xe4+ Kf3-g3 42.f5-f6 Qg8-g5 43.Qe4-d3+ Kg3-g2 44.Re7-e2+ Kg2-h1 45.Qd3xc3 Qg5-g1+ 46.Re2-e1 11.89/10 ] 32...Qb7xd5 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 32...Qb7xd5 33.Qc1-g1 Rb8xb2+ 34.Ka2-a1 Rb2-b1+ 35.Ka1xb1 e5-e4 36.Rg7xe7 Kf6xe7 37.Qg1-g7+ Qd5-f7 38.Qg7-e5+ Diagram Ke7-d7 39.Rg8-g7 Qf7xg7 40.Qe5xg7+ Kd7-d6 41.Qg7-g6+
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
+ + +R+ + + kq+ p+ + + + + + QP+r +p+p+ p P + + +P +P+ + + +K+ + +
801
2957
Kd6-e5 42.Qg6xh5 a6-a5 43.Qh5-g5 e4-e3 44.Qg5xe3+ Ke5xf5 45.Qe3-d4 Kf5-e6 46.Qd4xh4 Ke6-d5 47.Qh4-g5+ Kd5-e4 48.Qg5xa5 13.09/11 ] 33.Rg7-g6+ [ 33.Qc1-g1 c4-c3+ 34.b2-b3+- Diagram
r + +R+ + + l R p+ + k + + +qpP+r + + + p PPp + +P K+P+ + + + + + Q
2958
; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 33.Qc1-g1 c4-c3+ 34.b2-b3 e5-e4 35.Qg1-g6+ Kf6-e5 36.Rg7xe7+ Ke5-f4 37.Rg8xb8 Rh5xf5 38.Rb8-b4 Kf4-e3 39.Qg6-g7 Diagram Rf5-f3 40.Qg7-g1+ Ke3-f4 41.Qg1-g4+ Kf4-e3 42.Rb4xe4+ Ke3-f2 8.55/9 ] 33...Kf6-f7 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 33...Kf6-f7
+ + + + + + R Q p+ + + + + +q+r+ R +p+ p PPp k +P K+P+ + + + + + +
2959
34.Rg8xb8 Diagram
R + + + + + lk+ p+ + +R+ + +qpP+r +p+ + p P + + +P KPP+ + + + Q + +
2960
c4-c3+ 35.Ka2-b1 Rh5xf5 36.Qc1-g1 Rf5-f1+ 37.Qg1xf1+ Kf7xg6 38.Rb8-b6+ Kg6-g5 39.b2-b4 a6-a5 40.Rb6-b5 Qd5-e4 41.Rb5xa5 Be7-d6 42.Ra5-a7 Qe4-f4 43.Qf1-g2+ Kg5-f6 44.Qg2-g7+ Kf6-e6 45.Qg7-g6+ 4.02/9 ] 34.Rg8xb8 Diagram [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 34.Rg8xb8 c4-c3+ 35.Ka2-b1 Rh5xf5 36.Qc1-g1 Rf5-f1+ 37.Qg1xf1+ Kf7xg6 38.Rb8-b6+ Kg6-g5 39.b2-b4 a6-a5 40.Rb6-b5 Qd5-e4 41.Rb5xa5 Be7-d6 42.Ra5-a7 Qe4-f4 43.Qf1-g2+ Kg5-f6 44.Qg2-g7+ Kf6-e6 45.Qg7-g6+
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
802
3.42/10 ]
R + + + + + lk+ p+ + +R+ + +qpP+r +p+ + p P + + +P KPP+ + + + Q + +
2961
34...c4-c3+ Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 34...c4-c3+ 35.Ka2-b1 Rh5xf5 36.Qc1-g1 Rf5-f1+ 37.Qg1xf1+ Kf7xg6 38.Rb8-b6+ Kg6-g5 39.b2-b4 a6-a5 40.Rb6-b5 Qd5-d4 41.Rb5-b7 Qd4-d8 42.Qf1-g1+ Kg5-f6 43.b4xa5 Qd8-d5 44.a5-a6 Be7xa3 45.Qg1-f1+ Kf6-g6 46.Qf1-d3+ Qd5xd3 47.c2xd3 3.83/11 ]
R + + + + + lk+ p+ + +R+ + +qpP+r + + + p P p + +P KPP+ + + + Q + +
2962
R + + + + + lk+ p+ + +R+ + +qpP+r + + + p P p + +P PP+ + + +KQ + +
2963
Qd5-d4 41.Rb5-b7 Qd4-d8 42.Qf1-g1+ Kg5-f6 43.b4xa5 Qd8-d5 44.a5-a6 Be7xa3 45.Qg1-f1+ Kf6-g6 46.Qf1-d3+ Qd5xd3 47.c2xd3 3.60/12 Diagram
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2964
] 35...Rh5xf5 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 35...Rh5xf5 Diagram (Diagram 2965)
35.Ka2-b1 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 35.Ka2-b1 Diagram Rh5xf5 36.Qc1-g1 Rf5-f1+ 37.Qg1xf1+ Kf7xg6 38.Rb8-b6+ Kg6-g5 39.b2-b4 a6-a5 40.Rb6-b5
36.Qc1-g1 Rf5-f1+ 37.Qg1xf1+ Kf7xg6 38.Rb8-b6+ Kg6-g5 39.b2-b4 a6-a5 40.Rb6-b5 Qd5-d4 41.Rb5-b7 Qd4-d8 42.Qf1-g1+ Kg5-f6 43.b4xa5 Qd8-d5 44.a5-a6 Be7xa3 45.Qg1-f1+
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
R + + + + + lk+ p+ + +R+ + +qpr+ + + + p P p + +P PP+ + + +KQ + +
803
2965
Kf6-g6 46.Qf1-d3+ Qd5xd3 47.c2xd3 3.83/11 Diagram
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2966
] 36.Qc1-g1 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 36.Qc1-g1 Rf5-f1+ 37.Qg1xf1+ Kf7xg6 38.Rb8-b6+ Kg6-g7 39.Qf1-g1+ Kg7-f8 40.b2xc3 Be7-d8 41.Qg1-f1+ Diagram (Diagram 2967) Kf8-g7 42.c3-c4 Qd5-e4 43.Rb6-d6 Qe4-b7+ 44.Kb1-a2 Bd8-e7 45.Rd6-e6 Be7-g5 46.Re6xe5 3.29/10 ] 36...Be7-f8 [ 36...Rf5-f1+ no good, but what else? 37.Qg1xf1+ Kf7xg6
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2967
38.Qf1xa6+ Kg6-f7+- ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 36...Rf5-f1+ 37.Qg1xf1+ Kf7xg6 38.Rb8-b6+ Kg6-g5 39.b2-b4 a6-a5 40.Rb6-b5 Qd5-e4 41.Rb5xa5 Be7-d6 42.Ra5-a7 Qe4-f4 43.Qf1-g2+ Kg5-f6 3.51/9 ] 37.Rg6-g8 [ 37.Rg6xa6 Qd5-e6 38.Ra6xe6 Kf7xe6 39.Qg1-g8+ Ke6-e7 Diagram
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2968
40.Qg8-h7+ Ke7-e6 41.Rb8-e8+ Ke6-d5 42.Qh7xf5 Kd5-c6 43.Qf5-e6+ Bf8-d6 44.Re8-c8+ Kc6-b7 45.Qe6-d7+ Bd6-c7 46.Qd7xc7+ Kb7-a6 47.Rc8-a8+ Ka6-b5 48.Ra8-a5# ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 37.Rg6xa6 Qd5-e6 38.Rb8xf8+ Kf7xf8
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
804
39.Ra6xe6 c3xb2 40.Qg1-c5+ Kf8-g8 41.Re6xe5 Rf5-f1+ 42.Kb1xb2 Rf1-f7 43.Qc5-c4 Kg8-h8 14.79/9 ] 37...Bf8-h6 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 37...Qd5-d6 Diagram
R + lR+ + + +k+ p+ q + + + + pr+ + + + p P p + +P PP+ + + +K+ + Q
R +R+ + + + k + p+ + +Ql + +qpr+ + + + p P p + +P PP+ + + +K+ + +
2969
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38.Rb8xf8+ Qd6xf8 39.Qg1-g6+ Kf7-e7 40.Rg8xf8 Rf5xf8 41.Qg6-g7+ Rf8-f7 42.Qg7xe5+ Ke7-d7 43.Qe5xc3 Rf7-f1+ 44.Kb1-a2 Rf1-d1 45.Qc3-b4 Rd1-d5 46.Qb4xh4 Rd5-d6 47.Qh4-f4 8.76/10 ] 38.Qg1-g6+ [ 38.Qg1-g6+ Kf7-e7 39.Rg8-e8+ Diagram
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(Diagram 2970) Ke7-d7 40.Rb8-d8+ Kd7-c7 41.Re8-e7+ Kc7xd8 42.Qg6-e8# ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 38.Qg1-g6+ Kf7-e7 Diagram
57
B87
Vassily Ivanchuk Sergey Karjakin Amber Tournament (Rapid) rapid 18.03.2008 (4)
(Diagram 2971) 39.Rg8-e8+ Ke7-d7 40.Rb8-d8+ Kd7-c7 41.Re8-e7+ Kc7xd8 42.Qg6-e8# #5/9 ] 1-0
B87: Sicilian Scheveningen/Najdorf: 6 Bc4, with early ...b5 1.e2-e4 c7-c5 2.Ng1-f3 d7-d6 3.d2-d4 c5xd4 4.Nf3xd4 Diagram Ng8-f6 5.Nb1-c3 a7-a6 6.Bf1-c4 e7-e6 7.Bc4-b3 b7-b5 8.Bc1-g5 Bf8-e7 9.Qd1-f3 Qd8-c7 10.e4-e5 Bc8-b7 11.e5xd6 Be7xd6 12.Qf3-e3
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
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805 14...f7xe6 15.Nd4xe6 Qc7-e5 16.Ne6xg7+ Diagram 2972
Bd6-c5 [RR 12...0-0 13.0-0-0 Bd6-e7 14.Bb3xe6 f7xe6 15.Nd4xe6 Qc7-c8 16.Ne6xf8 Kg8xf8 17.Rh1-e1 Nb8-c6 18.Bg5xf6 Be7xf6 19.Nc3-d5 Nc6-e5 20.Qe3-a3+ 1-0 Naumann,A (2549)Freitag,M (2402)/Austria 2007/EXT 2008 ] 13.0-0-0 Nb8-c6 14.Qe3xe6+N [RR 14.Bg5xf6 g7xf6 15.Nc3-e4 Bc5xd4 16.Rd1xd4 Nc6xd4 17.Ne4xf6+ Ke8-f8 (RR 17...Ke8-e7 18.Qe3xd4 Ra8-d8 19.Qd4-h4 Ke7-f8 20.c2-c3 h7-h6 21.Bb3-c2 Qc7-e5 22.Nf6-h7+ Kf8-e8 23.Nh7-f6+ Ke8-f8 24.Nf6-h7+ Kf8-e8 25.Nh7-f6+ Ke8-f8 26.Nf6-h7+ ½-½ Taddei,B (2288)Roeder,M (2456)/Le Touquet 2006/EXT 2007 ) 18.Qe3xd4 Ra8-d8 19.Qd4-h4 Qc7-e5 (RR 19...h7-h6 20.c2-c3 Qc7-e5 21.Nf6-h7+ Kf8-e8 22.Nh7-f6+ Ke8-f8 23.Nf6-h7+ Kf8-e8 24.Nh7-f6+ Ke8-f8 25.Nf6-h7+ ½-½ Kogan,A (2567)-Sutovsky,E (2607)/Ashdod 2006/ CBM 114 ext ) 20.f2-f4 Qe5-e3+ 21.Kc1-b1 Rd8-d2 22.Qh4-h6+ Kf8-e7 23.Qh6-g5 Ke7-d6 24.a2-a3 Rd2xg2 25.Rh1-d1+ Rg2-d2 26.Qg5-e5+ Qe3xe5 27.Rd1xd2+ Qe5-d5 28.Nf6xd5 Bb7xd5 Edlund,R (2227)Constantin,D (2106)/Dos Hermanas 2004/CBM 099 ext/½-½ (46) ]
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Ke8-f8 17.Ng7-e6+ Kf8-f7 18.Rh1-e1 Qe5xe1 19.Ne6xc5+ last book move last book move Kf7-g6 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 19...Kf7-g6 20.Rd1xe1 Kg6xg5 21.Nc5xb7 Ra8-a7 22.Nb7-d6 Rh8-f8 23.Nc3-e2 Nf6-g4 24.f2-f4+ Kg5-h6 25.Bb3-e6 Ng4-e3 26.g2-g3 Ra7-e7 27.f4-f5 Diagram
+ + r + + + r +p p+nNL+ k +p+ +P+ + + + + + + n P PPP+N+ P + K R +
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Ne3-g2 28.Re1-d1 Ng2-e3 1.34/14 ] 20.Rd1xe1 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 20.Rd1xe1 Diagram Kg6xg5 21.Nc5xb7 Ra8-a7 22.Nb7-d6 Rh8-f8 23.Bb3-d5 Ra7-c7
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
r+ + + r +l+ + +p p+n+ nk+ +pN + L + + + + +LN + + PPP+ PPP + K R +
806
2975
24.Bd5xc6 Rc7xc6 25.Re1-e6 Kg5-h5 26.f2-f3 Rf8-d8 27.g2-g4+ Kh5-g6 28.Nc3-e4 1.17/11 ] 20...Kg6xg5 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 20...Kg6xg5 Diagram
r+ + + r +l+ + +p p+n+ n + +pN + k + + + + +LN + + PPP+ PPP + K R +
2976
21.Nc5xb7 Kg5-g6 22.Nc3-e2 Ra8-a7 23.Nb7-c5 Rh8-e8 24.Ne2-f4+ Kg6-h6 25.Re1xe8 Nf6xe8 26.Kc1-d2 Ne8-f6 27.c2-c3 Nc6-e5 28.f2-f3 Ra7-a8 1.13/12 ] 21.Nc5xb7 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 21.Nc5xb7 Ra8-e8 22.Re1-d1 Rh8-f8 23.Nb7-c5 b5-b4 24.Nc3-d5 Nf6xd5 25.Bb3xd5 Nc6-d8 26.Rd1-d4 a6-a5 27.h2-h4+ Kg5-h5 28.Bd5-f3+ Kh5-g6 29.Rd4-d6+
Kg6-g7 1.12/12 ] 21...Nc6-d4 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 21...Rh8-e8 22.Re1-d1 Ra8-a7 23.Nb7-d6 Re8-f8 24.Bb3-e6 Nc6-d8 25.Be6-d5 Ra7-c7 26.f2-f3 Nd8-c6 27.Nc3-e4+ Nf6xe4 28.Bd5xe4 Rf8-g8 29.c2-c3 1.16/12 ] 22.Nb7-d6 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 22.Nb7-d6 Diagram
r+ + + r + + + +p p+ N n + +p+ + k + n + + +LN + + PPP+ PPP + K R +
2977
Nd4xb3+ 23.a2xb3 Ra8-a7 24.Re1-e6 Rh8-f8 25.f2-f3 Ra7-c7 26.Nd6-e4+ Nf6xe4 27.Nc3xe4+ Kg5-f4 28.Re6xa6 b5-b4 29.Ra6-b6 Rf8-c8 30.Rb6-f6+ Kf4-e5 31.c2-c3 b4xc3 32.b2xc3 1.21/13 ] 22...Rh8-f8 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 22...Nd4xb3+ 23.a2xb3 Ra8-a7 24.Re1-e6 Rh8-f8 25.f2-f3 b5-b4 26.Nc3-a4 a6-a5 27.Na4-c5 Kg5-g6 28.Kc1-d2 Ra7-c7 29.Nc5-e4 Rc7-d7 30.Kd2-e3 1.27/12 ] (Diagram 2978) 23.f2-f3 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 23.Re1-e7 h7-h6 24.Bb3-e6 b5-b4 25.f2-f4+ Kg5xf4 26.Nc3-d5+ Nf6xd5 27.Be6xd5 Ra8-d8 28.Re7-e4+ Kf4-g5 29.Nd6-f7+ Rf8xf7 30.Bd5xf7 Kg5-f5 31.Re4-e1 Rd8-c8 1.23/12 ]
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
r+ + r + + + + +p p+ N n + +p+ + k + n + + +LN + + PPP+ PPP + K R +
r+ + r + + + + +p p+ N n + +p+ + k + n + + +LN +P+ PPP+ +PP + K R +
807
2978
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23...b5-b4 [ 23...Kg5-g6 24.Nc3-e2 Nd4xb3+ 25.a2xb3+- Diagram (Diagram 2980) ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 23...Ra8-a7 24.Bb3-d5 Ra7-d7 25.Nd6-e4+ Nf6xe4 26.h2-h4+ Kg5-g6 27.Re1xe4 Nd4-f5 28.Bd5-e6 Rd7-c7 29.Nc3-d5 Diagram Rc7-c6 30.Re4-g4+ Kg6-h6 0.93/12 ] 24.Nc3-e4+ [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 24.Nc3-a4 Kg5-g6 Diagram 25.Na4-c5 Rf8-d8 26.Nd6-c4 Rd8-e8 27.Nc4-e5+ Kg6-g7 28.Bb3-c4 a6-a5
r+ + r + + + + +p p+ N nk+ +p+ + + + + + + +P+ +P+ PP+N+PP + K R +
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r+ + r + + + + +p p+ N nk+ + + + + Np n + + +L+ +P+ PPP+ +PP + K R + 29.f3-f4 Ra8-c8 30.Nc5-d3 Nf6-g4
2980
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Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
808
1.34/13 ] 24...Nf6xe4 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 24...Nf6xe4 25.Re1xe4 Nd4xb3+ 26.a2xb3 Ra8-b8 27.Re4-e6 Kg5-f4 28.Kc1-d2 Rf8-g8 29.Re6-e4+ Kf4-g5 30.Kd2-e3 Diagram
r + +r+ + + + +p p+ N + + + + + k p +R+ + +P+ KP+ PP+ +PP + + + +
2983
Kg5-f6 31.g2-g3 Rb8-d8 32.Re4-f4+ Kf6-g6 33.Rf4-d4 a6-a5 34.c2-c4 b4xc3 35.b2xc3 1.03/15 ] 25.Re1xe4 [ 25.f3xe4?! Nd4xb3+ 26.a2xb3 Kg5-f6 Diagram
r+ + r + + + + +p p+ N k + + + + + p +P+ + +P+ + + PP+ +PP + K R +
2984
; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 25.Re1xe4 Nd4xb3+ 26.a2xb3 Ra8-b8 27.Re4-e6 Kg5-f4 28.Kc1-d2 Rf8-g8 29.Re6-e4+ Kf4-g5 30.Kd2-e3 Kg5-f6 31.g2-g3 Rb8-d8 32.Re4-f4+ Kf6-g6 33.Rf4-d4
a6-a5 34.c2-c4 b4xc3 35.b2xc3 1.10/14 ] 25...Nd4xb3+ Diagram [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 25...Rf8-f4 26.Bb3-d5 Ra8-a7 27.h2-h4+ Rf4xh4 Diagram
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2985
28.Nd6-f7+ Ra7xf7 29.Bd5xf7 Rh4xe4 30.f3xe4 Kg5-f4 31.Bf7-d5 Nd4-e2+ 32.Kc1-d2 Ne2-g3 33.Kd2-d3 Kf4-e5 34.Kd3-c4 a6-a5 35.Kc4-d3 1.23/13 ]
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2986
26.a2xb3 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 26.a2xb3 Ra8-b8 27.Re4-e6 Kg5-f4 28.Kc1-d2 Rf8-g8 29.Re6-e4+ Kf4-g5 30.Kd2-e3 Kg5-f6 31.g2-g3 Rb8-d8 32.Re4-f4+ Diagram
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
+ r +r+ + + + +p p+ N k + + + + + p + R + +P+ KPP PP+ + P + + + +
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2987
Kf6-g6 33.Rf4-d4 a6-a5 34.c2-c4 b4xc3 35.b2xc3 1.08/13 ]
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2988
+ r +r+ + + + +p + + +k+ p + + + p RN+P+ +P+ KP+ PP+ + P + + + +
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Diagram 26...a6-a5 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 26...Ra8-b8 27.Re4-e6 Kg5-f4 28.Kc1-d2 Rf8-g8 29.Re6-e4+ Kf4-g5 30.Kd2-e3 Kg5-f6 31.g2-g4 Rb8-d8 32.Re4-d4 a6-a5 33.Nd6-e4+ Kf6-g6 0.95/11 Diagram
(Diagram 2991) Kg5-f6 Kg7-f6 Rf8-g8 Ke6-f5 Ke6-f5
29.Re4-h4 Kf6-g7 30.Rh4-g4+ 31.Rg4-a4 Kf6-e6 32.Nd6-e4 33.g2-g3 Ra8-f8 34.f3-f4 35.Ne4-d6+ Kf5-e6 36.Nd6-e4 1.01/12 ]
(Diagram 2989) (Diagram 2992) ] 27.Re4-g4+ Diagram [ 27.c2-c4 b4xc3 28.b2xc3 Kg5-f6+- ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 27.c2-c4 b4xc3 28.b2xc3
27...Kg5-f6 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 27...Kg5-f6 28.Nd6-e4+ Kf6-e6 Diagram
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
r+ + r + + + + +p + N + + p + + k + +R+ + +PP +P+ + + +PP + K + +
r+ + r + + + + +p + N + + p + + k p + +R+ +P+ +P+ PP+ +PP + K + +
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31.Rh4-h6+ Ke6-e5 32.b2xc3 Rf8-g8 33.g2-g3 Rg8-f8 34.Ne4-g5 Ra7-b7 35.Kc1-c2 Rf8-f6 36.Rh6xh7 Rb7xh7 37.f3-f4+ Ke5-f5 38.Ng5xh7 0.74/14 ]
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28.Nd6-e4+ Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 28.Rg4-h4 Diagram
2993
29.Rg4-h4 Ra8-a7 30.c2-c4 b4xc3
r+ + r + + + + +p + N k + p + + + p + + R +P+ +P+ PP+ +PP + K + +
2995
Ra8-a7 29.Rh4-h6+ Kf6-g7 30.Rh6-e6 Ra7-d7 31.c2-c4 b4xc3 32.b2xc3 Rf8-d8 33.Nd6-c4 Kg7-f7 34.Re6-c6 Kf7-g7 35.Kc1-b2 0.84/12 ] 28...Kf6-e5 Diagram [ 28...Kf6-e6 29.Rg4-h4+- Diagram ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 28...Kf6-e6 29.Rg4-h4 Ra8-a7 30.Rh4-h6+ Ke6-e5 31.c2-c4 b4xc3 32.b2xc3
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
r+ + r + + + + +p + + k + p + + + p +N+R+ +P+ +P+ PP+ +PP + K + +
r+ + r + + + + +p + +k+ + p + + + p +N+ R +P+ +P+ PP+ +PP + K + +
811
2996
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Rf8-g8 33.g2-g3 Rg8-f8 34.Ne4-g5 Ra7-b7 Diagram (Diagram 2998) 35.Kc1-c2 Rf8-f6 36.Rh6xh7 Rb7xh7 37.f3-f4+ Ke5-f5 38.Ng5xh7 0.74/12 ] (Diagram 2999) 29.Rg4-h4 [ 29.Rg4-g7+- Diagram ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 29.Rg4-g7 h7-h6 30.Rg7-e7+ Diagram Ke5-f4 31.Ne4-d6 Rf8-g8 32.Re7-e4+ Kf4-g5 33.c2-c4 b4xc3 34.b2xc3
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r+ + r + + + + Rp + + + + p + k + p +N+ + +P+ +P+ PP+ +PP + K + +
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3000
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
r+ + r + + + R + + + + p p + k + p +N+ + +P+ +P+ PP+ +PP + K + +
812
3001
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3003
Diagram
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Kg5-f6 35.g2-g4 Ra8-d8 36.Re4-d4 Kf6-e6 0.92/12 ] 29...a5-a4? [ 29...Ra8-a7 Diagram (Diagram 3003) ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 29...Ra8-a7 Diagram (Diagram 3004) 30.Ne4-g3 Ra7-d7 31.c2-c3 Rf8-d8 32.f3-f4+ Ke5-d5 33.Rh4-h5+ Kd5-c6 34.Ng3-e4 b4xc3 35.b2xc3 Rd7-e7
+ + r + r + + +p + + + + p + k + p +N+ R +P+ +P+ PP+ +PP + K + +
3004
36.Rh5-h6+ Kc6-d5 0.62/11 ] 30.b3xa4+- Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 30.b3xa4 Ra8xa4 31.Rh4-h5+ Rf8-f5 32.Rh5xh7 Ra4-a8 33.Kc1-d2 Ra8-g8 34.Ne4-g3 Rf5-f4 35.Rh7-h5+ Ke5-e6 Diagram (Diagram 3005) 36.Rh5-h6+ Ke6-e5 37.Kd2-d3 Rg8-d8+ 38.Kd3-e3 Rf4-c4 39.f3-f4+ Ke5-d5 1.41/13 ] 30...Ra8xa4 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 30...Ra8xa4 31.Rh4-h5+ Diagram Rf8-f5 32.Rh5xh7 Rf5-f8 33.Rh7-h5+
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
+ + +r+ + + + + + +k+ + + + + +R p + r + + + +PN PPK +PP + + + +
r+ + r + + + + +p + + + + + + k + Pp +N+ R + + +P+ PP+ +PP + K + +
813 Ra4-a2 36.Rh8-e8+ Ke5-d4 37.Kc1-b1 Ra2-a5 38.Re8-b8 Ra5-a4 39.Rb8-d8+ Kd4-e5 1.61/12 ] 31.Ne4-c5 Diagram [ 31.Rh4-h5+ might be the shorter path Rf8-f5 32.Rh5xh7 Rf5-f8+- ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 31.Rh4-h5+ Rf8-f5 32.Rh5xh7 Rf5-f8 33.Rh7-e7+ Ke5-f5 34.b2-b3 Ra4-a2 35.Re7-b7 Rf8-h8 36.Kc1-b1 Ra2-a5 37.h2-h3 Rh8-g8 38.g2-g4+ Kf5-f4 39.Rb7-f7+ Kf4-e5 1.50/12 Diagram
3005
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3008
] (Diagram 3009)
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3007
Rf8-f5 34.Rh5-h4 Rf5-f4 35.Rh4-h8
31...Ra4-a1+ Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 31...Ra4-a1+ 32.Kc1-d2 Rf8-g8 33.Nc5-d3+ Ke5-f6 34.Rh4-f4+ Kf6-e6 35.Rf4-e4+ Ke6-f6 36.g2-g3 Ra1-h1 37.Re4-f4+ Kf6-g7 38.Rf4-g4+ Kg7-h8 39.Rg4-h4 Rg8-d8 40.Kd2-e2 Rd8-e8+ 41.Ke2-f2 0.93/14 ] (Diagram 3010) 32.Kc1-d2 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 32.Kc1-d2 0.77/1 ] 32...Rf8-g8 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 32...Rf8-g8 33.Nc5-d3+ Ke5-f6
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
+ + r + + + + +p + + + + + N k + rp + + R + + +P+ PP+ +PP + K + +
+ + r + + + + +p + + + + + N k + p + + R + + +P+ PP+ +PP r K + +
814
3009
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34.Rh4-f4+ Kf6-e6 35.Rf4-e4+ Ke6-f6 36.g2-g3 Ra1-h1 37.Re4-f4+ Kf6-g7 38.Rf4-g4+ Kg7-h8 39.Rg4-h4 Rg8-d8 40.Kd2-e2 Rd8-e8+ 41.Ke2-f2 0.93/13 Diagram (Diagram 3011) ] (Diagram 3012) 33.g2-g3 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 33.g2-g4 Ra1-g1 34.Nc5-d3+ Diagram
+ +r+ k + + + +p + + + + + + + + p + + R + +N+PP PP+ K P + + + +r
+ + +r+ + + + +p + + + + + N k + p + + R + + +P+ PPK +PP r + + +
+ + +r+ + + + +p + + + + + + k + p + +PR + +N+P+ PPK + P + + + r Ke5-f6 35.Nd3xb4 Rg1-g2+
3011
3012
3013
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
815
36.Kd2-d3 Rg8-d8+ 37.Kd3-c3 Kf6-g6 38.f3-f4 Rd8-c8+ 39.Kc3-b3 Rc8-e8 40.c2-c3 Re8-e2 41.f4-f5+ Kg6-g5 0.83/11 ]
+ + +r+ + + + +p + + + + + N k + p + + R + + +PP PPK + P r + + +
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40.Rh5-g5+ Kg7-f7 0.86/11 ]
33...Ra1-f1 Diagram [ 33...Ra1-g1 Diagram
+ + +r+ + + + +p + + + + + N k + p + + R + + +PP PPK + P + + + r
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3015
34.Nc5-d3+ Ke5-f6 35.Nd3xb4 ( 35.Rh4xh7 Rg1-g2+ 36.Kd2-e3 Rg2xc2+- ) 35...Rg1-g2+ 36.Kd2-c3 Rg8-c8+ 37.Kc3-d4+- ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 33...Ra1-g1 34.Nc5-d3+ Diagram Ke5-f6 35.Nd3xb4 Rg1-g2+ 36.Kd2-c3 Kf6-g7 37.f3-f4 Rg8-c8+ 38.Kc3-b3 Rc8-d8 39.Rh4-h5 Rd8-d2
+ + +r+ + + + +p + + + + + N k + p + + R + + +PP PPK + P + + +r+
3017
34.Kd2-e2 [ 34.Nc5-d3+ seems even better Ke5-f6 35.Rh4xh7 b4-b3+- ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 34.Nc5-d3+ Diagram (Diagram 3018) Ke5-f6 35.Rh4-f4+ Kf6-g7 36.Rf4-g4+ Kg7-f8 37.Rg4xb4 Rf1xf3 38.c2-c4 Rg8-g4 39.Rb4-b8+ Kf8-g7 40.c4-c5 Rg4-d4 41.Rb8-b7+ Kg7-f6 1.20/12 ] 34...Rf1-b1 [ 34...Rf1-g1 35.Nc5-d3+ Ke5-f5 36.Nd3xb4 ( 36.Rh4xh7 Diagram
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
+ + +r+ + + + +p + + + + + + k + p + + R + +N+PP PPK + P + + +r+
+ + +r+ + + + +R + + + + + + +k+ p + + + + +N+PP PP+K+ P + + + r
816
3018
3019
Rg1-g2+ 37.Nd3-f2 Rg8-c8+- ) 36...Rg8-e8+ 37.Ke2-d3+- ;Houdini 2. 0c Pro x64: 34...Rf1-g1 35.Nc5-d3+ Ke5-f6 36.Nd3xb4 Rg8-e8+ 37.Ke2-d3 Rg1-d1+ 38.Kd3-c3 Kf6-g6 39.Nb4-c6 Re8-e3+ 40.Kc3-c4 Rd1-d2 41.Nc6-d4 h7-h5 1.03/12 ] 35.Rh4xb4 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 35.Rh4xb4 Rg8-c8 36.Nc5-d3+ Ke5-f6 37.Rb4-f4+ Kf6-g7 38.Rf4-g4+ Kg7-f6 39.c2-c4 Rc8-e8+ 40.Ke2-d2 Re8-d8 41.Rg4-f4+ Diagram Kf6-e7 42.Kd2-c3 Rb1-d1 43.Rf4-e4+ Ke7-f6 44.Re4-e3 Rd1-h1 45.h2-h4 Rh1-h3 1.47/12 ] 35...Ke5-d5
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3020
[ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 35...Rg8-c8 36.Nc5-d3+ Ke5-f6 37.Rb4-f4+ Kf6-g7 38.Rf4-g4+ Kg7-f6 39.c2-c4 Rc8-e8+ 40.Ke2-d2 Re8-d8 41.Rg4-f4+ Kf6-e7 42.Kd2-c3 Rb1-d1 43.Rf4-e4+ Diagram
+ r + + + + k +p + + + + + + + + +P+R+ + + KN+PP P + + P + +r+ +
3021
Ke7-f6 44.Re4-e3 Rd1-h1 45.h2-h4 Rh1-h3 1.58/13 ] 36.Nc5-e4 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 36.Nc5-e4 Diagram Rg8-a8 37.Rb4-b6 Rb1-h1 38.Ne4-c3+ Kd5-e5 39.Rb6-b5+ Ke5-e6 40.Rb5-h5 Rh1-c1 41.Rh5-h6+ Ke6-e5 42.Ke2-d2 1.60/12 ] 36...Kd5-c6 Diagram
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
+ + +r+ + + + +p + + + + + +k+ + R +N+ + + + +PP PP+K+ P +r+ + +
817
3022
[ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 36...Rg8-a8 37.Rb4-b6 Rb1-c1 38.Ke2-d2 Rc1-f1 39.Kd2-e3 Rf1-e1+ 40.Ke3-d3 Re1-d1+ 41.Kd3-c3 Kd5-e5 42.Kc3-c4 Ra8-c8+ 43.Kc4-b3 1.49/11 ]
+ + +r+ + + + +p +k+ + + + + + + R +N+ + + + +PP PP+K+ P +r+ + +
3023
37.h2-h4 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 37.f3-f4 Rg8-f8 38.Rb4-c4+ Kc6-d5 39.b2-b3 Rb1-c1 40.Ke2-f3 Rc1-f1+ 41.Kf3-e3 Rf1-e1+ 42.Ke3-d3 Re1-d1+ 43.Kd3-c3 Rd1-h1 44.Rc4-d4+ Kd5-e6 45.Ne4-c5+ Ke6-f5 46.Rd4-d5+ Kf5-g4 47.Rd5-g5+ Kg4-f3 1.83/12 ] 37...Rb1-h1 Diagram [ 37...Rg8-e8 38.Ke2-f2+- ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64:
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3024
37...Rg8-f8 38.Rb4-c4+ Kc6-b6 39.b2-b3 Rb1-b2 40.f3-f4 Rf8-f5 41.Ke2-f3 Rf5-a5 42.Ne4-f6 h7-h5 43.g3-g4 h5xg4+ 44.Kf3xg4 1.64/11 ]
+ + +r+ + + + +p +k+ + + + + + + R +N+ P + + +PP PP+K+ + + + + +r
3025
38.Rb4-c4+ [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 38.Rb4-c4+ Diagram (Diagram 3026) Kc6-b5 39.b2-b3 Rg8-f8 40.f3-f4 Kb5-b6 41.Ke2-f3 Rh1-f1+ 42.Kf3-g2 Rf1-e1 43.Kg2-f2 Re1-d1 44.Ne4-c5 h7-h5 45.Nc5-e6 Rf8-f5 46.Kf2-e2 Rd1-a1 1.74/13 ] 38...Kc6-b6 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 38...Kc6-b5
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
+ + +r+ + + + +p +k+ + + + + + + +R+N+ P + + +PP PP+K+ + + + + +r
818
3026
39.b2-b3 Rg8-f8 40.f3-f4 Kb5-b6 41.Ke2-f3 Rh1-f1+ 42.Kf3-g2 Rf1-e1 43.Kg2-f2 Re1-d1 44.Kf2-e3 Rd1-e1+ Diagram
+ + r + + + + +p k + + + + + + + +R+NP P +P+ K P +P+ + + + + r +
3027
45.Ke3-d2 Re1-a1 46.Rc4-d4 1.83/12 ] (Diagram 3028) 39.b2-b4 [ 39.f3-f4 keeps an even firmer grip Rg8-f8+- Diagram ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 39.f3-f4 Rg8-f8 40.Ke2-f3 Rh1-f1+ 41.Kf3-e3 h7-h6 42.Ke3-e2 Rf1-g1 43.Ke2-f3 Rg1-b1 44.Ne4-c3 Rb1-f1+ 45.Kf3-g2 Rf1-e1
+ + +r+ + + + +p k + + + + + + + +R+N+ P + + +PP PP+K+ + + + + +r
+ + r + + + + +p k + + + + + + + +R+NP P + + + P PP+K+ + + + + +r
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46.Nc3-d5+ Kb6-b5 47.Rc4-b4+ Kb5-c5 1.83/12 ] 39...Rg8-d8 Diagram [ 39...Rg8-f8 40.f3-f4+- ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 39...Rh1-h2+ 40.Ke2-e3 Rh2-h3 41.f3-f4 Rg8xg3+ 42.Ne4xg3 Rh3xg3+ 43.Ke3-e4 Rg3-h3 44.Rc4-d4 Kb6-b5 45.f4-f5 Rh3xh4+ 46.Ke4-e5 Rh4-h2 47.c2-c3 Rh2-e2+ 48.Rd4-e4 1.80/11 ] (Diagram 3030) 40.Rc4-c5 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 40.f3-f4 Kb6-b5 41.Rc4-c7 Kb5xb4 42.Rc7xh7 Kb4-c4 43.f4-f5 Kc4-d4
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
+ r + + + + + +p k + + + + + + + PR+N+ P + + +PP +P+K+ + + + + +r
819
3030
44.Ne4-f2 Rh1-g1 45.Ke2-f3 Rg1-c1 46.Rh7-c7 Kd4-e5 47.Rc7-c5+ Ke5-d4 1.81/12 Diagram
+ r + + + + + + + + + + + R +P+ + k + P + + +KP +P+ N + + r + +
x64: 41.Ke2-d3 Ra8-a7 42.f3-f4 Ra7-e7 43.Ne4-f6 Re7-g7 44.Nf6-d5+ Kb6-b7 45.Kd3-d4 Rh1-c1 46.c2-c3 Rg7xg3 47.Rc5-c7+ Kb7-a6 48.Rc7xh7 2.07/11 ]
r+ + + + + + + +p k + + + + R + + P +N+ P + P +PP + +K+ + + + + +r
3032
41...Ra8-a2+ [ 41...Ra8-e8 Diagram 3031
] 40...Rd8-a8 [ 40...Rd8-d7 doesn't change the outcome of the game 41.c2-c3+- ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 40...Rd8-e8 41.c2-c3 Re8-e6 42.Rc5-d5 Rh1-a1 43.Ke2-d3 Ra1-d1+ 44.Kd3-c4 Re6-c6+ 45.Ne4-c5 Rd1xd5 46.Kc4xd5 Rc6-g6 47.Nc5-e4 Kb6-b5 48.f3-f4 1.76/11 ] 41.c2-c3 Diagram [ 41.Ne4-f6 and White can already relax Ra8-a3 42.c2-c3 Ra3-a2+ 43.Ke2-e3 Rh1-e1+ 44.Ke3-d4 Ra2-a7+- ;Houdini 2.0c Pro
+ +r+ + + + + +p k + + + + R + + P +N+ P + P +PP + +K+ + + + + +r
3033
does not win a prize 42.Ke2-d3+- ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 41...Ra8-e8 42.Ke2-d3 Rh1-e1 43.Rc5-f5 Re8-e7 44.Rf5-f8 Re1-g1 45.g3-g4 Re7-d7+ 46.Kd3-c4 Rd7-c7+ 47.Ne4-c5 Diagram Rg1-h1 48.Rf8-b8+ Kb6-a7 1.95/11 ] 42.Ke2-e3 [ 42.Ke2-d3 seems even better Rh1-d1+ 43.Kd3-c4 Rd1-d7+- ;
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
+ + R + + r + +p k + + + + N + + PK+ +PP + P +P+ + + + + + + + r
820
3034
Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 42.Ke2-d3 Diagram
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3035
Ra2-a7 43.Rc5-e5 Rh1-d1+ 44.Kd3-c4 Ra7-c7+ 45.Ne4-c5 Rd1-d6 46.f3-f4 Rd6-g6 47.Re5-g5 Rg6xg5 48.h4xg5 Rc7-g7 49.Kc4-d4 Kb6-b5 50.Kd4-d5 2.15/12 ] 42...Rh1-e1+ [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 42...Ra2-a7 43.Ke3-d4 Rh1-e1 44.Rc5-f5 Re1-g1 45.g3-g4 Ra7-c7 46.Ne4-c5 Rg1-h1 47.h4-h5 Rh1-d1+ 48.Kd4-c4 Rd1-e1 49.f3-f4 2.18/11 Diagram ] 43.Ke3-f4 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 43.Ke3-d4 Ra2-a7 44.Rc5-f5 Re1-g1
+ + + + + r + +p k + + + + N +R+P PK+ PP+ + P + + + + + + + + r +
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45.g3-g4 Ra7-c7 46.Ne4-c5 Rg1-h1 47.h4-h5 Rh1-d1+ 48.Kd4-c4 Rd1-e1 49.f3-f4 2.07/12 ] 43...Re1-f1 [ 43...Ra2-a7+- otherwise it's curtains at once ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 43...Ra2-a7 44.Ne4-f6 Ra7-f7 45.Rc5-f5 Kb6-b7 46.g3-g4 Rf7-c7 47.Nf6-e4 Re1-h1 48.Ne4-c5+ Kb7-b6 49.h4-h5 Rc7-e7 50.Nc5-e4 1.83/12 ] 44.Rc5-h5 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 44.Rc5-f5 Ra2-a8 45.Rf5-f6+ Kb6-b5 46.Rf6-f7 h7-h6 47.Ne4-d6+ Kb5-a6 48.Rf7-f6 h6-h5 49.Nd6-e4+ Ka6-b7 50.Kf4-g5 Ra8-h8 51.g3-g4 h5xg4 52.f3xg4 Rh8-g8+ 53.Rf6-g6 Rg8xg6+ 54.Kg5xg6 2.30/12 ] 44...Ra2-a8 [ 44...Ra2-a7 is no salvation 45.Ne4-g5 Ra7-c7 46.Rh5xh7 Rc7xc3 47.h4-h5+- ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 44...Ra2-a7 45.Rh5-h6+ Kb6-b5 46.Ne4-d6+ Kb5-a4 47.b4-b5 Ra7-d7 48.b5-b6 Rf1-b1 49.b6-b7 Rb1-b6 50.Kf4-g5 Rd7-g7+ 51.Kg5-h5 Rg7xb7 52.Nd6xb7 Rb6xb7 53.f3-f4 Ka4-b3 54.f4-f5 Kb3xc3 55.Rh6-c6+ Kc3-d4 56.f5-f6 Kd4-d5 1.90/11 ] 45.Rh5-h6+ [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 45.Rh5-h6+ Kb6-b5 46.Ne4-d6+ Kb5-a4 47.Rh6xh7 Rf1-c1 48.Nd6-e4 Ra8-f8+ 49.Kf4-g4 Rf8-g8+ 50.Kg4-h3
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games Rg8-f8 51.Rh7-h5 Ka4-b3 52.b4-b5 Kb3-c2 53.Kh3-g4 Rc1-b1 54.Rh5-g5 Kc2-d3 55.h4-h5 Kd3-e3 56.h5-h6 Rb1-h1 57.Rg5-g6 Rf8xf3 3.42/15 ] 45...Kb6-b5 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 45...Kb6-b5 46.Ne4-d6+ Kb5-a4 47.Rh6xh7 Ra8-d8 48.Nd6-e4 Rd8-f8+ 49.Kf4-g4 Rf8-g8+ 50.Ne4-g5 Rf1-h1 51.Rh7-c7 Ka4-b3 52.b4-b5 Rg8-b8 53.Ng5-e6 Kb3-a4 54.Ne6-d4 Rb8-g8+ 55.Kg4-f5 Ka4-a5 56.Rc7-c6 Rg8-f8+ 57.Kf5-e4 Rf8-e8+ 58.Ke4-d5 3.41/16 ] 46.Ne4-d6+ [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 46.Ne4-d6+ Kb5-a4 47.Rh6xh7 Ra8-d8 48.Nd6-e4 Rd8-f8+ 49.Kf4-g4 Rf8-g8+ 50.Ne4-g5 Rf1-c1 51.Rh7-c7 Ka4-b3 52.b4-b5 Rc1xc3 53.Rc7xc3+ Kb3xc3 54.h4-h5 Kc3-c4 55.h5-h6 Kc4xb5 56.h6-h7 Rg8-h8 57.f3-f4 Kb5-c6 58.f4-f5 Kc6-d7 59.f5-f6 Kd7-e8 60.Kg4-f4 Ke8-f8 61.g3-g4 Kf8-e8 3.30/14 ] 46...Kb5-a4 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 46...Kb5-a4 47.Rh6xh7 Ra8-d8 48.Nd6-e4 Rd8-f8+ 49.Kf4-g4 Rf8-g8+ 50.Ne4-g5 Rf1-c1 51.Rh7-c7 Ka4-b3 52.b4-b5 Rc1xc3 53.Rc7xc3+ Kb3xc3 54.h4-h5 Kc3-c4 55.h5-h6 Kc4xb5 56.h6-h7 Rg8-h8 57.f3-f4 Kb5-c6 58.f4-f5 Kc6-d7 59.f5-f6 Kd7-e8 60.Kg4-f4 Ke8-f8 61.g3-g4 Kf8-e8 3.41/14 ] 47.Rh6xh7 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 47.Rh6xh7 Ra8-d8 48.Nd6-e4 Rd8-f8+ 49.Kf4-g4 Rf8-g8+ 50.Ne4-g5 Rf1-c1 51.Rh7-c7 Ka4-b3 52.b4-b5 Rc1xc3 53.Rc7xc3+ Kb3xc3 54.h4-h5 Kc3-c4 55.h5-h6 Kc4xb5 56.h6-h7 Rg8-h8 57.f3-f4 Kb5-c5 58.f4-f5 Kc5-d5 59.f5-f6 3.11/13 ] 47...Ka4-b3 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 47...Ra8-d8 48.Rh7-a7+ Ka4-b3 49.Nd6-e4 Rd8-f8+ 50.Kf4-g4 Rf8-g8+ 51.Kg4-h5 Rf1-e1 52.Kh5-h6 Re1xe4 53.f3xe4 Kb3xc3 54.b4-b5 Kc3-d4 55.b5-b6 Rg8xg3 56.b6-b7 Rg3-b3
821 57.h4-h5 Kd4xe4 58.Kh6-g5 2.94/11 ] 48.Rh7-c7 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 48.Rh7-c7 Rf1-c1 49.Nd6-e4 Ra8-f8+ 50.Kf4-g5 Rf8-g8+ 51.Kg5-f6 Rc1-h1 52.b4-b5 Rg8-b8 53.c3-c4 Kb3-b4 54.f3-f4 Rh1-c1 55.Ne4-d6 Rc1-g1 56.c4-c5 Rg1xg3 57.f4-f5 Rb8xb5 58.Nd6xb5 Kb4xb5 59.h4-h5 Rg3-h3 60.Kf6-g5 Rh3-g3+ 61.Kg5-f4 Rg3-h3 62.Kf4-g4 Rh3-h2 63.f5-f6 3.61/14 ] 48...Ra8-d8 [ 48...Rf1-d1 does not help much 49.Rc7-c6+- ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 48...Rf1-c1 49.Nd6-e4 Rc1-h1 50.b4-b5 Ra8-b8 51.Rc7-c5 Kb3-a4 52.c3-c4 Rb8-f8+ 53.Kf4-g4 Rf8-g8+ 54.Kg4-f5 Rg8-f8+ 55.Ne4-f6 Ka4-b4 56.Rc5-c7 Rh1-h3 3.46/11 ] 49.Nd6-f5 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 49.Nd6-f5 Rd8-d3 50.Nf5-d4+ Kb3-b2 51.b4-b5 Rf1-c1 52.b5-b6 Rc1xc3 53.Kf4-e5 Rd3-e3+ 54.Ke5-d5 Re3-e8 55.Rc7xc3 Kb2xc3 56.Nd4-b5+ Kc3-d3 57.b6-b7 Kd3-e3 58.h4-h5 Re8-b8 59.Nb5-d6 Ke3xf3 60.h5-h6 Kf3xg3 61.h6-h7 Kg3-f4 62.Kd5-e6 4.50/13 ] 1-0
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Vassily Ivanchuk Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Chess Olympiad (10) 01.10.2010 D90: Grünfeld: 4 Nf3 Bg7 sidelines 1.Ng1-f3 Ng8-f6 2.c2-c4 g7-g6 3.Nb1-c3 d7-d5 4.c4xd5 Diagram (Diagram 3037) Nf6xd5 5.Qd1-b3 Nd5-b6 6.d2-d4 Bf8-g7 7.Bc1-f4 Bc8-e6 [RR 7...Bc8-g4 8.Nf3-g5 0-0 9.h2-h3 Bg4-c8 10.e2-e3 c7-c5 11.d4xc5 e7-e5 12.Ng5xf7 Rf8xf7 13.Bf4-g3
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
rnlqkl r ppp pp+p + + np+ + +P+ + + + + + + N +N+ PP PPPPP R LQKL+R
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Nb6-d7 14.Bf1-c4 Qd8-e7 15.Nc3-e4 Nb8-a6 16.Ra1-c1 Kg8-f8 17.Bc4xf7 Qe7xf7 18.Qb3-a3 Qf7-e7 19.0-0 b7-b6 20.Ne4-d6 Nd7xc5 21.Nd6xc8 Ra8xc8 22.b2-b4 Speelman,J (2590)Gurevich,I (2510)/Hastings 1992/CBM 033/1-0 ] 8.Qb3-a3 [RR 8.d4-d5 Be6xd5 9.Nc3xd5 Qd8xd5 10.Bf4xc7 Qd5xb3 11.a2xb3 Bg7xb2 12.Ra1-a2 Bb2-c3+ 13.Ke1-d1 Nb6-d5 14.Bc7xb8 Ra8xb8 15.Ra2xa7 Bc3-f6 16.e2-e3 0-0 17.Bf1-d3 Rf8-d8 18.Kd1-e2 Nd5-c3+ 19.Ke2-d2 Nc3-e4+ 20.Kd2-e2 Rd8xd3 21.Ke2xd3 Ne4xf2+ 22.Kd3-e2 Nf2xh1 Yushko,O (1943)-Torok,S (2290)/Gyongyos 2003/EXT 2005/0-1 ] 8...0-0 9.e2-e3 Nb8-d7 10.Ra1-d1N [ RR 10.Nf3-g5 Be6-c4 11.Bf1xc4 Nb6xc4 12.Qa3-b3 e7-e5 13.Qb3xc4 Nd7-b6 14.Qc4-b3 e5xf4 15.Ng5-f3 f4xe3 16.f2xe3 Qd8-e7 17.Ke1-f2 c7-c5 18.Rh1-e1 c5xd4 19.e3xd4 Bg7xd4+ 20.Kf2-f1 Qe7-f6 21.Nc3-e4 Qf6-g7 22.Nf3xd4 Qg7xd4 23.Ra1-d1 Qd4-e5 24.Qb3-c3 Qe5xc3 Kottnauer,C-Richter,E/Chocen 1942/ EXT 2001/0-1 (59) ] 10...a7-a5 11.Nf3-g5 Be6-d5 12.e3-e4 Bd5-c4 13.h2-h4 Bc4xf1 14.Ke1xf1 Nd7-f6
15.Qa3-c5 c7-c6 16.Ng5-f3 last book move last book move e7-e6 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 16...Nb6-d7 17.Qc5-c4 Qd8-b6 18.Kf1-g1 Qb6-b4 19.Qc4-e2 Nf6-h5 20.Bf4-e3 Nd7-f6 21.Rh1-h3 Nf6-g4 22.e4-e5 0.00/11 ]
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Consolidates d5 17.Qc5-d6 Diagram [ 17.Rh1-h3 Rf8-e8$ ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 17.Kf1-g1 Diagram
r+ q rk+ +p+ +plp np+pnp+ p Q + + + PPL P + N +N+ PP + PP+ + +R+ KR Rf8-e8 Nb6-c4 Qd8-b6 Ra8-d8 0.30/12
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18.Rh1-h3 Bg7-f8 19.Qc5-g5 20.Bf4-e5 Nf6-d7 21.Qg5-c1 22.b2-b3 Nc4xe5 23.d4xe5 24.Qc1-f4 Qb6-c5 25.Nc3-e2 ]
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
r+ q rk+ +p+ +plp npQpnp+ p + + + + PPL P + N +N+ PP + PP+ + +R+K+R
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Black has a cramped position 17...Nb6-c4= [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 17...Qd8-c8 Diagram
r+q+ rk+ +p+ +plp npQpnp+ p + + + + PPL P + N +N+ PP + PP+ + +R+K+R
19.b2-b3 Nc4-a3 20.g2-g3 Nf6-g4 21.h4-h5 c6-c5 22.Bf4-g5 Rd8-c8 23.h5xg6 h7xg6 24.Rh1-h4 f7-f5 25.Nc3-a4 c5xd4 26.Nf3xd4 Bg7xd4 27.Rd1xd4 Rc8-c2 0.00/14 ] 19.b2-b3 White threatens to win material: b3xc4 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 19.Bf4-g5 Diagram
r+ r +k+ +p+ +plp +p+pnp+ p + + L +nPP+ P + N +N+ PP + PP+ + +R+K+R
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18.Qd6-c7 Ra8-a6 19.Qc7xc8 Rf8xc8 20.Rh1-h3 Nf6-h5 21.Bf4-h2 Nb6-c4 22.b2-b3 Nc4-b2 23.Rd1-d2 0.06/11 ] 18.Qd6xd8 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 18.Qd6xd8 Rf8xd8 19.b2-b3 Nc4-a3 20.Rd1-c1 Na3-b5 21.Nc3xb5 c6xb5 22.e4-e5 Nf6-d5 23.g2-g3 Bg7-f8 24.Kf1-g2 Bf8-a3 25.Bf4-g5 Rd8-c8 26.Rc1xc8+ Ra8xc8 27.h4-h5 Rc8-c2 28.h5xg6 f7xg6 -0.12/15 ] 18...Rf8xd8 White has a very active position [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 18...Rf8xd8
Nc4xb2 20.Rd1-b1 Nb2-d3 21.e4-e5 Nf6-d5 22.Nc3xd5 Rd8xd5 23.Rb1xb7 Rd5-b5 24.Rb7xb5 c6xb5 25.h4-h5 g6xh5 26.Rh1xh5 Ra8-c8 27.Kf1-e2 Rc8-c3 28.Bg5-d2 -0.10/12 ] 19...Nc4-a3 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 19...Nc4-a3 20.g2-g3 Na3-b5 21.Nc3xb5 c6xb5 22.Bf4-g5 Rd8-c8 23.Bg5xf6 Bg7xf6 24.Rd1-d2 Rc8-c1+ 25.Kf1-g2 Rc1xh1 26.Kg2xh1 Ra8-c8 27.Kh1-g2 Kg8-g7 28.d4-d5 e6xd5 29.Rd2xd5 -0.09/13 ] (Diagram 3043) 20.Bf4-e5 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 20.g2-g3 Na3-b5 21.Nc3xb5 c6xb5 22.e4-e5 Nf6-d5 23.Kf1-g2 a5-a4 24.Bf4-g5 Rd8-c8 25.Rd1-c1 a4xb3 26.a2xb3 Rc8-c3 27.Rc1xc3 Nd5xc3 -0.07/11 ] 20...Nf6-g4 [ 20...b7-b5 21.Kf1-e2=
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
r+ r +k+ +p+ +plp +p+pnp+ p + + + + PPL P nPN +N+ P+ + PP+ + +R+K+R
r+ r +k+ +p+ +plp +p+pnp+ p + L + + PP+ P nPN +N+ P+ + PP+ + +R+K+R
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Diagram (Diagram 3045) ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 20...Ra8-c8 21.Kf1-e2 Na3-b5 22.Nc3xb5 c6xb5 23.Be5xf6 Bg7xf6 24.Rd1-c1 Kg8-g7 25.Ke2-e3 Bf6-e7 26.Rc1xc8 Diagram (Diagram 3046) Rd8xc8 27.Ke3-d3 Be7-d6 28.Nf3-g5 -0.11/11 ] 21.Be5xg7 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 21.Be5xg7 Kg8xg7 Diagram
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22.h4-h5 Ng4-f6 23.h5-h6+ Kg7-g8
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
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24.Rh1-h4 Na3-c2 25.Nf3-g5 Rd8-d7 26.e4-e5 Nf6-d5 27.Nc3xd5 c6xd5 28.Rh4-f4 Ra8-c8 29.Kf1-e2 Nc2-b4 0.08/14 ] 21...Kg8xg7 Black king safety dropped [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 21...Kg8xg7 22.h4-h5 Rd8-h8 23.Rh1-h4 f7-f5 24.Nf3-e5 g6-g5 25.Rh4-h3 Ng4xe5 26.d4xe5 Rh8-d8 27.e4xf5 Diagram
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Rd8xd1+ 28.Nc3xd1 e6xf5 29.Rh3-d3 0.10/12 ] 22.Kf1-e2 [ 22.h4-h5 h7-h6$ Diagram
r+ r + + +p+ +pk +p+p+pp p + + +P + PP+n+ nPN +N+ P+ + PP+ + +R+K+R
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(Diagram 3049) ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 22.h4-h5 Ng4-f6 23.h5-h6+ Kg7-g8 24.Rh1-h4 Na3-c2 25.Nf3-g5 Rd8-d7 26.e4-e5 Nf6-d5 27.Nc3xd5 c6xd5 28.Rd1-c1 Ra8-c8 29.Rh4-f4 0.16/13 ] 22...h7-h5 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 22...Ng4-f6 23.Rd1-c1 h7-h6 24.Rh1-d1 Ra8-c8 Diagram (Diagram 3050) 25.Nf3-e5 Rd8-d6 26.f2-f3 Rc8-d8 27.Ke2-e3 Nf6-d7 28.Ne5-d3 -0.21/12
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] 23.Rd1-d2 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 23.Rd1-d3 b7-b5 24.Rh1-c1
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Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
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a5-a4 25.b3xa4 b5-b4 26.Nc3-d1 Ra8xa4 27.Nd1-b2 Ra4-a6 28.Nf3-e5 Rd8-c8 29.Rd3-d2 Diagram
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r+ r + + +p+ +pk +p+pnp+ p + + +p + PP+ P nPN +N+ P+ RKPP+ + + + +R
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f6-f5 30.g2-g3 0.04/13 Diagram (Diagram 3056)
23...Ng4-f6 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 23...Rd8-e8 24.Nc3-a4 Ra8-d8 25.Na4-c5 b7-b6 26.Nc5-a4 Ng4-f6 27.Ke2-e3 Nf6-d7 28.Rh1-c1 b6-b5 29.Na4-c5 Nd7xc5 30.Rc1xc5 -0.07/11 Diagram ]
] (Diagram 3057) 24...Nf6-e8 [ 24...Ra8-c8 Diagram (Diagram 3058)
24.Rh1-c1 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 24.Nf3-g5 Nf6-e8 25.Rh1-c1 Ne8-c7 26.Nc3-a4 f7-f6 27.Ng5-f3 Ra8-b8 28.Na4-b6 Nc7-b5 29.e4-e5
25.Nf3-e5$ ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 24...Rd8-g8 25.Nf3-e5 Ra8-d8 Diagram
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Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
r r + + +p+ + k Np+p+p+ pn+ Pp+p + P + P nP+ +NP P+ RKP + + R + +
r+ r + + +p+ +pk +p+pnp+ p + + +p + PP+ P nPN +N+ P+ RKPP+ + R + +
+rr + + +p+ +pk +p+pnp+ p + + +p + PP+ P nPN +N+ P+ RKPP+ + R + +
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26.f2-f3 Nf6-d7 27.Ne5-d3 Rg8-h8 28.Ke2-f2 f7-f6 29.Rd2-e2 Rh8-e8 30.Re2-d2 Re8-e7 0.01/12 ] 25.Nc3-a4 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 25.Nf3-g5 Diagram
r+ rn+ + +p+ +pk +p+p+p+ p + + Np + PP+ P nPN + + P+ RKPP+ + R + +
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Ne8-d6 Re8-e7 Nd6-b5 Rc7-e7
26.Nc3-a4 Rd8-e8 27.Na4-c5 28.Rd2-d3 Ra8-d8 29.Ng5-f3 30.Rd3-d1 Re7-c7 31.g2-g3 0.07/13 ] (Diagram 3061)
25...Ne8-d6 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 25...Ne8-f6 26.Na4-c3 0.06/14 Diagram
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
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] (Diagram 3063) Black threatens to win material: Nd6xe4 26.Ke2-e3 White king safety dropped [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 26.Na4-c5 Diagram (Diagram 3064) b7-b6 27.e4-e5 b6xc5 28.e5xd6 Rd8xd6 29.d4xc5 Rd6xd2+ 30.Ke2xd2 Ra8-d8+ 31.Kd2-e3 Na3-b5 32.g2-g3 Kg7-f6 33.Ke3-e4
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Rd8-d5 34.a2-a4 Nb5-a3 35.Nf3-d4 Rd5-e5+ 36.Ke4-f4 0.12/13 ] 26...Na3-b5 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 26...Rd8-e8 27.Nf3-e5 Diagram (Diagram 3065) f7-f6 28.Ne5-d3 Ra8-d8 29.Na4-b6 f6-f5 30.f2-f3 f5xe4 31.f3xe4 Re8-f8 32.Rd2-f2 Diagram Rf8xf2 33.Nd3xf2 0.05/12 ] 27.Nf3-e5 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 27.Na4-c5 Nb5-a3 Diagram 28.Rd2-d3 Ra8-b8 29.g2-g3 Rd8-e8 30.Nf3-e5 Rb8-d8 31.f2-f3 f7-f6
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
r+ +r+ + +p+ +pk +pnp+p+ p + N +p N+ PP+ P nP+ K + P+ R PP+ + R + +
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r+ r + + +p+ +pk +pnp+p+ p N + +p + PP+ P nP+ KN+ P+ R PP+ + R + +
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32.Ne5-d7 Diagram
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+ rr+ + +p+N+ k +pnppp+ p N + +p + PP+ P nP+RKPP P+ + + + + R + +
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Nd6-b5 33.Ke3-f2 0.22/13 ] 27...Nb5-c7 [ 27...Rd8-e8 28.Na4-c5 Diagram (Diagram 3070) ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 27...Nb5-a3 28.f2-f3 Nd6-b5 29.Na4-c5 Nb5-d6 30.Ke3-f2 Ra8-a7 31.g2-g3 Nd6-b5 32.Ne5-d7 Nb5-c7 33.Nd7-b6 Diagram Nc7-a6 34.Kf2-g2 Na6xc5 35.Rc1xc5 0.19/13 ] 28.f2-f3 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 28.Na4-c5
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
r+ +r+ + +p+ +pk +pnp+p+ pnN N +p + PP+ P +P+ K + P+ R PP+ + R + +
+ r + + rpn +pk Np+p+p+ p N + +p + PP+ P nP+ +PP P+ R K + + R + +
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+ r + + rpn +pk +pnp+p+ p N N +p + PP+ P +P+ K + P+ + PP+ + RR+ +
r+ rn+ + +p+ +pk +pnp+p+ p + N +p N+ PP+ P +P+ KP+ P+ R +P+ + R + +
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Ra8-a7 29.Rd2-d1 Diagram (Diagram 3072) Nc7-b5 30.a2-a4 Nb5-c7 31.Rc1-c2 Nc7-a6 32.Nc5-d3 Na6-b4 33.Nd3xb4 a5xb4 34.Ne5-d3 f7-f5 35.Nd3-c5 0.29/13 ] 28...Nc7-e8 Diagram [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 28...Nc7-b5 29.Na4-c5 Nb5-a3 30.Ke3-f2 Ra8-a7 31.g2-g3 Nd6-b5 32.Ne5-d7 Nb5-c7 33.Nd7-b6 Nc7-a6 34.Kf2-g2 Na6xc5 35.Rc1xc5 0.19/12 ] 29.Na4-b6 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 29.Rc1-d1 Diagram
r+ rn+ + +p+ +pk +pnp+p+ p + N +p N+ PP+ P +P+ KP+ P+ R +P+ + +R+ +
3074
Ra8-a7 30.Na4-c5 Ne8-c7 31.Ke3-f2
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
831
Nc7-a6 32.g2-g3 Nd6-b5 33.a2-a4 Nb5-c7 34.Ne5-d7 Na6-b4 35.Nd7-b6 Nc7-a6 36.Kf2-g2 Na6xc5 37.d4xc5 Rd8xd2+ 38.Rd1xd2 0.33/12 ]
r+ rn+ + +p+ +pk Npnp+p+ p + N +p + PP+ P +P+ KP+ P+ R +P+ + R + +
3075
29...Ra8-a6 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 29...Ra8-a7 30.Ne5-d3 Ne8-c7 31.Nd3-c5 Nc7-a8 32.Nb6-c4 Na8-c7 33.Nc4xd6 Rd8xd6 34.g2-g4 h5xg4 35.f3xg4 b7-b6 36.Nc5-a4 Ra7-b7 37.h4-h5 g6xh5 38.g4xh5 0.24/13 ] 30.Nb6-d7 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 30.Nb6-d7 Ra6-a7 31.Nd7-c5 Ne8-c7 32.Rc1-b1 Nc7-a6 33.g2-g4 Rd8-h8 34.g4-g5 Rh8-d8 35.Rb1-c1 Nd6-b5 36.Nc5xa6 Ra7xa6 37.a2-a4 Nb5-a3 0.30/14 Diagram (Diagram 3076) ] (Diagram 3077) 30...Ra6-a8 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 30...Ne8-c7 31.Nd7-c5 Ra6-a7 Diagram 32.g2-g3 Nc7-a6 33.a2-a3 Nd6-b5 34.Nc5xa6 Ra7xa6 35.a3-a4 Nb5-c7 36.Ne5-c4 f7-f6 37.Ke3-f2 Ra6-a7 0.30/14 ]
+ r + + +p+ +pk r+p+p+p+ p + N Pp P+ PP+ P nP+ KP+ + R + + + R + +
+ rn+ + +p+N+pk r+pnp+p+ p + N +p + PP+ P +P+ KP+ P+ R +P+ + R + +
+ r + + rpn +pk +pnp+p+ p N N +p + PP+ P +P+ KP+ P+ R +P+ + R + +
3076
3077
3078
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
r+ rn+ + +p+N+pk +pnp+p+ p + N +p + PP+ P +P+ KP+ P+ R +P+ + R + +
832
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31.Nd7-c5 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 31.g2-g4 Diagram
r+ rn+ + +p+N+pk +pnp+p+ p + N +p + PP+PP +P+ KP+ P+ R + + + R + +
3080
h5xg4 32.f3xg4 a5-a4 33.Nd7-b6 a4xb3 34.Nb6xa8 Rd8xa8 35.a2xb3 Ne8-f6 36.Ne5-c4 Nf6xe4 37.Rd2-g2 Nd6xc4+ 38.b3xc4 Ne4-d6 39.h4-h5 g6xh5 40.g4xh5+ Kg7-h6 41.Ke3-d3 Nd6-f5 42.Kd3-e4 0.40/12 ] (Diagram 3081) 31...Ne8-c7 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 31...Ne8-f6 32.a2-a4 Ra8-c8 33.Rd2-c2 Rc8-c7 34.Ke3-f2 Nd6-e8 35.Rc2-d2 Ne8-d6 36.g2-g3 Rc7-c8
r+ rn+ + +p+ +pk +pnp+p+ p N N +p + PP+ P +P+ KP+ P+ R +P+ + R + +
3081
37.Kf2-g2 b7-b6 38.Nc5-d3 0.45/13 ]
r+ r + + +pn +pk +pnp+p+ p N N +p + PP+ P +P+ KP+ P+ R +P+ + R + +
3082
32.Rc1-d1 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 32.Ke3-f2 Diagram (Diagram 3083) Nc7-a6 33.Rc1-d1 Ra8-a7 34.g2-g3 Nd6-b5 35.a2-a4 Nb5-c7 36.Ne5-d7 Na6-b4 37.Nd7-b6 Nc7-a6 38.Kf2-g2 Na6xc5 39.d4xc5 Rd8xd2+ 40.Rd1xd2 0.33/12 ] 32...Ra8-a7 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 32...f7-f6 33.Ne5-c4 Diagram Nd6xc4+ 34.b3xc4 b7-b6 35.Nc5-b7 Rd8-d7 36.Rd2-b2 b6-b5 37.c4xb5
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
r+ r + + +pn +pk +pnp+p+ p N N +p + PP+ P +P+ +P+ P+ R KP+ + R + +
r+ r + + +pn + k +pnppp+ p N + +p +NPP+ P +P+ KP+ P+ R +P+ + +R+ +
833
r+ r + + +pn +pk +pnp+p+ p N N +p + PP+ P +P+ KP+ P+ R +P+ + R + +
3083
r+ r + + +pn +pk +pnp+p+ p N N +p + PP+ P +P+ KPP P+ R + + + R + +
3084
c6xb5 38.Nb7-c5 Rd7-d6 39.Rd1-c1 b5-b4 0.33/11 ] 33.Rd1-c1 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 33.Ke3-f2 Nc7-a6 34.g2-g3 Nd6-b5 35.a2-a4 Nb5-c7 36.Ne5-d7 Na6-b4 37.Nd7-b6 Nc7-a6 38.Kf2-g2 Na6xc5 39.d4xc5 Rd8xd2+ 40.Rd1xd2 0.33/12 ] 33...Ra7-a8 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 33...Ra7-a8 0.13/15 ]
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Nd6-b5 37.a3-a4 Nb5-c7 38.Nd7-b6 Na6-b4 39.Ke3-f2 e6-e5 0.32/12 ] 34...Ra8-b8 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 34...Nc7-a6 35.a2-a4 Na6-c7 36.Nd3-f4 Kg7-h7 37.Ke3-f2 Nc7-a6 38.Nf4-d3 Kh7-h6 39.g2-g3 Na6xc5 40.d4xc5 Nd6-e8 41.Rc1-d1 0.37/13 Diagram (Diagram 3087)
(Diagram 3085) ] 34.Ne5-d3 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 34.g2-g3 Diagram Ra8-a7 35.a2-a3 Nc7-a6 36.Ne5-d7
35.Nd3-f4 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 35.g2-g3 Rb8-a8 36.Nd3-e5 Ra8-a7 37.a2-a3 Nc7-a6 38.Ne5-d7 Nd6-b5
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
r+ rn+ + +p+ +p+ +p+p+pk p P + +p P+ +P+ P +P+N+PP + R K + + +R+ +
r r + + +pn +pk +pnp+p+ p N + +p + PP+ P +P+NKP+ P+ R +P+ + R + +
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39.a3-a4 Nb5-c7 40.Nd7-b6 Na6-b4 41.Ke3-f2 Diagram (Diagram 3089) e6-e5 0.32/13 ] 35...Rd8-h8 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 35...Nd6-c8 36.g2-g4 h5xg4 37.f3xg4 Nc8-e7 38.Rd2-f2 e6-e5 39.d4xe5 b7-b6 40.Nc5-d3 Rd8-h8 41.h4-h5 Rb8-d8 42.Rc1-d1 c6-c5 43.Nd3-b2 Rd8xd1 44.Nb2xd1 Diagram g6xh5 45.Nf4xh5+ Kg7-g6 0.44/13 ] 36.Rc1-c2 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 36.g2-g3 Rh8-d8 37.a2-a4 Nd6-c8
+ r + + rpn +pk Np+p+p+ p N + +p Pn PP+ P +P+ +PP + R K + + R + +
+ + + r + n npk p + +p+ p p P +P + +PNP+ +P+ K + P+ + R + + +N+ +
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38.g3-g4 h5xg4 39.f3xg4 Nc8-e7 40.h4-h5 b7-b6 41.Nc5-d3 g6-g5 42.Nf4-e2 0.44/12 ] 36...Nd6-e8 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 36...Rb8-a8 Diagram (Diagram 3091) 37.Rd2-d1 Rh8-d8 38.g2-g3 e6-e5 39.d4xe5 Nd6-f5+ 40.e4xf5 Rd8xd1 41.f5xg6 Ra8-e8 42.g6xf7 Re8xe5+ 43.Ke3-f2 Kg7xf7 44.Nc5xb7 Kf7-g7 45.Nb7-c5 0.23/13 ] 37.Ke3-f2 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 37.e4-e5 Nc7-d5+ 38.Nf4xd5 e6xd5
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
r+ + + r +pn +pk +pnp+p+ p N + +p + PPN P +P+ KP+ P+RR +P+ + + + +
835
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39.Nc5-d7 Rb8-a8 40.Rc2-c5 Ne8-c7 41.Rc5-c1 Ra8-d8 42.Nd7-c5 Rd8-b8 Diagram
r + + r +pn +pk +p+ +p+ p NpP +p + P + P +P+ KP+ P+ R +P+ + R + +
3092
43.g2-g3 Rh8-d8 44.g3-g4 h5xg4 45.f3xg4 Nc7-e6 46.Rd2-f2 Rd8-e8 47.h4-h5 Ne6xc5 48.Rc1xc5 g6xh5 49.g4xh5 0.34/12 ] (Diagram 3093) 37...Ne8-f6 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 37...Ne8-d6 38.Rc2-c1 Rh8-d8 39.a2-a4 Nd6-c8 40.Nf4-e2 Nc8-e7 41.Rc1-c2 b7-b6 42.Nc5-d3 f7-f6 43.Rd2-d1 Rb8-a8 44.Rc2-c1
r +n+ r +pn +pk +p+p+p+ p N + +p + PPN P +P+ +P+ P+RR KP+ + + + +
3093
Ra8-a7 0.22/14 ]
r + + r +pn +pk +p+pnp+ p N + +p + PPN P +P+ +P+ P+RR KP+ + + + +
3094
38.Nf4-d3 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 38.a2-a4 Rh8-d8 39.Kf2-e3 Rd8-d6 40.Rc2-c1 Nf6-d7 41.Nf4-d3 Nd7xc5 42.d4xc5 Rd6-d7 43.Rc1-d1 Rb8-d8 44.Nd3-e5 Rd7xd2 45.Rd1xd2 Rd8xd2 46.Ke3xd2 0.29/13 ] (Diagram 3095) 38...Nf6-e8 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 38...Rh8-d8 39.Kf2-e3 Nf6-e8 40.Nd3-e5 Ne8-d6 41.Ne5-d7 Rb8-a8 42.Nd7-b6 Ra8-a7 43.Rd2-d1 Nc7-b5 44.a2-a4 Nb5-a3 45.Rc2-e2 0.29/13 ]
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
r + + r +pn +pk +p+pnp+ p N + +p + PP+ P +P+N+P+ P+RR KP+ + + + +
836
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39.Nd3-e5 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 39.g2-g3 Nc7-b5 40.Nd3-e5 Nb5-a3 41.Rc2-c1 Ne8-d6 42.Ne5-d7 Rb8-d8 43.Nd7-b6 Rd8-b8 44.Kf2-g2 Nd6-b5 45.e4-e5 Rh8-d8 0.45/13 ]
r +n+ r +pn +pk +p+p+p+ p N N +p + PP+ P +P+ +P+ P+RR KP+ + + + +
3096
39...Ne8-d6 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 39...Ne8-d6 40.Rc2-c1 Rb8-d8 41.g2-g3 Rh8-g8 42.a2-a4 Nc7-e8 43.Kf2-g2 Ne8-f6 44.Rd2-e2 Rg8-h8 45.Re2-c2 Rh8-g8 Diagram 46.Rc2-d2 Rg8-h8 47.Rd2-c2 Rh8-g8 0.46/13 ] 40.Ne5-d7 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 40.g2-g3 Rb8-a8 41.Ne5-d7 Rh8-d8 42.Rc2-c1 Nc7-a6 43.a2-a4 Ra8-a7 44.Nd7-b6
+ r +r+ +p+ +pk +pnpnp+ p N N +p P+ PP+ P +P+ +PP +R+ +K+ + R + +
3097
Nd6-e8 45.Kf2-g2 Na6xc5 46.Rc1xc5 0.47/12 ] 40...Rb8-d8 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 40...Rb8-d8 Diagram
+ r + r +pnN+pk +pnp+p+ p N + +p + PP+ P +P+ +P+ P+RR KP+ + + + +
3098
41.Rc2-c1 Nc7-a6 42.Rc1-d1 Na6-b4 43.a2-a3 Nb4-a6 44.Nd7-e5 Rd8-a8 45.g2-g3 Na6-c7 46.Rd1-c1 Nc7-a6 47.Nc5-d7 Na6-c7 48.Nd7-b6 Ra8-d8 0.38/14 ] 41.Nd7-b6 Diagram [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 41.Rc2-c1 Nc7-a6 42.Rc1-d1 Nd6-b5 43.Nd7-b6 Nb5-c3 44.Rd1-c1 Na6xc5 45.Rc1xc3 Nc5-d7 46.Nb6-c4 Rd8-a8 47.Nc4-d6 0.33/12 ] 41...Rh8-e8 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
+ r + r +pn +pk Npnp+p+ p N + +p + PP+ P +P+ +P+ P+RR KP+ + + + +
837
3099
Pro x64: 41...Rh8-e8 42.a2-a4 Re8-e7 43.e4-e5 Nd6-f5 44.Nb6-c4 Rd8-b8 45.Nc4xa5 Nc7-d5 46.g2-g3 Re7-c7 47.Na5-c4 Nd5-b4 48.Rc2-c1 Rb8-d8 49.Rc1-d1 Nb4-d5 50.Nc5-e4 0.30/12 ]
+ rr+ + +pn +pk Npnp+p+ p N + +p + PP+ P +P+ +P+ P+RR KP+ + + + +
3100
42.Kf2-e3 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 42.a2-a4 Re8-e7 43.Rc2-c1 Diagram (Diagram 3101) Nc7-a8 44.Nb6xa8 Rd8xa8 45.g2-g3 Ra8-d8 46.Kf2-g2 Nd6-c8 47.Rc1-e1 Nc8-d6 0.35/11 ] 42...Nc7-b5 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 42...Re8-e7 43.Rc2-c1 f7-f5 44.e4-e5 Nd6-f7
+ r + + +pn rpk Npnp+p+ p N + +p P+ PP+ P +P+ +P+ + R KP+ + R + +
3101
45.a2-a3 Nc7-d5+ 46.Nb6xd5 Rd8xd5 47.g2-g3 b7-b6 48.Nc5-d3 Rd5-b5 49.Rd2-b2 Nf7-d8 50.Nd3-f4 Re7-d7 0.25/13 ] 43.a2-a4 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 43.a2-a4 Nb5-c7 44.Rc2-c1 Re8-e7 45.Rc1-b1 f7-f6 46.Rb1-c1 f6-f5 47.e4-e5 Nd6-f7 48.g2-g3 Nc7-d5+ 49.Nb6xd5 Rd8xd5 50.Rd2-c2 Rd5-d8 51.Rc1-e1 g6-g5 0.37/14 ] 43...Nb5-c7 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 43...Nb5-c7 44.Rc2-b2 Rd8-b8 45.Ke3-f2 Re8-d8 46.Rd2-d1 Nc7-a8 47.Nb6-d7 Rb8-c8 48.Nd7-e5 Na8-c7 49.Rb2-c2 Rc8-a8 50.Rd1-c1 0.42/13 ] 44.Rc2-b2 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 44.Rc2-c1 Re8-e7 45.Rc1-b1 f7-f6 46.Rb1-c1 f6-f5 47.e4-e5 Nd6-f7 48.g2-g3 Nc7-d5+ 49.Nb6xd5 Rd8xd5 50.Rd2-c2 Rd5-d8 51.Rc1-e1 g6-g5 0.37/12 ] 44...Re8-e7 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 44...Rd8-b8 45.Rb2-b1 Nc7-a6 46.Rb1-c1 Na6-b4 47.Nc5-d7 Rb8-d8 48.Rc1-c5 Re8-e7 49.Nd7-e5 f7-f6 50.Ne5-d3 e6-e5 51.d4xe5 0.39/12 ] 45.b3-b4 [ 45.Ke3-f2 Nc7-e8 ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 45.Rb2-b1 f7-f6 46.Rb1-c1 f6-f5 47.e4-e5 Nd6-f7 48.g2-g3 Nc7-d5+ 49.Nb6xd5 Rd8xd5 50.Rd2-c2 Rd5-d8
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games 51.Rc1-e1 g6-g5 0.37/13 ] 45...a5xb4 [ 45...Nc7-a8!? must definitely be considered 46.b4xa5 Na8xb6 47.Rb2xb6 Nd6-c4+ 48.Ke3-d3 Nc4xb6 49.a5xb6 f7-f5 ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 45...Nc7-a8 46.b4xa5 Na8xb6 47.Rb2xb6 Nd6-c4+ 48.Ke3-e2 Nc4xb6 49.a5xb6 Rd8-a8 50.Rd2-a2 Ra8-a5 51.Ra2-c2 f7-f6 52.Rc2-c1 Ra5-a8 53.Ke2-d3 Ra8-d8 54.Kd3-c4 Kg7-f7 55.a4-a5 -0.23/13 ] 46.Rb2xb4 Black has new hanging pawns: b7+c6 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 46.Rb2xb4 Nc7-a6 47.Nc5xa6 b7xa6 48.Rd2-c2 Re7-c7 49.Rb4-b1 Rd8-b8 50.Ke3-d3 a6-a5 51.Rb1-b2 Rb8-b7 52.g2-g3 f7-f6 53.Kd3-e3 f6-f5 54.Rc2-c5 f5xe4 55.f3xe4 0.43/15 ] 46...Nc7-a6 [ 46...Nc7-a8 47.Ke3-e2 ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 46...Nc7-a8 47.Ke3-f2 Na8xb6 48.Rb4xb6 Rd8-a8 49.Rd2-b2 e6-e5 50.d4-d5 Re7-c7 51.d5xc6 b7xc6 52.Rb2-c2 Nd6-c8 53.Rb6-b1 Nc8-d6 54.Rb1-d1 0.46/13 ] 47.Rb4-b2 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 47.Nc5xa6 b7xa6 48.Rd2-c2 Re7-c7 49.Rb4-b1 Rd8-b8 50.Ke3-d3 a6-a5 51.Rb1-b2 Rb8-b7 52.g2-g3 f7-f6 53.Rc2-c1 Nd6-c8 54.Rc1-b1 Nc8xb6 55.Rb2xb6 Rb7xb6 56.Rb1xb6 0.38/14 ] 47...Na6-c7 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 47...e6-e5 48.d4xe5 Re7xe5 49.Nc5xa6 b7xa6 50.Rb2-c2 Re5-e6 51.Ke3-f2 Re6-e8 52.g2-g3 Nd6-b7 53.Rd2xd8 Nb7xd8 54.Nb6-d7 a6-a5 55.e4-e5 Re8-e7 0.38/12 ] 48.Rd2-c2 [ 48.Ke3-f2 Nc7-a6 ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 48.Ke3-f2 Nc7-a6 49.Nc5xa6 b7xa6 50.Rd2-c2 f7-f5 51.e4-e5 Nd6-b7 52.Rc2-c4 Nb7-a5 53.Rc4-c5 Na5-b7 54.Rc5xc6 Rd8xd4 55.Rb2-c2 Kg7-h6 56.Nb6-c8 Re7-e8 57.Nc8-d6 Nb7xd6 58.e5xd6 Rd4xa4 0.50/13 ] 48...Kg7-h6 [ 48...e6-e5!?$ should be investigated more closely ;Houdini 2.0c
838 Pro x64: 48...e6-e5 49.d4xe5 Re7xe5 50.Ke3-f2 Re5-e7 51.Nb6-c4 Nc7-e6 52.Nc5xe6+ f7xe6 53.Nc4xd6 Rd8xd6 54.Rb2-b6 Rd6-d4 55.a4-a5 Re7-d7 56.Rc2-b2 Rd4-d2+ 57.Rb2xd2 Rd7xd2+ 58.Kf2-e3 Rd2-d7 59.e4-e5 0.19/14 ] 49.Ke3-f2 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 49.Ke3-f2 Nc7-e8 50.g2-g3 Kh6-h7 51.Rc2-c3 Kh7-g7 52.Rc3-d3 Rd8-b8 53.Kf2-g2 Rb8-d8 54.Rb2-b1 Ne8-c7 55.Rd3-e3 e6-e5 0.48/13 ] 49...Nc7-a8 [ 49...Kh6-g7 50.e4-e5 Nd6-f5 51.Nc5xb7 Rd8xd4 52.Nb7-a5 Rd4xh4 53.Na5xc6 ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 49...Nc7-e8 50.g2-g3 Kh6-h7 51.Rc2-c3 Kh7-g8 52.Kf2-g2 Kg8-h7 53.Rc3-c1 Kh7-g7 54.Nc5-d3 Ne8-c7 55.Nd3-e5 f7-f6 0.50/13 ] 50.Nb6-c4 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 50.e4-e5 Nd6-f5 51.a4-a5 Kh6-g7 52.Rc2-d2 Nf5xh4 53.Nb6-c4 Nh4-f5 54.Nc5xb7 Rd8xd4 55.Rd2xd4 Nf5xd4 56.Nb7-c5 Nd4-b5 57.a5-a6 Na8-c7 58.Nc4-d6 f7-f6 59.e5xf6+ Kg7xf6 60.Nd6-e4+ Kf6-e5 61.Nc5-d3+ Ke5-d4 62.Rb2-d2 0.65/12 ] 50...Nd6xc4 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 50...Nd6xc4 51.Rc2xc4 b7-b6 52.Nc5-b3 Re7-a7 53.Nb3-c1 Kh6-g7 54.Kf2-e3 Ra7-c7 55.Nc1-d3 b6-b5 56.a4xb5 c6xb5 57.Rc4xc7 Na8xc7 58.g2-g3 Rd8-a8 59.Rb2-c2 Nc7-e8 60.d4-d5 e6xd5 61.e4xd5 0.40/15 ] 51.Rc2xc4 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 51.Rc2xc4 b7-b6 52.Nc5-b3 Re7-a7 53.Nb3-c1 Kh6-g7 54.Nc1-e2 Rd8-c8 55.Rb2-b3 Ra7-a5 56.g2-g4 h5xg4 57.f3xg4 Ra5-a7 58.Kf2-f3 f7-f6 0.40/13 ] 51...b7-b6 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 51...b7-b6 52.Nc5-b3 Re7-a7 53.Nb3-c1 Kh6-g7 54.Kf2-e3 Ra7-c7 55.Nc1-d3 b6-b5 56.a4xb5 c6xb5 57.Rc4xc7 Na8xc7 58.Rb2-c2 Nc7-e8 59.Rc2-c6 Ne8-d6 0.38/14 ] 52.Nc5-d3 [ 52.Nc5-b3 Re7-a7 ;Houdini 2.0c Pro
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games x64: 52.Nc5-b3 Re7-a7 53.Rc4-b4 Rd8-c8 54.Rb2-c2 Kh6-g7 55.Rb4-c4 Rc8-d8 56.a4-a5 b6xa5 57.Rc4-c5 a5-a4 58.Nb3-a5 Ra7-d7 59.Na5xc6 Rd8-c8 60.Nc6-e5 Rc8xc5 61.d4xc5 Rd7-d8 62.Rc2-a2 0.37/14 ] 52...c6-c5 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 52...c6-c5 53.d4xc5 Rd8xd3 54.c5xb6 Na8xb6 55.Rb2xb6 Re7-a7 56.Rb6-b4 Rd3-d2+ 57.Kf2-g3 Rd2-a2 58.e4-e5 Kh6-g7 59.Rc4-f4 Ra2-c2 60.Rb4-c4 Rc2-b2 61.Rf4-d4 Ra7-a5 62.f3-f4 Rb2-b3+ 63.Kg3-f2 Rb3-b2+ 64.Kf2-f3 0.37/15 ] 53.a4-a5 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 53.d4xc5 Rd8xd3 54.c5xb6 Na8xb6 55.Rb2xb6 Re7-a7 56.Rb6-b4 Rd3-d2+ 57.Kf2-g3 Rd2-a2 58.e4-e5 Kh6-g7 59.Rc4-d4 Ra7-a5 60.f3-f4 Ra5-c5 61.Rd4-d7 Rc5-c3+ 62.Kg3-h2 0.38/13 ] 53...Rd8xd4 [ 53...c5xd4 54.a5-a6 ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 53...c5xd4 54.a5xb6 Re7-b7 55.Nd3-e5 Kh6-g7 56.Rc4-b4 d4-d3 57.Kf2-e1 Kg7-f6 58.Ne5-c6 Rd8-c8 59.Nc6-a5 Rb7-b8 60.Ke1-d2 Rc8-c5 61.Na5-b3 0.39/12 ] 54.Rc4xd4 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 54.Rc4xd4 c5xd4 55.a5xb6 Re7-b7 56.Nd3-e5 Rb7xb6 57.Rb2xb6 Na8xb6 58.Ne5xf7+ Kh6-g7 59.Nf7-e5 Kg7-f6 60.f3-f4 Nb6-a4 61.Ne5-c6 e6-e5 62.Nc6xe5 Na4-c5 63.Kf2-f3 Nc5-b3 64.Ne5-c6 Nb3-d2+ 65.Kf3-e2 Nd2xe4 66.Nc6xd4 Ne4-c5 67.Ke2-e3 Nc5-a4 68.Nd4-c6 Na4-c3 69.Nc6-e5 Kf6-f5 70.Ke3-d3 Nc3-b5 0.63/16 ] 54...c5xd4 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 54...c5xd4 55.a5xb6 Re7-b7 56.Nd3-e5 Rb7xb6 57.Rb2xb6 Na8xb6 58.Ne5xf7+ Kh6-g7 59.Nf7-e5 Kg7-f6 60.f3-f4 Nb6-a4 61.Ne5-c6 e6-e5 62.Nc6xe5 Na4-c5 63.Kf2-f3 Nc5-b3 64.Kf3-e2 Nb3-c5 65.Ne5-f3 Nc5xe4 66.Nf3xd4 Ne4-c5 67.Ke2-e3 Nc5-a4 68.Nd4-c6 Na4-c3 69.Nc6-e5
839 Kf6-f5 0.73/15 ] 55.a5xb6 [Houdini 2. 0c Pro x64: 55.a5xb6 Re7-b7 56.Nd3-e5 Rb7xb6 57.Rb2xb6 Na8xb6 58.Ne5xf7+ Kh6-g7 59.Nf7-e5 Kg7-f6 60.f3-f4 Nb6-a4 61.Ne5-c6 e6-e5 62.Nc6xe5 Na4-c5 63.Kf2-f3 Nc5-b3 64.Kf3-e2 Nb3-c5 65.Ne5-f3 Nc5xe4 66.Nf3xd4 Kf6-g7 67.Ke2-e3 Ne4-d6 68.g2-g3 Kg7-f7 69.Ke3-f3 0.61/16 ] 55...Re7-b7 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 55...Re7-b7 56.Nd3-e5 Rb7xb6 57.Rb2xb6 Na8xb6 58.Ne5xf7+ Kh6-g7 59.Nf7-e5 Kg7-f6 60.f3-f4 Nb6-a4 61.Ne5-c6 e6-e5 62.Nc6xe5 Na4-c5 63.Kf2-f3 Nc5-b3 64.Kf3-e2 Nb3-c5 65.Ne5-c6 Nc5xe4 66.Nc6xd4 Ne4-c5 67.Ke2-e3 Nc5-a4 68.Nd4-c6 Na4-c3 69.Ke3-d3 Nc3-d5 70.Kd3-e4 0.69/15 ] 56.Nd3-e5 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 56.Nd3-e5 Rb7xb6 57.Rb2xb6 Na8xb6 58.Ne5xf7+ Kh6-g7 59.Nf7-e5 Kg7-f6 60.f3-f4 Nb6-a4 61.Ne5-c6 e6-e5 62.Nc6xe5 Na4-c5 63.Kf2-f3 Nc5-b3 64.Kf3-e2 Nb3-c5 65.Ne5-c6 Nc5xe4 66.Nc6xd4 Ne4-c5 67.Ke2-e3 Nc5-a4 68.Nd4-c6 Na4-c3 69.Ke3-d3 Nc3-d5 70.Kd3-e4 0.60/16 ] 56...Rb7xb6 [ 56...Na8xb6? 57.Ne5-c4+- ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 56...Rb7xb6 57.Rb2xb6 Na8xb6 58.Ne5xf7+ Kh6-g7 59.Nf7-e5 Kg7-f6 60.f3-f4 Nb6-a4 61.Ne5-c6 e6-e5 62.Nc6xe5 Na4-c5 63.Kf2-f3 Nc5-b3 64.Ne5-c6 Nb3-d2+ 65.Kf3-e2 Nd2xe4 66.Nc6xd4 Ne4-c5 67.Ke2-e3 Nc5-a4 68.Nd4-c6 Na4-c3 0.75/14 ] 57.Rb2-a2 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 57.Rb2xb6 Na8xb6 58.Ne5xf7+ Kh6-g7 59.Nf7-e5 Kg7-f6 60.f3-f4 Nb6-a4 61.Ne5-c6 e6-e5 62.Nc6xe5 Na4-c5 63.Kf2-f3 Nc5-b3 64.Ne5-c6 Nb3-d2+ 65.Kf3-e2 Nd2xe4 66.Nc6xd4 Ne4-c5 67.Ke2-e3 Nc5-a4 68.Nd4-c6 Na4-c3 0.66/13 ] 57...Na8-c7 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64:
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games 57...Na8-c7 58.Ra2-a7 Nc7-a6 59.Ne5xf7+ Kh6-h7 60.Nf7-e5+ Kh7-g8 61.Ne5xg6 Rb6-b2+ 62.Kf2-f1 Na6-c5 63.Ng6-f4 d4-d3 64.Kf1-e1 e6-e5 65.Nf4xh5 Rb2xg2 66.Nh5-f6+ Kg8-f8 67.Nf6-d7+ Nc5xd7 68.Ra7xd7 Rg2-e2+ 69.Ke1-d1 Re2-h2 70.Rd7xd3 Rh2xh4 71.Kd1-e2 Kf8-e7 0.42/15 ] 58.Ra2-a7 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 58.Ra2-a7 Nc7-a6 59.Ne5xf7+ Kh6-h7 60.Nf7-e5+ Kh7-g8 61.Ne5xg6 Rb6-b2+ 62.Kf2-f1 Na6-c5 63.Ng6-f4 d4-d3 64.Kf1-e1 e6-e5 65.Nf4xh5 Rb2xg2 66.Nh5-f6+ Kg8-f8 67.Nf6-d7+ Nc5xd7 68.Ra7xd7 Rg2-e2+ 69.Ke1-d1 Re2-h2 70.Rd7xd3 Rh2xh4 71.Kd1-e2 Kf8-e7 0.35/15 ] 58...Rb6-b2+ [ 58...Nc7-b5 59.Ra7xf7 Nb5-d6+- ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 58...Nc7-a6 59.Ne5xf7+ Kh6-g7 60.Nf7-e5+ Kg7-g8 61.Ne5xg6 Rb6-b2+ 62.Kf2-f1 Na6-c5 63.Ng6-f4 d4-d3 64.Kf1-e1 e6-e5 65.Nf4xh5 Rb2xg2 66.Nh5-f6+ Kg8-f8 67.h4-h5 Rg2-h2 68.Ke1-d1 0.46/13 ] 59.Kf2-g3+- [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 59.Kf2-g3 Rb2-c2 60.Ne5xf7+ Kh6-g7 61.Nf7-e5 Kg7-g8 62.Kg3-f4 Nc7-b5 63.Ra7-b7 Nb5-d6 64.Rb7-d7 Nd6-c4 65.Rd7xd4 Nc4xe5 66.Kf4xe5 Rc2xg2 67.Ke5xe6 Rg2-f2 68.Rd4-d3 Rf2-h2 69.Ke6-f6 Kg8-h7 70.Rd3-d7+ Kh7-h6 71.Rd7-d8 0.76/17 ] 59...Rb2-c2 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 59...Rb2-c2 60.Ne5xf7+ Kh6-g7 61.Nf7-e5 Kg7-g8 62.Kg3-f4 Nc7-b5 63.Ra7-b7 Nb5-d6 64.Rb7-d7 Nd6-c4 65.Rd7xd4 Nc4xe5 66.Kf4xe5 Rc2xg2 67.Ke5xe6 Rg2-f2 68.Rd4-d3 Kg8-g7 69.e4-e5 Rf2-h2 70.Rd3-d4 Kg7-f8 71.Ke6-f6 0.84/13 ] 60.Ne5xf7+ [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 60.Ne5xf7+ Kh6-g7 61.Nf7-e5 Kg7-g8 62.Kg3-f4 Nc7-b5 63.Ra7-b7 Nb5-d6 64.Rb7-d7
840 Nd6-c4 65.Rd7xd4 Nc4xe5 66.Kf4xe5 Rc2xg2 67.Ke5xe6 Rg2-f2 68.Rd4-d3 Kg8-g7 69.e4-e5 Rf2-h2 70.Rd3-d4 Kg7-f8 71.Ke6-f6 0.76/14 ] 60...Kh6-g7 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 60...Kh6-h7 61.Nf7-e5 Kh7-g8 62.Kg3-f4 Nc7-b5 63.Ra7-b7 Nb5-d6 64.Rb7-d7 Nd6-c4 65.Rd7xd4 Nc4xe5 66.Kf4xe5 Rc2xg2 67.Ke5xe6 Rg2-f2 68.Rd4-d3 Kg8-g7 69.e4-e5 Rf2-h2 70.Rd3-d4 Kg7-f8 71.Ke6-f6 0.84/15 ] 61.Nf7-e5 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 61.Nf7-e5 Kg7-g8 62.Kg3-f4 Nc7-b5 63.Ra7-b7 Nb5-d6 64.Rb7-d7 Nd6-c4 65.Rd7xd4 Nc4xe5 66.Kf4xe5 Rc2xg2 67.Ke5xe6 Rg2-f2 68.Rd4-d3 Kg8-g7 69.e4-e5 Rf2-h2 70.Rd3-d4 Rh2-h3 71.Rd4-f4 0.69/14 ] 61...Kg7-f6 [ 61...Kg7-g8 62.Kg3-f4 ( 62.Ne5xg6 is clearly weaker d4-d3 63.Ra7-a3 d3-d2∓ );Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 61...Kg7-g8 62.Kg3-f4 Nc7-b5 63.Ra7-b7 Nb5-d6 64.Rb7-d7 Nd6-c4 65.Rd7xd4 Nc4xe5 66.Kf4xe5 Rc2xg2 67.Ke5xe6 Rg2-f2 68.Rd4-d3 Rf2-h2 69.Ke6-f6 Kg8-h7 70.Rd3-d7+ Kh7-h6 71.Rd7-d8 0.73/13 ] 62.Kg3-f4+[ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 62.Kg3-f4 Kf6-e7 63.g2-g3 Rc2-c3 64.Ne5xg6+ Ke7-d6 65.g3-g4 e6-e5+ 66.Ng6xe5 d4-d3 67.Ne5xd3 Nc7-e6+ 68.Kf4-e3 Ne6-c5 69.g4xh5 Nc5xd3 70.Ke3-d4 Rc3-b3 71.Ra7-a6+ Kd6-e7 72.Kd4-c4 Nd3-c1 73.f3-f4 Rb3-e3 74.Kc4-d4 Re3-b3 0.84/15 ] 62...Kf6-e7 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 62...Kf6-g7 63.Ra7-b7 Kg7-h7 64.g2-g3 Kh7-g7 65.Rb7-b4 Rc2-d2 66.Kf4-g5 Kg7-h7 67.Ne5-c6 Rd2-c2 68.Nc6xd4 Rc2-c5+ 69.Kg5-f6 e6-e5 70.Nd4-e2 Nc7-e8+ 71.Kf6-e7 Rc5-c2 72.Ne2-g1 Ne8-g7 73.Rb4-b6 Rc2-g2 0.81/12 ] 63.g2-g3 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 63.g2-g3 Rc2-c3 64.Ne5xg6+ Ke7-d6 65.g3-g4
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games e6-e5+ 66.Ng6xe5 d4-d3 67.Ne5xd3 Nc7-e6+ 68.Kf4-e3 Ne6-c5 69.g4xh5 Nc5xd3 70.Ke3-d4 Rc3-b3 71.Ra7-a6+ Kd6-e7 72.Kd4-c4 Nd3-c1 73.f3-f4 Rb3-e3 74.Kc4-d4 Re3-b3 0.78/13 ] 63...Rc2-c5? [ 63...Rc2-c3!? ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 63...Rc2-c3 64.Ne5xg6+ Ke7-d6 65.g3-g4 e6-e5+ 66.Ng6xe5 d4-d3 67.Ne5xd3 Nc7-e6+ 68.Kf4-e3 Ne6-c5 69.g4xh5 Nc5xd3 70.Ke3-d4 Rc3-b3 71.Ra7-a6+ Kd6-e7 72.Kd4-c4 Nd3-c1 73.Ra6-a7+ Ke7-e6 74.f3-f4 Rb3-e3 75.f4-f5+ Ke6-e5 76.Ra7-e7+ Ke5-f4 0.76/12 ] 64.Ra7-b7+[ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 64.Ra7-b7 Ke7-d6 65.Rb7-b6+ Kd6-e7 66.g3-g4 h5xg4 67.f3xg4 g6-g5+ 68.h4xg5 Rc5-c1 69.Ne5-c6+ Ke7-f7 70.Nc6xd4 Rc1-c4 71.Rb6-d6 Rc4-a4 72.Rd6-d7+ Kf7-g6 73.Rd7xc7 Ra4xd4 74.Rc7-c6 Kg6-f7 75.g5-g6+ Kf7xg6 76.Rc6xe6+ Kg6-f7 77.Kf4-f5 Rd4-d3 78.Re6-f6+ Kf7-e7 79.g4-g5 Rd3-f3+ 80.Kf5-g6 Rf3-g3 81.e4-e5 1.21/15 ] 64...Ke7-d6 [ 64...Rc5-c1 65.Ne5xg6+ Ke7-f6 66.Ng6-e5+- ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 64...Ke7-d6 65.Rb7-b6+ Kd6-e7 66.g3-g4 h5xg4 67.f3xg4 g6-g5+ 68.h4xg5 Rc5-c1 69.Ne5-c6+ Ke7-f7 70.Nc6xd4 Rc1-c4 71.Rb6-d6 Rc4-a4 72.Rd6-d7+ Kf7-g6 73.Rd7xc7 Ra4xd4 74.Rc7-c6 Kg6-f7 75.g5-g6+ Kf7xg6 76.Rc6xe6+ Kg6-f7 77.Kf4-f5 Rd4-d3 78.Re6-f6+ Kf7-e7 79.g4-g5 Rd3-f3+ 80.Kf5-g6 Rf3-g3 81.e4-e5 1.31/12 ] 65.Rb7-b6+ [ 65.Ne5xg6?! e6-e5+ 66.Kf4-g5 Nc7-b5$ ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 65.Rb7-b6+ Kd6-e7 66.g3-g4 h5xg4 67.f3xg4 g6-g5+ 68.h4xg5 Rc5-c1 69.Ne5-c6+ Ke7-f7 70.Nc6xd4 Rc1-c4 71.Rb6-d6 Rc4-a4 72.Rd6-d7+ Kf7-g6 73.Rd7xc7 Ra4xd4 74.Rc7-c6 Kg6-f7 75.g5-g6+ Kf7xg6 76.Rc6xe6+ Kg6-f7
841 77.Kf4-f5 Rd4-d3 78.Re6-f6+ Kf7-e7 79.g4-g5 Rd3-f3+ 80.Kf5-g6 Rf3-g3 81.e4-e5 1.21/15 ] 65...Kd6-e7 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 65...Kd6-e7 66.g3-g4 h5xg4 67.f3xg4 g6-g5+ 68.h4xg5 Rc5-c1 69.Ne5-c6+ Ke7-f7 70.Nc6xd4 Rc1-c4 71.Rb6-d6 Rc4-a4 72.Rd6-d7+ Kf7-g6 73.Rd7xc7 Ra4xd4 74.Rc7-c6 Kg6-f7 75.g5-g6+ Kf7xg6 76.Rc6xe6+ Kg6-f7 77.Kf4-f5 Rd4-d3 78.Re6-f6+ Kf7-e7 79.g4-g5 Rd3-f3+ 80.Kf5-g6 Rf3-g3 81.e4-e5 1.31/13 ] 66.g3-g4 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 66.g3-g4 h5xg4 67.f3xg4 g6-g5+ 68.h4xg5 Rc5-c1 69.Ne5-c6+ Ke7-f7 70.Nc6xd4 Rc1-c4 71.Rb6-d6 Rc4-a4 72.Rd6-d7+ Kf7-g6 73.Rd7xc7 Ra4xd4 74.Rc7-c6 Kg6-f7 75.g5-g6+ Kf7xg6 76.Rc6xe6+ Kg6-f7 77.Kf4-f5 Rd4-d3 78.Re6-f6+ Kf7-e7 79.g4-g5 Rd3-f3+ 80.Kf5-g6 Rf3-g3 81.e4-e5 1.21/14 ] 66...h5xg4 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 66...h5xg4 67.f3xg4 g6-g5+ 68.h4xg5 Rc5-c1 69.Ne5-c6+ Ke7-f7 70.Nc6xd4 Rc1-c4 71.Rb6-d6 Rc4-a4 72.Rd6-d7+ Kf7-g6 73.Rd7xc7 Ra4xd4 74.Rc7-c6 Kg6-f7 75.g5-g6+ Kf7xg6 76.Rc6xe6+ Kg6-f7 77.Kf4-f5 Rd4-d3 78.Re6-f6+ Kf7-e7 79.g4-g5 Rd3-f3+ 80.Kf5-g6 Rf3-g3 81.e4-e5 1.31/12 ] 67.f3xg4 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 67.f3xg4 g6-g5+ 68.h4xg5 Rc5-c1 69.Ne5-c6+ Ke7-f7 70.Nc6xd4 Rc1-c4 71.Rb6-d6 Rc4-a4 72.Rd6-d7+ Kf7-g6 73.Rd7xc7 Ra4xd4 74.Rc7-c6 Kg6-f7 75.g5-g6+ Kf7xg6 76.Rc6xe6+ Kg6-f7 77.Kf4-f5 Rd4-d3 78.Re6-f6+ Kf7-e7 79.g4-g5 Rd3-f3+ 80.Kf5-g6 Rf3-g3 81.e4-e5 1.21/14 ] 67...g6-g5+ [ 67...Rc5-c1+- ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 67...g6-g5+ 68.h4xg5 Rc5-c1 69.Ne5-c6+ Ke7-f7 70.Nc6xd4 Rc1-c4 71.Rb6-d6 Rc4-a4 72.Rd6-d7+ Kf7-g6 73.Rd7xc7 Ra4xd4 74.Rc7-c6 Kg6-f7 75.g5-g6+
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games Kf7xg6 76.Rc6xe6+ Kg6-f7 77.Kf4-f5 Rd4-d3 78.Re6-f6+ Kf7-e7 79.g4-g5 Rd3-f3+ 80.Kf5-g6 Rf3-g3 81.e4-e5 1.20/12 ] 68.h4xg5 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 68.h4xg5 Rc5-c1 69.Ne5-c6+ Ke7-f7 70.Nc6xd4 Rc1-c4 71.Rb6-d6 Rc4-a4 72.Rd6-d7+ Kf7-g6 73.Rd7xc7 Ra4xd4 74.Rc7-c6 Kg6-f7 75.g5-g6+ Kf7xg6 76.Rc6xe6+ Kg6-f7 77.Kf4-f5 Rd4-d3 78.Re6-f6+ Kf7-e7 79.g4-g5 Rd3-f3+ 80.Kf5-g6 Rf3-g3 81.e4-e5 1.10/12 ] 68...Rc5-b5 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 68...Rc5-c1 69.Ne5-c6+ Ke7-f7 70.Nc6xd4 Rc1-c4 71.Rb6-d6 Rc4-a4 72.Rd6-d7+ Kf7-g6 73.Rd7xc7 Ra4xd4 74.Rc7-c6 Kg6-f7 75.g5-g6+ Kf7xg6 76.Rc6xe6+ Kg6-f7 77.Kf4-f5 Rd4-d3 78.Re6-f6+ Kf7-e7 79.g4-g5 Rd3-f3+ 80.Kf5-g6 Rf3-g3 81.e4-e5 1.19/13 ] 69.Rb6-c6 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 69.Rb6-c6 Rb5-b7 70.g5-g6 Ke7-f6 71.Rc6-d6 Nc7-b5 72.g4-g5+ Kf6-g7 73.Rd6xe6 Nb5-c3 74.Re6-f6 Kg7-g8 75.Rf6-f7 Rb7-b6 76.Rf7-d7 Nc3-e2+ 77.Kf4-f3 Ne2-g1+ 78.Kf3-g4 Ng1-e2 79.Rd7-a7 Rb6-b8 80.Ne5-c6 1.87/13 ] 69...Rb5-b7 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 69...Nc7-e8 70.Rc6-a6 Ne8-c7 71.Ra6-a4 Rb5-b7 72.Ra4xd4 Nc7-b5 73.Rd4-d2 Nb5-c3 74.Ne5-c6+ Ke7-f8 75.Rd2-d6 Rb7-f7+ 76.Kf4-e3 Rf7-g7 77.Ke3-d3 Nc3-b5 78.Rd6xe6 Rg7xg5 1.99/14 ] 70.Rc6-c4 [ 70.g5-g6 might be the shorter path Ke7-f6+- ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 70.g5-g6 Ke7-f6 71.g4-g5+ Kf6-g7 72.Rc6-d6 Nc7-b5 73.Rd6xe6 Nb5-c3 74.Re6-f6 Kg7-g8 75.Rf6-f7 Rb7-b6 76.Rf7-d7 Nc3-e2+ 77.Kf4-f3 Ne2-g1+ 78.Kf3-g4 Ng1-e2 79.Rd7-a7 Rb6-b8 80.Ne5-c6 1.87/14 ] 70...Nc7-b5 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 70...Nc7-b5 71.Rc4-c8 Nb5-c3 72.Rc8-h8 Ke7-d6 73.Rh8-d8+ Kd6-e7 74.Ne5-c6+ Ke7-f7 75.Nc6xd4
842 Rb7-b4 76.Rd8-d6 Nc3-d5+ 77.Kf4-e5 Nd5-b6 78.Nd4-c6 Nb6-c4+ 79.Ke5-f4 Nc4xd6 80.Nc6xb4 Kf7-g6 81.Nb4-c6 Nd6-b5 82.Nc6-e5+ Kg6-g7 83.Kf4-e3 Nb5-c3 84.g5-g6 Nc3-b5 85.Ke3-d3 Nb5-d6 86.Kd3-d4 1.44/16 ] 71.Rc4-c8 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 71.Rc4-c8 Nb5-c3 72.Rc8-h8 Ke7-d6 73.Rh8-d8+ Kd6-e7 74.Ne5-c6+ Ke7-f7 75.Nc6xd4 Rb7-b4 76.Rd8-d6 Nc3-d5+ 77.Kf4-e5 Nd5-b6 78.Nd4-c6 Nb6-c4+ 79.Ke5-f4 Nc4xd6 80.Nc6xb4 Kf7-g6 81.Nb4-c6 Nd6-b5 82.Nc6-e5+ Kg6-g7 83.Ne5-d3 Nb5-c3 84.Nd3-e5 1.39/15 ] 71...Nb5-c3 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 71...Nb5-c3 72.Rc8-h8 Ke7-d6 73.Rh8-d8+ Kd6-e7 74.Ne5-c6+ Ke7-f7 75.Nc6xd4 Rb7-b4 76.Rd8-d6 Rb4-a4 77.Nd4xe6 Nc3xe4 78.Rd6-d4 Ra4xd4 79.Ne6xd4 Ne4-d6 80.Nd4-c6 Nd6-b5 81.Nc6-e5+ Kf7-g7 82.Kf4-e4 Nb5-c7 83.Ke4-f5 Nc7-d5 84.Ne5-c4 1.41/14 ] 72.Rc8-h8 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 72.Rc8-h8 Rb7-b5 73.Rh8-h7+ Ke7-e8 74.Ne5-d7 Nc3-e2+ 75.Kf4-f3 Ne2-g1+ 76.Kf3-g2 Ng1-e2 77.Nd7-f6+ Ke8-f8 78.Kg2-f3 Ne2-c1 79.g5-g6 Rb5-b3+ 80.Kf3-g2 Rb3-b2+ 81.Kg2-h3 0.95/13 ] 72...Nc3-e2+ [ 72...Ke7-d6 73.Rh8-d8+ Kd6-e7 74.Ne5-c6+ Ke7-f7 75.Nc6xd4 Rb7-b4+- ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 72...Rb7-b5 73.Rh8-h7+ Ke7-e8 74.Ne5-d7 Nc3-e2+ 75.Kf4-f3 Ne2-g1+ 76.Kf3-g2 Ng1-e2 77.Nd7-f6+ Ke8-d8 78.Kg2-f3 Ne2-c1 79.Rh7-d7+ Kd8-c8 80.Rd7xd4 Rb5-b3+ 81.Kf3-g2 Nc1-e2 82.Rd4-c4+ Kc8-d8 83.e4-e5 Rb3-g3+ 84.Kg2-f2 1.31/13 ] 73.Kf4-f3 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 73.Kf4-f3 0.40/1 ] 73...Rb7-b5 [ 73...Ne2-g1+ doesn't get the bull off the ice 74.Kf3-g2 Rb7-b5 75.Rh8-h7+
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
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( 75.Kg2xg1?! is the weaker alternative 87.Ke2-d1 Ke7-f7 88.Rd6-b6 Nb3-d4 Rb5xe5 76.Rh8-h7+ Ke7-d6= ) 89.Rb6-b4 Nd4-c6 90.Rb4-f4+ 1.95/13 ] 75...Rb5xe5 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 75...Ke7-e8 76.Ne5-f7 ( 76.Kg2xg1?! is much weaker Rb5xe5 77.Kg1-f2 75...Rb5xe5 76.g6-g7 Re5-g5 Re5xg5= ) 76...Rb5-b2+ 77.Kg2xg1+- ; 77.g7-g8R Rg5xg8 78.Rh8xg8 d4-d3 Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 73...Ne2-g1+ 79.Rg8-b8 Ng1-e2 80.Kg2-f3 Ne2-c3 74.Kf3-f2 Rb7-b1 75.Rh8-h1 Rb1-b5 81.Rb8-b2 Nc3-a4 82.Rb2-b4 Na4-c5 76.Ne5-c6+ Ke7-d6 77.Nc6xd4 83.e4-e5 d3-d2 84.Rb4-d4 Nc5-b3 Rb5-b4 78.Kf2-e3 Rb4-b1 79.g5-g6 85.Rd4-d6 Ke7-f7 86.Kf3-e2 Kf7-e7 Rb1-e1+ 80.Ke3-d3 Re1-d1+ 87.Ke2-d1 Ke7-f7 88.Rd6-b6 Nb3-d4 81.Kd3-c4 Kd6-e5 2.22/11 ] 74.g5-g6 89.Rb6-b4 Nd4-c6 90.Rb4-f4+ 2.04/14 ] 76.g6-g7 [ 76.Kg2xg1? catches the [ 74.Kf3xe2?! is clearly worse Rb5xe5 75.Ke2-f3 Re5xg5= ;Houdini 2.0c Pro eye, but Re5xe4 77.Rh8-h4 Ke7-f8-+ ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 76.g6-g7 x64: 74.Rh8-h7+ Ke7-e8 75.Ne5-c4 Ne2-g1+ 76.Kf3-f2 Rb5xg5 Re5-g5 77.g7-g8R Rg5xg8 78.Rh8xg8 77.Nc4-d6+ Ke8-f8 78.Kf2xg1 d4-d3 79.Rg8-b8 d3-d2 80.Rb8-b1 Rg5xg4+ 79.Kg1-f2 Rg4-g6 Ng1-e2 81.Rb1-d1 Ne2-c3 82.Rd1xd2 80.Rh7-f7+ Kf8-g8 81.Rf7-b7 Kg8-f8 Nc3xe4 83.Rd2-e2 Ne4-c3 84.Re2-f2 82.Kf2-e2 e6-e5 83.Nd6-f5 Rg6-g2+ Nc3-e4 85.Rf2-f4 Ne4-g5 86.Kg2-g3 84.Ke2-d3 Rg2-a2 85.Rb7-h7 Ng5-f7 87.Rf4-a4 Ke7-f6 88.Ra4-a6 Ra2-a3+ 86.Kd3-c4 Ra3-c3+ Nf7-g5 89.Kg3-f4 Ng5-h3+ 90.Kf4-f3 87.Kc4-d5 2.22/12 ] 74...Ne2-g1+ Nh3-g5+ 91.Kf3-e3 Ng5-h3 92.Ke3-f3 [ 74...Rb5xe5 is not much help Nh3-g5+ 1.56/12 ] 76...Re5-g5 75.g6-g7 ( 75.Kf3xe2?! is much worse [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 76...Re5-g5 Re5xe4+ 76.Ke2-d3 Re4xg4= ) 77.g7-g8R Rg5xg8 78.Rh8xg8 d4-d3 75...Re5-g5 76.g7-g8Q ( 76.Kf3xe2?! 79.Rg8-b8 d3-d2 80.Rb8-b1 Ng1-e2 is the less attractive alternative Rg5xg7 81.Rb1-d1 Ne2-c3 82.Rd1xd2 Nc3xe4 77.Ke2-d3 Rg7xg4= ) 76...Rg5xg8 83.Rd2-e2 Ne4-c3 84.Re2-f2 Nc3-e4 77.Rh8xg8 Ne2-g1+ 78.Kf3-g2+- ; 85.Rf2-f4 Ne4-g5 86.Kg2-g3 Ng5-f7 87.Rf4-a4 Ke7-f6 88.Ra4-a6 Nf7-g5 Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 74...Ne2-g1+ 75.Kf3-g2 Rb5xe5 76.g6-g7 Re5-g5 89.Kg3-f4 Ng5-h3+ 90.Kf4-f3 Nh3-g5+ 91.Kf3-e3 Ng5-h3 92.Ke3-f3 77.g7-g8R Rg5xg8 78.Rh8xg8 d4-d3 Nh3-g5+ 1.64/13 ] 77.g7-g8Q 79.Rg8-b8 Ng1-e2 80.Kg2-f3 Ne2-c3 81.Rb8-b2 Nc3-a4 82.Rb2-b4 Na4-c5 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 77.g7-g8Q 83.e4-e5 d3-d2 84.Rb4-d4 Nc5-b3 Rg5xg8 78.Rh8xg8 d4-d3 79.Rg8-b8 85.Rd4-d6 Ke7-f7 86.Kf3-e2 Kf7-e7 Ng1-e2 80.Kg2-f3 Ne2-c3 81.Rb8-b2 87.Ke2-d1 Ke7-f7 88.Rd6-b6 Nb3-d4 Nc3-a4 82.Rb2-b7+ Ke7-f6 83.Kf3-e3 89.Rb6-b4 Nd4-c6 90.Rb4-f4+ 2.04/15 Kf6-g5 84.e4-e5 Na4-c5 85.Rb7-g7+ ] 75.Kf3-g2 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: Kg5-h6 86.Rg7-c7 Nc5-a6 2.01/14 ] 75.Kf3-g2 Rb5xe5 76.g6-g7 Re5-g5 77...Rg5xg8 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 77.g7-g8R Rg5xg8 78.Rh8xg8 d4-d3 77...Rg5xg8 78.Rh8xg8 d4-d3 79.Rg8-b8 Ng1-e2 80.Kg2-f3 Ne2-c3 79.Rg8-b8 Ng1-e2 80.Kg2-f3 Ne2-c3 81.Rb8-b2 Nc3-a4 82.Rb2-b4 Na4-c5 81.Rb8-b2 Nc3-a4 82.Rb2-b4 Na4-c5 83.e4-e5 d3-d2 84.Rb4-d4 Nc5-b3 83.e4-e5 d3-d2 84.Rb4-d4 Nc5-b3 85.Rd4-d6 Ke7-f7 86.Kf3-e2 Kf7-e7 85.Rd4-d6 Ke7-f7 86.Kf3-e2 Kf7-e7
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games 87.Ke2-d1 Ke7-f7 88.Rd6-b6 Nb3-d4 89.Rb6-b4 Nd4-c6 90.Rb4-f4+ Kf7-e7 2.19/12 ] 78.Rh8xg8 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 78.Rh8xg8 d4-d3 79.Rg8-b8 Ng1-e2 80.Kg2-f3 Ne2-c3 81.Rb8-b2 Nc3-a4 82.Rb2-b4 Na4-c5 83.e4-e5 d3-d2 84.Rb4-d4 Nc5-b3 85.Rd4-d6 Ke7-f7 86.Kf3-e2 Kf7-e7 87.Ke2-d1 Ke7-f7 88.Rd6-b6 Nb3-d4 89.Rb6-b4 Nd4-c6 90.Rb4-f4+ Kf7-e7 1.93/13 ] 78...d4-d3 [ 78...Ng1-e2 does not save the day 79.e4-e5 d4-d3 80.Kg2-f3 Ne2-d4+ 81.Kf3-e3+- ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 78...Ng1-e2 79.Kg2-f3 Ne2-g1+ 80.Kf3-f4 Ke7-f7 81.Rg8-d8 Kf7-e7 82.Rd8-b8 Ke7-f7 83.Rb8-h8 Ng1-e2+ 84.Kf4-e5 d4-d3 85.Rh8-d8 Ne2-c1 86.Rd8-d6 Kf7-g6 87.Rd6xe6+ Kg6-g5 1.67/14 ] 79.Rg8-a8 [ 79.Rg8-g7+ and White can already relax Ke7-f6 80.Rg7-d7 Ng1-e2+- ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 79.Rg8-b8 Ng1-e2 80.Kg2-f3 Ne2-c3 81.Rb8-b2 Nc3-a4 82.Rb2-b4 Na4-c5 83.e4-e5 d3-d2 84.Rb4-d4 Nc5-b3 85.Rd4-d6 Ke7-f7 86.Kf3-e2 Kf7-e7 87.Ke2-d1 Ke7-f7 88.Rd6-b6 Nb3-d4 89.Rb6-b4 Nd4-c6 90.Rb4-f4+ Kf7-e7 2.15/15 ] 79...d3-d2 [ 79...Ng1-e2 does not improve anything 80.Kg2-f3 Ne2-d4+ 81.Kf3-e3+- ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 79...Ng1-e2 80.Kg2-f3 Ne2-c3 81.Kf3-e3 d3-d2 82.Ke3xd2 Nc3xe4+ 83.Kd2-e3 Ne4-g5 84.Ke3-f4 Ke7-f6 85.Ra8-f8+ Kf6-g7 86.Rf8-c8 Kg7-f6 87.Rc8-c6 Ng5-h3+ 88.Kf4-f3 Nh3-g5+ 89.Kf3-e3 Ng5-h3 90.Ke3-d4 Nh3-f4 1.47/16 ] 80.Ra8-a1 [ 80.Ra8-a7+!? keeps an even firmer grip Ke7-e8 81.Ra7-a1 Ng1-e2+- ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 80.Ra8-a7+ Ke7-f6 81.Ra7-d7 Ng1-e2 82.Rd7xd2 Ne2-c3 83.Kg2-f3 Nc3-b5 84.Rd2-d8 e6-e5 85.Kf3-e3 Nb5-d4 86.g4-g5+
844 Kf6-g6 87.Rd8-d6+ Kg6-g7 88.Rd6-h6 Nd4-c2+ 89.Ke3-f3 Nc2-d4+ 90.Kf3-g4 2.11/16 ] 80...Ng1-e2 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 80...Ng1-e2 81.Ra1-d1 Ne2-c3 82.Rd1xd2 Nc3xe4 83.Rd2-e2 Ne4-c3 84.Re2-f2 Nc3-e4 85.Rf2-f4 Ne4-g5 86.Kg2-g3 Ng5-f7 87.Rf4-a4 e6-e5 88.Ra4-a6 Nf7-g5 89.Kg3-f2 Ng5-e6 90.Kf2-f3 Ne6-g5+ 91.Kf3-e3 Ng5-e6 92.Ra6-b6 Ne6-g5 93.Rb6-h6 Ke7-f7 94.Rh6-c6 1.55/18 ] 81.Ra1-d1 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 81.Ra1-d1 Ne2-c3 82.Rd1xd2 Nc3xe4 83.Rd2-e2 Ne4-c3 84.Re2-f2 Nc3-e4 85.Rf2-f4 Ne4-g5 86.Kg2-g3 Ng5-f7 87.Rf4-a4 Ke7-f6 88.Ra4-a6 Nf7-g5 89.Ra6-a3 e6-e5 90.Ra3-a6+ Ng5-e6 91.Kg3-f3 Kf6-e7 92.Ra6-b6 Ne6-g5+ 93.Kf3-e3 Ng5-e6 94.Ke3-f3 Ne6-g5+ 1.47/14 ] 81...Ne2-c3 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 81...Ne2-c3 82.Rd1xd2 Nc3xe4 83.Rd2-e2 Ne4-c3 84.Re2-f2 Nc3-e4 85.Rf2-f4 Ne4-g5 86.Kg2-g3 Ng5-f7 87.Rf4-a4 e6-e5 88.Ra4-a6 Nf7-g5 89.Kg3-f2 Ng5-e6 90.Kf2-f3 Ne6-g5+ 91.Kf3-e3 Ng5-e6 92.Ra6-b6 Ne6-g5 93.Rb6-h6 Ke7-f7 94.Rh6-c6 1.55/18 ] 82.Rd1xd2 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 82.Rd1xd2 Nc3xe4 83.Rd2-e2 Ne4-c3 84.Re2-f2 Nc3-e4 85.Rf2-f4 Ne4-g5 86.Kg2-g3 Ng5-f7 87.Rf4-a4 e6-e5 88.Ra4-a6 Nf7-g5 89.Kg3-f2 Ng5-e6 90.Kf2-f3 Ne6-g5+ 91.Kf3-e3 Ng5-e6 92.Ra6-c6 1.52/15 ] 82...Nc3xe4 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 82...Nc3xe4 83.Rd2-e2 Ne4-c3 84.Re2-f2 Nc3-e4 85.Rf2-f4 Ne4-g5 86.Kg2-g3 Ng5-f7 87.Rf4-a4 e6-e5 88.Ra4-a6 Nf7-g5 89.Kg3-f2 Ng5-e6 90.Kf2-f3 Ne6-g5+ 91.Kf3-e3 Ng5-e6 92.Ra6-b6 Ne6-g5 93.Rb6-h6 Ke7-f7 94.Rh6-c6 1.54/17 ] 83.Rd2-e2 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 83.Rd2-e2 Ne4-c3 84.Re2-f2 Nc3-e4 85.Rf2-f4 Ne4-g5 86.Kg2-g3 Ng5-f7
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games 87.Rf4-a4 e6-e5 88.Ra4-a6 Nf7-g5 89.Kg3-f2 Ng5-e6 90.Kf2-f3 Ne6-g5+ 91.Kf3-e3 Ng5-e6 92.Ra6-b6 Ne6-g5 93.Rb6-h6 Ke7-f7 94.Rh6-a6 Ng5-e6 95.Ra6-b6 Kf7-e7 96.Ke3-f3 Ne6-g5+ 97.Kf3-e3 Ng5-e6 98.Ke3-f3 1.50/15 ] 83...Ne4-g5 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 83...Ne4-c3 84.Re2-f2 Nc3-e4 85.Rf2-f4 Ne4-g5 86.Kg2-g3 Ng5-f7 87.Rf4-a4 e6-e5 88.Ra4-a6 Nf7-g5 89.Kg3-f2 Ng5-e6 90.Kf2-f3 Ne6-g5+ 91.Kf3-e3 Ng5-e6 92.Ra6-b6 Ne6-g5 93.Rb6-h6 Ke7-f7 94.Rh6-a6 Ng5-e6 95.Ra6-b6 Kf7-e7 96.Ke3-f3 Ne6-g5+ 97.Kf3-e3 Ng5-e6 98.Ke3-f3 1.54/14 ] 84.Kg2-g3 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 84.Kg2-g3 Ke7-f7 85.Kg3-h4 Kf7-g6 86.Re2-f2 Ng5-e4 87.Rf2-f3 Ne4-f6 88.g4-g5 Nf6-d5 89.Kh4-g4 Kg6-g7 90.Rf3-a3 Kg7-g6 91.Ra3-h3 Kg6-f7 92.Rh3-h6 Nd5-e3+ 93.Kg4-f4 Ne3-f5 94.Rh6-f6+ Kf7-e7 95.Kf4-e5 1.67/16 ] 84...Ke7-f6 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 84...Ke7-f7 85.Kg3-h4 Kf7-g6 86.Re2-f2 Ng5-e4 87.Rf2-f3 Ne4-f6 88.g4-g5 Nf6-d5 89.Kh4-g4 Kg6-g7 90.Rf3-a3 Kg7-g6 91.Ra3-h3 Kg6-g7 92.Rh3-h6 Kg7-f7 93.Rh6-h8 e6-e5 94.Rh8-h7+ Kf7-g6 95.Rh7-h6+ Kg6-f7 96.Kg4-f3 Nd5-c3 97.Kf3-e3 Kf7-g7 1.59/15 ] 85.Kg3-h4 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 85.Kg3-h4 Kf6-g6 86.Re2-f2 Ng5-e4 87.Rf2-f3 Ne4-f6 88.g4-g5 Nf6-d5 89.Kh4-g4 Kg6-g7 90.Rf3-a3 Kg7-g6 91.Ra3-h3 Kg6-g7 92.Rh3-h6 Nd5-e3+ 93.Kg4-f4 Ne3-d5+ 94.Kf4-e5 1.75/16 ] 85...Kf6-g6 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 85...Kf6-g6 86.Re2-e3 Kg6-h6 87.Re3-d3 Kh6-g6 88.Rd3-b3 Kg6-h6 89.Rb3-b8 Ng5-f3+ 90.Kh4-g3 Nf3-g5 91.Rb8-g8 e6-e5 92.Kg3-f2 Ng5-f7 93.Kf2-e3 Kh6-h7 94.Rg8-b8 Kh7-g6 95.Ke3-e4 Kg6-f6 96.Rb8-b6+ Kf6-g5 1.77/20 ] 86.Re2-e3
845 [ 86.Re2-b2 makes it even easier for White Ng5-f3+ 87.Kh4-g3 Nf3-g5+- ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 86.Re2-e3 Kg6-h6 87.Re3-d3 Kh6-g6 88.Rd3-b3 Kg6-h6 89.Rb3-b8 Ng5-f3+ 90.Kh4-g3 Nf3-g5 91.Rb8-g8 e6-e5 92.Kg3-f2 Ng5-f7 93.Kf2-e3 Kh6-h7 94.Rg8-b8 Kh7-g6 95.Ke3-e4 Kg6-f6 96.Rb8-b6+ Kf6-g5 1.48/18 ] 86...Kg6-h6 [ 86...e6-e5 does not solve anything 87.Re3-b3 Ng5-e6 88.Rb3-b6+- ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 86...Kg6-h6 87.Re3-d3 Kh6-g6 88.Rd3-b3 Kg6-h6 89.Rb3-b8 Ng5-f3+ 90.Kh4-g3 Nf3-g5 91.Rb8-g8 e6-e5 92.Kg3-f2 Ng5-f7 93.Kf2-e3 Kh6-h7 94.Rg8-b8 Kh7-g6 95.Ke3-e4 Kg6-f6 96.Rb8-b6+ Kf6-g5 1.52/19 ] 87.Re3-a3 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 87.Re3-d3 Kh6-g6 88.Rd3-b3 Kg6-h6 89.Rb3-b8 Ng5-f3+ 90.Kh4-g3 Nf3-g5 91.Rb8-g8 e6-e5 92.Rg8-c8 Kh6-g6 93.Rc8-c6+ Kg6-f7 94.Kg3-f2 Ng5-e6 95.Kf2-e3 Ne6-g5 96.Rc6-d6 Kf7-e7 97.Rd6-b6 Ng5-e6 98.Rb6-a6 Ne6-c5 99.Ra6-h6 1.56/18 ] 87...Kh6-g6 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 87...Kh6-g6 88.Ra3-b3 Kg6-h6 89.Rb3-b8 Ng5-f3+ 90.Kh4-g3 Nf3-g5 91.Rb8-g8 e6-e5 92.Rg8-c8 Kh6-g6 93.Rc8-c6+ Kg6-f7 94.Kg3-f2 Ng5-e6 95.Kf2-e3 Ne6-d4 96.Rc6-b6 Kf7-g7 97.Ke3-e4 1.58/17 ] 88.Ra3-a8 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 88.Ra3-a8 Kg6-h6 89.Ra8-e8 Ng5-f3+ 90.Kh4-g3 Nf3-g5 91.Re8-g8 e6-e5 92.Kg3-f2 Ng5-f7 93.Kf2-e3 Kh6-h7 94.Rg8-b8 Kh7-g6 95.Ke3-e4 Kg6-f6 96.Rb8-b6+ Kf6-g5 1.48/15 ] 88...Ng5-f3+ [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 88...Kg6-h6 89.Ra8-e8 Ng5-f3+ 90.Kh4-g3 Nf3-g5 91.Re8-g8 e6-e5 92.Kg3-f2 Ng5-f7 93.Kf2-e3 Kh6-h7 94.Rg8-b8 Kh7-g6 95.Ke3-e4 Kg6-f6 96.Rb8-b6+ Kf6-g5 1.52/15 ] 89.Kh4-g3 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64:
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games 89.Kh4-g3 Nf3-g5 90.Ra8-g8+ Kg6-f6 91.Kg3-h4 Ng5-e4 92.g4-g5+ Kf6-f7 93.Rg8-a8 Kf7-g6 94.Ra8-h8 e6-e5 95.Rh8-c8 Kg6-f5 96.Rc8-f8+ Kf5-g6 97.Kh4-g4 Ne4-c3 98.Rf8-f6+ Kg6-g7 99.Rf6-h6 e5-e4 100.Kg4-f4 Kg7-f7 1.73/17 ] 89...Nf3-e5 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 89...Nf3-g5 90.Ra8-g8+ Kg6-f6 91.Kg3-h4 Ng5-e4 92.g4-g5+ Kf6-f7 93.Rg8-a8 Kf7-g6 94.Ra8-h8 e6-e5 95.Rh8-c8 Kg6-f5 96.Rc8-f8+ Kf5-g6 97.Kh4-g4 Ne4-c3 98.Rf8-f6+ Kg6-g7 99.Kg4-f5 e5-e4 100.Rf6-e6 1.51/14 ] 90.Ra8-a6 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 90.Ra8-a6 Ne5-d7 91.Ra6xe6+ Kg6-g5 92.Re6-a6 Nd7-f8 93.Kg3-f3 Nf8-g6 94.Ra6-a5+ Kg5-h6 95.Kf3-e4 Ng6-e7 96.Ra5-e5 Ne7-g6 97.Re5-d5 Ng6-e7 98.Rd5-d7 Ne7-g6 99.Ke4-f5 Ng6-e7+ 100.Kf5-e5 Ne7-c8 101.Rd7-c7 2.38/14 ] 90...Kg6-g5 [ 90...Kg6-f6+- desperation ;Houdini 2. 0c Pro x64: 90...Ne5-c4 91.Ra6xe6+ Kg6-g5 92.Re6-e4 Nc4-d2 93.Re4-e5+ Kg5-g6 94.Kg3-f4 Nd2-b3 95.Re5-g5+ Kg6-f7 96.Rg5-f5+ Kf7-g6 97.g4-g5 Nb3-d2 98.Rf5-f6+ Kg6-g7 99.Rf6-e6 Nd2-b3 100.Re6-d6 Nb3-c5 101.Kf4-f5 Kg7-f7 102.Rd6-h6 2.41/13 ] 91.Ra6-a5 [ 91.Ra6-a5 Kg5-f6 92.g4-g5+ Kf6xg5 93.Ra5xe5+ Kg5-f6 94.Re5-a5+- ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 91.Ra6-a5 Kg5-f6 92.g4-g5+ Kf6-f5 93.g5-g6 Kf5xg6 94.Ra5xe5 Kg6-f6 95.Kg3-f4 Kf6-e7 96.Re5-a5 Ke7-d6 97.Kf4-e4 Kd6-c6 98.Ke4-d4 e6-e5+ 99.Ra5xe5 Kc6-d6 100.Re5-f5 Kd6-e6 101.Rf5-f1 Ke6-d6 102.Rf1-f6+ Kd6-e7 103.Kd4-e5 5.61/16 ] 1-0
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Vassily Ivanchuk Viktor Erdos Tradewise Caleta ENG (4)
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C06: French Tarrasch: 3...Nf6 4 e5 Nfd7 5 Bd3 main lines 1.e2-e4 e7-e6 2.d2-d4 d7-d5 3.Nb1-d2 a7-a6 4.Ng1-f3 Diagram
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Ng8-f6 5.Bf1-d3 c7-c5 6.e4-e5 Nf6-d7 7.c2-c3 Nb8-c6 8.0-0 g7-g5 9.Bd3-b1 [RR 9.d4xc5 g5-g4 10.Nf3-d4 Nd7xe5 (RR 10...Nd7xc5 11.Nd2-b3 Nc6xe5 12.Nb3xc5 Bf8xc5 13.Rf1-e1 Qd8-f6 14.Qd1-e2 Bc5-d6 15.Nd4-f5 Bd6-c7 16.Kg1-h1 h7-h5 17.Bd3-c2 Ne5-g6 18.c3-c4 Ke8-f8 19.Qe2-e3 e6xf5 0-1 Mohammad,A (2200)-Reefat,B (2479)/Dhaka 2007/ CBM 117 ext ) 11.Nd2-b3 Bc8-d7 12.Bd3-e2 Rh8-g8 13.f2-f4 g4xf3 14.Nd4xf3 Qd8-c7 15.Nf3-g5 Rg8-g7 16.Be2-h5 Bf8-e7 17.Ng5-f3 0-0-0 18.Bc1-h6 Rg7-g8 19.Nf3-d4 Be7-g5 20.Bh6xg5 Rg8xg5 21.Bh5-e2 Rd8-g8 22.Rf1-f2 Ne5-g4 23.Be2xg4 Rg5xg4 Adams,M (2746)-Legky,N (2477)/ France 2001/EXT 2002/1-0 (38) ] 9...g5-g4 10.Nf3-e1 h7-h5 11.Ne1-c2N [RR 11.Nd2-b3 a6-a5
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
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12.Nb3xc5 Nd7xc5 13.d4xc5 Bf8xc5 14.Ne1-d3 Bc5-a7 15.Qd1-a4 Bc8-d7 16.Qa4-f4 Ba7-b8 17.Rf1-d1 f7-f5 18.c3-c4 d5-d4 19.Rd1-e1 Qd8-e7 20.Bb1-c2 h5-h4 21.Bc1-d2 Bb8-c7 22.Bc2-d1 Rh8-g8 23.a2-a3 a5-a4 24.f2-f3 g4xf3 25.Bd1xf3 Bc7-a5 Comp Fritz-Topalov,V (2737)/Bilbao 2004/CBM 102 ext/1-0 (47) ] 11...Rh8-g8 12.Rf1-e1 c5xd4 13.c3xd4 f7-f5 14.Nd2-f1 Bf8-e7 15.Bc1-d2 Nd7-f8 16.f2-f4 b7-b5 17.a2-a3 Diagram
r+lqknr+ + + l + p+n+p+ + +p+pPp+p + P Pp+ P + + + PNL +PP RL+QRNK
3103
last book move last book move a6-a5 [ 17...Nf8-g6 18.Bb1-a2! ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 17...h5-h4 18.Qd1-e2 Qd8-b6 19.Re1-c1 Nf8-g6 20.Qe2-e3 h4-h3 21.g2-g3 Bc8-d7 22.Qe3-d3 Ra8-c8 23.Nf1-e3 0.00/12 Diagram (Diagram 3104)
+r+k+r+ + +ll + pqn+p+n+ +p+pPp+ + P Pp+ P +QN Pp PNL + P RLR + K
r+lqknr+ + + l + +n+p+ + pp+pPp+p + P Pp+ P + N + PNL +PP RL+QR K
3104
3105
Ra8xa1 25.Rc1xa1 0.17/13 ] 18...Nf8-d7 Diagram [ 18...h5-h4 19.Nc2-e3! ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 18...Nf8-g6 19.Qd1-d2 h5-h4 20.Ra1-a2 Qd8-b6 21.Re1-c1 Bc8-b7 22.Qd2-f2 h4-h3 23.g2-g3 Ra8-c8 24.Nf1-e3 -0.09/12 ]
] 18.Bd2-c3 [ 18.Nf1-e3= Diagram (Diagram 3106) (Diagram 3105) ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 18.Qd1-e2 Bc8-a6 19.b2-b4 h5-h4 20.Qe2-d3 Nf8-g6 21.Bb1-a2 a5xb4 22.a3xb4 Qd8-b6 23.Re1-c1 Ba6-b7 24.Ba2-b3
19.Qd1-d2 [ 19.Nf1-g3!? is interesting Bc8-b7 20.Ng3xh5$ ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 19.Qd1-d3 Bc8-a6 20.b2-b4 Ra8-c8 21.Nf1-g3 Qd8-c7 22.Bc3-b2 Nd7-b6 23.Ng3xh5
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
r+lqk+r+ + +nl + +n+p+ + pp+pPp+p + P Pp+ P L + + PN+ +PP RL+QRNK
848
3106
Nb6-c4 24.Bb2-c3 Rg8-f8 25.b4xa5 Be7-h4 26.Re1-c1 0.33/11 ] 19...Nd7-b6 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 19...Bc8-b7 Diagram
r+ qk+r+ +l+nl + +n+p+ + pp+pPp+p + P Pp+ P L + + PNQ +PP RL+ RNK
3107
20.Re1-c1 h5-h4 21.Qd2-d3 Qd8-b6 22.Nf1-e3 h4-h3 23.g2-g3 Ra8-c8 24.Qd3-e2 Be7-f8 25.Bb1-a2 0.11/12 ] 20.b2-b3 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 20.Nf1-e3 h5-h4 21.Bb1-a2 h4-h3 22.g2-g3 Nb6-c4 23.Ne3xc4 b5xc4 24.Nc2-e3 Qd8-b6 25.Ra1-c1 a5-a4 0.21/11 ] Controls a4+c4 20...Ke8-f7 Diagram [ 20...a5-a4 21.b3xa4 Nb6-c4 22.Qd2-e2 Ra8xa4 23.Nf1-e3∓ ;
r+lqk+r+ + + l + nn+p+ + pp+pPp+p + P Pp+ PPL + + +NQ +PP RL+ RNK
3108
Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 20...a5-a4 21.b3-b4 Nb6-c4 22.Qd2-d3 Be7-h4 23.Re1-c1 Qd8-d7 24.Nc2-e3 Bc8-b7 25.Nf1-d2 Ke8-f7 26.Nd2xc4 d5xc4 -0.06/11 ]
r+lq +r+ + + lk+ nn+p+ + pp+pPp+p + P Pp+ PPL + + +NQ +PP RL+ RNK
3109
Black loses the right to castle 21.Nf1-e3 Diagram [ 21.Nc2-e3 h5-h4$ ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 21.Nc2-e3 Diagram (Diagram 3110) a5-a4 22.b3-b4 Ra8-b8 23.Nf1-g3 h5-h4 24.Ng3-h5 Nb6-c4 25.Ne3xc4 d5xc4 26.Qd2-e3 g4-g3 27.h2-h3
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
r+lq +r+ + + lk+ nn+p+ + pp+pPp+p + P Pp+ PPL N + + Q +PP RL+ RNK
849
3110
0.30/11 ]
r+lq kr+ + + l + nn+p+ + pp+pPp+p + P Pp+ PPL N + +NQ +PP RL+ R K
3112
24.Nc2-b4 Diagram
r+lq +r+ + + lk+ nn+p+ + pp+pPp+p + P Pp+ PPL N + +NQ +PP RL+ R K
3111
21...Kf7-f8 Diagram [ 21...h5-h4 22.Re1-c1! ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 21...a5-a4 22.b3-b4 h5-h4 23.Bb1-a2 h4-h3 24.g2-g3 Ra8-b8 25.Ra1-c1 Bc8-b7 26.Ba2-b1 Rb8-a8 27.Rc1-d1 Nb6-c4 28.Ne3xc4 d5xc4 29.d4-d5 Qd8xd5 30.Qd2xd5 e6xd5 31.Rd1xd5 -0.08/12 ] (Diagram 3112) 22.Bc3-b2 Diagram [ 22.Re1-c1 Bc8-d7= ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 22.Qd2-d3 Bc8-a6 23.Bc3-b2 a5-a4
r+ q kr+ + + l + lnn+p+ + +p+pPp+p pN P Pp+ PP+QN + L + +PP RL+ R K
3113
Nc6xb4 25.a3xb4 Kf8-g7 26.Re1-c1 Be7xb4 27.Rc1-c6 Rg8-e8 28.b3xa4 Nb6-c4 0.31/10 ] (Diagram 3114) 22...Kf8-g7 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 22...a5-a4 Diagram (Diagram 3115) 23.b3-b4 Kf8-f7 24.Qd2-c3 Nb6-c4 25.Ne3xc4 d5xc4 26.Nc2-e3 Qd8-b6 27.d4-d5 e6xd5 28.Qc3-d2 Bc8-e6
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
r+lq kr+ + + l + nn+p+ + pp+pPp+p + P Pp+ PP+ N + LNQ +PP RL+ R K
r+lq kr+ + + l + nn+p+ + +p+pPp+p p+ P Pp+ PP+ N + LNQ +PP RL+ R K
850
3114
3115
29.Kg1-h1 Be7-h4 30.g2-g3 0.07/12 Diagram (Diagram 3116) ] 23.Re1-c1 [ 23.Qd2-d3 a5-a4! Diagram (Diagram 3117) ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 23.Qd2-c3 Bc8-d7 24.Qc3-d3 a5-a4 25.b3-b4 Nb6-c4 26.Ne3xc4 b5xc4 27.Qd3-d2 Qd8-b6 28.Nc2-e3 Rg8-d8 29.g2-g3 0.20/12 Diagram
r+ + +r+ + + +k+ qn+l+ + +p+pPp+p pPp+ Ppl P + N P L Q + P RL+ R +K
r+lq +r+ + + l k nn+p+ + +p+pPp+p p+ P Pp+ PP+QN + LN+ +PP RL+ R K
r+ r + + + +ll k qn+p+ + + +pPp+p pPpP Pp+ P + N P L Q + P RL+ R K ] 23...Bc8-d7 Diagram [ 23...a5-a4
3116
3117
3118
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
851
24.Qd2-c3 Bc8-d7 25.Nc2-b4∓ ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 23...a5-a4 24.b3-b4 h5-h4 25.Rc1-d1 Diagram
r+lq +r+ + + l k nn+p+ + +p+pPp+ pP P Ppp P + N + LNQ +PP RL+R+ K
3119
Bc8-b7 26.Qd2-e2 h4-h3 27.Qe2xb5 h3xg2 28.Rd1-c1 Ra8-c8 29.Ne3xg2 Diagram
+rq +r+ +l+ l k nn+p+ + +Q+pPp+ pP P Pp+ P + + + LN+ +NP RLR + K
3120
Qd8-c7 30.Nc2-e3 Rg8-h8 -0.06/12 ] (Diagram 3121) 24.Nc2-e1 [ 24.Ne3xf5+ e6xf5 25.Nc2-e3$ Diagram ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 24.Qd2-d3 a5-a4 25.Ne3xf5+ e6xf5 26.Nc2-e3 Rg8-f8 27.e5-e6 Bd7xe6 28.Rc1xc6
r+ q +r+ + +ll k nn+p+ + pp+pPp+p + P Pp+ PP+ N + LNQ +PP RLR + K
r+ q +r+ + +ll k nn+ + + pp+pPp+p + P Pp+ PP+ N + L Q +PP RLR + K
3121
3122
Be6-d7 29.Rc6-c1 Ra8-c8 30.Bb1-c2 Diagram (Diagram 3123) a4xb3 31.Qd3xb3 Be7-d6 32.g2-g3 0.34/10 ] 24...a5-a4∓ Diagram [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 24...a5-a4 25.b3-b4 Nb6-c4 26.Ne3xc4 b5xc4 27.Ne1-c2 Nc6-a7 28.Nc2-e3 Na7-b5 29.Bb1-c2 Qd8-c7 30.Bc2-d3 Ra8-b8 Diagram 31.Ra1-b1 Rg8-f8 32.Rc1-c2 Bd7-c6 -0.12/13 ] Black gains space 25.b3-b4 Diagram
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
+rq r + + +ll k n + + + +p+p+p+p p+ P Pp+ PP+QN + LL+ +PP R R + K
r + +r+ + qll k + +p+ + +n+pPp+p pPpP Pp+ P +LN + L Q +PP R R + K
r+ q +r+ + +ll k nn+p+ + +p+pPp+p p+ P Pp+ PP+ N + L Q +PP RLR N K [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 25.b3-b4
852 Nb6-c4 26.Ne3xc4 b5xc4 27.Ne1-c2 Qd8-c7 28.Nc2-e3 h5-h4 29.Bb1-c2 Rg8-f8 30.Bc2-b1 Rf8-g8 31.Bb1-c2 -0.12/10 Diagram
3123
r+ + +r+ + qll k +n+p+ + + +pPp+ pPpP Ppp P + N + LLQ +PP R R + K
3126
3124
]
r+ q +r+ + +ll k nn+p+ + +p+pPp+p pP P Pp+ P + N + L Q +PP RLR N K
3127
3125
25...Nb6-c4 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 25...Nb6-c4 26.Ne3xc4 b5xc4 27.Ne1-c2 Nc6-a7 28.Nc2-e3 Na7-b5 29.Bb1-c2 Qd8-c7 30.Bb2-c3 h5-h4 31.Rc1-f1 Diagram h4-h3 32.g2-g3 Qc7-b6 33.Bc3-b2 Kg7-f7 34.Ra1-c1 -0.17/13 ] Black threatens to win material: Nc4xd2. Black can be proud of that piece 26.Qd2-e2 [ 26.Ne3xc4 b5xc4
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
r+ + +r+ + qll k + +p+ + +n+pPp+ pPpP Ppp P L N + +LQ +PP R + +RK
r+ q +r+ + +ll k +n+p+ + +p+pPp+p pPnP Pp+ P + N + L Q +PP RLR N K
853
3128
3129
r+ q +r+ + +ll k +n+p+ + + +pPp+p pPpP Pp+ P + + + LNQ +PP RLR + K
r+ q +r+ + +ll k +n+p+ + + +pPp+p pPpP Pp+ P + + + LNQ +PP RLR + K
3130
3131
27.Ne1-c2! Diagram (Diagram 3130) ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 26.Ne3xc4 b5xc4 27.Ne1-c2 Diagram (Diagram 3131) Nc6-a7 28.Nc2-e3 Na7-b5 29.Bb1-c2 Qd8-c7 30.Bb2-c3 Nb5xc3 31.Qd2xc3 Diagram Qc7-b6 32.Rc1-f1 h5-h4 33.Ra1-c1 h4-h3 34.g2-g3 0.04/14 ] 26...Qd8-b8 [ 26...Qd8-b6 27.Rc1-d1 Ra8-c8∓
r+ + +r+ + qll k + +p+ + + +pPp+p pPpP Pp+ P Q N + +L+ +PP R R + K Diagram
3132
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
+r+ +r+ + +ll k qn+p+ + +p+pPp+p pPnP Pp+ P + N + L +Q+PP RL+RN K
854
3133
; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 26...Qd8-b6 Diagram
r+ + +r+ + +ll k qn+p+ + +p+pPp+p pPnP Pp+ P + N + L +Q+PP RLR N K
3134
+lr +r+ q + + k +n+p+ + +pPpPp+ p+nP Pp+ P LLN +P + +Q+ P R R + +K
rq + +r+ + +ll k +n+p+ + +p+pPp+p pPnP Pp+ P +NN + L +Q+PP RLR + K
3135
3136
28.Qe2xb2 Qb8-a7 29.Nd3-c5 Diagram 27.Ne3xc4 d5xc4 28.Ne1-c2 Ra8-d8 29.Qe2-d2 Bd7-e8 30.Rc1-d1 h5-h4 31.Nc2-e3 h4-h3 32.g2-g3 Be8-f7 33.Bb2-c3 -0.33/13 ] 27.Ne1-d3= Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 27.Ne1-d3 Qb8-a7 28.Nd3-c5 Ra8-d8 29.Bb2-c3 Bd7-c8 30.Kg1-h1 Be7xc5 31.b4xc5 h5-h4 32.Bb1-d3 h4-h3 33.g2xh3 Diagram g4xh3 34.Rc1-b1 Kg7-f8 35.Rb1xb5 Qa7-g7 36.Bd3xc4 d5xc4 37.Qe2xc4 0.47/12 ] 27...Qb8-a7 [Worse is 27...Nc4xb2
(Diagram 3137) ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 27...Qb8-c7 28.Nd3-c5 Bd7-c8 29.Rc1-d1 Rg8-d8 30.Bb2-c3 Be7xc5 31.b4xc5 h5-h4 32.Ne3xc4 d5xc4 33.Qe2-b2 Diagram (Diagram 3138) Ra8-b8 0.36/11 ] 28.Nd3-c5 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 28.Nd3-c5 Ra8-d8 29.Bb2-c3 Bd7-c8 30.Kg1-h1
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
r+ + +r+ q +ll k +n+p+ + +pNpPp+p pP P Pp+ P + N + Q + +PP RLR + K
r+lr + + + q + k +n+p+ + +pP Pp+ p+pP Ppp P L + + Q + +PP RL+R+ K
855
3137
3138
Be7xc5 31.b4xc5 h5-h4 32.Bb1-d3 h4-h3 33.g2xh3 g4xh3 34.Rc1-b1 Kg7-f8 35.Rb1xb5 Qa7-g7 36.Bd3xc4 d5xc4 Diagram (Diagram 3139) 37.Qe2xc4 0.47/12 ] 28...Rg8-f8 Diagram [ 28...h5-h4 29.Kg1-h1= ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 28...Ra8-d8 29.Bb2-c3 Bd7-c8 30.Kg1-h1 Be7xc5 31.b4xc5 Qa7-e7 32.Kh1-g1 h5-h4 33.Ne3xc4 d5xc4 34.Qe2-b2 Bc8-a6 0.30/11 ] 29.Kg1-h1 [ 29.Bb2-c3 Kg7-h6
+lr kr+ + + + q +n+p+ + +RP Pp+ p+pP P + P L N +p + +Q+ P R + + +K
r+ + r + q +ll k +n+p+ + +pNpPp+p pPnP Pp+ P + N + L +Q+PP RLR + K
3139
3140
Diagram (Diagram 3141) ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 29.Ne3xc4 d5xc4 30.Qe2-f2 Bd7-c8 31.Bb2-c3 Rf8-d8 32.Ra1-a2 h5-h4 33.Ra2-b2 h4-h3 34.g2-g3 Be7xc5 35.b4xc5 0.63/11 Diagram (Diagram 3142) ] 29...Ra8-c8 Diagram [ 29...Ra8-b8 30.Ne3xc4 b5xc4 31.h2-h3$ Diagram ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 29...Be7xc5
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
r+ + r + q +ll + +n+p+ k +pNpPp+p pPnP Pp+ P L N + + +Q+PP RLR + K
r+lr + + q + + k +n+p+ + +pP Pp+ p+pP Pp+ P L + Pp R + Q P +LR + K
r + r + q +ll k +n+p+ + + NpPp+p pPpP Pp+ P + + +P L +Q+P+ RLR + +K
856 32.Ne3xc4 d5xc4 33.Qe2-f2 Bd7-c6 34.Rd1-d6 Bc6-d5 35.Bb1-c2 Ne7-c6 36.Ra1-d1 0.43/11 Diagram 3141
+ r r + q + + k +nRp+ + +pPlPp+p pPp+ Pp+ P + + + LL+ QPP + +R+ +K 3142
3144
]
+r+ r + q +ll k +n+p+ + +pNpPp+p pPnP Pp+ P + N + L +Q+PP RLR + +K
3145
3143
30.d4xc5 Nc6-e7 31.Rc1-d1 Ra8-d8
30.Ne3xc4 Diagram [ 30.Bb2-c3 Rf8-h8 ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 30.Bb1-d3 Be7xc5 Diagram (Diagram 3146) 31.d4xc5 Qa7-b7 32.Rc1-d1 Nc6-e7 33.Bb2-d4 Bd7-c6 34.Qe2-f2 Ne7-g6 35.Kh1-g1 Qb7-d7 36.Ne3xc4 d5xc4 0.53/11 ] 30...b5xc4 White has a new protected
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
+r+ r + q +l+ k +n+p+ + +plpPp+p pPnP Pp+ P +LN + L +Q+PP R R + +K
+r+ r + q +ll k +n+p+ + +pNpPp+p pPNP Pp+ P + + + L +Q+PP RLR + +K
857
3146
3147
passed pawn: b4. Black has a new protected passed pawn: c4 [ Inferior is 30...d5xc4 31.Rc1-d1 ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 30...b5xc4 Diagram (Diagram 3148) 31.Bb1-c2 Rc8-b8 32.Ra1-b1 Rf8-h8 33.h2-h3 Be7xc5 34.d4xc5 Bd7-e8 35.Qe2-f2 g4xh3 36.Rc1-g1 Rh8-g8 37.g2xh3+ Kg7-f8 38.Rg1xg8+ Kf8xg8 39.Rb1-g1+ Kg8-f8 0.47/12 ] 31.Bb1-c2 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 31.Qe2-f2 h5-h4 32.Bb2-c3 Diagram
+r+ r + q +ll k +n+p+ + + NpPp+p pPpP Pp+ P + + + L +Q+PP RLR + +K
+r+ r + q +ll k +n+p+ + + NpPp+ pPpP Ppp P L + + + + QPP RLR + +K
3148
3149
Rc8-b8 33.Rc1-d1 Bd7-c8 34.Qf2-e3 Be7xc5 35.d4xc5 Qa7-f7 36.Bb1-c2 0.59/10 ] 31...Be7xc5 [ 31...h5-h4 32.Qe2-e3$ ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 31...Rc8-b8 32.Ra1-b1 Rf8-h8 33.h2-h3 Be7xc5 34.d4xc5 Bd7-e8 35.Qe2-f2 g4xh3 36.Rc1-g1 Rh8-g8 37.g2xh3+ Diagram (Diagram 3150) Kg7-f8 38.Rg1xg8+ Kf8xg8 39.Rb1-g1+ Kg8-f8 0.46/11 ] 32.d4xc5 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 32.d4xc5 Nc6-e7 33.Qe2-e3 h5-h4
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
r +l+r+ q + + k +n+p+ + + PpPp+p pPp+ P + P + + +P LL+ Q + +R+ + RK
858
3150
34.Rc1-e1 Rf8-h8 35.Kh1-g1 h4-h3 36.g2-g3 Bd7-c6 37.Bb2-c3 Kg7-f7 0.60/11 Diagram
+r+ + r q + nk+ +l+p+ + + PpPp+ pPp+ Pp+ P L Q Pp +L+ + P R + R K
3151
] 32...Nc6-e7 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 32...Rc8-b8 33.Qe2-e3 Bd7-e8 34.Qe3-f2 Be8-g6 35.Rc1-e1 Kg7-g8 36.Ra1-d1 Rf8-f7 37.Kh1-g1 Bg6-h7 0.53/11 Diagram (Diagram 3152) ] 33.Rc1-d1 [ 33.h2-h4 Diagram Ne7-g6 34.Qe2-f2 Bd7-c6 ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 33.Kh1-g1
r + +k+ q + +r+l +n+p+ + + PpPp+p pPp+ Pp+ P + + + LL+ QPP + +RR K
+r+ r + q +ln k + +p+ + + PpPp+p pPp+ Pp+ P + + + LL+Q+PP R R + +K
+r+ r + q +ln k + +p+ + + PpPp+p pPp+ PpP P + + + LL+Q+P+ R R + +K
3152
3153
3154
Ne7-g6 34.Qe2-e3 Bd7-c6 35.Rc1-d1
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
859
Kg7-g8 36.Rd1-d2 h5-h4 37.Ra1-f1 Qa7-e7 38.Bb2-d4 Qe7-b7 39.Qe3-c3 0.58/13 ] 33...Bd7-b5 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 33...Rf8-h8 34.Kh1-g1 h5-h4 35.Rd1-d2 h4-h3 36.g2-g3 Qa7-b7 37.Qe2-e3 Kg7-f7 38.Ra1-d1 Bd7-c6 0.44/11 ]
+r+ r + q + n k + +p+ + +lPpPp+p pPp+ Pp+ P + + + LL+Q+PP R +R+ +K
3155
34.Bb2-c3 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 34.Qe2-e3 Ne7-g6 35.Rd1-d2 Bb5-c6 36.Bb2-d4 Qa7-e7 37.Ra1-b1 Qe7-b7 38.Rb1-f1 Kg7-g8 39.Kh1-g1 h5-h4 40.Qe3-c3 0.58/13 ] 34...Ne7-g6 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 34...Qa7-b7 35.Qe2-f2 Ne7-g6 36.Qf2-e3 h5-h4 37.Bc3-d4 Ng6-e7 38.Qe3-f2 Ne7-g6 39.Kh1-g1 h4-h3 40.g2-g3 Ng6-e7 41.Ra1-c1 Kg7-f7 0.44/12 Diagram (Diagram 3156) ] (Diagram 3157) 35.Rd1-d4 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 35.Qe2-e3 Diagram Bb5-c6 36.Bc3-d4 h5-h4 37.Kh1-g1 Qa7-b7 38.Rd1-d2 Qb7-e7 39.Ra1-c1
+r+ r + +q+ nk+ + +p+ + +lPpPp+ pPpL Pp+ P + + Pp +L+ Q P + RR+ K
+r+ r + q + + k + +p+n+ +lPpPp+p pPp+ Pp+ P L + + +L+Q+PP R +R+ +K
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35...Bb5-c6 Diagram [ 35...h5-h4 36.Ra1-f1 ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 35...Qa7-c7 36.Qe2-e3 h5-h4 37.Ra1-d1 Bb5-c6 38.Kh1-g1 Kg7-g8 39.Rd4-d2 Qc7-e7 40.Rd1-c1 Rf8-d8 41.Bc3-d4 Diagram
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] 37.Kh1-g1 [ 37.h2-h3 Qa7-e7 ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 37.Qe2-e3 h5-h4 38.Rb1-d1 Qa7-e7 39.h2-h3 g4xh3 40.Qe3xh3 Rf8-h8 41.Kh1-h2 Qe7-f7 42.Kh2-g1 Qf7-e7 43.Kg1-h1 Rh8-g8 44.Qh3-f3 Kg7-f7 45.Qf3-e3 Kf7-g7 46.Qe3-f3 Kg7-f7 0.55/13 ] 37...Bc6-b5 Diagram [ 37...h5-h4 3160 38.Qe2-e3 ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 37...Qa7-e7 38.Qe2-e3 h5-h4 39.Rb1-d1 Rf8-g8 40.Rd4-d2 Rg8-h8 41.Bc2-b1 Kg7-f7 42.Rd2-e2 h4-h3 43.g2-g3 Rh8-g8 0.42/13 ] (Diagram 3162) 38.Rb1-d1 [ 38.h2-h3 Diagram (Diagram 3163)
36.Ra1-b1 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 36.Qe2-e3 h5-h4 37.Kh1-g1 Qa7-e7 38.Ra1-e1 Kg7-g8 39.Rd4-d1 Kg8-g7 40.Bc3-a1 Kg7-g8 41.Ba1-b2 h4-h3 42.g2-g3 0.55/13 ] 36...Rc8-b8 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 36...Qa7-b7 37.Rb1-d1 h5-h4 38.Kh1-g1 Rf8-h8 39.Qe2-e3 Qb7-e7 40.Rd4-d2 Rc8-b8
Ng6-e7 ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 38.Qe2-e3 Bb5-c6 39.Rd4-d2 Qa7-e7 40.Bc3-d4 Rf8-h8 41.Rb1-f1 Rb8-c8 42.Qe3-c3 h5-h4 43.Bc2-b1 h4-h3 44.g2-g3 0.59/13 Diagram ] 38...Qa7-e7 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 38...Bb5-c6 39.Qe2-e3 Qa7-e7 40.Rd4-d2 Rb8-c8 41.Rd1-b1 Qe7-d7
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46.h3xg4 h5xg4 47.g2-g3 Kg8-f7 0.43/14 ] 39.Qe2-e3 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 39.Qe2-f2 Bb5-c6 40.Rd4-d2 Rb8-c8 41.Bc3-d4 h5-h4 42.Bc2-b1 Kg7-g8 43.Qf2-e3 Rc8-b8 44.Bd4-c3 Rb8-c8 45.g2-g3 Kg8-g7 0.60/13 ] 39...Qe7-a7 Diagram [ 39...h5-h4 40.Rd1-f1 ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 39...Rb8-c8 40.Rd4-d2 Bb5-c6 41.Rd1-b1 Qe7-d7 42.Bc3-d4 Kg7-g8 43.Rb1-d1 Qd7-e7 44.Rd2-f2 Qe7-b7 45.h2-h3 Rc8-d8 46.h3xg4 h5xg4 47.g2-g3 Kg8-f7 0.43/13 ] (Diagram 3166)
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42.Bc3-d4 Kg7-g8 43.Rb1-d1 Qd7-e7
40.Rd4xd5 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 40.Rd4-d2 Bb5-c6 41.Bc3-d4 Qa7-d7 42.Rd2-e2 h5-h4 43.Re2-f2 Qd7-e7 44.Rf2-d2 Kg7-g8 45.Rd2-e2 Qe7-d7 46.Re2-f2 Qd7-e7 47.Qe3-c3 h4-h3 0.65/13 ] 40...e6xd5 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 40...e6xd5 41.Rd1xd5 Ng6-e7 42.e5-e6+ Kg7-h7 43.Rd5-d6 Rf8-g8 44.Bc3-f6 Rb8-d8 45.Bf6xe7 Qa7xe7 46.Qe3-e5 Rg8-f8 47.Rd6xd8 Rf8xd8 48.Qe5xf5+ Kh7-g8 49.Qf5xh5 Qe7-g7 50.Bc2-h7+ Kg8-f8 0.25/11 ]
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41.e5-e6+ [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 41.Rd1xd5 Ng6-e7 42.e5-e6+ Kg7-h7 43.Rd5-d6 Rf8-g8 44.Bc3-f6 Rb8-d8 45.Bf6xe7 Qa7xe7 46.Qe3-e5 Rg8-f8 47.Rd6xd8 Rf8xd8 48.Qe5xf5+ Kh7-g8 49.Qf5xh5 Qe7-g7 50.Bc2-h7+ Kg8-f8 0.13/12 ] 41...Kg7-h6 [ 41...d5-d4 42.Rd1xd4 Kg7-h7+- ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 41...d5-d4 42.Rd1xd4 Kg7-h7 43.Rd4-d5 Ng6-e7 44.Rd5-d6 Rf8-g8 45.Bc3-f6 Rb8-d8 46.Qe3-e5 Rd8xd6 47.Qe5xd6 Rg8-e8 48.Qd6-e5 Kh7-g8 49.Bc2xf5 Ne7xf5 50.Qe5xf5 Qa7-h7 51.Qf5-g5+ Kg8-f8 52.f4-f5 Re8-c8 53.Bf6-e5 0.24/12 ] 42.Rd1xd5+[ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 42.Rd1xd5 Qa7-b7 43.Qe3-d4 Qb7-e7 44.Bc2xf5 Rb8-d8 45.Rd5-d6 Bb5-c6 46.Bf5xg6 Kh6xg6 47.f4-f5+ Kg6xf5 48.Qd4-e5+ Kf5-g6 49.Rd6xc6 Rd8-d1+ 50.Bc3-e1 Rf8-f5 51.Qe5-c3 Rf5-f8 52.Qc3-c2+ Rd1-d3 53.Qc2xa4 0.35/10 ] 42...Rb8-d8?? Black falls apart [ 42...Qa7-b7 43.Qe3-d4 Ng6-h4+- ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 42...Qa7-b7 43.Qe3-d4 Qb7-e7 44.Bc2xf5 Rb8-d8 45.Rd5-d6 Bb5-c6 46.Bf5xg6 Kh6xg6 47.f4-f5+ Kg6xf5 48.Qd4-e5+ Kf5-g6 49.Rd6xc6 Rd8-d1+ 50.Bc3-e1 Rf8-f5
51.Qe5-c3 Rf5-f8 52.Qc3-c2+ Rd1-d3 53.Qc2xa4 0.52/11 ] 43.Rd5xd8 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 43.Rd5xd8 Rf8xd8 44.Bc2xf5 Qa7-c7 45.g2-g3 Rd8-d1+ 46.Kg1-f2 Bb5-c6 47.b4-b5 Bc6xb5 48.Bf5-e4 Rd1-d3 49.Be4xd3 c4xd3 50.f4-f5+ Kh6-h7 51.f5xg6+ Kh7xg6 52.Qe3-e4+ Kg6-g5 53.Qe4-d4 Kg5-f5 54.Qd4-d5+ Kf5-g6 55.Bc3-d2 Qc7-e7 56.Qd5-e4+ Kg6-f6 57.Bd2-c3+ Kf6-g5 58.Kf2-g2 h5-h4 59.Qe4-f4+ Kg5-h5 60.Qf4-f5+ Kh5-h6 61.g3xh4 Qe7xh4 1.47/13 ] 43...Rf8xd8 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 43...Rf8xd8 44.Bc2xf5 Qa7-c7 45.g2-g3 Rd8-d1+ 46.Kg1-f2 Bb5-c6 47.b4-b5 Ng6-e7 48.b5-b6 Qc7-b7 49.Qe3-e5 Ne7xf5 50.Qe5-f6+ Kh6-h7 51.Qf6xf5+ Kh7-g8 52.Qf5xh5 Kg8-f8 53.Qh5xg4 1.43/9 ] 44.Bc2xf5 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 44.Bc2xf5 Qa7-c7 45.g2-g3 Rd8-d1+ 46.Kg1-f2 Bb5-c6 47.b4-b5 Ng6-e7 48.b5-b6 Qc7-b7 49.Qe3-e5 Ne7xf5 50.Qe5-f6+ Kh6-h7 51.Qf6xf5+ Kh7-g8 52.Qf5xh5 Kg8-f8 53.Qh5xg4 1.17/10 ] 44...Qa7-c7 [ 44...Qa7-b8 45.g2-g3 Rd8-d1+ 46.Kg1-f2+- ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 44...Qa7-c7 45.g2-g3 Rd8-d1+ 46.Kg1-f2 Bb5-c6 47.b4-b5 Bc6xb5 48.Bf5-e4 Rd1-d3 49.Be4xd3 c4xd3 50.f4-f5+ Kh6-h7 51.f5xg6+ Kh7xg6 52.Qe3-e4+ Kg6-g5 53.Qe4-d4 Kg5-f5 54.Qd4-d5+ Kf5-g6 55.Bc3-d2 Qc7-e7 56.Qd5-e4+ Kg6-f6 57.Bd2-c3+ Kf6-g5 58.Kf2-g2 h5-h4 59.Qe4-f4+ Kg5-h5 60.Qf4-f5+ Kh5-h6 61.g3xh4 Qe7xh4 1.29/11 ] 45.g2-g3 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 45.Bf5xg6 Rd8-d1+ 46.Kg1-f2 Kh6xg6 47.Qe3-e4+ Kg6-h6 48.e6-e7 Qc7-c8 49.Qe4-e5 Qc8-g8 50.Qe5-f5 g4-g3+ 51.Kf2-e2 Qg8-g4+ 52.Qf5xg4 h5xg4 53.Ke2xd1 g3xh2 1.25/9 ] 45...Rd8-d1+ [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64:
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games 45...Rd8-d1+ 46.Kg1-f2 Bb5-c6 47.b4-b5 Bc6xb5 48.Bf5-e4 Rd1-d3 49.Be4xd3 c4xd3 50.f4-f5+ Kh6-h7 51.f5xg6+ Kh7xg6 52.Qe3-e4+ Kg6-g5 53.Qe4-d4 Kg5-f5 54.Qd4-d5+ Kf5-g6 55.Bc3-d2 Qc7-e7 56.Qd5-e4+ Kg6-f6 57.Bd2-c3+ Kf6-g5 58.Kf2-g2 h5-h4 59.Qe4-f4+ Kg5-h5 60.Qf4-f5+ Kh5-h6 61.g3xh4 Qe7xh4 1.29/11 ] 46.Kg1-f2 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 46.Kg1-f2 Bb5-c6 47.b4-b5 Bc6xb5 48.Bf5-e4 Rd1-d3 49.Be4xd3 c4xd3 50.f4-f5+ Kh6-h7 51.f5xg6+ Kh7xg6 52.Qe3-e4+ Kg6-g5 53.Qe4-d4 Kg5-f5 54.Qd4-d5+ Kf5-g6 55.Bc3-d2 Qc7-e7 56.Qd5-e4+ Kg6-f6 57.Bd2-c3+ Kf6-g5 58.Kf2-g2 h5-h4 59.Qe4-f4+ Kg5-h5 60.Qf4-f5+ Kh5-h6 61.g3xh4 Qe7xh4 1.37/11 ] 46...Qc7-d8 [ 46...Kh6-h7 doesn't do any good 47.Bf5-e4 Rd1-d3 48.Be4xd3 c4xd3 49.Qe3-e4+- ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 46...Bb5-c6 47.b4-b5 Bc6xb5 48.Bf5-e4 Bb5-c6 49.f4-f5+ Ng6-f4 50.e6-e7 Qc7xe7 51.Qe3xf4+ Kh6-h7 52.Be4xc6 Rd1-d3 53.Bc3-b4 Qe7-f6 54.Qf4xc4 Qf6xf5+ 55.Qc4-f4 Qf5xf4+ 56.g3xf4 Kh7-g7 57.Bc6xa4 Kg7-f6 2.10/12 ] 47.Bf5-c2 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 47.Bf5-e4 Rd1-d3 48.Be4xd3 Qd8xd3 49.f4-f5+ Kh6-h7 50.Qe3xd3 c4xd3 51.Kf2-e3 Ng6-e7 52.Ke3-e4 Bb5-c6+ 53.Ke4-e5 Ne7-d5 54.Bc3-d2 Kh7-g7 55.Ke5-d6 Bc6-a8 56.c5-c6 Nd5-f6 57.Bd2-c3 Kg7-g8 58.Bc3-e1 Nf6-e4+ 59.Kd6-d7 Ne4-f6+ 60.Kd7-c7 Nf6-d5+ 61.Kc7-d6 Ba8xc6 62.Kd6xc6 Nd5-e7+ 63.Kc6-b5 Ne7xf5 64.Kb5-c4 Nf5-g7 65.b4-b5 Ng7xe6 66.Kc4xd3 2.97/13 ] 47...Rd1-d3 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 47...Rd1-d3 48.Bc2xd3 Qd8xd3 49.f4-f5+ Kh6-h7 50.Qe3xd3 c4xd3 51.Kf2-e3 Ng6-e7 52.Ke3-e4 Bb5-c6+ 53.Ke4-e5 Ne7-d5 54.Bc3-d2 Kh7-g7
863 55.Ke5-d6 Bc6-a8 56.c5-c6 Nd5-f6 57.Bd2-c3 Kg7-g8 58.Bc3-e1 Nf6-e4+ 59.Kd6-d7 Ne4-f6+ 60.Kd7-c7 Nf6-d5+ 61.Kc7-d6 Ba8xc6 62.Kd6xc6 Nd5-e7+ 63.Kc6-b5 Ne7xf5 64.Kb5-c4 Nf5-g7 65.b4-b5 Ng7xe6 66.Kc4xd3 3.19/12 ] 48.Bc2xd3 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 48.Bc2xd3 Qd8xd3 49.f4-f5+ Kh6-h7 50.Qe3xd3 c4xd3 51.Kf2-e3 Ng6-e7 52.Ke3-e4 Bb5-c4 53.f5-f6 Ne7-d5 54.Ke4-d4 Bc4-a2 55.e6-e7 Nd5xf6 56.Kd4xd3 Ba2-b1+ 57.Kd3-c4 Bb1-a2+ 58.Kc4-b5 Nf6-d5 59.e7-e8Q Nd5-c7+ 60.Kb5xa4 Nc7xe8 61.b4-b5 Kh7-g6 62.b5-b6 Ba2-d5 63.Ka4-b5 Kg6-f5 64.c5-c6 Ne8-c7+ 65.Kb5-c5 2.76/11 ] 48...Qd8xd3 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 48...Qd8xd3 49.f4-f5+ Kh6-h7 50.Qe3xd3 c4xd3 51.Kf2-e3 Ng6-e7 52.Ke3-e4 Bb5-c4 53.f5-f6 Ne7-d5 54.Ke4-d4 Bc4-a2 55.e6-e7 Nd5xf6 56.Kd4xd3 Ba2-b1+ 57.Kd3-c4 Bb1-a2+ 58.Kc4-b5 Nf6-d5 59.e7-e8Q Nd5-c7+ 60.Kb5xa4 Nc7xe8 61.b4-b5 Kh7-g6 62.b5-b6 Ba2-d5 63.Ka4-b5 Kg6-f5 64.c5-c6 Ne8-c7+ 65.Kb5-c5 2.83/12 ] 49.f4-f5+ [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 49.f4-f5+ Kh6-h7 50.Qe3xd3 c4xd3 51.Kf2-e3 Ng6-e7 52.Ke3-e4 Ne7xf5 53.Ke4xf5 Kh7-h6 54.Kf5-f6 Bb5-c6 55.Kf6-f5 Bc6-e8 56.e6-e7 Kh6-h7 57.Kf5-f6 Kh7-g8 58.Kf6-e6 Be8-c6 59.Ke6-d6 Bc6-e8 60.c5-c6 Kg8-f7 61.b4-b5 2.50/13 ] 49...Qd3xe3+ [ 49...Kh6-h7 is still a small chance 50.Qe3xd3 c4xd3+- ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 49...Kh6-h7 50.Qe3xd3 c4xd3 51.Kf2-e3 Ng6-e7 52.Ke3-e4 Ne7xf5 53.Ke4xf5 Kh7-g8 54.Kf5-e5 Kg8-f8 55.Ke5-d6 Kf8-e8 56.c5-c6 Ke8-d8 57.e6-e7+ Kd8-e8 58.c6-c7 2.14/11 ] 50.Kf2xe3 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 50.Kf2xe3 Kh6-g5 51.f5xg6 Kg5xg6
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games 52.Ke3-e4 h5-h4 53.g3xh4 Kg6-h7 54.Ke4-d5 Kh7-g8 55.Kd5-d6 Kg8-f8 56.c5-c6 Kf8-e8 57.c6-c7 Bb5-a6 58.b4-b5 Ba6-b7 59.b5-b6 Bb7-c8 60.h4-h5 4.20/12 ] 50...Ng6-e7 [ 50...Ng6-f8 doesn't improve anything 51.Ke3-d4+- ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 50...Bb5-a6 51.f5-f6 Ba6-c8 52.b4-b5 Bc8xe6 53.c5-c6 Be6-d5 54.Ke3-d4 Bd5-f3 55.Kd4xc4 Ng6-e5+ 56.Bc3xe5 Kh6-g6 57.c6-c7 Bf3-b7 58.b5-b6 Kg6-f7 59.Kc4-c5 Kf7-e6 60.Be5-c3 Bb7-c8 61.Kc5-c6 3.74/13 ] 51.Ke3-e4 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 51.Ke3-e4 Ne7-g8 52.Ke4-e5 Kh6-g7 53.c5-c6 Kg7-f8 54.c6-c7 Bb5-a6 55.b4-b5 Ba6-b7 56.Ke5-d6 Kf8-e8 57.b5-b6 Bb7-c8 58.Bc3-g7 Ng8-e7 59.f5-f6 Ne7-f5+ 60.Kd6-e5 Bc8xe6 61.Ke5xe6 Nf5xg7+ 62.Ke6-d5 3.96/13 ] 51...Bb5-c6+ [ 51...Ne7-c6 52.f5-f6 Nc6-d8 53.Ke4-d5 Bb5-c6+ 54.Kd5-d6+- ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 51...Ne7-g8 52.Ke4-e5 Kh6-g7 53.c5-c6 Kg7-f8 54.c6-c7 Bb5-a6 55.b4-b5 Ba6-c8 56.Bc3-b4+ Kf8-e8 57.Bb4-d2 Bc8-b7 58.b5-b6 Bb7-c8 59.Bd2-c3 Ng8-h6 60.f5-f6 Nh6-f7+ 61.Ke5-d5 Bc8-b7+ 62.Kd5xc4 Nf7-g5 63.e6-e7 Ng5-e4 64.Kc4-b4 Bb7-c8 65.Bc3-e5 Ne4xf6 66.Be5xf6 Ke8-d7 67.Kb4xa4 Bc8-b7 68.Ka4-b5 Bb7-c6+ 69.Kb5-c5 4.04/15 ] 52.Ke4-e5 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 52.Ke4-e5 Kh6-g7 53.Ke5-d6+ Kg7-f8 54.f5-f6 Bc6-b5 55.f6xe7+ Kf8-e8 56.c5-c6 Bb5-a6 57.c6-c7 Ba6-b7 58.b4-b5 Bb7-c8 59.b5-b6 Bc8-b7 60.Bc3-b4 c4-c3 61.Bb4xc3 Bb7-a6 62.Bc3-e5 Ba6-b7 63.Be5-a1 4.15/12 ] 52...Ne7-d5 [ 52...Ne7xf5 a last effort to resist the inevitable 53.Ke5xf5 Bc6-b5+- ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 52...Kh6-g7 53.Ke5-d6+ Kg7-f8 54.f5-f6 Bc6-b5 55.f6xe7+ Kf8-e8
864 56.c5-c6 Bb5-a6 57.c6-c7 Ba6-b7 58.b4-b5 Bb7-c8 59.b5-b6 Bc8-b7 60.Bc3-b4 c4-c3 61.Bb4xc3 Bb7-a6 62.Bc3-e5 Ba6-b7 63.Be5-a1 4.22/13 ] 53.b4-b5! Deflection: d5 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 53.b4-b5 Bc6-a8 54.c5-c6 Nd5-c7 55.e6-e7 Nc7-e8 56.Ke5-e6 Kh6-h7 57.Ke6-d7 h5-h4 58.g3xh4 Kh7-h6 59.b5-b6 Kh6-h7 60.Bc3-b2 Kh7-h6 61.Bb2-e5 Kh6-h7 62.h4-h5 Kh7-g8 63.c6-c7 Ba8-b7 64.h5-h6 Ne8xc7 7.64/13 ] 53...Nd5xc3 [ 53...Bc6xb5 54.Bc3-d2+ Decoy Double attack ( 54.Ke5xd5 Deflection ); ∆53...-- 54.b5xc6 Wins material ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 53...Bc6-a8 54.c5-c6 Nd5-c7 55.e6-e7 Nc7-e8 56.Ke5-e6 Kh6-h7 57.Ke6-d7 h5-h4 58.g3xh4 Kh7-h6 59.b5-b6 Kh6-h7 60.Bc3-b2 Kh7-h6 61.Bb2-e5 Kh6-h7 62.h4-h5 Kh7-g8 63.c6-c7 Ba8-b7 64.h5-h6 Ne8xc7 8.67/14 ] 54.b5xc6 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 54.b5xc6 Nc3-b5 55.e6-e7 Nb5-c7 56.Ke5-d6 Nc7-e8+ 57.Kd6-d7 Ne8-f6+ 58.Kd7-e6 Nf6-e8 59.Ke6-f7 c4-c3 60.Kf7xe8 Kh6-g7 61.c6-c7 c3-c2 62.c7-c8Q c2-c1Q 63.c5-c6 Qc1-b2 64.Qc8-e6 Qb2-b8+ 65.Ke8-d7 Qb8-a7+ 66.c6-c7 Qa7-d4+ 67.Qe6-d6 Qd4xd6+ 68.Kd7xd6 Kg7-f7 69.c7-c8Q 6.92/10 ] 54...Nc3-b5 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 54...Nc3-b5 55.e6-e7 Nb5-c7 56.Ke5-d6 Nc7-e8+ 57.Kd6-d7 Ne8-f6+ 58.Kd7-e6 Nf6-e8 59.Ke6-f7 Kh6-g5 60.Kf7xe8 Kg5xf5 61.c6-c7 Kf5-g5 62.c7-c8Q c4-c3 63.Ke8-d7 c3-c2 64.Qc8-g8+ Kg5-h6 65.Qg8-f8+ Kh6-h7 66.Qf8-f5+ Kh7-g7 67.e7-e8N+ Kg7-h6 68.Qf5xc2 12.30/11 ] 55.e6-e7 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 55.e6-e7 Nb5-c7 56.Ke5-d6 Nc7-e8+ 57.Kd6-d7 Ne8-f6+ 58.Kd7-e6 Nf6-e8 59.Ke6-f7 c4-c3
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games 60.Kf7xe8 Kh6-g7 61.c6-c7 c3-c2 62.c7-c8Q c2-c1Q 63.c5-c6 h5-h4 64.Qc8-e6 h4-h3 65.f5-f6+ Kg7-h7 66.f6-f7 Qc1-c2 67.f7-f8N+ Kh7-g7 68.c6-c7 Qc2-d3 69.c7-c8Q Qd3-b5+ 70.Qc8-c6 Qb5-b8+ 71.Qe6-c8 Qb8xc8+ 72.Qc6xc8 Kg7-h8 73.Qc8-c3+ Kh8-g8 74.Qc3-c4+ Kg8-h8 75.Qc4-d4+ Kh8-g8 76.Qd4xg4+ Kg8-h8 77.Qg4xa4 17.22/16 ] 55...Nb5-c7 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 55...Nb5-c7 56.Ke5-d6 Nc7-e8+ 57.Kd6-d7 Ne8-f6+ 58.Kd7-e6 Nf6-e8 59.Ke6-f7 c4-c3 60.Kf7xe8 Kh6-g7 61.c6-c7 c3-c2 62.c7-c8Q c2-c1Q 63.c5-c6 h5-h4 64.Qc8-e6 h4-h3 65.f5-f6+ Kg7-h7 66.f6-f7 Qc1-c2 67.f7-f8N+ Kh7-h8 68.c6-c7 Kh8-g7 69.c7-c8Q Qc2xc8+ 70.Qe6xc8 Kg7-h8 71.Qc8-c3+ Kh8-g8 72.Qc3-c4+ Kg8-h8 73.Qc4-d4+ Kh8-g8 74.Qd4xg4+ Kg8-h8 75.Qg4xa4 17.27/17 ] 56.Ke5-d6 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 56.Ke5-d6 Nc7-e8+ 57.Kd6-d7 Ne8-f6+ 58.Kd7-e6 Nf6-e8 59.Ke6-f7 c4-c3 60.Kf7xe8 Kh6-g7 61.c6-c7 c3-c2 62.c7-c8Q c2-c1Q 63.c5-c6 Qc1-c2 64.Qc8-e6 Qc2-b2 65.Qe6-g6+ Kg7-h8 66.c6-c7 Qb2-b7 67.Qg6xh5+ Kh8-g7 68.Qh5-g6+ Kg7-h8 69.Qg6-h6+ Kh8-g8 70.Qh6-e6+ Kg8-h8 71.c7-c8Q Qb7xc8+ 72.Qe6xc8 Kh8-g7 73.Qc8-c6 Kg7-h7 74.Qc6xa4 Kh7-g7 75.Qa4-d4+ Kg7-h7 76.f5-f6 15.53/14 ] 56...Nc7-e8+ [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 56...Nc7-e8+ 57.Kd6-d7 Ne8-f6+ 58.Kd7-e6 Nf6-e8 59.Ke6-f7 c4-c3 60.Kf7xe8 Kh6-g7 61.c6-c7 c3-c2 62.c7-c8Q c2-c1Q 63.c5-c6 Qc1xa3 64.Qc8-e6 Qa3-c3 65.f5-f6+ Qc3xf6 66.Qe6xf6+ Kg7xf6 67.c6-c7 h5-h4 68.c7-c8Q h4xg3 69.h2xg3 a4-a3 70.Qc8-c3+ Kf6-f5 71.Qc3xa3 Kf5-g6
865 72.Ke8-d7 Kg6-h7 73.Qa3-d3+ Kh7-g7 74.e7-e8Q 16.23/15 ] 57.Kd6-d7 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 57.Kd6-d7 Ne8-f6+ 58.Kd7-e6 Nf6-e8 59.Ke6-f7 c4-c3 60.Kf7xe8 Kh6-g7 61.c6-c7 c3-c2 62.c7-c8Q c2-c1Q 63.c5-c6 h5-h4 64.Qc8-e6 h4-h3 65.f5-f6+ Kg7-h7 66.f6-f7 Qc1-c2 67.f7-f8N+ Kh7-h8 68.c6-c7 Qc2-d3 69.c7-c8Q Qd3-b5+ 70.Ke8-f7 Qb5-f1+ 71.Qe6-f6+ Qf1xf6+ 72.Kf7xf6 15.65/13 ] 57...Ne8-f6+ [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 57...Kh6-g7 58.Kd7xe8 c4-c3 59.c6-c7 c3-c2 60.c7-c8Q c2-c1Q 61.c5-c6 h5-h4 62.Qc8-e6 h4-h3 63.f5-f6+ Kg7-h7 64.f6-f7 Qc1-c2 65.f7-f8N+ Kh7-h8 66.c6-c7 Kh8-g7 67.c7-c8Q Qc2xc8+ 68.Qe6xc8 Kg7-h8 69.Qc8-c3+ Kh8-g8 70.Qc3-c4+ Kg8-h8 71.Qc4-d4+ Kh8-g8 72.Qd4xg4+ Kg8-h8 73.Qg4xa4 17.27/14 ] 58.Kd7-e6 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 58.Kd7-e6 Nf6-e8 59.Ke6-f7 c4-c3 60.Kf7xe8 Kh6-g7 61.c6-c7 c3-c2 62.c7-c8Q c2-c1Q 63.c5-c6 h5-h4 64.Qc8-e6 h4-h3 65.f5-f6+ Kg7-h7 66.f6-f7 Qc1-c2 67.f7-f8N+ Kh7-h8 68.c6-c7 Kh8-g7 69.c7-c8Q Qc2xc8+ 70.Qe6xc8 Kg7-h8 71.Qc8-c3+ Kh8-g8 72.Qc3-c4+ Kg8-h8 73.Qc4-d4+ Kh8-g8 74.Qd4xg4+ Kg8-h8 75.Qg4xa4 17.22/15 ] 58...Nf6-e8 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 58...Nf6-e8 59.Ke6-f7 c4-c3 60.Kf7xe8 Kh6-g7 61.c6-c7 c3-c2 62.c7-c8Q c2-c1Q 63.c5-c6 Qc1-g5 64.Qc8-e6 h5-h4 65.Qe6-g6+ Qg5xg6+ 66.f5xg6 Kg7xg6 67.c6-c7 Kg6-g7 68.c7-c8Q Kg7-f6 69.Ke8-d7 h4xg3 70.e7-e8Q g3xh2 71.Qe8-e6+ Kf6-g5 72.Qe6-e5+ Kg5-h6 73.Qc8-a6+ Kh6-h7 74.Qe5xh2+ Kh7-g7 75.Qa6xa4 17.35/16 ] 59.Ke6-f7 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64:
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games 59.Ke6-f7 c4-c3 60.Kf7xe8 Kh6-g7 61.c6-c7 c3-c2 62.c7-c8Q c2-c1Q 63.c5-c6 Qc1xa3 64.Qc8-e6 Qa3-c3 65.f5-f6+ Qc3xf6 66.Qe6xf6+ Kg7xf6 67.c6-c7 h5-h4 68.c7-c8Q h4xg3 69.h2xg3 Kf6-g5 70.Ke8-d7 Kg5-f6 71.e7-e8Q Kf6-g5 72.Qc8-c5+ Kg5-f6 16.36/14 ] 59...Ne8-c7 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 59...c4-c3 60.Kf7xe8 Kh6-g7 61.c6-c7 c3-c2 62.c7-c8Q c2-c1Q 63.c5-c6 h5-h4 64.Qc8-e6 Qc1-g5 65.Qe6-g6+ Qg5xg6+ 66.f5xg6 h4xg3 67.h2xg3 Kg7xg6 68.c6-c7 Kg6-f6 69.c7-c8Q Kf6-e5 70.Qc8xg4 Ke5-d6 71.Qg4xa4 Kd6-c7 72.Qa4-d7+ Kc7-b6 73.Qd7-d6+ Kb6-b5 14.92/15 ] 60.e7-e8Q [ 60.e7-e8Q Nc7xe8 61.Kf7xe8+- ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 60.e7-e8Q Nc7xe8 61.Kf7xe8 c4-c3 62.c6-c7 c3-c2 63.c7-c8Q c2-c1Q 64.Qc8-a6+ Kh6-h7 65.Qa6-g6+ Kh7-h8 66.f5-f6 Qc1-e3+ 67.Ke8-d7 Qe3-d4+ 68.Kd7-c6 Qd4xf6+ 69.Qg6xf6+ Kh8-g8 70.Kc6-d5 h5-h4 71.g3xh4 Kg8-h7 72.c5-c6 Kh7-g8 73.c6-c7 13.70/12 ] 1-0
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rnlqkl r pp+ pppp +p+ n + + + + + +pP + + + N +N+ PP +PPPP R LQKL+R
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[ RR 10...a7-a5 11.Nh4xg6 h7xg6 12.Qd1-e2 0-0 13.Rf1-d1 Qd8-e7 14.e3-e4 e6-e5 15.d4-d5 Rf8-d8 16.Bc1-g5 Nd7-f8 17.Ra1-c1 Ra8-c8 18.Bc4-a2 Bb4-c5 19.Bg5-e3 Nf8-d7 20.Rd1-d2 c6xd5 21.e4xd5 Bc5xe3 22.Qe2xe3 Qe7-c5 23.Rc1-e1 Qc5xe3 24.Re1xe3 Kg8-f8 25.d5-d6 Gerzhoy,L (2386)-Zugic,I (2467)/ Toronto 2006/CBM 113 ext/½-½ (32) ] 11.g2-g4 last book move. White threatens to win material: g4xh5 last book move [RR 11.Qd1-b3 a7-a5 12.g2-g4 Bh5-g6 13.Nh4-g2 0-0 14.Ng2-f4 e6-e5 15.d4xe5 Nd7xe5 60 D18 16.Bc4-e2 Nf6-d7 17.Nf4xg6 Ne5xg6 Le Quang Liem 18.Rf1-d1 Nd7-c5 19.Rd1xd8 Nc5xb3 Vassily Ivanchuk 20.Rd8xa8 Rf8xa8 21.Ra1-b1 Ra8-d8 ACP Golden Classic (2) 15.07.2012 22.Be2-d1 Nb3xc1 23.Rb1xc1 Ng6-e5 24.Bd1-b3 Rd8-d2 25.Rc1-c2 Bb4xc3 D18: Slav Defence: 5 a4 Bf5 6 e3 Sakaev,K (2655)-Kasparov,G (2830)/ 1.d2-d4 d7-d5 2.Ng1-f3 Ng8-f6 Rethymnon 2003/CBM 098/0-1 (41) ] 3.c2-c4 c7-c6 4.Nb1-c3 d5xc4 11...g7-g5N Diagram [ 11...Nf6-d5 12.Bc4xd5 c6xd5 13.Nh4-g2 Bb4xc3 Diagram 14.b2xc3! ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: (Diagram 3167) 11...Nf6-d5 12.Nh4-g2 Bh5-g6 A) RR 13.Bc1-d2 Bb4-d6 (RR 13...Nd5xc3 5.a2-a4 Bc8-f5 6.e2-e3 e7-e6 14.b2xc3 Bb4-d6 15.Qd1-b3 Qd8-b6 7.Bf1xc4 Bf8-b4 8.0-0 Nb8-d7 16.Ng2-f4 Bd6xf4 17.e3xf4 0-0 9.Nf3-h4 Bf5-g6 10.h2-h3 Bg6-h5 18.Bc4xe6 Bg6-d3 19.Qb3xb6
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
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Nd7xb6 20.Be6-b3 Bd3xf1 21.Kg1xf1 Ra8-d8 22.Kf1-e2 Rf8-e8+ 23.Bd2-e3 Nb6-d5 24.Ke2-d3 g7-g6 25.Be3-d2 Rd8-d7 26.Ra1-b1 b7-b6 27.c3-c4 Nd5-c7 28.f4-f5 Solomon,K (2352)Grischuk,A (2719)/Tripoli 2004/CBM 102/0-1 (52) ) 14.f2-f3 h7-h5 15.e3-e4 h5xg4 16.h3xg4 Nd5-b6 17.Bc4-b3 e6-e5 18.Bd2-e3 e5xd4 19.Be3xd4 Nd7-c5 20.Bb3-a2 Bd6-h2+ 21.Kg1-f2 Qd8-d6 22.Nc3-e2 Bg6xe4 23.Bd4xg7 Nc5-d3+ 24.Kf2-e3 0-0-0 25.f3xe4 Rh8-h3+ 26.Rf1-f3 Qd6-c5+ 27.Bg7-d4 Qc5-g5+ Ulibin,M (2575)Minasian,A (2570)/Krasnodar 1998/ EXT 2000/1-0 (40) ; B) 13.Qd1-b3 Qd8-b6 14.Bc1-d2 Bb4xc3 15.Bd2xc3 Qb6xb3 16.Bc4xb3 Nd5xc3 17.b2xc3 0-0 18.Ng2-f4 Bg6-e4 19.a4-a5 -0.20/11 Diagram
r+ + rk+ pp+n+ppp +p+p+ + P + + + + PlNP+ +LP P +P + + P + R + +RK
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; RR 11...Nf6xg4 12.h3xg4 Qd8xh4 13.g4xh5 Bb4-d6 14.Rf1-e1 Qh4-h3 15.f2-f4 g7-g5 16.Bc4-f1 Nd7-f6 17.Bf1xh3 1-0 Spraggett,K (2555)Komljenovic,D (2450)/Andorra 1993/ TD ] Black threatens to win material: g5xh4 12.Nh4-g2 [ 12.Nh4-f3 Diagram Bh5-g6 13.Qd1-b3 a7-a5= ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 12.Nh4-f3
r+ qk+ r pp+n+p+p +p+pn + + + + pl PlLP +PN + N P +P P + P + R LQ+RK
r+ qk+ r pp+n+p+p +p+pn + + + + pl PlLP +P+ + N PN+P P + P + R LQ+RK
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Bh5-g6 13.Qd1-b3 a7-a5 14.e3-e4 h7-h5 15.Nf3xg5 h5xg4 16.e4-e5 g4xh3 17.e5xf6 Nd7xf6 18.Ng5-f3 Rh8-g8 19.Bc1-g5 0.20/11 ] 12...Bh5-g6 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 12...Nd7-b6 13.Bc4-d3 Bh5-g6 14.f2-f4 0-0 15.f4xg5 Nf6-d5 16.Nc3-e4 Bg6xe4 17.Bd3xe4 Qd8xg5 18.a4-a5 Nb6-c4 19.Qd1-d3 f7-f5 20.g4xf5 e6xf5 21.Rf1xf5 0.19/12 ] 13.f2-f3 Prevents intrusion on e4 [ 13.f2-f4 would keep White in the game h7-h6 14.Qd1-b3! ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 13.f2-f4 h7-h6 14.Qd1-b3
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
r+ qk+ r pp+n+p+p +p+pnl+ + + + p PlLP +P+ + N P +P P + PN+ R LQ+RK
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a7-a5 15.f4-f5 e6xf5 16.g4xf5 Bg6-h5 17.Nc3-a2 Qd8-e7 18.Na2xb4 Qe7xb4 19.Qb3-d3 0.10/11 ] 13...h7-h5 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 13...Qd8-a5 14.Qd1-b3 Nd7-b6 15.e3-e4 h7-h6 16.Ng2-e1 Ra8-d8 17.Bc4-e2 0-0 18.Bc1-e3 Bb4-d6 19.Ne1-d3 Bg6-h7 -0.28/11 Diagram
+ r rk+ pp+ +p+l nplpn p q + + p P+ PP+P+ +QNNLP+P P +L+ + R + +RK
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] 14.e3-e4 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 14.Qd1-b3 Diagram a7-a5 15.e3-e4 Nf6-g8 16.Nc3-a2 Nd7-b6 17.Na2xb4 Qd8xd4+ 18.Ng2-e3 a5xb4 19.Rf1-d1 Qd4-c5 20.Bc4-e2 h5xg4 21.h3xg4 -0.22/10 ] 14...h5xg4 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64:
r+ qk+ r pp+n+p+ +p+pnl+ + + + pp PlLP +P+ +QN PP+P P + +N+ R L +RK
3173
14...Bb4-e7 Diagram
r+ qk+ r pp+nlp+ +p+pnl+ + + + pp P+LPP+P+ + N +P+P P + +N+ R LQ+RK
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15.a4-a5 h5xg4 16.h3xg4 Qd8-b8 17.Bc4-e2 Qb8-h2+ 18.Kg1-f2 Rh8-h3 19.Rf1-g1 Nf6-g8 20.a5-a6 b7-b5 21.Bc1-d2 Ra8-d8 -0.21/10 ] 15.h3xg4 White king safety dropped. [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 15.h3xg4 Qd8-c7 16.e4-e5 Nf6-d5 17.Bc4xd5 c6xd5 18.Bc1xg5 Bb4xc3 19.b2xc3 Ra8-c8 20.Ra1-c1 Qc7-c4 21.Ng2-f4 Qc4-a2 22.Qd1-e2 -0.22/11 Diagram ] 15...Qd8-a5 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 15...Qd8-c7 Diagram 16.e4-e5 Nf6-d5 17.Bc4xd5 c6xd5 18.Bc1xg5 Bb4xc3 19.b2xc3 Ra8-c8
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
+r+k+ r pp+n+p+ + +p+l+ + +pP L P+ P NP+ + P +P+ q+ +Q+ + + R +RK
r+ +k+ r ppqn+p+ +p+pnl+ + + + p PlLPP+P+ + N +P+ P + +N+ R LQ+RK
869
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r+ +k+ r pp+n+p+ +p+pnl+ q + + p PlLPP+P+ + N +P+ P +Q+N+ R L +RK
3177
17.Bc4-a2 Kc8-b8 18.Ng2-e3 Nd7-b6 Diagram 3176
20.Ra1-c1 Qc7-c4 21.Kg1-f2 Rh8-h3 22.Rf1-h1 -0.13/9 ] 16.Qd1-e2? Diagram [ 16.Qd1-b3 0-0-0 17.Bc1xg5 Qa5xg5 18.Qb3xb4 Qg5-h6-+ ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 16.Qd1-b3 0-0-0 17.Bc1xg5 Bb4xc3 18.Bg5xf6 Bc3xb2 19.Qb3xb2 Nd7xf6 20.Ng2-f4 Bg6-h7 21.Ra1-b1 Qa5-b6 22.Rf1-d1 Qb6xb2 23.Rb1xb2 -0.05/12 ] (Diagram 3177) White intends e5 16...0-0-0 Diagram [ 16...Nd7-b6!? 17.Bc4-a2 0-0-0∓ ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 16...0-0-0
k r + r pp+ +p+ np+pnl+ q + + p Pl PP+P+ + N NP+ LP +Q+ + R L +RK
3178
19.e4-e5 Bb4xc3 20.b2xc3 Nf6-d5 21.Ne3xd5 Nb6xd5 22.Ba2xd5 Rd8xd5 23.Bc1xg5 Qa5xc3 -0.50/11 ] (Diagram 3179) 17.e4-e5∓ [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 17.Bc4-a2 Diagram Kc8-b8 18.Ng2-e3 Nd7-b6 19.e4-e5 Bb4xc3 20.b2xc3 Nf6-d5 21.Ne3xd5 Nb6xd5 22.Ba2xd5 Rd8xd5 23.Bc1xg5 Qa5xc3 -0.53/10 Diagram ] 17...Nf6-d5 [ 17...Nf6-h7!? 18.Bc1-e3
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
+kr + r pp+n+p+ +p+pnl+ q + + p PlLPP+P+ + N +P+ P +Q+N+ R L +RK
+kr + r pp+n+p+ +p+pnl+ q + + p Pl PP+P+ + N +P+ LP +Q+N+ R L +RK
k + + r pp+ +p+ +p+p+l+ + +rP L P+ P +P+ + q +P+ + +Q+ + R + +RK
870
+k+r+ r pp+n+p+n +p+p+l+ q + P p PlLP +P+ + N LP+ P +Q+N+ R + +RK
3179
; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 17...Nf6-h7 18.Nc3-e4 Nd7-b6 19.Bc1-e3 Kc8-b8 20.Ng2-e1 Nb6-d5 21.Bc4xd5 e6xd5 3180 22.Ne4xg5 Qa5-b6 23.Ng5-h3 Diagram
k r + r pp+ +p+n qp+ +l+ + +pP + Pl P +P+ + + LP+N P +Q+ + R + NRK
3183
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Nh7-f8 24.Nh3-f4 Nf8-e6 25.Nf4xg6 f7xg6 26.Ne1-c2 Bb4-a5 27.Qe2-d3 g6-g5 -0.32/12 ] 18.Bc4xd5= Diagram [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 18.Bc4xd5 e6xd5 19.Bc1xg5 Rd8-g8 20.Ng2-h4 Bg6-h7 21.Bg5-f4 Bb4xc3 22.b2xc3 Qa5xc3 23.Qe2-f2 Bh7-d3 24.Rf1-c1 Qc3-b4 25.Bf4-d2 Qb4-e7 26.Rc1-c3 Bd3-e4 27.Nh4-g2 -0.15/13 Diagram ]
Rd8-e8! Diagram
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Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
+k+ +rr pp+nqp+ +p+ + + + +pP + P+ Pl+P+ + R +P+ + L QN+ R + + K
+kr + r pp+n+p+ +p+p+l+ q +LP p Pl P +P+ + N +P+ P +Q+N+ R L +RK
871
3184
3185
18...e6xd5 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 18...e6xd5 19.Bc1xg5 Rd8-g8 20.Ng2-h4 Bg6-h7 21.Bg5-f4 Bb4xc3 22.b2xc3 Qa5xc3 23.Qe2-f2 Bh7-d3 24.Rf1-c1 Qc3-b3 25.a4-a5 Qb3-b4 26.Kg1-g2 Rh8-h5 27.Bf4-d2 Diagram (Diagram 3186) Qb4-b2 -0.03/13 ] 19.Bc1xg5 Black has the pair of bishops [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 19.Bc1xg5 Diagram Rd8-g8 20.Ng2-h4 Bb4xc3 21.b2xc3 Qa5xc3 22.Nh4xg6 Rg8xg6
+k+ +r+ pp+n+p+ +p+ + + P +pP +r q P +PN + +l+P+ + L QK+ R R + +
+kr + r pp+n+p+ +p+ +l+ q +pP p Pl P +P+ + N +P+ P +Q+N+ R L +RK
+kr + r pp+n+p+ +p+ +l+ q +pP L Pl P +P+ + N +P+ P +Q+N+ R + +RK
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23.Qe2-d2 Qc3xd2 24.Bg5xd2 Nd7-b6
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
872
25.Kg1-g2 Nb6-c4 26.Bd2-f4 Diagram
+k+ + r pp+ +p+ +p+ +r+ + +pP + P+nP LP+ + + +P+ + + +K+ R + +R+
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+k+ +rr pp+n+p+ +p+ +l+ q +pP L Pl P +P+ + N +P+ P +Q+N+ R + +RK
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Diagram Kc8-d7 27.Rf1-b1 b7-b6 28.Rb1-h1 Rg6-g8 29.Bf4-h6 -0.08/12 ] 19...Rd8-e8 [ 19...Rd8-g8= Diagram
+k+ +rr pp+n+p+ +p+ +l+ q +pP L Pl P +P+ + N +P+ P +Q+N+ R + +RK
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; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 19...Rd8-g8 Diagram (Diagram 3191) 20.Ng2-h4 Bg6-h7 21.Bg5-f4 Bb4xc3 22.b2xc3 Qa5xc3 23.Qe2-f2 Bh7-d3 24.Ra1-c1 Qc3-b3 25.Rf1-d1 Nd7-b6 26.Qf2-e3 Bd3-c2 -0.25/12 ] 20.Qe2-d2?? Diagram [ 20.Ng2-f4$
+k+r+ r pp+n+p+ +p+ +l+ q +pP L Pl P NP+ + N +P+ P +Q+ + R + +RK
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and White can hope to survive ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 20.Ng2-f4 Bg6-h7 21.Qe2-d2 Kc8-b8 22.Nf4-h5 Bh7-g6 23.Nh5-f6 Re8-d8 24.Ra1-e1 Bb4xc3 25.b2xc3 Qa5xa4 26.e5-e6 Diagram (Diagram 3193) f7xe6 27.Bg5-f4+ Kb8-a8 28.Nf6xd7 Rd8xd7 29.Re1xe6 0.07/11 ] there were better ways to keep up the pressure 20...Nd7xe5!∓ Decoy: e5. [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 20...Nd7xe5
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
k r + r pp+n+p+ +p+PNl+ + +p+ L q+ P +P+ + P +P+ + Q + + + + RRK
+k+r+ r pp+n+p+ +p+ +l+ q +pP L Pl P +P+ + N +P+ P Q +N+ R + +RK
873
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21.d4xe5 Diagram
+k+r+ r pp+ +p+ +p+ +l+ q +pP L Pl + +P+ + N +P+ P Q +N+ R + +RK
+k+r+ + +p+ +p+r pp+ Ll+ + + P + P+ + NP+ + + +P+ + + + + R + + K
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( 21...d5-d4 Passed pawn );Houdini 2. 0c Pro x64: 21.d4xe5 d5-d4 Diagram
(Diagram 3195) (Diagram 3197) d5-d4 22.Bg5-f6 d4xc3 23.b2xc3 Bb4xc3 24.Qd2-e3 Bc3xa1 25.Rf1xa1 Rh8-h7 26.Ng2-f4 Qa5-b6 27.Qe3xb6 a7xb6 Diagram (Diagram 3196) 28.Kg1-g2 Kc8-c7 29.e5-e6 Bg6-c2 30.Bf6-e5+ Kc7-c8 -0.97/12 ] 21.Bg5-f6? Diagram [ 21.d4xe5 Bb4xc3 Decoy Double attack
22.Bg5-f6 d4xc3 23.b2xc3 Bb4xc3 24.Qd2-e3 Bc3xa1 25.Rf1xa1 Rh8-h7 26.Ng2-f4 Diagram (Diagram 3198) Qa5-b6 27.Qe3xb6 a7xb6 28.Kg1-f2 Bg6-c2 29.Kf2-g3 Kc8-c7 30.Ra1-c1 -0.99/11 ] 21...Ne5-c4-+ [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64:
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
+k+r+ r pp+ +p+ +p+ +l+ q + P L Pl p +P+ + N +P+ P Q +N+ R + +RK
+k+r+ + pp+ +p+r +p+ Ll+ q + P + P+ + NP+ + + QP+ + + + + R + + K
+k+r+ r pp+ +p+ +p+ Ll+ q +pn + Pl P +P+ + N +P+ P Q +N+ R + +RK 21...Ne5-c4 Diagram
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+k+r+ r pp+ +p+ +p+ Ll+ q +p+ + PlnP +P+ + N +P+ P Q +N+ R + +RK
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22.Qd2-c1 Rh8-g8 23.Ra1-a2 Nc4xb2 24.Ra2xb2 Bb4xc3 25.Rb2-b3 Bc3-d2 26.Qc1-a3 Kc8-b8 27.Bf6-e5+ Kb8-a8 28.Qa3-d6 Qa5xa4 -1.37/11 ] 22.Qd2-f2 Diagram [ 22.Qd2-c1 Rh8-g8 23.Ra1-a2 Re8-e6-+ ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 22.Qd2-c1 Rh8-g8 23.Ra1-a2 Diagram
+k+r+r+ pp+ +p+ +p+ Ll+ q +p+ + PlnP +P+ + N +P+ RP + +N+ + Q +RK
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Re8-e6 24.Qc1-g5 Kc8-b8 25.Ng2-f4 Re6-e8 26.Qg5-h6 Bb4-d6 27.Kg1-h1 Nc4-d2 28.Rf1-f2 Re8-e1+ 29.Kh1-h2 -1.57/12 ] 22...Nc4xb2! Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 22...Rh8-g8 23.Ra1-c1 Kc8-b8 24.Rf1-d1 Bb4-d6 25.b2-b3
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
+k+r+ r pp+ +p+ +p+ Ll+ q +p+ + PlnP +P+ + N +P+ P + QN+ R + +RK
875
3202
+k+r+ r pp+ +p+ +p+ Ll+ q +p+ + Pl P +P+ + N +P+ Q + +N+ R + +RK
Nc4-b6 26.Rd1-e1 Nb6-d7 27.Re1xe8+ Rg8xe8 28.Bf6-g5 Qa5-b4 29.Bg5-f4 -1.37/13 ]
Qa4-b4 34.Nh4-f5 Qb4-e1+ 35.Kg3-g2 Qe1-e2+ 36.Kg2-g3 -1.30/12 ]
+k+r+ r pp+ +p+ +p+ Ll+ q +p+ + Pl P +P+ + N +P+ n + QN+ R + +RK
+k+r+ L pp+ +p+ +p+ +l+ q +p+ + Pl P +P+ + N +P+ n + QN+ R + +RK
3203
the knockout punch 23.Bf6xh8 Diagram [ 23.Qf2xb2 Diagram
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23...Re8xh8 [ 23...Bb4xc3 Diagram (Diagram 3206)
(Diagram 3204) Bb4xc3 Combination ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 23.Nc3-a2 Nb2-d3 24.Qf2-g3 Bb4-d2 25.Bf6xh8 Re8xh8 26.Ra1-d1 Bd2-c3 27.Na2xc3 Qa5xc3 28.Rd1xd3 Qc3xd3 29.Qg3-f4 Rh8-h1+ 30.Kg1xh1 Qd3xf1+ 31.Kh1-h2 Qf1-a1 32.Ng2-h4 Qa1xa4 33.Kh2-g3
keeps an even firmer grip 24.Qf2-h4 Nb2-d3 25.Ra1-d1-+ ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 23...Nb2-d3 24.Qf2-h4 Bb4xc3 25.Ra1-a2 Qa5-b6 26.Bh8-f6 Bc3xd4+ 27.Kg1-h2 Qb6-b4 28.Bf6xd4 Qb4xd4 29.Qh4-g3 Re8-h8+ 30.Ng2-h4 Nd3-f4 31.Rf1-e1 Kc8-b8 -1.54/12 Diagram
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
+k+r+ L pp+ +p+ +p+ +l+ q +p+ + P+ P +P+ + l +P+ n + QN+ R + +RK
k + + r pp+ +p+ +p+ +l+ + +p+ + P+ q nPN + + +PQ R+ + + K + + R +
876
3206
3207
] 24.Nc3-e2 Diagram [ 24.Qf2xb2 Bb4xc3 25.Qb2-f2 Bc3xa1 26.Rf1xa1 Qa5-c3-+ Diagram (Diagram 3208) ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 24.Nc3-e2 Qa5-c7 25.Ng2-f4 Bb4-d6 26.a4-a5 Bd6xf4 27.Ne2xf4 Qc7xf4 28.Qf2xb2 Bg6-d3 29.Rf1-b1 Bd3xb1 30.Ra1xb1 b7-b6 31.a5xb6 a7xb6 32.Qb2-f2 b6-b5 33.Rb1-a1 Kc8-b7 34.Ra1-e1 -1.13/14 Diagram ] 24...Nb2-d3 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c
+k+ + r pp+ +p+ +p+ +l+ + +p+ + P+ P +P+ + q +P+ + + QN+ R + + K
+ + + r +k+ +p+ +p+ + + +p+p+ + + P qP+ + + +P+ + + Q + + + R K
+k+ + r pp+ +p+ +p+ +l+ q +p+ + Pl P +P+ + + +P+ n +NQN+ R + +RK Pro x64: 24...Qa5-c7 25.Ng2-f4
3208
3209
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Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
877
Bb4-d6 26.a4-a5 Bd6xf4 27.Ne2xf4 Qc7xf4 28.Qf2xb2 Bg6-d3 29.Rf1-b1 Bd3xb1 30.Ra1xb1 b7-b6 31.a5xb6 a7xb6 32.Rb1-a1 Diagram
+k+ + r + + +p+ pp+ + + + +p+ + + P qP+ + + +P+ Q + + + R + + K
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for Black 26.Ra1-a2 Qa5-b4 27.Ne2xc3 Qb4xd4+ 28.Ra2-f2 Qd4xc3 29.Rf2-e2 Qc3-d4+ 30.Re2-e3-+ Diagram
Kc8-b7 33.Ra1-b1 Qf4-g3+ 34.Qb2-g2 -1.08/12 ]
+k+ + r pp+ +p+ +p+ +l+ q +p+ + Pl P +P+ + +n+P+ + +NQN+ R + +RK
+ + + + pp+ +p+ +pk + + q +p+ + P+ P PP+ + +nN + + + + + R + +RK
3212
25.Qf2-g3 [ 25.Qf2-e3 Qa5-d8 26.f3-f4 Bg6-e4-+ ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 25.Qf2-e3 Bb4-d6 26.f3-f4 Bg6-e4 27.Ne2-g3 Rh8-h3 28.Ng3xe4 Rh3xe3 29.Ne4xd6+ Kc8-d7 30.Ng2xe3 Kd7xd6 Diagram 31.Ra1-a2 Kd6-c7 32.Ne3-f5 b7-b5 33.Ra2-e2 -0.93/13 ] 25...Qa5-d8 [ 25...Bb4-c3!? makes it even easier
+k+ + r pp+ +p+ +p+ +l+ + +p+ + P+ q +P+ + +nRPQ + + +N+ + + +RK
3214
; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 25...Bb4-c3 26.Ra1-a2 Qa5-b4 27.Ne2xc3 Qb4xd4+ 28.Ra2-f2 Qd4xc3 29.Rf2-e2 Qc3-d4+ 30.Re2-e3 Rh8-e8 31.f3-f4 Bg6-e4 32.Ng2-e1 Nd3-c5 33.a4-a5 Qd4-b2 34.Qg3-h4 -1.60/12 ] 26.f3-f4 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 26.f3-f4 Qd8-e7 27.Ne2-c1 Nd3xc1 28.Ra1xc1 Bg6-e4 29.Rf1-f2 Qe7-f6 30.Rc1-d1 Qf6-h6 31.Rf2-f1 Qh6-g7 32.Kg1-f2 Diagram
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
+k+ + r pp+ +pq +p+ + + + +p+ + Pl PlPP+ + + + Q + + KN+ + +R+R+
878
+kq + r pp+ +p+ +pl +l+ + +p+ + P+ P PP+ + +n+ Q + +N+N+ R +R+ K
3215
Be4-c2 33.Ng2-e3 Bc2xd1 34.Rf1xd1 Qg7-g6 35.Ne3-f5 Kc8-b8 -1.34/12 ] 26...Bb4-d6 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 26...Qd8-e7 27.Ne2-c1 Nd3xc1 28.Ra1xc1 Bg6-e4 29.Rf1-f2 Qe7-f6 30.Rc1-d1 Qf6-h6 31.Rf2-f1 Qh6-g7 32.Kg1-f2 Be4-c2 33.Ng2-e3 Bc2xd1 34.Rf1xd1 Diagram
+k+ + r pp+ +pq +p+ + + + +p+ + Pl P PP+ + + N Q + + K + + +R+ +
Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 27...Nd3-b2 28.a4-a5 Nb2-c4 29.Rf3-f2 Kc8-b8 30.a5-a6 b7-b5 31.Ng2-e1 Bg6-e4 32.Rf2-h2 b5-b4 33.Ne1-f3 Rh8xh2 34.Kg1xh2 b4-b3 35.Nf3-e5 Qd8-h8+ 36.Qg3-h3 -1.02/13 ]
+kq + r pp+ +p+ +pl +l+ + +p+ + Pn P PP+ + + +RQ + +N+N+ R + + K
3216
Qg7-g6 35.Ne3-f5 Kc8-b8 -1.10/12 ] 27.Rf1-f3 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 27.Rf1-d1 Diagram Nd3-b2 28.Rd1-e1 Kc8-b8 29.Ra1-a2 Nb2-c4 30.a4-a5 Qd8-e7 31.a5-a6 b7-b6 32.Ne2-c3 Qe7-f6 33.Qg3-f2 Bg6-d3 -0.96/12 ] 27...Nd3-b4
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28.Ne2-c3?! Diagram [ 28.g4-g5 Kc8-b8 29.Ra1-d1-+ ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 28.Rf3-b3 Bg6-c2 29.Rb3-e3 Kc8-b8 30.Ra1-e1 Bc2-e4 31.Re3-b3 Qd8-f6 32.g4-g5 Qf6-e7 33.Ng2-h4 Nb4-d3 34.Re1-b1 -0.93/12 Diagram ] puts up no fight 28...Rh8-h7
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
k + + r pp+ qp+ +pl + + + +p+ P P+ PlP N +R+n+ Q + +N+ + +R+ + K
+kq + r pp+ +p+ +pl +l+ + +p+ + Pn P PP+ + N +RQ + + +N+ R + + K
879
3219
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[ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 28...Qd8-f6 29.Ra1-d1 Kc8-b8 30.Rd1-d2 Bd6-c7 31.g4-g5 Qf6-e6 32.Rf3-e3 Qe6-d7 33.Ng2-h4 -0.96/11 ] 29.Ra1-d1 [ 29.Ng2-e1 Qd8-h8 30.Nc3-e2 Bg6-e4-+ ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 29.Ng2-e1 Diagram
+kq + + pp+ +p+r +pl +l+ + +p+ + Pn P PP+ + N +RQ + + + + R + N K
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Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 29...Kc8-b8 30.Rd1-d2 Qd8-h8 31.Ng2-e1 Rh7-h1+ 32.Kg1-g2 Rh1-h4 33.Kg2-f1 f7-f6 34.Rf3-e3 Qh8-h6 35.Ne1-g2 Diagram
k + + + pp+ + + +pl plq + +p+ + Pn P PPr + N R Q + R +N+ + + +K+
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Rh4-h1+ 36.Kf1-f2 Rh1-h2 -0.95/11 ] (Diagram 3223)
(Diagram 3221) Qd8-h4 30.Kg1-f2 Qh4-f6 31.Ra1-d1 Kc8-b8 32.a4-a5 Rh7-h8 33.Rd1-d2 Bd6-c7 34.g4-g5 Qf6-d6 35.Rd2-e2 f7-f6 36.Rf3-e3 f6xg5 37.Qg3xg5 Bc7xa5 -0.92/12 ] 29...Qd8-h8
30.Kg1-f2 [ 30.Ng2-e1 Diagram a fruitless try to alter the course of the game Rh7-h1+ 31.Kg1-f2 Bd6-e7-+ ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 30.Ng2-e1 Rh7-h4 31.Kg1-f2 Kc8-b8 32.a4-a5 Bd6-c7 33.Ne1-g2 Rh4-h7 34.Rf3-e3
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
+k+ + q pp+ +p+r +pl +l+ + +p+ + Pn P PP+ + N +RQ + + +N+ + +R+ K
+k+ + q pp+ +p+r +pl +l+ + +p+ + Pn P PP+ + N +RQ + + + + + +RN K
880
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Nb4-c2 35.Re3-e7 Rh7-h3 36.Re7-e8+ Qh8xe8 37.Qg3xh3 Bc7xa5 -0.76/11 ] 30...Nb4-c2 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 30...Nb4-c2 31.Nc3-e2 Rh7-h2 32.g4-g5 Qh8-h5 33.Rd1-g1 Bg6-e4 34.Rf3-c3 Kc8-b8 35.a4-a5 Bd6-b4 36.f4-f5+ Kb8-a8 37.Ne2-f4 Qh5-h8 38.Rc3xc2 Qh8xd4+ 39.Qg3-e3 Qd4xe3+ 40.Kf2xe3 Be4xc2 -2.99/12 ] 31.Nc3-e2 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 31.Rd1-d2 Nc2xd4 32.Rf3-e3 Nd4-e6 33.Nc3xd5 c6xd5 34.Rd2xd5 Bd6-c5 35.f4-f5 Qh8-b2+ 36.Kf2-g1 Qb2-c1+ 37.Kg1-f2 Bc5xe3+ 38.Qg3xe3
+k+ + q pp+ +p+r +pl +l+ + +p+ + P+ P PP+ + N +RQ +n+ KN+ + +R+ +
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Qc1xe3+ 39.Kf2xe3 Rh7-h3+ 40.Ke3-e4 -3.07/11 ] 31...Bg6-e4 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 31...Rh7-h2 32.g4-g5 Qh8-h5 33.Rd1-g1 Bg6-e4 34.Rf3-b3 a7-a5 35.Rb3-c3 Bd6-b4 36.Rc3xc2 Be4xc2 37.Qg3-f3 Qh5xf3+ 38.Kf2xf3 Bc2xa4 39.Ng2-e3 Ba4-b5 -3.08/12 ]
+k+ + q pp+ +p+r +pl + + + +p+ + P+ PlPP+ + + +RQ +n+NKN+ + +R+ +
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32.g4-g5 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 32.Rd1-d2 Rh7-h2 33.Kf2-g1 Rh2-h1+ 34.Kg1-f2 Bd6-b4 35.Rd2xc2 Be4xc2 36.g4-g5 Kc8-c7 37.Rf3-e3 Bc2-e4 38.Re3-b3 Rh1-h2 Diagram 39.Rb3xb4 Rh2xg2+ 40.Qg3xg2 Be4xg2 41.Kf2xg2 Qh8-h7 42.Rb4-b2
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
+ + + q ppk +p+ +p+ + + + +p+ P Pl PlP + +R+ + Q + +NKNr + + + +
881
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Qh7-e4+ 43.Kg2-f2 b7-b6 44.Rb2-b3 Qe4-c2 -3.05/11 ] 32...Kc8-c7 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 32...Rh7-h2 33.Qg3-g4+ Kc8-c7 34.Rf3-g3 Bd6-b4 35.f4-f5 Bb4-d6 36.f5-f6 Bd6xg3+ 37.Qg4xg3+ Kc7-c8 38.Ne2-f4 b7-b6 39.a4-a5 b6xa5 40.Qg3-g4+ Kc8-c7 41.Qg4-g3 Kc7-b7 42.Rd1-b1+ Nc2-b4 -2.22/12 ] 33.Qg3-g4 Diagram [ 33.Rd1-d2 cannot change what is in store for White Rh7-h2-+ ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 33.a4-a5 Diagram
+ + + q ppk +p+r +pl + + P +p+ P + PlP + + + +RQ +n+NKN+ + +R+ +
+ + + q ppk +p+r +pl + + + +p+ P P+ PlPQ+ + + +R+ +n+NKN+ + +R+ +
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(Diagram 3228) Rh7-h2 34.a5-a6 Be4xf3 35.Qg3xf3 Qh8-h4+ 36.Kf2-f1 Rh2-h1+ 37.Ne2-g1 Qh4-h2 38.Qf3-f2 b7-b5 39.Rd1-c1 Nc2-b4 40.Rc1-d1 Nb4xa6 41.Rd1-a1 Kc7-b7 42.Kf1-e2 Qh2-h8 43.Ra1-e1 Na6-b4 -2.66/11 ] (Diagram 3229) 33...Nc2xd4! Decoy: d4 [Weaker is 33...Be4xf3 34.Kf2xf3 Diagram Rh7-h2 35.Kf3-f2-+ ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 33...Nc2xd4 34.Ne2xd4 Bd6-c5 35.Rf3-e3 Bc5xd4 36.Rd1xd4 Qh8xd4 37.Qg4-g3 b7-b6 38.a4-a5 b6xa5
+ + + q ppk +p+r +pl + + + +p+ P P+ P PQ+ + + +K+ +n+N+N+ + +R+ +
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39.f4-f5+ Kc7-b7 40.Qg3-d6 Be4xf5
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
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37.Rd1-f1 Qh8-b2 38.Rf1-f2 Qb2-d4 39.Rf2-f1 Be4xf3 40.Qg4xf3 Qd4xa4 41.Kg3-g4 a7-a5 42.Rf1-c1 Qa4-a3 43.Qf3xa3 Bc5xa3 44.Rc1-a1 -3.61/10 ] 36.Ng2-h4 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 36.Ng2-h4 Bd4-c5 37.Rd1-f1 Qh8-b2 38.Qg4-h3 Be4xf3 39.Rf1xf3 Qb2-d4 40.Qh3-f1 Qd4xa4 41.Nh4-f5 Qa4-c2 3231 42.Kg3-g4 b7-b5 43.Rf3-d3 Qc2-h2 44.Nf5-h6 b5-b4 45.Rd3-h3 Qh2-g1+ 46.Qf1xg1 Bc5xg1 -3.86/11 ] 36...Bd4-c5 [ 36...f7-f5 37.Nh4xf5 Bd4-f2+ 38.Rf3xf2 Qh8-c3+ 39.Rf2-f3 Be4xf3 40.Rd1-c1-+ ( 40.Qg4xf3?? Rh7-h3+ 41.Kg3xh3 Qc3xf3+ 42.Nf5-g3 Qf3xd1-+ );Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 36...f7-f5 37.Nh4xf5 Be4xf3 38.Kg3xf3 Rh7-h3+ 39.Kf3-e2 Qh8-e8+ 40.Ke2-f1 -5.08/12 ] 37.Rd1-f1 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: Decoy ; 34.Ne2xd4 Bd6-c5 37.Rd1-f1 Qh8-b2 38.Qg4-h3 Be4xf3 Combination ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 39.Rf1xf3 Qb2-d4 40.Qh3-f1 Qd4xa4 41.Nh4-f5 Qa4-c2 42.Kg3-g4 b7-b5 34.Ne2xd4 Bd6-c5 35.Rf3-e3 Bc5xd4 43.Rf3-d3 Qc2-h2 44.Nf5-h6 b5-b4 36.Rd1xd4 Qh8xd4 37.Qg4-g3 b7-b6 45.Rd3-h3 Qh2-g1+ 46.Qf1xg1 38.f4-f5+ Kc7-b7 39.a4-a5 b6xa5 40.Qg3-d6 Be4xf5 41.Qd6-e7+ Bc5xg1 -3.86/12 ] 37...Qh8-b2 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 37...Qh8-b2 Kb7-a6 42.Qe7-d6 Qd4-b2+ 43.Re3-e2 Qb2-b6+ 44.Ng2-e3 38.Qg4-h3 Be4xf3 39.Rf1xf3 Qb2-d4 Bf5-e4 -3.94/11 ] 34...Bd6-c5 40.Qh3-f1 Qd4xa4 41.Nh4-f5 Qa4-c2 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 34...Bd6-c5 42.Nf5-h6 a7-a5 43.Qf1-e1 b7-b6 35.Qg4-g3 Bc5xd4+ 36.Rd1xd4 44.Rf3-c3 Qc2-e4 45.Qe1-d1 a5-a4 -3.69/14 ] 38.a4-a5 [Houdini 2.0c Pro Qh8xd4+ 37.Rf3-e3 Qd4-a1 x64: 38.Qg4-h3 Be4xf3 39.Rf1xf3 38.Re3-e2 Rh7-h1 39.Ng2-e1 b7-b6 40.Qg3-e3 Qa1xa4 41.Kf2-g3 Qb2-d4 40.Qh3-f1 Qd4xa4 41.Nh4-f5 Kc7-b7 -3.41/10 ] 35.Kf2-g3 Qa4-c2 42.Nf5-h6 a7-a5 43.Qf1-e1 [ 35.Rf3-e3 hoping against hope b7-b6 44.Rf3-c3 Qc2-e4 45.Qe1-d1 Bc5xd4 36.Rd1xd4 Qh8xd4 a5-a4 -3.94/13 ] 38...a7-a6 37.Ng2-h4 Qd4xa4 38.f4-f5 Qa4-c2+ [ 38...Qb2-a2 seems even better 39.Re3-e2-+ ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 39.Qg4-h3-+ ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 35.Rf3-e3 Bc5xd4 36.Rd1xd4 Qh8xd4 38...f7-f5 39.Qg4-h3 Bc5-d4 40.g5-g6 37.Qg4-g3 Qd4-a1 38.Re3-e2 Rh7-h1 Rh7-h6 41.Qh3-g2 Qb2xg2+ 39.Ng2-e1 b7-b6 40.Qg3-e3 Qa1xa4 42.Nh4xg2 Rh6xg6+ 43.Kg3-h2 41.Kf2-g3 Kc7-b7 -3.69/11 ] Be4xf3 44.Rf1xf3 Rg6-h6+ 45.Kh2-g3 35...Bc5xd4 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: c6-c5 46.Ng2-e3 Rh6-g6+ 47.Kg3-h4 35...Bc5xd4 36.Ng2-h4 Bd4-c5 Bd4xe3 48.Rf3xe3 c5-c4 49.Re3-e7+ 41.Qd6-e7+ Kb7-a6 42.Qe7-d6 Qd4-b2+ 43.Re3-e2 Qb2-b6+ 44.Ng2-e3 Bf5-e4 -3.65/13 ] 34.Ne2xd4 [ 34.Rd1xd4 Bd6-c5 Diagram
+ + + q ppk +p+r +p+ + + + lp+ P P+ RlPQ+ + + +R+ + +NKN+ + + + +
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games Kc7-c6 -4.17/11 ] 39.Qg4-h3 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 39.Kg3-h3 Be4xf3 40.Qg4xf3 Qb2-d2 41.Rf1-d1 Qd2xa5 42.Kh3-g4 Qa5-b4 43.Nh4-f5 a6-a5 44.Qf3-e2 Qb4-e4 45.Qe2-d2 Bc5-b4 46.Qd2-f2 a5-a4 -3.40/12 ] 39...Bc5-d6 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 39...Rh7-h8 40.Qh3-g4 Qb2-e2 41.Kg3-h3 Kc7-b8 42.Kh3-g3 Kb8-a7 43.Kg3-h3 Be4xf3 44.Qg4xf3 Qe2-d2 45.Rf1-a1 Bc5-d4 -3.98/11 ] 40.Rf3-e3 [ 40.Rf3-f2 cannot change destiny Qb2-b5-+ ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 40.Rf1-f2 Qb2-b5 41.Rf3-e3 Bd6-c5 42.Kg3-g4 Qb5xa5 43.Rf2-e2 Bc5xe3 44.Qh3xe3 Kc7-b8 45.Nh4-f5 Qa5-d8 46.Kg4-g3 Qd8-c7 47.Nf5-h6 c6-c5 -3.31/11 ] 40...Qb2-d4 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 40...Qb2-d4 41.Re3xe4 d5xe4 42.Qh3-g2 Qd4-d5 43.Kg3-g4 f7-f6 44.Rf1-e1 Bd6xf4 45.Nh4-f5 f6xg5 46.Qg2xe4 Qd5xa5 47.Re1-d1 Kc7-b8 48.Qe4-d4 Rh7-h2 49.Qd4-d8+ Qa5xd8 50.Rd1xd8+ Kb8-c7 51.Rd8-g8 Rh2-g2+ 52.Kg4-f3 -4.15/13 ] 41.Re3xe4 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 41.Re3-f3 Be4xf3 42.Rf1xf3 f7-f5 43.Qh3-f1 Rh7-h5 44.Kg3-h3 Rh5xg5 45.Qf1-f2 Qd4-a1 46.Qf2-f1 Qa1xf1+ 47.Rf3xf1 Rg5-h5 48.Kh3-g3 c6-c5 49.Rf1-d1 d5-d4 -4.35/11 ] 41...d5xe4 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 41...d5xe4 42.Qh3-g2 Qd4-d5 43.Kg3-g4 f7-f6 44.Rf1-e1 Bd6xf4 45.Nh4-f5 f6xg5 46.Qg2xe4 Qd5xa5 47.Re1-d1 Kc7-b8 48.Qe4-d4 Rh7-h2 49.Qd4-d8+ Qa5xd8 50.Rd1xd8+ Kb8-c7 51.Rd8-g8 Rh2-g2+ 52.Kg4-f3 -4.11/12 ] 42.Kg3-g4 [ 42.Qh3-g2 is the last straw Qd4-d5 43.Kg3-g4-+ ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 42.Qh3-g2 Qd4-d5 43.Kg3-g4 f7-f6 44.Rf1-e1 Bd6xf4 45.Nh4-f5 f6xg5 46.Qg2xe4 Qd5xa5 47.Re1-d1 Kc7-b8 48.Qe4-d4
883 Rh7-h2 49.Qd4-d8+ Qa5xd8 50.Rd1xd8+ Kb8-c7 51.Rd8-g8 Rh2-g2+ 52.Kg4-f3 -4.34/12 ] 42...Qd4-d2 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 42...Qd4-d2 43.Qh3-h1 Qd2-e2+ 44.Kg4-g3 Qe2-h5 45.Qh1-h3 Qh5xg5+ 46.Qh3-g4 Qg5xa5 47.Kg3-g2 Qa5-d2+ 48.Rf1-f2 Qd2-e1 49.Qg4-g3 e4-e3 50.Rf2-b2 Qe1-d1 51.Qg3-g5 b7-b5 52.Qg5-g3 e3-e2 -6.02/10 ] 43.Kg4-g3 [ 43.Qh3-h1 is one last hope Qd2-e2+ 44.Kg4-g3-+ ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 43.Qh3-h1 Qd2-e2+ 44.Kg4-g3 Qe2-h5 45.Qh1-h3 Qh5xg5+ 46.Qh3-g4 Qg5xa5 47.Kg3-g2 Qa5-d2+ 48.Rf1-f2 Qd2-e1 49.Qg4-g3 e4-e3 50.Rf2-b2 Qe1-d1 51.Qg3-g5 b7-b5 52.Qg5-g3 e3-e2 -6.20/11 ] 43...e4-e3 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 43...e4-e3 44.Qh3-f5 e3-e2 45.Qf5-b1 Bd6xf4+ 46.Kg3-g4 e2xf1Q 47.Qb1xf1 Bf4xg5 48.Nh4-f5 Bg5-f6 49.Qf1-f4+ Qd2xf4+ 50.Kg4xf4 Bf6-c3 51.Kf4-g4 Bc3xa5 52.Kg4-f3 b7-b5 53.Kf3-e4 b5-b4 54.Ke4-d4 Ba5-b6+ 55.Kd4-c4 -11.38/10 ] 44.Qh3-f5 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 44.Qh3-f5 e3-e2 45.Qf5-b1 Bd6xf4+ 46.Kg3-g4 e2xf1Q 47.Qb1xf1 Bf4xg5 48.Nh4-f5 Bg5-f6 49.Qf1-f4+ Qd2xf4+ 50.Kg4xf4 Bf6-c3 51.Kf4-g4 Bc3xa5 52.Kg4-f3 b7-b5 53.Kf3-e4 b5-b4 54.Ke4-d4 Ba5-b6+ 55.Kd4-c4 -11.56/11 ] 44...e3-e2 [ 44...e3-e2 45.Rf1-b1 e2-e1Q+ 46.Rb1xe1 Qd2xe1+ 47.Kg3-g2 Qe1xh4 48.Kg2-f3 Qh4-h2 49.Qf5xh7 Qh2xh7 50.g5-g6 Qh7xg6 51.f4-f5 Qg6xf5+ 52.Kf3-e2 Qf5-e4+ 53.Ke2-f2 Bd6-f4 54.Kf2-f1 Qe4-f3+ 55.Kf1-g1 Qf3-e2 56.Kg1-h1 Qe2-h2# ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 44...e3-e2 45.Qf5-b1 Bd6xf4+ 46.Kg3-g4 e2xf1Q 47.Qb1xf1 Bf4xg5 48.Nh4-f5 Bg5-f6 49.Qf1-f4+ Qd2xf4+ 50.Kg4xf4 Bf6-c3 51.Nf5-g3 Bc3xa5
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52.Ng3-e4 Rh7-h4+ 53.Kf4-f5 b7-b5 54.Kf5-e5 Ba5-b6 -11.50/10 ] 0-1
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Vassily Ivanchuk Krishnan Sasikiran ACP Golden Classic (6)
20.07.2012
C84: Closed Ruy Lopez: Unusual White 6th moves 1.e2-e4 e7-e5 2.Ng1-f3 Nb8-c6 3.Bf1-b5 a7-a6 4.Bb5-a4 Diagram
r+lqklnr +ppp+ppp p+n+ + + + + p + L+ +P+ + + + +N+ PPPP PPP RNLQK +R
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Ng8-f6 5.0-0 Bf8-e7 6.d2-d3 d7-d6 7.c2-c3 0-0 8.Rf1-e1 b7-b5 9.Ba4-c2 Rf8-e8 10.h2-h3 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 10.d3-d4 Diagram
r+lqr+k+ + p lppp p+np n + +p+ p + + PP+ + + P +N+ PPL+ PPP RNLQR K
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19.Ra1-a3 Ra5-c5 20.d3-d4 e5xd4 21.c3xd4 Rc5-b5 22.Ba4xb5 a6xb5 23.d4-d5 Nc6-e7 24.Bc1-b2 b5-b4 25.Ra3-a7 Ne7-c8 26.Ra7-b7 Jakovenko,D (2691)-Akopian,V (2700)/ Moscow 2007/CBM 117/1-0 (44) ) 12.d3-d4 g7-g6 13.h2-h3 Bf8-g7 14.Nf1-g3 Bc8-b7 15.Bc1-e3 e5xd4 16.c3xd4 Nc6-b4 17.Bc2-b1 Nf6xe4 18.Ng3xe4 Bb7xe4 19.Bb1xe4 Re8xe4 20.Qd1-b3 c7-c5 21.a2-a3 c5xd4 22.Be3xd4 Re4xe1+ 23.Ra1xe1 Nb4-c6 24.Bd4xg7 Kg8xg7 Morozevich,A (2741)-Anand,V (2786)/ Monte Carlo 2005/CBM 105 ext/½-½ ] 10...Bc8-b7N [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 10...h7-h6 Diagram (Diagram 3234)
(Diagram 3233) h7-h6 11.d4-d5 Nc6-a5 12.Nb1-d2 Bc8-d7 13.b2-b4 Na5-c4 14.Nd2xc4 b5xc4 15.Bc1-e3 Nf6-g4 16.Qd1-e2 Ng4xe3 17.Qe2xe3 0.05/12 ;RR 10.Nb1-d2 Be7-f8 11.Nd2-f1 h7-h6 ( RR 11...g7-g6 12.Nf1-g3 Bf8-g7 13.a2-a4 b5-b4 14.a4-a5 b4xc3 15.b2xc3 Ra8-b8 16.h2-h3 Bc8-d7 17.Bc2-b3 Rb8-b5 18.Bb3-a4 Rb5xa5
11.Bc1-e3 (RR 11.d3-d4 Bc8-b7 12.a2-a4 Be7-f8 13.d4-d5 Nc6-b8 14.a4xb5 a6xb5 15.Ra1xa8 Bb7xa8 16.Nb1-a3 c7-c6 17.d5xc6 Ba8xc6 18.Bc2-d3 Nb8-d7 19.Na3xb5 Nd7-c5 20.Qd1-c2 d6-d5 21.Nb5-a7 d5xe4 22.Na7xc6 Qd8xd3 23.Nf3-d4 e5xd4 24.Nc6xd4 Qd3xc2 25.Nd4xc2 Nc5-d3 Guempel,V (2343)-Dashibalov, E (2191)/Tomsk 2003/CBM 095 ext/0-1
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
885 Rd8xe8 19.Nf1-e3 Bb7-e4 -0.06/12 ]
r+lqr+k+ + p lpp p+np n p +p+ p + + +P+ + + PP+N+P PPL+ PP+ RNLQR K
rn qr+k+ +lp lppp p+ p n + +p+ p + + +P+ + + PP+N+P PPLN PP+ R LQR K
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(50) ) 11...Bc8-e6 12.Nb1-d2 Qd8-d7 13.Bc2-b3 d6-d5 14.Qd1-c2 Ra8-d8 15.a2-a4 d5xe4 16.a4xb5 a6xb5 17.Bb3xe6 Qd7xe6 18.Nd2xe4 Nf6xe4 19.d3xe4 -0.17/11 ] 11.Nb1-d2 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 11.a2-a4 Qd8-d7 12.Qd1-e2 d6-d5 13.Nb1-d2 Be7-f8 14.e4xd5 Nf6xd5 15.Nd2-e4 h7-h6 16.Bc2-b3 Bf8-e7 17.Bc1-d2 0.08/11 ]
r+ qr+k+ +lp lppp p+np n + +p+ p + + +P+ + + PP+N+P PPLN PP+ R LQR K
12.Nd2-f1 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 12.a2-a4 Nb8-c6 13.Nd2-b3 h7-h6 14.Qd1-e2 Qd8-d7 15.d3-d4 e5xd4 16.Nb3xd4 Nc6xd4 17.Nf3xd4 b5-b4 18.c3xb4 d6-d5 19.e4-e5 Be7xb4 0.23/12 ] 12...Nb8-d7 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 12...Nb8-c6 13.Nf1-e3 h7-h6 14.Ne3-f5 Be7-f8 15.Qd1-e2 Nc6-e7 16.Nf5-e3 Qd8-d7 17.Bc2-b3 a6-a5 18.Bc1-d2 0.14/12 ] 13.a2-a4 Diagram [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 13.Nf1-g3 g7-g6 14.Bc1-e3 Be7-f8 15.Qd1-d2 Nd7-c5 16.b2-b4 Nc5-e6 17.Bc2-b3 Qd8-d7 18.Nf3-g5 Ne6xg5 19.Be3xg5 0.23/12 Diagram
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11...Nc6-b8 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 11...Qd8-d7 12.Nd2-f1 Ra8-d8 13.Bc2-b3 d6-d5 14.e4xd5 Nf6xd5 15.Nf3xe5 Nc6xe5 16.Re1xe5 Nd5-f6 17.d3-d4 Be7-d6 18.Re5xe8+
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(Diagram 3237) ] (Diagram 3238) 13...Be7-f8 last book move last book move [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 13...Nd7-c5 14.Bc1-e3 Nc5-e6 15.Nf1-g3 g7-g6 16.Qd1-d2 Qd8-d7 17.b2-b4 Be7-f8 18.Bc2-b3 Bf8-g7 19.Nf3-g5 0.06/11 Diagram ] 14.Bc1-g5 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64:
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
r+ +rlk+ +lpq+p+p p+ p np+ +p+ p L P +P+ + +LPP+ NP P+ Q PP+ R + R K
r+ qr+k+ +lpnlppp p+ p n + +p+ p + P+ +P+ + + PP+N+P PL+ PP+ R LQRNK
r+ +r+k+ +lpq+plp p+ pnnp+ +p+ p N PP +P+ + +LPPL NP + Q PP+ R + R K 14.Nf1-e3 h7-h6 15.c3-c4 b5xc4
886 16.Ne3xc4 Ra8-b8 17.Bc1-d2 d6-d5 18.e4xd5 Bb7xd5 19.Bd2-c3 e5-e4 0.24/10 Diagram 3237
r qrlk+ + pn+pp p+ + n p + +l+ + P+N+p+ + + LP+N+P PL+ PP+ R +QR K 3238
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] 14...h7-h6 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 14...Bf8-e7 15.Bg5-c1 0.12/11 ]
r+ qrlk+ +lpn+pp p+ p n p +p+ p L P+ +P+ + + PP+N+P PL+ PP+ R +QRNK
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Black threatens to win material: h6xg5 15.Bg5-h4 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 15.Bg5xf6 Qd8xf6 16.Nf1-e3 Nd7-c5 17.Qd1-d2 Bf8-e7 18.b2-b4 Nc5-e6 19.Bc2-b3 Ne6-f4 20.Bb3-d5 Nf4xh3+ 21.g2xh3 Bb7xd5 22.Ne3xd5 Qf6xf3 23.a4xb5 0.13/11 ] 15...c7-c5 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 15...b5-b4 Diagram 16.c3xb4 d6-d5 17.Qd1-d2 Qd8-e7
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r+ qrlk+ +lpn+pp p+ p n p + + p + Pp +P+ L + PP+N+P PL+ PP+ R +QRNK
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18.Bh4xf6 Nd7xf6 19.e4xd5 Nf6xd5 20.Nf3xe5 Qe7xb4 21.Bc2-d1 Nd5-f4 22.Qd2xb4 Bf8xb4 23.Bd1-b3 0.05/10 ] 16.Nf1-e3 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 16.Nf3-d2 Qd8-b6 17.Nf1-e3 d6-d5 18.e4xd5 Nf6xd5 19.Nd2-e4 Qb6-e6 20.Ne3xd5 Bb7xd5 21.a4xb5 a6xb5 22.Qd1-f3 c5-c4 0.30/11 ]
r+ qrlk+ +l+n+pp p+ p n p +pp p + P+ +P+ L + PPNN+P PL+ PP+ R +QR K
r+ +r+k+ +l+nqpl p+ p npp Ppp p + + +P+ L + PPN +P PLN PP+ R +QR K
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21.e4xd5 c5-c4 22.Nd2-e4 0.21/10 ] (Diagram 3246) 17.Bc2-b3 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 17.Qd1-e2 Qb6-c7 18.a4xb5 a6xb5 19.Nf3-d2 d6-d5 20.Qe2-f3 d5-d4 21.Ne3-f5 Ra8xa1 22.Re1xa1 d4xc3 23.b2xc3 Diagram
(Diagram 3244) (Diagram 3247) 16...Qd8-b6 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 16...Qd8-e7 17.a4-a5 g7-g6 18.Nf3-d2 Bf8-g7 Diagram 19.Qd1-f3 Ra8-c8 20.Ne3-d5 Bb7xd5
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Re8-a8 0.27/10 ] 17...Qb6-c7 Diagram [ 17...Bb7-c6 18.Bb3-d5$ ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64:
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888 Diagram
r+ +rlk+ +l+n+pp pq p n p +pp p + P+ +P+ L + PPNN+P PL+ PP+ R +QR K
+ +rlk+ +lqn+pp + + n p +pp pN+ + +P+ L + PP+Q+P +LN PP+ R + + K
r+ +rlk+ +l+n+pp pq p n p +pp p + P+ +P+ L +LPPNN+P P + PP+ R +QR K
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r+ +rlk+ +l+ +pp pq p n p +p+ p + P+P+P+ + +LP NN+P P + PP+ R +QR K
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Bb7xe4 20.Bb3-c2 Be4-c6 21.Ne3-d5 Bc6xd5 22.c4xd5 Diagram 3247
r+ +rlk+ + + +pp pq p n p +p+Pp + P+ + + + + P +N+P PL+ PP+ R +QR K 3248
17...c5-c4 18.Bh4xf6 Nd7xf6 19.d3xc4
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Qb6-b7 23.Bc2-e4 b5xa4 24.Qd1-d2 Re8-b8 25.Ra1-a2 Bf8-e7 -0.11/12 ] (Diagram 3251) 18.Nf3-d2 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 18.c3-c4 b5-b4 19.Qd1-d2 Diagram Nf6-h5 20.a4-a5 Nh5-f4 21.Bh4-g3 g7-g6 22.Ne3-d5 Bb7xd5 23.c4xd5 Bf8-g7 24.Bb3-c4 0.23/10 ] 18...c5-c4 Diagram [ 18...Bb7-c6!? Diagram ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 18...g7-g6
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r+ +rlk+ +lqn+pp p+ p n p +pp p + P+ +P+ L +LPPNN+P P + PP+ R +QR K
r+ +rlk+ +lqn+pp p+ p n p + p p + PpP+P+ L +L+PNN+P P Q PP+ R + R K
r+ +rlk+ + qn+pp p+lp n p +pp p + P+ +P+ L +LPPN +P P N PP+ R +QR K
889 21.Bh4-g3 h6-h5 22.Ng4-e3 h5-h4 23.Bg3-h2 0.29/10 ] 3251
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r+ +rlk+ +lqn+pp p+ p n p +p+ p + P+p+P+ L +LPPN +P P N PP+ R +QR K
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19.d3xc4+- Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 19.d3xc4 Diagram
r+ +rlk+ +lqn+pp p+ p n p +p+ p + P+P+P+ L +LP N +P P N PP+ R +QR K
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19.Qd1-f3 Bf8-g7 20.Ne3-g4 g6-g5
g7-g5 20.Bh4-g3 Nd7-c5 21.Bb3-c2 b5xc4 22.Qd1-f3 Bf8-g7 23.Ne3xc4 a6-a5 24.Bg3-h2 Ra8-b8 25.Ra1-d1 Bb7-c6 26.b2-b3 Rb8-c8 27.Qf3-f5 0.58/12 ] (Diagram 3256) 19...b5xc4 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 19...g7-g5 20.Bh4-g3 Nd7-c5 21.Bb3-c2 Nc5xa4 Diagram
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r+ +rlk+ +lqn+pp p+ p n p +p+ p + P+P+P+ L +LP N +P P N PP+ R +QR K
r+ +rlk+ +lq +p+ p+ p n p +p+ p p n+P+P+ + + P N LP PLN PP+ R +QR K
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r+ +rlk+ +lqn+pp p+ p n p + + p + P+p+P+ L +LP N +P P N PP+ R +QR K
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r+ +rlk+ + qn+pp p+lp n p + + p + P+p+P+ L + P NQ+P PLN PP+ R + R K
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22.Bc2xa4 b5xa4 23.Qd1-c2 Bb7-c6 24.Ne3-d5 Nf6xd5 25.e4xd5 Bc6-d7 26.Nd2-e4 Bf8-e7 27.Qc2-d3 0.47/11 ]
r+ +rlk+ + +n+pp p+q+ n p + +lp + P+ + + L + P N QP PLN PP+ R + R K
(Diagram 3258) 20.Bb3xc4 Diagram [ 20.Ne3xc4?! Ra8-b8$ ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 20.Bb3-c2 Bb7-c6 21.Qd1-f3 Diagram (Diagram 3259) Qc7-b7 22.Ne3xc4 d6-d5 23.e4xd5 Bc6xd5 24.Qf3-g3 Qb7-c6 25.Nc4-e3 0.63/10 Diagram ]
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Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
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891
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20...Nf6xe4 Diagram [ 20...g7-g5 21.Bh4-g3 Nd7-c5 22.f2-f3+- ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 20...g7-g5 21.Bh4-g3 Diagram
r+ +rlk+ +lqn+p+ p+ p n p + + p p P+L+P+ + + P N LP P N PP+ R +QR K
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Nd7-c5 22.Ne3-d5 Nf6xd5 23.e4xd5 Nc5-d7 24.Qd1-f3 Nd7-b6 25.Qf3-e4 Diagram (Diagram 3263) Nb6xc4 26.Nd2xc4 Ra8-c8 27.b2-b3 Qc7-c5 0.59/11 ] 21.Ne3-d5 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 21.Ne3-d5 Diagram Bb7xd5 22.Bc4xd5 Ne4xd2
r+ +rlk+ +lq +p+ pn p + p + +Pp p P+L+Q+ + + P + LP P N PP+ R + R K
r+ +rlk+ +lqn+pp p+ p + p + + p + P+L+n+ L + P N +P P N PP+ R +QR K
r+ +rlk+ +lqn+pp p+ p + p + +Np + P+L+n+ L + P + +P P N PP+ R +QR K
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23.Bd5xa8 Re8xa8 24.Qd1xd2 a6-a5
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25.Bh4-g3 Qc7-b7 26.b2-b4 Bf8-e7 27.f2-f4 e5-e4 28.Bg3-f2 a5xb4 29.c3xb4 d6-d5 30.Re1-d1 Be7-f6 31.Ra1-c1 0.80/13 ] 21...Bb7xd5 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 21...Bb7xd5 22.Bc4xd5 Ne4xd2 23.Bd5xa8 Re8xa8 24.Qd1xd2 a6-a5 25.Bh4-g3 Qc7-b7 26.b2-b4 Bf8-e7 27.f2-f4 e5-e4 28.Bg3-f2 a5xb4 29.c3xb4 d6-d5 30.Re1-d1 Diagram
r+ + +k+ +q+nlpp + + + p + +p+ + PP +pP + + + + +P + Q LP+ R +R+ K
r+ +rlk+ + qn+pp p+ p + p + +lp + P+L+n+ L + P + +P P N PP+ R +QR K
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Be7-f6 31.Ra1-c1 1.13/14 ] (Diagram 3267)
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22.Bc4xd5 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 22.Bc4xd5 Diagram (Diagram 3268) Ne4xd2 23.Bd5xa8 Re8xa8 24.Qd1xd2 a6-a5 25.Bh4-g3 Nd7-b6 26.b2-b3 Nb6-d7 27.b3-b4 Qc7-c4 28.b4-b5 Nd7-c5 29.Re1-e3 Nc5-b3 30.Qd2-a2 Ra8-c8 31.Ra1-b1 0.86/12 ] 22...Ne4xd2 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 22...Ne4xd2 23.Bd5xa8 Diagram Nd2-c4 24.Ba8-d5 g7-g5 25.Qd1-c2 Nd7-f6 26.Bd5xc4 Qc7xc4 27.Bh4-g3 Diagram Re8-b8 28.Ra1-b1 Rb8-c8 29.Bg3-h2
L+ +rlk+ + qn+pp p+ p + p + + p + P+ + + L + P + +P P n PP+ R +QR K
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Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
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893
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a6-a5 30.Rb1-d1 Rc8-b8 31.Re1-e3 g5-g4 32.h3xg4 Nf6xg4 1.07/14 ] 23.Bd5xa8 [ 23.Qd1xd2?! Ra8-b8$ ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 23.Bd5xa8 Nd2-c4 24.Ba8-d5 Nc4xb2 25.Qd1-b3 Nd7-b6 26.Bd5xf7+ Qc7xf7 27.Qb3xb6 Nb2-d3 28.Re1-e3 Nd3-c5 29.Re3-f3 Qf7-d7 30.Ra1-b1 Qd7xa4 31.Qb6-c7 Qa4-a2 32.Rb1-b6 g7-g5 0.95/13 ] 23...Re8xa8 Diagram [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 23...Nd2-c4 24.Ba8-d5 Nc4xb2 25.Qd1-b3 Nd7-b6 26.Bd5xf7+ Qc7xf7 27.Qb3xb6 Nb2-d3 28.Re1-e3 Nd3-c5 29.Re3-f3 Qf7-d7 30.Ra1-b1 Qd7xa4 31.Qb6-c7 Qa4-a2 32.Rb1-b6 g7-g5 0.90/13 Diagram (Diagram 3271) ] (Diagram 3272) 24.Qd1xd2 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 24.Qd1xd2 a6-a5 25.Bh4-g3 Diagram Nd7-c5 26.f2-f4 e5xf4 27.Bg3xf4 Ra8-b8 28.Ra1-a2 Qc7-c6 29.Qd2-d4 Nc5-e6 30.Qd4-e4 d6-d5 0.69/10 ]
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r+ + lk+ + qn+pp p+ p + p + + p + P+ + + L + P + +P P n PP+ R +QR K
r+ + lk+ + qn+pp + p + p p + p + P+ + + + + P + LP P Q PP+ R + R K
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Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
r+ + lk+ + qn+pp p+ p + p + + p + P+ + + L + P + +P P Q PP+ R + R K
894
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24...Qc7-c4 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 24...a6-a5 Diagram
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r+ + lk+ + +n+pp p+ p + p + + p + P+q+ + L + P + +P P Q PP+ R + R K
r+ + lk+ + +n+pp p+ p + p + + p + P+q+ + + + P + LP P Q PP+ R + R K
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25...Ra8-b8 Diagram 25.Bh4-g3 Nd7-c5 26.f2-f4 e5xf4 27.Bg3xf4 Ra8-b8 28.Ra1-a2 Qc7-c6 29.Qd2-d4 Nc5-e6 30.Qd4-e4 d6-d5 0.90/11 ] (Diagram 3276) 25.Bh4-g3 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 25.Bh4-g3 Nd7-c5 26.Qd2-e2 Qc4-b3 27.Ra1-a3 Qb3-b6 28.a4-a5 Qb6-c7 29.Qe2-c4 Qc7-b7 30.b2-b4 Nc5-e6 31.Re1-a1 Bf8-e7 0.95/13 ] 25...Nd7-c5 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64:
(Diagram 3278) 26.b2-b4 Rb8-c8 27.Qd2-e2 Qc4xe2 28.Re1xe2 Rc8xc3 29.b4-b5 a6xb5 30.a4xb5 g7-g5 31.Ra1-a7 Nd7-b6 0.90/11 ] 26.Qd2-e2 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 26.Qd2-e2 Qc4-b3 Diagram (Diagram 3279) 27.Ra1-a3 Qb3-b6 28.a4-a5 Qb6-c7 29.Qe2-c4 Qc7-b7 30.b2-b4 Nc5-e6 31.Qc4-e4 Qb7xe4 32.Re1xe4 Ra8-c8
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
r + lk+ + +n+pp p+ p + p + + p + P+q+ + + + P + LP P Q PP+ R + R K
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895
r+ + lk+ + + +pp p+ p + p + n p + P+ + + + + P + LP P +RPP+ R + + K
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Pro x64: 27...Ra8-c8 28.f2-f4 e5-e4 29.Bg3-f2 Nc5-d3 30.Re2xe4 Nd3xb2 31.Bf2-d4 d6-d5 32.Re4-e2 Nb2-d3 33.g2-g3 Bf8-c5 1.09/12 Diagram
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33.Re4-e1 Bf8-e7 34.Re1-d1 f7-f5 35.Kg1-h2 Kg8-f7 0.89/13 ] 26...Qc4xe2 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 26...Qc4-b3 27.Ra1-a3 Qb3-b6 28.a4-a5 Qb6-c7 29.Qe2-c4 Qc7-b7 30.b2-b4 Nc5-e6 31.Qc4-e4 Qb7xe4 32.Re1xe4 Ra8-c8 33.Re4-e1 Bf8-e7 34.Re1-d1 f7-f5 35.Kg1-h2 Kg8-f7 1.11/13 ] 27.Re1xe2 Diagram [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 27.Re1xe2 Ra8-c8 28.f2-f4 e5-e4 29.Bg3-f2 Nc5-d3 30.Re2xe4 Nd3xb2 31.Bf2-d4 d6-d5 32.Re4-e2 Nb2-d3 33.g2-g3 Bf8-c5 1.04/11 ] 27...Nc5-b3 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c
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+r+ +k+ + + +pp p+ + + p + lp+ + P+ L P + + Pn+ PP + +R+ + R + + K
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] (Diagram 3282) 28.Ra1-d1 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 28.Ra1-d1 f7-f5 29.f2-f4 Diagram e5-e4 30.Bg3-f2 Kg8-f7 31.g2-g4 g7-g6 32.Kg1-g2 Ra8-c8 33.Re2-e1 Bf8-e7 34.Rd1-d5 Kf7-e6 35.Re1-d1 Rc8-b8 1.25/14 ] 28...f7-f5 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 28...g7-g5
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r+ + lk+ + + +pp p+ p + p + + p + P+ + + + +nP + LP P +RPP+ R + + K
r+ + lk+ + + + p p+ p + p + + pp+ P+ + P + +nP + LP P +R+P+ + +R+ K
896
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Diagram (Diagram 3284) 29.f2-f3 Kg8-g7 30.Bg3-f2 Ra8-b8 31.g2-g4 Kg7-g6 32.Kg1-g2 Bf8-e7 33.Bf2-a7 Rb8-c8 34.Re2-e4 f7-f5 35.Re4-b4 1.16/14 ] 29.Bg3xe5 [ 29.f2-f4!? e5-e4 30.Bg3-f2+Diagram ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 29.f2-f4 e5-e4 30.Bg3-f2 Kg8-f7 31.g2-g4 g7-g6 32.Kg1-g2 Ra8-c8 33.Re2-e1 Bf8-e7 34.Rd1-d5 Kf7-e6 35.Re1-d1 Rc8-b8 1.25/13 ] 29...d6xe5 [Houdini 2.0c
r+ + lk+ + + +p+ p+ p + p + + p p P+ + + + +nP + LP P +RPP+ + +R+ K
r+ + lk+ + + + p p+ p + p + + +p+ P+ +pP + +nP + +P P +RLP+ + +R+ K
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Pro x64: 29...d6xe5 30.Re2xe5 g7-g6 31.Re5-e6 Kg8-f7 32.Re6-b6 Nb3-c5 33.a4-a5 Ra8-a7 34.b2-b4 Nc5-d7 35.Rb6-c6 Nd7-e5 Diagram (Diagram 3286) 36.Rc6-c8 Kf7-g7 37.f2-f4 Ne5-d7 38.g2-g3 Nd7-f6 39.Kg1-g2 Nf6-e4 40.Rc8-c6 Bf8-e7 0.40/14 ] 30.Re2xe5 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 30.Re2xe5 g7-g6 Diagram 31.Re5-e6 Kg8-f7 32.Re6-b6 Nb3-c5 33.a4-a5 Ra8-a7 34.b2-b4 Nc5-d7 35.Rb6-c6 Nd7-e5 36.Rc6-c8 Kf7-g7
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897
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37.f2-f4 Ne5-d7 38.g2-g3 Nd7-f6 39.Kg1-g2 Nf6-e4 40.Rc8-c6 Bf8-e7 0.46/16 ] 30...Nb3-c5 Diagram [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 30...g7-g6 31.Re5-e6 Kg8-f7 32.Re6-b6 Nb3-c5 33.a4-a5 Ra8-a7 34.b2-b4 Nc5-d7 35.Rb6-c6 Nd7-e5 36.Rc6-c8 Kf7-g7 37.f2-f4 Ne5-d7 38.g2-g3 Nd7-f6 39.Kg1-g2 Nf6-e4 40.Rc8-c6 Diagram (Diagram 3288) Bf8-e7 0.39/15 ] 31.a4-a5 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 31.Rd1-d4 g7-g6 32.Rd4-c4 Nc5-d3
+ + l + r + + k p+R+ +pp P + +p+ P +nP + + P + PP + + +K+ + +R+ +
r+ + lk+ + + + p p+ + + p + n Rp+ P+ + + + + P + +P P + PP+ + +R+ K
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33.Re5-a5 Nd3xb2 34.Rc4-c6 Kg8-f7 35.Ra5xa6 Ra8xa6 36.Rc6xa6 Nb2-d3 37.Kg1-f1 Diagram (Diagram 3290) Nd3-c5 38.Ra6-a7+ Kf7-e6 39.a4-a5 Nc5-e4 40.Ra7-a6+ Bf8-d6 0.47/13 ] 31...Nc5-a4 [ 31...g7-g6 32.g2-g4 f5xg4 33.h3xg4 ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 31...f5-f4 32.Rd1-d4 g7-g5 33.h3-h4 Nc5-b3 34.Rd4-d1 g5xh4 35.Re5-f5 Bf8-e7 36.Rf5xf4 Ra8-a7 37.Rf4-e4 Kg8-g7 38.Rd1-e1 Be7-d8 0.43/13 ] 32.Rd1-d2 [Houdini 2.0c Pro
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x64: 32.Rd1-d2 g7-g6 33.Re5-e6 Diagram
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Kg8-f7 34.Re6-c6 Na4-c5 35.b2-b4 Nc5-e6 36.Rd2-d7+ Kf7-f6 37.g2-g3 h6-h5 38.Kg1-g2 g6-g5 39.Rd7-d1 Ra8-a7 40.Rd1-e1 0.83/14 ] 32...Ra8-b8 [ 32...g7-g6!? ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 32...g7-g6 33.Re5-e6 Kg8-f7 34.Re6-c6 Na4-c5 35.b2-b4 Nc5-e6 36.Rd2-d7+ Kf7-f6 37.g2-g3 h6-h5 38.Kg1-g2 g6-g5 39.Rd7-d1 Ra8-a7 Diagram 40.Rd1-e1 0.73/13 ] 33.Re5-e6+[ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 33.Re5-e6 Na4-c5 34.Re6-b6 Rb8-e8 35.Rd2-d5
+ + l + r + + + p+R+nk + P + +ppp P + + + + P + PP + + PK+ + +R+ +
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f5-f4 36.b2-b4 Nc5-e4 37.Rd5-d3 Re8-c8 38.Rb6xa6 Ne4xc3 39.Ra6-b6 Nc3-e4 40.Rd3-d1 Ne4-c3 41.Rd1-d7 Nc3-e4 42.f2-f3 Ne4-g3 43.Rd7-d1 Rc8-c4 44.a5-a6 Bf8xb4 45.a6-a7 Bb4-c5+ 46.Kg1-h2 0.85/14 ] 33...Na4xb2 Diagram [ 33...Na4-c5 34.Re6-c6 Nc5-e4 35.Rd2-e2+- ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 33...Na4-c5 Diagram
r + lk+ + + + p p+ +R+ p P n +p+ + + + + + P + +P P R PP+ + + + K 34.Re6-b6 36.Rd5xf5 38.Rd6-d5 40.Re5-e1 42.Rd5-d3
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Rb8-c8 35.Rd2-d5 Bf8-e7 Be7-d8 37.Rb6-d6 Bd8-e7 g7-g6 39.Rf5-e5 Kg8-f7 h6-h5 41.b2-b4 Nc5-e6 0.87/13 ]
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34.Re6-b6 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 34.Re6-b6 Diagram
r + lk+ + + + p pR + + p P + +p+ + + + + + P + +P n R PP+ + + + K
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Nb2-c4 35.Rb6xb8 Nc4xd2 36.Rb8-a8 Nd2-e4 37.Ra8xa6 Bf8-c5 38.Ra6-c6 Bc5xf2+ 39.Kg1-f1 Kg8-f7 40.a5-a6 h6-h5 41.Rc6-c7+ Kf7-f8 42.c3-c4 Bf2-b6 43.a6-a7 Bb6xa7 44.Rc7xa7 Ne4-d2+ 45.Kf1-e2 Nd2xc4 46.Ke2-f3 g7-g5 47.Ra7-h7 Nc4-e5+ 48.Kf3-e3 h5-h4 49.Rh7-c7 1.56/17 ] 34...Nb2-c4 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 34...Nb2-c4 35.Rb6xb8 Diagram Nc4xd2 36.Rb8-a8 Nd2-e4 37.Ra8xa6 Bf8-c5 38.Ra6-c6 Bc5xf2+
R + lk+ + + + p p+ + + p P + +p+ +n+ + + + P + +P + R PP+ + + + K
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39.Kg1-f1 Kg8-f7 40.a5-a6 h6-h5 41.Rc6-c7+ Kf7-f8 42.c3-c4 Bf2-b6 43.a6-a7 Bb6xa7 44.Rc7xa7 Ne4-d2+ 45.Kf1-e2 Nd2xc4 46.Ke2-f3 g7-g5 47.Ra7-h7 Nc4-e5+ 48.Kf3-e3 h5-h4 49.Rh7-c7 1.57/17 ] 35.Rb6xb8 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 35.Rb6xb8 Nc4xd2 36.Rb8-a8 Nd2-e4 37.Ra8xa6 Bf8-c5 38.Ra6-c6 Bc5xf2+ 39.Kg1-f1 g7-g5 40.a5-a6 Kg8-g7 41.Kf1-e2 h6-h5 42.c3-c4 g5-g4 43.a6-a7 Bf2xa7 44.Rc6-c7+ Kg7-f6 45.Rc7xa7 Kf6-e5 46.Ra7-d7 g4xh3 47.g2xh3 1.46/13 ] 35...Nc4xd2 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 35...Nc4xd2 36.Rb8-a8 Nd2-e4 37.Ra8xa6 Bf8-c5 38.Ra6-c6 Bc5xf2+ 39.Kg1-f1 f5-f4 40.a5-a6 Bf2-e3 41.Rc6-c7 Be3-b6 42.Rc7-b7 Bb6-e3 43.Kf1-e2 Ne4xc3+ 44.Ke2-f3 Nc3-d5 45.a6-a7 Be3xa7 46.Rb7xa7 Nd5-e3 47.g2-g4 1.56/14 ] 36.Rb8-a8 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 36.Rb8-a8 Nd2-e4 37.Ra8xa6 Bf8-c5 38.Ra6-c6 Bc5xf2+ 39.Kg1-f1 Kg8-f7 40.a5-a6 Kf7-f8 41.Kf1-e2 h6-h5 42.Rc6-c7 Bf2-b6 43.a6-a7 Bb6xa7 44.Rc7xa7 Ne4xc3+ 45.Ke2-d2 Nc3-e4+ 46.Kd2-e3 g7-g5 47.Ke3-d4 g5-g4 48.h3-h4 1.44/15 ] 36...Nd2-e4 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 36...Nd2-e4
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games 37.Ra8xa6 Bf8-c5 38.Ra6-c6 Bc5xf2+ 39.Kg1-f1 Kg8-f7 40.a5-a6 Kf7-f8 41.Kf1-e2 Kf8-e8 42.Rc6-e6+ Ke8-d7 43.Re6xe4 f5xe4 44.Ke2xf2 Kd7-c7 45.Kf2-e3 Kc7-b6 46.Ke3xe4 Kb6xa6 47.Ke4-d5 Ka6-b6 48.c3-c4 Kb6-c7 49.c4-c5 h6-h5 50.g2-g4 1.47/13 ] 37.Ra8xa6 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 37.Ra8xa6 Bf8-c5 38.Ra6-c6 Bc5xf2+ 39.Kg1-f1 Kg8-f8 40.a5-a6 Kf8-f7 41.Rc6-c7+ Kf7-f8 42.c3-c4 Bf2-b6 43.a6-a7 Bb6xa7 44.Rc7xa7 Ne4-d2+ 45.Kf1-e2 Nd2xc4 46.Ke2-f3 g7-g5 47.Ra7-h7 Nc4-e5+ 48.Kf3-e2 g5-g4 49.Rh7xh6 g4xh3 50.g2xh3 1.43/15 ] 37...Ne4xc3 [ 37...Bf8-c5 38.Ra6-c6+- ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 37...h6-h5 38.Ra6-c6 Bf8-c5 39.a5-a6 Bc5xf2+ 40.Kg1-f1 g7-g5 41.Rc6-c7 Bf2-b6 42.Rc7-b7 Bb6-c5 43.Kf1-e2 Kg8-f8 44.a6-a7 Bc5xa7 45.Rb7xa7 Ne4xc3+ 46.Ke2-e3 Kf8-e8 47.Ke3-d3 Nc3-e4 48.Kd3-d4 g5-g4 1.28/13 ] 38.Ra6-c6 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 38.Ra6-a8 Nc3-b5 39.a5-a6 Nb5-c7 40.Ra8-a7 Nc7xa6 41.Ra7xa6 Kg8-f7 42.Kg1-f1 g7-g5 43.Kf1-e2 h6-h5 44.Ra6-c6 g5-g4 45.h3-h4 Bf8-g7 46.Ke2-e3 Bg7-e5 2.01/15 ] 38...Nc3-b5 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 38...Nc3-b5 39.a5-a6 Bf8-a3 40.Rc6-c3 Ba3-e7 41.a6-a7 Nb5xa7 42.Rc3-c7 Kg8-f7 43.Rc7xa7 Kf7-f6 44.g2-g3 Kf6-e6 45.Ra7-a6+ Ke6-d5 46.Kg1-g2 Be7-d6 47.f2-f4 g7-g5 48.Kg2-f3 g5xf4 49.g3xf4 1.80/13 ] 39.a5-a6 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 39.a5-a6 Bf8-a3 40.Kg1-f1 Kg8-h7 41.g2-g4 f5xg4 42.h3xg4 Kh7-g8 43.Kf1-g2 Ba3-e7 44.Rc6-b6 Nb5-a7 45.Rb6-b7 Be7-c5 46.f2-f4 Kg8-f8 47.Kg2-f3 1.75/14 ] 39...Bf8-e7 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 39...Kg8-h7 40.g2-g3 Kh7-g8 41.Kg1-g2 Bf8-a3 42.Rc6-b6 Nb5-a7 43.Rb6-b8+
900 Kg8-h7 44.Rb8-b7 Ba3-c5 45.Rb7-c7 Bc5-b6 46.Rc7-e7 Kh7-g8 1.68/13 ] 40.Kg1-f1 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 40.a6-a7 Nb5xa7 41.Rc6-c7 Kg8-f7 42.Rc7xa7 Kf7-f6 43.Kg1-f1 Be7-c5 44.Ra7-a6+ Kf6-e5 45.Kf1-e2 Bc5-d4 46.Ke2-f3 Bd4-c5 47.Ra6-c6 Bc5-d6 48.Kf3-e3 Ke5-d5 49.Rc6-a6 g7-g5 50.Ke3-f3 h6-h5 1.78/13 ] 40...h6-h5 [ 40...f5-f4 41.Rc6-e6 Be7-a3 42.Re6-e8+ Kg8-h7 43.Re8-e5+- ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 40...Be7-a3 41.Rc6-c8+ Kg8-h7 42.Rc8-d8 Nb5-a7 43.Rd8-d7 Ba3-c5 44.Rd7-d5 Bc5-e7 45.Rd5xf5 Kh7-g6 46.Rf5-d5 Kg6-f6 47.Rd5-d7 Be7-c5 48.Kf1-e2 g7-g6 49.Rd7-h7 1.69/13 ] 41.Rc6-c8+ [ 41.Rc6-e6 seems even better Be7-f8 42.Re6-e5 Nb5-a7 43.Re5xf5 Bf8-e7+- ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 41.Rc6-c8+ Kg8-h7 42.a6-a7 Nb5xa7 43.Rc8-c7 Be7-f6 44.Rc7xa7 Kh7-h6 45.Ra7-a5 Kh6-g5 46.Kf1-e2 Bf6-c3 47.Ra5-c5 Bc3-d4 48.Rc5-d5 Bd4-f6 49.Ke2-e3 Bf6-e7 50.Rd5-d7 Be7-c5+ 51.Ke3-d3 2.03/16 ] 41...Kg8-h7 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 41...Kg8-h7 42.a6-a7 Nb5xa7 43.Rc8-c7 Be7-f6 44.Rc7xa7 Kh7-h6 45.Ra7-a5 Kh6-g5 46.Kf1-e2 Bf6-c3 47.Ra5-c5 Bc3-d4 48.Rc5-d5 Bd4-f6 49.g2-g3 h5-h4 50.f2-f4+ Kg5-g6 51.g3xh4 Bf6xh4 52.Rd5-d7 Kg6-f6 2.07/15 ] 42.Kf1-e2 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 42.a6-a7 Nb5xa7 43.Rc8-c7 Be7-f6 44.Rc7xa7 Kh7-h6 45.Ra7-a5 Kh6-g5 46.Kf1-e2 Bf6-c3 47.Ra5-c5 Bc3-d4 48.h3-h4+ Kg5-f6 49.Rc5-c6+ Kf6-f7 50.g2-g3 g7-g6 51.Ke2-f3 Bd4-e5 2.06/14 ] 42...f5-f4 [ 42...Kh7-g6 cannot undo what has already been done 43.Rc8-c6+ Kg6-g5 44.Rc6-b6+- ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 42...Kh7-g6 43.a6-a7 Nb5xa7 44.Rc8-c7 Kg6-f6 45.Rc7xa7 g7-g5 46.Ra7-a5 Be7-d8
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games 47.Ra5-b5 Kf6-e6 48.Ke2-e3 h5-h4 49.f2-f4 g5xf4+ 50.Ke3xf4 Bd8-c7+ 51.Kf4-g5 Bc7-d8+ 52.Kg5-g6 1.70/13 ] 43.Ke2-f3 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 43.a6-a7 Nb5xa7 44.Rc8-c7 Na7-c8 45.Rc7xc8 Kh7-g6 46.Rc8-b8 Kg6-f7 47.Ke2-f3 g7-g5 48.Rb8-b6 h5-h4 49.Kf3-g4 Be7-c5 50.Rb6-a6 Bc5xf2 51.Kg4xg5 Bf2-g3 52.Kg5-f5 Kf7-e7 53.Ra6-c6 Ke7-d7 2.37/15 ] 43...Be7-d6 [ 43...Kh7-g6 what else? 44.Kf3xf4 Nb5-a7+- ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 43...Kh7-g6 44.a6-a7 Nb5xa7 45.Rc8-c7 Na7-c8 46.Rc7xc8 Kg6-f5 47.Rc8-c7 Be7-f6 48.Rc7-c5+ Bf6-e5 49.h3-h4 g7-g6 50.Rc5-a5 Kf5-e6 51.Kf3-e4 Be5-f6 52.Ra5-a6+ Ke6-f7 53.Ke4xf4 Bf6xh4 54.Kf4-e5 Bh4-e7 55.Ra6-a7 2.14/14 ] 44.Rc8-d8 [ 44.Rc8-d8 Bd6-c5 45.Rd8-d5 Nb5-d4+ 46.Kf3-e4+- ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 44.Rc8-d8 Bd6-a3 45.Rd8-d3 Ba3-c5 46.Rd3-d5 Nb5-d4+ 47.Kf3xf4 Bc5-a7 48.Rd5-d7 Nd4-c6 49.f2-f3 Ba7-f2 50.Kf4-f5 Nc6-a7 51.f3-f4 Kh7-h6 52.Kf5-e5 g7-g6 53.g2-g4 Na7-c6+ 54.Ke5-e4 3.15/15 ] 1-0
901
r+lqklnr pppp+ppp +n+ + + + + + + + NP+ + + + + + PPP+ PPP RNLQKL+R
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d7-d5 10.e4xd5 c6xd5 11.0-0 0-0 12.Rf1-e1 Bc8-b7 13.Bc1-e3 Bc5-d6 14.Be3-d4 c7-c5 15.Bd4xf6 g7xf6 16.c2-c4 d5xc4 17.Bd3xc4 Bb7xf3 18.g2xf3 Bd6-e5 19.Ra1-d1 Rf8-d8 20.b2-b3 Kg8-f8 21.Kg1-g2 Rd8xd1 22.Re1xd1 Ivanchuk,V (2787)-Leko,P (2755)/Mukachevo 2007/CBM 121/½-½ (37) ] 8.Nd2-b3 Bc5-b6 last book move last book move 9.Qf3-g3N [ 9.Bc1-d2!?$ Diagram (Diagram 3298)
is worth consideration RR Bc8-e6 10.Bd2-c3 Qf6-h6 11.Bf1-a6 Ng8-e7 62 C45 12.a2-a4 f7-f5 13.a4-a5 f5xe4 Anna Muzychuk 14.Qf3xe4 Bb6xf2+ 15.Ke1xf2 Be6-d5 Vassily Ivanchuk 16.Qe4-e2 0-0+ 17.Kf2-g1 Ra8-e8 ACP Golden Classic (7) 22.07.2012 18.Ba6-c4 Ne7-g6 19.Bc4xd5+ c6xd5 20.Qe2-d3 Ng6-f4 21.Bc3-d2 Nf4xd3 C45: Scotch Game 22.Bd2xh6 Nd3-f2 23.Bh6-g5 c7-c5 1.e2-e4 e7-e5 2.Ng1-f3 Nb8-c6 24.a5-a6 Nataf,I (2592)-Fressinet,L 3.d2-d4 e5xd4 4.Nf3xd4 Diagram (2626)/Besancon 2006/CBM 113 ext/ ½-½ (40) ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: (Diagram 3297) 9.Bc1-d2 Qf6xf3 10.g2xf3 Ng8-e7 11.a2-a4 a7-a5 12.Bd2-c3 0-0 Bf8-c5 5.Nd4xc6 Qd8-f6 6.Qd1-f3 13.Nb3-d4 c6-c5 14.Nd4-b5 Bc8-e6 b7xc6 7.Nb1-d2 d7-d6 [RR 15.Rh1-g1 Ne7-g6 16.0-0-0 c5-c4 7...Qf6xf3 8.Nd2xf3 Ng8-f6 9.Bf1-d3 17.Nb5-d4 0.21/13 ;RR 9.c2-c4
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
r+l+k+nr p p +ppp lpp q + + + + + + +P+ + +N+ +Q+ PPPL PPP R + KL+R
902
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Bb6-d4 10.Nb3xd4 Qf6xd4 11.Bf1-d3 Ng8-f6 12.0-0 Nf6-g4 13.Bd3-e2 Bc8-e6 14.Rf1-d1 Qd4-c5 15.b2-b3 0-0 16.h2-h3 Ng4-e5 17.Qf3-c3 Ne5-g6 18.Bc1-e3 Qc5-e5 19.Qc3xe5 d6xe5 20.Kg1-h2 a7-a5 21.g2-g3 Rf8-e8 22.Be2-f1 a5-a4 23.Bf1-g2 f7-f6 Behmardi Kalantari,R (2210)Hungaski,R (2366)/Yerevan 2006/CBM 114 ext/½-½ (78) ;RR 9.Bf1-d3 Qf6xf3 10.g2xf3 Ng8-e7 11.a2-a4 a7-a5 12.Bc1-e3 f7-f5 13.Be3xb6 c7xb6 14.Rh1-g1 f5xe4 15.f3xe4 0-0 16.0-0-0 Bc8-b7 17.Rg1-g2 Ra8-e8 18.Nb3-d4 Bb7-c8 19.h2-h4 Rf8-f6 20.Rd1-g1 g7-g6 21.h4-h5 Re8-f8 22.h5xg6 h7xg6 23.Nd4-f5 Kg8-f7 Radjabov,T (2742)-Eljanov,P (2681)/ Kemer 2007/CBM 121/½-½ (34) ] 9...Ng8-e7= Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 9...a7-a5 10.a2-a4 Qf6-g6 11.Qg3xg6 h7xg6 12.Bc1-d2 Ng8-f6 13.f2-f3 Bc8-e6 14.h2-h4 0-0 15.0-0-0 0.00/11 Diagram (Diagram 3299) ] 10.Bf1-e2 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 10.a2-a4 a7-a5 11.Bf1-d3 Ne7-g6
r+ + rk+ + p +pp lpplnp+ p + + + P+ +P+ P +N+ +P+ PPL +P+ + KR+L+R
r+l+k+ r p p nppp lpp q + + + + + + +P+ + +N+ + Q PPP+ PPP R L KL+R
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12.0-0 0-0 13.Bc1-e3 Bb6xe3 14.Qg3xe3 Qf6xb2 15.Ra1-b1 Qb2-f6 16.Nb3-d4 Diagram (Diagram 3301) Ng6-e5 17.Bd3-e2 Bc8-e6 -0.04/12 ] 10...0-0 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 10...Ne7-g6 11.0-0 Ra8-b8 12.Qg3-c3 Qf6xc3 13.b2xc3 Ng6-e5 14.a2-a4 a7-a5 15.Nb3-d4 0-0 16.Ra1-b1 Rf8-e8 17.h2-h3 -0.06/12 ] 11.Bc1-d2 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 11.a2-a4 a7-a5 12.0-0 Ne7-g6 13.Qg3-f3 Qf6xf3 14.Be2xf3 Rf8-e8 15.Rf1-d1 Ng6-h4
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
r+l+ rk+ + p +ppp +pp qn+ p + + + P+ NP+ + + +LQ + +P+ PPP +R+ +RK
903 Nf4-d5 19.Bf3xd5 c6xd5 20.e5xd6 c7xd6 0.03/12 ] 3301
16.Nb3-d4 Nh4xf3+ 17.g2xf3 Bc8-d7 -0.16/12 ] 11...a7-a5 Black has a cramped position [ 11...Qf6-e6 12.0-0 Qe6xe4 13.Be2-d3! ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 11...Ne7-g6 Diagram
r+l+ rk+ p p +ppp lpp qn+ + + + + + +P+ + +N+ + Q PPPLLPPP R + K +R
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12.Bd2-c3 Qf6-e7 13.f2-f3 f7-f5 14.Nb3-d4 Bb6xd4 15.Bc3xd4 c6-c5 16.Bd4-c3 f5xe4 17.0-0-0 e4-e3 18.Rh1-e1 Ra8-b8 19.Be2-c4+ Kg8-h8 20.Kc1-b1 Bc8-f5 21.b2-b3 a7-a5 22.Bc3xa5 -0.57/10 ] 12.Bd2-c3 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 12.0-0 Ne7-g6 13.Bd2-c3 Qf6-f4 14.Qg3xf4 Ng6xf4 15.Be2-f3 Rf8-e8 16.Nb3-d4 Bc8-d7 17.Rf1-e1 g7-g6 18.e4-e5
r+l+ rk+ + p nppp lpp q + p + + + + +P+ + +NL + Q PPP+LPPP R + K +R
3303
White threatens to win material: Bc3xf6 12...Qf6-g6 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 12...Qf6-h6 13.0-0 Rf8-e8 14.Be2-d3 Ne7-g6 15.Nb3-d4 Ng6-e5 16.h2-h3 d6-d5 17.Ra1-e1 Qh6-g6 18.e4xd5 Qg6xg3 19.f2xg3 c6xd5 0.13/11 ]
r+l+ rk+ + p nppp lpp +q+ p + + + + +P+ + +NL + Q PPP+LPPP R + K +R
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Black threatens to win material: Qg6xe4 13.Be2-d3 [ 13.0-0 Qg6xg3 14.h2xg3 Rf8-e8= Diagram ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 13.0-0 Qg6xg3 14.h2xg3 Rf8-e8 15.Rf1-e1 Ne7-g6 16.Nb3-d2 Ng6-e5 17.Nd2-c4 Ne5xc4
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
r+l+r+k+ + p nppp lpp + + p + + + + +P+ + +NL + P PPP+LPP+ R + +RK
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r+l+r+k+ + p nppp lpp +q+ p + + + + +P+ + +NLL+ Q PPP+ PPP R + +RK
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18.Be2xc4 Bc8-g4 19.a2-a4 Diagram
r+ +r+k+ + p +ppp lpp + + p + + + P+L+P+l+ + L + P PP+ PP+ R + R K
r+l+ rk+ + p n pp lpp +Q+ p + +p+ + +P+ + +NLL+ + PPP+ PPP R + K +R
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Ne7xg6 15.0-0 Ng6-f4 16.Bd3-c4+ Bc8-e6 17.Bc4xe6+ Nf4xe6 18.Ra1-e1 a5-a4 19.Nb3-d2 Ra8-e8 20.Nd2-f3 h7-h6 21.h2-h3 f5xe4 22.Re1xe4 -0.05/11 ] 14...Qg6-h6-+ Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 14...Qg6xg3+ 15.h2xg3 f5xe4 16.Bd3xe4 Bc8-f5 17.0-0-0 Bf5xe4 18.f3xe4 Rf8-f2 19.Bc3-d4 Bb6xd4 20.Nb3xd4 Rf2xg2 21.Rh1-g1 Rg2xg1 22.Rd1xg1 Ra8-f8 23.Nd4-e6 Rf8-f2 24.Ne6xc7 Kg8-f7 25.Rg1-d1 -0.43/11
Ra8-b8 0.01/10 ] 13...f7-f5 [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 13...Rf8-e8 14.0-0 Diagram (Diagram 3307) Qg6xg3 15.h2xg3 Ne7-g6 16.Nb3-d2 Ng6-e5 17.Bc3xe5 Re8xe5 18.Nd2-c4 Re5-e7 19.Nc4xb6 c7xb6 20.Ra1-d1 h7-h5 21.f2-f3 -0.09/12 ] 14.f2-f3? [ 14.Bd3-c4+ and White could well hope to play on Kg8-h8 15.e4-e5! ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 14.Qg3xg6 Diagram
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] Black prepares the advance f4 15.Nb3-d4 Diagram [ 15.Ke1-d1 f5xe4
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
r+l+ rk+ + p n pp lpp + q p + +p+ + +P+ + +NLL+PQ PPP+ +PP R + K +R
905
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16.Bd3xe4 Ne7-f5 17.Be4xf5 Bc8xf5-+ Diagram
r+ + rk+ + p + pp lpp + q p + +l+ + + + + +NL +PQ PPP+ +PP R +K+ +R
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; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 15.Bc3-d4 a5-a4 16.Bd4xb6 c7xb6 17.Nb3-d4 c6-c5 18.Nd4-b5 f5xe4 19.f3xe4 a4-a3 20.Nb5xa3 Bc8-d7 21.Bd3-c4+ Bd7-e6 22.Qg3xd6 Qh6-h4+ Diagram (Diagram 3311) 23.Ke1-d1 Be6xc4 24.Na3xc4 Qh4xe4 25.Nc4xb6 Qe4xg2 -0.46/10 ] 15...f5-f4 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 15...f5-f4 Diagram 16.Qg3-f2 c6-c5 17.Nd4-f5 Bc8xf5
r+ + rk+ + + n pp p Ql+ + + p + + +L+P+ q N + + + PPP+ +PP R + K +R
r+l+ rk+ + p n pp lpp + q p + +p+ + NP+ + + LL+PQ PPP+ +PP R + K +R
r+l+ rk+ + p n pp lpp + q p + + + + NPp + + LL+PQ PPP+ +PP R + K +R 18.e4xf5 c5-c4 19.Bd3xc4+ d6-d5
3311
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Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
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20.Qf2-e2 d5xc4 21.f5-f6 Diagram
r+ + rk+ + p n pp l + P q p + + + +p+ p + + L +P+ PPP+Q+PP R + K +R
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g7xf6 22.0-0-0 Ra8-e8 23.Qe2xc4+ Kg8-h8 24.Rh1-e1 Ne7-g8 25.Re1xe8 Rf8xe8 26.h2-h3 Qh6-g6 27.Kc1-b1 Qg6xg2 28.Qc4xf4 a5-a4 29.Qf4xa4 Qg2xf3 -1.21/13 ] 16.Qg3-f2 Diagram [ Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 16.Qg3-f2 Diagram
r+l+ rk+ + p n pp lpp + q p + + + + NPp + + LL+P+ PPP+ QPP R + K +R
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+ +rr k + pR+ +p l + p q p + + + + + p P + LQnP+ PPP+ + + +K+ + +R
r+l+ rk+ + p n pp lpp + q p + + + + NPp + + LL+P+ PPP+ QPP R + K +R
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16...c6-c5 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 16...c6-c5 17.Nd4-f5 Bc8xf5 Diagram (Diagram 3318) 18.e4xf5 c5-c4 19.Bd3xc4+ d6-d5 20.Qf2-e2 d5xc4 21.f5-f6 g7xf6 22.0-0-0 Bb6-e3+ 23.Kc1-b1 Qh6-h5 24.Qe2xc4+ Qh5-f7 25.Qc4-e4 Rf8-b8 26.Rd1-d7 Rb8-e8 27.Kb1-a1 Ra8-b8 28.Rh1-d1 -1.42/13 Diagram
c6-c5 17.Nd4-f5 Bc8xf5 18.e4xf5 c5-c4 19.Bd3xc4+ d6-d5 20.Qf2-e2 d5xc4 21.f5-f6 g7xf6 22.0-0-0 Ra8-e8 23.Qe2xc4+ Kg8-h8 24.Kc1-b1 Ne7-f5 25.Rd1-d7 Nf5-e3 26.Qc4-d3 Ne3xg2 ] 17.Bd3-c4+? Diagram [ 17.Nd4-b5 27.h2-h4 Ng2-e3 -1.58/13 Diagram ] c5-c4! Decoy: c4 18.Bd3xc4+ d6-d5
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
r+ + rk+ + p n pp l p + q p p +l+ + +Pp + + LL+P+ PPP+ QPP R + K +R
r +r+k+ + pRnq+p + + p + p + + + + +Qp + + L lP+ PPP+ +PP K +R+ +
r+l+ rk+ + p n pp l p + q p p + + + NPp + + LL+P+ PPP+ QPP R + K +R
907 21.Qf2xb6 c7xb6 22.0-0-0-+ Diagram 3318
r+l+ rk+ + + n pp p + + + pN+ + + +p+Pp + + + +P+ PPP+ +PP + KR+ +R
3321
; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 17.Nd4-f5 3319 Diagram
r+l+ rk+ + p n pp l p + q p p +N+ + +Pp + + LL+P+ PPP+ QPP R + K +R
3322
3320
19.Bc3-d4 d5xc4 20.Bd4xb6 Qh6xb6
Bc8xf5 18.e4xf5 Diagram (Diagram 3323) c5-c4 19.Bd3xc4+ Diagram (Diagram 3324) d6-d5 20.Qf2-e2 d5xc4 21.f5-f6 Rf8xf6 22.Bc3xf6 Qh6xf6 23.Qe2xc4+ Kg8-h8 24.0-0-0 Ne7-f5 Diagram
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
908 Diagram
r+ + rk+ + p n pp l p + q p p +P+ + + p + + LL+P+ PPP+ QPP R + K +R
r+ + rk+ + p n pp l p + q p + +P+ +L+ p + + L +P+ PPP+ QPP R + K +R
r+ + + k + p + pp l + q + p + +n+ +Q+ p + + + +P+ PPP+ +PP + KR+ +R
r + + k + p + pp l + q + p + + + +Q+ p + + +RnP+ PPP+ +PP +K+ + +R
3323
3326
27.Qc4-c3 Qf6xc3 28.Rd3xc3 Ne3xg2 Diagram 3324
r + + k + p + pp l + + + p + + + + + p + + R +P+ PPP+ +nP +K+ + +R
3327
29.Rh1-d1 Ng2-e3 30.Rd1-d7 Diagram
3325
(Diagram 3328) Kh8-g8 Diagram (Diagram 3329) 31.Rc3-c6 Rb8-e8 -1.39/11 Diagram ] 17...d6-d5 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro
25.Kc1-b1 Ra8-b8 26.Rd1-d3 Nf5-e3
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
r + + k + pR+ pp l + + + p + + + + + p + + R nP+ PPP+ + P +K+ + +
r + +k+ + pR+ pp l + + + p + + + + + p + + R nP+ PPP+ + P +K+ + +
+ +r+k+ + pR+ pp lR+ + + p + + + + + p + + + nP+ PPP+ + P +K+ + +
909
r+l+ rk+ + p n pp l p + q p p + + +LNPp + + L +P+ PPP+ QPP R + K +R
3328
3331
x64: 17...d6-d5 18.Nd4-f5 Bc8xf5 19.e4xd5 Ne7-c8 20.0-0 Nc8-d6 21.b2-b3 Nd6xc4 22.b3xc4 Diagram 3329
r+ + rk+ + p + pp l + + q p pP+l+ +P+ p + + L +P+ P+P+ QPP R + +RK
3332
a5-a4 23.Ra1-e1 Qh6-d6 24.Bc3-e5 -1.92/10 Diagram
3330
(Diagram 3333) ] (Diagram 3334) 18.e4xd5 [ 18.Nd4-f5 Diagram the only chance to get some counterplay Bc8xf5 19.e4xd5-+ ;
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
910 Diagram
r+ + rk+ + p + pp l q + + + pPLl+ p+P+ p + + + +P+ P+P+ QPP + + RRK
r+l+ rk+ + p n pp l + + q p pp+ + +LNPp + + L +P+ PPP+ QPP R + K +R
r+l+ rk+ + p n pp l + + q p pp+N+ +L+Pp + + L +P+ PPP+ QPP R + K +R Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 18.Nd4-b5
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3334
r+l+ rk+ + p n pp l + + q pNpp+ + +L+Pp + + L +P+ PPP+ QPP R + K +R
3336
d5xc4 19.Ra1-d1 Bc8-a6 20.a2-a4 Ra8-d8 21.0-0 c7-c6 22.Nb5-a3 Qh6-g5 23.Qf2-e2 Diagram
+ r rk+ + + n pp llp+ + + p p + q P+p+Pp + N L +P+ PP+Q+PP + +R+RK
3337
3335
Rd8xd1 Diagram (Diagram 3338) 24.Rf1xd1 -2.39/11 ] 18...c5xd4 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 18...c5xd4 19.Bc3xd4 Ne7-f5 20.Bd4xb6 Rf8-e8+ 21.Ke1-f1 c7xb6 22.Kf1-g1 Nf5-e3 23.Bc4-b5 Diagram Re8-d8 24.Bb5-d3 b6-b5 25.Bd3-e4 Bc8-b7 26.a2-a4 b5xa4 27.c2-c4
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
+ + rk+ + + n pp llp+ + + p p + q P+p+Pp + N L +P+ PP+Q+PP + +r+RK
r+l+r+k+ + + + pp p + + q pL+P+ + + + p + + + nP+ PPP+ QPP R + + KR
911
3338
3339
r+l+ rk+ + p n pp l + + q p +P+ + +Lp p + + L +P+ PPP+ QPP R + K +R
r+lr +k+ + + + pp + + + q pp+P+ + + +Lp + + + nP+ PPP+ QPP R + + KR
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Ne3xc4 28.Ra1xa4 -2.85/10 ] (Diagram 3340) 19.d5-d6+ [ 19.Bc3xd4 cannot change destiny Bb6xd4 20.Qf2xd4 Ne7-f5-+ ; Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 19.Bc3xd4 Ne7-f5 20.Bd4xb6 Rf8-e8+ 21.Ke1-f1 c7xb6 22.Kf1-g1 Nf5-e3 23.Bc4-b5 Re8-d8 24.Bb5-d3 b6-b5 25.Bd3-e4 Diagram Bc8-b7 26.a2-a4 b5xa4 27.c2-c4 Diagram Ne3xc4 28.Ra1xa4 -3.17/11 ] 19...Bc8-e6 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro
r+ r +k+ +l+ + pp + + + q p +P+ + p+P+Lp + + + nP+ P + QPP R + + KR x64: 19...Bc8-e6 Diagram
3342
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
r+ + rk+ + p n pp l Pl+ q p + + + +Lp p + + L +P+ PPP+ QPP R + K +R
912
3343
r+ +r+k+ + p q pp L + + + p + + + +l+ p + + + +P+ PPP+ QPP R K + +R
3345
20.d6xe7 Diagram
r+ + rk+ + p P pp l +l+ q p + + + +Lp p + + L +P+ PPP+ QPP R + K +R
3344
Be6xc4 21.Bc3xd4 Qh6-e6+ 22.Ke1-d2 Qe6xe7 23.Kd2-c1 Rf8-e8 24.Bd4xb6 Diagram (Diagram 3345) c7xb6 25.Qf2xb6 Qe7-g5 Diagram (Diagram 3346) 26.b2-b3 Bc4-e2 27.Kc1-b2 Qg5xg2 -3.91/9 ] 20.d6xe7 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 20.Qf2-e2 Ne7-d5 21.Bc4xd5 Diagram
r+ +r+k+ + + + pp Q + + + p + + q +l+ p + + + +P+ PPP+ +PP R K + +R
r+ + rk+ + p n pp l Pl+ q p + + + +Lp p + + L +P+ PPP+ QPP R + K +R
3346
3347
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
r+ + rk+ + p + pp l Pl+ q p +L+ + + p p + + L +P+ PPP+Q+PP R + K +R
913
3348
Be6xd5 22.0-0-0 d4xc3 23.Rd1xd5 c3xb2+ 24.Kc1xb2 Ra8-b8 25.Rd5-b5 Diagram
r + rk+ + p + pp l P + q pR+ + + + + p + + + +P+ PKP+Q+PP + + + +R
3349
c7xd6 Diagram (Diagram 3350) 26.c2-c3 Qh6-f6 27.Rh1-e1 Bb6-e3 28.Qe2-c4+ Kg8-h8 -4.47/10 ] 20...Be6xc4 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 20...Be6xc4 Diagram 21.Bc3xd4 Qh6-e6+ Diagram 22.Ke1-d2 Qe6xe7 Diagram 23.Bd4xb6 Diagram c7xb6 24.Ra1-d1 Bc4xa2 Diagram
r + rk+ + + + pp l p + q pR+ + + + + p + + + +P+ PKP+Q+PP + + + +R
r+ + rk+ + p P pp l + + q p + + + +lp p + + L +P+ PPP+ QPP R + K +R
r+ + rk+ + p P pp l +q+ + p + + + +lL p + + + +P+ PPP+ QPP R + K +R
3350
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3352
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
914 27.c2-c3 Rc8-d8 Diagram
r+ + rk+ + p q pp l + + + p + + + +lL p + + + +P+ PPPK QPP R + + +R
r+ + rk+ + p q pp L + + + p + + + +l+ p + + + +P+ PPPK QPP R + + +R
r+ + rk+ + + q pp p + + + p + + + + + p + + + +P+ lPPK QPP + +R+ +R
+ r rk+ + q + pp p + + + p + + + + R p + + P +P+ lP + QPP + K + +R
3353
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28.Rh1-e1 Rf8-e8 29.Re1xe8+ Rd8xe8 30.Qf2-h4 -4.48/14 Diagram 3354
+ +r+k+ + q + pp p + + + p + + + + R p Q + P +P+ lP + +PP + K + + 3355
25.Kd2-c1 Qe7-c7 26.Rd1-d4 Ra8-c8
3357
] (Diagram 3358) 21.e7xf8Q+ [ 21.Bc3xd4 doesn't do any good Qh6-e6+ 22.Ke1-d2 Diagram Qe6xe7 23.Bd4xb6 Diagram c7xb6-+ ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 21.Bc3xd4 Qh6-e6+ Diagram 22.Ke1-d2 Diagram Qe6xe7 23.Bd4xb6 c7xb6 24.Ra1-d1
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
r+ + rk+ + p P pp l + + q p + + + +lp p + + L +P+ PPP+ QPP R + K +R
r+ + rk+ + p P pp l +q+ + p + + + +lL p + + + +P+ PPPK QPP R + + +R
r+ + rk+ + p q pp L + + + p + + + +l+ p + + + +P+ PPPK QPP R + + +R
915
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3359
r+ + rk+ + p P pp l +q+ + p + + + +lL p + + + +P+ PPP+ QPP R + K +R
r+ + rk+ + p P pp l +q+ + p + + + +lL p + + + +P+ PPPK QPP R + + +R
3361
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Bc4xa2 25.Kd2-c1 Qe7-c7 26.Rd1-d4 Ra8-c8 27.c2-c3 Rc8-d8 28.Rh1-e1 Diagram 3360
(Diagram 3363) Rf8-e8 29.Re1xe8+ Diagram (Diagram 3364) Rd8xe8 30.Qf2-h4 -4.18/12 ] 21...Ra8xf8 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 21...Ra8xf8 22.Bc3xa5 Bb6xa5+ 23.Ke1-d1 Rf8-d8 24.b2-b3 Diagram Bc4-f7 25.Kd1-c1 Diagram
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
+ r rk+ + q + pp p + + + p + + + + R p + + P +P+ lP + QPP + K R +
916
3363
+ r +k+ + p +lpp + + + q l + + + + p p + +P+ +P+ P+P+ QPP R K + +R
3366
Ba5-c3 26.Kc1-b1 Diagram
+ rR+k+ + q + pp p + + + p + + + + R p + + P +P+ lP + QPP + K + +
+ r +k+ + p + pp + + + q l + + + +lp p + +P+ +P+ P+P+ QPP R +K+ +R
3364
+ r +k+ + p +lpp + + + q + + + + + p p + +Pl +P+ P+P+ QPP RK+ + +R
3367
d4-d3 27.a2-a4 Bc3xa1 Diagram 3365
(Diagram 3368) 28.Kb1xa1 Diagram (Diagram 3369) Qh6-f6+ 29.Ka1-a2 d3-d2 30.Rh1-d1 Rd8-a8 31.Ka2-b1 -4.22/10 ] 22.Bc3xd4 Diagram [ 22.Bc3xa5 Diagram does not help much Bb6xa5+ Diagram 23.Ke1-d1 Qh6-d6-+ ;Houdini 2.0c
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
+ r +k+ + p +lpp + + + q + + + + P+ + p + +P+p+P+ +P+ QPP lK+ + +R
+ r +k+ + p +lpp + + + q + + + + P+ + p + +P+p+P+ +P+ QPP K + + +R
917
3368
3369
+ + rk+ + p + pp l + + q L + + + +lp p + + + +P+ PPP+ QPP R + K +R
+ + rk+ + p + pp + + + q l + + + +lp p + + + +P+ PPP+ QPP R + K +R
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3372
Pro x64: 22.Bc3xa5 Bb6xa5+ Diagram
+ + rk+ + p + pp l + + q p + + + +lp p + + L +P+ PPP+ QPP R + K +R
(Diagram 3373) 3370
23.Ke1-d1 Rf8-d8 24.b2-b3 Bc4-f7 25.Ra1-c1 d4-d3 26.c2-c3 Ba5-b6 27.Qf2-b2 Bb6-e3 28.Rc1-a1 Qh6-h4 29.a2-a4 d3-d2 30.g2-g3 Diagram (Diagram 3374) f4xg3 -4.47/11 ] 22...Rf8-e8+ Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 22...Rf8-e8+ 23.Ke1-d2 Re8-d8 24.c2-c3 c7-c5 25.Kd2-c1
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
918 Bb6-e3+ 28.Rd1-d2 Diagram
+ + rk+ + p + pp + + + q l + + + +lp p + + + +P+ PPP+ QPP R + K +R
+ r +k+ + p +lpp + + + + + + + + P+ + p q +PP lPP Q p + P R +K+ +R
+ + rk+ + p + pp l + + q p + + + +lL p + + + +P+ PPP+ QPP R + K +R c5xd4 26.Rh1-d1 d4-d3 27.Qf2-e1
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3374
+ r +k+ + + + pp + + + q p + + + +l+ p + + PplP+ PP R +PP R K Q +
3376
a5-a4 29.b2-b4 a4xb3 30.a2xb3 Bc4xb3 31.Ra1-a3 Be3xd2+ 32.Kc1xd2 Qh6xh2 Diagram
+ r +k+ + + + pp + + + + + + + + + + p + RlPp+P+ + K +Pq + + Q +
3377
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33.Qe1-f1 Diagram (Diagram 3378) Bb3-c2 Diagram (Diagram 3379) 34.Ra3-a7 Qh2-g3 35.Ra7-e7 Rd8-c8 36.Qf1-g1 -6.50/14 ] 23.Ke1-d2 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64:
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
+ r +k+ + + + pp + + + + + + + + + + p + RlPp+P+ + K +Pq + + +Q+
+ r +k+ + + + pp + + + + + + + + + + p + R Pp+P+ +lK +Pq + + +Q+
+ +r+k+ + p + pp l + + q p + + + +lL p + + + +P+ PPP+ QPP R + K +R 23.Ke1-d1 Re8-d8 Diagram
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+ r +k+ + p + pp l + + q p + + + +lL p + + + +P+ PPP+ QPP R +K+ +R
3381
24.c2-c3 c7-c5 25.Kd1-c1 c5xd4 26.Rh1-d1 d4-d3 27.Qf2-e1 Diagram 3379
+ r +k+ + + + pp l + + q p + + + +l+ p + + Pp+P+ PP + +PP R KRQ +
3382
Bb6-e3+ 28.Rd1-d2 Diagram 3380
(Diagram 3383) a5-a4 29.b2-b4 a4xb3 30.a2xb3 Diagram (Diagram 3384) Bc4xb3 31.Ra1-a3 Be3xd2+ Diagram 32.Kc1xd2 Diagram Qh6xh2 Diagram 33.Qe1-f1 Bb3-c2 34.Ra3-a7 Qh2-g3
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
+ r +k+ + + + pp + + + q p + + + +l+ p + + PplP+ PP R +PP R K Q +
+ r +k+ + + + pp + + + q + + + + +l+ p + +PPplP+ + R +PP R K Q +
+ r +k+ + + + pp + + + q + + + + + + p + RlPp+P+ + l +PP + K Q +
920
3383
3384
+ r +k+ + + + pp + + + q + + + + + + p + RlPp+P+ + K +PP + + Q +
+ r +k+ + + + pp + + + + + + + + + + p + RlPp+P+ + K +Pq + + Q +
3386
3387
35.Ra7-e7 Rd8-c8 36.Qf1-g1 -6.75/15 Diagram 3385
(Diagram 3388) ] 23...Re8-d8 Diagram [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 23...Re8-d8 Diagram (Diagram 3389) 24.c2-c3 c7-c5 25.Kd2-c1 c5xd4 26.Rh1-d1 d4-d3 27.Qf2-e1 Bb6-e3+ 28.Rd1-d2 a5-a4 29.b2-b4 Diagram a4xb3 30.a2xb3 Bc4xb3 31.Ra1-b1 Diagram
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
+r+ +k+ + + R pp + + + + + + + + + + p + + Pp+Pq +lK +P+ + + + Q
921
3388
+ r +k+ + + + pp + + + q + + + + + + p + +lPplP+ + R +PP +RK Q +
3391
Rd8-b8 32.Qe1-f1 Diagram
+ r +k+ + p + pp l + + q p + + + +lL p + + + +P+ PPPK QPP R + + +R
+ r +k+ + + + pp + + + q + + + + pPl+ p + + PplP+ P+ R +PP R K Q +
3389
r + +k+ + + + pp + + + q + + + + + + p + +lPplP+ + R +PP +RK +Q+ Qh6xh2 Diagram
3390
(Diagram 3393) 33.Rb1-b2 Diagram (Diagram 3394) Rb8-b5 34.Rb2-b1 Qh2-h4 35.Rb1-b2 Be3xd2+ Diagram 36.Kc1xd2 -6.16/13 ] 24.c2-c3 [Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 24.c2-c3 Diagram c7-c5 25.Kd2-c1 Diagram
3392
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
r + +k+ + + + pp + + + + + + + + + + p + +lPplP+ + R +Pq +RK +Q+
r + +k+ + + + pp + + + + + + + + + + p + +lPplP+ R R +Pq + K +Q+
+ + +k+ + + + pp + + + + +r+ + + + + p q +lPp+P+ R l +P+ + K +Q+
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+ r +k+ + p + pp l + + q p + + + +lL p + + + +P+ PPPK QPP R + + +R
+ r +k+ + p + pp l + + q p + + + +lL p + + P +P+ PP K QPP R + + +R
+ r +k+ + + + pp l + + q p p + + +lL p + + P +P+ PP + QPP R K + +R
3396
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3398
c5xd4 26.Rh1-d1 d4-d3 27.Qf2-e1
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
923
Bb6-e3+ 28.Rd1-d2 Diagram
+ r +k+ + + + pp + + + q p + + + +l+ p + + PplP+ PP R +PP R K Q +
3399
a5-a4 29.b2-b4 a4xb3 30.a2xb3 Diagram
+ r +k+ + + + pp + + + q + + + + +l+ p + +PPplP+ + R +PP R K Q +
3400
Bc4xb3 31.Ra1-a3 Diagram (Diagram 3401) Be3xd2+ 32.Kc1xd2 Qh6xh2 33.Qe1-f1 Bb3-c2 34.Ra3-a7 Qh2-g3 35.Ra7-e7 Rd8-c8 36.Qf1-g1 -6.29/14 Diagram ] 24...c7-c5 Diagram [ 24...c7-c5 25.Ra1-d1 c5xd4-+ ;Houdini 2.0c Pro x64: 24...c7-c5 Diagram 25.Kd2-c1 Diagram
+ r +k+ + + + pp + + + q + + + + + + p + RlPplP+ + R +PP + K Q +
+r+ +k+ + + R pp + + + + + + + + + + p + + Pp+Pq +lK +P+ + + + Q
+ r +k+ + + + pp l + + q p p + + +lL p + + P +P+ PP K QPP R + + +R
3401
3402
3403
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
+ r +k+ + + + pp l + + q p p + + +lL p + + P +P+ PP + QPP R K + +R
924
3404
+ r +k+ + + + pp + + + q p + + + +l+ p + + PplP+ PP + +PP R KRQ +
3406
c5xd4 Diagram
+ r +k+ + + + pp l + + q p + + + +lp p + + P +P+ PP + QPP R K + +R
3405
26.Rh1-d1 d4-d3 27.Qf2-e1 Bb6-e3+ Diagram (Diagram 3406) 28.Rd1-d2 a5-a4 29.b2-b3 Diagram (Diagram 3407) a4xb3 30.a2xb3 Diagram Bc4xb3 Diagram 31.Ra1-b1 Diagram Qh6-e6 32.Rb1-a1 Diagram Qe6-f6 33.Kc1-b2 Rd8-b8 34.Rd2xd3
+ r +k+ + + + pp + + + q + + + + p+l+ p + +PPplP+ P+ R +PP R K Q +
+ r +k+ + + + pp + + + q + + + + +l+ p + +PPplP+ + R +PP R K Q +
3407
3408
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
+ r +k+ + + + pp + + + q + + + + + + p + +lPplP+ + R +PP R K Q +
925
3409
r + +k+ + + + pp + + q + + + + + + + p + +lPRlP+ K + +PP R + Q +
3412
Bb3-c4+ Diagram
+ r +k+ + + + pp + + + q + + + + + + p + +lPplP+ + R +PP +RK Q +
+ r +k+ + + + pp + +q+ + + + + + + + p + +lPplP+ + R +PP R K Q + Diagram
3410
r + +k+ + + + pp + + q + + + + + +l+ p + + PRlP+ K + +PP R + Q + 35.Kb2-c2 Bc4xd3+ 36.Kc2xd3 Qf6-g6+ 37.Kd3-c4 Diagram
3411
(Diagram 3414) Qg6xg2 -5.28/11 ] (Diagram 3415) 0-1
3413
Vassily Ivanchuk's Best Games
r + +k+ + + + pp + + +q+ + + + + +K+ p + + P lP+ + + +PP R + Q +
+ r +k+ + + + pp l + + q p p + + +lL p + + P +P+ PP K QPP R + + +R
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