7/28/2016 – On Tuesday, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave scored the first win in his match against Peter Svidler in Biel. In their second game with classical time-control Vachier-Lagrave used a small inaccuracy by Svidler to liquidate into a better endgame which he could win. In the "Junior Challenge" Benjamin Bok outplayed Nico Georgiadis in a Benoni. Daniel King talked with the winners and the losers of the day. Video, impressions, games...
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The second of four games with classical time-control - and the first time Vachier-Lagrave had White - was a theoretical duel in the Marshall Gambit. On move 19 Svidler deviated from a game he had previously played against Vishy Anand and got a satisfying position but later came into trouble after a small inaccuracy.
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1.e4
1,185,960
54%
2421
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1.d4
960,101
55%
2434
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1.Nf3
286,728
56%
2440
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1.c4
184,987
56%
2443
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1.g3
19,897
56%
2427
---
1.b3
14,604
54%
2428
---
1.f4
5,958
48%
2376
---
1.Nc3
3,917
50%
2383
---
1.b4
1,791
48%
2379
---
1.a3
1,250
54%
2406
---
1.e3
1,081
49%
2409
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1.d3
969
50%
2378
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1.g4
670
46%
2361
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1.h4
466
54%
2382
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1.c3
439
51%
2425
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1.h3
289
56%
2420
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1.a4
118
60%
2461
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1.f3
100
47%
2427
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1.Nh3
93
66%
2506
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1.Na3
47
62%
2476
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1.e4e52.Nf3Nc63.Bb5a64.Ba4Nf65.0-0Be76.Re1b57.Bb30-08.c3d59.exd5Nxd510.Nxe5Nxe511.Rxe5c612.d3The main line continues with
12.d4but statistically the text-move scores better.12...Bd613.Re1Bf514.Qf3Qf6Üblicher ist14...Qh415.g3Qh3z.B:16.Be3Bxd317.Nd2Qf518.Bd4Rae819.Kg2Qxf3+20.Kxf3Re621.Rac1h622.Kg2Rg623.Ne4Nf4+24.Kf3Bxe4+25.Rxe4Nd326.Rd1Nxb227.Rd2Ba328.Bb6Rd629.Rxd6Bxd630.Re2Nd3=1/2-1/2 (60) Wei,Y (2706)-Carlsen,M (2844) Wijk aan Zee
201615.Nd2Qg616.Bd1Bxd317.Ne4Bxe418.Qxe4Qxe419.Rxe4f5
In a previous game against Anand Svidler here played19...Rae820.Rxe8Rxe821.Kf1Bf422.Bf3Bxc123.Rxc1Kf824.a3Rd825.c4Nf426.Bxc6Nd327.Rc2bxc428.Rxc4Nxb229.Rc2Rc830.Ke2Ke731.Be4Rxc2+32.Bxc2Nc433.Bd3Nxa334.Bxa61/2-1/2 (34) Anand,V (2770)-Svidler,P (2758)
Khanty-Mansiysk 201420.Re2Rfe821.Bd2Bf422.Be1White keeps the pair
of bishops.Nb623.g3Bc724.Rxe8+Rxe825.Bf3Re626.b3Be527.Rd1Kf728.Kf1g629.Rc1a5?!
Svidler wanted to solve some of his problems by
bringing the pawn to a4, with the idea to exchange it on b3. However, now
White has...30.c4!bxc431.Bxa5cxb332.axb3But not32.Bxb6?bxa2and Black regains his material with interest.32...Nd532...Nd7?33.Bxc6and the passed b-pawn will be happily supported by the two bishops.33.Rxc6Rxc634.Bxd5+Re635.Bd2Ke736.Bxe6Kxe637.Ke2White liquidated
into a bishop ending with an extra pawn. Black is fighting for a draw.Kd538.Kd3h539.b4Bd640.Kc3h441.Be3h3Searching for active counterplay.
Better was41...hxg342.hxg3Be5+43.Kb3Bc742.b5Ke443.b6Kf344.b7Bb844...Kg245.Bf4+-45.Ba7??Kxh2=45.Kd3Kg246.Bf4Ba747.g4Avoiding the last trap.47.b8Q??Bxb848.Bxb8Kxh249.g4+Kg250.gxf5gxf551.Ke3=is only a draw.1–0
With this win Maxime Vachier-Lagrave entered the free day on Wednesday with a 1.5-0.5 lead. On Thursday, 28th July, Svidler has White in game three and the chance to equalize the score.
Parallel to the Masters Challenge - the match between Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and Peter Svidler - a Junior Challenge - two matches between young talents - is played on the stage of the congress hall in Biel. On Monday Francisco Rambaldi had won the first game of his match against Noel Studer, their second game was drawn.
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