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Romanian grandmaster Vladislav Nevednichy had a few opportunities, in his game against Alexander Donchenko, to get out of the predicament he got into early on, but failed to take advantage of them.
After a serious oversight, the game ended abruptly in the German’s favour.
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1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 0-0 6.Be2 e5 7.0-0 h6 8.Re1 Nbd7 9.Rb1 Re8 10.d5 a5 11.Bd2 Nc5 12.Bf1 Bd7 13.b3 13...b6 13...Nh7 14.a3 f5 14.h3 Kh7?! 14...Nh7! 15.a3 a4 16.b4 Nb3 17.Be3 Ng8 17...Kg8 18.Nd2 Nd4 18...Nxd2 19.Qxd2 f5 20.f3 Nf6 21.c5!± 19.Bd3 c5 20.dxc6 Bxc6 21.Bc2 Ne7 21...Nxc2 22.Qxc2 22.Bxa4 Bxa4 23.Nxa4 23...f5? 23...Nec6 24.Bxd4 exd4 25.Qb3?! 25.exf5 Nxf5 25...gxf5 26.Nf3+- 26.Rxe8 Qxe8 27.Nxb6 Rxa3 28.Nd5 d3 29.b5+- 25...fxe4 26.Rxe4 d5! 27.cxd5 Nxd5 28.Rxe8 Qxe8 29.Qxd5 Rxa4 29...Qxa4 30.Nc4 Qe2 31.Rc1 h5?! 31...Ra7!= 32.Nd6 Rxa3 33.Ne4 Ra7 34.Qe6 34.Ng5+ Kh6 35.Nf3 34...d3?? 34...Qb5! 35.Rc6 35.Rc6 Qe1+ 36.Kh2 Qxb4 37.Ng5+ Kh8 38.Rc8+ Bf8 39.Qf6+ Kg8 40.Ne6 1–0 - Start an analysis engine:
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Donchenko,A | 2653 | Nevednichy,V | 2457 | 1–0 | 2023 | | EICC 2023 | 2.19 |
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Rasmus Svane’s game against Bulgarian IM Tsvetan Stoyanov had a curious resemblance to Donchenko’s in the end, at least on a superficial level.
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1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 a6 3.c3 d5 4.exd5 Qxd5 5.d4 Nf6 6.Be3 cxd4 7.cxd4 e6 8.Nc3 Bb4 9.Be2 0-0 10.0-0 Qa5 11.Qb3 Nc6 12.Rfd1 Be7 13.a3 b5 14.Rac1 Bb7 15.d5 exd5 16.Nxd5 Nxd5 17.Rxd5 Rad8 18.Bd3 Rxd5 19.Qxd5 Qd8 20.Qb3 20...h6?! 20...g6= 21.Bb1! Na5 22.Qc2 f5 23.Ba2+ Kh7 24.Nd4 Be4 25.Qd2 25.Qe2 25...Rf6 25...Bd5 26.Ne6 Bxe6 27.Bxe6 Rf6 28.Qxd8 Bxd8 29.Bd5± 26.f3 f4 26...Bc6 27.Be6 Nc4 28.Bxf5+ Rxf5 29.Rxc4 bxc4 30.Nxf5 Qxd2 31.Bxd2 Bc5+ 32.Kf1 Kg6 33.Ng3± 27.fxe4 fxe3 28.Qxe3 Nc4? 28...Rd6! 29.Nf3 Nc4 30.Bxc4 30.Qe2 Qb6+ 31.Kh1 Qe3 32.Qxe3 Nxe3 33.e5 Rd8± 30...bxc4 31.Rxc4 Rd3= 29.Bxc4 bxc4 30.Rxc4 Qb8 31.e5 Rg6 32.b4 32.Qe4!+- 32...Bd8 33.Qe4 Bb6 34.h4 h5 35.Kh2 Qe8 36.Nf3 Bd8 37.Rc8 1–0 - Start an analysis engine:
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Svane,R | 2620 | Stoyanov,T | 2446 | 1–0 | 2023 | | EICC 2023 | 2.30 |
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The other two German grandmasters were less successful in round 2: Frederik Svane had to settle for a draw against Romanian IM Alexandru-Vasile David, while Dmitrij Kollars lost to Israeli FM Matan Gorodetzky.
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Boris Gelfand (born 1968) is the senior member of the leadership group.
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David Navara has fallen back a bit from the absolute top of the world in recent years - at the EICC he is seeded number four
Standings - Round 2
1 |
1 |
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GM |
Sargissian Gabriel |
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2699 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
10 |
3,5 |
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4 |
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GM |
Navara David |
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2685 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
10 |
3,7 |
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5 |
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GM |
Moussard Jules |
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2684 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
10 |
3,7 |
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9 |
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GM |
Gelfand Boris |
S50 |
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2674 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
10 |
3,7 |
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10 |
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GM |
Saric Ivan |
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2674 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
10 |
3,7 |
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11 |
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GM |
Sarana Alexey |
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2668 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
10 |
3,8 |
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12 |
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GM |
Shevchenko Kirill |
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2668 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
10 |
3,8 |
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18 |
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GM |
Korobov Anton |
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2658 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
10 |
3,8 |
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22 |
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GM |
Nguyen Thai Dai Van |
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2651 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
10 |
3,8 |
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23 |
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GM |
Gledura Benjamin |
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2637 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
10 |
4 |
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28 |
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GM |
Sargsyan Shant |
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2630 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
10 |
4,1 |
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29 |
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GM |
Abasov Nijat |
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2625 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
10 |
4,1 |
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30 |
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GM |
Kovalev Vladislav |
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2623 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
10 |
4,2 |
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44 |
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GM |
Safarli Eltaj |
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2608 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
10 |
4,3 |
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48 |
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GM |
Mastrovasilis Dimitrios |
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2599 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
10 |
4,2 |
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55 |
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GM |
Paravyan David |
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2584 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
10 |
4,1 |
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56 |
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GM |
Kadric Denis |
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2583 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
10 |
4,2 |
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60 |
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GM |
Kobalia Mikhail |
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2577 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
10 |
4,2 |
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66 |
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GM |
Livaic Leon |
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2569 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
10 |
4,3 |
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77 |
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GM |
Kozak Adam |
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2552 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
10 |
4,4 |
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83 |
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GM |
Stremavicius Titas |
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2544 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
10 |
4,4 |
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89 |
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GM |
Nasuta Grzegorz |
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2535 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
10 |
4,4 |
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90 |
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GM |
Stocek Jiri |
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2534 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
10 |
4,4 |
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91 |
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GM |
Dvirnyy Danyyil |
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2531 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
10 |
4,5 |
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98 |
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GM |
Yilmazyerli Mert |
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2525 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
10 |
4,4 |
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101 |
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IM |
Kourkoulos-Arditis Stamatis |
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2520 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
10 |
4,4 |
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106 |
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GM |
Brunello Sabino |
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2512 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
10 |
4,6 |
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116 |
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IM |
Gorshtein Ido |
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2498 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
10 |
4,5 |
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121 |
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IM |
Gharibyan Mamikon |
U20 |
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2491 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
10 |
4,5 |
30 |
53 |
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GM |
Sanal Vahap |
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2590 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
1,5 |
10 |
4,1 |
...484 players
All available games - Round 2
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