Game of the Week: Firouzja beats Giri

by Merijn van Delft
4/29/2020 – Merijn van Delft takes a look at the match and games between Alireza Firouzja and Anish Giri at the Magnus Carlsen Invitational. | Merijn's show is available at 15.00 UTC (17:00 CEST, 11:00 EDT) on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here. | Photo: Alireza Firouzja in Wijk 2020 | Photo: Alina l'Ami
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Game of the Week #409

The Magnus Carlsen Invitational remains a rich source of exciting top level chess. After being praised a lot in recent times, Firouzja got a rough beating at the hands of the Americans, while Giri scored an impressive comeback match victory against the World Champion. What's more, Giri did so with very dynamic play. The encounter Firouzja-Giri was eagerly awaited, and is our subject of this week.

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A. Firouzja - A. Giri, Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020
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1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.e3 0-0 6.Bd2 b6 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Rc1 Bb7 9.Nb5 Bxd2+ 10.Nxd2 c6 11.Nc3 Re8 12.Be2 Ba6 13.0-0 Bxe2 14.Nxe2 Qd6 15.Qa4 a5 16.Rc3 Ra7 17.Rfc1 Rc7 18.Ng3 Rec8 19.Nf3 Nbd7 20.Ne1 g6 21.Nd3 h5 22.f3 h4 23.Nf1 Kg7 24.a3 h3 25.g4 c5 26.Nf4 Rh8 27.Ng3 Nf8 28.dxc5 bxc5 29.Qxa5 N8d7 30.g5 Nh7 31.Nxh3 Rb7 32.b4 cxb4 33.axb4 Rxb4 34.f4 Nhf8 35.Nf2 Ne6 36.Rc6 Qe7 37.Qxd5 Nef8 38.Qd3 Rh4 39.Nfe4 Kh7 40.Rc7 Qe6 41.Nf2 Rb3 42.R7c3 Rb2 43.Nge4 Rb6 44.Kg2 Rh5 45.Kg3 Qf5 46.Ng4 Kg8 47.Nef6+ Nxf6 48.Qxf5 gxf5 49.Nxf6+ Rxf6 50.gxf6 Kh7 51.Rc8 Ne6 52.Rd1 Kg6 53.Rd5 Kxf6 54.e4 Ng7 55.e5+ Kg6 56.Rg8 Kh7 57.Rdd8 1–0
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Firouzja,A2703Giri,A27311–02020Magnus Carlsen Invitational11.1

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Merijn van Delft is an International Master from the Netherlands who lived in Hamburg for many years and is currently based in Amsterdam. After scoring a GM norm in 2017 he is eager for more. His ChessBase show on Wednesday evenings has been running for over ten years now.

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