12/9/2009 – Vladimir Malakhov is the man of the hour at the World Cup in Khanty Mansiysk.
Having beaten his opponents (Smirin, Eljanov and So) in rapid chess,
he went on to defeat Peter Svidler in normal chess with the black pieces - and
once again with his beloved 4...a6 Slav (which had already downed Pavel Eljanov
and Wesley So). Incidentally, the discussed variation - 5.e3 b5 6.c5 g6 - was
extensively analysed by Dorian Rogozenco in his contribution for
CBM 119.
Rainer Knaak has annotated this game.
Svidler-Malakhov on
ChessBase Magazine Online...
