Game of the Week 359
At this year's GAMMA Reykjavik Open, first place was shared by eight grandmasters, all rated above 2600, and each reaching an impressive 7 out of 9 score. The tournament winner by tiebreak was Romania's number 1 Constantin Lupulescu. Lawrence Trent looked at his sparking win over Alirez Firouzja in The Weekly Show, a strong candidate for Game of the Week, so Merijn has instead chosen Carlsen vs Grischuk from the last round of Shamkir. (Replay the full game below.)
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1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.c3 0-0 6.0-0 d6 7.Ba4 Ne7 8.Bc2N 8.Nbd2 Ng6 9.d4 Bb6 10.Bc2 Re8 11.Re1 c6 12.h3 h6 8...Ng6 9.d4 Bb6 10.a4 c6 11.dxe5 Nxe5 12.Nxe5 12.Bf4 Bc7 13.h3 Re8 14.Nbd2 Ng6 15.Bh2 12...dxe5 13.Qxd8 Rxd8 14.a5 Bc5 15.Nd2 Be6 16.Re1 b5 17.Nb3 Bxb3 18.Bxb3 Ng4 19.Re2 Rd6 20.Bg5 Kf8 21.Rf1 Nf6 22.g3 a6 23.Kg2 Nd7 24.Bc1 Ba7 25.f4 f6 26.h4 Re8 27.h5 h6 28.Ba2 c5 29.Be3 exf4 30.gxf4 Rxe4 31.Bb1 31.Rfe1!± 31...Re7= 32.Rfe1 f5? 32...Nb8!= 33.Bxf5+- Nf6 34.Kf3! Nd5? 34...Rd5 35.Bg6 Rdd7 35.Rd2 Rd8 36.Be4 Red7 37.Red1 Nf6 38.Rxd7 Nxd7 39.Rd6 1–0 - Start an analysis engine:
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Carlsen,M | 2845 | Grischuk,A | 2771 | 1–0 | 2019 | | 6th Shamkir Chess 2019 | 9.3 |
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