Game of the Week: Luke McShane vs Pavel Eljanov

by Merijn van Delft
6/26/2019 – This week IM Merijn van Delft turns his training eye on the recent game between Luke McShane and Pavel Eljanov played at the ongoing Netanya Masters in Israel. The live show is free to watch, and available on-demand for ChessBase Premium account holders (but FREE for a limited time!). To chat, please visit videos.chessbase.com/live or login via Playchess for Windows. Merijn is live at 18:00 UTC (20:00 CEST / 2 PM EDT).
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Luke McShane remains a remarkable figure in chess, one of the greatest fighters of our time. In the German Bundesliga he repeatedly had the longest game of the day with over 100 moves. The Netanya Masters in Israel had a slow start with a quite a few peaceful quick draws, but McShane is his good old self so far with a 2 out of 2 start and true fighting chess. Tonight we'll examine his eventful game against Eljanov.

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McShane vs Eljanov, Netanya 2019
Position after 12...Bd6

White to move

This week's show

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MoveNResultEloPlayers
1.e41,166,62354%2421---
1.d4947,29855%2434---
1.Nf3281,60256%2441---
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1.g319,70256%2427---
1.b314,26554%2427---
1.f45,89748%2377---
1.Nc33,80151%2384---
1.b41,75648%2380---
1.a31,20654%2404---
1.e31,06848%2408---
1.d395450%2378---
1.g466446%2360---
1.h444653%2374---
1.c343351%2426---
1.h328056%2418---
1.a411060%2466---
1.f39246%2436---
1.Nh38966%2508---
1.Na34262%2482---
1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 e6 3.Bg2 d5 4.Nf3 Be7 5.0-0 0-0 6.b3 d4 7.e3 c5 8.exd4 cxd4 9.Re1 Nc6 10.Bb2 Re8 11.Ne5 Nxe5 12.Rxe5 Bd6 13.Bxd4 Bxe5 14.Bxe5 Nd7 15.Bb2 e5 16.Na3 Nf6 17.d4 e4 18.Nc2 Bg4 19.Qd2 Bf3 20.Bf1 Ng4 21.d5 Qd6 22.Bd4 Qg6 23.Ne3 Nxh2 24.Kxh2 Qh6+ 25.Bh3 Bg4 26.Rh1 Bxh3 27.Kg1 f5 28.Qe1 Rf8 29.Ng2 f4 30.gxf4 Rf5 31.Qxe4 Rh5 32.Ne3 Rf8 33.Be5 Bf5 34.Rxh5 Qxh5 35.Qg2 Rf7 36.c5 h6 37.b4 Bh3 38.Qg3 Bd7 39.f3 Kh7 40.Kf2 Qh1 41.Qg1 Qxg1+ 42.Kxg1 g5 43.Nc2 gxf4 44.Nd4 a6 45.c6 bxc6 46.dxc6 Bc8 47.Kf2 h5 48.a4 h4 49.b5 axb5 50.axb5 Ra7 51.Bxf4 Ra2+ 52.Ke3 h3 53.Ke4 h2 54.Bxh2 Rxh2 55.Kd5 Kg6 56.Kc5 Kf6 57.b6 Rb2 58.Nb5 Ba6 59.Nc7 Rc2+ 60.Kd6 Rd2+ 61.Nd5+ Kf5 62.b7 Rb2 63.Kc7 Bxb7 64.cxb7 Rc2+ 65.Kd6 Rb2 66.Kc6 Ke6 67.Nc7+ 1–0
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McShane,L2688Eljanov,P26551–02019Netanya Masters 20192.1

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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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