Game of the Week: Veselin Topalov vs Maxime Vachier-Lagrave

by Merijn van Delft
7/17/2019 – The training game focus this week is the FIDE Grand Prix in Riga and the quarter-final match between Veselin Topalov and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave. 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 on-demand this week starting at 18:00 UTC (20:00 CEST / 2 PM EDT).
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The FIDE GP seems to suffer a bit from the chosen KO format, since many of the classical games are uninspired draws. There are always exceptions though, and Topalov-Vachier Lagrave was certainly one of them, between two great fighters. These two Najdorf experts from different generations had a most interesting clash.

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Warming-up question: What would you play here with White?

 
Topalov vs Vachier-Lagrave, Riga 2019
Position after 10...h6

White to move

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1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f3 e6 7.Be3 b5 8.Qd2 Nbd7 9.g4 b4 10.Nce2 h6 11.Nf4 Bb7 12.Qxb4 Qc8 13.Qd2 e5 14.Nf5 exf4 15.Bxf4 Ne5 16.Be2 Qc7 17.0-0-0 0-0-0 18.Kb1 g6 19.Ne3 Be7 20.c4 Kb8 21.Rc1 Nxe4 22.fxe4 Bxe4+ 23.Ka1 Bxh1 24.Rxh1 Bg5 25.Nd5 Bxf4 26.Qxf4 Qa7 27.Rc1 Rhe8 28.a3 Nc6 29.Bf3 g5 30.Qg3 Qc5 31.Bh1 Re2 32.Nc3 Re3 33.Qg2 Rc8 34.Nd5 Rb3 35.Ka2 Rb7 36.b3 a5 37.Nc3 Qe3 38.Rc2 Qd3 39.Qd2 Qxd2 40.Rxd2 Re7 41.Rxd6 Rd8 42.Rxd8+ Nxd8 43.Be4 h5 44.gxh5 f5 45.Bxf5 Rf7 46.Bg6 Rf2+ 47.Kb1 Rxh2 48.Ne4 g4 49.Kc1 Nc6 50.Kd1 Nd4 51.Ke1 Nxb3 52.Kf1 Nd4 53.Ng3 Kc7 54.Be4 Nf3 55.c5 Nd2+ 56.Kg1 Rh3 57.Kg2 Nxe4 0–1
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Topalov,V2740Vachier Lagrave,M27750–12019Riga FIDE Grand Prix 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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