Game of the Week #380
The World Cup is an highly entertaining tournament, with almost all 2700 players participating and many spectacular battles. The third round was especially interesting: 16 matches on the highest level. Tonight we'll have a look at how Kirill Alekseenko knocked out Pentala Harikrishna.
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Warm-up question: What would you play here with White?
Alekseenko vs Harikrishna
White to move
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The purpose of this DVD is to teach players how to conduct the attack on the black king using different methods. Although the Italian Game and the Ruy Lopez are mostly positional openings, it is very often possible to make use of attacking methods of playTo chat, please visit videos.chessbase.com/live or login via Playchess for Windows. Merijn is on-demand at 18:00 UTC (20:00 CEST / 2 PM EDT).
| 1.e4 | 1,166,623 | 54% | 2421 | --- |
| 1.d4 | 947,298 | 55% | 2434 | --- |
| 1.Nf3 | 281,602 | 56% | 2441 | --- |
| 1.c4 | 182,102 | 56% | 2442 | --- |
| 1.g3 | 19,702 | 56% | 2427 | --- |
| 1.b3 | 14,265 | 54% | 2427 | --- |
| 1.f4 | 5,897 | 48% | 2377 | --- |
| 1.Nc3 | 3,801 | 51% | 2384 | --- |
| 1.b4 | 1,756 | 48% | 2380 | --- |
| 1.a3 | 1,206 | 54% | 2404 | --- |
| 1.e3 | 1,068 | 48% | 2408 | --- |
| 1.d3 | 954 | 50% | 2378 | --- |
| 1.g4 | 664 | 46% | 2360 | --- |
| 1.h4 | 446 | 53% | 2374 | --- |
| 1.c3 | 433 | 51% | 2426 | --- |
| 1.h3 | 280 | 56% | 2418 | --- |
| 1.a4 | 110 | 60% | 2466 | --- |
| 1.f3 | 92 | 46% | 2436 | --- |
| 1.Nh3 | 89 | 66% | 2508 | --- |
| 1.Na3 | 42 | 62% | 2482 | --- |
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1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.0-0 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.c3 a6 7.a4 h6 8.Re1 0-0 9.h3 Re8 10.a5 Ba7 11.Qb3 Qe7 12.Be3 Bxe3 13.Rxe3 Rb8 14.d4 b5 15.axb6 cxb6 16.Nbd2 b5 17.Bf1 Qc7 18.d5 Ne7 19.c4 b4 20.Qa4 Nd7 21.Qa5 Qxa5 22.Rxa5 f5 23.Nb3 fxe4 24.Nfd2 Nf6 25.Nxe4 Nxe4 26.Rxe4 Bf5 27.Re1 Bc2 28.Nd2 Nf5 29.Rxa6 Red8 30.Rea1 Nd4 31.Ra7 Rf8 32.R1a6 Rbd8 33.Rb6 b3 34.Rbb7 g5 35.c5 dxc5 36.Bc4 Rf6 37.Re7 Kf8 38.Rxe5 Rf7 39.Ra6 Kg7 40.f3 Rdd7 41.d6 Rf8 42.Rxc5 Rfd8 43.Rd5 Nf5 44.Bxb3 Ne3 45.Re5 Rxd6 46.Rxd6 Rxd6 47.Rxe3 Rxd2 48.Bxc2 Rxc2 49.Rb3 h5 50.h4 gxh4 51.Kh2 Rc1 52.Rb4 1–0
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| Alekseenko,K | 2671 | Harikrishna,P | 2746 | 1–0 | 2019 | | FIDE World Cup 2019 | 3.1 |
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