Game of the Week #392
Last week I was not too impressed yet by the games of the FIDE Grand Prix in Jerusalem, but the Semi-final between Nepomniachtchi and MVL was an epic battle between two absolute elite players. Both of them are true experts on the Grünfeld, the opening that appeared in both games. Personally, I have been reading about the legendary Karpov-Kasparov matches in the past week, in which the Grünfeld also played a prominent role. We'll discuss how Nepomniachtchi managed to get the upper hand, which was key to winning the tournament.
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Neponiachtchi vs Vachier-Lagrave
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The Gruenfeld Defense is an active and dynamic reply to 1.d4 which can lead to complex and extremely sharp positions. So it’s no wonder that also Alexei Shirov included this opening into his repertoire. At the candidates’ final against Vladimir Kramnik in Cazorla in 1998, he exclusively – and successfully – trusted the Gruenfeld Indian with Black; the victory over Kramnik gave him the right to play a WCh match versus Kasparov.To chat, please visit videos.chessbase.com/live or login via Playchess for Windows. Merijn is available on-demand at 19:00 UTC (20:00 CET / 4 PM EST).
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f3 h5 7.Be3 e6 8.Qd2 Nbd7 9.0-0-0 b5 10.a3 Bb7 11.Kb1 Rc8 12.Be2 Ne5 13.Rhe1 Be7 14.h3 h4 15.Bg1 0-0 16.Bh2 Qb6 17.g4 hxg3 18.Bxg3 Rfd8 19.Rg1 Ne8 20.Bf2 Qc7 21.Rg2 Bf6 22.Rdg1 Kf8 23.h4 d5 24.f4 dxe4 25.fxe5 Qxe5 26.Rg5 Rxd4 27.Bxd4 Qxd4 28.Qxd4 Bxd4 29.Rd1 Bf6 30.Rg3 Bxh4 31.Rh3 g5 32.Rd7 Rc7 33.Rd8 Ke7 34.Rb8 f5 35.a4 bxa4 36.Nxa4 f4 37.Rb3 Bd5 38.c4 f3 39.Bxf3 exf3 40.cxd5 f2 41.Rf3 g4 42.Rf4 Bg3 0–1
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| Roobol,M | 2288 | Van Delft,M | 2369 | 0–1 | 2019 | | Meesterklasse | 4 |
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