Friday, December 11, 2015

How The Game Was Won: Bologan vs Leko - European Team Chess Championship 2015


Here is my commentary on the game between Bologan and Leko in the European Team Chess Championship 2015.

[Event "20th European Teams"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2015.11.13"]
[Round "1.25"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2708"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Rd1+ Ke8 10. Nc3 Ne7 11. h3 Ng6 12. b3 Be7 13. Bb2 h5 14. Ne4 a5 15. Re1 Kf8 16. Rad1 h4 17. Nd6 Rh5 18. Nxc8 Rxc8 19. Re4 Rd8 20. Rxd8+ Bxd8 21. Kf1 c5 22. Rg4 Ke7 23. Ng5 f5 24. exf6+ gxf6 25. Re4+ Kd7 26. Ne6 Be7 27. Ng7 Rh7 28. Nf5 Bd8 29. Ke2 Rh5 30. Rg4 Rxf5 31. Rxg6 Ke6 32. Rh6 Rg5 33. Kf1 Rd5 34. Rxh4 Rd2 35. Re4+ Kf7 36. Re2 Rd1+ 37. Re1 Rd2 38. Rc1 c4 39. bxc4 Be7 40. Bc3 Rd6 41. Re1 Rc6 42. Re4 a4 43. Ke2 a3 44. g4 Rb6 45. Rd4 Bd6 46. Rd5 Rb1 47. Rf5 Be7 48. g5 Kg6 49. gxf6 Bd6 50. Rf3 Kf7 51. Rd3 Rc1 52. c5 Bf8 53. Rd2 Ke6 54. Bd4 Bh6 55. Be3 Bxe3 56. fxe3 Kxf6 57. Kd3 Rh1 58. Kc4 Ke6 59. Rd3 Rxh3 60. Rxa3 Kd7 61. Kb5 Rh5 62. Rd3+ Kc8 63. a4 b6 64. Rc3 Re5 65. a5 bxc5 66. Kc6 c4 67. Ra3 c3 68. a6 Kb8 69. a7+ Ka8 70. Rxc3 Re7 71. Ra3 Re6+ 72. Kd5 Rd6+ 73. Ke4 Rd2 74. c4 c6 1-0


Wednesday, December 9, 2015

How The Game Was Won: Ivanchuk vs Lupulescu - European Team Chess Championship 2015


Here is my commentary on the game between Ivanchuk and Lupulescu in the European Team Chess Championship 2015.

[Event "20th European Teams"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2015.11.13"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Lupulescu, Constantin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Romania"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ROM"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Qc2 O-O 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 Na6 9. e3 Nb4 10. Qb3 Bf5 11. Rc1 c5 12. dxc5 Qa5 13. Nd4 Nd3+ 14. Bxd3 Bxd3 15. c6 Bc4 16. Qa4 Qc5 17. cxb7 Rab8 18. b3 Bd3 19. Kd2 Bg6 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Ne4 Qe7 22. Nc5 Be5 23. g3 Bd6 24. Nd7 Bb4+ 25. Ke2 Bh5+ 26. Kf1 Bd2 27. Rc2 Rxb7 28. Nxf8 Rb4 29. Rc8 Qe4 30. Nfe6+ Kh7 31. Nf8+ Kg8 32. Ng6+ Kh7 33. Rh8+ Kxg6 34. Qc6+ f6 35. Qe8+ Qxe8 36. Rxe8 Bc3 37. Nc2 Re4 38. Rxe4 dxe4 39. Nd4 Bf3 40. Nxf3 exf3 41. g4 h5 42. gxh5+ Kxh5 43. Rg1 g5 44. Rg3 g4 45. h3 1-0





Tuesday, December 8, 2015

How The Game Was Won: Tomashevsky vs Ipatov - European Team Chess Championship 2015


Here is my commentary on the game between Tomashevsky and Ipatov in the European Team Chess Championship 2015.

[Event "20th European Teams"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2015.11.13"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Ipatov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Turkey"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "TUR"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Rc1 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Ba3 10. Rc2 b6 11. Be2 Ba6 12. O-O Bxe2 13. Rxe2 O-O 14. e4 Rfe8 15. Re3 Bf8 16. e5 Qxa2 17. Nd2 c5 18. Ne4 cxd4 19. cxd4 Rac8 20. Qg4 Rc4 21. Rf3 Rxd4 22. Qf4 Ra8 23. Qxf7+ Kh8 24. Bf6 Rxe4 25. Rg3 Nxf6 26. exf6 g6 27. Rh3 h6 28. Qxg6 Qd2 29. Qxe4 Rc8 30. Rd3 Qc2 31. Qxe6 Qc6 32. Qg4 Rc7 33. Qg6 Qe6 34. Rd8 1-0


Monday, December 7, 2015

How The Game Was Won: Wang vs Bacrot - European Club Cup 2015


Here is my commentary on the game between Wang and Bacrot in the European Club Cup 2015.

[Event "European Club Cup 2015 - Open"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2015.10.24"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Wang, Yue"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E71"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[WhiteTeam "SIBERIA (RUS)"]
[BlackTeam "OBIETTIVO RISARCIMENTO PADOVA (ITA)"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. d5 Nh5 8. g3 f5 9. exf5 gxf5 10. Ng5 Nf6 11. g4 Qe8 12. gxf5 Bxf5 13. Be3 Na6 14. Rg1 Kh8 15. Bd3 e4 16. Be2 Nc5 17. Qd2 c6 18. O-O-O cxd5 19. cxd5 Rc8 20. Kb1 a6 21. h4 b5 22. Ne6 Nxe6 23. dxe6 b4 24. e7 Qxe7 25. Na4 a5 26. Qxd6 Qxd6 27. Rxd6 Rfd8 28. Rxd8+ Rxd8 29. Rg5 Rd5 30. Nb6 Re5 31. Bd4 e3+ 32. Kc1 Re4 33. Bxf6 Bxf6 34. Rxf5 exf2 35. Bd3 Re1+ 36. Kc2 Bxh4 37. Nd5 Kg7 38. Rf4 Rh1 39. Ne3 Rh2 40. Nf1 Rh3 41. Be4 Bf6 42. Rxf2 a4 43. Rf3 Rh4 44. Bd3 Rh5 45. b3 axb3+ 46. axb3 Rc5+ 47. Bc4 h5 48. Ne3 h4 49. Nd5 Be5 50. Kd3 Bd6 51. Ke4 Ra5 52. Kf5 Ra1 53. Kg4 Rh1 54. Ne3 1-0


Sunday, December 6, 2015

How The Game Was Won: Vachier Lagrave vs Li European Club Cup 2015


Here is my commentary on the game between Vachier Lagrave and Li in the European Club Cup 2015.

[Event "European Club Cup 2015 - Open"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2015.10.24"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Li, Chao B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[WhiteTeam "OBIETTIVO RISARCIMENTO PADOVA (ITA)"]
[BlackTeam "SIBERIA (RUS)"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O b6 8. a4 a5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. b3 Ne4 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Nd2 Bb7 13. Ba3 f5 14. Rc1 Nd7 15. b4 Nf6 16. bxa5 bxa5 17. Nc4 Nd5 18. Ne5 f4 19. Qb3 Rb8 20. Bb5 Bxe5 21. dxe5 fxe3 22. fxe3 Rxf1+ 23. Rxf1 Rc8 24. Bc4 Qd7 25. e6 Qc6 26. Rc1 Nb6 27. Ba6 Bxa6 28. Rxc6 Rxc6 29. Bxe7 Bc4 30. Qc3 Nd5 31. Qxa5 Nc7 32. Qa7 1-0


Saturday, December 5, 2015

How The Game Was Won: Topalov vs Leko European Club Cup 2015


Here is my commentary on the game between Topalov and Leko in the European Club Cup 2015.

[Event "31st ECC Open 2015"]
[Site "Skopje MKD"]
[Date "2015.10.21"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2813"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r6k/1bbq2p1/1pp4p/r2p4/P2Pp3/1QN1P1P1/1R3P1P/2R2BK1 w - - 0 31"]
[WhiteTeam "SOCAR (AZE)"]
[BlackTeam "OBIETTIVO RISARCIMENTO PADOVA (ITA)"]

31. Qd1 Bd8 32. Qh5 Bc8 33. Rbc2 Be7 34. Ne2 Ba3 35. Rb1 Rxa4 36. Rxb6 Bb7 37. Nf4 Rb4 38. Ng6+ Kh7 39. Ne5 Qe8 40. Qxe8 Rxe8 41. Rxb4 Bxb4 42. Rb2 c5 43. dxc5 Rxe5 44. Rxb4 Re7 45. Rb6 Rc7 46. Bb5 Bc8 47. Rc6 Rb7 48. Rxc8 Rxb5 49. c6 Rc5 50. Kg2 Rc2 51. h4 h5 52. c7 g6 53. g4 d4 54. exd4 e3 55. Kf1 e2+ 56. Ke1 g5 57. hxg5 h4 58. Rf8 h3 59. Rf6 1-0


Thursday, December 3, 2015

How The Game Was Won: Svane vs Svidler European Club Cup 2015


Here is my commentary on the game between Svane and Svidler in the European Club Cup 2015.

[Event "31st ECC Open 2015"]
[Site "Skopje MKD"]
[Date "2015.10.20"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Svane, Rasmus"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[WhiteTeam "HAMBURGER SCHACHKLUB VON 1830 E.V. (GER"]
[BlackTeam "MEDNYI VSADNIK (RUS)"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. d4 e6 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bg2 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. cxd4 Bd6 12. O-O Rb8 13. e4 b6 14. Bb2 f6 15. Rac1 Bb7 16. f4 Kd7 17. e5 Be7 18. Rfd1 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Rhc8 20. d5 Rxc1 21. dxe6+ Kxe6 22. Rxc1 Bc5 23. exf6 gxf6 24. Re1+ Kf7 25. Kf3 Rd8 26. Re2 a5 27. Ke4 a4 28. Kf5 Rd5+ 29. Ke4 Rd7 30. Bc3 Re7+ 31. Kd3 Rxe2 32. Kxe2 f5 33. Kd3 b5 34. Bd4 Be7 35. Be5 Ke6 36. Kd4 h5 37. Bh8 Ba3 38. Be5 Bf8 39. Bh8 Be7 40. Bg7 Ba3 41. Be5 Bb4 42. Bg7 Bd6 43. Bh8 h4 44. gxh4 Bxf4 45. h5 Bd6 46. h6 Kf7 47. Kd5 Bf8 48. Kc6 b4 49. Kb5 a3 50. Kc4 Kg6 51. Bg7 Be7 52. h4 f4 53. h5+ Kh7 54. Kd3 Bg5 55. Kc4 Bxh6 56. Bd4 Bf8 57. Be5 f3 58. Bd4 Kh6 59. Kd3 Kxh5 60. Ke4 Bg7 0-1


Wednesday, December 2, 2015

How The Game Was Won: Leko vs Ivanchuk European Club Cup 2015


Here is my commentary on the game between Leko and Ivanchuk in the European Club Cup 2015.

[Event "31st ECC Open 2015"]
[Site "Skopje MKD"]
[Date "2015.10.22"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[WhiteTeam "OBIETTIVO RISARCIMENTO PADOVA (ITA)"]
[BlackTeam "ALKALOID (MKD)"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Qd2 Bf5 9. O-O-O Qd7 10. Kb1 O-O 11. h4 Rae8 12. Be2 Bd8 13. h5 h6 14. Nh2 Ne7 15. Bf3 Be6 16. Bxb7 c6 17. Ba6 Nd5 18. Nf3 Qc7 19. Qd3 Nxe3 20. fxe3 d5 21. Qe2 Qb6 22. Nd4 Bg5 23. Nxe6 Rxe6 24. Bd3 Bf6 25. Qd2 Rb8 26. b3 Qc5 27. Kb2 a5 28. a4 Rb4 29. Rb1 Re8 30. Rhf1 Reb8 31. Ra1 Rg4 32. Rxf6 gxf6 33. Qf2 Qd6 34. Qf5 Rxg2 35. Qh7+ Kf8 36. Bg6 Rb7 37. Rf1 Ke8 38. Qg8+ Qf8 39. Bxf7+ 1-0


Tuesday, December 1, 2015

How The Game Was Won: Dzagnidze vs Ushenina - European Club Cup 2015


Here is my commentary on the game between Dzagnidze and Ushenina in the European Club Cup 2015.

[Event "31st ECC Women 2015"]
[Site "Skopje MKD"]
[Date "2015.10.21"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Dzagnidze, Nana"]
[Black "Ushenina, Anna"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2426"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r5k1/1p2p1bp/4b1p1/pB1p1p2/3PnP2/1P2PNP1/P6P/2R1B1K1 b - - 0 22"]
[WhiteTeam "NONA (GEO)"]
[BlackTeam "UGRA (RUS)"]

22... Nd6 23. Ng5 Rc8 24. Rc5 b6 25. Nxe6 bxc5 26. Bd7 cxd4 27. Bxc8 Nxc8 28. Nxg7 Kxg7 29. exd4 a4 30. bxa4 Kf7 31. a5 Ke6 32. Bb4 Kd7 33. Bc5 Kc6 34. a6 e6 35. a4 Kc7 36. Kf2 Kb8 37. Ke3 Na7 38. Bxa7+ Kxa7 39. Kd3 Kxa6 40. Kc3 Ka5 41. Kb3 Ka6 42. Kb4 Kb6 43. a5+ Ka6 44. Ka4 Ka7 45. Kb5 Kb7 46. a6+ Ka7 47. Ka5 Ka8 48. Kb6 Kb8 49. a7+ Ka8 50. Ka6 h6 51. h4 h5 52. Kb6 1-0