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





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