This game is from round 3 of the 2018 Batumi Chess Olympiad. It features Peter Leko with White against Rustam Kasimdzhanov with Black.
Today’s game features a Giucco Piano.
Leko,Peter (2690) - Kasimdzhanov,Rustam (2662)
43rd Olympiad Batumi 2018 Open Batumi (3.1), 26.09.2018
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.0–0 a6 7.a4 h6 8.Re1 C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3
8...0–0 9.h3 a5 10.Nbd2 White has an edge.
10...Be6 11.Bb5 Na7 12.d4 Nxb5 13.axb5 exd4 14.Nxd4 Re8 15.Nf1 Bd7 16.Ng3 c6 17.bxc6 Bxc6 18.Qf3 d5 19.e5 aiming for Bxh6.
19...Ne4 20.Bf4 [20.Nxc6± bxc6 21.Nxe4 dxe4 22.Rxe4 (22.Qxe4 Qb6±) ]
20...Qb6
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21.Qg4 And now Ngf5 would win.
21...g6 22.Re2 Kh7 [22...a4²]
23.Nxe4 dxe4 24.Nxc6 Qxc6 25.Bg3 Rad8 26.Rxa5 Rd1+ 27.Kh2 Rb1? [27...Bb6± 28.Ra3 Bc5]
28.Qxe4 Qxe4 29.Rxe4 b6 30.Ra7 Rd8? [30...Rxb2 31.Rxf7+ Kg8]
31.b4 White is clearly winning.
31...Rdd1
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32.Bh4! Bf8 33.Bf6 1–0
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