SVIDLER vs EDOUARD – EUROPEAN CLUB CUP 2018 ROUND 3

This was the second loss in a row with White for Peter Svidler!

This game is from round 3 of the 2018 European Club Cup. It features Peter Svidler with White against Romain Edouard with Black.

This game features an English Opening. To learn more about the English Opening, here is the best instruction book I could find on Amazon.

Svidler,Peter (2756) - Edouard,Romain (2646)

34th European Club Cup 2018 Halkidiki (3), 14.10.2018

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Nb6 7.0–0 Be7 8.a3 0–0 9.b4 Be6 10.Rb1 f6 11.d3 Nd4 12.Nh4 A29: English Opening: Four Knights Variation with 4 g3 

12...c6 13.e3 Nf5 

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14.Bh3N The position is equal. [14.Nxf5 Bxf5 15.Qb3+ Kh8 16.Ne4 Qc8 17.Nc5 Nd7 18.e4 Bg4 19.Be3 b6 1/2–1/2 (55) Grachev,B (2705)-Tiviakov,S (2673) Nakhchivan 2012] 

14...Qd7 15.Bxf5 Bxf5 16.Nxf5 Qxf5 17.Qb3+ Kh8 18.e4 Qd7 19.a4 f5 20.a5 Nc8 21.f4 Bf6 22.Ne2 exf4 23.Bxf4 Re8 24.Rbd1 Ne7 25.e5 Nd5 26.exf6 Rxe2 27.fxg7+! Qxg7 

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28.d4 Black must now prevent Be5. 

28...Nxf4 29.Rxf4 Rae8 30.Rf2 Rxf2‚ Black has some attack. 

31.Kxf2 Qh6 32.Qf3? [32.Kg1=] 

32...Qxh2+–+ 

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33.Kf1 intending d5. 

33...f4!  0–1