SPRAGGETT ON CHESS
Searching for the perfect hair-stylist!
Alexander Grischuk is on a winning streak! Two wins in a row, but even more than that: Alex is–so far– the principal reason that Russia is in the race for the gold medal at the Istanbul Olympiad.
Readers must see his last two efforts!
ROUND 5 AGAINST HUNGARY
POSITION AFTER 35 MOVES:
gm ALMASI,Z
gm GRISCHUK
WHITE TO PLAY AND WIN!
[Event “”]
[Site “Istanbul TUR”]
[Date “2012.9.1”]
[Round “”]
[White “Grischuk,A”]
[Black “Almasi,Z”]
[Result “1-0”]
[Eco “C84”]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 d6 7. c3 O-O 8. Re1
Re8 9. Nbd2 Bf8 10. Nf1 h6 11. Ng3 b5 12. Bc2 Ne7 13. d4 Ng6 14. b3 c6 15.
Be3 Qc7 16. Bd3 Bb7 17. Qc2 Rac8 18. h3 Nf4 19. Bf1 Ng6 20. Bd3 Nf4 21. Bf1
Ng6 22. a4 Qb8 23. Bd3 Nf4 24. Bxf4 exf4 25. Nf5 bxa4 26. bxa4 c5 27. e5 dxe5
28. dxe5 Nd7 29. Rab1 Qa8 30. N5h4 Rc6 31. Be4 Rb6 32. Bh7+ Kh8 33. Rxb6 Nxb6
34. e6 Bxf3 35. Nxf3 g6 36. Bxg6 fxg6 37. Qxg6 Qc8 38. Ne5 Bg7 39. Nf7+ Kg8
40. Nxh6+ 1-0
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ROUND 4 AGAINST CHINA
POSITION AFTER WHITE’S 25th MOVE:
gm GRISCHUK
gm WANG,Y
BLACK TO PLAY AND WIN!
[Event “40th Olympiad Open”]
[Site “Istanbul TUR”]
[Date “2012.8.31”]
[Round “4.2”]
[White “Wang, Yue”]
[Black “Grischuk,A”]
[Result “0-1”]
[Eco “A37”]
1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. d3 Nge7 7. h4 h6 8. Bd2
d6 9. a3 Be6 10. Rb1 a5 11. Qc1 Rc8 12. O-O b6 13. e4 Bg4 14. Re1 Kf8 15. Nd5
Nxd5 16. exd5 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Nd4 18. Bg4 f5 19. Bd1 g5 20. hxg5 hxg5 21. Bxg5
Qd7 22. Qe3 Qf7 23. Kg2 Bf6 24. Ba4 Bxg5 25. Qxg5 Rh2+ 26. Kf1 Rh1+ 27. Kg2
Rh2+ 28. Kf1 Qh7 0-1
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