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How are you today? Finally the ice broke today at the 2nd DT Cup in Shenzhen, China! After a seemingly endless string of 12 straight draws we finally see blood. Today’s 5th round witnessed 2 victories and only 1 draw. When it rains, it pours!
gm Yu,Yangyi – gm Vitiugov,N 2nd DT Cup 8.11.2018 (1-0 )
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3
d5 8.dxe5 Be6 9.c3 Be7 10.Re1$5{[#]<strong style="color: red;">An old move that has been too easily dismissed by theoreticians, but which Shirov has popularized and is now becoming more popular</strong> } O-O 11.Nbd2 Nc5{[#]}
( {<strong style="color: red;">An important alternative is </strong>}11...Nxd2 12.Qxd2
Qd7 13.Qd3 Rad8 14.Bc2 g6 15.Bh6 Rfe8 16.Rad1 d4 17.Nxd4 Nxd4
18.Qxd4 Qxd4 19.Rxd4 Rxd4 20.cxd4 c5 21.dxc5 Bxc5 22.b3 a5 23.h3
b4 24.Rd1 Rc8 25.Rd2 Be7 26.Bd1 Rc5 27.Bf4 g5 28.Bg3 Kg7 29.f4
Rc1 30.Kh2 Bc5 31.fxg5 Be3 32.Rd3 Bxg5 33.h4 Bf5 34.Rf3 Bg4 35.hxg5
Rxd1 36.Rf2 Be6 37.Bf4 Rd3 38.Rf3 Rxf3 39.gxf3 Bf5 40.e6 fxe6
41.Bc7 Bb1 42.Bxa5 Bxa2 43.Bxb4 Bxb3 44.Bc3+ Kg6 45.f4 Kf7 46.Kg3
Kg6 47.Be5 Kf7 48.Bc3 Kg6 49.Be5 Kf7 50.Bc3 Kg6 {<strong style="color: red;">1/2-1/2, Carlsen,M 2843 – Mamedyarov,S 2808 , Stavanger NOR 6/ 6/2018 6th Norway Chess 2018</strong> }
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12.Nd4 Qd7$5{[#]<strong style="color: red;">Though very popular, this does not do well in practice</strong>}
({<strong style="color: red;">Perhaps Black should have tried</strong>} 12...Nxd4$5 13.cxd4 Nd3 14.Re3 Nxc1( 14...Nf4 15.Nf3
Bg4 16.h3 Bh5 17.Rc3 Ne6 18.g4 Bg6 19.Be3 a5 20.Bc2 Bb4 21.Rb3
f5 22.exf6 Bxc2 23.Qxc2 Qxf6 24.Ne5 c5 25.Nd7 Qf7 26.Nxf8 Rxf8
27.Qf5 cxd4 28.Qxf7+ Rxf7 29.Rxb4 axb4 30.Bd2 b3 31.axb3 Rf3
32.b4 Rd3 33.Re1 Kf7 34.Bc1 Rxh3 35.Re5 Rd3 36.Kf1 Rd1+ 37.Re1
Rxe1+ 38.Kxe1 g6 39.f4 Nd8 40.g5 Ke6 {<strong style="color: red;">0-1, Vachier Lagrave,M 2789 – Anand,V 2760 , Stavanger NOR 5/ 6/2018 6th Norway Chess 2018</strong>}
) 15.Rxc1 a5 16.f4 g6 17.a4
Rb8 18.Bc2 Qc8 19.Nb3 bxa4 20.Nxa5 c5 21.Bxa4 Rb6 22.b4 c4 23.b5
Bg4 24.Qe1 Qa8 25.Ra1 Bd7 26.Re2 Qc8 27.Rb1 Qa8 28.Ra1 Qc8 29.Rb2
Qc7 30.Rbb1 Bf5 31.Rc1 Bd7 32.Nc6 Bxc6 33.bxc6 Ra8 34.h3 Rba6
35.Bb5 Ra3 36.Rxa3 Rxa3 37.Kh1 {<strong style="color: red;">1-0, Short,N 2656 – Tukhaev,A 2551 , Kolkata IND 20/ 5/2018 3rd Kolkata GM Open 2018</strong>}
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13.Bc2{[#]}
Bg4{[#]<strong style="color: red;">Results are terrible with this move. Perhaps Vitiugov was not sufficiently prepared for this game today.</strong>} 14.f3 Bh5 15.Bf5{[#]}
({<strong style="color: red;">Also known is </strong>} 15.Nf5$5 Bg6 16.g4 d4 17.cxd4 Bxf5
18.Bxf5 Qxd4+ 19.Kg2 Nxe5 20.Nb3 Qxd1 21.Rxd1 Na4 22.Na5 Bb4
23.Bf4 Nxb2 24.Rd5 Ng6 25.Bxg6 fxg6 26.Bxc7 Rac8 27.Nc6 Rxc7
28.Nxb4 Rc3 29.Nxa6 Rcxf3 30.Rxb5 Nc4 31.Rbb1 Ne3+ 32.Kh1 Nxg4
33.Nc5 Rf2 34.Rb4 h5 35.Ne4 Re2 36.Ng5 Rxh2+ 37.Kg1 Re2 38.a4
Re5 39.Nh3 Re3 40.Ng5 Rg3+ 41.Kh1 Nf2+ 42.Kh2 Rxg5 43.a5 Nd3
44.Rb3 Rf2+ 45.Kh1 Nc5 46.Rb5 Rff5 47.Rb8+ Kh7 48.a6 Nxa6 49.Rxa6
Rf7 50.Raa8 Rf1+ 51.Kh2 Rf2+ 52.Kh1 Rf1+ 53.Kh2 {<strong style="color: red;"> 1/2-1/2, Shirov, Alexei 2739 – Ivanchuk Vassily (UKR) 2787 , Moscow 22/11/2007 Ch World (blitz)</strong>}
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Ne6 16.N2b3 Rfd8 {[#]}
( {<strong style="color: red;">Black also did not do very well with </strong>}16...Ncxd4 17.cxd4 a5 18.Be3 a4 19.Nc1 Bg6
20.Bh3 a3 21.b3 Bb4 22.Bd2 Qe7 23.Bxe6 fxe6 24.Ne2 c5 25.Bxb4
cxb4 26.Qd2 Rac8 27.Rac1 h6 28.Red1 Qg5 29.Qxg5 hxg5 30.Rc5 Rfd8
31.Kf2 Be8 32.Ke3 Rxc5 33.dxc5 d4+ 34.Nxd4 Rd5 35.Rc1 Rxe5+ 36.Kd3
Bg6+ 37.Kd2 Rd5 38.Ke3 e5 39.Nxb5 Kf7 40.Na7 Bf5 41.g4 Be6 42.Nc6
{1-0, Kamsky Gata (USA) 2726 – Korchnoi Viktor (SUI) 2598 , Sochi 10/ 4/2008 Ch Russia (club)}
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17.Be3 Bf8 18.h4 Re8 19.Bf2
Bg6 20.Bg4 h5 21.Bh3 Ncxd4 22.cxd4 Bb4 23.Re2 Qd8 24.a3 Bf8 25.g3$16{<strong style="color: red;">Black’s Bishop maneouvres have only made his position worse.</strong>}
a5 26.f4 a4 27.Nc1 f5 28.Qd3 {[#]<strong style="color: red;">And that is that! The game is over. Black fought on bravely, but to no avail.</strong>} c5 29.Bxf5 c4 30.Qc2 Bxf5 31.Qxf5
Qb6 32.Qg6 Qa7 33.Rd2 Qf7 34.Qxf7+ Kxf7 35.f5 Nc7 36.Ne2 b4 37.axb4
Bxb4 38.Rdd1 Nb5 39.Nf4 Red8 40.Kf1 a3 41.bxa3 Rxa3 42.Rxa3 Nxa3
43.Ra1 c3 44.Ke2 c2 45.Be3 Nb5 46.Kd3 Rc8 47.Nxd5 Ba3 48.Bc1
Bxc1 49.Rxc1 Rd8 50.Kc4 Na3+ 51.Kc5 Rb8 52.Nb6 Rb7 53.Kc6{[#]} 1-0
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