Vassily Ivanchuk vs Boris Gelfand (1991)

Vassily Ivanchuk vs Boris Gelfand
Linares 1991 · Neo-Grünfeld Defense: Classical Variation. Modern Defense (D78) · 1-0

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Nov-01-04		fasting: Chucky makes a fast winning - supose he had done theoretical part (the whole game) before he sat down at the table! Just as scary theoretical as Grunfeld seems to me, just as boring was is this game...

Jun-02-05		PARACONT1: Yeah, somehow I wasn't excited abt the trap as in other minatures. There' something very dull abt it LOL

Dec-13-07		xeroxmachine: Ivanchuk: -Your knight is trapped Gelfand: -Yes I know, lol

Jan-13-09		blacksburg: oh wow. seriously, who would see that coming? one move, you have a nice active knight. next move, you have a trapped dead knight.

Jan-24-09		sleepyirv: Black playing 10...Qa5 was bad. Locking it in with 12...b6 is incomprehensible.

Oct-16-10		Xeroxx: I don't think qa5 is bad. Kasparov plaied it too. Akopian vs Kasparov, 1995

Oct-16-10		whiteshark: So, who's bad then?

Oct-16-10		whiteshark: The beginning of the end is <12...b6?> It opens the long diagonal and put Nc6 in a pin. Furthermore it restricts the queen. These drawbacks just to protect c5. Thus the best continuation is to exchange the pawn with <12...cxd4 13.cxd4> (if 13.Nxd4 Nf6=) <...Ndb4! 14.Rc5 Qa6=> click for larger view

Nov-24-11		notyetagm: Game Collection: TRAPPED PIECES! TRAPPED PIECES! TRAPPED PIECES!

Nov-25-11		notyetagm: Game Collection: TRAPPED PIECES: TWO PIECES, ONE FLIGHT SQUARE Ivanchuk vs Gelfand, 1991 17 Nb5-c3!, 18 a2-a3 a4-queen,b4-knight both need a6-flight sq click for larger view

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