Lars Bo Hansen vs Vassily Ivanchuk (1986)

Lars Bo Hansen vs Vassily Ivanchuk
Groningen 1986 · Queen Pawn Game: Symmetrical Variation. Pseudo-Catalan (D02) · 0-1

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May-26-03		ivan2kilu: Very pretty game. White was killed by moving the knights over 5 times in the opening.

May-26-03		Cerebrate2006: Nice queen sack, for the moving the knight too much, instead of Nb5, Nb3 would have been much better. I dont know why white thought of that.

May-27-03		ughaibu: Nb5 threatens Bd5, it's quite a normal move in this kind of position.

May-29-03		Cerebrate2006: Yes, but it too easily attacked out there. Ah it may just be my pastivity coming into play. (forgot how to spell, sorry)

Dec-20-04		Whitehat1963: The ending is a Monday puzzle beginning at black's 32nd move.

Jun-04-05		sharkbenjamin: IVANCHUK should be playing for the title.

Jun-07-05		notyetagm: Beautiful mating sequence by Ivanchuk: 32 ... xg2+!! 33 xg2 g8+ 34 f1 h1#. To avoid mate White has to play 34 g4 gxg4+ 35 f1 h1+ 36 e2 xa1, losing a rook and a piece and now White can't even grab the Black f5-pawn because of 37 xf5?? g2+ 38 f2 xf2#. Tremendous play by Ivanchuk but <Hansen's 30 e5?? looks like one of the worst moves I've ever seen a grandmaster make>. Even if he didn't see the mating line given above, at the very least the prospect of opening the a7-g1 diagonal for the unopposed Black dark-squared bishop should have dissuaded from this knight foray.

Jun-07-05		notyetagm: <sharkbenjamin: IVANCHUK should be playing for the title.> I could not agree more. Topalov and Ivanchuk are playing the best chess in the world right now. Bologan, Sokolov and Sutovsky have also been on a tear as of late.

Jun-07-05		notyetagm: Wow, I just counted the tempi that White wasted with his king's knight. After 26 xe6 xe6, I know it's unbelievable but <White has just traded a piece that moved 11 times for one that moved only 2 times!> If you give Ivanchuk <9 tempi> you are definitely going to lose.

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