Alexander Grischuk vs Alexander Morozevich (2002)

Alexander Grischuk vs Alexander Morozevich
Corus 2002 · Spanish Game: Berlin Defense. Berlin Wall J. Rogers Line (C67) · 1-0

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Apr-05-05		agressivechess: great game by grischuck.Makes use of moro's many losses of tempo by making many moves with the king.moro's 11.Ne8 and 18.Nh6 are useless and waste time. grischuck has no threats to guard against and opens the pawns ahead of the king very nicely.what moro never really got hold of and should have held by virtue was the d-file and was made to pay.grischuck's knight did all the damage and moro's lack of understanding of the position lost him the match

Apr-05-05		hintza: <moro's 11.Ne8 and 18.Nh6 are useless and waste time.> What are you talking about? At no point does Morozevich's knight go to e8, so you must mean 11...Be8. This is not a useless waste of time but is in fact the best way of defending the f-pawn, which I wouldn't call "useless". 18...Nh6 is practically forced unless Black wants to lose a pawn or his knight. Saving a knight and a pawn in one move is not a waste of time and certainly not useless. Well played by Grischuk though, that do I agree with.

Apr-06-05		agressivechess: maybe protectimg the pawn is necessary but in such an open position you must try to make chances and instead of defending ,counterplay is what you must look for.both bishop's are on the back rank and the king shuts the a8 rook and that's why moro playing passive chess loses

Apr-06-05		hintza: I agree that the pieces are passively placed, yes.

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