Sergei Tiviakov vs Emil Sutovsky (2008)

Sergei Tiviakov vs Emil Sutovsky
European Individual Championship (2008) · Sicilian Defense: Alapin Variation. Barmen Defense (B22) · 1-0

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Given 7 times; par: 102 [what's this?]

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May-04-08		Karpova: Annotations from Tiviakov: http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail... Tiviakov claims that 2...Nf6 was better than 2...d5. 6...Nc6 was a dubious move (but Tiviakov doesn't call it a mistake) with 6....Qd8 being normal. 11...Nxd4 was a novelty and after 13...Bxd4 Tiviakov was out of his preparation (having looked at 13...exd5 only). 14...Bc5 is called a serious mistake. 25.Bb3 and 25...Kg7 are being critisized (25.Qf4 or 25.Bd3 and 25...Rd2 were preferable). 42...f4 gets a question mark but Tiviakov thinks the ending had already been winning before (see his comment after 29...Be6).

May-04-08		whiteshark: 'Emil also offered me a draw in the evening before this game. But being White in the last round also having a big positive score against Emil [ http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches... ] I saw no single reason to accept it.' --Tiviakov ibidem

May-04-08		notyetagm: Position after 18 a1-d1 (Tiviakov) click for larger view From http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail..., Tiviakov's annotations: <Until here I was making all natural simple moves rather quickly and at this point I realised that Black without doing anything specially wrong stands on the edge of losing. I was looking at the board and saw no defence for Black. White just plays Rd1-d3-g3, followed by Qe2-g4, and/or Bf4-e5, and the mating attack comes...>

May-05-08		notyetagm: Position after 21 e2-g4 g7-g6 click for larger view Here Tiviakov (White) played an elegant <PETITE COMBINAISON> which wins a pawn, the game, and the European Championship. Tiviakov broke the <PIN> on his White f4-bishop with 22 f4xh6!, and then after 22 ... d6xg3 he played 23 g4xg3!, forsaking the Black f8-rook. Position after 22 f4xh6! d6xg3 23 g4xg3! click for larger view The point is that Black cannot save his f8-rook from the White h6-bishop with 23 ... f8-e8?? because then he dies on the <WEAK DARK SQUARES> after 24 g3-e5. (VAR) Position after 23 ... f8-e8?? 24 g3-e5 click for larger view Tiviakov gives <[23...Rfe8 is impossible because of 24.Qe5 f6 25.Qxf6 Qc7 26.Qxg6+ ]>. So the <LOOSENESS> of the g7-square next to the Black g8-king means that Black has to give back the Exchange with 24 h6xf8, losing a pawn in the process. A better example of the danger of having <LOOSE SQUARES NEXT TO YOUR KING> you will be hard pressed to find. The <LOOSE> g7-square cost Black (Sutovsky) a whole freaking pawn!

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