Boris Gelfand vs Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (2009)

Boris Gelfand vs Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
Biel International Chess Festival (2009) · English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense. King's Indian Formation (A15) · 1/2-1/2

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Jul-24-09		whiteshark: <Novelty of stem-game: <8. ...Na6>> Well, there are: [Event "Wch U20"] [Site "Gausdal"] [Date "1986.08.??"] [Round "6"] [White "Ballmann, Martin"] [Black "Villamayor, Bong"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A16"] [BlackElo "2205"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. d3 Na6 9. Be3 c6 10. Qd2 Bg4 11. Bh6 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Qd4 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Rfd1 Rad8 15. Bg2 e5 16. Rac1 Nc5 17. Qc2 Ne6 18. e3 Qd7 19. Ne4 Qe7 20. Nc5 Qxc5 21. Qxc5 Nxc5 22. Rxc5 f6 23. Kf1 Rd6 24. f4 exf4 25. gxf4 Rfd8 26. Ke2 Nd5 27. a3 b6 28. Rc4 Re6 29. Re4 Kf7 30. Rxe6 Kxe6 31. Rf1 c5 32. Rf3 a5 33. e4 Nc7 34. Rh3 Rd7 35. Rh6 Rg7 36. Bh3+ Kd6 37. Bg4 Ne6 38. Ke3 b5 39. f5 Nd4 40. fxg6 Rxg6 41. Rxg6 hxg6 42. h4 b4 43. axb4 axb4 44. h5 gxh5 45. Bxh5 Ke5 46. Bg6 f5 47. exf5 Nxf5+ 48. Bxf5 Kxf5 49. b3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Wch U26"] [Site "Odessa"] [Date "1990.??.??"] [Round "1"] [White "San Segundo Carrillo, Pablo"] [Black "Balinov, Ilija"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A16"] [WhiteElo "2405"] [BlackElo "2265"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. d3 Na6 9. Bf4 Re8 10. Qd2 c6 11. Rac1 Be6 12. Rfd1 Qd7 13. b3 Rad8 14. h4 Bh3 15. Bh1 e5 16. Bh6 Bg4 17. Nh2 Bf5 18. h5 gxh5 19. Bf3 Bg6 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Qg5 Qe7 22. Qxe7 Rxe7 23. Nf1 f5 24. Ne3 Ree8 25. Kf1 Nc7 26. Nc4 Ncd5 27. Nxd5 Nxd5 28. e4 Nf6 29. exf5 Bxf5 30. Ke2 Kg6 31. Na5 Re7 32. Bxc6 bxc6 33. Nxc6 Rde8 34. Nxe7+ Rxe7 35. f3 Nd5 36. Rc4 Rd7 37. Rd2 Nc7 38. Rc5 Kf6 39. Rc6+ Ne6 40. Ke3 Kg5 41. Rc4 Bg6 42. b4 Rd4 43. a4 h4 44. gxh4+ Kxh4 45. b5 Kg5 46. a5 Rd6 47. Rc6 Rxc6 48. bxc6 Kf6 49. Rb2 Ke7 50. Rb7+ Kd6 51. Rxa7 Nc7 52. Rb7 Kxc6 53. Rb6+ Kc5 54. Rb8 Kc6 55. Rb6+ Kc5 56. Rb8 Kc6 1/2-1/2

Jul-24-09		whiteshark: <Novelty of stem-game: <8. ...Na6>> And more recently: [Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2005.02.21"] [Round "7"] [White "Khalifman, Alexander"] [Black "Bologan, Viktor"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A16"] [WhiteElo "2662"] [BlackElo "2683"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. O-O O-O 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Nc3 Nb6 8. d3 Na6 9. Be3 h6 10. Qc1 Kh7 11. Rd1 c6 12. d4 Be6 13. Bf4 Qc8 14. Be5 f6 15. Bf4 Bh3 16. Qc2 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Nb4 18. Qb3 N4d5 19. Bd2 f5 20. Nxd5 Nxd5 21. Bf4 g5 22. Be5 g4 23. Ne1 Bxe5 24. dxe5 f4 25. Qd3+ Kg7 26. Qe4 Qf5 27. Rd4 h5 28. Qxf5 Rxf5 29. Nd3 Raf8 30. Rd1 f3+ 31. Kf1 fxe2+ 32. Kxe2 e6 33. Rc1 Rf3 34. h3 gxh3 35. Rh1 c5 36. Rc4 Rxd3 37. Kxd3 Rxf2 38. Rxh3 Rxb2 39. Rxh5 Kg6 40. Rh8 Rxa2 41. Rf8 Ra3+ 42. Kd2 Kg7 1/2-1/2 * uploaded

Jul-24-09		whiteshark: <Novelty of stem-game: <8. ...Na6>> "Very rare continuation. Usually the move <8...Nc6> is automatically executed here. In my opinion, the move in the text is perfectly playable as well. Black is intending to play c7-c6, which will create a barrier against the white light-squared bishop. In future, black's queenside might be transfered to the centre by Na6-c7-e6-d4 or Na6-b4-d5" -- Postny

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