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Baadur Jobava vs Alexander Grischuk
World Cup (2009)  ·  Italian Game: Evans Gambit (C51)  ·  1-0
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Kibitzer's Corner
Nov-29-09  AuN1: wow. what a back and forth game of cat and mouse.
Nov-29-09
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  Plato: Very exciting game. Grischuk made a quick draw with White in the following game and took it to the blitz tiebreaker, where he knew he was far superior (Grischuk is one of the very best blitz players in the world).

One pretty tactic that Grischuk missed in this rapid game was on move 42:


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42.... Nh4+!, winning, e.g.: 43. gxh4 Rxf3 44. Nxf3 Qg4+ 45. Kf1 Qxf3+ 46. Kg1 Qg4+ 47. Kh2 Rf3 48. Ng1 Rg3 49. Qf1 Qxh4+ 50. Nh3 Nf4


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Nov-30-09  Myrra: Beautiful won of Jobi here...his opponent put a terrible wall of protection but he's just a pretty genuis to be able to catch his opponnents with a beautiful moves ! A great creative moves !Wow ! amazing game really! I love it ! :)
May-24-10
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  Travis Bickle: Now here's a twist on the Evans Gambit! ; P
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