Evgeny Alekseev vs Nikita Vitiugov (2012)

Evgeny Alekseev vs Nikita Vitiugov
Russian Superfinals (2012) · French Defense: Winawer. Delayed Exchange Variation (C01) · 1-0

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Aug-03-12		HeMateMe: Quite an eye for tactics. White trades his Queen for two pieces and endures 20 moves of checks before winning. You get the feeling that black had a draw, but tried too hard to win, and lost the full point.

Aug-03-12		BUNA: What a swindle. :) During the adjournment era white would have simply lost. Nice practical decision by Alekseev.

Aug-03-12		whiteshark: Faraway, So Close! <86... Kf5!> click for larger view would have been the road to victory, e.g. <87.Kh4 Qg2 88.Ng3+ Kxf6 89.Re1 Ng6+ 90.Kxg4 Ne5+ 91.Rxe5 Kxe5> click for larger view

Aug-03-12		JamesT Kirk: Chess of giants!!!

Aug-04-12		DcGentle: Evgeny Alekseev had missed an early chance to win and was lucky not to be defeated later. Here there is my analysis: [Event "65th ch-RUS"] [Site "Moscow RUS"] [Date "2012.08.03"] [Round "1"] [White "Alekseev, Evgeny"] [Black "Vitiugov, N."] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2673"] [BlackElo "2705"] [EventDate "2012.08.03"] [ECO "C01"] [Annotator "Gentle,DC"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. a3 Be7 7. Nge2 Bf6 8. Be3 Nge7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qd2 Bf5 11. Ng3 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 g6 13. Bh6 Re8 14. Nce2 Bg7 15. Qd2 Qd7 16. Rae1 Nf5 17. Bxg7 Nxg7 18. Nf4 h5 19. Nge2 Qf5 20. Nc3 Rad8 21. Rxe8+ Nxe8 22. Re1 Nf6 23. f3 h4 24. Re3 Kg7 25. Nce2 b6 26. Qc3 Qd7 27. Nd3 Ne7 28. Ne5 Qd6 29. g4 hxg3 30. Nxg3 Rh8 31. Qe1 Nc6 32. c3 Nd8 33. f4 Nh5 34. f5 g5 35. Qf1 (35. Ng4 <threatening 36... Nxh5+ and 36... f6+> 35...Nf6 36. Nxf6 Qxf6 37. Qe2 Qc6 38. Re7 Qd6 39. Re5 Qc6 40. Nh5+ Kf8 41. h4 gxh4 42. Nf4 <Kg1 has got the h-file to hide in.> 42...Rg8+ 43. Kh2 Rg5 44. Rxd5 Nb7 <forced, because of 44... Qe8 45. Qf2 attacking h4.> 45. Qe5 Kg8 46. Qe7 Qh6 47. Qe8+ Kh7 48. Ng6 <This knight on g6 must not be taken and threatens 49. Qh8#.> 48...Qg7 49. Qe4 Qf6 50. Ne5 Nd6 51. Qxh4+ Qh6 52. Qxh6+ Kxh6 53. Rxd6+ cxd6 54. Nxf7+ Kh5 55. Nxg5 Kxg5 56. Kg3 <winning the pawn endgame.> 56...Kxf5 57. Kf3 Ke6 58. c4 d5 59. c5 b5 60. Kf4 Kf6 61. b4 a6 62. Kg4 Ke6 63. Kg5 Kd7 64. Kf5 Kc7 65. Ke5 Kc6 66. Ke6 Kc7 67. Kxd5 <1-0, because Black can't stop the white passers.>) 35...Nf4 36. Qf3 f6 37. Ng4 c5 38. Ne2 Rh3 39. Nxf4 Rxf3 40. Nh5+ Kf7 41. Rxf3 cxd4 42. Nhxf6 dxc3 43. Rxc3 d4 44. Rh3 Ke7 45. Ne4 Qf4 46. f6+ Ke6 47. Ngf2 Qc1+ 48. Kg2 Qxb2 49. Rh8 Nf7 50. Re8+ Kf5 51. Re7 Kg6 52. Rxa7 d3 53. Rd7 Qxa3 54. Rxd3 Qa4 55. Rc3 Qa8 56. Kf1 b5 57. Rb3 Qa4 58. Rb1 Qc2 59. Rb4 Ne5 60. Rd4 Nc4 61. Kg2 Ne3+ 62. Kf3 Nf5 63. Rd7 Nh4+ 64. Ke3 Nf5+ 65. Kf3 Nh4+ 66. Ke3 Qc1+ 67. Ke2 Qc4+ 68. Ke3 Nf5+ 69. Kf3 Nd4+ 70. Ke3 Nf5+ 71. Kf3 Qe6 72. Rb7 Qb3+ 73. Ke2 Qc2+ 74. Ke1 Qc1+ 75. Ke2 Qc2+ 76. Ke1 Nd4 77. Kf1 Qe2+ 78. Kg2 Ne6 79. Re7 Nf4+ 80. Kg3 Nh5+ 81. Kg2 g4 82. Ng5 Nf4+ 83. Kg3 Nh5+ 84. Kg2 Nf4+ 85. Kg3 Qf1 86. Nge4 Nh5+ (86...Kf5 <Black had missed better moves quite often before, but this move was his last chance to win.> 87. Kh4 Qg2 <threatening 88... Qxh2+ 89. Nh3 Qxh3#.> 88. Ng3+ Kxf6 89. Re1 <89. Re2 is not better due to 89... Nxe2.> 89...Qxf2 90. Rf1 Qe3 91. Kxg4 Ke5 92. Rb1 Nd5 93. Rxb5 Qf4+ 94. Kh3 Ke6 95. Ra5 Ne3 <threatening 96... Qg4#> 96. Ra6+ Kd7 <Black can easily end the spite check series.> 97. Ra7+ Kc8 98. Ra8+ Kb7 99. Rg8 Qh6+ 100. Nh5 Qe6+ 101. Kg3 Qxg8+ 102. Kf3 Qg4+ 103. Kxe3 Qxh5 104. Kf4 Qxh2+ 105. Kf3 Kc6 106. Ke4 Qg3 107. Kf5 Kd5 108. Kf6 Qg4 109. Kf7 Qg5 110. Ke8 Ke6 111. Kf8 Qg3 112. Ke8 Qg8#) 87. Kh4 Qg1 88. Nxg4 Qe1+ 89. Ng3 Qc1 90. Nxh5 Qg5+ 91. Kg3 Qxh5 92. Rg7+ Kf5 93. f7 Qh8 94. Rg8 Qc3+ 95. Kh4 Qe1+ 96. Kh5 1-0 If you want to copy and paste this into a PGN-Viewer or chess program, you have to replace the <> characters by the {} characters using a text-editor before. Enjoy!

Aug-04-12		KKDEREK: What a great game.

Aug-06-12		Robed.Bishop: <DcGentle> Thanks for the analysis.

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