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Alexey Shirov vs Vasyl Ivanchuk
Linares (1998), Linares ESP, rd 9, Mar-03
Caro-Kann Defense: Karpov. Modern Variation Ivanchuk Defense (B17)  ·  0-1

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ANALYSIS [x]
Notes by Stockfish 9 v010218 (minimum 6s/ply)better is 5...e6 6.Qh5 g6 7.Qe2 Qe7 8.N1f3 Bg7 9.Ne4 Ngf6 = 0.00 (30 ply) ⩲ +0.70 (25 ply) after 6.N1f3 7.N1f3 was played in Efimenko vs Karjakin, 2001 (1-0)better is 8.c3 b6 9.N5f3 Ne7 10.Ne5 O-O 11.Ngf3 Qc7 12.O-O c5 = +0.36 (25 ply)= -0.22 (22 ply)better is 9...h6 10.N5f3 Ne7 11.Ne5 b5 12.Bd3 a6 13.Ngf3 Bb7 = -0.17 (24 ply)better is 10.f3 b5 11.Bd3 a5 12.Ne4 Be7 13.Qe1 Nd5 14.Ne2 h6 15.Kb1 = +0.37 (22 ply)= -0.38 (22 ply) 14.Bf4 Ned5 15.Bg3 a6 16.dxc5 Qxc5 17.Bc4 g6 18.Ng4 Nxg4 = +0.46 (22 ply)= -0.35 (23 ply) 16...Qc5 17.Be5 a6 18.Ba4 Nf5 19.Rhe1 Bd7 20.Bb3 Bb5 = -0.17 (22 ply) 17.Rxd4 Qxd4 18.Rd1 Qxd1+ 19.Qxd1 Bb7 20.f3 a6 21.Be2 ⩲ +1.13 (27 ply)= 0.00 (25 ply) after 17...Bd7 18.Bc4 Qxg2 19.Nf4 Qe4 20.Qxe4 Nxe4 21.Rhg1 Rg8 19.b4 Qxb4 20.Bc6 Nd7 21.Bxa8 Qc3+ 22.Kb1 Qb4+ 23.Ka1 = 0.00 (28 ply) ⩱ -0.79 (26 ply) 28.Rg1 Rc8 29.Nf2 Rxc4 30.Kb1 Bd5 31.Nd3 Rc8 32.Bb3 Ng6 ⩱ -0.70 (22 ply) ∓ -1.54 (21 ply)better is 29.Qe7 Re8 30.Qa3 Qc7 31.Qb3 Ba6 32.Bd3 b5 33.Rc2 bxc4 ⩱ -1.13 (23 ply) ∓ -1.79 (22 ply)better is 32...Ba6 33.Qb3 Qc8 34.Bd3 Bxd3+ 35.Qxd3 Nf5 36.a3 Ne3 ∓ -1.63 (24 ply) 33.a3 Rc5 34.f4 Qd6 35.fxg5 hxg5 36.Rdd1 g4 37.h3 Bd5 ⩱ -1.04 (21 ply) ∓ -1.96 (21 ply) after 33...Qc8 34.Rdd1 Rc5 35.Qd2 Bd5 36.Qd3 Bxb3 37.Qxb3 Nd5 34.a3 Ba6 35.Qc2 Qd7 36.Rdd1 Rc5 37.Qd2 Nd5 38.Ka1 Bc4 ∓ -1.66 (21 ply)-+ -3.16 (26 ply) 37...d3 38.Rc3 Bd5 39.Qxe5 Bxb3 40.Rxb3 Qa4 41.Qxa5 bxa5 -+ -4.98 (26 ply)-+ -3.09 (28 ply) 39.f4 d3 40.fxe5 dxc2+ 41.Qxc2 Rxe5 42.a3 Qc5 43.Qxc5 -+ -3.10 (26 ply)-+ -6.65 (28 ply)-+ mate-in-15 after 46.Ka1 Nxd2 47.Rxd2 Qc1+ 48.Ka2 Qxd2 49.Qd4+ Kg648.Qf6+ Kxf6 49.Rf1+ Kg6 50.Rf6+ Kxf6 51.Rf2+ Kg6 -+ mate-in-70-1

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Kibitzer's Corner
Jun-17-08  Nezhmetdinov: This is a work of Byzantine cruelty from the Chuk. Gorgeous.
Feb-07-09
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  plang: Shirov had an excellent tournament finishing second a 1/2 behind Anand and a 1/2 point ahead of Kasparov. However, this was his second loss with White against the Caro Kann having also lost to Anand in the first round. 5..Ndf6 was played less often than 5..Ngf6 but was, at one time, considered the standard continuation. 8 Bd2 was new; 8 N1f3 had been played previously. Shirov was keeping f3 free as a retreat square for his knight on g5 while Ivanchuk delayed ..h6 while f3 was unoccupied. As Karpov has done numerous times in the Caro Kann Ivanchuk was willing to forfeit castling in order to achieve counterplay with 12..c5. Shirov missed 17 Rxd4..Qxd4 18 Rd1..Qxd1+ 19 Qxd1 when White has the advantage due to the position of the Black king. 18 c4?! led to Shirov winning the exchange but at the cost of greatly activating Ivanchuk's pieces as well as giving him a strong passed d pawn; Ivanchuk recommended 18 Kb1 instead. Ivanchuk slowly increased his initiative until his decisive breakthrough with 34..e4!. Pretty mating sequence at the end. Ivanchuk thought the key to the game was the weak White queen knight who traveled from c3 to e4 to g5 to h3 before getting marooned at g1.

Aug-04-23  Saniyat24: When Chuky knocks, run baby run...!

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