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Alex Yermolinsky vs Vasyl Ivanchuk
Hoogovens Group A (1999), Wijk aan Zee NED, rd 5, Jan-21
King's Indian Defense: Orthodox Variation. Glek Defense (E94)  ·  1/2-1/2

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Jul-27-06
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  Phony Benoni: Yermolinsky annotated this game in Blitz Chess, Spring, 2000. Here's his comment on 17.f3:

"I was not a stranger to this position, having played it in the Elista Olympiad just a few months earlier. Normally, on this level of competetion I'd expect to be hit by a novelty, but my opponent is vastly different from the rest of the 2700 crowd.

"Ivanchuk's opening prowess is based on the deep understanding of ideas, rather than on the power of memory--this may be the simple reason why he's falling behind guys like Kramnik and Anand!--and he chooses an opening for a particular game on the grounds of what he wants to do, not what his oppponent might do. Impractical? Yes, but someone out there has to assume the role of a creative idealist to give chess pragmatists something to feast on.

"Around these parts Vassily seemed his usual self, sitting there with a blank look on his face, his mind wandering alternative universes worthy of exploits of Philip K. Dick."

We need more annotators like Yermo!

Sep-17-10
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  plang: <Phony Benoni:> Great quote!

7..Na6 is a relatively recent "discovery" in the Kings Indian that was used twice (via transposition) by Kasparov in his 1990 match with Karpov (games 5 & 7). Several months prior to this game at the 1998 Olympiad at Elista Yermolinsky had played the innovation 14 Qxd4 (14 Qf3 had been played previously) against Peng. Ivanchuk varied with 17..a6; Peng had played 17..a5. Ivanchuk recomended 32..Rxg5 33 Nxc5..Rxc5 34 e5..Bc6 35 Rxd6..Kf7 with equality; after Ivanchuk's 32..Kf8? White had a clear advantage. Black would not have improved his chances had he played 35..Bxf5 36 Rxd6..Rb1 37 Rd2. Also 37 Rd2?!..Rxd2 38 Nxd2..a5 would have led to equality. In time pressure Yermolinsky missed the winning move 40 Nf3 with the idea of Rd8+, Ne5+ and f7. After this was missed the game quickly petered out to a drawn rook ending.

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