What a great game to watch with tactics blowing up all over the board!

Malakhatko is normally a very fast player, but he paused for ca.30+ minutes on move 19 before coming up with 19. g4 which I can't believe is best.

Grünfeld players will know if 16 ... 0-0-0 is sound, but my gut feeling is that it shouldn't work.

<You prepared the Gruenfeld defence for Gata Kamsky. I was particularly floored by one of your ideas. Here it is:

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With the knight hanging on e5 you 0-0-0! And after 17.fxe5 Rxd5 18.Bd4 how on earth did you come up with the move …h5? >

Emil Sutovsky: <Respect, Dora! You are digging really deep! This game versus Malakhatko was not noticed by many, although castling long side as black in Gruenfeld is something really exceptional. Indeed, that is one of the ideas I can be proud of. <>>

Dorsa Derakhshani: < Even the present day computers are only able to come up with this move after some time. Was this home preparation? What was the process of finding this idea? >

Emil Sutovsky: < Now it is difficult to recall all the details, but of course, back then computers were not as powerful. However in general it is more or less like today: you find the idea and try to prove it to your computer. Sometimes it works! Today you already have another option - you set up the position and leave it to your computer for several hours - that is quite popular even among the top players. I never used this "overnight analysis" - but maybe I should have...Still, I firmly believe that if you want to find some exceptional idea - you must do so yourself, as everyone has access to mighty computers nowadays. However, not many players generate important ideas. <>>