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Maxime Vachier-Lagrave vs Anish Giri
Tata Steel Group A (2011), Wijk aan Zee NED, rd 5, Jan-20
Russian Game: Nimzowitsch Attack (C42)  ·  1/2-1/2

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Jan-20-11  haydn20: It looks like White chooses a peaceable version of the Petroff and Black's not too interested in causing trouble either. Early trades, balanced pawn formations = draw.
Jan-20-11  Maatalkko: I dunno about "peaceable". The 5. Nc3 Nxc3 variation was supposed to be sharp a few years ago. 9. Ng5 was the first unusual move. Maxime seemed like he was trying to attack but there were just too many exchanges so it fizzled.
Jan-20-11  haydn20: Is 9. O-O-O more agressive?
Jan-20-11  crazybird: Looks like Giri, as black, has not lost a petrov game in the last 2 years (+3 over 15 games).

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Jan-20-11  hermit druid: Black was clearly struggling here, only holding by some kind of miracle.
Jan-21-11  paavoh: @maatalkko: I agree. I was wondering if White should have played c3-c4 sooner and retain his DSB on eg. b2 to support an attack with the g, h pawns. That f6 pawn was a nice target.

@hermit druid: It was not a miracle. Black was consistently removing White pieces, and the latter needed to take the draw due to the passed h pawn.

Jan-21-11  Eyal: <In the topical line with 5.Nc3 and castling on opposite sides, white had a slight edge and he might perhaps have tried to set up a trap with 27.Bf5, where 27…Be6? would have failed to 28.Rxe6 Rxe6 29.g5 hxg5 30.Qg4 Rde8 31.Re1 Kf7 32.h6 gxh6 33.Qh5+ Kg7 34.Qg6+ Kf8 35.Qxh6+ Kg8 36.Qh3 and white wins. [36...Kf7 37.Qh7+ & 38.Qxd7]> (http://www.tatasteelchess.com/tourn...)

Another way to win in this line is 32.Bg6+ Ke7 33.Bxe8, remaining a piece up – which would seem to be the only way if Black plays 29…fxg5 instead of hxg5.

Jan-21-11  hermit druid: @paavoh of course it wasn't a miracle. But everytime black was holding, it seemed like it was only with some only moves on the way. Maybe 22.g5 and attacking on the g-file was the way to proceed for white, black's position might be holdable, but is extremely tough in practice.

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