Sergey Karjakin vs Alexander Grischuk (2012)

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Sergey Karjakin vs Alexander Grischuk
World Rapid Championship (2012) (rapid), Astana KAZ, rd 4, Jul-06
Caro-Kann Defense: Advance. Short Variation (B12) · 1-0

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Jul-06-12		Eyal: Great buildup of a K-side attack by Karjakin starting from moves 13-14, capped off by a spectacular combination (33...Qxf5 leads, of course, to mate in 2 starting with 34.Rg8+). He was helped by Grischuk's blunder on move 31, which remains oblivious to the danger threatening Black; instead of Rb5, it was imperative to remove the rook from c8 or the bishop from the 7th rank, so that the sequence Nxf5-gxf5-Qxf5 wouldn't create such a lethal double threat on f7 & c8 - since Black would be able to defend with Qh7 or Rc7.

Jul-08-12		notyetagm: Game Collection: OVERLOADED (YDNPS)! OVERLOADED (YDNPS)! OVERLOAD

Jul-09-12		messachess: Nice two-mover at the enc by Karjakin. That takes some seeing.

Jul-09-12		notyetagm: http://whychess.com/en/node/2186 <Two more games by the leaders are hard to skip. <<<Karjakin found perhaps the day’s most spectacular combination.>>> In this position Grischuk has just made a less than obvious blunder with 31…Rb5 (for reasons that soon become clear it was necessary to move the e7-bishop or the c8-rook): click for larger view Karjakin unleashed 32.Nxf5!! gxf5 33.Qxf5! – click for larger view click for larger view click for larger view the c8-rook’s attacked and 33…Qxf5 runs into 34.Rg8+ Kh7 35.R1g7 mate! click for larger view If the bishop had gone to e.g. b4 on move 31 Grischuk could still have defended with 34…Rc7.>

Jul-10-12		Imaslowlearner: White to play 32. might make a decent Friday (Difficult) or Saturday (Very Difficult) in late 2013, once the memory of this tournament win as faded.

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